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A Sar prise for Hobby. ?A? Bride of the Lovey Dovey Order Has an Interview With the Cook. She was a young wife just married from boarding school-one of the lov ey dovey order-and although highly j? educated didn't know b^ans from any other vegetable. Hence this dialogue with the cook: "Now, BIcJdy, dear. What are we to have for dinner?" "There's two chickens to dress, mum." .TU dress them the first'thing. Where are their clothes?" "Dear me, mum, they're In their fea thers yet" "Oh, then, serve them that way. The ancient Bomans always cooked peacocks witt their feathers on. lt will be a surprise for hubby." "It will that, mum. Sure, If you want to help, you conld b* parin' the turnips." vOh, how. sweet! I'll pair them two and two In no time. Why, t had no idea cooking was so picturesque." "I think, mum, that washing the celery do be more in your line." "All riffiit. Biddy, I'll take it np to the bath room, and Fvie some lovely soap that will take off every speck:" "Thank you, mum, would you mind telling me the- name of the asylum .where you were eddlcated? I think I'll tave to take some lessons there myself If we be going to work to gether." Activity or Vesuvius. Much anxiety has been caused in Naples by the resewed activity o? Mount Vesuvius. An overwhelming danger of this description pro duces universal terror. As a matter of fact there is lit?e likelihood that Mt. Vosuvius will do any serious daraatre. On the other hand thousands die dally from stomach and digestive dtsorders, who might have survived had they resorted to Hosteler's Stomach Bit ters. It ls the greatest of known tonics for stomach and digestir? organs. It cures kid ney, liver and blood disorders. The latest roster of tho Japanese navy shows that of the 12.006 men in the servicn 5.78 per cent, are between the aces of 15 and SO years, and 38.3 per cent, between tho ages nf 20 and 25 years. Only 1.05 pe*- cent, are over -40. Beauty Is Blood Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin. No beauty without it. Cascareis. Candy Cathar tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by stirring up tho lazy liver and driving all im purities from tho body. Begin to-day to banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by takln? Cascarete,-beauty for ten cents. All drng * gists, satisfaction guaranteed. 10c. 25c. 50c. Rabbit far ls an important commercial ar ticle. It is known as electric seal, and whpn dyed so closely resembles the cenuino article ' as to defy detection except among experts. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for "hiHr^n teething, softens tho cum?, reducosinflam'n-i tlon,allayspain.cures wind colic, "yz. a bottlo. Pits permanently cured. No Ats or nervous HOBS after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerro Restorer. 32 trial bottle and troatlso iron. DR. R. fl. KLINE, Ltd., ttl Arc:i St., Fnlla., l'a. Jara is said to have thunder storms, on an average, ninety-seven days of the y oar. To Curo Constipation Forever. Take Cascareis Candy Cathartic. 10c or 2 > Itt?. C. C. fail to euro, druggists rotund monoy. Rnumania. France, furnishes free food and clothing for 11,000 school children. Catarrh In the Head Is an inflammation of the mucous mem brane lining the nasal pnssages. It is caused by a cold or succession of colds, oomblned With impure blood. Catarrh is cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla, which eradicates from the blood all scrofulous taints, rebuilds the delicate tissues and builds up the system. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is America's Greatest Medicine. SI; six for $5 Hood's Pills cure all Liver Ills. 25 couts. Pickled Fish on Trees. An Irish officer who had served at Malta was one day at a public dinner. Expatiating on the luxurious living at Malta, he spoke particularly of the exoellent quality of the anchovies. He had never seen any like them any where else. He spoke of a grove of them which h? had seen growing In the governor's garden upon the espla nade. A gentleman present disputed the statement that anchov??8"grow on trees. The Irishman reaffirmed It most emphatically. A challenge was given and accepted. On the following day the parties mer, attended by their sec onds. At the first fire the Irishman's shot took effect in his opponent's thbzh. the ball hitting the bone and causing such a shock that che latter fell upon his back in such pain that he kicked ills hdels vigorously. "I'^aitbj. major," said the Irishman's cond, "you've hit your man. but I think not dangerously, for see what lively capers he Is cutting." "Capers! Capers!" exclaimed the Irishman with a start "Oh, by th? powers, what have I done? Bad luck to me forever for such a dreadful mis take!" And hastening to the side of his an tagonist, who had been raised to a sitting posture, he grasped his hand, saying as he did so: "My dear friend, I hope you're not killed, and if I've harmed you seriously I'll ask your pardon forever, for I've made a mur derin' mistake. It was capers that I saw growing cn that tree at Malta, and not anchovies at all!" AN 0JPEBATI0N AVOIDED. Mrs. Rosa Gaum Writes to Mrs. Pink-ham About it. She Says : DE AB MRS. PLNKHAM:-I take pleas ure in writing you a few lines to in form you of the good your Vegetable Compound has done me. I cannot thank you enough for what your medi cine has done for me; it has, indeed, helped me wonderfully. For years I was trou bled with an ovarian tumor, each year grow ing worse, un til at last I was compelled to consult with a physician. He said nothing could be dono for me but to go under an operation. In speaking with a friend of mine about it, she recommended Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, say .ing ohe knew it would cure me. I then 6ent for your medicine, and after tak ing three bottles of it, the tumor dis appeared. Oh! you do not know how much good your medicine has done me. I shall recommend it to all suffer ing women.-Mrs. ROSA GAUM, 720 Wall St, Los Angeles, Cal. The great and unvarying success of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com " pound in relieving every derangement of the female organs, demonstrates it to be the modern safeguard of wo man's happiness and bodily strength. More than a m?lion women have been benefited by it. Every woman who needs advice about her health is invited to write to Mrs. PinVham. at Lynn, Mass._ ^PATENTS Proeurwl .m euh. or eaiy . t??^*^T??J?8$ ?cana, fttot AttoT&ay* ? BMdW, ?. *? ! I1 FOR FARM AND GARDEN. mt J Fare Water and Shade for Hogs. Always give hogs plenty of pnre fresh, water and do not compel them to drink ont of creeks ?or ponds where the water stands stagnant. Hogs do not need wallows. ' Give plenty of shade in summer and good dry, warm shelter in winter, but do not let them pile up iu a manure pile, and give them something better for a wind break than a barbed wire fence. To be a successful l>og raiser watch care fully at all times, feed regularly and see that all possible comforts are pro vided. Rye Straw in Handles. Tho rye crop is more generally threshed with a flail than is any other grain excepting'buckwheat. The lat ter is threshed by hand beean se it is easy to beat out the grain, which is all in a bunch at the top and does not re quire handling the large bulk of straAv, except to remove it after the threshiug is done. Ir threshiug it is important to disturb tbs bnndl?s as little as pos sible. The bundles aro unbound so as to spread the grain out and lay all the rye heads on the floor so that the grain can be beaten out of them. But after this is done, the buudle is care fully rebound, and with the grain out is worth as straw very nearly as much as at first. ? Easy Way to Slip Hoses. Slipping roses is as difficult a thing to some, perhaps, as it once Was for me. But since trying the following simple method, I have had no trouble: In the fall,' before frost comes, I se cure as many varieties of rose slips as I eau. These I place in a little trench burying the larger part of each slip and leaving about two inches above ground. Next, I take several old glass cans, which I have saved for the purpose, and turn over the slips. ?If the cans are cracked, it does not mat ter. My rose slips are then left in this condition until spring, when I re move the cans and find they, have rooted and are ready to transplant to mounds or borders, and will soon be come thrifty little bushes.-Helen E. Walton in Orange Judd Farmer. Fertilizers for Asparagus. Manuring asparagus is often done in the late fall or winter. In the mid dle and eastern states, stable manure or bone and potash is applied, to be lightly plowed or harrowed under in the spring when some nitrogenous fer tilizer is usually added. Compara tively few careful experiments in the fertilization of asparagus have been conducted to show just what elements are most needed for this crop in the light and sandy soils upon which it is usually grown. At the Bhode Island station, however, lime has had a won derful effect in promoting a rapid growth of asparagus., Nitrate of soda has there proved to be much superior to sulphate of ammonia as a source of nitrogen for asparagus. Here we have two very important points that it would pay all asparagus growers to experiment upon in a ?mall way. Look Out for Broilers. While it is a little early to talk about broilers it is a good subject to think about and prepare for. During March, April and May there is a de mand for chicks weighing from one and a half to two pounds exceeding the sup ply. Chicks hatched in January and Feburary so that they will have ten or twelve weeks' growth are the kind wanted for the broiler market. It is estimated that it costs ten cents to raise a chick to the two pound weighty and broilers bring from thirty to sixty cents each, so there is a good profit in the business. An incubator to hatch the eggs, a brooder for the newly hatched chicks and a brooder house are necessary. Try the business on a small scale, learn how to handle the incubator and brooder, and how to feed the chicks judiciously and inex pensively, and in a year or two ex perience will show you how you can raise broilers in quantities that will pay a handsome profit. This is good work for the farmer, for it comos at a time of year when the farm work con sists mainly of chores.-Atlanta Jour nal. Bedding Tulips. No other flowering plant can equal the tulip for effectiveness when planted in beds. The large flowers with their bright colors closely massed together present a boldness and a beauty quite impossible with any other garden plant. In all the northern country our gardens, the best of them, ave in describably dull during the winter months. What little we may do with bright twigged and bright berried shrubs and coniferous evergreens to enliven the grounds, only accentuates in a degree the general gloom of the winter garden scenery. But on the return of spring and the blooming of the snowdrops and crocus, tulips and hyacinths, the sensation received is that of abundant and vigorous life; it is light and joy where before only the sustaining power of hope could alle viate the prevailing darkness and de pression. Of all the spring blooming bulbs the tulips should be planted in the great est profusion and they should be placed where they can best be seen from the windows and from the street, thus bringing into the strongest prom inence the evidence of reviving nature. Later in the season the garden has other and numerous attractions which, by their diversity, compensate for the blaze of bright colors so desirable in the early spring, and is afforded es1 pecially by masses of tulips. When it is not desired to plant tn lipsin special beds, they can be planted to advautage in considerable masses in borders, and they form a splendid edging along garden walks planted in double or triple lines.-Vick's ^Maga zine. Kerosene in Chicken Culture. The cost of oil is the least part of the expense of raising chickens arti ficially; 100 can be hatched and raised (fifty in a brooder) to the age of twelve weeks, for not to exceed S2 for. oil. Fifty chicks may seem a small num ber for a so-called 100-chick brooder, but it is cheaper to burn more oil and avoid losing . them by overcrowding. Unless the business is couducted on a large scale, tlie item of labor will ex ceed that for oil, eggs and feed. Ordinary lamps should never be used to heat brooders (they are very dangerous) but such as aro made ex pressly for the purpose, and have a circulation of air over the oil chamber. Do not allow them to get low in oil or a crust to form on the wicks. . There will be a steadier heat and flame if the wicks are brushed off twice a day. If much oil is used it is cheapest to buy by the barrel, at from six to eight cents per gallon, and the empty Dr.rrel is worth l?jj?tf^jj^n oil tank with pump^ most convenient keep the oil. The best should be used (150 water white)? wicks should occasionally be renewed, and all open ings to supply air to the flame kept free from dust or other obstruction. Old gummy wicks, or such as have scorched brown or black, are liable to smoke and give little heat. They will frequently start up a high blaze and smoke some minutes after they have seemed properly regulated. If not soon discovered, the lamp chamber of-the brooder will become festooned with lampblack, which may take ?t?, or the lamp get overheated and ex plode, -Wm. v\ S.Beekmnn in North western Agriculturist. I Potatoes Grown in Ridges. It is from fOgTce of example and habit rather than from closely study ing tho subject that the great majority of farmers plant potatoes in hills. Wherever the crop is largely grown for market, putting the potatoes " in drills and ridging the soil over them is found the more economical way, and also to produce the largest crop. The advantage of the hill method is that it enables the farmer to cultivate the rows both ways. But if he uses his opportunity to ridge the potatoes when covering them,and afterwards harrows down the ridges; all the good eifect of the crosB cultivation will be secured andmore cheaply. The potato crop witl be larger, and if care is taken not to put in too much seed, there will be a larger proportion of potatoes of mar ketable Bizev ' Most of the liew variety of potatoes bUDCh themselves in the hill,a.nxl with most of them there is too much vacant space between hills three feet apart each way, which is the usual distance for potatoes in hills. Ata distance of fifteen to eighteen inches iu the rows there will be a continuous mass of potatoes, while if the row? ure two feet ten inches apart the potato tops will neatly meet between them, With a potato coverer, drawing tho earth from between the rows to the potatoes, one cultivation should be made after the potatoes are .up. This should, withiu 24 hgnrs, be harrowed down, going across the rows with a heavy drag, which will leave the ground nearly level again, and will greatly in* crease the vigor of the potatoes. This covering and harrowing must only be done when the soil is dry. If rains come so that tho soil would stick to the potato leaves, it is best to do with out this Becoud covering. By keeping the cultivator at work all the time, and running close to the potatoes while the plants are small, weeds can be kept down among drilled potatoes as well as they usually are when the potatoes are in hills. There will be some weeds come up among the potatoes iu either case. Wo have always found some hand work needed to remove these iu either cajo. But it should be done while the plants are small, and to remove those that es caped being covered by the soil thrown up by the cultivator among the pota toes in the rows. Not more than two good eyes should be put in a place when potatoes are planted in drills. If we could be en tirely sure of the seed one eye in a place will produce as good a crop as any, with very few small potatoes. In hills where the whole potato is often planted the proportion of small pota toes in the crop is too large to make the crop profitable. - American Culti vator. IT WAS NOT I ' .c HIM. The Wit'--'? "...atlon and tho Idfo &>.? ?rayon Portrait. We all know the guileful agents of the 'life-size crayon portrait" companies of the frame-and-all-for-three-dollars variety who infest our country seeking to squeezeinoney from trusting inhab itants and ruin their artistic tastes for evermore. There was one "doing" a certain district near by not long ago, and among other victims he drew into his clutches a certain widow whose hus band had been dead half a dozen years or so. But she had a photograph pf him, and delivered it and her order into the agent's hands, after which she possessed her soul in patience and waited. . At last one day at the most oppor tune moment possible, just when three of the most curious and news-spread ing of the neighbors were making au afternoon call, the agent appeared again, set a crayon portrait up against the wall, and opened his mouth. But before he had a chance to get a word out of it the widow had marched, in front of the picture, clasped her hands, and exulaimed: "Oh, isn't it . good-so very like dear Henry-don't you think it's just wonderful, Laury?" But "Laury" shook her head. "No," she announced, "I don't not a bit." Her motlier threw up her hands in dismay, and the visitors came to look^, I admire and exclaim at the likeness, but L' ura still stuck to her own ideas, thereby calling down upon her head tho wrath of her mother and the won der of the other ladies. That is, for a few moments. But when the agent at last had a chance to get in a word edgewise, he ex claimed: "Of course it isn't like him -it isn't like him at all-it's a man that died down tt?e street a little ways, and I just called in to tell you your picture'd been delayed, and won't come till next week," and, gathering up the "other .mnn," he made his escape, leaving the widow nearly prostrate with chagrin, and the now victorious Laury saying, "I told you so," as fast as her tongue could wag. An Impertnrbable Teacher. A well known professor sometimes became so much interested in his lec ture that when the noon bell rang he kept the class five orten minutes over the hour.- Certain relentless spirits among the students thought they would give him a gentle hint, so they bought au alarm clock, set it to go off precisely at noon, and placed it on the professor's desk when they came into the next loctnre. They knew that he was a little absent-minded, and ex pected that lae would not notice it. As the noon hour struck the alarm went off with a crash,and those of the class not in the secret started and took in the joke at once. There was a round of applause. The professor waitdd until the alarm and the applause wore over, and then said: "Young gentle men, I thank you for this little gift. I had forgotten it was my birthday. An alarm clock is something my wife has needed for our servant for some time. It is a very kind remembrance ou your part." The professor then went on to finish a demonstration interrupted by the alarm.-Weekly Telegraph. A Ventilated Shoe. A ventilated shoe has been invented in Cologne, Prussia. A steel spring works a bellows between the heel and sole, and every step the wearer takes drives a stream of fresh air, through 'perforations in the inner sole,to every art of tho foot. ?FOR WOMAN'S BENEFIT. I Oar Noble Women. The war has had its lieroinec ns well as ito heroes. Annie Laurie Early Wheeler, daughter bf General Joe Wheeler, is oti? of tk?ni-. fier devoted labors ?mon? our sick Soldier boys in Oilba,- on the fever laden Olivette coming home and now in the general hospital tent at Mon tank have finely illustrated the heroi? sacrifice of whioh only tenderhearted woman is capable. Flor?n'c? Nightingale, immortalized by her noble work as a nurse among tho British soldiers in the hospitals of the Crimea, has her American coun terpart in Miss Wheeler. And she is not the only one. This nation is aa rich in noble women as it is in brave men.-New York World. Some Stylos in Vrncclot?. Bracelets of the massive style are seen in the bauble shops, a cat's eye surrounded with diamonds, sur mounted by a crown of emeralds aud pearls, is a sample of the magnificence of some of these " beautiful jeweled bands. Three turquoises) opals and pearlsj each encircled by diamonds and placed in a" straight row at right angles With the bracelet is a new de sign. Bings in.this setting are seen also. They look like marquise set tings if tho stones aro small, and when the baud of a ring is studded' with jewels the effect is that of a glite tering cro??? Hoops of Sev?u ston?s} rubies and diamonds, emeralds aud diamonds, or all seven stones a?ike? are the handsomest of the simple rings. Link bracelets are shown and those of alternate opals and diamonds are particularly beautiful Coral, pink pearls, gray pearls and moon stones are seen among the pretty odd stones for bracelets and necklaces; Trimming for Gowns; Trimming for gowns has invaded the domains of art needlework? ' for merly only employed in household decoration, and some of the conceits of clever dressmakers are decidedly original. Transparencies of lace to imitate flowers is one of the latest novelties, all the material required be ing one-half inch insertion arid nar row edging. The insertion is gathered to form a round rosette with flat edges, sewn on the material to be ornament1 ed, which is afterward cut away under neath, and a disk of bright color in silk or satin is substituted. Tho centre of this is pulled through the point where th9 gathers meet, to form a piston, or, if preferred, a beaded xii* nameut may ba substituted, after which narrow edging is sewn in gath ers around the circle formed by the insertion. The leaves are made in like fashion and lined with green satin and the stems are made with a lace figure cat ont and applied?-New York Tribune. Women's Inventions. It has been untruly said that woman has no original genius; she can copy, but she cannot create. Invention is responsible for tb.9 statement that 400 women applied for patents last year. However, applying for a patent does not always mean that an inven tion is valid and workable. The pa tent office of this country at once, grants an applicant a potent, and then leaves him io discover whether ho is infringing m some one else's rights. One young udy ir South Africa in-- ~ vented a patent curling iron, from which she receives $500 a year. An- ; other woman improved on baby car riages aud gained a fortune of $50, 000. ' The ox-empress of the French devised the crinoline,not an unmixed benefit to humanity. One lady has invented an appliance for deadening the sound of car wheels, perfectly suc cessful, and another has devised a curiously ingenious paper bag making machine. Then there is Mrs. Henry Chetwynd's fire escape, a most in genious apparatus, admirable in every way as a means of saving life from fire. Heroine of Ivanhoe Bebecca Gratz, founder of the Fos ter Jewish home in Philadelphia, whose portrait was unveiled in that institution the other day, was the original of Sir Walter Scott's famous heroine Bebecca in his novel of'Tvan hoe. " It was Washington Irving who told Scott all about Rebecca Gratz, of her many charms, personal and intel lectual, and of her fiue character. Out of these conversations Sir "Walter built up his grand heroine in "Ivauhoe" a heroine who has been known aud admired by millions who never heard of the original. Miss Gratz was loved by a youth belonging to one of the best families in the Quaker city, but although she loved him in return, she sacrificed herself to her religion and refused to marry him. Matilda Hoff man, the love of Irving's life, was Miss Gratz's dearest frieud. The beautiful Jewess was the daughter of Michael Gratz, an Aus train, who settled in Philadelphia in 1750 and engaged in the Indian trade. After the revolution he acquired large landed interests in many parts of the country. Among thesve was the Mam moth cave, in Kentucky. His daughter was born in 1781, and lived to be 88 years old. Henry Clay paid her marked attention. One of her aunts married Dr. Nicholas Schuyler, and was never forgiven by her family. Miss Gratz was very charitable, and founded many institutions, among them tho Foster home. She was beau tiful and highly cultured in every way. The recently unveiled portrait was painted by Thomas Sully and copied by Miss Welheimina Loos. Chicago Times-Herald. The Ideal of Women's Clubs. The improvement and reform of its own members is the first considera tion of the well organized club. To make enthusiastic women out of those of languid and weary mind, to help to larger thoughts those narrowed by long domestic toil, to put to practical use the accomplishments and charms of those of social grace or especial tal ent, is what the club does when it at tains its ideal. The educated woman gives of her knowledge to the ignor ant one, the talented lends to her of poor imagination, and those who can not give of their abilities give of their attention. As appreciation is half of the success of any achievement, it must be iusisted that the listening women have their distinct value. Some women are opposed to the admission of women who cannot im mediately and brilliantly contribute to tho entertainment of the members, Bid there is no cause to quarrel with clubs of this sort. If brilliant and witty women wish to have an exclu sive place of meeting, they have as much right to their enjoyment as bril liant and witty men. nor are they un der obligations any more than are these men to surround themselves with a large number of quiet and tuft / 'imaginative companions who would nob understand the spirit nor the let ter of their ambrosial afternoons. But the work of tho large club of many de partments is distinctively diff?reritj and the woman untrained in thought inexperienced in study and iii social usages* ought to have ? place there-. The club sliouid be her Bchdo?-, and th? boauty with which she would be come acquainted in the poetry-,. th? musical and the art classes-, the habits of systematic thought. she Would ?c quire in the study class?s, and the I courtesies, sile would meet with at the ?social gatherings, the tea drinkings ?and receptions would make up a de : licit in her life. -Self-Culture. j Points for Women Speakers, j An impression gained at the Deli ver meeting of t?l?b wonl?fi related t? the appearance and Yoicedf the speak ers heard there* In mauy who ad1 dressed audiences through that event ful third week of June there was room for improvement in both niatr ters, Thin, throaty voices, ot' naturally good ones impeded or spoiled by too tight dresses and too snug collars, or faultily pitched, were heard more of' ten than they should have been, o? will be when Voice culture is properly valued by club women. To stahd, while speaking, with ease to one's self and satisfaction to ou?'s listeners is by no means a minor co? sideration-. and ought certainly to be regarded by the woniau who finds herself often On the club platform; What td wear j too; when facing an" audience; m?y with propriety be con sidered from the point of view of those who will l?ok as well a? listen; A witty woman oiice urged, ?t a cliii) breakfast the cr?atidn? in the sister hood, of a ?lub milliner-one wild should provide the bonnets of the pr? siding officer, suited to "long-range inspection;" She pointed out; amid much laughter aiid with great truth; that a headgear that was becoming and acceptable to its wearer looki?g in the ulirror of h?r dressing room was often an eyesore to the company which later had it before them at quite a different angle of vision. Like tho bonnet, the gown also de? Bei'ves some thought regarding its ef? feet beyond the footlights, so to speak. Much detail of trimming, pronounced effects of fashion in mak ing, too bright and too delicate colors and'the like, are to be avoided; These matters may seem non-essen tial, and tiley are indeed secondary td the vital fact that a speaker must have something to say first of all, but t\u.y have, nevertheless, a distinct value. Women, too, are so quick to respond to the exigencies of an occasion or a oondition, they ave likely, as they continue to be heard more aud mor? in public, to show their appreciation that such is the case.-Margaret Ham? ilton Welch in Harper's Bazar, New Fashion Fancies. Black costumes are highly ap^ proved, also black with a dash of color. The predominating note of the sea son's styles would seem to be the cir cular flounce. ' Ostrich tips and feathers still abound, but from all oppearances they will be used much more profusely on the season's hats. Ribbons are utilized in every way for dresa trimming this season. The narrow, one-eighth to three-sixteenths of an inch wide, is used for embroid ered effects on laces, cloths and siiks. ~U?signed for the maiden of unbash ful 15 is a toilet of tucked muslin. The bodice, sleeves, front and side panels are of soft silk, frilled, and a ribbon trellis adorns the front of the bodice, whioh is held by a sash. In Paris, having done long ago with the wide hat and the forward pitch of the brim, they are placing small ca potes very far on the back of the head. Whether we will follow this initiative remains to be seen. The newest corsets have straight fronts and short busts, and are found in many attractive styles of material. Those in white and delicate colors, showing Dresden figures and lace garnitures, are especially dainty arti cles of milady's toilet. Long chains aro still worn and serve to suspend a bag purse, a lorgnette or a fan, being often allowed to hang free, in which case they are much in the way. They may also be used for a watch chain, but the watch is then tucked into the belt or bodice, of course. A white kid hat is one of the novel ties noted in millinery. It is one of the new three cornered shape and sim ply trimmed at the left side in frout with a chou of some bright colored ribbon and two or three long, curved quills. Tiny bauds, of black velvet ribbon ornament the crowns of such hats. "War Story Indigestion. They were a lot of Regulars, sitting around at the end of the company street. '.Soy, fellows, you remember that day we charged up San Juun Hill ?" One of the Regulars got up and sauntered off. "I came blamed near getting the life plunked out of me that day." Two more Regulars got up and strolled away. While we were still in the woods, the bullets got to comin' 'round me, ping ! ping i and I kinder thought somehow I was bein' made a target of by one of them Spanish jays up iu the trees." Another soldier left the group, and only two remained besides the story teller. "So I sorter sneaked "around" Only one was left now. -"and up among the leaves of a cocoanut tree" "Say, Bill," broke in the last maD, as he rose from his seat, "if you've got to tell that story, just wait until I get to my tent, will you ? I've got the same disease as the rest of the fel lers-war-story indigestion-and I'm ?worse than usual this morning. Ex cuse me, please," and he, too, walked np the street. "Well, this is the blamedest crowd I ever saw !" the story-teller said to himself, "but," reflectively, "the boys ain't tellin' as muny stories as they was."-New York Tribune. A Fastidious Footman. Recent proceedings in bankruptcy have apparently been attentively watched by at least one intelligent footman. He has quite made irp his mind that it is advisable to keep clear of the service of "guinea pigs." In a letter to a West End registry office requesting to be put down for a va cancy, Jeauies says: "Having been accustomed to be with noblemen, I should like to get into the service of one, if possible, but not a professional company director, as a future refer ence from such might cond nee to my detriment." It is to be hoped that this fastidious man of plush will be DU i tod,-Wc st minster Gazette, BORN-BEVOI'RINO LARVAE. Soft-Bodied Insects Which Eat Holes id Lir ' lag Animais' Horus. A curious fact Which for many years has proved ? bone bf contention among soiehtifib men has ?just been de cided. Sportsmen and naturalists when hunting iii india and Africa" have from time to time had brought under their notice the horn? of various species of deer and buffalo which have been more or less perforated by In sects. On careful examination lt was found that the, little creatures which, tunneled and made their borne in the hard fibre of the horn were the cater pillars, or larvae of a moth; belonging to the same family as the common and all too famili?r clothes moth. Frorti their diminutive size, the moths belonging tb this family have received the name of tineidae, and it has been observed that they are all more or less glveh to making their homes in strange places during the larval stage of their existence. The little larvae of dur old enemy the clothes'moth, for instance, make, for themselves protective cylinders out. of the cloth they So greedily devour. Sometimes these tubes present a very curious appoarance( owing to their haVIng enlarged as the insect has grown and different Colored mate1 rials used for the new portions of the old case. The larvae of another branch of this family deck themselves out with floral garments, the calyx of the flower of th? common marjorairi being a very popular dress, while others are of a mining disposition and love tfl ex cavate elaborate tunnels in the leaves of the honeysuckle; Strange as tkese habits appear; it is yet more wonderful that a species of these soft-bodied insects should be capable bf boring so bard a substance as the antlers of a deer. During the forty-five or fifty years that these horn-devouring larvae have "been un der observation the various stages of their existence have been successfully noted, from the laying of the egg up on the horn by the mother moth to the final appearance of her offspring as ' perfect male and female Insects. The larvae, on emerging froin the egg, bore down into the horn, and when they have eaten their fill and are ready for their chrysalis sleep they tunnel up to the surface, so that they may have a convenient exit by which to make their escape when the pupal sleep ls over and they have become perfect moths. T?nt, although so much of their iife history was known, there still remain ed one problem unsolved. This! knotty question was that rio ohe kuew for certain whether these larvae attacked the horns and antlers of the buffalo and deer while the animals were alive or only after death. After many years of speculation and conflicting opinions It has at last been conclusively proven that these insects do infest the horns of living quadrupeds, for the news has just come to hand that both the larvae and chrysalis have been taken from the horns within an hour of the death of the animals to which they belong An "Arizona.Hair Cnt. "Doesn't it disturb you when they have a shooting scrape next door?" asked the tenderfoot who was under going an Arizona hair cut. "Disturb nothing?" answered the barber. "It gener'Jy makes it easier." At this juncture the shoe ting began at Red Mike's saloon next'door. The tenderfoot's hair rose on end, and the barber trimmed it as expeditiously as if ho was shearing a hedge-hog. Hardships of Anny Life. . From the Press, Milroy, Ind. One of the first to offer their services for the country la tho Civil War was A. It. Sef ton, ot Milroy, Rush Co., Ind. Ho made a good record. The life of every soldier is a hard one, and Mr. Sutton's case was no ex ception. "We woro In Tennessee, penned i in on all sides. Our rations were very senroe," suid he, "and we bud begun to go on qunrter allowance, and as the rain was not enough to replenish tho wells orstreams, our canteens went empty. We were hur ried on, and the only way to quench our thirst was to go down on our hands and knees and drink from tho hoof tracks made Oythe horses. Our Canteens Were Empty, "Some of us were taken sick from the .ilTects of thlH. I was laid up several weeks In a field hospital from fever. From that time I was always afflicted more or less. "About four years ago I beoame mach worse. Our family doctor seemed puzzled over my case, and it began to look as If there was no hope for my recovery, and that thu Inevitable end was near. "Last November I was advised to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. The physicians said they were an excellent modlolne, but would do no good In my case. But I tried them, and am glad I did, for I became better at once. Eight boxes taken according to di motions cured me. I used tho last ot tho pills about a year ago, and have not been troubled with my ailments since." The power of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People In the vast number of dis eases due to impure or poisoned blood has been demonstrated in thousands of in stances as remarkable as the one related abona. "Puffins answered an advertisement in which somebody offered to sell him the secret for preventing trousers from getting fringes round the bottom." "What did they tell him?" "To wear kickerbockers. "-Tit-Bits. Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets. Candy Oatbartto. euro const!nation forever. 10c.ir)C. If C. C. C. fall, druggists rotund money. A servant on a farm near Cnmbral, France. lived 71 years with the same family. I.ow-Prlcod Cotton Makes Low-Prlced Buggies and Carriages. Tho remark 18 often made, "How cnn you soil a pood serviceable Top Bugpy for $36.00." Tho farmer munt soil MB cotton from Slff.00 to $20.00 per halo when ho formerly Rot from $28.oo to ?moo. Wo must koop up with this decline In nrlco, therefore offer you obnppy at fcsn.oo whtch formerly sold from $55.00 to $C0O0. and one at $1R.O0 and $50.00 which usually sold from $03.00 to ??SO 00. Your cotton samples Just ss good as If priT ?-ns hipher. Our bugpies are Just as good ns If von paid moro monoy for them. Wo sell for rush because lt ls tho only way to make any thing nt prices nsked for these poods. We can po; youanvthlnp from $1.000 carrlape. $25 open impey to a $10 road-cart, and can sn ve you monoy If you rrlvo us th" opportunity. Wo have a few Ladles1 ?nd Kents' Bicycles loft. Thoso whools si!d for $50 first of tlilssonson: wo nowofTer them 'o- tho remarkably low price of $17.CO. Fully guaranteed by iho manufacturers. Southern Carriage and Wnpon Co., Henry L. Atwator, Manager, Atlanta, Ga. T/von* Co's"PlckLeaf"SmohlngTobncco fiends at tho top for Its delicious aroma, (.'oort as can be made. Try lt. I nm entirely cured of bomorrlncce.of lunss by Pi.eo'.* Cnro for Consumption.-I.nuiSA I.i NT) AM AN. Bethany, Mo.. January 8. 1891. Agitation is active In the Transvaal for the est-ibllshmentnf anagrlculturaldcpartmenr. Tio-To-Ilac for Fifty Cents. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak men strong, blood pure. 60cfl. All druggists Tin? Hrltlsh. government has discontinued InkiMfC admihtlun loos IQ HolvroQd pilao?, I ? i I I. Never let blankets remain in service after ? they are soiled. Dirt rots the fibre and invites moths. Never wasti a blanket with any other than Ivory Soap. Use warm (not hot) water and dry in a place where there is no exposure to wind, sun, or too hot or cold air. Blankets that have been improperly washed are hard and coarse to the touch, when washed properly with Ivory Soap they feel soft, warm and fleecy. . IVORY SOAP IS 99^0 PER CENT. PURE. Ctrprriflit, INO, bf Va Prtct* ? (Habit Gk, Clartnaad, ' . EXPOSURE to WET INGOLD TT AS proven disastrous to many women. Wet feet and damp clothing chill the A y entire system and the delicate female organs ore at once effected. Painful, Pro?ise/Suppressed or Obstructed Menses,' Whites, Falling of the Womb, or some other health-destroying disease is almost certain to follow such exposure unless proper pre cautions are taken. When any of these dis eases appear women should begin the use of GERSTLE'S Female Panacea. I* will regulate the menses, cure all forms of female dises-e, and give health and strength. lt is used in the privacy of the home. No con sultations. No humiliating examinations. If there is any tendency td constipation or indigestion take mild doses of .St. Joseph's Liver Regulator. MY DAUGHTER SUFFERED INTENSELY From female irroffdlaritiea. and had tried physicians and other remedies, but could cet no relief, and we had despaired of her recovery. We werte induced to tryGor?tle's Female Panacea, and I believe it saved her life. m ' A. J. MACE. Jamestown. Tenn. 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Untrimmed, un watered, the oranges and citrons still struggled to bear their little hard green Icnobs. as if they had been full ripe fruit. The pomegranates put ont their verralllion star-flowers, but- the fruit was small and woody and Jnlce less. Th.? figs bore better, but they, too, were small and without vigor. Rankly overgrown with dhurra,. a vino still trained' over a low roof its dwarfed leaves and limp tendrils, but yielded not a sign of grapes. It was nil gram, and so far vivid and refreshing after Omdurman. But lt was the green of nature, not of cul tivation; leaves grew large and fruit grew small, and dwindled away. Re luctantly, despairingly. Gordon's gar ?en was dropping back to wilderness. And in the middle of the defeated fruit trees grew rankly the hateful Soudan apple, th? poisonous herald of desolation.-London Mail. . .'After I was induced to try CASCA* BETS, I will never be witbout tbem In tho bouse. 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