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-- -- fanf' .d - v '"Si - Sra .ins?2- griosws2wees3 sT ' k -pjetipi"ini imh , MMMMNtMiM'' MW SiSMMi nfT&r- -. ' - J-w-n-w-- IAbt wersoa tbo take tae V irosa see powewoe. waeuer paper regula. Irceted to hU or waether he Is asaascnber or not. ii WMBOMlBle far tha tie v. The eaarts fesve tfeddei thai refastag to take newspapers freas the pset-ofiase. or removing a fearUur taesn saeaUea for. Is prima fatt rliawni fimurwoa'ai rasas. LEARNING TO WALK. I oftea take a rocldag-chair And witch him while he plays, ' He has nek roly-poly legi And cunning little ways: Tbe earnestness with which he crawls, His strange attempt to talk But most of all it please mo When baby tries to walk. First dawns the lijcht of the rcsolvo Within his roended eye. And next with panting efforts come His vain attempt to rise; I lift him quickly from the floor And leavo him waiting there One moment, till I beckon him TowarJ the rocking-chair. Unsteadily, on dimpled feet, AU wavering he stands, Andtnost entreatinjrly to mo Puta out his pudgy hands; A little tottering, tiny step, A moment of alarms, A swift ad vanpe almost a fail Then safe in mother's arms. Dear, dainty feet through babylar.d Full trustingly they go. But how through stony future paths A mother may not know; And yet for aye my heirt shall hear His mystic baby talk. And memory treasure up the days When baby learned to walk. Earnest MoGafTer. in Chicago MalL POPULAR KEHEDIE& Their" Properties and Wheroln They are Dangerous. Boaae Etcellent Advice Mistaken Ideas About Arnica Arsenic anil It Man ifold Preparations and Uses Limits of Its Value. The man who doctors himself has a fool for a pationt," is especially true in any case where a man trifles with drugs other than those of the simplest char acter, and what past Under the head of "domestic remedies." The only sure way of impressing this fact upon peo ple is to give them some insight into the naturo of medicines which they are likely to attempt to use, explain their properties and wherein lies their dan ger. The tincturo of arnica is something almost erery one is familiar with, for it is a time-honored application for sprains and bruises. As with an infin ite number of other popular drugs, arnica is mucli overrated, and ha not anywhere near thu medicinal virtues which are attributed to it. Years ago physicians occasionally gave it inter nally in certain classes of diseases; prob ably the Germans used it the most. At the present time, however, in this country at least, it is scarcely ever so administered by any of the profession. Nor have they much faith in it even :is an oxternal application. The form so used, tho tincture of arnica, is .ivory gentle irritation, but as for the extra ordinary healing power which people ftelicvo it possesses, it has none of them. harm; among such are chronic affec tions of the sft5n, certaiivJrerrous af fections, and peculiar states of the blood. -y It is also clear that unless the cases in which it is given are wisely selected used only in those for which it is eminently an appropriate remedy much injury is likely to result sooner or later. People must disabuse .them selves of the idea, whath is, so costf moii.Jhat acinic ia mining dqseavis always a tonic which can safely bo taken whenever something of the sort is needed. There nererf was a greater mistake made, nor one likely to work a injury. Take at random a hundred people who naed a tonic, and it is safe to say that by scarcely one out of that numbercan arsenic, even in small doses, be borne without near or remote injury. This fact, which can not; be disputed, shows that this powerful poison is safe only in the hands of a thordugh physi cian, and no one, under aa'v condition. should ever take it except when duly prescribed. As for the external use of arsenic, it is used much less now than formerly. At one time it was often employed as a caustic jn destructive skin .affections, such as cancer, slough ing ulcers, etc. When applied as a paste, certain portions of ths skin, the ulcerated as well as some of the healthy, are destroyed. After being on from three to live days, tho part cov ered by the arsenic appears as though small pieces had been hacked out of it, but between the small openings are little points of healthy skin which have remained unaffected. The arsenical paste is the application in common use by medical charlatans who pretend to have an infallible cure. Considering the peculiar wound which it leaves after being applied to a cancer, tho pretension that the disease has been has a good effect in flatulence can scarcely be denied. If given for that purpose now. it is generally to babies. Probably it might in infantile colic be much oftener used to advantage than it now is. not only on account of its special property referred to, but on account also of its laxative tendency. JJet. after all. there is a disposition on the part of physicians to do without medicine as much as possible in the treatment of diseases, and to exclude from their list of remedial agents all which can properly be dispensed with. Considering overy thing about it; it can properly be said that asafuutida is superfluous. As for tho non-professional using it on his own responsi bility, he is not likely to do that. At any rate, one experience is pretty sure to satisfy him. Boston Herald. STYLISH MILLINERY. M All Afcoat Itaaaets. Hats, Toques raahleaahle Trlaaaslac. Powers are worn this year later in the winter than they have been at any previous season. Milliners have hither to tried in vain to popularize thu violet clusters and wreaths so long in favor "MILLIONS IN IT." ASenesae That la Vmr Ahead of Any Etrer ataawssf T Colaaet ftrlUra. A scheme is being pushed by a syn dicate of Kastern capitalist that w cal culated to force the telegraph com pa neies into bankruptcy. Morse i. to be laid on the shelf, the relav. kev arm GOOD BREEDING SI OCX. t is easy for "drawn out by the roots" the ignorant to believe. A discussion of arsenic would scarcely be complete without an allusion to its extensive use iu trades. On this sub ject a correspondent to the Druirgists' Circular has recently commented. Ho stated that some few months ago ho examined for a large firm of household furnishers, as well as for numerous private individuals, a number of sam ples of tho fashionable "imitation In dian muslins'' and cretonnes. More than one hundred samples were exam ined, and twenty-three per cent, of these were found to contain "arsenic in' appreciable quantities. The colors in which arsenic were principally preseut were the terra-cotta reds and tho green ish browns. As a result of experiments it was concluded that under ordinary circumstances there was no danger of arsenic poisoning from these goods. But, says the writer referred to, in two cases samples oi these materials were brought to me by medicalaienC in which well marked symptoms arsen ical poisoning were 'ascribed to their use. In one case, somo six or eight work girls employed in making up some of this material, were all taken ill with tho same symptoms of arsenical poisoning. Of course, in such', cases the material, when Dressed' with' hot not water ts a tar better application in irons, is heated far beyond blood heat, any case, and that fact can not be dis- ni,d minuto particles are 'detached and puled. Ono of the many delusions relative to medicines, handed down with countless others, still exists con cerning tho tincture of arnica. It is (hat tho person who applies it to iiis skin must take a certain quantity internally to prevent the "striking in" of what was put on the outside. If a sano person who believes in this notion has even a fair amount of intelligence, he can reason out for him self the utter absurdity of it. But hero is tho trouble tho majority of tho peo ple who exhibit marked intelligence in business and their usual interests show as little as ono possibly can on all mat ters relating to health, disease and medicines. They seldom stop and think for themselves, but are quite content to take evory thing told them for granted, believing overy body and every thing. All that will bo changed, but the ripe poriod will be a long tlmo coming. Arnica is a poison, and cases whore it has acted so are occasionally reportod. Generally, whoro such an accidont happens, the drug is taken by mistake for somo other. As for its poisoning a person where he uses it as an external application, fhat is not at all likely. Still, from what has been aid in the foregoing; it is safe to con clude that arnica in any form Is prac tically useless for any purpose for which the non-professional could apply it In arsenic we have an ancient and woll-knowc poison, which is said to 4iave been the only poisonous com gtound of the famous aqua Toffana, Considering the fact that arsonio is usedytn many arts, and manufactured everywhere, it is oasily obtained; and. as a natural consequence, it has openly or secretly boon the death of a number of people beyond computation. What ts called rats-bane is the white oxide of arsonic Paris green, the enemy of potato bugs, is an arsenical prepara tion with copper. There are many other "exterminators" on the market of which the principal ingredient is arsenic. The form of this agent which has been ia times past generally pre scribed by physicians is Fowler s solu tion. Arsenic has. undeniably, medici nal value, and it is curative in certain conditions of tho system. The recog nized limits of its usefulness are much arrower than they wore even a score Of years ago, for in Many of the diseases in which it was formerly con sidered the ono remedy, other agents share been proved to be much more ef fective. And. beside that, physicians ow know more of the action of arsenic under all conditions of the system, and uch advance in knowledge has drawn from its importance as a medicine and sWded much to its dignity as a poison. They have learaed that in certain dis eases, while doing good, it was yet doing ham.; the former effect" being immediate and the latter remote, or. at' least; for a time remaining concealed. y experiaaeaU the fact was developed that sV il to which arsenic had been girea in very small do grewneavleV Bad fatter, hut at the same time there was also fatty ' defeneration of tho meart, liver and kidneys. No other conclusions can be drawn from anhysielegicel etsiyef weenie astaa there are eesne dissMM 1 whlehv partlcl float in 'the air of tliu work-room. That ! the arsenic is held verv loosely bv the fabric wus evidenced by dipping some of the fabric in waters plenty of the arcniu was at once taken up by the water. It would seem at first as if this might be duo to arsenic having been used as a preservative for tho size or starch present as stiffening;" but then these muslins have no stiffen ing. I found my infant playing, lately, with a small glazed cardboard box of a green color that had once contained chocolate, and that had been ob tained from one of the automatic supply boxes. After' the manner of in fants, he was occasionally sucking this. Out of curiosity I tested it, and found that the "surfaco paper." measuring five inches by one and three-fourths, contained one tenth of a grain of white arsenic. In all these cases tho quan tity of arsenic found Is small, and it may be, under ordinary circumstances. quito harmless; but in all cases its presence is quite unnecessary. Other coloring materials could equally well be used in which there is no possible noxious ingredient. Omitting articles in which its occurrence has been purely accidental, arsenic has been found of late years to bo present in some samples of muslins, cretonnes, wall papers, playing cards, the glaze of some enameled 'stew pans, tho paper of fancy boxes and in somo furs. These last are usually the furs prepared by amateurs. So that we may picture an infant placed by an unfortunate con currence or circumstances is a room covered with arsenical paper, having Its cot draped with muslin orcretonncs. fed on food prepared in a glazed saucepan, itself covered by a rug and playing with some fancy box of sweets or toys, all of these ceataiaing a minute but unnecessary amount of ar senic.. One ha no wish to be an alarm ist, or In any way to harass trade, and it must be freely acknowledged that cases of any ill results whatever being traced to the use of these articles are very rare. None the less, seeing how unnecessary they are. and how each year arsenic seems to b hading its way into new quarters, it seems advisable to stop its further progress. This can only be done by prohibiting by law. as In some other countries, the nee of ar senic for producing colors., Neither the ultimate seller nor the purchaser can really protect himself, the trouble and expense would be too great; but by making tee manufacturer answera ble the evil might easily be remedied. Assafcetica is a gum resin 'which many men will remember to have used with their bait, when boys, thiakiejr that it gave the worms aa unwonted attraction for fish. Certainly, consid ering the strength of its odor, their conclusion was not so very'farfetcaed InthU coaaecttoa'lt is Interesting to SYMPATHETIC WAITERS. Where the Art of Serving Has Iteeaase a Drarostle AccosBBlishtaeat. I have always been amused by a trick which the waiters practice to absolute perfection in Paris. The Gaul is a natural actor, and he rehearses with much assiduity. Tho scheme of the waiters of the French capital is to pro tend to have a tremendous interest in the guest. I remember ono day walk ing in the Avenue do rOera with a lady who had been shopping in tho Louvro. and who was a bit fatigued. She did not want to eat luncheon as it was about five o'clock and it would spoil her dinner, but she said she felt as though she could eat a chicken sand wich. We went into Hignon'.s, which is perhaps the most pretentious of tho Parisian restaurants, and found it de serted except for tho white-aproned at tendants. As we entored the head waiter made a profound bow, and five or six other waiters rushed ahead of us and stood in a picturesque semi circle around a corner table. One of them hauled back a chair for the lady; another got a hassock for her feet; a third shook out a napkin; a fourth fumbled with tho window blinds, while the head waiter himself and another of his assistants rushed off after the menu card. I told the man shortly to bring some chicken sandwiches and ho communicated the order to an assistant. There wus a great rushing around while tho head waiter talked to us with some excitement we had both been there a good deal and knew him well about a winning his brother had just made at Monte Carlo. Ho could not understand what the lady meant by eating at that hour of the day, as ho knew she dined at 6:30. and he was in a state of almost painful solicitude for fear sho would spoil her appetite for dinner. He begged to suggest that only ono sandwich should be brought upon tho table, and when n dish of them came he hurried the waiter back, got somo lettuce, placed it between tho chicken and the bread, gave it a dash of mustard, brought a small glass of iced Icummel and put the sandwich be fore my companion. It was at this point that the waiters began to act. As tho guest re:ichcd forward and cut a bit off the sandwich tho live or six waiters leaned forward with clasped hands and faces indicative of tho utmost anxiety. I watched them amusedly from tho corner of the table, whore I was smok ing a cigarette. There were six of them, including the head waiter. Anx iety, trepidation, fear and excitement were depicted upon their mobile feat ures. The pantomime meant that they were afraid that tho guest, would not like the sandwich. She bit a piece out of it delicately, found it her liking, nodded her head and said, with an amiable air: "Very good." In an in stant a might' change swept over the group. J here were grunts of satisfac tion, a general lighting up of eyes, an array of six broad, extensive and in tense Gallic smiles, a general happy shrugging of shoulders, and tho waiters hurried all about tho room chattering in whispers and expressing by every conceivable sort of tomfoolery their in tenso delight over tho fact that madamo had found the sandwich to her satis faction. Of course it was all tho rankest sort of nonsense, because none of them really cared a rap whether she liked it or not. But it was tremendously flatter ing to madamo, and she told me that although she had lived in Paris for eight years, she had never succeeded iu re covering from the charm of it, "It makes ono eat like a pig." she said, "for it seems cruel to disappoint tho villans after all their mugging and acting." St. Louis Globo-DemocraU great army of telegraph operator i to tw cast adrift and compiled to seek new occupation. Telegraph pole and the millions of mile of wire ..rung ! upon them will .oondinppcarforevcr W hat is going to causethi revolution' Barbed wire fencing. It s a fact. aeeatlaU C-ary la HullJlns; Trm.le la HlwaawaM Animal. In order to make a succe of brood ing and raiding stock to ell again as br'eder?. It Is not ou'y nccary to have good tnrk. but he rnut bulttl up a reputation for ht Uv and htmolf. Ili stock may bvof tho very best kind, and yet if he ha not been able U Imlltl I up a reputation for hot:e?;v and fair j dealing, ho wilt find It somewhat dtfil- j cult to build up a gor.nl trade ' US nt only ncv-Arv that h should with Parisienues. but it has of late be-! soundcr areto obk:. and the come a decided fashion to wear a bunch of long-stemmed violets in the large round hats of black or of green t velve t which youog ladies now choose iur iiikcriiuuii recepiious; suso iu pui closely massed violets in a bandeau on black lace or velvet bonnets. Kose garlands of crushed roses without foliage, or of petals stripped from the flower, edge the brims of small velvet bonnets aud of the less dressy toques; and there are many reception aud theater bonnets made entirely of flowers, such as pink rose petals for the foundation, crossed four or five times from side to side by very slight vines of small unblown rose-buds still in their green sheaths, lor bonnet forri?t-m-iinti form tin. li'i with dwar fed green leaves a.-, a border phination. and, as the syndicate in along the brim, and there is a standing ' tends introducing it by fencing in tho aigrette of pink or vellow ro.-'-buds ; tracks, of the Baltimore & Ohio rall- ...:.l. 1 , ' i . . ,. . I rrifii! sm.li.i.. .. ,.V... : . ... nun green urancicf oi leave, twiuo ! " iw. t j-iupwr-? iu ( ,.cept a- for brv'd.r. and purple violets, also heliotrope ! accomplish on that lino will gU,. an in- ' In .,:,nilhl5 qUe,tKm rt, lhu blossoms, make other Umnefat with "irht into the general plan. Beginning klmi , ,H,lMt4t.. , , ,.. ... ..... - '. " ... " !.. I HELPING ONE ANOTHER .AeleT vk m the Sew trn niwtA r All ihrt mlllc of hum klr.dnc not to Nj ,'ouod U the heart of grvai and prvsp,nm lK,wa n the little gamins of Newspaper nw exlt a eharttv .-v Mf eel and springing from a pure motive aa U any carried on by the great InceriHtratni Insiltu lions" and cteilee which grtso tbl .!... tt V... K.i.v (Kn.tlff which CrttW.' I. It. " vw ....- that thoroughfare had Ura " ti any thing, they wouM ?w severs time .. .... , k.. .i.. I oacil ay .rac wr i-.uu . :.,'.;.:..;..'.... Mnc b-l through the Intricacies T . ' . I . MW.. .......I . '. ..-- 'u ijintj iiii-fc. uiii mi muti i' oiu I . - . .v ...,. .. t-. . i ..(.. i.-i ihnvicb ni intricacies ' no In rrirtV.. itm) H ... r ti .,.. ,T. -n. i 4" m syndicate referred to contemplate, en- th:i. hi. mnv ,WW!lil,'BOt oalv Jf ",a b on lho "iT .. --I-- ...t..v.....u.,,u iuuy a.. giHJ a qualitv a tho parent. ! ". .... . .w I ...f-. but he must bo able to Mill further -n!W.a .-' - transmit the- good ..uulltla, to hi, off- Un,m af"r , ";'";, .w, spring. The appearance of hi- ot T MUS ptur.of thb sort the t MtK4riinv ia ri'Hairicr i'erve .-- o reason hv lt nced that ihe Hrvet .?"' ho mime moralist say. art' laiw "" s a . j.I j. 4 .aL tweak .tac 1ha Vi onlv reliable pnrUee. The N.rrhar , W,1TT .T '"A X - Zu system with an electrical barbed wire fence that is to form a network nil over the United States. When every section of land in thi- country ha been fenced in then the company will extend it new system to oilier coun tries, aud keep on extending until the entire world is one great web of elec- nlways this. " l- Is SO a enter oao nevarv 1 ) eaiaa I & aVk. .1 ma ,-v .a.k I 01 UC .- umircii-nire iviivi . ! The scheme will reiuir .omo ex- . T t .. i L-ITBlin. UitV ft.,.,'1,,- i i.Q'1 iltHI xk .i!n..rniv .t.5ivn .in . . ii urotieriv nurtunl. hrta theui l invos'-neut that he .-Mtecl- to bn pnOlt- i " pr, r - T"? J .i.i. v i i. . . .... b'tter thiuge. The bsy wtv tliu regu- abl.s. .Ni-nrly all kind of breeding i. , .!, ..i,w.t. J. j- . ,.... I lauou gainm-rairgv.!. dirty. uh . ...-w.. ... , -., ... iiiiv inntHrniu. above jj,u average tunrkol prtcv. uon- sideritig every thing eUe tt le ciua!. THE BLACK FOREST. it otefnat. wh the smell W isrerrf nee it in food ae-a eplee,, .showinf; cer tainly.nhat'thereis ao aoconating for teste" The Germans give ts'sseni rertien 'shaV name eHrikesa wt. waioh ie eertiisly ejrsssjmivsv Thmdcny; was oncer onite popular with phyiiciene. hut at tlsejrnnet day its nee ie sargely te theeeef the It wheUeswdtehe lilMsMysarr Where It Is Sltaatesl ass Why celveS Its I'eeellar Kaase. The Black Forest is the name given to the wooded mountain chain in the southwestern part of Germany, travers ing the provinces of Baden and Wur temberg. and forming the eastern boundary of part of the basis of the Rhine. It is about ninety miles long, and in it a number of important rivers have their source, the largest of which are the Danube, the Neckar and the Wiessea. The chain consists of elevated plains or tableland, the summits of which are covered with snow during eight months of the year. Below this are scattered groves of pines and beach trees, and these are succeeded by the dense forests of fir, which cover all the middle and lower parts of the moun tains, from whose dark aspect was de rived the name of the range "Black Forest.'1 The greatest elevation ef the range is near the source of the Wiee- sen. where is the famous defile called Holle(Hell) pass, a narrow valley shut in by lofty mouatains. which is cele brated ia history and lefend. Through this pass General Moreau led' his army in his masterly retreat in 1795. in' the iery face of two powerful armies. The Wghest point of the Black Forest is the FeMherv. which U 4,850 feet above the level ef the sea. The mineral springs of the Black Forest are very famous, especially those of Wmtbad and Baica4Uden. There are also nalnesof precious.asetals ia the moua tsina. The soil on the mountain aide is generally sterile and the eliasate severe, nut the lower westaca stones are sKulai i with vineyards, and there are naany picturesque and fruitful valley. The inhabitants of the KsekForeet are largely encaged intaereewteftTsf estate, snd the BBnaafaatara el articles of enmesam ejernmj saannnna saavsaaansemsssj ems, enaa BBBBmaaBBB aas tsys'sf high-looped bows of green velvet rib bon; and a pretty red bonnet is of scarlet geran ium. with black ribUm velvet bow.-, and strings. Aiiiny dressy bonnets have short round ears, with the strings attached only at tho end of tho crown, then brought forward loosely, and tied low below thu throat; such strings an of net. or of lace, or eLso of very wide ribbon. Small, low. English toques of black net or lace, for tho theater or for afternoon teas, havo a three-quarter wreath of blush-roses edging the brim and standing upward directly in front. Other toques aro merely a puffv crown of black or scarlet velvet, with tho brim of black Astrakhan fur, and the only trimming a round how of red satin set on one side, and holding a raiuiuturo Astrakhan head. The Em pire hats of black velvet may have either scooped poke fronts or else flat brims with the soft crown only a trifle higher, but sufficient height is added by a large round bow of stried or corded ribbon, with its center loops and forked ends standing very erect- Alsaciau toques havo a low crown formed of folds of cloth or of velvet red, green or golden brown aud are trimmed with an Alsacinn bow of black velvet ribbon put on quite flat, with double loops on each side, or else heightened by standing loops and ends instead of a strap in the middle. Other Alsacinn toques aro made of nar row strips of black cloth, on which gilt braid or cord is placed along the mid dle, then plaited or woven iu basket design, and the low Al sacian bow is of black velvet riblwui. Warm worsted bonnets, like soft felt, are made of white strips braided iu basket pattern and trimmed with a brown AUacian velvet bow, brown velvet puffed brim. and strings of brown velvet; the same design is carried out in green, red, or blue worsted, with blue); velvet acces sories. Plain but stylish bonnets of black velvet in capote shape aro smoothly covered, and the crown is striped iu rows coming forward half-way on the brim of silver or of gold braid a fourth of an inch wide. A round cluster of ostrich feathers trimS the top of tho bonnet. Other velvet bonnets aro of bright red. Empire green, or .Jupanesu yellow, laid in tine folds from side to alternating with narrow jet braid, giv ing a pretty effect of stripes; a panache of ostrich tips of the two colors tied with velvet riblxm forms the trimming. Green carnations of pinks, yet enclosed in their green calyxes, macd in a bunch, with their long stems showing, make a pretty trimming for bonnet of black or of green velvet. Black paro quets poised with thoir sharp wings pointing upward are placed tin the sides of capotes and of turban of red velvet or of cloth in the stylish green and rosewood shades. Harper's Bazar. COMMON-SENSE MAXIMS. Live l'p to Them anil Ynn Will Die Happy. Keeswcted ant! Klrh. Let none wish for unearned gold. Be honest and then be generous. Mocker' never degrade the ju.t To-morrow may never come to us. The poorest art! the most charitable. Ono fib is oft the caue of ten more. A lie is black even if it is a white lie. The post of honor is the post of duty. "I can't." is a humbug and a nui sance. It is not parsimonious to be economi cal. No admittance, here, except on busi ness. Wealth nor power can ennoble the mean. lo-day is all the time w absolutely have. A single fact is worth a folio of argument. It is not selfish to be correct In your dealings. The worth of a thing depends on the want of it Let nothing be undone which ought to be done. Small profits little risk; large profit great risk. The best kind of a picnic is a pick at at Old Nick. Something wrong when a man is afraid of hiawclf. Hoaety is better capital than a harper's cunning. Whoee credit Is suspected U not safe to be trusted. A true man never frets about his place in this world. Conscience dead as a stone is a heavy thing to carry. Employ so one to do what you caa easily do yourself. Better to die at the post of duty thaa to live elsewhere. Leave your busimests unduly asd your hosiaeas will leave you. Good Hoase keepiag. m e m The small boy whose an wise father has given him a dram aadatia at South Chicago, barbed-wire fencing will be erected the entire length of tho line, 1.71M miles. In general appear ance it will be similar to the ordinary wire fence, tho most noticeable differ ence being the substitution of teel posts for cedar. Five wires will bo strung. The top wire is insilated and charged with electricity, and a it passes through an underground con duit at crossings and through cities a continuous circuit is formed from Chicago to Baltimore. At each station along the lino the electrical wire t tapped and connected with telephone, designed and constructed especially for long distance telephoning. In this way telephone communications may bo had between any aud all stations, aud tho company guarantees that com munication between Baltimore and Chicago will 1 as easy a if the two cities wero ouly a tullo apart. Com munication can also tc had at any de sired point. Every locomotive en gineer will be furnished with a hand "phone" that can be operiit.nl without either battery or bells. In tho event of an accident or the engineer desiring instruction, he simply hangs his in strument on the top wire of the fence. grounds it by running a wire into tho earth, and thus forms a circuit. Ho can then talk with the operator at the next station. But this is only a small part of the scheme, for, branching away from the railroads, the company intends run ning its electrical fence aero jvory quarter-section of land that i under cultivation. It will construct the fence for about the same col a an or dinary wire fence, aud as the life of steel is eight times greater than cedar the patent post is more desirable. Then it will furnish telephone at such a nominal rental that no inhabitant of the civilized globe can afford to In. without one. Every farm can bo di vided by a well built and durable elec trical fence and farm life will be made more endurable by having telephonic communication with not only thy en tire neighborhood, but with all of tho towns and village from Nmv York to San Krnneico. It will be seen that it Is a big "cheme. .lust fancy nn old mobac!c out in Kansas calling up hi neighbors and asking if they have-e.-n any thing of hi stray brindle cow. ami a few minute. later tapping Washing ton to find out whether or not Congres is likely to take up the Tariff bill dur ing the afternoon esion. But that Is the sort of thing the Electrical Barbed Wire Fence Company contemplates. Chicago Tribune. ' breeder become- a very Important Item n if i. ft... ,i....v - ,....,..! . ,ii , , i i . .. . iKf.ttw.il la the lluo of reliance for securing god breeding t . . ... kf.i, t ...i ... . i.. ... . ... K fr th.. next edition "'"K' . .ju- urwnrr who Has i.iri- ( ed out wiiH the lat.'ntion ; wcuring. r rather of building up n trade, ttnul . bo honest w ith hi cuutsKr. or in a ; shod time he will And him-elf unable to make sales at any thing like a fair ! price. A reputation fr hon.t 1 at junehe.1 feature, but withal a m-rrj a a cricket- Phe blind man l.Htfc.n! like trht he ta a nwr uuUviM. pr hap mudo by hU infirmity. Through lh- crowd the Ix.y led hu: down Into the delivery room of nu of the dixit) pafter. uA. tUtr plaiug UUu l a iieflev wall to Mino off the pre, ho nwi out. At tho door h a stop)!, and usuler the jtolent tnttu onee of a Ml of Hor ".topped Into dHrw ay and submitted to a little pie tloaiag "WW do blind fellor? Why dnt' Blind Cnariwv. l heme farderf Nt fit.. f. i. ....!.. !.-.. .., .. . . ... ... . .nv: i'iiiimuwu oi lute.'. will! Kin I ,, . i . . , . ilr ., . i i . , ... , . ' Ho a poor bltt tut live down her bre..lers. and if nnv thing like a hot- t ,. ; . . . , . .. , . , , , , , . , , . in Park row. N V kin git de eo!t tng butlnee l secured ll t alo- , , ,, ... , ,, ... , ,t t f. i . .. j tr live on he ha to ell pajtera. nt Intely essential ill- true thai wen- ,,,., , !. ... i .. it i , ........ t M I lead In lin ferf lloea vr lt sloually a breeder w ill be able hv sharp . ..-. . . . . i i ... , . ' ' he could git tro do crowd hlell wl.l- out any eve' lo 1 link I'm gtv.nl to practice to peomlngly make a mjcv f.lf- nma fltll.. K.lt ,. I. ....ft.ir. ... t... . .... ....... . . ..... ... ., , .-, ,,., ... .... 1 I I overtaken at lat; while m ihv other ,.'.' . hand, a reputation for hoticlt and fair .,,.,, i ii . in . .. , .. blind fellers tsot wi:uim n iu jjniw, aim me longer iao better. o that the reputation, or the name llslf, U, li quite o itom. Dee iloine l-eiulcr FORESTS OF ALASKA. esesnsteWtaweeytssshcessitlMenih the this ke when he gees tnt ttrafiss; Tl Almost Inshaiiatlll Tln.twr tr murm of Our Amtr Territory. The prevailing foret tre of Alakn. says Mr. George lavidon. of th Coat Survey, la the Sitka spruce, growing to great size, covering every part of the ground, nnd climbing tho steepest mountain sides to the height of 2.000 or 2..V feet above the aoa. Thls tree resembles in form and foliage the silver firs of California. In the ArchljKdiigo Alexander, with a shore line of more than ". statute miles, the land is denely woolel from the water's edge. It can never be de vastated by forest fires. bscaue the carpet of wet iphaynum over the sur face of the country effctua!!y pre vents flrei. from spreading. We meaaurcd felled spruce trees that were ISO feet long and t feet thick al the butt; while adjacent standing tree measured over 6 feet in diameter, wero branchless for over 50 fee.t. and esti mated to be 230 feet high. Hemlock, alder, and willows arc found: but the most remarkable wod of the country is the yellow odar. with fine, even texture, fragrant smell, good size, aad greater strength than the pruce. It is readily worked, takes a smooth surface, and is remarkably dur able. It is a valuable addition u the cabinet woods, and is superior as a ship timber to any on the coast. It can be obtained of ample size for frames aad knees for ordiaarr sired veeels. We measured one 18 feet ia circumference, aad estimated it to be oyer 135 feet ia height. We collected part of the keelson and frarao of a Russian vessel built of this wood thirty two years before, acd which had bQ :ring a wreck oa the beach for serreral Tars. It exhibited no signs of decay ear of teredo attacks, aad tbe wood around the copper asd iroe bolts la nearly well preserved ae oa the day they wrrw drive. Oa Eadiak Island the forests erase toward the south. The yellow cedar ices not grow oa the north-east part of the island, but the average sire of the spruce is less thaa two fact U ilTimt ter. Hemlock is fecad la ahwsdaaoe. aad has its raise for tstvfig psrpoasjs. ITsaSSl tka sWajsaa am ST.! Territory asd Oregon si I loans will be the greet and osa-ai ls has SWEET POIATOES. What a l-arc tulllalr Maa Iu Mas .Shout Thalr Vstu ma m So. ..I lor Sl..h. Those fitrmen. In the West and Nuth who raise gnun and stck should cer tainly raise sw.s-t HtatH to fe-l thell stis'k in connection wU gniln Aldo frotu tlielr fat and tlo-h-forinlng ma terials they exercise a cooling influ ence on the svst.'m. materially nduc ing the chance of dleae From three to six times sl many buh?l. per it-re can In grown a of corn, thu making them the ehenjet to rale lhej vni be easily grown on almost any kind of soil w here w ater doe no stand at any time, but on low land the ridj; should Ins made ijuite high, and plnnt of the Golden Ijuceti and ICii itermiida l at bat two feet apart on the ridge The nlnive kind are tie- mHt prodtietlve and are exclerit varieties for the table. A Inrg" euhlvat4rfiys that fed with corn one-third jtnto and two-laird corn - to hog, mid given nothing but water to drink, they liHimel In weight mti.-h faator thaa otli.tr w bleli had their fl of .iru upp.ementl with the milk ami np from Uio kltrheii. The aimlyi of -e.t HUito show tl', 1 jwr owL of aUireh .ik.1 1 J.1 per cent of sugar, which I proof enough of their vnlue a a food pnl- uet. At this time, more than over before, the profit of the farm depead upon the eeorHitnlcnl luothod and in It mnnngemetit. Tho low price of rnot all kind of farm pndm mnko il absolutely nore.nry for the farmer to look for the chon puftt way to product tho same. USES OF INSECTS. Mew Tlirlr. Al '-! !? a frnntteaaS a Jrf-y S"elMM.olo(.l. G.Hirge I Hulst. .nUmolglt of tho New .Ierey Kxjrlinent .''tiitkin. hold to the opinion that Injurious lnvnrta nfter all an not an unmillgnlvd evtL They mako pnluetlon a little rncro Inboriou. ho any, and add to th) chances of financial Micca for tho careful tnnn. We hate yX much t learn aliut Jneet. ami how v doal with ihem: but wo nr? advancing A knolclge of the llf hiVry of over lnct In nailed in order to a,iw u al what alagoof ll otj.tnc -ecg. worm or caterpillar. chryall and porfect Insect we can tako It at ll cr"t- ot disadvanlaga f jKitjfu remcdlea the ar-enleal prerar-i lion anwer the purp" for Xrij-foXr In almoat every IntAarv Kroone and pyrethrum kill byconUet. A mixure i of the two kind, however. Pria gre-a or Indon purle with 'TOn eraul slon or pyrothrata. aj two chase to kill, and will b- fourui wl effective In many cave. Mr Hull al" atato that wo sd stricter laws, or strirVr miorrrxnTA ofexNting laws, agJot tlodtrurtl3 of bird. The demaeda for oatrial for dscratlng faJo l.4'grar hat dore more to atrip the cwatrj of r socg bird thaa tbe jurTrle taturw of the Eagiih jmrrtt" Amon? n'al icasct-aters Mr Hc!t UnA. saak-s, moles, tbe lalle tho only e-e ay that preys spoa je-batio woes Is the lrril Ut. IVpte h'jjl4 begla to 2gbt Insect al tbir Zr aj. praraace. aad &ot wait uatU tie bare grown ottgtrtrs a4 dcslractlve. Chicago JouraaL him? Naw Why. any oay ud help blind Charlie or any of der a In der blaneaa I dero mldera like Charllef Dere's tre or four of 'em wot live down rv on Park row and gits up eivrly like wo do i.in dey im.a out outer do trtt. ami tn noway wot eni 'll Iotv.1 'em to de office fer era. When dey got a stock 'uuiher rmf who bit a ' tand near whore do blind foltar j liM'ati- 'll lend 'em dero. When b" ( sell oul nuther newsy who aoe 'Itn "ll , load Mm back, ami -Mi.ley acrape along ! Wo ae nil wllllll' ter help 'em. asoepl j der iMgn. nnd do too menu ter help anvUnl v. ItHjulry of the delivery clerks proved the boy' atntement t4i Im tnio There are a half .loj.-n blind n.waJoya. or ratleir new amen, in IhU city wbn . tlie favt thai they aro not .nt to the workhotiae atlliply to the kllldneas of their little eifMorkor. Aa the Uiy itl. the "iomi alo" till know them, and whowuwr they oe one of the unfortu nate m anting to get to tbe npajMr olUws for a tw5. or at tho n.twktp.r otne wuiiUttg to gut u a fatiH-tSa ewiir. tom "embrjonia) rrtmiiint" tiio' vdtauera iv a guide. Another Ineklortl showing the gen enM irapulae of tboi out-d..ir w.U. It eeirrl Jut In Irvol of th- Tttiuia tedWIlttS ia other orbing. Hello. Stumpy." anld Oftn gsitn a ho met nrmlicr. "bnejer fssi vtt" "Natt." repllaxt StHity. I gSSai ilia l 4 eVo I tUm t enC" No ?ola. ak"d th oiiur. "Nltey raJ." v. a tbe ruMjna4), "j owed Umj.j lo-irteeu cmU nnd JHW htm fi a o rieibl git MHnn abiesa." "Ilow'a yer aptltor" wai ih no.tt euery l. dnrj' nvor sy trtnsble wi dt lin." w Uio tru"orie reMfiav Well. Stump. ' sAbl th little bseew. "I tell yer I gut twonty eeut and I was gulng to have a rursiiUri. foJ. but I reck In I'll hatv to lot I' , tor-nbjfht. It'a Mljowrn tr d l.-nry. " He took Stump a Htm ami tho two walked oS Tbo buautr of the ivjl w that it a dnto without tho Jai wf-le-o.lon. ut wtti, A fmnk. Lnnj.)- th"ro-inraoU.aorno-Uv air that m d- ilghtfu!.-N. V IlMloa, llw THE n FOOL. rhnssM -If you dosl waat V nj, txrmm Is asyway ad j-t or cat." i a frieadjy IsrliAtioc which a slga a fresi of a ivdAlia. Mo.. ort IaI& Jl to ;svrr by- - SIS A Jew flares ptfl has ta gifted by sslorw with tsaay aHJh, which have V-, algal v-is-wi. bet they do aot taci-ads a Kiixikrss 'jU. sVaikisg this firlru he iard Uav sstl: ixir the l&irzC&m ot a Ia4Isg arufassar b siarxliee. aad IsJaeed hard ta imaewvs) hss 4etirry. At the end ef a eovrwe ef assrtatws Ser whieh he had esatrsKled thst teatsau rflssw is a e la is si ie gwSaVtaSatn tstnhnn ggajgrnsajgasass aaaawaVSumun Wasss SamBanmwswajr FHltHD. Waaiacaw t 4mmmr Tl Rwaaaraaa. "Wliat world of m-juiln- ibt in thla exproaalon 'frv! Mn'l o rr Vi find arwl dlffieuH Jo shake. got into his t'luUh-a. rvw;m$J." !, Mnillr iverhearl ib remark ami aa-rai for tLn aUry Tho man wfi ,,1 -n the vjrtim w Tt ,,Ju jlo ji nervous alr a ltg algo of Ukr- which thrtio.l hU life. I ir.uatomst fiscva. but Ihia wan. hU tUtrj MWb. afv-r '. la b1. I WlM w Wm'm m air again. I attrtaal in (h nr to ro down Ui mj ftr. bm', ffrjBg a bjoek I it i nt th, f. ttUmlt. She first kd . string of fjtsib,.. kiA rae stealing till I was JsJni. rS w. just WiJag me wnrhnt u tk that 'aTWild V grl UfTtt,' when Ir b arvl wen? ,, An tA4 fRMtt tsq ta-. aod afl-r p'lttisg n. ikrvtth th cst"ctaUs. w44 up br t-UJnf r to take gorI rvi ul yaa.l A I Ut I gH tst, th rurumr ,4 a e 0 jj4 say h l tnr mj -jm. Hoi. 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