SUPERSTITIOUS TRAVELERS
A Veteran Passenger Conductor Talks ol
the Whims of Tourist".
No one but the experienced ras
scnger conductor knows just how
whimsical and cranky the. traveling
public really Is, says the rittljurg
Post. A traveler may have some
peculiar fad or notion when lie is on
the road, but he never dreams that
there are thousands of others just like
him, or jierhaps worse, lu years ot
experience the conductor rubs elbows
with all Forts of piojilc, and In spite
of himself becomes a mind and face
reader, who takes a back seat from
no one except the professional.
"Ves, travelers are superstit'ous
and cranky," said a veteran knight
of the punch yesterday in response to
a query. "I think the average pas
senger conductor deals with more
oddities daily than the curio collec
tor of a fre.ik show, as to supersti
tion, I think there Is mure of it crops
out on trains than anywhere else.
Last week, just as the train was
ready to pull out for (.'hie.u'o, a well
dressed man came out of the coach
on the platform and in an agitated
manner asked me what d i.v it was.
"I told li i it was I riday, and
without ano lier word lie re-eiitereil
the coach, and in a moment returned
with his liivatfi'. and by way of ex
planation Rtatfd that he uewr began
a Journey Friday an 1 would wait un
til the next morning. That is oii'y
a sample. Thi' iiiii'li-inoi ted un
lucky t hirteen is perhaps the cause
of more worry an I iiirouveniei-e to
tourists than any other sign wh'eh
they deem of Hitmen. I have known
passengers to l-eiri at the hea l of
the train to see if they coixd find No.
l'.i anywhere.
"If the engine happened to le
thirteen they wmi'il resignedly wait
for the next train, and if they suc
ceeded in tlnding ir.imb T thirteen on
any of the coaches they would hold
up their bands in holy horror. 1
have M'cn pa senger-. refu-e to ride
in a eoaeh that held thirteen passen
gers, and if ;o;i will ask any tieket
man he will tell you that of all sec
tions in a sleeper thirteen is the tn. st
difficult t'i d spose of.
"Then aside from the superstition
which prevails am .og the traveling
public there are eountie-s pnmgi-rs
who are cranky, and if they ( -e a
chance to kick are in bad huuior f, r
a week afterward. They k ck t r a
seat in the center of the coa !r. kick
because the train ones to slow or t
fast; kick b.vau-e they are :n a
draught or leeaus- it is too hot. And
the worst of it all i that when they
kick 1 ::tn th- indiv.dual w In is
called tin to he ir t In rn. a- it" 1 were
responsible for the whol - lmiri-'-s.
"About the only t ime w in n some
fellows don't Kick is when they arc
on their lion, yn.oon. Mveryihiug
goes on as smoothly as if it had leen
ordered so. bur let the same men r !'
on th" same train live years later
,'iud the chances are they'll kcli
themselves into exhaust ion. ''
1'olloue.l i'ip
Hans von Hi;) .w, I In
and composer, who 1 i -ago,
was an eceotitr.c
profession in which .
Ilniol.
famous lea'P-r
1 a short time
member of a
cceiitricity i-
riiiuiiinii. title walking the streets
of Vienna one day he came a ros- a
regimental band on its way to the
castle.
Von liulow ran to the middle ol
the street and joined the small buys
about the drummer. Following the
land, he kept bowing to t he surprise!
drummer, applauding him at almost
every beat.
"That is ihythm! Excellent: That's
the way I like to bear it."
continued to ejaculate, to the sur
prise of all and the delight of the
small boys.
I'eople in the streets recognized the
famous pianist and jaue 1 the proces
sion, so that the band had one of the
largest audiences to which it had
ever played. Von Ihilow listened at
tentively to the end of the piece, and
then made a deep bow before the
drummer arid bis instrument.
"Thank you." he said; "that w:i
refreshing: Tli.it rut my nerves in
good condition again."
When the drummer learned writ
his strange admirer was, be was tie
proudest man in the regiment.
I, than Allen'M Sword.
The sword of Ethan Allen, pre.
served in t he Nat ion il M;i-euni at
Washington, isan ohi-f.ishioned lila.le
about twenty-seven in.-ies in length
and slight ly curved. Ti e handle i
liiade of horn or I one. and is some
seven inches long. The mounting is
of silver, marked with god, but the
latter Is partially worn off A dog s
head of silver forms the en 1 of the
handle, ind from this to the guard
runs a silver chain, (in in; of the
silver ban Is of the ver.eraide leath
ern scabbard Is the name "Ethan Al
len" engrossed in large letters: on
another band, "E. .'rasher, maker,
jv ktk; win e on a ttnni tiand ap
pears the name "Martin Vuburg, I
1775." l'hiladelnhia Ledger. !
The Ileal Men Wanlril.
"Ye, we want Ihe strnit.rcst mid liest mrn
nmillK til"' renders ,.f your ,T I" li'l'ii-etit
lis in their rdpci-tive lor.iiii i,-s. nl her l,-"t:ini
niter anv pari uf ilieir time lo our l,ii-i:e ss.
Men nml women w lm -land well ale offered
rxreptlnii.'il iipjiiirliinilies fur prulitMlJe work."
'i'lint is w hill If. V. Johnson I(i -liuioud,
Va., suy ill refcri-nee to I heir advertisi-mi-nt.
The liigliest ., ak or tin- Koeky oint.-t i n.'
Is .Mount lirown. Ilritisli Amerieii, l.'i.pon teet.
If nflllrtcd Willi mire eye use lir. Inane Thomp-on'sEvc-watcr.
Unionists sell atiV per huitlo.
With Milne of us lle.pl
full bloom.
IH'Ver collli'S to till!
Weak and Weary
Ovi'ieomo by tho lieat or cxtniordiiiiiry exer
tion, the pliysi-.-4l system, liUn a nwiehiii",
needs to l.e renovate I Illl l rt'O'lirivl. 1 he
Wood needs to be puritlo 1 an I invigorated
Hooas
Sarsa
parilla JL JL
nn 1 tho nerves ntel
Itlliselrq strengthened
hy Hood s Sari.iparil
ln, which ereiites nil
Cures
yy I
iiiipelite, reinovis tluit
tired feelPig nn t
Klves sweet, Hiiun l. refreshing siw'i
Hood's Pills cure all liver ids.
f life 1 11 ICC I Fine steel. Keen an a riucr.
IfllO MNIlC! O.h.I. .rrenu iKlmile.
HII1 rr In ichnll I" ' Linn Hindi rut
from l.len -iff,-'i H miip-t. n I a V-ii'm .tiinip la
p.ir P'iio. Write '"p n-i ' "r "flier line 1'rts :
olua -. WOOLSON SPICE CO.. !
Jje Muruu St.. Toi.iuo, 0.
FREE !
FA KM AMI liAKUKN.
TltWUATiON A?lD TKF.I'. Ct'LTl'ItK.
The necessity for tree culture in
fipmlly iuiperntivo with irregiitioii,
siivs 'olniMn'n llunil World, Bil l the
arid linuls question will nen r be sutis
nn'torilv si tllcil without the recogni
tion of this principle in its solution.
America eiiu ill nllon! to ignore the
experience of other nations in this re
spect, mil forestry should receive
eijuiil eoiisideiiition with irrigation.
It lius been estimiited that within
historic times some 7,iMIl,0:lil of sipiure
miles aloiir the shorc.-i of the Moil it er
Iiiiiciui, once hi.rlilv fertile, have been
changed into worthless deserts, nud
for nearly i.llllil yours the inhabitable
portion of the earth has decreased at
the average rate of :i,.VM sijuare miles.
This has been produced by the direct
agency of man the evil being chiefly
due to river floods caused iiliuost ex
elusively by the destruction of Iand
proteetin forests
It is rirht that A iin-rii'it should set
tlie example of reclaiming desert lands
and thus iiiiTcase the earth's capacity
for supporting the liiuiiiii rice. Irri
gation mid tren culture liiu-t g j liiiU'l
it Hi I h unl in this work.
I II KIXi. ol T I.AVIUIS.
How many poiiltrymeii e:in pick out
n good biviug lien from a strange
tloel;? Not many can do it ; yet it can
easily be done after a short study of
make-up mi l eliaracti ristics. Tln-re
goes a hell with a thick luck, large
head, ill-shajie l, walks listlessly about,
seemingly with no intention or pur
pose ia iow. She does not care to
scratch, but hangs around the hen
house, evidently waiting for h; r tn-xt
feed. Sill.' gets Up file in tile III- ril
ing and goi.'.- to bed e rlv ill the even
ing. That hen may be put down as a
very poor layer. The i-.-gs of some of
(lie other Ih-ms go to help pay her
keep. Here mines another. She
walks briskly and there is un elasticity
in her ii io eiueiits hie 1 1 shows she has
something in vie'.,. She is ne.il nud
unity in iipp. ar.in" , small ln-ad.
with a thin m ck. inc. ly arched
un I curved. She forages or
i.cr.iteiie i all .1 iv bm and m ly be
too busy to eome lor her evening
meal. !i" is at the door in the morn
ing waitii": to lie let out. Sue sintehes
a few iiiouthfuls of feidnndi-. oil' to
the im a.low. looking f.ir ins..,.;:.. I!,
lore she e:.f, out in tie- inomiiig s!ie
:;i le-rnlly deposits her daily c;g in the
nest, or returns after a sli.irl forage.
She is neat, clean and tidy, with a
bri-htuess and a freshness pleasant j,,
tlieiye. That is ill In n ih it pays
for her feed iind gives a : I proit
all the year r.nin I. Th writer has
noticed those tiaits since hoyhood mid
knows that tiny are infallible. l!y
studying these traits any man may, m
a lew years, have a tine llock of hens.
Northwest Farmer.
Tin i t. won or mii.k.
,-hi my fa mi I have had an unin
ti erupted experience in cheese making
for :!7 years, but I have now nbaii
doiieil th m iking of cheese and nr-rali'-ed
t.i sell my milk," says T, ('.
Smith, in the Live Stock .Journal Al
manac. "The rensoii for the change is that
for some years past we have been
light ini against a gradual faliing on"
from the line llavor which for a long
time enabled us to make n ver; sat is
fiictory imiket of a superior ( rodui-e.
I'm- a ipiarter of a ceiit iry, viz. : from
I s.ii', ,t ss, we were on the a kvii 1
ing scale, botli in the ipiantity and
ipialily of the cheese which the farm
produced. 1 1 1 deterioration in llavor
sit in, ngailisf which the greatest care
has been only partially successful.
"Those who arc acipiainted with tin'
cheese trade' know w hat a liiil'ereneo j u
price there islu tvu cii a very fine dairy,
which like Cesar's wife, 'is above sus
picion, ' and a dairy which is only
good, or at uiot very good. The iu-
llllelice of food Upon Illilk oil this
farm is not only directly traceable to
the food upon which th" cows have
been lately- fed, but also indirectly to
the continuous use of a large amount
of artificial food and manure which
lias entirely nlt red tin: herbage of the
farm.
"No one could have been more re
luctant than myself to acknowledge
that high farming, which of course
greatly increases its (piantity, has an
adverse influence on the ipiality of
cheese which a given farm produces.
The system of making w hich I have
followed is called the Derby system,
and is identical with that by which
tin- finest Leicester cheese is produced.
"l'erhaps, as iieheese-niiiker, I have
no great reason to complain, for dur
ing the whole series of thirty-seven
years there lias Hut been olio year in
winch the season's make has been bad.
J Slit the decided declension from line
to very good and good is, in my judg
ment, distinctly owing to the inlbi
etice of food on milk, such influence
bavin
been grndually brought about
by high farming.'
no ns r. I'.iir.i.ni so.
In tho breeding of horse:! it, is
necessary to look at least two o three
yenrs into tho future for our r;sults,
an I to every one who looks at the
mutter candidly and without. piejinUce
tttf prospects for about that time, and J
I until another depression, w hich is not
likely to eonie for at least the next ten
years, looks unusually bright for many
dill'erent classes of horses, providing
tiny lire of superior ipiality. The
street-car liuis, xvliich have until very
recently used t uorinonsl v large num
bers of a class that as a rule had
neither beauty nor speed, and were
not large enough for heavy draught,
w ill require, comparatively few in the
future ; consequently every breeder
should now- so breed us to avoid pro
ducing that class if possible,
Either discard the pour individuals,
no matter how well bred they may be,
or so breed them that the deb et.s will
be very certain to be corrected. To
do this it is necessary to look, beyond
the individual selected, to the inheri
tance. A stallion may have perfect
hocks and yet belong to a family so
notoriously bad in that respect that if
a mare at all defective in this particular J
were bred to him, there would Iiatilf
ailv be an intt tisifv ing of the defect
rather than a correction of it, says the
American Horse lirecdcr. Another
verv- objectionable debet, which is
much more common in the South than
in New England, is blindness. If one
has a blind marc or one whose sight
is at all defective, scleetm ; a horse
with absolutelv in ifeet ovrs and sight
is not enough, as, in addition to that,
one sit. mid be very careful to make a
choir-- where there is not n single an
cestor with tin- same kind of debcl.
In breeding for profit, the prospects
look better for continuing with well
bred and individually good lior-i-s
than for any otlur kind of stock, and
it is not n. cissny to confine one's
bre. Img to the speediest classes. It
is at b ast an open question whether
at the present tune the hard
est to obtain is not a really
first -class, handsome, styiish family
or road horse of good sire pleasant
disposition and so train d as to be
perfectly safe. In such, while the
fabulous prices that have been paid
forth" fastest of trotters mil tho
roughbreds 11 Ver can be expected,
there is as much m uv certain profit
than in any other class. The heaviest
of draught hor-es are in just as eood
demand a-ever, as neither .1 elricity
nor any th ing else has taken or is 1 1 k -
Iv to take their ph , but a hi tt. f
quality i - demanded Ik re than a levy
vein s ago.
l AliM AM" lalil'H Mim.:.
will pay to hive a lotatio'i ol
if only coi n, o.its and grass an
nun.' and growing animal re
i a d' tie re nt ration from a mat are.
crop.
Used.
A
qllir,
No success succeeds jk." success. A
soil is best for the crop that grows the
best Upon it.
Fine peach tree seedlings may be
raised by sow ing tic stones in th- fall
or spriti1.', an I are often superior to
selected kinds.
din' has said that storage rooms out
of doors for farm tools are cheap in
tin- first iustau"e, but mostly costly in
the final reckoning,
1V not have a dozen prnpcviiia
canes whore only i lie should be, for
the result will be many vines, over
crowded with small bunches.
One decided advantage with the
raspberry is the certainty of its fruit
ing under anv thing like fair condi
tions,
upon
Th
w liiel
plant
It can nearly always, bo relied
Sutton lieauty is a w inter npple
is being used by many to sup
the I'.ablwin, the latter having
failed t
locnlltl
produce good fruit in mine
of late.
It is generally coiisidere 1 labor lost
attempt ing b men 1 a half-worn out
orchard bv tilling in the va'iiut places
with young trees. The more econom
ical plan H to cotnm-iieo a new or
chard in a new situation.
A woman makes tho best poultry
keeper, because she his more pa
tience and a better knack for the de
tails of the business. Hut if yon
leave it to your wile, let us advise you
to give her a hand on the hard work,
for there is sonic hard work in it.
A farmer said before an Iowa insti
tute: It has been proven that clover
sod is as good to proilnco corn as the
virgin soil. Farmers are just awaken
ing to the importance of sowing all
small grain lields to clover. It is tho
only wholesale fertilizer yet discov
ered. (luard against worms in th" young
pigs bv giving constant access to
plenty of salt and wood nsln s. A lit
tle asufi.'tida in the slop twice a week
will act ns a good tonic. Plenty of
grass or vegetables are alai good.
This is the advice given by an old
swim." grower.
l'roperly conducted pear culture is
a most profitable branch of fruit
growing. Aside' from the chances of
blight, a pear orchard once in hearing
will pay a profit for many years. One
acre w ill yield as much-of a crop as is
ordinnrily obtained from two acres of
apples.
(ierman millet has been grown to n
large extent ill Middle Tennessee for
the seed. Some seasons it pays I
to the acre. It will make as much
Hceil and as h"iivy crops of tiny on thn
river bottorus ni any where els in the
world. Some if it ou.ght to Ir; hovvu
1 1 every farm.
I'AI.Yr AXi (l-KIOLS.
The first alphabet hud but sixeenr.
letters.
The name "lirnzil" nuans
'red
wood" or "iand of the red wood."
Hooks wire printed in rais-sl char
acters for the use of tlte bliiu'. in ls;27.
Ancient books were sometr nits' writ
ten on slabs of wood, ivory or metals.
The works of Aristotle comprised
lucre than four hundred treat ses on
various subjects.
The principle of trial by jury vas
inaugurated in Jiis, every aeimscd pel
soli to be tried by his equals.
The Hook of Job, written 1,'JO H.
('. , describes very accurately several
processes of smelting metals.
(treenhiiid whales frequently attain
ft length of more than seventy-tivu
feet anda weight of more than seven
t v tons.
Hawks have been trained and are in
use in the (ierman army to attack and
capture carrier pigeons, and to secure
any dispatches that the pigeons might
i e carrying.
There is an onktrfc on the high
way from Warwick to L-ainington,
England, winch is said to mark the
exact center of England. It is be
tween :tOl) nud 400 years old.
Humboldt says that the Haobal)
trees of Senegal nr.; the oldest organic
monuments on our planet. One of
them is 10:1 f a t in diameter, aud is
estimated to be ."ltd ) years old.
A law passed in the time of King
Edward III and still upon the Eng
glish statute books prohibits the serv
ing of a diniu r of more than two
courses to any one, e.xcejd on holidays.
dohii ('. Hi-im, cf Nicholasville,
K. n., had 1. .'"nl bushels of wheat ill
.acl,s awaiting shipment, and a buyer
offered him iii-Vl for the lot, which lie
refused. A few minutes later tho
wheat was destroyed by fire.
The lihatgur reservoir, a grent arti
ficial lake in In i in, said to hold about
l.tUl.lioo.onil cubic feet of water, acts
as a feeder to the Xir.i Canal. It is
formed by n masonry dam KW feet
high and .".ojo , ct long.
S. veil ).iy I! iptists, who obselxo
Saturday ns th sacred day of rest,
were iirst heard of in England in
Ii'i.Vi, an I in I'lsl th - first church of
tin- s.ct in Auo rica was formed by
William llisc-ix at Providence, 1!. 1.
M my babies in the Italian colony.
New -ork 'it-, , are wrapped up ill
cloth bandages until they look like
little mummies. The idea is to keep
t In in ouiet, and their strength is sup
posed to be improved by the treat
ment.
The intensity of confined Pound is
illustrated at t'arisbrook Castle, Isle
f Wight, wh-re there is a well
Jim ba t deep and twelve in diameter,
lined with sum. lih masenrv. When a
pill Is liroppeil into If, tin: solum ol 11
striking the surface of the waiter, 1M2
feet below, c ill be distinctly heard.
'Nearer, My (io l, to Thee," was
the work of Sarah Flower Adams, and
first appeared in a volume of hymns
1 anthems published in lS4d by
It -v. W..T. Fox. Several churches have
objected to the theology of the hymn
and have endeavored to improve, it,
but no substitute was ivur received
with favor by the public.
Who Should Advi'i tls..
Who should advertise, is a question
that has been propounded and answer
ed in dili Tout wav...
Our answer: Every one who has
anything to sell, whether it is product
d the head, brain or machine, and in
cases where tlu.se wlm wish to buy, or
secure, or ex -binge any thing that
they cannot obtain conveniently, they
should advertise.
Advertising should he treated pre
cisely as any other investment, and in
nine eases out of ten it pays a better
profit than anything for which money
s spent.
Tii- b. st evidence that advertising
uiy.s is the fact that millions of dol
ars are invested in it by all sorts aud
kinds of trade and bv the most suc
cessful business men in the laud. Of
course it pays.
No sensible imin cm leelieve that
successful busiii-ss houses advertise
and bee ime ext -nsive advertisers for
the fun of th-thing. With them it
is business just as much hs buying
stock or selling products.
There are c rtaiu principles of trade
that' in -n ought not to ignore, and
among them the principal one is regu
lar, legitimate and persistent advertis
ing. Western Stationer.
To Kill Animals With a Spike.
The Ciiiueeticut Hiiinmo Society
has ordered an animal-killing device
from Paris. It consists of ft niadi
which tits over tho animal's head,
blindfolding it. In the centre is a
spike set in such a way that it can io
driven into the brain by a single blow,
causing instant death. The society
will kill all diseased or injured ani
mals in this manner instead of shoot
ing them, and will endeavor to have
butchers do tho sum. s in slaughtering
cattle. New York Sun.
If applied immediately after nttaek
nqua ammonia, it is claimed, is a
specific for b-e stings. It should bu
it 1 1 it .l thoroughly, and will leduea
or prevent swelling.
I0K THE HOl'SEWItVE.
CHEIMY TII!.
Line your dish with a good paste;
till with a mixture of sour and sweet
cherry ; sweeten plentifully, cover
with paste printed nt tho edge and a
Flit in the centre, and bake until a
light brown. A tcaspooiiful of flour
mixed with the sugar improves it, as
it absorbes the juices. Sift sugar over
the top, and eat fresh, but not warm.
Home aud Farm.
aiioct r.oiMsn ri fiMSiis.
Tn boding puddings, always put
them into I oiling water.
A laig or cloth should be w rung out
of hot water and well floured.
If a mould is used for boiling pud
dings, be sure to have it well greased.
lioiled and steamed pud lings rc
quiro uenrlv twice as much time ns
baked.
When a pudding is boiled in n mould,
take it from the water and plunge it
immediately inti Id water, then turn
it out immediately ; this w ill prevent it
from sticking. New York .lounial.
llAKI-ll SWKKTIlHKAOS AND l'F.AS.
Two pairs of sweetbreads, one table
spoonful of buttt r, one-half pint of
milk, larding pork, one tshlespooiiful
of lloiir, one can of Fri nch jh as, salt
and pepper to taste. Trim the fat
from the sweetbreads and parboil for
fifteen minutes. Now lard theinwith
five lardooiis each, put them in a small
baking pan, dredge them w ith salt,
pepper and flour, cover the bottom of
the pan with stock or water, and bake
in a moderate oven for three-quarters
of an hour, llaste every ten minutes.
When they are nearly done put the
butter in a frying pan, add to it the
Hour (do not brown), and mix until
smooth ; add the milk, stir until it
boils, then add the French peas
drained free from nil liquor. Stir
ngnin until they boil. lish the sweet
breads in the center of the dish with
the peas around them. New Yolk
Advertiser.
THE l Al I.tl'I.OW I'll.
Every one does not know how to
properly boil cauliflower. It is com
monly over-boiled and imperfectly
drained, which gives it n dishvvatery
lluvor nature never intended it to
have. The safest plan is to tie it in a
piece of course tarlatan mid lay it,
(lower uppermost, in plenty of boiling
water, n tablespoonfill of salt, to two
quarts of water. The latter must be
boiling very rapidly w hen tb" cauli
flower goes in; cover until boiling
recolllllielic's and then rein ive the
cover and keep it boiling fast until
tender. If the umin rule be observed
with cabbage it may be boiled with
out tilling the house with the usual
vulgar odor which deters many peo
ple from enjoying a really excellent
vegetable.
Hemeinber the whole secret is hav
ing plenty of waiter, plenty of room,
rapid boiling; and keeping the cover
off. A little baking soda should also
be added for either eabbago or cauli
flower. As soon as it is tender drain
thoroughly and lay in n deep dish,
flower uppermost, and if you ore go
ing to serve it a la creme, heat a cup
of milk ; thicken with two tablespoon
f tils uf butter cut in bits and rolled in
Hour. Stir for a minute, add suit and
pepper to the taste and tho beaten
white of an egg : boil up for a min
ute, stirring well. Ib-move from the
fire, squeeze in the juieo of half a
lemon and pour over the cauliflower.
SCIENTIFIC fit K IPS.
(Starfish eat oysters.
The smallest known microbe is that
of influenza.
Taper pneumatic tires are in pro
cess of experiment.
Pneumatic tires havo been found
very serviceable on hospital ambu
lances. The moon is believed to be the only
member of the planetary system w hich
is without an atmosphere.
Moss grows thickest on the north
side of hills, mid a sun-exposed tree
lias its largest limbs on the south side.
German civil engineers w ill erect a
monument in Berlin to the memory
of Dr. Warner von Siemens, tho fa
mous electrician und inventor.
The largest mammoth found in Si
beria measured seventeen feet long
and ten feet in height. Tho tusks
weighed M pounds. The head w ith
out the tusks weighed 411 pounds.
Sand filtration of water similar to
tbo Knglish plan has I n tried in
Lawrence, Mass., where typhoid fever
lias been very prevalent, with the re
sult of general improvements in the
public health.
A course of lectures at tho Royal
Institution which has created much
interest is that by Captain Abney, on
color blindness. Excessive tobacco
smoking has long been known to bo
an important factor in color blindness,
and Captain Abney indorses the truth
of this observation.
Hypodermic injection was discov
ered by Majelidie. Morphia is per
haps the most familiar drug so used.
IS tit the variety of drugs is very great ;
and there am numerous cases in
which life would certainly lm lost if
there was lm way of medicating the
patient except through tho mouth.
L.l .
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grert qualities
m
F
making a trial of it.
The ROYAL BAKING POWDER
takes the place of soda and cream of
tartar, is more convenient, more eco
nomical, and makes the biscuit, cake,
pudding and dumpling lighter, sweeter,
more delicious and wholesome.
Those who take pride in making the
finest food say that it h quite indispen
sable therefor.
to
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ROYAL BAKING POWDCR
A SnrRfnii'it Terrible Mistake.
"A few years ago," said CharLs ,T.
Tatterson, of Philadelphia, "I learned
the secret of the life of a man who
had passed more than a quarter (if a
century with scarcely a sinllo He
had been a physician and surgeon,
and on one occasion had to remove
an injured eye In order to save the
other eye, and prevent total blind
ness. The night before the opera
tion he had been drinking heavily
with s-iiiie friends, and, although the
following rooming ho was sober, his
hand was unsteady and his nerves
i;ustiung.
"After administering chlorof inn he
ma le a fatal aril horrible blunder,
removing the well eye by mistake,
find thus consigning his patient to
perpetual blindness. The moment
be discovered his error he turned the
man over to a competent surgeon,
deeded everything he possessed to
him, and hurried from the ne ghlar
hoo I like a convicted thlof. Tho te-
niainder of his life was one constant
round of remorse, and he rapidly
developed into a confirmed misan
thrope. The secret of his life was
known to a number of people, but
when it was finally revealed 10 me it
explained a mystery, and made me
respect- the man, for however grave
was his original blunder, which in
some resp-cts was. of course, worse
than ;i crime, his repentance was of
the n n-t gt nuine character." New
York llecoider.
"Tvvas Not a ',i Mingo,
Tlefore the eccentric (Jcorgn C.
Mbn became a tragedian he was a
rircnit, clergyman In Iowa, and was
the pet of the women of his circuit.
When lie appeared as a star over the
same circuit his feminine admirers
vied with each other as to which
eou'd present him with the large-1
and handsomest lttiqu"t, writes
Marie Adair, in the Chicago Inter
( Jcean.
In Iowa City he appeared as Rich
ard III. A lady satin a box with the
most monstrtus bouquet the florist
could furnish. Frank Tannehill, Sr.,
assumed the parts of Ituckinghain
and the dead king. Instead or using
a super, as is customary, tn He upon
tlv bier, Mr. Miln insisted that Mr.
Tannehill should lie there In his robes.
As the funeral pageant crossed th ?
stage, this lady, not being a great
frequenter cf the theater, regarded
this as the most fitting time to pre
sent the bouquet.
As the cortege reached the center
of the stae, the well-meaning wom
an arose from her seat in the box,
and with all her strength hurled a
bouquet to the stage, It struck Mr.
Tannehill In the face with such force
that he decided it was a cabbage,
and regardel the situation as too
hazardous to permit his longer pos
ing on the bier. He sprang to the
stage and quickly made his exit.
Si 00 Ilrwtrd. CI 00.
"The render of this iwiM-r w ill b juYmea" fo
lenni that there ts at lmt one ilri'iiilril UisenKO
Hint seienec Iir tieennlile to cure in nil its
MasrFjT nml thul is i-alurrli. Hull's Caliirrti
Cure is tho only punitive cure now known to
the mctliral fr ilernity. Catarrh beintf ncou
sliluiKinnl ilisenso, requires a const it utiiinnl
trt'iitineiit. Unit's Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, net intt dlreetly upon the blooil ion I
niueiiits HUi'fnces of the. sstetn, therehy cte
ftrnyint; tho foundation of the ilisense, ami
Riving t lie uf lent nn-ni(tli by hiiililinu' up tho
I'oneiitiitlou and OKtaKtiiiK nature in doing its
work. The. proprietors liave so much faith la
. , ; n j "
dred lliillaraforany cuse that It fulls toturo. i
fceml fur li.it of testimonial.). Address
Its curative powers turn they otter lini' una
3T bold by DruKK-si, IV, ' ' j
In lSi'ei it is siil'l that it liook, name not i
L'ivcii, wus printed from vuleuiiized ruliher ,
itlllllpH.
Pare and Wholesome Quality
Corameuds to public approval the California I
liquid lii.tlve remedy. Syrup of Flva. It la
pleasant to the taste and by acting (tertly on
the kidney, liver and bowels to cleans the
system effectually. It promotes the health and
rnnifort of all who use It, and with millions It
Is the boil and only remedy.
The oldest university iu Smith America Is
Hint of Chile founded in 1741.
I'r. Kilmer! BwAXf-lloot euros
all Kidney and lilndder trouble
1'nniphlct nml Consultation frou.
Laboratory liinglmmton, N. Y.
IVnbodv houses tor tho poor were, opened
In London in 1G4.
Karl's Clover Koot, the crcat blond purifier.
r'.ves freshness and clearness to the rumples
iu aud euros constipation, 15 els., SUcts. i
A locomotive lnsts fifteen years and cr:is
about $.H).0IH).
PJioney in
unitL-y nr rimnifruo
yiuiiLi in iiiiuaiiitki
nr you
KNOW HOW
To knp them, bat It Is
sronf lolrt the poor thin(s
Butler sad Die of the u
rous Maladies whirh altll-t
Ui'-m trben la a rnaiority of
casrs a Cr.rw eon d hsve
been affected aid the owner
poioesaed a Utile knowl
rdec. such as csu be pro
cured from las
ONE HUNDRED
PAGE BOOK
' offer, embracing the
t acT.cA. fcxrtn:a. oi
TIIIiRE arc any house
keepers not using ROYAL
HAKINC, POWDER, its
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warrant them in
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CO., 106 WALL 6T., NEW-YORK.
Not I'.xp: ai d to tho lltiomy.
Prince Napoleon and Count Mer
cler, with their suite, were once visit
Ing within the Confederate llne;dur
ing our civil w.ir. and. riding along
tho Fairfax turnpike, they came up
on Ma.ior F. G. Skinner and a body
of Southern veterans. Skinner lcfCi
his men in charge of a Jcoior officer
and approached the party. He had
been educated in France under tho
patrnnege of th Marquis do La
fayette, and Prince Napdeon, who
received him warmly, making some re
mark about the soldierly arp 'aranco
of his t mops dust at that moment
an evolution brought th" men into
such a posit'on that they turned
their backs upon the distinguished
visitors. '1 heir trousers showed the
w rst effects of their usage. Tho
Prince could not repress a amllo ns
his eye ran along the line of big and
little holes. Hut Ma.ior Skinner, with
characteristic wit, said: "tientle
men. you see there the side of our
soldiers which has never yet been,
and 1 hope never may be, seen by the
enemy."
PIERCE CUBE
or pionky is itrri NUKD.
Pisca-sp follow a run down system with
tbo liver inactive nml the blond disordered.
Pimples, Huils, Sores, Carbuncles, riivrs,
B'al like mniiifcstatioiis of impure blood,
fciiniiM Ik' driven nut. of the system with
lr. Pierce's tfoldou Mistical Discovery.
Mrs. KriiN, of MS E.
Ifitll Street, Arie 1'nrft
( tti, wrili-8 ns follows:
" It pi' uses me to
stnte t tint I hnd ft run
ning core upon my
iierk. mid tool it oper
uli'l upon three times,
find still it was not
fund. I whs hUk ruu
down very much.
Tin-re wnH n decided
I'hmme niter u'm ' Dr.
1'ierec'slioluen Medicul
lliseoeery,' 1 took a
few tmtilca and w
Boon cured. Iter my
liiiHluiiid had a lump
Ih IiIii.I liiH enr: he tried
Mits. Kunrt.
your niedieine, and one bottle cured him. 1
ehall always reuuiumeud your medicines.
Gold Wa tc h Free.
A lliintlip.- Cnfio. rh v r
, clcfvnntl.v tiiciiiviil, I t It.
Mm ir. i l;i tfl nirli, lllti tl w Hi
rtno tVirhrut il ( Jutnv Mrkltl
Mirvrnifiit. ojtinl m niH'a fti.c
i ii v Wi'i t nich. : ml y. i;
imiMf u "l ii-Mn i". hum l t
onltT i Imtoilure ..
rtuii-M v t nl m ml :j
1in 10 . nil fl tit unit Vi'i
ffil.i l htiirn I r &?.?.".
); uti in: (, vi h i tl I
rlunt- ami ntiJi tv v
Tt . O. Jl. ?.?.!
ttiilimi! liny lcioil.
Aids .Hiitii(iitlf). If Mill
ftH'Inrv, ny t X(n.KinK' lit ;
If Hot, don't if kn ihriii.
rnlpcio C'lttftr Co.,
Mfi Wr-l 3 Ith Mrcff, Nrw lurk.
. L. Douglas
93 SHOE
IS THE BEST.
NO SQUEAKING
45. CORDOVAN,
4.J.5-0 FiNCALf&KAN6AKH
$3.5PP0LICE,3 Soles.
4,s?.2.W0RKINGMenj
extra fine.
Boys'SchoolShoes.
LADIES'
SEND t UK tA I ALUuUe
WL-DOUGLAS,
BROCKTON, MASS.
You run novo money by wcnrlog tho
V. h. Douglas S3.00 Phoe.
Herniine, wo nro th largest nanufarlnrrn of
thl gruiloor shoo iotlioworKl, on.inuaronU'O their
aluo by Rt.mii'hiR tho namo and price on tho
tsittom, wtin-n prilled you nsawn nign pores nnu
, ni,idleman proSn. Our allocs .uul eiutoiu
Wlirk m ,.,,, M,y miDg tni woar untitles.
We have t!i, 'in s 'Id everywhere at lowi-r prices f"r
the value Klven than any other make. T.ike no sub
stitute. If your dealer eaasut supply you, wo can.
Shorthand!
and Tvi'Kwiimsi) will
tuiodit vim In tho
IM-Ht shorthand I'nl
leue 111 the world fur
fr, per ni-iittli. Ilu'ii why- tiuy $.u.' If y. u think
SaviMhis i. K STRAYER'S COLLECf "st" " '
til money tiesldes other valiia !
preni uiiii in K,,od frup.ifr.i. 1!iim
bill Ifnolerrt. enteb an. Siii
oiler in IIII1IK AMI 1(11 Till 'I lilt.
.INK. I'rlis. a."' '-e ill. samth' .Mftitnilre ea'i lo
Mi' i a nl full p.lrtletl ar.i ohl.iln ,d ul th'H iirn-e. All
Newsdealer, or .11 Kail lilt i Street New X- rk I iv.
f!
J,l1 Jl V.'l-H'Jffc
IJ Consumptives and people
t,W who have woak lungs or Asth
ma, should use Plso's Core for
Consumption. It has cared
ed one. It Is not bad to tak 1.1
Ulstbe best cougb syrup. b?l
Sola ererywhere. S6c ft i
Chickens.
s nun wnoarvotea ZSrar
oi hip nie toi UiHUt.e-rm;
a rou.Tn.ic yard as a
lll'sl.NKSS. not as a pss
time. As ibe llTios of him
self and family uYprnceW
on II. he cave the subiecl
soi-h attention as enly a
Aeed nl bread will com
Distill, snd the result a
grtoid success, after he had
Hpent much money and Insl
hiimlredii of valuable chick
enslnesiieriaienlirf. Wr,al
ke Itanted lo all these vcarj
Is embodied In this biMik.
h!rh we send postpaid fot
25 cant in inmi,..
Uaches o.t how loDitecl
ami Cure Dmesscs. ho-.v 'a
Feed for Egrs sr.d also for
Fsiienmir. nhli h Fowls
Save, for Hnsdlhg Purposes
and everything. Indeed. ,s
ahould know on this subject
book run. r.otrsK
IM Leonard B( N. Y. Ciasi
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