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THE DAILY ilfeRALD : lM.il flSflMiuT. wjMUCASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12 1SSS.
THE QUEST.
I mnrkM at IJfo -Give me the gift you hoUir
Bibbing, uht offered dim crown of gold.
-Say," 1 hwioiiKht, "Tb boon I crave U higher r
Smiting, Hlia uAinled n brand of flra.
I spoke to I nth "Unfold your myntoryp
And l;-M Lifii'a torch above my head to n-e;
When there shone bryoud Deatu'a rln
ura
Tim l..ly Rlltu-r of eternal tam,
Margaret I.lmcott lu Traveler IUscord.
'FROM THE HOSPITAL"
Yes." sai.l tho IUv. Mr Dibble. "1
knew I rou I.J tie jc-u1 ujoii the hospitality
of my flxk to entertain this excellent
youn; li vine, seeing that my own liou.su
LfcM U in tm tlisorjjaniftl a condition, ow
lug to tlm fxierieies of cU-aninj bouse
It will Ihj iiily fur n ni'it or two. ami we
all know w lint is romi.-Ml to thobo who
rert'H o t be nnfl una wares.
Ari'l Mr. Iibblo rublictl bin bumls and
lxkel miiiiily itroiiiul tijon the inr-ru-Lers
of tho Voun.'j laiie' Aid association,
vt hile a very Mant'fliLIe murmur of assent
toso ii from tho ngtrre;jiite collection of
c.irls. Inins. fiizzetl hair and crimiicii
la-e.s.
Not a damsel In the numlx-r but would
gl.tilly have extended her gruciou hoii
tality to tb't lU-v. Felix Amory, who was
to preneli a sermon in uM ,f ihme llelt
mid Mission-" at 1 he vilLie church urxju
tho cfii)ii!jj Sunday evening.
"I'm nur" said Mi3 Lida Larkspur,
Irotnptly luiticipsitiuo; tho crisu, "papa
woulil bo most happy to receive tho gen
tleman!" While the other ladies looked indig
nantly Iirt at Miss Lida. then at each
other, and whispered, "Bold thing!"
"Most kind of you to promise it, I'm
snre," .iid Mr. Dibble, and o the matter
vvn.H settled, not at all to the general satis
f art ion.
And Lid;i Larkspur went home and is
sr.eil orders that tho parlor curtains
tihould be washed and ironed, and a pound
cake of the richest nature concocted.
While Kato Duer, the doctor's sister,
who wa-s as fond of young clergymen as
Lida herself, and would In no wise have
objected to varying tho monotony of her
Jior.io life with a spic of ecclesiastical
novelty, returned to her crochet work
v. ith a yawn and a general Impression
that life was a boro.
"We "are to have a young lecturer from
tho city in tho church ou Sunday even
ing," hlio said to her brother when he
bustled in to dinner.
"Eh?" said Dr. Doer, swallowing his
pcalding soup; "are we? By the way,
Kate, there's a new case of smallpox on
the railway embankment."
"Dear me," said Kate, who was com
pounding a refreshing salad in a carved
wooden bowl; "I hope you will keep well
vaccinated. Ilngh."
Oh, there's no trouble about that!"
paid the Doctor, "ouly the other patients
in tho iiO.-pitsl object to such a case."
"I sbiTUd think It very likely," said
Ivato wiili a Mils mono.
"1 must try to isolate him somewhere,
said Dr. Duer thoughtfully. "In one of
those stono houses by Um liver perhaps.
Oid Mrs. Viggers has had tho disease, I
know."
Then Dr. Duer tasted the salad and
jroiioiinced it first rate.
Pit chervil Io was all on tho qui vivo
1"v.it d.iy whan tho double shotted pieco
of l !ii;!;.-s Slew on tho tougnu of popular
riin ! thro'jgii t'u town. "An actual
f iu.i'IpJ'X caso in U?ir midst and a young
r.:'.!.;-:; r ci:;ki' all tho wa. from 2ivy
Y ri: to rppeai to their ay mpatliies on
t: I.:'.' T f t home missi-jus."
1 x.--;:nler if i. is contagious?" said old
J AiU m.-i. looking very round eyed
tl!t'i;h her spectacle.
". .::;;:- io;js!" eaid Mrs. Emmons, "it
.-:;. Ii t. to L.'id its way into every house in t
ried
Me Adams, "the
.'. -.-i : Vi:i!y not,' said Mj-s. Emmons;
r-yfc.psilhcfu movement in favor of
e ilkM'-ns."
hi :i every one laughed. Mrs. Mc
l.K!;ed puzzled, and Mrs. Emmons
1..:
j":-w
Lor.-clf up and remarked that "it
vf-rv ii-revereut to laugh at sacred
J -.:::.'
i:ut Miss Lida Larkspur, whose fatkm'
did not believe in vaccination and who
had a mortal horror of the disease against
wLicii tho famous Jeuner waged so suc
cessful a warfare, was tnuch troubled in
her mi:id.
"I'vo always had a sort of premonition
lli.-it I should fall a victim to the small
jox." sighed she; "I only wish pa would
let :ie Lk vaccinated!"
It wsi.i on iv sultry August evening, tho
t.;y full ef lurid cionds, the air charged
v.iih plii ti ring arrows of electricity aiul
ll.e big drops beginning to fall, when
tl.cro caie a knock at Miss Lida's door
a uvst mysterious tap as she afterward
CeclareU.
"Who's theve? said Lida. opening it
fttffivi"Rtly to obtain a glimpse of a tall,
ja!e r;an with a pocket handkerchief
folded turban wise around his head.
Excuse me,"said this apparition, "bs:t
J think I l:avo lost my way. Might I ask
shelter from the siiower? I am the young
i.irui from the hospital."
Certainly not." said Miss Lida, tlosir,?
lLo dit'r abruptly ia his face. "Go4
pr.-.cious! have I stood face to face with
ti.-e tmalipox case?' and then she ran for
Ih'i prrv:vat and the camphor bottle and
v.cnt Into hysterics.
Mrs. i'riuVf mps lived In the next hou?o
a picturesque cottage overhung with
Virri-iia creepers, wlth a plaster cast of
Cnpid lu the garden and a great many
Muebells and carnations-a ypung widow
who read all the newest books and some
times wrote gushing poems for the eep
ond rate monthlies.
Ire. Printemps imagined herself lUta
the gifted and unfortunate Mary, Queen
t bcot, and dressed up to the part as
far as Nineteenth century prejudices
T.-ouId allow her, and he was seated by
the casement trying' to find a rhyme to
fcuit a most unac:ommodating line of
jKx?trv, when Ihe tall, pale stranger cp
peared under her window, "for all tha
world like a troubadour or David Ruzio
himself." as Mrs. Printemps subsequently
expressed it.
"Excuse me, madam. ho began, "bat
I am just from the hospital, and"
"My goodness me!" cried Sirs. Prin
temps, and jumped to her feet; "how
tlaro you coma here and tell me that tu
my fact? Wby don't they isolate you?"
"Madam!" said the stranger, in sur
prise. "Go away!" said tho lady, banging
down her wimlew and bolting it- Then,
to her maid, VEetsy. run across the
i::eadow t. Sirs- Underlay'a and tell her
-.lie urallpox caso is rampaging all over
:,o roiimry trying to get peoplo to let
h:.pi ia. ut.a she Isn t to open the door on
t.z7 ucca-ut. And stop ct Dr. Duer's and
a Lka what LiiJ of sanitary regulation
be calls this." ,
Betsy; "and I ffr&t been vaccinated these
seven years or more."
"Nonsense!" said Mrs. Prlnicmps. "If
Jon go across the na&turo you'll get the;
eforo he does. Hurry, uow "
Kate Duer was standing in her dwr
way watching the storm roll grandly ovc:
tho mountain tops, when the weary u:v:
ljuwiidcred traveler opened tho gatu -jM.
came hesitatingly in.
"I beg your pardon." said he, meekly,
"but I think there must bo soinet hiiig
singular in my appearance. I'cophj s; ei..
to shut their dHirs against me, iunl shun
me as if I had the jwst ilenee. And 1 ciiii
not find tlie rsideneo of Mr. Dibb!, the
clergyman. Woi.ld il le asking too much
if 1 wcro to rejiu-st permission to rirt i;)
your porch until ti.o storm is over? j
came. IretM the hospital, and"
"Oh, I understand," said Kate, quietly
"You uro tl'i sina!lM)x atint. Lnt i
Iji'.vti ji n vaccinated and am not afraui
of tlie iii.-. .s 'i'iiore is a very coia.'ort
ablo ch.iiiioer in tho second story of tin
b:i.rn. iu:d you shall le carefully nurteii
and taken care of there, and"
"Cut you ore mistaken, cried the
young mutt. "I run not" "
"Iliish!" cried Kato. gently. "Do not
Iw afraid to confidu in me. 1 am Dr
Duer's sister, and I know tho whole story.
Sit Lereand rest it litth. and I will LiiuL'
you some bre.idand milk until my brother
comes."
"I am a thousand times obliged to you."
s.iM tli" stranger, "and tho bread and
milk will tato delicious filler my long
walk. Lut i do not know what leads you
to think that I am a victim to the vario
loid. I have lost my hat in the wind, to
I sure, and am compelled, to wear tliis
Syrian lxking drapery on my head, but 1
never had smallpox, and hope never to
encounter its horrors."
Kate Duer turned first red, then pale.
"Thon," said she, "if you are not the
smallpox case, who are you!"
"I am Felix Amory," said tho young
stranger, "tho chaplain of St. Lucetta's
hospital in New York. I am to preach in
aid of tho homo mission on Sunday next."
Kate Duer burst out laughing.
"And every one has been mistaking
you for the smallpox easel Oh, Mr.
Amory, do couie in. How could we all
have been so stupid? But you see the
minute that you began to speak of the
hospital"
"1 dare say it was very awkward of
me," said Mr. Amory. "But it's the way
I have always mentioned myself to
strangers. St. Lucetta's, you know."
"Yes, 1 know," said Kate. "But to tho
good folks here, there is only one hospital
in the world, and that hi the Pitcher v ille
institute."
Air. Amory enjoyed his tea, sliced
peaches and delicate "angel cake" very
much, as he sat conversing with Kato
Duer by the soft light of the shaded
lamp, while the rain pattered withont.
And when the doctor came it was cozier
yet.
"The smallpox case?" said he. "Oh,
that is safely isolated at Hope's Quarry
since this morning. And doing very well,
too, I am happy to say. Upon my word.
Mr. Amory, I am sorry that you havo had
such a disastrous experience"
" 'All's well that ends well,' " said tb
young clergyman, leaning back in his
snug corner with an expression of ineffa
ble content on his face.
Miss Lida Larkspur was quite indignant
when sha beard that Mr. Amory was stay
ing at Dr. Duer's residence.
'"Just like Kate Duer." said she. "To
maneuver to get that poor young man
into her hands, after all. But if a man
rushes around tho country, telling every
body that ho comes from a hospital, what
can l.e expect?"
"The most awkward thing I ever heard
hi my life!" said Mr. Printeiaps, vindic
tively. Cut this was not Mr. Felix Amory 's last
visit to litcherviila. lie came in autumn,
v. hen tho leaves were red and then in tho
frozen beauty of winter. And tho last
time ho asked Kato Duer "if she was will
ing ta encounter the trials of a minister's
wiu?" And Kate, after a little hesitation,
s:d that sho was willing to try.
And Mis Lida Larkspur declared that
"any ouo could get married if they were
cs bold about it as Kato Duer." Waver
lev Magazine.
llcaaty and tbo Climate.
The Poston woman, considered as a typo,
affords a most entertaining study to the
observer who is disposed to view things
from a humorous standpoint. She is in
teresting because so different from the
female of our species elsewhere. Unques
tionably, she is not beautiful. You may
promenade Washington and Treraont
streets for half a day, and never seo one
roally prettv girl. enture Into the shops
and you will find not a few, behind tho
counters. But they aro not of the in
digenous breed. They come, almost with
out exception, from "down in Maine," or
from Irish-American parentage a crosa
nearly always productive of pretty faces
and good figures. In society, which is a
sort of caste by itself, there are some hand
some women, but not very many. In the
population at large beauty in petticoats is
singularly lacking.
Doubtless, tho climate has much to do
with it. Hero it is winter eight months
in tho year. Thero is no vegetation until
tho 1st of June, to 6 peak of, and it is
mostly gone by the beginning of October.
Tho sun is not generous with the rays it
sheds upon the cold soil of Massachu
setts. Such conditions are not favorable
to the cultivation of loveliness. In the
warm parts of the earth things bloom
spontaneously; girls are more apt than not
to grow up pretty, their complexions are
clear and good at at any rate in youth
and their figures are rounded with the
lines of grace. It ought to be as natural
for a woman to blossom into beauty, even
if she fades afterward, as for a flower.
And under favorable circumstances it is
so. In this region, howeyer, even the
young girls, at that age when they should
bo loveliest, are plain and angular. Bene
Bar he in New Orleans picayune.
Tho Xewapaper of Japan,
It is only eighteen years since the first
newspaper was published in Japan. Still
CI, 000,000 copies of newspapers were sold
in 1884, and the increase of 1879 was
double ihat pf 1876. At present Japan
has 675 daily and weekly newspapers, and
its dailies number 97. It publishes 35
law magazines and 111 scientific periodi
cals. It has 85 medical journals and an
equal number of religions newspapers. Its
people read eight different story papers,
and 103 papers cater to the agricultural,
commercial and industrial classes. It has
its Punch or Puck, and this is filled with
cartoons and witticisms taking off the
public men of the mikado's empire just
as Puck and Judge do those of our repub
lic All of these papers are published in
j Japanese. They are read by the natives
of tho country, and the work upon them is
s done entirely jby native labor. They are
' the outgrowth of the new civilization and
. they are the great educators of the peo-
! nla TN-anlr f Cmantv tn V York
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THE MAKING OF CIDER.
BYGONE DAYS OF THE STONE
TROUGH AND ROLLER.
Method of tho MaMarliUMtt farmer of a
Hundred Year Aj;i 1'rluiltive I'reu iwil
tho C'lieeo " WiMMlen Cylinder for
Cirlndin Mixleru 1 11 vent ion.
There'aro some interesting facts in ct-n
nccliou with tho cider industry of tho
state, which at tho oejmig of tho present
century was a primilivo business among
tho farmers. Thn fruit of which the
sider wua made at that time was the wild,
natural apples, mostly sour and deficient
of tlavor. The cider was a harsh, sour
drink, even as it ran from tho press Yhe
cider diiiikerof those days lived toagrxat
ago A.s time v.cnt on. gralting wa-J dis
covered; then many f.t tho wild trees wcro
grafted to more :.!; ta'.'le Iruit. nr.d latei
ou budding c.-i-.;o i:iU tu.e Then an ex
perienced budilcr could change hundreds
of small nursery s eil:!:i,r;s in ot: day to
any desirable variety At this thiy. there
ro not more than t;i or a dozen varieties
of apples with which it is ad visa bio to
plant an orchard Those choiru varieties
are choice because they possess tho re
quisitcs for success to tho phi-iief namely,
quality, productiveness, vigor, growth
and color pleasi to the c-yo of tho con
.umer
TUB or i--.sino:cF.! M TT.Ij.
Hero is a description of a cider mill of r.
.veil to do farmer 100 years ago: The first
thing was a circular stono trough about
uO feet in diameter. The inside stones,
which were set up edgewise, were about
18 inches in height, and the outside
stones were 2 feet in height. The space
between tho stones was filled with clay,
pounded in hard to prevent leaking. Tho
width of the bottom of the trench was
about 15 inches. A post was set in the
center of the circle, and from that post
extended a shaft of wood, which served
us the axis of a stouo cylinder made to
turn in the circular trough. This cylin
der was 4 feet long and about 8 inches in
diameter. At t-ke end of the shaft, out
.ido tho trench. aTvrse was hitched. The
animal, by walking around the stone,
jammed under tho cylinder the apples
that were placed in the trough. A man
or a smart boy had his hands full to keep
tho horse going and to poke tho apples
under the stono, as the-y had a tendency
to slide up the sides "of the circular
trough. In six hours a horse and man
could mash about thirty bushels of ap
ples, if the horso did not get the blind
staggers from walking in so small a circle.
After tho grinding tho finest portion of
tho poinaco was shoveled into a tub and
slid on two timbers to the press. A thick
layer of straw was laid on the bottom of
tho press, with tho ends reaching over a
frame the size of tho intended cheese
They a layer of mnshed apple was laid on.
and tho straw was bent over the edge of
tho layer of apples, the form lifted up.
then a layer of straw and so on until the
cheese was at the desired height. The
press was outdoors, with a roof over the
top. The press was set high enough above
the ground to allow a tub to bo fcet under
the vat to receivo tho Juioo.
"riOdlS" AND ETItAIXER,
Tho juico was bailed from tho tub by a
vessel called a "piggiu." a wooden mens
ure like a peck measure of today, with a
wooden huudlo attached. Tho strainer
and funnel consisted of a bucket of about
two gallons capacity, with a vo;dcn tube
fastened on the bottom to place hi the
bungholo. That bucket was tilled with
straw for a sra;:;cr.
After fix or eight hours of pressing the
cheese would bo quite compact; then th-sc-rev.
s were r.iistd uixl tho sides of ib.a
rheeso v.ero cut down with a broadax
Two or three buckets of water wero then
poured upon tho cheese, and then the
M-rer.-s vere forced dnwu for all they
eJd stand. Tho result of all labor was
'i.out tvo and one-half gallons of juice
'.'1:1a bushel of apples, and, being cx
1 so rz lull and so lung to tho atmos
; Ic.-iv. was o::iuized to a dark brown color.
v..ich was supposed at that timo (and is
U u&y by some people) to bo the only cri
t-criou of its quality.
After th "stone ago" of making cider,
wooden cylinders, two feet in length and
one in diameter, were used. These stood
endwise, with iluved edges, each flute
fitted into the other with a sweep on the
top. Tho cylinders wero driven by horse
power, and the horse walked in a circle of
'JO fcet. Each time ho traveled CO feet the
"nuts," as they wero called, revolved
once around. Tho mashed apples adhered
to them so that a person had to scrape
tho poinaco from tho revolving nuts op
posite tho hopper.
About loiJO a Salem man invented a
high speed grater to lie horizontally and
revolve at a speed of 1,000 revolutions
per minute. "It was about one foot in
length and the samo in diameter. That
did away with scraping off the pomaco.
Tho bar on the top of tho cylinder held
tho apples from crowding. That con
trivance would grind sixty busheis in
about three hours if the bar was set for
fine worlc.
LATER INVENTIONS.
About this time iron screws came into
use and took the place of the wooden
ones, and soon ratchets wero' attached to
them. By this method a cheese put on
the press in the morning would be ready
to throw off the next morning, providing
five or six hours were spent by two men
pulling ou the screws.
During the last war power presses be
gan to be invented, first screw, then
knuckle jointed, similar to Franklin's
printing press. They required great care
to prevent the cheese from sliding.
With those presses came the cloths and
frames. The cloths are called cider cloths
They are three threaded and twisted verv
hard, with the desired space between each
thread. Frames of lattice work were used
between each cloth, holding the pomaco,
and they were about four inches apart.
After the pressure was taken off the leyer
of pomace was about pne inch in thickness.
la )880 a four screw press was invented
with three speeds up and the samo down
that would drain a cheese in thirty min
utes. The cylinders are intended to make
2,300 revolutions per minute. At that
speed it will "scrape" 100 bushels in thirty
minutes.
Tho improved mills of the present time
are too costly for the averago farmer to
own. Only those near a dense population
and who are able to buy apples rf their
neighbors can afford to maintain a plant
to work two months in the year and be
ldlo ten months. Boston Clobo.
preset-Tiny Vegetables.
Wife (at breakfast) Jtfy dear, will you
have some more of the stewed potatoes?
I rooked them myself.
Husband JsTo; I'vo had enougiu
Wife What is the Lest way to kcei
potatoes, John? ,
Husband I think tho best way for you
j to keep potatoes is to stew 'em. Harper
GIVING TO THE POOR.
Dcirradlnjy Effect of Public Chnrtty I.ou
doii'a Bloden of Kelief.
Those who aro iuterested to examine
Ihe economic results of giving to the joor,
in England, Scotland and Ireland, will
find plenty of books on the subject. Tho
"Eucyclopasdia Britannica" contains a
good article under the heading " poor
law." 5oo also other encyclopedias.
The Scotch are proverbially thrifty and
economical, and yet they havo been do
gra.lod by the poor law of 1815. In some
parts of Scotland there is ten times the
poverty there is in Ireland! That law
gives more relief than England's, and the
money is regarded us a nice gift. Those
who had tavings in banks transferred
them to others. Careful investigation,
and even tho labor te:.t. did not tMiell the
applications in miy manner as did
thj Irish workhoiie. Walters catno to
such a pass t hat tho fishermen of Wick
could not fcl their nets mended, their
fo.-iuc r assistants laying that they could
got a living easier from the parish.
In liehmd there is very little out dcor
relief, tho proportion of Scotland being
almost reversed fivo in door to one out
door pauper. In r-pito of Ireland's unjust
land .system and high rents, tho whoio
ui;i:it"r of her paupers does not r.mouut
to 0113 half tho.so of Jjondon alone. Tho
iri.di will submit to every privation
rather than let friends go to tho work
hoo.-.o. which is tho legal modo of relief,
and is i:ot a charity.
hi London many people get relief who
could do without it. and consider it no
Jiigir.rc Industry, economy, temperance
a::d self restraint would. ciiuU : ost of
them to tako care of themselves ii" they
would Henco tho workhouse hi a neces
sary restraint. b;:;;'r rT:?or.-.foi-U'.LIo el
even disgraceful, 'ihey therefore shun
it. If they may eat without work in
some other way, they will; if not, many
of tl-cm will work. Why aro these people
in such condition? It is a duty we owe
to society to ascertain what uro their
thoughts, what tho motives that have
led them to such lives. If the result is
that the vices and injustices and pro
digality of tho rich have in part induced
such results, let it be exposed boldly and
fearlessly. If injustice in the wage sys
tern and in land teuuro is tho causo in
part, let this also bo proclaimed. Charles
W. Smiley in Popular Science Monthly.
A Olive Powerful Indian Tribe.
The Rev. Israel McCoy, Baptist mis
sionary, who fallowed the Miamis in
all their wanderings from lb'15 to
ItoO, who performed tho first Protest
ant Christian marriage ceremony north
of Terre Haute and founded a permanent
mission in the Indian territory, saw the
tribe shrink to a few hundreds. In 1872
tho writer of this sketch, curious to sec
the old Indians whoso childhood, like hi:
own, was spent en tho Wabash, hunted
up tho Miamas in the Indian territory anc!
was told that they now numbered no more
than fifty families; their tribal organize
tiou is merged and they are simply Chc-r
okee citizens. Their names aro on ou
bright streams r.nd fc; tilo plains She no
nee. Wean. Wabash. Raccoon creek (PisL
ewah), Miami, Tippecanoe, etc. but
all the ten thousand or more Indians v.; .
once ranged tho sta;e., not five liuedi .
representatives remain. Vict inis of tl..
whito man's progress r.nd their own la-1,
of adaptation, they aro gono and forever
The piow still turns r.p occasionally thei:
stono hatchcl.'t and Hint arrow heads; but
even the sito of We-ruv-ta-r.o in in dis
putc. and Tippecanoe h; their only battle
ground that retains even a trace of its
original v. ildness. Indiana Letter.
Hest Sidewalii for Casy Vt'alkinr.
It may ba thought tl?at tlm raaicri:.l of
which utldewftlk la constructed is of no
importance so long u:s a sidewalk l.i there.
This is a great mistake. The Li;lr.ei-co
that tho surface of a sidewalk has r.pon
the caso with which a pedestrian gets
about ca:i only bo realized by close ebsar
vatiou and experiment. Take a number
of sidewalks, all slightly undulating, and
experiment. It will be fou:-d that a
polished stono sidewalk requires fully
one-half more c:;ertion to traverse than
an equal distance of grauito pavement
does. A brick walk gives much less
fatigue, while tho iron walk, cast with
littlo projections, is. by far. the cusiett of
any to walk upon. My attention was
called to this while making a scries of
walking races with a man who invariably
passed mo in going home. Do what 1
could, I could not keep pace with him on
tho smooth stono. One night, however, 1
chanced to tako to tho iron walk that was
inside tho stone, and to my surprise
found that I excelled him in speed, with
far less fatiguo to my limb3 than when
being regularly distanced on tho same
footing. Pedestrian in Globe-Democrat.
Pyretlirum or Knliacti.
California pyrethrum, or buhach, still
holds its own us a specific against the cab
bage caterpillar. Thero is not a better
remedy. Mr. E. S. Carman reports as the
result of some years' experience that this
samo buhach is a specilic against that
serious pest of tho orcharuist, the rose
chafer, Macrodactylus 6ubspinosa We
had no opportunity to test tho value of
thi3 insecticide upon this beetle, but did
try it on tho blister beetles with marked
success. May it not bo that Mr. Carman's
success, and tho want of success which
others report, may be harmonized in the
fact that Mr. Carman was more thciough
and persistent in his work? It must be
remembered that buhach is effect ivo be
cause of a volatile eabstanc-o which is
quick to escape, ft tho powder is left ex
posed. Hence, nuliko tho arsenites, it
must bo anplied clailr. An application
today, whilo it will kill the insects at
work, may net do so to-morrow. Thus
frequent appiicatkms only can give suc
cess. Professor Cook, Agriculture Col
lege, Michigan.
Jlctal Tics for Hailroads.
Attempts have been made to a coasid
erablo extent to substitute metal for
wooden ties on railroads, but it docs not
yet appear that the right kind of tie has
been invented. Wood possesses the qual
ity of yielding in just about the right de
gree, and a metal tie should como as 'near
to the same degree of yieh j as possible.
The way the railroads aro using up tho
stock pf available timber should be an in
centive to some ingenious inventor to
bring but a metal tio equal to a wooden
one. Frank Leslie's.
Capital Pnni&luuent tn France,
"Capital punishment may ho said to be
virtually abolished in Franc at the
present day," said the public executioner
of prance. "Paris alone last year tried
800 men for murder, and convicted only
five of them. The leniency shown to
criminal in M. Grevy'fc time led to a re
duction of my salary from $1,G00 to $1,200.
This is my entire income, for I get no fees
or perquisites yet I am content.'' Paris
Car. ITevr Yor SVorld. .. -
IC3IE "ARGC3 OF PROGtOSS
OUR LATEST ILIPROVEIIENTS !
"Competition la th Life of Trad," nt If ymi tiavn not fn our Intoit ImnrnrMd mMi nn
CAnnot Imiuclne how lively trail in, or liow lu-nl our coniiwl ium liuve to work t.. ki ri, within Nlitlit nTn
Auk your n-tali-r for tho JAME NlIAXn $3 hi I tit, or tliu JA.IItS AIEAMS' HHUK
ccorillnt to yournH-l.
1'uNlitvely none genuine unlr liavln our nam nml prhv nUmped plainly r.n th unlet. Tmir
retailor will supply you will ho- no clamix! If you InnUl iimui l! Ioiiik no; ir yu Uu uut UMlaL tuuia
rftallera will coax you luto buylug lulcrlur lioe upou wulrh they mako a larger profit.
AMES MEANS'
$3 SHOE
UNEXCELLED IM
STYLE UNEQUALLED
DURABILITY
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k Pf FIT.
.IMTrt. Ms
Sued liii.-t Ix-en I hi- remit progress In our branch of ln liiKlry t lint we are now all to affirm Hint tli
JaiiM-ii Means' $1 Shoe In in every re-t eipiul lo llio nhoeii whU'li only a few yrnr iko were ruCnll'xl alelxhC
or ten ilollars. If you will try on a pair you will lie eonvln'-il that w do not cxuioo'rale. Ouraareiuo
ordinal $.1 ami (4 Shoea, ami thoe who Imitate our N.VHlem of IniHlnuoN aro unable lo compete, with UN lit
quality of fuctory proluit4. In our lines we are Ihe larKe.Hl manufacturers In Ilia Unliel Slates.
One of our traveling salesmen who Ii now vbslUutf the shoo retailers of tho 1'aclllo Coast and ItOeky
Mountain Region wrltei.from tliern as follows:
I ani morn than satlnlle.l wltu tho resultnof my trip. I have thus fnr miceeodM In placing our full
line in hands of A No. 1' dealers In every polut 1 have visited." Ho oes on to say, "This Is a
nplenditl renlon for us to sell shoes In, Ui-uue ihoki of the retailer are eliarKliiK their euHtoiners at
retail alKut doulde the prices which the shoes havo ooNt Ht wholcioilc. Tho oiiHeUciice Is that tho
people who wear Hhoen are paving ix or xcveu dollars a pair for shites which are not wortli as tntiuh as our
j A Jl KS ftlKAN!' W.i and V 1 HIIOK. Our shoes with their very low retail prices staiii)6l on tho
soles of every pair are breaking down lilt IiIkIi prices which have hitherto ruled Jn the retail markets here,
ami when a retailer nuts a full line of goods in his slock they at once begin to go oil ILku hoi cakes, so great
Is the demand for them." ...
Now, kind reader. Just stop and consider what IhealHive shrnlfle4 so far a yon are concerned. II
assures you that if you keep on Imvlnx shoes bourlng no manufacturers' name or Used retail price slamcl
on tho soles, vou cannot tell what" you are KOtt iiiK and your retailer Is probably makliiK .V"U pay dotihla
what your shoes have cost him. Now, can you afford to do this while wean- protecting you by stamping
our name and the fixed retail price upon the soles of our shoes before they leave our factory so that you
cannot le made to pay more for vour stioes than they are worth ?
Sbors from our celebrated factory ure sold by w i de-n wn u e i-etnilcr In all pnrta of
the country. We will place them easily within your reach In auy Slate or Territory If you will Invest, out
cent in a iMistxl card ami write to us. . ,
JAMliS JUEAXS & CO., 11 Lincoln St., llostou, Mass.
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Including Artitstic, Scientific, and Household matters.
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making it the Wouri, Mauazink or Amkrk a.
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con'.iilis (ii.e rni)i!l tre?.tlii-l;t. 1 ( a box
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v.-el it of in lee
WE GUARAKTIE SIX BOXES .
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liy us f ir six hones. :iceoin(i:in eil v. itli f 5 1D,
we will send t'ii pureliser our vti' ieii (rnuran
te ti return t lie noney If the itlineiit dnf
not effeet h ure. ;iiararitef.s Iv-in tl nlv by
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