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THE BOWIE KNIFE. THE ORIGIN OP THE FAMOUS WEAPON VERY DOUBTFCD. lti Inventor Declared It More Trust- 'Trorthy Than a Pistol—Bloody Duels in Which It Was Used. 'HE Bowie knife, for many years the most effective weapon in the South, has been attributed to the inventive genius of Colonel Janies Bowie, one of the heroes in the Texan war for independence, who was^ killed at the Alamo, March 6, 1835. Tie '.tory of the advent of this remark- /able blade, so far as the Colonel is con- r cerned, is of doubtful authenticity. There ate two versions current in the Lone Star State. One is that, in a bloody ngntest with tH» Mexicans, previous to the revolution in Texas, his sword sud denly broke off within a foot and a half of the hilt, upon which he employed the fragment as a knife in his hand-to-hand contests during the rest of the battle. Colonel Bowie settled with his parents in Louisiana early in 1802, and soon be came notorious for his participation in the many duels which his irritable tem per provoked. The most prominent and sanguinary of these took plase opposite Natchez, on the Mississippi, in August, 1827. A meeting had been arranged between one Doctor Maddox an 1 Samuel Wells and the ground selected, a low sandbar near the city, but outside of the State limits. After the difficulty had apparently been adjusted by the exchange of two shots without effect, the princi pals were joined by parties of friends, and a general melee occurred, in which fifteen of the number were wounded and six killed. Bowie, who was one of the partici pants, had been shot early in the en gagement. He drew his knife—the story runs—which had been made from a blacksmith’s rasp or large file, with which he killed Major Norris Wright. After the conflict the weapon was seat North to Philadelphia, where it was -fashioned by a cutler into the form of a knife, which style of weapon was im mediately made famous as the “Bowie knife.” When the original was received by the Colonel he was told: “It is more trustworthy in the hands of a strong man than a pistol, for it will not snap.” After this general fight he emigrated to Texas with his brother and took an ac tive part in the struggle against Mexico. He fought in the engagement near Sau Saba, November 2, 1831, and in the battles with the Mexicans near Nacog doches and at Concepcion during 1835. He attained the grade of Colonel, and commanded at Grass Fight, October 25 the same year. The next season he was ordered to Bexar, later joining Colonels Travis and Crockett, and with them was slain at the taking of the Alamo. The Colonel was principal in another I famous duel, which may probably be re- f garded as the gieatest on record, and whioh is still remembered by a few old men who are living yet at a remarkably ripe age. Bowie used to spend a great deal of his time in Natchez, where he was challenged by a gentleman residing in Alexandria, Li., for some alleged grievance. The friends of the latter to the number of twenty or more accom panied him to Natchez to see fair play, well aware that Colonel Bowie was a desperate man aud had his osvn friends about him. All the parties went to gether upon the field, the combatants taking their places in the centre, separ ated from theiv friends in the rear far enough not to endanger them with their balls. The twenty armed Louisianians iffy yards behind their champion ^seconds and surgeons; opposite ar behind Bowie and his sec- surgeons, were the twenty 'armed Mississippiaas, friends of the Colonel. The heights of Natchez were thronged with spectators, and a steamer rounded to in the river, with its decks black with passengers watching with a deep interest the exciting scene. The plan of the tight was to exchange shots twice with pistols and to close with knives, Bowie being armed with his own terrible weapon. At the first fire both parties escaped injury. At the second, the Louisianian was too quick and took advantage of Colonel Bowie, who waited far the word. At this Bowie’s seooud cried out, “Foul play,” and shot the Louisianian dead. The second of the latter instantly killed the slayer of his principal. Colonel Bowie then drove his knife into the man, finishing him in an instant. The surgeons now crossed blades, while with defiant battle cries came on the two parties of friends, the light of battle iu their eyes. In a moment the whole number was en gaged in a fearful conflict. Dirks, pis tols.and knives were freely U3ed with fatal effect. It was a dreadful slaughter. Colonel Bowie fought like an enraged Hod, but fell covered with wounds. For months he lingered in his hotel between life and death, finally recovering, owing to his wonderful constitution.—New York Times. K«palriair Country Roads. The proper time to begin work or re pair* is in the early spring, just after the trost comes out of the ground, as soon as the roads have been thoroughly settled and dried out. Where the road is old, with a good solid bed, the first thing to be done is to cover it all over with alight dressing of gravelly material, and when possible finish it off with a top coating of hard pan; but avoid putting it on too thickly, lest the going become heavy, as it is slow to dry out. Loam is worse than useless, became it never packs properly, and makes mud. Care must be taken to raise the road up toward the centre, and give it a slight elevation at the crown, but only just enough to shed the water on either side into the gutters. Od a level, straight road the crown should only be slightly convex, for round ing up a narrow road in the middle is objectionable, insomuch as it has the im mediate effect of forcing wheels of vehicles to run always in the same line and wear away the new material into deep ruts that quickly become water courses for the wash of the next rain, and assist the rapid destruction of the road by preventing the water from reach ing the gutters. As fast a3 the new material can be laid on, it should ba very carefully raked over to remove all the large stones and as many of the smaller ones as possible; for where this precaution is neglected until the stuff packs down hard, which happens in a few days, the stones become so firmly embedded that they are not only difficult to remove, but soon cause the road to wear in humps and bumps, and later in the season, during the dry weather, they work up continually and become a source of annoyauce and danger. Taese stones should never be left in piles along the road side, to be driven into, or scattered about by mischievous boys or stray cattle, but carted immediately away and dumped out of sight. The gutters should then be carefully cleaned by removing fro n them all deposits of mud, decayed leaves, or branches which have collected there during tbs winter months; never allow this stuff to be heedlessly thrown along the edges Of the gutters or on the banks above them, for the first rains will surely wash all back to its old place, and the work has to be done over again. It is even worse to spread it out on the road, according to the common but mistaken practice of many road masters, since decayed material can never pack prop erly, and always tends to mike mud in wet and dust in dry weather.—Harper’s Weekly. CURIOUS FACTS. FOUR AMERICAS DUCHESSES. The Almanach de Gotha of 1893 men tions only four American ladies as hav ing married Englishmen of ducal fami lies. These are the Duchess of Man chester, nee Miss Yznaga; the Duchess of Marlborough, nes Mrs. Hamersley; Lady Randolph Churchill, nes Mis3 Jerome, married to the uncle of the present Duke of Marlborough, and Mrs. Cavendish Benfinck, nee Miss Bessie Livingston, married to Mr. Cavendish Bentiack, cousin of the Duke of Port land. Theie are many American ladies mentioned as having married members of the nobility of France, Germany and Italy.—New York World. ARRANGEMENT OF LACE ON DRESSES. Lace trimmings on some day dresses is so placed as to form a sort of deep basqued coat at the sides and a point at the back, losing itself in the centre seam. This has the effect of -taking away that look of extreme plainness the tightly fitting skirts give, and which is so unbecoming to all. A very pretty silver gray crepon, dashed with white spots, was trimmed in this style with white guipure; the skirt had an old-fashioned French hemmed ruche of silk edging it, and the bodice had the pninure arranged as epaulets aud Sjedd Indicator far Travelers. Arthur G. Leonard, Private Secretary to H. Walter Webb, Third Vice-Presi dent of the New York Central Railroad, has invented a watch which enables the holder to measure the rate of speed at which he or she may be traveling on a railroad tram, a steamboat, or any other conveyance. This indicator was de signed especially to mark the rate of speed per hour at which a railroad train moves. Mr. Webb had a few of the watchos made and they have beeu prac tically tasted with perfect satisfaction. They resemble the ordinary open-faced watches and the works are the same as those in a good chronometer watch. A series of figures, with sixty as a basis, encircle the rim of the face. In the hands of a person on a swiftly moving train the watch may, by pressing a tiny lever, be started at a given point, say a mile post, and when the next mile po3t ij rescued a quick pressure on the lever will stop the hands of the watch on a figure which accurately indicates the rate of speed per hour at which the traiu is moving. The watch is provided with split second hand which enables the holder to lake the record of two consecutive miles separately. With tfiis indicator a person can ascertain the rate of speed at which lie is traveling up to 100 mile3 per hour. The minimum reg ister is 37 9-10 miles per hour. This invention of Mr. Leonard would be an admirable timepiece to gangs the rate of speed at a boat race or a horse race. — New York Times. Sweet-Too hsd Ruffians. The Largest Mississippi Catfish. “The largest catfish ever capturel on the Mississippi was caught about three years ago, two miles from Cairo, by a colored fisherman,” said John G. Harvey, of Murphysboro, Ili., at the Liudell. “He was a monster, sure enough, and more resembled a whale than a catfish. The colored people had been talking for a long time about having seen a big fish in the waters. They had shot at him repeatedly, and had set all sorts of trot lines to catch him without success. “■Finally there came a rise iu the river, and when the water receded from the swamp back of the river the fish was grounded and captured. He weighed 312 pounds, and when cut opeu there was found iu his stomach two fish hooks and a line, a teupeuoy nail, a gold ring, and—the most curious thing of all—a registered letter addresed to the Hou. Walter Merriwether, of Richmond, Ya., which had been lost for two weeks, and 'which had given the postal authorities unbounded trouble. The question was and is, how did that letter ever find its way from the postal car to the fish’s mouth?”—St. Louis Republic. The Afghan has an extraordinarily sweet tooth, and it is most amusing tc see these great hulkiug, shambling fel lows patrouizing the sweatmeal shops. The Hindustani is a great consumer of sugar, and his tastes in this direction arc the grossest. Their sweets are simply lumps of unrefined sugar forms l into fantastic images, or made to crudely re semble animals and hu nan beings. The Mohammed, however, through his hatred of idolatry, would not pur chase a sweetmeat which bore likeness to living things, nor would a Hindoo who had respect for his person be bold enough to offer an image to an Afgaaa, The deadly insult would be followed with the exclamation, “Hut jao!” “Get hence!” and a blow sufficiently powerful to fell an ox and kill a weakly Hindoo. The picture that an Afghan presents with his hands and monta full of sweet meats a? assuredly excites a smile as does the spectacle of two stout, un wieldly men falling upon each other’s necks and weeping and kissiDg an affectionate adieu. You feel morally certain that this huge, innocent-looking Afghan has re morselessly killed several of his friends, who have made themselves objection able to him, and you are equally as cer tain that in the folds of his voluminous chapkan several deadly weapons are stowed away, while his loose, baggy trowsen, tied fast at the ankles, also cover slaughtering steel.—New York Advertiser. Meat.’ I A Novelty in Railroad Equipment. The latest novelty in tae rolling equip ment of the Pennsylvania Rulroad. is a “clearance car.” It .was constructed for the purpose of assisting the chief engi neer and his assistants to make accurate measurements of tunnel dimensions in order to determine what the clearance distances are for cars and merchandise. One of the reasons for this car being built was the constant inquiries that came to the company from shippers of World’s Fair merchandise of so many shapes and sizes that it was impossible to tell whether it could safely be sent through the tuunels. The clearance car is virtually a flat car with a raised plat form on one end, with an arch stretching above it and measuring rods surrounding it. The train of which the clearance car is park is made up of two other cars, one lor the engineer to live and sleep in and another equipped with an electric light aystem to assist in inspecting dark monels.—New Yack Telegram. “Pepper With San Antonio, Texts, presents in its older sections a peculiar illustration ot how customs survive long after then- causes have ceased. Oue hundred and sixty-iwo years ago or thereabouts some fifteen families of Canary Island, Span- iards, with a larger number of Tlascalan Indians, started the old city* Eich race brought its local customs, and from their combination resulted the Sm Antonio customs of to-day. There are open air restaurants on the Plaza des Armes as in the Canary Isles, cigarettes of tobacco and cornshuck as among the old Mexi can Indians and queer dishes of Spanish meats and Mexican peppers. At the tables comely Mexican girls act as waiters and serve up “chile con came,” “tamales,” “enchilades,” and other truly native dishes. Observe that the “chile” is mentioned before the “came,” which is very appropriate, in- dsed, for to an American taste there is much more of it. It was, indeed, “pepper with meat,” and not “meat with pepper,” as “came con chile” would mean.”—New York News. to a ruthless process which crushes the bones and wrenches the sinews of their tender feet, until at last a revolting de formity is produced, and the foot, crumpled into a shocking monstrosity, becomes almost valueless as a means of locomotion. The wretched girl emerges from her period of feverish torture a mutilated cripple, condemned to hobble through life on feet which preserve no semblance of nature's beautiful mech anism, having become as hideous as they are useless. At mtervals the missionary cries out, tho traveler writes, and the charitable agitate; but the poor little children never benefit. For then there remains always the same ruthless bending of bones, the same agonizing application of tight ligatures, the same long months of bitter pain and unavailing tears. Per haps, he suggests, it is to this singular sontrast between general refinement and sultivatiou of the Chinese on the one hand, and this callous cruelty on the other, that we must attribute the period ical appearance of apologists for the ap palling custom. Some people say that though the foot is ultimately deformed, though the woman is indeed condemned tc be little better than a cripple, yet the process is not so very painful after all. The bones are soft, they say, in early youth; the sinews supple. Twisting, crushing and wrenching are operations that may be performed without much suffering on baby feet, whereas adults would be maddened by the torture. To j this the writer replies: “Let no one talk of the yielding character of young bones or the pliability ot baby sinews. We have listened with our own ears to the cries of a little girl undergoing the torturing process. Such agonizing wails never before fell on our ear3. They were the shrieks of a child absolutely wild with suffering. When the ligatures were loosened and the shocking succes sion of breithless screams ended in long- drawn wails of exhaustion aud misery, the listener turned almost sick with horro- and sympathy. Yet a mother was the deliberate torturer of the poor baby, aud a father callously lis tened to its heartbroken cries. Think that this fiendish barbarity is being practiced daily and hourly throughout the leDgth and breadth of a land con taining 300,000,009 inhabitants. Not alone are the tender bodies of the poor little girls ruthlessly racked and tor tured, but the purest sentiment of hu manity, the love of parents for their children, is perpetually outraged. Such mmatural cruelty could be tolerated only in the presence of the worst kind of demoralization. How much can sur vive of the moral beauty of the paternal relation when lathers and mothers, in deference to a mere freak of fashion, consent to iutliet on their daughters, day by day, torture that well nigh mad dens the baby brain and wrings shrieks of excruciating agony from the little lips? This is one of those facts that made us marvel wheu we hear a great destiny predicted for the Chinese Na tion.—London Public Opinion. Paris has 50,000 ragpickers. The Italian Parliament costs #430,000 a year. The Egyptians cooked meat as soon as the animal was killed. The first complete Bible printed in England was issued in 1535., The earliest mining schools were es tablished in Saxony about 1500. A good Egyptian mummy, warranted 6000 years old, can be bought any day for #100. Eighty of the Popes are honored as saints, thirty-cne as martyrs and forty- three as confessors. An aged deer presented to the Central Park {New York City) Menagerie in 1889 died the other day of old age. In Uganda, Africa, a man will will ingly work for three months for a copy of the New Testament in his own lan guage. Since the Cape diamond fields in South Africa were discovered in 1867 they have produced stones to the value of #359,- 000,000. In Berlin, Germany, all doctors’ coach men wear white bats. This headgear distinction gives them the right of way day and night. A stee!-hke grass from the volcanic slopes of Oran, Algeria, is said to be so elastic that it can be used instead of springs in the manufacture of furniture. Mount Stuart, Lori Bute's palace in Scotland, is said to be the mo3t magnifi cent mansion in Great Britain. The building, decoration and finishing of it cost $5,000,000. American lard is being sold in the City of Mexico as fast as received at a wholesale price of twenty-five cent3 per pound, while lhe native lard is held at twenty-six cents per puuni. Clara Edwards, a resident of Stewart County, Georgia, own3 a hen which, she says, has laid two eggs about the size of turkey eggs every day for the past four years. She also claims that each egg contains two yolks. At the beginning of this century the Bible was accessible to but one-fifth of the population of ths world. Now it has been translated into so mmy lan guages that it may be read by niue-tentas of the people of the globe. There are two kinds of curiosity shops in China—one is intended for guileless globe trotters and the nouveaux riches, the other for collectors aud persons of taste. In the former the proprietor asks anywhere from 290 to 2000 per cent, profit on his goods; in the latter he is satisfied with anything between twenty- five and 100 per cent. For the first time in thirteeu years the Sound during the cold spell of 1893 was frozen beyond the Bridgeport (Conn.) Light, and thousands of people each day visited the veteran lighthouse keeper, Captain Adolphus McNeil, who has been keeper since the establishment of the light, forty-one years ago. Bicyclists aud owners of horses and sleighs rode out to the light, a distance ot more thin a mile. Soups furnish a curious instance in which Germany differs from other Na tions in the preparation of food. Milk soups, sweet and savory, chocolate soups, almond soup and wine soup, frothed lemon soup and beer soup are among tho number, while soup3 ma le of apples, pears, strawberries, currants and cherries are not uncommon. There are also a large number of fish soups which bear a strong resemblance to the fish soups of the Russiau kitchen, CUKE FOR CHICKENS CORN'S. If you have chickens with a wartish substance on their feet they have corns, and they wiil, like ourselves, suffer much from them and become lame. Ob tain some pine gum, take a piece of cloth, cut holes in it for the toes to pro trude through, put gum on the corn, wrap the cloth over it, and tie around the.shsnk. In about two weeks remove the covering and the corn will be gone. Before handling the gum grease the fingeis and it will not stick to them.— The Hawaiian Islands. The total area of the islands which compose the government of Hawaii is6,- 640 square miles. There are eight islands, ^ranging from an area of sixty-three square miles in Kahoolame, which i9 the small est, to 4,210 square miles in Hawaii, hich is the largest. At the time of Capt. The Wealth of Nations* The wealthiest nation on' the globe is the United States, which has an assess- Mnstnn 1 Few domestic remedies are of greatef *. value thun common mosterd. As A Cin|' ed valuation of $47,475,000,000, next: di ^ and ag , ee ab!e simulant to the di- comes Great Britain with $43;800,000,- j „ e „ th , oro j£ it is found upon most 000. France ranks third, v with $40,300,-° ir sed in this form it WifT ono’non’ th Ti en ? ermany ^ -*? 1 ’**?’" sometimes ' remove obstinate hiccough. 000,000. Russia comes next with $2!,- Thp , lnhr oken seed of the white mustard 715,000,000; Austria follows with $18,- ia of va)ue M a laxative when taken the di- s most it wilTV cough. \ £°- k ...-l S “ Very . 0 ^ he k A an ? S .’ ; Up,rards 065,’000,000; and Italy succeeds with j r Y a ^ espoon doses . Of more ifflpor “ I? New York Independent, HOW TO GROW BERRIES, The strawberry should be planted eighteen inches in the row aud four feet between the rows and grown on the matted row system. Care should be taken that the plants don’t get too thick in the row. Use only a few of the best varieties that do well in your Vicinity, Blackberries and raspberries should be planted three feet iu the rows and eight feet between the rows, leaving a ten-foot space every fourth row to drive through to get out the dust. Strawberries can be planted between the rows of black berries and raspberries and two or three crops can be taken from them before they interfere much with each other. The first year mu3k-and watermelons can be planted in the rows of blackberries and raspberries and trained along the rows; if vines get too long pinch them off. I only name asparagus; strawberries, blackberries, and raspberries as rhy maid crop for the reasoD that they have paid me best in my vicinity. A man must al ways grow what people want: If I were differently located something else might pay better. Grapes, currants, goose berries; pie plant, sad a number of other things might pay better. Growing early vegetable plants in hot beds, also straw berry, blackberry, and raspberry plants have paid me well.—Chicago Times. of a century ago, the population num bered 200,000. Since then the native population has rapidly decreased. The census of 1884 showed a total population I of 80,578—51,539 males and 29,039 fe- ; malc9. The islands are toagreat extent moun tainous and volcanic, but the soil is ! highly fertile and productive. Sugar and | rice are lhe staple products. The sugar i exported from these islands in 1889 was ! valued at $13,0S9,302. The word Hawaii is pronounced by ■ Webster, He-\vii-ee, the first syllable pro- : nounced like he in her, and the accent is | od the second syllable. The government I of this country has been a constitutional i monarchy. In 1887 a new constitution i was granted. The executive power : was Vested ih a sovereign and cabi j net of four members. The Sover- j eign Queen, Li'.inokalani recently sought to replace the constitution with one ex tending her own powers, but her cabi net refused to concur, and immediately the people rose in support of lhe Cabinet, and the Queen was compelled to retire and yield to the pupular desire. A pro visional government was formed and ; commission was appointed to go to the Uuited States Government and ask for annexation. $11,755,000,000. Spam is worth $7,805,- i UDCe ig t £ e u?e of raugta rd as an emetic. 000,000; the Netherlands, $4,935,000,- f” tablespoon r u l of ordinary ground mus- 000: Belgium. *4.030.000.000. The as-, tard tak P en ia a cjp f u t of warm Water, 000; Belgium, $4,030,000,000. The as sessed valuation of Sweden is $3,475,- ^uVroduce copious vomiting in from 000,000; of Canada^3,250 000,000; of ’ K minu P tes. On this° account, Mexico, $3,loO 000,000; of Australia, , beca „ ie f t fe esneciaiiy valuable ia $£930jOOO.OOO;ref Portal,$1 855.000 - j in rasTof 'poisoning, by 000; of Denmark $1 830,000 000 ; «.f the , iu £ or 0 ’ ther Darcotits / it is Argentine Confederation, $1,000,000.000: , ‘ nmol;,. - of Switzerland, $1,020,000,000; of Nor-j an c< * uai as a ^omest.cemetic, wav, #1,410,000,000; of Greece, $1,055,- j " 000,000. i>og Language FASHION NOTES. A new evening wrap ol velvet is lined and trimmed with ermine. Velvet belts with cabbage rosettes of velvet and silk are fashionable. Buttons to match accompany many of the new gimps and galloons lor trimming costs and costumes. Sofa piibws are luxurious,, especially those Oriental stuffs covered with no mean quality of laae. Opera wraps of white brocuda or maltese are made very plainly, but are richly trimmed with fur. A Fire Hunt. One of the most exciting hunts I ever enjoyed was a bear hunt got up by William Lowndes on the Ashepoo River, Wo killed several bears, running them with our deer dogs and fox dogs until they were treed or came to bay. I have seen many a brave dog killed or disabled by bears. At that time fire hunting used to be practiced to a considerable extent, and many deer were killed in that way, to say nothing of the live stock and cattle. I am very glad to say that this practice is now prohibited by law. I recall an amusing incident that happened to two of a planter’s sons oae night. Tae bays were hunting, the elder carrying the gun aud the younger the pan of fire. Presently they beheld the eye3 of a deer about twenty yards away, gazing in fascination at the light. “There he is,” said the younger; “shoot him, Tom!” Tom immediately sighted between the staring eyes and shot. The boys heard a fall and scuffi ng among the leaves aud then the animal lay still. “We’ve k’lied himl” cried the small one, gleefully. “We nothing?” said the elder. “I I killed him, Fran 1 ':.” Upon investigation it was found to be a favorite thoroughbred coit of their father’s. “Whewl” said Tom; “we’ve killed Meteor, Frank.” “We, the deuce 1" said Frank. “You killed him, Tom.”—Charleston (S. C.) News. The Ugliest Race. It is difficult to state which is actually the ugliest race, as sj many people cai lay claim to this distinction, and ugliness takes mauy forms. The women of Oupete are naturally ugly enough, but they increase their at tractions by almost covering their faces with protuberances of the size of a pea, which they produce by the dexterous use of the tattooing knife. The Bosjesmaus, in South Central Africa, are exceedingly ugly, and exist almost in a state of animalism, They dwell in holes, live on roots and reptiles, and have very much the appearaucs of the ape. The Calmucks of ths great Tartar family are, although more civilized, ex tremely ugly. They hare short, flat noses, small eyes, high cheek boucs and a protruding chin.- The Digger Indian is also entitled to a place among ugly people. He is a miserable creature, of a dark brown copper color, and his body is meagre, re INSPECT VOUli HERD. Oue of the most discouraging sights it the spring to the breeder of thorough bred cattle is to see them losing the hair from their necks and sides, looking very much as though they were lousy. They may Dot be exactly inflicted with lice, but the trouble is very nearly allied to it, and with young calves it is a very greal detriment to making sales of them. Sul- phur and lard made into an ointment and rubbed on them is Usually a good remedy, but the main trouble generally comes from neglect and part starvation. In other words, calves taken good cars of and kept scrupulously clean are sel dom, if ever, troubled with this distress ing disease, and every breeder should be ashamed of having it make its appearance in the herd. If you, gentle reader, own the herd but do not handle it, we advise you to put on your hat and top coat the first thing in the morning and go to the stable for a thorough inspection of the quarters and food of those calves. You will probably find the beds wet Under the top straw that looks dry, while the pans, buckets or troughs they cat out of are probably sour and have the creases stuffed with old food.These are apparent ly small things, but in the life ol a calf they are of the greatest importance. The fact is that in these days it is nearly im possible for a rich man to raise calves, simply because no one for pay will take the trouble to keep the little things and their eating tools clean, Ths slaughter of the innocents is going on all the time, and that through sheer laziness on the part of often well-paid attendants. If we can say one word that will save the lives of only a few of this army of highly bred calves, we will be only too thank ful, We have lately been on farms with great pretentions as breeding establish ments, with something like oce hundred and fifty milk cows dropping their calves all seasons of the year, and yet there would not be more than a half dozen young calves on the farm, aud some of them evidently hastening to the grave. The losses from this quarter can scarcely be over stated, and it is time someone was preaching a crusade against the shameful slaughter. We call it a slaugh ter simply because it can easily be rem edied by the owners of the herd holding the herdsman in charge strictly responsi ble for the loss.—American Dairyman, Rights ot the Child* One thought more—one that every pa rent should Consider: Children love in dependence, desire something, that they ran call their own, hunger for a recogni tion and a share in business matters. EVerjr child who has a lamb, a calf, a crop of his own, has love for the farm deepened, aud this feeliog wiil last only if tne child is fairly dealt with when his projverty is sold. You cat) make a child love the farm by making home attract ive, or lead him to hite it by making him feel that somewhere else he will be considered—not at home. A home where the children are taught to look toward one who will share their cares, and where they are from infancy made partners in the work, will turn out strong-hearted men and will rnrely be for sale. Go West! Right enough. But if you go to a malaria troubled region, protect yourself again-u the prevalent scourge in bottom lands and new clearings. How? With Hostetler's Stdmafch Bitter-*. The aoswer COmes clear and unani mous from thousands of new settlers and pio neer emigrants whom the great preventive has kept in hea' tit when thr. atened by mias ma. Use the Bitters for kidnev, liver, hdwc-I, rheumatic and stomach difficulty. Sixty persons nowinhii 1 -it Robinsbn Ci'U-oe'- islah t. Shall we annex it? An Important Difterciicfc; To make It apparent to thousands,who think themselves ill, that they are not affected with any disease, but that the system simply needs cleansing, is to bring comfort home to tlieir hearts, as a costive condition is easily cured by ttsing Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. Loss of memory and a slow way iif speaking are said to be certain signs of paralysis. Mow’* This 9 Wo offer One Hundred Dollars reward fb* of catarrh that cannot be cured by iny case of taktag^HaU’s Catarrh Cura. ...... Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, Q. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transac- tii tions, and financially able to carry out any ob- Test* Thu ax,Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, WAldino, Kin-nan A Marvin, Wholesale „ Druggists, Toledo, O. Sail's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act- facefiof the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. Scld.hj-.all druggists. A Start in Life* „ , ,, , .. Little Johnny—“Dogs don t need to Medical s udent-—“People don't want talk, ’cause anyone can understand tbeit young doctors. How on earth do they bark.” get started?' 1 Visitor—“Can you?” Professor—“It s simple enough. They Little Johnny--‘ Eisv as rollin’off a just sit in their office and fret aud worry , log. When my dog is' at the door and over the rent until the'.r hair turns gray, barks, that means he wants to get in; and then the patients come with a rush.’ Had Had Experience. Mr. Green—“Will you believe me when I lell you I was never before en gaged to any girl ?” Miss Summermaid—“Oh, I kneiV that the first time Joj kissed me.” if he's inside the door and barks, that means he Jvants to get out.' 1 Visitor—“Humph i Suppose hfe is haif inside and half outside aud barks, what does lhat mean?” Little johnny—“That means that there’s a bigger dog than him in out vard.”- Street A Smith’s Good News. The Royal Baking Powder is in dispensable to progress in cookery and to the comfort and conve nience of modern housekeeping. Royal is undoubtedly the purest and most reliable baking powder offered to the public.— U. S. Gov't Chemists Report. For finest food I can use none but Royal.—A. Fortin, Chef, White House, for Presidents Cleveland and Arthur. Teach Girls Business Habits. Under this bead the Philadelphia Times gives some Very good advice, which tire hope will be read and followed by ail those persons who have the care of young people in their homes: Whether a woman is poor or rich; it behooves her to acquire methodical business liabit 5 , keeping her little accounts accurately, and knowing to a cent just what site does with her money. An allowance is. the first Step toward this end, if at the same time it is impressed updn her that even- sum spent should be set down with un failing regularity. In black and white one nOtes how much more easily tiie money can be spent, how quickly it goes, and just whac foci- Fresh Air and Exercise. Get ail that’s possible of both; if in need of flesh strength and nerve force. There's need,too, of plentjr of fat-food. Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil builds Dp flesh tsh little nothings have lured it from our I and strength quicker thart any u “ , ‘— other preparation known to sci- “ ‘Brown’s BroncbtAj. Troches' are excel* leht for t he refief of Hoarseness or Sore Throat. They are exceedingly effective.”— Vhristian World, London, ting. Our old reliable eye-water cures Weak or in flamed eyes or erarinlated lids without pain. Rrice25e. John It. Dickey DrttaCo., Bristol, Vo. Farm and garden notes* Pullets are rarely too fat to lay. When you can keep fifty hens profit ably you can readily keep more. Chopped onions fed twice a week now Will help to keep the fowls healthy. Early matured, stock cost less than those that grow and mature more slowly. If earth is used as an absorbent in the poultry house remove it before it be comes foul. The black knot in the plum tree has become so general as to call for legisla tive action. Y'oung chickens will readily eat wheat when two weeks old; and it is better for them than corn. pockets. Without setting down each item, it is ten Chances to one that you will conclude you must have lost some money, when you cannot see how that ten dollar bill went; When you ouly boiight such a very fe\V things. The heat little figures ate a genuine restraint, besides installing a habit and system that will be of great value if ever fortune smiles and a great estate comc-s to your hands, and still greater if economy is a necessity and the dollar ii.s to be fotced into doing duty for two. Unless the accounts are kept accurate ly and cash made to balance every even ing, you had better not attempt any bookkeeping at- all; for slipshod meth ods are worse than none, and only con fuse evc-ything rather than help matters. If anything is worth doing at all, it is worth doing well; and there is nothing so productive of future good as the habit of looking carefully out for the pennies when school days are the only trials, anti the allowance of fifty cenls a week gees for cavcly end p’ekles. If this is once- established in childhood, the girl wib grow to womanhood with a clear knowl edge of where her money goes aud what she has to show for it. ence. Scott's Emulsion is constantly ef fecting Cure of Consumption, Bronchitis and kindred diseases where other methods fail. Prepared by Scott & Bowne. N. Y. Al! drugfUtf. “German Mr. Harvey Heed Lacey viile, O. Catarrh, Heart Failure, Pa ralysis of the Throat A Children’s Surprise Party. Little GirI--“AIamma, we must g.-t everything ready for a surprise party. They’re cornin’ to-utght.” Mamma—“What makes you think it’s coinin’ here?” Little Girl—“’Cause every little sirl 1 know- has been invited ’cept me.”—Street & Smith’s Good News. VOUR HEALTH ■ May depend upon the way you lreat; he r. arn- * vnerc xtrHirh nafiir;* aivps. A hnttiPS of Soschee’s German Syrup is MOf$ successful in the treatment of Con sumption than any other remedy prescribed. It has been tried under every variety of climate. In the bleak, bitter North, in damp New England, in the fickle Middle States, in the hot, moist South—revery- where. It has been in demand by every nationality. It has been em ployed in every stage of Consump tion. . In brief it has been used by millions and its the only true and reliable Consumption Remedy. ® A Woman Has ings which nature gives. A few bottles of j. token at the pi health for a year or two IS IMPORTANT S. S. S. token at the proper time may insure good | pj ro. Therefore act at once, for it j or will t that nature be assisted at the right time.l never fails to relieve the system of im- puriiies, and is ah excellent tonic also. very little desire to enjoy the pleasures of life, and is entirety unfitted for the cares housekeeping or Rny ordinary dutlesjf afflicted with HEAD* ACHE DAY AFTER DA Y and yet there few diseases that yield more promptly to propif medical treatment It Is therefore of the utmost im portance that a reliable remedy should always be sf hand. During a period of more than Go YEAR.*# there has been no Instance reported w-hor- *i»ch cases have not been permanently an^ Pit 031 PTL Y (T T itED by the use or a single ttax of thr* genuine -1 fu-tly celebrated Hr.C, JIcJ> \ ?f £’* LITER which may be procured at any Drug Store, be mailed to zny address on the receipt of 25c. 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. McLane’s Celebrated Liver Pills are manufactured only by FLEMING BROTHERS C0„ Pittsburgh, Pa. He Wants to Add His Name. “ Permit me to add my name to your many other certificates in commendation of the great curativi properties contained in Swift’s Specific (S. S. S.) It MEND o , ,, , Could Scarcely Walk .re me of our wett-knowu horticulturists . -j a very s,>ell of paralysis of the throat Compotiers of Russian enameled glass i sembiing that of a frog stretched upon a Histvry ot Laee. Lace was brought into Spain by the Moors. From Spain it was taken to France, where it figured conspicuously upon the costumes of the royal family tor years before it was worn by the peo ple. From Fraaee the Huguenots took specimens of the laaa to Germany and England. And so, in time, it became a much treasured atticle'of ornament and attire all over the world.—Netv York Telegram, are new and have a lovely jeareled-like aspect that is very decorative. Moorish pottery and its kindred Span ish wares are used for decorative pur poses over doors and windows. French milliners encourage the com bination of pale blue ana heliothrope. Maroon and sea green is another Parisian mixture. An old lady's bonnet in cloth resem bles a smart little hood, without any wires, bat gathered becomingly up in front with a few velvet loops and an aigrette. It fits closely, and has velvet strings. New black princesse dresses are braided iu black and gold to represent yoke and girdle or Eton jacket and revets, and are given extra fullness in the back of the skirt by velvet breadths that make i slight demitrain. Fiouuces or a series of small frills reaching haif way up the length of the widened skirt appear among models for uew spring gowns. They look very old- fashioned, but they are the very “newest” ia the way of trimminsr- fisk-hook. The skin that covers it — especially that of an oid Digger—is wriakled and corrugated like the hide of an Asiatic rhinoceros, with the surface as dry as buckskin. His feet, turned iu at the toes, have some resombiance to human feet, but hero the resemblance ends.—New York Dispatch. claim that there is too much summer priming of grapes. A good rule is to use the large roosters of the small breeds and the small roosters of the large breeds. A poor ben will not lay at all; a fat one will lay few eggs, and these wiil not be good for hatchin SH'enrt i of Spiders. The strength of some of the spiders which build their wtb3 in trees and other places in and around Saata Ague, Cal., is astonishing. One of them had in captivity iu a tree in that town not long ago a wild canary. The ends of the wings, tail, aud feet of the bird were bound together by some sticky substance, to which were attached the threads ol tba spider, which wa3 siowiy but surely drawing up the bird by aa ingenious pulley arrangement. The bird hue- bead downward and was so secure!) bound with little threads that it could not struggle, and would have soon, been a prey to its 2 re at, ugly captor bad not an onlooker rescued jt.— ,8t. Louis Giobe-Democrat, three weeks' trial trip will soon be on. Now is the time to set things in order. Iu a discussion before the American Pemological Society, Van Lendley claimed that Edward’s winter is a fine winler apple for North Carolina, and oue of the best keepers in the middle of North Carolina. Successful cultivators of small fruits, many of them, do not cover their straw berry plants until the ground is frozen, then they spread coarse hay over them thick enough to conceal the plants, but not enough to snfother them. Energy and a good shovel of ample capacity for handling snow are two of the requisites about the chicken yard now. Give them dry ground at once after s fall of snow, that they may be reg ular in their exercises each day. Each year the poultry industry grows more prosperous. More eggs and poultry are produced each year, and each year the prices are higher than the year be fore. This indicates taut we are be coming a natioj of poultry eaters aud that poultry is going to become good property for some years to come. ^ Many experienced and successful sheep owners declare that the wool alone will pay for the keep of the sheep , and that the money derived from the sale of lambs and mutton should be clear gain, l^ou such a basis there would seem to “ i Titanic God and Hood's Sarsa parilla for Perfect Health. - ’ “Gentlemen: For the benefit of suffering hu manity 1 wish to state a few facts: For several years I have suffered from catarrh and heart failure, get ting so bad I could not work and some time ago. My throat seemed elosed and 1 could not stciilloir. The doctors said it was caused by heart failure, and gave medi cine, which I took accord-ng to directions, hut it did not seem to d > me any goo-1. My wife urged me to try Hood's learsanarilin. telling me of Mr. Joseph Smith, who had been At Death’s Doer but Was entirely cured by Hood’s Sarsaparilla. After talking with Mr. Smith, I concluded to is certainly one of the best tonics I ever used. “John W. Daniel, Anderson,S. C.-’ Treatise on blood and skin diseases mailed ree. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta. Ga. BICYCLES. Ccifiplete line of high, lned ura an ! cfce&a grad-i Bicycles. Sun dries of all kind*. use lliirgnitisin ^cr- omi Ham! Bicyrlesi I* ml f 'ti•dhron Tired. Write f-r cafalogj The otiiv exclusively bicycle lious- an ideal family MEDIC INI JFor Indirection, .ISiliousnt***, - HesdiH-’lio, Constipation, Dud s Complexion, Offensive Breath, land ail disorders ot tbe Stomach, I YOUR OWN WITH HARNESS THOMSON’S! SLOTTED CLINCH R8VETS. No tools required. On!v a hammer needed to drJvd atm c in- h :h m easily *r>d quickly. Waiving the ellr.gS nf'So’utely smooth. Ku-quiring ?v> hoe jo be made in h“ leather nor bnrr for the Ktvei*. Tl>ev arc niroisa Mil Already the smoldering fires of the P„ ry . Hoo ' rs S™ rilla - 1 had takeQ I incubator are beginning to burn, and Hood’s & Cures two buttles I felt very much better. I have continued taking it. and am now feeling excel lent. I thank God, and Hood’s Sarsaparilla and my wife for mv restoration to per/eet health." Harvey Heei>. Laecyvilie, O. Hood's Pills do not purge, paia or gripe, buta promptly, easily and efficiently. 25 cents. I RIPANS , . = act pentl7 yet promptly, perfect | digestion follow* their use. Bold ? by {Irugffigts or sent by mail. Box j (6 vKils)*/5e. Package <4 boxes), $-• I For free samples-addreits . = Kims CHEMICAL CO., New York. B()Y^ ! Here’s a snap. Serd 10 cts. with name and address of 6 boys who read sjories aud get HEL L0 ’ fcmpla copy i TO WORLD’S j£A!RP3EE BsCNDf f to cents BsilveflIhowto BmakeY B OUICY MONEV iHOHOnaBulSNO EASY. the Bovs’ World regularly for G mo«». Seven complete stories in Feb. No* j Sampla copy for stamp. Boia’ Wo^ld, Lynn, Mas a. uniform or assorted, ».*it np hi uoae*. Ask yoar dealer for them, or send fa stamps for a box ol 100, assorle-1 sizes. bv JUDSON L THOMSON -MFG. CO.. WA LTlf AH. KASS. C«Bfonptlvea and people who hare weak •lung* or Asth ma, should use Piso’s Cu*» for Consumption, It bss eared tkoasande. It has not injur ed one. It is not bad to take. It. is the bent cough syruj Bold everywhere. THE WHALE OIL CO. WEST SUPER HI ft. WtS. Siwf poLisif •anted as curiosities of the War. I ©me. HIST UP OLD LETTERS. KELSEY* Meriden, Coni’* Do Hot Be Deceived with Pastes, Enamels and Paints which stain the bands, injure the Iron and burn red. The Rising San Stove Polish Ls Brilliant, Odor less. Durable, and the consumer pays for no tin or glass package with every purchase. f tersfor the Maryland Building and Loan Associa tion: liberal commission. For particulars address E. C. Pritchett, secretary. Law Budding, Baltimore, Md. Cures Consumption, Coughs, Croup, Sure Throat* Sold by all Druggists on a Guarantee. t }V. T. Fitzgerald SALESMAN watcher. References required. Ad dress New York Watch Co.,152Gih Avenne, New York. PATENTS A. N. U. be little doubt that the profit from them must be greater thau lrom auj othei class of stock. ... Eight, *93 1) THE GREAT BUFFALO BERRY. This is truly the greatest novelty of lhe c«i tary. This shrub grows 10 to 15 feet higl covering itself in early spring with beautify , flowers which are succeeded by great quan tities of luscious fruit. It is hardy, as beauti ful as a picture, while ihe fruit it incomparable. Jt vri'l grow any and everywhere and forma a rrand addition to our lawn and garden shrub*. Each, 30c.; 10 for 51.25, postpaid. / (2) JUNEBERRY. ^ shrub of vrondrous beauty; covers itself w/jth a great ma«3 of mire white, deliciously fragrant blossoms. These are followed by large, dark colored berries, eicellent for pies, sauce, etc. Each. 25c; 10 for $1.25. (3) TREE CRANBERRY. h hwve a shrub that will flourish and bear pro- d igiously in every section of America. Each, 35c. The above 3 rare Novelties, postpaid, only 50c.; with catalogue, 58c. Our mammoth catalogue is mailed upon receipt of JOHN A. SALZER SEED