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AN EXPERT GUN C
'RAINING GUNNERS
IN THE NAVY
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nr Battleships Breaking All Records
ia Shooting at a Target ?- Gun
Printers Selected After Rigid Trial
"A Foreign Experiment in Shooting
at a Battleship ? The Yalue of
Target Practice.
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y Lieut. Com. ALBERT GLEAVES,
Coimnandiug U. S. S. Mayflower.
REVIVAL of target prac[
/TW f tice dates from the Spanish- (
t if a 9 American War. Up to that .
] JrT[ J time adequate attention had ,
L \ not been paid to the neces- .
sarv traininir to nroduw ex
eu insults in any navy iu the world,
cccpt possibly the French and Rusau.
Since that time. England and
ermany have made important
lauges in their systems, and in the
uited States target practice has been
trried on so assiduously that recently
le American gunners established the
est records that have ever been made.
h? Wisconsin first broke the record,
ud later the Texas shot even better.
Target practice in our navy is as old
J the guns. We always devoted much
me and attention to the guns, and in
> doing we acquired a world-wide
jputation in all our wars for excellent
looting.
In the beginning of the new ceutury,
hen the infant navy of the United
tatos first began to make itself heard
i the West Indies and on the coast of
arbary, target practice?not the
Iicntific drill of to-day. but none the
ss target practice, including shooting
beef casks?became throughout the
ivy a part of every ship's routine
id our sailors were thus for years
|?pt in training until the great struge
came with the acknowledged
lampions of the ocean. Up to that
tne only one English ship, the Shan>n.
had target practice, or put sights
1 her guns, and her reward came one
rentful June day in Boston Bay
inety years ago, when she fought the
hes.ipeake.
Th:? necessity for target practice was
ught for all time on the bloody decks
the Guerriere. the Macedonian, the
iva. and the Peacock. It matters not
hether the gnn in vogv.e is a carronle.
a Dahlgren, or a modern high>wered
rifle; unless it can be made to
it the target, it is absolutely useless,
ut it was not until the battle of the
alu, in the Chinese-Japanese War,
lat heavy gun-practice was seriously
msidered. The value of the practice
as proved at Manila and Santiago,
ho seatch of foreign experts for the
ist way to hit a mark resulted in the
esent system of target practice, genally
the same in all navies, and <
ought to a high poiut of efficiency in |
ire. I
It is only half the work to arm and i
iuip ships with the most improved ?
ins and sights; they must also have j
highly trained personnel capable of ]
Ianipulating guns, turrets, and tor- 1
idoes. When China found herself ar- <
yed against Japan she offered $500 (
ish per month for skilled gun- (
>inters, but, in all great navies, gun- |
>iniers are trained, not bought, and ?
hen the fight is on it is too late for ,
jStruction. I
How does a man become an expert <
inner? Diligent drill and constant
pining are not enough without a ceriu
amount of natural aptitude. One
an after another is tried. A few
tys' drill in the turrets eliminates all
ccept the fairly promising. For the
[lent of eye and nerve which marks
|e born gun-pointer the Government
ky3 from $2 to $10 a month in addipn
to the man's regular pay. This
remium is not confined to any race,
[eed. or color. On one vessel in the
kvy one of the gun-pointers is a
[Selecting gun-pointers is one of the
lost important duties in the navy,
lading selected the men for gunkintorc
fhn ct-ar* +
wo methods are now in vogue, both
iving the same principle, but differg
in detail. In the oid days of sails
id smooth-bore guns, the invariable
lie?and the only rule the gun-capins
knew?was this: "Fire at the
p of the downward roll (just as the
lip begins to roll toward the target),
id aim at the enemy's waterline."
bis rule lasted far into the age of
earn and turret guns, and has only
cently been supplanted by "continuls-aim-firing,"
or the art of keeping a
an trained on the target regardless of
ie oscillations of the vessel, during
le whole or a portion of the roll.
Only one person in five uses the tunil
built in London for crossing the
:reet near the Bank of England. The
Jiere prefer to take their chances
lions: the horses and vehicles.
REW ON THE MAINE AI
SILENT BRIDES OF KOREA.
Newly Made Husband May Not Hi
His Wife's Voice For Months
After His Marriage.
Here is a picture brought from 1
far east only a short time ago whi
shows exactly how the "silent bride
as those of Korea are called with
much reason, look on the wedding d;
It may be said that although the rot
depicted therein remind one somewl
of Japanese garments, the broad gin
with its enormous knot at the bai
which is formed on the island gi;
kimona, is not a part of the Kore
belle's decoration, while the slee^
edged with deep white bands are mu
larger than those worn across t
straits.
The headdress, a most importn
part of the quaint outfit, is peculiar
Korean brides. Made of heavy c!o
carefully quilled and stiffened with
sort of canvas lining, it covers all <
o rorr little nf tliu hnfr nnd ri"i
about a foot above the bead. T
large wooden pins at tbe back he
the headgear securely in place, t
ribbon falling over the left should
being decorative only.
Dressed in this costume the you
n-oman who, since her parents have ;
ranged all her marriage affairs, pi
haps never has seen her future In
[land, is led before the priest for
ceremony which probably has no eqi
Tor simplicity. At a word from t
iriest the contracting persons bow
;ach other slowly and solemnly ant
ill is over! Then the bride goes hoi
to await further orders, while the In
band, gathering about him all 1
'riends and acquaintances, departs f
in elaborate feast, which he gives
lonor of himself.
Once married the bride's fa mi
identity at once sinks before her m
lame and she is never known exce
is So-and-So's wife. Her chief du
is to attend strictly to her own bu
less, not speaking except when nec<
KOREAN BRIDE IN BRIDAL GOWK.
;ary. So firmly is tliis virtue i:
pressed upon the young girl's mi
:hat several mouths often pass befc
ler husband hears his partner's voi<
ind where a father-in-law is one
:he family whole years of almost abs
ute silence are said to elapse. Sin
:he son has 110 say in choosing a wi
>r a daughter in ehosing a husbar
:he parents are held responsible by t
community for the proper marriage
;heir children. If a man allows 1
5011 to reach the age of twenty unrm
ried his neighbors consider him sad
lacking iu his duty to his son.?Kans
Jity Star.
Leaf Tobacco For Export in Future.
"No more strips will be shipped
England." said T. B. Auo4iterlonie,
Liverpool, who is an official of t
American tobacco trust and represen
:hat concern in England. "The expc
)f tobacco strips is practically at 1
?nd. The exporters cannot afford
mip tne strippeu leai wiien tne u
stemmed leaf can be entered at Er
lish ports six cents lower. Leaf 1
bneco will be the thing for expo;
ifter this. And the North Atlan
ports wii! r*ot lose the business, eithi
The rate in that direction is ton cer
n hundred higher. I will admit, b
ten cents a huudred pounds is nol
ing in comparison with the more rai
time which can be made by the Nor
Atlantic ports."?Louisville Couri<
Journal.
A Loperj' MiHsion.
The Presbyterian Mission at Caut<
China, carried on a work among lept
which was originated, by a poor bli
and lame slave girl. This girl w
brought to the mission for treatme
and abandoned by her mistress wh
it was discovered that she had lepro:
She was converted before she wc
to the leper settlement, ana after ti
she became the centre of religious
fluences that have succeeded in rea<
ing large numbers of these outcasts.
An extremely fine quality of grp
leather made in Turkey is manufi
tured from the skin of the angel fish
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to-... ..
I
MING AT A TARGET,
SANITARY SOAP SERVER. |
?ar Prevents Contamination and Cuts Down
Expense. |
In tliis d.iy and generation, when the
. enormous importance of sanitary conI)
0 I
ditions is so well recognized, it is diffl-;
scult to reconcile the indifference of the
so public to numerous transgressions 01
the laws of hygiene and sanitation that
>es are encountere(l daily. Soap in offices
. and other seini-public places may ha
id L
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lJt SANITARY SOAP SERVER.
ty !
si- cited as an instance. Powdered soap i
?s- receptacles that furnish the user with
"] a sufficient supply of soap without individual
contamination are offered in a
number of forms, but they are only occasionally
met. The illustration shows
an English type that has been adopted
in the houses of Parliament and in \
many English hotels, which otherwise
are notoriously behind the age in con- j
veniences and comfort. The soap is
put up in the form of a circular bar, |
perforated through the centre, is placed !
on a spindle and inserted through the j
top of the cylinder, which is locked to
prevent pilfering and meddling. The ;
end of the spindle which passes '
through the soap is cut with a fine
thread, and is connected with a modi- j
tied catchet wheel carrying four fine j
saws crossways at the bottom of the
apparatus, which is open. By turning .
the cylinder the saws are brought into
contact with the bar of soap, cutting j
away tine granulations, which drop
into the hand placed to receive them, j
This soap cup, the manufacturers :
claim, effects a saving of seventy-five
per cent, in the amount of soap ordina- |
? rily used, besides possessing essential j
sanitary advantages. Somewhat simi- \
uc* lar devices have been introduced in
ire this country.?Philadelphia Record. j
us BARON R^SCHILD,
ut Hoacl of the Banking Firm of N. M.
Rothschild and Sons.
Baron Rothschild is one of the lead- j
er_ ins financiers of the world, and head '
of a lirui controlling a chain of bank- I
ing houses throughout Europe which j
wield a powerful influence in the af- '
fairs of the world. It has been openly j
'n* stated several times that no European i
' ? country can go to war without first {
" consulting the Rothschilds. For over
as a century, the operations of tbe
D ' Rothschilds have been startling in
Oil
their magnitude. Their achievement
is due to family adherence. The rneni1
hers of each successive generation are
,a received into the co-partnership, and
. the cousins. I i U o crowned heads,
usually intermarry, and. as their immense
wealth is being continually aug en
rnented by safe and profitable business
ac- methods, the firm may last as long a.*
u some roral dynastipa
Sow Buckwheat Eaily. Is
j By sowing buckwheat early and ti
j plowing in under when in blossom, s
j two crops may be obtained. Always b
| use air-slacked lime ou the land after q
! turning under a green mauurial crop, n
Fine Butter. ^
I Gilt-edged butter is not due wholly ^
| to the excellence of the cow, but also ^
| to the intelligence of t,he farmer who
; attends to the stock and looks after
all the details necessary in order to n
produce a superior article,' aud thus n
get the highest prices. a
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Gi yw Your Vegetable*.
' The garden supplies articles that canj
not be as cheaply procured as they 11
can be grown. Every farmer should a
I endeavor to grow and provide for himself
everything that can be produced a
on the farm. When the produce re- ^
quired is grown for use it will be
fresher and better than can be procured
elsewhere. Ripe tomatoes, fresh 1
from the vine, and placed on the table. n
are far superior to those bought in the 11
| market ^
Whitewash.
Slack one-half bushel of unslacked
lime with boiling water, keeping it
covered during the process. Strain it n
and add a peck of salt dissolved in s
warm water. Add also three pounds, "
of ground rice put iu boiling water, a
and boiled to a thin paste; one-half a
pound of powdered Spanish whiting. 01
and a pound of clear glue dissolved in 0
warm water. Mix all these well together.
and let the mixture stand for c'
several days. Keep the wash thus 11
prepared in a kettle or portable fur- ^
nace, and, when used, put it on ns hot ?
as possible, with painters' or white- s'
wash brushes. This whitewash has 01
i been found by experience to answer on 8
wood as well as oil paL'.t, and it is ^
much cheaper. k
h
Useful Hints. h
My experience is, that "an ounce of ci
prevention is worth a pound of cure;" 'I
that land will not become cloddy if it ci
is harrowed as soon as plowed, or u
before the wind blows through it; u
that the common house scrub brush, u
sold everywhere for a dime, is the best tc
thing to clean horses' legs with; that g
a good torch used judiciously once a h
week in the poultry house, and among h
the nests, will destrop more vermin a
than all the poison in the drug stores; h
that it is not a good plan to feed grain- g
| to a horse immediately after drinking p
heartily, unless you keep poultry tl
around the stable to pick up the whole d
grain undigested; that a small piece of b
cloth saturated with lard and rubbed ci
on the inside of a horse's ears will g
give him great relief all day from the f<
insects that get into the ear; that one
thing at a time advances the whole.?
G. M. Humphreys, in The Epitomist.
d
Substitute For Smokehouse. a
When there is uo smokehouse, take si
a box two feet or more high, two and c<
one-half feet square, and make a hole a
in centre of the box as large as stove A
pipe; cut out of one side of edge a place A
like the draft on a stove, large enough ir
to admit a wash pan or cobs or chips, si
Alter you siari tue lire, use uulu^
cobs, so there will be lots of smoke
aud not much blaze; bore three holes f;
in bottom of an old molasses barrel, tl
for the strings to come through. Pro- b
vide a stick to run through the strings, a
making sure they are securely tied to (1
the meat; turn the box upside down d
and place the barrel over the hole in n
box; wrap an old blanket where the t(
box and barrel meet so as to hold the ti
smdfce. In cold weather you can keep n
a fire all day, but if the weather is tl
warm a fire morning and night is best b
and the process will require several n
days.?Agues M. Knickerbocker, in Tbe d
Epitomist. o
?
Large Flocks. tl
It requires but little time and atten- t<
tion to manage a small flock, but if it f;
is intended to go into poultry raising a
is a business, it means work and plenty a
of it. Hard work is necessary to grow b
crops, to conduct a dairy, or to mauage tl
stock, and the same is true of poul- tl
try. In tlie winter time there may be ii
huge drifts of snow to shovel before s<
the hens can get out of the coops, the u
droppings must be removed, the quar- b
ters cleaned, the fowls fed and the ri
water cans filled. The eggs must be tl
collected frequently, in order to prevent is
them from being frozen, and the sur- u
plus poultry and eggs must be shipped a
to market, and in summer the yards tl
must be kept clean. All these details tl
call for labor, and the larger the number
of fowls the greater the amount of
work required. But there is uothing
discouraging in being compelled to
work, but for the labor required there
would be 110 profit in the business. It n
is the labor that sells in the shape of
eggs and carcasses and not the chicken h
itseif. The profit is that derived above
cost of food, labor, etc. r
Buy a Pump.
Oxygon gas, the new remedy for
milk fever, is attracting wide spread
attention, but it takes a Yankee to
wrest it from nature without cost. A
few weeks ago an ex-Senator who ti
owns a tine Jersey herd in Southern
Michigan, on going to his table, js
found one of his best cows down with ^
the dread disease. Manufactured
oxygen was tifty-seven miles away,
and no chance to get it before morn- ing.
The Senator is noted for original
methods in emergencies; after standing
for a few moments iu deep thought, ^
he started at a rapid pace for the w
house and shortly returned with a
bicycle pump in his hand. Cutting off a:
the nozzle he inserted a milking tube e:
in its place, and was soon pumping
VA.y^L-11 llliu LUtlL VJU? a Uitfc, illQ CULU
teat as soon as it was tilled, then lie h
awaited developments. In less than
three hours she was on her feet look- f(
ing for a bran mash: morning found n
her entirely recovered. Farmers, lt
there is plenty of that oxygen left, so
1)1*7 a bicycle pump and be ready for
the next cow attacked by the dread '
disease.?Mrs. L. May Dean, in the *
Epltomlst.
Epitomlst Bee Notes. t(
When your bees get unmans- M:4 n
and when ordinary smoke doi;s not u
seem to subdue them, put Into your t<
* _ _ ......
moker a little tobacco. This will help j
? conquer them, and it will usually
oothe their grievances. It is also of
enefit to use when introducing j
ueens. Just a little will do the busi- ;
ess.
When the bees 811 tbe sections with '
oney they will seal them over snow !
rhite. If the sections are left on the !
ive for any length of time the cap- !
ings become darkened, which i.? j
aused by the bees constantly riming
over them. The sections will j
ever again look as clean and white j
s when first completed. Therefore, j
. hen you find a super of sections !
lied and capped, slip your bee escape '
nder it, and the n?*xt day you will be i
ble to carry off your honey.
Empty brood combs should be ex- i
rained every few days to see if tlio ;
rax worm is at worlc in them. A j
ool. dry cellar is a good place to store j
lem, but if they become infested give
;iem to the bees at once. If you have
o swarms to occupy them, place them
nder strong colonies so that the bees
rill be compelled to pass through
jem.?Bee Editor, iu Tbe Epitomist.
Don't Stunt llife Colt.
rt is generally understood by farlers
that in raising colts the best re\
ults can only be secured by keeping 1
ae youngster growing all the time
nd doing its best. A Mr. G. C. Goodie,
of Maine, gives an instance that
Tine under his observation as a proof
f the truth of this tle'ory. He said:
"A few years ago, while judging the
alts at the Kennebec fair, a gentlejan
brought in a year-old stallion,
[e was in tine, healthy condition, of :
ne conformation, finely gaited and I
:oring ninety odd points he easily j
Eiptured the blue ribbon over a largo j
eld of colts. His breeding was fine,
[is owner said to ine: 'I am going to
eep this colt for a stallion.' I told
im he would make a tine stallion, as
e had the breeding, the gait, the fine
alor and conformation. But I said:
f you want a fine horse, keep ibis
o 11 growing and in good condition
ntil matured.' Six months later I
:as going by his piacfc and he called
le in to see his colt. I was surprised
) find the colt poor. He had not
rown ,1 bit for sir months. I told
iin he had spoiled his colt. He said j
e had a fine pasture to turn him into !
nd he would be all right. I said to
im: 'When this colt commences to
row again he will grow out of proortion
somewhere.' The result was
lat he grew ewe-necked, his shoulers
grew upright and he grew swayfcked.
This changed his gait so he
5uld not show speed, and his owner
elded him at four years and sold him
>r a small price.
The Darkened Stable*
Where auimals are kept in the stable
uring the .summer months, as, for exmple,
work horses, or, in some intances,
the breeding stock, nothing
jntributes so much to their comfort
s that of protecting them from fiies.
nimals that are kept busy fighting '
ies require more food to keep theai !
i rendition and. indeed, it i<3 impos- \
ible with an unlimited supply of food
) keep them in proper condition.
Advantage should be taken of the j
ict that flies constantly tend to seek !
je light places. A stable need not j
e absolutely dark in order to prevent j
nnoyance from flies, and in fact, we 1
o not believe in keeping stables too ;
ark, on account of the fact that ani- .
ials are liable, if kept in such quar- j
?rs for any considerable length of j
me, to go wrong in their eyes. Gun- j
y sack nailed over the windows of j
je stable will greatly reduce the nam- j
er of flies that will pester the ani- i
ials. These should not be nailed i
own absolutely tight at the bottom, j
r air will be excluded and the stable I
ill become warm and unhealthy. If
le sacks are partly loose at the bot- i
)m they will shade the stable satis- j
ictorily and at the same time admit j
ir. Horses placed iu the stable for 1
n hour at noon will eat better, rest j
etter, and we cannot help but think !
icy will work better afterward if !
aey are afforded some protection dur- j
lg the time they are in the stall. Iu |
)me of our better class of stables reg- j
lar window blinds are used, these j
eing pulled down during the day and 1
an up at night, thus freely admitting j
le air when no protection from flies j
> necessary. It is claimed by those
rho use sucli blinds that tbeir cost is j
lore than offset in the saving of feed !
lat is effected by tbe protection which j
iey afford.
Amos; the Chickens.
Avoid having stale eggs by gathering
lem daily.
Poultry hatched in Lot weather does I
ot thrive well.
Broken eggs in the nest start the j
ens to eating thera.
Ducks, for profit, must '.?e pushed ;
ipidly from the start.
Houses that are cleaned daily need
ery little disinfecting.
The utmost cleanliness about the j
jeding places should be observed.
Eggs cannot be produced without ni- !
ogeneous material in some form.
A pound of eggs contains more nourihment
than a pound of meat aud '
one.
I
It is not good economy to feed even j
nail chickens on ground or cooked j
;ed aione.
Young turkeys especially should not
d allowed to wade around in wet I
eeds or grass.
Sour milk, heated and skimmed, is |,
n elegant food for young fowls aud j
specially for young turkeys.
With ducks especially, all of the ear- I
' hatched can be sold and the late i
itr.hmi L-nnf for breedinir nurnoses.
With continuous in breeding the . ,
jwls become delicate, hard to raise,
ot as good layers, aud in every way
iss profitable.
Fure bred fowls arc; no harder t
lise than common stock, nor does it
ike any more to keep them, while
.lev are an ornament to the home.
Generally speaking, it will be better
> sell the youig fowls as soon as of
larketable size, rather than to keep
ntil fall when low prices are sure
> prevail.
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A LEAF PROM THE PAST.
"Wtien a >'ew Straw Hat Wa? a Novel and
Treasured 1'osnenHlon.
Tn the early part of the last century
there were fewer factories in this country
than now, aiul many things were
made !>y liaml which to-day are the
work of machinery. This was especially
true of the braid for straw hats.
Rye straw was commonly used, although
wheat was also in demand. But
the rye -straw had longer stems and
was more easily handled.
In driviug along country roads, in
Massachusetts particularly, late in the
summer, one would see great bundles
r>f the straw hanging on the fences to
dry. When the sun and wind had done
their share of the work, it was placed i
in casks where sulphur was burning
until it was bleached to a pale yellow. I
Then it was split into narrow widths
suitable for braiding.
The daughters of farmers did not
have many pennies of their own in
those days, and all were eager to earn I
money by braiding straw. Every lit- I
tie while men would pass through the
villages, calling from house to house
and buying the straw braid. They
paid two cents a yard for it.
"District school" was in session only
six months of the year?the rest of the
time the children helped their mothers
with the housework. When that was
done they took up their braids for
amusement and occupation. So much 1
a day erery girl expected to do as her
daily "stint." She would carry it down
1\Tr ht?AAlr Ar nn in tlm onnla irna I
when the summer days were long; or
during the stormy hours of winter she
would go with it to the old attic where
the swing hung from the cobwebbed
rafters. But all the time her Angers
must work busily, lest the men should
call for the braids and find them unfinished.
The factories where the straw was
sewed were iu the large towns. The
simplest hats were of the braids alone.
More elaborate ones had a fancy cord,
also of plaited straw, sewed on the j
edge of the braid. This straw was ;
made by the old ladies. Grandmothers ;
and grcatauuts whose eyes were too j
dim to sew would take their balls of
straw with them on neighborhood
calls. While they chatted together,
their hands would be weaving the
yellow strands in and out, fashioning
the dainty cord. %
The price paid for the cord was only
half a cent a yard, but this was better
than nothing to those dames of a bygone
generation.
A poor country girl would begin to
think of her hat from the time of
seed-sowing. All summer she would
watch the billowy grain. When it
was gathered and only the empty I
stalks were left, slie would tie them j
into bundles and hang them in some
sheltered nook to dry. Bleaching, splitting
and braiding?these she did herself.
When tho braids were finished and j
sent to the factory, how impatient j
she waited! Perhaps grandma contributed
some of the cord she had made j
last winter that the new hat might
be more beautiful. At last the hat
came home, and then what tryings on
there were before the old gilt-framed
mirror in the parlor! How lovingly
its owner handled it as she placed it
this way or that on her curly head.
Oh, a new straw hat was indeed a
thing well worth having in those days
of the long ago.?Adele H. Baldwin, in
or. isiccoias.
SJmpie Experiment to Prove Earth Itoancl
Although it was demonstrated more
than 2000 years ago that the eartli is
globular in form, there are certain persons
who maintain that it is flat.
About thirty years ago a controversy
011 the subject waxed so hot that it
was determined to put the matter to
direct experiment in order to settle the
question once for all.
The place chosen was near Bedford,
England, where there is a straight six
mile stretch of water. At Upth ends
and in the middle of this water posts
were erected, each of the same definite
height above the water level. Upon ;
looking with a telescope along the tops J
of these three posts it was clearly j
seen that the centre one overtopped
the others by about six feet, owing to ;
the curvature of the surface of the j
earth.
These experiments were recently re
peated in a more scientific manner by |
H. Yule Oldbam, who read a paper on j
the subject before the Giasgow meet- I
ing of the British Association. The '
same results were obtained, with the
important difference that by the employment
of a tele-photographic lens
and camera the six foot prominence
of the middle post was recorded in [
an unmistakable manner? Philadelphia
Record.
Genuine and Imitation Perfumes.
"Perfumes are becoming more pupuIar
every year," said A. R. Mitchell,
the representative of a Detroit, Mich.,
perfumery concern. "Ten years ago
the use of these scents Was exceedingly
restricted, and tlie use now is much
more general. Ac a result our sales are
much larger than they were iu those
days.
"It may seem peculiar. but perfumes
iro adulterated and imitated just as
baking powd? and other things are.
For instance, wo have a high grade |
carnation pink perfume from the j
flowers themselves. This, of course, j
is costly, but the perfume retains its j
cdor, and a handkerchief that has been
scented with it wil! retain the perfume
even after it is washed. A hot iron
will bring out the odor again. Now, a
perfume that is just as good to all appearances,
and that for ten minutes
will have the same offec-t. can be made
out of the oil of cloves mixed with alcohol.
At tho end of ten minutes the
odar will be gone."?Milwaukee Sentinpl
Motor-Car Catarrh.
A now danger lias bow been found to
beset motor enthusiasts who have developed
the mania for driving at excessive
speed. Medical men call it
motor-car catarrh, and state that it is
produced by the high rate of speed at
which the motorist travels and th? consequence
minute particles of sand aud
dust which fly against the delicate
mucous surface of the nose and throat.
One motorist, "who is well known for
the excessive rate at which lie travels,
was laid up with the disease, and only
the total abandonment of racing sav?d
him from having to undergo a seriou*
operation.
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MINOBEVENTSOFTHEWEEK
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
Pigeons and other birds have taken
up their abode in the gilded dome of
the Library of Congress.
Tbc Panama Canal Commission held
its final meeting pending its departure
for the Isthmus.
Second Lieutenant Victor C. Lewis,
Xwenty-eiglith Company. Coast Artillery,
who disappeared at San Francisco,
on April 22, just as his company was
nbout to sail for the Philippines has
been dropped from the army list as a
deserter.
The War Department is paying old
Confederate claims at a great rate.
Recently Congress appropriated $223,>00
for the reimbursement of Confederate
soldiers who had lost their
horses or side arms on their way home
after Lee's surrender.
In accordance with the policy of
Americanizing the Navy, Captaiu Pillsbury,
Acting Chief of the Bureau of
Navigation, aud other officials of tne
Navy Department are considering
further restrictions on enlistments.
J. Marbourg Keedy, a New York attorney
and a former resident of
Hagerstown, Md., was appointed Prosecuting
Attorney for the Panama
Canal zone.
The Russian Government has accepted
the proposition of the United
States to exclude American poachers
from the waters around the Commander
Islands. A United States revenue
cutter will be detailed for patro'
duty.
OUR ADOPTED INLANDS. .
In the Hawaiian Islands it 1s now
recognized that forest preservation is
a matter of great and immediate importance
to the leading economic interests
of the Territory.
Hawaii wants tne American uovm-nment
to help provide for its leper
colony of over 1000 and to aid in th$
scientific study of tlie disease.
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DOMESTIC.
The Steel Trust declared its regwlar
iividend on preferred stock and <?lecte<f
l successor to Director Schwab.
Rioting was renewed at the Chicaga
stock yards and efforts at mediation
made by the State Board of Arbitra*
tion failed.
Health Department officials of Nexv
York City confessed themselves powerless
to check the epidemic which is
silling hundreds of infants in the tenements.
The Court of Appeals at Frankfort, ?
Ivy., granted a writ of error in the
?ase of James Howard, under life sentence
for the murder of Governor William
Goebel.
The strike of the waiters at the St.
Louis Exnosition has been declared off.
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Negroes formed a $500,000 real estate
company iu New York City to combat
the race prejudice by making money
out of it.
Five minutes cfter landing its sevsnty-five
passengers the steamer Post
Boy sunk near Saugatuck, Mich., due
:c? striking a snag, which started a
bad leak.
Suit was brought against Borough
President Littleton of Brooklyn, New
York, by a Brooklyn asphalt company
to test the constitutionality of the . ? ?
iight hour law.
Robbers in a yacht and fast auto- ,
mobile have been raiding houses along
Long Island Sound.
New York milk inspectors, spurred to
greater activity by reported poisoning
>f fifty persons in Passaic, N. J., by
ptomaines in milk, reported that the
supply of New Yonc City is good.
Borings were begun to test the
earth and rock under the East River*
at New York City, preparatory to the
:onstrucuou or me ijueens lunnei i?
connect the underground transit system
of Manhattan with the trolley system
of the Borough of Queens.
Massachusetts Republicans have
called their State convention to nominate
ft State ticket for October 7 in
Boston.
The armored cruiser South Dakota
was lnuucbtd at San Francisco.
An average of G000 persons a day
are filing claims for iands on the Rosebud
Indian reservation in South Da- *
kota.
The Western Federation of Miners
bas asked the Red Cro3s Society to
take charge of its relief work in the
Colorado field.
The naphtha laden ship Creedmoor
took fire off Fire Island and was abandoned.
One sailor and the ship's cat
were burned to death. Eighteen meD
were rescued.
FOREIGN.
Fire destroyed the largest, wire cable
f;>ciory in St. Petersburg, Russia, and
caused $1,250,000 loss.
The North German Lloyd and Hamburg-American
liners have united their
efforts to break the cunarcrs monopoly
of the IIuugariau-American einigranl
traffic.
Russia increased her import duties
twenty per cent. 011 sheet steel and a
few other products.
Two more British steamers were
seized by Russian suips. Their immediate
release was expected.
The illness of King Christian Is not
serious, and he left Schwerin for Copenhagen.
The Osservatore Romano denied the
report that Cardinal Merry Del Val
had tendered his resignation as Secretary
of State.
The body of Paul Kruger, late President
of the Transvaal, was sent to The
Hague from Ciarens, Switzerland.
Few cases of yellow fever are now
being reported from Mexican cities.
Colombia is again to come into ful!
diplomatic relations with the United
States and the Panama affair will be
a closed incident between the two republics.
There was a great celebration al
New Westminster, 1J. C.. to mark the
opening of the SI.000,000 steel bridge
across the Fraser River.
A course in American literature am:
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1LIMUUUU11S IJU-1 ULA U iv.iuu\ u ub
Sorbonne.
Sir llobprt Pom!, ill? Newfoundland
Premier. hinted at retaliation if the
Hay-Bond treaty i'aiicd of ratificatioa
The French bishops of Laval ana
Dijon are deprived of episcopal powers
through failure to obey summons tc ,
Rome.
The Pop* has improved the transfei
>!.<? Ti*-i I flrtti i/k I'.in.i! ltnlnffiitn tc
tlu- United State.*:, to the Philippines
war-ft; he wil! sivj-.eeu the late Arcli
bishop Ouidi.
The Government of VeBCisuela pu'
an attaehiueut on the property o~ thi
New York and lier.mulez Asphalt Corn
pa ny.
The EritLsh Government propose*
military honors in connection with th*
buml of former President JCrugcr, o;
the Transvaai.
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