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DIPHTHERIA CURE
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A TERRIBLE DISEASE.
Dr. Hour, the French Savant, Tells
IIow th<* Sprain of llie Blood of
Hor.p. Has Saved Thousands
of Human Lives In France.
I N a comfortable laboratory, Hooded
with sunshine, in the Pasteur
Institute, in Paris, a New York
World correspondent found I)r.
Rons, who is the hero of the hour
from the fact that he lias discovered
a enre for diphtheria.
His dark, serious face lighted up
with a winning smile as tiio corre
upon dent saluted hirn us “the man who
is saving 30,000 lives a year in France
alone.
“ Pardon,” he said, quickly, “ you
exaggerate. It is true that, diphtheria
and croup claim more than 30,000
victims every year in this country. It
is also true that out of 118 children
whom 1 have recently treated for one
or the other of those terrible maladies
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7 have saved 116. That is, we think,
a very iiretty reduction of tho mortal
ity from the old rates.”
“It is so wonderful that the mothers
of France ought to build you a monu
merit of gold.”
The smile swept over the dark face
agaiu. “Yet wo are only on the
threshliold of success. At the Trosscau
Hospital, where the mortality among
the ohildren used to bo sixty-three
per cent.—think of it, monsieur, sixty
three per cent.—-it has been reduced
since the introduction of our treat
inent of diphtheria and croup to tweu
ty-four per cent.
“At the Hospital of fhe Enfants
Maladcs,” continued tho doctor,
“where I have been experimenting
with my—shall l call it my discov
cry?—for three years, tlie average
mortality lirtb been lowered from eleven
to one per cent. This is a good con
Urination of the value of our remedy.”
Tho young savant’s face was now
aglow with enthusiasm. Here was a
man who touj^asmuch pride iu saving
life as ul generals take iu de
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K^pSTshing “Tell how it and is that beneficent pupil discovery.
you, of tho
great Pasteur, have gone ahead of
your master. If l were he 1 could find
it in my heart to be jealous of you!”
The Doctor held up his hand with
tho mock Parisian gesture of dissent.
“Pasteur could uot bo jealous. He is
too grandly the simple for that, He re
joices iu success of his pupils as
much as in his own. And he enjoys
his owu solely because it is of benefit
to humanity. Besides, we owe all that
we have and are to him. It is by' fol¬
lowing his methods that we have at
last come upon a now truth, which
certainly will save great numbers of
lives. In America diphtheria is a
great scourge, I have heard, Well,
the serum treatment cannot fail to be
of immense advautago there.”
“Briefly, what do you claim?”
“I will repeat substantially what 1
said at the Medical Congress at Buda¬
pest the other day. My co-workers,
MM. Martin and Chaillou, and 1, main
tain, after a scries of careful experi
meets extending through three years,
that by the use of the serum sepa¬
rated from the blood of horses which
have been previously vaccinated
against diphtheria we have succeeded
iu lowering in such large proportion
the mortality of children attacked by
diphtheria or croup, that the malady
inay be considered as conquered. We
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are beyond preadyenture now. But
what we wish specialty to do is to im
press upon the minds of mothers
e very where the need of fiyiug at once
to the remedy, the moment the diph
theria declares itself. Otherwise we
shall continue to have such discour
aging results as at the Trousseau Hos
pit ab
"This is what should be done,” he
went on. “When a child complains
of a sore throat an examination shorn 1
be instantly male. If the mucous
«ui face shows littb. white scat
tered over it a physician should be
ealled without delay. The white spots
way U indioatiohs of ^ simple quinzy,
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or may l>e the first; sj-mpioms of
“In either case, the physician
should at once give the child a sub
cutaneous injection of the nnti-diph
theric serum. If the attack is one of
quiuzy simply, the remedy will do no
harm. If it is diphtheria, the serum
will infalliblv effect a cure.”
“Infallibly?"
“I have just told you that the statis¬
tics at the Hospital of the Enfants
Maladcs show that since the nse of the
scrum in diphtheria cases where there
is no complication with other maladies,
the average of mortality has been
lowered from eleven to one per cent,
Contrast this with nearly seventy per
cent, of mortality where the old-fash
ioned treatment alone is used.”
Dr. Rons is deeply in earnest,
“Give us just the chance that we ought
to have—fair play ugainst the dis¬
ease,” he says, “and we will conquer
it every time.”
The correspondent remarked that
diphtheria is a disease about which
evf cry mother lias a different theory.
“There are many vulgar errors cou
cerniug it,” said the Doctor, “Nine
times out of ten diphtheria does not
kill, as is generally supposed bj' suf
focation. The false membranes which
develajj at tho back of the throat
rarely cause total obstruction of tho
respiratory canal, and even if they dul,
tracheotomy could save the patent.
“But tho diphtheritic microbe,
whicli swarms on these false mem
branes, secretes a poison that, sooner
or later, according to the virulence of
the attack, must contaminate tlie
blood. My pupil Yersin and I claim
to have been the first to discover this
‘toxiue,’ and to have proved that diph
theria patients die from poisoning.
“Now, the snbsoutaneous injection
of the anti-diphtheritic serum confers
immediate immunity, but acts as
an antidote only at the end of several
hours, so that if the ravages of the
too far advanced (andthis
is pretty generally the case among
poor children here when the family
doctor says that the attack 1ms become
to serious for him and that the patient
must go to the hospital), tho remedy
is given iu vain. Neither must it be
supposed lhat the serum has any
p ower to cure other diseases winch
the sutiercr iuay have ^concurrently
with diphtheria.”
“How did you happen to hit upon
the serum of the blood of the horse as
a remedy for diphtheria?”
“We never cotne upon anything by
chance, here,” answered l)r. Roux.
“Everything is the result of patient,
even wearisome research. I first be¬
came connected with Pasteur when he
was experimenting with a view to the
discovery of the anti-hydrophobic
vaccine. Naturally we experimented
upon all kinds of animals, and I came
on some facts about the horse which
led me later to choose that animal as
the one for the nnti-diphthena experi¬
ments. Then came the moment of
those terrible first experiments upon
human beings with Pasteur’s new
vaccine matter. The good old savant,
engrossed in his researches, had omit¬
ted to put himself right with the local
faculty of medicine iu the matter of
his grades, and he was forbidden to
undertake the vaccination of persons
who had been bitten by mad dogs
without the assistance of a doctor who
would assume the responsibility for
the operations.”
“Did you feel any* trepidation when
you undertoo v the task and super¬
vised and made yourself responsible
for the first vaccinations?”
“I never had a moment’s hesitation,
nor an instant’s doubt. And the tri¬
uinph of Pasteur’s principles in suc
cess fully grappling with hydrophobia
by vaccination was a proof to my
mind tuat the other victories now at
hand could be achieved.”
“And how do vou obtain the se
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rum?”
“(Yell, we will now return to our
friend, the horse. The. great number
of experiments made in our laboratory
showed that of all animals capable of
furnishing anti-diphtheritic serum in
large quantities the horse was the efisi
est to vaocir te. H supports the
-toxine’ much better than rue dog or
than rammatiug sM-n-.;-- No: him
easier than to draw from tl ? jugular
vein of a horse, as 0 IL 1 a* one wishes,
great quantities oi pure blood from
which a perfectly limpid serum sepa
‘‘And is the horse sacrificed?”
“Not at all. The operators of the
Pasteur Institute hare horses from the
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jugmars o ic-y
blood more than twenty times, and
the rem rema.ns as supple as at the
hrst ‘drawing. The animals used for
horse^-Zdcndwith * ’ ’LI cel lent entTo® ap
petites. , m, They are n bled , once a month,
and at each operation a htti. more
thau four quarts o blood capable of
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taken nan them uiun. ”
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only one. I was about to say—‘But’
if we are to be expected to cure all the
cases of diphtheria and croup in Paris,
we shall need a smart cavalry brigade.
You see, it requires nearly seven
eights of a pint of serum to cure the
croup. The preparation of serum is
costly, and our hospitals for children
would find the new cure a tremendous
drain upon their resources were it not
for the public subscription which the
Figaro has started, and which lias
already yielded nearly 50,000 francs.
‘ ‘The money is to be used in providing
sufficient quantities of the serum.
Baron Edmond de Rothschild alone
^ 11S 20,000 francs for this pur
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^ or serum >” continued Dr.
K ( <>ux > we have demonstrated that it
will keep for a year if protected from
the light. We hope to show that its
P oss ibl° duration is much longer. At
^ soon be had in proper
quantities aonost everywhere. No no*
disposition could be made of
s Grples ^ money by a millionaire than
;°cure the supply of the precious
diud which will every year save tens
thousands of young lives,
Extraordinary Facts About Rabbits.
A writer says of the rabbits in Aus¬
tralia that for several years in succes¬
sion the animal becomes so scarce as
to be quite difficult to obtain, increas¬
ing iiia^ie next few year^io^ixb^
o r i i nl ijm
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been to at^R^^^ die
mence
weeks are over thein
the woods in ail dilH
live rabbit is scarcely to
—New York Dispatch.
Hon. Edward Blake.
lion. Edward Blake, the Irish mem
ber of Parliament, who is lecturing in
this country now, has been traveling
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in the South and delighting the peo
pie of that section by his praises of
their climate and their fine mineral
resources.
A Suit Mill. .*
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An industry . is now m progress at
tlie great Lincoln mill in Lewiston,
mat will interest ail Maine and pos
sibly the entire country. It is the
turning of pure Maine-grown
into ten-uollar suits Oi clothing, cus
tom mane, from your individual
measure. This new industry has been
under advisement for months, but has
been kept quiet. A few concerns in
some parts of the country, turn their
proaueta into trouser*, but none that
we mow of turn the product of a mill
mo suits. These will be handled
direct to the retail trade, saving the j
profits o. commission houses and job
Uels ' th- s method of doing busi
ness the man who maaes the cloth
makes the 6inrs. The mill is one oi
T,.e greatest properties of Lewiston.
It has magnificent water-power rights
and is one o. the largest structures in
tne cl.t, Lewiston yMe .) Journal.
A Carious Effect ot Electricity.
In taking down an old buildimr at
Pesth, Hungary, the other day, the
workmen made a curious diseoverv.
At the lower end of the lightning rod,
which has been affixed to the building
some fifteen wears, was found a lar^e '
; ball of pure iron, firmly attached to 1
j the rod. It was about as big as a'
! man’s weighed head, and as porous pounds. as a sponge, ‘Sciea- j
It forty-six
• tists think that it was formed bv the |
rod action of particles electricitv oil attracting iron in to the j
the the clay, j
! | in which the rod terminated.—Picay- * j
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j Napoleon’s campaigns made 1,000, I
i 000 French women widow- and 3,000,
I 000 children fatherless.
NEWEST GOWNS.
PRETTY AND EXPENSIVE AND
trimmed with .jet.
The Xew and Trying Coiffure- You
Must Wear Your Hair as Victoria
Did in 1838-Leather Trim¬
mings and Fluted Skirts
ONE are the closely-dressed
twists and curls; gone
Greek knot, and with them
both the loose Bernliardtesque
trout hair, the crimped
oaugs and even that most fasciuat
. single forehead
mg curl which gave
such a delicious air to the demurest
face. The loops and bows of 1S30,
the courtly queues of the eighteenth
century, are all hopelessly thrust be
yond the pale of society, relegated to
the provinces by “Madonna bands.”
The silken curtain -----------Oman's of a w glory
—her hair—is parted from the crown
to the forehead, and touched with the
merest suggestion of a soft, creped
ware. Down-drawn over the cheeks,
and chastely biding even the suspicion *
of „„ the |ocka ore l oowlv kBot .
ted in the center of the back of the
hairpins, J ead ’.“ nd with co “ |i cunningly “ ed »T «*« twisted long gold tops
or lightly large flat pins of tortoise shell
touched with diamond sparks, ‘
I n frout tho bindB „ ittl their (Wl .
»»dul.tion. are drawn forward
till they meet the tip of the eyebrow,
And it is just that savor of “ other
days about the newest new fashion
that makes it interesting. It awakens
wonder as to whether or no the
dreaded crin oline, foiled in an attempt
to make its entry outright, is essaying
6neft k into our inodes by a side
‘ k *“ h « first great effort
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ran, published by the New York Mail
w lri o wrap. The figure to the right
j*destrj*AS-»n Fifth avenue.
^■Tled, but The full the
its insidious steels, the
3eg-o’-mutton sleeves, the bolero
jacket and lowered shoulders daily re¬
mind one that the movement is only
in abeyance.
“Bands” are entailing cottage bon¬
nets, and some I saw m drawn velvet
edged with fur should prove quaintly'
delicious. For morning wear, the
“cottage” will be of coarse straw,
garnished with bows of flowered or
checked ribbon. For evening the air¬
iest arrangements in finely plaited
gauze and lace, with coquettish trans¬
parent brims, are being made.
So far, the “neads” for the winter
are decided, but the vista of possibili¬
ties is endless. Cottage bonnets will
surely encourage the cult of the large
lace veil, strung on a silken ribbon,
and c °y J y drawn to one side when oc
« aa ion requires. Will not the evolu
lon ,°‘ siae ringiets i from Madonna
bands i be inevitable as the spring
the ear, or will they develop into the
vulgar excrescences of padding -and
crimped hair, which, in spite of their
crude ugliness, failed to disfigure the
two loveliest women of the century »
the Empress Eugenie and the Princess
of Wales? Who can say ? Enough
f° r *k e moment—the old is the new—
that beautiful women have now a
chance to add another measure to their
loveliness, and that those of
mien may lessen their trouble by hid
ing half thsir face5 .
Nothing looks smarter than a
wide shirt with bold flutes widening
toward the hem, and a short cape
reaching barelv to the waist and
standing out in equally bold curves,
A good gown is in glossy, tan colored
cloth, of just the shade of a laurel
leaf that has lost its green, though re
taining its shape and gloss. The skirt
i s ca t j n n ew -wav, measuring
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shout seven yards round tk« hem, and
the bodice is made of black satin, with
“ baby basque about two inches in
depth and dipping down in a tiny
point both back and front. The cape
is lined with black satin, fits closely
at the neck and on the shoulders and
measures about five yards round the
edge. No one could underrate the
style of this gowu, and it could be
co P ied in »ny material and color. In
j green black satin satin cloth, it would for instance, and
be admirable,
and green is to be one of the foremost
colors in dress this winter; brown
taking first rank and black being worn
• with everything,
A few years ago leather trimmings
were much used on dresses and
1 jackets, and they revived for
are now
' our benefit. The prettiest I have yet
; seen was a blue serge with a band of
leather about an inch and a half wide
laid on the edge of the skirt. It was
cut out in a "trefoil design and the
edges were pinked out round the
curve of the trefoil in tiny little pink
ings. The coat to match was trimmed
with similar leather round all the out
lines, and the novelty of a little square
leather collar, stamped out round the
edge to match the rest, appeared at
the back. The sleeves were finished
with leather at the wrists, the points
tnrne.1 noward like those ..luVaLmd- of the
leiUhe r on‘the skirt, A
colored cloth was trimmed in rather
similar fashion with a russet leather
punched iailor out in a design of stars. The
who showed me this dress
begged \ me. should we select it, ' j’ to ac
cept hit « tho leath . r in 0 r r , 0
take it with me to the bootmaker and
the glover, so as to secure both in
perfect accord with the tint of the
leather on the gown. He also re
marked that the best headgear to ac
company it would be a biscuit-brown
felt of rather light tone, with almond
colored wings and ribbons as trim
j ming. It is one of the numerous dif
Acuities of the tele, to have every.
thing to match perfectly, and yet to
manage that each article shall be
wearable apart from the rest.
A pretty dinned waist is of rose
tinted tulle, dotted with point or
black jet, the bodice crossed and con¬
fined at the waist by a jet corselet.
The sleeves are “balloon” shaped,
spangled with jet and with a rosette
and a wing of tulle on each shoulder.
The bouffant front of cream white lace
and the puffed sleeves are of pink pur¬
ple silk, covered with white lace. The
yoke is of white lace.
The dinner gown of black and
white, the skirt of white Pekin silk,
striped with black satin, and the revers
are of white satin. The front of white
accordion plaited tulle is jetted and
bordered with a band of jet. —New
York Advertiser.
a useful cloth cape.
This cIofch capQ Wlth ltg roumled
corners and neatly stitched edges is a
model for a mein] a ij. rouQ d garme nt,
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wear on anv ordinary occasion, ‘ vet
not so nice or so fragile as to be
harmed by. the rough handling and
mishaps incident to rural rides and
rambles or to steady* wear to shop or
school. Though the capes are both
circular and are gracefully full, each
one consists of but little more than
a circle; the under cape is
joined to the lower edge of a round
yoke five inches deep, and this yoke is
all that requires a lining—unless one
to line the whole—for the
stitching forms a good finish for the
as well as the outside ; then if
necessary when using narrow cloth or
w hen the material is second-hand,
there may be a seam in the middle of
the bacA of both capes; all of wfiich
goes to show that n, ay-at-home daugh
ters of men, with a little ingenuity,
may make pretty autumn capes for
themselves, even though their “in
comes must be searched for with a
microscope.”
For extra occasions a pretty and
becoming touch of style may be given
s ? ch a ca h e b 7 gearing with it a long
Ge of . oroad ribbon or of silk. An
other neat edge-finish for an unlined
cape is a binding of silk or wool braid,
or tdas £tri l )S 01 £ hk, satin or vel
The binding should be narrow
and oi equal width on both silt-; it
is more satisfactory when stitch l to
position than when applied by hand.
— American Agriculturist,
A Little Crown IVinc'*.
Luis Felipe, the little boy wl >
portrait is given here, is Crown l‘r n
of Portugal, and will one day be K t
—if no revolution intervene*, }!.>
mother was the eldest and favor r -
child of the late Count of Paris, Sa<
is now but twenty-nine years old an l
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husband, the King of Portugal. Their
union was a love match—an uncom¬
mon thing in royal circles. The King
of Portugal was the Duke of Braganza
when he married Helene, or, to give
her the full name, Amelia Louise
Helen d’Orleans. Luis Felipe wears
the title of Duke of Braganza, which
became his when his father took tho
throne.
Hints About Children.
Keep the feet of the children dry,
and you will have less trouble with
coughs and colds. When a child’s ex¬
tremities are warmly and dryly clad,
those children will be found to suffer
but little with throat and ear troubles.
You can stiil dress them iu thin white
if you will cover their legs, arms and
bodies with woolen undergarmeuts.
Never permit the children to sleep
with their arms above the head, es
jieeialiy the baby. It is a very un¬
healthy position, and often causes
severe pain and suffering if long con¬
tinued. Try sleeping that way your¬
self for an hour, arid you will find that
it is almost impossible to get your
arms down by your sides,, while the
pain and numbness are quite severe.—
Washington Star.
Tallest Military Company in America.
•Six feet one and one-half inches!
That m the average height of the
thirty new recruits who are now seek¬
ing admission to Company A, First
Regiment, Oregon National Guard.
The comjmny lias always been noted
for its tall men, having now in its
ranks twenty whoso heights average
live feet eleven and one-half inches.
With the enlistment of these new
giants the ranks of Company A will
be ranch fuller than those of the av¬
erage company, and the average
height of its enlisted men will bo six
feet. It will be, it is claimed, the
tallest company in the United States.
—Portland Oregonian.
Extorting a Confession in China.
The form of torture m China known
as “finger-squeezing” is usually em¬
ployed by magistrates to extort con¬
fessions. The fingers on each hand
of the prisoner are fixed between rods
so arranged that by pulling a cord the
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fingers are squeezed between them.
The more the cord is pulled the tight¬
er the fingers are squeezed. So dread¬
ful is the pain caused by this torture
that after a short time almost invar¬
iably the prisoner is willing to confess
almost anything his accuser desires.
Cost ot Exporting Cattle.
The total cost of exporting cattle to
Great Britain from Chicago at present
is about $22 per head, made up as fol¬
lows • Railroad charges to tho sea,
$3.64; expenses en route from Chicago,
$1; ropes, buckets, etc., fifteen cents;
feed for ocean voyage, $3 ; attendance,
seventy-five cents; insurance, $1;
ocean freight, $10.80 ; salesman’s com¬
mission, $1.25.—New York World.
Big Gobi Find in California.
Despatches from San Bernardino,
Cal., say that a big strike has been
made in the Calice mining district.
There is gold in large quantities, and
between twenty and thirty claims have
been staked out. One claim shows
gold in twenty places. The ledge runs
$30 to $40, and some as high as $430.
—New York Sun.
Ghosts in the Barber Shop.
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Customer—“I wish you wouldn’t
always tell such frightful stories! It
makes one’s hair stand end. ’
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Barber—“Exactly ! That’s the idea,
for then I can cut your hair better.”
— Fliegende Blaetter.
The land of Mexico is held in feudal
tenure by about 7000 families. Pai
ents are issued to all who ask for them
and the Government leaves the ques
tion of priority to be fought out in
the courts.
WORDS OF WISDOM,
Opposition is opportunity.
Money is a powerful conversational*
isi.
Unholy tempers are unhappy tem¬
pers.
The basis of good manners is self*
reliance.
The sky is never all blue at tho
same time.
Sarcasm may be bright, but it casts
a shadow.
A true test of unionism is not in
words, but deeds.
We would all be good if it were not
too much trouble.
Be careful of your actions, for they
reveal your character.
Au ounce of accomplishment is
worth a ton of intention.
We can readily see how easy it is for
other people to do right.
Necessary evils arc necesary because
mankind is built that way.
It is a long way up tho bill if you^
think about the hill all the time.
There may be plenty of room
top, but happiness doesn’t a 1 way^fcF 1 -
there.
If everybody was per feet what
would the gossips do for interesting
materials?
None but the brave deserve the fair,
and none but the brave can live with
some of them.
The man who erects a large building
on a very small lot does so because he
is shortsighted.
People talk a lot about marrying
before they do it; afterwards thtfj
think about it.
Enterprise and energy slowly ascend
the stairs of success while luck goes
up in an elevator.
When the mind thinks nothing, when
the soul coverts nothing and tho body
asketh nothing tint is contrary to the
will of God, this is perfect santiflea
tiou.
In the moral world there is nothing
impossible if we bring a thorough will
to it. Man can do everything with
himself, but he must not attempt to
do too ranch with others.
America One Hundred Years Ago,
Every gentleman wore a queue and
powdered his hair.
Imprisonment for debt was a com¬
mon practice. <
There was not a public library in
the United States.
Almost all the furniture was import¬
ed from England.
An old copper mine in Connecticut
was used as a prison.
There was only one hat factory, and
liliat made cocked hats.
A day laborer considered himself
well paid with two shillings a day.
Crockery plates were objected to be¬
cause they dulled the knives.
A man who jeered at the preacher
or criticised the sermon was lined.
Virginia contained a fifth of tha
whole population of the country.
scraped A gentleman liis foot bow ing tlie to ground. a lady always"'
on
Two stage coaches bore all the travel
between New York and Bostgn;'
—g-post and pillory were
still standing in IkiSkcUHHld New York.
Beef, pork, salt fish, potatoes and
hominy were the staplo diet all the
year round.
Buttons were scai'ce and expensive,
and the trousers were fastened with
pegs or laces.
A new arrival in a jail was set upon
by his fellow prisoners and robbed of
everything he had.
There were no manufacturers in
this country, and Cvery housewife
raised her owu flax ami mado her own
linen.
The church collection was taken in
a bag at the end of a pole, with a bell
attached to rouse sleepy contributors.
Leather breeches, a checked shirt, a
red flannel jacket and a cocked hat
formed toe dress of au artisan.
Wnen a man had enough tea lie
placed his spoon across his cup to in¬
dicate that he wanted no more.
Peppermint Farming,
The peppermint crop of this coun¬
try, though confined to a few locali¬
ties with a very small acreage com¬
pared with other crops, i.s neverthe¬
less an important one to many farm¬
ers in New York State and portions of
Michigan a ad Indiana. Advance re¬
ports from our correspondents indi¬
cate that the 1894 crop just harvested
has been secured in good condition.
In New Yoik the acreage shows a fair
increase and tho yield per acre is bet¬
ter. Preliminary estimates, subject
to modification upon the receipt of
further individual reporta, point to an
acreage in Northern New Y’ork of
about 3090 acres against 2309 last
year, producing approximately 65,000
pounds of oil compared witfi 42,000
pounds in 1893.
Relatively little oil has yet left pro¬
ducers’ hands, and many growers are
holding for $2 a pound, with bid
prices around $1.70, and the market
in New York $1.80 @ $1.90. A year^[
ago prices were $2.30 @ $2.40. In^^
Michigan and Northern Indiana tha
acreage is perhaps 12,000 acres ac¬
cording to initial reports received,
and current prices are around $1.60
per pound. Market conditions at tha
moment do not point to any imme¬
diate improvement in price, especially
should the yield prove as large in the
aggregate as now seems probable.-—
Agriculturist.
A Business Barometer.
“Postal revenues are undoubtedly
the nest kind of a business barometer, ”
said Dr. W. K. Davis, United States
postage-stamp agent, at the Arlington.
“Well, Uncle Sara’s late traffic in
stamps clearly indicates a business re¬
naissance. Three weeks ago 35,000,
000 stamps were ordered of the Bureau
of Printing and Engraving, Two
weeks ago the public demand increased
to 65,000,000, and laat week 69,000,
000 were issued by the bureau. This
clearly shows that the times are im¬
proving fast. It is but just to state
that the experiment of manufacturing
postage stamps at the Bureau of Print¬
ing and Engraving has been a marked
success. In the perfection of engrav¬
ing and the finish of the stamp tha
workmanship is all that could be de¬
sired, and it does not matter how
heavy the publi.e demand is,^the facili¬
ties for supplying it are fully ade¬
quate.”—Washington Post.