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AN UGLY REPTILE.
PEKIKNOES WITH THE GILA
MOKSTKB OP ARIZONA.
When the Desert Beast is Angry Its
Bite is Generally Fatal—A
Cattle Man’s Ride
. For Lite.
R. C. M. BRUCE, who owns
a big cattle ranch in Arizona,
and has spent a baker’s dozen
of years riding over that
country, has employed part of his time
in studying the habits of that mysterious
and uncanny beast of the desert, the
GiliAnonster. He is spending a few
days in Sac Francisco just now, and
tells some blood-curdling tales of the
ects of its bite.
are many people down in that
try.” he says, “who don’t believe
the Gila monster’s bite is poisonous,
■re’s something queer about that, too.
known a good many cases in which
bad effects of the bite were trifling,
iitne in which there were no ill
5 at all. And, then again, I’ve
’own some cases that were fatal, and
ome that were so ghastly in their results
when I look at that weird, grotesque
reptile, and think of them, I can’t help
a shivery sort of feeling about the heart,
as if it were the reincarnation of some
alevolent old witch.
_ ‘For instance, there was the case of a
barkeeper in Benson some years ago. He
had a pet Gila monster that he kept in a
box on the bar, and sometimes he would
let it out and play with it. He would
put one finger in its mouth and drag it
up and down the bar, and the thing
seemed to enter into the fun and would
hold back and wiggle its tail, and appear
-''as pleased as a dog. I told him once
that he was taking great chances, and
that some day thfi monster would bite
him, just as sure as fate. But he only
—laughed at the idea of its biting him—it
knew him so well—and even if itshould
m bite he didn’t believe it would be poison-
■ ous.
V “Well, one day he put hi3 finger in its
1 mouth when it didn’t happen to feel
good-natured, and it sent its teeth to the
bone. Its jaws closed down like a vise,
and the men in the saloon couldn’t pry
them open. It just sat there and blinked
its wicked little cye3 at them and held
on, and they had to cut its head oQ be-
t fore they could make it let go. That
poor fellow’s arm soon began to swell,
ami he suffered intense pain in his arm
-4#cl hand and in his back. And after a
while the flesh began to shrivel and the
muscles to become weak, and inside of
three months the whole arm, from the
shoulder down, was as shrivelled and
helpless as a paralytic’s'. That was some
four or five years ago, but his arm re
mains in that condition to this day, and
there is no prospect that he’ll ever have
r ’ the use of it. There was no permanently
ill effect, nothing but the temporary
pain, in any other part of his body.
“There was a iatal case at a little town
on my ranch only a few weeks ago. A
monster was confined in a box, and a
vaquero came up and began teasing it
ana snapping his fingers at it through
the slats in the top of the box. He
angered the reptile, and presently it bit
him and in half an hour he was dead.
“Then there was the case of Walter
"Vale, one of the wealthiest and best-
known cattle men in Arizona, He saw
a big Gila monster when he was out on
horseback, and thought he would cap
ture it as a present tor a friend. He
beat it over the head until he thought
he had killed it, and then strapped it on
behind his saddle. But these reptiles, are
as hard to kill as a cat. They have a
qqeer .hab-’.of coming to life again after
tly sure you have killed
Is what this one did. By
5 time Vale got home he had for-
ottea all about the Gila behind his
saddle. He put his hand back to dis
mount, and the thing’s jaws closed down
on his forefinger. He called to some of
his men, and they ran to him and tried
to pry the monster’s jaws open,'but they
couldn’t make it let go, and finally they
had to cut its head off and pry its mouth
open with irou spikes.
“The first thing Mr. Vale did, even
before he got his finger loose, was to
send one of his men on a fresh horse to
Pantano, the nearest railroad town, thirty
miles away, to telegraph to Tucson for a
physician to come on a special engine to
Pantano, where he himself would meet
him. Then he bound his wrist and his
finger with leather thongs, and with his
penknife cut the flesh around the bite.
By that time a fresh horse had been
saddled for him and he leaped upon its
back and darted off on that terrible ride
for bis life. He rode the whole distance
at a Lreak-neck gallop, suffering much all
the time from the tightly tied thongs.
He had not gone more than half the dis
tance when the poison began to make it
self felt. Darting pains shot all through
his body, he felt sore and weary and the
pains in his back soon became excruciat
ing. But he finally reached Pantano,
and the doctor was only a few minutes
later. His first question was, ‘Have you
taken any whiskey?’ and when Vale
said he had not, the doctor as
sured him that he would pull him
through. For all the physicians and the
best informed people in that region be
lieve that whisky or any alcoholic drink
aggravates the Gila monster poi3on.
Vale soon became delirious, but the
doctor pulled him through and it wasn’t
long until he began to recover. I saw
him three months afterward and he was
not entirely well even then. But I be
lieve he is as sound as eyer now.
“l’hereare not nearly so many Gila
monsters down in that region as people
generally think. In all the years I have
spent there I have seen only one in the
wild state, although I have seen dozens
of them in captivity. They are mostly
encountered in the desert down toward
Yuma and along the Gila River. My
observation of the Gila monster has con
vinced me that if it is angry when it
bites, its bite is going to do some dam
age. If it is very old, or very angry, or
both, it will probably kill its victim, or
injure him badly. When it is young its
venom seems to be less poisonous than
when the reptile is older. And I also
think that it losses some of its virulence
if the auimai is kept long in captivity.”
—New York Sun.
A Tragedy of Niagara.
Not only is Niagara noted for iti
suicides, but tragedies, bloody and mys
terious, and appalling accidents as well
One of the saddest affairs that is recorder
here occurred in June, 1876. At tha
time a party consisting of Charles John
son, wife and child, the latter a brigh
little fellow of five years, Mr. Johnson’s
brother Albert, and Mrs. Johnson’s sister,
all of Detroit, visited the falls. They
had made a tour of Goat Island and wen
taking in the sights on one of the Three
Sisters Islands—the one that seems tc
stand right out in the middle of the
stream and when looking up at the
tumbling waters appear as if it must the
next instant be swept away. On this
island over banging the river and at a
point where the current seems to run
swiftest is a huge rock. It is a danger
ous place at best, but no one who visits
the island feels satisfied until he ha3
climbed upon it. All of the Johnson
party had viewed the scenery from the
rock save the little boy, whom it was
thought prudent to leave behind. He
begged so hard to be taken upon it,
though,that Albert finally picked him up
in his arms and carried him over to it. It
was then the accident occurred. Albert,
to frighten the boy, held him at arm’s
length over the rushing water. The
little fellow was badly scared and twisted
about in Albert’s arms. A second more
and the lad had slipped from his uncle’s
embrace and was being hurled toward
the brink of the cataract. He gave one
long, agonizing shriek and was carried
out into the centre of the stream, and in
three seconds more was tossed over the
foaming falls. The boy had scarcely
been lost to view when Albert, appalled
at the awful result of his play, dived
headlong into the river. An instant
later he was dashed against a rock and
the life crushed out of him. The horror
stricken group on the island watched his
body slide in and out among the gigantic
bowlders as it was swept downward,
getting the last sight of it as it raised on
the foaming crest of a big wave a few
yards from the edge of the awful abyss,
where it. plunged over and down and
disappeared forever. No trace either
was ever obtained of the remains of the
unfortunate boy.
It was thought for a long time that
the insane asylum would claim those of
the unfortunate party that had escaped
a watery grave, but they recovered from,
the shock in time, and now the 18th of
every June finds the Johnsons visitors at
Niagara. With them it is like visiting
a graveyard where the remains of those
once dearly loved lie buried. They find
comfort and consolation while near the
fatal rock and listening to the music of
the water.—Chicago Herald.
A Black Cat Farm.
“I had heard of skunk farms, rattle
snake farms and other novelties in the
farming line,” said Dick Hansen the
other day to a party of friends who
were congregated about the stove in the
court of the Exchange Building while
waiting for the Illinois Central to double
the receipts of the day, “but I never
heard of a black cat farm until I went
out to Washington. The year that I
went out there Jim Wardner, an old-
timer who used to stage it with Fred
Evans in the early days, and who is
quite well known to many Sioux Cityans,
conceived the idea of raising black cats
for their fur and proceeded to organize
a stock company to push the enterprise.
“A company was organizjd with a
capital stock of $230,000 and an island
of about 1000 acres in extent located in
Bellingham Bay, in the upper part of
Puget Sound, was obtained to carry on
the farming. Then a grand skirmish
was made to get black cats. The Pa
cific Coast States were ransacked and
nearly every incoming train wa3 loaded
with black cats, which were immediate-
y taken to the island, or “cat factory,”
as we called it. They were in charge of
a number of men, who furnished there
with food by seine fishing in the bay,
and a certain number were killed during
the year to pay the current expenses.
Wnen I left a good black cat’s pelt was
worth $2, and the company was making
a mint of money.
“Cat’s fur makes up elegantly into
muffs and capes, and I see they are be
ginning to be quite popular. The pelts
that are spotted are colored black and
sold as a cheap grade. There is going tc
be plenty of money in the industry foi
Jim Wardner and his company, and I
think that it will only be the matter of a
short time until other companies are
formed and like industries are estab
lished on some of the numerous islands
in the Sound. It beats the skunk oi
rattlesnake farming ten to one, is lesi
disagreeable and much more profitable.’
—Sioux City (Iowa) Journal.
I Tlie Virtue of Promptitude
Is in nothing more forcibly shown than in the
escape from disease of those who liei.i its
warnings. Foresight is wi-elv practiced by
i persons who, observing that, their kidnev's
want activity, impart to them a healthful im
pulse with Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. Be
so doing they avoid Bright's disea eaml other
destructive renal maladies. Chills and fever,
indigestion, constipation, liver trouble, rheu
matism should be nipped in the bud bv the
Bitters.
SEASONABLE CHICKEN FEED.
Potato and apple parings should be
placed in a pot and boiled or scalded
until they are of the proper consistency
to mix with the morning poultry feed.
These scraps help along and are worth
keeping. Some farmers allow their
wives to throw them out, or if they keep
hogs they are mixed with the swill aud
fed to them, but usually the chickens are
entirely overlooked. Buckwheat is a
good grain for poultry, if given to them
with corn or wheat once a week in win
ter, but never feed it at any other sea
son. They will not take it at first but
will learn to like it if given to them
when they are hungry, and not too of
ten.—American Agriculturist.
Hood’s Cures
My Health is Solid
As a Duck’s Foot in the Mud
Cured of Gravel and Indigestion
by Hood's Sarsaparilla
HOW TO CLEAR TIMBER LAND.
First ciear land of all valuable timber,
wood, etc.; grub on) all under four
inches, burn brush so a9 to have the land
clean, writes A. Maltby. Now get a
small stubble plow, not exceeding twelve
inches cut; have blacksmith make a
Btraight caulter, faced with steel, with a
slot in the back part close to the lower
end. Round the front lower end like a
sled runner so if you strike a root that
you cannot cut, the plow will run ovei
it; fasten coulter to plow beam by clasp;
file point of plow to fit slot in coulter;
fasten coulter in clasp with wedge in
front of coulter, so as to hold it firmly
to plow point. Now start the plow; if
it runs too much to land, place a thin
piece of shingle or wedge in the clasp in
frontside of coulter; if it runs off the
land, place wedge on opposite side of
coulter. Now, if the coulter is properly
adjusted, your plow will run true and
nice.
Keep both coulter and plow as sharp
as a knife and you can cut all the small
roots clean and turn all but the stumps
bottom side up. If the stumps have
been cut close enough to be out of the
way of the whiffletrees, you can plow and
do good. work. If the plow strikes
root it cannot cut it will run over it and
drop into ground at its proper depth of
its own accord.
I have raised good crops of corn and
small grain in this way. After you have
somewhat subdued the land in this
manner, seed it down, put on the sheep,
with other stock, for a few years; they
will destroy the sprouts and other vege
tation that puts in an appearance.
After a few years your stumps will be
nearly all rotten, and equal to a heavy
coat of manure. What tew remain cau
nearly all be plowed out with but little
expense; the soil will be more even in
quality, and surface free from uneven
ness produced by pulling the stumps,
and at much less expense.—Farm, Field
and Fireside.
His Bog Retrieved the Bomb.
A rather reckless Biddeford man, with
no respect for law or gospel, is said to
have devised a scheme for catching trout
by the wholesale, which did not work as
well as he thought. He thought that a
bomb exploded iuthe brook would bring
all the fish in it to the surface, so that
he would only have to pick them up.
He provided himself with a bomb power
ful enough to blast a schooner out of
water and went to a local brook in which
there were said to be lots of trout. He
fixed the fuse, ignited it, and threw the
bomb into the brook. As he did so his
dog jumped in after it, seized it in his
mouth, got back to shore, and started
after his master, who was legging it
across the field as fast as he could in the
realization of his danger. The man had
the good luck to get over a tence, which
bothered the dog, and a moment later,
hearing an explosion, he looked around
to see his dog going skyward.—Le®is-
toa (Me.) Journal.
A Herder Saved by His Bog.
Wesley Newton, who came in from
Marquette, tells of a desperate encounter
that one of his sheep herders had with a
large mountain lion on a recent night.
On the night in question Andrew Thomp
son, one of his herders, was asleep in his
cabin, with his herd corraled close at
hand. Hearing a commotion among the
band he went out to investigate, and
saw a mountain lion making off with one
of his charges.
Thompson was unarmed, but without
hesitation ran to the rescue of the sheep,
when the liou dropped its prey and
sprang upon him, felling him to the
ground. Thompson’s faithful shepherd
dog took a hand in the encounter and
undoubtedly saved his master’s life, al
though it was at the cost of his own.
The man’s clothing was almost com
pletely torn off of him, and he was quite
severely scratched in a number of places,
hut while the lion and the dog were en
gaged he succeeded in extricating him
self and made his way to the cabin,
where he secured his rifle. The trusted
dog was still fighting his powerful aud
unequal adversary wheu Thompson re
turned and he quickly dispatched the
lion with a single shot, but not until the
noble dog had been killed.
Lion, dog and sheep all laid within a
few feet of each other, the ground was
red with blood, and Taumpson, with his
clothing torn in shreds and bleeding
from a dozen painful wounds, presented
the appearance of having tackled a huge
grizzly bear. Fortunately Thompson’s
wounds are not serious, but he is satis
fied that he would have been killed had
it not been for the interference of his
dog.
This is one of the first instances on
record where a mountain lion has been
known to attack a mao, the beast usually
beating a hasty retreat at the first sight
of a human being. The lion measured
eight feet from his head to the tip of his
tail.—Red Lodge (Montana) Picket.
SHEER ON SHARES.
A lady owing a flock of sheep but no
land to maintain them, asks if there is
any practical way to retain them and
realize a profit out of the money in
volved, says Galen Wilson. I will
assume that she has fifty head worth $5
each. Interest on this capital is $15.
She must anticipate a los3 annually ol
five per cent, of her flock by accident
or disease, $12.50. Sheep can be hired
well kept for $2.50 a head annually,
amounting to $125. It will cost $15 tc
wash and sheer them and market the
wool, making a total charge against
them of $152.50. If they are really
worth $5 it is an easy' matter to make
them turn $7 a head in wool and lambs,
or $850. Deducting losses and expenses
as above, will leave an apparent net in
come of $191.50; but there must be
charged against this something for
pasturage of lambs until sold, and this
should not exceed $30, leaving a real net
income of $167.50, or exactly sixty-seven
per cent, on the investment. She can
keep her flock good by selling animals
to the butcher as they age and retaining
lambs in their stead. Tnis may appear
“rose colored” to some; but Ido noksee
where I can “whittle it down” if $5 ewes
are in the hands of a capable owner. Or
this lady might do, as used to be a quite
general custom, let out her sheep to
double in four years. This would yield
nearly twenty-five per cent, annual.in
terest, and. it would furnish an easy
method for farmers in straitened circum
stances to “grow into” flock3 of their
own and hardly feel the expense. Or
she might do as I know of having been
done in Pennsylvania: let out her flock
for a term of years for half the wool aud
as good a flock in age and quality to be
returned. It does not require much of a
shepherd to select $5 sheep that will yield
$2 in wool, even at twenty cents a pound.
This system would return her twenty-five
per cent, annually for use of capital. —
New York Tribune.
Fuller’s Earth.
Fuller’s earth is an earth so called be
cause of its use formerly by fullers oi
bleachers of cloth to absorb the grease
and oil collected by the cloth while be
ing woven. It is an earthly hydrated
silicate of aluminum, greenish in color
generally, though sometimes bluish,
white or even brown. It is found in the
Oolitic or Jurassic series of rocks; that
is, in the third ot the five divisions into
which geologists divide the earth’s crust.
The maximum of depth of a deposit of
fuller’s earth is 400 feet. It is not found
in this country in commercial quantities.
•—Courier-Journal,
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
The herds that average over three bun
dred pounds in almost every case art
pure Jerseys or high grades.
The vineyard on a farm besides being
a very popular resort of the family is also
a very remunerative section.
Farms that are turned over almost
every year and the crop hauled to mar
ket in time become worn out.
When the tomato plants are fruiting
stable manare should be spread over the
top soil, or liquid miuure applied once a
week.
Go out to the stable some cold morn
ing, and if you see the horses shivering,
then hitch up and go to town as
fast as you can, and get some blankets
for them.
There is a good profit to be made from
a cow that yields three hundred pounds
of butter a year, and a certain lo33 from
every cow that makes only one hundred
and twenty-five pounds a year.
If a farmer raises the heifer calves
from the best cows,and U3es a good bull,
he will find his herd increasing in value
each year. If he sells such calve3 to the
butcher.aud raises those that are dropped
after the price of veal goes down,he may
get more money this year, but his stock
will be likely to run down in value very
rapidly.
Farmers living near the beet-sugar
factories say that the pulp which is their
refuse i3 excellent as a milk-producing
food, increasing the quantity and im
proving the quality. It needs some grain
with it, besides very coarse fodder, as it
is a laxative, and digests rapidly, but its
advantages are in its effects upon the
milk, and a saving in amount of the
other fodder required.
When the cows get old, begin while
they are fresh in milk and give them
more grain than they can convert into
milk. If properly fed the surplus must
go to make flesh or fat, and while the
milk pays for tha ordinary feed, the gain
in weight should pay for the extra grain,
and beef fattened in that way is as good
as that of a younger animal,or better than
the younger auimai fattened slowly.
' Hr. Frederick Eamfred
Chicago, Illinois.
“ I want to say that I have heen made a
new man hy Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood’s
Pills. I was in a wretched condition and
paid to one phys'cian $41 for attendance
and prescriptions, which gave me no re
lief. I suffered intensely from gravel,
and think I have endured as m ch mis
ery as any man from that complaint. I
gave up hope of ever getting well and was
only walking about to
Save Funeral Expenses.
Nothing would stay on my stomach. I began
to take Hood’s Sarsaparilla, and found that
it did me good, so I kept on till I have
taken fourteen bottles, and now niy
health is as solid as a duck’s foot ill
HOOD’S
Sarsaparilla
CURES
the mud. I shall keep Hood's Sarsaparilla
in the house, as I consider it the cheapest and
beat medicine in the market. My indi
grestion is entirely cured, and all symp
toms of the gravel have disappeared.'*
Frederick Earnfred, No. 64 South
Carpenter Street, Chicago, Illinois.
N. B. Be sure to get Hood’s and only HOOD’S.
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Bronchitis and other dis
eases of the Throat and
Lungs. Like other so-
called Patent Medicines, it
is well advertised, and
having merit it has attain
ed a wide sale under the
name of Piso’s Cure for
Consumption.
It is now a “Nostrum,” though at first it was
compounded after a prescription by a regular
physician, with no idea that it would ever go
on the market as a proprietary medicine. But
after compounding that prescription over a
thousand times in one year,we named it “Piso’s
Cure for Consumption,” and began advertising
it in a small way. A medicine known all
over the world is the result.
Why is it not just as good as though costing
fifty cents to a dollar for a prescription and an
equal sum to have it put up at a drug store?
Flower
“ I am ready to testify under oath
that if it had not been for August
Flower I should have died before
this. Eight years ago I was taken
sick, and suffered as no one but
a dyspeptic can. I employed three
of our best doctors and received
no benefit. They told me that I b ad
heart, kidney, and liver trouble.
Everything I ate distressed me so
that I had to throw it up. August
Flower cured me. There is no med
icine equal to it.” Lorenzo F.
Sleeper, Appleton, Maine. ®
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WOMEN INSPECTORS OF PARKS.
The London County Council proposes
to appoint women inspectors of parks
and open spaces, ladies’ refreshment
rooms, gymnasia, etc. They wilt be
unpaid but authorized guardians against
the encroachments of business upon
these much needed breathing places in
the great city, aud of the comtort and
convenience of the institutions provided
for the people m the parks and play
grounds.—New York World.
DURABILITY OF MASCULINE MATERIALS
Women have not only appropriated
maculine fashions, but have discovered
the worth aud durability of masculine
materials as well and are using them for
useful street and traveling gowns. Some
of the neat and stylish melton cloths—
datk checks, bars, and blue, brown,and
gray striped or flecked trouserings—
make really stylish and natty coats and
costumes for general wear; and though
tney seem expensive, are fifty-two inches
wide, requiring but a few yards, and
wear 1 ‘like iron, ” says the tailor. —New
York Post.
THE CRINOLINE INVADER.
Dancing airily and defiantly in t
fashionable shop on the avenue may be
seen the dreaded monsters of steels and
tape which have caused greater panic in
Christendom than Caprivi’s speech on
the Army bill, Gladstone’s home rule
bill, or Cleveland’s embryo Cabinet and
tariff policy. Mrs. Stannard’s (John
Strange Winter’s) large and powerful
insurrectionary league, which she is
pledging to resist the invasion of the
crinoline, now numbers about 8000.
The Queen has been appealed to for her
support, and has replied through her
Minister in diplomatic language:
“Sir Henry Ponsonby begs to inform
Mrs. Arthur Stannard that her letter of
the 12th has been laid before the Queen,
but that Her Majesty cau express no
opinion on the subject which she has in
view.”
Doubtless Parliament will be peti
tioned to pass regulations on the new
mode, and-if that august body acts with
its usual ponderous deliberation, the
crinoline craze will have come and gone
before the statutes be modified to em
brace it.
The idea of women forming a league
against themselves, to protect themselves
from themselves, is on a par with the
woman who wrote aud mailed to herself
a number of postal cards every day to re
mind her of certain things she wanted to
remember.—New York Sun.
PRINCESS KAIULANI.
It is reported in Loudon on excellent
authority that the Princess Kaiulaai has
received a message from her aunt, Queea
Liliuokalani, requesting her to come to
Hawaii, and offer to assume the throne
under an American protectorate. The
reason of this offer is said to ba that the
deposed queen has no hope that foreign
ers will consent to her restoration, but
does hope that they will consent to the
elevation af her niece to the throne.
The negotiations have been carried on
several days very secretly, and it is
understood that the Princess Kaiulaui
has virtually agreed to accept the pro
position, provided she receives some as
surance of support from the Hawaiians.
Although Scotch on her fatner’s side,
the young girl is said to be deeply de
voted to her mother’s race, and to have
expressed herself in passionate terms
wnen she heard of the revolution in favor
of maintaining Hawaiian independence.
She has been educated with the belief
that she would one day occupy the
Hawaiian throne, and does not take
kindly to the prospect of being deprived
of what she considers her right. A lady
who has seen Princess Kaiulani within twe
days says that the young lady stamped
her pretty foot, and with a gleam in her
eye that showed her Scottish temper de
nounced the foreigners who hail stolen
her native couutry. Princess Kaiulani
is pretty, and while she leans to her
mother’s people she is decidedly more
British than Hawaiian in physique.—
New York Recorder.
FASHION NOTES.
Pearls of different colors are popular
in combination.
A light-weight tweed is one of the
new wools offered.
The loose wrap, or circular, is at last
voted as prejudicial to health, aud there
are evidences that it is to be abandoned
for the close-fitting garment.
Apart from its usefulness, a delicately
constructed silver chatelaine makes a
pretty finish and an effective break in
the plainness of the dress skirt, especial
ly a tailor-made one.
Bias-cut double ruche3 of velvet,
gathered with heavy buttonhole twist
twice through the centre, trim the skirt
hems, neck, front and wrists of fine
wool, satin striped, and plain or figured
bengaline gowns.
A rustling silk petticoat is no longer
the luxury that it was. The newest
skirts are soft white wash goods, with
numerous rufiLs around the bottom,
each one daintily embroidered, such
work as you wiil find done in the con
vents.
House slippers of scarlet have upon
them high, full rosette. of either wnite
or black satin ribbon. Occasionally a
flat, fanlike bow of black lace, with a
tiny steel clasp in the centre, is seen, buc
the high, lull rosette of ribbon seems to
be the favorite.
The genuine English habit skirt for
tailor gowa3 loses all the beauty of its
straight, flowing lines when caught up
in the wearer's hand, or lifted by a
magic cord passementerie loop, or, in
deed, lifted at all. It should be left
free to fall from the waist, made “round
length,” and very simply trimmed with
a narrow fur border.
Velvet ribbons and galloons in both
wide and narrow widths are in great U3e
for skirt borders that reach to the knees
from the hem up, and for decorating the
corsages of Directoire gowns. Multi
colored “cashmere” beads are also used
to relieve the flat effect of galloons and
elaborate braidings done in soutache,
thus rendering these braids far more
decorative in effect.
Cotton crepe and crepon will occupy a
large place in the summer costuming.
There are so many varieties of these that
all tastes may be suited. The seersucker
effect is given to most of the creped cot
tons, and they may be laundered without
ironing. The very narrow stripe, not
wider than the narrowest, baby ribbon
split in two, is run in white, alternating
with a color in the crepes and in ging
hams , as in challies. A pretty crepe has
these narrow stripes of clear green, of
green and white, and of pure white.
The green stripes are puckered, the white
smooth. _ _
The New Bread.
Attention is called to the new method
of making bread of superior lightness,
fineness and wholesomeness without
yeast, a receipt for which is given else
where in this paper. Even the best
bread makers will be interested in this.
To every reader who will try this, and
write the result to the Royal Baking
Powder Co., 106 Waff street, New York,
that company will send in return, free, a
copy of the most practical and useful
cook book, containing one thousand re
ceipts for all kinds of cooking, yet pub
lished. Mention this paper.
The Pulse in Health.
Every one should know something
about the pulse, as it is a very import
ant index to the condition of the body
in various diseases, and is a valuable aid
to the determining of a patient’s condi
tion in nearly all diseases, says “Medi
cal Brief.” In order to know the condi
tion of the pulse in disease it is necessa
ry for us to examine it in health. The
pulse is about 120 to 140 at birth. It
gradually diminishes until it reaches
about ninety at the age of seven or
eight years. Iu adult life - it is sixty-
five to seventy-five, and in old age
not much over sixty. Ftmales have
a somewhat more frequent puiss than
males, the difference being from five
to six beats a minute. A differ
ence of five to ten beats is' made by
changing from a lying position to sittin
and from sitting to standing. By vio
lent running the pulse may be increased
to 140 or more. The pulse is felt by
placing the first two fingers upon the ar
tery at the outside of the arm, with the
second finger toward the heart. The
force of the heart is determined by
pressing witir the second finger nDd
noticing how much force is requited to
compress the artery, so that tne pulse
cannot be felt by the first finger. The
pulse may be felt at the temple, the neck
and various other situations.
Fonil of Fishiug.
Mr. Goodson—“So you worked for
Mr. Cleveland one summer? He is very
fond of fishing, I believe.”
Patrick—“Fond of fishing’, is it? Wull
Oi’ll tell ye. D’ye mornd th’ time he
waz furst oomynatefi?”
“I remember it.”
“Wall, sor, Oi waz on th’ foorce thin,
an, me bate was near his house. Phwin
Oi heard th’ news, Oi rushed up to ’im
an’says Oi, ’Hooray! We’ve nomynated
ye fur President^ says Oi. ‘Wull yez
accipt s’ says Oi. ‘Oi wull’, says he, ‘if
there’s good fishing in th’ Potomac.”—
New York weekly.
Many persons are broken down from over
work or household car^s. Brown’s Iron Bit*
ters rebuilds the system, aids digestion, re
moves excess of bile, and cures malaria. A
splendid tonic for women and children.
The best instruction is to practice what you
teaoh.
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp
son’s Eye-water.Drugrists sell at 25c per bottle.
ONH ENJOYS
Both the method and results •when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c
and $1 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE, A/. NEW YORK, N.Y.
The Hair.
The hair, like sll things of vegetable
growth, is improved by clipping the
ends once a month. It is Dot at all cer
tain, however, that cutting the hair im
proves its growth after a person has
reached the adult age. On the contrary,
it sometimes produces baldness. It is a
great mistake to use any alkali, even
soap, in washing the head, as this tends
to make the hair dry. When the hair
is naturally dry, a little vaseline may be
used to advantage around the roots, but
only to render the hair soft, not enough
to make it greasy.
Unlike the Dutch Process.
Xo Alkalies
— OR —
Other Chemicals
are used in the
preparation of
W. BAKER & CO.’S
reakfastCocoa
which is absolutely
pure and soluble.
j It has morethan three times
! the strength of Cocoa mixed
I with Starch, Arrowroot or
_ 9 Sugar, and is far more eco
nomical, costing less than one cent a cup.
It is delicious, nourishing, and easily
digested.
Sold hy Grocers everywhere.
W. HATTER & CO., Dorchester, Mass.
“HOTHER’S
\ FRIEND” .*
is a scientifically prepared Liniment
and harmless; every ingredient is of
recognized value and in constant use
by the medical profession. It short
ens Labor, Lessens Pain, Diminishes
Danger to life of Mother and Child.
Book ‘ To Mothers” mailed free, con
taining valuable information and
voluntary testimonials.
Sent by express, charges prepaid, on receipt
of price, $1-50 per bottle.
ERADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, 6a.
Sold by all druggists.
WWWWVl
ROOT,
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Pain* in Back and Limbs, Tirad, Draff?*** Out, 2i«rr<nui
Fading, Debility and Low Vitality Quickly Cared aa
well *s Dyspepsia, Constipation, Sleeplessness, Dixst-
noee. Rheumatism or Catarrh. Sample Free for st
AGENTS PAID WEEKLY SALARY.
for stamps.
ROOT* BARK * BLOSSOM, Newark, N. «J,
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His Usual Fate.
Getthere—“Did you ever attend any
of Miss Budd’s ‘at-nomes?’ ”
De Bore (sadly) —“N-o, but I’ve at
tended a good many of her not-at-
homes.”
BoviDg Raggs—After all, it pays to be
perlite, pardner.
Jocose Jaggs—Not always. The other
day I was actin’ deaf and- dumb, and
when a man gave me a dollar I says,
“thank ye, sir,” and he had me ar
rested.
He Could Walk.
Mother—“I wish you would go on an
errand for me.”
Small Son—“My leg aches awful.”
“Too bad. I wanted you to go to old
Mrs. Slickney’s candy store, and ”
“Oh, that isn’t far. I can walk there
easy. ”
“Very well. Go there and right along
side of it you will see a grocery store. Go
m and get me a bar of soap.”—Street &
Smith’s Good News.
Dealer—“Here, madam, ia a horse I
can recommend, sound, kind ”
Old Lady—“On, I don’t want tiiat
sort of a horse. He holds his head
high.”
Dealer—“Eh?” ' V T
Old L dy—“I like a horse that hold3
his nose c!o<e to the ground so he can
see where he’s goin’”—New York
Weekly.
Ladies needing a tonfe, or children who
want building up, should take Brown’s Iron
Bitters. It is pleasant to take, cures Malaria,
Indiges ; ion,Biliousness and Liver Complaints,
makes the Blood rich and pure.
Thx.y who lorgive most shall be most for
given.
Coughs and Hoahseness.—The irritation
which induces cnnvhing relieved by use of
"Brown's Bronchial TrochesSold only in boxes
The New Bread.
"D OYAL unfermented bread, made without
yeast, avoiding the decomposition produced
in the flour by yeast or other baking powder;
peptic, palatable and most healthful; may be
eaten warm and fresh without discomfort, which
is not true of bread made in any other way.
Can he made only with Royal Baking Powder.
Receipt for Making One Loaf.
more or less according to the brand
and quality of the flour used. Do
not make a- stiff dough, like yeast
bread. Pour the batter into a
greased pan, 4)^x3 inches, and 4
inches deep, filling about half full.
The loaf will rise to fill the pan
when baked. Bake in very hot
oven 45 minutes, placing paper
over first 15 minutes baking, to pre
vent crusting too soon on top.' Bako
at once. Don't mix with milk, *
O NE quart flour, 1 teaspoonful
salt, half a teaspoonful sugar,
3 heaping teaspoonfuls Royal Baking
Powder, half medium-sized cold
boiled potato, and water. Sift to
gether thoroughly flour, salt, sugar,
and baking powder ; rub in the
potato; add sufficient water to mix
smoothly aud rapidly into a stiff
batter, about as soft as for pound
cake; about a pint of water to a
quart of flour will be required—
(f
A SUCCESS.
99
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., Gentlemen:—
I have suffered from catarrh for about five years
and have tried several remedies without relief
until I commenced to use Hall’s Catarrh Cure last
February. I must say that it is a A SUCCESS,
the dropping in my throat disappeared entirely
after the first bottle. It increased my appetite, so
that I now weigh eight pounds more than my cus"
tomary weight. I have recommended it to others
and all who used it have been greatly relieved and
speak highly of it. One of them was in my store
yesterday and expressed his wish to peddle it this
winter. Will you please let me know the lowest
terms you could furnish it for, as I would like to
keep it in stock. Hoping to hear from you
soon, I remain, Yours respectfully,
R. C. HAUSWEDELL,
Lake City, Minn.
BOLD BY DRUGGLST3, 75c.
V. L DOUGLAS
S3 SHOE
for It When you bar-
FOR
GENTLEMEN
A sewed shoe that will not rip; Calf,
seamless, smooth inside, more comfortable,
stylish and durable than any other shoe ever
sold at the price. Every style. Equals custom- '
made shoes costing from $4 to $5.
be following are of the same high standard of
nerit:
54-00 and $5.00 Fine Calf, Hand-Sewed.
S3.5<> Police, Farmers and Letter-Carriers.
$2.50, 5a.25 and 53,00 for Worting- Men.
' 1.00 and S1.75 for Youths and Boys.
" 00 Hand-Sewed, ( FOR
Dongola, J LADIES.’
Cores Consumption, Coughs, Croup, Sore
Throat. Sold by all Druggists on a Guarantee.
JAN IDEAL FAMILY MEDICINE
■ For Indigestion, BUlonaneaa.
= Headache, Constipation, Bad
| Complexion. Offensive Breath,
I and all disorders of the Stomach,
| Liver and Bowels,
I digestion follows their use. Bold
- or gent by mall, Box
> boxes),«a. |
CAI* CO., New York. J
* Piso’s Remedy for Catarrh is the BM
Best, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest. IB
ggEEmap
Sold by drugging or sent by
BICYCLES.
Complete !ine of high, medium an i
cheap grad** Bicycles. San dries of
sll kinds. Send stamp for catalogues
and prices. Immeone Bargains
in .Second-Hand Bicycles,
Pneumatic and Cushion Tired. The only ex
clusively bi>-ycle house in the South. Installment terms
to responsible parties. Send references. Ad >re?n,
BICYCLE DBPAttT.ll’T, LOWUY IIARII-
WABE CO., E. J*. Chalrant, Manager., No.
38 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga.
IflllQT U AlfC Agente AT ONCE. Sample
Mrallvl YIAvE Sashlock (Pat. ’92) free by mail
for 2c. Stamp. Immense. Unrivalled. Only good
one ever invented. Beats weights. Sales unparalleled
912 a day. Write quick. Bkohaad, Phila., Pa
O milflflMorahiae Habit Cnrad ia 10
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H THOMSON’S
SLOTTED
CLINCH RIVETS. 1
No tools required. Only a hammer needed to drlv*
an.1 clinch them easily and quickly. leevW the dine*
aino ntely smooth. Requiring no hot'e to be is
"" leather nor burr for the Rivets. They are
on*h and durable. Millions now in use.
emrths. uniform or assorted, put up la boxes.
Ask your dealer for them, or send 40c. lx.
4tamps for a box ol 100, assorted size*. lfanTd by
JUDSON L THOMSON MFQ. CO.. 7
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