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- vA i 4. Tfcrre Are Twenty-four ltraii Wliy th Nine of DUmomlx it -tiled t'nluel-y. e Every reader has at rome period.t,f bia or her life heard of the nine of diamonds referred to as "the curse of Scotland;'' but why, perhaps, you have never tak-n the ti: trou'de to e.-i i:.'n. I itory of tin- I:. ire I find no - .s ih.in ? J 'xu v 11,115 jJUiiVQ" MONEY. A TAWNY HEAD FROM CGYPV, HEK.E IS AN INDUSTRY WORTH WHILE FOR WOMEN TO PURSUE. hi mv "J Wl.il-1 ! fu! exp!;.i itiol sion, v. i..; its wl I 1 1 ; nf ; origin of .. el- V -J!,. .-v I" !!. t .'I I.. I!;,- ; . 1 ; - , a i M v. );' ' f 'i-r I'iili-r.-.it no t .vpi i-s-i-j i in i ii t h I .':; i: r-- i i ' waa ioieil bv I All . v ill ' lie, SOC- ' ii-.. I .411.4 J , t. Oil ..ii.. i a -! i c'. i : j it nccoiui;--. oi i origin .1 I !i.- t .vpi i-s-i-) i in i in- i.w. vvm -h.-. Soulliwick trao.-., ii ,i.. k to 17 L'-, lim.i lioniag ., oaricaiure f that date v. hi -h ivpie . . ats "tin' yoimg chevalier" at-t-mniing to lead a ii -nl of I, nils laden '.til papal curses :.. !-.-. I ii.) Twee. 1 river with tin- unit; .! lii.u.-i iM'! ; 1 '.lag 1; -f them. Perhaps the :m ,,t .-ni . -sow-tore e.vi.buia- .. . r . - , . " 1 ' i oi-ii,.l is I il.tt W iiie.i it t-i tin- !tc ( f (:! -,,1,,., ';.. or ler lor l nnt en:- ! ! 1 i i - - me i.ari iu .Man-, .i.in.i rel,l;, " , , ,; 1:, of an;, a of ti.- . : --u -, resembling diamond its Ml. rl'I. I III; )l- .-.p . . t . ) have Immii Willi reference, to them t the nine spit of diamonds was call. -I "th., ours,, of Scotland." The ix-c and most likely of the other rea-ii.iis f i- .he origin of the frxju-essi.,!! arefiivcii !, I .w. lJiiii:;-,' the rei-ti of ;,l try ;l tl i f at tempted tot.-al ih,. f --twa fr. ..i :i. hetli .ihth, ami niK ivr-h d in ah.-.: raet- lu.i,' fine valiialilv d;a :(.-:.. repl.ve the.se. a he:vv Li the people of Srof:::- i. ;- ishe I th- 7:i t.i m:-! .-,: dia:. i. :. v.-T;. r "eal ji-V,-. : -, ; ,1, .., , . V cnr.-i ." In the of I'oj.f; J. 'lia;-oi:d.i i i the l.o;i ' -, aent s . V nnK W-tliliiKtfn Woniitn TIM About lit r Sihti'i li 'ultiv:liiex IIim-m anil i.ih'ts - I'lu-y n,i.iir lAUln Lulmr ami lliinK I.sirr Kcliirns. "! I nv- r hi!iii;v in ;i Miia-l wavran bo . to payeveu by an amateur who v-es t.) puivi:-- it i i a p iirist:i;i!r,' an-l !: .'-'!it way," I :i y n :; f woman. V" year-; i l.,.-, .;,t :l ii:H,. f.u-,., Atiae-i.-tia, call.-I It "K .-; Aeres ' t acted in lrierej .- f. , -a!c-' with ;i few ro-.-- l.n el ii.-r plants, l Jove li ,v th- l-ibor I-;:;--i:de,; ., ,.-s c-'p.:i ! hy th- ib- i-;n:c of iiie I found that it . ey a !.. So I jil.nn .until at ji-.-'-.-ui I !;ave bci ween i a-: 1 fourth and rosebushes of ! rho;ee::t vi:i -i;-s. A .s;i!led -rar- ! tohl me the ot;,-T d tv that iiiv eoi- l- ' t ; ..i of hybrid j,erji. t uals is jirohably the fin ;t. in thise.i'intcv. On i!n il-iv !-; i-.tiion I) ty I j-iicV,. 1 ;m,l hi .1,1 Ma' fho. m.ir n.-l W'itii tufts fit hair wanri liro.iz-.-, wiLliin a c.'.-, It rests, this marvi-l fn.iu t:i. anti-i-iu 1 ui I Of t-yraini.l nn-l Kjihitir. nf p.ilm un-l huiiJ, An illmtrati-in of tlm lu.ni i.ii: t r.c That s.vayiMt the worl i fur c;T:tur:!.. ntid t:ias ii.iiiiii'l Arrliivi-s nf art an l i-..':r,m'n. t t i-i I 0..;.. .t all li lie's i ..jl ti I lo'iri.i ; t . e ," l-o T.i-.- ,i:;'ifv4 Kiicki'ti '!. will !., li e...i::i.- 1: 1 hi i Ij.m-.v e i ririiari'lm 'nr uver m u Ij i i 1, .:l,lllHi I . t l it . l i ell 1:1 ,y i.a j :.. i 'I'" .n.v rn-.iit-;. an I i l.di.-ti- 1 i - V;i: ''.'..;!. ! j is t :i;il i:i ly ii n ,-r.r t I n i. .. : i ! v i i -Ale new wit li liruin that t..j-l ;n w i : i v t: i: slii-.T - 1J.K.r ! S. Cr. Comtuon Krnto About tb ff r A tobacco denl -r t:iyn: Ther; Has been a great deal sai l ibout tho haHiifuliM-E? of cigarettes, ari l certainly th-y aro in jurious to youn? boys or to nun it. nmoke.1 in excess; but ino-t of t.-.j vho attack t!ie cigarette habit have verv lit ac m.-a oi wii tt tii -y ;u:, talki.r,' ab It SllOUl-l )U reUii-Jiihei-e.l tle.t tl. What is -::t. at- ' vui'-iuii-'i -en mat liie great est smokers in tin World the Spa nia - Is, the Cubans, .Sj,anis,-Atiierie-iMs a i,l tht Uussiatis use ci-aieiu-s far more freely than cigars, and i:o.ie oi" tie- e i.at, 1:1s r i:i Zevv Yor. :vei be 'ibout t !e CUU be called Ulihe.-dti.v I' I., t ,1', 'i -i a n-1 s-ime j cs -h-arly, and I :.i was well I it. lut after a ' ul-1 Iii'odilce ! ti: of l.uth, 1 An i:-.; ( ;:.::;ce;; ;id d more and j ima'.e f C'ai l le. v C.ii iyle," ..ay.; the a , a '..vat a;;l Lit;; by tdvht. To teM tl. not ;.'reatlv covt t Lis nc li'iamiance in t:ioe last davs of 1 Vii! ii alone I c Lave hi. own 1 I was even not wiihout a -ertain dread f tliis r ,a: i;i:r ano.-l'.e of l:iei, in-nitv 1 -i; lii:diii- usvscjf sittin-' iiov: o f. fro-:; W'i'i ;--h i: ' t f To d on vr- l'ilie .o:i .-j ' r- "slroi-i my own jilae . "? am rava ra:itly f-.'id of roses, but vi--;.-ts are mor-( jirofitiible. On the day b( fo:v Christ man I j.ifdv.-il and sol-1 -..".!") violets at two tvuts ajiece; that is I "I worth. They v,w w.;rt!i the high est pric" t!ien, but tliey never brinij less than on-i cent a;iece. To rais them in ouitL- easy. I have ;520 glass sashes un der which the violets bloom all winter i him Li a C!j. 1: ca om.iiiai.s, I, !o a-lur. :s hi.-!. I trh d t!ie retn. ;aiz" l con ver.-ath ma! but i.i tiii:i ca.;e it f il.'-.d f iiu ! iinuriiiuii -i of the n:n-v tit iihieian will t 11 you tl, n it :as ::; j vdlect worth mentioning. ! If you take a ji.ee,. l(f j,aj)(.j. an,j : ;-,;.ht it scarcely any r-viduum will re ; i-'ain, a-:-! a man might smoke t hal pa ; iier ind- f;nit1-y without e.p ri--neing the us. ! smallest ia-l n-.-ult. Wbt, n, ,i.-,..,;.,,,-. in.; ette sm-,king injurious is t lie fact, tii.-i.ft the smoke is not relaim-d in the mouth .'..id throat, but is taken into t he lungs. It is because tin; ci.; ir .smoker does nor PJ WWW i i t . . .... .. i . : . . i . , Weai .ht ap -.I lit UsUai eilect. lie gaVO no aiJHWi r, but sat there, leaning on his Mali in brood ing silence and with introspective eves, iinsii he n-a- lied his .; bei i. v"i.. . . - .. ne liau g.L out, I, alb cling not to know him, a.s.te-1 tho coeducior who he was. i i e latter had touched Ids hat to him. " 'On. yessir, I know him well enough. E orf. n ri-Ies iu my 'bus. "I.s wot yon .in a littery gent writes books wot uo- tx.'iy can understand.' 'i';: - conductor paused, a if mentallv understand this that he denouncej cig arette smoking as iu.-ij.i-l. So it is if the figarette is smo;:ed like a cigar, but when th-.'uir,!;.. is swallowed tin- eTect is far more delicate than can be obtained from any cigar, and you will find that a punfirme-1 cigarette smoker seldom en joys either a cigar or a pipe. St. Louis 31obe-I)emocrat. Castoria is Dr. Samuel Iit !i-rs prcsoription for Infants ainl Children. It contains sn-illier Opium, Morphine nor oilier Narcotic s::Ist:;ncc. It is n harmless Mibstitnto fr larr;-, I rops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil. xt is IMeasant. Its truaranteo is thirty years' uso hy Million f Mother. Castoria destroys AVorms and allays fcvcrisJincss. Castoria prevents vomiting- Sour Curdl cures Iiarrha-a and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves tuethiiie; troubles, cures constipation and flatulency. Castoria assimilates the food, regulates tho stomach and bowels, jiving healthy and natural sleep. Cas toria is the Children's l'anaeea the Mother's Friend. Why People Jljte ThHr Up,. If you surpriso the father of a family stretched ont at fall length and trying till he is rod in th face to raise his "legs without lifting his body, you mav know lie is endeavoring to work off hi nru.-.. Castoria. rre.sbyleria.is consi-ler a cur.;e i the iJcotcj It is also .'.iid iliac il berla"l wrote his i.i D.ike of Cum- " ord -rs at uiloJen on the. liack of a card, th-; front or v.-Uic-ft was marked with nine dia monds. Th; "Oracle, or Re; lvcr of Questions." ;.rinted i i 1770, says that the crown of .Scotia ;nl had but idao diamonds, ami that the Scotch p-'opl..- were too poor to add to the collect ion. St. Louis Re- iUiy.iC. Ac Klfvator I'M-Sclent. in of tho clevator.s in a down town building the other day an ab-vnt winded man came near dej.:.;; ing vliis life with unbecoming haste, lie had sto-;d close i;y uie (ii..or wiie-i tlie car stopped ui hi.-, fivior and liad allowed two or tii:vi; other pa.-.seiigers to brush by him. lie had male no.-Jgns of a L .-ire to step out, but 'vnen the ecva'or resinned its upward course and the door was n.-arly closed ho gave a start and jaiiij ed forward until his body projected out of the car and prevented the door from closing. Luck ily the conductor imdersteod h's busi ness. With an iitMirictiv.- i:i.ivi-n,..iti-,. Ktoj ped the car in a few inches. Th he drew ba--k tiie ihii.r and re venturesome passenger, who aVae without CVell 1 Kkj--.g 1 a -.v.-rd. Th.-o;;,.-,-;.;;.;-::;;. ra in siie- ce. Even the eh--.-;;; or j.-.y wa St V' Th: rar-teristies, and ther added, with a -l" figure in the waltz, which his better toucn, oaif of pity, half of contempt in half insists on dancing every chance she pets. It you consult Mr. Russell on express the voir ' 'Cs a Lit off his chimin, like rn.-mv ot those gents; but lu uiift a bad sort it I you tan-e him the right way.' " Arti.ru Who I'aint. Spoalringof people who paint, Edward v . ,vemhle, the artist, said: "I know pimples, or he mav tell von. as 1,,. tol.l , ;' i . V a? artlStS Wlth ,he Wt-"n"wlio recently appealed to him ... ..o.. ...... r iivu, .mn ery tair artists at ror advice, that she did not e ift enon-h Whltai f;ifft lie lenl nvi'l...,1 l,...... ... l... T .... . . . v . . v . i I 1 iiiift 1 1 j.Aey uraws queer caricatures, had observed Tmw mn.o. d,r ..i i. .,,..1 r e i - ... I .. - -- --- ouu Lucwni ner 1 one oi ins eccentric ura wings lips. . .irKer House (Uo.ston) lull of fare S. yon see yon need not be on v. . I. .. L .1 winti cnanges win make you better look ing, you will find him verv blunt. Hp may tell you you do not wash vour fao clean, and when you ask how he knows he will tell you if you did your skin would not be disfigured with those black f a in,i:u-. :cie.l tii mm in a the h w:a )', in ha-1 -r-e-i t V len ca.-d the aked : or sav- r.-,l.:oked ithing to ae.-M: ........ t iong. In .vl.iv I have .i lot- of f--.ci, ground plowed and jirejiar-'d, and in it I s:i'a',unp nl from his superior .stand"- ibumlance of avoirduix.is, which iuter pl.mt all my violets, taken from beneath ' Vl'r''A ' -"-'--'ar-l pot.r Carlyle'a seriously with his cutting a graje- the sashes for the purpose. Then I -simply take ut the sashes uivl eov-ei- f. ' ' v riewly planted violets with them and ili -work is done. Iu October they be gi.i to bloom, and continue all through the winter, so that 1 can pick them every day and send the llowors to market. ALWAYS A MAUKHT. .111 of my violet plants come from one Utile pot that I bought at the Center market five years ago. They are made to multiply by dividing the roots, so tnac a single plant taken np in the spring will supply a score or mnre. I sell mv flowers by sending them to tho florists in Washington or very often in New York. Prices are higher iu 7ew York. so rnat it usually pays to thorn on. 'There is always a market for flowers and there is never any difficulty in dis posing of them. Any florist is glad to miy them ii they are good ones and in jir-tr. condition. Those which I send to itev York are delivered early the next morning. I expressed some thith er originally on speculation and I got i irradiate replies praising their uuality av l asking f-n-more. The violets must ! theatre. cause oH.erwi the,- !, r' ?? Ul 1.rolI: Alextmder Salvim, son of tw....;7. Z 1.:.;,.: ; : ' tatlH'r- h;is l'resente.l a very neat - . ""'-nUI' lillO lOvVll ,...1.,.. TIT.. . I, .. , in tlia f., -l ; ! 1 "-' i" Mnim uairougns . ... v.v.iui iu. .111 jlliit. lit. j 'Iy gr.-atost success is with sweet j p ase, which most people do not get a' ng verv well with in this l'.Hi-n,l,' T I "CartoHa Is an excellent mpilMn for rhil-dre-n. Mothers have rc-y.it.lly Uild mo of iU good effect upon tiieir chililren.'" Ik. 0. C. Osoor.n, Lowell, Mass. Cafltoria iri the let,t remedy for children of which I am aei-uuinted. I hope tho day ls-i:ot far distant when m ithers will coiikider the real Interest of their -hiMren, and uso Castoria in stead of the variousquaek no-trums which are destroying their loved ones, hy forcing opium, morphine, Hoothing syrup and other hurtrul aRFiits down their thronta, thereby Bending them to premature graves." Dit. J. F. Kinchklok, Conway, Ark. Castoria. " Castoria Is ao well adapted to children tiai I rei-oinmen-1 it ts superior to any preacripj jm known to ine." II. A. ArtcnxR, M. D., Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. T. " Our physiclann la tho children's df-part-ment liuve sjiokea highly of their experi ence in their outsido practice with Castoria, and although we only nave among our medical supplies what Is known as regular products, yet wo are free to confeaa that th . merits of Castoria lias won us to look with favor upon it." Unitkd Hospital and Dispejuiaiit, Boston, Maaa. A LUSH C. SMrrn, J"re:, (if V t in lit iwr iIji- T II : . ... .i . ..-.j u,Juiau,.inMjiil iuc goou uenavior wiien vou iass under his comedian, is a rapid draughtsman. Tim eagle eye. But did you ever sit in the -..nrpny used to be a house painter in ferry boat or car an 1 watch the women v asui.-igton, so he comes rightly by hid who make tho most hhb-ons f.... te for pen and pencil. His dressing in their ttemnt to e-,.t t. , . ,. i " ''ill-. Il'lUllSIl- room wherever he may be is covered mentor crumb of comfort from their w.t.i daubs roughly but efA-ctively done lips? Xot o:dv the women but the men in grease, paint and crayon. Lotta, also have this fiendish habit. Brooklyn Ai : nine Tdaddern, Madeline Lucette and Bagle. Alice King Hamilton draw very neatly. E. II. Sothern has made sketches which Dan Frohman considers worthy of hau"- n.g lraui"(l m the lobbv of tlie I .veem. Ueorge Lawcett Howe used t, Vork Herald. -Xew i-i n ri iij. ivl.o t. th -O to ln't g the very unest possible seed to begin j with. From June to August I pick ! Very nearly -!.(.hm sv.-e-t pea blossoms! li :!v. .-Ul.! t'l'-v s,.;i p.,- fiffv .- !,nn. ! ilr -1, so that they .-a-e really the most ! , :' (itabie ot my flowers. 1 b--t little care, "i pi-; .; th They require seeds in the nig in open ground, about four inch d as th r. i: A man to Hi- ' th:;t i a. i !,- -iT.f : ri ser i-ht d n : in : so ; ar t!: ; tu. 1 out v; in a ch plants grow th" earth is oil-id th -.,1. Then p.,-rs g the row wit ii si. lags r th-- vi-.e-s trained ;d o;!"-i!xr--!-:ii!i of .-(Ti sweet pease, and it ar syj:".! from the sal-' of Work in i l i. -i. x.-o;'ui.ir leciurer wno lias appear oeiore tug ainiieiices on hundreds ol platforms during the past ten or twelve years, says that lecturing is the hardes way of earning a living. The lecturer i: all the time exhausted with travel from place to place by railroad or steamboat. or :-!;!ge coach ov ot l v con vevance. Ilc- canuot get solid sleep any time. II nuds himself in uncomfortable quarter. ia ail sorts of hotels. He cannot get to :" d tnl lie-trly mi Liiglit after any lee He is lioih-.-i-ed with commute ;:;ow!x-i iw a.t s. -1- agent.,. He often finds that ; lie . ir.vl the receipes are lig ii;-- r h--r : says that h ;l i to ti: 1. wiies after a le 1 -.-Hiring, and that he nwei St.. a. ii 1 s W V We ha ! Verv I 1 ' ad ab v. a; ag w. 1 - a i'- e-d L..-perim..' i ; nervo: i " iv. trench ra A Ilure New Zealand llir.I. Dr. Frist e l t has brought a most inter s-sting and valuable collection of birds 2tc, vro;u Australia, where he ha-1 many tin an venturous outing, ami from where 'ue proceeded to New Zealand. There he .ucceeded iu obtaining a specimen of the Attaint and almost extinct kihi bird. Tins bird is somewhat like an ostrich, but only the size of a crow. It has no wings at all, an-l is e-iverc 1 with fur like short striped feathers. Another pe fuiiarity about the kibi is the fact that its egg is larger than one-third of its body. He also succeeded in bringing home -ei!e Maori skulls, which are dir.i.-nU- to obtain on account of the manner in Wiuctl tile unlives b'.lI-V their ile-iil When th" bodies have been so lorrj The Centaur Company, TI Murray Street, New York City. ViX L.ii3 izxidl j 'W5 J. D. GRAVES & CO. DEALERS IN PINE LUMHEK, SHINGLES. LATH, S.SH. DOOIiS. IJLINDS.and all building material Call and see us at the corner of 11th and Elm strot, one block north of Sleisel's mill. I J I 19 9 1 the ground from the sk and carry th fi 'rests, v.-'i i r n:-:I caves. liad. Tii at ai'v -. i i a: a.:l tiie flesh has : -a l i a-;, in i .) t: .1 ar a; lb. i a : i uiieartn v:--:s ' t: n- of the l T;aV- ' - i r--1 ii ry done in these u 1 o :ulis .MJtr-afx r - - r mil i o in y y i ii I:CI i won on i Ce rr . J- l . mm Wtell 0 yy -T 4. j C i v.l I rows a: r. s.i: i : :i;a .-; .,: . jints down a man i. !)'. e mean that when it is a h- -use, he :i '-abin. ts ar-t tables, or iiis own i-.-ii-, et.s though our g:-iu-iiathei s and gran. t:uot hers, as often as not, actually did the latter, as well as good souls! sewing the various strips of carp-ts together. If. however, it comes to planting trees wit hone's own hands, there is ttill some thing to he said. Charles II planted nearly all the tres in the avenue at Windsor with his. and some that are now in Sr. -lames' park: and George III had a mania for planting his own trees, as web as innumerable grape vines. Iier presi at majesty has planted over ."i.OUU 'I 1 : p'aces she has visited. trees in va r-on- and the Prineeof Wales cannot be verv far behi ad her in also doing so. Calig- Uaiil s .Ac-sen Of farm.- p.-ak. The A l i i rapin Faro. ." ars a nmnber of terrapin ' .irt:-I along tii-.- C'uesa- i-i : -t farm is on in- Patn.v- e- t i:---r, and it e-.i-. its of a large salt v.rr't- r lake, wnicii caild ac.-o:n:n date th.ousmds of terrapin if they would breed as rapi-iiy as is desired. The '.: - a 1': en Is ef l! .v I g"t ''i-'-.ll over the lii-.-t i - --.-y s-n a'''--T whi'-h 1 h,. -re is usual: v ; a : -a.--on ,,f q:ote warm weatlier, so that j I f-- jm-iitly my dahlias are blooming j L -autifally up to the end of November, j 1 try to in the flowers I grow alter- .-. so iha.t when otie sort stojis bloom ar.other begins. My violets are ermg from tl:-.- last of September to end of April: th--n come the roses ugh the: mn-uer. and the sweet tease. '.h d-dilias in th - f---l and violets .-cem :til sj.rin Vou can p rceive that my y of growing f! -wers does not make essa.ry any Lot? i av'-s.ment in green -uses or otiierwis-. Of course tiiere are me e.t)ents. 1 have two i;ie:i to p me, though one of theru I should i; iv to keep anyway for other purposes, i' ere is a great deal in the nroner -n.ick. ers for m-irki't. i 1 el'.' to t.i- n; .: i.i of Li .e - i,'.,. t; .lo'.liits ottell to nan 1 ac to: al re. i.-. a ace Two eiigiues, of which tli-j resi.-tanev. w as lneasared sepanttcly and found t bv lt).S pounds per ton at thiny-sevei: i::o.'s per hour, were coupled togetu-.: ai-vl again tried. The resistance fell n I i.e p!)uads per ton. The second engine was masked hy the first. It may be ar gued from tiiis that by a suitable adap .ti'on of the front of a locomotive, elec- tr.tal or otnerwise, a saving of from 8 tc iu per cent, of the effective power could oe made. Electrical Review. i, .a, :i ;' of 'i . b or example. v;..h--t. must be place 1 -s i.i p it -ho-tr.i boxes', with ier fol led loosely around them, i not be tor.e;i, J with water; do .-- will take away their I t-onsid-r mv own flower a ' as oi Til- ail'. with farm--'- lias .-urro-m-led I his L:k board fences to keep out the muskrats and fo.ves, which .ire the terraj-in's ene mies. He has made hatcheries of boxes partly tilled with sand, and so arranged that when the females enter them they cannot :.- t out until they are taken out. lie has nurseries for young terrapin, and he keeps the little ones in here until they are ten months old. in order to preserve them from their fathers. Frank (i. Carl-enter in Pittsburg Dispatch. l'njiii-; the I'iper. Inquiring Boy ( looking up from a book) What does paying the piper" mean? Worried Father -.absently) Tell him to call neit week. "I said 'the piper,' pa." "Well, if it'.s a plumber, he needn't oall for a month." Good News, to begun thus day 1 hope to become a mill s' selling i ib ts and sweet pease. en:s there is money in the busi perly pur-ate 1, an-l more women go into ii." Washington Star. ';n This He So? Nothing wearies a railroad traveler m-ire than a straight track." says an old r .ilroad man. "Any road with fifty miles of ,-trnight track would be shunned for fme w ith three or four curves in that distance. I know legions of people who put th -mselves out to go by roads which wind anl curve and give ;. new Dit of ; -e.-nery ! vcry few minute. ." Detroit I'ree Press. It is a fact not generally known that Missouri furnishes better cavalry horses than any other slate in the Union. The Missouri horse is sturdy and short back ed, and is now much in demand bv cuv- airy officers. Furrows on the Finder Nails. Nearly twenty years ago Dr. Wilks di rected al ten lion to the curious fact that a transverse furrow always .appears on the nails afier a serious iilne.-s. Medical i:ivii ignored what they culled the vision ary opinions of Mr. Wilks, giving the .: all- r bt.t little aitention in their n;ed w :.-:. IJec-.;ii ly a new interest in i .e si...,, : -.-t has in en re ived an-.l pa tht) i al .-ocieiies have beg in an '.nvesti-o-iiuu. One remarkable en. shows nail in; rows caused by three day's seasick ness. Ib-rald of Health. If the foot of a liy is put under tht. glass of a good microscope it mav be .-eeii how simple is the contrivance that .-! . ins able io d.efy the laws vii gravita tion. The fool is made up of two pads, covered with line --.hort hairs, with a pair of curved hooks above them. Be hind each pad is a tiny bag tilled with clear, liquid gum, the hairs .also being hollow and tilled with the same sticky tluid. ;'icai r '-..a oi ii, .r.-. . .-. m.-ii in th;-1 ily v.1. in the t:va:.n a. Horses have tie- to co ;:v.:l Tv-j..-. the h:i a tooth is now . ta . i ar are on tie. r.-.-o c flirt iallv skilled di. -a,. I t.-.h eh- just Tike men causes, and pull- i. a ! 1 1 e a common Of cairrr thin: in t.:e ner.-c 111; vec'ri iuary nig!: V-:..i.. f. ... i :. r ... . -. i i ..... -i f"-!. ii.il i.i.-i teetii nave ioag ami sllOIig roots, but th:; op r. .i a freii. nt'.y saves the life of a valuable animal. Interview in St. L'-uis dob. -De:noerat. j J J! A if i'T-i f.w-M r. ri.'iiiV.ii.i.;-'i' ti i ib v A ii li iu l t'i Among t h of the -; he : of a (-Jern:.-:; maniilaetnr: of crml i.-.i V. .ii i.e I Iv i 1. ryth. venter in maintiiiii Jlecks -;ain. ;l:L i" Cheap Lit-St fn-lpr, i invt gas by u:m; r.eeuni thr' 1:1 a fori-- p:-... 1 will be o,:;:i:i -TH II i-.t i -v.:- . Fuel. :ttempted ' -lel.l i i;:; tor, wh: rr- pmg ; ugh i blast i li lil.-i '. ho:i to i t am of at can thus ": W V. lile I ; - s ii to h th- be r f i Se V- th; -arc i-L.-a'.i: haced i-gra .' :i i . L in i...:.i.- a iu ;1 ers. ;m-l he v.-i-y coluiid-,n. In applying stimulants to the iie;id a fair amount should lir.-t be used, and then the quantity inert ased gr.-aiually, but never carried to such an extent that the3- are used indiscriminate!- and re gardless of consequences. The accumulation of electricity gen erated by the friction of belts in an en gine room is often a matter cf consider able annoyance. A little steam escaping under thv belts is sufgwtiteJ mi a remedy. ilevol vers in .Si-Iit. fin' p-ilic -;neu of Savannah Ti;.VtT.s strap:; 1 to their l-.-lt eghf. Tii-v are armed with .-! is W .1! inev cannot unhm. airry re in plain rt clr.bs : their er than a Nev w sl:o.aoe- ir.iTU ;ol- nnii'V l ork poiicemuii. who usuallv carries hi in hii hip pocket, can do it; but with most ot the offenders the sign-- of a w. ap-m in itself has a salutary effect on many of them. New York Sim. Apple trees. . years old Apple trees, 1 years old Cherry, early Richmond, late Richmond, vii rlum, J'ottawattamie. Wild (ooi Raspberries, Greg-- Tjler Strawberries, Sharjiless Ci esen (.'((iK'oni vines, 1 years old '-ors Karly i'jtpics, 2 years old -Currant, Cherry Currants I Snyder blackberries - j Industry Gooseberry - I Downing Gooseberries, 2 rears old j nouhton (roo-ciM-rries, 12 year-- o J Asparagus -I Rosses, red moss and white mo;-. Ihrubs, Hydrangea i 1 loner Suckle miow Balls - - Lilacs - h ei greens, jSorway .si)ruce 15. P"i o o 252 501800 20,2 00 1500 10 3 Gu 27"i0 ! 1 00 0 150 250 501) i r 10. io;i 25;; Mil k; io :()' 2o 20 10, 00 00 00 50 00 GOO J( 0 125 TL -re is no department of Briti-h liier-rani'.i-- indiiti'y which has deveiop'd with such marvelous rapidity as the pe- ! 'roleum trade. Since its beginning in i ls-10. when the total importations were j HiM.ut 2,t WO.Oi to gallons, it has increased ! by leaps and bounds until, in ls'J. the j amount brought into the United King- j ik-m reached the total of 102,6 17, 47U j gallons. ess ery one-hiBEit miJe isibb etaa2 ol btt street Id dress (ill Orders zo PLAT1SM0UTR, NEB. I i i (I u IS 1 lb v.. i