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The plan of intmctlon can ied out in this institn tlon unites eret advantage whlih can contribute tu a good edaeatlon ''nrquilleil as a health rt-sort. Eltnatol fie rollcs from L't.buiiie. la., ten miles from Galena. III. Por further particulars ad.trrrs ilOTHEl: I'RUlUESS. St Clam's Conv nf, Sinslnawa. Grant Gouoty. V.'is. t15 TH8 Best WatBrptf Coat in the WORLD ! Hi na wJ-a ftSR toiS Tic PISH llUAXD SLICHEU Is warranted watrr proof, and wSt Keep yrn d.-y la ifco IiarU. t storm. Thi new lXttUIIX SLI ICEl; I a perfect ridM ixiat. anJ eoers the entire i'JIc. Scwarx-o: iai'tatuas. I)n"l roj aenat lrtve"! 1 h ynnd Is not on It. Illurtn te.j tr.tj'or"jr-.'. . j t W!. Itos'on. Mai.. Unlike the Dutch Process So Alkalies OR Other Chemicals are ited ia the preparation of TV. BAKER & C0."S IreaMasiCoeoa sJiich is absolutely tttre and soluble Mnnre'thanthrrcHtntx f-lrrtiaili of Cocoa inixe-l 1 with Starch, Arrowroot or 'Pnr.ir, and is far more eco nomical, ccztiny less tiicn one cent a cup. It i delicious, nourishing, and eisilt siossted. SclJ brGrorera eerytrhere. ".SiYKES&G0.,c 2a IM 2 i, ..'- - . .opens tne pore?, the Bvstem 'taxed and nature I easily responds. Drivo all foal corruption lont of the body now by a course of Kickapco Indian mm S2SV73, s- -sa Nature's Iieme,iy of J oofs, liaTKS ana nero. The bt"t Liver. Slorn- -aeh and FAood IUnc,ro?r. All rva- Salute, fl.QOO Lcuiz fur 3.0'0. --&C-' Ma BtBBBmBKBamBWa, W-HTij4. M v&wzawr - m t,'yiyTT MmMJ BSSISBeHQ J HBH9lsr3sSBHHiBiiai wJLlj iw nn . i 1 :: t m rM fTr-V-l! 1 a 1 r 1: 11 tm 1 l.'&HIt!ia KS3. L-nUe 0B4iE:f 1 k Tcnesier,jiiRjii A ! HUT WATy5 w EikGa is re- Afta 31MS riksiiflm MORE1 Once more alon? the rlrer-side , Are willow-tassels swinging. t Once more amonsr the woodlanus wide. Are robins callr bilging. tone Sore the whirrin? corncrake crlea , Amid the dew-wet clover. O'er woodland green the cuckoo filed, A merry, careless rover. Tft leafy woods are all a-cnime. The skylark's notes are thriiltr: Once more a gladder, Wfitlr rhyme The poet's la- ate tilling. A CAPE AQUARELLE. The steamer tinta-labie said, "Pas eengers tsin land and have one hour to inspect this typical Sew England fishing village, with its queer rambl ing streets, its ancient houses, its old wharfs, once the scene of activity, now silent and deserted," etc. 1 stood at the end of the landing- place and looked down the long street with the walk on one side and the harbor on the other, then turned and watched the ci owd rush past to take the town by storm, staring at the Windows 'of the houses, overrun ning the quiet little grave-yard, in truding everywhere; in fact, doing everything that rude, vandal excur sionists do the world over. 1 desperately struck into a straggl ing side street, and in a few short moments, to my astonishment, .they were left far behind. I stopped and looked about. Behind me the town lay, a narrow fringe of gray, colorless houses bordering the inner harbor. Here and there a thin pencilled column of smoke rose straight up as from a firo in a desert, the air was so still and hot. A monotonous droning filled the i ear, reminding one of the cicadas of , Provence. From some ship yard carao the dull measured stroke of a ONCE - I eanlkor's hnmmop nnrtrlirr Htro tho aucu iiu me suuuen noise oi uie ex cursion boat blowing off steam arouses me, aud I see a low cottage, the last on the lane, surrounded by a meagre .vnrd fenced with drift wood held together by pieces of rigging. Ucfore the door is a pretentious porch or arbor constructed of the gray, bleaching ribs of a whale. An enterprising morning-glory vine is endeavoring to envelope and clothe its ffbastlincss, but it protrudes and stanus out from the nabby, sun killed wreaths like a white sepulchre A cobble stone walk edged with pink conch shells completes the dreary ensemble. I am about to turn back to the town, for it is not very pleasant pad dling about in the shifting sands under the broiling sun, when I see a little crouched-up figure sitting on a block of wood in the shadow of an old dory, and so much the color of ,umuwj,uiiuou I !, ,.nr1in , ne """"Ul" gs as to be almost unnoticed. It is a woman, gray and bent with years, looking fixedly at inc with queer, canny eyes, her lips moving as she counts tbe stitches of the knitting in her hands. I push open the gate on its ropo hinges and enter, asking politely for a drink of water. Never stopping, she nods toward tho well. I help myself and then sit down near her remarking, This is a beautiful day." "Sun draw water in the mornin' Sailor- take trarnin'. she answers, never taking her eyes off me. It was so unexpected I started, but rallying said, Well, a nice fresh breeze won't hurt us." In sad, monotonous tonr, she re plied, "When winds blow fresi across the main And mi-t- scud- up lrom the lea, There's apt to he some r.t:n And :i choppy sou" fast se 1." "Well, well," I laughed pleasantly, though I didn't feel a mite that way; "you're quite a rhymster, mother; got verses for all kinds of weather." The laugh seemed to please the old sybil for an instant, then tho small eyes grew sad again and she said, nodding toward the village: "Stayin' below?" "Xo, just came down and going right back." "Then nobody sent you here?" leaning forward. "No; I just strayed this way to avoid the crowd. Whv do vou ask?" I "They send people here to bother me. They say I'm crazy, crazy Noll, ' you know; ever hear tell of her?" 1 "No: but tell me, mother, how do 1 you live in this wilderness?" "All the day I knit stcckin's an' I mits an' lots of nippers for the fisher men to wear when they're fir-hin'. i hey re net all bad. J he' give me food and things for them, sometimes 1 a little tea: but it's a poor life, lad, a poor an' sorrowful life for old crazy ' Nell, with only her thoughts and the I sea's moans for company; an' death passes me, that only longs to go, and takes the young an' strong, that wants to live; but the day is nigh at hand now; soon I will see my Mal colm, my bonny boy, my husband gono, lad, gone, gone, and only mar ried one day: think of it; rac all alone, alone for forty weary winters, nnd forty wearier summers, waitin' to die an' go to him. Do you think he has forgiven me?" "Suppose you tell mo your story," I said, gently, rather touched by her plaintiveness. "My story? aye; and what joy would yo find in the vagaries and mumblin's of an old crazy woman like me. I canna tell." "He built this house for me. his bride. Oh, but 1 was a happy girl then; yes, an' one of the tidiest and prettiest of the village, and often I was told of it, and he was the smart est and bravest of all the fisher lads that went out to tho banks; every one loved him. myself most of all, tho' I was a bit pert and liked my own way: well, well, the day of rest is nigh to me now. Hearken then, sir, an' I'll tell ye a tale of the sad, sad sea; a tale of its cruelty to one I loved; a talovthat's brimful with pain, an' woes an' griefs; an. Ciod, that he should go! wild an' awful the tem pest raged when he dared an' per ished I" After a few moments of weeping and muttering to herself she began her disjointed narrative anew. "Softly the gray mists hung far o'er the smiling bay, aa' the sun sparkled on the littlo ripples that were so weak they hardly broke on the shore that fair September morn we two were married. But as night came on, great, dark, towerin' storm clouds, leaden hued. scurried across t) 1 the heavens, an' the fierce red light- in' t-ea. From the dark south came up the gale, drivin' before it straight 4 unbroken rows of mountainous bil A lows, crowne f ' white yeast; y ' loose with sh lows, crowneu on top same as wiui then, like a fiend turned shriekin yells an' bcllow- I in's, down swooped the storm an whipped big clots of foam from off I the waves, an' hnrlel the heavy i swell far up the groauin' shore. Truly, the earth seemed, frightened With tho niadhess of the seas. But in the house here we were bavin' a merry time. We had a let of the women and children from town and a couple of the young men who were just in from a trip sad Stopped ibver to eee us married. Old Cap'n Thomas and the minister had each just said a grace, and we were about to fall to and eat when suddenly some one heard a faint signal gun. In a minute feast and everything was for gotten; off rushed the whole company, men, women and children, Malcolm and me with them, to the beach. What did we see in the darkening evening light? A vessel way out sea ward, pounding on the bar! Not a stick nor spar did she have standing; shorn of everything by the force of the shock when she struck, and the big waves dashin' and lashin' clean ove.her. "Not a minute) do we waste, but all hands help drag the life boat down to the edge of the surf and then quick call for volunteers, brave fellows who count themselves nothing if they can only save some one else's life. My Malcolm felt no fear; he was the first to spring forward and, though I clung to him and beseeched and sobbed, would not heed me. Ho gave one last embrace to me, his new-made wife, and turned to the boat. "Vainly I begged him to remain with mo that first day of our wedded life, but no, he counted his duty be fore all else. Oh, that I had died then! My heart was filled with a dark terror; 'twas torn and rent apart with anguish that he- would go: my head was, swimmin' and i'eelin, and crazed with tho cruel smart of his first refusal I mocked and cursed hini there. Aye, cursed him fdr what was only right, for the boat was but pdorly manned, there were so few men at tho beach, and of them some wero old and almost crippled; but in my selfish ravings I ffelt nb pity for the pbor ship in dis tress, screaming again and again that I wished it would break up be fore they got started, and that if ' they went I hoped never to see any of them again. "Slowly my Malcolm left his place at the bow of the boat; if I livo 'till I'm a hundred, which God pit' me, I hope I won't, never can I forget the ! iook 1 saw on nis iace in tne wan light. " 'Nell, darling, kiss me goodby. Won't? Ah well, God bless you!' and ho was gone! ' 'Down on the sand I fell in a dead faint What then? Ah, yes. 1 lay there but a moment; the wet sand, on my faco brought me to. I stared about me; none were left but & little knot of women and children huddled together. crying and peering through the gloom at the struggling boat, and a couple of old men still standing waist deep in tho water where they had helped shove off. "Now the surf is passed; they aro tossed on tho great wave?; down, down they go far from sight in the mad sea; then they come again up, up. 'gainst wind and tide, now toppling on the point of some mon ster billow, only to go plunging down to meet tho next, and pulling with might and main to reach the wreck that labored and strained on the bar and threatened to go to pieces every second. "Now they work round under her stern and are hidden from us by the hulk, but soon we see them again carefully approaching from the lee side; but even there it seems too rough to try to board her. Then we know from the motions that they have cast a lino, which must be caught, as now we see a dark shape suspended over the boat for an in stant; the next, a vast, mountainous wall of foam overwhelms them, the gale bursts out afresh, and when we can get our breaths and look again they are gone! Nothing is left but the raging line of breakers black with wreckage! Ship and boat are no more!" Calmly she wiped her streaming eyes and concluded: "At daybreak eight bodies had washed ashore; four our own men and four strangers; the rest of the ship's company, nobody knows how many, and the fifth of the boat's crew m' own Malcolm, were never recovered!" The heat which pulsated around us like a draught from a hot furnace, and the dramatic intensity of the old dame's recital, had so worked upon me that I was in a sort of addled comatose condition. The few sounds of life from the village were un noticed; even the warning whistle had blown some minutes before en tirely unheeded; so I had to take the Cape train back to town, but some how I didn't feel like complaining. American Cultivator. Tne C'htiiete Chess. Wcichi is tho greatest game of the Chinese, especially with tho literary class, and is ranked by them superior to chess. Like chess, this game is of a general military and mathemat ical character, but is on a much more extended scale, tho board containing 261 places and employing nearly 20J men on tho side. All of the men, however, havo the same value and powers. Tho object is to command as many places on tho board as pos sible. This may be done by inclos ing empty spaces, or surrounding the enemy's men. Very close cal culation is always essential in order that a loss in one region may be met by gains in another, thus employing skillful strategy when the con testants aro evenly matched. Tho game has come down from great antiquity, being first mentioned in Chinese writing about 625 B. G It was in all probability introduced by the Babylonian astronomers, who were at that time instructors of all tho East Armies and Schools. Italy expends every year $90,000, 000 for her soldiers and less than $4,000,000 for schools. In Spain it costs $100,000,OJO to maintain the army, and only $1,500 to educate the children, but then it is the exception to find a Spanish farmer who is able to read or write. Germany boasts of being in the foremost rank among tho nations in the kulturkampf of tho world, yet she expends $185,000, 000 on her army, whilo $10,000,000 is deemed sufficient for the education of her children. France maintains an army at an expense of $151,000,000 and supports her schools with $21, 000, 00 J. The United States expends $115,000,000 for public schools, while the army and navy cost only $54. 000,00a The Pope's Seal. The seal ring worn by the pope, and used by him on official docu ments to which his signature is at tached, has on it the engraving of a fish, with the cipher of the wearer. Since the thirteenth century every pope has worn a ring of this charac ter, and it is shattered with a ham mer when tho wearer dies, to pre vent its use QO a forged document. A THOftdUGHBRED PEGASU& The Altltacllnous Parnassian Flight of ft Missoarian Who Saw the fiood. The moon looked so queer and im perfect tHe other night, something lik an egg with one side not pi'Opef ly rounded out, says a writer in the Kansas City Star. She seemed pale and insignificant against the blue in the early evening, and as she floated aimlessly and slowly across the heavens could have been mistaken for a lighted balloon, wandering along in her somewhut ridiculous want of symmetry But as she climbed higher bud met the dark mutinous- ooking clouds she gaittdd in glory and seemed to bo the power which ruled the night and held lit check the clouds and storm. When she WAs a prisoner behind their sinis ter darkness all sceiudd insecure threatening; tho.little stars twinkled timidly a if asking; "Is there' to be no more light? llave thsy over thrown our queen?" And other littlo stars seemed to hurry across the blue space as if charged with mes sages of encouragement and prom ises of help to her imprisoned majes ty. And she, behind the blackness, tranquilly pursued her heavenly way, sending before her a radiance whore tbe white clouds caught her bright ness and were illuminated, while following the glory she herself would step from behind the shadow; yellow, victorious, not pale and frightened, but full of confidence in her right to her kingdom and her power to hold it. There was no trace of the im perfect about her then, the white clouds like a veil covering the out lines, made her seem again a perfect golden globe. As another black mass came hurrying up and obscured her brightness, perhaps a little patch of light would llicker through, marking, where sho took her undaunted inarch, or a narrow golden rim would show for a minute like a scimeter, as if she wero trying to cut hor way out; or sometimes one would see, dis mayed, what looked liko her white ghost flying from the all-surrounding was 0110 steady pageant, where the clear blue way cut tho clouds apart, and down this path her imperial brightness stepped serenely, disdaining the discordant gloom above and below hor. And even in the darkest times, when the black ness spread all around, up In tho ze nith the clouds were whito and clear, showing behind the darkness hor light reached out to bless the loyal parts of her kingdom. Onco Bhc soemed to tread along tho very top of a murderous-looking mass of clouds as if she knew not what foar meant- As the blackness was sub dued tho white clouds ranged them selves into littlo mackcreled waves, patines of silver turning to gold where she smiled upon them. Some times her path seemed lost as if she had been driven out of her course, but the illusion vanished with the falsifying cloud and the moon shone down again from her appointed place. The scientists say she is old and wrinkled; that she has lost all tho brightness that once was hers. How dauntless must her spirit be that even after nature has told her that her work is done, she yet refuses to be a useless part of the universe, but still clothes herself in light and beauty and holds her regal sway in the deep blue heavens, aud even from black clouds seems to draw an added glory of victory, which makes her still more radiant. Beautiful queen! lieaching down to the far away sun she stores hqr heart full of his light and, in order to pour out all tho splendor of it on mankind she does continual battle, unwearied and undismayed, with those wandering hosts that in mere wanton sportiveness seek to im prison her in tho heavens behind thenij leaving her earthly worshipers in darkness. OUR FROZEN ANCESTORS. Primeval Man May Yet lie Discovered In a Glacier. Vas he arboreal, and did he livo upon fruit?" It has been suggested that he was driven from those mild ways by tho cold of that unpleasant time when glaciers covered tho earth. The trees died and the fruits per ished, and the ancestor, climbing down, began with rats and mice, and finished with cannibalism, to avoid perishing likewise. Also, he in vented fire. Also, the cold made him uso language. But this is rather an unsubstantial speculation, since Pro fessor I'restwich, for instance, be lieves that there were men before the glaciers. At any rate, he tells us that at Sevcnoaks, in the very old pre-glacial "plateau drift" above the downs, he has found instruments of flint. It is not impossible that those beetle-browed persons, the paleolithic men, the remote men who chipped out weapons of unpolished stone and knew the uses of neither cattle, clay, nor corn, wero less human looking than their skeletons would lead us to fancy. There is a hint in one rude scratching on a bono that thoy were thickly hairy. There is a remote chance yet at least it is a pleasant fancy to entertain that we with our own eyes may yet see this hairy an cestor of ours in the flesh, hvcry one has heard of the entire mam moth, skin and flesh complete, frozen up inside of a Siberian river and en during to our days. The flesh was so fresh that the dogs foil upon it and ate it without ill results. Now, these preglacial men of Pro fessor Prestwich must have been con temporaries with those mammoths and they may have ventured, too since they hunted the mammoth, into high latitudes. The discovery of a refrigerated ancestor is by no means impossible. It is necessary for any one who has read "The Frozen Pirate" to curb his imagination here. In all human ity wo must hopo the ancestor, when thawed, will be dead. Fancy the shock of Rip Van Winkle intensified by 10,010 generations. If he is dead he must, of course, bo promptly stuffed by all the best taxidermists in council, and placed in a command ing position in the museum j a relic and true portrait combined. Alive With Snakes. The Isles of Shoals, mere rocks standing ten miles from the New Hampshiro coast in a cold sea, aro alive with snakes. On a warm day one will see dozens of them running in and out of the boggy places or ! sunning themselves on the bare ridges. They are nothing to bo afraid of, however, for they are only of one variety the common little green snake that seldom grows to a j length of two feet 1 Paste- Diamonds. The mosai? copies in the Vatican of large pictures by Raphael. Dom enichino and others occupied from twelve to twenty-five years to exe cute and required from J.j.OOO to 20. 000 different shady:? of color. FABM AND HOUSEHOLD. GOOD WOOL AND HOW IT CAN BE PRODUCED. Fine Wool is Growing; in Demand About - EgfVo Reflow of Sap Tariff on Animals Horticultural llints and Household Helps. To Make Wool More Profitable. There ha9 been a steadily increas ing demand of late years for fine grades of wool, and while foreign growths have had a tendoncy to com pote successfully with our homo grown poorer grades of wool, they have practically had no effect upon the sale of the finer grades, it is to this point that farnicfS should havo their attention drawn frequently, for very many who go into tho sheep business think that wool is just the ame, no matter how grow"il They Se'ctire srood blooded stock, and nat urally expect $bat those high priced animals produce good, salable wool. They are somewhat astonished when they find that after all more depeilds .upon the proper1 card of the sheep than upon the breed. Poor and com mon grade avooIs in this country aro not in great demand. They are not profitable to the sheep grdWof, ?n(l it is the class of sheep raisers that grow this wool whom wo always hear complaints from. Fino, home-made woolen clothes arc daily growing in popular demand here, says the American Cultivator, and the large mills are absorbing sch grades of wool rapidly. People who Wear these clothes arc willing to pay fair prices fbr them, dnd the mills consequently offer a premium for tho fine grades of wool. We can depend upon this demand a great deal hotter than we can "on any short-lived fad for an inferior article. Thero aro a few points about wool that even the old experienced flock master, as well as the beginner might think about The fine grade of wool that takes well to-day is tho one that has a good fine staple, but not too silky in fiber. Tho wool is graded often according to tho even develop ment of it. If developed evenly it will resist tension equally. This wool can bo woven freely and easily by the mills, and it ma'tes good cloth that will bo equally strong in all parts. No breed alone will produce such wool. The finest breed in this world, unless at tended to properly will not give an evenly developed wool fiber. The strength and development of the fiber depends upon the uniform good health and vigor of the animals, and if these are checked in any way the fiber will be long and strong in somo places and weak and short in others. This production of inferior wool is caused by everj' neglect to feed tho animals regularly, by starvation and by exposure to inclement weather. They all combine to injure the fiber so that it cannot pass muster as a fine grado. If treated in this way continually, the patches of poor fiber will increase in number so that the wool will degenerate annually, and finally became so poor that it does not paj to keep the sheep. Good staple should also bo evenly lubricated along in its whole length, and this can only be accomplished by having the animals in perfect health. If growers would stop to think of how much this neglect injures the fiber of their wool when placed upon tho markots they would give more attention to their animals We must have good stock, but more, than that, wo must have the time and patience to grow good wool by attending to the sheep. Something About Kxgs. Authorities on scientific cooking tell us many things that aro well worth remembering. A writer in Food tells us something about eggs. Eggs should nover be cooked before they are twenty-four hours old, and they aro much better if kept forty eight hours or until their whites are sot. The white in a freshly laid egg cannot be beaten still until it has laid on ice for somo time. The old way of testing eggs that of putting them in water is one of tho best If they are fresh enough for cooking they will sink. On tho contrary, if the eggn rise to the surfaco air enough has penetrated the shell to make the egg unfit for uso. although its yolk may look perfect and no odor can be detected. Decomposi tion begins when the contents of tho shell are exposed to the external air, and the fact of the ogg floating in water is proof positive that it has been lightened by air. The digesti bility of tho hard-boiled egg is a favorite theme. Eggs should never be actually boiled, as the extremely high temperature of the water hard ens and toughens tho whites at onco, rendering them indigestible. If they are submerged in water just below thc boiling point and kept at that temperature for one half hour thoy will be almost as digestible as raw eggs A good rule to cook eggs for in valids is to pour boiling water in a tin pail having a tight cover; put the cges in the pail carefully, cover it tightly and let it stand entiroly away from the lire for five minutes. The whites of the eggs cooked in this manner will be perfectly coagulated, soft, tender and easily assimilated. Journal of Agriculture. Tlirro I No Rellotv of Sap. Mr. Charles K. Barnes, professor of botany in tho university of Wis consin, in an address to tho state Horticultural society, thus gives tho latest accepted conclusion of science: "Before passing from this topic of the movement of water which sup plies evaporation, I must allude to a very common and widespread idea at least I judge it to be widespread, because it is so frequently pro pounded by my student that tho sap goes down in winter and up in spring." Just where the sap is sup posed to go in winter is not exactly clear, since, if the roots arc absorb ing water in the fall when the evapor ation is diminished, they are likely to havo quite as much water as they can hold already. Tho conception, apparently, is that all of the water lodged in tho trunk and spreading branches goes down into the roots. It needs, however, only the most casual examination of trees in winter to discover that at this time they aro almost saturated with water. The twigs of the hickory tree, for example, will be f 1 ozen on a cold day in winter sp that they are brittle almost as glass, and one can snap off a twig half an inch in diameter as though it were an icicle. Tho same twig, when not frozen, on a mild day will be so tough that there will ba no possibility of breaking it "Again, if one cuts oIT a branch from a tree in winter and brings it into a warm room, he will quickly discover that water is oozing from the cut end. showing that the twigs arc almost saturated with it. As a I matter of fact, the water in trees in- creases from midsummer or oarly fall to tho beginning of growth in early spring. Thero is thus no necessity for any "going up" of tho sap in spring until the leaves are expanded and tho water with which the tree is already saturated begins to bo evaporated from tho foliage." Flor ida Despatch. Tariff on Anlm is. We aro asked to give tho tariff on imported animals. On horses and mules. $30 per head, provided, that horses valued at $150 and over shall pay duty of thirty por centum ad valorem. On cattlo, moro than one year old, $10 per head; ono year old or less, $2 per head. On hogs, $1.50 per head. On sheep, one year old or more, $1.50 per head; less than ono year old, seventy-five cents per head. All othor live animals, not specially provided for, twenty per centum ad valorem. Any animal imported specially for breeding purpose shall bo admitted free, proved that no such animal shall bo admitted free unless puro bred of a recognized breed, and duly registered in tho book or record established for that breed; and, pro vided further, that certificate of such record and of tho pedigree of such animal shall be provided and sub mitted to tho custom officer, duly authenticated by the proper custod n of such book of record, together with tnC affid'ifc f tne owner, agent or importer tn seh animal is the identical animal a.rlbed " said certificate of rceord ann pedigree. Animals brought into tho Em.e(1 States temporarily, for a period not exceeding six months, for tho pur pose of exhibition or competition for priz39 offered by any agricultural or racing association are admitted free. Farmers' Vbice. Decrense in Humble Bee. There are, at least in the older sections of the country, not nearly so many bumble beea as there were soon after its settlement. We arrow as much clover as over, but it is eufc earlier, and the men and boys en gaged in haying have more time to fight bumble bees than they did when all grass was cut with tho scythe. There are not so many good places for the female bumble bees to lay their eggs in spring as thero used to bo. The soil is firmer from longer cultivation, and there are fewer rotten stumps. In our boy hood, pretty much all tho fun wo found in haying and harvesting ! time was in fighting bumblo bees whose nests wero in danger when over wo cut near whore they were. American Cultivator. Horticultural Hints. Rubbish around trees harbors irticc. Plums naturally grow in clumps, and tho seed will therefore bear thick planting. An experienced gardner says that tile drainage must precede the ma nure for succcssin gardening or fruit growing. Some one has said that when the farm breaks out into smiles of fruits and flowers it becomes the most charming spot on earth. It is not worth whilo to have an orchard unless it is given proper care. Hie orchard cannot prune itself or defend itself against insects. The director of the Oklahoma ex periment station recommends as a remedy for various squash bugs, spraying the vines with soap suds in which is enough Paris green to give a decided tinge of color. It pays to sort fruits before offer ing for sale. Frequently the second class by being uniform, will bring as much or more than the mixed lot, whilo tho first-class will brinir much better prices than when mixed with inferior fruit An orchardist says that ho plants his vegetables in the young orchard so that one cultivation will do for both. He says his rows of trees arc thirty-three feet apart which admits seven rows of strawberries, nino rows of corn, -or eleven rows of potatoes. At a meeting in Now York a horti culturist said he had always made a sheep pasture of his orchard, and that they were the best insecticides he ever tried. Ho advised keeping 100 sheep on every ton acres of orchard. Give them plenty of lin seed meal and bran which will make them ravenous for apples. Houiehold Help. Vegetables arc much more easily cultivated in long rows than in plots. Thinnest and clearest of "clear soups" arc now very much in order. Lettuco as a euro for insomnia is more and more favored by the doc tors. Those who eat inordinately of radishes soon take a gloomy view of life. Tho introduction of grated pinc applo into cake is voted a great suc cess. Modorn codfish balls leave that particular kind of fish to tho imagin ation. To bo "intensely fashionable1' cat your strawberries with a fork never with a knife. No city baker can make cake to compare withj tho "gentlewoman housekeeper." - The numbcr'of courageous people who cat oysters out of season Is said by dealers to bo increasing every year. Scotch toast is the best dish ever invented for the pleasant and satis factory utilization of "old, stale bread." Flatirons should be kept as far re moved from the steam of cooking as possible, as this is what causes them to rust. Tile that can bo purchased for a few pennies each aro at onco neat and convenient to place between the kitchen table and hut cooking ves sels. A towel rack made with several arms fastened to a half-circular cen ter, which in turn fastens to the wall, is a convenient place for drying dish towels. Always keep a piece of white mus lin in the sewinjr basket and machine drawer, and when the light is dim place it under the needle when threading it. Light, breakable pieces of bric-a-hrae, as vases, mug3 and the like, should be weighted down with tiny bags of shot or sand to guard against carelessness in dusting. To clean white ostrich plumes dis solve four ounces of white ioap in four pints of hot water. Make a lather and plunge the feathers into it, rubbing them well with tho hands for five oisix minutes. Wash out in clear hot water and shako until dry. A I'r.icticil Man. Foreign Tourist Yes. I have just como from Niagara Falls. You havo been there frequently. I presume? American N-o; but I've seen a draft of the tunnels for utilizing tho water-power. Magnificent scheme, isn't it? New York Weekly. A Cunnlnjc Pros;. A scientific journal tells this story of a frog's cunning: A brood of chickens was fed with moistened meal in sauc ers, nnd when the dough soured a lit tle of it attracted large numbers of flics. An observant toad had evidently noticed this, and every day toward eve ning he would make his appearance in the yard, hop to a saucer, climb in and roll over and over "unttl-he was covered with meal, having done which he await ed developements. The flies, enticed by the smell, soon swarmed around the scheming batrachian and whenever one passed within two inches or so of his nose his tongue darted out and the fly disappeared. The plan worked so well that the toad made a regular business of it Choked by a ItlacksnaUe. George Fraleigh. while working at haying for William Odell in Brooktield, Conn., one morning recently, lifted a fork full of hay to place it on the load, when he fell to the ground with the hay on top of him. When picked tip Fraleigh had hold of a blacksnalce which was coiled about his neck. The serpent did not bile him, but it left a black mark. Fraleigh was disabled from work for the day. The next morning, and every morning since, at the same hour that the snake wound itself around the man's neck, he has been taken with choking spasms and fits of strangulation, and is growing weaker every day. The case is being watched by local physicians, vhote efforts to allay his sufferings have thus far proved futile. At the Foot of tbe Palisades. Perhaps the quaintest and queerest little settlements within a hundred 1 miles of New York are those built at l4je foot of tne I'ausaiues. I he nsher .,'. -ho live there appear to be as far tcOiii tilt wadding crowd as though they wer alow on1tl,e Prarie- The tall cliffs and jtfv.d rocks b?ut thc,n! I cut them off froni tfco Test of "jS. vvorl.a andthev havo few vfsiu.."s- -l here is. not a horse or wagon amen them and HO road to drive on. Springs i. fiT"0" I wattf are found within a rod or t.' ' j V.a ....I IT!crt. lii, li. 'inI rr,-nnT-wW LUC naib nullum, uiw wx.v.. ...... 0.w..w -j are a lon$r way Cf?, unless one takes a I boat and crosses the river to the Me tropolis that swirls and roars on the other bank. b&&&&& 3 For Summer Cookery 3 3 Royal Baking Powder will be found th? p s 3 greatest of helps. 5 11 - 1. t 3 trouoie it maites Dreau, ui&uuil anu .aivt of finest flavor, light, sweet, appetizing S and assuredly digestible and wholesome. 3 3j fS.frgPv$cft$c$$fr( Ills Host's Cig:rs. The prince of Wales not long ago was one of a large house party, his host ie'ng a very well-known peer. After dinner, the royal guest, the host, and the other male visitors repaired to the billiard room. On a table at the side were two or three boes of cigars, and the prince was helping himself to one, when an ambitious millionaire ap proached him, and taking from his pocket a cigar case, held it out to the prince, saying: "I think, sir, you will find these better." ".Mr. ." re plied the prince, "if a man's dinner is good enough for me, hiscigarsare good enough for me." The millionaire was unexpectedly called away to town next morning on business. I Care TjrpepW ana Constipation. Dr. Shoop'e UestoratiTe Nerre rills sent ircewlttt Medical Book to proe merit, for 2c stamp. Drug gists, Sic DB. faBOOP, Box W., IUcin, Wis. How Many Mars In the Fins. It is remarked as singular, and possi bly an indication of lack of patriotism, that the average American, always ex cepting school children, cannot tell off hand how many stars there now are in the country's flag. If any reader of this desires to try the question on ten of his friends he. will probably fiud that only three or four can give the correct number even after a minute of hard thought The ordinary reply will range from forty to forty-two stars instead of the correct forty-four. Tho admission within four years of North Dakota, South Dakota. Montana, Washington, Idaho and Wyoming has brought the list tip to the last mentioned number. The shape of the union has been changed from a square to a rectangle, and the stars are arranged in six straight lines, the upper and lower ones containing eight stars and the remain ing four having seven stars. 100 Reward 9100. The readers of this paper will be pleaded to learn that there ls at leatt one dreaded lipase that Eclence has been able to cure in all Its 6tages, and that i& Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure ls the only positive cure known tc the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con 6Utut!onal disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall'6 Catarrh Cnre ls tnken in ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby de stroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building tip the constitution and assisting nature In doing ite work. The proprietors have so much faith in Its cnratlve powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any cane that It falls to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY Jc CO., Toledo, O. ESrSold by Druggists, 75o. Polishing a rascal's hoad never makes his heart any whiter. A His Thing. "It is the biggest thing I have erur struck." What? Why tho business advertised In another column by B F. Johnson i Co , of lllehtuond. Va. If jou are open to an engagement write them. They can show you a good thing. Folks -who aro thankful don't have much trouble nbout being cheerful. Fessale Weakness Poeltlvely Cared. To Tn KniTOit: Please Inform your readers that I have a positive remedy for the thousand and ono Ills which arise from deranged female organs. Not a prescription to be filled, but I will end two bottles of my remedy Free of all cost, for thu medicine, ready for uw, to any lady If thsy will send their ex prevs and P.O. address. I hold cori-espondenc strictly confidential and forward my replies and remedy la plain wrapper, Dr. J, llarchlsl, Utlca, X. Y. I'eop!e who give in earnest soon find out thnt it is a blessed thing to do. Hognman'a Ctmphor Icn -with Glycerine. Cures Cha pped Band and Face, Tender or Soro Feet, Chilblains, Piles, Sc. C. O. Clark Co.,Ncw Haven, Ct. It is easier to bo bravo than it is to be pa tient. Attention is called to "A Free Ride to Denver," appearing elsewhere in this paper Head und take advantage of tho liberal Dffor that is made. The heart, not the head, is tho real mas ter of tho man. Sixty-five Bushels Per Acre. This remarkable yield was reported to the John A. Salzer 2eed company, La Crosse, Wis., by Frank Floss of Iowa, on a field of Salzer's World's Fair Winter Wheat. Speaking of wheats, this new variety takes the cake. Several farmers who tried it during 18i3 believe they can raisa 100 bushels per acre. His northern grown wheat sorts, as also his grass mixtures, can tc sown with success as late as Nov. 10. i-'alzer will send free a pack age of Worlds Fair Winter Wheat and his fall catalogue if you will cut this out and send sime to John A. Salzer Seed company, La Crosse, Wis. The go'den calf never grows in a cow that ' gives milk. I The Gulf Coat of Texus Has the 1 est and die?! est land in tho Uni ted States and more oven tlimnte than Cal ifornia. Rnm enough to rsrso four crops a year. Tleuty tinder and ptairie. Lumber $ to ?7 ttr thousand. For further informa tion, write to Gulf Const Land and Improve ment Co., 1KH Farnani, St., Omaha, Neb. Growlers are never wanted anywhere. A good way to gat help is to be helper. Scientists Maj Differ As to the causes of rehumatlsm, but there Is no difference of opinion among them as to the datiRcr which attends It, the symptoms by which It manifests itsclf.and the difficulty ofdNIotlsinsitin its chronic stage. Several mineral and vegetable pokonsaro prescrib ed for it, but none of these lias been shown by experience to possess the same efficacy as Hostetter's Stomach Hitters. This benign specific depurates tho blood by promoting vigorous action of tho kidneys, which strain from the blood as it passes through thorn tho rheumatic virus when It exists In the system. Physicians of eminence testify to the value of the Bitters in rheumatKni, and tho pro fessional opinion regarding It are borne out and corroborated by ample popular evi dence. Tho Bitters remedy chills and fevor, liver complaint, dyspepsia and constipation. Peculiarities of Speech. It is a peculiar fact that persons bora deaf are usually mute, not from any congenital defect in the organs of speech, but from the fact that, never having heard others speak, they can not imitate articulate utterance. It ia probably true, too, that the source of some current errors among those who are not esteemed deaf lies in a defect of hearing. Many persons who habit ually tack on the "r" sound to words ending in 4-w" say that they are un able to distinguish between "law" and 'lor." THE MODEKN 1IEAUTT Thrives on good food and sunshine, with plenty of exercise in the open air. Her form glows with health and her face blooms with its beauty. If her system needs the cleansing action of a laxative remedy, she uses the gentle and pleasant liquid laxative Syrup of Figs. llarnaclcs on Fish. Speaking of barnacles it is said that besides fastening themselves to ships and piling, they have been known to fasten themselves to a species of fish found in these waters and which are known as bull heads. Specimens of this fish have been found completely encrusted by this little animal, some times to such an extent as to cause death. "bticking like a barnacle" would seem to be an appropriate phrase. Beecham's Pilijs cure sick headache, dfs derotl liver, nnd act liko magic on the vf at &j-gan.s. For sale by all druggists. Litt'o lutios well performod will make great one vsy to accomplish. e 5 g With least labor and j. J X n A-. 4- s - -1 ,-4"i 1 szs rslr A hungr- man nover calls for cake. What he ivants is bread. FITS-AIl flt. stopped fre by DH- USST9 SRUT vim irsTimvn. Sn nt lter tint ay u. - Telouj cu res Treatl-e anil K 00 trial lo"I ? -ndtoDr KUne,93I Archat .rhUadelp!.-, C&sci. Stnd Tho man who does I ad work robs himself whilo he is doing it. Ifthe l:ny I Ciitilmr Teetfc. 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