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IEW U S. NAVAL TERRORS
: HAM KATAHDIN LAUNCHED,
And the Indiana Nearly Heady. Both
Formidable Battleships. De
scription of the Vessels.
Tits Amseh Ram, which was launched at
^ Bath, Me., Iron Works Saturday, is the
most novel addition thus far made to our
new navy. She is called the Katahdin, and
in wartime she will be called upon to attack
big ships with her strong, sharp bow and
punch holes in their hulls, thus sending
them and all on board down to Davy Jones’
locker. When in fighting trim Bhe will be
almost submerged, and will present a very
divided by 13 water tight transverse frames,
thus dividing the bottom into 72 water tight
compartments. The interior of the hull is
further sub divided by water tight bulk
heads, both longitudinally and transverse.
The propelling machinery will consist of
two sets of horizontal triple expansion en
gines, the cylinders being respectively 25,
36 and 56 inches in diam^jpr, and the stroke
•f pistons being 36 inches. The estimated
maximum horsepower, with 150 revolutions
per minute, will be 4,300.
There will be two screw propellers, each
10 feet 6 inches in diameter and 12 feet 2
inches pitch. Steam will be furnished by
two double ended and one single ended
cylindrical Scotch boil rs, 13 feet 6 inches
in diameter. The total grate surface will be
354 feet and the heating surface 12.150 square
feet. The co ll bunker surface will be 237
ions, the normal supply being 165 tons,
l’rovision is made for carrying about 200
tons of water balla-t in the double bottom,
which will sink the vessel in action so th3t
the knuckle will be about one foot below
the water line. The estimated speed with
full power is 17 knots per hour and must be
attained to render the vessel acceptable on-
THE BATTLESHIP INDIANA.
small aud armorical mark for the enemy’s
guns.
Congress, by act of March 2, 1389, author
ized the construction of a twin-screw, ar
mor-plated, harbor defense ram, upon the
design of Rear Admiral Amiaen, United
States navy, the design to be based upon
his experience with rams in the war of the
rebellion.
The Bath iron works in January, 1891,
took the contract to build and equip the
vessel and machinery and place the armor,
for 2930,000. On March 27, 1891, the de
partment approved the proposition of the
contractors to lengthen the vessel eight feet,
the corresponding increase in the
displacement, 133 tons, being uti
lized in increasing the coal supply
and providing a battery of four six-pounder
rapid fire guns for defense against torpedo
boat attack. The original design had no
battery whatever.
The dimensions of the vessel are as fol
lows: Length over all, 261 feet; length on
der the ton contract. The quarters for
officers and crew are all within the armored
hull and there will be fitted complete
systems of electric lighting, artificial venti
lation and drainage.
It does not require any great stretch of the
imagination to lorm some idea of the des
tructive effect of an onslaught from this
vessel, which will dash into her foe at full
speed, crushing in the latter's side with
formidable beak and sending her to the
bottom of the sea in a very few minutes.
The Indiana, one of the greatest of the
nation’s prospective battleships, is about
ready for the launching.
The Indiana, when she has her armor and
her big 13-inch guns, will be one of the most
formidable warships in the world. When
she was ordered constructed nearly three
years ago, the United States was already
fairly well supplied with commerce destroy
ers that could fight vessels of their class am]
run away from armored ships, and in pur
suance of a plan to provide the navy with
battleships that would be the Corbetts and
Sullivans of the seas the Indiana and two
THE NEW RAM KATAHDIN.
the normal water line, 250 feet, 2 inches
ibreadth extreme, 43 feet,5 inches,and on the
water line, 41 feet 6 inches. The total
depth from the base to the crown of the deck
amidships is 22 feet 10 inches; the normal
draft of water is 15 feet, and the displace
ment 2,183 tons. The lower portion of the
hull is dish shaped up to a sharp knuckle
which runs all around the vessel 6 inches
below the normal water line.
Above this knuckle the shape of the bull
is a circular arc, with a radius amidships of
39 feet, rising from 6 inches below to 6 feet
above the normal water line. This curved
deck will be armor plate throughout, the
^bickness of the armor tapering from G in-
L"t the knuckle to 2 inches at the crown
gk. Above this deck when the ram is
fietcd will rise only a counoning tower
[lies thick, a smokestack and vcntila-
|e lower portion of which will be nro-
Iby 6 inches of armor, two light bar-
^LgitljiB which the guns will be
hmed; and skid beams carrying four
boats.
Below the knuckle will extend an armor
belt 6 feet deep, one half being 6 inches thick
and the remainder 3 inches. The hull is
framed by continuous longitudinal girders
both below and about the knuckle, which
gathering together at the bow and stern form
a very rigid structure. Transverse frames
are spaced -1 and 8 feet apart in different por
tions of the length. A continuous water
tight inner bottom 2 feet from the outer
skin is carried nearly the whole length of
the vessel and up to the armor shelf on each
side. This bottom is divided into three
water tight portions on each side of the keel
longitudinally, and these are further cross
other similar ships, the Massachusetts and
Oregon, were ordered constructed, and the
Indiana’s keel was laid May 7,1891. She is
built of steel and is 318 feet long, 691 feet
broad and has a displacement of 10,288 tons.
She will carry 460 men, and her battery of
four 14-incli and eight 6-inch guns, mounted
as they are in pairs in six great nickie steel
turrets 17 inches thick, which are in tarn
protected by 17-inch redoubts, is one of the
most powerful batteries provided for a Uni
ted States ship.
In addition to the guns already described,
the Indiana lias a large battery of 6-inch
rifles; 20 6-pounder and 4 1-pounder rapid
fire guns, 4 gatli-.g guns and 6 torpedo tubes.
The armor, which is the thickest ever placed
upon an American warship, is of nickel
steel and consists of the following thick
nesses: Side belt, 18 inches; end diagonal
belt, 14 inches; conning tower, 10 inches;
turrets and redoubts, 17 inches; armor deck,
about 3 inches. The side armor belt is 74
feet wide, 2 feel above the water and 44 feet
below, and extends along the sides of the
ship 196 feet. Above this belt of armor is a
casemate backed by 10 feet of coal, and on
top of the three-inch protective deck, for
ward and aft, is a belt seven feet high and
six feet wide and tilled with water exclud
ing material similar to woodite. All the ar
mor is backed by wood and thick plates,
which are turned back by heavy channel
bars.
There are six powerful search lights ar
ranged along the sides to locate the enemy
at night and to guard against small boat at
tacks under cover of darkness. The comple
ment of 12 boats and one balsa are stowed
well above the flash of the guns and are
handled by means of powerful cranes. The
launchingWill tack place from the Cramps’
ship yards.
CLASH OF AUTHORITY.
Soato Carolina’s Goiernor al War will
has just been told that he has no right
to interfere in cases where the amounts
are less than $2,000. We will resist tyr
anny, or ignorance—whichever it may be
—and bring the matter to a focus and
have our rights established.”
He is Making a Determined Effort to
Collect Bailroad Taxes.
A Columbia, S. C. dispatch of Tuesda
says: The clash bus come and Governor
Tillman and the federal court are in di
rect conflict over the railroads situated
in ■ tho state. Governor Tillman has
thrown down the gauntlet and bid defi- I
*nee to the United States court, and
Uncle Sam has accepted the challenge.
As stated in the press dispatches,
the sheriffs throughout the state, actiag
under instructions from Governor Till
man in a secret circular issued recently,
2 have levied upon the rolling stock of the
railroads which have not paid their taxes
as claimed to be due by the state, and
have chained the cars to the track, thus
blocking the proper operations of the
road, delaying valuable freights in tran
sit, amounting in value to several
times the taxes for which the levies have
been made, and which were declaied by
the courts in 1S92 to be illegal.
After hearing the petition of the
^gl^hmond and Danville road concerning
“arrest of trains,” Judge Simonton
.bSsUnited States court issued au Older
.Jg^Kj^nsr all trains that have been tied up.
^^raurestraining sheriffs from further in
terference with the property. This wss
ordered served upon the sheriffs Tues
day by United States marshals.
Dispatches from several of these points
state that the sheriffs are paying no at-
tentiia.-v» these orders. When the gov-
nor learned of this procedure he called
conference with the attorney general,
he assistant and Judge Samuel Melton.
After a lengthy council of war the gov
ernor telegraped the following instruc
tions to the sheriffs:
Where the amount of taxes in execution foi
IS9L and 1692 is less than two thousand dollars,
hold the property to satisfy the execution, un
less it is taken from you by force. Then sub
mit to arrest and we will take the case to the
United States supreme court on habeas corpus
proceedings and make this federal judge obey
" a decrees of that court.
In regard to his position in the matter
governor said : “We propose to see
' state of South Carolina collects
taxes. Our present purpose is
all of the property on which
been made, and let Judge
i his worst. 'Tuesday morn-
aphed all of the sheriffs to
operty on which they have
idea is that Judge Simon-
contempt of the state govern-
id we want him to act so we can
case to Washington as soon as
and prove it by the
court. I think we can
he is in contempt. What
him to arrest the sheriffs,
ested the matter will go up
habeas corpus proceedings,
wrong-i-that the state hasn’t
to collect her taxes—the sooner
it the better, Judge Simontoc
GEN. BEAUREGARD ILL.
He is the Last of the Full Generals of
the Confederacy.
A special dispatch of Wednesday says;
The last of the noted confederate leaders
that held the position of full general in
the confederate army, General Beaure
gard, lies critically ill at his residence in
New Oi leans.
During the war he was a sufferer from
periodical attacks of chronic colic, dur
ing which he suffered great agony, but
he has been free from them for the past
ten yi ars.
Early Sunday morning he was sei/. -d
with a violent attack of his old complaint
complicated with an affection of tho
heart. Since Sunday night three physi
cian, have been iu attendance upon him,
and it has been necessary to keep him
under the constant influence of mor
phine to relieve him from the agony he
endures.
PANAMA OFFICIALS GUILTY.
The DeLesseps and Others Sentenced to
Imprisonment and Fined.
A speci d cablegram of Thursday from
Paris states that the Panama sentences
have been delivered. M. Ferdinand de
Lesseps is sentenced to ioipr's mment for
five years and pay a fine of 3,000 francs.
M. Charles de Lesseps is sentenced to
imprisonment for five years and to pay a
tine of 3,000 fiar.es. M. Marius Fontaine
nr;d M. Cotteau were sentenced to irn
prisonment for two years and to pay a
fine of 3,000 francs each. M. Eiffel was
sentenced to imprisonment for two years
and to pay a fine of 2,000 francs. The
sentences have c msed a profound sensa
tion, especially that of M. Ferdinand do
Lesseps.
FORTY-FOUR PEOPLE KILLED
PROTECTION FOR HAWAII.
By the Burning of an Insane Asylnm
in Mew Hampshire.
The county insane asylum, four miies
from Dover, N. II., wss burned Thurs
day night and forty-four lives were lost.
When Watcnmam William Chevey made
his 10 o’c ock trip into the insane asy
lum, he found fire coming out of a cell
occupied by a female inmate and gave
au alarm. William Driscoll, the keeper,
with his family, lived iu the build
ing, and he at once broke the lock off of
fifty-'our ced.s and tried to get the in
mates ou f . Then he got his wife and
two children, neither of whom was
dressed. Of the forty-eight inmates only
lour escaped. They were Wm. Twom-
l.lv. Hose Smderson, Wm. Davey and
Fiauk D tn'hoc
Tbe Stars and Stripes Raised at tie
Repest ot tie New GoYernment
Minister SteTens Issues a Proclama
tion to the People of the Islands.
A San Francisco special says; The
most important news brought by the
steamship Australia, which arrived from
Honolulu Wednesday night, is that
United States.Minisf^r Stevens had estab
lished a protectorate over tbe island.
The act was acknowledged at 9 o’clock
the morning of the 1st instant, when the
stars and stripes were raised over Alino-
lani hall, and Minister Stevens issued
the following proclamation:
To the Hawaii&u People: At the request of
the provisional government of the Hawaiian
Islands, I hereby, in the name of the United
States of America, assume protection of the
Hawaiian Islands for the protection of life and
property, and the occupation of public build
ings on Hawaiian soil as far as may be nec s-
sary fur the purpose specified; but not inter-
f- ring with the administration of public affairs
by the provisional government.
This action is taken pending and subject to
negotiation at 'Washington.
[Signed.] John T. Stevens,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister-Plenipoten
tiary of the United States.
United States Legation, February 1, 1893.
—Approved and executed by C. C. Wiltze, cap
tain United States navy, commanding United
States Steamship, Boston.
The Advertiser says, regarding the
Stevens proclamation that the act was
principally due to the incessant agitation
on the parts of certain whites, who have
always been the curse of the country
coupled with the English and native
newspaper efforts to discredit and block
the new government. These agencies
spread through the town a feeling of un
easiness and distrust. The provisonal
government conclu icd some positive
steps neccessary, and that it would be
wise to call upon the United States for
direct assistance.
The A dvertiser, continuing, says:
“At half-past eight, on the moin’ng of
the first, the Boston’s battalion landed
under Lieutenant Commander Swin-
burn, and were sent up to the govern
ment building, where detachments from
the volunteer companies from the pro
visional government were also drawn
up.”
Lieutenant Ru-li read Minister Stevens’
proclamation, and on tbe stroke of 9 the
star spangled banner fluttered up the
staff on the tower. The fi ig was saluted
by the troops and mariucs and the heav
ier guns of the Boston, and Hawaii was
under Uncle Sam’s wing for the time be
ing at least.
Among tbe passengers who arrived in
San Francisco, on tie Australia from
Honolulu wero Frince Kawananakow,
the deposed queen's attorney, and Judge
U. A. Wademan. They aie ou the way
to Washington to present th; quern’s
case.
recognizing tiie new government.
A cable dispatch frem Honolulu ui der
date of February 1st, says: Shortly after
the sailing of tbe last steamer, the provi
sional government received certificates of
recognition as the defaeto government
from Japan, Fiance, Great Britain,Chile.
Denmark, Germany, Austria, Hungary,
Spain, Portugal, Peru i.nd the Nether
lands.
COTTON GROWERS TO MEET.
A Convention to be Held at Memphis
on the 22d.
The executive committee of the Cotton
Growtr’s Association of the cotton grow
ing states, met at Memphis, Teuo., Wed
nesday aud passed a resolution that a
meeting of the local organizations of the
association be called for February 18th,
for tbe purpose of electing delegates to
attend a general meeting of the associa
tion to be held in Memphis on February
22d. A general invitation is extended
to all parties who are interested in the
growing of cotton to be present or send
representation.
The committee has statistics showing
that last year’s meeting bore good fruit
in many localities. Thu members say
with a full representation and lccrl or
ganization, there will be a decrease in
the acreage of cotton, which of itself
means “more bog and hominy” for the
farmers of the cotton growing state-.
Tbe committee reports much encourage
ment received from the officials of the
railroad and suamboat lines entering
Memphis, all readily agreeing to give re
duced rates to delegates to the conven
tion. The eimmittee thinks the atten
dance at this convention will be at least
three times larger than last year.
ANOTHER INTERVIEW
Between Hawaiian Commissioners and
Secretary Foster.
A Washington special says: The Ha
waiian annexation commissioners and Dr.
Mott Smith, Hawaii in minister, had an
other interview Tuesday morning with
Secretary Foster,at the state department.
As was the case with the previous two
interviews, it was entirely informal, be
ing confined to an interchange of uni ffi-
cial views upon the subject of annexing
the Hawaiian islands to the Unfit d
States. Nothing was said about the
time when commissioners shall be re
ceived by President Harrison, and thii3
formally recognized, and tbe determina
tion of this date depends upon the nature
of advices from Honolulu.
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
CAULIFLOWER,
Remove the outer stalks. Soak in
cold water and cook in boiling salted
water about twenty minutes. Drain,
separate the stalk3, pat them in a dish
and season to tastspor, with two table
spoons lemon juice, a little salt and
pepper mixed with quarter of a cup ol
melted butter. Or pour a thin, white
sauce over the cauliflower and sprinkle
coarse bread crumbs which have been
browned in butter over the sauce.—Bos
ton Cultivator.
CLEAXINO AND FROSTING BRASS.
Acid should never be employed in
cleaning brass,a3 the metal soon becomes
dull after such treatment: The applica
tion of olive oil and very fine tripoli t
followed by a washing with soap water t
constitutes the best method of polishing
and preserving the brilliancy, To frost
brass and give it a decorative finish, boil
the article in potash, rinse in water,
plunge in nitric acid, wish again, then
dry in hot sawdust, and give the still
hot metal a coat of varnish.
What France’s War Preparations
Have Cost.
According to the war budget of 1893,
recently placed in the hands of the
French Deputies, the military expenses
since 1871, without counting the navy,
amount to $3. G00,003,060. Of this sum
$178,000,000 has been expended in the
reconstruction of war material, $313,029,-
932 lias been expended for armament;
$150,312,107 for fortifications, $16,377,-
746 for subsistence, aud $45,518,804 for
clothing. In fortifications the work has
been pressed on with feverish activity.
Vast intrenched camps have been estab
lished at Lille, Maubuege, Besancon,
Belfort, Verdun and other points. The
forts around these places completely
shelter them from bombardment, aud the
railroads and all important routes are
also supplied with forts. The French
army foots up 28,382 officers, 481.015
men and 140,879 horses. This represents
a fighting force of 1,650 battalions of in
fantry. 600 squadrons of cavalry and 750
batteries of artillary. In addition to
this may be added 850,000 men enrolled
in the reserve of the territorial army.
It is very probable that Emperor William
realized the great numerical soldier
strength of France before he began to
cry for more soldiers.
COOKING CAULIFLOWER.
There are many delicious ways of
cocking cauliflower besides the familiar
one of boiling it and serving it with
cream sauce. An excellent way u “au
gratin.” To ptepare a cauliflower this
way, select a large, fine one. Tear oil
the leaves, pick tbe flowerets apart, cut
off the roots and wash it thoroughly in
cold water. Then put in a saucepan an
abundance of cold water. Add a hand
ful of salt and let the vegetable cook for
thirty minutes after it begins to boil.
When it is cooked drain it, put it into
a baking dish aud have ready a cream
sauce, made by mixing a tnblespoonful
of flour with two tablespoontuls of but
ter, stirring in two cups of milk with
salt and pepper. Let the cream sauce
cook ten minutes after making it. Add
three tablespoonfuls of grated Parmesan
cheese and pour it at once over the caul
iflower in the baking dish. Sprinkle
over the cauliflower three more table
spoonfuls of Parmesan cheese, a table
spoonful of fresh bread crurab3 and a
few bits of butter. Let the cauliflower
bake in a quick oven for about twenty-
five miuutes, when it should be a rich
brown all over.
GLYCERINE.
Do you known for how many differ
ent uses glycerine is really invaluable?
It moistens and softens the skin, and
when properly diluted may both prevent
and cure chapped hands. It will allay
the excessive thirst of a fever patient.
Two or three drops .given to a baby will
often stop its stomach-ache, if wind be
the cause.
It will frequently soothe an irritable
cough by moistening the dryness of the
throat, which gives rise to it. It is ar
efficient means for the prevention of bed
sores.
It has been found excellent as an enema
in treating constipation, aud half a tea
spoon every half hour has relieved many
cases of summer complaint, waterbrash
and dyspepsia. In household medica-
cation it must be pure and wholly un
adulterated.
Another use may be added which is
not generally knewn. When you are
about to seal fruit jam' drop iu a hall
dozen drops of glycerine aud it will help
to keep the contents aud prevent mould
from gathering on the top.
If you want to show your husband a
little attention, place a bottle at his
hand of equal parts of glycerine and bay
ram, for use after his morning shave,
and he will rise up and bless you.
Glycerine is also excellent for rubbing
into shoes as the preventive of wet feet,
as well as to soften tlm leather an l keep
fi in good condition.—New York World.
The iron columns of the Philadelphia
Lity Hall are the first extensive iron
work lr be elec-trolytically plated with
almntui ui as a preventive of rust.
Recognized by AH.
A Washing'on special of Saturday
says: The statement is made that all
governments including Great Britain
have recognized the provisional govern
ment of Hawaii. The Star- says that
Secretary of State Foster and Secretary
Trat j have admitted that the supposi
tion neietofore entertained thst the-Brit-
ish government has witnessed recognition
of tbe new government in Hawaii is in
correct.
Exchange of Mail Pouches.
A Washington sptcul of Friday says:
A daily exchange of thorough registered
mail pouches has been ordered between
Charleston, S. C.. and Augusta, Ga , to
commence on loth inst. The pouches
are to leave Charleston at a :45 o’clock p.
oa, and Augusta at 7:45 -’clock a m. via
the Charleston and Augusta railway pcat-
ofijee.
RECIPES.
Tapioca Cream—Soak three table
spoonfuls of tapioca in cold water over
uight. Boil oue pint of milk and add
tbe tapioca, letting it cook three-quar
ters of au hour. Add the yolks of two
eggs and half a cup of sugar. When
thoroughly cooked aud creamy, take
from the stove aud flavor. Beal the two
whites stiff and add half a pint of
whipped cream, sweeten and flavor, and
pour over the tapioca cream.
Indian Pudding—Three pints of milk,
one coffee cupful of Indian meal, one of
molasses, one tablespoonful of butter,
one-half teaspoonful o f salt. Pat on one
quart of milk to scald, then wet thf
meal with some of the remaining milk,
reserving a cupful, and stir the meal into
the boiling milk. Put in the molasses
and let it boil, stirring well for a few
minutes. Pour into a pudding dish, add
the cupful of cold milk. Bake three-
quarters of an hour. Eat with cream.
Salmon Soup—One can of salmon, one
:up of bread crumbs, one quart of water,
two cups of milk, one tablespoonful of
butter, pepper and salt to taste. Pick
the salmon to pieces, removing the bones
and bits of skin; put over the fire, with
the water and seasoning, and cook half
an hour; stir in the butter, the milk and
the crumbs and serve hot. Sliced lemon
should be used with it.
Codfish a la Mode—3oil a piece of
codfish in plenty of fresh water, take
oil the skin, and be careful to pick out
every bone, then pick up a cupful flue
and mix with two heaping cupfuls ol
mashed potatoes, beat two eggs well,
stir in and add two spoonfuls of melted
butter, nearly a pint of cream and a little
salt, mix well, grease a baking dish and
put in the mixture; bake twenty min
utes, or until a nice brown.
Virginia Rice Muffins—Beat the yolks
of two eggs very fight and add to them
one pint of milk and stir into it one
tablespoonful of melted lard or butter.
Mix two teaspountuls of yeast powder in
one quart of meal and sift into the milk
and eggs. Beat very fight, then add the
whites of the eggs, beaten to froth, and
stir in a teacupful of cold boiled rice.
Beat all once more and bake in muffin
rings.
Russian Salad—Cut up separately in
small dice-shaped pieces one ounce of
cooked roast beef, one ounce of cooked
ham, one ounce of cooked beef tongue,
same quantity of cooked chicken and
leg of cooked mutton and two truffles.
Put them in salad bowl, separating each
kind by six boned anchovies. Then
pour a tablespoonful of tartare sauce in
the centre; cover the sauce with two
chopped leaves of lettuce. Do not mix
until just before serving.
Ho:se Accident Prevention Society.
In London there is a Horse Accident
Prevention Society to which nearly all
horse owners belong. It keeps slippery
pavements sanded or graveled and strives
constantly toward the desired end of
uniform pavements in the driving dis
tricts. A New York woman said re
cently that her horses, used to the stone
pavements, became almost unmanageable
when tbev struck a block of the Nichol
son paving. It was the marked differ
ence between the two whica experts said
frightened the horse 5 . Doubtless others
have experienced the same trouble in
driving, a trouble which unifor mty of
pavements would obviate.—Atlanta Jour
nal.
A recent invention is a cradle which
locks by cioe.cwork mechanism.
HOOPSKIRTS ARE ON THE WAY.
The “coming event” of crinoline and
actual hoops is foreshadowed in the
round skirts now worn which fashion
able modistes are stiffening at the bot
tom to stand out quite as if upheld by a
small hoopskirt. It will be dreadful to
go about in a cage agaffij but at least it
will be cleaner than the present fashion
of skirts flopping about the feet.—St.
Louis Republic,
THE SMALLEST YET.
Quality rather than quantity was the
principle upon which a Washington bride
planned her trausseau. The marriage—
which could only be classed under tbe
head of runaways—was undoubtedly the
subject of much deep thought before
hand, inasmuch as the accessories of
:oi!et to be carried upon the eventful trip
wera reduced to the minimum. The
wedding took place in the summer, and
the conventional traveling bag was re-
otaced by a white lace parasol. This
was carried furled, the flimy white
lounce3 serving as a receptacle for the
:rousseau—a pair of curling tongs and a
tooth brush.—Kate Field’s Washington.
A RAILROAD WOMAN.
Woman has succeed in journalism,
,aw, medicine, theology and politics, so
it is not surprising to learn that she has
done well in railroading. Minnie C.
Rush has attracted attention by her re
markable success a3 an organizer of ex
cursions. She is the Vandalia L'nc’s
agent at Lakeville, Lid. For three
year3 she ha3 had charge of the passen
ger, freight and telegraph office. The
receipts in October amounted to more
than §10,000, and that is only slightly
in excess of the average.
Miss Rush was born in Lakeville
twenty-one years ago. After acquiring
a common school education she learned
telegraphy, and her proficiency led to
her selection as agent. She is a workei
in the W. C. T. U. and Methodist
Church societies. Her latest success
was the conception and execution of
“Harvest Home” excursions, when sh«
surprised the Vandalia magnates by
sending several hundred people into
neighboring States on special trains, and
thus netted profit for the railroad,—New
York Advertiser.
THE LENGTH OF DRESS.
Concerning the length of street
dresses, fashion-makers, like doctors,
disagree. From Pari3, the seat of Gov
ernment, whence the Parliament oi
fashion issues its fiats, come such con
flicting declarations that it is easy to
perceive that two powerful factions are
at work, and that not fashion alone but
the potent interests of trade are at the
root of these vital questions. Oue noted
designer declares emphatically that very
full dresses, and most likely hoopskirts,
will appear simultaneously with the
coming of the robin and the organ-
grinder. Another equally powerful au ■
thority sniffs derisively at this dreadful
prophesy, aDd declares that the balloons
and hideous wire cages—relics of a be
nighted and demoralized age—will never
again be tolerated Dy a nation of women
whose tastes have become so cultivated,
and whose personal ideas and opinions
have become, so marked and so decided.
This bloodless war makes it a rather
puzzling time for the modiste. “Do
not touch the pretty dip of your sweep
ing, gracefully trailing gown,” says one
of these in authority. The time for
tubby skirts has not yet arrived; but if
you must have something new just now,
at this transition period, have all the
flare possible on the skirt portion, and
all the excrescences and elaboration pos
sible about your neck and shoulders, and
you will pa3s the best kind of muster od
dres3 parade, on this side the water “at
east.”—New York Post.
FASHION NOTES.
Silver brooches are in great favor.
Silk-faced velvets are popular foi
fancy jackets.
Buckles, plain and fancy, are used on
all the latest hats.
Box cloth is becoming a fashionable
material for ladies’ jackets and cloaks.
Enormous sleeves of shaded velvet are
worn in outdoor and indoor garments.
The effect is pretty for a girl, but awful
when the arms insider belong to woman
of prominence.
Long cloaks of brocaded stuffs with
very full trimmings of fur or feathers
seem to be in perennial favor. Nobody
knows the years that they have been
fashionable.
Nine in twelve women met in the
street wear their hair up on the top of
their heads. Hats and bonnets that de
pend on pins for position must have
something to pin to; hence the popular
ity of the high style of hair dressing.
The “Columbus” cape of cloth or
velvet is quite popular this season. It
has a sort of vest piece inside the fronts,
which affords extra warmth aud protec
tion, and its broad collar and large neck
ruff give it a very distinguished appear
ance.
In freshening up a black silk gown,
full sleeves, collar and broad revers of
shaded velvet are used by the best dress
makers. The fashion is pretty, as the
colored velvet has the effect of soften
ing the somewhat trying framing of
plain black silk.
The association of the bell skirt with
bodices having sleeves either very large
or of moderate dimensions is observed,
The double shirt, which has an apron
or tablier front, in which a second fabric
of a color contrasting or harmonizing fi
seen, opens upon the tablier itself.
Feather Beds.
Hysteria Among Savages.
The notion that the nervous diseases,
especially hysteria, says Science, are
mere common among civilized people
than among savages is simply the result
of a lack of information among the phy
sicians who have made the assertion. Re
liable travelers say that violent and even
epidemic nervous disorders are very com
mon among uncivilized people. Castren
describes them among the Sibirie tribes.
An unexpected blow on the outside of a
tent wifi throw its occupant into spasms.
The early Jesuit missionaries paint ex
traordinary pictures of epidemic nervous j
maladies among the Iroquois and Hurons. j
l he middle ages witnessed scenes of this
kind, impossible to-day. Dr. De la :
Tourette points out the frequency of j
true hysteria and hysterical seizures in J
the biack race, among the Hottentots
and the Kaffirs of east Africa, and among
the natives of Abyssinia and Madagascar.
They present frequent cases of ciass.cal
hysterical attack, and occasional epidem
ics oi chorea-mania, affecting bota sexe=.
Civilization, so far from increasing th s
class oi' disorders, has a well defined ef- j
leet in diminishing their number and ;
severity.
Dr. Kellogg, in domestic Sanita
tion,” sums up their objectionable quali
ties thus: “The use of feather beds may
be shown to be detrimental to health in
several ways, but we wish to ball atten
tion to the fact that they may be a source
of contaminat: on of the air immediate
ly surrounding a person during sleep.
Feathers themselves not only undergo a
slow decomposition, evolving foul and
poisonous gases, but, on account of their
remarkable hydroscopic properties, in
which they are equalled by few other
substances, they absorb the fetid exha
lations from the body which are
thrown off from the skin during sleep.
As this erntmues, often for a long
time, the accumulations may become
very great and the feather bed
be converted into a hot-bed of diseased
germs. As feathers suffer litrie loss by
use, the feather bed often becomes an
heirloom and is passed down from one
generation to another. The older it be
comes, the worse it is. It is somewhat
alarming to reflect upon the amount of
disease germs which may be stowed
away in a sack of feathers which has
done service during a hundred years or
more. Subject to all the accidents and
emergencies of domestic fife, it has, per
haps, carried a half dozen persons
through typhoid fever, and pillowed the
last months of the gradual dissolution of
a consumptive, besides being in constant
use the balance of the time.”
Wanted Some Excitement.
Petted Boy—“Mamma, may I go sled
ding?”
Fond Mamma (nervously)—“A boy
was killed on that hill last winter, and
two boys were hurt only last week.”
“May I go skating?”
“Horrors, no? You might break
through and get drowned 1”
“May I go play iu the street?”
“There was a terrible runaway right
past the house only three days ago, and
there’s no telling what moment another
may happen. Sit down, and I’ll read to
you.”
“Well, mamma, please read me some
nice little story aLout a boygettin’ struck
by a meteor while his mamma was read
ing to him.”—Street & Smith’s Good
News.
He was Getting Uneasy.
Upon the recent deeth of an eminent
English divine at Cannes, the following
bulletin was placed by the ' family upon
the door of his late residence:
“Mr. S deputed this fife for
heaven at II o’clock a. m.”
Some passing wag, possessed of more
drollery than reverence, placed beneath
the notice a telegraph blank filled out in
the following manner:
“Heaven, 12. m. Mr. S not
yet arrived. Getting uneasy.
Peter.”
An Ignorant stranger.
Stranger— ‘ ‘Where is the court -house I’
Boy—“Bout six blocks west from
here.”
Stranger—“But I don’t know which
way is west.”
Boy—“W’y jus’ stan’ with your face
to th’ north, and’ then y’r right hand’ll
point east an’ y’r left hund west. Thort
everybody knew that.”—Street & Smith’s
Good News.
A Queer Account.
A man died lately in Berlin, Germany,
who, according to report, kept a singu
lar account of his life in at least some of
its aspects. He had, in fifty-two years,
smoked 628,715 cigars, 43,692 of these
were presented to him. For the remaip-
ing 585,021 he spent about $10,483. In
the Same time he drank 28,786 glasses of
beer and 36.081 glasses of spirits, cost
ing him $5,850. He closed his dairy
with these words: “I have tried all things,
I have seen many; I have accomplished
nothing.”
Hard to Beat.
Small Son—“Yy you fits dot gtistoni-
er beat you down fifty zents on di se
pants!”
Father—“Dot’s all right, mine Son. I
left dose price marks on behind^ and he
vill do us ten tollars worth of .advertis
ing before he gets to Broadway.”—New
York Weekly.
Cheap Music.
Fa r Customer—“Have you a piece
called the ‘Moonlight Sonata?”’
Cleik—“Yes, madam; Beethoven’s
‘Moonlight Sonata.’ Here it is,*’
“What is the price?”
“Only twenty ccnK’*
“Ob, that's too cheap. Show me
something better,”—New York Weekly.
Pot/ish asSfatturt.
An experienc^d"""eastern horticulturist
savs: I have used within the laet fe.
years a gooA deal of pure pet^hin con-
neciioa with the trees 1D ^7
usually biijing it by the casfc «r th»
purpose. I simply break it into small
pieces not larger than a hen s egg, 8
about eight pounds to ■■ ti average sizs
tree, scattering it upon theground about
the tree in a circle extending half-tvaj
from the trunk to the extremity of the
branches. When this is done in autumn
or early Spring the rains and saoW dis
solve the potaih, which will be absorbed
and spread through the soil, thus bring
ing the fertilizing,properties directly
the small roots of the trees, without in
jury to the vegetation. The future cro^s
will show remarkable tesiilts bot i in
quality and quantity of the fruit.
Knew Her Hnbbjr;
Mother—“Is your letter to your hus
band ready to mail?”
Marrfid Daught r—“it’s all done ex
cepting the postscript, telling him to
scud me settle moie money. I’M looking
for another sheet of paper.’*
“Write it across the lines.’*
“No iode-d. He’ll pretend he
couldn't read it.”—Niw York Weekly.
R OYAL BAKING POWDER imparts that pecttl-
• iar lightness, sweetness, and flavor noticed in the
finest food, and which expert pastry cooks declare is
not obtainable by the use of any other raising agent.
Royal Baking Powder is shown a pure cream-of-
tartar powder, the highest of all in leavening strength.
-—U. S. Government Food Report.
Royal Baking Powder # is superior in purity,
strength, and wholesomeness to any other powder
which I have examined.—New York State Analyst.
Good Manners at Home.
If Checkmated Early,
Rheumatism is shorn of its terrors. When it
is young, annihilate it with Hostetter’s Stom
ach Bitters and jprevent life-long torture. If
it is chronic, it is always liable to attack the
heart with a fatal result. The poisons taken
to cure it simply alleviate its pangs, and are
themselves dangerous in a slight overdose.
Indigestion, liver or kidney trouble, costive-
ness, ma aria and loss of appetite and flesh
are remedied by the Bitters.
Wife Mgn ; ficantlv)—“That pocket-book you
gave m i for a Christmas present was empty.”
Husband (grim y)—“Ye , it was mine.”
An Important Difference.
To make it apparent to thousands,who think
themselves ill, that they are not affected with
any disease, but that the system simply needs
e’eansing, is to bring com f ort home to their
hearts, as a costive condition is easily cured by
using Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co.
Any lady who goes to church to show her
new sack is sackreligious.—Wilson Mirror.
BIATB or OHIO. CITT OF TOLEDO, { „
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that ha 5s the
senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney &
Co- doing business in the City of Toledo.
County and State aforesaid, and that said firm
will nay the sum of $100 for each and every
case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
Frank i. Chenet.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in mj
oreeence, this 6th day of December, A. D., ^886.
i —> A. W. Gleason.
iseal >
( -—*— * Notary Public.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surface*
of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
F. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ou
f5T~ bold by Druggists, 75c.
changed my mind respecting them, except I
think better of that which I beoran by think
ing well of.”—-for. Henry Ward Beecher. Sold
only in b.ixes.
Our old reliable eye-water cures weak or in
flamed eyes or granulated lids without pain.
Price25c. John R. Dickey Drug Co., Bristol, Va.
Mr. Wm. Wade
INDIGESTION RELIEVED
Good Appetite and Good Health Re
stored bp HOOD’S
Mr. Wm. Wade, the well known boot
and shoe dealer at 17 Merrimack 8t..
near the Po3toffiec, Lowell, says:
“ When I find a stood thing I feel like
praising it. and I know from personal experi
ence that Hood’s Sarsaparilla is a fine medi
cine I have for a good many years been seri
ously troubled with
Distress in My Stomach
and indigestion. I bad medical advice, pre
scriptions and various medicines, but my
t rouble was not relieved. At last 1 thought I
would try Hood’s Sarsaparilla and I must say
the effect teas surprising. Soon after
I Ir-g.in taking it I found great relief, and now
H00(j’S rannL C U f 6 S
,-at without having that terr.ble distress. I
ul-o r-st well at night and am In good bralth,
f.,r aM - f Lich I think Hood’s sursatta-
ritta.-’ Wm. Waue.
lie-.,d » Hills are the best liver lnvtgorator and
cathartic. Purely vegetable.
TO YOUNG MEN.
Splendid opportunity to learn a business that will
fire 9teady employment and a salary of $1000 a vear.
Bend 2c. stamp for circular, containing full iafdnbar
tern, iddftsu
The presence of good manners is no
where more needed or more effective than
in the household, and, perhaps, more
rare. Wherever familiarity exists there
is a tendency to loosen the check upon
selfish conduct which the presence of
strangers involuntarily produces. Many
persons who are kind and courteous in
company are rude and careless with those
whom they love best. Lmerson says:
Good manners are made up of petty
sacrifices,” and certainly nothing can
more thoroughly secure the harmony and
peace of the family circle than the habit
of making small sacrifices, one for anoth
er. Children thus learn good manners
in the best and most natural way», and
habits thus acquired will never leave
them. Courtesy and kindness will never
lose their charm, while nil spurious imi
tations of them are to be despised.—
The Republic.
Tlie Taxes We Pay.
The Washington Post presents some
interesting tax figures:
For the next two years our government
will spend annually more than $500,000,-
000. To pay one year’s expensts of the
government it will take nearly the com
bined wheat and oat crop. Our annual
output of gold, silver, copper, iron, coal,
Petroleum and lead wifi not foot our tax
bill for twelve months. Nor can wc do
it with a yeat’s product of cotton, wool,
rye, barley, wine, potatoes and tobacco.
The combined capitalization of our
national banks is $599,000,000. One
year’s taxes will nearly swallow it up.
Now, all this is tbe Federal tax. We
have also to pay city, c unty and State
taxes. We pretend to be a nation of
plain people, with no aristocracy, no
princes, no st inding army and no expen
sive frills, and yet our taxes are more
eDOimous than those of Austria, Germany
and Great Britain.
Bantams in the Garden.
The Marked Success
cf Scott’s Emulsion in consump
tion, scrofula and other forms of
hereditary disease is due to its
powerful food properties.
Scott’s Emulsion
rapidly creates healthy flesh—
proper weight. Hereditary
taints develop only when the
system becomes weakened.
Nothing in the world
of medicine has been
so sttccessfnl in dis
eases that are most
menacing to life. Phy
sicians everywhere
prescribe it.
Prepared by Scott A Bowne. N. Y. All drntlrietf.
“German
Syrup
Just a bad cold, ana a 1
99
Most people prefer to 1 avs fowls out
of, rather than in the gard n. But they
mean large fowls. Bantams will do some
scratching, but not i early so much as
will the larger fowls. Tttoy are very act
ive and catch numerous insects and grub;
and slugs i jurious to the garden plants.
If one will use the feathered legged
kiqds, the Cochin and the booted ban
tams, he will find them to do less
scratching than the clean legged breeds.
About the best, as a gardener’s assistant,
is the booted white bmtam, for the im
mense growth of feathers on the toes—
sometimes five inches in length—prevent
these little fowls from doing much in
jury with their feet.—L Fisher, Queens
County, New York.
Just a bad cold, and”a hacking
cough. We all suffer that way some
times. How to get rid of them is
the study. Listen—‘ ‘ I am a Ranch
man and Stock Raiser. My life is
rough and exposed. I meet all
weathers in the Colorado mountains.
I sometimes take colds. Often they
are severe. I have used German
Syrup five years for these. A few
doses will cure them at any stage.
The last one I had was stopped in
24 hours. It is infallible.” jimes
A. Lee, Jefferson, Col. <t
MERCURIAL!
Mr. J C. Jone»,of
Fulton, Arkaniae,
says of V3R9R9
‘About ten years ago I con-»«j2^B
tracted a severe case of blood
son. Leading physicians prescribed medicine
after medicine, which I took without any relief.
I also tried mercurial and potash remedies,
with unsuccessful results, but which brought
on an attack of mercurial rheumatism that
RHEUMATISM
four years I gave up all remedies and began
using S. S. S. After taking several bottles I
waB entirely cured and able to resume work,
nvag Is tbe greatest medicine for blood
giMHi poisoning to-day ou the market."
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free. Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Do Not Bo Decoivod
with Pastes, Enamels and Paints which stain the 1
hands, injure the iron and burn red.
The Rising Sun Store Polish is Brilliant, Odor-
leas, Durable, and the consumer pays for no tin
or glass package with every purchase.
A Woman Has
HE DAY AFTEit DAY and ye: there
few diseases ihct yield more promptly to prop*r
medical treatment. It Is therefore of tr.e utmost Im
portance that a reliable remedy should always be at
hand. Dnring a period of more than 60 YEARS
there has been no instance reported wher
eases hare not been permanently sa l I* KGM PT L Y
CUBED by the us# of a single box of thc^rnuine
and fu«tly celebrated I)r.C. McLANE'8 LIVER
PILLS, which may be procured at any Drug Store,
or will be mailed to any address on the receipt of 35c.
in postage stamps. Purchasers of these Pills should
be careful to procure the genuine article. There are
several counterfeits on the market, well calculated
to deceive. The genuine Dr. C. HcLane’s Celebrated
Liver Pills are manufactured only b’
Liver ruw are manufactured only by
TLEHING BROTHERS CO., Pittsburgh, Pa.
MEND YOUR OWN HARNESS
f WITH
THOMSON’S!
SLOTTED
CL1N C ra ^ ktvETS.' j
No tools required. Only a hammer needed to drive
an-l c inch tlu*m easily and quickly, leaving the clinch
obso utely smooth. It quiring no hoe to be made in
he leather nor burr for toe Rivet a. They are atrwaflr*
lough and durable. Millions now in use. All
enarths. nnlform or assorted, put up in boxes.
Ask your dealer Tor them, or send 40c. in
•tamps for a box ot 100, assorted aizea. Man’fd by
JUDSON L. THOMSON MFG. CO..
WALTHAM, 91 ASS.
BICYCLES.
lull
ds.
ond Hand Bicycles,
matic and Cushion Tired. Write f* r catalogue
and prices. Tho on_y excius vely bi- ycle house in th#
Ad >et-e, BICYCLE DEP’T, LOWHY
IIIJW. CO.* F. 1’. Clm lanr, Mngr.,
Nd. 38 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga.
Cares Consumption, Coughs, Croup, Sore
Throat* Sold by all Druggists on a Guarantee.
4
Piso’s Remedy for Catarrh la the
Best, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest.
aajCTglsH
Sold by druggists or sent by mail,
50c. K. T. Hazeitlne, Warren, Pa.
t
FRUIT TREES.
Largest and BEST Stock in United State*. Planters
and Dealers should get OUR PRICES before placing
ORDERS. E. MOODY & SONS, LOCKPORT, N. 7.
JAS.8.BLAINE?""” 1
PATENTSHi.-SS
A N. U...
Six, ’9
LIGHTNING—The 60 Day Cabbage.
vary scarce. Pkg. f 15c.; oz., 56c.; Jb., f2, postpaid.
THE EARLIEST VEGETABLES
Will be im (Teat demand this spri»K and will fetch big prises.
Te have the earliest, plane Salzer'n eeeda.
ttpkgs. Earliest Vegetable Novelties. }l, postpaid.
FOR Ike. (WITH CATALOGUE, 19e.)
To introduce our seeds everywhere, v» send,postpaid, apea
receipt of 14c.:
1 p&a^age S!x Weeks' Radish,
l
L-r>r Oiane Cucamber, lOe.
Brilliant Flower Seeds, 35e.
Kb all • rseksgee*
lilted aewbere
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Is the lint published. Coats us over f30,0001
sailed apea receipt ef fe- postage.
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