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Mau-Eatins Snakes. "The existence of man-eating enalcef ha6 been doubted by naturalista, br.t 1 can prove the facts from my own experience," suys Charles E. Michael is, vho has jnst returned from the Philip pine Islands. "In 1886 I was livinf then at Ti-rando. One of our servanti was a short, broad-shouldered Japan ese named Picul. He was a cattl< herder and frequently in the woods Several times he told us of the exist ence of a monster python fifty feel long, not a mile from the plantation I gave him a gun and buckshot to kil it, but it never materialized, and w< became incredulous. "One day Picul was missing. Hii gun and hat were found in the wood and brought in. One of the nativi hunters examined the ground and gav< hi6 opinion. Picul mu6t have beer caught by a snake, as no blood hat been shed, but there had evidently been a struggle. The next Sunday, ii company with an Englishman namec Mason and their native trackers,I tool to the woods to look for our lost serv ant. The natives lead U6 to the edg< of a track of submerged land, covere< with long grass. The water was abou three inches deep. Here in the muc was the track of a big snake. The de pression made bv the body in the mu( was quite eighteen inches wide. Sud denly one of the men called out: "'Look! look!' Three hundre< yards away the water was agitated in to waves, and gliding toward U6 was i yellow snake that looked 100 feet long The head was as large as a bucket. I' was a bright yellow, striped witt black. To watch it gliding toward ui was trying on the nerves, but w< waited and at forty yards gave it tw< loads of buckshot in the head. 1' reared ten feet out of the water an< lashed about, but finally sank and tli< natives hauled it on the bank with t rope. It was just thirty-eight feei long?our fears had add6d the othei sixty. To keep it from the white antf it was at once cut open and skinned. Inside was the lower jaw of a humar being and a leg and thigh bone, whik a loin cloth was rolled into a perfed knot, no bigger than a man's fist, anc A*-TV! _ ! ?? il,. hub jricui 8 BiHiers lueumieu, ou poor fellow had fallen a victim to this horrid reptile."?New York Telegram. Moki Sand Painting:. Who ever heard of painting in Rand' The Moki Indians understand that species of art. Two painting6 of thie kind, copied accurately from the originals, have been newly placed on exhibition at the National Museum. Perhaps they might better be called mosaics, being done in sand of six different colors on a flat, horizontal surface. The colors are yellow, green, white, 'black and a mixture. Such pictures are made by Moki priests and priestesses on the floors of their subterranean chambers. Tho six colors stand for the cardinal points. Yellow is the north, green is the west, red is the south, white is the east, black is the region above and all colore signify the region below. One of the two sand paintings is a copy of the kind of picture made for the annual ceremonial of the Moki women's festival to the germ god, which takes place in September. The work 'of art is executed during the progress of the 6ecret rites. It represents two figures in an elaborate frame of different colors. On the left is a likeness of Lakone-ma-na, the patroness of the affair. She is clad in a white blanket. On the right is a portrait of one of the twin gods of war, who carries a zigzag of lightning in his hands. The other picture is a fac-simile *of the one made by the chief of the fraternity of antelopes at the festival of the snake dance. It is highly conventional in its character. Rain clouds are represented by semi-circles. Parallel lines show the rain falling. Four odd-looking zigzag figures stand foi the lightning snakes, which are respectively red, green, white, yellow. " ? ?/*??* V* ? anol'oo om ^nmolo IliU ^iccu uuu nuaago uiv acluuavj and the yellow and red snakes art male. Around this sand mosaic arc performed the weird rites of the antelope priests, who sing songs embodying the mythological drama of the "Snake Hero."?Washington Star. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, ) Lucas County. f Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & CO., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum or ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Core. Frank J. Cukney. i &worn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. . ? ? . A. W. Gleason, i 4 seal f I ' ?,?? No tar a Public Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and act! directly on the blood and mucous surfaces oi the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. O. |3F"Sold by Druggists, 75c. We Cure Rupture. Xo matter of how long standing. Write for free treatise, testimonials, etc., to S. J. Hollensworth & Co., Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y. Price $1; by mail, 81-1"'. Why so hoarse? Use Hatch's Universal Cougu Syrup, 25 rents ?t druggists. Beecham's Pills correct bad effects of overeating. Beeeham's?no others. 35 cents a box. WHILE IN THE WAR ^s===^=^ I was taken ill with spi/y nal disease and rheuma// / tism. 1 went home and / ff / Vg Vk was confined to my bed, ,f a 4K fcf \\unable to help mygeli B n KM ljfor ?5 months. After II // llyears of misery a coml\ Afpanion machinist advisi\ v ^ J!ed me to take HondV /u&y *arsaparilla. I got a bottle and could quickly note a change for ttat better. Atter taking 7 Mr. "Wheeler. bottles I was well an-l have not since beer troubled with my old complaints." Jas. A, wiieeler, 1900 Division St., Baltimore, Md. Hood'sSa;> Cures HooH'x PilUcurf liver 111#. ->centsi>j ' ox. 1 An agreeable laxative ana Nzsrs Tonic Bold by Druggists or sent by m&lL 26a, fiOa odfLOO per package. Samples free. -I7|\ VA The Favorite TOOTS PffWBH J&W il-1# fartbe Teeth aad Rrratti flta 100ITRE CURED 1KN. Klein,^UeTlUe.JU AGRICULTURAL [ TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE IO FARM AND GARDEN, BLACK KNOT. 3 Look out for symptoms of black } knot on your plum and cherry Irees, and promptly cut off the diseased 1 branches before the spores ripen and j. infect all the other trees. It has been recommended to paint the limbs with j iodine, but we have not had an opportunity to try this, as we cut down two years ago all the trees that we had that s were diseased, and have not seen anya thing more of it, The Morello cherry 3 trees that we had seemed to be par3 ticularly liable to be diseased. It t should be treated heroically at the i first, armearanae.?American Farmer j and Farm News. ] MOLASSES FOE STOCK. ? Molasses is being used in England as " a food for stock with excellent results, 3 it is said. Attention was first drawn 1 to it on account of its low price, and 1 experiments have fully demonstrated ' its value. The molasses should be thinned down with hot water, and then * be -used to dampen cut feed previous " to spreading on the meal and bran intended to be fed to the stock. It ^ should not be given in too great qnan* tity, as it is very laxative, and also 1 from its sweetness very satisfying, but ' used with discretion it is a valuable fc aid in compounding a ration, and es1 pecially is it useful to feed to cows 3 near the time of calving, when a res laxed state of the bowels is a great } preventive <jf milk fever and garget. | ?New York World. CURE OF LQTJiTNG TONGUE. A correspondent of the National . Stockman and Farmer says: "I have i 6een an inquiry in a recent number for a remedy to break a horse from lolling ( its tongue while driving or working, 4 'The habit often formed by young horses of lolling the tongue when ^ driving is nearly always caused by j sharp teeth. The inside edge of the molars are rougn ana snarp, ana continually rasp the tongue, causing him to drop his tongue, soiling the looks and oftentimes the sale of the horse. In the first place it will do no good to , apply any of the patent bits or appliances until the teeth are filed. Get Borne competent person to file the in' side edges of the molars, then procure two pieces of leather long enough to slip over the rings of the bit Fit on sach side of the horse's mouth so that one end of leather projects to end of horse's nose. Drive a few tacks through the lower ends; rivet the upper ends to stays of bridle so'that tacks will fit directly on side of mouth on which tongue protrudes and you will have a device which will cure him. I once owned a mare that lolled her tongue when tired. She produced a fine cplt which developed the same habit. I broke him of the habit in the manner described." PBOVERBIAIi DAIRY PHILOSOPHY. Milk adulteration may be bronght : about in many indirect ways. j The dairyman "who keeps his milk 1 pure oan be trusted as an honest man. Ab bay is made wbile the sun shines, i so is money increased to that dairyman 1 -who managed so that his cows yield ' milk abundantly when dairy prices are high. : Some people seem to forget that the ] amount of profit on a pound o{ butter , often depends as much on reduoing the cost of .production as in obtaining an enhanoed prioe. The dairyman who dumps a mass of j decayed garbage before his cows for economy's sake, is injuring his cus1 tomers more than if he diluted his ' milk half with water. Hie milk and butter bring just as much in the market as if the food that produced them was grown on Western prairies, and the difference of cost adds materially to his dairy profits. He commits an equally injurious act against his fellow men when he leaves the carcass of a dead animal unburied in the cow pasture, or daily milks with manure-begrimed hands. The milk manufacturer who has rich butter-milk, and whey on which a thick blanket of cream will arise, is a | costly individual to employ, even | when working for his board. | It always pays a dairyman better to stand by a manufacturer who is 1 doing honest work for him, than to take up with new man who builds a factory for the purpose of "running out" the old proprietor. The provident dairyman mentally t weighs the food requirements of hiB herd of cows for a year in advance. In most cases he can raise fodder and grain more cheaply than he can buy them, and he plants and sows accordingly. TVia dftirvmnn's TPsnnnnihilifv fnr the care of his cows is not all gone j when he is able to turn them out to ? grass in the early summer. The more l he feels his responsibility in this ' direction, and acts upon it, the more , valuable will his dairy become to him. j ?American Agriculturist. , I PLANTS FOR THE BORDER. j There are new varieties of border i plants introduced every year by flori jsts and seedsmen, and some of them are well worthy of a trial. The variei gated loave coleus has become very popular for this purpose within the } i Hpt few years, but there is an old plant, recently introduced for this i purpose, that in some localities has 6 supplanted all other border plants, 6 and it is the white-leaved geranium, Madame Halleroi. Jt is one of the i fine?t plants for the border that one t can have. The habits of this geranium f are different from those of any other < X70f!.-?*v It KIMHIK lint iiiininirn>nV>lr. I A little shoots from both root and branch, forming itself into beautiful, t corn poet little buslics, making it a very f I desirable border plant. They root 1 readily from cuttings, anil besides ^ separating t-nch branch they ean be i cut int-o two-inch lengths and planted in the border, and every slip -will grow 1 and form Dymmetricft] clumps, the i \ whole border averaging about six e 1 inches high, with nothing visible but t I the deep greci, white-edged leaves. 1 1 They will fltaud hard wind, heavy rain f \ and extremes of temperature better i ' than the tender colons, and retain their foliage until late fall; then lift i the plants and crowd them into boxes with a little more soil than will adhere to the roots, and store in the cellar until spring, watering two or three times during the winter, so that the roots will not dry out. A few of them potted make very desirable window plants in winter, the foliage presenting a more desirable appearance on account of luxuriance than the scraggystemmed specimens one often sees displayed in windows of the coarser variety of the geranium. A beginner can start with one or two 6mall plants any time during the summer, keeping them in pots until the following spring, when they can be divided and planted in the border, making e Jarge beautiful border witn very little cost. This variety never blossoms, or at least never lias for me; therefore, all the plants from slips will be of a uniform size and height.? Ohio Farmer. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Dust is the greatest exterminator ol lice. Houdans lay large eggs and many of them. Capons bring a better price than cockerels. There is no advantage in having the fruit trees grow tall. Negligence more than anything else ruins many an orchard. Potash fertilizers are better than manure for stone fruits. The Moore's early grape is one of the very best of the early sorts. Green food is the natural food of fowls in the summer season. When laying, fowls require nearly double their usual amount of food. See to it that your stable has plenty of ventilation and no draughts. (iram will cause bowel disease it lea too liberally during the warm weatheT. The best time to set out evergreens is in the spring before they start to grow. Oyster shells crushed will supply the necessary lime needed for eggshells. The extra food and attention given a dairy cow means more butter and cheese. The plow in an orchard will not hurt if used frequently and commenced in good season. In a majority of cases an unnecessary growth of wood is a waste of enerqy with the tree. A sudden change from one food to another will sometimes make a shrinkage in the milk. ' . In feeding roots to cows, out them fine enough, so that they will have no difficulty in eating them. Any land that is rich enough to grow a good crop of corn ia rich enough to grow a good crop of grapes. If there is trouble in hatching.break the shell enough for the ohick to get its head out and then let it alone. One reason why many fail to make forest trees grow is that the changes in the condition of growth are too much. If fowls are well fed during the rammer they will go into the winter strong and well, and the oold will have but Little effect upon them. Be ready to spray all apple treeB as soon as possible after blooming time. ]?he paris green mixture is a good one to use for thiB purpose. From all quarters comes the good news that dairy interests are being well husbanded, and that in every way the work seems prosperous. Flan the garden so that as fast as ane orop is matured another will be ready to take its place, and in this way keep the ground occupied. One of the very best places for dumping coal ashes is around the fruit trees; they not only act as a mulch but they k ftlw Ia It on-r? otttq * nnofo liCl^ IW accjl; unaj luouvv ^uova. There are few better remedies for black knot than good culture and the jutting out and burning of all diseased limbs as soon as they are discovered. To keep fowls in a yard in summer jn an exclusive diet of grain is inexjusable cruelty. A partial diet of grass ind vegetables is vastly better and jheaper. For a garden, especially a heavy soil, nay be greatly improved by the addition of sand. Scatter evenly over the 1 jround and mix thoroughly with the 1 rarface soil. If the nests of sitting hens become io infested with lice as to make it next X) impossible for the hens to remain jn the nest, putting tobacco stems in ;he nests will drive them away. It is reported that ants are the most 1 raluable assistants to the farmer and j Tuit grower, by acting as perpetual nsect destroyers. These ants watch :or the circulios and cut worms and i iill the aphis, or plant lice. i Rain and dew will rust the bearings 1 >f machinery, causing friction so that I :he parts wear away rapidly, necessitat jag duplicate sets. Bear this m mind < tnd see that your farm implements are i lept covered from rain and snow. < Parent stock that have swarmed ' nust depend upon young queens alone ror their existence, and if anything i lappens to them before they are ready j :or laying, they cannot raise another 1 )n account of having no brood of the < ight age from which to raise them. ? ? 1 The Rarest Plants. 1 The question which are the rarest ] )lants on earth admits of two answers ?as to rarity of distribution and rarity n the numerical sense. There are ! some plants which grow in one small ipot and nowhere else. Such art! the Kerguelan cabbage, vhich is found only on Kerguelan Isl- f md, a remote island intheSoiith Paciic. the snecies of harebell which trrows 1 >nly on Mt. Parnassus, and a yam vliich is fouml only ou the Pyrenees. The palm of numerical rarity is livided among two hybrid orchids? irtificially produced crosses?laelia sella and laelia sedina, of each of vhich only one specimen exists, a inique flower called odontoglossom ,-ecillarium. exhibited at the last exlibition of the Horticultural Society, n Temple Gardens, and a tiny Japan;se plant, overweighted by the preten,ious name schizocoden soldanelioides, which was brought from Japan ibout two years ago by Captain Tor en6. So far as ie known it is the only one n existence.?Boston Clobo. i JiUudr<iiUiiU OERMAN CORN CAKES. Beat two eggs without separating, add a quarter of a teaspoonful of salt and a quarter oi a cup of granulated corn meal. This should be about the consistency of molasses. Put a tablespoonful of butter into a frying-pan, when melted and hot. turn in thie corn cake. Flatten it round, as you would a griddle cake, and half aninau thick. Fry on one aide, turn and fry on the other. This you will recognize as German farina cake, and we make use of corn meal instead of farina. Cut this cake into dice, throw them into the soup tureen and pour over the hot soup, which may be clear soup, puree of beans, or any light cream soup. ? Household News. TO PRESERVE CITRONS. Pare the citrons and cut them intc slices about an men and a nait thick, then into- strips the same thickness, leaving them the full length of the fruit; take out all the seeds with a small knife, then -weigh, and to each pound of citron put a pound of white sugar; make a syrup; to ten pounds put a pint of water and simmer gently for twenty minutes; then put in the citron and boil one hour, or until tender. Before taking off put in two lemons, sliced thin?seeds taken out? and two ounces of root ginger. Do not let them boil long after lemon and ginger are added; do not stir while boiling. The above is very fine if carefully made.?Detroit Free Press. SOUTHERN SWEET FICZEE5. A delicious sweet pickle is made of watermelon rind by preparing it as far as the salt and alum baths are concerned, precisely as for preserving. Pack in jars and cover with boiling spiced vinegar, using a pint of strong vinegar and a pound and a half of brown sugar to every two pounds of fruit. Spice to taste with stick cinnamon, mace and whole ginger root. Boil these spices with the vinegar and sugar. Let the fruit stand in this wenty-iour Hours, in en ormg me vjuegar to a boil again; pour over the fruit and repeat this the third time; cover closely. The picklf is ready for use at once. They are perfectly delicious when well made, crisp and a rich color.?New York World. chocolate pudding. Reserve one gill of milk from a quart, and put the remainder 0:1 tho fire in a double boiler. Mix throo tablespoonfuls of cornstarch with the cold milk. Beat two eggs with half a cupful of powdered sugar and half a teaspoonful of salt. Add this to the cornstarch and milk, and stir into the boiling milk, beating well for n minute. Shave fine two ounces of chocolate, and put it into a small-pan with four tablespoonfuls of sugar and two of boiling water. Stir over a hot fire until smooth and glossy; then beat into the hot pudding. Cook tho pudding in aH ten minutes, counting from the time the eggs and cornstarch are added. Serve cold with powdered sugar and cream. This pudding cau be poured while hot into little cups which have been rinsed in cold water. At serving time turn out on u fiat dish making a circle, and fill the centre of the dish with whipped cream flavored with sugar and vanilla. The eggs npiay be omitted, in wnicn case iiBe one more tablespoonful of cornstarch.? Boston Cultivator. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Core apples before paring and there is less danger of their breaking. Green tea will revive rusty black lace and render it as good as new. The tone of the piano improves when the instrument is moved from the wall of the room. The white of an egg, with a little water and sugar, is good for children with irritable stomachs. A spoonful of vinegar put into tho water in which meats or fowls are boiling makes them tender. j A new, soft paint brush is a good thing to drist carved furniture with, as the bristles will penetrate the deepest crevices. One pound of sulphate of zinc dissolved in two pailfuls of warm water and thrown into the offensive cesspool will soon deodorize it. *i J: 1,7 AiWttJ'B UJJJ n 111U1U. ill UU11I uavu uv fore filling with cream or jelly. Before turning out the contents set it uu instant in boiling water. A quart of milk, in which the juice of three Mandarin oranges has been squeezed, is said to be a refreshing lotion for the complexion. If a mirror be placed where sunlight, or a very strong light falls directly upon it, the quicksilver will be liable to dissolve, leaviag dark spots on tho jlass. If tea be ground like coflee, 01 irushed immediately before hoi water is poured upon it, it will yield nearly double the amount of its exhilarating qualities. A good waterproof paper for covering jars used in preserving may be made by brushing over the paj)er with l^AAA/1 Ail onrl aiionortrlnxr it. UUliC'Vl ililOt'Al Vil Ulivi wui)jjv?v.?? r? jver a line until dry. After the juice is squeezed from lemons, the peels are useful for nibbing brass. Dip them in common ?alt, rub the brass thoroughly, then arush with dry bathbrick. A little kerosene oil rnbbed briskly jver the spots on dark clothing, will brighten the gnrments and remove the stains almost like magic. The kerosene .vill evaporate quickly nnd leave no -tain. One of the simplest met bods to rcnove fruit stains from linen or cambric s to place the stained part ov? r a bowl ind continue pouring boiling water hrough until the stain disappear.-, l!' his he done soon sifter tin- article i;j itained, there will bo no trouble in nost eases. The water must be boiling hot. To remove the odor of onions from iettles and saucepaus, put. some wood i LRhps into the utensil, ado boilintr *vu- | *>r and let it stand for a short time oij ;he back p-.irt of tho utove. If you jave uo wood aohcs use potash or soda rilh water, then wash it in hot suds. U1 kettles in which uions, unbbagc or ;urnips have been cooked should bo fashed in this way. KpIich oi the Race At the Fair. The Anthropological and Archscological and Historical Building at the Fair was designed to show to the people who live now what and who were their predecessors, to settle disputed questions of pedigree and to prove \ THE HARBISON PEACE PIPE. that family histories should only be traced a few thousand years backward. Beyond that even the four hundred are apt to find their ancestral blood boiling in the veins of a murderous savage from the north or lazily sleeping within the naked flesh of a jungle native. With these remnants of the oldest and, therefore best families of other days came their tombstones also, a really comforting thing for the collectors to do, since with these hewn monuments at the head of the pile of sand the skeleton feels at home save for the lack of green to cover the grave. In other cases the rook coffins were also shipped, these clammy things adding greatly to the general cheerfulness of the tout ensemble. Bones'and graves are not the only attractions here. The races which formed the basis for yourself have also been ransacked for garments and utensils and appliances of war and peace to show the growth in the matter of dress and all affairs connected with actual life. The tribes, whose beginning nobody knows, have sent tents and pottery which might be mistaken for relics of the Pharoahs. Brown descendants of some Oriental band contribute from distant Sitka and Mexico images and monuments cut with strange hieroglyphics and bronze utensils which show a skill worthy modern handicraft. Recent races send peace pipes and crude dresses and weird combinations in ivory, all helping to unravel the science of mam The American Indian receives much attention, with several sections devoted to his rise and fall. It is quite probable that the best collection in this line is the one made by D. B. Dyer, of Kansas City, wno was ior many years a Government agent. The sides of the pavilion are hnng with mats and beds made of ronnd sticks braided with rough ropes and great stretches of gay feathers for chieftains' heads. In the cases are relics so rare they have no commercial value. The most elaborate one is a solid silver pipe presented by Major Harrison to the Shawneweese tube. General Washington gave White Swan, a Wea leader, an equally valuable token of good friendship. It is a medal presented in 1795. Other cases are crowded with implements and war machines and costumes worn by great warriors and brave bucks.? Chicago Herald. Plcreons lor a WarshiD. The cruiser New York is to have a fine unwarlike attachment in the shape of a cote for carrier pigeons. The feathered crew will have fine quarters, and G. W. Childs, of Philadelphia, has PIGEONS' COTE PRESENTED TO U. 8. CRriSEH NEW YORK BY GEORGE W. CHILDS. provided for them. His presentation is a home very luxurious and ingenious, and the Secretary of the Navy has ac! cepted the gift. The pigeon cote or culver house, as it is called in Eng' land, is a place of residence in which any bird might be proud to live. At the front a platform is built on which the bird is supposed to alight. The wire door is then opened, and the premises are open to the bird. The cote has been placed aboard the ship with its feathered colony, and in case of disaster the birds can be released to carry messages, olive branches or bullets, as the case may be.?New York World. An Expensive Egg1. One thousand dollars for egg is a large sum even for a collector to pay. Yet this appears to be the market price of a perfect specimen of the egg of the gigantic fossil bird Epyornis. The egg is several times as largo as that of the ostrich, but is not otherwise beautiful. But then it is rare, which is not surprising, since the Epyornis left off lay1?.~ + Vi.mt ua n da r?r ruivllftni: hllll dreds of thousads, of years ago. >1. H.^nelin can get them if any man can, and he promises to put one or two on the European market. Ho is going i back to Madagascar, notwithstanding the fact thut having unfortunately got a chief, who was his "blood-brother," killed in his service, he has had tu take over all the deceased gentleman's family, including his wives. The orchid-seeker sees, and docs, strange things. ?St. James's Gazette. To the residents on other planets, that is, of course, providing there are such beings, our earth is a bright blue ? this on account of the cerulcan hue ul our atyioephere. Teach the Children to Swim. The constant repetition of the re- ; ports of accidents by drowning enforces the thought that much of this loss of life in the water coul# be avoided if children were taught to swim as promptly as they are taught to read and write and to properly care for themselves in respect to healthful precautions. Every child should be taught to swim before the age of twelve or fourteen years. In all the large cities swimming schools with capable instructors afford ready and inexpensive opportunities for teaching children to swim. Nothing can be more easily learned. Many children acquire the accomplishment in a single lesson of an hour, and very few boys or girls require more than a half dozen lessons in the hands of a competent instructor to le$rn how to swim. Singularly enough, girls learn more easily than boys, and when once acquired the accomplishment is never forgotten, as it is largely a matter of confidence in one's ability to keep afloat. Aside from the precautions of safety involved, we should consider the delightful recreation and the healthful exercise that persons, young and old, of both sexee, find in the pastime of swimming. In moderation it is one of the most healthful if not the best of All summer exercises, and can be enjoyed in the still waters of the lakes in the country and the mountains or . in the rolling billows of the surf at the seashore. It is the most inexpensive of all amusements, the cheapest, the b?st, open to all, and the marvel is that so few young persons learn to swim. It is often observed that the children of the street who wander about the wharves and the beach become expert swimmers, apparently without in-' struction, while, the pampered sons and daughters of wealth, who are given all the benefits of an elaborate education and who are favored with all the ac- , complishments of the day are seldom taught to swim, and these at the summer resorts are often put in peril of ; their lives in emergencies. This is not as it should be.?New York Mail and Express. v ShoAn.SIioai*fno> Vn(>hinM. So many trials of sheep-shearing ma- ( chines have resulted in failure that the J, belief has become fixed that shearing by machinery is entirely impracticable. This idea seems to be a mistaken one, as machines operated by horse power are in successful operation in England and in Australia. It is said that a flock of 200 sheep will warrant the purchase of one of these machines.? New York World. Brooklyn pharmacists want dry goods dealers prohibited from handling their euppliea t. For Summi * Royal Baking Powd< greatest of helps. \ trouble it makes bre: of finest flavor, ligh and assuredly digestil You Wili Realize thai11 Cleanly," i SAPC "August I Flower" My wife suffered with indigestion j .and dyspepsia ior years. iyiie uecame a burden to her. Physicians failed to give relief. After reading ' one of your books, I purchased a bottle of August Flower. It worked , like a charm. My wife received immediate relief after taking the firs' j dose. She was completely cured? ! now weighs 165 pounds, and can eat j anything she desires without any deleterious results as was formerly 1 the case. C. H. Dear, Prop'r Washington House, Washington, Va. <D | J . | I THE KIND I 1 \ ^ THAT C^RES^i m 'WESLEY STERRY, _ < Morristown. X. Y. H ' Kidney Trouble for 12 Years, H Completely Cured. j|| j is DA*A SASSAI'abili.A CO., Messrs:? For 18 year: I have been hnuiyM , . E=afflicted with Kidney Trouble. Two jroir?= ago I had "Lu Grippe," which wttlei! >" = my back At times it was ncnl work forme to Rtt^ , i ;= around. last Feb. I hud another uttack of " I.a = I SGrippe," which left me ?o had 1 e?ukd=j hnrdly get iierntta the rooui. Ournu-r-H ' == chant advised ine to try a bottle of * DANA'S i j; SAHSAPABILLA | ! Hi did an, and have taken three bottlriot SAK-?b [ E=8APARILLA and one bottle of DANA'S FILLS, ! | | giQJIun COMPLETELY CI'REB.e ' MB No trouble with Kidney*; uolmck-H . ? = achc| inod appetite, and I never felt bet tcr In my life. You may publish thta if you \vi?h,= I aa every word ! true. K g is Youra trulv. ? j Morristown, N. Y. WESLEY STERKY. = 1 j= OentB:?We are peraonally acquainted withMj gi I ' H """'"Keqiecflnli^,A. F. A C. F.^McNEILL. g fg Dana Sarsaparllla Co., Belfast Maine. sg VIIF ilCllllV Discoviskrp HkadaCHIC Clhk 0 I fit nCVTLl W1I.I, CUKE HEAD. a 1 ACHE IN 1 MIXL'TE. Sent on receiptor lu ct> The UulteJ Supply Co., 099 Broadway, S. Y. : KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort ancr improvement ana tends to personal enjoyment when rightly usea. The many, who live better than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's best products the needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presentingin the form most acceptable and plea?ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect laxative ; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers ana permanently curing constipation., It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels without weak* ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all druggists in 50c ancfjl'bottles, but it is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of FigB> and being well informed,"yo& will not accept any substitute if offered. Baby's Dimensions. From measurements of 100 infantsborn in the Royal Maternity Hospital, of Edinburgh, averages have been obtained They are practically the samefor American children, and are as follows : Average weight of male infant at; birth, 7.55 pound& Average weight of female infant at. birtb, 7.23 pounds. Average height of igale infant at. birth, 19.34 inches. Average height of female infant, at* birth, 18.98 inches. Each inch of the male infant cor- . -a responds to 2.56 pounds. Each inch- j1 of the female infant corresponds to2.62 pounds. The range between the shortest and tallest male infants wasten inches; between the shortest and tallest female infants, eight inches.? St. Louis Republic. >. Arabic coins have a sentence from* the Koran, and, generally, the Caliph'aname, but never an image. er Cookery | 1 ^r will be found the Vith least labor and ad, biscuit and cake |? t, sweet, appetizing ?? ble and wholesome. ^ WW WWW'I They Live Well Who Live fYou Use M 3LIO ill with Castas, Enamels and Paints which stain the ' hand*. Injure the Iron and burn red. If , I'he RlslnsjSnn Stove Polish Is Brilliant, Odor- 1' -ess. Durable, and the consumer pays ior nc He I or glass package with every purchase. ji MEND YOUR OWN HARNESS IWITH ?THOMSON'S i|? SLOTTED CLINCH RIVETS. Ko tools roqu.rod. Only n hammer tieeJod to drive inn c inch th-in easny and quickly, leaving the cinicb iiiso ut?ly smooth. Inquiring no lio o to bo made In lie leather nor burr tor Hie Rivets. The> ere stroof, .ottrb and durable. Milliom now In use. AH enirthi. uniform or assorted, pat up lu bores. i>k your dealer for thnra, or send 40c. la dumps tor a box ol 100, assorted a Lies. Man'td by JUDSON L. THOMSON MFG. CO., WALTHAH, SCABS. X Y N U?.'13 nnimn Ftn ! M^ i" send two ceutfi In postage to F. B F3 If H Rowef, General Northern Pasaeiigcr ? Agent, ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILIOAD, 194 Clark street, Chicago, III., for a tree eop> if a laixe, eoloro.1 bu .l's-eyc view of the World ? ?nir hiiiI vicinity. It 1* mounted on roller* tot lau lnit up, ami will be found cT VA MJE AS Ainn 1/pv I u t v It Vlllf ntVlTKKM'K. FRAZERAXLE Jestinthe Worldlnupa AP Set the Genuine llilll" II\|" Sold Everywhere! WlltrlMfc fA N IDEA C FA M i lV M E D I C 1 N E*S {For Indication- IJUloatECM. g * Hcaitnchr, Constipation, Jtad I Complexion. Offrn.lvc lJrcoth, jj 'and all disorders oi lis Stomach. ' Liver and Bowels, /?\wfc4c2^^^N ] RIPANS TABULE8 All a't pently v*t promptly. Pcrfeet . u.'Testloa follows their use Sold r bj d.-uffirist8 or nent byinrH. Box ' (0 rials;. 75c. Package U boxes) #?. s . Tor free samples-ad dress I? [_ _KH'A? tKEMZCAtCO.. Sew Tofi. ? *uniui* * JUItlNB oar science. Yoa can learn mora - _ . about oar method* and cncoeea IUPTURE * ?ftsiSrt cor. IVI I wl I fa 26 a nth Street. Philadelphia ItlldlUll Washington, D.c: wSuccessfully Prosecutes Claims^ I LatePrlnclpa.1 Bx&mlner U.8. Pension Bureau. I 3ymin last. war. li adj uilicatliiKclaims, atty atnoe. Peso's Hemody tor Catarrh la the. M Beat. Kasleat to Use, and Cheapest. ; M Sold by druggists or sent by mal ^ I