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v THE MAIL IN CHINA. A PECULIAR METHOD OF LIVEItlXG LETTERS. . DB. The Government Does Nt Carry Iiet lera Private Mail Carriers and Their Arduous Duties A Clumsy Airangement. HE Government ot the Celestial empire sends its official dis- lazy to accommodate me come iu, sir," etc. job and TT-T patches by special couriers, but 5 would deom it altogether out of its sphere to bother with the mail of private citizens. In easternChina a tolerable efficient substitute for our postal system has, however, been organ ized by private corporations that- might be described as local and general express companies. . Nearly every city has a mail i contractor, who undertakes 'to deliver letters and small packages within the municipal limits of his bur; and of the neighboring villages. The larger cities j occasionally interchange a mail pouch, and their contractors keep a sort of directory of firms of the maritime prov inces. . 1 '- The general express companie3 do a much more extensive business. They de liver verbal messages, letters, bags of specie, and small consignments of mer chandise at any accessible point of the enif ire,' and have their agents in every iron-road village and at the principal landings of the great inter-provincial waterways. They, too, take charge of local letters, and in the anior of competition the two rival organizations resort to all kind? of strange expedients. Not content with receiving consignments (with or without prepayment of charges), at their head quarter offices, they send collectors from house to house and keep runners, who, like our newsboys, hauat the street corners and make a rush for every cus tomer lifting his hand or his eyelids. If the agents of the locals should call at a new home and find that his rival of the generals has got ahead of him he will at Once try to bribe the domestics and thus recover the inside track for the next race. Should a private errand boy leave a house with a letter or a package a runner will promptly attempt to take him in tow, and, if necessary, purchase his connivance with an oiler of sweet meats, i The collectors of ; both companies are generally expert penmen. "Letters, sir," inquired the L. man, sticking his head through the window of a ground-floor parlor. , , "Ye-s," drawls .out the possible cus tomer, chewing his writing stick; "but I'm not done yet. Can you wait, or call again in an hour?" , "Do let me write it for you," suggests the representative of the L; "it will only , take me a minute,, and save a gentleman like jou the trouble of blacking his fingers. No 'extra charge, sir; it's a pastime, but those G. fellows are too a customer. Let , till he gets the a few extra coppers for "tea money, in spite ot Ms protest. But the G. man is apt to get even if a letter should be returned to the sender as undeliverable; "That shows what they know about their business. Why, Ah Chow moved to Nanking a month ago and live3 in a house three doors be low the White street corner of the cab bage market. L2t me have that litter and I'll get you an answer in a week. Those L. fellows don't know anything outside of their own hash-milt routes. No prepayment needed ; you can settle after you find out that the letter has been delivered." Long-trip messengers of the general express travel pairwise, and are miracu lous adepts in toe arc ot reconciling: a minimum of expense with a maximum of speed. They will take a hand in the navigation of river boats, load themselves with extra consignments of all but the most unreasonable overweight; they will , volunteer to deliver messages or execute commissions, and thus secure many a free ride besides the honest good will of the wayside population; they will entertain a company ot travelers with songs and anecdotes, retail the gossip of their headquarters city, and can repay their tidbits with topographical mforma tion. The charge for long-range letters is pretty high, but the carriers can be re lied upon to earn ;their wages. They will make their way across all obstacles short of a military blockade, and if the recipient of the message should be un- able to write his name they will get some responsible official of the neighborhood to sign the receipt by proxy, As a rule th.e inhabitants of highway side towns deem it a matter of honor to aid a mail carrier in possible emergencies, .. ferry him across swollen rivers, or, in case ? of sickness, carry him on muleback to the next town ahead, and the North China Herald published the story of a letter that had been sent to the far ' western Province of Yuman, where the messenger died in consequence ot ex treme fatigues in crossing the snow covered highlands. He had contrived to find the address, but found himself obliged to intrust a traveling peddler , with the receipt, that was forwarded from hand to hand till it reached its des tination in far-off Tian Sing (on the Bay of Pechili) after the laps of seven months. In time of civil war thousands of mail bags are smuggled through the blockade lines in the double walls of river boats or in parcels of innocsnt-looking mer chandise. Letters of special importance are sent with more extraordinary precau tion?. Instead of- being written on paper (apt to betray itself by rustling under the fingers ot the searching hand) they are traced on white linen with indelible ink, rubbed over with a paste that can be washed out in warm water, and then sewed into the inner folds, of an old blouse a boatman's blouse if possible, for the messenger travels in disguise, and take3 care to dirty his garments enough to modify the cupidity of a . robber. , To some parts of the vast empire let ters are forwarded only at the risk of the sender. On the border of Thibet the highlands become pathless in winter, and 600 miles due west of Canton there is an enclave, or State in the State, defended by independent hill tribes (the rebels of Seng Miow), who for centuries have de fied the Tax Collectors of the Government, and rarely permit a stranger to cross their border alive. But a still more im practicable territory is that of the south ern frontier, where the rainy season turns every lagoon into a lake, and fevers are rife in midsummer. That district, , on the Gulf of Twnquin, includes valleys "f exuberant fertility, but travelers must ge what luck there is, and In the eT Jungles of the Song-Kai Kiver a French exploring expedition a few years ago ,-came across the remains of a mail carrier who seemed to have fallen a victim tc wild beasts or the jungle feverbut who before dying had taken the precaution to hang his mail bag across the limb of the tree near the foot of which the explor- . ers lounU his skeleton. --San Francisco Chronicle. ,f The DjnogTaph Car. The dynOgraph car has started freni the Grand Central Station on is annual inspection trip over the New York Cen tral Road. This car is the invention and property of P. H. Dudley, and i makes semi-annual trips over three ot four Eastern railroads to ascertain and record on paper the exact condition of the rails and roadbed. The bar, which is forty feet long, was built expressly foi Mr. Dudley, and it is the home of him self and wife, as well as his workshop. It represents, in its present state of effi ciency, the study and devolment of twen ty years. Mr. Dudley has perfected an iogenious electrical instrument1 which by a system of little glass tubes filled with ink and tapering to tine penlike points will trac9 on paper as the car moves along at any rate of speed everything that it is desir able to" know, about the condition of the roadbed. The paper used is about twenty-fcur inches wide and it - passes from one roller to another, both the rollers moving in cnacitio i with the wheels of the car. A strip of this paper eight feet long is used to each mile trav ersed, and the points of the little glass tubes mark on the paper tha alignment of each rail, the degree of curvature as well as the elevation of each curve, the speed at which the car is moving, and the condition of the surface of the rail. Every variation of onesixteenth of an incir and over is recorded. ' ' Connected with the registering and tracing instrument in the car is a con trivance which automatically ejects a drop of blue paint upon each joint in the track, where the end of one rail is one sixteenth of an inch or more out of gear. At the end of a trip the exact number of such faulty spots is found recorded on a slip of paper. Trackmen are sent out oa the various sections after the car has passed and the loose joints marked by the blue paint are properly adjusted. I Sir. Dudley has fitted up very com fortable quarters in his car for his wife and himself, including a well-equipped kitchen, library, and sitting room, in which Mrs. Dudley has her piano. Mr. Dudley is an Ohio man, but is well known here and elsewhere as a scientific student. He is a member of the Acad emy of Sciences 'and is Vice-President of the American Microscopical Society. His dynograph car is of much service to the railroads on which he operates it. f New York Times. i CHILDREN 8 DRESSES. The dresses of children are now sc picturesque, yet so devoid of elaboration, that it is a satisfaction to note them. Little dresses of China silk in pale pink, blue, Spanish yellow or pure white, are made with the utmost simplicity, a slight decoration of lace or. the applica tion of velvet ribbon being all the gar niture that is used or required. Brook lyn Citizen. TOPULAB SCIENCE. THINGS WORTH BUYING. There is real economy and much lux ury iu linen towelling, castile soap, loa1 sugar, fast prints, flannels, cloth anc dress goods that are warranted all wool, good shoe leather, full regular hosiery and custom made wraps, jackets, coats and cloaks. Cotton black velvets and satins, "loaded" silk, jute fringes and tinsel trimmings, imitation kid gloves, plumage from barn yard fowls and furs from domestic animals all come under the term shoddy, and are not worth the labor necessary to form them into i wearing apparel. New York World. W HERE NONE BTIT WOMEX VOTE. Woman suffra je is a f act in the Can; ton of Zurich, Switzerland. There all married women, ' and virgins of mature age have the right tj vote for midwives. The male sex is excluded, the females having the monopoly of these elections. Candidates for the position of midwife ire, however, approved and nominated by the medical authorities of the State, no vote being counted that is cast lor a candidate who has not been indorsed by the doctors. The medical commission- jr3 being all of the male order, the right to vote of the females suffers a consider- ible restriction by this right of nomina tion possessed by male doctors. Chicago Herald. Fuu Over a Senator's Last Whiskers. Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, recently offered up as a sacrifice to the sun the luxuriant whiskers which have hereto fore ornamented or rather concealed the lower part of bis face. Since that lime hs has met with a series of advent ires growing out of. the fact that few even of his old acquaintances were willing to acknowledge bis identity with the luxur iantly bewhiskered gentleman they had known in other days. And this is not to be wondered at, a3 the loss of his beard has made him look at least fifteen years younger and has changed his ap pearance to an astonishing degree. When he arose in his place in the Senate to offer a bill Senator Manderson, who wa3 in the chair, looked at hLn in bewilder ment for an instant and then said in a hesitating sort of way: "The Senator t inm " - ' I' r -i C re Trr mun Irnaor nrKof was the matter and smilingly helped the President pro tem. out by suggesting "Oregon." At this Senator Frye looked around and also failing to recognize Mr.MLtcb.ell, aske i : '.'Is the gentleman a member of the Senate?" A smile went around among those who noticed the incident, and as a measure of precaution Senator Mitchell was escorted about the chamber quietly and reintroduced to those of his leagues who had not met him since he parted with his whiskers. 1 Senator Mitchell wa3 stopped by the Senate doorkeeper and forced to give an account of himself. He went over to the House to see Representative Herr mann of Oregon, and at the door had to tell who he was before he could get in. When he found Mr. Herrmina that itleman did not show the least sign of recognition, and Senator Mitchell. talked with him several minutes before the Representative discovered wno it waj. They then put up a job on Repre sentative Burrows, to whom Mr. Herr mann introduced the Senator as the Rev. Mr. Fcrd, an Oregon Clergyman of the Swedenborgian persuasion. Mr. Bur rows immediately gave a religious pitc'a to his voice and a pious turn to the coa versation, falling a complete victim to the trap set for him. Representative Payne, of New York, was victimized in the same way. Washington Star. Looking Out for His Interests A New York business man visited Bcston on a business trip and was about to return when he discovered that there was one account for $100 which he had overlooked, says the Boston Herald. He consulted the landlord of the hotel at which he was a guest, who knew the debtor, and thought it a doubtful case; but added that, if it was collectable at all, he knew of a professional collector, a tall, raw-boned fellow from Vermont who, by the way, was just then dunning a lodger in another part of the hall, and who he thought would "worry it out" of the man if. anyone could. He was called up, introduced to the .creditor, and shown the account. 1 "Wall, Square," said he, " 'taint much use tryin', I guess. I know that critter. You might as well try to squeezs ile out out Bunker Hill Monument as to try an' c'lect a debt out of him. But. anvhow. Square, what'll ye give, sposin' -I dear try?" "Well, sir, the bill is $100. I'll give half yes, I'll give you $50 A you col lect it." "'Greed," repliel the collector; "thar's no harm in tryin' anyhow." " So:e time afterward the creditor chanced to be again in Boston, and in walking up Tremont street encountered the enterprising collector. "Look ahere, Square," said the col lector, "I had considerable luck with that bill o' yourn. You eec, I stuck to nim like a dog to a rat, but for a week or so 'twasn't no use not a bit. If he was home he was 'short;' if he wasn't home, I couldn't get no satisfaction. L 'Bymby, after going sixteen times, said I, 'By gun), I'll fix you!' says I. So I sot deown onto the doorstep, and sot all day an' part of the evenin', and then I begun early next day; but about 10 o'clock he gin in." ' "Ah," said the creditor, "he paid up. eh?" " "Wall, yas; he kinder ponied.' He paid me my half, an' I gin him up the note." A CARE OF FINE LACE. The love of lace is a pretty idolatry and inherent in the woman of taste and refinement; Something about its cob webby meshes appeals to her heart, and she bandies her Mechlin and caresses her Venetian point with genuine affection. The connoisseur knows full well that bne lace should he washed as seldom as possible, but wheu it becomes necessary it is done by her own hands, or at least directly under her supervision. . A hot soapsuds with rain water and glycerine soap is prepared. The laces are rolled on a glass bottle under a band of linen, and arc put in the suds to remain twelve hours. The suds is rene wed three times ; the bottle is plunged into soft, clear water and immediately taken out.. Each point of the lace is pinned down under fine muslin and ironed on the wrong side. When finished each flower is raised by means of a tiny stick of wood, or, better still, of ivory. To bleach laces, expose them to the sunlight in soapsuds. The points are then dried on a cloth to which they are pinned. Then rub carefully with a sponge dipped in the suds of glycerine soap. Rinse them in alum water to remove the soap. Lace that is not badly soiled may be cleaned with bread crumbs. Valenciennes should be folded, sewed in ba of linen and soaked in olive oil for several hours. Afterward boil the baj for fifteen minutes in a hot suds made from any pure soap. Rinse well in a thin rice water, then open the bag and pin down the lace to dry. All laces should be ironed tinder muslin. To cleanse silver laces or braid one may put them in a sack and boil in suds, rinse in cold water and apply a little spirits of wine to the tarnished places. Black lace may be cleaned by dipping in beer. It should be pressed in the I hands without wringing and ironed while JLt is partly wet. Cream colored laces should be boiled an hour in soapy bluing water. This operation should be repeated twice, though the third time there should be no bluing in the water, and the lace should not be rinsed, but put in gum water in which a little brandy and alum is dis solved. Then it should be lightly pow dered witfi sulphur flour and ironed . 1 1 3 - x a . wune uamp. tuite apropos ot lacs, li may be stated that lace luncheons or teas are now a fad. Ladies who have an ex tensive collection of valuable laces invite their friends to inspect their treasures T . . e . i - . - iu one corner oi me invitation card is engraved the word "lace," and if the guests have any choice laces hidden away in silver papet they are liable to brine them lorth and wear them to this womanly corner ot Vanity Fair. Once-A-Week. Naturalists say that a 'single swallow will devour 6000 flies in one day. Teak wood contains an oil which pre vents the rusting of nails drivea into it- - There is a river in Kansas which varies in width during the course of the year from three feet to seven miles. Professor Rogers says that every pound of coal contains a dynamic force equal to the amount of work a man will do in a day. A French artist, M. Marey, has suc ceeded in photographing a flying insect. The time of exposure was only l-2500th of a second. A - marine biological laboratory is about to be established on the island of Jamaica in honor of the fourth centenary of the discovery of America. A block of carbon fojrteen inches square represents the amount of that ma terial in the bodily make-up of a man of the average of 155 pounds weight. Cyrus Thomas claims to have discov ered the key which will unlock the mys tery of the Maya codices and, probably, of the Central American inscriptions. .Through a pneumatic tube seven hun dred miles in length letters are whirled, between Paris and Berlin in thirty-five minutes at the speed of twenty miles a minute. In using what is known as the Ca nadian method of boring oil wells, a well 1090 feet was bored in 223 hours, or an average of 4.78 feet per hour of actual work. According to Dr. Hansen the red in flowers is a single pigment soluble in water and decolorized by alcohol, but capable of being restored by the addi tion of acids. . Blaudyte is the name given to the new material made of Trinidad asp halt and waste ruober. It - resists the he it of high pressure steam and lasts w ell in the presence of oil and grease. A disease peculiar to Japan is known as kake, which is thought to be the result of a rice diet. The disease is a slow degeneration o'f the nervous system and steadily increasing weakness of the patient. Some prominent German engineers maintain that the application of test loads to bridges has never yet lecLto the detection or defects wnich could . not have been found by calculation and in spection. Sir Benjamin Baker has recently shown that a crack or nick on the surface or edge of a bar of steel does not always indicate its liability to tail by the gradual speading of the nick au 1 a probable breaking uuder a very much smaller loa than a sound bar. The difference between the so-called "chemical" focus and tne visual focus of a telescope may be little or it may be half an inch. In either case the photo graphed image will be decidedly out of focus if allowance for this difference be not carefully made. The rate of progression of a storm is often fifty miles an hour, and a series has often been traced in a direct line from north to south a distance -of 400 miles. The average altitude of thunder storm has been found to be not over 5000 feet above the surface of the eirth. Melvin Atwood, the aged San Fran-.' cisco mineralogist, one of the discover ers of the great Corastock ledge, believes the chances are excellent for undin in California one or more of the volcanic pipes containing diamonds, as at Kim-berly,1- Du Toitspan and Bultfoutein. Dr." Dareste has demonstrated that monsters and monstrosities during ani mal development are not the result of pathological changes in the embryo, as hitherto suppled, bu". modifications of the processes of organic evolution, such as bring about the difference between in dividuals and races in mankind. According to a report from Germany the most powerful electric locomotive in the world is building at Baden. It is to be provided with motors of a total horse power of 1500, which can be raise' 1 to 2000 horse power. One motor is to be placed directly on each of the eight axles, and the locomotive is designe 1 for a speed as high as that ordinarily used on steam locomotives. In many of the out-of-the-way places it has been found necessary to manufac ture nitro glycerine on the spot in order to avoid the very high rates charged by transportation companies. Such has been the advance in methods of making this explosive that, with ordinary precau tion, thorough washing, and careful watching of the various changes of color, it can be made without fear of serious accident. A HINT TO DAIRYMEN. common practice amonjz farm- It is a ers to carrv back from the cheese fan. tory whey in the cans that they had carried the milk in, and unless the farm er uses every effort to thoroughly clean his cans, the effect upon the milk will be quickly noticed in the cheete product. Night's ajd morning's milk should not be mixed in the same can, unless the morning's milk is thoroughly cooled by aeration before mixing with the night's milk. Consequently it would be neces sary for those who do the milking to get upannour earlier in the morning, which every farmer knows is no easy matter. American Dairyman. THE NEW TOltK BLACK KNOT LAV. The law concerning the black knot of plum and cherry trees, which was re cently passed by the Legislature of New Yoik, and which is now in force, de clares a tree infected by this disease to be a nuisance, and requires the owner of such tree or trees to abate the nuisance. It authorizes the supervisor of any town (or the mayor in the caae ot a city) to appoint, on the application of three or more resident freeholders of the town, three commissioners who shall be fruit growers and residents of the town. It shall be the duty of these commissioners to examine any tree or trees known to be or suspected of being affected by the disease in their town, and to mark for destruction the part or parts found to be infected by the black knot. If the tree is so badly affected that its total destruc tion is demanded or necessary, they are to mark it by girdling its trunk. They must then give notice to the owner, who is required within ten days of such notice to cut away and burn the part or parts marked, and in case of the girdled tree to destroy it wholly, burning the affected parts. If he fail to do this within the specified time, the commissioners are to do it for him, and he renders himself liable to a fine not exceeding $25 or to imprisonment for ten days, or to both, in the discretion of the court. .Any justice of peace in the town has jurisdic tion in the case. The commissioners are to receive each $2 a day for the time actually spent in the discharge of their duties and their necessary expenses. The owner of destroyed trees is debarred from recover ing damages against any one destroying' the infected trees or parts thereof. With this law faithfully enforced, the fruit growers of New' York may expect to be free from a fungous foe that has in flicted upon them untold losses in the past. Country Gentleman. HOUSEHOLD MATTE US. X KOTXXi cnXKFUa-KCO. A novel creeping-rug to bo laid upon the nursery floor when the baby starts out for a crawl is made oo a foundation coarse Holland, bound with Turkey-red cotton. The rug, which is about two yards square, is scattered with objects either cut out of plush and velvet and appliued in place or worked with col ored wools so as to have raised effect. If worked with wool, the objects must first be padded with wadding. Dogs, cats, mice, bees and a bee-hive, balls and whips, fruits and flowers, and pictures of little children may be used in the decoration. New York Post. CLEANING BLACK SILK. The Parisian method for cleaning black silk is as follows; Thoroughly brush and wipe with a cloth then lay upon a skirtboard and sponge on the right side with coffee that has been (trained through muslin. Iron on the wrong side. The coffee removes every particle of grease and restores the brillancy of silk without imparting to it either the shiny appearance or crack ly or papery stiffness obtained by beer or, indeed, any other liquid. Tbe silk really appears to be thickened by the process, and this eood effect is permanent. Experiment on a ribbon or cravat and be satisfied that this is the best method for cleaning ilk. Detroit Free Press. The monumental mean man dwells iu the Quaker City. He shouted from his window the other morning-, , "Ha, milk man 1 You needn't leave but a pint this . .woroinmy wife died last night." Emperor William's Crown. Emperor WilMam.of Germany.has de-( signed an imperial ciown for himself with the assistance of the well known painter, Emil Noepler. It is to be com posed of pure gold,entirely covered with large diamonds and pearls, surmounted by a cross which is to be studded with some o,r tne finest diamonds of the famous Hobenzollern family collection of jewels. The crown was to have been formed after the pattern of the first royal crown m rrussia, but tjie Emperor ul timately decided to have it, made to fit iu own oeaa, -K. . r FASHION NOTES. T i 1 ijonneis oi wane lace aua pansies are 1 V popular. on i i .... Oliver .nets aoouc sit incnes square t- i . i i? .. . auu inujreu wuu unv silver Duns are worn by some young j women in the hair. ; ' ! rri l r i . iue most iaiaionaoie cnina is pure white with scalloped edges, and has the monogram of a single initial engraved on one side. ' Rough, Coarse, woolen materials, woven with uneven threads, are very iasmonaoie lor long mantles -and walk ing dresses. lhe long sleeved garments are usefal for the cooler days. Lisle thread unions are in ecru. The cottons come in ecru and bleached. V lcker tea baskets ' containing silver plated teapot, tea caddy and all the accompaniments. for tea on a journey are used m .England. Breakfast jackets are made of flowered delaines and nainsook and trimmed with Valeaciennes lace and ribbons the exact shade of the pattern The Princesse gowns are open at one sme to snow an underskirt of different color, and the bodices and sleeves are slashed with puffings of the same color, or opened in some odd fashion and laced across with cord. Ihere are many girdles of all sorts of passementerie and gold yet shown, and many oi tnem have one long end which hangs straight down in front to the bot tom of the skirt. These girdles give a siyie to almost any costume. Petticoats of dark or black silk, black nana nuu s u ru ii are suitaoie lor everv j .. .. uay, as wen as better occasions, and are trimmed at the edge in the mo3t varied and charmingly dainty way, the trim- ... , : 1 : i a miu using repiaceci as soon as worn out. ! A 4 AA u m ! jx. pretty noveny ior tne Daoy is a jacket made of white China wash-silk, embroidered with blue forget-me nots in eacn corner and on the sleeves, and tnese little jackets, instead of being scolloped like the flannel ones, are hemmed and leather stitched. There are some new ideas as to sleeves 1 r i mi i r. 1 1 wnicu win De careiuuy ooserve 1 as a date-mark The latest of these is the wide, loose sleeeve coming below the elbow, and then finished not with the usual cuff, but a deep flouaco or two" frills of guipure or other kind of hand some lace. , . A Train's Life. A prominent official ot the passenger department of the Pennsylvania Railro id Company was asked the other day by a gentleman with whom he was traveling to New; York on the Washington "limit ed" express what was the average "life" of one of such trains. "Well," he re plied, "that in a large measure depends on the length and nature of the train s regular run. Take, as the most promi nent example we could have, the limited express which we run from New York to Chicsgo. The average life of such a tram is a trifle over six months, and the fact that such a train goes to the shops to be thoroughly overhauled and refitted twice a year shows how careful the greit railroads are to keep up their stand ird. "Very often the trains show but little wear, and only here and there can the results of six months' use be detected, but they are, nevertheless, ordered to the shops, stripped of their interior fittings, repainted, gone over by the workmen of every department that took a hand in originally constructing them, and then restored to tbe cabinet makers and upholsters to be turned out again practically new cars." Another interesting - point was that these trains are not "patched up" with a new car now and another new car again, but are always sent out in com plete sets of cars from the shops, and when this is done the train which is taken off to give place to the new one is used for some less distinguished run. Philadelphia Record. LAM PAS IN HORSES. Lam pas in horses is nothing more than tbe swelling of the soft parts of the . roof of the mouth, just behind the upper front teeth. It frequently occurs in colts or young horses at the time of shedding the teeth, and among older ones when they are afflicted with some digestive disorder. It is merely the result or effect of some injury or disorder, and in itself not a disease, but through the ignorance of man many a horse has had his mouth burned with a hot iron, for this barbar ous operation has long been practised as an infallible cure for lampas. If the swelling is due to an unsound tooth bet ter extract it than to injure the soft parts of the mouth by burning or other wise. In severe cases a slight scarifying or pricking with a sharp knife just enough to start the blood will give almost iustant relief, without causing much pain to the animal. Where lam pas is due to digestive disorders, as is usually the case in old horses, give a dose cf physic, with a warm bran mash or gruel which the horse may drink with out being obliged to chew. There is no danger of the horse starving with lampas, and a fast of a day or two will probably be more beneficial than injurious. If the horse gets very hungry give him some corn on the ear, and in biting this from the cob ho will force the swelled gums back into place. Bathing the gums witn equal parts of vinegar and water or with alum water will often allay the in flammation and restore the parts to their normal condition. NewJYork Sun. FAUM AND GARDEN NOTES. A sharp kink in a pig's tail is said to indicate good health. Planting cucumbers for pickles should be done as soon as possible. Egg plants may now be set out with out any danger of their being injured by tne weatner. rtnt . . . ine proper temprature ror cream churning in winter is from sixtv to is carried from to the kitchen open aisncs or Two New Summer Food;. Two new summer foods are inimated in recent official publications. Accord ing to a report made by Vice-Consul Robinson, of Colon, on the Isthmus of Panama, the business of preparing ban ana meal for the New York market will soon be carried on in that region. He states that a company has been organized for the purpose of drying and otherwise preparing bananas and plantains for food. He says it has been ascertained that while apples yield only twelve per cent., bananas, with skins removed, yield twenty-five per cent, of thoroughly desiccated fruit. The supply of bananas is prac tically unlimited. The fruit grows to maturity all the yar round, and may he obtained every day throughout the year, so that the manufacture of the new food can be made continuous. New York- Sun. At Seraing, China, the contract foi iron work for a large Phinese iron work has been taken out of tbe hands of En. hah firms aad giyeulo Belgians. - sixty-four degrees. A great deal cf dirt the milkman's wagon when milk is served in pans. The sweet potato, in addition to being a gooa iooa tor man, is a delicacy for the nog. If there is anv left over nive it tn them. Too much caution cannot be given on snearing ewes about clipping the teats. A ewe with, a clipped teat is ruined for breeding purposes. 1 he Punic bees are the tamest and gentlest of all the bee family, and their sting the least painful. The sting of the t'jnan Dees is tne most painful. .1 . . i ub mutton marsec is growing more particular all tho time. The people who eat muuon Degin to Know the good from the poor by looking at it and touching A rich and occasionally good food for cows is cornmeal fed with hay and well mixed. A too frequent diet of this will, however, produce fat instead of milk. l)o not neglect to chop some onions or onion tops ior uttie ducks and turkeys every aay or two. They arc relished by tnem ana will do then very much good. Tbe best way to make a dry goods ciera oi your Doy is to give nitn a choice lot of seasoned elm chucks to split, with a splintered ax helve, the Rr3t warm day m spring. Do not let little chicks go hungry mey will gather all they can, if they nave au iney want to eat, while if uuugij wcy wiu peep rouna tne coop nuu not grow. uome tne cntr of your iara worx. itiaice every eaort to add to us Deautv ana its purity, and the homa will in turn make your field work much lighter and pleasanter. Good land may be stocked with sheen " -- Ul " neaa per acre of pas ture ana eignt head per aero of plowed land. With what stock can the land be made to earn more than in this way! For the proper and successful cultiva tion of asparagus, the soil should be ncn, weu prepared loam, and should bo taken that the root spread ana well-covered. Salt-is bot fertilizer for this plant. A care are the CARS Or BKOOM3. Don't hansr your broom brush end uppermost unless you want to spoil it. If the brush is the least bit damp, the moisture will work down into the body of the broom and make it musty, and after a time will rot the threads all out. I know there is a great fancy nowadays for fastening the brooms on the wall by means of nails driven through spools, as well as various broom-holders and similar devices, but it is all a mistake, as one may see by giving the subject a little thought Hang up a wet broom in this way, and the water naturally soaks into the tying. Once wet, it would take days to dry it. Before it could be thoroughly dried, it gets wet again. The inside portion of the broom ja fastened with vires. These become rusted and break away, and the threads which fasten tbe outside get rotted, and some little blow breaks them loose ; then the broom is spoiled. Go to the bard ware store and buy a dozen Urge-sized screw-eyes. Put one of theso in the end of the handle of every broom in the house. Drive nails and hang them up. Before putting them up it is well to dip them from about four or five inc les of tbe length of the brush into hot water, hang them up and let then dry thor oughly before using. In this wsy the brush dries straight, and the broom will last as long again as when treated iu the usual way. ineae screw-eyes nave various use, and it is economy to buy them by tbe gross. The dusting brusn, floor brushes anything with a wooden handle may be hung up by means of them. Tbe bread board, the ironing board, indeed. every wooden utensil about the house, may be much more conveniently placed by means of these trifling appliances. Such small wares cost almost nothing, and by their use one finds elbow room, shelf room and order much nore easily than by almost any other meius. Ledger. Arixoaa Onyx. Arizona onyx is fast gaining a repula tion in the East, and the day is Dot far distant when most of the onjx used in the United States will come from this Territory. The great bed of this pre cious stone in Yavapai and Maricopa Counties alone, when sufficiently devel oped, will supply a greater part of the demand. Even now from two to five car loads are shipped from the Yavapai beds, and arrangements are being made to increase tbe output. The Yavapai onyx beds, owned by W. O. OTfeil and partners, are probably the most extensive mines of the kind known, being almost a solid body one mile by one mile and a halt in extent. At present about forty men are engaged in taking out the stone that is being ship tied to Chicago. New York, Cincinnati and other Eastern cit ies, where it is worked into table tops, etc. Probably the largest slab of onyx ever taken out in one piece was dug out, of the O'Neil ledge, it bein 23x10 feet and twenty-six inches thick. The stone from this claim is very fine grain and takes a much higher polish than the cel ebrated onyx of Mexico, and it contains colon mat were exhausted many years ago in the Jltxican mine. Then, too. the mines of that country never turned out pieces larger thap five or six fet square. So far as developed the Cave Crctk onyk beds do not teem to be as large as the Yavapai beds, though tbe stone is as fine, but even as they are, they will produce large amounts and in blocks of very satisfactory sire. 3 B. Dougherty, of New York, is doing a great deal ot development work ana as soon as the road is completed, which will be in a few days; he will put teams to hauling and loading in onto the cars at Phenix for shipment to New York. Phenix Gazette. Adroirab'e results have attended the artesiin borings in the Sahara, and this his led to a demand being made by the inhabitants in other portions of the desert. The Dreae4 lrlac far. Coughs, Colds and Pnfamonl mr coot rsrted in tbe l'alace Mcvprr spite ot all precautions, save our, and that U t i be armed with a bottle l Dr. tioxie's i'ertaia Croup Cure. This is not only a cure, but a to uvUr ul prrtc uf Cnu-i nut I'iKum mtn. !old by prominent drutncit. SAc Manufactured by A. 1 liox tle, buffalo, X. Y. It is proposed to lay a submarine cable in the Caspian Sea. Hew This f We offer One Hundred Dorian reward fne any cane of catarrh that cannot be cured by taking HalTs Catarrh Cur. J. Cbx.(EV A Co Props-. Toledo, O. ne. the undrrMgnrd. have known I , J. Cheney for tbelart 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable In all busineee transac tions, and financially able to carry out aay ob ligation made by their firm. EbTA? Tac ax. Wholesale Drnggiata, Toledo. tVALmso, Kix A MAavut, Wholesale PruiM. Toledo, O. flaU's taiarrh Cure in taken Internally, act ing directly upon the blond and raucous sur faces of the eyrtem. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c per bottle, Sold by all druggists. Tbe Laalea. The pleasant effect and perfect safety wltb which ladiea may uie the California liquid lax at ire. Syrup of Fig, under all conditions, makes It their farorite remedy. To get tbe true and genuine article, lo k for the name of the California Fig Syrup Co., printed near the bottom of tbe packace. Mr. J. T-ane, general manacrr fJeortria South ern and Florida Kailmad.says: 1 waeentirely relived of headache by Hradycrotine la fifteen minutes, it is the only thing that relieves me. All druggists, fifry cents. Ir yon are troubled with malaria take PeechanVs Iills. A positive specific 'othiag use iu j cents a mi. tilt 11 ronr llf- tf 'r uffermg woman, can be tA!?t5 wfal of it. The functional deran,. fnl disorders tecuW t -,J a t miT can be taken nnfailic'? remod f,J ,v, Pierce'. Favorite iWrij 1107 It correcLs mr n l 1. op. It improves di-.-ti..r, trrV the blood, pels a7l melancholy and nervous-., I ttfreshins sleep and n.r, and strength. For pcrWlirai internal inflammation ar.l Uon weak bark, leucorrla 1, ai4 2 cific one that is ffnr'tf,wL S case, the turned. moner jai l f.r j; 7 u rt- ALMOXDS, PEANUTS AXD MACAKOOXS. Sslted Almonds A common way of preparing the nuts is to blanch aud dry them, then put them in a new baking tin and allow one large table spoonful of butter for each pound of almonds. Set them in a moderate oven, shake and watch them until brown, drain oil the grease and sprinkle with salt. Keep in a cold place; serve in fancy disacs. Place on the table before the guests are seated and pass several times. Baited Almonds, Rule No. 2--Pour hot water over them, blanch and wipe dry, put them in a wire basket, have a kettle of hot olive oil, smoking hot, sink the wire basket in the oil for a moment and out again. Sprinkle -the almonds with salt and put them in a cool place until they are ready to serve. Salted Peanuts These are much used and preferred by some to salted almonds. Get the uncooked peanuts, shell, put them on a tin in the oven to dry, then rub off the brown skin and put them in a baking tin with two tablespooufuls of olive oil lor every quart of nats. Set them on top of a hot stove, shaking and stirring them all the time until they are a rich brown take up on a skimmer and drain. Sprinkle with salt and cooL Salted Almonds Prepared in Cream Blanch one pound of almonds, wipe dry and soak in sweet cream enough to cover, one hour, skim out and dry, scatter salt over them through salt sifter, put on a baking plate and set in a moderate oven, shake often and brown. Mrs. Rorer's Rule for Cocoaout Mtca roons Beat the whites of five eggs until light not stiff, then add by degrees one pound of powdered sugar, a tea spoonful of rosewater, and half a pound oi shredded cocoanut, mix carefully and thoroughly together and dip by tear spoonfuls on greased paper, leaving a space between each. Bike in a mod erate oven until light brown. They should be first dusted with powdered sugar.. Hickory Nut Macaroons Crack en ough hickory nuts to have a cupful of meat, pound fine; make a frosting of the whites of eggs beaten to a stiff froth, add fine sugar enough to sweeten, stir in the nuts, butter the hands and make into balls the size of large hickory nuts, place on oiled paper in a dripping pan far enough apart so they will not touch each other when they spread. Almond Macaroons. One pound ot almonds, shell and blanch; after peeling put in the oven a few minutes to dry, pound in clean mortar, pour out and mix with fine sugar, one and a half pounds, beat the whites of nine eggs a little and mix with the nuts, beat well together, if too thin add more sugar, flavor. Drop with a spoon on sheets of foolscap paper, leaving a space between. Bake in a slow oven about twenty minutes. Do not try to remove them from lhe paper until cool, then turn them bottom side up and they will loosen. New York Observer. If afflicted with sore eyes use Ur.Uaao Thorns S on VyewmterJrngsisU setl at So. par bottle CURES MALARIAL P01S01I 5 at are shoal d be assisted te threw eff Im pari ties ef Ike bleed. JUthlnr dees it well te promptly or te safely as Swift's Bpeclfle The preat, priprns, 1 -fatts4 Pills make trouble. l)r. lVrYi Pleasant Pellets prevent it. TVi nwwrai way. .Kk Hea-la'ije biliousness, Uonctiratmn. Iiidi, tion, and all d-ran(rT.i-nt i Laver, Stomach and IWtU aro Tented, relieved and cumf. est, cheaptt.t, easiest to take. tie EERYffoTHER fthoald Have it n The House. Zirepprrf mm Smfmr. ( MHrrm Ij, "tske )iwnmiwtririiram rM. fr rbfmi, tnMiiia. -. t rir t. , ' T ltrvessll Kan.mr.nri.ir.t ,....., I - , m.M - t mi. a. avn.-UA a . I. 4 v Sa August Flower" "lam Post Master here end kerf a Store. I have kept August Fkwa for sale for some time. I think it ij a splendid medicine." li. A. Besd, P. M., Pavilion Centre. N.Y. The stomach is the nrscrroir. If it fails, everything fails. The liver, the kidneys, the lnnMie heart, the head, the blood, the cerrej all go wrong. If you fed vrocg, look to the stomach firsL Tut that right at once by using Acrst Flower. It assures a good appttite and a good digestion. 9 0000000000 oTutt'sTinv Pills0 Oulma!atth torpid llvrr.almtethra Q lh 'diBTf-vtiT sMrawSM. rxl bmsrels. an.1 are asM-qoalrd aw an anit. . S.Vr. Ofnrr.34l Iwrfc inr. .. OOOOOOOOOO LITE HAD NO CHARMS, For three years I was troubled with mala rial poison, which caused my appetite to fail, and I was greatly reduced in flesh, and life lost all its charms. I tried mercurial and potash remedies, but to no effect. I could get no relief. I then decided to try fV,'"l A few bottles of this wonderful I medicine made a complete and permanent core, and I now enjoy better health than ever. J. A- Ricz, Ottawa, Kan. Our book on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. Swrrr Sfectfio Cot, Atlanta, Ga DR.KIt.tV1CR3 rr, rn v mnn-tn ub iinr .: ana tia mict nsa IB ail mnrti 'nr. a! Imrr Ml Tb RMrvc ia fur tM!B m tlntu"t ess Dura' anc t wxi -ntt jut u or glaat package wua evert parraate. t""l T tar nMrk. iim fc -1 J JL X nartfv tar tw"?. sf ' M H J 2 "vTry iL ' .titer 1 a -"n- . Of PX e fBptrfMja ! la rr(ra lrt mw i . r -. f - , J m-rmn ar !-T tlr 1 mil I rw. ZdraasTHE R1I ASCW J'Ai.i Jr-ti--" Mi I Amu trli llt-MH fr ? M tM Hood's Sarsaparilla Cured me of Goitre or welling Id the neck which 1 had from 10 years old till I was 52. When I began taking Hood's Sar saparilla I waa feeling so discouraged with goitre and rheumatism. When I caught cold I could not It- ' V 1 1 1 . 1 . v .v . . waiK iwn Diociiwiuinai an. DMaeTiantt. fainting. Now 1 am free from It all and I can truly recommend Hood's) Saj-ma,pxtlUu Mas. Ansa cthkhisu, halamatoo, Alien. HOOD'S PILLS are thebest after-dinner Pllla. They assist digestion and care headache, MTU V-tH DO YOU READ ADVERTISEMENTS! THAT WHAT W WaJTT TO Tl.ND OCT. Totnenratrowaoateatlaa talsaearr and ask for free plat of onr !& tots on Si monthly tev sects In CRIFFITH. aleac-.e.ain, rWT. ry ksrkwt will send a !- for !. anoe un uy nu nrrruir noamx oi at; to IBS Belt 10 I Crea ataaalMlaai to the Worla's Fair. Trr it T anaWUS Ca. SOS Caatr W Canrai, talesys. Wf W PT T rT 1 f HMouonnuo k i &." asnt" "jr1' g a ibitviA .-iam. 4 Kidney, Liver and BladderCur. Rheumatism, Lumbaro, pain In Joints whack, brtrk dust ra urine, frequent rails, irritation. Innamatton, erarel, ulceration or catarrh of bladder. Disordered Liver, Impaired dltreeUrm. trout, Hntoas-headarbe RM AMP-HOOT euros kidner diffirultiea, 1a Qrippt, urinary trouble, bright disease. Impure Blood Scrofula, malaria, rrol weakness or debility. C aaraat Vm mnlfmlm ot Osa Bwttla, tf awi bs eflted, InaaYfcs will refund lo yoa lix pric saaU At Druggists, SO. Stze, $t.OO Sis. iBraads Quids to BwMifin Co ttattna bee. DB. KtUtBa A; OO BufOBAMTOK.N. T. r? .ir rid . - 1 V . lT7t - . "w rt.t4rt era- :1 M M - i 3 ml f.mmm ! V- r -3 i.'f.ma mr- f Oaraiarf " " m-m -s-s t ee - - as - w-ai ; 4 BETTER DEAD THAX AlJVE. Dalrher's fly KOler hi or rial a dnh. HW traeted lo M saJ killed at now. Tlw .1.. w i ' set away. Vmr It frrrly. rmy iti-ir l wt rvprodarttoa. Alwayia. lor luu-trr get best tmiIi. FBXDX DUTCHES DKUO CO., FRAZERIiilE BfjT IS THE WOKll). Its wrariBK qoalMlea arw aaania L ar"mt eat lantnc three box of MrMMr aOected by brat. r tiET TIIK MM l OR ALX Y DEAU:fcH.t.v.kilJ.l. 0 Pan's ftnoedy tor Catarrh b ibr fwd. Fartr to Vm. and Ctnr- KoU by drusxMs or seat by nuil Sac T. T. Ilarrittnr. Warren. Fa. 5 M NOVELL DlAriOND C.TLES Qfl C"U . V-' , - for Ladies and Cants, ais styles 3 2 MM l JrrN!" ""le Cuihios snd loud Tlraw M 1 1 g I rIf AiiVyv Diamond Frame, Staa Drop r-ofr(t Clr. w aV f t2 irCtSV-l Tllb",t 4 W Bmvwi io it ramM pvu, f J V y -vvjr tPl 'edwdwg Psdets SuiBswuoa Ssdo-a. I- A. V J UHy 8b4 eeslisUfsresrl0O-iIll.trfsta.') Lr I , Uirjvu f,).,., "m races ef aiaas, IHft. KerelTers. sertis head. He. j 1 MiSWIM Wi L DOUGLAS SUBSTITUTE. GENTLEMEN, THEBEST SHOE IK TEE WOHLD FDH THE KCiET. A reaalae sewed she, faof arfU aof rip. Cae " " ir.",. amorxh l t k M(.ki. ilJi and dura- wklrk rtirm far price aaaee, Will IMUJi tr TAKE KO SUBSTITUTE. N ' v. v . MS Smooth laaMa, firxlbie, man oomfortablf.rty LL4i and d aay other shoe eer aoi4 at the price. Equal ctttwei wag Dtm f to . O Jt ..ill II. .J fnn nlfrti-n Tbe " iT Vff uralaiiruilMx)aifrtr(MllilvKrr, oe n ported boas enat.ag from SS to til. CO & Pal ire .hee, worn tr farmer aa4 si! " VMi wast a rood t-avTcclf. tbrv- mmrl. ri.-n- " esty towalk rn.aad will krvp the fort dry and arm. OO Flae CaH,...iiaBd Verhlaa.rt vfc t.lfikcrfrftM towacy tnaa atj ' ' They are Btdi for errrlce. 1 tM lncrcaUig sale mrwa nave roe ad us!i orl. tiriVCI IJua Vesta t s w a w worn br tL bur eerrwberew able shoes sold at tbew prtrrs. . a a Miaati ci ii..Uta.J tLlS.f'1 9' LAUIbd ?bV.i MM.aadee ; gola or Dae Ca'r. S( Onin-o. inry ar ."j - -- fortaUeaaddura W. Ibe SJ soa Oal ahoascosUOTfr a 4 toS. Uadi-a W'4 " mIm I. ftul f.v. i r. ImdlRf tlikoil. at W. L. I-.o-Ua' a . B-aed f rrJ-eaiiai-' , douglas shoes. rrrLk:.7j:-T:.i.h Wrllt far tatalegac U Dtatlaa, ilrethian. ' " 7.1 Ml 'J1 ... - as run w. L DOUGLAS SHOES. If aea far aale la year l-.ee aead dlree a ! ae agcBia. ' - - ' . t . A
The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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July 21, 1892, edition 1
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