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WOMAN’S WOULD. |
I’LEAHANT LITERATURE FOR
peminine readers.
thk wowntto <iiRu
Then s a mighty band of toilers gi >ing mi* at
T In early dawn
the victories of pc p with strength !
.... of bmin &»<1 brawn.
* n*a*K f *«*■(, uitjxt tread t.li* path* of toil no
t matter where they go.
And while their hands snail mold thw clav I
their hearts ftr* pure a* snow
And acme „ rp talwart women whoso arms
White 1 strong as iron bands,
me are frailei reatures who have
weak hut willing hands
I rood bailor's rouet of worth to «®t. with
I tear is
And duty fill* the ® nest heart* of bumble
working girls '
Not theirg to rnox within th* harm**! cjr
cl of the rich,
But, their to serve In faithfuln to make,
to mend, to stitch.
'V hat tb igh a prioootm might ixi proud t
T own fh«*ir form and face,
them it has been given humid* walks in
life ( » grace
W ithm some modest ittage home there may
be waiting on*
A * kind and loving mother hands with
active toil are done,
Wh. e*-s with dim. dependent rye- n gne
not shown the world's
IV hi ar m aim red hy the g*>l*l *>f
hall paid working girls
Chicago HrruUt
T. I l i lt WimtM i
'The art c >f letter writing belongs par*
Ocularly to women; few men give time |
to lengthy letters. 'The lady who write J
» graceful, agree able letter is a I way ,
spoken of in term * of praise.
Evt r woman should learn to write u
plain, neat, hand, and to express herself
n corr t English ; proper punctuation is
a n* ary piiremenf in order fo
\ rite a p 1 letter The next and very
in portant considerations in th< ippear
icc of letter are g< I paper, black
nk, in*Ht folding and a* •ess on the en
el.q ill of which tro ' in giving one
the reputation of l go letter writer,
id the requirements * very easy to
comply Yvitli, thoi Ii c reason why
ry iu [• woman sh* 1 not write a
if entertaining tier < ' 'our -
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I’AUDIM, Tail REEKS
Hollow check and wrinkles arc >i\yI n¬
ward things, I dies do their best to
p z* *vciit their appearance The clever
- in to lie aide to ward off the
wrinkles, but hollow cheek completely
tflle their E \ gentleman who lives
Islington, * 'h i writer in the London
. all \fall (iimtu t: providing ladies
Yvlinse cheeks are hollow with small pads, i
These pads an u'hed to natural or ar
T rr "eial teeth S i mains of tiny gold
- III; Tin — rice of fi - pad is a
ti itl* heavy, like everything * - guaran
teoil to ’ - rove the personal appearance,
A pair * ^ ill ost something like $25.
'The ma 7~ T f the face pad said that gen
t lenten a veil ladies arc wearing them,
)n itlemaii had never looked any
hing But cadaver - until he took tlu
pm Now hi; )\VV ' are rounded like
a e I uh ml be looks ten years young
;ei The curious thing about the fat •e
is its inflexibility li is made of th*
same material as the case of a set of atti
tieial teeth.
\ III SIN1 WOMAN s ORES'
An Anglo-American ladies’ tailor has
invented « business yv mau s dress, r . j
has n< than \* pockets, and these
ur irranged in he most convenient
manner One is i little* vest pocket on
lbe left itle of th waist useful as a
■wdteh po< kvt oi for carrying a memovan
slum b uid pencil Handsome revet*
pc* oil the hi| rnamented j
with two large butt is, and suitable for
purse, keys and penknife \ very clever
little device is th 1 mscvUenof tiny pock !
el hi the sleevt just large enough foi
lev ite*l railroad tickets or loos* change.
They have tiny lapels, and are plat
iust j »ove the cuff on the upper side A
the ■ev The usual pocket is pbu -
in the skirt for the handkerchief *tc
and unpletes the half-dozen Small
flat button which fasten the * boss, are
concealed 1 a wide reveiN, V hich. start
ing from t i* right shouldi tap* inti
end at the waist line. 'I materials
best ada for this very siness-like
.
dress c English tweeds, cheviots serge
ir i scouring cloth Courier-Jo a i ■
ni.
THE HOSTESS \* >CRl BB1N<
All the music lovers of Washington
snow the brilliant < Lizzie Mac
iiioJiol tA!rs. Frank Vown't, observes the
Washington . It is only a few
months ago since she gave up her Wash¬
ington home to go to the one herlmsbaud
had provided for her in Philadelphia.
Like the plain.mutter oi'-f.u*t little woman
she is. she plunges into tlu* mysteries and
duties of hottseket tg with a perfect d
light a. from stage life i G
domesticity is always htti — bv her wit “
joy. She does imt he situ - * even to arm
herself with a brush and scrub off the
hite marble hearth stones those lares
ml peee.tes—which do duty for door¬
step- all over Philadelphia.
s 'he was engaged in that soulful occ-tt
> l< tu* morning not long a 2 itlv a
handkerchief tied down tnd he head
in the good old way ~r learned in
Washington, when a pa ~ of her swell
friends drove up
i “Is Mrs. \ -5 ,n he supposed ser
vant was ask
“Mrs. Yet to. is uot in at proseu t was
the very truthful answer.
••Can Y'outell its when she will be in?”
•Just a- soon as she finishes washing
tho front doorsteps." she replied, with
h merry laugh, disclosing her identity at
the same time.
UK POVO.AR WOMEN
Who is the {Kipular woman of t uay :
81i is the ou< who wears well-fitting
nth* and never minds telling the name
of her dressmaker.
sh** is one who sees the possibilities of
a bashful young mau and cultivates him
when everybody counts him a bore.
S l u- the <me who may believe in
• hi -stian Science or mind cure, or a spe¬
cial wav to remove freckles, or the Turk¬
ish bath, or in not wearing corsets, bu.
who doesn't giv dissertations on these
i bjects and insist on converting you.
Sbc is the one who never makes
const ions of the amount of money 'shc
has or her lack of it.
Sh; is the one Yvho, when you arc
;ucsi tn her house, makes you feci that
he has simply l»een waiting for this op
tort unity to be happy, and that you
he honored guest
She is the one whose hair doesn't come
lown, or whose frock doesn't tear when
he is some place where it is uot easy to
ttx it
She is the one whose children, are seen
ut nnt XieartL
THE MONROE ADVERTISER, FORSfTH. GA-, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31,1889—EIGHT PAGES
Shi" is the o who doesn't tell people
ST C pleasant things, and if she has aj»a*l
C CL'" inion of anybody stir it all by sayin;
- ■ do not like her and gives no forth
explanation.
SI. the one who knows that high;
were intended for the i ■trect 1 littl
bonnet* for the theatre.
She is the one who is loyal to her
friends, ignore her encmi and loves
her husband and children.
She is the liest type of the American
WODWD.—Am York Sun,
OfTDOOR nHRS«E'
rids season's outdoor dr. ■
rnnrkcd by their severity and simplieitv
Many new kirts are mounted quite
plainly, save just at the back, where the}
have a slight fulness gathered into tht
belt. ' The side scams of such skirts are
gored to fit easily over the hips, and give
a little extra fulness at the bottom, and
the lower portion of the petti* a; i«
trimmed encereeau The bodice is made
plainly, with two little tabs behind, and
with l narrow velvet plastron in front
Fhi* favorite decoration of all dr* is
black introduced in braiding or deep
bands of velvet These bands are some¬
times a quarter of a yard in width, and
may or may not extend across the
fulness of the back However severe the
skirt be in its outlines, it is lmng on a
petticoat beneath, anil th** only attempt
at draping is a slight festooning of the
breadths by a few plaits sewn in the side
seams.
As if to make up for th* verity of
the gowns, cloaks of the most elaborate
tnd richly ornamented kind liroud the
wearer from head tb foot 1 here an
clonk with no real sleeves, I»,.c a double
front which does for them, mad*
Up in heavy velvt 7 bordered with fur
or feathers, and mantles adjusted at the
back and arranged in folds in front, with
long straight s|****vi reaching to the
ground, But the Parisian covering par
exoellon c* is the graceful pelisse, which
fils close!\ overthe bust, and is in reality
a coat, but n coat idealized ami softened
in its outline Ii may be fashioned of
soft wool OI silk, with leg o’ mutton
sleeves plaited into a gauntiet cuff, and
with plaited front strapped down with ii
girdle of rich passementerie, oi more
dressy still, it may have a sash of silk in
front and a decoration of embroidery all
around the bottom. It may be of cloth,
with coat sleeves, and a scries of little
capes lined with a contrasting shade oi
si!k -b as cedar green with maize, or red¬
dish brown and black, or have a decor¬
ation of astrakhau in the, shape of a
J plastron gauntlet, cuffs, and high offi¬
cer’s c z !ar. And it may be of plush,
severe I. > tin or Yvith shoulder capes,
with a Fgle thread of gold along the
edge, or of velvet in any rich soft color,
with elaborate decorations ....... *>t gimp ir
inetalic effects, Russian sable, . black oi
blue fox fur. or ruches of ostrich feath¬
ers, mid linings of Louis XV. brocades.
Nothing is too magnificent and elegant
for these artistic creations of the mo
diste's magic .—Noun York Sim.
FASHION NOTES.
Fur trimmings upon cloth toques may
be of light or dark fur, the selection
usually * being made with a view to con¬
trast.
Short and half-long jackets of seal
plush, heavily braided, bid fair to be
very popular this Yvintcr with young
ladies
“Four-cape poleriues. w’hich ive
appearance of breadth to slender figure.,
are made with two capes of seal and tvv*
of Persian latub,
Silk embroideries z e more pcpui*i
just now than jetted J? aiLiitures, though
the taste for the latter is reviving, and
by anotner season they may be its popular
as ever,
The “sling" sleeve, so long popular,
appears upon many of the yv inter gar¬
ments. Nearly all large and long outer
sleeves have inner sleeves in coat or bell
shape, to give proper protection to the
arms.
Tin Dircctoire shoulder-capes in
light-colored cloths are mntlc warmer,
’ appearance at least, for winter wear,
;
by the addition of a band of fur or
nstraclv.m around the neck anil down the
front.
Among the most elegant of outer gar¬
ments arc fur-lined brocade pelisses.
The materials of which they are made
arc so expensive that: those Yvho wear
them need have no fear of their becom¬
ing tpo common.
Nothing more graceful and attractive
in dress trimmings has been offered for
many seasons than the slender Vandyke
and Gothic points which are the dis¬
tinguishing features of the present sea¬
son's garnitures.
Belts of every description are now
w orn, either entirely encircling the waist,
or extending from the side seams across
the front, and afford opportunity for the
display of a large variety of handsome
buckles and clasps.
Many of the plaited skirt« now so
fashionable are not plaited at all. but
strips or folds are laid overlapping each
other on the skirt, affording opportunity
for the introduction of contrasting
material in a very simple way.
I.cather-work trimmings, in white and
delicate shades of kid. cut out iu ap¬
plique designs, and wrought with silk to
match, and tinted pearl and cut silver
and gilt heads, are among the most ex¬
quisite of the season's garnitures.
Fur shoulder capes with tabs iu front
arc very stylish. They are oftenest made
of sealskin, with an Elizabeth collar that
reaches to the waisf. of some constrasting
tur of longer fleece such as Russian sable,
sea-otter, black marten, silver fox oi
chinchilla.
Many of the new bonnets worn by
women who have an abundance ot bait
are set back upon the head, and Y*cry
smart and stylish they look, but they are
an unfortunate selection for any one at
all subject to facial troubles due to ex¬
posure to the bulleting« of the uorthera
winds.
A combination of two kinds of fur in
one shoulder^-ape is a fashionable feat¬
ure of the season. Sometimes alternate
stripes of two furs, lengthwise, or eav
j ric ' 1 arm,n<1 !hu ; shoulders, form the en
, ' r *’ ta P e - ot * ! have different
* ult ' collars or V fronts, or per¬
, haps binding of different fur.
a
The little velvet bonnets Yvbioli realh
look more like baby caps than bonnets,
that arc set forth for winter wear, art
mostly finished with velvet strings cut on
the bias and *piite narrow Thev art
fastened by a tiny velvet bow without
ends, with small jeweled pins holding
j the loops in and place. Such and strings will look
very neat compact, not
j About interfere the with throat. the boas and collars of fur
i
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST REL ATIVE
to" FARM AND GARDEN
SKIM-MILK FOR PIGS
The old rule among farmers was to
have one breeding sow for every cow
kept for making butter It, is a good
rule, for though the skim-milk of one
row w ill go but a small way in feeding a
litter of growing pigs, it will furnish the
bone and muscle food, leaving the other
t« be supplemented by grain. It should
be the care of the farmer to make the
skim-milk go as far as possible, giving a
little to all young and growing animals
that will eat it. but n* making it the
exclusive food for any In this way the
-kim-milk mav be made scarcely less itn
portant than the butter in dairy product 6
When milk becomes scare its nutritive
value is best --upplied by a mixture of
ground oat« and wheat bran or middlings.
WINTER * ARE or OEItANU MS
First, give the plants all the light you
can command, and then turn every day
or two that all parts may feel the in
fluence of the sun Heeond, be careful
ibout over-watering. It is better that
in* )il should become little ilrv and
then be fully saturated with water, than
that it should be kept quite moist all the
Umi Third keep the tempera tun
down to about sixty degree i little less
at-uight. a little more in full daylight
Fourth, see that th** atmosphere is uot
made over-dry by furnace or stove heat
Water should be kept on the heating an
paratus, so that it may evaporate and
pass inti, the air of the room. Fifth,
occasionally wash or sprinkle the leaves
of the plants in order to remove dust
Bv taking them to the kitchen sink once
week this work mav be quickly and
neatly done Sixth keep the plants
free from insects, especially green tlv —
Vick'x M'tjn'.i nt\
WINTER LETTCf'E
Tin winter crop of lettu grown in
cr iss housi has come forward iu the
= ;u*ket: and from now on to spring
some of the largest groYvers Yvill send in
daily supplies, as regularly as though it
were summer. I lure is uo difficulty at
will* this er< )p, with low houses,
ated Y.'ith hot water or steam. Out
end of the benches is used for seedbed
1111111 which plants are obtained, and as
fast as one crop is cu I . the soil is turned
over, some manure added i. and anew crop
put m Vi least three crops can be ob
tained during one winter Thev are set
quite thick, three or four inches apart
and grow upright, rather than spreading
All are partially bleached by the process
and just as soon as larg enough are ten
der enough and fit for market A torn
perature of fifty-five degrees is about
right, rising fifteen degrees to twenty
degrees during the day Hie principal
enemy is. the green fly- Tobacco stems
distributed unong the growing plants
help si great deal in keeping these down
which, with fumigation regularly once a
week, whether am* can be seen or not
will do the rest II green tlies once get
firm foothold, they arc difficult to get
rid of then In this cas m ounce of
prevention is better than any cure.—
Prairie Farmer.
BEST MATERIAL FOR l'. YNKIND
We keep out cold by preventing escape
of heat Of all non-conductors of heat
air that is kept motionless is best The
materials that contain a large amount of
fixed aii lassed as good non-eon
doctors of it —such as down. fur.
feathers, w etc. These are called
“warm’’ be >e they prevent, escape of
heat from a warm body ; they might be
called “cold” Yvhen they prove n: pMsig.
of heat from external sources to a cold
body within \ lump of ice wrapped in
fur or a feather pilloYv may be kept for
days from melting. “Wrap up the baby
to keep it warm: wrap up the ice to keep
it cold.’’ For banking a building, the
material that will keep the largest amount
of air motionless will serve best Straw
and buy will be better than soil, because
they hold more ni in proportion than
solid matter Chaff and sawdust will be
better still, for the same reason. What¬
ever the material used, the more porous
it is, without permitting the motion of
air as wind, the better the protection af¬
forded from cold. If earth is used foi
banking it should contain a large amount
of vegetable matter. Swamp muck is
good for this purpose, because it is so
loose and spongy. 1 have seeu compact
sand frozen four feet deep where muck
did not freeze ten inches, under the same
•ireumstances .—Sew York Tribune.
11 ARY F;STING POTATOES,
The best way to dig potatoes is of
course with one of the new iour-norse
potatoes uiggers,which are so costly,both
for the machine and for repairs, that only
the potato specialist can afford to own
and use oik Tne next £ way to dig
potatoes is with the reg £. ar four-lined
potato spade. There are places where
-onu* of the cheap horse-power diggers
will be useful, but generally the potato
tops, weeds or other obstructions makes
any digger which has a standard on
which rubbish will accumulate onlv a
nuisance.
Last season when digging our potato
crop we tried several methods. It hap¬
pened that our potato lot lay for a quarter
of a mile along a much-traveled road.
As is the custom among farmers, we
were constantly interrogated Yvith Why
don’t you plow them out M hy don t
yo4 dig them with a shovel plow? You
ought to have my potato digger iu there,
etc Kcinfr willin'*' to accommodate
everybody wc tried every plan suggested.
but always against the plan we were foi,
loYViiig. o! spading, the watch and
common consent as to amount of labor
involved in either case being the arbiter
between the methods The result was
always in favor of the spading process.
Our method of digging wa- for two men
*- - v
to . work , together , and one good , strong
boy to pick up tutor both. Tne potatoes
wbioh which l lieid U1 fi about . U ‘ t twentv r 5 pounus f° a of l h<X< noia- '
• 1 *
toes. , au<t . easily emptied . , into . tne ,
were
wagon by a stout bov of fourteen rears.
The wagon wa- kept hear at hand all the
time bv digging iu lauds of twenty row
width.'the wagon standing in thJ tenth
and eleventh rows, the gangs of diggers.
two men and a bov, working on each
side It would be* a surprise to most
farmers to see how skillful men soon be
come iu handling potatoes in this way.
and how rapidly aud easily the work can
be done. Of course the first half
will be hard on everybody, but all
become used to the work, unless we ex«
cept the boy. w he picks up. My
mau suggested this year that we unload
the wagon by hoisting the front end of
the box so that the potatoes would pour
out at the tail We found this a success
and a great labor and time saving method
We 'an. by a very little ingenuity, rig
up a pulley and rope so that the wagon
l>o.v can be tilted by horse power This
is especially easy where potatoes arc to be
stored on a barn floor till marketed. We
hall soon equip ourselves with an outfit
of bushel boxes which are made especially
for handling vegetables anil fruit ou the
farm These boxes can be had all cut,
fit and ready to put together with nails
and strap iron to strengthen the sides and
botton for *16 per hundred Thev can
be made up in the winter when wc can’t
work out of doors By using them the
],oy s who pick up will have a much easier
job, a-; there will be uo emptying to do.
—Stockman and Cultirator.
DAIRY HINTS.
Milch cows ought to be well fed, and
treated with the utmost gentleness All
sudden changes in the feed, temperature
or treatment arc unfavorable to the se
cretion of milk. Chauges from green to
clr v or from < lr v to green fodder should
- -
Ue made gradually if we wish to avoid a
decrease in the milk yield.
In winter have a good, warm place for
your cows. Feed them ground corn, oats
aI1( i barley, equal portions of each, being
the best food to produce quality and
quantity combined. Cora meal and
shorts form an excellent feed. Nevei
f ec< l oil cake or turnips. Give plenty of
sweet bay and pure water In milking.
when vou first take hold of the teats
don't grab them as it' you were falling
over u precipice and they were your on lx
“holt,” but begin gently Some cows
are ver 3 uervous > aml lf you begin milk
in g too abruptly they may possibly kick,
The " mst successful dairymen feed
cows more c.r less grain the year rouud.
Grass increases the flow of milk, and
g vain ' increases the amount.of cream. AH
should be strained at once nflei
being drawn from the cow, through
three strainei iml immediately sub
merged in water, the temperature of
which should not be over forty-five de
grees in summer nor below forty degrees
in winter. There is a large per cent, ol
cream lost in not keeping water at the
proper temperature, and letting milk
stand too long before setting. It has
been proven that inilk loses over twenty
five per cent, of cream if left out of the
creamer until the animal heat is gone.
Scalding milk eaus is objectionable.
h 0 j water makes milk curd insoluble,
hard anil tough Rinse everythin' Of
strainers, pails cans, can covers, etc. ■
Yvith cold water ns soon as used, and be
fore drying wash them in water as warm
as the band will bear, using enough soap,
common soda or saleratus to cut the
rease Vfter this washing, scald in
boiling hot water, and set to dry iu sun
ind pure ail Use tin pails* for milking,
Never up¬ wooden pails.
Exposure to air is one cause of greatei
depreciation and actual loss iu our dairy
products than all other causes combined,
All operations in the dairy, from the time
the milk is drawn from the cow until the
butt r goes on the consumers’ table,
should be conducted in such a manner as
to exclude .the air as much as possible,
from coming in conta with the cream
0 r butter anv longer than is absolutely
necessary.
You must watch vou; milk in warm
weather, and uot let it thicken before
the cream is taken off. Ordinarily, the
cream should be taken off in thirty-six
hours after setting the mill It nevei
should stand over forty-eight hours, and
'< is often lecessarv to tak ir off in
twenty-four hours. If if stands over
forty-eight hours it makes bitter butter,
Milk should never set in cold weather
where it will chill. It injures the milk
as much to chill it as to keep it at too
high a temperature in warm Yveather.—
A mericeoi Cultivator.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES
The floor of the hencoop should bt
kept dry in winte
In no line of farming will brains pay
better than in dairvinsr.
A few flow'ers in the house in winter
are like a foretaste of spring.
Strict attention to little details is what
counts for dollars and cents in the dairy.
Vre the calves nicely housed on the lea
side of a wire fence? If so, it will be
money in your pockets to 'aaY r e them
••moved."
Eighty dogs out of every hundred
would be worth more as fertilizers than
for any possible use their could be put
to while living,
Potatoes too small for sale or for seed
should nevertheless be saved If boiled
and mixed with corn-meal they make ex¬
cellent food for pigs.
Trees in yards where fowls are con¬
fined or much frequented by them are
often benefited thereby Insect injuries
are lessened and the fruit is fairet
For a dust bath each coop of twenty
hens should have a cartload of sandy
loam under a sunny tvindow. in which a
little sulphur and wood ashes are mixed.
Sheep digest their food more thor¬
oughly thau any other domestic animals,
consequently sheep manures is one of the
best of animal manures Lands pastured
by sheep increase in fertility.
A liberal top-dressing of ashes on an
orchard that is beginning to fail will of¬
ten give satisfactory result The use of
stable manure is also highly recoin
mended as a stimulant for old trees.
Provide wife and children with an
abundance of comfortable woolen cloth
ing and stout boots and shoes. Stop the
crevices in the barn, that your cattle may¬
be comfortable, and feed saved.
To saw down a tree.the first cut should
^ ou thc side the trec to fall and the
oppos ite cut a few inches higher, other
w j se ; n falling the tree may “gig back
and break the saw and endanger the
lives of the workmen
Au experienced farmer insists that
corn over should not be stored in barn:
mice . burrow , m it . there . to . a ____. great extent, .
j ^ <Klor o{ tbe vermin is very db
C:U tle. But cattle eat the fed
*ler if it is -tacked: , ... the^ack. * however,
needs . to , be well bin it.
To keep grapes fresh for winter, take
clusters, remove all bruised grapes,
dtp the end of the stem in me.ted se.ilmg
' wax * lhei * wrap each bunch in tissue pa
iiU< ^ pack in boxes in layer-, with pa
per between each layer. C lose t *. jox
»sd keep in a cool, dry room
If vou sowed any rye or wneat very
v late, it will be greatly protected by a
light covering of manure spread on the
the surface Ground fer oats should be
plowed this fall, though in some soils it
is best to wait till spring. The earlier
oats can be sown the better, as it is a
Northern grain.
Curious Literary Industries.
One of the well-known book experts of
this ccuntn- is E. T. Bonaventure. who
has just returned from Paris, ^ys the
New York Star. He devoted most of
his time while abroad to the literary
phases of the Exposition. Speaking of
these he said;
“An interesting feature of the great
Exhibition was the power an,! variety
displayed in the making, omamentatiop
and bindings of books. In this field of
work the French genius has developed a
number of industries that are either
wholly or partially unknown iu this
country. One industry, which is rrtilly
a fine art, consists in the ‘inlaying’ of
books. The workman takes a large
sheet of heavy white paper and with cut¬
ting instruments as keen and highly tem¬
pered as a razor removes a layer of paper
from the surface of exactly the same size
as the picture, article, page or clipping
which is to be inlaid, and at the same
time scrapes off a layer from the hack of
the ‘inlay,’ The latter is gummed with
a fine adhesive substance, put carefully
into place and then the whole affair is
subjected to powerful a press. When it
comes ouf of the press it looks as if the
picture or article had been printe 1 on tlu*
paper originally Some of these *inla\
ers’ work on both sides of the sheet, and
produce effects that would seem impossi¬
ble to those who have not seen them.
The work is not very expensive, costing
twenty cents a page with ordinary work¬
men, and forty for the acknowledged
leaders of the new profession.
“Auother industryhe continued, “is
devoted to the renovation of old and
valuable books, and involves an endless
amount of labor. Gold tooling and let¬
tering is retouched with that metal;
staius and discolorations are removed
with chemicals; faded pictures and letter
press are brightened: torn leaves are re¬
paired and the breaks in the binding are
restored until the repaired book looks as
good as new. The work is expensive
and is only used, of course, when a vol¬
ume is exceedingly choice. There have
been great improvements made iu the re¬
production of missals and other illumina¬
ted work. Some of these are so beauti¬
ful as to Ik* almost equal to what tin*
originals were when new. There is,
however, a difference between them in
the softness and harmony of the colors
employed, the genuine being very per¬
ceptibly superior in these respects to the
imitations In the keeping of valuable
books, the practice increases every day
among the French of incasing them in
botes, which only allow the backs to be
seen For a trifling cost a bibliophile
can have a box made to order to fir anv
book and covered Yvith ;i paper of the
same style anti color as the binding.
This keeps out ail dust and prevents in -
juries by Hies, spiders and moths."
The Knout.
With this horrible instrument ;ui ex¬
perienced executioner in Russia could in¬
sure the death of the victim in a very few
strokes, and when a sentence was passed
ordering the infliction of a large numbei
it, was so perfectly understood what was
intended that in such eases the execu¬
tioner Yvas frequently bribed by the cul¬
prit or his friends to exert bis whole art
:so as the more quickly to release him from
the torture. So, again, when the Em¬
peror Nicholas* anxious to clear his
country from the reproach of being t-lic
“land of the knout’’ to Western eyes,
pompously proclaimed its abolition, he
was careful to retain the power of inflict¬
ing corporal punishment in a manner
compared with which the knout itself
was merciful. The knout could compass
the death of its victim with some half
dozen strokes, but, before the same etui
could be attained by its substitute, the
stick, it was impossible to say how many
blows might rot be required. An eye
witness of one of t hese executions has de¬
scribed it as being more hideous than
anything that coulcl be conceived. The
criminal having been convicted of the de¬
liberate murder of one of the Emperor’s
Ministers, he well deserved to die, and it
was determined that die he should; but
capital punishment and the knout had
both been abolished: so, iu order to at¬
tain the end in fiew. the wretched man
wes sentenced to 8000 blows of the stick,
which no human being could receive and
live. The execution took place in the
public hay market; and when, after bear¬
ing 1400 or 1500 blows, the victim fell,
an unconscious mass of bleeding flesh, he
was bundled into an ordinary peasant's
hay cart, and, with pieces of hay sticking
into his gaping wounds, coY*erect over with
some rough sacks, he was jolted off to the
hospital, and never heard of again. The
surgeons were not likely to be anxious to
3uve a man whose death they knew to be
intended, and even a feeling of humanity
may have prevented them from Yvishing
to recall a poor wretch to life only to
enable him to undergo further torture till
he should be released by death.— Edin¬
burgh Review.
The Distance of the Stars,
On the outskirts of the universe It*
those faintest and dimmest of objects
which we can just perceive through our
greatest telescopes. We know that many
of the stars around us would still remain
visible in great instruments, even though
they were removed a thousand times as
far off \mong the myriads of faint
stars which we see from our observator¬
ies there may be many, indeed there must
be many, which are fully a thousand
time 4 - as distant as the bright -tars which
twinkle in our comparative neighbor¬
hood.
We thus obtain some conception of the
stupendous distances at hich the out¬
skirts of the universe are situated. There
are different Yvay.s of illustrating this
point, but the simplest as well as the
most striking is that which is founded on
the velocity of light . It i> a remarkable
fact that the beautiful star known a
Vega has a distance from us so tremend¬
ous that its light must ha\*e taken some¬
where about eighteen years to travel
hither from thence. Notwithstanding
that the* light dashes along with such in¬
conceivable speed that it will cover 180.
000 miles in every second, notwithstand¬
ing that a journey at this pace will com¬
plete the entire circuit of this globe seven
or eight times between two •.successive
ticks of a clock, the light will neverthe¬
less take eighteen years to reach our eye
from the time it leaves Vega. We do
not. therefore, sec the star as it is at
nresent: we see a- it was eighteen years
ago For the light which this evening
enter- our eves has been all that time on
its journey: indeed, if Vega was actually
to be blotted out from existence it w r ould
still continue to shine out as vividly as
ever for eighteen years before all the light
on its way had reached us. — Chicago
Times.
Faith in God, faith in n an. laith n
work—this is the short formula in which
We may sum up the teaching ...... of the found¬
ers of New England, a creed ample
enough for this life and the next. If their
of municipal Judaism, regulations smack somewhat
yet there can be no nobler
aim or more practical wisdom than theirs;
for it was to make the law of man a liv¬
ing counterpart of the law of God, in
their highest conception of it.
Miss Marian* Edison*, the sixteen-year
old daughter of the famous inventor,
speaks four languages, is a fair musician,
and uses a pencil like a draughtsman.
A Cure lor t’ntn-rh
in tbe head, rs well as of a:l bronchial, throat
and Inng diseases, if taken in time, is < ffecicfl
by usim; Dr. Pierce's G * deu Medical Discov¬
ery. turned. or money paid for it will be promptly re¬
A You more pleasant Anil physio
! ever will
Than Fie-ee’ssmall "Pellets,"
The Purgative kind.
God makes the pr!* ow won m as well as the
tar ; theligh! in bo th is dix ine.
How’s This!
We off or One Hundred Dollars reward for
any case of catarru that cannot be cured bv’
taking 1. J. Hall's liiEM Caiurrh & (Jo., Cure. Props., Toledo,
Y O.
" e, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney fortho last 15 years, and believe him
perfectly and honorable in all business Iransac
lions, financially able to carry out any ob¬
ligations >\ £r Trua.x, made by Wholesale their firm.
cst 1) ruggists, Toledo,
Waldi Ohio
ling, gists, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Drug¬
E. H 5 Toledo, lloesen. Oi io.
Bank, an Cashier Toledo National
Hall's Toledo, Ohio.
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
tug directly upon tba blood and mucous sur
Iaces of the system. Testimonials sentliee.
I rice 1 5c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
<regon the I’arndlao of Farmer*
Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant
crops. Best fruit, grain, grass and stock conn
try in the world. Full information free. Ad
fliet-s Oreg. Im’igra’tn Board, Portland, Oru
If afflicted with sore eyesuse Dr. IsaacThomp
fon'a Eye-Water. Druggists sell at "5c per bottle
A Chicago druggist retailed over 100.000
"TanslU’s Punch” ac. Cigars four months.
Last Winter
w»e troubled so badly with rheumatism In my
right shoulder and Joints of my leg as uot to be able
to walk. I took Hood’e Saraajiarllln, and now:
don't feel auy aches or pains anywhere, and it not
only stopped the soreness in my shoulder and
Joints, tut makes me fe«l as lively a* a ten-year
old boy. 1 sell newspapers right In
Villi MIDI.LB OB THK STUEJCT
ivory day In the year, and have been doing so for
Hveyears, and standing on the cold stone3 ain’t uo
ploulo, I can tell you. lean be seen every day In
the year at corner Tompkins quit Do Kalb Avenue*
-YV. W. Howard, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
bold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Freparedoul
bj C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Maa-i
IOO Doses One Dollar
rs S * 5
< fr¬ MANILLA! mQiGMmm!
-YNNY fcJ&V.VSWeXY v&<oo S
Is CHEAP, STRONG, easy to Rpply, hoe*,
not rust or rattle. Is also A SUBSTITUTE
FOIi PLASTER, at Half ?we Cost; out¬
lasts the boildiiift. CARPET'S AND RUGS
of same, double the wear of oil clothe. Catalogue and
8&mDLea»«<£ \V.11 rFAY t v!..C.ui!«lcu. N.J.
Ely’s Cream Balm
WILL CUKE
(JATA RRfj
I Prio« 50 Collin. $
■ wssahnaasgRecmasi mwhi hi ii »
Apply Balm into each nostril,
ELY BROS., 56 Warren St., N.Y,
business
0 m COLLEGE,
NASHVILLE, TENN.
This College, though vot in ils infancy
has more than BOO former stuilenti. OCCU
pying goxtl jjosilioso*. many of them r*
ceiving salaries ranging from $D(iO to $t,
500 per annum. For* reulnrs, a*’.dress
K. Vi JEXN1XGS, Urln.
n f Feriecl _ timekeeper. ranted. Heav/ Ca»es. War-JL Both oolid lLliJU ladies’ Gold
gents’ sizes, with works
c«se3 of equal value.
4 - One I*er»oii in each lo
^caltiy can secure one free,
together with our Urge and val¬
uable line of Household
Samples. These samples, as
well as tko watch, wo tend
IVec, »nd after you have kept
them in yocr borne for 3 months and shown them to those
who mav’have called, they become your own property. ’Wiktchi Those
•who -write at once ca« be sure of receiving the Addresi
nmi Samples. We pay all expram, Portland, freight,etc. Maine.
Stinson Co., Box #13,
CHICHESTER’S ENGLISH
mmmki pens
RED CROSS DIAMOND BRAND
m Safe ami alway* reliable. Ladle*,
ask Druggist for Diamond Brand, in
red, metallic boxes, sealed vritti blue /
ribbon. Take no other. All pills >
In pasteboard boxes, pink wrappers, are
dangerouft counterfeits. Send 4c.
(alamos) for particulars, testimonials end
i “lieiief for I.adlc*, w in letter, by ret urn
~~ • Em Chichester ■***!!» Karne them*! Paper.
Co., Kftdiion 84. Iltlla.. Pi.
JONES
ms
Every mention size this Scale. For free price 1 iet
paper and addreoa
OPIUM HABIT.
-V Valuable Treatise Giving
full Information of an Easy an *1 Speedy core free to
tho afflicted. Bb. J. C. HoffmaX,J efferson, Wisconsin.
^GENTS, Africa.’’ no-.*- isyr X ur c-fcance mi our III-. 4 'ronin
tions in Pub. ready Co., to work, S. with 6th St., b,gj>rr-ju Ph:ia., a******; Pa
address Thompson
CHEAP HOMESMi^
In lii Arkansa*; Si per cent,guaranteed CoKMistnosER, ou htuttgarr, iavettraent* Ark
new towns. Lasd
SWIFT DOUBLE-ACTION REVOLVER.
AUTOMATIC
Efi'1‘wVUNTIL YOU 01,?)le SEEN
THE SWIFT- ASK ANV EALER.
BRYANT & STRATTON Bastes College
LOUISVILLE. KY.
P ISO’S REMEDY FOR CATARRH.—Best . Easiest
to use. For Cheapest. Cold in the Relief is immediate. A cure ia
certain. Head ft has no equal
A A as*
It is an Ointment, Price, of which 60c. Sold a small by particle druggists is applied sent
to tee nostrils. or
by niaiL Address, E. T. Hazeltebe, Warren, Pa.
4
gyfoPjTjGs
I
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7 vvl
OOT enjoys
Both the method and results when
and Syrup refreshing of Figs is taken; the it is pleasant
to taste, and acts
gently Liver and yet promptly Bowels, cleanses on the Kidneys,
the sys¬
tem aches effectually, and fevers dispels colds, head¬
and cures habitual
constipation. only remedy of Syrup its kind of Figs is the
ever pro¬
duced pleasing to the taste a-iitl ac
ceptable its to the stomach, prompt in
action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
its healthy and agreeable substances,
many excellent qualities com¬
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy k nown.
and Syrup $1 bottles of Figs by is all for sale in 60o
gists. leading drug¬
Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro¬
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FHANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK, N.Y.
MANY MEN FIND THAT
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Storms, snows, drenching rains, and furious winds
are a part t of the regular routine of life. Two-third*
of the: sic kness through life is eeused by colds; you
can not t b< be too well protected In ttormy weather to
avoid them A man having a “ Fish Brand Slick¬
er” inay be exposed to a storm for twenty-four
hours at a stretch, and still be protected from every
drop of rain, besides being shielded from the
biting if winds. liable No matter what your occupation,
you are to be caught in a rain or snow
storm, you shou'd have on hand a ‘ r Fish Brand
Slicker ” It will surely save your health, and
perhaps your life Beware of worthless imitations,
every - garment stamped with the “ Fish Brand ”
Trade Mark. Don’t accept any inferior coat when
you can have the “ Fish Brand Slicker” delivered
without extra cost. Particulars and illustrated
Catalogue free
A. J. TOWER, Boston, iw a so¬
It I YOU WiSSilA
GOO II rale-SifelU
iVe 2 &
:*s anil 44-1(0. l«-K Min¬
ty Hammerleas and
t<i(l entirely ot Rest *,nft 1 -
illy iirawvtod for wort
y are unrivaled for finish,
? V It IIfi !■***■*. Do not be deceived by
cheap ma J Ion hip mat (-(•on lr;ii:i<tinns which
a’f* often roM for the p ! u t:c ai tii le and are uot
sas&T nr* adiireaa ail n.Ueroup. strme-d an * date* The no detail SMITH of n the patent* bar- ft
• griinrnnM *1 ;a rfect in ■ Tery lu¬
eipl n having U be srenuino article, and tf your
eoaiei t 8 >‘Y ly you an order * nt to adores*
below will nub prompt an t careful attention,
Df'HCTpt* VrtC it A o i i ( ori-vs* furnlahet upon *p
plicutoa KMITii & WESSON,
WMeation t r. S*prina*i*‘l »l> iYlc.ui.
AFTER Lll OTHERS FAIL CONSULT
DR. LOBB
ft'211 North Fifteenth St., Phtla*!c’piila. Pa„ for
thn treatment of DIoo*i PoLions, Skin Eruption*,
Nervous Complaints, Bright’s Disease, Strictures,
Jmpotency long and kindred diseases, no matter or nor*
standing or from what cause ori^lnatl/ig. rijr'p
fir*Tpii days medicines furnished hy mail
Bend for Book on SI’ECIA I, DiseaHea. tViSLCt
*&«■ F0R ^^Boiibie Bresch-Loader
iP " irlarbMtrr Frerck-LoaHTr., 1 S-.bot ni!!c«, *4 *11 •« *50. 1«
Dr.rch.losllnK Rifle,, *2.C5 to *13.00.
Se.'I-eoeYln^ Uerol.er,, Hi.tel-pl.tefl, *2.00,
pF'ntl Is. slamp for [i*).pft|re Catalogue and *ar. 25 per feet.
GRIFFITH & SIMPLE, 612 W. Main, Louisville, Ky.
STRONGEST c-biate 1 n the 1 \Vor\d- No. 19 VIOLIN HOWE’S STRINGS STRING Cel
V FOR $51.00.
Full set 4 Stritifr 4 . 6-)c. Be^t Italian Ftrinnn, 20c*
4* • ch. 1,235 Old V o ins nnd GtX) varieties Violnie.
'10 as. Cell eg and iSanep. 75c. to$3,5t0. Violin Os**,
Bows M vs, Necks, Tops, Bicka, instruments. Varnir.ii and ail fitt^nKfl,
11 ai c Books for all Be*-t acsortment.
iowt et* prices in America. 8eiul for ca- slogne
KLIAS HOWJS, Mil Court Street, B >ston, Maps
■who ha'**> uned Pl«o'*
Cur® It for BEBT Consumption
say is OF ALL,
fcold ovarywhere. 25®
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Fulton Iron Engine Works, Detroit.
OPIUM rt-HSSLH
I proscribe and folly su¬
m dors® B:« G a* tba only
W TO Ccrea 5 DATS.^ In specific of this disease. fortfaecertuincura
i€r&r«iit®©4 not to G. H.INGRAHAM. M. D .
■0m c Stricture. Amsterdam, N. Y.
kf'd cu'kj b▼ tb» YV® have sold Bi? G for
1-1=8 Cisaitil Cfl. tn a n 7 years, end nd it it bai ba,
toven iven the best of satis
farlion a<-tioi
I). It
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UNEQUALLED (9 * Safety Barrel Catch.
For Symme¬ jim Impossible to threw the
try, Beauty, barrel open when
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material and Workmanthip. T&l gsj discharged,
AS PERFECT A PISTOL AS 52- /ggglsUsing 38 Cal.
CAN POSSIBLY BE MADE. 8. k W.
If your dealer doe, not hoce it. wc will tend it Cartridges
postpaid on receipt of price. i;
Send 6c. in stamps for oar lOO-pajje Price, 7?
trated Cataio^ae of Guns, Rifles, R?Tol* 1 $10
rers, Police This CaUdojae Goods, »> Sporting to large the postage Good s on of it all nltjne kind*, routs 5 c. etc gs j=r
JOHN P. LOVELL ARMS CO., M anufacturers, Boston, Mass. f?
NEW PATENT THE ONLY PERFECTLY SAFE PISTOL MADE