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Peculiar Erropean Situation. There is uot a reigning sovereign in Europe whose family is cf the nation over which he rules. The house of Austria is in reality the house of Lor raine, the Hapsburgs being of Swiss origin. The king of the Belgians is of Saxe-Cobu;g. The king of Den mark is a Holsteiner. 1.? young king of Spa* rt is an Austro-ltonrbon. The king of Itaiy is a Savoyard. The founder of the Beruadotte dynasty in Sweden was a country attorney at Pan less than a century aud a quarter ago, and the king of the Helene? is a Hol steiner. The British royal family is, as every one knows, Hanoverian. The Hohenzollern were originally Suabiane, and are therefore p.'vtly Bavarians and partly Swiss.-New York Telegram. Absentminded. Professor (after having been absorb ed for hours in a pile of rare manui 8cripts): "Let me see, I was going to do something-what the duce was I go ing to do, anyway? (After thinking an hour) : "Oh, yes, now I remember. I wanted to go to bed."-Fliegende Blaetter. _ Fortnoo Seeking Emigrants. Many a poor family that seeks the westorn wilds lu the hope of wlnnlug a fortune, 1? pre served from that insidious foe of the emigrant and frontiersman-chills and fever-by Hostet ter's Stomach Bitters. So effectually does that Incomparable medicinal defense fortify tho system against the combined influence of a malarlous.atmosphere and miasma-tainted wa ter, that protected by lt the pioneer, the miner or the tourist provided with lt, may safely en counter the danger. In Norway people who are not vaccinated are not aUowed to vote at an election. No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents. Over 400.C00 cured. Why not let No-To-Bao regulate or remove your desire lor tobacco? Saves money, makes health and manhood. Cure guaranteed. SO cents and $1.00, at all druggists. _ The average cost cf criminal prosecutions in England at present ls 9!t3 each. Fits permanently cured. No lits or nervous ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle und treatise free. DR. R. ll. KLINE, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa. Catarrh Om not be Cured. With local applications, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh ls a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure lt you must take internal remedies. Hali's Ca tarrh Core is taken internally, and acts directly on the Mood and mucous surface. Hall's Ca tarrh Cure is not a -quack medicine, lt was prescribed by one of the best physic ians in this country for years, and ls a regular prescription. It ls composed of the best tonics known, com bined with the best blood purifiers, actlug di rectly on the mucous surfaces. Tho perfect combination of the two ingredients ls what pro duces such wondorf ul results lu curing catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & Co.. Props., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, price T3c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. WEEN bilious or costive, eat a Cascarot, candy cathartic; cure guaranteed; 10c., 23c. SpringHumors These unsightly eruptions, painful bolls, an noying pimples and other affections, which ap: ear ro generally at this season, make tho uso of that grand Spring Medicine, Hood's Sarsaparilla, a necessity. Take Hood's Sarsa parilla now. It will do you wonderful gooi. It will purify your blood, give you an appetite, tono your nerve?, strengthen your stomach, and cure all spring humors. Remember Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the One Trna Blood Purifier. SI. six for $.">. IIAAII^A Dill* are the only pills to take IIOOU S r EUS with Hood's S .?rsapariUa. Watching the Jury. Rufus Choate once, while address ing a jury, several times repeated a certain part of his plea-repeating in the same words and accent. Certain that the great advocate had some rea son for so strange a proceeding-a reason not obvious to others-the late E. P. Whipple tqok au op portunity to ask an explanation. Mr. Choate's answer in substance was: "There was a numbskull on the jury who was paying no attention to what I was saying. I would have kept the repetition until he listened if it had taken the entire day. "--&Tn Francisco Argonaut. ^/"Didn't Know His Gifts. "Why do you call me 'Birdie,' dear?" Ho asked with longing eye: "I have no wings, as doth appear, And therefore cannot fly." But art fugacious "Birdie" had Much better than he knew, For later comes her stalwart dad And straightway "Birdie" flew. -Boston Courier. The Wonderful Kava-Kava Shrek A New Botanical Discovery.-Of Special Interest to Sufferers from Diseases of the Kidneys or Blad der. Rheumatism, etc.-A Blessing to Humanity. A Free Gift of Great Value to You. Our readers will be glad to know that the new botanical discovery, Alkavis, from the wonderful Kava-Kava shrub has proved an assured cure for all dis eases caused by Uric acid in the blood, or by disorder ed action of the Kidneys or urinary organ8. The Kava-Kava Shrub, or as botanists call it. Piper Methys ticum, grows on the banks of the Ganges river, Bast India, Tm KAVA-KAVA SHRUB and probably was (Piper MtthyttUum.) USed for centuries by the natives before its extraordinary properties became known to civilization through Christian missionaries/ In this respect it resembles the discovery of quinine from the peruvian bark, made known by thc Indians to the early Jesuit missionaries in South America, and by them brought to civilized man. It is a wonderful discovery, with a rec ord of 1200 hospital cures in 30 days. It acts directly upon the blood and kid neys, and is a true specific, just as qui nine is i n mal ari a. We have the stron g - est testimony of many ministers of the gospel, well known doctors and business men cured by Alkavis, when all other remedies had failed. In Ihe New York Weekly World of Sept. 10th, the testimony of Rev. W. B. Moore, D. D., of Washington, D. C. was given, describing bis years o? suffering from Kidney disease and Rheumatism, aud his rapid cure by Alkavis. Rev. Thomas Smith, the Methodist minister at Cobden, Illinois, passed nearly one hundred ravel stones after two weeks' use of Alkavis. er. John H.Watson, of Su u set,Texas, a minister of the gospel of thirty years' service, was struck down at His oost of duty by Kidney disease. After hovering between life and death for two months, and all his doctors having failed, be took Alkavis, and was completely restored to health and strength, and is fulOHinghisduties as minister of the gospel. Mr. It. C. Wood, a prom . i neut attorney of Lowell. Indiana, was cured of Rheumatism, Kidney and Bladder disease of ten ve*rs standing, by Alkavis. Mr.Wood describes himself as being in constant misery, often com pelled to rise ten times during the night on account of weakness of the bladder. He was treated by all Iiis home physicians without the least benefit and finally completely cured in a few weeks hy Alkavis. The testimony is un doubted and really wonderful. Mrs. Tames Young, of Kent, Ohio, writes that she had tried six doctors in vain, that she was about to give up in despair, wiien she found Alkavis and was promptly cured of kidney disease and restored to health. Many other ladies also testify to the wonderful curative powers of Alkavis in the various disorders peculiar to womanhood. So far the Church Kidney Cure Com pany, No. 434 Fourth. Avenue, New York, arc the only importers of this new remedy, and they are so anxious to prove its value that for the sake of intro duction they will seud a free treatment of Alkavis prepaid by mail to every reader of this paper who is a Sufferer from any form of Kidney or Bladder disorder, Bright's Disease, Rheuma tism, Dropsy, Gravel, Pain in Back, Pemale Complaints, or other affliction dne to improper action of the Kidneys or Urinary Organ?. We advise all Suf erers to send thei. nsu.es and address to the company, snd receive the Alkavis free, Xt is seat to yon entirely free, to prove it: wonderful curative powtri, ABNER': BY MARY E. fisEL?j," said Abner |?) W/ Mullens, surveying c*\ I lr W*^ the interior of his \/Do0/ kitchen with evident V\]irX?\ disfavor, "a wife <T^\Siw/g~r^ would come in kind ^-VJJAo' convenient just (s7*\j \ jty now!" It did look as if a woman's hand was needed to bring order out of that chaos. Boots, clothing, dishes, rags and fishing-tackle littered the floor. A basket of cleaned fish occupied the only chair, while the table and sink were piled with an accumulation of articles too varied for description. As for dirt-dirt was everywhere ! "Folks say I'm untidy," continued Abner as he eyed the disorder. "But I amt. It aint that I lise dirt ; it's that I don't like cleaning up. I love to eee things kept nice as well as any body. I hate dirt worse than poison, but* I hate getting rid of ita heap sight more," and he drew a long sigh as he set about his uncongenial task. "There aint a doubt about it," be went on aloud, a habit which his solitary lifo had developed. "It takes more'n one to run a schooner, land or sea. It's been growing on me ever since I was hauled up in dry dock with rheumatics that I'd have to get a mate. She can boss the galley and I'll man the ropes. If there's foul weather, 1 oan take to the dory till the storm's bio wed out." Here Abner attacked his breakfast dishes, a task he particularly detested. "There'll be a lot of things that runt pleasant about it," he said, as he thought of his lost freedom. "But I'll take care what kind of a one I get. I don't want a master-hand at any thing bnt cooking and scrubbing decks. I'm captain, and I won't step down in rank for anybody." The notion of getting married had been presenting itself to Abner for some time. Not that he was lonely ; he felt no need of a companion. His idea of a wife was somo one to keep bis house clean, mend his clothes, and cook his mealy. No more tender emotion stirred in his breast. He was "getting along" in years, and his rheumatism was increasing upon him. Une of these days he would need some one to care for him. His wife must be young, strong, cap able and amenable; that was all he asked. Abner Mullens had lived alone for many years. The Hermit of Beach ville ho was called by the yonng peo ple, who regarded bim with awe and suspicion. To their minds a mystery hung over his rude dwelling. Did they not of hear Abner talking busily to some unseen listener? The truth was, Abner, taciturn to all fellow-bo ings, was fairly garrulous with him self, and his conversations were pro longed and emphatic. His little, unpainted, shingled cabin stood on the rocks which rose high above the beach, and from the stone which served him as a step he had the range of the broad bay and of the open sea beyond. It wa? a far view, but Abner's eyes scanned the blue water moro often to discover signs of schools of fish than in tho enjoyment or ap preciation of its beauties; and the varying moods of the sky meant to him only phases of weather. Abner had not proceeded far in his domeetic occupation when tho cheap little dock on the shelf struck ten. He dropped his dishcloth with evident relief. "Mess or no meas, those fish ha.-e got to be carried to the boat," he said. He took his basket on his arm, and went down the rooky lane to the vil lage and through tho one straggling street bordered by houses, white painted, but with green blinds and gay little door-yards bright with flowers. The street led to tho wharf,-the business centre of the village,-a quaint and curious wharf, admired by artists and by tourists with cameras, but which was regarded by the natives from a purely utilitarian standpoint. Au old schooner had been firmly grounded, propped by ttout spiles, its cabin oonverted into a wharf-house, and a dight of steps cut into its side for the landing of passengers. The Mary Ellen had made many a hard voyage, but now she lay at rest. Leisurely feet trod her planks, and the little waves plashed gently against her weatherbeaten sides-a peaceful end ing of a sea-tossed existence. As Abner sauntered along the shaky structure which bridged the spaoe be - tween the schooner and dry land, the little steamer slowed up to mako its daily landing, and a bevy of village girls flocked to the wharf to sep I" boat come in, the chief exci*' the day. The young w spirits, laughiu6. ing gum vigorous was critical. "None of them fori to himself. "Gadding this hour in tho morn ought to bo doing up parcel of giggling iee The gum also met VA .?J proval. "Waste of str rth oesides being a dreadful exp .~! Tho girl with tho light hair is kind o' good looking, but where'd my breakfast be while she waa cleaning up? No, none of them for me!" It never ocenrred to Abner that any ofler he made might possibly be re jected. "I'll have to look iurther'n Beaoh ville, " he thought, as he climbed back to his cabin. "If I've got to get mar ried, I'm bound to get n wife to snit." AB the days went by Abner's desire for a helpmeet increased, for the fish ing was unusually good and kept him buRy on the bay, so that his household affairs went even raoresadiy awry. It was clear teat he mnst ges somebody to do his housekeeping. About two weeks after his condem nation of the Beachville maidens the hermit rowed around the Feint to the sleepy old town of Bayport with a load of clamB and lobsters. Bayport was a bustling metropolis to Abner, and he felt on his guard whau he ventured there, for he had a vague notiou that his path would be beset with sharpers, But nobody tried to take advantage of his innocence, and it was not very long before he was returning to his boat with his empty baskets. On the journey back he stopped at a bumble little house near tlie wharf to ask for a drink, and a young wo man of perhaps twenty years answered his knock. She willingly brought to him a dipper of clear, cool water. Tho dipper was of tin, bat it was as clean and shining as silver. Over its rim Abner cyod the giver with interest. She was little, plump and dimpled, with a trimness about her which especially pleased Abner. He thanked her civilly. "May I ask your name?" he ven tured, wiping his mouth on his shirt sleeve. "Susie Brown," answered the girl, a pretty pinV coming into her oheeks. "Mine's Abner Mullens-and I'm much obliged to you," responded Ab ner, with unwonted gallantry ; thon ho turned and went on his way. "Trig little sloop," he said to him self; "kitchen looked shipshape, too. I don't object to good looks if there's something to ballast theia," and Abner cast oft' his painter and pulled for home with long, steady strokes which carried him swiftly through the dana ing, sparkling waves. Somehow Abner's little hcuse seemed actually lonely to him that night, and the next day the same feeling possessed him. He could not quite under stand it. He did not ihiuk so much about getting rid ot the work a9 usual. Tho vision of a neat little figuro titting hera and there, and of a bright smile wel coming him on his return from fishing, haunted him. On the day following, Abner per suaded himself that it was necessary to take a load of fish to Bayport, and he expended unaccustomed cure on his toilet bet?re he started. Usually he weut from his fish-cleaning or from clam-digging without a thought ot" his appearauce, but now he put on a clean flannel shirt and even trimmed his rough beard. After his cargo was disposed of he again rapped at the little door. Susie opened it to him and quickly brought him his driuk, with a smile of recog nition. This was all, yet somehow Abner felt that his acquaintance had advancod a step. After this it became an accustomed thing for Abner to go to Bayport to do his trading, and he never failed to stop at the house by tho wharf to quench his thirst. Susie was always'busy about tho kitchen, brisk and deft, with a cheery word of welcome. Once sha was fry ing doughnuts and she gave him one ; a delicious cirole of crispness which he ate appreciatively aud with pleased anticipation of the future. Ho never crossed the threshold, but ' sometimes ho leaned against tho door frame, watching the swift movements of Susie and indulging in a little la bored conversation; or ho would linger as if about to say something, then suddenly turn and hurry down the street as if in great haste. "Ho must be u steady man," said Susie to herself one day, ts ol. ? watohed the retreating figure, "or it wouldn't be water he'd want so much of. But he does look like an orang utan or a wild man with all that beard, and he aint got much usc of his tongue!" At Ia3t came a morniug when Abner spoke. Susio was unusually bewitch ing that day, in a fresh print gown and a distracting little sweeping-cap. "Susie," ho said, swallowing hard in his effort tospeak naturally. "Su sie-I want you to marry me !" Susie dropped her broom and stared. "Don't say o word !" said Abner in great haste. "I've got a thousand dollars laid up, aud I'll be a good Jius band to you. You won't find the work hard, and I'll fit you out well. Think it over, and I'll be around day aftei to-morrow." Abner was off before Susie, confused and blushing, could utter a word. That evening Abner sat on. his door step and looked out over the bay. "I expect I'll miss beiug alone," bo said. "But I reckon it'll be smooth sailing. I'll keep the tiller!" The next day he began to clean house, "lt'6 only fair to givo her clear start," he said, as he scrubbed vigorously. Ho was down on his handsand knees mopping up the floor wm < a shadow fell before him. F** * - His doorway was f;i ,F a middle-? TC' . iiayport on ? U?," continuod his -i Mrs. Brown. You've "mg my Su-io?" .ere was a note o? interrogation in .ms Inst sen to ii eu which seemed to de mand of Abner some response. He slowty gathered himself np, and once on hit feet, ventured to look at Mrs. Brown. She waa a comely, wholesome woman, with bright black eyes before which Abner's wavered and fell. "I-tasked her to marry me!" he managed to utter. "Well, now, that's ali nonsense?" continued Mrs. Brown, stepping in and looking about. "Mercy sakes! What a hole! You see,'Susie's only nineteen, and you must be full onto forty-five. Besides, she is going up to Lewiston to work in a factory,-she's only been at home while I was visiting my sister,-and there's a yonng follow there iv ho's paying her attentions. I don't wonder you want to get married, though, living in this mess!" Mrs. Brown picked a rag up from the floor, wiped a chair off and sat down. Abner stood awkwardly before her, conscious only of a desire for her departure. "Now look here, Abner Mullens I" went on Mrs. Brown. "I've heard a good deal about you, and I know yon'ie an honest mau uud no drinker -esoopt from Susie'a dipper," she i added with a chuekle. .Til tell you j what I'll do, Til marry you oyao?f !" i Tho floor-cloth dropped from Ab? net's hand. "Yes," Continued Mrs. Brown. 'Tye been a widow for fifteen years, and I begin to feel I'd like somebody to fend [or me. I'll keep yon tidy as wax, yon need it bad enough, the Lord knows,-and I'm a master cook. I've got five hundred dollars in the bank. Susie's got her pa's money, andaint de pendent on me. . My rent's up next week, so we might as well got married then. There aint anything for ns to wait for. We're old enough to know our own minds!" But Abner, fctandiug helpless in the middle of the iloor, felt ho should never know his again ! Abont six weeks later Abner was coming up from his dory with a basket of fish, whc-naBcachville acquaintance accosted him. "Hello, Abner! How do you like being married?" "It might be worse," said Abner, slowly, as he climbed the lane. "Yes," he continued to himself, as he looked into his neat kitchen and saw the figure of his wife stepping briskly about, preparing a savory sup per and singing cheerily a3 she worked. "Yes, it might bc a deal sight worse." -Youth's Companion. WOKDS OJ? WISDOM. The sin that looks the safest is the surest to kill. It is more important to bear good fruit than much fruit. If the gossip would think more, her tongue would get more rest. There is no such thing as commit ting one sin and stopping there. The poorest man may give as much as the richest, if he will give all h? can. A wooden broad plate will bo re membered longer than a souvenir tea spoon. If you would know what it m?ans to be rich, find out that it is blessed to give. Tho shiftless man is always away from home when a good, opportunity knocks. The man most, in need of mercy, is tho one who will have no mercy on himself. i Too many people aresinging, "Scat tor sunshine," aud waiting for some body else to do it. A blind rcan's opinion of the sun is based on what he has loamed from tho earth with his cane. . To things which yo i bear with im patience, you should accustom your self, and by habit you will bear them well. The reason why so few marriages ere happy, is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages. Character ia measured by the dis tance traveled from th s starting point, and everything depends upon whether the progress has beea up stream or down. A generous friendship no ' cold medium knows, burns with one love, with one resentment glows, ono should our interests and our passions be, my friend must hate the 'man that injures me. . Suffering is an -accident. It does not matter whether yon and I suffer. "Not enjoyment and not eorrow" is. our life, not sorrow any more than en joyment, but obediences and duty. It duty brings sorrow let ijt bring sor row. . v . Let ns ever remember that he who lives for self aud self alone is a S ire, whilst he who renden, honest- loving 6ervic>? to his fellows, though he" be poor and au outcast, unhonored and unsung, is to all eternity a noble ano cess. Some peoplo sco::n to bo taught, others are ashamed of it, as .they would be of going to schoal when they are old ; brit it is never too late to learn what it is always neoospary to know. And it is no shame to learn eo long as e are ignorant-taut is to say, eo long as we live. America's First Locomotive. . The first locomotive which ever turned a wheel upon au American track did not run to and from any of the great cities, but was nsel in the backwoods of Pennsylvania. The story of this primitivo engine is told by Alfred Mathews ia tli9 Engineering Magazine. Tbe wilderness of North eastern Pennsylvania was penetrated by two Philadelphia Quakers,.^o?n and Maurice 'TuHsv about ten' years prior to 18^tv. They heroically began and pushed .forward* .the .'great work which later was assumed and carried to completion by ibo?. Delaware and Hudson Canal Company-?that of get ting coal from the Lackawanna Valley into New York. From the Laakawanna (at Carbondale) the company had built a railroad over the Moosie Mountains to the forks of the Dy/oerry- (the Bite of Honesdale),, and from- that point they had a canal to Roadoat, on the Hudson. It had been their original purpose to u?e boise :power on the railroad, with stationary engines . at the planes, as at present, but the sue cessf"'. experiments with the railroad I ^motive in England led taem to try kuat new form and application of power. . , . The Stourbridge Lionr as this pion eer locomotive was called, was one of three ordered by tho company's civil engineer, Horatio Allen, in England. The "Lion" was built by Foster, P.as . -'ok & Co., at Stourbridge, and tho r two were built by Stevenson, (tended many courtesies to the ?.an engineer. Thus it happened r in 1323 the firsfc order Eagiau l for locomotive's, af . tho successful working of those on the Stockton and Darlington .oad, was from foaway America. The Stourbridge Lion reached this country and was given o -trial in' New York City on Juno ll, 1829, which proved highly successful. The loco motive was fired with anthracite coal from the Delaware and Hudson.Com pany's Lackawanna mines. It was to put this coal on the mar ket that tho company's operations wore carried on, and this coal mining caused the advent of tho locomotive ir America as weil as in England. Kew Wave Motor. . A new wave motor, invented by Mr. Morley Fletcher, civil engineer of London, has recently been experi mentell with in Dover harbor, it jg said, with encouiaging results. A fioatiug buoy as it rises and falls with the waves operates the plnugers oi two pumpB placed bcueath it, the stroke varying with tho size of thr waves from ono i nob to four feet. The water thus pumped under high pres sure is conveyed ashore by pipes and can then bo utilized in runuing a water wheel or hydraulic motor. A buoy four feet in diameter is said to deve loped :?.7 horse power under favorable circumstances, but the effect is ouh trilling when there in a oulra. The Treasury Depart mont announoeb that in the ccunterfef.t ?20 eilver cer tifiante! the nose of Dauiel Maiming is sharp aud pointed, whereas in tho genuine bill it is round and broad. Tho Tomato in Italy,. To every home and cottage in Italy the preserving of tomatoes is carried on. Terraces, balconies and even the flat roofs of houses are half covered with plates containing the deep red substance. After gathering, the toma toes intended for preserving aro spread ont for some hours in the sun till tho skin has somewhat shrunk, says a writer in Chambers's Journal. .They are then passed through a sieve so that they may be freed from both seeds and skies. As they contain a large proportion of water, the sub stance which has been passed through the sieve must be hung in bags, from Which the water exudes, and soon a pool of dirty-looking water is formed beneath each bag. Strange to say, it is in no way tinged with red. Tho mixturo which remains in the bags has the consistency of a very thick paste. It is then salted, the proportion being a little less than ono ounce of salt to a pound of preserve. The process now requires that it shall be spread on flat plates, exposed to the sun, and stirred from time to timo with a wooden spoon, so that the upper part may not form a crust, whilo un derneath it remains soft. It is a pic turesque sight when the women are to be seen flitting about on the roofs and terraces, attending to the deep red preserve, their colored handker chiefs flung on their heads to screen them from the rays of the barning sun when it is at its fiercest. In the evening the contents of tho various plates are taken in and stirred up to* gether, for if moistened by the night dew the whole would ho spoiled. Af ter being exposed to the sua for seven or eight days, tho ?amo process being repeated each day, the preserve is fin ished and placed in jars for winter use. Though it is used by all classes of persons, it- is more necessary to the poor than to the rich, for the latter can make, use of tho frosh tomatoes pres?rved'in tins. Tomatoes may bo tinned whole, as we know from those .usually imported into' England from Americ.i. But in Italy thc fruit is usually passed through a sieve, the pulp being then placed in tins, which are immediately soldered down and then put in boiling water for five min utes. Tte cost of a small tin is half a franc, so it is- as a rulo beyond the means of the poor.' A flax-Sccd Poultice. There is a good deal of virtue in the old-fashioned remedies of our grandmother?, the herb teas and poultices they relied upon when the country was'now-and there was a dearth of doctors. The doctor of those .days was a holy terror, anyway, with his lancet; his calomel and blue pills, and it is hardly to be wondered at that .the milder measures of these kind old darner were often more effica cious than tbe severe methods of tho accredited disciples of Esculapios. One of the most helpful agents in the alleviation of paiu and the cure of pneumonia, inflammatory disease and all kinds of gastrointestinal disease is a flax-seed poultice. Every house ought to have its packago of flax-seed meal in readiness for sudden illness, and every woman ought to know how to mako a poultice in tho best manner. Make ready, in the first place, a couple of strips of cloth large onough when doubled to cover tho chest or bowels. Also have .a large piece of flannel, or pieqty of cotton batting batting is best becauso it is lightest on hand. Take a pint of the meal and stir in warm water enough to sat urate it; let it heat up on the stove till it is as hot as your Anger tells eau be born?. Remember that your finger will stand.more heat than other parts' of the body. Spread this evenly oa half, of ono of the strips ot cloth, about a,quarter of an inch thick, fold tho other half over it; with a large needle and coarse ^ thread catch both parts together round the edges, ar?d it is ready to apply. As soon as it is in place, cover with the warm cotton or flannel, which should be largo enough to extend considerably beyond the poultice, to keep in tho warmth. Such a poultice should be good for two and a half or three hours. Don't mako a poultice so wet that the moisture drips ; that is extremely uncomfortable to the patient. A well made flax-seed poultice is a most ex cellent remedial agent and always to be relied upon.-Detroit Freo Press. How Many Aucest ors Have You ? . Grandfathers and grandmothers are very proud when they can boast of having a paltry score or two of de- j scendants, but no one seems to be aware of tho grounds he has for boast ing of tho number of his ancestors. Has it ever occurred to voa to oonnt back in a direct liue? If not, try it now sad you will be astonished. At I the first remove you will have two father and mother. At tho next step I yon have four-two grandfathers and two grandmothers. Each of these has had a father and a mother, so you have four great grandfathers and four great-graud mothers. Each of these again has had two parents, so that at tho fourth gea oration back you have sixteen ances tors, at thc fifth you have thirty-two, ' afc the sixth you have sixty-four and at tho seventh you h9ve 128. As you go a little further, they riso to the thousands, tens of thousands, and hundreds of thousands, so that, if all yonr direct ancestors for tweaty .generations bc added together, they amount to over a million, and if you go back another twentv degrees, they total 1,000,OOO,OOO,OOO-or moro peo ple than there aro in tho world at tho present moment, if you leave out Asia. Now, as forty generations are equal to only about 1200 years, if you were to calculate back to the beginning of tho world, you simply couldn't find figures to express tho number of your blood relations.-Answers. Bccord-Breaklng Icicle So far as we havo been able to dis cover, the celebrated Broxburn icicle fully deserves tho name of the "big gest." Jt was formed daring tho se vero frost of February, 1895, at tho -Almond aqueduct, over which the Union canal runs, * near Clifton ha l, Broxburn, England. Tho overflow of tho canal drops from the aqueduct, a distance of 125 feet, into the Almond water Duriug the heavy cold the dropping liquid, freezing at the spot where it foll, soon became a gradually lengthening icicle, until the connec tion between the river and bridge was established. When the sun shono upon the giant mass, thu iridescenco was beaut;lui. and people came from miles around to look at it. The ieiole was formed in threo nights. Modern and Ancient (Jreek. Modern Greek, as now taught in tho schools cf Athens, is so much liku the old languago of 2000 years ago that anyone who can understand the Alexandrine Greek ol the Goopols can read tho uew Greek Gospel as they aro read in the churches und ODO understand a great deal ol' tue mudera Qreok newspapers. Enriching Others. The south has made marked pro gress in some industrial lines, as much, perhaps, as could have been expected under the circumstances, perhaps more, but not as much as could have been made with more co operative effort. The progress made has been chiefly in the manufacture of cotton, in which we have incompara ble advantages over the section which for so many years denominated that industry, but in the other fields we have made but little progress, and still continue to supply other sections with the crude materials at a low price and buy from them the manufactured articles at a price many times as great as that received for the crude mate rials. We are still dependent upon the east for nearly everything, from a locomotive to a match.-Washington Star. _ To Build A Presidential Car. The Railroad Car Journal, of New York city has originated a project to buil d a private car foi* the use of the president of the United States from material and appliances contributed by the car-building aud affiliated in dustries. The designs and specifica tions are being prepared under the supervision of a committee of twenty five master car builders and superin tendents of motive power. "The pro jected car," it is said, "will be a com plete exposition of the art of car build ing, demonstrating to the world the surpassing excellence of this industry in the United States, and it is to presented to the nation as a trib ute from the car building fraternity for the personal and official use of the suc cessive presidents of the United States."-New Orleans Times-Demo crat. Bnsiness and Honor. Said Judge Peterby to Kev. Whang doodle Baxter: "Just think of the deception prac ticed every day. Why, it is dreadful. Now, if you could make 8150 by a lie. your sense of honor wouldn't allow you to do it, would it, Mr. Baxter?" "Dunno 'bout dat ar," replied Whangdoodle. "Seems ter me dat am a matter of bisness wharin houah hain't got nuftin' ter say. Say, jedge, who is de man with de ?150?"-Texas Sifter. , No Use to Cry. Ko usc tu fret and worry and Itch and scratch. That won't rum you. Tetterlne will. Any sort of skin dlseap". Tetter. Eczema, Halt Rheum, Kir.nv?.rm or mere ahrnslon of the skin. At drug stores, or hy mall for 50c. lu stamps from J. T. Shuptilne, Savannah, Ga. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children tee?ilng. Boltons tho gums, reduces inflamina* lion, allays pain, cureB wind colic. 25c. a bottle. Jl'ST try' a If*-'- box of Cascareis, Ute finest liver and bowel regulator ever made. Plso's Cure 1? a wonderful Cough medicine. Mrs. W. I'ICXEBT. Van Sielen and Blake Aves., Brooklyn, N. 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ATI a bout Potash-the results of ?ts use hy actual ex periment on the best fa- ns in ibe United Slates-is told in a little book -?hich we publish and will gladly mail free to any farmer in America who will write for it. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New Ycrk. AUKU?<(1. (Ja. Actual budines.. Notej' u book- b'butt lime. CUPID board Sen i 'or cauloffun M fi D ? UIN C Oplnin ?i'd Whisky Habit m U tl r n I ll C ( eared st home, Never falli Monarch Home Cure Co,, Nr.iv Awm, INP. The Yoong Heathen. The five-year-old heathen had been taken to the big folks' church. The ceremony of communion was being performed. He was much interested in it, especially when the minister arose and began solemnly: "0 Lord, it is very meet and right," etc. This is the account of it which he gave to his devout little sister when he got home: "Then the minister got up and took a drink of wine, and then ne groaned and said: " *0 Lord, it is very weak.' "-Buf falo Express. 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