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f! & jU > ^ MK^K^' -^'' v ftS&il i cvmuiu uuiua flsi mm For the oorled hair used for mat tresses the following process is used s. The hair is first washed in hot wate ? and softened, and it is then spun inh ropes while wet and warm and kept *( until it gets the required set and eurl It is prepared for use by pioking i apart. The ropes are hard twisted, s< that when they are taken apart the hni: curls up and becomes quite elastic. 1 will hardly pay to curl one's own hah it may be purchased more cheapij than it can be gathered by any persor - J- iL. 1 1 U...1 il. . DOl 111 lll? iiUBiupw. juum ui im "horso" hair in the markot in tho pro j duet of horned cattle, the switch of the tail being used for tine i?urpone.?New York Time*. \ ' AN INDKFATTOAULK INSEOTTCim?. y A crow had a nest in the woods just before my door, and drew 1uh mate's and young ones' food from my pasture, writes E. 8. Oilbert, Ho would walk along picking up insects or Romcthing rigtitjmd left, often having to inaku quite an effort to swallow thorn. A few minutes, and ho spread hi? *;;; K>' homo and the squawiug of his mate showed that she whh being fed. Then back he came for more. How many trips ho made per day T do not know, but a good many. I often tried to see what be w as picking up, and he allowed me to come withiu three roda; but lie was so quick I couldn't see and my big, *? * shiny telescope whh just as bad as a gun in his opinion; ho started for the woods the moment he saw it coming. Thus he worked steadily day after day, and though it seems ineivdildc that his big mouth fills were all cut wmne or white grubs, 1 do not 1 now what olso they coukl have been.?New 1'ork Tribune. poon ro? roi'i/riiY. The most expensive of all food \v> find to bo barley, au nature!. Nol hi.w only is a considerable* proportion thrown about, and wasted but mucli that is swallowed is never digested, We therefore give it as a ehutigo un? indulgence, ami by no means an th< staple oi ineir ioou. muivn mcai i tho boBt staple, according to our rx perience. 11 in well scalded, that tli< swelling niay l?o done before eating instead t>f after, thus avoiding varioir maladies and perils from overeating Broken rice, well boiled, is good 1<> i certain extent. Malt dnst is a valuable resource Tho demand is becoming so great tha probably it will soon con e to be i cheap food; but while it remains so i is a real boon both to the fo\\ Isand 1 liei owners. They will eat almost nn\ thing that is sprinkled with malt died and a six-shillings sack of it goes i long way. A certain proportion o gTeen food, and also of animal food, i indispensable. Idettiiee leaves, tumi] tops, oubbage leaves, celery, should b thrown to them. They should hav access to grass, to pick seeds and in sects; and it is well to put a fresh sot into the poultry yard whenever sueli valuable thing may be spared, All the worms and insects that com in the gardener's way should bo prt seated to them ; and when insects ar rt'lirfM1 KCl'HllS iii i'ltw llU'llt M fiuo as pin's hernia aliould be given Add linely chopped eggs for iiifan chicks and I think the I>il 1 of fare i complete. As for the pepper corn which old wives recommend its the lii\tiling to bo swallowed, we rept'ohnt the notion as we should in the ease ?> any other newborn ereature. In fact it irritates the crop very misehiev ously if it gives out its savor, and if i does not dissolve it is nothing. American l'oultry Yard. wincn is Tin: iiest row? Kvery oneo in a while some dairy man remarks that he does not need g *"st to tell him which nre the lies ; dairy cows; lie run tell by looking a y them. He just sells the fat ones an keops the thin ones. Quite oft mi this is the standard by which cows an judged: the thinner they are whengiv Iiug milk the bettor dairy cows they art considered. There is, of course, sum* reason in this. We know that a cov that uses her food to put llesh on hr? back, instead of putting milk and fa1 into tile pail, is not the most profit able cov, for tim dairy. Ihlt to juii>| to the eonel'.n ion that because a eo\ is poor in llesh she must of necessity bo a good dairy cow is drawing a eon elusion that is not justified by facts. There are some beef cow.- thai, wii Cfcl a good ration every day and keei in just fairly good condition, \\l?il< there are other* in tin* same herd tint on the bin 110 feed keep their rib and backs nicely covered with flesh The lutter are good feeders and tin former poor feeders. The latter liuvi the natual ability to make better us of their feed than the former: Hum ' f have /ceiling quality. It is just the same with dairy cows some are good feeder* and some nr pool' feeders. Some keep thin in Ileal because they are Using the greate part of their food to make milk an fat while others stay in poor llesli siii ply because they have not the n -inri feeding qual ity to as si mi hit e and d i . their food. It is folly to judge of th dairy qiuditie- of a cow by tbeamoui of fll-sll site e. cries 'J'ltere is but on accurate way to determine the vain of a cow for tin! dairy, and that is t ascertain the iiumbi.r of pounds < butter fat she yields in a year front given amount of feed. The cow that yields the greate amount of butter fut. per year for tl least cost per pound is the most valt able cow for the dairyman, and does liut matter \vh tlier she keeps ft enough for the lmteher <?r so thin tin her ribs can be counted. It does m five hni [h or u Ion; whether sli f form or the so-called dnir her she is black ??r white awn colored, ltd or brii nuance i.s the only relinM lJuchy Mountain Husband mK BEST BEAN'S. in, of Geneva, NT. Y., writ n ami Forest, says: ( tallies have been hybrid* ted with greater care thuij ; / v '' the Uatii, and varieties suitable tot I several purpose* have been developed, until little improvement now seems possible. Among snapbeans, the new 3 yellow-podded wax varieties, which are almost cylindrical in shape, solid yet tender, and of the flnost fibre and j flavor, aro quite superior to the old. ?iiu? uhi, green-podded and stringy varieties. Among t^e best varieties are Wardwell's Kidney Wax, Yosemite i Mammoth Wax, Oolden Wax and Perfection. Of shell beans, the beet nro l Dwarf Horticultural; Golden Cluster, which is very productive and Wars flat n ; beans about two-thirds as large as Henderson's liusli Hieva, meaty and " well flavored; Ilemispliere, a bean al- u ! most round, but solid and of extra w quality, half of it being light brown in *' ' color, splashed with red. This color a would detract from its value as a mar1 ]. , t v,, ,. <i I.i,f In ?lw. ? ?- c< I ing the color to a great extent disup- I 'rt | pears, ho that it is one of the very best " for the kitchen garden. On tho sta- "" tion grounds, as tho main experiment ,4^ croj? for tho pant four yearn, n |>iir > |)l white bean has been grown which lun proved of extra quality and produe- c" tivenoHH. Tt is very hardy and isprooi' Wl tuna fur agaiuut the antliraciioso, . o Crevaletit throughout this Hcction. Tt as been called tho Matt bean, after its originator, but 1 am not aware that it j liaa been offered for aalo under any j name, although it should bo inoro generally known. r) "Tho aeareh and aoleetion necessary (|(| for a truo Dwarf Lima bean ban been j()| Kuecsaful, ami it would now neeiu hardly neeoKHary to grow the pole fjiina ^ bean. The latter eomo to maturity a >|<| trifle earlier than the buah typo when both are )>1?tit<*?' together, it iH true, but tin- dwarf varieties may be started ^ earlier, either in oomnion beds or in inverted sods, or in pots in the kitolien , or greenhouae. When planted out j ( they can be protected from curly or lute frosts with ease so that the season w of bearing rail bo lengthened out by w the sumo method. Cheap cloth pro- ni lection or wido hoards can bo used st against frost. Two distinct typca of w there beans are now offered by seeds- ir men, Murpee'a llusli Lima, with largo ai Hut pods, well filled with beans, and m { resembling the old garden Lima, and s< j Dreer'a or Knincrly's Dwarf Limu, ti Willi! liorter |>iitImuinl Means I'l'Hi'iiiiiiiii^ i> I ia shape Dreur'a Improved Liin.i. \\ Kit Iter of these run In* thrown in tho li H kitchen mtrdcn, u:n\ fur market tlicy will certainly crowd out tho climbing it |} viiri< I in:, l inen many more run bo \ planted on l!i>> sumo area mill uu cx? e ^ pease is necessary for polos." e ], , FA KM AND OAIII'KN NOTF.ft. <1 For elui|>|ieil or serutelieil teals up- x ply cream or fresh butter. " t i live tie' enlt Home nice, hriplil oats, Viiiel'e il euu fjet ut them liniuly. ' The eolt should luive ii f^ootl yard, r lot or pasture to feed iiiul exercise in. It is not neeesKiirily true that "skint s milk cnlvca illlike pot bellied eur n I suckers." j M If you raise sheep for wool, breed il |, merinos; it for mutton, breed tho t ,y heavy type. ' e .Market only the best, of your pro- * iluee mid put il up in the most iittrnc- ' 1 Live niunuer. " Vet the eolt, so il will learn to know tied you do not mean to hurt it. Do 0 not neurit nor tease it. Do not skim-milk your eulves too r ?ooii. lad them have some new milk , for at least two weeks. h j A cow abused will not do her best, a j. J'o make you money eaeli row should ?! be allowed to do her best. ] t A nervous eow will ">;ivo down" v 0 milk better if in a quiet place securely v 1 fastened and milked very pfently. - Marly shearing is very desirable. It relieves the sheep of ticks and enables t the owner to take precautions against J H'ub. ILalter break tho colt, while you up:, , so that it will stand quietly tied. If N Miu have been kind to it, it will soon N learn to lead. H H It reouiivs trrain to make pork or i ' beef, but mutton of the tin eat quality j t ^ fitii lm minle of uibhlea here ami thoro I r ^ of aueh bt nil's us woultl other wise bo u f ' waste. Pack your frail honestly if von want. | I It) Mieeoeil. When you think ton lotto ! a seeured a ?joo<l eiistomor non'l paiin > ? 'V at it inferior article on hint. ll you ' tlo you are Mire m lose him. I ^ In 1'iiv in.f or e\e!i iii'A'ine sln'eji ;riv i a thorough examination lor scabs, 1 , ticks, lie-- mill fool rot before turn.iiij 1 v Hie.a ini ) iii" iioei;, or you may b> 1 yetting more than you Knew of. ffiii'.eaer Culture. ' Ot'iiKciig will ?*row well in any moist, ! fertile soil in w ooils w here it is shiiiieil, 1 ^ if the sliailo is not ileliae. A I'll It- J sunshine won't hurt it. It must h.tvtf plenty of lie-lit ami air. In prcpariii;* the ground for plant- * ill" roots ami setal, grub up all the mi- 1 ilerer >w I ii, leaving enough of the ' s.ipliiiLf.a ami Jarjje timber to make j ! sullieieiit shade. Then rake otValltlie 1 ^ wee.Is an<l tlrv lciiv?s; ili^ up all tho ' ' roots ofother plants, if ma ; elean, : ' mark oil'a space ??f ei'mtud tiiree f. . ? . witle iiiiv leiietli eoliveiiient ; ?1 i?c tin ' , 11 ground loose three or lour homo * ?!? ?*]> j cover Hie bed with humus, ,1 vegetable inoM. about lour inches ilcep. I IjCHVO llll ill lev between heils olle loot wide. ^hike the rows across the bed four incites n)?nrt. Prop tin- bcrriefe two inches apart in the row niol cover |(, about halt an inch deep. (| The lu rries must he planted in the ] fall when ripe ami while fresh, ami w lU | ii liot come up for eighteen months. Thcro is no plant more beautiful for fi llowvr pot than a ginseng plant, w ith j ,,, its red pod of berries on top. Tlu plants should be cultivated three veins from t ho tiino they collie to lie of .* marketable size. IMant roots same is I u it seed, only plant man one to t wo inf | deep and further apart, according to size. It! (iinscntr roots for market should l>o I v dug in the fiiJI iift<*r 1 be Nip lias re- j r turned to tin root ; wash, clean ami i let dry in the ahade. Large cultivated i 0 dried ginseng roots are worth from .^1 j [. to 34.50 per pound in New York City. I Ginseng will also ?roiv well in open ground, pots or boxes in light houses, etc., if planted in wild dirt and liunuts i n from the woods and shaded, treat" I as u any other house plant. Jt can bo j J grown in sections where tliev have no j r, rainfall, by irrigation.--Farin, Field J g aiCHaatewde, L MILLIONAIRE'S PALACE, lO B1 BTJTL.T ALMOST WHOLLY 01 OTBKL. AND GLASS. 'he Novel Structure That a CTallfor r.!_ C?ui?u? Wiu nrert-Not a Foot of Wood Will He Used. | \ ALPH BRISBANE NONEI?/ audi, who ia reputed to | \ have made a fortune of #2.", C'i' 000,000 in South African dialond mincH, has purchased a 500ere tract in tho Tcmeaoa) district,near an Franciaco, wliero lio will erect a ovel renidcnce, a palace, in fact, upon hicli $I,G00,000 will be expended jido from tho finishing. , Thin in to be structure built almost entirely of eel and glass. The building, ho >rding to thn American Contractor, to bo about 280 feet long by about Ml feet wulfl, At vuv C?*d ik will I ?J irraountcd by a tower 115 feet high, tho other end by a similar tower, it of less size and height. A strikg feature will be tho sides below tho mice, which slope to tho ground, th a curvo at an anglo of forty-livo grcos. In tho sloping sides are net al windows twelve feet long and ido to conform to tho linen of tho lea of tho walla. Tho roof will bo a ige gable extending tho entire length tho building and terminating in other gable at right angles in wh h 9 placed immense attuned gJtuut win* wa, one of whieh will bo fifty feet tig and thirty feet wide. Not a foot of lumber or wood in any ape ia to be used in the building, in material will bo iron, steel, aluiniiii), brass, bronze, platinum, silver, ncrete, cement and stone. And tho ily stone used will ho aculptured irblo in the stairways and the mailt ie/.e, and onyx and decorative marbles the bathrooms, the stairs and a few her places. Kven the foiiiidationa ill bcof steel and concrete. The floors ill lie of concrete, brass and iiluiuiim, the walls of steel and the roof ot eel, brass and copper. The inside alls will lie some of oxidized sheet mi, some brass covered with a prepatimi that protects tho burnish of ictal, some copper, sonio nickel and on to correspond with tho decora ??H'? <>i UK- room. i tin ceilings win e arched and relieved liero and there itli float brass medallions. The partem walla will he composed of metal rilh-s e\t? nding from lloov to ceiling, r ranged in various designs, forming u ast network through which the visitor an see from the fraud stairway at one ml to (lie float hall-room at the 011losite end. Kieli tapes! lies w ill or* iimrily eovor the metal grilles and <Iiide the interior thus into fotirk n partincuts, eight of which will oe handlers and consist each of a suit of our rooms a sleeping-room, dressingiiom, hath room and study. All t 10 it i no, lighting, vent i hit ion and conicn;; w ill ho done hy electrieity. Tlio ervunts' quarters, the kitchen, the lacliinery end the laundry will all ho a the hiiseinoiit. The water wheel itiul lymiinos will ho located at the foot of he iiiII, a considerable distance fro-.n he building. The solo entrance to lie hasemeiit from without will he at he foot of the hill through a tuniie', otlial no one from within or ahoiit he house will see the approach or enranee of servant, grocer, butcher or lelivcry wagon of any kind. The structure itself will he anrou in led hy a h roil. I walk, and out-i In if (lie walk will he an artificial lake urroondiug the hiiilding alid forming liloaI to lie crossed over a movable Iraw bridge, thus placing the house ?raet ieallv upon an island. This hike i ill he fed hy water from artesian veils already in operation and pnmpeil 10 h\ powerful pumps. The water oi lie lake will also serve to run tin IviminoH that furnish light, heat, am lower for use in the hnihling. Tin lours of the hiiilding will he of brass lid aluminnm grille work of orua ii ' 111 it I design, the interstices H1 let villi a new Hungarian cement w hich c >aid to become hard as granite when el and to admit of a high and ditralih lolisli. The cement will he of variom . .1 .... 1 .. . i..;.i ill, I ....ill. ? ?it?i H MM "?'M " 11,1 ,,n' ,l1' h* ,,M IS i > litM'JUl- s ill effect HIM lllOHIlU louring in existence, The winter inlaeo ill SI. IVtershnrg is now lmvinc Moor I :i i > I of tliis 111 it 11* i' in I un.l <>n iitiilitt* linos. Kvcrvthing about tin uiihling is to be lir?'|?roof except per1:1ns :i pari ol Hi<> f?> ;t UtV. Ilu 11 tin Inipiwi'-s imhI 111 pest ries will ltt??Ii|?in*<I n a solution of j." It cc riu 11 ami annuo 1 i 11 n borate, w It it'll verniers then uriiianenliy 1111111 flu 111 mill !?>. A Sail lake In Mexico. The 1 ,ag 11 na tin Jam is a salt lake 11 Hi nii'o, for tho ilevelopnicnt ??f whirl 1 luitish company is now construct in; 1 railroHil, mivs the Two JtepublicN I'lm waters of tlm lake are intense!; iit i I iMtiMTiim i t*, ktii t v\ i>ni v-.t vv n tn 111 rt ' icr eeut. of thai material in a state o [tui it v ranging from ninety-eight pe lit. to chemically pure chloride o sodium. Tlio depth of water of tli lake ranges from throe to thirty toot mi I lioirs on top u tough crust fron tliroo to ton foot in thickness, compose of silt. salt, no.hi, the various aikaiit mi.I other iin)>111*itios the surface c this riiKt being, in vet weather, luu-diy muss, ami in the long tlry son sons enrr\ ing a few inches of *lry while, spongy inuterial, roseinhlin snow. Wong the eastern shore of tli lake (the prevailing winds being froi the high Frailo mountains in elo* }>ro\imittv on the west) are many Ion ridges and mounds ot almost pure sal resembling vidges and dunes of wliil sand, while the lake itself eati readil l>e made to yield 500 tons per day salt as pure us the very host made fro sea water. The bottom of the lake of finely comminuted mud, beiieat which is u great bed ot rock salt, tl thickness of which is yet unknown. Fleetrical Development. It is evident that the Held for elec trieal progress and development is ver Qfroat. Doctor K. Hopkinson Iih shown before the IIoval Institution o Ireat Britain that in incandescon amps only ahout onc-luilf of ono pe out. of tho energy expended in tin aiming of coal is utilized and in tin rnusportation of a passenger by tin nost economical electric railway it ii mly a little more than one per cent u both transportation and lighting lore than ninety per cent, of tho en rgy in wasted.?New York Hecorder. THE FAIR'S "BIG THINGS,'1 BXH7BXTS OW MMOMMOVB 8IZK AT TBI XXFOSXTIOlf. A Cheese Wclchln* M nnn Gold IYn|get Worth fOWO, Three Knormou Hides, Ktc. THE lore of things eoormoru with whioh Americauii arc credited should find aatinfnction if not surfeit ot the Fair. Abnormal size seems to be the central idea of the whols conception, and al most every buihlina eoiituin*. beside exhibits collectively great, single objects eclipsing all others of the kind yet known. In struetnro* themselves, this type is shown by the Manufactures and Liberal Art? Building, which possesses dimensions hitherto unap> proached in the history of architecture. It is 1687 feet, or nearly one-third of a mile, in length, by 787 feet in width ; the ground floor has an area of over thirty acres; tho central hall is 1280 feet by 380 foet, and this space is covered by one tremondons roof 237 feet high in the middle and wholly independent of central support. Tho great trusses sustaining it have a span of 382 foot. Tho building is thrco times as largo as St. Peter's in Home. Tho pyramid of Cheops could be piled up insido its walls, and the Roman Colosseum, which Jkated 80,000 perkouh, wodl'l dfcfthpy tone-sixth of its space. To lod' oven casually at half tho exhibits in euch a place is out of the question ; both tnind and body are unequal to it. The roof is reached by elevatori', naturally of tho world's greatest. As ono ascends, the throng below is no longer of human beings, but pigmies moving in and out of toy bazaars. Upon the roof is t'.ie great promenade, half a mile i*? bnigth. At t he corners are the four largest searchlights yet made, ono of which has an illuminating power equal to that of 101,0181,000 candles. It throws its light upon Milwaukee, ninety miles to tlm north, and for Lincoln I'nrk, but fifteen- inilvs distant, it is almost u noonday sun. Kvcrylhing is immense- fearfully jln! woliitor ill 11 v inuuidiKO (Ivcl* in the Agricultural Building, across the Grand Hnaiit, one is reduced relatively to about thtt size of a rat before a monster cheese weighing '22,000 pounds. This was made ut tine of the Government experimental dairy stations in the Dominion of Canada. It was brought to Chicago t.n ? special train, timed to stop at various placet en route, and bear upon its outer ease the autographs e.ud affect innate god speed of thousaudsof fanners who went to Heu its triumphal progress. Fron Chicago it goes to the great house o I.ipt on A- Co., and will then travel ovei the British Isles, the wonder of won iters to the English yokel. It is rather remarkable, considering its size, tha its quality should grade up, as it does, with the host fauey cheese. In tin Dominion there are over 1500 success ful eo-operalivo factories. The Gov eminent has iivo largo experiments stations, aiul does much to advanc the industry. Perhaps that account for the fact of Canada's exporting mor cheeae than the Unittel States. A little distance on is nnotliei enormity. This is a temple, thirty eight feet high, made of 30,000 pound of chocolate. Under the dome sits i finely executed figure of Gcrinnnia afte i the famous bronze statue at the >?ic derwald, on the Rhine. i Nt>?r ouo oiiiranoo lu-tlio Irftnnpoi i tfttion Building is tho model, to all aj i pearaueo real, of t he largest steam bun i mer in tho world. It represents th I out1 used by tho Bethlehem Steed Con ; pany of Pcnnsyvunin. The fullingpai i of tho hammer alone weighs 125 tor I and has a drop of lt?A feot. With th ! hammer tho largest armor plates ar i made, exceeding in size, probably, an manufactured by rolling. I Further on in the Baldwin Tjoeomo i tive Works exhibit is tho bust and greai i est of railway engines. This is a kin ? known as a decapod, and is seven s sizes above the big engines called nu > gills. It has five connecting driving i wheels on either side ami weighs 1(] : tons. After the Fair it will be used o the Erie Bond. ; In tho Mining Building may be see i the largest nugget of gold in existence ? tho Maitland Bar nugget, which wcigl 844.78 ounces, contains 818 ounces i > fine goitt, and has a value of 8?>00? I Several larger nuggets have been foun and are shown by model, but this i the real metal. In the same huiiditi is the largest piece of coal ever take out. Tho block weighs twelve toi and has been shipped here from Wigai England, where it was mined. 14 Jn tho Machinery Hall is the ono ^ mous Westinghouse electric lightii A plant. This is tho largest iustullatw in the world, nud consists of tweb V dviiamoa. each siimdvini/ idectricil V for 10,000 lights of lil-candlo powe ' or for 15,000 when forced to tlio u r most capacity. The WcHtingliou ' Company has also the largest and mo perfect switch-board ever used. Tli is made up of 20 dynamo panels hi 11 10 feeder panels. Near by is a marvel in the v.v.y of M belt. It is of three-ply, oak-tanm leather, HJ feet wiile by 201 feel Ion 14 One can scarcely imagine what gin k" maehinery such a belt is to turn, yet '? j lias its use, as with few except to 8 ! these great things are made und 10 contract, and not primarily for exl " bit ion. They represent the growing nee ^ and powers of the times. ^ In the Shoe and Is-atlier Jhiildi I _ the objects most noticeable forsi/en three liidea. One, that of a ballot contains 2b0 square feet of leather, is split into four layers, but left join ^ at the neck, and while so intact cn layer has been beautifully dressed it 40 different color. The whole may fairly considered the highest pointy attained iu tanning and dressing. Another is that of a walrus, ni .. weighs, tanned, 15*.>0 pounds. On i y count of it < great thiekness of cum a H a half incites the tanning rcqnir ,f three years. Tlic third and lttrgt j hide ever tanned is that of an em r iiiona ylephnu*. This weighs 0 pound", is 20 feet from trunk to tn 0 and 17 feet ut its greatest width. Th< a extremely tliiek hides are used by su 9 companies .as the Meriden Britannia polishing plate. In the same buildii j is tin" largest piece of bark ever scale a piece of hemlock bark 12 leel inches by <\ feet t inches in the Forcttry Jhiihling is a in I hogony log from Mexico 42 Inche ( square snd 41 feet iu length, which ! considering t>oth length and thicknese is very remarkable. If the wood we? figured instead of having a sirzigh grain the one log would have a valu of ovev Wft Oflft The largest plank in existence i ' . that of a finely finished piece of Cali fornie redwood sixteen feet five inchei 1 wide, twelve feet nine inches long, am ' five inches thick. It ie very doubtfa if a tree will be fonnd to yield euoh an other. A cross-section of a California ' redwoad tree exhibited, fourteen fee in diameter, shows from its rings tha It. ?ui *1rca<1tr hit feet, oil Inches It thickness when Columbus discovorec America. In the Krnpp exhibit, which has I building to itself, is the much-talked' of greatest gun of the age, a 120-toi rifled gus, sixteen-inch calibre anc | forty-six feet in length. Tho gnn ii for land fortification and is reputed tc be destined ultimately for Italy. It if said to be ablo to throw a projectil* ' weighing one ton a distance of twentj miles. In the oostle of Dover is an old gun bearing tho legend: "Swab me out and keep mo clean, and I'll carry a ball to Caluis green." Modern war engines aro realizing tho bravado ot ancient times. At the end of the Plaisance uear the Fifty-ninth street exit is tho Ferris wheel, the gigantic iron oirele which supplies the place of the Fiflel Tower. Here tho wheel of tho country fair baa devoloped into a vast metal structure 250 feet in diameter. To its riin great cars aro nttaehod, and in them one seems to sweep through tho heavens. Leaving the wheel ouo goes home opI pressed and exhausted by the great I things ho has seen, the leagues ho has I wearily wandered, and dreams perhaps that he is chained under tho mighty hammer, or hides trembling from hideous Cyclops, whose one. terrible eye is tho colossal search light. ? .New York Post. r-rmi ? Too Many Dags. Tim Savannah News says ihal tli? papers of Georgia and of the neighboring States aro up in arms against sle ep-killing dogs, and are clamoring for some ellicient legislation tin tho subject, ''there is no doubt," it says, mi i . . i c n.in...a 1" llini n | t?i iiuiuiirnnuw^iiAiniq nil nvr tin* Smith, to the detriment of everybody, cvoii their owners. I5ut how ere they to tie got rid of? Nine men in ten who own dogs, no mutter how worthless, will tight for them, mul I . there lmve been numbers of tragedies 1 brought about through the kicking oi 1 shooting of u dog too mean and worth less to let live. The plan of taxing ^ worthless dogs out of existence linn ' been tried in the South and foum ' wanting. The people who own dog I will not endure such a tax. The; guard their right to own dogs as jenl oiislv us the right to own horses am ' hind, and the candidate for the Legis > Into re w ho would let it bo known thu II he was an enemy of hounds wouh hardly secure an election. Then hoi lire they to he reached? The man wh ' ?olves the problem satisfactorily wi u be a benefactor to the South. Fo fi there are in Virginia, the Carolina! 13 Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee an Mississippi thousands of acres < r ? i . -.11 ?i i piVXtlUV lUIUlM TII111' t'OUHl, IlUll wuuu * i)C devoted to sheep ruining, if tli H dogs wort; removed. Until they nr 11 put out of tlit! wuy the wool iiuluwtr r will not uuiouut to much in citlit State."?New Orleans Picayune. Tlie I.udles. >- The pleasant effect and perfect safety wit '* w hich ladies nmy us? tho California liquid la: ,! alive, Syrup of Figs, under all condition makes it their favorite remedy To get tl true and genuine artlclo, look for tho nam? < 1 : /lie California Fig Syrup Co., printed near tl j bottom of tho package. v Missouri 1ms 3301 hcIiooI district 11,714 school houses, 13,677 scho teachers, 822,430 persons of school tig t- inul 610,5.70 in the pultlie schools. Wo Cure Itupiure. I No matter of how lonpr standing. Wr ). for irro treatise, testimonials, etc., to S. Hollcnsworth & Co., Owego, Tioga Co., N. l*rico $1; l?y mail, 81.15. Canavaw Is playing loft field better tht u ftny Cincinnati playor ovor did. II For Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Stomach <1 , orders, itso Hroivn's Iron Hitters?tho II ' Tonic. It rebuilds tho lilood anil strength! IH tho muscles. A splendid medicine for wc ,j and dohilitaUd iier??t,a ). Cleveland has won seven out of the ni 1(| games played between Cleveland and Pit is bur?" '6 Mornings?l'occhain's l'ills with a dr.nk .n water. Hecchain's no i.titers. 'St cents a lx " 11 I'f.te" Bbownino, of Louiavillo, Isbatti 11' well. _ r* Albert Htirch, West Toledo, Ohio, say " Hall's ('n;:irrli Curi' mvvciI my lit? .** Wr " him for particulars. Sold hy Druggists, 76c. >1) i'O Sixteen baseballs wero U9ed io that sov< t? ! toon-inning game between Now York n r | Cincinnati. Malaria cured and eradicated from thq ? se teiu by Brown's Iron Bitters, which enr el 4 the blood, tones the ncrvos, aids digoste Acts like a charm on |>ersons in Ronoral lis health, giving new energy and strength. 11' Htein and Kennody havo bo far doneabt all of llrooklyus' winning pitching. ,i If atliicted w it It sore eyes use I )r. Isaac Thntt bun's Kyc-water.Drugglsts sell at -Joo.per hot K ill j Boston has not yet been Bhut Out t | j season. !!; -IFE AND STRENGTH Are given to weak and frail children in w dertnl manlier b> Hood's Sar?a|iari.la. Mr. 1 ward llilb rt, l.nw rence, i, Ma-s., s;i\s: "i >ni ihitigliter. Kit a, had little n \\ I.' Wo mi I one halt * veirs old she bad fre- WM / a i >i t i it <i lo r ll Hood's Sar-anarilla. Her ' general health improved ' lint il she beeanie liealthl Kit a Illlbert. C'b a'ld We giv e her tr. HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA |,t oe< asionally now, whenever she complain ^ that tirnl feeling In spring or summer." Hood's Bills eure Constipation by restoring ^ j peristaltic action of the alimentary canal. 11 I MflNFY Mado Eftslly and Rapic till III U II L. I We h snt wii Inn Thirty daja, 1(10 men . hayu energy ami grit Will giye iliein a poattio t it which tll?y can inaloi money rapidly. labor light. ,VJ Cjoyment the year around. Itrquire* no capital or g 1 education Nome of our heel ?a e.nieii are Count ry I Address II. I). 1111)1,INS A CO., Atlanta. (, ??(i " ? Stale Normal Collet J::: c)l Altitude <00 ft.; climate mild and beautiful, ch ?f College Cotirsea leading todctri-M of .Master and I)oel<T of Scle ce, IVilnyoyy and I'bl I,,, opliy and to l.tfe ( ertltlcates or Prof-aalonai p Diploma from sinte Nuperintcnteut Selmlaf'y I, Iperletieed teneliers mav take I'HOKKHNU - Ai, C'OIIKHK largely IN A llr*KNTIt. nonso < lew. Kor 11. (. r i n n I e .ri anions ? ;. |f. | PIC IIX.B. Mel).. I'realdent, Tray. A ill at A Stickler for Etlqaette. Doctor Thompson, master of Trinity College, Cambridge, was an exoeedingly cold and austere man, never taking much notice of the undergraduates under his oare. On nno ~ Triziij I ma? knvmnnml 1a Kn Atif walktniv an/1 * vm caught in a storm. He ran acres# a field and took shelter beneath a large * tree. When he arrived he foand to his hor* ror that Doctor Thompson was beneath it, seeking protection from the rain. * For some time both stood silent, watch* ing the clonds, till at last the under' graduate, growing desperate, ventured ! to remark that he thought it was clearI ing np a little. "Sir," said the doctor haughtily, t frowning upon the wretched youth, "all communications to the master of t Trinity must be made through the i tutors."?Buffalo Quips. j Tli-* first savings bank was instituted } at Berne, in Switzerland, in 1787. 1^ j was intended for servants only. In p 1792 another was opened at Basel for i persons of any class. 1 ChatfHoey "ST. Depew is aulEority for * the statement that n man forms few friendships after the age of forty and none at all after fifty. j You can E f By using Royal Baking "T * of all other leavening a| lysts report it to be 27 * strength than the other ;; times the leavening st cheap alum powders. * It never fails to make t** cake, so that there is no fh J* and wasted in heavy, so Do dealers attempt, ; to work off old stock, ?r baking powder? Declii ^ these times all desire to J Royal is 4j Economical B J -I Syrup" I simply state that.I am Druggist ami Postmaster here and am therefore in a position to judge. I have tried many Cough Syrups but foi ten years past have found nothing equal to IJoschec's German Syrup. I have given it to my baby for Crouj with the most satisfactory results Kvery mother should have it. J. II h Honus, Druggist and Postmaster r. Moffat, Texas. We present facts s living facts, of to-day Boschcc': l0 German Syrup gives strength to tin 3t body. Take no substitute. d 10 ? $ile?eans J. Positively euro Bilious At lacks, ConY. etipatiou, Sic1c-H.eada<'het etc ia 9R coijJb ?.01' bnttlo. nt. "Driijr fslnrofj, U?* Write for sample dose, free. L'St a'k ,/ f SMITH Sl CO.yrrop' Hcu! Yak, no (liln.t for SK'iils Is our PHOTO t?. kbff*X D OKAI'll FAMILY RRCORILS. olh. r Pic uJ An*w lurra and Frames. Address, Dept. 34 I*. Cory A* Co.. ?l to 4% .leffentoa St.. I Heed the Warning Which nature is constantly giving in tlio f-h.tpo of Soils. pimples, eruptions, ulcers, etc. The.so show that tlio blood is contaminated, 'a: ami some assistance must bo given to relievo iio tiio trouble. 8. s. 8. is tho remedy to force out these poisons and enable you to >n- GET WEL.I ad I have hv! for years a humor In my blood, which made me ilrr.vl to shxve, as small boils or pimples would l?e cut, thus. ausing the ^having to be a er**t annoyante. yg. After talcing three bottles fl^SfSXaStt II,y '4( ? 11 , clear and smooth as it should I e?appetil" splen.li I. sleep well, KSflCflCse A n <1 feel like l?,?; running a foot rate, all from the use ot S. S. S. I ?u tit AS. II EATON, 71 Laurel it., Philadelphia. Troatiaoon ltloodand Skin Diseases mailed ^ free. Swift SrF.ciFic Co., Atlanta, Ua. sot t l~y Str.d 6c. in stamps tor toopsge 1 | illustrated catalogue of bicycles, guns, I 9 and sporting goods of every description. I p John P. Lovell Arms Co. Boston, MasaJ aevrcamnrj nw < i > I'MwaewiisaMM My. ? he ? at | with Pastes, P.namela and faint* which stain Uu 1 hands. Injure the Iron and hum red. ^ , The Rising Sun Stove Polish Is llrlllUnt. Odor u ?v less. Durable, and the consumer pays for no tin Is. 'or glass package with every purchase. '* Hs jr^?SK- * _ ! -?W> % What Do Too BtwobbV Physiognomists toll no that tbo hn* man face always resembles that of some ' ammal George Eliot ww blessed with an equine expression on her VV UW WOMMliCV. Dicken's head and faee were often likened to that of a line dog. In England and America, whore dogs and * * horses are more thonght of ana better cared for than in other civilized countries, we find more men whoso faces * are strikingly canine and cquino \n pgft v r pression. Among successful men we often see the piercing eyes and long, bent nose, of ' an eagle. This eagle profile, so seldom found in men of commonplace talents, is much admired by physiognomists, : but physiognomists condemn the eagle's face when a woman boars it. The vast majority of men and women | of our raco resemble sheep, and this accounts for thestxipidity and susceptiLMli < 11 1 . unii v in lilt* utciu^u iunii uuu wviukii* Bnt thoso who think, or have been told that thoy look like a horso or dog, mnst remember that there are "balky" { horses and some very shabby and miserable dogs.?Yankee Blade. Mrs. James Lanier, of New York City, is an ex|>ert whip, and drivftl*a handsome pair of high stepping ponies. ? i*- * iconomize ? > Powucr to the exclusion t ^ *?ents. i h : u.Tidal ana- t **" '% greater : 1 leavening > powders. I; 1 as three * rcngth cf ir.ary cf the > y~ good broa \ biscuit and ~>ur, eggs or butter spc led ^ ur and uneatable foo !. % because limes r.re c ill, k or low grade brar.bi of ne to buy their.. Pur ng be econoinicd, L..J * L * the most t T~ aking Powder. **5* BHITDC PIIDCn SEND for FREE Circular. QUI I HE If Until J.N.KIilii.lU-llfvlllo.N.J. ta7t !*d sta l f*ft m 5ly""h* e d i c i ne| | For Indication. llllloutiic*ftf I i llcnduchci t'oiiatlpatlon. Uud | k Complexion, OlTrualvc itrcut h, j&v 1 * 9 and all dii?oruort> of tho Btouiacli, I Liver and Bowel*, I RIPANS T A BOLES < y- ^ **?' ' i art gently yet promptly. Perfect r digestion follows their um>. Fold V<W?P.h?y-'' | f by drugglets or nent by mail. llox ^Way = (# vtaln>,?5c. Package it boxes), $S. | I For free samples mid res# . 1 | KU ANS < IIKMl^AL^CO., Ncwjorli. j :' mend" your own harness fWITH ' THOMSON'S MB SLOTTED ; CLINCH RIVETS. , No tools required. Only a hammer needed to drive - end clinch th in easily and quickly, leaving tlio clinch s absolutely smooth. Requiring no ho o to be made In * Ihe leather nor burr for tlic Itlvcts. They arc atroug, " Kmsrli and cliiraltlt*. Millions now in use. All $ lenetn*, uniform or assorted, put up in boxes. Ask Tour dealer Tor litem, or send Wo. In stamps for a box of 100, assorted sizes. Man'fd by JUDSON L. THOMSON MFG. CO., WALTIIAX, MANS. vaat&BSfr Dir?otiona.?Teaspooifti! , 4 ., .. I Chcrrr Ambrosia ana table- ** ?. Serves. spoonful sugar, mixed with QbCooIb the Blood. V cither roM or lmt wetrr. Ask BOuAnChoS Thirtt.l /or bottles HKiucai end drug- ftj A |f?rt Dietitian. I * gicts. 2.5 and AOe Send A 2c. fTl i i IM 1M II' stamps for sample, by mail, or MMWBBP $1 AO for two AOe. bottles, by express, prepaid,?enough to ^ t.iabs serernt gallons. ( Agents make big pay with us.) FRANK E. HQUSFSjCO. 23d Wash'n si. Boston, Mass. evert ME own doctor, By J. I a nM'iiti \? *. # tl D. i Thlt .? a n"?t Van a', r .. ok A ^ for the oh "l " ii .1 i k? It j ' . does ?li - Ma? " '<'d ? Bymp'i'in-oi 11- .i. t It os, I , tlio t'an.e an I >.? ?.ih ii. rre- I ^ 4 , vcntln. itrii l> . .. it the 8 / *? .?_ Simple i It m..?ii.i.? * ? ml- ?8 > ' leTlate hi fitr- !1 59H Pa.r. i'o .1 "IV .t'?w rito-d. ii *1 116 . ? .1 II >U , U n Vr^ ' T 4 everyni iu <i . . - ?h> from it.- -a i'-r ? iv u h *? 4niS \^t render m .nvim ?? to Cuffs'' \ valuelea- to toe ?e r. it ?>f // { ? renders !? ? .?.. i. .n* . // it II tended to . .. ?%// W- / the Fa n?. . o " ? ?CiLJ^ V 1 > utobei uii ?-i ii in hi J\ ., only ii mi. v Po*'i?*e .m ioi .? . <i . t* jim/i i \ jl Not Olii due. i i? mi -.in- *C 11. \v | I lain so run . i n . >i. <n e ? -gt I AV \\ . ( I tlvo to IJ * .. e. H i , >.p r- -JS I I I ly gives inn..!!" it.' > | f\pl I everythlii e, ? i>, t u ? iM f' II ship, Mai a " ? i| n,i. i .! jR" fyiJiRaj 'I tlon aui r ? ilea uy Lvtf i' h"~"" Families."!.e ,ni w.i. * [jM? y'q Itoclpen h< Fie hi" ,i. >n-. .a- Rj planatloij.ii' H.ii >n .. rr.i . . ? , ,531 IS litiOi- r' .' . ; ^ . 131 l.fllUMiU > / CAU6B ?v /,-.a 1 ?,t AND EFFECT. m S. N. T HO fl Consumptive* and people 21 who bete week lunge or AetbM me, ihoaM nee Pleo'e Cure for H Consumption. It he* enrel H . ? M Ihonssndi, It bee not ln)?r- K J'. ?,1 on*. It le not bed to teke. It le the beet oough eyrap. Bold everywhere. >&?. ml J