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Kg The Cantilever Bridge.
is one in which
^ *be span ie formed by bracket-shaped
H trusses extending inward from the supB
ports and connected in the middle
either directly or by means of a third
I trass. "If the supports are piers they
are placed near or at the eentrc of the
bracket truss, and the outer ends are
made to counterbalance the weight of
the inner ends. You can make a crude
cantilever yourself. Place two boards
end to end over carpenters' horses 60
that their iDner ends shall be some
distance apart. Lay a board across
the inner ends and fasten the outer
endR sn tbat. t.hpv will sustain weights
(placed on the centre board. The chief
advantage of a cantilever bridge is
that it can be bnilt without a scaffold
being need to got the central truss
into position. The two arms are .
pushed out, one from either pier or
bank. When they are made fast the
central truss is pushed out on one
arm, until spanning the interyal, it is
made fast to the Other arm. The word
comes from the Latin quanta libra,
meaning "of what weight." It is said
that a Japanese' devised the bridge;
certainlv icoiorant Mexican Indian
had need one on his farm as long ago
aa 3680. Probably the "Jap" had anticipated
him,* however.?New York i
Dispatch. _
How the >"ose Works.
' In ordinary respiration the nose
recognizes only pronounced odor*,
since the filaments of the olfactory ;
nerve are distributed only in the up- |
oer third of tho lining membrane of j
I its fossa, and in ordinary breathing j <
the air passes directly through the | '
lower half of these cavities. Hence, ]
a modified respiratory effort?a quick, 1
forced inspiration or *'sniff'??is usu- ; <
ally necessary in order to bring air , 1
carrying odoriferous particles to the j i
olfactory nerve endings. <
i Nevertheless, whenever air mixed <
(with odorous gases and noxious par- s
itHJiea its luunicu iui^u^u
during a few successive ordinary res- ]
piratioris, the olfactory sense is
awakened to a knowledge of their
presence through the law of diffusion
of gases, in virtue of which the odorous
particles are conveyed to the
superior fo6s? of the nose, and thence
"to the terminal filaments of the olfactory
nerve. Thus, to a oertain extent,
the sense of smell is preservative
of health.?New York Commercial
Advertiser. ,
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*. Over 600,000 cattle are annually J
slaughtered to make beef extract for
soup. 1
I Tariff and Taxation. ,
Tariff duties and internal revenue taxation
Oil incomes and corporations are exoiting
public interest, but of quite as much interest
are those things which tax the system and
require at onca an external remedy. On this <
subject, with special recommendation, Mr.
Pierce D. Brown, Bridgewater, Mass.. says:
"In accidents from all kinds of athletic
sports, to reduce sprains and bruises. I have i
B used St. Jacobs Oil, and always found it to
be most reliable. Also, Mr. C. R. 8ands,
ltangnm, Okla.. writes: '*1 have used St.
Jacobs Oil for sprains and rheumatism and
would not be without it for anything." Mr.
R. Ledbetter, Denton, Texas, says: ''I have
used St. Jacobs Oil, and it is the only thing
I ever saw that would cure toothache in ten
minutes time," and it is usually prompt and
sure for frostbites. All oithese communications
are of recent date, showing unabated
Interest.
I There is more Catarrh In this section of the
iMfimtMr +Kan oil fHaftA/iflft Pflt together. I
imad until the last few years was supposed to be
Incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced
it a local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced it incurableScience
has proven catarrh to be a constitutional
disease and therefore requires constitu- 1
tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, man- i
ufaot u red by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio,
is the only constitutional core on the market.
It is taken internally in doses from lOdrope to
a te&spoontuL It acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case it fails to
cure, fiend for circulars and testimonials
free. Address '
1 F. J. Cheotsy & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggist*. 75c.
' Throat Diseases commence with a Coueb,
Gold or Sore Throat. " Broion't BroncMal
ItocHm" eive immediate relief. Sold only wi
Ixxus. Price g? c^nts.
Dr. Hoxale's certain troop core
la the mother's delight because it cores coughs
and colds.quicker tban any remedy known. A.
P. Haisle, Buffalo. N. Y.. M'fr, l
J Cough nights'! On going to bed take a dose 1
iof Hatch's Universal Cough Syrup. i
Beecham's Pills correct bad effects of overlasting.
Baecham's?no others. Scents a box.
IN MISERY WITH DYSPEPSIA
441 -was in misery with dyspepsia. Some'
>ifanes I had no appetite, and when I did eat a
heartv meal 1 felt much distress for boors after.
I did not seem to have any ambition: was
restless at night, and in the morning tired and
nervous. My digejllon was irregular and on atiafaotory.
My wife nrged me to take Hood's
Baraaparllla, and the result is that I have i
never felt better in all my life than now. i
. ffloodVP-Cures
have gained nine pounds, and am free from all
dvaraotlc svmntoms. 1 can ?at a hpjiri v maul 4
with a good relish." Louis R. Fbbtz, 1734
Amsterdam Avenue, New York.
Haod'aPllln ; prompt nnd efficient. I *
'August
1171 A^rrr^^"
jnuwei: :
/ "One of my neighbors, Mr. John
Gilbert, has been sick for a long
time. All thought him past recovery.
He was horribly emaciated from the
inaction of his liver and kidneys.
' It is difficult to describe his appear- !
ance and the miserable state of his
health at that time. Help from any i
FAAMAI) i?M?v\eeiklA IJa *
vvuiyw DVWUiVU XXC VI AvVJ >
your August Flower and the effect it
upon him was magical. * It restored j?
him to perfect health to the great j*
astonishment of his family and j1
[ftieogs." JohnQuibeU, Holt, Out.? <c
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J^ar^etst l)iawon
1. The English Lottery diamond. ^
2. The Great Mogul.
3. The Blue diamond.
A mi _ DV.V.
4. J.lit) OllUU U1 X tiaiu.
6. The Florentine.
6. The Koh-i-Noor after cutting.
A (Jueer Nesting Place.
The nest shown in the picture was
built by a pair of robins at Upper
Woodstock, New Brunswick, in the
belfry of a factory one Sunday last
spring. The factory bell rings morning,
noon and night, and at 6 o'clock
on Saturday afternoon it had rung for
the last time in the week. The bell
hung idle all day on Sundays, and the
robins Beem to have noticed it. So
they began their work almost before
the last sound had died away and
*" * * ?1^.1^2.
worked until tne aamness 01 mgiji,
overtook them. The robin6 in that
pillage have been molested so often by
Qe6t-robbing boys and cruel cats that
for many year6 they have left the orchards
and the trees, -where they dearly
love to build, and have sought more
sheltered situations in buildings and
sheds. This accounts for the choice
}f such a nesting place, that seemed 60
safe, although it overlooked the little
tillage and was in plain sight of all the
passers-by.
The next morning found the pair
igain at work. All day loungers at
the village hotel across the street saw
them going to and fro and scarcely
stopping to snatch a bit of food. By
gvening they had built upon the fl it
top of the black bell a structure that
needed only few more bits of grass to
finish it. But in their haste the little
bousebuilders had not considered that
op Monday morning the bell would go
bo ringing again. The foreman of the
Factory, who was kind-hearted man,
was afterward heard to Bay that the
bell was not really needed, and that he
would not have allowed them to be
disturbed if he had known that they
were there; but neither he, nor the
boy whose duty it was to pun trie Den
rope, knew that a pair of robins had
taken possession, and at the first swing
of the great bell the nest fell off. It
appeared on examination that if a little
more mud had been used, and if it
bad had time to hardeo, bo as to become
as solid as other neBt6 that robins
often build (and perhaps if they
bad not worked on a Sunday), the nest
on the bell .would have remained in
??Sh \
place. In that case the little mother,
sitting on her five blue eggs, and, later
on, the hungry youngsters themselves,
might have been rocked in that
swinging, clanging cradle, morning
and night and twice at noon. But on
that Monday morning a torn ne6t lay
apon the roof beneath the belfry, and
two robins were flying about, chirping
disconsolately. Soon, however,
they took heart again, looked for a
better nesting place, and found it, not
Far away, upon a wide, flat beam in
one of the sheds. There their troubles
were at an end until the little, big
eyed, hungry nestlings had pecked
their way out of their shells a few
weeks later.?Our Animal Friends.
.4 Pumpkin Over Six Feet High.
With the building of the Burlington
and the M. K. k E. railroads
icross Missouri Point, and the construction
of two great bridges, there
has come to many a knowledge of that
iitherto comparately unknown section
Df oountry which has been a revelation.
For many years the people have
ived as though that region were still
;he land of the pioneer, and the cabin
>f logs or plain boards has been the
iome of the majority. More lately
ihese have begun to give away to coranodioue
homes, better schoolhouses
aave been erected, and an occasional
ihurch may be found, while the newspaper
haK. found it* way to many of
;he inhabitants and books are comnon.
One thing has been frequently
aid of that country, and that is, "it
s the most fertile spot of land in the
United States. " uut or signt irom tne
iver on either side, back, hidden
imong the trees and on the higher
jround of the Point, may be found
tome of the finest farms to be seen
uaywhere, unci the thrifty dwellers on
<hem raiBe Home of the moat tremenlous
crops on record. This land is
virgin soil, and has never known the
beneficial efl'eets of fertilizers. The
;rees have been cleared away mostly
>y the simple process of girdling them
irwl lonu-ino f.tiom in <1 rv uml thpri
mrning them with the underbrush.
)n this land there has been raised
iorn sixteen and eighteen feet high
vith long and heavy ears in plenty,
vheat as high as a man's head and
hick as the heaviest grass, oats in
inormous quantities, potatoes soplenifn
I tlint tVioxr aim nut <l time
n the markets accessible, ami other
irops in proportion. As a specimen
08 m the World.
7. The Koh-i-Noor before cutting.
8. The Pole Star. 9. The Nassak.
10. The Pacha of Egypt.
11. The Sancy diamond.
12. The Star of the South.
13. The Orloff diamond.
of the luxuriant growth of produce of
all kinds in this highly favored farming
country the accompanying cut of
an enormous pumpkin raised, with
others of like proportions, on the
farm of Mr. Albert Green may be
cited. This pumpkin is over six feet
hierh standing on end, and so unwieldy
as to require the united efforts of
three men to lift it. It looked so huge
that Mr. Green, who may be seen
standing beside it, determined to have
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MK. GREEN AND HIS PUMPKIN.
it photographed, so that he might
preserve it as a sample of the producte
of his farm. More than a bushel of
3 f ii. ,1 ?,.lA
seeds were tnneu num ii> uuu oum m
$1 per pint. One wonders how many
luscious pumpkin piee might be made
from its solid meat, and at a quarter of
a pound to a pie there would be just
1860 of them.?St. Louis Republic.
Mysterious Growth of the Mushroom.
One of the popular mysteries of
fungoid vegetable growths is the development
of the mushroom. Question
the average Missouri farmer on
this point and he will tell you that
"mushrooms never have seeds," and
j that they "spring up in a single
j night." The 1'springing up" partis
; alt right as far as the fungi's ubove!
ground development is concerned, but
i as a matter of fact the mushroom lies
for days, and in dry times for weeks,
1 * ** ? ? - it 1 3
; just under tne suriace, iuuy aeveiopeu,
waiting for a warm, damp night in order
to properly make his debut in
open air. Then, too, they have seeds
(spores), and not a few of them either,
some species exhibiting a6 many as
10,000,0()0 in a single agaric, which
developes on the underside of the
fungus.?St. Louis Republic.
*V ft XL. /1.441a
A ueer Among ine tuiut;,
"While a big herd of cattle, being
driven from the ranch to market, was
passing through the Snohomish
Valley, Wash., an immense deer, the
largest ever seen in those parts,
bounded out of the woods and joined
the drove. Partly because of the
difficulty of cutting out the animal
from the middle of the herd, where it
quickly worked its way, and partly
tb=ough curiosity as to what it would
do, the cowboys did not moleBt it.
The deer remained quietly walking
with the herd for eight hour6, and
finally entered into a coral with the
j cattle at Snohomish, where it was cap
tured.
Picture ot Twenty Cranks.
When Norcross attempted to loosen
| Uncle Russell Sage's purse strings
| dynamite a couple of year's ago, ae
| usually happens after such an event,
COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPH OF TWENTY CKANKf
other cranks with manias more or lese
violent sprung up on every side. The
! New York World selected ten of the
! most notable specimens of this crop,
! and with the aid of a camera made
them into a composite picture which
exhibited some startling results.
Immediately following the assassination
of Mayor Harrison another
i tidal wave of the same sort struck New
J York, and to that remarkable photograph
ten more crauks of the last
i batch have been added, making of it
j an "up-to-date" picture, of which the
I above is a representation.
At Budapest, Hungary, u sculptoi
! named Fessler, who adorned many oi j
I 4 "U ^ v,?Klw. lmil/li-nrvt? in 4.11af nilr }i?o I
| bJJC |U4UliV' UUllUiu^n iu vuuv v?vj y * ?.
I died of typhus brought on by starva|
tion. He had a rich brother ami
wealth relations.
The women of Belgium and Holland
are noted for their snowy linen ; they
attain this desired result by the use
of borax, a handful to ten gallons of
water.
The hog is the only known animal
that is not particularly affected by the
i tiiinu nf i-a4.flAciTin.kAH and connerheada
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SiDGET OF FUN.
HUBICROUS SKETCHES FRO?
VARIOUS SOURCES.
The Tables Tamed?The Red Mai
Has His Pride?The Talking
Hand?Carefully Selected,
Etc., ate.
I caught LoVe by hiB golden hair,
And on hi6 name I called ;
He Btroied my locks with finders fair,
And?that is why I'm bald!
?Atlanta Constitution.
THE TALKING HAND.
Deaf Mute (waving his hands vigor
ously.)
Second Mute (with fingers)?4 'Hnsh
Don't talk so loud! I'm not blind!"
CAREFULLY SELECTED^
Edith?"O, what a beautiful dia
mond ring!"
May?"Yes, indeed. Charlie toll
me he left 'no stone unturned' to ge
it."?Hallo.
THK rULU AXiVL'l XIAO mo fxui/u.
Cholly?"I'd go "West out on
wanch if I wasn't afwaid those savage
would bwain me."
Miss Smartly?"Oh, I don't believ
those Indian braves would do so emal
a thing as that!"
A REBUFF.
Burrows (facetiously paving th
way for a loan)?"Say, Tom, wha
would you rather have in all the worl
than my note for 8100?"
Tightcash (who is grumpy)?''Tei
cents in cash."?Chicago Record.
A BARRIER BETWEEN THEM.
Briggs?"The other morning afte
"breakfast I met my landlady on th
street."
Griggs?"Did she bow?" 1
Briggs?"No, sir. I was comin
out of a restaurant." ? New Yor
Herald.
MISCHIEF FOR IDLE HANDS.
"I am afraid there will be a gren
many people out, of work this winter,
6aid the philanthropist.
"Yes," answered the editor as glcoi
swept over his face, "and every oa
of ihem will undertake to write sprin,
poetry."
NOT TO BE CATJGH*.
Mrs. Luneleigh (shopping with h?
husband)?"Oh, George, look here
Doesn't this showcase of diamonc
look perfectly beautiful?"
Mr. Luneleigh?" Yee, lovs. ]
would be a shame to take anvthin
away from it, wouldn't it?"? Chipag
Record.
a puzzling question.
"How is your wife and family con
ing on ?" asked an absent-minded Ha]
lemite of Gus de Smith.
"I beg your pardon, but I'm nc
married," *eplied Gus.
"That's so. I forgot. Well-er-ho
long have you not been married
Texas Sittings.
that spattered conversation.
"Henry," said Mrs. Binkins, "d
you think this will be a hard winter?
"Of course, it will be," replie
Binkins; * 'freezing makes even th
water hard."
And Mrs. Binkins silently pondere
on what a nice thing it is to have
l r? ~ i...
emtUb U1U11 J.UI u UUOUUUU.
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WHEN ALL MEN QUAIL.
The Dentist?"I'm afraid I'll have t
extract that tooth."
The Intrepid Hero of Ten Africai
Mexican, South American, Indian an
Oriental Campaigns (reaching for hi
hat)?"Excuse me, doctor, I thinker?I've
got an engagement this ver
moment."?Chicago Record.
TOO SMART FOR HIM.
Brown?"No, I won't do any busi
ness with that man!"
Robinson?"Why not? He stand
well in the trade."
Brown?"He wa8 engaged to b
married to my wife and fc.oke the ei
gagement. I don't do any busineE
with a fellow who is so much smarte
than I am. "?Hallo.
THE COCESE OF TRUE LOVE.
"The course of true love never run
smooth," sighed the romantic youn
lady.
"That's only a silly aphorism,
laughed the married woman; "j
often does."
"I think differently. It may rui
smoothly enough during courtship
but there's surely to be a hitch a
kVia wofl/liTio 99
VUV ?T
FROM ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW.
First Monkey?"Did yer hear thos<
explorers conversing just now ?"
Second Monkey?"Yes."
First Monkey?"I wonder if w<
could manage to learn their language?'
Second Monkey?"I am sure w<
could. But where's the use? The;;
ion't look to me as if they had anj
ideas worth communicating."?Wash
ington Star.
POREWAENED?FOREARMED.
Male Voice from Above (sweetly) ?
'Has that young man gone yet, Tilly ?'
Tilly (hesitatingly) ?"Why?er?n<
?Popper!"
Male Voice from Above (more sweet
ly)?"Will you please bring me uj
that pair of boots you see by the door?'
The Young Man (tremulously) ?"A1
er?Miss Tilly! While you are uj
I guess I'd better be going."?Puck,
ONE WAS ENOUGH.
"Yon love my daughter?" said th<
ilil man.
"Love hei?" he exclaimed, passionately.
"why. I could die for her? For
one soft giant ? from tliose sweet eye*
L would hurl n/yself from yonder clifl
find perish, a bleeding, bruised mass,
npon the rocks iJOO feet below!"
The old man sbook hie head.
"I'm something of a liar myself,'
he said, "and ono, is enough for ti
amall family like mine."?Tit-Bite.
HE HAD f AD IT.
The Doctor? "Do jfou ever have a
sinking feeling?"
nni? u\t ??
JLUC JTttlit'Ul HO, ^
The Doctor?"HaveWon tad
it2" 1
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..The Patient?4<N~yes, once."
The Doctor?"Ah\n've had it
once. We'll get at yWmble im?
I 'mediately. Now, thc^f tell me ,
when it wae that yon sinking
feeling."
The Patient?"Wh^Bl over1
board from a boat."--!^fc: Preee.
WILLING TOACCOIB.
It was a very ragged ^Exceedingly
polite beggar wh^| off hie
greasy cap to a gontlen^B Broadway
and eaid: VH
4 'Pardon me, eir, wi^B pleaee
grant me the favor of a of five
cente? I have not yet d^^
"Neither have I." sai^Bcentle
. man, more to himself thHhe beggar,
because he was hurMme for
t that purpose.
"Then make it ten ce^B.id the
beggar, "and-we'll dineHer."?
Texas Sittings. B
SOME DIFFERENT*
d The street urchin leftBaker'e
<t with a five-cent loaf of broker his
arm and half an hour late:Harned
with it. n
"Here," he said, laying^kf on
the counter, "me mudder^tales,
a i.i? ? j
g BUG HUH Bet1: AiiU DiiC EMI^HIliUUder
does, dat she wants vBknow
e dat w'en she wants a loaf oBjread
12 she don't -want a light loaflread,
and you got ter give de moMyorth
er she'll pounce down on y? w'en
me mndder pounces down Hwool
ter fly?see?" and the bake?w in
t four bunB.?Detroit Free PH
A CASE OF CONTEMP?
a The prisoner was a boldM vagrant,
and the judge had it him
from the start. S
"How many times havefceen
here?" he asked. H
"Really, your honor, I n^lept
,e count after the twentieth tinfl
"tin ?; -?1,.. Ho.1. _
"i ii give yu u hi a muntjar, biuc
judge sternly. , B
? "All right, your honor." B
"But it isn't all right, B nil
wrong, and you ought to be Bied
of yourself." B
"Well, your honor," -was tBpn
dent response, "you oughtn'tBmplain.
The State gets my serBar
nothing, and you make it payB >r
n yours," and the judge gave himhny
e days more for contempt.?Det^^e
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AN OVERSIGHT.
Dashaway?"Going fishing?'
,r Cleverton?"Yes. What c ju
' think of my ontfit?''
1b Da8haway?"Fine, Seems r<be
very complete."
^ Cleverton (proudly)?"Yes, is,
g old fellow. Isn't that a grea J[?
Paid twenty-five dollars for that k rt
I could get." 1
Dashaway?"Nice reel, too." '
Cleverton?"None better." k
* Dashaway?"Elegant kit."
f- Cleverton? "You bet."
Dashaway?"Nic9 fishing suit,i i
>t have on." T
Cleverton?"It ought to be. Il<;
w enoucrh for it." ; i
- Doesn't seem to be anything laclgl
old man." ' ' 1
Cleverton?"No, indeed. I s>1
my last cent on this outfit, old mi"
? Dashaway?"Did, eh? Then u
have forgotten something, haVi
d you?"
ie Cleverton ? "Forgotten? W
what do you mean ?"
<3 Dashaway?"Why, you've forgot
a to save enough money to buy y;
fish with."?Harper's Bazar.
Hospitals.
;o
Hospitals, as we now understand I
, term, are of modern growth. Trn<
d is, as Mr. Burdett tells ub in the 1
i8 torical section 01 *-no8pnaiB a
_ Asylums of the World," that in 1
y records of Egypt and ancient India
find allusions to institutions that fo
shadow the hospitals* of later tim
and even our asylums for sick anim
are borrowed from the East.
An inscription engraved on a ro
I near the City of Surat tells how Aso]
a King, who reigned in Giijerat in i
g third century B. C. commanded 1
establishment of hospitals in all ]
dominions, and placed one at each
the four gates of the royal city
Patna. Six hundred years after th
Fa-Hian, an intelligent Chinese tri
eler who visited India in 299 A. ]
records that Asoka's hospitals still <
8 isted and flourished, but the sncce
& ive floods of conquest swept all awf
and by the beginning of this centu
only a hospital for animals remain
^ of all the p ious King's foundations.
I Ancient Efryptian records are mc
Q vague in their allusions to the trei
' ment of the sick; but it seems like
* from a legend which is given in t
Papyrus Ebers, that a clinic existed
connection with the temple of Heli
polis.- It is equally probable that,
3 the history of the temples of Aescu:
pius could be unveiled, we should fil
that in them also a hospital supp!
e mented the shrine, and that the si
" who offered sacrifices tnere found sou
p fhinrrTrnTAthfl.il "faith healine" with
?0 w
7 their walls. But from none of the
' are our hospitals derived; they we
- destroyed or forgotten in
ian conquests, and so utteijfl^HH
livion into which they fell^^^Bg
now an article of the po?RQ^^fi|ij
- that it is to Christianity weow^^
" first idea of care for the sick a]
3 afflicted.?The Quarterly Review.
Riding l)own a Wolf.
, It "has often been noticed in Ind
how fast a wolf travels by means of
lounging loping trot that is by i
means suggestive of speed. While oi
gallops after it an hard as a good hor
can go, the wolf pursued, never a]
parently hurrying, lollops along at
i pace that equals that of the followin
horse. I have heard it. said that i
horseman ever rode n wolf down; bi
to this statement 1 must demur, inn
; much as I have done thie thing. Pe
hap6 my wolf was sick.
Be that as it may, I did, when 01
pigeon-sticking in tbe Ganges counti
over against Colgong, follow a wol
and that wolf turned sharply when
1 closed with it, and the horse I rode I
rare good one) kicked it over with h
fore feet, and made the matter <
spearing my wolf simplicity itsel
, One of my companions of that day four
explanation of thie performance in tl
fact that I had ridden another man
I horse with my own spurs.?Blaol
wood'e Magazine. ^
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The Parasol Ant 4
The fact that the "parasol ant" of
the West Indies has grown to be era en J
a pest that the Government of Trini- y,
dad has had to adopt appropriate legis- jlation
against its ravages, draws atten- 2
tion to the remarkable habits of the 3
little creature. It has been definitely %
determined that they do not cnt the ^
circular bits out of the leaves that they -j
bear away so like a parasol over their J
heads, for the purpose of eating'them >
or for nest lining, as has been suggest- |
ed. These bits of leaves are simply 2
wanted as the soil on which to culti- , ?
X- - s\4' f-n-n rrr\a ftt OlPV i h
VHrtC tt UCX tniii CUi t V/A luugue vmmv vmvj ^
feed upon; and the ants are as expert *
in its culture as is any market gardener .
of Paris in the growing of his beloved J
mushrooms. A nest of these tiny agri- >
culturists has thus been described by j
the director of public works in Trini- }
dad who has had them on his table: \
*'Each forager dropped his portion of "
leaf in the nest, and it was taken up
by a small worker and carried to a
clear space to be cleaned. It was then
taken in hand by the large workers, c
which, after licking' it with , their j
tongues, reduced it to a small black
" ? V-11 ? v.;n 1
ball OI puip. J. Lie Be uauo wcie uuu>
on the edge of the already formed fun- f
gue bed and slightly smoothed down.
The new surface was then planted with ^
portions of the fungus brought from i
other parts of the nest. /Each piece is 1
put in separately, and the ants know 1
exactly how far apart the plants should (
be. It sometimes looks as if the bits {
of fungus had been put in too scantily
in places, yet in about forty hours (if -(
the humidity has been properly regulated)
it is all evenly covered with a
mantle as of very fine snow." "When
it is remembered thafc most persons
who have tried the cultivation of edible
fungi have failed because of the difficulties
arising from the handling of
the spores and the maintenance of the
needed humidity, it almost seems that
we must conoede to these tiny creatnrpR
a creaier decree of agricultural
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skill than is possessed by the average
farmer.
The Tea Road.
Ke-gu, the half-way halting place on
the famous tea road between the
Chinese border town Ta-chien-hi and
the Thibetan capital, is the centre of
the tea trade, and, accordingly, the
residence of numerous tea merchants.
It is the Chinese who chiefly bring the
tea here, to sell it to the Thibetan
merchants, who forward it to Lhassa.
The currency in this trade is the
in/Kan rirnAfl. whifih. however. is often
dispensed with, and then the tea is J
bartered by the Chinese for "wool,
hides and furs, gold dust, mercury and
other Thibetan products, for importation
into China. The tea (branches
as well as leaves) is packed in
pressed bricks,, about fourteen inches
long, ten wide and four thick. Eight
of these bricks are sown in a skin, and
a yak carries two skins. All
Thibetans drink tea. They boil it,
branches and all, in water, with a lit*
tie soda and salt, and before drinking
I add butter, barley flower (which is
called tsampa) and dried native cheese.
The solid part of this mixture, when
merely moistened with a little liquid
| tea made up into hard balls, is called
ba, and lorme tne sxapie ioou 01
Thibet
. The chief meat consumed is mutton,
upon which the black tent people
almost live. Sheep are cheap. In the
1 j interior of the country they cost from
one rupee to two rupees. For winter
1 consumption, they are killed early in
1 the cold season, and the meat is
, frozen.?The National Review.
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IS
' Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
i rightly used. The many, who live better
than others and enjoy life more, with
B8, i less expenditure, by more promptly
iy i adapting the world's best products to
ir|' the needs of physical, being, will attest
9 ' the value to health of the pure liquid
I-'1 laxative principles embraced in the
ill* remedy, Svrup of Figs.
aj Q1 Its excellence is due to its presenting
;j ol in the form most acceptable and pleasu
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
{ o beneficial properties of a perfect laxjf
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
3 u Jispelling colds, headaches and fevers
. i j| ma permanently curing constipation.
b tt has given satisfaction to millions and
a(l n net with the approval of the medical
'e' c irofession, because it acts on;the Kidct
t leys, Liver and Bowels without weak*
te- t ;ning them and it is perfectly free from
in I (svery objectionable substance,
se I <1 Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug<
re .1 fciste in'60c amTfcl bottles, but it is manjh^Uifactured
by the California Fig Syrup
is printed on every
^ ?utf being K6tJpormed,^o^will not
i
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at ! Ripans Tabules are th
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disorder of the stom;
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i xi season > wnen %p
5 aainty ana aeticious *
| cake and pastry are V
jf required. Royal ?
Baking Pow- ?
<leris indispensable 5'
in their preparation. 2
For finest food I can use
none but Royal.?A. Forrik, fij
Cbtf, White House, for Pres- jfe f
iiwrfc Cleveland and Arthur. 3*
ROYAL jVUQNO POWDM CO., 106 WAU. ?T., W. Y. jy
The King's Death-Clock.
In the eonrtjard of the palace of
f7ersaillefi is a clook with one hand,
ailed "L'Horloge de la Mort dn Boi"
t contains no works, but. consists
oerely of a face in the form of a sub,
inrrounded by rays. On the death of .
i king the hand'is set to the moment'
)f his demise, and remains unaltered if;ill
his successor has rejoined him is 1
;he grave. This custom originated
inder Louis XIII., and continued tin H
?1 T? ?,~rn nn Um
;ne revolution. x? wv> ? ??.
ieath of Louis XVLLL, and the hand 1
still continues fixed on the precise
moment of that monaroh's death.? ij|'
Chicago Herald.
The caves or grottoes discovered.in 4
Carniola, a province of Austria, in . -f
1889, are said to be equal in extent to
the Kentucky wonder. ' ^3
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itin-ntsi. Oa.. writes: "For. atoy ; T
years my wile has been a conrtant gaS&nr ?
from indigestion, sick beadac^ne*von?pro?,
tration and all other oompiainffl t^ttbefev
SflHEflSflf with butllttle OT no ifr
ilfcfj
MmMvFpJMM ?M 8be was bo oat of bent
mtmTirM Bh? returned &? *p45*
Mg, Jr ^ that It would be Ilk?
mSwmiWm the rcat-of no good; , :M
but on my aecq\mL?b* . / .fig
Ikszk dmssfSjS ' M
Mbs. Scote. ^ trai benefiting v"'-v3
v? OT1ri ohn h?iB continued to lmprove_ ever
since, and now thinks It the most wonoerrm .?
remedy on earth for her sax, and reoommaada
it to all suffering' females. She ha* not teqa
BQ^weLMn^teti 11 citation I ' *
' with a free^goodw^joMUutron may let all
who may suffer know what ft baa doa? fbr
L herT'? Sold by mfdtetne dealers ergywhaw.
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BIMDnELD'S FEMALE (UE6ULATQR.
properties^aad exer^a^onderfui ioflaen&'in
toning up and.strengthening ha
svstero. by driving through the proper '>
channels-all impurities, iieattn m
strength guaranteed to result from its use.
" Njr wlft, who ww
Ino months, mftmr wiaf BradftoQP*
Amat* S?ffMtator tar twa iMlhi ifl
getting well." j I'
J. K. JoHKto*. Urnhrwm, Adbjfl
Bbadfrld Bmolatob Co., Atlanta, Qt J
Bold by DrugjlaU at $1.00 per fcottls. "
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SPADING BOOT
and others. The .outar or t*p SSJiW^K.
sole extendi the whole leogti ra^BRS
of the sole dowa to the heel,
pratettlng (be shank la ditching, digging,
&c. BK8T Qatllty Tlirwgtwt.
Mtl A DAT- EANILT MA DC
HI I Ma nnfactu ring and handling Novelty
V M for us. To avoid Importers, we deals*
m V^5 'J-cent Stamp* for Sample and Teraa*. i
m Return Mill wilt bring yonb-at thing t
loot. 30 Men or Women mait be m IP^Jcnred
thla week in it* Manufacture. Ad*
^^dresa.E. H. WILLI*. MSOH, 140 Oamberland
8treat. Brooklyn, N. Y.
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type on excellent paper an 1 W nj\-i 1tomely
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eqalTalenta an! pronunciation,an I vm; . .<
German wori? with E%4rll*ti<le.lnltl<?at, V / \
Jtlnlnraluable to Germana wtio are no; ? * * <
thoroughly ramiliar with. English. or; > % . M
Americana whc wUli to learu Gennaa JLmLjM -\
Add? >, with $1.00, ' s
BOOK PUBLISHING HOUSE.
134 Leonard St.. New York City.
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