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CHINA’S RAILROAD.
THE ONLY ONE IN THE CELE5
UAL EMPIRE.
riilnfikc Are Hemming Expert Iron
«ii<I Steel Workers — Ears 11 ml
Equipment of the Uoad—
The 1 : ill way Station*
T 'THE i mperi Z, raiir ia 1 has just
n r x. eted to the bord-
1 M and regular
t l iver t week
l>ot Tien-Ti Shan Hi Kwan,
writes I 1 CL C iter in a letter
from 'J' t China. This
last eit 1 ary between
M an I (Liina at 111 0 point
where the Cl: »wn into
the : a, 1111 1 you r n to till
gr<'ftt wall by trail \n armv of la
borers is at w pu the road
farther t 1 t north, and yvhen it
1 CO 1 , ol etc 1 it will be about 500 mile)
long and j. il ai it t it reach the H i ian
Sib: r 1 >n r. For si years the
tr li , been running regularly
between her rui I Tien-Tsin, a distance
of ninct nine miles, and this new
strip of road, which has now been
opeoetl to 1 r flc, is of nearly the same
ten ft 1 . arc, m fact, to-day
about 20 l mi of road here in active
operation an 1 there ar • seventeen
trains (regular trains) a day running
upon this raiiroat .
It is the only railroa l in China, and
it is of tliu greatest interest ill that it
is the beginning of a system of lines
which will eventually eovoT this conn
try as with a net, and which may, in
iis change'', revolutionize the trade
Hot only of this empire, but of the
whole world. The Chinese are now
intercsto I in the subject of railroads
as thev ha\ • never been be I ore. I hey
intend to develop their vast resources
them selves, and I sec 'their woras in
1hi.s direction everywhere I go. At
Shanghai I visited the Kiagnan ur ‘
hciml, where thousands of these poo
plo ni ido tho finest of modern gnus
ami where I saw their successful ex
pen m cits in the making of steel rails
wito< limes: iron an 1 Ohinose coal.
They are now putting u;> furnaces and
rolling mills there for tho making of
steel, au l t’u dr workmanship shows
that they are us expert in such manu¬
facture many people in the world. At
Hankow, 75 ) miles in tlm interior of
China, l found seventy-live acres of
ground covere I with tho preparations
for tho stool furnaces un 1 car works,
and I wrote a letter on the top of a
st el I'.list limnee lu) feet high and
«omeibing like fifty foot in diameter
At lien I sin, which, you know, is Li
Hun • Chang's capital, there are him
dreds of acres of shops of various
kinds, and here at TongtShang, in the
very heart of tho northern part of the
great plain, there are thousands of
men employed iti making cars, in min¬
ing coal and in the manufacture of
coke.
The lino which has just been opened
is being lmilt by the Government and
it is intended to aid 1 he country in
preventing tho aggressions of Russia.
3»v it Iroonv aiu! supplies Russian cun l>o
worried a'tuost to the frontier,
going for something like 500 miles
through tho rich country of Man¬
churia ami connecting most of the big
cities of the Mongols with Tiou-Tsin.
Au appropriation ... of $2,0 '9,600
a year
1s, 9 aside for the buildiug of
"iis road, ami though f am told that
t his appropriation has been cut down
t 11 s veai on account 01 the money
ner ed t»*r t.ie. fireworks on the Em
l»i css Dowager s hirih lay there is no
•lorn.I but that, the road will bo pushed
<>n.\ ti l aud t 1 it i. will be a great
trmm line through the northeastern
D aI A ul ' n '’ Lmpire. At the presout
wtiluia the work of surveying tlie
road and building the embankments
is going on at a point about fifty
miles beyond the groat wall, and the
road to th^wall is as well built as the
great trunk lines of the United States.
lien t ore all the freight to the north
lias been carried on camels aud the
nmle-’.iitcr lms been the Chinese Pull
man car.
This Chinese road is far different in
many respects from an American line.
There are t wo class es of ears, tho first
an 1 second, and the second-class fares
bring in the most profit to the coun¬
try. Only foreigners and a few of the
ln'g Chin, se officials travel first-class ’f
and a mandarin and his retinue 0
from ten to liftv servants usually have
passes. The faros are, l believe the
cheapest in the world. The first-class
passenger tariff is less than two cents
a mile m silver, an d the second-class
less than one cent a mile or less than
half a cent a mile in our currency
For a distance of thirty-one miles the
fnre was twenty-seven silver cents
or about fourteen American cents.
L’in ve are no mail
tho Chinese had their wav they would
run their freight and passenger eur^
in one train. As it is, there is an
open ear back of the en due in which
all sorts ot bag-H-e and freight are
can ed. This is made in the shape of
a peu, with walls about four feet high,
and its contents are cattle ba^ga ^e
and freight. On our train there”were
a pouv ami t\x donkeys in this car.
^hey rail u re which tied by their bridles to the
on ran around its top aud
eve surrounded bv bags and boxes
aud bales of all sorts of goods. The
train, all told, consisted of about a
dozen cars, Back of this half-cattle,
half-bn age car was one containing
passengers and freight; behind these
a large number of second-class
coaches, the oar of the viceroy being
attaehe 1 t> the end of the regular
train. These seeoud-class cars were
well-filled, They were of half Eng
li-h, half American pattern, eaeh
coach being as long as one of oar pas
sengi r coach-'--, but tho seats running
in th ■ same way on the two sides of
the ear with au aisie between them,
Each ear was divided by partitions
running acro-s it into three sectious
and some of the ear,-. one section
wa^ dt voted to Chinese ladies, who sat
with the toes of tueir clubfeet resting
on the fl r 111 tU solitary grandeur
of their paint, powder au gorgeous
silk • ! !l In the men /• compart
went every seat was > 3 ied, and
each passenger had h Z. X d and bag
gage piled up about The seats
wer plain wooden benches with
strai flit backs, an 1 were very uncom
fc r table. Many the passengers had
their shoes ofl , un 1 their gaudy pants
loout- of wadded silk were tied about
l-Uc auliics above their socks of white
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wadded cotton. Home wero smok¬
ing long-stemmed pipes with bowl?
no bigger than a thimbl an
others slept and snored. Tfaer via:
only one first-class comoirt ut J r.
this the seats were
and it was ns comfortable ns
American passenger coaeh. The -
cupauts were a half dozen for ign tl rs
going to Taku, at the mouth of til
Peiho River, to take the boat lor ij*
Shanghai, and a couple ol ri •l.i
dressed Chinese merchant?,
stations all along the 1 n.-c
well nilt. They are of one st try,
painted white and their plat'or X H
of stone, which rn almost pun!!
with tho bed of th cars, an 1 bem
hi ch the tracks are sunk T y ax*
comfortably furnished in Chin
style, with different room: for the d
ferent classes ot pa nger-', ivu l th •
people of every class gather about th *
station in the small towns of Cliirt.i
just as they do in an Arneri in vii
There are soldiers in their red in l
blue cotton uniforms evervwher
There are swell mandarin with ser
rants bearing their official c tp-, wii'i
the feathers of rank stickin j :i t
their backs, There are coolies carry¬
ing great loads on their shoulder, au 1
men and children, who stand and look
at 11 s, the foreign devils, in open•
mouthed wond ir. Now and then they
crowd us too closely, when the g nr l
makes assault upon them with his re 1
club, swinging it about as though it
were a scythe,or pounding them lustily
over tho heads with it, and startup
the hundreds into a screaming run te
the rear. A bell rings at every st a
lion before the car starts, an l the
switches and signals are carefully man
aged.
A Rabbit .Miner,
Tho famous silver mines of Fotosi
South America were discovered hy
aI1 Indian who was in pursuit of an
antelope. He was climbing the steep
slope of a hill, aud seized a bush to
help j himself up. The plant gave wav
)U1( he starte Ho full backward but
i,y a desperate effort saved himself,
au q falling forward cut his nose
against a projecting ledge of stone.
Stopping to staunch the flow ol
blood, he chance 1 to look at the stone
which had done the damage, when, to
his astonishment, he perceived it was
almost pure silver.
This story may be apoehryphal, but
a tale which from Mexico is tolerably
well authenticated. According to this
narrative, one of the richest mines in
that land of mineral wealth was found
j )V a ra bbit. An Indian was hunting
J rabbits, and his dog chased one to a
hoi© in a hillside. Tho Indian hem
tated for a moment whether to dig out
, the rabbit he had seen enter or go in
pursuit of auotlier. Determining fin¬
ally that one rabbit in a hole was
worth move than half a dozen on a
rocky hillside, ho got a spade and
went to work.
Before he-had turned over half a
dozen spadefuls of earth ha ha 1 for¬
gotten all about the rabbit, for he
made the thrilling discovery that he
was handling almost solid silver. The
man dropped and ran to his employer
with the intelligence., the latter re
si-mnmg with him to the spot to see
for himself aud verify the discovery.
Tho rabbit escaped, at least it is sup¬
posed it, for it enters no more into
the story, but its memory is* pre
served in the name of the mine, which
being translated into English signifies
the “Rabbit’s Den.”
i t woU u have been well for the I 11 -
diau if he had escaped when the rab
hit did, for, according to tho story,
the poor fellow was murdered by the
Spaniard, who desired to keep the se
erct of the mine, aud was afraid that
the Indian might reveal it, and the
Government might step in and claim
either the whole or part of the pro
C eeds. --New York Journ^
The llahy oh the Floor ot the House,
Just after the House had been called
to OPller yesterday,a little, dark-haired
baby-girl toddled down the centre
aisle ; She was dressod in white, with
a dainty muslin cap fastened down
u P on ber P re kt y carls - HUe was a wee
mite of a thing—so . small that when
she reached the steps she sat down and
slul from ste P to 6 te P» for even the few
inches descent were beyond the reach
of hc r shorfc rtud chubby legs,
At the head of the aisle she paused,
looking about her in a childish von
,ler - Tlleu s * 10 noticed Speaker pro
tein Richardson sitting at the Speak
cr ’ 8 lleBk in al1 his & lor T> and With
cllildish audition proceeded to
climl > «P the broad platform, until she
stood b v his side - Her heftd scarcely
-
reached tho to P of lus desk » but sho
P rattled »"'“>* to him 111 bab N fa shion
until he was compelled to turn away
from her to follow the proceedings of
the House. Then she lialf-slid, half
tumbled down again until she reached
Hie grouj) of pages, by whose side she
sat down, spreading out her skirts in
true '™™iuly fashion,
Just at that moment a woman ap¬
P oarod nt tho uiaiu door of the Iiouse *
frantically waving her arms toward
the little one. A ilooiKeeper came up
the aisle, took the little one’s hands,
and asked her to go to her mother.
“No, no,” said the baby.
“But she has some candy for you,”
ald the diplomatic ,. if ., not . altogether ,,
*
truthful official, aud without another
word the youthful , wanderer was led
in triumph to the arms of her dis*
tractedparent. —Washington Post.
Oldest Book in tlie World.
The oldest book in the world, ac
cording to a writer in the London
Literaiv World, is the “Prisse”
Papyrus, now at the Bibliotheque Na
tionale in Paris. The title is “Pre
eepts of Ptah-hotep, Viceroy of Assa,
King of the South and North.” This
work, written about 3359 B. C., com
prises sixteen p iges, and is divided
into forty-four chapters. It consists
of rules how to govern justly and
wisely. Ptah-hotep uses sixteen times
the name of “God” in his work, and
always in the singular. H s couclud
ing words are; “I am now 110 years
old, and have written this book my
self from beginning to end.” An
English translation has been made by
Professor Osgood. Together with his
papyrus a few leaves of a still older
work lias been fouud, which is snp
posed to have been written by Kakim
oa, viceroy of the KingSenefru of the
third dynasty. These leaves are older
than 3Jil. the pyramids, aud go back to th^
year C
AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GAUDEN.
HOW TO HAVE HEALTHY CHICKS.
H. S. Armstrong, Erie County, New
York, writes to the American Agricul
turist: Poultry raisers will find it to
Their advantage to u^e sulphur and
grease on young eAicks. lins I have
used for years on my flock of Ply
mouth l!ocks, raising from two hun¬
dred to three hundred chicks annually,
Apply to the top of the head and nn
der each wing as soon as the chicks
are hatched, and again in about ten
lays or two weeks.
COHN FODDER.
Tlie great value of corn fudder as
food t. r cattle unit the neglect with
which it is so often treated by the far
mer who exposes it i > the winds aud
rain has caused the Virginia station to
experiment with a corn busker and
fodder cutter, in the hope that it
would fill the required uant.
The report is favorable to the ma
chine, which, bv actual timing,
husked from twenty to twenty-four
bushels (of sev' nty pound?) per hour.
The w.’i’k was well done and the ap
pearance of the corn better than when
husked by hand The machine is
particularly valued for the improved
condition in which it leaves the fo 1 -
der, of which cattle will eat a much
larger amount than when prepared in
the usual way.--New York World.
MILKING IN DARKENED STABLES.
During the summer season, when
flies trouble t .e cows even in pasture ’
it will prove a good plan to put the
cows in a dark stable at milking time.
If the room be very dark, the flies
will leave the cows when passing
through the door. Should they be
persisten’, however, in clinging to the
cows, lmng a blanket, or strips of
cloth over the doorway, or even use
branches with the leaves on, which
will brush and scare tlie little pests
from the animals as they enter, after
which the milking can be done with
some degree of comfort, It is not
necessary that the milking room be
provided with stanchions, but an v
darkened place wiil answer, Tbe
cows will soon learn that they cun be
therein freed from their tormentors,
and will gladly seek its seclusion at
every opportunity, and, if conveni¬
ently located, they would, of their o wn
free will, enter the room at midday,
during hot weather, instead of fight¬
ing flies and enduring the heat in the
open air. During the summer, cows,
if in good pasture, will not usually
graze during the heat of the day, but
will stand about in the shade, or lie at
some point, chewing tho cud. Hence
the added benefit of a cool, quiet place
during this rest.—American Agricul
turist.
D.EGULAU FEEDING FOE CHICKENS.
Young chickens should be fed regu¬
larly and well, and they rely, chiefly,
on the provision you make for them
for a healthy and vigorous advance in
growth. Regularity in business mat¬
ters produces the very best rewards,
and it is followed by even greater re¬
sults when applkvh to the case of live
stock of all kinds, nfid poultry in par¬
ticular, especially in the early stages
of growth, when a few days’ inatten¬
tion or neglect may produce results
which weeks of carfeful feeding may
not be able to remedy.
Not only should the chicks be fed
well, regularly and often, but they
should be well cared for in regard to
protection. Let the coops be fur¬
nished with board floors, so that the
chicks can have a dry place to go in
case of rain. Have tlie cooiis supplied
with good, tight tops, so the rain can¬
not enter, and always feed early in the
evening, so that the chicks may be
shut in by nightfall, out of the reach
the dew. Do not let the young chicks
run out too soon with the hen, but
keep them confined a few’ days after
which they can be allowed to run dur¬
ing bright, clear days, through the
middle of the day, when the sun has
dried the dew from off the grass, but
the mother should be kept cooped. A
young chick all wet with the dew, and
obliged to follow the old lieu through
high, tangled grass, is apt to fall a
victim to either the want of knowl
edge or the gross carelessness of the
breeder. This is especially true in re
gard to young turkeys, hundreds oJ
them dying from this cause alone every
fear. -New York Observer.
TO MAKE A BEE-VEIL.
Sidney Harris gives, in the Bee
Journal, the following directions for
making and wearing a bee-veil: I take
a small wire and make a frame seven
inches by eight, wrapping the ends
firmly with fiax thread. Upon the
side of this I sew silk tulle, stretch it
to the opposite side all it will bear,
and sew it; then on the side I sew and
stretch it to the opposite. I now have
a face veil that will not crease or fold,
and as nearly invisible as it is possi
ble to have it. I cut out of the veil
and insert this so that it suspends
nicely from the rim of my straw hat.
It keeps it away from the face, aud
makes it pleasant and cool to examine
the bees througu.
Have a deep veil. Get from your
harness shop a narrow strap of sheep- d
bV . 1 .;,. l i ,1 / f buckle; , , gather ., the
oach nf of tms t .t veil aud sew it into this
strap, the distance from shoulder to
shoulder underneath the arm. Now
make a slit in the veil to the top of
the shoulder, and bind this around so
that it will not fray out. At the back
of the buckle sew a piece of siik elas¬
tic one-half inch wide (you must me as
end ure the require 1 leugtii ; to the other
sew 011 a large hook, a^d where
it is needed on the other eu l of the
leather strap sew on au eve. Now
you see, when you put on the veil and
buckle it around you, the front part
of the veil will be loose. There should
be a piece sewn on to the front to
lengthen it. Now if the elastic is
pass- l over th:-. a- i hooke-l into the
eye. it keeps the veil drawn snug and
tight m trout, so that no bees can get
iiiidei, and ' t' qfk tbe hook and eye
vuni i Oe easier bandied than the pin.
a- suggested by Miss Emma Wilson
some time ago.
F.t’Lts FOR THE DAIRY.
1. Cow sheds should receive regn
lar mu thorough cleaning every morn-
Utg. itefuse earned ont to the manure
heaps, stall well cleaned with farm
hoe, afterward brushed; channel
brushed and washed out well, clean
bedding lain down, feeding trough
alvrars cleaned cut previous to feed¬
ing time, warmth of shed attended to
and no daughts of cold air allowed.
2. Yentimtion of cow shed should
have particular attention every morn
ing; after the shed is cleanetjout open
top and bottom of window.
3 , Cows well cleaned with the curry
CO mb and brushed every morning.
4. The cows’ teats cleaned before
milking.
5. Milk should have particular at¬
tention in strainiflg it.
6 . Rooms containing cream and
milk, also milk pans, require careful
attention; washing and keeping clean
of room and milk vessels well attend
ed to; the room al?o kept well venti
luted; no bad air allowed,
7. Churns kept well cleaned; always
washed qut clean previous to working
them,
S. Temperature of cream, previous
to churning, carefully attended to;
for the purpose have a thermometer
sixty-five degrees Fahrenheit in sum
mer and a few degrees higher in win
ter.
9. All dairy utensils kept perfectly
clean and also in a room for them
selves.
10. No dairy utensils should be
washed inside a dairy; have a small
wooden trough outside the dairy for
the purpose.
11. Keep the floor inside the work¬
ing compartment perfectly tfilean; no
milk or other liquid allowed to remain
on it.
12. Attend to the washing of the
mi] k from the butter with great atten
tion.
13. The hands not allowed to come
iu contact with the butter while mak
^ u 2 ‘-
1 ' i - Latter not made up for final
nse after salting until a short period oE
ti:ne elapses; also, butter should not
worked too much. Lye small
wooden spades for working the butter
throughout entire process. *
15. Neatness observed i^i making
up of butter.
16. All dairy vessels employed for
making purposes kept strictly clean.
17. Working dairy compartments
should be well cleaned, floor,, benches,
at end of week ; also exterior portion
of dairy well cleaned. No, water al¬
lowed to remain in channefs outside
the dairy.
18. Have no decayed refuse near tho
door on any account.
19. Feeding of milk cows) carefully
attended to. Food should'lie clean,
l"ssh, and at regulated periods given,
20. A moderate supply of .salt (rock)
vf r J beneficial for young colws. Place
Limps of salt in the feeding trough,
21. The drinking water for your
co ' rv ’ s should be perfectly chVan ; also
the vessels.—London DairyjWorld.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTiES.
There is no iron-clad rul^ for milk
ing a cow. I
Oleomargarine is a predict of <g?i
ruption in jmlitics. f , *
--Good cows -eoia : .n.^R ?4 this fell
will be worth the keeping.
Thick top-bars are needed in the
hive to make white sections./
Fall pasture is getting to las a thing
sofnewhat of a serious nature.
Common farm cows should be the
most healthful cows in the world.
Improper treatment will spoil a
good milch cow in almost no time.
Alfalfa is much like clovter, not so
good for horses, but fine for cattle.
With improved roads the carrying
capacity of the team will be greatly
increased. -
There is a good demamt for good
speedy road horses with |alenty of
style to city use.
Successful egg farms makeia rule to
permit but ten fowls to a roosting
space of 100 feet square. (
Young fowls are better for roostins
outdoors in summer in c{ suitable
place prepared for them. '
Fumigate the building frequently,
pretty and keep safe them from cholera. clean, and j ) you are
Overloading has ruined many
horses. When should the be load given. is Heavy fre¬
quent rests )
The Canadian Government will es
tablish an agricultural department at
the experiment farm at Ottajwa.
Don’t raise up a fine lot’ of birds
ready for market and the let the
skunks get them tor want of jeare.
You can burn all worms” nests by
the use of a corncob torch. I Saturate
cob with coal oil and pass th»’ough the
nest.
A wooden protector has been de¬
vised for youug fruit trees tLat is said
effectually to prevent the work of
borers.
-*- 15 make strawberries do well wnen
coming into bearing see that the vines
keep up a thrifty, vigorous growth the
first year,
Prepare good clean nests for the
hens in proper places and yoiy will not
be troubled with the hens stealing
nests away.
An acre put to orchard has abomt onj the farm
and we n attended as im
pertant a function to perfor m as any
part G f the farm.
0 Small ,, aiter-swarms or casts. . may non
bc fouu q whlch have but^ a smal. -
amount of comb. These mayt be able
to secure enough stores ! for cold
colony. weather, if returned to thje parent
I
Thick-top bars have a grejat advan¬
tage over the old thin-top bsfrs. The
mt-er, when tided iuli o capped
boL ^Rh J e . v the '' are former veI T difficult it is not to necessary handle, but tc
run tne fingers into the hojiiey Whet
handling, 1
months 1 Queens from can May be to reared October!-, oijtly and in the th(
drone is practically useless at al)
other times of the year, exc»e ept the.se
months. There are two Lroods o:
drones reared each in year May in prosperous
colonies; the first anil the sec
ond in August,
If bees refuse to 'leave sec
tions there iz either Investigation a queen) or brood
iu the section j. should
p e ma( j e a t once, and tt(e brood,
which will be drone, can be i|ed to the
chickens and the surrounding thire honey
extracted, If a queen is ret-urr
her to the hive.
SOMETHING TO KNOW.
The word cottilliou means petticoat,
and was originally applied to a species
of the modern skirt dance.
A Bible distributor died roeenty in
New Hampshire at the age of 76, who,
during his life, distributed 120,000
Bibles.
A gang of tramps, numbering about
400, are now camping at Cranberry
Park, N. J., waiting for cranbery
picking to commence. Nearly all are
without food or money, aud depend
upon what they can beg.
The holystone used in cleaning the
decks of ships is so called from being
originally used for Sunday cleaning
and became the seamen have to go on
their knees to use it.
The mimimum penalty for serving
drinks on Sunday in western Australia
is £50. A hotel-keeper in Perth, the
metropolis, was recently mulcted iu
the sum of £150 for illegally refresh¬
ing a party of three on the Sabbath,
the court refusing to regard the three
drinks as constituting a single offense.
Another curious feature of the licens¬
ing law in western Australia is that the
licensee must not absent himself from
the bouse for more than twenty-eiglit
days in the year, except by special per¬
mission of a stipendiary magistrate, a
restriction on personal liberty that has
long been the source of much irrita¬
tion and indignation to the trade.
A Dainty Bed Cover.
A bed cover made of heavy white
iinen sheeting, hemstitched all around,
and etched in a conventional design
with blue linen floss, with a fringe on
either bedside of blue and white floss,
simply knetted in, would make a bed¬
spread in every way desirable for a
blue and white room, A much less ex¬
pensive and equally attractive cover is
made of heavy unbleached cotton
sheeting. Clustering in one corner
and reaching across the spread is a
graceful design of woodbine etching in
crewels of almost every shade of green,
brown and yellow. An unobstrusive
red note is supplied by an occasional
bunch of berries done in that color.
A deep Item about the whole cover is
feather stitched in yellow crewel, and
crewels of tlie varied shades tied into
the hem on two sides form an attrac¬
tive fringe. A long, narrow scarf of
the sheeting, similarly etched and
finished, forms the covering fur the
pillow’s, and not the least desirable
thing about such spreads as these
is the ease with which they can be
kept in condition.— Exchange.
Hard to Please.
“You w r ill have to give me another
room,” said a visitor to a hotel man¬
ager.
“What’s the matter? Aren’t you
comfortable where you are?”
‘ ‘Well, not ^ss&etly'. German
musician^HTthe next room aiKtYxkm.’L
£et along'well. Last night he tooted
away on Lis clarionet so that I thought
I would never get to sleep. After I had
caught a few W’inks I was awakened by
r pounding on my door. ‘What’s the
matter?’ I asked. ‘Of you blease,’
said tho German, ‘dot you vould
schnore of der same key. You vas go
from B flat to G, and it schpoils der
moosic !’ ”—Harlem Life.
Boston Men in Brooklyn.
First Scientist—“My vocal chords
are very much contracted from par¬
ticipation in that debate.”
Second Scientist—“So are mine.
Let us go into this laboratory and
make a practical analysis of Borne of
the foaming beverage which is so
temptingly pictured on that sign.—
Brooklyn Eagle.
A well proportioned woman wears
a shoe whose number is half that her
glove. For instance, if her glove is
No. 6 , her shoe should be No. 3.
Home Again!
After a brief absence the cheerful visitor
dyspepsia, returns again. Our traditional
mother-in-law is nothing to it. To prevent
repeated visits use Ho.-trtt r’s Stomach Kii
ters. Also seek tlie aid of this compreliens vc
remedy lor malaria, liver and kidney trouble,
debility and nervousness. Question tlio-e
who have been troubled with these uni kin¬
dred ailments. They will testify in behalf of
the Bitters.
More than 1.000 forms of snow crystals have
been observed and copied.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory Binghamton, N. Y.
“Go it when you’re young” and your gait o.d.
will be correspondingly slow when you are
The True Laxative Principle
Of the plants used in manufacturing the
pleasant remedy, Syrup of Fig->, has a penna"
nently beneliciai effect on the human system’
while the cheap vegetable extracts and min¬
eral >olutions, usually sold as medicines, are
permanently injurious. Being well informed'
you will nse the true remedy only. Manufac¬
tured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
What does a womsn somet mes give away
without losing any of it? A piece of her mind
Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local application-, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitu¬
tional remedies. Deafne-s is caused by au in¬
flamed Eustachian condii Tube. ion of the When mucous thi3 tube lining of the; in¬
flamed have ul ing sound gets
fect hearing, you a rum it is entirely or imper¬ closed
and when
Deafness is the result, and unless the inflam¬
mation can b'3 taken out and this tube re¬
stored destroyed to its forever; normal condition, nine hearing will be
cases out ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in¬
flamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We-will give One Hundred Dollars for ant
case of D afness (can.-ed by catarrh) that can¬
not he cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
£3?”Sold by Druggists, 75c.
This May Interest and Profit Yon.
A err-'-at many people who are employ- d only
partially, or working at low figures, would find
it to 1 heir inter s' to c o r-spon 1 with H. F.
Jobn-oa & Co.. Riehmon u Va. They wish to
employ men and women of the high - t and best
character to repre-ent tom in each io ality.
Make you weak and weary, unfit tor work,
inlispose-i to exertion. They show that
your nerve strength is gone and that your
nervous system needs building up. The
Wood s Sarsa¬ parilla
JB.
8 u r # s t remedy i * Cures
Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
It purifies the blood,
strengthens the nerves
creates an appetite.and gives sound,refresh¬
ing sleep. Get Hood’s and only Hood’s.
Hood’s PjilS cure all liver ills. 25c,
R IT'S" •a r»jr
*t£l>
#1 T HE reported, U. S. Government after an examination Chemists of have the § §
*§> different brands, that the ROYAL Bak¬
I ing Powder is absolutely pure, greatest
in strength, and superior to all others.
* i
zmmmmmmmmmmmm&rn (?•/& ROYAL BAKING POWDER COMPANY, 106 WALL ST. NEW-YORK.
Maryland Biscuits.
W liile it is true that we send plum
puddings to England aud mac rptoI
coals to Newcastle, it is altogether im¬
possible that the lest of the world
should ever send biscuits to Maryland,
through this—her recipe for the same
—she takes pleasure in making known
to the rest of the world not comforted
with Maryland biscuits.
Aunt. Dinah takes 2 quarts of flour,
a heaping tablespoonful of lard, a ta
blespoonful of salt, and mixes them to
a very stiff dough, adding the cold wa¬
ter cautiously for fear of getting it too
soft and sticky. Then she works and
works it on the bread board till it blis¬
ters all over—the dough, not the
board—when she breaks it off in small
pieces, molds it with her fingers into
tiny, shapely forms, picks them with a
fork and puts them in a hot oven to
cook. If the temperature is right,
they will be brown and crisp in 20
minutes.
This is the way they are made on the
eastern shore, while on the western
shore the process differs only in that
they are beaten vigorously with a mal¬
let or a potato masher, instead of
working with the hands, and though
the biscuits from both sections of the
state are delicious there is perhaps a
finer flakiness about the beaten ones.
—New York Herald,
A Curious Superstition.
Natural phenomena often give riso
to superstitions, and when these are
of long standing and have been aug¬
mented by tradition, credulous people
seem to pin their faith to them uu
questioningly. The natives of tho vi¬
cinity of Laos regard with the extrem
est awe a certain plateau that divides
their territory from Anam. This
plateau is covered with trees and
dense foliage, and is a region of al¬
most perpetual rains, Hunters are
forbidden to speak aloud, to fire guns,
or make any unusual noise, and fires
must not be lighted lest it should
cause the rain to fall. These untu¬
tored children of the forest long ago
grasped the idea that rainfalls could
be precipitated by concussion or by
disturbing the strata of the air. They,
however, regarded the matter as some¬
thing supernatural and wonderful,
being able to grasp the hi a of
nalfifal cause aud effect.
That' Everlasting Irritating I* '
That d&^cribes Totter, f.czen A
other skin fry* uhT—&tr wHi cTh'^
them—stop the itch at once,,,,50 cents
pays for a box of Tetterine at drug
stores orjE,?st paid from J. T. Shup
trine, Stminnah, Ga.
Table oilcloth tacked back of tho
stove, if pans or cooking utensils are
hung up, and of tables where mixing
or dishwashing is done, saves the wall
and may be cleaned easily and lasts a
loDg time.
Fencing on Silver.
This is advertising, certainly the latest Mr. nove’ty K. L. out, Shellabergor. in Ihewnyc til
siqiw and
snee Man, Atlanta, Ga , believes in combi am t
hod with utility to the recipient of his adver! is
ing novelty, hence hi h is selected an indispensable
article to every family. You never sit down to your ta¬
ble but what you use it. It is triple-n'ated with Ster¬
ling silver and cannot he purchased from your mer¬
chant for less than 25 cents. It h is beautiful picture
of a house with his celebrated Web Picket Fence in
front. This engraving adds very much to its beauty
and m nowise detracts from its usefulne s. Owing to
the co tliness of this useful article, Mr. Shellaberger
will distribute a limit d number only, and those desir
ing to secure tbis valuable article nni“t send in their
order very pron .pt. On receipt of 5 two-cent stamps
same will be set ?nty u securely packed inbox and po t
age prepaid; aiso his illustrated circulars of his 811
peri or line of fenci ng 'or all purposes-.also and tostlmon- perfectly
i-ils. Anyone r^ce ivi; ng this novelty, not
satisfied with same. vi I have their stamps ell erfully
r^tui rned to them and they can ko'-p the novelty also,
This is certainly fair, leaving everything to you and to
your judgment. Address plainly ami promptly if you
wish to secure this valued artide to K. L. SliellabergiT.
the Wire Fence Man, Atlanta, Ga. Telephone 58;.
Karl’s Clover Ro >t, the great h ood purifier,
gives freshness and clearness to the complex¬ $1.
ion and cures const ipation, 25 cts., 55 ct,s.,
Mrs. Winslow’s f-’oothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma¬
tion, allays pain, cures wind colie. 25c. a bottle
re—— se*
I
The Largest Manufacturers of
&%‘kJ ill. PURE, HIGH GRADE
■
Ux COCOAS AND CIICCOLATES
On this Continent, have received
V’ w SPECIAL AND HIGHEST
* \ AWARDS
Sif-O? f, \ on all CALIFORNIA their Goods ut the
1
f [ MIDWINTER EXPOSITION.
/\ .j^eir BREAKFAST cocoa,
11 i \ I; | or is Which, made other oi without Ch unlike emic :ala the the or Dutch use use JJves, of Alknliea Process, is abao
—lutely pure an d soluble, and coeta
leas than one cent a cup.
BOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE.
WALTER BAKER & CO. DORCHESTER, MASS.
Spec/ai Prices Most Corn¬
Quoted tho 'S lishment rdf-te e=tab
\ in
Trade. the South
Estimates
Furnished.
PUBLISHER
PRINTER
AtUnta, Ga. ENGRAVER
No Ordor tot, Large.
BIG CUT
—ON —
BICYCLES
Now is the Time to Buy
Columbias, Ramblers, Eagles,
Lovels and others
JLt Reduced
SSTSEND FOR BARGAIN LIST.^J
LOWRY HARDWARE CO.,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
CATALOG,
a full de-criptio
of thechf apest a
1 ^-t IRON FENCE made for cemetery
n-c J. W. RiCE, Atlanta, Ca.
RUPTURED &c-, cured by HORSES, Information free.
owt.er.
MOORE BROS., Albany, N. T.
7
How It Will End.
Scientists have different opinions as
to how this world will end, and most
of them are as foolish as can be imag¬
ined. One says that the surface of the
earth is slowly but surely diminishing,
and that some day the land portion
will go into water, and that we shall
all be drowned. Another says that
eventually the earth’s center of gravity
will be changed, and that wo will bo
smashed to pieces in the debris. An¬
other, that the earth is being drawn
nearer to the snu every day, and that
when it gets there, wo will be cremat¬
ed alive. Another, that humanity will
Another, retrograde until it reaches nothing.
that wo will be driven over
to the equator and frozen to death.
In the meantime we have to hustle for
a living while we are here.
The Natural Sequence.
When the world shall have becomo
sufficiently civilized to grant to moth¬
ers their rights,the most natural thing
to follow is that mothers will protect
the rights of their children.— Nebras¬
ka Woman's Weekly.
pr A LI. AG £3 1 \ -And liable conditions in llfo
" are Invigorating ut I hues, Tonic; to need
an a
Regulator of the natural, periodical
function, and a Soothing and liruc
jng Nervine. For tins purpose
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Proscription
Is the only medicine 60 certain in its
curative action that it cun beytumm
teed. Your money is returned if it
does not cure.
In Maidenhood, Womanhood, and
Motherhood, braces exhausted, it invigorates and
un the run-down,
overworked and delicate; allays and
banishes all Nervous Weakness, Fits,
Spasms, Hysteria, Chorea, or St. Vi¬
tus’s Dance; corrects all unnatural ir¬
regularities of monthly function and
cuies Periodical I’ains, Weaknesses,
Bearing Down Sensations, Baek
K ache, Catarrhal Inflammation,
"J V7 Lice ration and kindred maladies.
x For those about to becomo
mothers, it is a priceless boon,
it lessens the pains and perils
Mrl SvJ _ of and childbirth, the period shortens of confinement, “ labor’*
y r .ZlX'iand TP*'abundance promotes of the nourishment secretion of for an
»
tho child.
W„ L Douglas
IS THE BEST.
MO SQUEAKING.
*?5. FRENCH&ENAMELLED COS.DOVAN, CALR
~V \
-!|| -4N5. r rP F 1 NECALF MGARQl
V ... $ 3.5? POLICE,3 Soles.
JiX *2.*i. 7 _ 5 BoysSchoolShoes.
* LAOTES -
jjwg.’csgasa:. '' *3 ? 2 S b!stD 0 n60 <-4
'<V ]
BRO ckton, mass.
You can save money by wearing tho
W. I.. Douglas 83.00 Hhoe.
Because, wo era the largest manufacturers of
this grade of shoos in tho world, and guarantee their
value by stamping the name and price on tho
bottom, which protect you against high prices and
the middleman’s profits. Our shoes equal custom
work in style, easy fitting and wearing qualities.
We have them sold everywhere at lower prices for
the value given than any other make. Talco no sub¬
stitute. If your dealer cannot supply you, wo can.
STILSON & COLLINS
JEWELRY COMPANY.
I
Clods, Silverware,
And Everything in the Jewelry Line.
Fine Watch Work, Jewelry Repairing,
school mm a specialty.
OUR MOTTO:—“Reliable goods, fuir deal¬
ing and l) i1 tom prices
STILSON & COLLINS,
No. 55 Whitehall Street., Atlanta, Ga.
PORTER’S liieM^ Busina
£ j rFRCtlCRl „ , . , Thorough. Splendidly equipped. Expert V< ry
a-count
iillKlHPVS . ants and court reporters as
teachers. Terms liberal.
Graduates assisted to good
COLLEGE, bo-itions. po Write for par
t ic ular
MACON, GA, J. K. I II. S. P< CURTIS, IIITKR, President. Principal.
’C LIVER
i B O PIUS
-AND
e/roHic Pellets.
TREATMENT MS’itS:
4fc all stores,or by mail 2 r tc. double box ; S^ionble^boxei
JUMPING JSSXhtt^aiO»SSns. Wonderful of
BEANS f USt to 3Ia y- product a
draw crowds wherever shown, on streets, In sli op
windows, etc. Just imported. Everybody .lumping wants
one. Full history of Tree and sample
Hcnn to Agents or Str -etmen ’2.3 cents, postpaid.
3, 6Cc.; 6, SI; 12, $1.50; 100, $10. Rush order and be
first. Sell quantities to your merchants for window at¬
tractions and then sell to others. Quick Sales. Try 100.
Big Money. Agents' Herald, No. 1 43, J. B., Phila., Pa.
nisi @|Sf PD'.lti.ely reatedfree. COt IB
with Vegetable
% Iterardlea. Hava
\ Si Si tea cured many thou
sand cases pro
rounccd hopeless. From first dose symptoms rapidly disappear, reijv^^d*
and in ten days at least tn-o-thirds of all symptoms are
RQOtC of testimonials of miraculous cures sent FREE.
TEN DAYS m ATftEKT FURNISHED FREE by mail
©ii. U. II. tillLXN SON is, fc»ecloli»u, Atlanta
<eM ipiic’il . Made by
i. i.uyiu; •owest Wheat prices of now this
a Ssm ce ’ ury ar id s-icuringthe
r dv v i .-c certain to co rrt«
BOO You can make as much i>y c irrying it on sin all
margins as by buying ouiGidtt. S 0 will margin
against a 1 C'-nr d- • i >■ and c ■■■■ro you -ill the ail
va: ce. Send :or our free • o ,:;: •; "IIow to Trade.”
C.F. Van Winkle&Co .Room 45, r-U.n a le St.,Chicago
LEARN TELEGRAPHY,
Ifnilrond llnsinms anti .Sh-rtlinmi. W^tsae 1 !
them »nd furnish situattons. N-tr caral</gue free.
(dTII A M’t.’KN I Kill.. -ftniin, (lit.
QQ YOU offer employment to or
WANT pav"ill a month. Mo Capital re
WORK? quird Addr.ssP. W ZIEGLER*
CO ■ ffox 17- jjf, Fhilade ipaia, Fa.
■ggag-fg' ,«sp fl
_____
Concnmptlvea and people
who have weak lungs or Asth¬
ma, should usa Piso’s Cure for I
Consumption. It has eared
thousand*. It has not injur¬
ed one. It is not bad to take.
It is the best cough syrnp.
Sold everywhere. 85 c.
A N, V ....... ........Thirty-eight, ’&4.