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THOS. 1 ADAMS. PROPRIETOR. EDGEE?ELD, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1892. VOL. LVII. NO. 13. IThe political badge manufaotur have no reason to complain of 1 times. . _ Tampa, Fla., is banking on becc fog the metropolis of the State, has now a population of 30,000. ? Scottish Judge has decided tba lt cycle is no more a vehicle than i snake. An English Judge has c .greed with him. There is a grim humor about I army worm's ravages in New Englai The greatest amount of destruct] at any one point is on the grounds one of the agricultural colleges. Mohammedan depositors in I postoffice savings banks are enrichi the British Government, as their ligion forbids them to receive int Iest. They insist on taking out more than they pnt in. Throughout Germany and Holla rhcjevor girls can be employed advantage they are taken in pr?f?res to young men. At Mnnioh, Bayar: the clerks and bookkeepers in t banks are nearly all young and han Isome girls. In Sweden the education of jonrni ism ia treated as a function of the Stat Under this system the young seri develops his "nose for news" at t expense of the taxpayers. In t United States he has to hustle f himself, but he gets there all t lame._ . A mar is swindling farmers in Pen: sylvania by means of a double-eu fountain pen, one end of which 1 USPS in dr i wing up contracts for ha vesting machinery and the others 1 presents for the farmers to use i - putting their signatures to the doci ment?. The ink of the contract fade and a pronissory note is written in oy< the signature. Colorado has a new millionaire i the person of a Mr. Stoiber, who ht expectations of rivaling the farnot Mr. Stratton, ol the Independent mine. Mr. Stoiber is a mining eng neer by profession and for a lon time lived very humbly with his wif< who is his partner in business, in I' little cabin noar Silverton. He no ? ha? an income of $800,000 a year an has one of the handsomest homes i ^.-^ - 3 h I _na tixna^^f^Cha^eaton w ho ii "side neer the beach have frequent! observed that when the tide goes on those who are at the point of dcat expire. A gentleman was 'askin whether or not the rising and the fall ing of the tide had this effect upo: it the dying in places removed from th seacoast, and, if so, how far inland th influence extended. There seems t be no doubt in the minds of those wh live on the seacoast that life become extinct, especially in the case of oh persons, when the tide has gone ont Whether any scientific research ha ever been made on this subject coule not be ascertained. Every one, how ever, almost without exception, whi was spoken to knew that it was a fact and tho very general impressioi Boomed to be that it was caused bj some elec trical force controlled by th? coming in and going out of the water Among the many international con gr esses which will be held in Par it during the exhibition in 1900, will b< one which is to consider the advisa bility of making a complete change ii the calendar. It is proposed to aban don altogether the present astronom ical oalendar, and to adopt one whict will be framed from a strictly prac tical and commercial point of view. By the new institution, the year will have twelve months of exactly twenty eight days eaoh and one of twenty nine -flays, the latter to have thirty days in leap year. With this system, the days will come in each year al ways on the same date, January the 1st being on a Monday, as also will be tho 8th, loth, 22 J, and so on. But ii thia is to be the same for each year, the week in which the twenty-ninth day of the thirteenth month falls will be obliged to have an extra day with a new name. A society which exists in London might well find a counterpart here, suggests the New York Times. It is benevolent in its character and its ob ject is to improve the cookery and - general domestic science of the poor. This it does in various ways. One is the circulation of simple receipts for the preparation of food and brief tracts containing the elementary principles of sanitation. How to tell fresh meat and fish alone has proved of great benefit in more than one in atance, for it is the alley and tene ment housekeeper who are imposed upon in these matters. It also assists those who are anxious to become good oooks and offers prizes for excellence in cooking. In one way it resembles our kitchen garden schools, but its ?cope is rather more catholic, and, while it does not turn out suoh fin ished and competent workers as thoaa admirable organizations, it spreadi the gospel over a wider field. The so ciety, called the "Universal Cookery ind Food Association," finds fund? for its own members, and has tho pat ronage of many titled persons, ?no-lud ?s < (he Baroness Burdett-Cou tte, CRETE'S UPRISING. STORY OF THIS REVOLUTION AGAINST TURKEY. Christians Have an Army of 3.">,000 Men and Seek Independence -Great Suffering in tho Island, PILLAGE, murder, massacre, starvation and general desti tution are words which rough ly describe the conditions that prevail in tho pretty isle of Crete. Wicke? as are tho ways ot the Spanish in Cuba, tho balmy island of the Medi terranean is even in sorer straits, for both oppressor and oppressed are lhere the sufferers.. Revolution with no semblance of system prevails, and privation from nate ral causes is aug mented by the desuetude in things commercial and agricultural that ever GROUP OF CHRISTIAN accompanies the violent overthrow of rule. This Cretan revolution is not too well understood by Americans. Peoplo in tho United States think that Chris tian Cretans ere daily butchered by the atrocious Tnrks, who outnumber them largely. This is nut true. The Christian revolutionists have a pretty well organized army of about 05,000 men, while the Turkish forces do .not A CRETAN' IN NATIVE COSTUME. count up more than half that number. The Christians butcher the Turks as often as they ore butchered by the Turks, and the Sultan realizes that his reign in the island is not powerful. He has sent to Crete provisions and money to bo divided evenly between Christians and Turks. Bnt tho Cre tans want independence, and aro dc CANEA, THE CAI termined to have it at all hazards. They demand autonomy or annexation to the Kingdom of Gr?ce. A clear statement of thc status of the revolutiou and the history that led up to it may serve to clear up the confusion of ideas concerning thc movement that prevails in the minds ol Americans. The population of Crete is about 300,000-Mussulmans and Christians. Civilization was there first introduced into Europe by the Phoenicians and Egyptians. From ancient times the island has been inhabited by Greeks, and for upward of GOO years it has been under the domination of tho Turks. The proximate cause of the present revolution was the cruelty of Abdullah Paiha, thc Tmkish Gov ernor, who persecuted thc Christians and Killed them without the shadow of justification. Ju 1889 a treaty was signed by the Cretans and the Sultan of Turkey arter one year of revolu tion. This treaty has been violated time and again by the Porte. Finding that peaceable means were of no avail with the throne at Constantinople, tho Cretans decided that in revolation alone lay any hopo of not only, freedom but of even security in their livei and homes. Thfy determined to throw off tho Turkish yoko and to place no moro faith in nny treaty with the the Turku, unless it were guaranteed by the Porers of Europe. This revolution was organized by Johannis Petropoulaki, thc Spartan representative at the Athens Parlia ment. His father was a General in tho Cretan revolution of 1863. To his aid came Johannis Eoundouraki, a s?ion of one o? tho best families iu AsphykoF, a city in Crete. Koundour aki was educated at the University of Athens, wbero ho was given the dugreo ot LL. D. in 1892. The Turkish Gov ernment had made him a Judge in his own city, and he had served in that capacity for years. The opposition of his countrymen induced him to resign his post and begin the work of liberating his people from the oppres sion of the Mussulman. The first duty of tho patriot was to collect funds with which to carry on the war. Committees were Appointed in all thc cities of tho world in whLh lived Greeks in any large numbers. im'KGENXS IN CRETE. . In Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt, $10, I OOO was raised in one day, and it is ', said that thc committees in Egypt j have succeeded in collecting aH much : as $5000 a day ever since. Contri butions poured in from all quarters of ! the world. In the United States oities liku New York, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco gave liberally, and the sinews of war were furnished for the patriots. Greeks from all parts of tho world arc flocking to the standard of thc revolution, and soon the num bers of patriots^thtrhilinse-irrittre'-' so great and the revolutionists will be ro powerful ns to force the Sublime Porto into making such concessions as will satisfy the people or into relin quishing its hold upon the island and giving the people their liberty. The first fighting came about in this way: In tho city of Asphykos a Greek policeman, Dimitri Theodos ius offended two Turks. They lay in wait for him that night and murdered him. The assassination was so wan ton that tho people of the city arose and marched against a Turkish garri son of 1200 in the vicinity of the town. Surprising the Turks, the Cretans killed 200 of them, drove out the oth ers and captured tho fortification, its supnlies and ammunition. Rapidly did the revolution spread, and soon two Cretan States, Sphakia and Apo? koroua, were in the hands of the in surgents. At tho present time the Cretan army numbers about 35,000. They ure pretty well equipped, and aro under the command of Generals Hatzi, Michaiiis and Hozanis. The Turkish army is less than one-half the size of that of the insurgents. The warfare is on the guerrilla order. Tho insurgents refuse to fight in the open country, contenting themselves with harassing the Turks from am bush. That is the reason why, in the actions already reported, the Turkish losses have always exceeded those of the Cretans. Often the Turks lose scores of men, while the insurgents PITAL OF CRETE. escape with only a few wounded. This sort of thing naturally exasperates the Mussulmans, who whenever they aro given an opportunity, mutilate the bodies of tho Christians they kill, pillage churches, desecrate graves, maltreat women and children, burn houses and indulge in other atrocities calculated to incite the wrath of neutral-peoples and to put tho Turkish authorities in an unfavorable light for many of these outrages are done by no order, or against the ordere of the Sultan's officer?. On the last Friday in May tho Mus sulmans in Canea, the capital, as sembled and demanded that the Gov ernor arm them to avenge themselves on the Cretans. Tho Governor refused, and the mob took possession of the city. Many Christians were killed and mutilated, and the Turks slew Christians wherever found, sometimes entering tho houses of the Cretans for their victims. The Sultan has done all in his power to bring about peace. Long ago he deposed Abdullah, the cruel Governor, and appointed Georgi Berovitch, the Prince of Samos and a Christian, in his stead. This action has done much to quiet the disorder, but the solution is far from having been roached as yet. All the people'iu tho iiiAod, Chris lian nnd Mohammedan, aro suffern,? from lack of food. Tbc crop of olirr?, the chief staple raised on the islaud, is ready for garnering, but tho troca are bending tinder their burden, with no hands to relieve them of their pre cious fruit. If tho revolution could be delayed long enough to gather tho olive crop tho people of the island could breath onco more.-Chicago Times Herald. A White Fr?>g Found at Itenrock. Well diggers made a peculiar find on the property of W. B. Hartley in Duluth, Minn. They were down fif teen feet below.the surface in aa ex cavation for a well, and had blasted through six feet of solid rock, when they struck n sprng gushing up through a crevice. Gaily disporting itself at the mouth of the spring was a unique member of the frog species, about an inch long in body and three inches long from tip of outspread fore foot to tip of its hind feet. The frog is of a white and light brown color, and apparently has no mouth, al though it is posaeseed of bright black eyes. It climbs up and down the smooth sides of tho gla?3 jsr in which it is confined with as much core- ac along the bottom. Its color provea that it lias been long since it baa seen daylight, and in all probability it came up into its secluded retreat in the bod of rock by way of the hidden spring.-Chicago Times-Herald. Microscopical Wonders. A specimen of a beautiful species o': alga, found in the fresh waters of the San Diego flume, has been made tb?: subjeot of investigation and study by the Sac Diego Microscopical Society, A finely prepared and mounted speci? men of cyclops, a minute fresh water copepod of the genus cyolopidae, tak en from the flume waters, waa exhib ited by Dr. Gamber. This curious form of life, as observed through the splendid instrument at tho rooms oi the society, does not fail to command the attention of all present at the meetings of the sooiety. Its kite shaped body and tail, cumbersonm an tennae, and one eye, makes it as for midable an object among microscopi cal life as were the one-eyed giants to the races of men described in tho Homeric legend. A cyclops is said td produce four and one-half billion off* spring annually. - San Diego (Cal.} Union._ A Seventh Eye Muscle. Human beings have six muscles tn each eye, that they may move it ou either side, bat horses, cws, sheop and other quadrupeds, which habitu ally incline their heads to the earth ia search of food, have a muscle by which their eyelids are suspended and supported, and which wo do not need. 'ibis is a wonderful adaptation ta the circumstance in which the crea tare is placed. For example, the eyes of amphibious animals partly agree with those of fish and quadrupeds. The cat and tiger, which prowl by nigh?, have a peculiar powe**<ei-e\ pauding the pupil. The eye ia adapted to the proper ties of light, eo that it reflects light and brings it to a focus on the retina. Our best and most perfect glas?s aro by no means equal to tho human ey?. A Chair That Cost Over $20,000,000. Hy long odds the moat costly piecfl of furniture in tho world is the jew eled throne of tho Shah of Persia. COSTLIEST OHATB IN THE WORLD. The late Shah had his picture taken in this most remarkable chair only a few days before his death. It is made largely of gold, beautifully wrought and set with a variety of precious stones. Some idea of the splendor of this regal seat may be gained from the faot that the jewels in it alone have been estimated to be worth fully four million pounds, or twenty million dollars. Occasionally when this chair was formerly at Delhi stones of gre it value were missed and supposed to have boen stolen, but now that it oc cupies a carefully-guarded plaoe in the palace at Teheran no trouble of this kind is experienced. At His Mercy. The "Villain-"Swear to marry mo, ? ox Vii upset thc machine rVTruth. FILL FASHIONS. tV fl Al badi? Kiel . Si WOMEN AUK WHARING JIKSE AUTUMN DAYS. Cycling Snit in Brown nnd Shades- Useful Dressing ;que of Gray and White Jersey Flannel. IN the large illustration mixed cheviot in brown and ecru shades itffltylishly decorated with ecru faced cloth and worn with a fall ?hem?ette and turn over collar of jem batiste. The jacket is ol OHO fit* ting, the low out vest fronts closing n center with buttons and bntton aolcs. Single bust darts adjust the fronts ivith the other usual seams, all af which are sprung below tho waist lino t i cause the fashionable rippled lai e in back and over the hips. Open ings .irs finished in the dart seams thron ;h which tho leather belt is passai , to close in front with a buckle, or thijacket may be worn without the )elt, ni so desired, Stylish pointed apelsT2.ro reversed at the upper edges STYLISH Ol 3? fronts and meet tho rolling coat :o!lar in notches. The comfortable ieg-o'-mutton sleeves aro shapod with ?ingle jeanie, gathered at the top and tit the arm closely below the elbow, the wrists being finished with deep pointed cuffs. Tho short circular skirt >s one of the simplest yet constructed for cycling, and possesses.all the mer its of the moro complicated styles without their objections. It fits smoothly at the '.op without plait or wrinkle and falls below the hips in deep flutes all around. Openings are made on each side ol front that fasten with buttons and button holes in My slosi.ngs, a handy pocket being insert ad at the left side. Mohair, covert sloth, tweed, cheviot and other wool ens will ^make stylish suits, by the mode. The. quantity of material ii inches wide required to make this jacket for a lady in tho medium size, is 2 i yards. To make tho skirt it will require i\ yards of the same width material. May Manton, in Modes. SOME AUTUMN INNOVATIONS. 'Women never look smarter than when in tailor made gowns. It is re markable that the frocks of heavy oloth, out in severely plain style, suit every kind of womau. If she has a good figure the tailor made gown sets it off; if she has a bad figure, the gown improves it so that it appen s good, In view of these facta it is good news to everyone that the tailor made gown will be more in evidence this au tumn and winter than for many years. The patterns will be mostly shot good?, Arith some solid colors. There will be greene, browns, black and doz ens of shades of gray. They will bo in all kinds of combinations, and most of them will be pleasing to tho eye, ac cording to tho manufacturers. As for the make of the gowns, they will be rather more ornamented than has been the case. They are to havo but tons, largo and small, and of all kinds of material and make. Tho buttons will bo pnt on wherever there is room for them, and will bo attached for or nament as much as for utility. There will be pookets in the coats and poc kets in the skirts. A determined e?brt will be made to supply women with receptacles for the small baggage that they always carry about with them, and that is generally clutched fever ishly in the hand for "lack of any where else to keep it. Altogether there is a prospect of much comfort as well as style in the tailor made gowns for the fall and winter. As for the prices-well, that is another story. New York Journal. ^ FALL MILLINERY. Ostrich feathers are coming to tho front again in tho millinery world, and you seo them not only in single, doable and treble mounts, but also rosetto shape, with a jet ornament as a finish. Agaiu, you see them iu tip form trimming tho crown with the aid of a band of roses set very close ly to gether. A very pretty Panama hat is raado with a full puffins: of yellow piece silk, cut on the cross, rouad the upper part of the crown, with black roses beneath, aud on either side a loop and end of the silk with the addition of a white coquo mount on the loft side. Poppy and geranium red aro the newest eolers, and black hats trimmed 1 with whit'i ox black velvet nod gallie poppies arc the latest Parisian im portations. Notwithstanding this fact, roses are by no means unpopular, nor are they likely to be, except for a short fc-pace. Fickle as Dame Fashion is, sho always returns to her old ! loves. NEXT WINTER'S CLOTH WAXSIX The cloth waists next winter ar? to have the body of the waist braided and tho sleeves plain This ?rill give much the same effect that having the waist of laco or chillon has done, and cannot be called an absolutely nsw idea ; but it is a becoming style, and so is bound to be popular, although many women preter tho pointed braided vest0, with coller and cuffs to match ; when tho lutter style is chosen the braid is put on velvet, and gives a muoh richer look. The odd contrasts of color will die out by this means, it is said, but that remaius to be seen. Harper's Bazar. .SOME COIFFURE THICKS. The Frenchwoman prefers a smooth coiffure, a pompadour or a madonna, to all other?, and rolls and puffs her rCLING SUIT. locks marvelously. To the English woman such hairdressing is far from desirable. If nature is chary with her gift in tho way of curls, irous are ia constant demand. When they fail* various warranted-not-t'o-straighten affairs aro pinned on :n half a dozer, different places to get the desired drowsy and heavy effect of fringe and chignon. LATEST Dr CHIDES' GOWS& The gown of the most fashionable brides is now of satin duchesse, snow whits for slender blonds, milk white for fair, robust women, cream or ivory white for brunettes and those whe fear to appuar large. The closing of the gown is concealed under tho trim* ming of the corsage, the skirt fasten ing at the side, never down the middle of the front, as that gives the look o! a wrapper. CSEFCL DBES3IKO SACQ?E. Gray and white Jersey flannel, eay? Modee, is the material used for tim useful sacque, which is exceedingly simple in style and trimly neat in ef fect. Ked silk feather stitching dee* orates tho free edges, a bow of ribbon of the samo bright color being tied at the neck. Tho adjustment is loose fitting, being performed by under-arm cores and a curving centre Beam in back, the fronts closing with emal gray buttons and button-holes. The sleeves are shaped with single seams in leg-o'-mutton style, the fullness be* ing plaited in the arm's eye. ? neatly fitted rolling collar finishes the neck. This sacque is the most convenient of iis kind ns it requires little material and is not bulky, so it can be utilized in traveling by land or sea. Cash* mere, eiderdown, flannel, cambric, lawn or other cotton wash goods aro DRE88ING SACQUE. u nally chosen, a plain finish or edg ing on collar being all the decoration necessary. The quantity of material twenty seven inches wide required to make this sacquo for a lady having a thirty six-inch bust measure is four and one half yards. Superstition in India. 'Miiio a panic has been caused in several up-country districts by the he ll i that tho English were stealing women und infants to U30 their bodies 04 inundations for new railway bridges. So great was the alarm in ono village that the magistrate souc round n crier to publicly deny thc story, There aro manufactured iu tho Gaited States B,0O0fUOO keg? ?l nail-' in ? yeo*. THE PRIDE OF THE COUNTRY SIDB Ob! Phyllis is surpassing fair, I ?now a maid that's fairer ; Her b'-'autv is beyond compare No beauty could be rarer; She seoraelh thiele fashion's guid<\' Aud russet is her gown Yet she's the pride of the country side, And the tnvy of the town! She is a queen we nil declare. Though no crown she possess-c. Beyond a wea;th of rieb brown hair, That bangs in dainty tresses: Her matchless eyes have long outvie.1 The gems In monarch's crown And she's the pride of the country si-Jo And the envy of the town! Her form is full of fairy gracr, Her voice is music mellow. And, oh! the bloom upon ber fa > Is the red rose's fellow: And! ho who win? her for his brido Wins more than wealth, renown For she's the pride of the country sidy And the envy of the to wa! -F. J. Cox, in Chambers'* Journal. HUMOR OF THE DAV. When men are not regretting that life is so short they are doing some thing to kill time.-Atchison Gtobe. "Why does Stimson always carry bis umbrella dosed when it rams?" "He is afraid the owner may recognize it." -Detroit Free Press. Lord Nocount (proudly) -"I can trace my descent from William tho Conqueror." Cynicns-"You have been a long time on the downward path."-Truth. "Does your family sympathize with you when you have insomnia?" 'Tes. When I can't sleep 1 sit up all night and practica on my accordion." Chicago Record. I "Alas! father, I have lust my heart," wailed the heroine. Thc villain scowled. "Careless girl !" he exclaimed between his clinched teeth. -Philadelphia Record. For Beginners: Inventor - "i'm working on a cyclometer." Friend*. "What is the special feature?'' In ventor-"It registers tho number of times you fall."-Puck. "Have you read that article 'How to Tell a Bad Egg?' " "No, 1 haven't; but my advice would be if you have anything important to tell a bad egg, why, break it gently."-Household Words. "This bL ikberry pie isa't nearly so good as those mother used to make." "No; I told your mother this morn ing when she made it that you wo aid be sure to find fault with it,"-Chicago Record. Miss Oldfriend-"I declare I begin to feel that I'm growing old. It's really unpleasant. " Miss Becky Sharpe - "Yea, dear, it must be especially so for one who has been young so long !" -Standard. At the Camping Party : The Crank -"This is the last time I'll ever camp ouf;!'* Tho Enthusiast-"Well, you shonldu't camp ont. .unless you can en joy vourSelf without Ijerng comfort able.*"-Puck." "Are you taking swimming l essons, Cadby?" "No, old fellow, lt's too mtich bother. My valet is learning, and as I never go anywhere without him, if I fell in the watab he could rescue me. "-Harper's Bazar. A contemporary asks : 1 'He w can a bloomer girl climb a tree wben she sees a cross bull in her path?" She can do it "like a little man." That is one of the advantages of the homely bloomers.-Morristown Herald. She-"I thought yon said the sea side never drew you to it?" Ho (im pressively)-"It was not the seaside drew me here." She-"Of couise you came by train, didn't you? It was the engine drew you!"-Illus trated Bits. Precious Time : Mrs, Wheeler -"My husband and I decided not to go to Europe, because it takes too long to get there." Mrs. Jones-"Too long?" Mrs. Wheeler-"Yes; fancy being un able to use one's wheel for six or seven days!"-Puck. Tourist-"3o that's the oldest in habitant? One hundred and four years old ! No wonder you are proud ! of him." Native- "I dunno ; he ain't don) nothin' iu this here place 'cept grow old, an' it's took a sight o' time to do that !"-Tit-Bits. Lost for Ever: "I was unfortunate enough to leave my umbrella in a street car yesterday." remarked Man cherlei "Whose umbrella was it?" asked Birmingham. "I don't know. I borrowed it from Snaggs."-Pitts burg Chronicle-Telegraph. A Lost Heirloom: "There is.no gout in Sir Percy's family, is there?" "Not now; there was, formerly. It was introduced into family by Sir Bo land Highliver, but they have been so poor for tho last two hundred years that they couldn't keep it up." Puck. Helen-"Oh, yes; he always thought the world of me. Before we were married he used to say that he was willing to die tor me." Nellie-"But he didn't." Helen-"Of course not. He was eo thoughtful, you know. He said that he did not dare do it, lest I should be unable to replace the loss." -Boston Transcript. AD Incident of a Kentucky Flood. Rousseau Johnson lives with his family in Hatton, through whioh Dutch Fork of Benson Creek passes. Mr. Johnson's little frame house sits on a gent?o -dope fifty yards from the oreek. About 3 o'clock Tuesday morning he was awakened by water creeping over the bed on which he, his wife and three small children slept. They all jumped out, Johnson and his wife grabbing the ohildren. The water in the room was up to their waists. Mrs. Johnson held both the children, while her husband jumped through the kitchen window on the upper side of the house and then lift ed them through. Tbs rain was fall ing in torrents and they sought shel ter in the woodshed. The water roso rapidly and they had to leave, going to the henhouse, ten feet distant, and further up the hillside. They re mained there until ti o'clock in the morning with the water up to their ijules, Mr?. Johnson holdings month i?l?l baby in ber arms ail the time. As ? tn as daylight cacm- Johnson made iis way to the houao of a neighbor, where he reocived a lu rae and wagou and hauled his family ^WAV.-Louis? vi?e Courier-Jonraal, MOTHERS READ THIS. The Best Remedy. 1 For Flatulent Colic, Diarrhoea, Dysen tery, Nausea, Coughs, Cholera In? fantum, Teething Children, Cholera Horbas, Unnatural Drains from the Bowels, Fains, Griping, Loss of i Appetite, Indigestion and all Dis eases of tho Stomach and Bowell. PITT'S CARMINATIVE e ?Is the standard. It carries children over thc critical period of teething, and is recommended hy physicians as the friend of Mothers, Adults and Children. It is pleasant to the taste, and never fails to give satisfaction. A few doses will demonstrate its su perlative virtues. Price, 25 eta. per bottle. For aale by druggists. | HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. : *- _ \\ UCTETCE OF BOILING POTATOES-.'\ Tn a bulletin issued by Professor Snyder, of the Minnesota Agricultural College, he makes a point of interest to tho housewife. He shows that when potatoes ore peeled nnd started boiling in cold water there is a loss of eighty per cent, of tho total albumen, and where they aro not peeled and are started in hot water this loss is re duced to two per cent. A bushel of potatoes, weighing sixty pounds, con tain about two pounds of total nitrogenous compounds. When im properly cooked one-half of a pound is lost.Jcontaining six-tenths of a pound of the most valuable proteids. It re quires all of the protein from nearly two pounds of round beefsteak to re place tho loss of protein from im? properly boiling a bushel of potatoes. -New Orleans Picayune. THE CABE OP POLISHED ILOORS. No rollers should be used on furni ture over polished floors. Each part whioh touches tho wood should be fitted with a piece of thick felt secure ly glued on. This protects the floor and allows easy movement. These floors require only the sweep ing with a hair brush and the wiping with a dust mop or soft cloth. Wax, alone, gives the highest pol ish ; but is always slippery. It should! he rubbed on evenly. Any little hits remaining will show as blank specks after th? polishing. The brush should he need across the grain at first, after ward with the grain. Wax and tur pentine furnish a less degree of poliah, which fs, therefore, less slippery, while the addition of paraffine oil lessens it still more. If it be desired to keep the floor very light the oil mixture should not be used, for oil always darkens wood. " Water is the worst thing that can be applied to uny waxed surface. A damp cloth may he used. AU spatters or drops of any liquid should be wiped up immediately. . When spots corne as ?me they "will-rub them hard with a piece of thick felt under the foot or with a flannel moistened ia turpentine. Remember to keep the surface well polished, then dirt cannot stick andi substances spilled cannot reach the wood and make spots, With all these precautions tho floors whioh are con stantly used will need an entire reno vation occasionally. They should, then be rubbed all over with steel wool till every spot is scraped out If the wood has grown dark it may be whitoaed by a wash of oxalio acid. Rub perfectly smooth and clean before applying the wax or other encaustic. A good encaustio which will clean and polish at tho same time may be made from was, sal soda and any good soap. The wax and soap should be shaved and dissolved in boiling water. Stir frequently and add tho soda. Put this mixture in something which may bo closely covered and stir constantly until cool. This may be applied to floors, furniture, marbles, tiles, brioks, etc. It will remove ink from, polished surfaces. Tho French use white wax on white marbles, but this is not abso lutely necessary.-American Kitchen Magazine. BECEPE?. Baked Apple Jelly-Fill a two quart granite or earthen dish with alternate layers of sliced tart apples and sugar. Bake three boure, closely covered. This is delioious, and should turn out a solid pink jelly. Cherry Blanc-Mange-One quart sour cherries ; wash in cold water and seed; placo in the fire with haifa tea cup of cold water and stew until ten der; adda teacupful of white sugar, a teaspoon of butter and two table spoons of cornstarch which have been perfectly dissolved in four teaspoons of coldwater. Stir gently until corn starch is cooked (from five to eight minutes), then pour into ti di>h or mold to cool. Eat with cream. Cora Soup-Take the water chicken was cooked in and place on the fire ; add the remaining chicken meat and bones to the stock, of which there should be two quarts. Simmer until the meat leaves the bones, then strain ; flarbr with a teaspoonful o? cayenne and. celery salt. Add a small cupful of rtweet corn cut from the ear, placa wh?ro it will cook slowly for half an hour, and just before serving add a oupful of sweet cream or milk. New Potatoes-Scrape and lay in cold water ten minutes; cover with boiling water and let boil fifteen minutes; then add the salt (to one pint of water half a tablespoonful of salt) aud let boil hard fifteen minutes longer. When cooked pour off every drop of water ; take off the cover of saucepan and shako tho potatoes for a moment in a current of cold air, then place on baok of stove and cover with a clean, coarse towel until ready to dish. Sponge Cake-Beat tho yolks of two eggs until thick, add gradually one sup of sugar, one-half teaspoonful each of lemon juico and grated rind und beat well. And three-eighths ot a cup of hot water, the whites of thc eggs beaten to a stiff froth, one cup of Hour sirted with one saltspoonful of salt, and a level teaspoonful of baking pow der. Bake in a buttered cako pan forty-five minutes. When ready to use, breas into pieces. Sponge cake . should never be cut. A TOOTHPICK factory flourish ts at Harbor Springs, Miob. The output ii 7,500,000 toothpick! every day.