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The Uirden ff?y. In ft little village in Sussex, England, there is a veritable milky way of lilies, Mtiwiv vauuBimuN 01 waiw uimmiuii) bed their perfume and where women ' gardeners tend and pack nnd ship the fragrant products. Twenty-live years ? ago ft single lily bulb was given to Mrs. Bates, former's daughter, who tended the gift with the care women bestow on flowers, and when" sixteen bulbs had resulted from the origiuaL^one, and Mrs. Bates, 11 n ding that hcrchlTdren, as she called thorn, had outgrown . the sonny win dp w where they grow, he planted thein in the corner of tbn garden. Ten yefttw ago a daughter of Bs+ftfti wiuisinl hy the t.ntorpxisc of the time, sent kome blossoms to tbo London market, and now. in association with her sisters, lnts made the DntoH lilioa faiuoua fur their beauty ml perfection. Tho daughters are keen bind newt women, interviewing their buyors at tho Hix o'clock market. Belling without intcrfercneo of agent* to privato ciiKtomera, lloriats ami com(nisaioit tnereliantH. Tint average product in BOO doBetia a week, which nro packed by women in the garde tie. Women are taking up florieiiltnro to a conaiderablo extent in England, and nv liiu iiorieuiiurai t.oiicge iainiaeapo and kitchen gardening are taught by lecturea, donioiiKtratioiiH and praelieal work. Tt ia nn #intercrting fact tlrnt applications are received at theenlh-go foster than the women can ho trained. ?Prairie Pnrmor. A Papier.Moclio Hospital. Papicr-nu?cho, which can be compressed almost to the solidity of iron, promiaea to eoiuo into voguo mh a building material. A portable hospital large enough to neeouiliiodate twenty beda has been made of eoinpreHaed paper. Every part of the building in numbered, and tho whole can be j pneked up in Mich a way a* to be ear - j ried by three t ranafereiico trucks. . These trnek? are s.> planned as t<> form : tho bases of the hoapitnl, T-ahaped jidata of iron koenintr the foundation steadily in place. Over this coincs u ' flooring of compressed m11 I >ami -hed paper boards which adapt tlu'insrlvcH admirably t?? I In? wiiIIh "atirt refting arc of the Hnm?< material, . it . - - ?? -? ?- . Jl ?i vVi^m galvanized iron wire, connect llio parallel walla. Iloles art1 bored I?? twcon the walls ami the ceiling for purponcH of ventilation, ami the windows are nitule of wire gau/.c with a transparent coat ino. Such a building wonhl he of great service mi tropical countries, especially if in athlitioii to its lightness ami strength it can ho mudc lircproof. New York Telegram. . a? Wear Traiupielatr, on ITi.? soulTicaFf- 1 rrn coast of Imlia, then is a ..p.-eit a of fish which not only is ahlc to walk ou level ground but can cliiub ticca. M c t'lirr It a iu it re. No mailer of Iku\ loin; vinialiia*. Writ* lor trisi t tvalise, I est itiiAtiinK el., to S. .1. l"r ee ioT11' A ,;?wes-.,1 Th.m Co.. N. V. i i iu? Jl, i>j man, J 1.15, Hats Tor The summer or nearly every ) sort, ami as variously trimmed, arc to bo worn. Ami tlio moat extraordinary j combination of colors appears in tlia ! decOlatiuv. Mnicr persons are broken ilowa froia ?yer nOTKnr lionsohnlil cures. Ilruwn's Iron tatters rcimlliln ttio system, niil i ili iestloa, removes i>l ldlt\ ami rurrn in uiirlii. A splendid Ionic lor women and children. Kentucky lcmls tie- Southern State* in the product ion of tobacco, with a crop oi uzi.onu.ouu pounua. j. S. Parker. l<>i i?, N. V., kivs : "Slinll not tall nit yon for the tl'H reward, for I lielicvc Hall's ('atarrlt < iiiv w dt t lire any i a -eof catarrh. Wn.s tot Im<I." Write loni i-h partirolars. Sold l<y I tro^c-i Tlio first mention of tin* pipo orpnn in history is in coiineetion with Solomon's temple, where Qk\io wiia an or- I Kim with (en ini'eii. A wonderful Mmiiaeh eorii ilor I'cet ham's ] Tills. Hm'liaill'b lio nt Iters. eeitls a liox. The corporation of (lie city of Tjonfion lias voted a present of $12,o00 ua 1 n botrotluil present to Prince (Suorgo ami Princess May, ol 'L'cck. I.ndlon needing a (onlc, or children who want building tip, slot aid lake llrown's lout Bittern. It is plea-ant to lake, euro-. Malaria Indigent ion. tlitiousUcsa tool l.iwr 1 'oinplnilltrt, makes the Blood rielt and pure. Tin* Scotch herring fishery is now liO ^ieti'ienl ill tlic wotoi, coi|o?j'IU? 12,01)0 boats and 100,000 people. Hood^^lCur es *" I cordially reennittu-d llnod'- S,!i'-ni urilln i to all hiiiriTiu.; w ii 11 iiulMr.-t i<>ii. iminii c Mi.<iij, : i humors, Ions of npp -tlte, or run ilown.iir ut i of onlcr Keni-rally. It will Htir?-l>t /?? //? i ftou if I lu re is any I.? 11 Iiu ymi. I lui\iiml J I t a very nr< at Ii nelit fur maluri i, riiilN nmi fever, iiumiiiwiI i-m, kidney ruinii'iiiiii ami i- 1 Urrli, rreu ?r/??*t< I ? ???niilrffl nif/M**// Im-nruble." IlKNuy s. I-'iimkii. ii11 <?rCUgh, X. V. V H. It" -nr.- lu gel I In-id's. I I ?m.l - Pill- act t ii.iljy, >i'l |>i*< ?f ii | ( I % .m l t lUClcuily, on the liver iiii<! bowel*. Z* cent*. ?OITBE CUBED mtT/g.'.'ia-;. . MH6i828S86HBEUBti65*4| J/eny una iinnbn that *0 c3ii itpi tllo iii .-till i | BLOOD MISONl^'et^m'wv'.i'ro? . i cDCPIll TV I (laiUeolira end llive?UB * orEHBUI ! Hirali-iiurieiiuli lit jr. Our " "" ' '' <-neklint Iodide potassium, sanetp irilln or Hi>tB|iriiijt? fail, wo ' yntnuiteo a euro?unci our Sla.-la C jpliilono lalto only t thing Hiat willcuro p-TmanenCly. r >ltivo proof uont Sealed. froe Cook KlMBiur Co., C'htOJgo, 111. with Pastes, Knamels ( bands. Injure the Iron and hum red. ; The IllsliiK Sun Stovo Polish Li HrlllUnt, Odor- I h Iom, Durable, and tho consumer tiay* for do tin i or glass package with every purchase. I J( TI1E PICTURESQUE COWBOY THK FAJETW*?T. Rapid Dfr1ln?cf the Range RMlnfM thf Cau?f of Hh UlMpprarairf ?What He Was In III* Crime. ^ I ^HE rapid decline of the ran^e I tmaineaa of Wyoming Wgan .?-?1 - p yoart ago. Before thai it <m had" bee* of a character to tempt even the riph. At one time men paid two per cent, a month for money, j and in ado 100 per cent, proflta a year. I That waa when cows came np from | Texan nt a coat of $7 each, aold in two yearn for fJ'J, and in three yearn for 5?>' mm more, oiii-u Slit lan^ca were I not ovorntooked, the pantnrage wan good, mid nil the conditiona, including 'lioom" pricca nt the ntockyardn, wero favorable. The men who did the bent puahed into new territory an fant an the Indiana were crowded off, and kept limling new gra^n nnd plenty of it. Ibit the rinkH aoon came, and multiplied. If one man wan careful not to ovemtock n range, lie could not be Hiiro j Hint another run outfit wonl.l not ?1o I ho ori'i'iwlv where In' )in<l out hiH entile 1 iTieen fi ll, fcni'im rut ii|? thr rntigeH I ntnl m)ini otT the wnter, winter Ionkih | lieenme luuvier mid heavier, ntul the "k?hmI ..I.I ilnyn" of thin inhuman, ilcvil-iiinyrure, j.rimitive, nn<l cluinny Iminilii'hh i'llllio to nil cmT. Thr rr?wlK?r? of pieture ntul story exinteil in the hrilliniit ilnyn. At lirst they hwl cotiio from Texiw, hut in tin* zenith of thrir roiiiuiitii* K'"?ry tiny enini' from everywhere mnl from every rlii**. Tin y inI eliuli'il yntiii" Kn^liHliineii, relieve Irr.'nIiiliti h from tin- Knxt, well-horn A tmr iriitiH nil worti who <li<l not "ntriko Inek" at anything i Ihi1, mnl who were full of vim ntul love of nilvi lit lire. They f^ot n mouth ntul j^ooil k. i |. .hiring the printer part of I'lieli yelir. They ro.le ?ood horneM, I IiiiI lin.l iik miieli of tile ilevil ill them iin I In* "lioyn" t Iii^iincI ven. They lion^ht linml st^mpe.l Cheyenne niuhlleH ntul ('nliforiiin hit* thnt were iin orunte tie jewelry, mnl f-tuek their feet hi prnml |.i|no|eroH, <*r lioo.le.l NtirrupH, riehly oi iiiiliient. >1, |nehie.I with hiniliV wool, mi.I etteli us loo iin ii tire-lint. Their i "i* v?v t.,r uruii.l.'i'H, tU.ii I l'i;< I.r.iii.I fell sonihr. r<?n eont more tlum the l'riuee of Wulen ever pniil for n | lot-hut. Ami then, iiIiin! the row-men hepntt j to economize in men. foo.l, wneen? ! very tiling. The l.ent ?>f tin-ohlkirul <>l Cottl.oVH, who III. I not lieeollie own . . r. H| |< Ml III || ||, Mlllllltl Kl I pCl'S ! ! , giiinhhrs, nr 11iiiI not In en hIiiif. drifted away. Homo nf tin- smartest among | t h< m hecnnir "instills" t Imse outth i tliii vi'h \v)iiis?i i|i |>rniutimis resulted in ' what iiliiiust I'unie tu In" a war in Wy- ' ? ??iii ' ln'-t Tlmy in-i-ted tlint tIn \ linil tn 111 it to l'\i'. I i mil tie* cnwhov standpoint it who ' ' Hill' fiT till* ll||i-il|l'SH tl> llltlglllsh. Inwiis wi ri* springing up every Iiitii ninl there, i Hi'li with its ordinance that i'iimIiiiVh must take otY their side-linns ln'fnri* t hoy I'litcrnl 11m v i I luges ; wii^i h were low down; limn had to curt Imy ninl lump it iiroiiuil for winter food ; hi' tth'IN fi'iii'i'd iii tho HtronuiH, and otlmrN stood guard ovit them w itli I'io.n t fio~H?Rii"d-|)dtnt of N iimti'i'iith Century civilization tlio i iimn I'om'liiHion wim reached ? tho range business wiih mi obstruction to civili/.ntion. a bar to tlio development of the State, a tiling only to ho tolerated in a imw and wild country. And now I am assured that there is not an intelligent cow imin who does not knew that the hiisiness is doomed iu Wyoming, ami that the last free-roving herds must move on. There is not olio who does not know that small huiichea of cattle, held in connection with agriculture, must take the places of tho inline eattle, heeause hotter grades of cuttle eaii he hred, hotter meat can ho produced, nil risks will nearly disappear, and the expenses of the euro of | tin- cattle will not he a tithe of those I of the old plan. Julian Ihilph, in i Harper's Magazine. The Hazard ol" Whale Fishing. It seems astonishing that men should he willing to adopt so hazardous a method of irettillLT a liviin/ as wlinliior *-? ?r-? r? "n i is nowadays in tlio fur northern waters i>f itiriic Alaska. tini. (hi' i inkn oo uoi deter the bold hunters from pursuing j these si1111>11>Ie mammals into the most 1 remote accessible regions of otermil iee. Annually they follow the whales around Hie most northern extremity of the Aineriean continent, ami some \ esse Is have even ventnreil to pass tho winter in the Arctic Ocean. The value of the lishcr\ eonsists not so much in the oil taken as in the whalehone, which is obtained from the month of I lie animal. Tins is worth from #4. AO to a poiiml. The product ef a fair i/.ed how head w hale at present prices will fetch about rfSIMIP. A good sized whale weighs lf>0 tons, and yielda about 2IMMI pounds of whalebone. His tongue js lifteen feet long, eight feet thick and iiivtu' twvlisw barrels of oif. Ills open uioiith is from fifteen to twenty f? < t i%? lonn. The blubber forms a coat around him from ten to twentytwo inches thick. It is four feet from t iie outside of the body to his heart. Mid the lutter organ is 21t> cubic feet in size. His brains will till a barrel. \ few years ago whales were plentiful mi the North Pacific, Bering and I'shkosh sens. The steady pursuit of I hem has driven them into the Aretio I lectin, w here they try in vain to find ii afe refuge in the ice. In 1S52 tho whaling fleet ot the Pacific comprised 27s vessels, IIlid the villlle of till! catch i. as $1 I.OOO.OIHt. That was probably til# most profitable y<'?r of the industry in those wr.lcrs. Since then it has ilecrcased, until in IH?>2 the value of the catrh was less than #800,000. At present there arc only about fifty ves" Is enpuped in the business yearly, he whalilip ships ale manned on tho o-operativc plan. The men instead roceivinp regular v.ages pet a pern'agy ?>f tho profits. - \\ usliiijglou lar. ^ It would be inti-reatinp to know t>OV.* I he word *'1.<\," which is the eharcteri tie name of many small islands in the Spaniali-American waters, should nve crept, so far north as the coast of Sew Jersey, where it js found in Key .'ast and Key West. The word is from lie same root as quay, and it appeara onio hundreds of times between KlorJu and the coast of South America. . "Kulalie" monriM "good (itlker." cloth" ih a cotton ilrnw mnterinl tlmt closcljr rrwiuhlcH bctl> ticking. In her trmiHlHtoil lxtok TaIv Colin ivnjiiK'ii kavi mat KiMing rums tin Complexion. - *8uMi O. Jout m, n mulatto, ** Hinh mood, Vx, 1iM been licenced to practice medicine. ( Miw Amelio leirr in gwid to make from $10,noo to ?10,000 a jf?i from Lor litrrirj work. Mrs. Kill* Wheeler Wilcox wi'?ri< n tlinmh ring mill uscx five quurtb of in11k to one complexion bnth. lo I ns II jikuiH rniversity decided to confer tlie title I'll. I>. upon Miss Florence Hoscoiii. ii Mussxehusctts girl. Mnrm I'm, Dowager ttiiei ii of t'ortugiil, in n i.'rcnt sportsw<>1111111 hiuI one ! of the liest \%oinii 11 shots in Kuropc; *rr.. {.v......... w 41..r.i^ tljy r ! mice advocate, will prolong her stay I abroad till Sepb iwhei oil account of 1 Iter health llisteml of n delude of rice n shower { of rose leaves is now the j iop? r caper. I I flfl't it is ? fnr fiftoitler rtnti filettlei I way of wishing good lin k. Miki; Clnru Itanium recently nil- j i dressed the .Matlieinnticni Cluh ol | Yale, iiiul rend In r paper 0:1 the "Ilia- j tore of the Infinite Sern s." A Mrs. I'erkms, of Missouri, has (folic extensively llit til* farming husi- j licsN ii< N> w M< \ie<>. Sh> is said to j t own the Inrcest farm i:i the territory. I |>oetoi Mary Spipk, of Indianapolis, I j IipI., was npp>>ilit I a inciiiher of the ! State Hoard of Ch.iritiis hy the tlov- i ertior to : met id Mr., t'. \V. Fair- ! ; bunks. When t^ueen Victoria travels hy rail 1 th < speed of the royal train >s reduced j to twenty tlve miles an hour, so that ' her majesty's sluml'i rs may not ho I disturbed. I Miss Charlotte M. Votige is now I three score anil t. n mid has written ' j far more than the same number of hooks. SJic began novel writing when j bhe was t wenty . F.dna I.yall. w hose stories hnv -imtdo j her famous on hoth --i?I s of the Atliin- j tie, is in reality mimed Ada Kllen j Jtagly. SIp i- dtsepd * <I ns having 11 1 line completion ami lovely eyes. Mine. Madeline l.emtiire ami Mile. Iheslaii, wlio an serving on the jury of the salon of the Champ do Mars, 1'uris, ?re tip tirst vvoiiieii who have liehl that position in any t-nloii. Mrs. M in lei i lie \ niton I hililgrcn has in the dining room of her house in Washington tin-mil 1 or used hy Dolly Madison 111 the White limine anil after ward in her own home a* long iim she lived. j Prohuhlv l!? only woman oiiHtoniH broker iu this or any other country im HiiIiIh (irnscr of *('iuciniiuti. She is only twenty-one yearn of age, hut already thyroidrols a lari/e and nrotit- | Pet dogs arc lieiug dyed so as to liarinoiii/.e with the color of the Indies' | boudoir. They are dressed iu tailor made clot In s. 'The fashionable color- | ing for a Hi'inll white poodle is two shades of\io|et. IMth. Philip Newniiin, of liondon, is the only woman designer and jeweler iu all Kitglniid. ' -la' is said to haverereived at one time an olVer from Tiftaiiy to come over and do certain dosigning for him. Mrs. Nettie (liven, who is worth Some $-10,11110,000, d? flares that she would liUe to he n society woman ii she had time. Iteing rather destitute in that respect, she prefers to eouvert what time r-lie has into money. A cra/.n for hlaek satin tins developed. tShiiiy or dull satin, so it ig hlaek, is all right as whole dresses, or as parts of costumes, also as trimmings, iu fact in any way to suit the | fancy. Illtick satin evening gowns uro quite the thin}?. A New York aneiitv lady who recentlv had nine new dresses sent home mini, in reply to the impi iry, "How iniu'h does your wardrobe cost- yon eneh yearV "Six thousaml dollars: and I ill>11 i spend iis iiiUCli us lois yj women I know." iMrs. Cleveland's taster; in jewelry are very simple. Although she ownt a nuiniier of ring's, she rarely wears any exeept her wedding rin^. \ favorite ornament on ilress oeeasious is ? lieantifnl iliamoinl star, whieh was one of her wedding ^ifts. Carolina liyder Morrill, a wealthy vonii" willow of t'hiea^o, ilieil recently. ami her will ilireets that her estate, valued at $t."?00,ll00, shall lie divided equally between her two ehihlren ami Lewis S. l'crry. Mr. I'erry ua* a suitor whom she was to ha\e married in the fall. in Finland more than in all other countries, women enter into the business of life. Thev are clerks ihu-t.,ru dentist, builders, managers of small companies, and bank cashiers. For tlie latter oilicc they are especially nought, on accouut ol tlicir reputation t'oi honesty. Two women doctors in Tfuflalo, N. Y., Doctor Lillian luuulall ami Doctor Mary (Iroene, have founded a hospital for the medical and surgical 1 reat ment ol women, that they may take a more prominent part in operations than women physicians are allowed to take in hospitals. Mrs. Ktrannhan, of ProokJyn, who has served on several World' Fair Committees, says that sho is particularly interested in the portable kitchen which Jias recently been sent on to Chicago and in which .Miss Carson' will give dntiy demonstrations in sanitary and scientific cooking. In Antwerp two women have just beei\ appointed assistant clerks of the ernirf r?f eiv?l enees uliilo in Sv.'tfdfJl ami Denmark the masculine reporters of the press gallery of the National Legislature have been replaced by women. The official stenographer of the lower house of the Danish Parliament ia a Miss Orundtvig. A novel outing suit is in dark blue serge with d? cp cream satin vest and gilt buttons. lb vers of the sat hi are placed over revers of serge, and a collar of both materials iu placed et tho '"V t neck, while ft /uTffflftrl of bine ner| Iiim two 1?4? otf tp name materia edged with ptpingii fir aatin, and gi l.llt ... . ?. ward the aide. Oito of the wonidt in Wanhingto distinguished for intolJectaal giftn ; Mink NYwwomh MoGee, daughter of tii not* d tudrnuonier, who ban the honor c lieing the aecoud woman elects I a fello of the Auierienu Association for the Ac enticement of Hci< noe, and alao a men Imt of the Anthropological Societj She wi?h gra< hinted, in medicine iroi tie Columbian UnijreraitT, and in no nt nork in the John* I! opt inn Hoepita The Sovfrty Money. Tn t\? of New Yuri there ut fi)jC,00O,OOO defionited It; I women. m.'. For a typiew^GBpeno in a woman' suMtign batik, that* is, a l>ntik in whirl the depositors are women, one nwil hut step into the Emigrant, in Cham hers ntrt'oi Women can hmvq wla r men see only ruin before them. Tin ! choeNi paring i* done at hon'.e. am here tin videucosof thrift ami ecoiioni; amount ho women of New York i? ine.ni feated. Hour afUr hour, during haul t ..at. 1. ? ? e ? ? ?* r> ?u?-<4]u a*? ?%? ""J "MW"' * net in life's aerial and educations I scale, intent on kmttipg ?wuy theii I i|nll*r? fnf ji^on?l ruinv day. Nor rdia<il4j9MMttikj*Ved that wo men do tity. kan^^^o do 1iu*in< M I ' ' NW (luit'XHHpn the routine Tepi' out, s^uiii; | nid indorsing e]pH^OTUl all the rest etui tints it is thatTtbc}- give the lnrg< corps of clerks little or no trouble. Mhiiv women save money stealthily for the purpose of buying a home helping along the little ones with ? lender but constantly growing fund ml for a thousand and one humat i tsoii , nieli as women liest under land ntid most williuirly lend them lv?s to, no matter what the saerilieo. h re are thou amis or wonu u in tin , so lii.- ledgers ill ii>n big banking h utse* t how, who, like the veiierabh l '< t r ('ooper, in ver all. ?\\ ? day te .' s < \. i tlu-ir l^ads without suvinc ?rm thing, even il it lie only a ilinie! Ill the so-e- 'Jed illli?> woiivm, <\e 1 to: , eoimt'tni good perecntng* tlm ) stroll , pi seldom are tludi i?\i i i i o'11 r11 . s,nbove a dollar, ami "l.'iui they nre/'fthulf dollar. For il I>\ i-ueli mites in these that tin ii-iiig t'oittines art) Intihhal. And la st ! all women know how to accomplish !m i iel, ii in I will doit when a mat Will fail. "As long as n year ago," said oik ashier, "a number of working girls it Nov, York eaiuc to this bank and opetierl men i nits. Abu eg row better acquainted, week after week, the secret was gradu illy confided that the little funds weri to he used to vitit the World's Fair. Ml these weeks these girls have boei laying by a dothit, two dollars, n half lollar; whatevcrwtey heretofore speu lor bonbons, gumdmps or gim-i'raeks Will they go tfc the Fair? Well, wish you eould fee their smiling fare | wlnui they kiiutf for certain 1 hat tie ml has lieou well nigh l'enehed. Yes I In'v will go iosjvu Fair, ami have i good limoutoo, IIDtoll you there is ik ).if liku u wwMpVniivo."?Now Yuri frightful Slatig it?? " of tiain? IHnl? A clipping i*< m a Texas paper an iioiincea that at) oHlcial of one of 1h I'miliandlo couj ties of that Stale ha made a contra* t with a Kansas Oil linn to deliver 80,OOO dozen prairi chickens within tlio next live nioutln These lords, it is said, are to lie sen to t'liiea;;o to fill a contract made wit parties in that oity, ho that Cliieag may have a supply of these hens dm ilie; the whole time ,of the World Fair. It is hard to imagine that 800, IIIM prairie ehiekens eould ho delii ered l?y any one contractor, Imt it i certainly worth tlio while of the ai Ihorilies of Texas to iuvuntigatu thi i mtter and to endeavor to protect th hirds that still exist in the Lone ttta I tit de. The pfiuno of Texas, like that i oilier plains States, has been ruthless! slaughtered, and to-day there is littl of it leit in comparison with wlm I here use.I to bo. This little should ! < preserved by every legitimate mean-. I iii- ilohiriu'linii of ttiu prairie rliioktover so large a portion of tin- territor where it was oner enormously alnni I iliint is still fri'iih in tin- public iniin This is oiio of the birds w hoso e> li-niiiiiiitioii ovi-r a vast. torritory In been i-oiiipli'to, and unlessmeasures ft its preservation are soon taken in hoi lions wln re it still exists, it aeon likely that in the course of a few yeai it will stand in the same position no occupied S?y its relative, the heath lie i Naiishon ; that is, may exist only i litt In colonies which arc always ?rov iiu; fewer in numbers and are spccilil l-i die out.?Forest and Stream. A Remarkable Ancient Monument. The St inehcngo, one of the moat r< niarkublu of tf.owioiont monuments o the Hriti#h Inwa, is situated on tl Salisbury 1'laii), about three niih from the villapfg of Amesbury. It !i? at the eon junction of two roads, su rounded by a bank and ditch, und isr much of a puzzle for the antitpiariai of to-day as it was for those who car 111 ly surveyed and examined it a thoi sand years ago. When perfect it eoi sisted of thirty lingo upright stone varying in size and form, those at tl entrance being thirteen feet high, an some of the others eighteen feet. Tin all averaged sixteen feet in height, tl majority of them being nix foot sqiuir 'J'lioso upright stones wore joined t< got her by others at the top, these la lying horizontally, liko tho lintels of doorpost, nn<1 oaoh about twolvo fo? long. Tho whoflh nuulou hugo oirouh ongo, tho u so of which can only boooi joetnrod. At exaetly8.il foot frointh oirolo of largo Btoiics is an inner 01 composed of forty stones, standing o end, but much smaller than those < the ante riug. It is supposed thatth .-.(metnrc was a Druidish temple.?S I.ouis lie public. Don't Deeeiie the fhlltlwi. Beware of trying to deceive children How often must parents be taught thi lesson ? "Why, mamma, you've got a gra hair in your hang!" "Yes, dear. That eamo because vo were so naughty yesterday." "Oli, mamma, what a naughty lilt! girl von must have been to grsiulma All her hairs aro gray."?Demurest' Monthly. f ?FAIKS WITHIN THE FAI It nn?r??Qrn?i? " >??!ttti u*rrwn END AT THE KX^ONilTON. D il Kvrrylliina on HhIp From Tens l< Tvli-itfujip l.niKfd The (>ruun >1 Idiinl Tliiekly Willi (Souths. J ONCKSHIONAlHEH havo ? I / turned mi riy:111h at 1 '* V * _/ Fair it wmild Ik1 possible fol r* baby to enter the grounds M all bin lunigrriii'w of garb mid c??i J? : out array oil like the ilnjub of Joroye , i'/iko by minmi r*olt|in?s touch Iii'h bni ! ness of birth might he changed il lay t<i I hat of am1. Kvery possil want of human nature from tlu> erni t lit till* (*nrtin I;*'." b??,?|l (lilt iciout, 7 'there Js not a thill;; litisninfrom b< 1 ties for tho nurslings to crutclitH i * the deer- pit. '' '1 here arc snf? tv pin* in tho Wonmi 1 budding ami St. Peter's domes in t machinery : wormy (mk'ihiiih for t ? bilk industries in tho Mannfaetui " lb II ami flies in the fisheries ; tin ' ' hies ami towels ami mat< ho, ov< f shoes, straw hats ami huiidkercliiel ' KilYel towers, Solomon's temples a * I baked elaniH; Inee, balloons a 1 . miernseopes; Shakespeare's Iuhim ' buttermilk ami (tenants; last nti 1 i naked A|hiIIoh ami eotbni bales; bru I made while yon wait, liltio (>rotio-< Cupris and eider; song-books, cigi * : ettcs and buns; suspenders, can en ? ' ' eushioas; ti<lies,s?ieka ami ancient >lei ^ ^..i........ ...o n.i...i.i..?. .. i inkstands; pop-corn, spoons and hn i brushes; book murks, k'litliorwork a ' relics of I,a ltubidn, ^itm and nttur roses; Columbus, kiuctographs a > lemonade. 1 | There is plenty of perfumery ! slots e.inl mi abundance of grapl 1 i phones; knit mulllcrs, linen scurfs u | fountain pens; mud tiles, pboi | graphs ami magnets: Santa Mitrii | J'iut.is ami eanily apples; Ceylon tei ' Japan sweets ami photographs of Mi ! ! tana; spring water, telescope lens ! ami lavender seeds ; guides, eigars a ' I Venetian mugs; shines, chocolate a j puzzles; liberty bells, elevator rii and gla>H bidls; llruziliuu curios, ? pies and swims; llowt r pots, uiubr las and doughnuts; underwear, jew ry and glue; cocoa, whale ships a . sunt I' boxes, stenographers and w pins; cactus plants, tintypes and t Daily Columbian; photos of the Dn 1 I of Veragua, canes and dolls; co 1 | books, baby food and East Illdi 1 I carvings and so on ad lib. Corporations, individuals and co 5 | panics havo bid actively for tin: pri J lege of supplying these articles. Tli did not hesitate to contract to pay t ' exposition management one-fourth their gross receipts, knowing full w that this share would bo added to t ' . price or tin- quantity or quality 1 diioed proportionately, or udvuuta; taken of tIn? willingness of visitors pay exposition rates. Most of t j concession articles are not aiuon^ t Ucccssities of life, liufc aro devised H the belief that Itanium was right wli " lie declared that people were happy ' being humbugged. Anyone who In a brass jneilel labeled "souvenir" ?l< ^ so because ho wants to, ami wanting ho should bo given an opportune T hi v c.luu?. who. I ins his name spun in ' is not a victim, or if he is he isa willi i- one. Ho who enjoys the mysteries o electricity likes to buy a useless trinl is luade by it and the money he pays y does not regret. Thus at every tt c is found a stand with some sort of e? i. trivauee which that sort of a visi it wants. h The concessionaires come from cv? o land, and the chronic grumbler \v complains at the numberless devices 's get money run lay no blame to Ann can cupidity. Many French names the lists show that the I'aris fair p is pie hope to replenish their fortui t- here, and Austrian firms call to mi is that Vienna once had an expositii e The Mexieans also want to peddle a r tho men from Venice have knickkmu to catch willing eyes and open purs >f Tho Eskimos know how to drive g< y bargains for bits of arctic relics, n o tho Turks show the shrewdness of th ,t thrifty neighbors from Jerusalo 0 The Javanese and Singhalese and i. anieso are ready for people who wf u their wares?all as busy alter golil y the famous money-coining Yank l- I No taste lias been overlooked, no I 1. | left without its salve and no tomfool* l- I which has not a stand where it can is I cultivated. >r Stands supplying the articles nan - arc copiously distributed about is grounds and buildings. A long 1 rs of them is in front of Machinery lb w until its majestic proportions i u portals, with the lake washing el n to its base, is largely damaged in r- wonderful appearance. The lo y voiced hawkers who so annoyed peo during the lirst days have been silem and now the petty wares are thrust obtrusively into all pusst faces. " Itesides these articles of vertn, r clothing, food and otherw ise mcntioi ^ above, Midway has some several h " ilred contrivances of amusement wh people get more fun than their mm pays for. There are Turkish theat and Chinese dramas, Dahomey dm with dreadful dances and nitinz a, J j with striking peculiarities, drinks I all the laniruaires of the old world i 1 jinicerueks from every corner. rJ number fi 1 1r mnnv pages, each ent j prise contributing money to tire position?11 quarter on each ?lol % The bureau of concessions has speetors, so that any extortion or tempts to make the unwilling buj 'I will be regulated.?Chicago lleralil a l.eiaun Culture. ir Ijotnons always bring gooil prir II* and there is a i-teadilv increasing is inatid for tItem. Florida claims the ] 10 emiuetiee over the whole world >n their production. Little is knowi >f their origin, and civilization has o is been aequainted with them a few c t. turies, but it is thought that (Yn India was their home. Meditorran orehardists have begun to realize I'io'it lii tiiCli | i o( it let l? 'ii, Aim ill i I. sequence have been eultivatillff the! 8 tbe exclusion of the orange. Floi gr<avers are doing r he same. ? Ainerr y Farmer. One of tho most ingenious jnei New Knglaiel writes his 1. ft rs in 'j ordinary handwriting, ami tic n s thern in a backhanded : t s le so n inako his eorrespomletit i think makes use. of a stenographer. V, p A mranjc* marirj. ** Of the many strange ways of l>cstowing charity which owe their origin to rrr ILw w^~l: ;c tcrt= tors there ure few more peculiar than fhat which takes place at the Priory to Church, West Hinithfield, every Good itl? Friday. This is the Money Dole. On that day tweuty-ouo widows might j have been aeeu picking up sixpences from n tombstone. This singular cub* H torn has been observed for so many years that the nctual date of its inception ia forgotten. Even tho name of^ tho benefactor is unknow n. A1 It is stated that u num. of money was | J t originally . h#ft *?< a lady >to provide 1 l( masses each year for the repose of he* J soul, but when tho Deformation i I dawned the trustees were puzzled how ^ i?> V.U11 T mil nit' m:ij?vni w l?UMl(V mtning huatilc criticism. Eventually ttiey "r resolved to distribute tho interest which ueerued each year from tho j ^ fuml to a certain iiuuihor of poor Nvidia > own, who should ho obliged to kucel over tho tomb, and pick up tho money from tho stone which covered it. Iu this wuv it whs hoped that tho recipients would involuntarily oiler a prayer Ii(j for tic welfare of her sold. Another dihicuitv, however, arose in " th. f.ivt tli. t tho ef th" "ht:rh in I ' which the lady had boon buried had .* boon dt inoli*-hed, and tho sito con* verted into a nixeyard. I'ttorly Uliable to decide w here tlio lady actually tad W1?s buried, tho trustees selected a . rude, unh'Tb i 1 grave: bum in the < j churchyard, and upon this slab tho 1 j money was placed lor tho women euj titled to receive it. About tho end of I tij the last century the fund which supd ported ill" charity was diverted, and since that time tit" custom has been j maintained by the generous douatious ( of wealthy people who are unwilling I)(j that such a quaint eharitv should bo |(( diocoutiuiied. 'l'h" Million. is, How to Lighten a Hard Tasft, i l,s? l?id you ex? r have a hard task set ^ ,n* yon, to widen ymi looked forward with i L'0> dread, and a d< terminat ion to put oiT ' M,l (he eoinmeueement of it a long as pos- 1 "d bible? An d dul von i m r !iud out that < '*'* this latt. r mur e was the very way in 1 p" which to add to iis bunh nvoiuem ss? < *d The reason for this is plain enough. ' id- It only gives yoit longer time in which 1 nd to do t h" dreading. And alter all, this t iro is the wnisl purl oT the work. The 1 ho looking forward to it, the thinking i k<? that it isitdl all to do. This is what < ok makes the bugbear id' u d illicit It job. 1 an Set to aorlv I rnu lv, with adetermitinlion to do your brsl, and you will in- Hud that a g<-oil pa it of 1 lie unpleasant- ^ vi- uesa of the ta \ It::1, vanished.?Argosy. ey > of 5 |v Vb Da % 1U Z Aftsfbu/TEtt to W ?riL>|" All othei baking powder l,f'? ! iesi Uu'let! St itc:s ( -over iiui -ii >n. i . ii .< 1 > the Roynl i<i boiii nil ''i!i ^eo 'mllelin ) j, Clicmitvil 1 >i vision u cs. nul S 'August . lilt ^ us -gr-flis 9 1 IM' il tr\\;v.7 ^ A' JL<Uf VVC? 1 ',e "One t;t" my neighbors, Mr. John I (filbert, has livt.ii side lor a long time. All thouy.hl him past recovery. i . ' l ie was h.n i ibly cmaciatcil from the 1110 ,11 "su'l1 >m . t Ins liver ami kidneys. . uul i I is (lilli. :i!t I ? describe his appear- I OSl, .-.'.ico aa 1 the miserable state of his itn b altli . ' that time. Ilelp lioiu any u,j. :o?rce see UK d impossible. He tried pi,. y.Mir An mi l I'lo-.ver i;ud the cfleet I wd v :i Li i \. .i . m ; seal. It restored not Itiiu t-) perfect health to the gieat i r?' astonishment if hi> family and friends." Je>lm Ouibell, llolt, Out <e? i irt, ieil ~ ' i ?? **MOTHERS* !' uoy ri'H b 1 ?. , x > d lies fa &i i ^ i-3 mis ?i:i WM I'll*: CtiO 3fi iifo uaod [CT- JjxO'Tl'.tix I t:' ' lior Hard ilJin .,ii lit, i.ikI i i " itl'.l Hvt bo i," vitUov.t it lor Ltue*.: -i.;? ' I U . :o. >. Miiii.0. Hint Sent bvo4i? 'd'lMlwb* | 'era 1 iM-f-.ot-i-i.t? nc <;>>? i: AYLAlJT.lj <J*. 11,1 9 C5*S:-id 6c. in stimpj tor ioopxgel I illustrated oulo^cc cf I.cycle*, guoa, S U at.d rportlnjj good* of every description. 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Syrup of Figs is for sale by all druggists in 50c and $1 hnttles, but it is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if ollercd. How to Secure Confidence. This from an authority: "Don't isk questions, don't mention names, listen occasionally, ancl you will Unci yourself a society favorite." The liiHfc "don't" seems to have boon most correctly placed. Theie is nothing which ?""" jreates a pleasanter impression, and which really leads to the most complete jonlidence than the tact which listens jyni pathetically to all a companion will say, but never probes deeper by in impulsive interrogation. One lenrna to trust such an acquaintaee, and feels in her company a peculiar senso of so^ mrity that is very satisfying.?Brook-. * yn Citizen. 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