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u a Viscait formerly meant baked twice. ■Pareley originally came from Ea- tope. The aluminum timepiece is the latest Parisian fad. In 1889 the United States produced 103,000 tons of refined copper, nearly one-half the world’s yield. ' fl M y ^ An old superstition has: If that if a wolf sees a man before the man secs the wolf he will be struck dnmb. i A man died at Jacksonville, Fla., a few days ago at the age of' ninety-six who was the father of ninety children. I The so-called thaler millionaires in Berlin—a thaler is about seventy-five cents—now number 426, against 440 one year ago. I 'White-haired Willie Dempster, of Wilton, Kan., twelve years old, can wag his ears either one at a time or both together. While exhibiting this strange peculiarity, he says the alpha bet backward. 1 One of the queer delusions of a pa tient in the Kankakee (III) Insane Asylum is that his feet are made of sardines. As he is harmless he is per mitted to keep them tied up in tin cans filled with olive oil. i The Custom House receipts in Guat emala amounted during the year 1893 to 94,301,818. The tax on the expor tation of coffee produced $1,196,807, which gives a total for all resources from the Custom House, exports and imports included, of neatly $5,500,- 000. . The rart instance of -the cominf of age of a whole trio of triplets was cel ebrated recently at Whitenast, near Leamington, England. Generally, in case of triplets, the children die soon after birth, but occasionally they sur vive and reach maturity. One case is on record of quadruplets, all of whom were reared. * Edward, the Black Prince, was the first Duke of Cornwall, created in 1337, and the tWe was triusmittofi in perpetuity to his heins male, by virtue ‘ i the eldest squ of the Kii^cf l is Duke of uornWail as soon as born. The present Duke of Corn wall, the Prince of Wales, derives a net income of about $300,000 from his dukedom. of which 1 England i The marriage rate in' England and f Wales during the last quarter of last j year was lower than in any previous : like period- Lookout Moanlaln. U, . c 1 . an[ ? t ever painted Is s,-n m °»n:aln. The ascei< Bp ti>iski-'toric old mountain is made by an incline i ail way. Open observation rare au need, and Die trip to Lookout point, 2.200 'e«t above eea level, is made in eix minute-. Jtin 'ncltne the laboratory of the y2?l l w Me ' , . lcine Co -'wsted. Theroo' of (hie building shows a s pu ITS feet Iona am' ",v e “mtn «<>» "McElree’s Wine o’ J f , or .'V men - J ^nme of Die letters at- ™J^ ,y K/ ce i]? UK an . <l :»» be read from tht \i. e Ji l t. n ® ai lhe “P th « mou't U.t.'™V i i ltor ..??, mfs to Lookout mountain without having “Wine of Cardni” firmly im floor spa tn llnlng ,UOre "‘ :ln ene a re ol An ouai e of put off will cause a ton of re- (ret. Thro w Pbjrale to the Dogs. So ghakesnsare. said, and it is the good advica fur those auflorlnt with &Tc>irdErfc m n. , z^L thtrm and never will. Most blood medicines are merely cathartics—haven’t anything to do with scaley skin eruptions. Tetterineis the only absolutely sure cure. Druggists sell it, tents a box, or by mail on receipt of price by J. T. SHUPTIUltt, Savannah, Ga. Tmm population of Chattanooga, Term., li MM less than In 1892. [^Ir ta prohabU that the corn pock will bo boaalderably reduced the preoent season. Hoil’s Catarrh Coro Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 75e. r Tn total Wheat area this year is (6,480,009 •ores, against 88,601,000 last year. Impure Blood Manifests itself In hot weather in blv w, pim ples, boils and other eruption* which dt»fig ure the face and cause gnat annoyance. The cure is lound in Hood’s Sarsaparilla wiilob Hood's Sarsa - 1 1%%%%%% parUla -Cures makes the blood pore and removes all such disfiguration*. It also gives strength, create an appttlto and invigorates the whole sys tem. Get Hood’s. Hoo$> pill* are prompt and efllc'ent. W. L. Douglas • 9 ClmF IS THg BEST. 00# OriWbNosauCAKiNa. ♦5. CORDOVAN, FRUCH&BtfMBIQCttr ' ^.VFICMr&lOtfiMN 4 3.U POLICE,3 Sous. ♦2 BOYiSOOLSHDEA s iSCND ros CATALOGUS 'w-U’DOl/aLAS, ’BROCKTON, MASS. Tew earn emve moaer hr weartas (ho W. t« Doaslas $3.00 Shoe. Beeaase, ws are the larseet maasfaetaren el Magradeof shoes la the world, and saaraataetheis rate* by stamping the name had price ms the hotsoas, which protect yea agaiaal hlghprlemaad the mlddlemaa s profits. Our shorn equal custom week Instyl^easr flttlug and wearing qualltlea. Waha- ... .nu . hence only*one man r. ■ quires with Pram. Packer has ssaly to raise h.nSIs to atari and follow block la aatomatleaily Wstopped. Also sole If’fr’a ol the «d Ideal Hay Wrate. (.Cm, r.sTem V, MorWiam, ■***. nmnuwmro facts about this FBSTIFBROUS INSBOT. WILD ANIMALS TO RENT, A NOVEL INDU8TBT WHIOR KAO ITS 0BNTB3 IN NEW rOB.lL Row He Grows and Spreads Over the Country—Insect Kaemlcd 6f the Locost. Loooats had several time, been n in [y as been very nnmef otu. Indians speak of hav ing teen them flying in great swarms “ **“ ait, byt^s there were no ctUti* fields (qr them to destroy, they honght-tfsthing of. There is no account of their doing much damage before 1874. Whether swarms of those insects visited those districts as often prior to thstr settlement as they have sinoe, it is not easy to ascertain. The breeding places of the locust* in the West have been arid plains ele vated above the surrounding country, where the wind is brisk; they are treeless snd without rank vegetation. When the insects migrate from the West to the East, as they have been doing lately, they find no such plains, but they seem to have a faculty ol adapting themselves to their sur roundings. Dampness spoils the eggs •° they will not hatch. The general opinion is that as soon as these lands are settled and cultivated and trees planted, which will not be many years hence, the locust will bo greatly di minished, if not driven entirely from oar Western States. Eggs laid in Jane often hatch in July, but the time required varies greatly in different latitudes, at varions altitudes, and at different times of the year. The yonng, after hatching, require from forty to sixtv weather, the abundance of food, and also their vigor. Soon after hatching the little follows begin traveling in search of food, as they arc generally hatched on grounds partially bare. In a very short time they monlt or shed their skin, which operation is performed font more times in most cases before arriving at matu rity. . The larva quits feeding and becomes , dsjsotad and drowsy, creeps to soqte sheltered nook nnd there lingers for a time, when the skin off tt* bead And thorax cracks And it wriggles itself out, a soft and tender looking hopper. Soon, however, the tender limbs and body become dry and rigid, and the locnst is again in trim for its raids. Its appetite is now very keefi from its late fasting, and it devours everything in its way that is eatable. The principal change from the larval to the adult locust is the acquisition of wings. The wings are developed as folds of the integument and strength ened by hollow rods oallsd “veins." There are in tha veins of most in sects six main veins. These nsnally contain an air tube and a nerve. This arterial blood flows through them, so that the wings of inaeots act as longs as well as organs of flight. As soon as the wings of the locust are fully de veloped it leaps into the air, unfolds its hitherto-nntried members and takes a short flight. Each one does this for himself. Then soon, when there is a brisk breeze blowing, great numbers with one accord spring into the air and begin rising in a circling manner until they have attained a sufficient altitude, when they permit the wind to carry them along. They do not fly but float on thu their face to -the wiqfl. y the* come ’•down 4nd mire off again. This con tinues uutil near the time for deposit ing their eggs. It is evident that the enormous powers of flight possessed by the locust, especially its faculty of sailing for many hours in the air, is due to the presence of a great number of air sacs. It will be seen that, once hav ing taken flight, the locnst can buoy itaelf up in the air, constantly filling and reflUing its internal balloons with out any noscular exertion, and thus oe borne along by favorable winds to its destination. The number of enemies of this dreaded pest is "legion.” Professor Bam Anghy say* that during a period of twelve years, he'dissected 630 birds of ninety different species, sll show ing their great fundness for the locnst as food. Not only wild birds, bat all kinds of poultry eat them with avidity. Even squirrels, mice, chipmunks, weazles, skunks and larger animals devour them in great numbers. AU reptiles and fishes do a great deal to ward lessening the numbers of this as well as other injarions insects. How ever great is the destmetion of locnets by these animals which we cannot see, it is carried on in a much larger scale by insect parasite* which we do not notice. These'are very numerous in species and individuals. Borne of them confine their attacks exclusively to the eggs; others to the yonng; and itUl others only destroy the mature locust. The locnst also has internal para sites, which do much toward dimin ishing this dreaded pest. In view of all the enemies, includ ing man, this poor inseot has, it is truly surprising that a single one at tains maturity.—New York Suu. Persian Way sf Eating Watermelon. “The ordinary Persian bill of fare sounds something like the banquets described in fairy tales,” said G. T. Bafnes. “While traveling in that oonntry I fonnd that the beet overture to s wayside repast is a watermelon, not cat in slices as is done iu this country, but eaten like an egg, one end being cut off and the contents .te fluStiioUU tom and:, ati when the firs! euro Times. all thAtime to thfibot- rding a fragrant drink course ia over."—Ohi- Kew Theory ot Auroral Light. Tho latest theory concerning the eause of the aurora borealis has been deduced from a careful analysis of that light thrown throngh a spectro- soope. This unique experiment clear ly establishes the fact that it is caused by an electrical discharge among the particles of meteoric iron dust con tained iu tuo atmosphere.—St. Ltouit Republic. Menageries at Summer Bcsorts Sup* plied—Animals, Keepers Arid Pro visions Furnished. O NE needn't be a capitalist to control a menagerie nowa days, neither need be know the first thing about natural history to direct a zoological garden, He can rent his wild beasts and their keepers in New York at so ranch a head par month as if they were farm hqnds, baseball players or actors. This is the great animal centre and now is ths distributing season. Mors than 800 beasts, birds and creeping things have been shipped or are waiting to be sent away to various small summer resorts where they will be kept on exhibition nntil fall, when their own ers will send for them and rent them over again. The dealers in small animals, birds and snakes, rent some of their stook, bat as a rale they sell outright beoauso it hardly pays to rent beasts that are only worth from $5 to $29 a piece and which cannot be told one from another without tagging them like express parcels. It nost^almost as mnoh to rent a menagerie complete as it does to buy one outright, but the subse quent outlay is less, an 1 there is no risk connected with the venture. The owner of the animals ae a rale sup plies the keepers an l buys the pro vender for the animals. For this he gets a lamp sum that in the majority of cases would be sufficient to almost purchase the animals. In other oases the lessee furnishes the attendants and food. But when the season is over the expense to the amusement man ceases. He informs the animal man that he is through with the beasts, and the latter sends for them. The renting system was not invented by a menagerie man, bnt by some one who supplied menageries with their exhibits. Upon him ths troubles of the dull season fell with particular heaviness. He depends wholly upon his sales for his profits, and does not keep an animal any longer than is positively necessary. When Dr. Conk lin wag jn charge of the Central Park collection he frequently received con signments of wild animals from their owners which he placed on exhibition, the city paying only for their food. At the present time a large number of cages in the park are filled with loaned animals. When the Doctor started in business for himself he made an arrangement with the Philadelphia Zoo by which many of his most ex pensive left-over animals were wintered at the City of Brotherly Love. This gave him an idea. If large cities were willing to board wild animals for the privilege of exhibiting them, why shouldn't he find some one willing to exhibit them at a profit and share that profit with him? From this sugges tion grew the Norfolk, (Va.) scheme, the parent of this winter-rented show* in this country. He made an arrange - meat with the owner of a park in that city to exhibit a number of cages of animals throngh tho winter, the pro fits of which were to bq shared by them. The venture was a success, and the exhibition grew in size nntil now it is one of the most creditable of its kind in the country. The prices paid for animals and at tendants where the Doctor supplies everything, including food, is from from $1500 to $2509 for the summer. For this amount he furnishes from ten to twenty cages. Here is an average assortment: An elephant, two ocelots, a panther, two lions, a tiger, a camel, two bears, two wolves, a Jeopard, a seal and deer, monkeys, prairie dogs, alligators, snakes, an ostrich and a cage or two of rare birds. In addition to these he has also sent oat thin year several sea lions, llamas and armadillos. One great ad vantage of the renting system is that if the animals die, their places are supplied by the owner and the lessee loses nothing by the bereavement ex cept the wear and tear on his feelings, supposing him to be a kind-hearted man, fond of dumb creatures. It costs rather more to feed a men agerie than most persons wonld sup pose. The Doctor gave the following iignres .the other day. Cost of feed per day: Ocelot, six cents; panther, thirty-five cents; lion, seventy-five cents; tiger, seventy-five cents; camel, fifty cents; bears, twenty-five cents each; wolves, thirty cents each; ele phants, two dollars; sea lion, seventy- five cents; seal, twenty cents; mon keys and apes, from ten to twenty cents each; snakes, twenty-five cents a v eek, and birds, five cents a day. The deer are feed on grass out in the parks and their fee l doe* not general ly cost tho owner anything. As to prices the Doctor gives the following up-to-date list: Elephant, 32500; tiger, $1200; leopard, $300; panther, $290; lion, $800 to $1000; hear, $25 to $100; wolves, $20; seal, 315 to $25; sea lion,$75 to $100; mon key*, $10 to $500; apes, $30 to $150. In the common varieties, deer, $25 to 3100; llama, $200; alligators, $2 a foot; ostrich, $300; prairie dogs, $2; armadillo, $15; snakes, $15 to $150, and parrots, $5 to $50. No price is quoted for camels, because at the pres ent time there are no camels in the market. Not long ago the Mystic Shrincrs of Providence, R. L, wanted to give a camel to the public park de partment of that city, and they sent to Dr. Coknlin for a specimen ship of the desert. He was unable to send one. He cabled to Kuropjaal found that there were none to be had ia the open market, either in England or on the continent, an 1 as the presentation was set down for last Friday there was not time enough t > send to Africa for one. So ths Bhriuer* hal to goto a leading circus mau wdo sold them one at *••* own figure. 'iMien the summer renting »**».* <> over, the animal* are returned, an t during the winter they ars distribu ted between the Philadelphia Zoo, Norfolk and varion* dime museum* throughout the country. Within the past few years Western dime museum men have been going heavily into the menagerie business, and this year the Doctor exnects a larger trade than ever before. In this line tt^e dealers in monkeys and other small animals enter largely, and the winter months ate beginning to-be welcomed by many dealer* os among ths host ia ths en tire year.—Nsw York News. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. His mounting 6f telescopes rcqniret ttc utmost mathematical accuracy. The voloanoee Vesuvius and Etna are never both active at the ease time. / The salamander seeks the hottest fire to breed in, bnt it, soon quenches it by the extreme coldness of its body. Professor Moulton, a French eoi- entist, lay* that man is the only crea ture endowed with the power t« •catch his own back. The Winds from an are* of high pressnre blow out from the centre, with a motion the same as the move ment of the hands of a watch. Science ha* promulgated the theory that many a gas jet has been fanned ont by the moth miller, and that of tentimes fatalities have resalted. To determine how mnoh coal a bin will hold, oalcnlate 374 cubic feet to every ton of 2000 ponnda This rale applies substantially to either soft or hard coal. A telegram received from the Dow ell Observatory at Flagstaff, Arizona, announces the discovery of two star like lights within the south polar snow cap of Mars. The white rhinoceros has become nearly if not quite extinct. There are two staffed specimens in England and one in the Cape Town' Museum. It ia the largest species of the genus. In a recent lawsuit in England re garding the noise and vibration of the machinery of a factory a phonograph was used to record the objectionable noises and reproduce them in court. According to a writer in the Lon don Electrical Engineer, thirty tons of eoal were saved per week in a large iron works at Middlesbrough, by replacing the individual steam en gines by electric motors. Specimens of the American Inngfish have been sent to London from the upper Rio Paraguay. This and the Prolopteros of Airioan rivers have been thought by Dr. Ayers to be con generic, and even varieties of onr species, bnt their generic distinction has been lately reaffirmed by German and English authorities. Tricreosl, or trikcsol, is said by Dr. J. M. Charteris, of Glasgow, to be three times as strong as carbolic acid as s germicide and only a third as poisonous, and he thinks it is not only safer than oarbolio acid used ex ternally, bnt suggests the possibility of giving it internally combined with an alkaline base in specific infectious dl88ftS6S* Dr. J. A. Gilbert, of the Yale psychological laboratory, has just completed acme tests regarding ths mental and physical developments of the pupils of the New Haven pnblio school, showing that boys are more rensitive to weight discrimination, that girls can tell the difference in color shade* better than boys, and that boys think quicker than the other ■ex. Origin ot the Diamond. As usual upon disputed points, speculation has been busy about tho origin of the diamond, and'a large number of theories, all more or less probable, have been propounded to set the matter at rest. The two most reasonable expositions are, perhaps, the explanations pnt forward by M. Parrot and Baron Liebig. The for mer scientist, who has laboriously in vestigated the perplexing subject, is of the opinion that the diamond arises from the operation of violent volcanic heat on small particles of carbon con tained in the rook, or on'a substanoe composed of a large proportion of car bon and a smaller quantity of hydro gen. By this theory, as he conceives, we arc best able to account for the oraeks and flaws so often noticed in the gem, and the frequent occurrence of included particles of black car bonaceous matter. Baron Liebig, on the other hand, claim* the credit of offering a simple ex nlanation of the probable process which actually takes place in the for mation of the diamond. His conten tion is that science can point to no process capable of accounting for the origin and production of diamonds, except the powers of decay. If wo suppose decay to proceed in a liquid containing carbon and hydrogen, then a compound with still more carbon mast be formed; and if the compound thns formed were itse’f to undergo farther decay, the final result, says this emineiA authority, must be the separation of carbon in a crystalline form,—Gentleman’s Magazine. The Pest of Termites. White ants in large numbers are ro ller te 1 to have recently mode their appearance in Natal, South Africa, to the infinite disgust of the colonists. These insects (termites), strictly speaking, are not ants at all, belong ing to a different order, the Neurop- tera of Linntene. They are accounted cue of the greatest pests of tropical climates. Where buildings are erect ed they quickly destroy all furniture, •nd entering the foundations ol houses, in a very short time eat out the whole interior of the timber, so that while the woodwork may appear externally perfectly sound, it will crumble away at the slightest blow. “Very few but those who have actually experienced the results of a visit from these destructive pests,” says the Natal Witness, “can form any conception of the anxiety they cause, or the almost inguperable difficulty the proprietor of the prem ises they favor with their presence has in getting rid of them. In many places a house, perhaps newly erected, ha* to be taken down piecemeal and rebuilt before the pestiferous little insects can be effectively extermin- »ted.” When the qneen is found the trouble is over, for the “ants” desert the premises directly they discover her absence. It is estimated that one queen is capable of producing t progeny of 13,000,000 per annum,and some idea ean therefor be formed ol the mischief these insects will work ii left undisturbed. —London Newt Cordiality. A Vermont wedding invitation hit the bull's-eye of fact. It read: “Your presents is requested.” NEWS AND NOTES FOB WOKEfe Ratings appear in all stylet tile fancy for light giovee continues. Barnard College, New York City, is this year ednoating 103 women. Some of the satin-finished corded silks are like velvet to the touch. European women began to use rib bons in the days of the Crusaders. There are said to be eight ordained women in the Baptist denomination. Crushed strawberry red is the favor ite color in wash silks used for the blouse waist. Sassafras oil is excellent for darken ing the hair. It should be applied with a small brush, A cream and mauve check shot faint ly with pale gold makes a pretty gown trimmed with ecru lace. The number of widows in the United States is nearly three times as great as the number of widowers. The first Woman’s Right Convention held in the United States convened at Seneca Falls, N. Y., on July 19, 1848. Plaid silks are usurping the place which moire has held so long, and have become very popular for dressy gowns. Julia Ward Howe received only $5 for her famous “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” It was first printed in the Atlantic Monthly. Miss Gertrade B. Mawson, one of the well-known family of that name in Philadelphia, has embarked in the life insurance business. Ellen Terry, the actress, says the best wqj for a woman to keep yonng is for her to be constantly busy at work which she loves. The will of the late Julia Bullock, of Provideaoe, bequeaths $19,000 to charitable, educational and religious institution* in Rhode Island. Cool earn linens came into such favor lost summer that they promise to be very generally worn again in coat and jacket enits of various kinds. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, of New York, has just contracted to pay Caro lus Daran $20,090 for a portrait, with the express stipulation that he ia not to show it at the French Salon. Mrs. Frances Hodgaon-Barnett, the author, is deeply interested and aa active worker in a London charity that famishes comfort and amusement for little children who are incurable invalids The wife of Thomas Hardy, the novelist, is a woman of considerable srtistic ability, and has ornamented one of the rcoms of their Dorchester home with a frieze illustytting her husband’s stories. Short, plump women should not wear many bonds of trimming round their skirts, as they tend to increase the look of width and size. Bands of lace insertion round the skirt ore more and more opining into favor. London's' ‘new besnty, ” Lady Moyra Beauclerk,is described os an exquisite ly pretty blonde girl, with an inno cent expression and beautiful eyes, wholaughed openly at the peculiarly expressed admiration she elicited. Mrs. Wilson Sprogel, of Mott City, Mian., is said to be one of the most beautiful women in the Northwest She was the widow of a German officer before she married a millionaire lum berman old enough to be her father. Never pull off your gloves by the finger tips, but by the wrists, turning them thus inside out; let them sir for a few minutes before turning them again, and do not roll them into a wad; let them lie at full length in the glove box. Mrs. Ballington Booth is a very besnt'ful woman, even in Salvation dress attire. What she would be ia an evening dress is a question her friends never tire of propounding,but with little hope of ever witnessing the much desired piotare. Mrs. S. B. Cspron, who has for five years been Superintendent of ths Woman’s Department in the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, has resigned her position on account of advancing years. Mrs. Capron spent twenty-five years of her life in India. Has anyone seen it, this “engaged mantle,” which the London papers gravely announce “to be a novelty in America?” It is worn, it seems, by young fiancees as a more outward sign of their contemplation of matrimony than the engagement ring. Miss Kate Johnson, of Hamilton, Mo., got angry beeanse a q»an said no woman could drive a nail straight. She grabbed a hammer, and proved him to be a prevaricator by pounding ten nail* into one square inch of a block of wood within thirty seconds. Married women are being deposed >m service as teachers in the public •ols of the Australian colony of ViUoria. Under a new law when a woman marries she must resign her place. The main design of the change is to give advantage to single women. Mr*. Kendal, the English setres*, who is justly noted for her lovely complexion, gives the, following s* her beauty formula: Ten honrs* sleep every night; a four-mile walk every day; vigorous rubbing in cold water; brown bread; no sweets and no coffee. An old fashion for little girls’ hair arrangement is coming into favor again. This is the two plait*, which are each tied with a ribbon and al lowed to hang. For long thick hair no other way is quite so satisfactory, and for a ronn 1-faced, .chubby little girl it is quaint and becoming.* Miss Cora Dow, of Cincinnati, is tho owner of three drugstores snooessfully operated in that city. She is a grad uate of the department of pharmacy of the Cincinnati University. She employssix registered pharmteists and four asistants, visit* each store everv day and supervises every detail. The “lamp shade” overskirt, one of the newest things ont, falls in long point*, front and back and on the side*, and usually is accordion plaited. Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt, the New York heiress, has a dress made in this style, and it is quite becoming to her. One' of the students at Radolifie Co’lege, Cambridge, Mass., is Miss Studs Mori, a Japanese girl. Hei father is a wealthy banker of Yana- gawa, Klushu, Japan, and all the family arq devoted Christians. Miss Mori has come to this oonntry to fit herself by s udy for missionary work in her native country. Take no Substitute for Royal Baking Powder. It is Absolutely Pure. All others contain alum or ammonia. The Chicory Plant. Chicory or saosory-plant i» grown principally in England, Holland, Bel gium, France and Germany. A small quantity is raised in the United States, most of which is grown on a few hun dred acre* in California. The plant belongs to the same family a* the dan delion. It has a long, fleshy and milky tap-root. The plant, when nn- der onltivation, grows to the height of five or eix feet. It grows very thickly in a low temperature, the plant making abont seven inches in aboat three week*. In some countries it it grown as fodder and herbage for cattle. The plant blossoms in August and September, and can be recognized by its bright blue flower*, which meas ure abont one and a half inches across. The soils best adapted for its growth are deep friable loam*. The process of cultivating is about the same os that required for carrots, excepting that it is not sown earlier than ths first week in May, lest it should run to seed. Abont four pounds of seed is the qntntity required to sow per acre, either broadcast or in rows, the latter being the best method, yielding roots of greater weight. The crop is ready for digging up in November.—Nsw York Dispatclu Night Mirages. While there are no night mirages In the far West like the one of aa in verted shore, lighthouse and vessels, recently seen off the North Carolina coast, the twilight or dawn upon plains or mountains sometimes brings a strange magnifying of celestial bodies near the horizon. Thus, at the close of a day, when from evapor ating snow or a recent rainfall the air is humid near the ground, the going down of a red and sullen sun below the western sky line is sometimes fol lowed almost coincidently by the ris ing in the East of a fall moon, ns vast and fiery, which, red and porteutou", teems to poise at tho moment of it* complete emergence over prairie, ridge or mountain, threatening to roll, a burning sphere, down the slope toward the beholder. Similarly the morning and evening stars at times take on size and colors so extraordi nary that even the experienced plains men can scarcely believe that new and vast constellations have not appeared for the first time in the heaven*. - Chicago Herald. “Caret in the Jewelers’ Language. Twenty-four carat gold is all gold; twenty-two oarat gold has twewly-two ports gold, one of silver and one of oopper; eighteen oarat gold has eight een parte of pure gold end three parte each of silver and oopper ia its com position ; twelve caret gold is half gold, the remainder being mode np of 84 ports of silver and 64 part* of copper. —St. Louis Republic. CUR&-.S OTHERS For oyer a quarter of a century, Doctor Pierce’s Goldin Medical Discovery hi* been effecting cures of Bronckial, Throat and Lung affections. W eh Lungs, Bleeding from Lunge, Bronchitis, Asthma, all linger ing Coughs, Consumption, or Lung Scrofula and kindred maladies, are cured by it. REDUCED TO A SKELETON. Mrs. Mou Mills, of Sardis. Big Hone Co* Minn., writes: "One year age I wasgivea up &rir£S. a ?Jt?Tt mutt die. My luoga were bndly affected, and body reduced to a skele ton. My people com menced to give me your ‘Mcdloel Discovery' and I soon began to mend. It was not long before I became wen enough to take charge of my household duties again. Met. Miixs. .1 owe my, -coyery to Dr. Pierce Golden Medical Discover; Cants of the Volcanoes on tbs Moon, i The best existing map of the moon’i surface, one devoted especially to ths mountainous regions, show* 132,856 crater shaped projections, of whiob number upwards of 100,000 may be seen by aid of a telescope of only me dium power. The origin of these craters has been the subject of much discussion of late among the astrono mers, it being the opinion of many eminent authorities that they were caused by the lunar surlaco (probably at a time when it was in a plastic state) being oombarde 1 with aerolite! or meteorites. Dr. Gilbert was the first geologist of high standing tc favor this curious opinion—basing the idea on the fact that one of the craters in Arizona was actually formed by tho falling of such a stone fromthi heavens. —St. Louis Renublic. In Eeci, an iulanl city of Peril, the inhabitants ,’ivo nlmoit entirely on corn, prop ire l in various form*, and grapo*. Meat is eaten but onco a year, an 1 then at a religious feast. KNOWLEDGE Urines comfort end Improvement uf nde to nsnonel enjoyment when rightly usea. The many, who live bet* ter then others end enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by mors promptly adapting ths world’s best products te the reeds of physical being, will attest the veins to health of tbs pore liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrnp of Fig*. Its sxcellsnos is due to Its presenting in ths form most acceptable and plea*- eat to the tut*, the refreshing add truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax ative ; effectually cleansing the gyetem, dispelling colds, headaches and fsvers snd permanently caring constipation. It has given satisfaction to milllont and mat with the approval of ths madioal profession, because It acta on the Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without week- stung Asm and It is perfectly free from •very objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs Is for sals by all drug gist* in 00c and $1 bottles, but it la man ufactured by As California Fig 8yiW$ do. only, whose name is printed on sj^y package, alio the nrfme, Syrup of and being well informed, accept any eubtaltate if efl j; McELREES’ | fwiNE OF CARDU1.J AN 1-29 *•» JOIN F. I Etc A HAS JU8T KECE1VED THE A i . HIGHEST AWARD AND GOLD HEDAL ' w urnn ri*uvtu jLOVELL DIAMOND CYCLES t California Midwinter Exposition* AT SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Have You ? Many Millions Have accepted James Pyle’s invitation 1 try his wonderful discovery, Py/t Pear line; for easy washing and elca. ing. You couldn’t count them in lifetime. Some of the twelve inillic housekeepers in this land must ha: accepted very often. That’s the ws with Pearline. The wise woman wh investigates, tries it; the woman wf tries it continues to use it. A daii increasing sale proves it. The trul is, there’s nothing so acceptable ; Pearlinc. Once accept its help, ar you’ll decline the imitations—the don’t help you. It washes clothes < cleans house. It saves labor and saves wear. It hurts nothing, but il suited to everything. Try it when suit you when you try it. suits you, for it will Beware I’eddlera and some unscrupulous eroceri will tell you, “thi is good is” or “lhe same as Peirline.” IT’S FALSI Peirline is never peddled, and il your grocer sends jjou soi — — —■ —- » , —a* jvrua a-»WVV.I yuu thing in pUce of Pearline, do the honest thing—siw/iV fiaU. 175 JAMES PYLE* New