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The Famous Class of '61. Th? class of 'GI, United States Naval Academy* comes near monopolizing the high places In the present wir. Twenty-two of its present members hr?e held responsible commands, and two of them have died In the service -Captain Grldley, who fought tho flagship Olympia at Manila, and Com mander Horace Elmer, who command ed the Atlantic mosquito fleet. Oth ers lu the service ure Acting Rear Ad miral Sampson; Captain Sands, Colum bia; Captain Glass, Charleston; Cap tain Slgsbee, St. Paul; Captain Good rich, St. Louis; Captain Sterling, Lan caster; Captain Wildes, Boston; Cap tain Taylpr, Indialla; Captain Whiting. Monadnock; Captain Clark, Oregon; Captain Clicster, Cincinnati; Com mander Lamber ton, of Dewey's squad ron; " Commander Wilde, Kahtndln; Commander McCalla, Marblchead; Commander Nichols, Bennington; Com mander Schouler, bureau of naviga tion; Commander White, naval acad emy; Commander Davis, naval obser vatory: Commander Perry, 1st light house uistrict inspector.-Detroit Free Press._ Improvements in Flying Machines. Inventors nro plenty who can mako a ma chine that will riso and Qoftt In air. hut tin ono Improvement which uono has suecnodod In making lu an apparatus that will Kulde the machino through tho many treacherous cur rents of air. In this respect humanity ls fortunato lu having Uoatettor's Stomach Bit tors, which nets as a safo guido by curing treacherous stomach, liver and blood diseases. Riving a good appetite, a strong constitution and norves Uko stool. , On an average every woman carries forty to sixty miles of hair r.pon her head. Educate Your I>owols With Cascarets. Candy Cathartic, cur? .-onsi-.lnatloa forovor. 10c,25c. If C. C. C. fall, druggists rotund moaoy. Aberdeen terriers are driving out all other fashionable pet dogs in London. Oil cans are being mado of circular shapa to be mounted on a central pivot and attached to the wall of a building, a flange on thc ''an taminga friction wheel on a vertical shaft with a chimney cleaner at tho top. To Curo H Cold In Ono Day. Tako Laxative Bromo Quinino Tablets. All DrugRlstsrefund monoy if it fails tocure. 2Sc. We livo our first years over and over; our last vears are commonly lost to rusmoryand barely saved to hope. Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness aftor tlrst day's uso of Dr. Kline's Great Xervo Restorer. $2 trial bottlonndtreatlso free. Da. R. U. RUNE, Ltd., 031 Area St., Phlla., Pa. Chile is a Peruvian word, "dcuoiing land of snow."_ No-To-Bnc for Fifty Cents. Guaranteed tobacco habit euro mak^s wv. v mon strong, blood pure. Mc, SI. AU druggists. Life is an impartial jury. Dyath an un biased judge. i Scrofula Taints tho blood of millions, and sooner or later may break out -in hip disease, running sores orsomo more complicated form. To cure scrofula or prevent it, thoroughly purify your blood with Hood's Sarsaparilla, which has a continu ally growing record of wonderful cures. 9? Sarsa *3 parilla Is America's Greatest Medicine. SI; six for Si. Hood's Pills euro indigestion, biliousness. A Prejudice Overcome. Balmoral castle ls now lighted by electricity. The queen has been forced by her children and the wishes of her household to give in to the illumina tlon now in general use for some of the pub'ic rooms, but she has put her foot down that In her 'own apart ments or into the library and dinging room lt shall not be introduced. You see, the prince consort was taken away before incandescent lights were dreamt of! What was in his tinte must also remain with her; at least, this has been the qur-en's objection to many "improvements" in the ro}-al residences, and what concessions were granted were because their royal mis tress could not combat her immediate family's arguments. Balmoral is a dull, old-fashioned, inconveniently planned house, which electricity would malte brighter, if not moro cheery, and it is likely that another season will see the lights extended even to the sacred rooms occupied by her majesty. When theatrical com panies have been "commanded" to Balmoral, the ball-rocm used for their performances would bc so dark with only candle illumination the actors were quite dispirited, but now there can be no more complaints on that score, and a new zest will be given to those functions held in the vast room. Princess Henry of Battenberg ls said to have made the designs for the electric lamps at her mother's re quest.-Boston Herald. Refused His Pay as a Soldier. One of the most remarkable Incidents pt volunteer anny life was experienced by one of the paymasters at Miami, Fla., recently. A member of the Sec ond Alabama regiment absolutely re fused to accept his pay. amounting to $35. He said that he had entered the service purely through patriotism, and did not want any compensatiou. This ?being the first case of the kind, the paymaster had no precedent to guide him. After some thought he drew a red line through the name, indicating that the sum had not been paid. Should the soldier ever need his pay, the Government stands ready to settle the account. - . MRS. PJLNKHAM'S ADVICE. What Mrs. Nell Hurst has to Say About lt. DEAB MRS. PIXKHAM:-When I wrote to you I had not been well for five years; had doctored all the time but got no better. 1 had womb trouble very bad. My womb pressed backward, causing piles. . I was in such misery I could scarcely walk across the floor. Men struation was irregular and too pro fuse, was also troubled with leucorrhoea. I had given up all hopes of getting well; everybody thought I had consumption. After taking five bottles of Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegeta ble Compound, I felt very much better and was able to do nearly all my own work. I continued the use of your medi cine, and feel that I owe my recovery to you. I cannot thank you enough fory our advice and your wonderful medicine. Any one doubting my statement may write to me and I will gladly answer all inquiries.-Mrs. NELL HURST, Deep water, Mo. Letters like tho foregoing, con stantly being received, contribute not a little to the satisfaction felt by Mrs. Pinkham that her medicine and counsel are assisting women to bear their heavy burdens. Mrs. Pinkham'saddressisLynn, Mass. AH suffering women are invited to write to her for advice, which will be given without charge. It is an ex perienced woman's advice to women. fi FARM ?ND GlRB??Lj Topdressing Meadows. * In topdressing meadows with fresh yard manure, directly after mowing, there is naturally some loss by evap oration, but this is not nearly as great ns is geuorally supposed, and this is also more than counterbalanced by the protection it provides against sun and drouth. In winter and early spring the loss from evaporation is but infinitesimal. If the manure is properly composted it may be applied as a topdressing at any time without danger o? los?. Care of House Wells. Thero should be au enclosed build ing over every well from which water is to be takeri for family use. Multi tudes of insects and even 1 small ani mals fall into the well if it is e xposed to the air and has no curb around it. So, too, there is always mucn dust blown into it, and the rays of the sun shining down make thc water too warm to uso during hot weather. Every time a bucket is lowered into tho water it carries some of the warmth it has absorbed from contact with tho summer air. Season for I>eep PloWl j. If thero is ever a time when deep plowing is alvisable it is in summer, especially ii some groen manure can be turned under tho furrow. This will heat rapidly in hot weather, and the gases from its fermentation rising through tho soil will mellow it mor? than can be done by the most thor ough cultivation when such land is "deep plowed iu spring. In fact most spring plowing ought to be very shallow, as the air is not warm enough to warm through a deep furrow, and therefore, if vegetation is then deeply plowed in it rots very slowly. Trellis for Tomatoes. While tho tomato can be and often is grown with its vines lying on the ground, the fruit ripeus more evenly and perfectly, besides produciug a larger crop, if the vines are supported by a trellis of some kiud. It may bo nothing more than a stick forked like a "y" and with a long enough stem to set firmly in the ground. But if the soil is rich and the tomato vines are heavy, a row of strong stakes with a wire wound around each at the height of eighteen inches will give botter satisfaction. When tho vines turn to grow downwards the part be low will blossom and fruit more abund antly than before. Drainage 1>.Y Open D?elies. Hundreds of farms iu Gcrmauy, ac cording to Herr F. Koenig, have been doubled in value by tho improvement of boggy laud through "aioonlamm cuttur," The system consists in drainage by open ditches, which are four to live yards wide and twenty to twenty-five yards apart, and the cov ering of the cultivated area by a layer of sand four to tlx inches deep. The saud is never, mixed with the moor land even iu plowing. The drainage enables the air to penetrate the raised soil, while the acids are washed out, and the covering of saud keeps the })eat in a favorable state of decompo sition and moisture, ensuring a good supply of nitrogen, and also acts me chanically to give plants a firm hold. Crops of all kinds are readily grown, ?with no strict attention to rotation. Trenton (N. J.) American. Insecticide for Plants. Cosmos, a French scientific review says that a South American farmer has recently made an accidental discovery of great value tu gardeners and llor ists. It was to the effect that leaves of the tomato plant will drivo insects away from other plants. He coverod ?ornato leaves over some young shrubs he wished to protect from t lie sun and from small insects, and was delighted to find that the latter cleared out as soon as they got the odor of the to mato leaves. He then extended the sam.e treat ment to an eutirc row of young peach trees, and his success was complete. To render the process more simple ho tried a decoction of thc fresh tomato leaves as a spray on other trees and shrubs aud found that he had a per fectly effective weapon which cost practically nothing. He also found that a sijray of the same kind would keep flies off his horses. . Raising Seedlings. The process of raising plants of various kinds from seeds extends over the greater portion of the year, and no timo is more important than the present in this respect.' There are many plants of which seeds can bo sown now with better prospects of success than at any other.aud amongst them may be noted calceolarias, prim ulas, cyclamens and cinerarias, ail of them being great favorites with ama teur growers. Of course, where pos sible, the boxes, pots or pans of seeds must be placed in the greenhouse, but a fair proportion will gorminato iu a warm window if they are care fully looked after. Use light soil, and water it wellpriorto suwing the seeds, which need not be covered with soil. Place on the receptacle a piece of glass and over that brown paper or damp moss, and, until the seeds vegetate, no further attention will be reqaired be yond wiping the glass quite dry each morning. As soon as the tiny plants can be seen the ]japer must be re moved, and the glass slightly tilted. As they attain size, pricking off and eventually potting will bo necessary, and every effort should bo made to keep the plants constantly growing. Household Words. skim Milk for Chickens. With the purpose of studying tho effect of skim milk diet on young growing chickens an experiment was conducted at the Indiana agricultural experiment station in which two lots of chickens were under observation. There were ten chickens of two breeds in each lot, ranging from four to six weeks of age at tho beginning of the experiment. Each lot received the same food, care and treatment, ex cepting one was fed all tho skim milk wanted, while the other "was given none. Tli3 grain fed consisted of two parts crushed corn, one part bran aud one part ground oats. They were also fed cracked bone, cabbage and lettuce. When thc experiment began the total weight of one lot of chickens waa only one-half an ounce more than the othei. The experiment lasted from July ll to September 5. The results of tho feeding show that the chickens fed milk and grain ate somo considerable more grain than did those receiving no milk. The re sults also show that the chickens of lot one, receiving no milk, made an average weekly gain of 2.112 ounces, while those fed milk made a gain fer week of 4.-1G ounces, or over ono iourth pound. Tho chickens fed milk made a more rapid and uniform gain ' thau those fed grain only. The gen? I eral results of the feeding in every ! way seemed to show tho superior in* i fluence of the skim milk on the growth of tho birds*-American, Agricultur ist? Injurious Weeds. * From time to time this country is startled by publications issuod from high schools and colleges as to the appearance of this or that Weed itt some localities and warning cultiva* tors against them. Learned and long descriptions are given of these particular weeds and general alarm is excited by a Supprseti now trouble. Very few pf those ttow weeds are worthy, however, of a thought, so far as 'particular cultiva* tiou of thc soil is eott'eei-tted-. Th? cultivator expects to hoe and cultivate among his crop, and one weed is no more to him than another. ' This is especially true of annual weeds,which do not flower until after the cultivator has been through. The prickly lefc tuce is an illustration of thin} its bo tanical name is lactuca bttftriotfc Con tinuous warning against ?td appear ance is heard everywhere* but it does not come into flower until July, and long before that the cultivator has destroyed ?K No cultivator used fear atty Annual weed. Serious trouble comes from those which have running root stocks. In that case every little piece of root will make a new plant* in this list we might name the Cana dian thistle, thc English bittdweed (Convolvulus ai", "nsis), the so-Called saohalino (Polygonum s?ch?liuense-, Solanum Carolinaiim) and the couch grass (Tritieum repens). And evett these can bo destroyed by two tir three successive hoeings or eultiyat ings. It is au fcxc?pt??nrti cas? wh?? a pl: ives Without leaves anting ono fcoason. The old question Of dealing with destructive weeds is a vci y simple one-we havo either to hoe them out before they have a chaucs of makiug seeds or prevent them from haviug perfect leaves ??r ing one season's growth; The intelti gent cultivator knows this so well that he is not alarmed by the appearance of a nev.- weed, but rather enjoys it as it adds somcwhatto his botauicil knowledge. - Mcehan's Monthly. iDftiry l*rcc?utions? Shade in pastures, either from trees and sheds, is essential in midsummer to keep the cows from becoming fev erishly overheated to the detriment of the quality of the milk, D?ring my dairy experience I have eiicouttt* erod a great deal of tainted milk di? rectly attributable to tho overheating of cows. Keep them a3 cool as pos sible and remove all exciting factors, such as driving them to aud from the pasture with dogs, etc. When it comes to the ore of milk, hot weather has no terrors for a dairy* man fully prepared and willing to itt* telligently combat its deleterious et fects. Tho hotter the weather the more prolonged should be your appli* cation of hot water ip sterilizing milk utensils. ' Placing the tin milk pans, pails and cans in ihe suu after wash ing was formerly thojght to have no moro iufiuenco than simply to dry them. Now it is known that follow ing rigorous scalding a thorough suu Imth of all dairy utensils destroys any lurking bacteria that might quickly propagate and ruin milk quality. Ill smells about a cow stable multiply with amazing rapidity during the heated term. With cows milked there twice a day it means a dangerous menaco to milk. If you cannot keep the atmosphere of your stable as sweet smclliug as that of your pasture, milk the cows in tho pasturo every time. Attend to the care of milk as ? soon a3 it has been drawn from the cow. To let it stand about in pails to wait convenience is dangerous; to dump a hundred pounds or more of it freshly milked into a narrow can is perni cious. Milk should always be aerated and cooled sufficiently to keep it fresca twelve hours bofore it is ever'?tored in bulk. No bettor way eau be de vised for tainting fresh milk quickly and effectually than by plunging a vessel of it into cold water. The re sulting taint is commonly spoken of as smothered milk. If you do not possess ice you should wet down the lloor and walls of your dairy room several times a day with cold water. This will materially aid in keeping the atmosphere of the apartment cool and sweet even during the hottest days. Good, firm butter can be produced in July as well as in lesB heated mouths if you keep the thermometer iu your dairy room as close to sixty degrees as possible. In this apart ment secure free ventilation with a low temperature, especially at night. If there is cold running water on your premises utilize it for tho dairy's good in hot weather. Pipe it to your milk house. Churning should always be done early in tho dny before tho warmth of the sun has made its in fluence felt. By following this plan yon ought not to be troubled with butter coining soft,, even if you possess no ice.-George E. Kewell in Orange Judd Farmer. False Mustache* Tabooed in Transvaal. The other day at Pretoria a school boy was lined $12.50 for contravening the mask law. It appears that the boy had attended a fancy-dress ball in the guise of some historical hero, who, according to tradition, wore a mustache. After the dance he was a mustache to the good, and being an ordinary boy thought it very good fan to go to the circus with it plastered on his downy upper lip. It is diffioult to lind a mau who has not at one time or another been guilty of just that identical species of foo,;shness. Un fortunately for the p jtoriaTom Saw yer, he .tic**" .v..*ed the eye of a policeman, .. no had been stationed in the circus for the purpose of looking after the morals of the virtuous Pre torians. The luckless jester waa promptly haled before a shocked Land drost, who punished him strictly ac cording to law.-Johannesburg Star. An Unlucky Jost. There was a little group discussing the glorious nows of Sampson's vic tory iu an uptown saloon recently, when a man walked in slowly and* stood within earshot of the patriotio expressions. Finally ho said in a rather mournful tone of voice: "Well, boys, you may talk as you please, but I would give my right arm to see the Spanish Hag floating over New Or leans." Them was a mad rush for tho new comer, and for some Beconds the air was full of swinging arms. As the stranger ruefully regained his feet and pulled his battered remains together he attempted a smile that faded into a ghastly grin as he whined out: "You fellows are too quick. That's just my littlojokc. I am blind."-Now Or leans Times-Democrat. English military authorities say that new boots will wear better if kopt about six months bofore using. If kept over a year they become less du rable. RIFLED STEEL HOETAES; THE ARMY'S NEW ORDINANCE TESTED BEFORE SANTIAGO. They Are Little Compared With Navril Gunn, nave Accuracy df Fire arid Arc Destructive iii Effect-Flayed an Impor tant Purl lu Forcing- T?ini iii Surrender; There ia ile more important pi?o? df Ordnance used in Our war dp?rations than the littl? rifled mortars that threw expldsives; Shells; And ileavy ste?l projectiles With destructivo ?ffect against tli? SpAnish j iatrcuchm?nts h?ct rifl? pils betW??ri the American linea ?nd SaritiAgo; . Th? fi?ld mdrtars are belibved by lii? array m?ri id ?Washington to liav? played au impor tant part in compelling the surrender of tho Spanish troops ar.? to have assisted in the cnntmc of strategic points which otherwise might not have been taken without sev?ro ldss to the invading soldiers. Th?so little mortar's h?y'? not been generally adopl?d iii Armies, .?sp?pt id this country; an? never 'had ?in' actual trial agdinst th? ehemV uiitil the r?c?nt fight between Shaffer's ineri ?nd thos? df General Toral. They are light-, can bc readily transported with an advancing body of men, are quick of five, and aro almosfas accurate as tho rilled field piece; Although the shot fired by theni describes A tra: jectory ti-at takes it soaring hundreds of feet lip in the air; the accuracy of fir? is sp great that Ari ?xplodiug shell ?Ari b?i dropped fwd miles away with in ? space rio larger than a good-sized ballrooiri-.' Wheri compared With t?i? : bid studdth-bor? muzzle. loaders of the civil war p?ridd; which shot far.-.but With nd certainty as to where the shell would fail, the ??w mortars like thos? at Santiago Ar? a's great an improve-^ blent as the modern Small arni i? ov?r . tho old Springfield-, j With the m?d?rri mortar provide? with A rifled chamber and Bfeecl:. Idadirig Apparatus th? ordn?nc? ex perts Claim that, they cari plrimp ri shot into ariy ordinary sized rifl? pit and kriock the top off iny house At which it is Aimed within th? radiris of its action. Although the projectile goes high in the air And then takes ? plnng- . iug course,the rarig? cari be accurately reached by reducing or iricreasirig the powder cha-ge. Th? explosion pf A 7-iuch shell iu A rifl? pit should kill dr sev?reiy injure every niau iii it;And if ond f?ll bdhind an iritrenchm?nt Where men were Assembled thickly it would have the power to wipe out practically half A company; Mortal's, howitzers arid field guris were tho hca'-'y ordnance used'by th? army id front of SAutiago, but fdr shelling a city rio piece was believed by the officers to be better adapted for effective work than the iridrtars. Two kidds ar? used in tho Aririv, the heavier being the 7-iuch aud the dther the 8t6-irich. Tho heavy mortar has a weight df 1715 pounds and a tdtal length of only 58 inches, the length of th? bore being seven cfJib>'CS. A projectile weighing ?20 pounds is used for tho important work of clearing rifle pits, and can be sent accuratdly to a distance of considerably mor? than throe miles, and dropped within a space 100 by 12 feet three tini?* out of fivo. To send this shell .through the air only five and one-half ponuds of powder is required; which develops an initial v??ocity for the pro.'ecf-ile of abottt 050 feet a second-. The pressur? exerted is 18?000 pounds to the square inch, which seems high for so small a charge, a?d tho range of the mortar is placed at -?-3A0 yards, dr nearly thre? miles. The fighting range which will be generally employed, however, is not oxpeoted to exceed two miles., In the operations before Santiago it was less, although when General Shaffer determined to bombard the city if Toral failed to comply to his demand for surrender, the mortar batteries were not less than two miles from tho centro of the town and were to be fired at that distance. Inside the 7-inch mortar shell is 12 1-2 pounds of powder whose explosion throws hundreds of small pieces of the shell in every direction. A fuse ignites the powder as the shell strikes the ground, an 1 if tho explosion is instant the destruction in its imme diate vicinity should be terrific. Should the shell, however, hit soft earth and bury itself before oxploding its effectiveness is practically lost. Tho exp?rience in firing mortars at Santiago showed that this occurred frequently. These mortars are adapted to fire the pro'ectilos of the 7-inch howitzer as well as the shells. Besides the ordinary shell tho mortar is intended i:? fire as well a steel shell of 150 pounds weight and approximately of five calibre length, charged with high osplosive for great destructive effect. This piece supplies thc heaviest calibre that the army regards as necessary for field.purposes and is intended for just such purposes an those to which it was put at Santiago. The :-}.O-iiich mortar is fired from a solidly constructed platform weighing 200 pounds. The platform is held in position by stakes, the recoil being taken np and kept within limits by ropes made fast td au anchor stake. Thc rango of this mortar varies from 300 yards to 3300, and its fire is just as accurate as that of the larger piece. Twelve otfhcesof powder explodes the shell, and the amount required to propel it varies from five ounces for thc smallest distance to fifteen ounces for the grentest obtainable range. Experiments with this piece show that almost every shut can he lauded with in the spare of an ordinary room. They are to thc anny in creating havoc . to tho intreuchmentfl what the big 12 and 1(5 inch coast defence mortars are to a fleet cf approaching war vessels. Duties of a .'.nninn in tho Navy. An uptown drug clerk desired to enlist in the .United States navy. He was an efficient druggist, but he strenuously disliked being in undig nified haste over everything. In fact, his disposition to t:ike everything slowly and in the most dignified man ner had seriously stood in tho way of his advancement even in his own par ticular calling, and it was partly for this reason that ho desired to join the navy. "In what capacity do you wish to enlist?" asked the recruiting officer very briskly. "Asa druggist, sir," replied the applicant. "Can't do it; we'll have to ship you as a landsman." "What, does a landsman have to do?" questioned thc applicant. "Vnythiug ho's told, and do it b'amed quick, too."-New Orleans Times-Democrat. An Immense China Closet. TIMJ Czar of Kassia probably owns a greater quantity of china than any oihsr person iu the world. He has the china belonging to all tho Russian ruler.-, as far back as Catherine the Grerit lt is stored in an immense c.'o?u-t in the Winter palace at S^, Petersburg. DECLINE ?F THE DUSTEFI. Tho Practical Disappearance of a Garment That Was Ohce Familiar. ? traveler by rail cdunot fail td notice tile decline of the duster. And One does hot need to be, as the man sdid; a centenarian to observe this. Iii fact; only thirty dr forty y?ars agd ?ust?rs wer? commonly wdrd by rail road travelers; They were co-?xistent with the carpet sack and th? alligator mouthed valise, both now more com pletely passed away than tho duster itself; and almost as completely gone as tho hair-covered trunk; The d?ster in its original form was built df.broWn .linen; which; when starched, stodd boldly" out like a gar hi?nt di thin and fl?xible; but dot Uso flexible, sheet metal. It whs \vdrn;bf course, to protect the wearer and his garments from the dust. Whon the linen duster flourished l?c?mqtiveS burned wood; tracks were 6and-b?U lasted; add rails* were tight; cars were hot vestibuled; or provided with dust ?ieieona for the windows; and the timo required to cover ? given distance was far greater than nbw: A dhst?r was far inore u?eded then than uow? and it was likely to bo d pat t df the equip ment of the cdsudl as well ns of the regnlar traveler. Imleod, it may be s?id that the casual traveler wduld scarcely have thought that ho had made a trip by rail lidless be bad prd: vided himself, w?tli that indispensable jJart bf every traveler's ? luipmerit: . Prim and stiff iind sbeot-iroriy ld Affect os the freshly Ironed linen duster was when first put on; it pres ented ? very different appeararicewheri . it had boen word fdr a time. A? first; sat down in ou a day such as was then simply called sticky.or muggy, lint Ayhich in these fashionable modern days is .called humid, the duster was creased with mauy creases thai seemod, later; despite the weather, to be frozen in: And these creases, iu appearance like' accdrdiori pleats struck by light ning; shdrt??ed . th? garment some what; They took, it tip; and made it bigger around and mdre bunchy; , Tho next effect came with continued wear? when the starch was all gon? ont bf it; and the duster beedm? Stringy. Add if before it had seemed to shorten up and grow stout it now seems tb become loau aud attenuated; tb take into, itself many little rolling i?ngit?dinal wrinkles; to sort of shrink in on itself sidewise; aud tb draw, ov?r lengthwise; and by this time it had prdbohiy come to hdng uri= evenly, so that the lix,ut corners had d dip and were lower than the back of I the coat In its first estate the linen d?st?r was; if hot a garment of digi nity; one that had an effect of precis? hess; but in its Inst Was very far froui that. In fact, it is doubtful if d per son of even the most imaginative temperament could conjure up any thing more negligee in its general ?fiect than a stringy linen duster. , But tho linen duster was not the only one. There were dusters of alpaca and of mohair and of other materials; somo of them black and Some gray; big, flowing; comfortable dusters; which, if not beautiful, had at least the grace that all things made of good materials possess. You could almost tell a man, without seeing his face, by the duster that he wore. New York Snu. . Grasshopper Kills a Turtle. One of the soldiers stationed at Tampa sent to Dr. Alfred E. Wads worth of Brooklyn a letter in which he described a battle he witnessed bo tween a grasshopper anda large snap ping turtle. The fight resulted in the death of the turtle, which had awakened the auger of tho grasshop per by killing its mate. The fight occurred on tho bank of a small stream in which the soldier had cast a fishing line. While watching the Hue he saw two grasshoppers jump from a treo aud land on the bank. Bight beside them was a big turtle, which immediately snapped one of the hoppers. Instantly the survivor jumped upon the turtle's back. The turtlo withdrew its head within its shell, and the grasshopper . perched itself on tho edge of tho covering, just at the point where tho head of the turtle had disappeared. There it waited patiently. It was some time before the turtlo protruded its head. Then it did so very slowly and cautiously, looking about apparently for tho other grass hopper. Thc insect waa on the watch, and when the sleepy eyes of the tur tle were opposed it-apparently spat into one of thom. The reptile with drew its heud instantly. The grass hopper remained whoro it was. Tho head of the turtle was not long hidden. In a few minutes the turtle protruded it to look for its foe. Tho grasshopper made a forward movement and tried to reach tho other eyo of tho tnvfle. j Vi failed, however, and narrowly es- | caped being caught by thc snauper. The latter made every effort to get at it,'but. quick as were the movements of tho turtle's head, those of its small enemy were quicker, and the grass hopper managed to keep out of danger. Finally it managed to spit in the other eye of the reptile. Then the turtle, blinded, gave up the fight. The grass hopper waited around for half an hour, and then hopped off. The soldier picked up the turtle and was surprised to fiud that it was dead. He says iu his letter that it must havo becu poisoned by the saliva the grasshopper injected into its eyes.-Xew York Sun. Speed of Inflects an<l Birds. It is the popular belief that tho flight of birds is much swifter thau that of iusects. but a u umber of nat uralists who have been making a study of the matter think that such is not the case. A common house-fly, for example.is uot very rapid iu its flight, but its wings make eight hundred beats a second, and send it through the air twenty-five feet, under ordi nary circumstances, in that space of time. When the insect is alarmed, however, it has boen found that it in creases its rate of speed to over one hundred and fifty feet per second. If it could continue such rapid flight for a mile in a straight line it would cover that distance in cxectly thirty-three seconds. It is not on uncommon thing, when traveling by rail in the summer time, to soe a boo or wasp keeping up with the train and trying to get iu at one of tho windows. A swallow is considered one of tho swiftest flyiug birds, and it was thought, uutil a short time ago, that no insect could escape it A naturalist tells of au exciting chase he saw between a swal low and a dragon-fly, which is among the swiftest of insects. The insect, flow with incredible speed, and wheeled and dodged with such ease that the swallow, despite its utmost efforts, completely failed to overtake and cap turo it.-San Francisco Argonaut. WillinK to Go. The Jndge (sternly)-The next per son who interrupts the proceedings will bo expelled from the court roora. ' The prisoner (enthusiastically)--. Hooray,-Puck. Woman's Heroism* From the Begister- Gazette, Rockford, III D?ring the civil war nearly as much hero ism was shown by the women of our nation as by tho brave soldiors; Many rt woman, weeping for her dead son, bound up the wounds of his sufforlrnr comrades, rejoicing in their "? renewed ?tren g t h, " even while sorrowing fortheone who was gone. At that time was laid the foun dation for the world O? the Battlefield. famed or gftnizatldn known os th? Womrtn'a Belief Corps; whoso nld to the soldier of td-day, llghtlhjrugalnst the world fora living, ls no !.*-.? notabi? than the horolsin of tho ?urly 'CO'S. Ono of tho most earnest mombefs of tho corps nt Brion, III;; is Mts; J?mfc? House weart, but Illness ?nee put a stdp' to her dative work. A year qr so. agd, when she was nearing fifty yeir's of age, the time when wb'mea must be most careful of tboir strength, Mrs; Hoiiseweart was taken seriously ill.. The fnmily physician told her that she bad renehod a critical period of her life, and must b? very careful; His prescrlptions..nnd treatment did not benefit her, and oti^r treatment proved un availing; . At last Dr; Williams' pink Pills for Pale People wore brought to her notice1, with Indisputable evidence that they were help; fui lu cases such as hers, and with renewed hope she tried thb remedy. Last March slio took the first bdx ot the pills, Which garo milch relief. She was detormlnou td bo cured; and kept on with the medicine'; until now eight boxes have been consumed; and sho foels Uko a new womna; Mrs. Housewcart sala: "I h?vo taken only eight boxes, but I have hoed improv ing since I tuok the first dose; Ido not . believe I could have llvud without the pills. They certainly have done me moro good thau nny physician or any medicino I have ever trlod." Dr. Williams* Pink Pills aro sold In boxes (never In loose bulk) at 50 cents a box or six boxes for ?2.50, and may be had of all druggists, or direct bj' mall from Dr Williams'Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y; HAIR AND WAGES. Necessary lo Dye the One to Live by the Other; It would bo humorous-were lt bot so pathetic-to learn that the dyeing of the hair is not confined, in Eng land, to the woman with the peroxided locks, but is a habit rendered neces sary by fierce labor competition to the working man, whose gray hairs would handicap him against younger candi dates for employment That the working ?nan who IS get ting on lu years does have to resort| to artificial aids fo rejuvenate his ap pearance was made v?ry clear to a London Daily Mail reporter, whose in vestigations lcd him to inquire of some of che chemists who sell the dyes; Mr. Black, the manager Of Day's drug store, nigh street, Whitechapel; said: "li is absolutely true that there ls a very large demand for hair dyes among fhe men working in the facto1 ries and wholesale l'ouses in this neighborhood. The sale of hair dyes is brisker during the busy season1 of the factories than at any other time; The foreign element in this district; and throughout Loudon, is so eager to | work at a reduced wage; that the Eng lishman whose hair ls turning has very little chance. The slightest sus picion of gray hair ls sufficient to cause the rejection Of his application; It Is a well known thing, .and a great shame, that men who are able bodied; active, with experience in the work wh'lch they are seeking, are constantly refused because they ar? 'graybe?ds.' The bosses are like the children of biblical notoriety who derided Elisha* We are selling about fifteen bottles' a Week just now, but the average ef weekly sales during the year Would give a higher 'figure. The men are. generally between thirty-five and fifty, but all our clients are Englishmen. Our particular prescription lias become so popular that wc have christened it 'Charlie's Fancy.? The dye remains good from a weeK to a fortnight) ac cording to the amount of grayness, but many of our customers make a regu lar weekly purchase. Tho men aro very shy anti sensitive about it They call me aside for a private chat, and it is always 'for my friend outside.' We are:)Conslauily beiug asked curious! questions. But one striking feature in the salo of hair dye is the popularity it meets among Hebrew women." The manager of the Aldgate drug) stores, Whitechapel, was able to con firm from persoual evidence the accu racy of thc story. "The most popular shade is nrown, from medium to dark browu. Black ia too dark. The man doesn't aspire to be a Romeo, but just to possess a serviceable color which Will stand a week's wear. Some of the men work lil the city and the West End, and live about this vicinity because it is cheap er. Tlie majority are factory hands, who are afraid they will lose their p'aces if their hair becomes gray. For eigners are so numerous here thal there arc a hundred desirous to work at a lower wage slfould lhere be u chance." Education In mexico. There are in Mexico 11,512 schools. Of these 5,852 are sustained by the state, 3,212 by cities, aud 2,442 are private schools. Of the total 6,027 are for males, 3,104 for females, and 2,381 are mixed. Tho actual attendance at these schools is 490,740, and the annual amount appropriated for the support of public schools is nearly S5,500,000. Don't Tobnero Spit and Smoke Tour Ufo Away. To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag netic, lull of Ufo, nervo and vigor, take No-To Bao, toe wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong. -AH druggists, -0c or tl. Curognaran teed. Booklot and sample free. Address Sterling Kemedy Co., Chicago or New York. The blank leaves at the beginning and end of the book of lifo aro its bpst pages. Deafness Cannot Be Cared by local applications,'as they cannot reach tho diseased portion of the oar. Thero ls only one way to euro deafness, and that ls by constitu tional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an In flamed condition of tho mucous lining of tho Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets in flamed you havo a rambling sound or imper fect hearing, and When lt ls entirely cloned Oenfjioss ls tho result and unless tho inflam mation can bo taken out and this tube restored to Us normal condition, hearing will be de stroyed forever. Nino cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which ls nothing but nn in flamad condition of the mucous surfaces. Wc will give Ono Hundred Dollars for any eas? of Deafness (causod by catarrh) that can not bo cured by Hall's Catarrh Curo. Send for circulars, froo. F. J. CnXMBT & Co., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggist*. 7Sc. Hall's Family Pills aro tho best. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children toe thin?, softens tho gum*, reducos inflamma tion, allays pain, cu ros wind colic. ?)3. a bottle I believe Piso's Cure for Consumpt'on saved my nov's life UV?tsummer.-Mrs. Ar.LiEDouo I.ASS. Lo Roy. Mich.. Oct. 20. 1891. Love is skin-deep, hue self-lovo clasps the hone._ . To Cure Constipation Forever. Take Coscare ta Candy Cathartic. lOo or Sta. If C. C. C. fall to cure, druggists refund monoy. A lio liberates us for a moment and cn fdnvox us i o rover. DON'T BE FOOLED Into buying ti "clnp.tr.p," "mukc-.hin" tiuccy.on which bl* profit? ?rr mmle. Try a "ROI K HILL," "A Little. Hither In Prto., Un.---" io Mule higher ron ciu't nffoM tn run th" rl'k. St-i our nirnt In your town. He ?III aril ?mi ti Min .. fl pu n s. If not ? ruo us. We'll soo that jon aro trvatrU right. ROCK HILL BUGGY CO., Rock Kill, S. C. ? GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES.'' Aa Itera of Public Revenue In Many Conn trie's -Spain's Great Expectations. In the Prussian budget of receipts and expenditures for 1898 is one item Much must seem rather clascal to American financiers-82(000,000 marks (the ?quivalent Of about $20,000,000) from authorized government lotteries* in Prussia the lottery is operated tin der the direct authority of the state. There are a number of prizes of 500, 000 marks, and It Ie an anrual affair j in the Hue of revenue raising. In | italy this year in the annual budget j for 1898 w?s the item of revenue 05,-1 000,000 lire from lotteries, about equiv alent to $13,000,000 J? American money I and it is somewhat curious that Inj nearly every country of Europe, with! the exception of France and Belgium, | lotteries as a means of revenue rais ing are the iule rather than the ex ception. Denmark made last year a profit on .Ls lotteries-a net profit over and above expenses-of 1,000,000 crowns; equivalent to .about $400,000. In Hol land, too* there Is d state lottery, the ncf proceeds of which are figured each year at 039,000 guilders, or about $300, 000. Portugal is another ?ui'ope?n country which recruits US revenues from this source. 1 in the year 1897 the Portuguese lottery gained 1,750,000 mllreis (nearly $2,000,000). But Portu gai has at least soine justification In' Iis adherence to lotteries by reason of tiie fact that the finances of that coun try are In an unsettled condition, that creditors are pressing against it, and that the expenditures have for a num ber of years exceeded considerably the revenues. . ?h the European Countries/lotteries I are state monopolies, as.much as thc' saie of stamps or of cigars and tobac 6o, and the government makes usually a considerable profit from them. The Spaniards are great believers fii the advantages offered by lotteries and thc financial plight of that cour cry how being most serious, there wJU be start ed soon under' the auspices of thc| Spanish government a great lottery scheme, the receipts of which, minus the prizes, will be turned over to thc government for its needs. Circulars are being sent Out, and it is expected th?t 500,OuO,O?? pesetas', or about $100, 0?0.000 will be netted for the govern ment. There are five capital prizes of .500,000 pesetas each. Hindoo Carpenters* In India tho carpenters have an almost universal objection to sharpeu ing their tools. They never set thoi. saws; and when they get a grindston: they cut it into pieces aud use tho fragments for anything except to put au edge on chisel or ax. Beauty Ia Dlood Deep. Clcnn blood means a clean skin. No beauty Without it. Cascareis, Candy Cathar tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by stirring tip the lazy liver and driving ail im Eunties froin the badv< Begin to-day to anish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by. laking Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug* gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c. A Spanish pesetais tloW equivalent to about 15 cents lu gold. * I.y?ff .ic Co/a "Pick Leaf " Rooking Tobacco dot-s not mako every mouth a? swot a* a rose, but comes "mighty nigh"-docs give every one a most delightful smoke. Try it. Julius Hines <& Son, thc well-known deal ers in furniture, carpets, otc., of Baltimore. Md., bato Issued their now catalngne*. which are now ready for delivery, and will he sent tree for the asking. The fnrniture catalogue contains IBO paceand ls replete with everr- ' thine tiecessary to make home comfortable and beautiful, Everything ls faithfully illus^ trated, so that purchases (ian bo made as cag ily as though the Roods were before you. Prices arc* such as have made this house fa nions throughout the length and breadth nf this country. Tho carpet catalogue i< really a work of art, being lithographed fruin hand painted plates, from which carpets can be easily arid satisfactorily selected. Designs and colors aro faithfully shown, the wboln thing making a valuable work of ?rt. In both catalogues ar? testimonials from satisfied purchasers from every part of thu country, together with reference as to reliability and honesty, of which any bouse might well b<> nroud. and which gives absolut'assurance of satisfactory dealings at all times. Every German regiment has a chiropodist in its ranks. OF THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS is due not only to the originality and simplicity of the combination, but also to the care and skill with which it is manufactured by scientific procos? ss known to the CALIFORNIA. FIG SVRUP Co. only, and we wish to impress upon all the importance of purchasing the true and original remedj-. As the genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured by the CALIFORNIA FIO SYRUP CO. only, a knowledge of that fact will assist one in avoiding the worthless imitations manufactured by other par ties. The high standing of the CALI FORNIA FIG STOUP CO. with the medi cal profession, and the satisfaction which the genuine Syrup of Figs has given to millions of families, makes the name of the Company a guaranty of the excellence of its remedy. It is far in advance of all other laxatives, as it acts on the kidneys, liver and bowels without irritating or weaken ing them, and it does not gripe nor nauseate. In order to get its beneficial effects, please remember the name of the Company CALIFORNIA HG SYRUP CO. 1 SAN FRANCISCO, OnL f.oFISVlLLE. Kr. NEW TORE. N. V. I GERSTLE'S FEI regularly aa directed a few week* its nse until the organs are rest* hours of labor will be shortened complete. If there is any costive mild doses of St. Joseph's Uve Fffl SOLD AT DRUG ST08BS. L. Gi ?Tour attention, Madam ! Ton see heres Coach and a Combination Bookcase. They are specimens taken from our new 160-page Furniture Catalogue, which contains (be most comprehensive collection of jj goods to make home comfortable and borne beautlfal ever gotten together by mortal man. Th is Coach, de? loft, fi o feet ll la ches lon*-, S feet Slncbrs wide, bean? JuIJy upfcclj trred in im? ported relonf or corduroy, ond *e ??Hit for 13.95. If you can buy such a couch Xor letnhsn $10, wo dotft know oar business. And this combination book case and writing desk is made of quarter sawed oak ot birch, fin Lilied Mahogany, with beveled plate mirror, 12 inches x 10 in ches, PG inches blgb and 37 in ches wide, polished like a piano: and tho price, ?8.75. A real fifi article. Von most remember onr trade extends around the World. Nota State or Territory in this country bat what has .received car loads of our ^oods at those price?. Wnleh none can equal. If you inquire among your neigh bors yon will morn than likely, find someone who has been delighted with their dealings with us. We refer to Nation?]. Bank? al)over the country as to our reliability ond fair deal ing. Wo want you to have our Furniture Cat alogue, because it is a liberal educator in household necessities, ?nd we want yon to have oar I0-colored Lithographed Carpet Cat alogue, which shows designs and colors as perfectly as though yon had th ? carpel on lb? floor of your home. Both 'hese catalogues are yours for the asking, nud you wlllknow more 8bout such things after reading lt care fully. Address (exactly os below1) . JULIUS HINES & SON, Dept? ?0!. Baltimore, Md. "Ihavo UGed your valuable CASCA" METS and find thorn perfect.. Couldn't do without them. I have used them for some time for indigestion And biliousness und am now com pletely cured. Recommend them, tocvery one. Once tried, you will never be without them in the family." Euw. A. MARX, Albany, N. Y. Pleasant. Palatable. Potent, Taste Good. Do Qood, Lever Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe, 10c25c, 60c. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... Sterling Remedy Company, Oilrtpo, Bontreal, Kew-Tart. SQ Hfl.Tfi.R Ai1 Solo and guaranteed by all drag? H" 5 ?"i3/;?3 gists to CU ICE. Tobacco Habit. PREVENTED ii BE TAKING THE GREAT Mood Purifier, Kidney and Liver Regulator. 200 DAYS' TREATMENT, St.00. Containing a Registered Guarantee, Ey mail, pocfaeo paid, 32-n.vre Book and Testimonials. 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If women who are expecting to be come mothers will commence the use of the great female tonio, /IS tis i before confinement, and continue sred to their normal condition, tho , thejpain lessened, and recovery mess, move the bowels gently with r Regulator. 5HSTLB & CO., Proprs., CHATTANOOGA, TEN'S.