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Head Toward the Fngino. Those who wish to avoid catching cold when sleeping in a sleeping car, says an exchange, should have their berths made np so that their heads will be toward the engine. This is because the drafts in a moving train are always from front to rear, and when your head is toward the engine you are much better protected, while getting just as much fresh air as though you were in the other position. What Cuba's Loss Means to Spain. The loss of Cuba means to Spain the loss of the very sustenance o? the nation. Already her tax ridden people are crying for bread. Jn the same way the loss of your onco vigor ous appetlto means poverty and starvation to your body. If any reader of this paper wishes M be as hungry again as wnen a child, and wanta to fuUy enjoy hearty meals, we can recommend llostetter's Stomach Bitters. It cores indigestion, dyspepsia and constipation. Boil lamp burners once in six weeks in strong soda water and they will burn th? better. Lamp wicks get dirtv and will give better light if occasionally heated to a boil in soda water. Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets. Candy Cathartic, euro const! natloa forever. 10c,*?c. IfC. C. C. fall, druggists refund money. ? The number of blind persons in Australia In proportion to the number of the popula tion i~ considerably less than in most other countries. We oaw at the warorooms of Southern Car riage and Wagon Co., corner Pryor and Decatur 8ts., Atlanta, Ga., a fine carriage for Gov. Can dler, lt ls ono ot tho finest and best finished carriages ever brought to tho state. This firm sells everything in the vehicle lino, from $10.00 K?ad Cart to nnest Carriage raado. We advise our friends to write them for prices bofore purchasing Carriage or Buggy. Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved me many a doctor's bill.-S. F. HARDT, Hopkins Place, Baltimore. Md.. Dec. 2. 1S94. Mutton is brought from New Zealand to London at the rate of about 2 cents a pound. Catarrh Cured Blood Purified by Hood's Sarsapa rilla and Health ls Good. "I was troubled for a long time wi* x ca tarrh and a bad feeling in my head. I be jran taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, and it did mo a world of good. My sufferings from catarrh are over and ray health is good." Mrs. A. A. Libby, Pownal, Maine. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is America's Greatest Medicine. SI; six for $5. Hood's Pills cure all Liver His. S?cents. Cristobal Colon's Cat. A prisoner of war. who positively re fused to he interviewed, was seen at the office of the United States Ex press Company recently en route to the United States Supply Station, St, Joseph's, Mich., where he will be put in custody of Lloyd Clark, a relative of Captain Clark, of the Oregon. The following notice was found pasted on the prisoner's personal effects: ^To Good Americans-Treat me kind ly and give me food, for I am a prison er of war from the Cristobal Colon, te ing forwarded to my captors, the crew of the Oregon, to the gallant commander. Capt. Clark, whose brave efforts forced the Colon to surrender July 3, 189S." The prisoner's name was Mr. Thomas Cat He was a hand some specimen, having a silver gray coat, with tiger stripes, and showed no effects of having passed through the horrors of war, although very much Incommunicado.-New York Sun. Caper Sauce Capers. The caper, familiar in caper sauce and used as a gatn.sh for salads, is im ported from Spain and France. Ca pers are grown in Italy, but none is ' Imported frpm there into this coun try. ' \ Capers are sorted into four sizes, of which the smallest are known com mercially as nonpareils, and the next larger as surfines. The . next larger m French^ capers are ca pucines, and the largest capotes, while the next to the largest and the largest of Spanish capers are known respect ively as capotes Np. 1- and No. 2. The smallest capers are the most de sirable and bring the most money. French capers are imported almost wholly in bulk in kegs of fifteen or six teen gallons, and barrels of about forty gallons in brine or vinegar. A few capers are imported in glass, but they are mostly put up in this country. Capers grow on a bush.-New York Sun. France Has a Volcano. France has but a single active volca-. no-a low, broad hill 400 feet high, near Decazeville, in the Department of Aveyron. The- crater sends out thick clouds of smoie aud burning lava is seen at the bottom of the fissures. If a stick be thrust into the ground it catches.> fire, and sometimes flames proceed from the hole after its with drawal. "THE ILLS OF WOMEN And How Mrs. Pinkham Helps Overcome Them. Mrs. MABY BOLLINGER, 1101 Marianna St, Chicago, 111., to Mrs. Pinkham: "I have been troubled for the past two years with falling of the womb, leucorrhcea, pains over my body, sick headaches, backache, nervousness and weakness. I tried doctors and various remedies without relief. After taking two bottles of your Vegetable Com pound, the relief I obtained was truly wonderful. I have now taken several more bottles of your famous medicine, and can say that I am entirely cured." Mrs. HENRY DORR, NO. 806 Findley St., Cincinnati, Ohio, to Mrs. Pinkham : "For a long time I suffered with chronic inflammation of ' the womb, pain in abdomen and bearing-down feeling. Was very nervous at times, and so weak I was hardly able to do any thing. Was subject to headaches, also troubled with leucorrhcea. After doc toring for many months with different physicians, and getting no relief, I had . given np all hope of being well again when I read of the great good Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound was doing. I decided immedi ately to give it a? trial. The result was Bimply past belief. After taking four bottles of Vegetable Compound and using three packages of Sanative Wash I can say I feel like a new woman. I deem it my duty to announce the fact to my fellow sufferers that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable remedies have entirely cured me of all my pains and suffering. I have her alone to thank for my recovery, for which I am grate ful. May heaven bless her for the good work she" is doing for our ses." ?rTTENTS? Procured on cash, or easy trustai m cn ts-VOWLES & BURKS, Patent Attorneys. XT Broadway. N. Y. f\ D f\ P Q YNEW DISCOVERY; ?riv? 1^ . *> ? W? ? quickrelinf and eura worst UM?. SfiDfl for book of testimonial* and IO illly?' treatment Free. Dr.H.H.ORECN'8 SOSS. Atlanta, Ga. i Batt Cough Syria p. Taste? Good. Uso lo time. Sold hr druRslst*. G Q.N f.-U.-M P T IjQjSl j: FOR WOMAN'S BENEFIT.1 Walking Gracefully. Altliongh, perhaps, not "the most excellent thing in woman" (that honor having been accorded to "the low, sweet voice"), yet, certainly, an at tractive thing in woman is. a graceful, pretty walk. The great fault with English girls is that they walk too stiffly, and they take too long strides. The French and Spanish women both know how to walk well. They walk naturally, too. Quick, short steps are to be avoided, just as well as iso loug strides. It is the medium here, as almost everywhere else, -that is "happy." Dancing lessons av3 a more valuable aid to this end than would be commonly supposed. Shirt "Waist Strliis Tlc. Some of the newest string ties to be worn with shirt waists are about a foot longer than usual. These are mostly ribbons, but they ave of th* narrower widths. They are tied in a regular bowknot in front, but wound twice around the collar first, in the same way as the wide ribbons so much in vogue. The wider ribbons, how ever, ave tied like a four-in-hand, or, if tied once, a tiny little finger ring is slipped ur, close to the top and pinned securely at the back to the tie. All kinds of set rings aie used in the same way. This ia in imitatiou of men's scarf rings, which come into fashion occasionally for a short time and then vanish again.-New York Herald. Lace Waists and Jackets. Lace is being used for waists and jackets to au extent that has not been the fashion for a great many years. It is combined with all sorts of material, and in ways that at ona time would have been thought too eccentric to be possible. The heavier kinds of lace ave more used than they were-iu: deed, the body of the waist is almost always of a guipure or Irish point, or some such lace. A very odd gown, but a most oflect* ive one, of pale gray crepe do Chine has bands of cloth on the skirt, put on in straight and in scroll designs, very much like those seen last whi te v. The coat for this gown is made entively of guipuve lace put over the cloth, and on the sleeves ave long bands of. the cloth cut work, as well as on the front. Tho revers are of white satin with lines of gray cloth ' on them. It is a very odd idea, but one that has been most satisfactorily carried out.-Harper's Bazar. _ Woman and Mouse. It is an old, old story to accuse ?vomankiud of cowardice where the mouse is concerned. But the oft-re peated charge that any woman will immediately go into hystevics or spasms at the mere sight of a small sized vodent is an insult to the sex. Some may evince their dislike of mice in this way, but there ave notable and conspicuous exceptions. Por ex ample, one woman, while engaged in her domestic duties, encountered a mouse in the flour barrel. Now.most. women, under similar civcumstahces, j would have tittered a few genuine shrieks and then sought safety iu the garret, but this one possessed move than the ordinary degvee of genuine courage. She summoned the man servant and told him to get the gun, call the dog and station himself at a. convenient distance. Then she clam bered half way upstairs and com menced to prfnch tho flour barrel with a pole. Presently the mouse made its appeavance and started across the [ floor. The dog at once went in - pur suit. The mau fired and tho dog dropped dead; the lady tainted and fell downstairs, aud the man, think ing that she was killed and fearing that he would be arrested for the mur der, disappeared and hus not been seen since. The mouse escaped. Chicago Times-Herald. Revolutionary "Loaf-Giver." If, as Buskin says, "loaf-^ 3vs"ave those who see "that everybody has somethiug nice to eat," Mrs. Biddle Of tho Brandywine district certainly earned that title during the revolu tion. It was in the summer of 1777, while "Washington was encamped near the Brandywine, that a number of British foragers were reported to ba drawing near. Feating, naturally, that a bat tle might ensue, General Washington issued orders for all women to leave the camp as soon as possible. Mean while he sent a party of "rebels" out to disperse the British. Mrs. Biddle, on hearing the order, went at once to General Washington and begged to be allowed to remain, giving as her reason that the men might return hungry aud that she wished to be there to feed them. Washington, recognizing the neces sity, granted her request, and her servant was sent off post haste to get a supply of provisions ready for the emergency. After a brisk skirmish the foragers were routed aud the pursuers came back to camp tired and hungry and ready to accept Mrs. Biddle's hos pitality. As the men stepped into her house, one after another remarked: "Madam, we hear that you feed the army today." Over a hundred men were guests of Mrs. Biddle at this quickly improvised banquet.-New York Tribune. Queen Wilhelmina. It is Queen Wilhelmina now, and all the Netherlands ave in high glee. The young lady has made hevself ex ceedingly popular with the common people; of course a queen is always popular with the nobility. She has so many lucrative and hon orable positions to bestow that those who ave on the still hunt for them will praise her either becauso they really admire or because admiration is a stepping stone to promotion. The motive seems to be* an interested one. It is not strange, therefore, that titled hats ave in the air and titled voices ave singing in tenor, baritone and also soprano. But when the populace, and espe cially the somewhat phlegmatic Neth ovlands populace, makes the welkin ring, there is a certain genuineness in theiv huzzas which is significant. They need not put themselves out or inconvenience themselves in any way unless it is a pleasure to do so. Wil helmina ha^ roused their enthusiasm by the gracious qualities of her char acter. She has earned their good will and tbe'y are glad to acknowledge that fact. What especially interests us Ameri cans ;s the young queen's views on the subject of matrimony, She may change them, but it will be a pity if she duos. She han declared that when she marries it will not be for political reasons, but for old fashioned love, Sho ?loo?? not propose that any man shall become har o?nsort simply because he betanga to one of the roy?! families of Europe. She has independence enough to say thut her lord am. mas ter must be au honest man, ana as for his social position, that is merely a secondary detail. She will g'ive a heart and expects to get a heart, a whole one, too, in exchange. That is strong ground for a royal personage to occupy, and if she holds it she will be a heroine as well as a queen.-New York Herald, The Perfect N?cfc. "There ar? very few women who ave endowed by nature with perfect neck and shoulders, "said the high priestess of physical beauty. "Look at the many beautiful necks seen on the stage," she continued. "Lo you suppose that the owners have not culled in aids to beauty to briug them to such perfection? The same may be said of Bociety women. At the opera tier after tier of boxes frame in gleaming shoulders perfect iu contour and beautiful tints? How many do you suppose there would be were it not for the'art of which I am a disciple? "Necks can be literally made over. Some one has laughingly called this place a physical repair shop. I think that is a little hard, stili in one sense it is not a misnomer. I can take a scrawny, yellow neck and transform it into oue that Will bear comparison with the ideal. It takes time and a good deal of work, but it can be done. "First you must feed the flesh," she said. "The wasted tissues have to be renewed, and this eau only be dono by tho judicious nlse Of flesh food. Cocoa butter is about the best thing, but it must be used under the skilled hand of a masseuse. Other wise it does not produce the desired effect. It is the combination of food and rubbing that does the work. Tho application of the cocoa butter to the neck oud sboulders must be given every day. Theu the masseuse slow* ly and gently rubs it in and manipu lates the flesh until the tissues are strengthened and renewed* It is a tedious process but it pays in the end,, Electricity serves the same ends, but must be used scieutitically. "The high, stiff collar has ruined many necks. It does untold injury in discoloring and making the neck scrawny. Wrinkles speedily form and it is almost impossible to rea toro beauty to the neck." Fashion Note?. White satin sleeves, covered with cream or black lace or figured silk net transform a waist whose sleeves were originally plain black. White lace coats fastened round the waist with narrow bauds of black vel vet ribbon aie heralded for the aftef: noon tea hostess this winter. ' As a bordering for flounces narre tv ribbon is now fashionable. Dark col? ored materials are bordered with nar row white taffeta ribbon, slightly gathered. Black gowns of lovely transparent or Bemi-diaphanous weaves over silk or satin, and in heavier materials for clay wear, will take high place in the ranks of fashion for the season before ns. Yard passementeriesT and narrow jets ara not used this season. The 01^ namonts appear in the form of buckled and long pins, with various ttdortt1 ments of large flattened slabs of cut jets, oblongs and striking de?igns in Cjolor. Artificial fruit is much worn this fall. Cherries are allowed to droop ott the hair as flowers have hitherto heett placed. Grapes are to be mingled with dark violets, with which they will harmonize iu color, and black berries will be exceedingly popular. Tho Layman's Tip, To illustrate tho kind of lapse ot reasoning power from which great in ventors are known to suffer, like that under influence of which Sir, Isaac Newton cut one hole in a wall to let a ca-t pass through and then a small hole for the kitteu, an old story in the life of S. F. B. Morse has been re vived. Long before he invented the telegraph Morse was known to t?e officers of the pateut oflice as a persis tent applicant for patents. When his great invention of "distance writ ing" was about completed he wanted the Baltimore & Ohio Railway com pany to try it. To get rid of him the president of the road turned him over to a surbordinate. This official was struck with the beauty of the inven tion and became so interested in it that he sat up half the night discus sing it with its inventor. At length Morse confessed there was only one thing which baffled him. "As long as the railroad runs," he said, "where poles may be erected, it will be easy sailing, but when we come to the big bridges, what is to be done then? We can't erect pole's across the stream, and without them the wire would sag and perhaps break from its own weight. I confess I don't know what to do. Can't you suggest a way out of the difficulty?" "Why don't you fasten the wires to the bridge?" asked his companion, without a moment's hesitation. For a moment Morse gazed at him with open mouth, and then' exclaimed: "Why not, indeed? Why, I never thought of that. It's the very way." The layman's tip put the finishing touch to the great work of the great inventor, and thus wires came to be strung on bridges when crossing large streams.-Chicago Record. Electric Torpedo Boats. Among the advantages to be looked for in electric torpedo boats are- the lack of flaming funnels aud noisy ma chinery to give notice of approach, freedom of risk from cut steam pipes or wrecked boilers, diminished upper works to serve as a target and ease and rapidity of manipulation by the commander with one hand on the con troller. A writer in the Electrical World suggests the possibility of pri mary batteries. For a 140-foot boat, with a displacement of 110 tons, en giues of 2000 horse-power are neces sary to give a speed of 25 knots, and a weight of 75 tons is all that could be allowed for batteries and motors. Four motors of 500 horse-power each would.weigh about 12 tons. This would permit the carrying of 200 cells consisting of 13 zinc plates 18 incheo square and 12 plates of like size of copper oxide compressed on copper with an electrolyte solution of strong caustic alkali. Glass jars of 19 inches cube, with water-tight cov ers, would contain the elements. If such battery would work satisfactorily it should drive the vessel at full speed for one hour, or about 100 miles at 10 knots. Odorless Flowers. By far the greatest number of flow ers have no smell at all. For instance, of the 4200 species of flowers in Eu rope only about ton per oent..give forth any odor. The commonest flowers are white ones, of which there are 1194 kinde, and.of these one-sixth are ???? ?FOR FARM AND GARDEN. Boiled Apples for Pl ss. It is far bettor to cook fallen tipples with pieces of pumpkin, beets, Carrots and other vegetables from the garden than to feed them to pigs raw. Then if some meal or wheat middlings is stirred in with the meas it will make a feed that will not only be greedily eaten, but will fit the pig for the heavier feeding on corn that is needed to make this pork solid, and not liable to waste in the fryiug pan. Pl ops Drilling for Grain? One of the troubles in drilling grain is that unless this seed is put ia deeper than it Bhoald be, there is onlVaBmall auioUUt of dry soil dropped over it? and this is made so loose that Some times when dry weather follows, the grain does not get moisture enough to germinate it. Sometimes the whble surface is rolled down; But this covors the seed mitch too deeply? To obviate this, au attachment to the drill has beeu devised, *which is a w'heel following ia the track of the grain tubes, and pressing the soil closely about the seed just so soon as it is covered. This leaves the ridge for protection tb the yoting- grain iu winter ot- spring, rta the ridge Will be broken down by freezing, making a fine covering fot the wheat roots? Bhould they be heaved up by alternate freezing and thawing; Hoir to Cleaii A P?iiUrJr H?ns?; Remove everything nests> perches> and all? Pitt a pound of sulphur in an. iron kettle; set it lit the middle Of the house, put a Bboveliul of red hot Coals into it, close the house up tight a?d don't open it for two or three hours. The house should be made tight so as to hold the fumes ?nSide? "While this is going on, take all the -straw from the bests and burn it,then paint the boxes with hot. coal tar; Now prepare a good whitewash ftnd whitewash every square of surface to be seen, both inside and outside} and you have a complete victory over the mite?-. This is the Only way.that yon can do if you are bothered with them. A good spray piimp is quite u&efut to force the wash in the cracks, add ? little carbolic acid and coal oil will be found beneficial When added to it. The move you use the bettor, Bapid Milking; It is a common mistake to suppose that the faster a cow . is milked the better is the milk product drawu from the udder. It is c?rt'?inly not so tin til practice h?s beeil acquired) and the muscles of the hand have been trained so that the teats may be compressed gently and withoht a]>pftrent effort. The pulling and hauling of teats which the beginner usually mak?s worries the coy , and oft?n causes her to hold Up the milk so that 110 one can rapidly draw it-.. As a rule r<.ws should be milked always by the same p?rsonV If a change is made the Cow at ofice dis covers it> aiid makes the milking harder. The op?r?tion of milking, if gently performed; is "a pleasuro to the cow-. This pleasure promotes milk secretion, so that it is not ?n absurdity to say that a good milker will- get more milk frbm ? cow at the same milking than an unskillful >. one could getj though each secured a]l_ that the udder would afford to Hind br her. The change from otie milker tb auothei is never made without some loss. Therefore where a large herd of cows have-to be milked, and several milkers are employed, ea*h milker should have assigned to him the Cows he shall milk, instead of milking one or another indiscriminately. The cow Avili discriminate e^en if the milker does not. Setting Pout? in the Fall. It is often difficult to dig post holes in the fall because the ground is then much dryer aud harder than it usually is in the spring. But this is offset on very wet land by the fact that the post hole dug in spring often strikes veins of water one or two feet deep, which prove that tho land needs thorough underdrainiug before any post fence eau be depended on. If the post is set in thc fall it is difficult to so pack the soil around it that much water from winter rains will not sink down through the loosened earth, and this freezing in winter will lift the post one or two iuches each winter, until it will fall over from the weight of top and tho slight hold the posi has in the soil. When ftost once begins to raise a post it will not stop until it has lifted tho post put unleBs it is re set. Under the post lifted up is a vacaut space which each fall fills with water and freezes. Sometimes when a feuce is made and the posts seem to be rising each winter, tho farmer goes beside the fence with a low wagon, on which he stands so as to strike all the heavier blows on the top of the post to drivo it down. In our experience spriu^-aet posts are least likely to be heaved out in winter, and if post holes are dug iu spring they will show plainly where underdrains are needed. The post hole three feet deep will often show springs of water on high land that has somehow been always cold and thin, but because it was high land was not often thought to be in need of underdraiuing.-American Cultivator. Feeding Calves. The matter of feeding calves would seem to be no trick at all; but really the health of the calf depends upon the way it is fed. Some calves, like infants, are small and puny, while others are strong and hearty. The puny calf should be allowed to run with the cow a couple of days before trying to feed it; but the stroLg calf, after sucking once, .may be safely taken away from the cow and fed. It should be given fresh milk until it has well learned the manner of .drink ing, wheu milk may be skimmed after stauding twelve hours. It should be warmed to the temperature of cows' milk when first drawn. When first trying to teach the calf to drink, put two fingers iu his mouth and with the right hand gently push his head into the pail. It is natural for calves to look up for their milk, and this seems to be the most difficult part iu teaching them to driuk. After they begin to suck the fingers and draw the milk, the fingers may be gradually withrawn from the mouth. Most calves will learn to drink in a coupl? of days, but once in a while there will be a stubborn one, and al though it seems most cruel they have to be starved to it. * A tin or galvanized pail is better to feed calves in than wood. They are lighter and easier to handle, may be kept clean with much less work, and when ono wishes to warm the milk it may be poured into the pail and set on the back part of the Btove until warm snough, When milk is warmed in cans or pane, it sometimes so adheres ko them that lt io almost iupossiblt to get them clean enough to hold milk again. -Agricultural Epitoniist, Panning; Itos?fU l? the cases of climbing or running or pillar roses the encl desired is as great an amount of bloom as the plants are capable of bearing. Such plants are, as a rule, strong growers, and if the soil fertility is kept up they are capable of producing aa immense number of good blooms; Perfection^ of form and largd size of bloom is not a direct bbject,as ia the case of hybrid perpetu?is, hybrid teas and hybrid tea roses, where close pruning is te* sorted to to attain such results. How ever, the gardener or pruner must use his judgment in regard to the capacity of the plant? Knowing the plant to be of a vigorous Variety, aud in good condition., as shown by the growth of wood of the previous year, it is safe to assume that it will be able to carry nearly as much bloom as can set on the strong canes and shoots of the last year's growth; It is always to be understood that *.h? soil fertility is mai?taided in <ibe highest condition by the use of it?ble manure or arti ficial fertilizem The essential prim ing, therefore^ of climbing roses; ih the condition mentior consists in shortening in.the long canes by re moving some of the smalleir growth at theii tips) which waa uiade late iu the season, aud also shortening i? last year's growth frOm the older canes, allowing us many buds to each Shoot as, ih tile judgment of the prunerjiuay bo well deve!o2)ed the Coniiug season. Thus it will be seen that the work of pruning roses demands the exercise of the judgment of the pf un?r, based oh . a kdowfedge of the plant; But to for mulate pruning directions as closely as possible the following statements may be Observed: . ]> Cut rtwny entirely all dead wood aud alt old canes that are ho longer .serviceable, and all weak shoots. 2? Lenvo as many principal canes aB the plant appears capable of sup porting; 8; Shorten the principal canes to stroug, ftouud wood. 4; Shorten the shoots Of last year's growth to a few buds (four to six) from which the plant will be able to produce new shoots sufficient to covet the whole space of the trellis, or that occupied-by the main canes;-Vick's Magazine; i*oriItry Notes. ?)o?'t feed too ni?ch. Fat hens are inactive aud do not lay. Watch with cate the young turkeys or they may wander away and become lost. Let the hen work for all she gets and you will soon have her laying eggs; Millions of lice are being bred every day? and how many of them do ydu breed? Save th? small potatoes for the Chickens and do not leave them to go to waSte in the patch; If the ducks are loosiug their feath ers, pick them, and you will be well paid; Do not let them waste their feathers; ''Crowding is a foe to thrift." How true is this maxim. When farmers once learn that a flock of twenty five hens will be moro profitable than a flock bf one hundred they will find more ready cash in the business; Crowded quarters invite disease, grow lice, make hens unprolific, and soofi make the venture a financial failure;. . Political Secrets Sold in China; Discussing Dr. Morrison's suoces? in Pekin in his capacity as Times oor respondent, the London correspond ent of the Manchester Guardian says it has surprised no oue who knows how busiuess is trausncted in the Ya mens in Pekin, and indeed all over China. It is done more or less coram populo. The Yam'en ministers, each with his servants,, sit at small ebony tables, the foreign minister sitting at another. The large hall in which the meeting takes place contaius a num ber of screens behind which sit secre taries, scribes, and the like, who record the conversation that takes place, and in an hour official Pekin knows all about it. All tho legations have officials in the Ynmenin their pay, who report everything that takes place to them, give them copies of dispatches., telegrams, forthcoming imperial decrees, important secret memorials., and the like. Any one who knows the very single and unso phisticated methods of corruption prevalent among Chinese oificials and who is ready to pay the price can get all this information as well as the legations, and Dr. Morrison has availed himself of this state of things as well as tho foreign representatives in Pekin. To complniu, as the for eign office did, of the disclosure of the Talieuwan negotiations as unpatriotic conduct on the part of the correspond ent was ridiculous. ( Every minister in Pekin knew nil about it, and through the same chaunel as the correspond ed, whose merit is that he has been the first to avail himself for newspaper purpos s of sources of information ac cessible to every intelligent anti adroit man who will spend the money in ac quiring it. Lord Coleridge's Umbrella Decision. The law as to umbrellas was settled once for all by Lord Coleridge in a leading English cause. His lordship held: "Umbrellas, properly considered, are a part of the atmospheric or me teorological condition, and, as suoh, ' there can be no individual property right in them. In Sampson vs. Thompson defendant wao charged with standing on plaintiff's front steps during a storm and thereby soaking ,u]j a large quantity of rain to which plaintiff was entitled. But thc court held that the rain was any mau'srain, no matter where it fell. It followed, therefore, that the umbrella is any man's umbrella. In all ages rain and umbrellas have gone together, and there is no reason why they should be separated by law. An umbrella may, under certain circumstances-the chief of which is possession-take on the attributes of personal property, just as if a man set a tub and catch a quan tity of rain water, that rain water will be considered as his personal beloug ing while it is in his tub. But if the sun evaporate tho water and it is rained down again, or if the tub be upset and the water spilled, the attribute of personal ownorship disappears. So, if a man hold his umbrella in his hand it may be considered a personal be longing, but the moment it leaves his hand it returns to the great, general, indivisible, common stock of umbrel las, whither the law will not attempt to pursue it." So far as we know there has never been a successful appeal from thia decision.-Chicago News. Sugar-Honey, A substitute for honey has been in troduced in Germany under the name of sugar-honey, and consista of en* gar. water, minute amounts pf nain? mi DUbBtanoos and freo add, A Father's Story. Vrotn the Evening Crescent, Appleton, WU. A remarkable cure from a disease which has generally wrecked tho lives of cl) ll dren, and left them la a condition to Which death Itself would be preferred, has attracted, a prent amount of attention among the resi dents of the west end of Appleton. The case ls that of little Willard Creech, son of Riobard D. Creech, a well known employe of one of the large paper mills in tho Fox River Valley! The ladwasattaoked by spinal disease and his parents had given up all hope of his ever being Well again when, as by tt mirat?lef he.was healed and Is now In school as happy as any of his mates. Mr. Creech, the father of the boy, who, resides at 1003 Second Street, Appleton, Wisconsin, told the following story: ile ?oes to SchooU "Cur boy was absolutely helpless. His lower limbs werj paralyzed, and when we Used electricity he could not feel lt below his hips. Fiualiy wo let the doctor go as ho did not seem to help our son and we ndarly gavd up hone. Finally my mother who 11V"S In Canada wrote advising the use of Dr. Williams' Fink Pills fof Pale Peo ple and I bought some. "This was when our boy had been on the stretcher foran entire year and helpless for nine months. In six weeks after taking tho .pills We noted signs of vitality In Ills logs, und In four months he was able to go toschool. "It is two yeafs since he took the first of tho pills and he ls at school now just as happy and Well ns any ot the other chil dren. It was nothing else In tbe world that saved the boy than Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People." Warship Visitor Knew It AIL Visitors to the warships, while al ways treated with the utmost cour tesy, are sometimes frightfully exas . perating. At Hampton Roads a party of four women were poking about the Texas one afternoon. One Of them acted as cicerone fot the others, and talked incessantly lil a Shrill voice, frequently mentioning that she had always bved the sea. She was full of nautical terms, and flung them about In the most bewildering fashion. Com ing to a capstan, she sat down with the remark: "And this, my dears, is the binnacle.'* Captain Phillp, who was standing by, had listened with equanimity to many such remarks, but this was the last straw. "1 beg your pardon, madam," he said, "but oh this ship we call that the Capstan.'' Up jumped the woman, with flam ing cheeks. 'Td have you k?iow, sir," she cried, "that ? know ? binnacle from ? capstan, and this, sir, is d binnacle, i have doted on the sea life nil my life." "Madam," said Philip, with his hat in Eis hand, "i beg your paruon again, it must be a binnacle, it shall be a binnacle, if ? ever hear uny of my men calling it a capstan hereafter' I will put them in the brig.'* The woman' turned to ti. young cadet glittering in gold lace tis Philip' in his civilian dress, disappeared down the companionway. "Who is that man?" she asked. The young cadet was soft of heAfb although hard of . muscle. He didnt .tell her.-NeW York Sun. Difficult t? Stop.' Experiments seem to show a large ocean steamer, going nineteen knots an hour, will move over a distance of two miles after its engines are stopped and reversed, and no authority gives less than a mile and a half as the re quired space to stop its progress. The violent collisions in some cases during fogs may thus be accounted for. Vice Versa. Blinkers-Hello, Winkers, I hear yon married a woman with an inde pendent fortune. Winkers (sadly) No-o; I married a fortune with an in depen dent woman. 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As the genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured by the CALIFORNIA FIG 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 SYRUP CO. with the medi cal profession, and the satisfaction which the genuine Syrup of Figs has given to millions of .families, makr-.i 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 tho Company-~ CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN ri?ANCiaco. Cal riOVBVUiL8,V* tWWnStffiK BUSH EAR A BAD ON& Origin of the Trouble With the Bear Lake Indians. 'The trouble with the Bear Lake In dians, a branch of the Leech Lake tribe? originated nbont eight months ago, when an attempt was made by Deputy Marshal Warren of White Earth to arrest the Chief of the Bear Lakes, who la known as Bush Ear. H? is the head of the most lawless band of Indians in Minnesota, about 300 In number, who live on on island in Leech Lake, thirty miles north of Walker, Cass County. Busb Ear and nine of his tribesmen were "wanted" for resisting an officer of the United States Government. Three or four of the aborigines were charged with the illicit sale of whis key, and the others were "wanted" aa witnesses "against them. The men were ugly from the start, and gave open utterance to threats against the white men of the neighborhood. Matters began to look serious, but a band of peaceable Leech Lake In dians went to Bear Island and per suaded some of the savages that if they did not give up the Marshal would send many of them to "the happy hunting grounds." As a re sult of this coaxing, all bot Chief Bush Ear surrendered and were duly tried at the Duluth term of the United States District Court. Some were sen tenced to sixty days in jail and oth ers got off with thirty days. Bush Ear kept out of the way and in the meantime continued to boast of his prouves s and to threaten Marshal O'Connor and his Deputies with death should they become foolhardy enough to approach within 500 yards of him. Young bucks encouraged him and promised to follow his lead. All this time- the officers were scheming to get Bush Ear without shedding blood. They thought their opportunity was coming on th^ regular Government pay-day. ' Bush Ear was among the first to ' apply for money, Deputy Marshal Mor rison had the pld warrant ready, and seized Bush Ear and a companion, who had also stirred up strife. The Indians were informed that they were charged with violating the liquor laws and with resisting officers, but that the penalty would not be severe. Bush Ear was suspicious, and be lieved that he was to be shot as the chief offender. He was allowed to confer with some of the Bear Island Indians before he was taken to the reservation Jail. Whefi night came on the red men effected ^he release of their Chief, and all escaped to their island home, a distance of thirty miles. Here they stirred up the re mainder of the tribe to resistance and held war dances, secured arms, and prepared for desperate resistance. Further acts of lawlessness, Includ ing thievery and othev depredations, resulted in a determination upon the part of the authorities to arrest and punish the offenders. Beauty Is Blood Deep. Clean blool mears a clean skin. No beauty wtthont lt.. Cascareis. Candv Cathar tic clean your blood add keep it clean, by stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im I purities from the body. Begin to-day to banish pimples, bolls, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious completion by taking Cascarets4-beauty for ten cents. 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