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A recent traveler m Siberia Bars
that there arc about 230 prisons in
that country. To these about 17,000
persons bavo been sent annually for
the lost fifteen years.
A feature of tbo Paris exposition of
1900 will be a section devoted to tho
history of Christianity from tho be¬
ginning to tho present day, with rep¬
resentations of the temple of Jeru¬
salem, tho scenes of tho life of Christ,
Pagan and Christian Borne, Constan¬
tinople and the lives of tho saints.
John T. Johnson is a citizen of no
Htate. IIo lives on the “flatiron” strip
of land between Delaware and Penn¬
sylvania. This land used to be claimed
by Delaware, but recent surveys rnako
it a part of tho bigger Htatc. John
ton is willing to pay taxes in Dela¬
ware, but never has, and Kays he won’t
to Pennsylvania.
Tho Montgomery County Times ad¬
monishes (ho “good people” of Mt.
Sterling, Kv., who have boon iu tho
habit of veiling “go” at every man
who runs down Maysvillo streot to
catch a train, to ccnso such ovidences
of bad manners. Tho Times says that
“Mt. Sterling gets tho hig end of her
bad name through such rudeness,
however innocent it may be.”
Tho monument to William II. Ifcr
rick, f ho Cashier of tho Han Francisco
Havings Urfion, which the bankers of
that city have erected in recognition
of Herrick’s bravery on March 23,
IH'.U, in dying nt his post rather than
give up tho money in his chargo to
the bank robber Fredericks, is a shaft
of L’nrro granite fivo feet square at
tho bnso and nineteen feet high. On
tho north sido nro tho words, “Faith¬
ful unto death,” and on tho east sido
i» the inscription following his name:
“Erected by the banks of Sun Fran¬
cisco, iu token of respect and admira¬
tion for his manly virtues and cour
ngcous fidelity to official duty, for
which ho sacrificed his lifo.” On tho
bo.se aro carved tho letters forming
tho family naino.
Tho Now York Hun exclaims:
“Every now aud then tho calamity
howlers raiso their voices to tell us
that wo aro going to tho dogs because
tho people from tho country aro crowd¬
ing into tbo cities. Fancy pictures
are drawn of what New England wiil
bo when its rural parts aro a howling
wilderness of unoooupied farms. Tho
cry is, got back to the land and ftway
from tho wicked cities, It is a nota
bio fact that bo far back as tho merry
timo of Henry VIII. and his six wives,
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same howl, aud saying that tho little
London of tho day was draining the
yoomeu from from tho rest of the
country. It all goes to show that we
can only bo suro that certain things
wero to bo, after they havo boon. ”
Petroleum ia produced iu commcr
cial quantities in Alsace-Lorraine,
Westphalia, Wurtomberg and Galicia,
not to mention Siberia aud Chinn,
where it apparently exists in unlimited
abundance. Now fields aro being dis¬
covered hero and there are all over
tho world, each one of them bringing
an increment to tho wealth of man
kind greater than if thoy wero so many
rivers of Footolus or mines of Potosi.
There is not much doubt, thiuks
the Now York Tribune, that the world
contains enough of this substance to
meet tho needs of its present aud
future generations, and that as old
areas of production aro exhausted, uew
ones will appoar to take their place.
Whether its distribution will alway a
bo controlled by one or two huge and
overshadowing companies, able at n
twist of tho lever to send prices up or
down nt their will, may bo a question,
but that is the situation for tho time
being, with a prospect of some con
tinuance.
Every largo city in the United States
has au adjacent tributary region ol
greater or less area, while New York,
according to the Sun, has the second¬
ary loyalty not only of the region un
mediately about it, but of tho whole
country. Philadelphia has for its tri¬
butary region tbo country southward
for fifty miles, northward and east
ward for about thirty miles, and west¬
ward for two huudred miles. Balti¬
more has for its own Maryland, Vir¬
ginia, North Carolina, and Northern
Georgia. The far Southern States are
divided iu allegiauco between New Or¬
leans and New York. New England,
savo those parts within two hours ol
New York, ia true to Boston. Cinciu
uati’s influeuoe exteuds eastward to the
Alleghaniee, southward through Ken¬
tucky, aud westward iuto aud through
Houtheru Indiana, while it is the ur
disputed metropolis of Ohio, save per
hops that part which looks to Cleve¬
land. Chicago’s rule extends eastward
to Ohio, southward to the sphere ot
influence recognized ns that of St.
Louis, aud westward to the Mississippi.
St. Louis has its faithful adherents iu
Missouri aud the contiguous States.
Denver would like to be thought th<
metropolis of the region between the
Mississippi and the Rocky Mountain
but shares it with St. Louis aud Ch
cago. Han Francisco is the one ei!
in the whole region west of th
Rockies, aud eveu draws trade through
the mountain pastes,
A BIG CHURCH.
UNIQUE FKATl’RES OF THE NEW
BROOKLYN BAPTIST TEMPLE.
A Greater Beating Capacity Than
Any Other Church in the Metro¬
politan District—Will Bo
Open Day and Night.
W ORK for Church, on the the corner First now of building Baptist Third
avenue and Scbermerhorn
street, Brooklyn, is being pushed
rapidly, and it is thought, declares
the New York World, that tho struc¬
ture will bo completed even sooner
than tho builder anticipated. It will
bo known as tho Brooklyn Baptist
Temple, and tho Bev. Cortlandt
Myers will bo retained as pastor.
Tho temple will have a larger seat¬
ing capacity than that of any other
church in Brooklyn or even New York.
In fact there are only about half a
dozen other churches in tho United
States that can seat as many people as
tho new building will accommodate.
Tho main featuro of this church is
economy. It will have cost when en¬
tirely completed less than $70,000.
This sum has already been raised by
tho congregation, and there will bo no
debt on tho building when it is com¬
pleted.
G. W. Kramer and B. II. Simonson,
aro tho architects. They planned a
structure in tho Norman Gothic style.
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(Whou completed it will have a greater seating capacity than any otaer church in New York or Brooklyn.)
brick, with terra-cotta trimmings, and j
willhav^100 feet on
merhorn street. It will be three sto
in height, and will have a tall, square
tower at the corner where the streets
intersect. There will bo nine en¬
trances on the avenno front aud on the
street side of tho building, each open¬
ing from a vestibule directly opposite
tho foot of an aisle.
The main auditorium, which will be
arranged to seat 3000 people, will be
reached by easy tiers of steps, both on
tho interior and exterior of the build¬
ing. Tho steps to tho entrances will
bo broad and tho doors wide and high.
Tho first floor of the church will be
eight feet bolow tho level of tho street,
aud will contain a large hall to be used
for prayer meotings or lectures, and
so arranged as to accommodate 1000
people; a drill room for members of
tho Hoys’ Brigade, commodious dining¬
rooms for sociables, reading-rooms
and library rooms for the King’s
Daughters, young mon’s parlors, ac¬
commodation for tho Ladies’ Aid and
Dorcas societies, work rooms for mis¬
sion work of all kinds and toilet
rooms.
It is intended to have members of
tho Sunday-school assemble in the
main auditorium, after which they
will retire to classrooms underneath
tho gallery, where rooms ijro to be
formed by an ingenious arrangement
of poles and curtains. Tlefore the
regular church services begin these
will be placod out of sight, leaving no
evidence of the auditorium having
been used for anything else.
The main floor will be entirely sur¬
rounded by a large aud deep gallery,
in which there will be seating accomo¬
dations for the congregation, except
in that portion directly over the pul¬
pit platform. In a semi-circular re¬
cess back of the pulpit platform will
be placed the large 310,000 organ,
wilieh has been removed from the old
church at Pierrepont and Clinton
streets and which is now iu storage.
It is the biggest organ of any church
in Brooklyn. In front of and at its
sides there will be a space for a chorus
of 200 voices, which it is intended to
organize under tho leadership of Sig.
J. C. Brocoliui, the choirmaster at the
church. Just beneath the organ loft
there will be placed a white marble
baptismal pool, with retiring room on
each side.
Adjoining the main auditorium on
the Hchermerhorn street side will be
tho assistant pastor’s study and the
church offices. There will also be
rooms on the opposite side of the au¬
ditorium. Iu the rear of the main
building there will be an extension
three stories in height and twenty-five
feet square. On the first floor of this
extension will be the kitchens, pan
tries and the store rooms of the
church.
It is designed to cover the entire
Structure with one roof, forming a
pointed dome. The dome will be cov¬
ered with enamelled, mottled Roman
tilCs. There will be no obstruction
in tho auditorium to mar its grand
proportions. On both of the street
sides of the structure there will be
large rose and mullion stained glass
windows, with scriptural and em¬
blematic designs. The interior finish
of the church will be iu hard wood iu
natural eolors and handsomely fres¬
coed plaster.
To the pastor, the Rev. Cortlaudt
Myers, is due the credit of the new
church’s many original features The
church is to be kept open from early
in the morning until late at night.
The reading and other rooms of the
church are to be in constant use,
forming practically a home in the
church for all those who desire to
come together for prayer, Christian
intercourse or mutual improvement.
Although Mr. Myers has been pastor
of the First Baptist Church for only
about two years, he has made it one of
the most popular and strongest
churches in Brooklyn. Unlike the
Baptist Templo ia Boston, the Brook¬
lyn edifice will be nsed for none other
than church purposes.
HOUSES PAST AMD PRESENT.
Advantages of Both Styles, Witli
Plans for a 3Iodern Residence.
(Copyright 1805.)
Whenever a house that ha3 stood
for many years is finally demolished,
there are many cries that “our fore¬
fathers build better than we.” It is
undoubtedly a fact that there was
greater honesty of construction in the
old days than at present, and that the
materials used were generally better.
The mortar in tho old buildings is so
hard that it seems almost a part of tho
Btone or brick; it was not made witb
a plenitude of sand, a modicum of
cement, and so it has never crumbled
under wet weather as does tho modern
mixture. Tho old bricks were better
burned and seemed moro flinty than
pftrous; tho beams wero hewn out of
tho heart of tho tree and were not
slender joists sawed like planks, the
hewn beams having twice the length
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.. the pores. Iron played
part in the older buildings,
iron work being a late ap¬
but wherever metal was
at all it was of the best. Plumb¬
and gas fixtures were honestly cast
finished and fitted by hand and
stamped out by machinery. There
wide halls, easy stairs, generous
and solid, substantial wood¬
These were undoubted advantages
tho old style and many of them
well have been retained ; still
is no justice in continually de¬
modern building. It is true
the man of the present now builds
house for himself, taking little
as to whether it will serve his
children or his children’s children.
conditions of moderu life prevent
exeicise of great foresight for
one’s descendants in this regard. Tho
diverse interests of business make
society largely migratory, and owing
to the rapid growth of our cities there
is a constant shifting of population.
So it would be worse than useless to
build a house in any city wdth the ex¬
pectation that it would bo occupied
by three or four generations of the
builder; and it is the general and wide
recognition of this fact that prevents
the erection of such solid and endur¬
ing structures as our forefathers put
lip. We can afford to sacrifice some
thing to sightliness in detail, iu cost
and construction.
The essential matter of all receives
far more attention now than ever be¬
fore—that is, sanitary ^condition.
Solidity of masonry and joinery can
not take the place of sealed drains,
perfect ventilation, good lighting and
heating. In the old days every builder
was left to his own devices with con
science as his sole mentor; now the
most rigid laws prescribe the things
that are essential for health and safety
and leave the builder perfect freedom
only to gratify his aesthetic tastes.
Holding our tenures as we do, with
no privilege of entail to posterity, the
American’s attachment to locality is
not a conspicuous trait, for there is
not a people on earth boastiDg a high
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civilization and intelligence who.are
such a roving race.
The writer does not make the
ment in a fault finding way, but to
show that in the erection of buildings
utility is our chief object, and to this
teadeuev we can trace the popularity
of tho modern low cost houses, and
would refer to the design illustrating
this article as a type. A somewhat de¬
tailed description is appended:
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library, 26 feet 6 inches; depth, in
eluding veranda, 45 feet 10 inches.
Hoights of stories: Cellar, 7 feet;
first story, 9 feet 6 inches; second
story, 9 feet.
Exterior materials: Foundations,
stone to grade and bricky above grade;
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shingles; floors of balconies covered
with heavy canvas.
Interior finish: Three-coat plas¬
ter ; hard white finish; soft wood
flooring and trim; main staircase ash;
picture molding iu principal rooms
and hall, first story; kitchen and
bathroom wainscoted; all interior
woodwork gram filled and finished
with hard oil varnish.
Colors All clapboards and spindle
work of balconies, fawn; trim, in¬
water table, corner boards,
casings, cornices, bands, veranda
posts, rail, etc., Tuscan yellow; out¬
side doors, blinds, sashes, stiles and
rails of panels, dark green; brick¬
work painted dark red; shingling on
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roof shingles stained dark brown.
The principal rooms, their sizes,
closets, etc., are shown by floor plans.
Cellar under whole house, with inside
and outside entrances and concrete
floor. Attic floored for storage pur¬
poses dining-room; ; open fireplaces in parlor and
brick set range in
kitchen; folding and sliding doors be¬
tween dining-room and library and
parlor and dining-room. Bathroom
with complete plumbing; amplo ver¬
anda and closet room. Stationary
washtubs could be introduced in
kitchen or a separate laundry planned
in cellar. Double doors may be intro¬
duced connecting parlor and hall.
Servant’s room may be finished in
attic. Open fireplace could be planned
iu library. The veranda space may
be increased or diminished without af¬
fecting the artistic appearance of the
design.
This house may be built as de¬
scribed for 32700, not including tnan
tels, range and heater, the estimate
being based on New York prices for
materials and labor, though in many
sections of the country the cost should
be much less.
This is a thoroughly modern house
in all that the term stands for cs to
healthfulness, perfect sanitary eon
aition, and that it is not calculated to
last for a hundred or two years is no
drawback to those who admire the
plan, as the economy in arrangement
of rooms and general idea brings it
i within a limit of cost that is not
j : alarming to eveu the most eonserv
stive builder. _
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SHIRT WAISTS.
“A THING OF BEAUTY AND A
JOY FOREVER.”
New and Pretty Forms of the Shirt
Waist—Sleeveless Eton Jackets
Are Elaborately Decorated—
New Form of Bonnet.
S H1BT ghost, and are too WAISTS, will much be not of easily “downthey like a joy Banquo’s forever, made
thing may a
of beauty. In its newest and
prettiest form, says the New York Re¬
corder, it is made of swiveled silk,
which is well known to be a combina¬
tion of silk and cottoD, which goes
through the laundry in a most satis¬
factory manner. There is one partic¬
ular shado which is very attractive,
and may be described as raspberry,
with tiny seed figures all over its snr
face in white. This is made up into a
short waist with a box-plaited front
and yoke back, full sleeves gathered
into stiffened cuffs, and is belted be¬
neath the skirt.
The colors of the shirt waists as
they aro displayed on the counter i
suggest an old-fashioned garden, with
their marigold and primrose yellows,
carnation pinks, pea-pod greeDS, lilac
and cornflower blue. Then there is
another shade, which our grandmoth
ers knew as “buff.” And what a
treacherous color, too; for a drop of
tea or perspiration invariably results
in a black spot, or discoloration, which
nothing can remove.
Cotton cheviot in uneven checks is
again is largely used for shirtwaists, but
not as cool for midsummer as per¬
cale or linen. A very cool and pretty
waist is made of a Madras gingham in
the truo Creole plaid, combining red
and yellow. It is fastened up the front
with bright gold buttons half the size
of a penny, and has gold studs in the
cuffs. A certain Gotham bcllo has a
set of buttons made of out-of-date
gold dollars.
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Sheer grass linen is, no doubt, the
material for the ultra fashionable shirt
waist; sometimes it shows a centre box
plait, with tiny tucks iu clusters on
each side, all edged with narrow Val¬
enciennes, which may be either in
white or the fashionable suede tint,
u-uu^j -fwthen the lingerie collars and cuffs
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These are never starched, but allowed
to fall soft and limp.
V The shirt waist and Eton jacket
ever seem to go hand in hand, as one
appears to be so dependent upon the
other, until the heated term comes to
separate them. The. Eton may match
the skirt or not, a3 tbe wearer’s taste
may dictate, and in its present form it
is made without a centre seam at the
back, very broad lapels and drooping
sleeves. Frequently it is sleeveless, as
the sketches in the double column illus¬
tration show, and elaborately decora¬
ted with braid or braiding. Large or¬
namental buttons, either (in out steel,
enamel or paste diamonds, are added
to the fronts, generally two at each
side. These sleeveless Etons aro be¬
comingly worn over the pretty new
waists of dimity. They are in the
very daintiest of colorings and pat¬
terns.
The dimity waists are delightfully
cool and pretty. They show mostly
old fashioned patterns, such as tiny
posies scattered about, and again have
hair lines of color, with tiny sprigs
between. These waists are made gen¬
erally with plaits in front and a yoke
at the back, and when tho coloring
will admit, the waist is belted with
bright scarlet, closing with a silver
buckle iu Indian hand work.
COMBINATIONS IN CAPES.
Some of the new capes are made in
very narrow sections that continue up
to the neck to form the collar, the
entire length of the garment, collar
and all, being in one piece. This is a
pretty and becoming style if one can
be satisfied to leave the cordings and
pipings out of it. A cape of ruby vel¬
vet recently made to fill an order had
heavy cordings of lemon-yellow be¬
tween each section. Yellow is the ca¬
price of the moment, and every wo¬
man who can wear it thinks herself
quite the mode for the time being.
Yellow is a beautiful color properly
used, but, like all fashionable faucies,
is liable to the greatest misuses, and
women who are simply hideous in
yellow cover themselves with it from
head to feet. In all shades it prevails,
from orange to cream. A special view
of elegant costumes recently import¬
ed showed yellow in some of its varia¬
tions in nine-tenths of the garments,
and in millinery it appears in almost
every bit of headgear on exhibition.
SUMMER CREPONS.
The cotton goods likely to bo in
most demand for costumes and dresses
are zephyr crepons, generally some
sort of striped patterns; plaid and
checkered zephyrs, batiste, printed
and woven, in trou trou; plumetis
with plaid and other figured grounds
and colored and figured pique reps.
Among the last, stripes of two colors
: and little brocaded dottings on pale
tinted grounds will be the favorites:
the latest in veils.
Another vagary of fashions deserves
mention. Some of the new lace and
embroidered net veils are so thickly
covered they have the effect of a mask,
and render the features beneath un
recognizable. Fortunately for the
! eyes of the wearers, the pattern
: comes much lighter or ceases alto
getner a few inches from the top,
which, however, adds to the
like appearance.
A NEW FORM OF BONNET.
This hat is moulded on tho idea of a
Dutch peasant’s head dress, the jet
forming wing-like appendages starting
from the middle toward tho side,
where they meet a large a:jd beautiful
mauve orchid; a rich osprey of uu
nsnal size stands erect over tho fore¬
head. The bonnet is of shot straw,
green and black, like a beetle’s wing,
while a large wired lace bow, secured
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by a handsome diamond ornament, up
rears on either side.
CRINKLED MATERIALS.
Tho number and variety of crinkled,
waved and puckered-surfuced fabrics
increase, reports tho New York Led
gtr, like tho flowers of spring. When
they aro not woven, they are machine
orimped iu such a bewildering, bo
witching way that they capture tho
fancy at once, regardless of tho fact
that thoy are not worth a rap for dura-
bility-, and will scarcely boar the pro¬
cess of making up without becoming
limp, bedraggled and actually good
for nothing. It is one of tho unfor¬
tunate features of the high novelty
trade that immediately au elegant fa
brio is put on the market, some imita¬
tion is thrown out t ^. catch and dc
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There are on the counters of some
of the stores crinkled materials that
absolutely mislead tho unwary pur¬
chaser. There are alternate puffs and
plain stripes, deep-crinkled waves,
and apparently close and firm shir
rings that are made entirely by pres¬
sure between hot die3. Tho light
touch that one is supposed to bestow
upon such goods fails to warn the
buyer of the utter worthlessness of it
in the item of durability. Every one
who desires to investigate crinkled
things should take the material be¬
tween the thumb and finger of each
hand and gently and firmly pull it. If
it straightens out into perfectly
smooth-surfaced material, its pos¬
sibilities of wear are clearly apparent.
Of course, if one merely wants a
fabric for ornament this is immaterial,
but it is almost always the case that
tho buyer wants to get what she pays
for, and when she buys crinkled
goods, it is scarcely comforting to
discover that a few hours’ use will
entirely destroy its beauty.
A CHARMING CHECKED ALPACA.
This is a girl’s frock in checked al¬
paca with a full bodice and square cape
with plaited frill. Tho collar, cuffs
and waistband are of cerise velvet.
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with large gold buttons.
SKIRT BLAZER.
Ladies who take delight in the easy
I and comfortable skirt and blazer, witb
! the shirt waist that has become a ne¬
cessity, will be comforted by the as¬
surance that this style of dress is even
more popular than heretofore, and a
great deal of pains is being taken
with the fit and finish of it.
Hidden Genius Discovered.
j Chicago has recently discovered an
j artist iu John W. Needham, a mulatto,
| who worked as a house painter, and
; occupied bis spare time iu painting
pictures on pieces of tobacco boxes,
-Hi-? work is said to be lacking in
j show technique, undoubted but virile genius.—New and freili, and Or- to
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How to J ml go Cats.
“A cat is judged by practically the
same points as a dog. Cats arc of two
classes—long-haired and short-haired.
A long-haired cat I always look at
first for hair or coat, (then tho eye,
tail, body and ears. A short-haired
cat is judged first for color, then for
eyes, head, symmetry and ears. Tho
coat in a long-haired eftt includes tho
mane, chain and frill, as well as tho
enr tufts, which last show plainest of
all, haired perhaps, any admixtures of short
blood. This mixture of short
haired blood is often purposely made,
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sinco the short-haired cat is imposing.
Dr. Huidokoper, an American ex¬
pert on the subject, made a little
sketch and explained even further
what aro tho good points of a cat, re¬
gardless of its class.
“The head should show breadth bo
twocu the eyes and bo strong boned.
The oyes should bo round and open.
The uoso should be short and taper¬
ing. Tho teeth should be good and
the claws flat. The upper leg should
lie at closed angles, the lower leg
should bo straight. Tuo foot should
bo small and round. A good cat
should bo deep chested, but light
framed. The neck should ho slitn and
graceful, but firm ; tho ears medium
iu size, with rouuded points. Tho
croup should bo square and high, tho
tail loug and tapering.”—Now York
Herald.
A Mammoth Potato,
Mr. E. William Randall, of North
Easton, Mass., has received a photo¬
graph of his brother-in-law, Mr.
Howard Talbot, with a mammoth po¬
tato said to weigh eighty-six pounds
on his shoulders. Mr. Talbot IV US ft
former resident of North Easton, and
is kuown as a man of veracity. Tho
Loveland (Col.) Reporter says of this
potato:
“At last J. B. Swan has succeedod
in having his immense potato of tho
Maggie Murphy variety photographed.
This mammoth potato was twenty
eight inches in length, not circum¬
ference, and fourteen inches across it,
a nd is claimed to weigh eighty-six
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pounds and ten ounces, Mr. Swan ia
a grower of great repute, but this last
production beats anything of tho kind
we have yet seen.”—Boston Globe.
Myrrh.
Ten drops of tincture of myrrh in a
glass of water will sweeten and refresh
the mouth; a teaspoonful of spirits of
camphor or peppermint in tho same
gargle is among tho very best antisop
„tics, and a few drops of myrrh and
camphor in the water aro recom¬
mended in case of cold, throat trouble,
or any slight indisposition which may
affect the breath.—Hartford (Conn.)
Post.
A Self-Racking Cradle.
Mothers and nurses who have been
compelled to spend hours and wear
out their arms cradling the babies to
sleep will 'henceforth bo able to read
a novel or attend to their household
duties while Morpheus, aided by a
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AN AUTOMATIC CRADLE.
simple contrivance invented by au
Englishman, is overcoming the rebel¬
lious senses of their little charges.
The fin de siecle is automatic. The
machinery is so arranged that it can
be wound up to rock for any length
of time desired and can be stopped at
will. " .
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