Kitrca hundrad paper mi'di a-a fa
(ration In Ui United States. Paper,
making ranks fifth among our indue,
trie.
Uoomkmptr in Florid urn -tb
juios of orange to clean the floor. The
acid ptovee mmj-IImi substitute foe
totp.
Child marriages am so com man in
Indi't tMthe avr'i sgofa mother
nji i giveS UrUi "0 tier tirjt child if
ten ef rs.
AlTleIrou a H-irk Driver.
Oi.cn a lady baviusj beu stranded in
a;Bi!'cvi fur a fear hours between
rjii.s an ! te ing th blue sea glinting
n liioiitine whs tilted with a desire
s c ;n ' see
S!;e cut 'j'.d found a sleepy
r":,i r i v r d- zing ou bis seat.
' 1 ;.-inr," aim saiii, "plesi take me
ii. !.i the s-i."
-f-j the wnP exo'almed the driver.
-And what" do you want to go there fur.
; In one?"
"To e it, to be sureP
"To sea the oe- ! Nov that's very
! ml 1 1'. Vi'ii vould get all burned up-
v u would get all dustuod sand. No.
d ..-.'i to lb-' ie;i-hore, littlo one. Gi
buk to jour room and take a littlensp.
'J bn'ii do you ft Ui t rcare good '
Tli 1 A iver leuuiod his doz.ua on his
rest, and the U'iy finding nothing bet
ur to (ioubeytd hiscomruaad. Youtb't
C.uipaiinn.
"A
mi of.
I ha l been troubled fire months
with Dy-pepsia. I had a faUnaes
after eating, and a heavy load fu the
pit cf my stomach. Sometimes a
deathly ick.:ies.s would overtake
mc. 1 was working fcr Thomas
McHeuiy.Drucgir.t, Allegheny City,
I'a.,in whose employ I had been for
seven years. I used August Flower
for two weeks. I was relieved of all
trouble. I can now eat things I
dared not touch before. I have
gained twenty pounds since my re
covery. J. D. Cox.Allegheny, Pa. d
KNOWLEDGE
Bring comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the world's best products to
the'neods of physical being, will attest
the valutt to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, fcvrup of Figs,
Its excellence is duo to in presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ative; effectually cleans! the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
mot with. the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly freo from
every objectionabla substance.
Syrup-of Figs is for sale by all drng-o-ists
in 00c and 1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by Hie California Fig fayrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
.,i..., ni , mime. Svrun of Figs,
and beitts well informed, you will not
accept any buihuwiw h.
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FEUIT OF THE TIKE.
THE WATERMELON AS A FACTOR
IN CIVILIZATION.
Far Flared by the Heloa la Southern De
velopment How (be Kallroads lis re
Created the Keloa Basiaras InMaenee of
Sha Savory I cull.
Product of the Booth.
The watermelon as a factor in civill
ation is not usually cczuidot ed of prime
Importance, but tliatsorue credit is due
thu product cf the tunny (,kijs and
aandy scHs of tho tropical oliicos, there
is no question. Commonly supposed ar
derignod only to jrladden the heart and
satisfy &i well as disorder the digestive
apparatus of tho African fcllow-ciikon
and the Caucarian Email bjy, it never
theless has a wider range of usefulness
in assisting to tolvo the economic
problem in tho Southern States. In
this resj ect it of course must eha; e the
glory with tho humble and ofttimes de
fcpised goober or peanut,. which from an
occasional and chance product has
risen to a position of grave hnnoi taneo.
But, from a commercial (standpoint, the
waterTOe!oaoutranUsb;th thegooborof
Tennea -eeand the ps tor skin of Florida
find holdfl ii own oven when placed in
oompaiison with so important an
article cf commerce as tho turpentine
of North Carolina or the fisheries
aloi'L' tho coast.
ThU pre-eminence has not been aV
tamed by accident, but by too most In
telligont and assiduous effort on the
part of tho faiircad companies, which
have practically created the water
melon bir-ino-is Eoforo the days of
railroads thore were, of course, water
melons. There porhaps never has been'
a tuno wacn there were not watcrmel-
LOOSE IW
ens, for according to the best biblical
octrunentatcrs the "molons" which the
Israciitos lamented in the wilderness,
us having been one of the choicest and
most regretted products of Egypt, were
watermelons. S.me of the earliest
Egyptian paintings represent the vine
iu lull bearing, and in one capital work
ill p'.'oliUturie Egyptian art a group of
highly ojlortd natives is represented
leatixl in a circle, while one of the
r.ui: bj.- distributes slices from a large
mcln' which was unquestionably a
tt ctermeluii. Am iunt, however, as the
rErouB tob dats or in wrnn.
(vaterraelon undoubtedly is, it assumed
its prominence as a factor In civiliza
tion only within the last few yoars, and
alter the railroad Byetom of the South
had ponetrated every neighborhood.
Tho question considered by the railroad
men when thoy came to contemplate the
wutcrrael n as a possibility was to brl ng
a ltiiciotis tropical dainty and its possible
consumers into juxtaposition. Thou
sands upon thousands of watermelons
wore annually grown and wasted in the
ftjhi.f the. Smith whilo the reonlo
of New York, Boston, Chloago, Bufialo
rs THE WAT
and other Northern cities were actually
hungering and thirsting after water
melun. Their ohildren woro crying
for watermelon. The sick among them
oraved a alios of watermelon in June
and received th mournful answer:
"The Urn of waUrmelons Is not yet."
IV tt sjMi railroad mlc4 it was
Slain that If wars and means could bo j
vised to bring" the melon to the oon- !
s umer m tnet ie tne corMimer waniea
It, anil while the n-q'on was till fresh, j
an enormous burinej could bo built up. I
After a lou? ou o f oxiriments, i
canducted at lo liti'o ios end cxpen-e, '
the probie'ii wsis hxaily s .lved. and the
watermolin trady of to-day U soma
thing coiosai in its prcpurtk nj. Tlia
mm
difflcuH'.es In the v.ay itemed at flrrt
almost insuperable. Tho Georgians
and Flcridans and other Southerners
who raised the moh n were unfamiliar
with the best methods of cultivating it,
and had to bo taught; they did not
know how to prepare tho melens for
markot, and needed instruction in this
particular also. When all t his had been
gained it was found that their molons
wore too thin-skinned t j bear trans
portation, atd hundreds of car loads
were lost in making this discovery. A
melon was then found which wou!d bear
the rough and tuinblo usage of a thou-
THE PATCH.
sand mile Journey; special melon trains
were put on all the roads, and in,water
melon time special schedules were made
out, in order that these trains might be
hurried through with the least possible
delay and the fruit brought to market
in good condition. Of oourse, all this
was not done from a philanthropic
motive. Railroad corcpaiiies do not
usually undertake enterprises solely
from a desire to elevate the condition
of mankind. The hope and expectation
of the railroad men was to build up a
business that would pay thorn for their
trouble. They have succeeded in build
ing up the business; how well it pays
them is a matter concerning which
they have not taken the public into
their confidence.
While work on a Georgia melon farm
Is by no means pressing at most seasons
of the year, when the melons come to
a condition fit for shipping there U a
good deal more haste manifested than
is observable at any other season. Cot
ton in the boll does not spoil by a little
waiting; sugar cane can be delayed a
day or two at least; peanuts and sweet
potatoes can bo dug next week as well
as to-day, but the watermelon is im
perative; it will not wait a day, and to
reach market in proper condition must
be gathered, loaded "and forwarded at
once. A watermelon station on a down
South railroad, in molon time, presents
a busy scene. Teams are continually
arriving and departing, the wagons
laden almost to breaking with the dark
green fruit; gangs of laborers, their
sable skins shining with perspiration,
are loading the melons into the ears
that stand in readiness at the station.
The professional joke maker finds an
ample field for the exercise of hie
talent in tho proclivity of the colored
man of the South for watermelon steal
ing, out where watermelons are so
abundant and so cheap, the theft of a
melon from a field is regarded as
searcelv more criminal than the ab
straction of a drink of water from a
noicrhbor's snrlntr. Everv year thott
sands upon thousands of samples a little
' too ripe for shipping are left to rot In
TO MABKET.
the fields, and when this Is the case.
for an owner to object to tho abstrac
tion of a few melons would be regarded
as churlish In the extreme. The pri
vate grower wno has only a small paton
lor his own use will watch it wltb a
shotgun, but the watermelon farmer
has an atmndsnos of whloh th
. t hit
loes of a lew specimens would not be
missed and ct-uld easily be tparei
AJrica s tout, utn, uuii' rjuito ia me.
fruit tf th-.-lr native land, lor. by all
accounts, tho watermelon originated in
Africa, acd tr the profeut day it is
canflJently affirmed by travelers that
tho largest and iinett melons in the
wjrld a a s ill grown In tL'o heart oJ
tiio Dark C ntiuent. Buth to African
I aiid Caucasian, however, the laoto for
watermelon is natural rather than ac
quired. Men must get used to cystent:
tho taste f jr tobacco is acquired ouly
by long, and miotlmos disagreeable,
j practice, tho iovo'of thocxifL-hofNew-!
foui;dlaiid, cf the lobsters cf Ma-sa-j
chu.otts Bay. acd the vipers of thf
' Axoa;n js mu:-t be cultivated, but all
! human beings take naturally to tht
wiitorinel n, ai d, it must be abided, al
! wo t an naturally to the stealing as ti
1 the eaticg. A prominent authority or
i the ? ubjeot, dealing with it in epicurean
f i-hr n, says that tho bust wav t
! eni y a watjj molon is. fmt, to steal it
! sec udly, to put it in tho spring until
' dinnor time, thirdly, to take it out
; bieak it oprn by pounding it on a rock
' and eat ouly the heart, ;nj watermelon
being decmod a mcderata portion for
ono man.
Extent of the Business.
If this we- e the case and such a nsafre
Bo far as eating wero to pievail in the
' tections to which tho watermelon it
shipped, tho bu-icess wculd cortainly
increase to tar grea'.or proportions than
at pre eat. Even now, when it is a-
' yet on!y in its infancy, the watermelon
business is something enormous. Dur
ing the feas-on of la-t yeir one road
alono. according to tho Clobo-Dcmo-crat,
brought over 1.8U0 car loais into
St. Louis, whilo probably three times
j that quantity altogether arrived in
this city. The stupendous nature ot
the buino?s may be guessed at, btnr t
estimated, by tho reflection that every
large city in the North takes and eat":
watermelons quite as liberally
as the metropolis of the Mis
sissippi Valley. Some statistician with
a keen nose lor exact uguros nas esti
mated that at the very least calculation
there are annually raited in the United
States alone 150,000,000,000 watermel
ons, and when to this immense aggre
gate are added the imineme quantities
produced in Mexico, Central and South
America, in tho West India islands, in
South Europe, in Palestine, in Turkey,
in Persia, India and China, to say
nothing of the product of Africa, some
idea of the importance of the water
melon as a factor in the world's food
supply may bo gained. Watermelon,
may not be particularly nourishing in,
fact, scientists tell us to. at it is not
but, as Amateur Scientist Sam Welloi
once remarked in reioreuco to weal
pie," It Is very filling for tho price
ana. alter an. no lnconsiueramo por
tion of the human race regards filling
as of somewhat more consequence than
nourishment.
As a factor in commerce the water
melon, however, is by no means de
spicable. Millions of dollars change
hands in this country every year for
and in consideration ot watormoions.
Thousands of' people make a part or
tho whole ol their llvjfjj lrom the na
tional prediction for this delicious
fruit. Tho growers have sometimes
made fortunes, but the growers are not
allowed to monopolize the benefits
arising from its production. The la
borers who do the actual work on the
watermelon plantations live by means
of the melon, 60 also do the 6warms of
men who perform the labor of harvest
inff the molons when ripe. After being
forwarded to market, three or four sets
of people make the whole or a part of
their living out of the melon: restau
rant keepers and hotel men look to it
"to furnish them a fair profit, while the
middlemen or dealers also come in tor
a share of" the modest price that is
demanded of the actual consumer. The
dealers in sweetmeats Bhare in its ben
efits, for a choice comfit is manufactured
fronrita rind, while the druggists find
in its seeds a much-used medicine.
Even after its edible portion-has all
been consumed, the melc n still helps
people to a livelihood, for tho enor
mous Quantity of rinds accumulated
daily in all portions of a largo city dur
ing tho melon season demands extra
garbage carts and these mean extra
drivers and additional employment for
men who might otherwise ba out of
work. But the usefulness of the melon
is extended into quarters where its in
fluence is unsuspected. The vast busi
ness done by the railroads in the water
molon season enablos them to pay more
cmnloves. more brakemen, moro con
ductors, a greater number of engin eers
and firemen, who, in turn, distribute
their watres amonir rrocery men, and
butchers, and bakers, and tailors, and
shoemakers, and teachers, and preach
ers, and nowspaper publishers,' and bo
dozens of people who never eat water
melon and who. thoroiore, regard tne
molon as a thing entirely extra
neous . to their own sphere, are
more prosperous because tho water
melon Is grown. Even tho bloated
bondholder and the man who owns
railroad stocks are directly benefited
bv the watermelon. The broker in
Wall street, the banker in London, the
capitalist in Hamburg ana Jtsremen
never think of attributing any por
tion cf their wealth to tho watermelon
but with tho money derived -partly
from hauling it from the South to the
North the interest on bonds is paid and
dividends on stocks are doolarcd. The
WItlCflutlllJU, ftlio.eiu.u, UCViVUAUa, .M uuv
Sense, an international issue, for the
London banker drinks champagne be
cause the people of St. Louis and New
York and Chloago eat waternaWon.
WATCniSO THBJI OBOW.
Don't Blame the Cook
If a baking powder is not uniform in strength,
so that the same quantity will always do the same
work, no one can know how to use it, and uni
formly good, light food cannot be produced with it
All baking powders except Royal, because
improperly compounded and made from inferior
materials, lose their strength quickly when the can
is opened far use. At subsequent bakings there
will be noticed a falling off in strength. The food
is heavy, and the flour, eggs and butter wasted.
It is always the case that the consumer suffers
. in pocket, if not in health, by accepting any sub- .
stitute for the Royal Baking Powder. The Royal
is the embodiment of all the excellence that it is
possible to attain in an absolutely pure powder.
It is always strictly reliable. It is not only more
economical because of its greater strength, but
will retain its full leavening power, which no
other powder will, until used, and make more,
wholesome food.
A wonderful vegetable is tb truffle.
It has no seeds, flowers, leaves, stem, or
roofs. Trained dogs bunt for it in Eng
land, and in some European countries
trained sows perform this service.
A grave-yard is not a very cheerful
place for court-ship; yet there seems to
be a good deal of billing and cooing go
ng on in the North wood cemetery at
QermantOWD, Pa. The directors have
found it Decessary to erect at the en
trance a sign bearing these words:
'Flirting is Prohibited."
Arab Horsemen In Exhibition,
The great delight of the Arab horse-
nan is the fautaeiya. The entries con
tain all manner of horseman, armed and
unarmed, who ride more or less wild
figures to more or less monotonous
drumming musi", and who end by the
most excited and exciting pot pourri of
feat riding. They stand in their stir
rups and throw their guns in the air,
while them about in the most approved
war ilte style and fire them at intervals
in what seems an unc tiled for and dan
gerous fashion. They rear, whel, kick.
buck, rush, stop, turn, and twist their
horsesdike so many tumblers, shouting
meanwhile, yelling, screaming like so
many devils. No picture can do justic
to the kaleidoscopic fervor and wildnsss
of the scene if there are many rid ra en
fed in it. It is a seeming whirlpool
of wild, unmeaning, halt merry, half
'anatical excitement, in which no end of
excellent horsemanship cornea to the
fore.
From time to time the riders stop and
rank themselves for a rest on one side,
then out come individuals to s'aow what,
single, their steeds can do. They
pirouette and piuffer and dance, and
then make a rush at full gallop to ono
or the other slde,stop suddenly and whee
about. There is no specific art in whai
they do; each man has trained his horse
on bis own untrained ideas. They hav
a close Beat, clinging with their heels,
and exhibit a great deal ot skill in their
gyratory exercises, but once seen the
fantasiya loses its interest. All semi-
wild nations do about the same tricks
on horseback. I think our Indian easily
excels them all whilo nothing I have
ever seen in fantasiyasin the faintest
legree approaches in delicacy and diffi
culty the fiae work ot a school of trained
horses in the hands of a master ot the
art. Colonel T. A. Dodce, U. S. A., in
Harper's.
Iluril to Co iquer.
There 's the girl who 's stuck on fen
ing, and the girl who 's just com
meuoing to be somewhat interested
in the art of self-defence;
There 's the girl who 'a good at riding,
and the girl who takes to striding
over leagues of dale and mountin
with energy intense;
There 's the girl who worships rowing.
and the one who s fond of showing
a marksmanship astounding in s
person of her uex;
There 's the girl who 'e always ready.
with a nerve both true and steady,
when woeful dangers threaten oi
difficulties vex;
But despite the manly carriage and the
open soorn of mnrringe, which the
independent ladies eeem to think so
very nioe,
Tou may, perhaps, have noted that they
're very seldom quoted, as having
lost completely their inherent fear
of mice.
The Ui-utlnlous Lie.
The gratuitous lie is not only doubly
immoral, but douoly dangerous. It ai'
ways takes on an unnecessary elaborate
ness sure to ottraot attention ana lead
to deep seated distrust on the hearer's
part. The iron bound, copper fastened,
indistructable lie has as little detail as
possible. Its safety lies in its msgnirl-
3ent siuiplioity, not in its oircumetac
r-ial development. It is told only under
tne pressure ot necessity, and it
fri med so tbat a single statement covers
the whole ease. "But snob, a lie requires
a high degree ot mien it" surely, and
very tortunatly, too, for the world can
only be conducted on a basis ot tH) par
cent irutn to i per cent oi falsehood,
an I an increase, be it ever se slight, in
percentage ot successful liars would dhv
organise oommerte and eooiety to an
alarming extent, Kate Field's Wash
ing ton.
Until a month ago, and for a psriod ot
twenty-one years, not a particle ot
medicine has been used in the family of -
Mr. and Mre. Weathers, of Shelby, N.
Y. Tbey are the parents of twelve
children. :
"What are your prospeotsf asked a
stern papa of a youth who wanted to be
hie son-in-law. "I think," said the lad.
that the prospects are that yea wilt
say 'no,' but I 'm not going to let that
interfere with the match." Philadelph
ia Kecoid.
Trial of the Pyx.
The annual ceremcnyof testing the
standard fineness ot the gold sod silver
coins of the United States, as well aa
those of Oreat Britlan, isoalled th
"trial of the pyx." The custom is very
ancient, and the name is derived from
the "pyx," or chest, in which the coin
reserved for examination wete formerly
kept. In the United States the trial.
which is provided for by law, is made on
the second Wednesday of each recurring-
February before the judge ot the United
States district court, the oomtroller of
the currency, the aseayer of the New
York assay effiee and Buoh other per
sons as the president may designate. JL
majority 'constitute a competent
board, and the examiaation is made in
the presence of the director of the mint.
?he coins thus reserved for trial are
made up from thoss seleoted from eaoh
delivery made by the chief coiner, de
posited in the "pyx and kept under th
joint care of the superintendent of th
mint and the chief assayer, eaoh ot
whom has his separate lock and key.
Coins from other mints are trans
mitted quarterly for examination to th
director of the mint, or in lieu of this he
may test any piece whioh fall lnU hi
hands. The examiners detailed to
make a "trial -of the pyx" are not sworn,
but tbey mike a certified report of their
doings. It this report show the coins to
be within the limit ot tolerance in fine
ness and weight, it is filed. It not, the
fact is certified to the president, and it
oe should deem it proper so to do he
may order all those implicated in th
error to be thenceforth disqualified from
holding offios. St. Louis Itepublio.
THIS BAY INTEREST YOU.
Students, Teachers (male or female).
Clergymen and others in need of change oi
employment, should not tail to write to
ii F. Johnson & Co., Richmond, Va.
Their great success shows that they have
pot tne true ideas aoouc making money.
They can show yon how to employ odd!
hours profitably.
Marriage is evidently not considered
a falure by Almon Ames and Mrs. Mry
Fulkerson, ot Elkhart, Iod. Tbey were
recently wedded, each at the age ot sev
enty-five, and this is the third matri
monial venture for bride and groom.
E. B. WALTHALL & CO.. DrnnisU.
Horse Cave, Ky., says: "Hall's Catarrh
Cure cures everyone that takes it." bold
by Druggists, 7Sc
Figgs Do you think peanuts health
ful? Foggs Yes, indeed; very fatten
ing. Look at the policeman. Boston
Transcript. .
Bbecham's Pinna act like magic en th
liver ami other vital organs. One dose re
lieves sick headache in 20 minutes. .
Tramp Madame can you spars me a
oold bite?
Lady Certainly; her 's a pieoe of
ice. Sit down and be oomfortabl.
Yonkn Statesman.
While In The War
I waa taken Ul with tpi.
sal disease and rhtoma
tlim. I went home an4
lu confined to my bet,
unable to help mvsaU
tor 22 months. After
years ot misery a eoav
panlon machinist advta
ad me to take Hood's
BariapaiUla. I set a
bottle and could quleUf
Ur, Wheeler.
note a change for the better. After taklag
bottles I was wall and bars not ataee beea
Hood'sCurcc
tronbled with my oil oovplaiata." Jaa. As
WasauB, UQ0 Dtviatsa St. Balttmora, Md.
rtUa care ttvst IBf J.fta
