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A Bee.Sting Theory. j It is a fact uot generally known, Bays a correspondent of Heicnoe, that g if one holds his breath, wasps, bees and hornets can be bundled with impunity. The skin becomes sting-proof, ] and holding the iuseet by the feet uud giving her full liberty of action, you can see hor drive her weapon ugniust the impenetrable surface with ft force which lifts her body tit every stroke, but let the smallest quantity of air escape from the lungs and the sting will penetrate at once. I have never seen an exception to this in twenty-live ' years' observation. 1 have taught young ladies with very delicate hands to astonish their Iriends by the performance of this ? . t, and 1 saw one so severely stung as to require the scr vices <?f h physic in: i through laughing at a witty rcimirli of her sister, forge ting that laughing required breath. For a theory in explanation, I am led to believe that holding the breath Kiartially elose the pores of the skin, ly experiment > 11 that direction have not been exact enough to be of any scientific valic. t>ut I am satislled that it very sensibly all'eetsthe amount ol insensible pel spi ration. Ten Ways el Doing (Jeeil. There are ten things for which no one lma yet been sorry?for doing good to oil; for speaking evil of none ; for hearing before judging , tor thinking before speaking; for holding an angry tongue; for being kind to the distressed; for asking pardon for ail wrongs? for being patient toward everybody, for stopping the ears of tale-bearers" for disbelieving ill reports,?Housewife. We Cure Itupnire. No matter of Low long standing. Write for fr?e treatise, testimonials, etc., to H. ,t. flollensM ortli ?V Co., Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y l*riee ?1; by mail, fl.i'i. Khpkr. of I'hiladclphtn, Is enn.si I to.! ono Of the wildest pitchers iu the 1,-a :uc. For Ilysjiep-ia, Indigestion ami Hlomaeh disorders, n-e brown's Iron hitters the best Tonic. It rebuilds lhe h nod and strengthens the mnseb-s. A splendid uied:eino for w? ak ud dobilitati d persona Catuokh Rokixsos new captains the l)aIt 1norca. "I can heartily say to any young man 1 who is wanting good employment, work for I .lonnson ?V Co., follow their instructions ntnl yon will nui'mil." So writes an agent of 1$. ! ', Johnson & Co.. Kichinotid, Ya., ninl (lint's the way all of their men talk. Tiik Now York Club lias engaged Catcher Uitligan, into of Baltimore. F. It.Walthall \ Co., I trti- jist .. Ilorse Cavo, Ivy., say : " Mali's Catarrh Cm, cures every one that takes it.'' Sold hy lira :i>is, V-V. r?i?KKY, of r.oston. was I ho first League player to mtiko tlfly hits. For Impure or thin Blood, Weakness, Malaria, Neuralgia, Indigestion and Biliousness, tako Brown's Iron Hitters it trims strength, makiii't old persons feel young and young persons strong; pleasant to lake. . Ex-Oovtusou Cami'iikll, of Ohio, is nn enthusiast on the game. Beeeliam's Pills eorreet had elTiads of overeating. Beeehaui's no others. kVieenls a box. SWELLINCS IN THE NECK Or i/oitre, made my neck fully twice itnatu/ rakt Size. For t Itrco years iy? dl t all my strength seemed 1 M to go into the swelling. I R took Hood's .Sarsaparilla, W Mr*\ u which gave mo strength. ..TL / relieved distress in my | . ttoinaeh, and host of all. r vntirrl it re mo ml (jf. the i/uffl'Pi 1 am now ,tIrs,.**." ' .u'lts. IP .*!.*VPifcf.soitn, Union County, Milllinlturg.l'tt, Hood's-v1'cures llood's 1*11 In act easily, yet promptly aud i til rleutly, i>u the liver ami bowels. ?*5 rents. mitre c 6 FUNNY BOOKS " I.OVKI.AI K llttlllv CO.. llnssnek. Ky. A7C ToS'iSIIcan lif> mii'Io monthly 9\M JJ III! workliiK for >1. K. Johnson A <o. No. JSouth llth St-illlclilinintl^'l Bui MONEY r?r,?f,.?T..r,Vir.!i??.3 tfrttru*. No Com| 111ion. I- \? |u.tv*? 'IVrnmry, s.ihvt. No c.i|uiul U<*i|iiirc<|. l I'n'ferrt'tl. 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OdorIfm, Durable, and the conaumer pars for uu tin or gliuu package with every purcharo. ' 'lir; 4 ^BQR25&63^H9wUS?Eh?Sj^0ty9 ' CJTSsnd 6c in tump* lor loopsgs I I illustrated cstslogus oI bicycle#, guot, I <1 I tnd sport)ng good* of every detcrip'ion. I n [yohw F. toy 11 Arm* Co o?t?n, M'issj II 777572 L" FAM I LY ~bt\ EO I cTkeI ( For Indigestion, UlllogiuvM, | I llesdnnhn, Constipation, II ml _ pan_ Complexion. Offensive liroath, I I and all disorders of the Btoinach. 'h?-hF\ Uver nod Bowels, 1 1 -.SJ>> diff'itlon follows their use. Bold Wc* I Wdrunlrli or mM brmtll. Box -v,!/?' Jr ofnfaU?),/ V>. I boxes), $s. I K, QMBlffoUOO., Now York. I I I iUROPL'S MONEY PRINCES., SOMETHING ABOUT THE WONDERFUL ROTHSCHILD FAMILY. Dully Life of I he Two Members of tho Vienna tlrancli of This Great 1<'I n a n<-In 1 Organization. Nathaniel kothsohild is called tho "Alchoniist of Trineeei" because it is his G pleasure to exchange tho ppheiurnl courtesy of impovished magnates traveling in his wake for glittering golil; his brother Adalbert is known in?the same circles as the 'Prince of Jews." The Bothachilds live in a palatial residenc in the Fourth District, the St. (lermain of Vienna, where most of the feudal lords have their pretentious residences. Baron Adelbert is the chief of the Vienna branch of the banking house which spreads over the whole of Europe, with additional anchoring palaces in Frankfort-on-tho Main, "Paris and London, tluis covering the great powers, and forming sovereignties within the States they favor most, the seat of government, so to speak, being in Frankfort, where this modern dynasty originated in the poor little house in Jews' lane. There in the old Free City the business meetings of the Rothschilds are annually held, and there tin* prolits of peace and war, as the case may be, are divided. If ever thcro was an allpowerful illustration of the haekneyed phrase, "In unity is strength," the j house of "Rothschild affords it. In strict adherence to the dying request of the founder of the house, IMaver Auselin, alike celebrated for his shrewdness and his honesty, the brothers and cousins have never dis ugreeii on any vital point ?>l policy, or struck out on individual speculation* The Kinporor of Austria gave patents of nobility to the five sons of Mayer Anscliu in 1815, ami live years Inter uoufurred upon them the title of freiherr or lmrons. That seems to have satisiied their ambition in that direction. It would have been easy to ucipiire a princely or ducal coronet from some king in distress, but the Rothschilds preferred adopting the motto of the noble French house, and said, "We cannot be kings; Rothschilds we will remain." Not withstanding a professed aversion to work, Nathaniel usually spends the early morning hours with Adalbert at his desk in their joint residence. ' There the daily secret dispatches and reports from the home office in Frankfort and the branches in Paris and London and from the political representatives in all the capitals of the world are deciphered and discussed, and decisions are agreed upon while a light breakfast is being served. The brothers on these occasions eonverse in their native tongue, Hebrew, without reserve, for they take care that the lackey waiting upon them is u Christian, and as innocent of the diflirult language used as a new-born babe. Many a speculative genius has aspired to obtain permission to these informal meetings of the two brothers in the guise of a flunkey, after perfecting himself in the vernacular, but these wild schemes never succeeded as far as is known. At 11 o'clock sharp an "unnumbered" cab, u public conveyance of the better sort, rolls into the courtyard of the palace, and n few minutes later Ad-flicrt is 011 the way to hiB the ^i'-" ' 1,1 " "'"^'ve.byildiu^^ financier never uses his own eurriago when going to business, nor does ho engage a carriage by the month. When he is ready to leave the palace a messenger is dispatched to some distant livt-rv for a cab. and in nnb-r t? forestall rivalry the coachman capturing the prize in never paid more than the rate stipulated by ordinance, asido from a modest doucer.r. The reason for these precautionary measures is not quite clear. Contrary to the experience of other Rothschilds, notably Nathan Mayer, of London, who abvuys slept with two loaded pistols at his side, Baron Adalbert's life lias never been threatened and assassination for political reasons is almost an unknown crime in Vienna. At the portals of the oflice building the financie r i^ invariably met by a giant Newfoundland dog, who allows nobody to linger on the steps or sidewalks or in the hall, and who follows him into his private room, where the chief proctor of the firm waits His Lordship to report on the requirements of the day. Baron Rothschild, having previously mapped out the course to he taken in all matters of primary interest, as wo have seen, is quick in disposition of the formalities, and after some twenty minutes an army of messoiig-*x.?, private mail carriers on swift horses and hank collectors in cubs are dispatched in all directions through the business districts of the city, carrying safety or destruction, honor or disgrace in the pockets of their big black portfolios. The capital of the Vienna Rothschilds is estimated at two hundred million Horins in gold, aside from the personal fortunes of the members of the linn. Their tireproof treasury vaults. under the hank building, contain liars jf precious yellow ami white metals piled up man high behind "Swedish mrtains." There are likewise hunIrcds of barrels tilled with coined gold ind silver, ready for shipment to any pari of the world, and rows of safes .-ontaining government bonds, bunk notes and paper money. At the entrance of tho treasure diambor is a peculiarly shaped barrel with hammered iron hoops, gray with igc and hard usago. It is a relic of tlie Irst Rothschild's honesty and good fortune. The Landgrave at the time was compelled by the victorious Napoleon to lee his country and save his hoarded vealtli as host ho could. Tho only uau in whom hy placed entire conlilence was the despised Hobrewbanker, ;>d though warned by his relatives nd other I'rinees, he delivered to him II ho possessed in tho world in tho hape of icady money. The lied Shield Rothschild), as he was then called, reused to give a receipt for the fortune. >ut prom 180(1 to in?ure its safety in hose war-bereaved times. He nobly cpt liik word, and by this action laid he foundation of his and his tmcccsors' fame and prosperity.?New York lecordor. , ? ? . . HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. ? TO riiKTARK SAliT M ACKKKEL. . g k Ctit oft' the hond anil soak over night in a stone jar of cold water. In tho morning wash and sora]>e clean, rinso | in freshwater, then place it in a pan of water over tho tire until the water cornea to a boil, take out and lay on a baking tin iii oven uutil it driea off*, I then remove to a platter, poor over it a few spoonfuls of meltod butter and one-fourth cupful of hot cream: garniah with parsley.?New York Observer. BAKED TOMATOES. To prepare baked tomatoes select those which are smooth and medium sized. Make a small aperture at tho U*..IL ?...i ?i i.. ?i ..?-1.. nutin VUV?j iVUIUVO IIIV <tU?( OCVIIO f with a spoon an<l put into a sieve to I drain. Chop equal parts of cold % ehieken and veal and one green pep- e per; add a well beaten egg, half a cup t of grated bread crumbs, a piece of but- t ter, pepper, salt, sage and a suspicion i of onion ; mix well together, moisten with some of the juico and stall' into ? the tomatoes. Bake half an hour in a | moderate oven. Serve each tomato on * a lettuce leaf. This makes a pretty as t well as a savory entree.?New York t World. i i RECIFE FOR VKACII SHOISTCAKK. 1 Use canned peaches and prepared ^ flour for this dish. Chop quarter of a 1 pound of butter into a quart of pre- ' pared flour; quickly stir into it 1 euougli sweet milk to make a soft 1 dough ; pat this into two round cakes ' upon buttered tin pic-plates and bake ' them in a hot oven. Meantime open a ran of peaches; reserve the finest for 1 the two top layers and cut th? rest in 1 small quarters. When the shortcakcR in flic oven are done and cool enough to handle tear them open with the aid of u fork, butter the inside, divide the 1 cut peaches upon the two bottom layers I and arrange the fine ones on the others, thickly dust all with sifted powdered sugar, lay the tops upon both under pieces and servo tlio shortcakes with more sifted sugar anil sweet cream. The juice of the canned peaches, well sweetened with powered sugar, can be used instead of cream.?New York Commercial Advert iser. CINNAMON HONS. Fut a pint of milk in double kettle and scald ; remove from the lire and add two heaping tablespoonfuls of butter, cut in two small pieces, two cups of sugar and when cool enough add half a yeast cake dissolved in warm - ... I...If ...... ..r ....rt ......>i add two well-beaten eggs, Hour enough for a thin batter, mix well ami boat three minutes; set i? a warm place over night. Jn the morniug ndd more Hour to make a soft dough ; kneud a little in the howl; it sliouhl tie soft, sticky and elastic; now set it to rise again, until it is very light, or twice 1 he quantity you had, then put it on the board und roll thin; spread with butter and sprinkle sugar over it, about three-fourths of a cup; sprinkle with cinnamon ; roll the sheet tightly into a roll, then cnt off pieces about two inches long; stand them with one end down in a well-greased tin closely together; when light bake in a quick oven half an hour; turn them out bottom side up.?Household. Always broil beefsteak over a char tire Vcver roll a glove. Smooth out the lingers and lay them straight in a box or drawer. Canned fruit tlmt has been left over should be carefully watched at this season of the year. Hilk handkerchiefs and ribbons should be washed in salt and water and ironed wot to obtain the best results. All traces of mud can easily bo removed from black clothing by rubbing the spots with a raw potato cut in half. A sack of the best salt standing where there is a smell of tish or other objectionable odor will absorb the flavor. Never wear a woolen gown in the kitohon. It retains odors and smoke and soon becomes offensive us well as shabby. A noultieo made of Tuition covered with Young Hyson tea, moistened with hot wuter ami lsid ?>n 1 a hum will relieve the puiu in live ' minutes. 1 Molasses rubbed on grass stains on white dresses or undergarments will bring out the stains when tho clothing is washed. Honking in sweel milk will also remove grass stains. J There is nothing like hot water and ( tho rubber bandage for a sprain. Tho | hot water soothes lacerated ligaments; the bandage prevents swelling. Liini- ( meats are worse than useless. ? For polishing furniture, stained i floors and picture frames, molt, bees* t wax, turpentine and sweet oil together i and rub it on with a piece of soft i cloth. I To make boots waterproof, boil one 1 quart of linseed oil with half a pound 1 of Venice turpentine. While the mix- ^ tare is still warm, but not hot, paint 1 the leather iiutil it will absorb no c more. " A blotter can be mado that will re- ^ move ink spots from paper. Take ? ft thick blotting paper and steep it sev- c eral times in a solution of oxalic acid. Whilo the ink is moist apply the blot- * ter, and tho ink will be entirely re- , moved. (l To clean ostrich plumes dissolve four t ounces of white soap in four pints of o hot water. Make a lather and plunge n tho feathers into it, rubbing them well li with the hands for live or six minutes. 1 Wash out in clear, hot water and shake t until dry. M Buttermilk lias several summer usee h It is a cooling beverage. It is an ex- a cellent wash for sunburned hands and faces. Aud it will bleach clothes. ' Soak them for several days in butter* milk, then wash, boil ami blue in the ? usual way. After tho boiling tho . clothes will be of tho traditional snow^ 1 whiteness. . When foot an<1 mouth diacapo mado P its appeurunec in Barcelona, Spain, at h the end of last year, such a thorough system <>f inspection was put into w operation tiiat the disease was soon brought under control, ^ ' ' ' i??m*m i UT "STICKERS'' ON COINS.1 HEW PBVIOKB WHICH ARB BOIHBRINO xBB tRBASUBT. Tradesmen Sticking AdreHl8?ment* on Silver Dollars?Putting "Double Headers** oh Silver Pieces. V r~y TICKERS" are giving the * Government a good deal of J bothqf, They are circular bit3" of paper with advertisements on the face and mucilago on be back. Made... by the lick of the onguo to adhere "to tho reverse of a ilver dollar, one, of these little pinners is just big enough to fit inside of he milled rim. They havo been comng widely into use in tho West nud tho lonth. Every time a merchant reicives a cartwheol dollar in the way of utuiness, ho slaps a sticker upon it, sliich reads, **Tako me back to Buggs, heap furniture house, where you get lie biggest value for cash," or, "Bourn me to Snaggs. the dry goods man. md I will fetch n bargain." This ingcnitis idea is copyrighted by k Columbus wan, who print* mid sup lies the gummed stickers to merchant* it ro much a thousand. HiR circulars listributed broadcast over the country, lUggcsts that shopkeepers had belter nake hnste to avail themselves of thiH lovel method of advertising before a aw ia passed forbidding it. Meanwhile dollars with atiokera on them are lowing intOvthrrTrenaury from all over the United States. Hankers and business liouRca are writing every day to the department begging it to abnto the nuisance, which in the West has already spread alarmingly. Many people are unwilling to accept the Hticker dollars, and so the eireulation ot Uncle Sam's coins is interfered with. Most banks will not take them, because t he Treasury lias issued a notification to the effect that it will not accept or redeem them. It holda tha ground that tljey are defftced and are not legal tender on that account. Tt is true that they might be restored to their original perfection by removing the stickers, but Secretary Carlisle has no appropriation for scraping them off. The r? noil ago employed is of so excellent a quality that twelve hours* soaking does not loosen the paper from the silver. Furthermore, tho covering up ol one side of the coiu renders it greatly more difficult to discover whether tho latter is a counterfeit or not. Chief Drununond, of the Secret Service, showed to your correspondent a specimen of the finest imitation dollar ever struck with a die. It is plated with silver, and few experts could distinguish it from a real one. Tim iroiimiiH uio making of "coins of >riginal designs" by private individuila in thia country. There in no doubt hat the idea ia exceedingly original a well aa dangerous to the unsophistiate<l The "little game" workod with these 'double headers" is aa simple aa it is irolitablo. It is necessary that the iperator shall be provided with two of ho coina?one with two hoads and the thcr with two tails. On finding a isn who ia willing to gamble for dolira, heaayn: "I'll match you first." 'he other fellow lays down his piece on he bar, head up. Seeing that, the windier cliucka up his coin with two cod. Of course ho cannot help wining. Then he puts down the good ollar which he has just won, and his dvcrsary throws up and "matches." Here he has an exactly even ohance. tut on the noxt throw his opponent jya down his coin tail up to be latched. Observing that cirourakance the operator ohuoks up his ibco wiin two tails. It is oasy for im to interchange tho two fako dol* irn offhand. Luck boing even other* iso, he inunt win throe out of four imeH, nn<l a few minutes* play is sure > net a satisfactory profit. ( option was considerably enhanced by a sticker on the reverse advertising a shoo liouKo in Ottumwn, Iowa. Were this practice permitted manufacturers of false money would make a business of pasting on the backs of their bogus pieces advertisements bearing the names of reputable shop keepers. Thus, inasmuch as a respectable merchant would not knowingly use bad coins to publish his business, his credit would help the counterfeits to gain circulation. Also, how is anybody to know that tho side of the dollar concealed by st icker has not. been scooped out and tilled up with lead? Fortunately tliero is a legal enactment forbidding the defacement of tho United States money, and that law is to kv onjorced fa, t^tupon "the"currency. Many district attorneys in various parts of tho country have already threatened to prosecute merchants using the stickers, and tho business will be brought to an abrupt close. Oddly enough, a scheme wholly similar was started a few years ago, but it was nipped in the bud before it had a chance to spread. Men goiuctiiues stamp their Arm names on coins. Likcwiso they print their business cards on tho backs of 81 or 8'2 bills. Such acts aro strictly forbidden by law. The penalty is 8100 line for each note or coin so marked. A species of coin mutilation not less interesting than that above describe'] v..? :i?.i n 1.-.' cauiivu mo aneniion oi the Secret Service during the punt year. It is thij manufacture of what are technically called "doublo headers," for gambling purposes. For example, a silver dollar in put into a latho and a cutting tool is applied to it in such n manner oh to remove three-fourth of the metal from the back, leaving the milled rim intact. What remains resombles in form a blacking box lid. Next, nnuther dollar ia taken, and the hack of it is h1 iced off in the shape of a thin link. This dink and the fragment like * blacking box lid are then joined neatly together in such a manner an to produco what han the appcaranco of a whole silver dollar. The piece thus composed han no head of Liberty, but two tails?one on each sido. In precisely the same manner silver joins are turned out with two heads, inch pieces are sold by some dealers u so-called "sporting" goods to perioiis who wish to use them for cheatng unsuspicious strangers in bar moms and elsewhere. Dollars thus trcpured fetch $5 each, half dollars $3 aeli. A Chicago man arrested for nanufaeturing them recently was convicted and lined under the law which 1 ? i. a China is without "old maids." roc Tho newest veil envelops the whole me A new dress goods for ladies is tin oalled "swivel silk." iuj The lace frills on tho shonlders are a cot very essential feature of every kind of co< dressy indoor garment. pri Miss Anno Whitney has completed Th a line portrait bust of Miss Francis E. nP Willard, tho temperance advocate. Bioycling for women is not popular in Paris. Tliero are only twenty-six ,in whoelwomen in that city of boule- , vards. Jjj Butter-colored and dcop ccru laces ftn outrival tho pure white laces in popu- mt larny as trimmings lor urcBsy summer pp gowns. fa] rrinccss May arranged that her wed- eui ding trousseau should represent in nothing hut tho handicraft of the th< British roalm. tw Beige-colored crepon trimmed with guipure lace and a girdle of two or ?r< three bands of satin ribbon is a fa- foi Torlto dress this summer. ov< The students of Vassar College pro* duced Bopliooloe's tragedy, "Anti- e gone," with great success at Pough- l>0 keep sic, N. Y., tho other evening. J"v Tho Princess Eulalia is a blond with m golden hair and blue eyes, as she may ^.u well be, since nearly eleven-four* u tecnths of her ancestry aro Haxon. Though women in Franco are nowndays permitted to become doctors. j)V lawyers, architects, etc., they ore not pjj, allowed by the law to sign a legal wt, document as witnesses. co It .is a novelty, and shows the rapid strides females aro making, that the j)0 Odeon Theatre, in Paris, has nominated |,y a lady, Mme. Jacques Bertillon, as the B\, doctor of that establishment. Tho English Horticulture College ^ has lately received several applications for women head gardeners and one for n woman to take entire charge of the conservatories and greenhouses. p 1 There is said to bo a young girl in cp Kentucky who has the power of charm- nc ing animals. She lives near Frank: co fort, and the wildcRt animals are said w] to become gentle at tho sound of her ja voice. Cobwebby crepo Usees are figured nb with faint, shadowy leaves and flowers th in natural colors, and even the stamped an Swiss and organdie muslins arc. at co beautiful in effect as some of the of treasured pompadour patterns in silks eiJ - %___ n. . i. i Jr.. % HI unco worn uy 1110 ucauuuu ? Antoinette. 7 Tho Boston girl's complete dc- 5 pendente upon glasses is cheerfully illustrated by one who has just begun || to weur them and who lays everything ^ to them, even the "fit" of her new * uapo and the bad behavior of their ? friends when she is not looking at thcill cj through these glasses. j The Empress Frederick lias recently 1?, founded in Berlin a home for English $ governesses, which is open to American * governesses as well. It is a pretty, 3 cheerful house, where the young women * $ can live comfortably and cheaply while fl vuc ut a situation, and where aid, ad- 3 vie? attj ouorffestion are always b# f had. i Tho Mendocino County (Cal.) gi.l d who has gone into the business of trap- * ping shows that the field of women's $ occupations is widening, but it is very A doubtful whether many of her sex will ? follow her example and engago in the V, healthy occupation that nets this ? Not thorn California girl so good a reveuue. a A milliner in a certain city who has u( the reputation of doing over old bou- A nets nud their trimmings so that tlioy -J look "as good as new," restores the * flowers that have lost their bloom by touching up tho colors. Her secret of ? makituy uvnnMuio.. ?u? - ?' -11?1 ..n w?|'vmo*?v luovo nun UUlUf blossoms bloom again in well worth knowing. Philadelphia lian a woman architect who has given great satisfaction to a large number of persons for whom hIio has designed houses. Her work has included olub houses, factories, stores, seaside cottages and handsome city (e dwellings. She also superintends y every detail in tho erection of the |1(; buildings she plans. co Mine. Patti, tho diva, possesses a wi queer fad, whi^h she has kept quite a ca secret for many years from the public, It is only a few months since this pe- fj j culiar fad or hobby became known. It t is the passion she has for daggers and < , similar pointed weapons; they are ivery smaLl in sizo and many of them jj* are quite historical. Home of tho very smallest she uses for hairpins. Mrs. Emma P. Ewing declares that she has cured more eases of dyspepsia I than any ten doctors in America. Hhe I has won a wide reputation iu her relentless warfare against "heavy" cakes R| and bad bread. Her husband was a ? lawyer with a fair practice in a southern city before his health broke down, ?n This led Mrs. Ewing to become a pro- #y fessor of tho culinary art. Now she is c(, tho money-maker of the family. #(I Hiss Jerusha Lutsk, who is a char- " eoal burner in Middlesex County, Connecticut, affords a beautiful example S* of the feminine home-making instinct. g Like her male compeers, slio lives in a Bod hut. Inside, "however, she has " crotonno hangings on the walls, a " bright, neat "rag" carpet on the floor (a movable platform of matched | boards!, a sidoboord of thokind fatnil- ? iar to denizens of city boarding-houses, for it is a cabinet bed, and u pretty bookcase well filled. Mrs. Bparling, better known as May f Morris, tho English art embroiderer, I gets by inheritance the marvelous dosigning skill and execution which makes the needle in her hand the peer of tho brush or pencil. She is tho daughter of the well-known designer William Morris, whose beautiful wife was also, under her husband's guid- , ance, a nkillod workor at needle paint- 2 ing. The littlo May at her mother's ^ knee begAn the practice of tho art for which to-day she is famous in two countries in old soldier sAya that famo in to **" die for your country and bo reported AC apaou^ the killed. - . - ? Vr 1 The Process of Coatiag Mirrors. Hie process of coating mirrors with roury does not materially differ now >m that of three hundred years ago. large Btono table ground perfectly ooth is so arranged as to be easily ited a little on one side by meanB oi screw set beneath it. Around the ajes of the table is a groove, in which roury may flow and drop from one rner into bowls. The table is first >do perfectly horizontal, and then i foil is carofully laid over it, cover- \ j a greater space than the glass to be ited. A strip of glass is placed along ;h of the three sides of tho foil to event tho mercury from flowing off. lA mnfnl iu flinn Wft/l lo.ll^n >v iw vitvu j/vutwi uvui Kivuun on the foil till it is nearly a quarter ^ an ineh deep, and its tendency to ^ w is chocked by its aflinity for tho ^ foil, and tho mechanical obstruc- Jc i of tho slips of glass. Tho plate of ax w, cleaueil with especial care, is u torously slid on from tho open side, tt d its advancing jdge is kept in tho la rcury, so that, no air or floating ox- K 5 of tho metal or other impurities n get between tho glass and tho clean rfaco of the mercury. When exactly f] its placo it is held till ono edge of ^ 3 table lias been elevated ten or jj elvo degrees, and tho superfluous >rcury has run off. Heavy weights j placed on tho glass, and it is left m several hours. It is then turned p, er and placed on a frame, the side m vored with the amalgam which ad- ei res to it being uppermost. In this e> sition iho amalgam becomes hard il tho plato can then be set on edge; gi t for several weeks it is necessary to ard against turning it over, as until ^ 3 amalgam ih thoroughly dried tho P! ating is easily injured. The process 81 attended with many serious diflicul- ^ is. The health of workmen is affected the fumes of mercury; the glass ites are frequently broken by tho ^ light placed upon them, And tho p ating of amalgam is frequently _ oiled by drops of mercury removing j/j rtions of it as they trickle down, or its crystallizing, or by mechanical p rasion.?Courier-Journal. . a Wire With Remarkable Properties, i, A New England firm has introduced g remarkable resistance metal in wire, r cot or castings, which is regardod as g very important contribution to this b ass of material in clcotrical engi- a icring. The wiro resembles ordinary fi pper wiro on tho outside, has a pinkish A lite tinge at tho surface of fracture, and a very strong, without losing much b ictility. Combined with these favor- t de mechanical qualities it is claimed d at tho wire has the romarkablo resist- b ico of thirty-five times that of a a pper with a temperature coefficient g Jess than one-tenth* that of German s ,ver.?New York Advertiser, j t I I ? use the "Royal." | food lighter, sweetc | more digestible a U wholesome. Z '' Wn pn^nmmnn/l fhn gg VT V. I V>V,UIII11I\-11V1 tlIVy 1 Baking Powder as supcri I all others."?United Cook | and Pastry Cooks Assoa | at ion of the United State 'August j Flower" ] Miss C. G. McCivAVR, School- ? achcr, 753 Park Place, Elmira, N. f "This Spring while away from >rne teaching my first term in a J untry school I was perfectly I retched with that human agony lied dyspepsia. After dieting for { 'o weeks and getting no belter, a \ end wrote me, suggesting that I J" ke August Flower. The very next ? iy I purchased a bottle. I am de- ?w ii.nl lo say that August Flower lped me so that I have quite re- , vcred from my indisposition." 9 m ^eugate Women f Or Dobilitatod Woman, should uao l MDFIELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR. { ~.7 iMgituicm jjosscisscs superb Tonic C' opcrties and exerts a wonderful influ- c! ce in toning up and strengthening her r< stem, by driving through the proper P annels all impurities. Healtn and P ength guaranteed to result from its use. P My wife, who wao bedridden for ?lsh. 3 m months, aflor uolng Jtrntl/ietd'a S mate Keyulator for two month* Is E. ttlng well." J J. M. JunNOON. Malvern, Ark. S irionii'd Regulator Co.. Atlanta, Ua. C' old by Druggists at $1.00 per Imttlo. 3, M. N. U. ? 'J7 ? niiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiuut 2j delicious Drink. af ~~/k, EASILY MADE ! ? sunnER ! ? [ 000 = i( WINTER ; Pv inircct 3\ Inlet thaNarras. Aid* Dlfeation. P> fool* the Blood. Prevent* Fwn J )u?noh?? Thirst Tamporanoo Drink. | jj Put op In eondenard form, 10, IS and 00 e*nt > QT bnttlss. Ark your or Dnuneiar. To bar , ? lure you (?t (ho genuine rhow your dieter Ihtr , r.dr?rtleement| or r?n<t $1.00 to ur and wa will ) rand by ifyrew. nrsuald, anough to make several , gallons. At wholesale only Oy , _ 'WANK K. HOU8H At CO. [ | 886 Washington St.. Boston, Maaa. IKHTH wanted In enth town. . *_ Brings comfort and imprOTCment and nda to personal enjoyment when ghtly uscu. The many, who lire betsr than others and enjoy life more, with ss expenditure, by more promptly lapting the world's best products to te needs of physical being, will attest te value to nealth of tlie pure liquid .xative principles embraced in the mcdy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting i the form most acceptable and pleas* it to the tasto, tho refreshing and truly meficial properties of a perfect lax;ivc ; effectually cleansing tho system, [spelling colds, bcadnclies and fevers id permanently curing constipation. ; has ^iven satisfaction to millions and let with the approval of the medical rofession, because it acta on the Kideys, Liver and Bowels without weakling them and it is perfectly free from rcry objectionable sulistance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all dragists in 60c and $1 bottles, but it is manfactured by the California Fig Syrup o. only, whose name is printed on every ickage, also the name, Syrup of Figs, id being well informed, you will not icept any substitute if oflered. An Ancient Alligator. An alligator ban just been killed in louisiana that is known to liavo been 20 years old. In 17711 tho groat-great* randfather of the present owner of he plantation on which this alligator 'as killed purchased the plantation. fin ftrwt. wnrlt wok to rirl if nf nllirrn. ""'ft" ore. Ho raided a family of alligators nd killed all but one, who escaped, javiog a portion of liin tail. This alli? otor was scon from time to time and ecognizcd because part of liis tail was one. The alligator was never tamed, ut in a general way rccoivcd the care nd protection of each member of tho ainily through tho four generation^, i visitor to tho plantation saw a great lligator lying 011 the bank. He raised lis gun, but it required several shots lofore the animal was killed. He was <r' lelighted with the success, when his ( / tost camo up and showed his sorrow t what his guest had done. The alli^<\ ;ator was buried on the banks of U10 ' V tream, tho cntiro family attending ho obsequies.?New York Observer. M EVERY Re- | ceipt that calls \y. 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