4-
I
;1
ARE TOYS TOO GOOD?
k Nacsestlon That the Toys of Our O.ll.l
hoo.l Were Ilnter,
Men arc, after all, only overgrown
Ihildren. Give your littlo lioy im ncy,
and the sweetshop anil the toyshop
will, too probably, eclipse the mute
appeal of tho missionary bx.
And, when the buy j-rowsup. phys
ically, if his income a'so grows, lie
will spend at sweetshop and toyshop.
Instead of acid drops he will purchase
rare wines and order clal orate din
ners; the race game and the clock
work boat will expand the real thor
onghbreds and a fteam yacht.
Po we really outgrow the tnste for
sweets and toys? fome of us never
have It; some lose it by over-Indulgence
during youth.
But to the temperate persou. whose
pocket money has always been limit
ed, are toys and sweets ever wholly
without attractions? He is aslutni d
to be seen openly purcha'iiu sugared
almonds and choco'ate creams, ami
looking in vain longing at lend ml
diers and clockwork trains; but the
old delight is not dead.
Even a humble Vox of Prick, that
ticst of toys, unrolls before his tii"tit;il
viiion a project of houses, fortie ses,
harbors, railway stations zoological
gardens, and all the ingenious con
structions of the voutnr architect,
half blocks and halt "make-believe."
When I look Into the t"y-h"; win
dows, as I usually do. it seems to me
that children are losing th" poetic
Imagination that transformed a dingy
play room into a fairyland.
Toys arc becoming daily more elab
orate, more realistic; less room is left
for (let Ion and romance. Lead sol
diers are no longer flat simulacra of
humanity, but big. broad, solid and
expansive. Cavalrymen sit plump'y
astride bulging horses: artiUeiy
trains, pontoon trains, complete in
every detail, replace the improvis.nl
substitutes in which I once reveled.
Yet, can the model 81-lon gun give
as much satisfaction to the bovisli
possessor as the fortress artillery I
used to contrive out of an old brass
cannon, three bi leks and the tender
of a tin train? The Sketch.
An Ainptiiliiniti Hoi t.
A new Canadian invention for use
in the lumber districts is coming into
general use in Northern Ontario. It
Is called a steam wirping tug. It
propels Itself on land as well as i n
water, an 1 is ued by lumbermen
whose operations are carried on
among smill lakes connected by
streams of uncertain navigation.
The vessel has proved not only a
success, but a great boon to the luin
I er trade. Six of these unique crafts
have been built by the inventors dur
ing the past season, four rumpled d
at their yard in Ottawa, an I two
shipped, ready to b" put together at
their destination in the Nipissing
district.
They are built in s ow shape, with
steel-shod runners for moving over
land; are thiity-cven feet long, ten
feet beam, decked all over, ami have
sleeping. room for four men in the
lnw; the hot torn and up the bow is
covered with steel 1 oiler plate. An
engine twenty-two hor-e power fur
nishes steam for ten ivur ' work, with
three quarters of ,1 cord of wood.
In the water it moves -L miles ;m
hour forward or biekward, as n
quired. propelled by si le wheels
On land it is propelled by having a
eibledrum on which is rolled five
( ighths of a tui'e of steel wire cab'.c.
which is fastened w ith pulleys to a
Iree or s iino object in front, the boat
moving a-- the wire is coiled up The
bf-ller is liun.: on an axle in the cen
ter, and a s t.-'a arranged on th front
enables the firemen to t p if fortaid
or back, and keep it level going up or
down hi!!.
It will move over an elevation of
one foot in three on land, and draw
about twenty eight itches in the
watet.
The Neek ol th House.
There are hit -bands who, among
their male companions, like to h.ne
it supposed that they are ;u; a iitt.e
tyrannical at home. One icli man,
who had two or three trieiuls at his
home one evening, remarked, a-they
were chatting together comfortably
iit a rather late In ur:
"Yes, 1 ,)o what I like at home.
My wife, she has to bnl to my wi;l,
1 can tei! o i. Li my own house
I'm a regular Julius Oirs.ir."
Mis wife came into (he room in
V'un to h ar tin l ist sentence. The
tjrantof hi hou-el:--.!d looked a lit
tle uneay, but Ins wife neither
frown d nor, apparently, paid any it
tent ion to the remark. Lit', after a
moment, ho remark'd very posi
tively: " ient leuien, it is late, and Julius
Caesar has ioc. to go to bed "
Whereupon the husband a o r,
stammered his excuse-, and retired,
leaving hi- guests to i;mi their way
out a best tliev could, It was in
another household that the husband
onoi remarked t his wife:
"Y u know, my dear, that I'm the
head of the h iiise. ''
"You mav be the In ad as much ai
vou like,'1 said tho wife, ' but I'm the
neck. ''
"Tne neck? Oh, ver., you may be
the neck if you want to, my deer."
"Very well. It's the nee'J that
turns the bead whichever Way it
tilease-. isn't, if''
WHILE IN THE WAR
mil ilisc is- iiml rhi-Hinn-t
iin. I w..nt tiunw nii'l
i uiisi'iiiifiiii 'l t'i my IkM.
fttllUlU.' t" lli'lp IHVsflf
'.'2 lnontli. Aio-r
r nf in" '-ry a -m-
luiii en m.-irlenist wlv is-
f l . llltl In IKKf no II
-ar apari'ln. I K"t
lu.ll:,. mill inn til .luakly
Il.lt,' n elmnit ' I'" till)
better. AM r tnkirni 7
h itili-s I wi wi-.l an t
Mr Whi-eler.
tronlil.d ith my "lit cntiiptii ins." Ja-j. A.
Wiirr.i.Kii, lt H l visin i St.. hiililmorc, M'l.
Hood's''Cures
lluod'a Pillm urc llv,.r III". 1 wilt iT Imx.
D Not B Doceired
vtth PwtM, Kkamel" ami Painu whloh mln
taanilB. tujar Ul ipu0 nii bum rrtl.
Th I1WP9 Byn .suivb i-on v i.rimwn, vaor
. Durbl(.. mil th anufunuu- rTa tor no tin
or fflf pkffo with srrry piuvh.
Tho Siamese instruments of lorturo
are made in r.nlnnd mid bear tho
trademark of a prominent Birmingham
linn,
Tiny haw just boun to discover in
KliKlnml that a i- imparts no kt'ovv-l.-du'o,
li"tlier to u jiid,-'o or a lawyer,
ami tliere is talk of itholi-'hiui; its nee
in law ooiirtH.
Though it is fourteen years oft', it
ban already been molested that a cele
bration be made in l'.MY of the three
hundredth anniversary of the first
I''ni;lihh settlement in Amerieii, which
was at .liimcstovv n, Vu., in 1(107.
New York is rapidly rivalling I, on-
lou a.-i the liomeof the huckster, notes
the Journal of that city. ' The reve-
line of tin' i-it from insiiuig licenses to
tie se sle, i .1. sti-.. er is marly $l"ii,-
Oihi a y hi-. I u t he pooler mil mid-
die e'll.-s dl .inet.. of town the huckster
has praei ieally superseded the yro-
The 'arii.correpotideut of the Lon
don Time.- coiiimo ills at sonn length
on the injustice of the verdict obtained
by a l'l.ti.-ll t'-tlllliister to Havti.
iigainst liieiitano, tlie Anglo-American
pul'b-lier. r!i-nn:i . merely sold a
paper containing a liU 1 on the ex-minister,
and on tin - account has been or
dered l,y a court to pay 1 .0 ' ditiu-
age:; and Co !-..
Til" !i
t. r was invented by Me
C'ormi-!. in 1U. Sine-Hi it time this
machine Im been bron--!it tostieh pet-
fe.-ti..ii that, it is s;n !. it will cut and
bin ! an act f gram in forty-five
minutes. To such an etetit bus ma-
ehinerv siii.eise.h-d hand work in the
irraiii farm-, of the Northwest that it
is etiiiinted that the labor of one man
w ill rai...' etioiieli efain to support a
thousand men f. rn year, while the
labor of a second w ill transport it to
market, and that of n third will pn -pare
it for too, I.
On sequel of
hurricane is to I
tie- r tit t rnb'i-
II colic tted etVoit
to lime th,' C..e,enitie nt iini!li
weather prediction for manner who
have some use for them, a. it now do, s
for fanners and hiisines:, men. Th
Ye,ither IVirea i triumphantly p'-o-rlanns
tleit it pr -die:. ! tie- sOoin
ilays before its appearance," 1,'iroiieb
the astute observation of I'ms-sor
Cleveland Abbe, w lio ,r!, ,t t rack of the
cyclone ."ion mdes i at of I'loi i.bi ni.d
never let It l'o until it disappeared 111
in- north. Tin- (ioi mineiit storm
news i. to be telegraphed daily t i
newspaper lit all shipping port.
Soini- time atro the Fr.-neh ead.-mv
took up a pro. ct for the r formation
of the orthography ,,f tluit laiieiia.;,-,
and a;point d a .-p-vial conoiiii e to
consider tic- biisim. Th.- ubj. ,-t
has b.-en fully ilici;s.,d in tie- Act. li
my, ami a pamphlet . be j .sin-d
shortly t;iitig tie ,b t,nlot t!i ehan.-r-
es which tiley propose. It Hill b- 1 1 1
tefest lllg to ob, l e lioH mueli Wilght
their reComilO lldatlolis Hill ll:le with
the common people. Som, thin.: of
the sort -.v:i undertaken m tiern.any a
few years since, and although tie wi.e
nu n agreed pn tty iiu.iiiunously on tin
fi'lv is.ilulity of many elnii.ges. the re
sults have bi-eii practically tiotlimg, so
far a common usage is colic, rued. In
the I'liited States for tin- lii.-t ten y, als
and more a strong movement ha b, n
pe.shed l!i buorof some photo tie f, -form
of the Mnglisli laiiguage, but
very few people pay any attention
it. Most plain )-eople dislike to aban-
don an accepted usage in speech or 1
spelling'. I
It i hard to tell where the improve
ments in gun tiring an- going to stop,
evc'iom . th. Chicago l!, i ord. At em
tine it v.a . thooulit a i:iar-,. lions thing
that f.'M Volleys could be lired
from -tie gun in one minute and that
if the 'juu wa
and di-ehir
pointed directly upward j
d the siv-lniiidredth j
bullet w,..!d have left the barrel f
the gUIl before t!i. tiivt bullet lllld i
f i'li-n to th.' ground. ''vm ntly the
tiatling gun wa .v.-improved that it
could b - tired a:, ni iuy a li.l- t i ui
in a mlti ite. but l: (li'ling w is n t
coti'eiit w 'til t hi, and t to work t in -c!'"i:
-.'the tiring e ip-'i'ity- of his revob.
in ni i-. liln -gu ii by . 1-etr icily. This lias
leov bein .I.. ii". an ! bytii" attaehineiit,
of a Iii ', le i !e.-1 l ie motor to l!ie breech
the gun can In- tirel ."i.o.ltl times u
minute. Tli-- eeerel of tie- increase in
rai-ii'ity is greater e:e-e an I i flieieiiey
of f- -ditig. (n n strip of tin are
pl n- 1 tw i-n; -, siui'V-ie., powder car
triil; , eaeii li-ld in pl.ic- by bit of
the tin that are firm-! n; for the pur
pose. These slips s:v put into a hori
zontal opening, and astii'-y are drawn
through tie- cartridge, a-,, strippel
otf mid pl e-'d in position to 1.-. thrust
into the cliauiliers. The motion is
positive and there i.: no failure at any
stag" of tli-- iiiov .-;;! -nl. The strip
with cartridges at t i-.'h d can be com
pictly stowi-d an I a m ich larger
amount of :i in i mi n i ." io u can be earrie 1
with th.' gun than by tie' old way.
Tlie gun can be fed bv tiles.; strips
with the great- si rapidity.
riirtitiule.
"Thai," said a nervous citizen, "is
one of the most remarkable eases of
fortitude I ev -r saw."
"What is?"
"Th. manner in which thut man 1 s
teiis to his own practising on the clari
onet. Wnshirgton filar.
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
VALVE OF WOOD ASHES.
There is little difference in the fer
tilizing value of hard wood or soft
wood ashes. One has about ns much
potash us tho other, but the phosphor
ic acid is deficient in the soft wood
ashes. The quantity of ash from the
soft wood is only about one-third or
one-fourth ns much ns that from the
hard wood, and it is thin fact probably
that accounts fortheeommon prejudice
against the soft wood ashes. New
York Times.
THE FAUM's BEST MONEY MAKER.
The best money maker on the farm
jB the hen, says the Tennessee runner.
She turns jjrnss into greenbacks, grains
; into gild, and from sand and gravel
' she coins silver. There is nothing else
oil the place that compares with her.
I'he crops are slow ami uncertain.
Tho cattle and horses are heavy eon
I sinners, and to (jet their value we must
part with them; but not so with the
hen. 1 n her small way she is a gold
I mine on the face of the earth ; n mill
! that grind that which others overlook
1 or refuse.
RENEWING TORK IUIINT.
Not unfreipiently from insufficient
' mil ino and unclean barrels, or ot'.i -r
: cause, pork placed in brine begins
to spoil, the brine smells had, ami
the contents, if not soon given
proper attention will be unfit for food,
As soon as tlti trouble is discovered.
. h s iiotime in removing the cop.t. itts
' from the barrel, washing each piece of
! meat separately in i-Ihim water. lioil
brine for half an hour, continually
i-kimiiiing oil" tin-seiiin and impnritie
that will rise to the surface. ('!, .ine
the barrel thoroughly by washitig v, illi
hot w ater and hard wood ash,-Place
the meat back after sprinkling it with
a little fresh salt, putting the purified
brine buck w hen cool, mid no further
trouble will be eperieiic, I, and if the
work be well done, the meat will be
mi l t ini.l tirm. 'I'll."..- who rin k meat
f,,r home lte do n.,t a!
t alvwns remove
A Iter meat is cut
in salt for n day
irg placed in tie
rieau Avricullur-
the blood with sal!,
up it is bi Iter to lie
iiml drain before In
brine barrel. - v
ist.
mi t. siov. .'
The Baltimore Son miv: "Without
lltiy qui si lou the keo.,ne t 111 1 1 1 1 ill
barrel should til; I a pi ic- in every
stockman's barn. The ,o;t-oap emul
sion is bet for tii.-. I'll-- more liquid
nature- make it , :i-y of manipulation
in c,-!d Weather, and the large quan
tity of -...up is very cleansing and
n hob some. To iipplr w, ii-e a com
mon brush in eases of cattle, horses
it hog, and in the eae of sheep dip
tie- aii'iiiid i' lj t into tie warm
diluted .-mul-ion. f!i- ,-o.t of
ei.it' run tor -iid ,o.
i .ib.i-it thr. cent, an-l t!i,- time r, -quire.
I f..r treittm nt less than live
mroite. S .it -oiip and !,i roviie em
ulsion formula ; Iis,,Ue om- quart
of -oil - soap in t vo n nd om -half iualt
of bollltlg water. l;.-:u-..- tfoui tile
stove and while still boiling hot add
om- pint of k. los. ne oil; agitato vio
lently by at om-e pumping the liquid
back Hit its. If through a una!! noz
zle, or l'v oile r ine. ins, until a creamv '
ma'-s t formed, which is tin-emulsion.
Tins - In ml, led require mo.-e than
from three to the ininut. ' agitation,
li. fore using add to tins an equal
iiinoiiut of water and iui thoi oughly. "
rt t.n rrnuvo.
With id! stock the highest physical
condition i essential to the most rapid
grow tit. whenever an animal is ail..w,-.
o get out of condition in i.tiy ma
then- i . a ci k b. it- growth. ':h
stock that nr. being i'.-d for m. at tli.
growth should be pu lled as rapidly a
possible, as the hirg. st growth m l
'hort.st time ami with tie- .mullet
imoiti.t of f lis necessary
greatest pr.-iit.
With breeding animals
li.-.'i ssary to push t In- grow t h
Yet a steady grow tl, should
It is Hot
' ' rapidly .
be loll I ll -
taitied. 'The condition of tin- animal
must determine the quantity of f I
given, but It should always be siilti
cielit to secure the result il. sir. d.
Whenever the aliitiuil fads to gam
there is ll Iokh of the food supplied and
n loss of the gam that might inn.
been secured.
Full feeding with growing animals
is giving a sufficient quantity to secure
a rapid, sternly growth. With fatten- j
ing animals it i giv ing all that tie y j
w ill i at up e! an, but m. more. It j.. i
n positive loss of feed to over fi i d. I
Not only is it a loss ,.f the f..... ..up- I
plied, but the llllllllals w ill get off tli. Ir I
feed and will not do as well ns th. j
otherwise would. I )v. I feeding is p.... I
itiv. lv worse than under feeding.
Care in feeding properly and regu
larly will Hid materially in securing the
best growth nt the lowest cost. New
York World.
BCTTF.n-COI.ORS AND rKRSKliVATIVKS.
Ibitter is not necessarily colorless.
A distinct yellow tint is often exhibited
by a perfectly pure article, but the use
of butter-colors is very common, l'rej.
iirations of anatto or turmeric are the
most usual forms. These are sold in liq
uid form,oil or sodium earbiitinte bfing
employed1 solvents. Such colors are
nlijo used for milk. Dairymen nnd milk
LauJlere now use, to a larsre extent.. bo- !
r.ixandboric acid, and nonietimes salicy
lic acid nn preservatives for milk, thus
j economizing materially in the outlay for
ice, and these preservatives mny find
their wny into the butter, cheese., etc.,
made from the milk. It isfortuimtetluit
most of the substances are not decid
edly poisonoim, but we are still not in
: possession of mitlieieiit facts to say what
are the effects of continued use of
I them, even in small amounts. Some
: of the cheaper coal-tar colors are poi
notions, and commercial salicylic ncid
; is not without iujuriouselVects. Hora
and boric acid are, however, apparent
ly without serious effects, but it seems
no more than right that the use even
of these should in some way be subject
to restriction.
There i: no convenient method by
which the housekeeper may recoRtiie
i either the presence of artificial colors
or preservatives in butter. House
hold News.
KBM AMI O VIII'KN NOTES.
When a tree is healthy the top is
luxuriant,
Lite cultivation in the orchard is
rarely desirable.
When im apple or pear is matured it
readily part from the tree.
Po not waste time and labor work
ing with poor trees mid plants.
(! rapes begin to change color two or
three weeks before they are fully ripe.
Clie-tunt trees will come into bear
ing w hen eight years old ; they do best
planted in group.
1! -guhir pruning obviates the neces
sity for cutting nw iy huge limbs and
insures b. tler fruit.
The secret of profitable apple cul
ture is to cultivate thoroughly mid
feed the trees liberally.
It is not a e, i,i,I pdan to let the rasp
berries anil blackberries grow too
high ; keep tie m pinched back.
An application of wood ashes i eon
si, b red one of tlmverv best reinedii
for p-ur trees that bear cracked pears j
The pi es, nee of borers may lie l ead- i
lly detected by their chips near Ihe
roots ,,f the tr. es. Set' that they are
destroyed. j
No in itter at what season the trees
are set out. it is important that good !
cue be taken to pack the earth tirinly
about tin roots before leaving' the tree. !
Vegetables and fruits of all kind j
thrive ami yield better if tlie soil I..-
fore planting is worked reasonably
deep lllld then the surface is kept in a
good tilth.
Keeping all young trees carefully
rt ik. d lead to the formal ion of clean,
straight stems an. I these in their turn
are conducive to tlie growth of large
fruitful tries.
I 'ears ripen best in the dark. 'They
should be picked wb n matured and
c. ir, fully ripened by placing them in
.-'allow boxes or draw. - and storing
in a dark place, v., II v. ntilated.
In J.- for some reason it may be a ;
'ood plan to bury b
t hat die with
eolilagioiiK discus.',
to burn a soon a
stroys all chance i
a: e by contagion.
As soon as the
g. t cool a i afe l id
ially with the lay in
warm feed ill th-' i
the safest plan is
ossible. Tllis do
! pleading n .lis-
'.liber begins to
in i'e iling-, espoe-
!i i;s. is to give a
iot-nin.; and w hole
corn at night, givin the latter just be-
fore th" fowls lly up on the roosts. 1
In transplanting tr. . all the roots
that may hive L.-come broken or !
bruised in the proe f lilting should j
be cut clean away b, lou I the broken !
part. .uaKe I lie cut a clear, sioping
one in nn upward an I outward direct
ion. The pencil nnd p! im niv so nearly
related to each oth- r :, t.. be budded
or grafted on each oth r. Th plum
endures the eo!d bettor th in the peach,
and the latter fruit, grown on plum
stocks, enn be tn ieh inoie easily pro
tected than when gr..wn on its own.
Tlie orange colored rut mi the rnsp
berry and blaeklu ivv bu-dn-s is a fun
gu . which spreads rapidly, and will
n ruin an entire field or plantation
iinh . prompt measure are resorted
to. I igging up and burning .f nil in
f. etc, I plant is the only known safe
remedy.
ItatllcMiake Weed.
In Monterey a well as Santa Clnrn
County , California, tin re grows n weed
eall.d the rat t h sua ke weed.
ll i so na n" I from the story that
win n rattb--mikes get to lighting each
oth. r. this we. d. if e.it. ti by tin in, will
prevent d. nth.
It grow about six inches tall, ha a
red stalk and -lender leave. On the
top of the -t ill, comes a head of tlow
. r-, ami the . -.-. Is ,.f these flowers are
s od to be , ry annoying t.. one in
I " site' lluoiigh a ma s of them, as
th. y ni. fin n:-!i .1 with sharp barbs
commonly called stickers.
Tl in ly - -tilers w lei had herds of
she. p always ui.i.le their herdsmen
keep Willi them ti bottle of strong tea
made of latlh n.-ike weed, ami when
any of the hoep were bitten they were
drenched with this t -a. which always
snved them. Pacific 'Tree and Vine.
Histiiu-tiaii with UltTe ence.
Aunt Mary Ito young nephew) -"Well.
Hobby, have you had what you
want .'"
Hobby i heaving ii nigh) "I've had
nil I can ea, but I Jiavi n't had all I
want,-'
quaint ani rntiors.
To the Vcruvian Indian cocoa sup
plies tho place of food, drink nnd to
bneeo. Chinene don't allow their pawn
brokers to charge lesstlinti twenty-four
per cent.
A three-legged chicken attracts
many visitors to the farm of John Ow
ens, in liuoeora, Washington.
The smallest tree in the world i: the
Greenland birch. Its height is less
than three inches, yet it covers a ra
dius of two or three feet.
1 he lust appearance of peanuts in
mercantile historv was a consignment I his palace lit Tien-Tsin (ninety miles
of ten bags sent from Virginia to Xew from the capital), where he is sur
... , , , 'sounded by his armies, ami has h:s
lork for sale in li'.ll. hi IS'J the (left near a, hand,
product wiih 2,Wii,0ii bushels. It is well known that the members
The Yellowstone region in .Montana I of1,,'e V,""ml Vameii. ("irand Conn.
. , , . ,, , I c:l of tho lvnpire). v.h i sat m IV-
has produced a prize yield of potatoes, . ,,avi tlie Ill0st .ptofduml hatred
Mil bushels to the acre, and is said to f0r the viceroy, an I have tried sever
grow wheat readilv. but there is no . ul times to get rid of him by means
grist mill t Killings, its cl.ief town. i ";,.,,.,,,,J m"M ''l"1 l,h"s'I,St", lhe
jMidd oAges. Hut Li Hung ( b;uig
A gentleman in passing out of tho ' !s too well guarded in Tien-Tsin.
mouth of Spring creek, I'lorida, a ; Kvery att tupt has been a failure, and
few nights ago. lit his bu
lim.
eru and in a few moment., had four
large bass in his boat which hid vol
untarily jumped in.
Some tribes of North American In
dians punished inatrieiil
by h mgiiig
them I
their lunula to the limb ol la
tr.
at a height just sulh'ciont to per-
mu ine wolves 10 reacn iiu-iu irom 1110
ground. They won
eaten alive.
then 1. ft to be
The hanging gardens. ,f linbyloii did
not liiin, nor
they gardens.
Thev were terraces, sni. ported bv ar -
iy in
The
eliesaiidovergrowtiwitlitr. es. Thev j
I
were . iveted for the amusement of j
ISahyloiiiiin queen who had come from j
u mountainous countrv.
.'
the antiquity of the fan m the coat, j
particularly in Asia, extends far I k !
bevond tlie possib ilitv ..f iiseertainiiig
' '
its . bit. . It. (' iin-i ii li,l I li, I in tin- oil".
inal model of the fan was the wing of j Li jj,,,,, ('haiig ,liaj- l,0 considered
a bird, and at one time was part of the j the most liberal and tno'-t progies
einblems of imperial authority. j tdve man In the Chinese Ktuuire.
The Chines' punish atrocious crimes j Xo Ryn.pntliy is felt for tho nam who is
by inclosing tlie criminal in an iron teol twieo.
cage, his head passing through an j
opening at the top a. such a height ' ruX wutn
that his knees are b.-ut ,,,,.1 he ., i Zt
n. iili. r stio. ,1 ii,,r :. it 1 'Hi. muds iKns
punished usually become insane
through suffering in less than two
.. . ... ., .. .
Signing with the ero..s was first
practiced by christians to distinguish
ti,emeiv.s from the pagans. I,, .,-
eielits time kings and nobles used the
sign of the cross, whether they could
write or mj. a.- a symbol t tint the pi r
son milking it pledged himself by hi
. hristian faith to the truth of the matter
. , .. !.:..i. i ii l
.o ,ii,ii in iiii.Ai ...
One of tlie highest bridge structures
in America is the Kiii.ua creek via
duct, situated on a branch of the N'. w
Vol k lllld Lake I'.rie l.ailroad v hieli
run, throiieh the Hradford oS regions
into the Elk County coal fields. It is
.'till f.-.t high (from the top of the
top
rail to the bottom of the stream be
low), 'J.Oo, feet long, is single tracked
nnd contains exactly :, 51111.110(1 pounds
of iron work. The roadbed of the
viaduct i , Olio fe. t above sea level.
It wa built ill I S!2 and cost the com- j
jinny To.tH'il.
All Odd l'nqinsill.
A imrty of ladies were talking about
how their husbands had jirojiosed, says
the iMroit Free Press, when f-ne
win. ' present liusbnii-1 was her third,
laughed.
"I think," i h" said, "that Henry's
jifoposal was about the funniest I ever
heard of. You know Henry was a
bachelor nnd his weakness was drink
ing witii the b ys, which, by the way,"
she added J. loudly, "I cured hilil of
completely ; and one night he came to
see me, us liu usually did every week,
and we were talking along very sensi
bly, though Henry had evidently tak
en a drink or two before he called.
Vou see I liked him immensely, and
he liked me, but somehow we had
never talked matrimony to each other
although we often talked it iisnpply ing
to other i.eople. On this evening
Henry, had said something or other
criticising marriages, and 1 put right
'Well.' I said, 'I think it the onlv j
, , .. , 'i
way to be happy. I ve bteu married ,
twice and ' i
'Have with me,' interruj.ted
Henry ier.uasively, ond 1 aeccjded
him on the spot, and we've been lmj
j.v in two bees in a honeysuckle ever
since."
V. ill A Tree Live Forever !
M'hnt do you think of the idea ml- j
vnnced bv some prominent botanist j
that a tree, providing it meet with :
1 , i
ncci.h ul, will live forever'.' De t'nn-i
dollo. an eminent French authority, ;
sivs : -Trees are Hot subject to death,
' :
and barring accidents and ravages ol;
iuu.ets. will continue to live on iiiib-ti-1
nitely." tiray, tlie noted botantst.
nlo indor'-esthe theory, that, inasmuch
as trees iiiimiiillv renew their youth.
lle'V are virtually immortal. His ex- !
net language is as follow.: "The old I
e.-ntral part of the trunk may decay, j
but this i of little moment so long in !
new layers are regularly formed at tin j
circumference The tree survive, j
and it would be difficult for science to
hIioW that it in liable to dentil from t hi
to-e iii hiiv tiroper sense of that term.'
' ' ,,.
bt. Louis Bepubuc
Highest of all in Leavening Tower.-
Iw Powder
ABSOUTEL PURE
1,1 Hung Chang.
Li Hung Chang, viceroy of China,
says a writer in K rank Leslie's Wcek-
ly, dot s not live in
IVklnr, but has
; Biter several oi tneni tne iicatiicns in
tuuee came to ti.o conclusion mat
j the only thing to be done was to get
I the viceroy to come to Peking.
They demonstrated to the Kni eror
nnd lib mother that Li Hung Chang's
. ntlltiitiitn IliL'tlt lf,:nl hitn tn m-nr.
! throw the actual dynasty and make
; himself a monarch, aad that It was
j , ":r 11 " " "v"
would watch him.
The Kmpcror stiw tlie imaginary
danger ami ordered the viceroy v
fii:lL-i, ll ist hivli loll i rt ,-o-a in P.-L-imr
j jt, nt evcn anMV(.r.
Two orders were sent, the hist be.
i 't o Imperative that lie answered
... .
"I am coming. Arrange quarters
for the fifteen thousand soldiers I
take with me. "
One can easily imagine the alarm
of the Ktnperor and the members of
,le Suiiiuii Vainer, when they beard
of those llftecn thousand soldiers,
and they answered promptly:
1 't ,e ul.nrn w, ,,p l,v !! ..,., r,-
.' ......v... ...v ,. imoiii.-.,
and keep your soldiers away."
. ni'iiiui-.l ll n loc a: it sea,-. :oni 1 r. enlnsl Im :il
l-.-iui. lie :.nit l-v . i. isliintlv laiiuij n
wild loin) I r-,.l ; ... I, t , J .rote -II oee. I II I J I. I : 1.1.-.
S'.-i.-in-i-t,;i p 'ii ell c iti.rrli l Ii a e.fis'io:-
1 1. .1111 1 ili -.li' ll-nl Ihel-i'lnl-e I Hll- Ill:tll-
t!oii:il 1 1 i itn - nt . Hall' i.t.-iirli fur-, maii
i rat i ii.-il in- K. .1. C i.-iH'V ,V I ,.., . e, ib. I l,i,.
, i I 'I' .Ml. .-nil! il '11 inlirt eiiic,'. iii, mill nil.
It js mo r a lv in ,lo-,. ir.nu I iilnies t..
J"
j i:;-'''1:;!,:,:,;;;;;! ;!,:;:!;,;;,:;:
: free. A'!.liv
i I-.. i. i itrviT A-1 o., l"l.' le, I .
; t ".-. -lit .y !nis-.esi, TV-.
lHssnviT yo ;r f i'sc
ti - w ill .lis nv. r v.i-i.
(rleiols : vi ur true
I.n.fl rc-dlncr a tonlr. or rhll.lr.n who
.-nit Iriil.lua: up. slur. 1.1 tjiko UmiMi s Iron
want trill, Hal im. shir, -I tnku
Iii,.,;,-sii,,n. iiii .m iiessiiii.l l.i'verC'uiuii.HibU,
llit...,-d 1, ,k ..'.. ,.n,.t ....a M..I ...
UlllM's 111:: I'lUeU lull HIUl 1IU1U.
Al the lieudliiiiiig of III,- Cliri-tian era tie-
i.il iv. .-line - i it ent.l to si v r w t-re li oltn
ni .c.
v .. ( i - If ui'i.ire.
No mMtpr of linw- loin; stnnrtlnc. Write
fur lii'o tri'atiso, tc.-tiiiiun nl. '. to S. J.
Ii.lli'iii'i-;li ,V- Co.. u.vi.ii, TiuKit Co., N. Y.
Price il; Ly Haul. $1.1 j.
Tra.-s of ! r-tilstori" -:ty have Wn .11
eov icil ii, i I. r irein .liiizii ar, in Africa.
Main po'scn n l-rnk.-n .town fremovpr.
wnrs it tui'is 'i.iM cm. Hihaii's Ii-lii let
ters l.'llllll tllo 8Vs-.i, ui. , , i ;,! inn, lis.
ni-ivis i-,-,.ss ur i il im 1 cttr.'s ii. i L.ruk. A
vpli'iiJid lon.o fur woiik-u aud ctiiMrm.
1 li-re ar in Hi" vvorl.l '.'ill Miinl .-svlums
i mid lrainiiJtr seliiio!. with 11. 70 inmates.
p.,
tcl a.
ctiain'b Pills are Ik-I!. r than in'.lu-r.il w i-
IKl'i laiUl's- lie nlll.Ts. C.'lil a lix.
f 'apid n vi-r slnnv n wrinkle
KNOWLEDGE
Printrs comfort and improvement and
tend to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many,' who live bet
ter than other and enjoy life more, with
less c!tenditiiie, by more juoti.ptly
adapting tho world's best jiiodttet. to
the need of physical being, will attest
the value to health ot t io jmro uquia
laxative priueij'les rmbructd in tho
rcm(.(ly ( ,,i(ra
It exeeileme i duo to its presenting
in tlie form most acceptable and I'letia-
nni io ine insie, ine lei o-Miuig ni".
beneficial proper ties of tl perfect lax-
f.tive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches nnd fevers
nnd jiorinnnently curing constipation.
It h:w given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
nrefession lienill.' it nets oil the Kid-
I:t,Vl) j -1V(.r ;i;,,j j;.,Vols without weak-
cn'ing them and it U ju rfeclly free from
every cbjectionable Mibsta.ieo
fciyrupof I' igs i for Fale liy nil drug-
ptts in 5i)c and f I bottles, but it is man-
ufacttired hv tho California Fig fyrup
Co only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, ,.vrui of I' ig.
Bni n.n w.jj inforiued, vou wilt not
accent anv eubstitiitj if otkred.
'S
The Best far li'.lier Heiting or Cooktn-'.
fnel in Ctyle, Ojrafo t and Durability.
I 0tfltfali,M"l',;'l:'1- rvi:icvoSK
j 2PJ? w AiiitAN i lo ...ii m k. er.
j ASK YOUR STOVE 1JKALEK
j To Klinw rr, mri'IMRIl'S LATEST lAIAl.OorH.
) If no .If niv n.-ar j ou wr.te to
I ISAAC A. SHEPPARD A. CO..
hai tijioiik. jih.
iabomst jrAi'-.t;ru(i.' x the swia.
Latest U 5. Gov't Report
9
In ! Iii chinas ear.
The Island of Madagascar has two
distinct ciimatcs. two classes of nn.
i tiUs, ami t ,vo ela-es of fauna and
lion. Alone; th-' co ts! it Is tropical
and nialarioii-, and the native are
daik'.r and larger than in the inte
rior. 'The interior is a high table
bin!, and ne uiituinous. There tho
climate U coo.cr and the natjves
Mu tiler ami liglit-r in co'or than on
the coast. 1 : 1 1 1 in the interior they
are i.io-e intelligent, an I they rulo
tlie is. led.
i'liinese Ini milty.
Chinese lug. -unity scents eqral to
every en, erg: n o. A lu.in of-war at
t.ieked a t li ne e .'unk engaged in il
legal tr.ifltV and was eager to capture
tlie crew alive. Ti e s:iilo;s on the
Junk threw overboard thousands of
cocoa mils and tli-u leaied among
them. The man-of-war's men could
not. distinguish liiMil from cocoa
nuts, atid uea.ly a l the 'iiiitiiincu es
caped. in:. KiLir.R-rt
CURED ME
ArTER T'.VErnY VCAf.S SUfPCRINQ V.ITM
Chronic Pthoumatism.
Pr. Kiliee!-.' l: i :.1,:;ui:i n. N. V.
"I.'ol- liie i ' lui lin . l!l l l:i, I'pPlt
t'.ni!li."l Willi i::,. .oi::l:-,i: ae, ij.-, leieil it
ri'-al il. -il v. .thorn o v.: i, ,m, I . i it tu. T
e-u a- my ;M t- : 1 1 -i i ... i.eti.l n. In-.
limn , ei-ii v. l -- -Iirrlily
I -..i'i:.i-..i. I W y
1 I ii:i-
-1 ! -1 Irv a l
it I II. :1 ..m
toe. II I..,.
Ill
i'.l"'
tl .-ill :l!l I!: I.
Illl i :.!: i se.-i li. ru:,
leans 1 h.e.o .-.
t'.i. . il ill t:--' -:
1 lj:
ye.il- I :
e-ie el :.il
I l-lil. e ef :e:.
I go .It l-i:ie ii"
I "cr S V
I
I i:oiTui a:i V.
I VI-UI-.1 i,.eet!
fliis. ( v i vis r.uti.r.v.
Tel.. v.-.'.t.i-. :.
! i Van V.'i-i t. I'liio.
t!-.f ,-,o renin ami s' 1 .00
a i in .:
r 'r. w,
Dr. Kilmer's U 0 Anoii;ln'rr C:trc3 Piles
Trial Cc free. ,'t o.-im-iisic, DP cents.
I have hcvn tronl.kd witii clvspep-
' sja IintaU'.ra fair t:i.ll of August
, . .,
riower, :ii:iikv.i lior.i uic vexatious
trouble I. I',. Yinm.', I laughters
Colk-ge, il.ino:l--!,i;t;b Ky. i h.ul
hci'laelii - (gK'yv.u .--te.idy. (..Mtc bottle
of August li..v.vr curwl wo. It was
positively kvoiTiiotio hum!:'-' dollars
tome J. V. Si;Mt!i. I'.M. and Oc-n.
Mgn.lur.it, Towti -cti'l, Out. I have
used it myself f -.- constipation and
dyspepsia and it ctttvdif.c, it is the
bestseller I eve i Ii.unliL'.l C. i-i ;;,',
Diug-iiiid, Msh.i;!ic.sbt'.rir, ra. S
MEND YCIIH OWN " HARNESS
THOMSON Syfljg
slot :ti:i
CLINCH RIVETS.
No ttv's r-iil.t-'l. 1 : .i!T:iT ii"'" IM t 1 !rlv
:it'tt IUI jiSlt
v. ii. I jpc. la
JUDSON t.. ThOMSON MCG. CO.,
W.til.llltn, MASS.
Ian ideal FdNiav medicine
f or l.itlli;i..!i:i, J-..liti.tsl.i '.n,
I H.ul-.. I..'. .,...,:.-nil ... Hi:!
en.ili-l,.... Illli . .Of KrruOt,
jn.l.iaii'..r,!.-ij w iu.-i.'mu, yhi
; a K.....I.. a t if"
.frvi',; ; ', v;.;;.;iii:
t "' 'itVl'A Ns I'llKVll'i'AI, ( ;., -w York.
,Mrag.fifTTyr'-'j ;fiir'n"oitth
blood poisos fe;,,;.;
A SPECIALTY.
X'1 I.;: li 1 il I ni'kllij
lo; '.i. v.'i,, ,, ,,,,.,,'t
litldf p.i(ji-'lnin. f ir'-.p I.
giorAi.t.-e a cur, mi.l "in- !
tl.l.iit Una will ri I'"- -.-i
i-kJ. tro. euoK io.'.i.i'
Rpstinthfi'.Vcrld!
UCl 1118 USIllllllC ,ij i -Syl
Snglcside : 3E2-ctreat.
J . r 1 !..- i f Wt'inrli. t-i-.t t-fi!!i ll.-.illii. ni aiM
.ri, V;.-ta l:.
T'-
. Seeley &, Co.,"2-' ! V.!,..!.,.,,,!,
31 ;-tir ly l r t .ltirrU f.i ttto W
. T-.-i.l t :it-.-I. V'fi
:ol'l ty tlmviH ur - tit 'y uiiiil.
bX. & 1. U .ULlUoe, Warren,
- s
Flower"
i-r Clitl 1 ni .1 I 1 ' I - i." I ivl'i eni- n.-k of
.tl.tl.tnil ! I I I I'M . '' l-v i" a- I'.-s liv..iv
mi nl .ll.i .... i nr. ' r ii , ii'iuii li.l I -l.il-i she 1
ir-Oiii. .-..ii.ii :i:m.-. .-...-nl. ... I
MAI VIM V ' If. il i' , UM-r.'T.. I'l.
FRAZE h ' AXLE
,nvL
i I III Lll:. Hi'
! 1 if iin-i .'in
ilrtit i.i
1 ll