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* Seven miles an hour is the camel's
bestpaoe, nor can it maintain this
over two hours. Its usual speed
is about five miles an hour-a" slow,
lounging pace, beyond which it is
very dangerous, with nine camels out
of ^ ten, to urge them, or else, aB
Asia ?cs say, they "break their hearts,"
and literally die on the spot.
Confession of a Millionaire.
A millionaire confessed the peeret of his sue
coes In two words-hard -work. He said he
put In the best part of his life in paining dol
lar? and losing health, sud new he was put
ting In the other bnlf in spending dollars io
get hack health. Nothing equals Besteuere
Stomach Bltteis for resiorlnc health to tho
overtired body and brain. It gets nt the start
ing point-the stomach-and overcomes ner
vousness, sleeplessness, dyspepsia and in
digestion.
Fowls are plucked alive in tho public mar
kets in England.
Xo-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Gaaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak
m-f ii strong, blood pure. 50c, $1. All druggists
Everrwhere in life Tho trun question is not
what we gain, but what we do.
ENOD?ES AND BOILERS -Head the advertlso
montof Malsby & Co. in (his issue. Their es
tablishment is large and full of the best goods
la their line. Prices low and terms reasonable.
One of tho constituents of thc best! qualities
of varnish is a resin known as kauri.
To Cnre Constipation Forever.
^ Take Coscarots Candy Cathartic. 10J or Vi s.
) 2!i C. C. C. fall to cure. drug;lst3 refund money.
Nearly 10.000 white churches in the South
have no Sunday bcbonls.
Catarrh Cured
cod Purified by Hood's Sarsapa
rilla and Health ls Good.
"I was troubled for a long time with ca
tarrh and a bad feeling in my hoad. I be
sran taking Hood's Sarsaparilla,-and it did
me a world of good.* My sufferings from
catarrh are over and my health is good."
Mrs. "A. A. Libby, Towyal, Maine.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is America's Greatost Medicine. $1; six for $5.
Hood's Pills cure all Llvei His. 25cents.
Cboctalk.
Choctalk is. in two "principal re
spects, a perfectly secret language. It
is absolute jargon to the untaught lis
tener, and it is fairly easy to learn ii
one is possessed (ti common-sense and
a little patience. But though choc
talk is learned or taught viva voce
v.-ithout difficulty, yet since lt is al
most impossible n? a written lan
guage, it ii extremely hard to explain
it, in print.
But if one cares, enough lo learn it
to study the directions carefully, after
he has mastered it, he will have no
trouble In teaching his friends, and
the fun of using it will amply repay
him.
Firstly, then, each word of choctalk
Is an indication of the English word
which it represents, and is accom
plished in the following manner: The
lirst letter of the English word is pro
nounced, not sounded, but given its
full name as in the alphabet If the
Initial letter of a word is c. say see;
if it is h. say- aitch: if w, say double
you; if a, say a. Arter the initial let
ter is pronounced, sound all the other
-- ~m i rtir] fr
lenee.
And such sil?ne?! Gold -hunting
seems a profanation of the majesty it
gives to that vast soitudes. Here and
there a tributary stream rolls its crys
tal waters into the tawny flood, sug
gesting remoter silent lands. Now and
then a few Indians huddling by thc
shore, or a white axman standin:
companionless; at rare intervals a
rainers' village; but all about, prime
val savageness and a sense of sweep
ing loneliness. One cannot cut across
the great monotony of wildness with
at feeling that an infinite deal re
mains unlearned as to the mineral re
sources of Alaska.-Chicago Record.
"?DOmOWNWORE.''
So Says Mrs. Mary Rochiotte of
Linden, New Jersey, in this
Letter to Mrs. Pirikham.
"I was bothered with a flow which
would bc quite annoying at times, and
at others would almost stop.
" I used prescriptions given me by my
physician, but. the
sam? state
1?? affairs
continued.
" After a
time I was,
taken with |
a flooding,
that I was
obliged to
keep my bed.
Finally, in
despair, I
gave up my
tor, and began
taking your medi
cine, and have* certainly been greatly
benefited by its use.
. 4'LydiaE. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has indeed been a friend to me.
" I am now able to do my own work,
- thanks to your wonderful medicine. I
was as near death I believe as I could
be. so weak that my pulse scarcely beat
and my heart had almost given out. I
could not have s+ood it one week more.
I am sure. I never thought I would
bc so grateful to any medicine.
", I shall tise my influence with any
one suffering as I did, to have them
use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound."
Every woman that is puzzled about
har condition should secure the sympa
thetic advice of a woman who utider
etands. Write to Mrs. Pinkham at
,ynn, Mass., and tell her your ills.
VERY SUCCESSFUL
farmer who raises fruits,
vegetables, berries or
ram, knows by experience
importance of having a
ar?e percentage of
he
his fertilizers. If the fer
'lizer is too low in Potash the
est is sure to be small, and
ferior quality.
books tell abput the proper fertilizers
crops, and we will gladly send them !
any farmer.
QERHAN KALI WORKS,
03 Nassau St., New York.
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FOR WOMAFS BENEFIT.
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I
lleautify tho Finder Nails.
Finger nails can be made strong and
of a delicate pink tint by the use of
the following recipe: Melt two drams
of puro whit "?wax and add a few drops
of almond oil, t >en mix in the yolk of
an egg uctil a pas:e is formed. The
nails should be rubbed every night
with this", end gloves should be worn.
A Tad in Jewelry.
Elastic bracehts that open at touch
of a spring jnst fi r enoigh to permit
one to pass one's hand through, and
then close firmly roi nd t ie wrist, are
new, pretty, ami in io triger of be
ing lost. They are of gold and come
in a variety of handsome designs.
Some are in scrolls, othe. B in beauti
ful entwined rings, each 01 e studded
with a single pearl, ruby or enin-ald.
As watch bracelets they are (xce'lent,
as they stay in position instead of eu
dangeriug the watch itself or its time
keeping virtues by constant slipping
up aud down on the arm.
Exercising Queenly Authority.
The National Magazine tells this
story of Queen Wilhelmina: "Two of
the court children were missing one
day and grave fears were entertained
j .as to the probability of their being kid
napped. A prolonged and careful
search resulted in finding no traces of
them and two attendants were ar
rested as suspicious characters. On
further inquiry it was learned that
these two children were last seen play
ing with the little queen the previous
clay. On questioning her as to their
whereabouts, she said that they were
locked up in au old cellar that could
be reached from the courtyard. It
seemed they refused to do her bid
ding, and so exercising her preroga
tive as chief executive of the kingdom,
she had imprisoned thom for rebel
lion."
Kmployinent in tho Attic.
A story is told of a woman who was
left to support herself after middle
life. She had no idea of how to go
to work to make money, and, though
never having had an oversupply of this
world's goods, she had been in com
fortable circumstances. She had some
wealthy friends, at whose extrava
gances she hal often exclaimed, say
ing, ''You throw away enough for
some people to live on."
When she became penniless, in try
ing what she could do so as to retain
her independence her mind turned to
this so-called waste of her friend?.
She asked them if they would let her
have what they threw away, feeling
that this was not asking charity. So
ii was agreed that as things were no
longer needed they should be put up
in an enormous attic, covering the
house.
Here this ingenious woman went
twice a year, sorted the stuff all over
and sold ?iud disposed of it to such
good advantage that she asked help of
no one, and was able to live in modest
MUI au *JJ LUU V/VM?...,
and*au institution has been opened
iu connection with Readiug college,
where they will be trained specially for
the work. It was founded for the
definite purpose of enabling women
over the age of 1G to obtaiu a thor
ough training (theoretical and practi
cal) in the lighter branches of agricul
ture, viz. : Flower and fruit growing
and packing for market, especially
bush fruit, tomatoes,mushrooms, etc.,
bee and poultry keeping, dairy work.
The council of Pleading college have
consente:! to provide the necessary
courses of instruction, and to recog
nize the Countess of Warwick's Hostel
as a place of residence for women
students. The full course of instruc
tion will extend over two years, but
those who wish to do so may join the
short courses and sijecial classes.
London Telegraph.
Tho Younger Generation'? Clothes.
Consider the younger generation,
howifis growing this winter most
rapidly into very advanced tailor made
fashiou. With the little girls this is?
most noticeable, for they are as close
of skirt and as braided of body as
their elders. As to the small boy.
there are few articles of his father's
wardrobe he does not possess in min
iature. It is true, of an evening he
only wears a dinner jacket, as claw
hammer coattails are net yet his, but
very impressive is his little bell
ci owued silk hat aud the amply frocked
coat in which he trots to church, to
family weddings, and to such func
tions as the boy under 15 is entitled
to participate in. The military activ
ities of the time are also, reflected in
juvenile raimeut,for the knee breeches
of him who still takes an interest in
mumblety-peg are by choiera of a rich
blue cloth and show a band of narrow
black braid down the outside/of either
leg. The coat is cut od. the "pattern
of an officer's fatigue' jack?t, hooking
up snugly from hiplihie^to chin, and
this, with a dark blne^ fatigue cap,
braided in black, gives a fair idea of
what the approved autumn school snit
should be. Straight buttoned dark
blue cloth coats, with a couple of
capes, are what the little mou wear
over these sitits on chilly days, and to
furtheremphasize the exceeding man
liness of their wardrobes, the school
boys, when in full dress, wear shirts
that have board bosoms and- lofty stiff
collars. A touch ot' gayety is lent in
scarlet ve i vet waistcoats with gilt but
tons that the older masculines might
profit. adopt, just as some of the
small dinner jackets have their lapels
faced with sky blue or bright red
patin; Altogether the little boy is a
very pleasing object to contemplate
these days, even if he is a trifle pro
gressive.
Gowns for tho Trousseau.
If the saying is true that all the
world loves a lover.it is also true that
all women are interested in wedding
trousseaux, no matter whether the
outfit is to be for'themselves or for
somebody else; aud certainly every
woman who is to be married wishes,
very naturall", to provide a suitable
outfit for herself. It is supposed that
the trousseau shall contain what is
snfficieut for 'a year at least; but of
late it has been rather the fashion for
women not to buy gowns enough for
a year, but simply to buy what is
necessary for the time being, and put
the money aside to buy what will bo
necessary the coming season. This is
vastly more sensible now that fashions
change so often; and not only the fash
ion in gowns, but iu materials as well.
Lingerie does not chauge so every
year and consequently a good stock of
it eau be laid iu. Pretty underwear
is something every woman likes to
have, and should be well provided
with. "When buying a trousseau the
best plan is to find out just how much
money can be afforded, and then what
is necessary should be bought* first,
leaving for the last.what might bo
called luxuries. It is very pleasant
to own two or three silk gowns, but
they are not a necessity. A street
gown, oh tho contrary, is a necessity,
as well as one or two smart and be
coming gowns for house wear, and at
least one gown that is suitable to wear
i at evening entertainments. Thero ?3
no greater mistake made than for
young people to give up their social
life as soon as they are married; for
while they are sufficient to each other
for a time, it is but human for them
to wish for the companionship of
somebody else after awhile, and then
they will want to be entertained as
well as to entertain.
Every woman who can afford it
should have a wedding gown. It need
not be pf silk or satin, or any of ^be
more expensive materials, but it is
prettier to have it in white, aud to
wear with it a veil. There are many
inex2Jensive white materials that can
be bought now that are extremely
pretty, and the gown need not be
elaborately made.-^Harper's Bazar.
>"o "SnperflnowB Women."
The government has published a
map showing for each state in the
Union the number of unmarried men
and unmarried women over 20 years
of age.
With a peculiarly childlike faith the
census officials believe they know the
exact ages of all the "unattached fe
males," and accordingly they are
grouped in five-year periods. In that
particular tho statistics are manifestly
untrustworthy, but apart from that
the figures are absolute.
And they are very astonishing. They
show definitely that the "surplus
woman" is a myth. There is no sur
plus of women. There is a shortage
of 2. 200,000. There are in the United
States 5,427,767 bachelors over 20
years of age and only 3,224,494 un
married women above that age.
But this is the least astonishing part
of the matter. The chart shows that
in absolutely every state there is au
excess of bachelors over maidens.
Even in Massachusetts, where tra
dition fixes tho home of the "surplus
woman," there are 226,084 available
bachelors and only 219,255 spinsters.
In Rhode Island there are 2 per
cent, more bachelors than- unmarried
women, in New Hampshire 9 per
cent., in Connecticut 20 per cent., in
New Jersey and Virginia 22 per cent.,
while in Idaho the excess of bachel
ors over maids is 1000 per cen t., there
being 16,584 unmarried men and only
1426 women. Wyomiug and Arizona
closely follow, while all the far west
ern states have reason to regard
woman as one of the "precious met
als" because of her scarcity.
But tho one fact of greatest interest
is that there is in the country not ono
single state which has not men enough
to furnish a husbaud apiece for all its
Medallions, open work blocks, mo
hair and other silky wool braids in
applique effects are very fashionably
used as a garniture for stylish cloth
costumes.
The chief points in the new jackets
and cloaks are their length, especially
at the back; tho shaped frills attached
to them and the enormous medici col
lars and revers.
Velvet is a favorite material for this
season's wear. Not only is it used
for wraps, but entire costumes are com
posed of it. It is of light weight,
which is a great advantage.
now purple or plum red tailor
cloths, velvets, satin brocades and
Henriettas are exceedingly artistic
and beautiful, and very becoming to
either a blontle or a brunette with
color.
Waistbands are once more in favor.
Some new fall jackets are belted
around the waist or have a belt at tho
back. Short basques are universal
and finished with a belt made of
broad ribbon, of piece material or of
velvet or satin.
Wart Wimrtt Dying with Hin Secret.
Uncle John Pate, one of the last of
the race of aute-bellum negroes left in
this vicinity, is dying. He belonged
before the war to the Pate estate, and
is now 71 years of age. Uncle John
nie has always been considered oue of
the characters of the town. He was
a racehorse rider in his younger days,
and in a moment of frankness told a
white friend that he only "threw" one
race in his life, and he was paid to do
that. Uncle Johnnie has always been
looked upon with awe b" the other
colored people of the city. This is
because he bears a well-established
reputation as a "conjuror." It is a
matter ol' local tradition that when
Uncle Johnnie does a "wart talk"
those unsightly protuberances fade
away as the mt ig dew before the
sun.
Uncle Johnnie has always kept his
"wart talk" a secret. He says it was
transmitted to him by an ancestor.and
that it has been in the family since
Hain started in to colonizo Africa. He
will not accept money for his services
as a wart conjuror, and says that even
an expression of thanks will dispel the
charin. He promised to iiupa?t the
wart secret to some friend before ho
died and give the formula of "wart
talk," so that Cloverport should al
ways have a real, live "conjuror" to
conjure away its warts in au hour of
necessity, but, as Uncle Johnnie is de
lirious and nigh unto death, the chances
are that his secret will oe buried with
him, and that'ho will bethe last of tho
"conjurors." - Breckenridge (Ky.)
News.
A Kohl Denperndo.
Australian papers which have re
cently arrived in this country contain
columus about a stage hold-up sensa
tion which developed into a comedy.
The first report had it that a mail
coach in New South Wales was held
up, and that bushrangers had made a
big haul of checks aud posted orders.
Most of the passengers by the coach
lost their jewelry. Mounted police
were in hot pursuit and arrested a
man named James King. Then it
came out that there was only one rob
ber, who relieved tho passengers
while he had a dummy figure stand
ing by the fence. Moreover, ho held
np the coach with a toy pistol. The
police have found upon him five or six
caps of the sort that children use with
make-believe firearms, - N, X. Time?.
\
IFOR FARM ?ND GARDEN.}
Destroying: Ants' Nests.
If tlie aut hills ave not very large
the ants may be destroy eel by ponriug
boiling water over them, or better
still boiling tobacco tea, but the most
effective remedy is bisulphide of car
bon poured into holes, six inches
deep and two feet apart, filling in im
mediately after the liquid has been
poured in..
Cause of Sheep Scab.
Common sheep scab is caused by a
species of parasitic mites which are
larger than that kind which cause
Ecab on horses, cattle and other ani
mals, and is a distinct variety. This
parasite inhabits the- regions of the
body which are most thickly covered
with wool; that is, the back,the sides,
the rump and the shoulders. It is
the most serious in its effects upon the
sheep of any of the parasitic mites,
and it is the cause of the true body
scab. It is generally believed . by
sheep-raisers that there is ,but one
kind of sheep scab,but there are three
other form?, likewise caused by para
sitic mites. One of these is the sar
coptic scab, which is limited alraoet
entirely to the head. The second is
the symbiotic scab, which affects the
limbs and udder, while lastly is the
rare affection of the eyelid scab.
These forms of ?he disease appear to
be rare and of a mild nature compared
with the common body scab.
Foprthiff Apples to Cows.
We do not wonder that there is
strong prejudice against allowing
cows, and especially milch cows, to
eat apples. For the most part it is
well grounded. While it is possible
to give a mi'king cow a few dry apples
without drying up her milk percep
tibly, that is not the kind of apples
she usually gets. If the cow is in an
orchard where apples are fal^ng, she
runs every time she hears one drop
and eats it greedily, however wormy,
sour, green and bitter it may be. All
apples have some malic acid in them,
even including those that we call
"sweet." This malic acid,, together
with the tannin that is found in the
apple peel, and especi'Hy in green,
small apples, contra".s the cow's
stomach. If she eats much of such
fruit, it gives her the colic just as
surely as it does the small boy. The
cow's stomach was not made to digest
such stuff,and so.sure as it is put into
her stomach there is riot and rebellion.
Every one knows that giving vinegar
to cows, and rubbing her udder with
vinegar will dry her off. We believe
that allowing cows to eat many apples,
even if they are ripe, has a bad effect
ou their milk production. -American
Cultivator.
Clipping Wings.
Many hesitate to clip the wing on
account of an almost certain disfigure
ment that is likely to be the result.
If care it? taken in cutting, the wings
can be clipped iu such a manner that
finger of the arm tnax is norning tue
fowl. With the right baud take a
sharp pair of shears and cut the flight
fea chers, or the ones on tho outer side;
cut uutil you come to the natnral div
ision between the flight feathers and
the secondaries. The section . that
should be cut is technically known as
the "primaries." If the primaries are
cut as close to the flesh as possible
and the operator is careful not to .cut
over too far and get into the second
aries, the eflect will not be noticed
when the fowl is in its natural posi
tion. Except, in extreme cases this
will provo just as effective in restrain
ing high flyers as though the wing had
been practically cut eutirely away.
When this is not sufficient, which is
seldom the case, more clipping will be
necessary.-C. P. Reynolds in Orauge
Judd Former.
Variety of Feed for Hogs.
I know very well that pigs cannot
be entirely fed on corn wirb profit
until they, are finished, unless they
have grass. The past 'winter. I did
not remember it until I had relearned
it at some expense. January 15 I
weighed a bunch of July and Septem
ber shoats that had been full-fed on
corn from the time they begau to eat.
The first week I fed 7 bushels of oats
and 29 bushels corn, which produced
7 1-2 pounds of pork for each bnshel
fed. The second woek 2 bushel oats
and 18 bushels c mi produced 8 4-17
pounds for each bushel fed. The third
week 8 28-29 pounds, the fourth and
fifth weeks 6 7-8 poends. No oats
were fed the fourth and fifth . weeks.
I sold part of the hogs and turned
other?, out on a pasture ranee, as they
were not doing well. They had all
the corn they would eat, but always
seemed to want sometning they could
not get. Their stomachs were worn
out aud were in a line shape for dis
ease. I weighed 18 of the thriftiest,
principally barrows. The first week
they ate 2 bushels oats and 9 1-2
busbols corn, several buckets full of
salt and ashes and tv;o or three bushels
of partly decayed apples. 1 had
noticed them chase the hens for their
droppings. Takiug the hint I wheeled
out from the hen house several bushels
which they ate ravenously. This pro
duced "'S 8-11 pounds of por i for each
bushel of grain fed.
* This gain was so large I thought I
might Lave weighed the hogs at au
unfair time. The next week I made
the circumstances of weighing like the
previous week. The shoats showed a
gain of 12 1-2 pounds for each, bushel
of grain fed. Quite a .quantity of
ashes, apples and droppings were
given. After the hogs had eaten a
part of they would return at once to
corn. There aro certain elements in
these feeds that aid digestion. The
hogs I turned on pasture range and
gave a limited amount, of com have
made a great improvement.-J. B.
Martin in American Agriculturist.
Mn kinT tho Best of Corn Stalks.
Corn-cutting time never comes
around without making the writer
smile at the ideas which prevailed
among farmers when and where he-was
a boy. The first of corn cutting was
always "topping" it, so as to secure
fresh and green the top part of the
stalks with tbe tassel. This part-being
fine and small, it was supposed could
bc eatou better than the larger stalks
below the ear. Then, as all the val
uable part of the stalk wan supposed
to ba gathered, tba ears were left to
ripen ou the long.butts,and after they
were hushed stock was turned ia to
-'-"T
pick out what they could. AB by that
time frosts had cut; the leaves and
ruptured the stalks, they were then
of little more value than dry woody
fibre, as most of their juices had dried
out- Naturally enough, with only the
?upper third of the corn stalk saved aa
being worth keeping, corn stalks aa
food for stock were little thought of,
and not considered nearly as good tts
hay.
All this suddenly changed wheri
farmers began tho cut corn from the
field for soiling cows. Though they
broke off the ears of corn so as to not
make the food too rich, the cow al
ways seized the corn stalk, not by its
butt and still less by its tip. S!?e
would grasp the stalk with her tong*-**}
just where the ear was broken off,
draw it into her month and double ir
up, tuen' chewiug vigorously both ways
until the taste did not suit her, when
she would bite off a part of butts and
the tassel, aud let them drop ont of
her mouth on the grouud or in the
,manger. * If the stalk was not turned
to woody fibre at the butt, very little
of the lower part of it would bo thrown
out. The tassel and some part of the
stalk below it would, however, always
be left uueaton, thus expressing the
cow's practical judgment that this was
the "least valuable and least palatable
?part of the stock. . .
In eating corn stalks the cow knows
what is best for her. It behooves men
to leam from her if they would feed
her seusibly. Just at the time flint
corn begins to glaze, and most of its
substance is in the milky stage, the
stalk is sweet and full of juices down
to the root. But immediately after
thia the lower part of the stalk hard
ens. * That cuts off most of the sap
from the root, and the sooner after
this the corn is cut the better the
stalks will . be. Experiments have
shown, too, that if corn cutting is de
layed after this there is very little, if
any, gain iu the weight of grain. Tho
juices in the stalk and tue carbon
elaborated from the leaves continue to
fill ont the grain on the car, perhaps
not as well as they would bofore the
corn was cut, but enormously better
thau they could if the leaves or stalks
had been frostbitten.
The safest rule, therefore, is to cut
corn any time after the surface has
glazed, and especially if there seems
danger that frost will scorch and brown
the leaves, thus at once stoppug their
further use in helping to deposit starch
in the grain. "When corn has been
frostbitten before cutting the leaves
have their sap vessels ruptured, and
this poisons the sap, ofteu causing the
stalks to turn sour. Stalks thus in
jured cannot be kept in any way, ex
cept by cutting them and packing so
closely in tho silo that they will be ex
posed only to the fumes of carbonic
acid gas generated by their own de
composition. This is the principle of
the silo, and therefore there ida slight
ly sour taste to even the best-kept si
l?ge, and a very decidedly sour taste
to that which is put up badly.-Amer?
ican Cultivator. ,
] '.ir m and Garden No ton.
Sunlight and pure air are potent
elements in promoting health and
vin-nr in horses as well as other stock.
To get ijcot 1V.OUH3 wicu nens or
with chickens, they must have con
stant attention, a variety of food,
but not too much, and must bc fed at
regular times.
Soils containing much sand arc more
easily cultivated than others and are
called light. Bed color in some clays
is due to iron compounds, but the
brown and black colors are due to de
caying vegetation or humus.
Remember to inspect the water
privilege of tho fl ck most carefully;
if wooden troughs ni e used see that
they are sound and whole. Have them
scalded and purified with lime water
once a week, adding a few drops of re
fined carbolic acid.
The 6nccessful feeder will study the
wants of his cows just as much as the
successful caterer studies the tr.stes of
his customers. Ho will, give them
their food in ns palatable a condition
as possible, though not necessarily in
what may be termed a fancy style,
which would be impracticable.
?fl .vat ?ivers Ari Called Upon to Do.
All large vessels are now built of iron,
and. in order to keep np the requisite
spoe^, their bottoms need frequent
cleaning;also,should tho screw become
fouled or deranged, from various
causes, the diver can always put it in
working order. Should tho anchor
become fouled with the cable-chain of
another vessel, the diver can go down
and free it, and so avoid the loss of
the anchor. In many other cases a
diver supplied with the necessary out
fit may be instrumental in saving a
valuable vessel and cargo by repairing
leaks from collisions aud other acci
dents. Onr diver may also be employed
in the laying and inspection of moor
ing chains, the clearing.of dock-gates
aud sluice-valves, iu inspecting the
foundation of bridges, removing ob-,
structions in rivers, entering shafts of
mines overflowed with water to clear
the outlets, aud in the repairing of
the pumps. Should a well-pump
under water need repairing; a com
peter t diver understanding this branch
of engineering can accomplish tho re
pairs with ns much ease as though he
were on dry land. He can lay tubes
and pipes for waterworks under the
beds of rivers, enter into and repair
gas-holders, descend into dangerous
places where foul air and noxious
gasses have collected, suchas the fire
damp in mines or gases in old wells.
Of course a man undertaking such
work must not only be a good diver,
but he must also understand his trade
- engineei iug, masonry, rr>rpentry,
well-sinking or bridge building. In
open-sea work he must necessarily be
? good seaman. The sponge, pe^rl,
coral and nniber fisheries, as you may
imagine, demand the labors of a large
staff of expert divers.-James Cassidy
in St. Nicholas.
. Penal Irony.
Mr. Filigate of the Bombay jail de
partment seems to have in mind th?
Mikado's motto of making the punish
ment fit the crime, when, in the ab
sence of remunerative employment, he
turned the Deccar. ;;ang upon the phil
anthropic work o? :.:;i:ag impoverished
cultivators by digging new wells and
cleaning old ones. There is something
grimly humorous in the idea of em
ploying convicts on philanthropic la-.
bor, and wo eau imagine thc feelings
with which a seasoned old Deccan
daepit would prepare for cultivating
the land of the villagers wboni in ?iis
freebooting days he was wont to }oot
and, torture, -India Times.
REMEDY FOR HOG CHOLERA.
Dukcys Used Chiefly for Preparing the Im
mu?e Serum.
After exparimenta extending over
'period of twenty years, and the ex
penditure of many thousands of dollars
Ihe ?nited States Government is at
last combating successfully those
most pernicious diseases, hog cholera
and swine plague. The results ob
tained by the Bureau of Animal In
dustry of the Agricultural Depart
ment, especially during the last year,
have been highly satisfactory, and the
scientists who have devoted so much
time and labor to the work feel amply
repaid' for their efforts.
Thc discovery of a serum which
renders hogs immune from the ravag
2s of cholera and plague is an impor
tant one. It means a great de.?.l to
one of the foremost American Indus
. tries, and tho benefits arising from it
ar? almost incrjculable. The propa
gation of the serum requires the use
of many animals. At the experiment
station, where it is made, there are
donkeys, cows, calves, ,mu'es and
horses, all patiently submiting to the
process of inoculation and blood
drawing. Strange as it may appear,
not a single hog is used in making
the antitoxin lluid which is such it
blessing to his family. ?logs have not
been found well adapted to the pur
pose for which the Government uses
the other animals. Donkeys are thc
favorites with the 'experimenters.
The station at Betbssda, Md... eight
miles from Washington, is a unique
institution. On tbs well kept farm
there are dozens of horses and mules
that are strangers to the plow and
harness. There- arc cows wose days
for giving milk are over, and whose
lives, in thc eyes of the scientist, are
devoted to'higher objects. The ff arm is
presided over by Dr. Ernest * C.
Schroeder, a man who, although still
young, has made a name in the scien
tific world.
Dr. D. E Salmon. Chief of 1he
Bureau of Animal Industry, said a
few days ngo:
"Wc 'have used serum on 1,000 ani
mals this year and have saved over
80 per cent, of those treated. While
the treatment was going on observa
tions wore made of 1,100 hogs in other
herds not treated for the lack of
serum, and 80 per cent. died. Last
year the percentage of hogs saved
ont of 240 treated was 7r>, while in
oilier herds not treated 85 per cent,
died.
A Oncer Legacy.
A gentleman who died at Mons,
France, loft a legacy of .$3,000 to five
friends, tho money to be spent on din
ners served in different restaurants,
and at each meal a certain dish to be
eaten, and a certain wine of which he
was very fond, to be drunk. Further
more, his memory was to be toasted at
dessert,, the live companions were to
dine iu black clothes and gloves, and
enter the room preceded by a flag and
the music of an accordion.
Napoleon's Trees.
Napoleon's cabbage palm at Lono
_.o J:0
..uriiiniiy o">ened to thc pnbtic for the
href, time in forty renn. It lins been known
since the davs of the revolution as tho "76
Stonehouse.*' -
To Cute a Cold in Olin Doy.
Take Laxative Ilromo Quinino Tablet*. All
Druggists refund money if it falls to cure. 25c.
'An electric door mat lias been invented,
which rings abell as soon as any one stein
on it. tims makins it? safe to leavo the
doors open. _ ._
Kdnratc Your Bowels With Cascarete.
Candy Cathartic, ?"tro o in-.tl onion forov^r.
I0c,93c. if c. C. Ci faJUdrajrstitsrefund mbaof.
Itcost? the United Stat98&7.S0 each to sup
port the Dakota Iudinus
How's This?
Wo offer Uno Hundred Dollars Iteward for
pry!?fje of Catarrh Quit cannot ho cured by
Hall's Calan a Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & Co . Props.. Toledo, O'.
We. tho underslgn-d. have known F. J. Che
ney for tho Inst 1.") years, ar d beliovo him per
fectly lionorablo in all business transactions
and financially ablo to carry out any obliga
tion made by their Jinn. '
WKST A TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
WA unca; KIN-VAN & MABVIN, Wholesale Drug
gists. Toledo. Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing/llrei-tly upon th'' ldocd and mucous sur
faces of Hie system Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Hairs'Family Pills are tho best.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teotliiutr.softens thc ?runt?, re lucos i n fla rn m v
tion.allays pain.cnres wind colin. S-tX a brittle.
Many persons have thpir good
day and their bad day. Others
are about half sick all the time.
They have headache, backache,
and are restless and nervous.
Food does net taste good, and
the digestion is poor; the skin
is dry and sallow and disfigured
with pimples or eruptions;
sleep brings no rest and work
is a burden.
What is thc cause of all this?
Impure blood.
And the remedy?
It clears out the channels
through which poisons are
carried from the body. When
all impurities are removed from
the blood nature takes right hold
and completes the cure.
If there is constipation, take
Ayer's Pills. They awaken the
drowsy action of the liver; they
cure biliousness.
Welto /? oap DoctaPi
Wo iiavo tho csclnslvn snrvleeB of
some of tho most eminent physicians in
tho United Stated. Wrlto froely all tho
particular* lu your cuse. You will ro
celve a prompt reply, without cost.
Address, DR. J. C. AVER,
Lowell, Masa.
The vegetablls of which Ivor
fit it for many s.al uses for whi
unsatisfactory. J
?jtfekt, lin. lij n* Pjwter *
Climbfg Up^
GARRYTKG
ing, scrub
ate prodn
sofferingamo:
and prostrate
eases. The pe
is obligatory
ing is not. Tl
.dens mayeoo
' taie the trovl
will refrulate
restore the
proper cond
Regulator ir
dency to cor
BED-FAST FC
Gerstle'sfemale Panacea ins
wife or one of V tenants. She had bee)
medicine hnsled her and she is loud 1
Get thisfedicine from your d
send us $1.0t[n<i we will send you
L. QERS"j,E & CO., Props.,
Philippines.
.is simple In
'?astes. His
\nd short
ivariably
; HC US
.vears . on
nd: ?elds
_^jps Of
-vatxan. This is of
.?-^rt?t-tmcl?ne'y? and is impervior.o
to rain, and S^VJS passably well In
case of recd a, * helmet or a dish to
hold water or 'd. The women wear
a short loose j' .ot or camisa and the
saya, a pieced cloth wound around
the hips and?? corner tucked in at
Ihe waist to3^ure it. The woman's
ha.t ls made/? palm leaf or rattan,
but with a jfcad brim, so that.it
serves as anjnbrella in case of need.
I have seer two women sheltering
themselves j-der one hat as they
crossed the^reet in the rain. The
hat also sei s ns a basket.' and in the
market thpfomen display their fruits
or flowers r tish upon it. placed on
the groun before them. The Indian
governors/ the towns and their coun
cil of prinjpal men, when they attend
church to.ether or on other state oc
casions, .'.ear short coats of black
broaden'i over their shirts, which
still har over the trousers below, and
crowd ceir fCet into shoe.? of Euro
pean n&e. Many of the Indian wo
men o Manila wear low slippers ou
their bve feet. These arc too nar
row forthe whole foot, and the little
toe is 1ft to travel in thc mud out
side.- Scientific American.
If ls a Mistake.
To conclude that rne smallest room
in the, house is large enough to sleep
In. 1
To /.cep exposed to a draught at any
seasoj.
To/imagine that whatever remedr
ea; 0ne 'to. feel immediately better,
as icohpllc stimulants, for example,
ls g'od for the system without regard
to t?e after affects.
Tf eat as if you had only a minute
m,ybich to finish your meal, or to eat
w'tliout an appetite, or to continue aft
er I has been satisfied to gratify the
tafe
To give unnecessary time to a cer
tain established rule of housekeeping
^lien it could bc much more profita
bly spent iu rest and recreation.
To take off heavy underclothing be
cause you have become overheated.
To think that the more a person eats
the healthier and stronger he will be
come.
To believe that children can do as
,much work as grown people, and tiwi
the more they study the more tbsy
^learn.
To go to bed late at night and rise
ct daybreak and imagine that every
hour taken from sleep is an hour
gained.
To Imagine that if a little work or
exercise is good, violent or prolonged
exercise is better-"Weekly Banquet.
In Loudon there is a manufactory
|- In which every ' id of rare or anclen
coin is made.
Beauty Is Wood Heep.
Clean blool means a clean skin. X(
benuty without it. Cabarets, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood nnd keep it clean, bj
stirring up tho lazy liver and drlvincr all im
p j unties from the h?dy. Begin to-day t<
banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads
and that sickly bilious complexion by takinc
Mascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drup
?'sis. satisfaction jruarantecd, 10c, 23o. 50o.
floral cowardice is so common that you ma;
flaH it in the first man you meet.
P'r-o's Curr? is the medicine to break ir
oh ll? icn's Congou and Colds..-Mrs. M. C
BLU.NT. Spraye. Wash..March 8,1804.
STOPPED FREE
Permanently Cured
Inscnlty ?reuntcd by
DK. KLINE'S GREAT
SERVE RESTORER
_PoiltlTCBore for tl] Servent Di? tciut, nu, EpOfifr
Spaima and St. TUiu' l'une*. >-o 1 !u rr Ncrrcc?at??
iftcr tnt dtytnit. Treatise end S3 trial bottlo
freo tn fit p?Usnti, they j.Bj?n?oipr??i cflargnonlf
wo-.n rncelrrJ. Stud to l)r. Klint. Ltd, DrlleTO?
Institut? of Ucilclnc. wi Areli Et.. rM'.adeloaia. Pk.
'MEKT10flTHISPIPER.'5r?,,o-,AT<
Uiaers. AOTtt
Soap in the dainty
ss for the baby. Pure,
ke the Ivory, is the
n of the new-comer,
impurities that would
% before the mischief
y Soap is made, and its purity,
ch other soaps are unsafe and
Down Stairs
heavy burdens, washing, iron
ing and other laborious duties
ctive of nn enormous amount of
ng women who are ali ead j, weak
d by the ravages of female dis
rformance of these heavy labors
to many women, but the suffer
lis feature of the household bur- mA
n be removed if women will only SH
ble to learn how. Afew bottles of ~
FEflALE
?(O-.F.I3.)-*"?
all menstrual irregularities, and
entire female organism, to , its
?rion. Take St. Joseph's' Liver
i small doses if there is any ten
istipation or indigestion.
DR ? YEAR.
made a most wonderful cure on the
ivbed-fast for twelvemonths, but your
n herjpraises of same.
HIXON BROS.. Claiborne. Ala.
ruggist. If he does not keep it,
a bottle, all charges'paid.
Chattanooga, Tenn.
?? liave been troubled a ffreat deal
with a torpid 1 iver, which produce/ IMMPJJ
tton I found CASCAEET3 to be ali 5 JU ?ato
for them and secured such relief the drat trial,
tnat I Purchased another supply and wu? com
oletely cured. I shah ouly be too Riad to reo
13 r520 Susquehanna Ave.,'Philadelphia, Pa,
Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Good. Do
Good. Never Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe. 10c. 2Se.60c.
... , CURE CONSTIPATION. ...
Sterling Rrardj Cnmnsn^. ("Men pi. ?Iontr.nl. Kew 'iori. VO
Nfl-Tfl.RAP Sold and guaranteed bj all drug-.
n\lm l U'BriU 7lstfi to C17JSE Tobacco Hablfc
Malsby & Company,
39 S. Broad St., Atlanta, Ga.
Engines and Boilers
Steam Water Heater?, Steam Pumps and
Penberthy Injettorj.
Manufacturers and-Bealera in ?
&JA.-\7V MILLS,
Corn Mills/Feed Mills, Cotton Gin tfacbln
ery and Grain Separators.
SOLID and INSERTED Saws, Saw Teeth and
Locks. Knight's Patent Bogs, BlrdsallSaw
Mill und Engine Repairs, (iovcrnors, Grato
Bars and a full line of Mill Supplies. Price
nnU quality of poods guaranteed. Catalogue
free ny mentloulug this paper.
IS JUSTASCOOD FOR ADULTS.
WARRANTED. PRBCE50cts.
GALATIA, ILLS., NOT. IG, ?303.
Paris Medicine Co., St. Louis. Mo. .
GontlVm^:-Wo sold lost year, GOO bottles of
rnoVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC end have
b^o?Kht thVco (Tross already this year. In all our ex
Dorienco of H years. In tho drug business, bave
never sold an article tbatgavc such universal satt?
l-cuoa as your Tonic ^u^p. CAIiri & CO.
and Whiskey Habits
cured at home with
out "*aia. Book of par
ticulars sent FREE.
"JB.M.WO?LLF.Y.M.D.
Atlanta, ua. Office 104 N. P-ror St.
NEWDISCOVEBY; nive?
- qulckrelief and.curs* worst
casa-.. Sonrt for book' of testimonials and 10 days'
treatment Free. Dr.H.H.ORZEH-S 80S8. Atlast*.?%i
.VIT-ANTED-Case of han health that R I f* A N S
W will not bsneilt. Send 5 cts. to Bipaus Chemical
Co \WVork for 10 samples and mw testimoni?is.
?$K ? Pl S?'VS VG:U R E FOR . ^
^??IIMIB IM 11 ill I'III111 ll
CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. ,
Best Cough 8yrnp. Tastes Gvod. USO]
In time. Sold by druggists.
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