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It is neceftsary, if one would under stand the sanitary aspects of bread Waking, to fully -comprehend the pres ent theory held by scientists of germs and the part played by them in disease. The theory of disease germs is merely the name given to the knowledge had oi tnose germs bv medical men, a knowledge which is the result of in numerable experiments. Being this, the old term of a "theory" has become a nisnomer. A germ of a disease is a plant, so small that I do not know how to express intelligibly td the general reader its lack of size. When this germ is introduced into the blood or tissues of the body, its action appears to be analogous to that which takes place when yeast is added to dough. It attacks certain elements of the blood or tissues, and destroys them, at the same time producing new substances. But the germs of the greater part of the germ diseases, that is, of the infec tious and contagious diseases, will de velop or increase in number without "DISEASE GEUM3 FOUND TnEIB being In the body of a human being, provided always you give them the proper conditions. These conditions are to be found in dough which is being raised with yeast They arc warmth, moisture and the organic matter cf the flour on which the germs, after certain changes, feed. It is necessary to remember at this point that yeast is germ growth, and when introduced into a mixture of glucose or starch, in the presence of warmth and moisture sets up a fer mentation. If the mixture be a starchy dfugli the yeast first changes a portion of the starch into glucose and then de composes tho glucose by changing it Into new substances, viz., carbonic acid gas and alcohol. Now the gluten, which is also a con stituent of dough and moist starch, af fords, with the latter, an excellent nidus for the development of germs of disease as well as for the yeast germs The germs of cholera, as of typhoid fe ver, would, if introduced into dough, find very favorable conditions for their growth. I do not wish to "pose"' as an alarm ist, nor am I willing to say there is very much chance of the germs of ty phus and of cholera reaching the stom achs of people who cat bread whuh has Lccn raised with yeast Hut I have not the slightest cause to doubt that other diseases have been and will bo car ried about in the bread. I have met journeymen bakers, suf fering from cutaneous diseases, work ing the dough in the bread trough with naked hands and arms. I have no rea-t-on to suppose bakers arc less liable to cutaneous diseases than are other men, and I know, as every housewife knows, ycast-rai&cd bread must be worked a long time. This is an exceedingly ob jectionable thing from the standpoint of a physician for the reason that the germs of disca.se whL'h are in the air and dust and on stairways and straps in .street cars, arc most often collected on the hands. .Any person who litis ever kneaded dough undet stands thw way iu which the dough cleans the hands. Th's means that any germs which may have found a lodging place on the hands of the baker before he makes up his batch of bread are sure to find their way into the dough, and once there, to find ail the conditions ncrcsary for subdivision and growth. This is equiv alent to saing thut we must rely on heat to kill these germs, because it is almost certain that they will be there. Xow, underdone or doughy bread is a form which every man and woman has seen. It is a belief as old as the hills that underdone bread is unhcalthfui. This reputation has been earned for it b the experience of countless genera tions, and no careful mother will wish her children to cat breads that has not been thoroughly ooked. The reason given for this recognised unhealthf ill ness has b;en that the uncooked yeast dough is very dilH-u't to digest. No one but a physician would be apt to think of disease germs which have not been killed during the process of baking as a cause of the sickness fol lowing the use of uncooked yeast bread. Yet this result from this cause is more than probable. 1 have not the slightest doubt that could we trace back some of the cases of illn-'ss which we meet in our practice we would find that germs collected by the baker have found their way into the yeast bread, that the heat has not been sullicient to destroy them, that the uncooked yeast bread has been eaten and with it the ."TtlMriTT-rMi T? m-JftJaaaaaakL yytWjlMjlMjHBaBasaaaaBsMAi-TaaaF MiSBB3HBsSQBBBsssssssBBBsssssBBsssaassK99Sasssssaa!Bssssssssi wSS aaV aaaa. 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I have already pointed out that the germs of disease are to be found in the air and dust The longer any sub stance to be eaten is exposed to the air, the greater the chance that germs will be deposited on it Bread raised with yeast is worked down or kneaded twice before being baked and this process may take anywhere from four hours to ten. It has, then, the chance of col lecting disease germs during this pro cess of raising and it has two periods of working down or kneading duringeach ofwhich it may gather the dirt con taining the germs from the baker's hands. As no bread, save that raised with yeast goes through this long pro cess of raising and kneading so no bread, save that raised with yeast, has so good a chance of gathering germs. What is meant by "raising" bread is worth a few words. The introduction of the yeast into tho moist dough and the addition of heat when the pan is placed near the Are prodaces an enor mous growth of the yeast fungi the yeast "germ," in other words. These fungi effect a destructive fermentation of a portion of the starchy.matter of the flour one of the most valuable nutrient elements in the flour? The fermentation produces carbonic acid gas. and this, having its origin in every little particle of the starch which is itself everywhere in tho flour, pushes sisiffo ttio nsirt.inlo& rtf tVif titmtrh ti irivn itself room. This is what is ealled "raising tho bread.'.' It needs but a glance to see that it is, in its effects on the dough, purely ttie chanicaL The dough, which' was b fore a close-grained mass, is n'dw full of little holes; and tVticri cooked In this con dition is what we ordinarily call light. This porous quality of bread enables the stomach to rapidly and easily digest it, for the gastric juices quickly soak into and attack it from all sides. The fermentation of the dough, however, uses up a portion of the nutrient ele ments of the loaf. If it be possible, therefore, to produce a light porous loaf without this destruction and with out the "kneadiug" process, which' fills the dough with germs and filth, and without the long period during whicli the raising process goes on, the gain in food and the gain in the avoid ance of the germs is exceedingly plain. WAY INTO THE YBAST DBEAD." But while we can easily see the dan gers which attend the use of yeast it is certain that the vesiculating effect pro duced by it on the dough is to the last degree perfect " It is apparent that if we arc to Substitute any other system of bread making wc must have one which will give us, first, mechanical re sults equally as good, that is. that will produce minute bubbles of carbonic acid gas throughout the mass of dough. Now it is in no way difficult to produce car bonic acid ga chemicallj', but when we arc working at bread we must use such-chemicals as are perfectly health ful. Fortunately these are not bard td find. The evils which attend the yeast liiade bread are obviated by the use of a properly made, pure and wholesome baking powder in lieu of yeast Bak ing powders are composed of an add and an alkali which, if properly com bined, should when they unite at once destroy themselves and produce car bonic acid gas. A good baking powder does its work while the loaf is in the ovea, and having done it, disappears. Iut cafe is imperative iti selecting tiie brand of baking powder to be cer tain that it is composed of non-injurious chemicals. Powders containing alum or those which are compounded from impure ingredients or those which are not combined in proper proportion Or carefully mixed and which will leave either an acid or an alkali in the bread, must not be used. It is well to sound a note of warning ix this direction or the change from the objectionable yeast to an impure baking powder will be a rase of jump ing from the frj-ing pan into the tire. The best baking powder made is, as shown by analysis, the "Royal." It contains absolutely nothing but cream of tartar and soda, refined to a chem ical purity, which when combined un der the influence of heat and moisture produce carbonic acid gas, and having done this, disappear. Its leavening strength has been found superior to other baking powders, and as far as I know, it is the only powder which will rai"c large bread perfectly. Its use aoidsthe long period during which the yeast made dough must stand in order that the starch may ferment and there is also no kneading necessary. The tw o materials used in the Royal, cream of tartar and soda, are perfectly harmless even when eaten. But they are combined in exact compensating weights, so that when chemical action begins between them they practically disappear, the substance of both hav ing been taken up to form the carbonic acid gas. More than this, the proper method of using the powder insures the most thorough mixing with the flour. The proper quantity being taken, it is mixed with the flour and stirred around in it The mixture is then sifted several times and this insures that in every part of the Hour there slnll bo a few particles of the powder. The salt and milk or water being ad ded, the dough is made up as quickly as possible and moulded into the loaves. These arc placed in the oven and baked. Bat the very moment the wax mtli and moisture attack the mix ture of cream of tirtar and soda, these two ingredients chemi ally combine and carbonic a-id or leavening gas is evolved. The consequence may be seen at a glance, the bread is raised during the time it is baking in the oven, and this is the most perfect of all conceiv able methods of raising it Here, then, there is no chance for ni"Tt germs of disease to get into the dough and thence into the stomach, more than that the bread is necessarily as sweet as possible, there having been no time during which it could sour. This involves the fact that the bread so made will keep longer, as it is less likely to be contaminated by the germs that af fect the souring process. It will be strange if the crowds of visitors to the world's fair do uot great ly increase the number of contagious disease, which we will have to treat Under these circumstances is it not folly of follies to open a single channel through which these germs may reach us? Is it not the part of wisdom to watch with the greatest care all that we eat and drink, and to see that none but the safest and best methods are employed in the preparation of our food? To me it seems as though there could be but one answer to questions like these. I have shown the danger of using the yeast raised bread, and with this I have shown how that danger may be avoided. The ounce of prevention which in this case is neither difficult nor expensive is certainly worth many DOHnds nt mm nnfl tfiA Vtoct. tlitnr J about it is that it may be relied on al most aosoiuteiy. xnose wno eat bread or biscuits or rolls made at home with Royal baking powder may be sure they have absolutely stopped one channel through which disease may reach them. Note. Housekeepers desiring infor mation in regard to the preparation of the bread which, for sanitary reasons, Dr. Edson so strongly urges, for gen eral Use, should Write to the Royal Baking Powder Company, New York. Why He Didn't Swear Off. After & night's debauch and without sleep a reporter for one of the local evening papers wrote a three-column description of a certain event lie fell asleep repeatedly while producing the matter, all of it having been sent by wire from an uptown sporting resort In the afternoon he was called down to the office. On the way he purchased a paper and read the story of the event he was assigned to report He did not recognize a line as his. He reported to his superior, confidently expecting dis missal, believing that someone else had been sent to do the work he had neg lected. Imagine his feelings when the .managing editor complimented him highly on the work. From the time he had completed his story to the moment of receiving the summons to appear at the office he had had an hour's sleep. In that time his entire mental compo sition had undergone a change, and every word of what he had written had been completely effaced from his mem ory. New York Advertiser Kidlna; arid Hitching. One mode of transportation1 among the poor whites of southern West Vir ginia is known as "riding and hitch ing." It is resorted td when two" trav elers find themselves with only- one horse and they arc going too far to ride "double." In "riding and hitching" one traveler takes the horse and goes a mile or more while the other foots it behind. The equestrian naturally makes faster speed than the walker. So, after he has ridden his share, he dismounts and hitches his steed to a tree by the road side and pushes on afoot In time the other walker comes to the hitched animal, mounts him nnd rides on until he has overtaken the first rider and got some distance in front, when the operation is repeated. Thus each rides alternately and the horse gets a breathing spelL A Traltdr to Texas At the City of Mexico there has beeri found irt the archives df the govern ment an old document dated Austin, Texas, 1330, aild signed by General Santa Anna and Almonte, by which it is discovered that Santa Anna pledged himself to preserve the independence of Texas and to use his influence with congress toward having Texas recog nized as an independent couhtry. This document shows that the war against Texas as conducted by Santa Anna was treasonable dn his part, as he had pledged his support to the movement for independence and afterward fought against it Hot Weather. Hot, suffocating weather is depress ing on dairy interests in raa'ny ways, and a hot wave is especially dreaded by manufacturers. On the farm the cow gives less milk, for they arc lolling in the shade instead of grazing, and it re quires the utmost vigilance and care to keep the milk sweet and untainted for twelve hours. The advantage of the shade trees and plentj' of pure water in the pasture becomes very great in tor rid weather for the comfort of the an imals and the perpetuation of a normal ! quality and quantity of milk. Earthquake. Earthquakes are due to tho phenom ena of plication or folding of the earth's upper strata. The same tension and compression which produced many of the mountain ranges is here in action. As the interior at the earth cools it contracts and tends to leave the outer crust behind. The weight of the outer crust, however, is greater than it can sustain, and is therefore compelled to wrinkle. The geologists explain the great ridges and furrows which consti tue continents and river basins, and they compare this folding of the earth's crust with the wrinkling of the skin of a dried apple While the process of wrinkling or folding is going on the mighty movement, of course, destroys the equilibrium of the rock strata, and in consequence earthquakes occur and continue with greater or less violence until the equilibrium is again restored. Snake Charming. In India and Africa "the charmers pretend the snakes dance to the music, but they do not, for they never hear it. A snake has no external ears, and per haps gets evidence of sound only through his skin, when sound causes bodies in contact with him to vibrate They hear also through the nerves of the tongue, but do not comprehend sound as we do. But the snake's eyes are very much alive to the motion of the charmer, or to the moving drumsticks of his confederate, and being alarmed, he prepares to strike. A dancing cobra, and no other snakes dance, is simply a cobra alarmed and in a posture of at tack, lie is not dancing to the music, but is making ready to strike the charmer. - Stalling a Hook for Ono Cent. I wonder how many people in Wash ington who handle the Congressional Record every day are aware that It en joys a unique distinction in the matter of postage rates? I have certainly wit nessed with my own eyes a hundred times the efforts of strangers in the city, who have bought a Record to send home, to get It properly weighed and stamped." Their troublo is thrown away. In the view of the postal lam- a Record is a Record, regardless of weight; and any Record will go to any part of the United States for one cent, no matter whether it is a big book con taining an eight-hour speech by Sena tor George and a house debate over the the pension question, or is boiled down to a single sheet; holding only the prayers of the two chaplains and a vote on two motions to adjourn. Kate Field's Washington. Give the Countersign. One day during the war, while a mid dle Tennessee regiment was stationed in the city of Nashville, an Irish re cruit was put on guard duty on one of the principal streets in the city. He thought it his duty to challenge every one who came along, just as he would in camp. By and by a well-dressed citizen approached. "Halt! Who goes there?" says Mike "A citizen,," answered the man. "Advance, citi.en, and give the countersign!" "But I don't know the countersign,"' said tho citizen; "and if I did, I think it is very strange and unusual that it should be demanded in a public place like this." "Well, be jabers then," said Mike, "ve don't pass this way till ye've said Boonker Hill!' " "Bunker Hill," said the man, with a grin. "Right! Pass on!' said the sentinel at "present," and the citizen went on about his affairs. Argonaut The World's.fair board of lady man agers is all torn up over the quarrel be tween Mrs. Meredith and Mrs. Ball. Senator Washburne says that he will not immediately push his anti-options bill in the senate Electricity presages the early emancipa tion of the mule. Sunday opeuiu and closed exihbits do not draw. He of whom many nro afraid ought him self to fear many. The truth we hate is the truth that hits us. It is only the truth we obey that can do Osgood. OF THE WIND. Bom of dusk, didst ever Regard tho sea's refrain? That Is bo love that never Returns with time again. it "e- Because I am the saddest . Of things beneath the sua Because thou art tho gladdost That ever he looked on , Because na ways to gander Allure me any more, With white sea dreams to ponder - All day beside thy door Because there's not a rovdf But wearies on a d v And hot a raithless lovef But sorrow doth repay I rove the world of shaffoVjFs': , A wraith of the blue rain. And !n the dawn's deep mcadow3 Kefrnrn to thee aain. Lippincott's Magazine QUEER PASSENGERS: Many passengers returning from England or tho continent to the United States appear to imagine thoy have done a brilliant thing when they succeed in smuggling dutiable goods through tho custom house. If thoy escape detection, they congratu late themselves on their cleverness in outwitting tho government officials; but when they aro not suc cessful and aro exposed, the caso as sumes a different aspect. The position of the smuggling traveler is indeed ono of tho most awkward imaginable I have been a witness of many amusing scones that havn occurred oil tho White Star ships and at theii landing place. (Jtie of these loft a lasting impression on my ideirior'y, owing, perhaps, to tho oxtraordihary conduct of all tho members of an en lire family during tho voyage from Liverpool to New York. In the early part of September. 187 , 1 stood at tho gangway on the main deck of the Baltic, of which I was then in command, at Liverpool, watching tho passengers come on board from tho tender. The ship, was anchored in the river, about three-quarters of a mile from tho landing stage. Among tho last to leave tho ten sor was a family which consisted of father, mother and four daughters, rhe father was an old man short, stout and thick set His wifo was round, plump, very red in the face, and panted with the exertion she was making. The daughters, ort tho contrary, vVero long, lank, and thin, both id face and figure The wholo appearance of the group xas so poor, and thoir drasa so shabby and worn, that as they went ift among tho saloon passengers it seemed as if a mistake hud been uade, and that their proper place was in the steerage Many of tho immigrants were clad far more aeatly. On the passage, two or three days later, happening to go aft ono morning, I again remarked this cu rious family. They wero sitting en tirely apart from tho othor passon jjers, on the long wooden seat that ran along the side of tho railing. Steamer chairs were a luxury in which, evidently, they had not in lulgcd. The father, mother and four laughters the daughters resembling a flight of steps of even gradation-. sot solemnly side by side, without jttering a word, and appearing as if they were assembled at a funeral. The ship was full of passengers, who wero mostly Americans, return ing from their summer outing. They had not much to occupy thoir atten tion, and soon all who were well anough to enjoy any little novelty or ixcitement were attracted toward ;his strange and very eccentric fami ly group. Thoy responded so briofly and soldly to kind inquiries mado of them by several of tho ladies that even the most inquisitive were obliged to give up trying to solve the problem which they seemed to suggest. They were soon left entirely to themselves. Not one member of the family was ever seen alone. If one of the party roso up to walk, all formed in solemn procession. Silently and sadly thoy promenaded up and down tho deck, until, at a signal from the father or mother, all stopped and resumed their scats. One of the ladies who sat at my table asked me what I thought or these people I had had no time up to that moment to think about them at all, and told her so; but I added that, if the weather continued fine. I should cast an eyo on them occasion ally, and tell her what conclusion I arrived at The weather proved favorable, and I began to be somewhat interested in the family. Certainly their move ments were very peculiar. Whether they were caused by timidity, eccen tricity or a desire to bo let severely alone, I could not quite decide. As tho end of the passage ap proached, unmistakable signs of anx iety and nervousness were visible in tho faces of all the members of the family. One afternoon just bo foro dinner, near the wheclhouse. tho old man suddenly began a conversa tion with a gentleman who stood near. 1 happened to overhear the talk. Tho weather was the first topic; but soon the subject drifted to that nearest the old man's heart He be gan to make inquiries about the cus-tom-housc inspection. 'Arc the officers very rigid in thoir examination?" he asked. He was told that thoy were "What, amount is allowed duty free?" he inquired, and his question was answered courteously. Forty-oight hours later we had arrived at Sandy Hook, and wero fast approaching quarantine when some thing called me from tho bridge, and I went on deck. There, standing by the railing, looking off toward Statun inland, were tho members of this strange family. But what a change! I thought of Cinderella and her magical transformation. Tho day was one of the hottest of September, yet tho old lady was wrapped in an elegant sealskin gar ment that reached nearly to her feet Under this 1 saw the folds of a hand some black satin dress. A rich bonnet on her head and light kid gloves completed her costume. Tho old man looked cs if he had just come from the hands of ono of tho most fashionable London" tailors. He was dressed in a cmoplete now suit of clothes, a costly overcoat and, a silk hat .. But the greatest change in ap pearance was in the four daughters. Hitherto they had been long, slim girls; now they were quite round and plump. Their dresses wore plain but rich; and handsome hats shaded their faces, which were, however, thin and, if anything, still paler than before. As soon as the ship was in her berth and every thing was made secure, I came down from the bridge, and standing near the gaiigwa'y, watched the baggage as it was car ried on the dock. It so happened THE "WOOING .m the font of thocanffwav. so that I had i good opportunity to sco the result 6r the examination. ' vl i : The mystorious family had already goce.ashoro wlththo other passen gers, and now.stoodnear.acollection of trunks, bags and bundles of rugs, waiting an officer to oxamico thoir luggft& T ' - " I .was.- well acquainted with the BOliiof Inspector, .whowas stationed 'but a few steps' , from tho gangway. Occasionally he looked up and smiled as thy men camo to him with tho re port pf thoir work. A fqw moments later ad official ap-J fjroacnod'r the strange fairiily - and asked for thd keys of their, trunks, Which tho old man had not p'ro'duced. Ho' thrust his hand into his pocket and drew out tho 'keys! The officer took them, fitted them to the trunks, threw open tho lid of ono after an other, lifted tho contents, ran his hand through them; in short, made tho usual examination. In the meantime the attention of tlio-sonior officer had"beon drawn in that direction. He turned and faced the group, carefully scrutinizing its members whilo tho examination was in progress. When all had boon openod, the lids were clo-icd and marked by the inspector, who thon1 reported that nothing-contraband or dutiable had been found. I smile J as I heard tho report At that moment the eyes of 'tho senior officer met mine I no ticed a peculiar expression on his face'. Advnnding toward the party, the inspector itold tho old man to go to tho officc(oceupicd by tho custom house officials. My curiosity was excited. I left the ship, went down the gangway, and stood a few steps distant, watching the proceedings. Tho old man's countenance turned a greenish-white as ho looked in tho direction indicated. 'Theold lady trembled and so'emed scarcely able to stand; whilo'tho foilf girls wOi'd whito and terror-stricken! They followed tho superintendent into the office, and the door closed behind the whole party. The old man was requested to stop into ono pf the" examining rooms, whilo'tho mother and daughters were taken in chargo by a female searcher and conducted into another. After about half an hour tho trem bling Woman and her daughters re turned to the main ofiiec. The fe male searcher followed, and, going up to tho table in the center of the room, placed a small valise upon it in front of tho appraiser. At almdst the same moment the old man appeared, accompanied by an officer. The officer plaeed on the tabic a snfall package inclosed in brown paper. The office was now filled with peo ple, many of whom wore passenger."? from the ship. They had perceived that the queer family wero suspected, and had rcmuined behind to sec the fun."' Tho appraiser roso f.om his chair, went up to the tabic and opened the valise Every eyo was upon him as he drew forth its glit tering contents and spread them out before it Swiss, French and English watches, chains, both long and short, brace lets, rings and jewelry of every de scription lay sparkling in the sun light Tho brown paper package, upon being opened, disclosed about six thousand dollars' worth of unset diamonds. These wero found con cealed in tho clothing of tho old man. Tho total valuo of the goods was estimated to be nearly $11,000. A loud laugh rang through tho room at the expression of dismay on tho old man's face There was little sympathy for him, but the position of the poor old lady and her daugh ters was indeed pitiable In tho excitement of the moment I did not think of remarking the ap pearance of the girls until an ex clamation from one of the passengers drew my attention to them. They were no longer round and plump, as just before leaving the ship, but had resumed their former lank appear ance I ascertained later that the greater part of tho jewelry had been con cealed in the clothing of the daugh ters, as the father had stupidly im agined that, owing to their youth, they would not bo suspected. On my return voyage I learned that the old man had been compelled to pay double duty on his goods. Whether or not he ever mado a sec ond attempt at smuggling I cannot say. It was the last time ho ever crossed the Atlantic on board any ship under niy command. Captain Charles W. Kennedy, in Youth's Companion. FLOWERS OF GUIANA. Orchid Grow in Mase Around tho Trunks of Huge Trcra. In paddling up tho smaller rivers of Guiana the visitor is struck with the beauty and variety of the orchids and other epiphytes perched on every limb and branch above his head, says Youngman's Magazine Coming from a temperato climate, where only mosres, lichens and per haps a fern or two, can live under uch circumstances, ho sees great arums, with rosettes of leaves six or eight feet in diameter, crowded groups of hard-leaved tillaudsias, mistletociikc bunches of rhip-alis, orchids, ferns and mosccs, xill .strug gling for pli'jcs where they can find room to enjoy life and propagate their species. In the dciuc gloom of tho forest, .where the branches interlace with .each other, they caunot secure enough light, but wherever tiie con tinuity is broken by river or savan nah, tho trees on tho borders are decorated with a wealth of these in teresting plant. rrom tho river nothing but a,sloping bank of foliage is vibiblo, but by paddling through tho outer screen; which comes down into the water, a pretty scene is re vealed overhead. Although tho di rect rays of the sun are shut out. there is generally sufficient light for the epiphites. and here they give quite a fostive appearance to what would otherwise be a tangle of bare limbs and branches. Down to the smallest twigs every ono is loaded with upright, drooping or hanging plants, tome appearing -ccarsc and aggressive, others hand some in both foliage and flowor, while dclicato little orchids and foris among the mosses arc most, pretty and interesting. Where a tree leans over the ri'cr. or great branches stre'eh across a creek. the.se are coveicd with epiphytes, I the Ion,', cord-like, aerial roots o! some of them hanging from a height of fifty feet or more and branching out into deuse, broom-like masses of fibeis a they touch the water. Even the trunks have gi eat clumps of orchids wherever there is; a sutfi-cicnev- of Ii"ht. whilo here and there i a p'ant has mado itself at home in the midst of a tangled mass of bush-ropes. that it was piled up not far from rfiNCiNO Sound in the ears. tii Mmmf'9mmm That-aWiasyiya CattaJBt0f Coming Uesfsesa. The tiwfSsi eiii-'te-aepable of: hear ing conslderablyVbwIter tnan is nec essarjlif.' jkrliaairy yurydsea of civilization; in'facVte endow. wjth what niay-r bo tormedUTerfitt5u hearing." Proper tests will discover tho loss of even a small portion of this" superfluous bearing and warn us that we aro gradually becoming' deaf in ufact, already partially deaf although we may not havo noticed the slightest deficiency. This is re ferred to by tho Popular Science Monthly as explaining why it is that many victims of certain forms oi enronic ueuiuuss ouiiuvo tuuir com plaint to havo been sudden in its beginning, when in reality it has been progrifsslnj several years; tho longer time havirfg bootr occupied by tho gradual loss of ho "suporfluoua hear Ing,'' and the patient's attention not having been directed to his affliction until tho "necessary EeaiugJ' was encroached upon. 'I he great majori ty of nil forms of deafness aro de pendent upon and directly resultant from affections of the nose and throat Tho earliest symptoms of besrinning. deafness in many casc is a ringing sound in the cars. Many patients descrilio it as a noise all through the head "athor than in tho ear itself. It was at first intermittent and occasion al The ringing may be present for some "time.- -scarcely perceptible, when suddenly the sound will change, becoming much louder, and the notes jumping high up in the scale where it will continuo to ring quite loud for somo minutes, and gradually die away, to appear again some time afterward. It may reappear in a few hours, as the trouble with tho car vaA-AOfA.-T PIVfnr iwt. tU nn til a' rZ " Z .V" . " X taclc of earache; but it is horc very soon followed by paifJ, which so pre dominates over tho ringing that it .is no longer heard. If the hearing is properly tested just as soon as the ringing in the car has become more or less constant nomo degree of deaf ness vHI be dotcctcd." As the case progr"eises Oven" before all the so- called supci'Hiio'us hearing has I c- n destroyed, the patidril will icali.e that he is becoming deaf. For this condition there is"no(ffng to be dono by tho patient hinisi-lf. Advice from a physician shouldhe obtained just as soon as diminution of hearing is suspected. Much can be accomplished, however, by the patient toward preventing the deaf ness becoming worse. Careful at tention should be devoted to the gen eral health, to keep the nose and throat in as healthy condition as pos sible to prevent "taking cold,' espe cially colds in the head. Exposure to changes in thd Weather should be avoided; the feet never being allowed to becomo wet, or if they do become wet tho shoes and stockings sho tid be changed for dry ones as soon a? possible. Turkish bath and plenty of outdoor exercise aro strongly rec ommended to stimulate tho circula tion and inure the system to changes of weather. HE GOT BOTH OF THEIV. n ExpreM Company' Delect ve WIiu Liitl Out In'.i tagc Koltbcrs. "Ono day in October, 1877, I was staging irt Northern California." said Thomas M. Spencer to a St Louis Globe-Democrat man. "There were six of us in the coach. e wero talking about stage robbers. Suddenly thore was a halt, and one of tho party said: 'speak of the devil and ho will appear.' Well, we all got out and stood in a line and gave up our purses and watches. The driver had thrown oil the mail bag and the Wells1 Fargo safe. Thore were two robbers, neither of them masked. They were not polite like the knights of the road of romance, but swoie continu ously. The Job was done in about live minutes, and the robbers told the driver to go ahead. Wc did so for a half mile or so, when one of the pas sengers, a silent man whom I had taken for a commercial man, said to the driver: 'Go slowly and wait for me at tho ford.' Ho then produced a Winchester from the bottom 01 the coach and started back over the road alone. Who is he?' we asked of the driver. 'Wells-Fargo man, I guess; nover saw him before, but I guess he knows his business. If he comes back he will have got them; if ho 1 don't they'll have got him.' Twenty minutejj- later wo hvavil some rapid firinji' We stoppod at the ford. Xt-p an hour-pas'scd, and thon thoman who had gono back appeared on the trail. Ho walked slowly as if in pain and a bloody handkei chief was- tied about his head. Drive back and get the box,' he said to tho driver. -Did you get 'em?' asked tho driver. Both of 'em,' he replied. We drove back. In the middle of the road where we had been held up both men lay dead. The Wells-Fargo detective, calculat- ' ing that they would stop to rillc the mail bag and the strong box, divide I the plunder, and thon separate, had quietly walked back. One of them 1 he dropped with his Winchester be-1 fore he was suspected; the other got in one shot before he fell, and thut had struck the brave man a glancing I blow on the head. Our property was all restored to us. We helped bury tho dead robbers by the roadside ! The brave officer refused to accept the purse wc hastily raised for him." rrofessional Dignity. Ho was ragged and was evidently I no friend of the barbers; but in spite j of it all there was a certain pride in 1 his deportment as he stepped into tho police court-room. j Have you ever been arrested bo foro?"' asked the judge without look- ing at him. " Have I? Aw come o!T. judge; 1 don t rub it in. Do I look like an amateur?" Washington Star. l Died In ll.irucrfft. HrstNew Yorker What! Starved to death? I thought there was plenty of work now for all. Second New Yorker He was not out of work. He had a regular occu pation. -My stars! What at?" "Collecting subscriptions for mon uments apd other patriotic objects." Texas Siftings. VCnn n Stu lent Himself. Tho German students aro not re quired to attend the lectures unless they feel .disposed to do .sa A stranger in a German university city .asks a young man: "nhcro is the university building?" "I really don't know; I am a student hero myself." Texas Siftings. Trouble Ahea.lV- "I wonder what's the matter with the pocket of this new coat of mine." said Mr. Bingo on Sunday morning. "I CRn'tjaefai tp.get my hand in it" And Bobby hurried out on the back porch and said ' sorfpwf utty to him self: "I wish I had found some other place to hide that chewing gum." Madtcat alcal fco9 to aaora menu tof$ at ?" DB-Saooriajasw -v Jokes aad Their Admirer. The woman who talks had tho man who writes jokes in her tentacles and he was squirming. ' "Really," she said ebulliently, "how do you ever manage to write all those things? I couldn't do it to save my "Ntfr. he replied, evasively. "No, I Arpldn't and sometimes I don't even see the pPlnt to them." "No, I presume .not" he said, rather sadly. "Yotiknow It- requires quite. aa much talent to see the pCipt to a good; joke as it 'does to write oae." ' " 7 Careful GasJ - .. t j : Gus De Smith Miss-Esmeralda, I am delighted to see you. Esmeralda The pleasarc Is mutual, Mr. De Smith, I assure yott. "If I were to present you with a bouquet would you accept it?" "Certainly, Mr. De Smith, but you have no bouquet with you." i "I am going out to buy ono for you right now. You see I didn't care to in vest any money in a bouquet until I was . sure you would accept it" Texas Sift- iWTS. . , v. 1- r "' The Violent Coaaaaotioa j In tho stoa&cb and bowels producod by a violent purg.'ltlvo and Its consequent drenchins action. ri?ycr arc. because it U Impossible they should followed by per manent good effect. No speclflc which weakens arid convulses the orjjaPtipr whosa relief it is used can do Rood. lUSt pilfe. calomel, podypbyllhf, nfilts and senna, veg etable or mineral puruatftfn pills, aro dras tic remedies generally void of benefit. A reliablo and effective substitute- for them 1 Hoatetter's Stomach Bitters, wlifcb offest change both natural and thorough In tho bowels whenjhev are constipated. A suta clcnt and regular secretion of bllo by thj liver and sound digestion are aNo promots by its uso. Malaria in all Its forms, rheuma tism and kidney trouble are obviated by , tiikfim. nfiimii'r of disordered conditions of t ho system. A wlneglassf ul three time a. - day I is a oc bout tho dose. Good Housekeeping for August has 1 n complement of valuable and inters estincr -oaners. amonsr which appear.ai account lOfMiss, Parloa's. visit, to tho Chicago Fair, and some of the things seen there; another installment of tho serial, "A Noble Girlhood;" a very ehslblc article on "Pickling and Pre- I serving," by Margaret Faycrweather; I a iliuMKi.-nnrf of "Servants and Their Quarters," by Mrs- Oliver Bell Bunce; n. sound commendation" of "Fruit as a 1 Food," by Isabella Gardner. M. 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Hall's Catarrh Cure Is tnka lnternallyrana acts directly on tic blocd and raucous ear-, faces. Hall- Catarrh Cure is not? a quack medicine It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is a , regular prescription. It Is jrompoied of thft test tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mu cous surfaces. The perfect combination ot the two ingredients Is what produoca uch wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Sena for tetlmon!al. free. F. J. CIIEKEV A CO., Props., Toledo, a Sold by druggists, pric 73o. . Mnny lnr?o bell nro now" being- mads of steel instead of bell metal. Over 10.600 pei-sous are employed by tho toierhono complies of this country. Ueecu vm's PiLt have been in popular uso in Euro) o for 3) years, and aro a safe, sure cure nud gentle remedy." 25 cents a box. Your troubles will soon run If you will face them one at a time. Three.Harvcst Eacorsloas? 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