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Carious Showers* M. Peltier bus pnt a frog showor on record as having happened within his own experience. He speaks of seeing the frogs fall ou the roofs of the houses and rebound thence on to the payment belovt. A mud shower occurred along the Union Pacific Railroad at Ouaga on tho 4th of A^wil, 1892. The rain, we are assured, commenced early in the day^aod soon tho south and east side of til the houses wero covered with ollow elav. ? y - ' J A Uoiou Pacific train which rau through the storm had its windows i covered, and the headlight was ho ! completely plastered that the light was shut in and the train ran in darkness into Roseville, where the mud had to be scraped off. As far east as Topeka the windows showed that the edgo of the mu<lstorm had extended this far. It is said to have been even more severe lrfty miles northwest. Blood rain and black rain are only varieties of this phenomenon. Of tho latter wo hoar nothing worth speaking of nowadays, but nu almost historio shower of this sort fell at Montreal in the earlier part of this century and enveloped the then youthful city in a black pall, which must h.ivo been worse than a prime London fog, xee'ving that it gave the inhabitants the 1 " Wu t-hat tho last day had come, or was, at least, ou the point of coming. "Blood" rain is caused by tho presence of iufiuitoly little plnuets, animalcules, or minerals in the globules. In one instance of a shower that fell at Bristol and in the Bristol Channel, ih^ analytical examination showed that the red color was due to ivy-beriy seeds. In medieval liineH blood rain was a prodigy. Ill tho East it was connected with the belief that man was produced from blood that fell from heaven. ?Chamber's Journal. Frenks ol Memory, *'Speaking of memory," said a mar., *'I think I have a pretty good m< mory, but there are some things I let' I | rnn't reincniber at nil. I like, for ill- ( stance (who does not?), to remo u r the preferences of my guests nt I ho ; table; to be able to give, without ask- , ing after tho first time, rare meut io him who likes it. tho white meat <> the une who prefers that, autl ho ?>u ; and! have pretty fair Huceess m iliis; but I have one guest whose wishes n regard to tea and coffee I liml my utterly unable to lix in my iniinl. 'o j takes coffee without sugar a in I w . h \ milk, ami ten without milk ami w ! i 1 sugar. Do you grasp that? You o, I know, for it is very simple; but do you know, I just simply can't remember it ! I can't. Of course, I can realize it with perfect clearness when I think of it, hut tho impression promptly fades from my mind. If his habit were alike as to tea and coffee; if in both he used milk, but not sugar, or sugar but not milk, 1 could roinemi j ber that easily ; but when it coiues to using one in one but not in the other, anil the other in this but not in that, why, the effect produced upon my milid is, I freely confess, confusing, and I have to ask him every tiiue."-New York Sun. Indiana ^furnished a great many tall A'^ ~ iliit Oi 1I:? men whoso descriptions were taken at the time of enlisting 11,81111 were six feet in height or more. There were 2614 six feet one inch, 14"?7six foct two inches, 404 sis feet three inches, and 308 over six feet three inches. Ilnw'M This I We oflfor One lluii'lreil Dollnrs^Rcward for any riuM) ?i ? nturrn iu;u cannot DO cureu uy | Hall's Catarrh <lure. F. J. Chunky & Co., l'rops., Toledo, O. Wo, llio undersigned, liave known F. J. Clioiiey for 1 ho lust ir? years, and believe hiin perfectly honoraldo in all business transact inns and financially able to carry out any obligation made by their Arm. "Vkst & TuUAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. <7athtno, Kl.wan <fc maiivin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. lla'I's tlatarrli Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon thehloo l and vine..us surfaces of the system. l'ri< e, 7">< . per holt lo. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. . Murk thai, $.100,000 of damage was ,'ono to tho l.ou sville and Nashville lines l.y tho late Southern storm?. For ioipnra or th'n ltlood, Wonka- -s, Malaria. Neuralgia, Indigestion and Milioio :e s, take Brown s Iron liltt-rs it gives -I r a ih, niakin; old p rsoie. feel young aid yo.ng persons strong; pleasant to take. Fxpokts of brondslulTs. provisions and cotton IY?r tho pnst nino months show a fading off as compared with IT.>2. We Cure Ituplur*. No matter of how long standing. Writ# ;Vr. .fr<*> treatise, testimonials, etc., to H. .1. Holiensworth <fc Co., Owetro, Tioga Co., N. V. iVice $1; by mail, SI.Ilk i Tur coal war in Fnglund is prrctieally ended and tho price of coal has fallen nearly , a ton. If your Hack Aelms, or you are all worn out, f.HHl for nothing, it is general <1 bilily. frown's Iro i It Her-- will emeyoii. in k t ? strong, cleanse your liver, and . ive yon a gi?? | Hi'lftite t -ties lie- nerves A nkw course, that of physieal cullur i? offered to Yale seniors this year. Boechani's Fills instead of slosh) mineral wators. lteechain's? no others. 25 els. a hop .\|'PI>kh are scarce and high in price this HOOD'S Sarsaparilla CURES " W hile Serving My Country I was taken lil with spinal disease and rheumatism. When I returned home my Crouble was still with me, and 1 was confined t"> my bed, unable to help myself for 22 months. After taking seven bottles of Hood's Bursa parilla I wns well and have not since been troubled with my old ?'(>iiipiftintH. .My wire wan In ill health, rMilTrrinu with hcadnrhc, dizziness and dyaiiopala. She took two bottle)! of Hood's Sarsaparilla and feels like a new woman." .Umih A. Whkri.kh, lflOO Division St., Haltlmore, Md. flood9* Pill* are the beat after dinner Pill*, aettot digestion, cure beedacbe. Try a box. M . % wCLy* aftert Awhile. After awhile, wo ofton say, When shadows fall and clouds arleo, There's sure te cOme a brighter day, With balmy air and sunny oleics. After awhile a day of rest Will come to worn and weary feet \ What seems tho worst will provo the beet And bitter things be turned to sweet. Aftor awhile tho aching heart Will find a cordial for Its pain And as tho flying days depart Tho joy of love Will Come again. / 'l"f IWldle the right will reign. Ami conquered wrong will lose ill* svray While ancient error'* Icy ehMrt Will break ami slowly melt away. After awhile the clashing cree Is That load to strifo anil hate with men Will yield to our superior needs And love will prompt the lip an 1 pan. After awhile the golden hour* Will come with life's supernal days-. Anil higher thought* and ttoblot pow era Will lend us into grander ways. ?David llanks sMekols, in Chicago Sutur day Evening Herald. ? x MISS (iWYNNL'S BtlRllLAB BY VIOI,KT ETVNGE MITCHKT.Ti. ju-fTT N tho heart o sjl Witlea( IU'stlinff lie 4/ 8' two Ml I- V> dnrl ^<X ?! ^dVvmnft in (in n |! tains, and lulled t< drowsy i u <1 iffor rv v \ *1 ctieo of the l?ii > 2\\* " .mt-i.l.. ?1.1 t Z\Y? t-h?? murmurs??f tin not far distant son, l^5\) 1 )J )| | (stand* the lit tic i,13?"" T JvJ n K / iM I -ust outside tin t'l' thetuair 1 jfv?^.1 | I ro:ul k t ii n da?oi Vi' <li<l stand ten yeari O ago?an old Mont house in the middle of a large garden, v nieh was surrounded mi sll sides hj u high wall, also of stone. It was the l>rido of the owner, Miss (Iwynnc, One night, in the early spring r?l th ) year, there wu to ha a wedding at 0?vd-y-Glyn- -a wedding in humble lite, hut anticipated with great glee hy the invited guests, among whom were Miss (Jwynne's servants, the coaehman and Ids wife (who was nlsr, cook) and Viva, their daughter, ouv p'.oved as a in iid-of-all-work. Knowing the disappointment It would he to them if they were denied the pleasure of attending the wedding, she had declined the coachman's offer to remain with her, allowing his wife and daughter to go, and lnnghingly assured him that with her fnther's gun for company she feared nothing. Mi ss Gwynne retired at an early hour, having looked up the house. She lay for some time gazing through the window at the twinkling stars, lost in quiet retrospection. I will let Miss Gwynne tell the real of the story in her own way, repeating as well as I can from memory the , words as I heard them from her lipi ten years ago. * % + 1 cannot tell if I dozed or not, bat 1 was conscious of the moon shining dimly through the clouds, and I wondered how long I had lain thete. beaching out for my watch, which lay on the table, I was horrifiod to feel my wrist grasped and held by a firm band. To say T was frightened would bg less correct than to say I was astouaA Cfl.'for T have always been a woman of Lt i? .......... i ? ^ .......j m.i n, mill ?ut; jirt'aciu occasion call oil for its use. The moon had retired behind a heavy curtain of clouds, and the moon was in complete darkness, but from tli drapery at my bedside issued a voice, and at the same time the python-like grasp on my wrist relaxed. '"1 beg to apologize, madame," said this voice; "I have chosen a bungling manner of awakening you?foreign to my custom. Pardon me, and do not be alarmed. I merely wish to relieve you of any supeviluous silver, jewelry or b.Mik notes you do not absolutely need. Tint as the vandalism of breakin, locks iH out of my line, I will request you to arise ami show mo where such tilings are kept." By the time lie had finished thh speech I was myself again. "Very well," 1 said, "I'll get up and show you; but, as it is embarrassing to dress in your presence, will you si -p out into the hall and close tht uiar while I put. on my clothing?" Tlu-re was a soft rustlinvr of the cur t lins at the bedside, and the sound ol footsteps 011 the carpet, and immediately afterward the door closed. ' Vive minutes, madame, is all I cau gi'< you," remarked the burglar, a* la i appeared. took me (after lighting the candle) two minutes to slip on a ? ... obi-* ..~.i .. l-l.? a 1 nrvi*!, rum it uiiio IIOUUOJ wrapper over it; then, sticking m> fflot. into a pair of down (dippers. 3 had still time to snatch a roll of lulls amounting to one hundred pounds, and pin them deftly to the liirng of the canopy above my fourpost bed. Then throwing open the door I stood 011 the sill facing my visitor, and threv the glare of the lighted candle fnli upon him, as he lolled 111 a careless, eusy attitude against the bannisters, 1 had been prepared for a burglarhut 1 had looked for one attired ae cording to the traditions of my ances tors. Bat here wsh a gentlemanly mild-featured individual, such as ! should have expected to And tilling th< position of a professor of Latin?per haps of theology?in Oxford Univer sity. There was no appearance of a jimmy or tools of any kind. Evidently her was a tvne of criminal with which his "nnpquainted. "Madam: lie I'lviaiibv^ . with I he grace of a French courtier ''yuit are punctuality itself. And ho^ charming!?no hysterics?no distress in., scenes. Allow me." He took th can. j from my hand, and holding i aio.> preceded me down the grea oha.js stairs, talking tluontly all th wnilc, l?ut pausing at every other ste to glance over liia shoulder at me wit Co?i init sh politeness. " ixh to aFHure you," he remarked "ti i am no ordinary honse-lireakoi Bui ,itry is witii me a professior th- r. .1 not the one (I confess) chose lor mo by my parents. I saw, at a early age, that 1 must either descend to the level of tho burglar, or raise hiiv. to the levol of an artist. Behold, im dear lady, the result." To stood at t he foot of tho stairs auO looked up at ine. \3liall we proceed to tho diningroom?" ho asked airily; "and, as 1 wish to give you no unnecessary troU' ' Me, let me say that I dd not dabblo ir ph. ted spoons; nothing but solid sil Hi'. * v i opened tho old mahogany side board iu which Griffiths had; folr years, pi., e l the fawilv heirlooms at night, una beheld uiy guutleuianly burglm stow them, cno after another, in a o.v pacious felt snek, which ho carried it hi' naud. "Charming!" lie cried, ''I am i connoisseur, I assure yov?, and I knov silver from plate, These articles an really Worth the risk tlf the enterprise.' Yort ask ine* if I was. not alarmed No, I was ndt. iS't-Hoiial violence wa not in his ptrdfessi'dnal line, unless <.y posed, t snmmo.ned All mv energie to outwit him. I thought much an said little; for I had no intention of ?. lowing him to carry oil my mother silver. After hp.v'igiifcd all 1i:ei?<n: < 1 nil tho moot valuable articles, lio rc turned to the (lining fooin. On the table tho remains t>? suppc still stood, Koilsistihg t>f n fowl, hard f ly tqitcheni so trio delicately cut brem and butter, oako, and a glass jar con t tainiug some fancy crackers. "I will make myself entirely a , home," ho remarked, sitting down t< . tho table, and helping himself to i r wing of tho clliokclii "Really," ho proceeded, "I hnv. > thoroughly enjoyed this evening. No only have I met a most charming lady 5 but I have been able to prove to lie; that the terms gentleman aud burgla may be synonomous." Ho now began on tho cake. T pusho, 1 tho cracker jv toward him. "'IV them," I observed. ' Still smiling indulgently, and talk ' ing, he took out one of the crackeri and began to nibble on it. It wa ' very dry. I rose, and in absent minded man uer placed on the table the remains o a bottle of old Burgundy, which ha< been opened the day before. 1 "Now, really," be prattled, "I'm i VArv KnrmLmu men Ava *n 1 six?I never steal unless other mean > fail, or a tailor's bill comes (lite. I'm i ' respectable citizen and?11 churci ' member in good standing when 1'n not. on ouo of my professional tonrs. I I took up burglary more as a rosourci . than from necessity. Candidly speak ing, now, am I a ruffian?" "No!" I replied, looking directly 1 at him. "On the Contrary, you are i ' very tine-looking man." 1 A glow of vanity spread over liii , face. I poured out a glass of the Bur gundy and pusliod it toward him. ( "England to Wales!" he eried witl J gallantry. "I don't generally drink,' 1 he added, "but these crackers maki me thirsty." "If I could ytfly find a wife suitci ' to my tastes," he mused, "such i | woman as you are, by George! IV givo up rasthetic burglary and setth down to quiet domestic bliss." H< : ?---1 ..otioninurlv ftt JU0. "If"? J he hesitated?"you could be suie : would abandon my profession?wouh you?do you think yon could?con , done my past and?marry me?" * 'That is a matter for consideration,' I replied. He helped himself to another cracker "Your proposal Is so stnrtlingly uni 1 quo, I continued, "to marry one' [ burglar! Iteally it is quite a joke." "Isn't it?" he chuekled, evidentl; enjoying the idea of the oddity. "W are kindred spirits!" he exclaimed convivially, but was interrupted by violent fit of coughing. Seizing the bottle of Burgundy, h /i-?,i ?.i ? *? ""'J * ?"!' U1 l?u iClfc. "I think, maybe, there's auotliu bottle down in the cellar," I cried ' artlessly. "I'll go down and see? ! feol thirsty myself." 1 "We will descend together," ei ' claimed my burglar, gallantly takin > (lie candle from my hand and follow ing me *o the door leading to the ce ' lar steps. We descended the slops ohnltiii , pleasantly?ho discoursing on matr mony, T answering rather vaguely, In: i measuring the distance to the win . bins by my eye. Thoy were at the fe [ end of the cellar, and were five in nun r bcr, each large enough to hold a qnai i ter of a ton of coal. Before the furtl 5 est ono I paused. "Here," I said, "is the brand woai looking for." I raised the heavy li t and looked in. "I will hold the cm die," I observed; "will you get tl bottle? I can hardly reached it." > He handed me the candle and bei i low over the bin. Ha ! ha ! Quick* than a flash of lightning f tripped 11 his heels (he was easily overbalanced ; and into the bin he fell lieadlonj [ Down came tho heavy lid. But thoi r was no padlock on it. I must hurrj Blowing out the candle, I ran, for [ Knew tile Trnjr, siwaiglat to tU? Oelli [ steps aud up them?like a cat. Th* > with a locked door between myself ai iny burglar, I could breathe. I heard the man kicking about dou | below, for of course he got out of tl r bin at once. But our cellar is a lab, [ rinth. Seizing father's old gun fro its resting place in the hall, I sat now near the door at the head of the stair waitiug for the worst. The door was fairly strong --that b IWia* 1 111 ItO tL'Ou a ? w * ?1'<> nann t t 1 dragged a heavy table from the si I ting room and placed it against it. 9 Suddenly I became consciousthat 1 hud found his way to the stAirs at was rapidly approachiug the doo which woe all that lay between me at his revengeful fury. e Bracing myself against the opposi h wall, I raised the old gun, and, deli erately aiming it, waited. ?4Ie began hv pounding with boi r auy answer, he trieX'\hl'fefttH.p,>'ififcvB stincl seemed to tell him 1 would i u main on guard. ( His language, I must confess, whi t threatening, was not abusive. It wi e in fact, incredildy elegant for a bur ( lur, and strictly grammatical. A . All at once there came a crash, ft lowed by the croaking of heavy timlx I and the door fell. Down he came ' top of it, sprawling at my feet on t floor. I raised my gun and flred. '* "Hit him?" I interrupted. "No," replied Miss Uwynno; "h< f w ? r-rr^r^ ^ in the wall of the dining-room the buls let lodged, and is still there." The next thing I was oonsoioua of whs Mrs. Griffiths bending over me, I and her husband's Voice eioleiming J "He'd never hate escaped if %d liaJ-w, not left that door Opened *hori we \ [ came in. Ydti see we gbt nonie ittst in i, time to hear jou lire the gun, and as * , we ran in he ran out. - Dipt .him i" I raised mteelf?op mA^lbow and looked,oag?rly about. v 11 Hb. l^aa tad time to oairry off a thing," said Mrs. Griffiths. ? ' * "1 would like to set my eyes on hirai" | 1 , I remarked; Mien Mi6s Gwynrid had ' j concluded Hair story/ "fun are a. distiugilished wduiaU aud ate? I believe v- ?the Very first pile who over, received e an offer.'of marriage from a'burglar." * The lady smiled. "Do you not remember reading about the capture of i fi a notorious bank robber, several years J ^ " ago? The case created quite a sensa- , s tion, owing portly to the difficulty in , ' tracing the .thief, who was clever , * enough to puzrde the most expert dc- ] * tectives and evade the police, and also to the respectability of his position. ( No one could believe hint guilty." "Ihdced 1 dd remember it* I an- , swored. "\ot only that* but I saw i r the man after ho was in prison. I ( " happened to bo going through Chester ' Tail at tho time alid^T*. " wua-poinied * out to me. Ho was quite distinguished looking. In fact, I did ndt believd * him guilty: ' ''.Nor would I;" said Miss Owynne; 11 ''if T had hot known." ''Vou mcnur" I said, "that he? ?" 1 ''1 mean that you saw my burglar.'" ' ?Outing. i I SCIENTIFIC AMI INDUSTRIAL. Granite is the lowest rock iri the ' earth's crust I it is the bod rock of tho f world. The biggest fresh water fish, tho ^ "Arajmcina"' of tho Amazon, fit South America, grows to six feet in length. Nausea iB said to be promptly r . lieved by a mixture of four drops 01 f creosote in two ounces of lime-water. i Dobo : A teaspnonful every fifteen minutes. i M. do JVlsle discovered nil nnimalf CUla that Oould ruil six inches in a secn oud, and caleulatcd that it must move * its legs no less than 1200 times in that i brief poriod. > 1 When irritated the aea cncumlirr, a Hpecies of holothuria, can ojcct all its 3 teeth, ita Btomach and digestive apparatus, and reduco itself to a simple membraneous sac. It has been ascertained by Professor Keruot, of the Melbourne University, Australia, that the usually assumed * weight of eighty to 100 pounds per squaro foot, produced by a dense crowd of persons, may bo largely exceeded. * The most curious thing about the butterfly is the size of the easo from ? which the insect proceeds compared . with tho size of the insect's body. The case is rarely more than one inch in j thickness ; the butterfly covers u surface noarly four inches square. Tn support of the modern theory that sound docs not consist of a giveu r miV-1--- ,i??w,tsva welij known write* adduces the fact tli'At'V plate of iron, even an inch thick, when used as the diaphragm of a telephone, > will respond to and transmit perfectly the sound vibrations of tho * human voice, a result which it is almost in'm conceivable to suppose could be effected H by mere mass vibration. Another most valuable series of inj vestigations in regard to the metal best 0 adapted for the construction of bridges , has been made by tho Austrian Society n of Engineers. Some 216 mechanical tests were made by the committeo have ing the matter in hand, to determine the quality of wrought iron, of basic, r Bessemer and basic open-earth steel, I, the conclusion being that the latter ex1 eels all the others in resistance to mochanical attack and distortion. A remarkable illustration of the prog gross of electrical appliances is elec' trolytic painting. Hitherto, if copper I* or other metal were to be deposited electrically, a bath ~of solution was needed. Now this is changed, and a ? technical journal says a ship's hull can be plated as easily as a spoon or tea[e pot. Instead of a batb, insoluble ir salts, ground to a fine powder and j. mixed with water, are used. This r. mixture is painted on the metal to be j. plated by a fine wire brush, to which one pole of a dynamo conduotor is at ti tached, the other pole being connected ,1 with a plate. Not only pure metal but all sorts of alloys can be used, it During a residence in Tunisia, M. Vercoutre made a study of the tattoo it marks which the natives cover their limbs and face. He discovered that ip the most complete designs represent a ), human figure?a kind of doll, seen in gr. front, with extended arms. In this re figure, for which no explanation had r! been offered before, he perceives noth1 ing else than a representation, rigidly uc ax ant and preserved by tradition with- , >n out perceptible alteration, of the mani-' id kin on the monuments of Phoenicia and Carthage, which archaeologists u have named the "Symbol of the Punic it- Trinity"?which is found, for exaihy pie, on the Phoenician snd Punic stein, in and on the neo-Punio lamps of Carru thage. a, Ta1lor*!Uade (Jrlef. .'rr irdiir. to one of the authorities t the eriod of mourning for a fatherin-' -.w is twelve months, ten months l?l. k, two moutliH half mourning; nviun iu (inirlnni u-nm flintiraK 1,1 - "l" ? ? -? i v ?pt period wan formerly nix months. )(j For iv parent the period is the same as above. The loudest period for a brother is nix months, tivo months J black, one month half mourning; the ' crape period was formerly three .. months; it is now almost discarded. ' The shorter period is four months y bV~hioWnb# Waning. . The period 6 often short* nod t<i six months when j. relatives tead# at a considerable dis1 * tnnce froraoaeh other. ATI of which I*' prompts tli> remark tlmf. t^e world ^ would be undo more cliecfi'ul and* ? sensible i^ "mourning" Fgar ne'i ?i wcr.> b'v.'nrjod nltogether.*? New York Journal. j :. on I ?,?. II he Many of titVoyal personages of En- j rope are noM for thoir glnttonr. am1 ii.. x * I Ii/uc ivaflt iii yino^n la hm1<( 14) f??v ) .1. greatest afnftite for /oq<1 ol tueiu ail. j I 3 p jjp i J4 i HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. TO ciiSAM oiunuynt. Wash with a lnrgo, soft woolen cloth ind ltikeWarm water; Dry thoroughly it li 4 ho ft moth; Alia Afterward polish ivith milk or a solution of beeswax in ...iriu A# .... ? * MJ V* VU?^IUUVtUV. XlVTVt UOC W irush, hot water or soap; ns they will remove hot paint. A solution Of two bid brie'-hj&ii pounds of paraffine in one ;allon of turpentine', dissolved by the tid of a littlb heat, is another excelent renovator for oiloloth. The solulion should be applied while Warm irith U spdiigo or piece Of flantleL Let it renlaiii foi1 twenty-fonr hours, and :heU polish with naUneh ?American farmer. ttorsEHonn skorkts. Every household in time comes to have its own unwritten laws and traditions, speciflos that have been used through many years with the same mro and satisfactory results, and here is revealed some of thoso that have made the domestic machinery of one home at least rnn smoothly * When pipes or stoves are to be set [iway take boiled linseed bll, procurable at any hardwaro store* and with a clotli irtib it ovei1 the iron. Almost before the work is flilishod it will have dried into a smooth varnish which will keep the stove bright and impervioue to damp for any length bf time; For the rtiokid plate ttf 4 stove this process is reliable: Slack 4 piece dl ljuioklirne iri a oovered kettle with just sufficient water to cause it td crumblo. While hot add talldw and work into a past. Cover the bright work with this. It can be oasily wiped off. It prevents all dimming and discoloration what ever. For renewing black silk there is no bettor way than td take the fipped-Up bilk) place 4 hreadtll tlpon a whitt scrubbed kitcheil table, pat it thor' OUghly down with a sponge dipped id Ammonia and water until the silk i< Wet and stuck smoothly to tho table. Lay one breadth over another, patting each smooth} then leave them to dry. Vit ifnninr* io rinndrwl and ihn nillc will be Almost liko new. Oxalic Acid is the standard remedy for ink stains* but by some perversity it in never on hand when needed. Salt howover? is always ready, and it is si most certain to eradicate the staii from any woolen article, such as ? Carpet or table cover, if applied n< once. Thrown on a fresh stain it act: as a magic absorbent. Immediately brush up the stained salt as lightly a possible. Then apply fresh and whisl vigorously. In most cases tho staii wholly disappears. I know no otlie absorbent that will act in this way. A soap that is invaluable where car pots, rugs or woolen curtains nee: freshening or cleansing ib as follows Boil foi twenty minutes, constant! stirring, two quarts of water, one-lial pound of lump starch, one tablespoo: salt, three bars laundry soap cut tine when the mixture is smooth and fre from lumps remove from the tire an add one tablespoon of salaratus <tn four ounces of ether. Pour into moltl to harden. Rub the soap on the cat pet, then sponge off lightly with damp cloth or sponge. The user wii bo delighted with the result. When silk or woolen articles becom Miled, but are of texture to delicate to be treated with soapB o fluids of any kind, the "buokwliea cleanse" is invaluable. In many larg dressmaking establishments part of tl) stock-in-trade is buckwheat floui The finger marks that become almoi unavoidable in the sewing are alwav carefully brushed with the flour ti no trace romuins. Light colore woolen wrappers for invalids' every day wear may be thoroughly bruslic in that way when soiled and kept i ,..^...1 .1-.. ?1 uwuiuviyu. xuio ui j viuuuou invaluable for delicate silks. This bint for the homo drossmakc is stolen from the establishment of bright and successful modiste: Whe there is a waist to remodel, trim c drape, use a pillow as a "form." T1 modiste referred to has used pillou for years, each waist finisher havin her own. For the pretty draped wai without outside darts the linings ai fitted, stitohed and boned, except tl under arm and shonbler seams, the hooked around the pillows, which 11 out each curve properly, so that lli dress material ean bo correctly dr ipo on. A more permanent arrangemct in making one's own gown is to take fitted waist lining and bone it, se pieces on to cover neck and nruihole fill it carefully with excelsior, tlu sew the coverings over the opening One will in that way secure a perfei model on which to work. ?Cotirio, Journal. KBCfPBS. Spice Cake Pudding?Two cups < sugar, one cup of butter, on ; cup t sour cream, four cups of flour, 101 eggs, one teaspoonful of soda, oj nutmeg, one tablospoonful of clove two tablespoonfuls of cinnamon ai three-quarters of a pound of seede raisins. Bake in a scalloped cake pa and serve with a liquid sauce. Brooklyn Cookies?Three even cu] of uowdered sticar and one fnll etiri, butter mixed to a cream; add foi eggs well beateD, one level teaspoonf of soda dissolvod in a third of a onp i milk, and flour enough for a thick ba tor. ltoll out thin, cut in round sprinkle with granulated sugar ai bake. Caraway seeds can bo added liked. Carrot Pudding?Carrot pudding said by those who have eaten it to very nice. Boil and mash fine e ounces of oarrot, and six ounces suet, chopped flue, half a pound currants, two large tublespoonfills sugar, half a nutmeg, a saltspooui of salt and three large tablespoonfi of flour. Mix all these ingrediex thoroughly, put them in a greased p and boil the pudding for three hou: Irish Scones?Put one nint of wh cornmeal into a bowl; put in the cc tre a spoonful of shortening; po one cupful?to soald the meal. Sta aside for an hour. Beat one egg, a into the mixture, then add suffioie boiling water, about another eupfi to make a soft batter. With an e, beater beat constantly for five inlnuti Drop tablcHpoonfuls onngreasol gri die ; bake slowly ; turn. P j , nr.. ?e (m . i... u ic .or iii'v eve; year .u courts. I Cream of Tai Have Uses in Cooking wall know the method of tefining' them to ahd bf inixing theni together so leavening powef and best fesults \ great exactness, requiring the mos Royal Bakii la the product of this knowlor expenditure b( many thousands appliances for its prepdfatiott. It gritpe Cream of tartar and absohlt exafctlicss and tare by famous cher whoiesbme and deiitate bread, bis bo had where this modern agent o ^ Beware of the cheap compou ^ catch the unwary. They are mad Atf At a, VW' lav f^v fwv f^v (Wv ffv (Wv fWv RMiGii sirnnus. A foot feoldier in tho army of the i Czar carries over Bixtyeight pounds. Schools at Oxford were established iiy Alfred the Great about 879. rf Afcl tinioH Have rtdtably affected the ktteiidAiiCe et Vassal College. Thei 'tfariars tiikd A mart bj- tho ear td invite him td eat or driuk with theili. Arithmetical notation by tho uiu-j digits and zero wan used in Hindustan in the sixth century. In 1552 books on geometry nud astronomy were destroyed in Eugliul its savoring of itiagid. Thd first attempt td give regular instruction to the deaf and dumb was made by a Spanish monk in 1570. The Children of tho Aitutaki Islanders are born with tho left leg an f inch shorter than tho right. There were no italics used' iu the I biblical translations until the time of the King .Tames version, 1511. No representation of the face of a nlau was ever stumped on a coin until After the death of Alexander the Great, j who was regarded as a divinity. The bride's cake of to-day is n relic j. df a Roman custo m. * At a Roman nlarriago the bride Was expected to ! prepare a part, at least, of the wed^ ding feast with her own hands, k | When the first Bible was printed in ? 1 America it took three yoars to print r ' tho Old Testament. When the revised version of the New Testament was tel_ > egraphed to Chicago, in 1881, it was I put in type'and stereotyped iu twelvo . j Mourn. y A halo and hearty man, 113 yearn ol f age, whs among a party of pilgrims u who arrived id tho Troit/.o-Sergiovki ; Monastery in nt. Petersburg recently, e He had trooped the whole distance d | from Lugs, some eighty-Hve miles, d I and showed no weariness. His ago was Is , properly attested bv the baptismal papers lie carried with him. n Tho priuciple of the modern plow II j was lahl down by Thomas Jefferson. A plow consists of two wedges, a cuiiing e and a lifting wedge, aud Jefferson diso covcrod and enunciated the proporr tions of eaoh and the relation each it bore to the other. Beforo his day no ;e two smiths made plows alike ; now they ,o are all made in aocordanoo with a mathr. ematical formula. it ? S | KNOWLEDGE 11 I Brings comfort and improvement and ie | tends to personal enjoyment whea I J rightly uscrt. Tno many, who live betit ' tor than others and enjoy life more, with n | less expenditure, by more promptly w adapting the world's besi product* to ? | the needs of physical being, will attest tlie value to liealth of the pure liquid s laxative principles embraced in the " remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting r* in the form most acceptable and pleaaant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfeet laxative; effectually cleansing the system, o[ dispelling colds, headaches and fevers ,j and permanently curing coi.atipation. ,r It lias piven satisfaction to millions and u. met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the KidMj neys, Liver and Bowels without weakening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. kn Syrup of Figs is for sale by all druggist* in 60c and $1 bottles, but It la manps ufactured by the California Fig Syrup of Oo. only, whose name is printed on every ar package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, uj and being well informed,jrou will not nf accept any substitute if ofieiecL t 1BENTS WANTED ON SAURY LS, a or c >innilMi<>., to 1'i ii 'kj 1 r Siw r?t< nt C 'omiml H <**> imTKrasInx l'enoll. Aurnm making Rfttpor ,t wrek. MonroKra? r Mf?.Co..X 101, LaCruwte.WU. AKiBIAIIOINTMINT?iiNriLai?nM 04?c? oared or money returned; hynafftaMo 1# fl boxbi OkOUlera k i- ?<gl, Aidereo^ w. U be ;; CURES RISING 2 BREAST iIH s rm mld-wlfeI for many years, and In each caae " where "Mother's Friend" had been used It bee (te accomplished wonders and relieved much >n- It Is the beat remedy for rising of u the breaLs'. known, anil worth the prtee forthat ur alone. Mna. M. M. Bruster, Z ?>, ? t 8* "-MAk. * ?!>TO rwi ;j IjjfS^ T^! t_"'0AL <*? ?*w Teek. < I I ?W?w<lW?W<?W?W?W?w?wW ( 1ar and Soda | I m to every housekeeper ; but 2B L make them chemically pure, 2 ' as to produce their greatest W, vhen combined, is a matter of ^ t expert knowledge and skill. 5 ng Powder | j Ige and experience and the 5 1 i of dollars in patents and ? ( is rt compound of strictly pure ] ciy pure soon, comoinca wiui * nists, and Ifc Will produce fnore JS cuit, take, folis, Me. , tlian caii 5 ( cooking is not used. ? nds called leaking powders to 2S c with alum and are poisonous. ^ ? A; ( ]? (?!> aj ^i> ^.i Chief Magistrates ol Ancient (jreeee. Tho chief magistrates of Athene woro " called archons. At first tho office wuh j lifelong and hereditary ; afterward for f ten years, Anally annual and olective. - i There were nine annual archons, and none were eligible but citzens who i conld prove three generations of free ^^4 ancestors. Every eandidato must also ttf^| prove that he had no physical defcot; that he had been dutiful to his parente, had served in tho ariny and' possessed property to support the dignity of tho office. Bribery was punished by compelling tho one bribed to dedicate to tho gods a statute of gold equal in weight to his own body. Klllikinick. Killikinick, or kiniknick, which the Indians are in tho habit of mixing with tobacco, is rapidly becoming extinct. Several plants have received thia name, but they have no right to it. Thetrno herb is tho inside bark of a young willow, and, when smoked alone, makes a mild and pleasant smoke.? Detroit Free Press. - - a ^ I August Flower" L "What i? August Flower for?" As easily aivuvcied as asked. It is M for Dyspepsia. It i? a spcrial rem- ' edy for the Stomach and Liver.?; I Nothing more llian this We believe I August Flower euros Dyspepsia. I Wc know it will. We have reasons I for knowing it Today it has a:; m honored place in every town nud I country store, possesses one of the largest manufacturing plants in the country, and sells everywhere. The reason is simple. It docs one tiling, and does it right. It cures dyspepsia)) (IfAVPAVtKn thin* for iwrnf? la ?nr PIIOTO* i Kp\ I ORACH rAMir.Y R*-X>RD.\ n?h-r Pic# i? " w I lurr* ami Frain>i. Ail Iron*. Dopl. U.C. V* F. Car/ A Cn?. <1 to JetTfrmn nt.( cull-ago, jy MONEY FOR YOU SSSM: time wl I be nuinle I to an 'n >i>i mlrnt loalllon ndilrenln* The Cm wInril >1 n im f net n ilnir Vtim a?l Fn?t Tivntt? ?Thlr?l Sln-f, New \ ?rk> Xngleside JEfcetreat.j For Ul5a? ? of Women. Bolentlltc treatment and enreaguaranteed. Kleganl apartment* for ladle# be fore and during confinement. Aildrcaa Tba ilea*dent Pbyalclan. il-TJ Baxter Court, NaahTtlla. Tenn. Rupture a*iau^ov?>^y^1'^owjBta nootowt^. ^tfOflBMfeS^RiXtftt 1u. ^.' A iiy i.n iloi|IM?. ?' ?? f BLOOD POISOfc l: J i Gpcpiil TV Ik lM iH"?lar? *r?-l iu??* ?? 1 * krCwIJILII* pP j'Alii oul1 l?li"ft IIjr. Iii.f In Iwdl rf M 4 on.ooo vVhen mercury, diUdtpolHilini, nrtnp rills or HutBiTln^* fall, we SiirulMtnri'?nnd our lit k < yj>l' tan-> '< lb? onlf In* thol W:ll euro irormnneirtly r r|.ivo | ftroft Ml sealed, frns (oo* ll*?Fi'T < ??.. Cbtc no. 111rrwsnHSHSHI '1$? ID# Wot B# DkMlTkd with rmef, Kntmtli ud Patau which stain On I hand*. Injurs the Iron sad hnra red. | I The niiuo ( Bun Stors Polish Is Brilliant, Odor- I | less. Durable, and ths consumer nays for no Un I | or slass package with every purchase. | RHEPPARfs ^1tr?AvN6ES Ike Best for Either Heeling or Oookiar. ' Jfj'- > Exoel in Style, Oomfot and DoHbilitT. t j OAO KIND3 AND S ZK< AVKKY OlU VBK 1 A.JP WARRANTkU AAUAorDKri CTt. ASK TOUR STOVE DFALtR T? (how Tf>? BHEtTA RD'A I.ATEST CATAL00UK. IIM 4?M?r uw you wr.M to ISAAC A. MiEPPARD A CO., DAI.T: OKI,, )IH. IUB9K8T maiutacruner* is run movtH. S~t HORSE OWNER A I oupht to thhik enough of A I hi* ahIihaI to with to be 1 M* able t?c?w for It propurl* ? M I In hraltlmnd ?lrkn<>?. ItIa K money ont of hi* |>or1r< t if m S bcdnetinot. TommmiilNh I hie ro'iill we < (|.t not , w^VPmA Ont Hundred Peg IU vf\i'Jrr?m0L Uw lutt'Ated Hor?? ook ' ///',f ffzfifj) V'Ta brAJPClit*. 1> i< *ee- ?? > Plc,c ost' t""1 II'mai; '//#&* ul\Ji v.'Vy knowimpi rftotioioe <1 *o .[//EMtowTL/ftll guard AtjAlnat Irmid. de[ ZfE* > ft XSj/ll "'ft die ?*? and ?.*t A llfi /^Cf r"r* *h<*n **,n* n tH>*"i 4 til :V ' h. whnt n? mil in* % 1 "*tl Ti different part* of thi antL? ifi how to *h?? a UufM I' tiUnfVr nahle |nf?rm*'lon ran fx> r ' Y Jlltl o'it? n??l by r. ndiny <mr \ I Oik' Ildulnl P?lf* Inua h , in'.-'1 H"" to"l< wit'fli " 7^ *' 1 ' Vr"*%i11 iiawtrd. i?. i p^d. ^ II on receipt of price In 'lamp*. Aaanrrri'y tbc lluoc '? >uO go**! a friend n man ro H* ncjrleeted for want of k'?i?M|(? < h>h Can bn ir>n-.ur?d i.?r only twent -Ive rtu.ta. , "mnin Pchi ihiiihw IIocmk ill i-eonard St.. N.Y.Dity. * ? ? 1 ---j? ' - ? ' 9 m: Mai j M