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M80,000,000.
' r ”’?v?I ORljI> COVTAISS ABOUT
THAT NUMBER OP PEOPLE.
One-Halt the Homan Race Lives iu
Asia—Density ot Population iu
Various Countries—More
t Bojs Than Girls.
HE population of the world is
about 1,480,000,000, accord
ing to the Chautauquau. Of
these there are in China 361,-
766,000; in British India, 286,136,000;
in Knssia, 117,736,331. One-half of
the human race lives in Asia, and nearly
one-fourth in China, which slightly ex
ceeds the whole of Europe in population.
India contains a little over ono-fifth and
Africa about one-ninth of the race. Less
than one-fourth belong to civilized
Nations. Of these, nearly one-third, or
about one-thirteenth of the total popula
tion of the world, belong to the English-
speaking peoples.
T The density of population to the
square mile varies greatly in different
countries, being greatest in Belgium.
The number of persons to the square
mile is, in Europe, 95; Asia, 48; Africa,
It; America, 8; in Australasia, 1.3;
Belgium, 535; England, 430; in the
Netherlands, 357; Great Britain and
Ireland, 312; Italy, 272; German Em
pire, 236; Japan, 271; China, 220;
India, 187; Switzerland, 186; France,
384; Au3tro-Huugary, 170; Denmark,
146; Portugal, 124; Spain, 89; European
Kussia, 49; Sweden, 27; United
States, 17; Mexico, 15; Norway, 15;
. Canada, 2.
A large part of the world is not
crowded yet.
The entire population of the world
could stand on an area of 250 square
miles, and could be compressed withjn
the limits of the city of Chicago, whidh
includes 160.54 square miles and has a
population of about 6850 per square
mile.
1m 1899 the most densely populated
city in tihfc- United States was New York
with 36,675 people to the square mile;
and in the most densely populated ward,
i. e., Ward 20, there were 474 persons
to the acre. The most densely settled
State was Rhode Island with 318.4 per-
^ sons per square mile; next, Massachu
setts with 278.5; New Jersey, 193;
Connecticut, 150.4; New York, 126;
. Pennsylvania, 116.9; Nevada, 0.4;
.Arizona, 0.5; Wyoming, 0.6; Montana,
,4lq Idaho, 1; Now Mexico, 1.03;
Utah, 2.5, and Oregon, 3.3 per square
mile. In Europe there are more females
than male3—1019 females to 1000 males.
In the United States there are but 952
females to 1000 males. Ia the older
States the females predominate, the per
centage iu Massachusetts being 51.42;
in Rhode Island, 51.37; Connecticut.
50.48 Montana, 33.50; Wyoming, 35.19;
Nevada, 36.16, and Washington, 37.73.
( In all countries there are born more
boys than girls in the proportion of
bout 105 boys to 100 girls; but the
oys die much .faster than the girls in
j the earlier, years of life. Birth rates fairy
in different years. Taking the avenge
for the twenty yeara from 1871 to 189.),'
the birth rate for England and Wales
was 34 per 1000; Scotland, 33.6; Ire
land, 14.9; Denmark, 31.7; Austria,
38.6; Switzerland, 29.4; the German
' empire, SS-l^the Netherlands, 35.2;
Italy, 37.3; Belgium, 31; France, 24.6
per 1000. In most civilized countries
the birth rate is diminishing. For the
.^Halted States in the above period the
rate was 34. For 1890 in England and
Wales it was 30.2; Scotland, 30.3; Ire
land, 22.3; Denmark, 30.6; Austria,
36.7; Switzerland, 26.6; Germau em
pire, 35.7; Netherlands, 32.9; in Italy,
35.9; Belgium, 28.7, and France, 21.8.
Death rates are also diminishing, but not
so much as the birth rate3, varyiug from
18 to 36 per 1009.
„ Taken as a whole, the population of
the world has increased during the last
hundred years, but especially the last
fifty years.
The Famous Bayeux Tapcslry.
The Bayeux Tapestry is a web of can
vas or liuen cloth, upon which is em
broidered, in woolen threads of various
colors, a representation of the invasion
and conquest of England by the Nor
mans. William the Conqueror’s first ex
pedition to England was in 1066, and
his second, when he went to stay, so to
speak, in 1068. The canvas is 214 feet
long by twenty inches broad, and is pre
served iu the public library at Bayeux.
Tradition asserts that it is the work of
Matilda, wife of William the Conqueror.
It is believed that if she did not actually
stitch the whole of it with her own hauds
she at least took part in it and directed
the execution of it by her maids, and
afterwards presented it to the Cathedral
of Bayeux as a token of her appreciation
of the assistance which its bishop, O.io,
rendered her husband at the battle of
Hastings. Some antiquarians contend
that it was not the work of Queen Ma
tilda (the wife of the Conqueror), who
died in 1083, but of the Empress Ma
tilda (the daughter of Henry I.), who
died iu 1167. The tapestry contains, be
tides the figures of 505 quadrupeds,
birds, sphinxes, etc., the figures of 623
men, 202 horses, 55 dogs, 37 buildings,
41 ships and boats and 49 trees—in all,
1512 figures. It is divided into 72 dis
tinct compartments, each representing
one particular historical event and bear-
ab
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A Prodigious Memory.
The prodigious memory of Librarian
Ainsworth Spofiord, of the Congre3
sicnat Library, his remarkable ability t<
locate any book among the hundreds o
thousands under his charge and hi
familiarity with the contents of most o
them is well known, In a chat with th*
Star representative Assistant Postmaste
General H. Clay Evans related an inter
esting instance of Mr. Spofford’s ability
“General Lew Wallace, while dining
with me some time ago,” said Genera
Evans, “to'.d me how he got some of th<
material for the chapter which deals wit!
the chariot race between Ben Hur auc
Messata. He doubted if there existed <
book in the United States that contained
what he wanted and referred to his par
ticular matter and at the period—29 B.
C.—but concluded that if it was not iu
the Congressional Library Mr. Spofiord
could aid him.
“He came to Washington and saw
Mr. Spofiord, explaining what h<
wanted. No book was on the shelves of
the Congressional Library that would
aid him, he was informed, and there
was but one book in the United States
that had any bearing upon the subject.
“ ‘You find it,’ said Mr. Spofiord,
in the Athenssum Library in Boston. I
‘don’t remember its title;In fact) it has
none. It is an old plainly bound vol
ume. The librarian will probably tell
you he hasn’t it, but he has, because I
have seen it and it contains the material
you want. I’ll draw a diagram of the
library so you can go to the book.’
“He drew the diagram and explained
how General Wallace was to go down
this aisle and into that alcove and that
the book would be found upon a certain
shelf so many books from the end.
Armed with the diagram, General Wal
lace proceeded to the Athenai.m library
and was informed that they knew of no
volume that contained the material he
sought.
He received permission to inspect
the library, and, consulting his diagram,
soon placed his hands upon an old musty
volume, just where Mr. Spofiord had
told him he would find it, and sure
enough it contained just the material as
to the customs, chariots and races of the
people of whom he wrote which he
lacked.
I recall another instance. It was
during the debate in Congress over the
rules,Speaker Reed presiding. Attorney-
General John Rihm, of Nashville, read
ing of the question in the newspapers,
recalled a like question having co ne up
in the English House of Lords. He
telegraphed me that somewhere in the
Parliament reports the debate and its
result could be found. I hurried with
the telegram to Mr. Spofiord. He con
tracted his brows, thought a moment,
and then palled out a volume of the
English reports, thum jed over the pages
and said, ‘There’s what you want.’ I
ran with it to Tom Bayne, who was then
speaking and who used it iu his argu
ment, Speaker Reed afterward using it in
an article in one of the magazines.’’ —
Washington Star.
Locked in a Safe for Half an Hour.
Paul Gore, of the Grand Pacific Hotel,
was locked in a fireproof vault in the
hotel office for half an hour Wednes
day afternoon. It all came about, as
Paul Gore himself explains, “througi
trying to be too gay.”
Late iu the a f ternoon a telegram was
received from Colonet Frank Barrett in
Helena, Montana, which requested that
his mail be forwarded and ending with
these words • “Thermometer fifty degrees
below zero here to-day.” Mr. Yidel
read aloud the end of the dispatch and
there was a turning of coat collars and
audible shivers from the peopte who
heard it. Paul Gore was standing near.
“I’ll just tix myself now for this cold
wave,” he said, and seizing a small gas
stove he carried it into the fireproof
vault and slammed the inside door be
hind him. There was a click as the door
swung shut. A minute later there was
a pounding on the steel door. Mr. Vi
dal ran over to the vault and he heard
faintly: “For pity’s sake, get that door
open and let me out.”
Mr. Vidal tried to open the door, but
it was locked securely. “Who has the
key?” he called through the door. “I
have one and Colonel Parker has the
other,” came through the door. Colonel
Parker’s desk in the private office was
locked and a search through the hotel
failed to find him. Half a dozen bell
boys were dispatched in as many differ
ent directions, but one by one they re
turned with word that he could not be
found. Finally Colonel Parker came
strolling in, and he was surprised at the
warmth of his greeting. It was like
getting back from a transatlantic voy
age. The situation wa3 explained, he
got out his bunch of keys, and Paul
Gore was restored to the aims of his
loving frieuds.—Chicago Tribn ic.
Mulberries for Animals.
On my farm, writes Israel W. Putnam,
of Washington County, Ohio, a few
acres of land, too much broken for cul
tivation, has for sixty years or more been
used as a permanent pasture; oa this
several old mulberry trees are standing—
the common black and white varieties;
have planted none of the Russian,
taiuking our natives much better. The
fruit is eaten by our farm animals, pro-
duciug flesh aud giving tone to their
health. I have seen my horses, young
and old, eating the fruit for hours at a
time, aud they become fat during its
ins an explanatory inscription in Latin, i season; they pick up the berries Irotn the
A tree is usually chosen to ” " ”
divide the
principal events one from another. This
pictorial history—for so it may be called
gives an exact and minute portraiture
of the manners aud customs of the times;
and it has been remarked that the arms
aud clothes are identical with those of
the Danes as they appear iu the miniature
paintings of a manuscript of the time of
King Cnut that is preserved in the Brit
ish Museum.—St. Louis Republic.
The Pink GroiTing iu Popularity.
Since 1860 the carnatiou has beeu
rapidly forcing itself into an important
place in the flower trade. Nearly 4009
florists are engaged either wholly or in
part iu growing this plant, and it is
estimated that fully 200,000,000 blooms
were sold last year, yielding over
§1,000,000 to the growers. It is called
“the flower of the multitude.” It was
originally found in France, Italy, Austria
and Northwest India. When introduced
into England it was a single flewer, hav
ing five petals of a light-pink shade, or
round with the upper lip, the grouud
becoming bale of grass.
Sheep, also, are excessively fond of
mulberries, run for them early in the
morning after their night’s rest; and
the hogs take their rounds from tree to
tree. We have a few trees not far from
the house; our poultry use them and
thrive well. Iu autumn, at the time the
leaves are falling, the cattle will keep the
mulberry leaves eaten clean while fresh,
aud I have thought that the flow of milk
is thereby increased, as the sap in the
leaf is of a milkish color. A corner of
the iarm to be kept in permanent pas
ture may well be planted to several trees
of the different varieties of the mul
berry; care for them a few yeurs, until
out of reach of the cows’ horns; they are
of* quick growth, an ornament to the
grounds, and the timber is as durable as
the locust for fence posts, grown in the
open ground.—New York Tribune.
Parisian Shoplifters.
The Bon Marche, Paris, the largest
tiesh* 'color,** which" fact^conferreel' the I retail shop in the world, employs a hua-
name carnation. ' Under the influence of j dred “ ea wdodo nothl “** , “ t wa ‘ cl ? for
English soil, climate and culture the ^ohfters. Th.s one establish nent alone
, , a '• nrro:te An on o\roro_or« fmm I *. Ml 1.1 rn
color deepened and the nosers were
called pinks.—New York World.
arrests on an average from 12,000 to
15,000 women annually who have been
! caught stealing. Every article from a
two sou spool of thread to a 19,009 franc
patern of Oriental tapestry, is labelel.
Men Are Plentiful and Cheap.
The guns in use ou the ships of our Every purchaser is conducted by the
modern navy have a plate of steel armor
fastened over them and bent slightlv
back, so that a missile striking it would
be deflected forward. A visitor to one
of the ships said he supposed that this
was a servicable protection to the men
who were working the guns. “Why,
selling clerk to pay at one of the cash
iers’ desks (there is no cash boy or eleva
'or change system), where the article
nought is wrapped up and its piice paid
for only to a cashier. Every clerk has a
number and every article sold must bear
upou its label the private mark of the
bless yer!” replied the old salt who was ! salesman; This system is not known to
explaining the mechanism of the big the world at large, and it serves in the
rifle, “ ’taint to protect the men, it’s to double purpose of tracing au article, and
the works from gettin’knocked out also finding by whom it was sold,-in
keep
of order. There’s men enough.”—Dc
troit Free Press.
case of any dispute afterward.—Atlanta
Constitution.
The first woman over naturalizs'i in
Jackson County, Missouri, has received ber
papsrs, Bha ia Agne3 Euphemia Cleland.
Some of the handsomest^ new
are lined with bright-coi
HOOP SKIBT3 IN OLD TIMES.
In Spain about 1630 the hoop skirts
became so monstrous that an edict was
issued commanding their reduction and
ordering the confiscation of hoop skirts
above the regulation size. The attempts
to carry out the edict caused innumerable
riots and were finally abandoned.—Chi
cago Times.
THE DIAMOND OF MARIE ANTOINETTE.
Two uncut diamonds, green and white,
mounted on a square diamond, on which
is engraved the word “Marie,” have been
creating interest in England. In the
same exhibition were two pearl epaul
ettes worn by the late Emperor of Delhi,
and au ornament made of an idol of
pearl in a niche of pearl. A black dia
mond was shown, the largest that has
vet been discovered, and which it took
a year to cut, losing 100 carats in the
operation.—New York Press.
THE INTENTION WAS GOOD.
The Farmington Society, in Chicago,
sew for the poor. Young ladies nowa
days are not instructed in the fashioning
of plain garments as in the days of our
grandmothers, and some of the articles
evolved by the brains and fingers of the
society’s fair members are, to put it
gently, unique. It fell to Mrs. X., the
wife of one of Chicago’s best known
men to distribute some of the articles
among poor families. One woman held
up a certain garment, and after looking
at it said: “I may be poor, but thank
goodness I am not deformed l”—Life.
REPAIRING SUEDE GLOVES.
I saw a pair of Suede gloves that most
women would have discarded made as
good a3 new the other day, writes a
correspondent. Several of the long
pieces between the fingers had given out,
though otherwise the'gloves were nearly
as good as new. So.out came a pair of
sharp scissors and an :old pair of gloves
of a similar color. The worn pieces
were carefully ripped out and laid
lengthwise on an unsoiled place in one
of the old gloves,, as a pattern. The
new pieces were them neatly stitched in
place. Some people believe it to be a
matter of economy 1 to have more than
one pair of glovessof the same color, as
sometimes it is thejtright and sometimes
the left glove thatus worn out first. The
better glove if laid\aside may chance to
become the mate offone from the second
pair, or may be useti in mending. As a
matter of economy, however, the habit
of buying stockings of the same color
and quality by the half dozen is of more
value than in buying gloves in this
way.
Black glace kid (gloves that have the
dye worn out at ‘ the finger-ends are
gieatly improved by staining the faded
spots with good black ink, and after
they are thoroughly dried rubbing in a
little olive oil. If very gray, rub over
several times with the ink.—New York
Post.
EXHIBIT BY WOMEN OF RUSSIA.
The women of Russia recently dis
played in Moscow the exhibit they have
collected for the World’s Fair. Com
missioner Rakouza-Sonstcheffsky says
the exhibit aroused great interest and
resulted in securing a large sum for the
relief of poor families. Her majesty,
the Empress, is the patroness of the wo
man’s department. The Moscow divi
sion is under the presidency of Grand
Duchess Elizabeth, wife of Grand Duke
Sergius, brother of the Emperor. The
exhibit to be made by Russian women is
large and varied. An important feature
of it will be the display of lace and em
broideries. It is believed that through
the instrumentality of the lace exhibit at
Chicago a new market will be created
for Russian lace, much of which is ex
ceedingly fine and comparatively inex
pensive. The exhibit contains a medical
and hospital department, showing the
progress of Russian women in the prac
tice of medicine and surgery. More
than 1000 women physicians are regis
tered in Russia. The women of the
commission will unite in the publication
of a book describing the progress of the
movement for higher education for wo
men in their country and also the pro
fessional education and training in in
dustrial lines. Part of this work will
be devoted to descriptions of the medi
cal and hospital work of women in
Asiatic Russia during cholera plagues
and famines.—Chicago Herald.
POPULAR SCIENCE.
A London man earns his living by
dealing in volcanic dust.
The tail of a comet is believed to be
matter sin alar to that contained in the
nebula.
Some excellent asbestos deposits have
been found in the Grand Canyon dis
trict, Arizona.
It is commonly believed that
color? can be detected by the incan
descent light. This is not so.
Lightness of weight consistent with
high efficiency is one of the first requi
sites of a successful mining drill.
Professor E. W. Stewart is quoted as
saying that a ton of gluten meal repre
sents nearly three tons of corn with the
starch taken out.
Light, heat and electricity are differ
ent phases of the same phenomenon—
viz., the vibration of the universal ether.
They differ from each other only in the
rapidity of their vibrations.
Professor Marshall Ward, in a paper
to the British Royal Society, has given
the results of further experiments teudin
to prove that by far the most powerful
factor in the purification of the air and
the waters of rivers from bacteria is the
sunlight.
Evidence of the former existence of a
type of dog now extinct has been found
in remains obtained from Ely Cave, Lee
County, Va.,—a limestone cavern of an
early geological age. This ancient dog
was a badgsrlike creature, different in
many respects from any existing species
“Egg-albumen,’’ much used foi
cooking purposes, is manufactured from
the whites of the eggs of certain sea
fowls, which are found in great numbers
near Iceland, Greenland, Labrador and
the Hebrides, and also in the Northern
Pacific. It is sent to market in a dry
state looking very much like glue.
From various experiments respecting
a connection between thunder storms
and the souring of milk, Professor H.
W. Conn draws the conclusion that
electricity is not of itself cipable of
souring the milk or even of materially
hastening the process; nor can the ozone
developed daring the thunder storm be
looked upon as of any great importance.
Pitch-pine beams will shrink in thick
ness from eighteen and three-quarter
inches to eighteen and a quarter; spruce,
from eight and a half to eight and three-
eighths; white pine, from twelve inches
to eleven and seven-eighths; yellow pine,
a trifle less. Cedar beams will shrink
from a width of fourteen inches to
thirteen and a quarter; elm, from eleven
to ten and three-quarters, and oak, from
twelve to eleveu and three-eighths.
The eminent French geographer,
Reclus, says it has been shown that
cancer is most prevalent among those
branches of the human race who are the
greatest meat eaters. This agrees with
observation of ceitain French physicians
who report that this disease may be
traced to an excessive meat diet, and
more particularly where the meat has
cot been thoroughly cooked, or has been
kept too long, such meat containing
poisons that the kidneys and towel;
cannot thiow off.
FASHION NOTES.
Every shade of gray is fashionable.
Dark green and bright red mixtures
are much fancied.
All the Empire dresses which are belt
ed have the skirt gathered full.
Golden brown and light reddish violet
shades form one of the striking combina
tions of the season.
Dressy and fanciful vests, to slip over
dress fronts or plain bodices, are very
popular and useful.
Flowered and striped flounces serve
to lengthen dowu old dresses and
brighten them up for house wear.
Robin red is a new color in cloth, aud
is pretty when combined with russet
brown velvet and dull gold passemen
terie.
Street gowns are cut short, and are
quiet in color, while the corsage is
brightened by sleeves and guimpe of vel
vet or silk of a contrasting color.
A much admired sleeve, which is as
sociated with the Russian blouse, shows
two large puffs crossed by a bracelet of
fur in the middle of the upper arm.
Narrow stripes and quarter-inch checks
iu indefinite shading, and the old silted
mixtures are among the designs in tailor
wool. The stripes cross the goods,
which, if the wool is hnug widthwise,
will throw them up and down.
Bright-colored chevrons are shown
with narrow satin stripes of the ground
color set a third ot an. inch apart, with
silk arrowheads, or other figures, shot
through on the stripe; scarlet is figured
with yellow, gray with scarlet.
A new and lovely cotton is French
dimity with flower printing on the white
corded ground. The texture is finer
than the ordinary dimity; the flowers
are in wreathing sprays of lit'le blos
soms. Twenty-nine inches is the width
of this fabric.
Printed silks ate this season conspicu
ous by their absence, all of the newest
designs being woven ia the fabric.
China and Indiasilks are decidedly passe,
and, excepting for morning and neglige
toilette;, will not be worn at ail by
modish women.
A pretty white muslin has lines of
maroon color, far apart, with the space
between etchea.iu maroon, in little pen
cil touches that look like- the swailows
homeward Ilyins. The striped and
flowered percales are pretty. Swiss
without flowering is. dotted in colors.
The main drainage pipes of London Advertise in this paper god thus ju-
tre eightj-twojDilgf long, crease your business.
Famous Nil ,’gcti o! Gold.
On the 13th of August, 1863, a mon
ster piece of gold was taken from the
Monumental Mine, near Sierra Buttes.
This giant nugget weighel 1596 troy
ounces and was estimate! to be . worth
§30,000. The mine was owned by Will
iam A. Farrish & Company. The nug.
get was afterward sold to R. B. Wood
ward, of San Francisco, for §21,635.62,
and was placed ou exhibition at the fa
mous Woodward Gardens.
In 1881 a large nugget was found at
Chipp’s Flats, in the Rainbow mine.
One account says that it weighed 1992
ounces, another that it weighed but
1402. This latter account is probably
correct, as it was sold by H. II. Noble,
of San Francisco, to a London firm for
§22,000 even.
A; early as 1855 a nugget was found
in tbe French Ravine which weighed
532 ounces aud was sold for §10,000.
Before the discovery of the last men
tioned nugget, the French Ravine had
yielded one lump that weighel 426
ounces; one of 146 ounces and another
of ninety-three ounces.
Smith’s Fiat, another celebrated min
ing locality in California, turned out
some good sized nuggets—one of 140
ounces, valued at §2717, and one of
140 ounces, which sold for §2605 and a
third of ninety-four ounces which was
as good as a find of §1770 to the lucky
iiiner who discovered it.—St. Louis
Republic.
He Dias Regularly Once a Week.
An Italian, who cannot be other than
a most remarkable impostor, has been
playing wonderful tricks upon the good
people of Tiflis, in the Caucasus, Russia.
His name is Tagarelli, and, while he
cannot be termed an Italian in the strict
sense of the word, having been born in
Russia of parents born in the same coun
try, it is known that he is of that extrac
tion. He is kcown all over the laud of
the Czar as “The Dying Prophet,” his
ability to delude the public depending
on a queer faculty he has for dying and
returning to life once every week. A
persou who has viewed the situation on
the ground says: “The audacity of his
pretensions, the skill with w.iicb they
are maintained and, above all, the pro
found effect produced upon all who
come in contact with him, have no par
allel in history. He is a most extraor
dinary being, and if he be an impostor
tiien he is the most marvelous impostor
of the age.”
He dies, to all appearances, and the
ordinary death tests declare that life is
extinct. While iu this condition he de
clares that his spirit visits “the other
world,” but which of the two he will not
tell. AU that he will divulge in regard
to his doings while on these “trips” is
that he examines the Book of Life, and
that he cau tell the spiritual-standing of
every person who cares enough about it
to make inquiries.—St. Louis Republic.
Secret of Making a Snuff.
Eire! Kvitek, a young chemist whe
keeps a drugstore in Cnicago, says he
has discovered the art of making rappee
snuff, a secret jealously guarded by the
Austrian Government ’for nearly 159
years. “It is simply a matter of ex
tracting the preparatory liquid from the
leaf of the tobacco,” he said to a Tri
bune interviewer. “The original dis
covery was made in the Eighteenth
Century by Henry Scheele, of Hamburg,
in the province of Galicia, Austria. He
had amassed a small fortune when the
Government learned of the Value of the
discovery.
“It extorted the secret from him and
then exiled him and confiscated his
property. From then on the Austrian
Government has manufacture!this snuff
in the city of Hamburg. Tobacconists
from all parts of the world have en
deavored to secure the secret, but have
never been successful. A well-known
New York firm offered §500,000 for it,
and it was thi3 offer that set me think
ing.” Mr. Kvitek is thirty-five years
old, and a native of'the province of
Moravia, Austria, and has been studying
chemistry for twenty years.—Cleveland
Piaindealer.
Small-Pox in Wall Paper.
“Many years ago a person was sick of
smail-pox in a farm house in the country
town of Groton, and after tbe patient
recovered the dwelling was fumigated
and repapered. Ira Chester and family
now dwell in the house. The paper was
removed a week or so ago, and presently
Mr. Chester’s daughter was stricken with
small-pox. In the opinion of the phy
sician the germs of the disense were
dormant in the walls of the room.”
The above clipping from the Cincinnati
Enquirer makes good the claims of sani
tarians, that all disease germs find a hid
ing place in wall paper,with its vegetable
paste to hold it on the wall, and its
animal glue to hold its colors; that
these, to say the least, are not the
best materials with which to cover
so much space around us as the walls in
which we live and sleep, and that paper
and glue are great absorbents of mois
ture, of which every person throws off
a certain number of ounces in exhala
tions every day, and that such decaying
materia! as glue and paste gives off de
leterious gases in such small quantities
that we do not discover them, though
those who study it can smell it in most
rooms papered, and especially where a
Dumber of layers of paper have been
pas cd upon each other.
Sanitarians claim that these conditions
have moie to do with our ill health than
we are aware of; that such a state of
things in the room in which we live af
fects us more lor better or wor;e than
does a change of climate; that it would
be cheaper, at least, to try a change of
room or one coated with some nen-de-
caying material, before going to the ex
pense and trouble of a change of climate.
A Snail’s Exact Pace.
“A snail’s pice” need no longer be
used as a term more or less indefinite;
those skilled in the science of “snail-
ology’’ can tell you j ist to a dot the
snail’s rate of travel. These interesting
facts were ascertained by some wonder
ful experiment at the Florence (Italy)
Polytechnic institute in 1889, and those
inclined to be exact can now use figures
to -upport their arguments.
It was all done in this way: A half a
J< z n of the molusks were permitted
to crawl between two points tfin feet
apart. Exact time was kept from the
start to tbe finish, and thu3 the average
“pace’’ was ascertained. The experi
menters reduced their figures into tables
of feet, yards, rods, furlongs, etc., and
thus found that it would take a snail ex
actly fourteen days to travel a mile.—
Exchange.
The Value of Kindness;
We have all read of the lucky lady who
was left a large fortune by an elderly
gentleman to whom she showed kind
ness when lie was seized with faintness
or some vertiginous attack as he was
watching the debutantes wendrog their
way to Buckingham palace. History of
all kinds repeats itself. Thackeray, in
his “Sketches and Travels in London,’’
tells the tale of a gentleman who, when
a crowd of young bucks and bloods in
the crushroom of the opera were laugh
ing and elbowing an old lady there—
lonely, ugly and unprotected—went up
to her respectfully aud offered her his
arm, took her down to his own carriage,
which was in waiting, and walked home
himself in the rain—and twenty years
afterward had §50,000 a year left him by
this very old iady as a reward for that
one act of politeness.—London World.
A Great State.
Mr. Gotham—“California is a great
state I hear.”
Mr. Oakland—“Great! It’s immense.
Everything grows like mad. I can re
member when the first grapes were
planted, when the first fruit trees blos
somed, and the first market-garden was
started. Now look at us! We could
supply the world! Why, sir, if you plant
ouc grain of corn this year, you’ll need a
whole factory to make agricultural ma
chinery for you next year.”
Mr. Gotham—“You don’t say. I have
been told, too, that California has five
natural bridges.”
Mr. Oakland—“Yes, that’s so, and it
isn’t two years since we^planted the first
one.”—New York Weekly.
Man Proposes.
Mr. Shortpurse—“What are we paying
that woman for washing?”
Mrs. S. —“A dollar a week.”
“Hum! I can get a washing-machine
for ten dollars, and I’ll do it.”
Mr. Shortpurse (a month later) —“How
does that washing-machine woik?”
Mrs. S.—“Very nicely, but it’s rather
expensive. ”
“Expensive? How?”
■ “The woman makes me hire a boy to
help to run it.”
The Barricade Gives Way.
No doubt, when the bowels are stormed with
drenching cathartics, to overcome tlie : r con
stipation, but at serious cost to tbe as-aulting
party. The intestinal organs ar-A thereby much
enfeebled and excessively relaxed. Far more
thoroughly, and less violently effective, is Ilos-
tetter’a Stomach Bitters, mo t benign of ape
rieuts. Incomparab’e for malaria, nervous
ness, dyspepsia, kidney troubles.
Hot Water for Hemorrhage.
If your Ba-.k Aches, or you are all worn out,
, >od for nothing, it is general debility.
Brown’s Iron Bitters will cure you, make you
strong, cleanse your liver, and give you a good
appetite—tones the nerves.
V.'e have more than ‘.*,000,000 men fit for mili
tary duty.
The Throat.—'"Brown's Bronchial Troches"
net directly on the organs of the voice. They
have an extraordinary effect in ail disorders of
i he throat.
I Vote for Hood’s
Forty Years in the Ministry
Rev, TV, R, Puffer
“ Having taken Hood’s Sarsaparilla five
months I am satisfied it is an excellent rem
edy. For years I have bad Rheumatism,
afflicting my body, but especially my right aim
from elbow to shoulder, so severe I feared
I Should Lose the Use of It.
I felt better soon after I began with Hood’s
Sarsaparilla, and when I had taken 4 bottles
the rheumatism entirely left me. I have been
a minister of the M. E. Church 40 years, and
like many others of sedentary habits have suf-
HOOD’S
Sarsaparilla
CURES
fered with Dyspepsia and Insomnia, but
while taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla I have had
a good appetite, food digested well, 1 gained
several pounds and 6leep better. 1 vote for
Hood’s.” R>.v. W. R. Puffer. Richford. Vt.
Hood'd Pills are the best after-dinner Fills, as
sist digestion, cure headache. ‘45 ccau
Uv.
It has been the practice among den
tists for many years to stop hemorrhage
after tooth extraction by the direct ap
plication of cold water to the wound.
Practitioners started with the idea that
heat caused expansion of and induced
increased bleeding from the vessels; but,
on the other hand, that cold caused con
traction. An advanced advocate of the
modern school of dentistry now recom
mends strongly the use of hot water for
arresting bleeding.
Dr. Scheff, of Vienna, adduces three
cases in his own experience in which the
superiority of this method was demon
strated. He allowed one patient to take
a large quantity of cold water, and yet
there was no apparent diminution in the
bleeding. He then took a glass syringe
aud continuously applied hot water, in
drops, to the wound,from which the blood
previously trickled without cessation.
After a few seconds the bleeding became
less, a coagulum was formed, and the
flow of blood finally ceased. In the sec
ond case, Dr. Scheff used hot water at
once, and the flow was instantly arrest
ed. In the third case the wound had
been bleeding freely for a long time, and
various styptics bad been applied in
vain, when hot water was tried. The
hemorrhage was immediately stopped
and did not recur.—Pittsburg Dispatch.
He Felt Reliered.
It was a long rido through a desolate
and dangerous country and the politician
sought to relieve the monotony by philo
sophic rausings on his recent victory and
tbe embarrassments that even success
brings,
“Hold up your hands!”
The stage coach gave a lurch and
stopped. The ray of light that shot into
the vehicle turned the spattering rain
into myraids of evanescent gems.
‘What do you want?” asked the poli
tician with a frankness that showed that
he had faced danger before.
“Your money.”
“Here it is.”
“Your watch and diamond ring.*
“They are yours.”
“I must say yer good nafured any
how,” said one of the highwaymen
‘Not at all. Are you sure that’s all
you desire?”
“What in the thunder did you think
we wanted?”
“I was afraid,” and the politician’s
voice trembled a little, “that you wanted
au office.”—Washington Post.
It is becoming popular now in Boston
for young women to act as ushers at all
sorts of musicales,readings and the more
exclusive class of entertainments. Why
not? The duties are light and require
only attention and faithfulness, amt in
that respect women are undeniably supe
rior to men.
The Skill and Knowledge
Essential to the production of the most per
fect and popular laxative remedy known have
enabled the California Fig Syrup Co. to
achieve a great success in the reputation of
its remedy. Syrup of Figs, as it is conceded
to be the universal laxative. For sale by all
druggist*.
One tablespoonful (well heaped) granulated
coffee A or best brown sugar equals one ounce.
Ladies needing a tonic, or children who
want building up, should take Brown’s Iron
Bitters. It is pleasant to take, cures Malaria,
Indigestion.Biliousness and Liver Complaints,
makes the Blood rich and pure.
We have twenty-eight cities each having
more than one hundred thousand population.
STATE or OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, f M
Lucas County. >
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he 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 pay the sum of $10C for each ar.d every
case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
Frank J. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 6th day of December, A. D., ^88o.
~ I A. W. Gleason,
seal Y
;—' 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. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
(3T* Sold by Druggists, 75c,
‘The best thing yet!” That is the way a
young man put it who made arrangements to
work for B F. Johnson & Co., of Richmond,
Va. You can get further information by drop
ping them a card.
“German
Syrup
99
William McKeekan, Druggist at
Bloomingdale, Mich. “Ihave had
the Asthma badly ever since I came
out of the army and though I have
been iu the drug business for fifteen
3’ears, and have tried nearly every
thing on the market, nothing has
given me the slightest relief until a
few mouths ago, when I used Bo-
schee’s German Syrup. I am now
glad to acknowledge the great good
it has done me. I am greatly reliev
ed during the day and at night go to
sleep without the least trouble.’’ ©
MEND YOUR OWN HARNESS
f WITH
THOMSON’S!
SLOTTED
CLINCH RIVETS.
No tools required. Only a hammer needed to drive
find clinch them easily and quickly, leaving the clinch
absolutely smooth. Requiring no hole to be made In
•he leather nor burr for the Rivets. They are strong:,
(ongh and durable. Millions now in use. All
emrths. uniform or assorted, put up in boxes.
Ask yonr dealer for them, or send 40c. in
stamps for a box ol 100, assorted siiea. Man'fd by
JUDSON L. THOMSON MFG. CO..
WlLTHAR. MASS.
Do Hot Be Deceived
with Pastes. Enamels and Paints which stain the
bands, injure the iron and burn red.
The Rising Sun Stove Polish is Brilliant. Odor
less. Durable, and the consumer pays for no tin
cr glass package with every purchase.
If yon will cut this advertne-
ment out, put it in a letter and
write for our catalogue of Dia-
aonds, Watches and Jew-
} elry, which we will sand you
/ frea of charge, it will explain to
^ you howy n can make one dollar
. minute. Address at once
f J.P.STEVENS&BRO.
JEWELER-,
47 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga.
Cures Consumption, Coughs, Croup, Sore
Throat. Sold bv all Druggists on a Guarantee.
AV&I3IM Morphine Habit Cared in 10
i|i53 to 20 days. No pay till cured.
VI f Wifi OR. J. STEPHENS, Lebanon,Ohio
Helping tbe Cmse.
Mamma—“Did you put that dollar in
the contribution box to-day?”
Small Son—“No, ma’am.”
Mamma—“You said you wanted it for
the heathen.”
Small S->n—“Yes’m; but just one dol
lar wouldn’t do them much good. I’m
goin’ to send them a whole lot of Bi
bles. ”
Mamma—“But how many Bibles do
you expect to get for a dollar, my an
gel?”
Small Son—“Ob, a good maDy, you
see, Johnny Smart sold me his air gun
for a dollar, and I’m going to shoot a
lot of birds and stuff them, and then
trade ’em for Bibles for the poor heath
ens.”
Mr. Micawber—“I wish I knew some
nice easy way to mike money.”
Mrs. Micawber—“Well, my dear, you
might get your life insured, and then
die.”—New Y'ork Weekly.
Telling Sex by Movements.
Observant and farsighted persons dis
tinguish at great distances’a man from
a womaD, not by dress, face or figure, but
by movements. The motions of the most
graceful of men are ungainly when com
pared wfth'the sinuous lints that most
women instinctively assume. It often
h -ppens that a single motion of a distant
figure, and especially a motion of tbs
arms above the head, will instantly de
termine for a trained observer the sex of
the person. If any one doubts this, let
him note the awkward, windmill like
performance of a man arranging his hair
and the graceful curves and deft touches
with which a woman accompiisir tie.
same thing.—New Y'ork Sun.
Aunty—“SVhat do you drink at supper
when at hom>
Wee Niece—“Papa drinks tea, and
mamma drinks tea w;th hot water
in i‘, and I drink hot water with tea in
it.”
If You Want Tlie Best
A
LTHOUGH you may have had good luck
■with hut few failures in making cake and
biscuit in the old-fashioned way with soda anc^
sour milk, or soda and cream of tartar, you *v
will have better luck and (following directions)
no failures with the Royal Baking Powder.
The truth of this must be evident when you
remember that in the leading hotels and res
taurants, and in the homes of our city cousins,
where the latest and best methods are invari
ably employed, and where the most beautiful
and dainty food is always set out for the guests,
the Royal Baking Powder is exclusively used
for all quickly risen food.
Royal Baking Powder never disappoints:
never makes sour, soggy or husky food; never
spoils good materials; never leaves lumps of
alkali in the biscuit or cake; while all these
things do happen with the best of cooks who
cling to the old-fashioned methods, or who use
other Baking Powders.
If you want the best food, Royal Baking
Powder is indispensable.
Easily Taken
Cod Liver Oil as : t
appears in Scott’s
Emulsion is easily
taken up by the
system. In no
other form can so
much fat-food be
assimilated with
out injury to the
organs of digestion.
Scott’s Emulsion
of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophos-
phites has come to be an article
of every-day use, a prompt and
infallible cure for Colds, Coughs,
Throat troubles, and a positive
builder of flesh. %
Prepared by Scott & Bowne, N. Y. All druggists.
W. L. DOUGLAS
33 SHOE koT^Vp.* .
Do you wear them? When next in need try a pair, they
Krill give you moro comfort and service for the money
than any other make. Best in the world. ✓
oo
$2.59
42.00
FOR LADIE9
#2.00
#1.75
FOR BOYS
BOTTLES
AM SO HAPPY!
~ op ESH
Relieved me of a severe Blood trouble.
It has also caused my hair to grow out
again, as it had been falling out by the
handful. After trying many physicians
in vain, I am so happy to find a cure in
S.S.S. O. H. Elbert, Galveston, Tex.
S CI TDF^ By forcing out verms of dis-
—' rvl-o case aa j t i, e J,oi 80n a s well.
0 t^"It is entirely vegetable and harmless.
S Treatise on Blood and Skin mailed free.
Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
DR. KING’S ROYAL GERMETUER D
. IS A POSITIVE CUBE FOB ?
K LaOrippe, Catarrh. Rheumatism. K
1 Neuralgia, Dyspepsia. Bowel, Kill- I
N ney and Bladder Diseases, Blood N
Q Poison and General Debility. U
Pleasant as Lemonade.
R Harmless Always. R
0 Price, $1.00 Per Bottle. o
Y Unexcelled for BURNS. BRUISES ^
L and STINGS. £
MANUFACTURED ONLY BY
1 KING’S ROYAL GERMETUER CO. |
(VI ATLANTA, GA. M
£ Take Dr. King’s (iermetuer Pills for
A the Liver and Constipation- 50 pills in
g box, price, 25 cents. jjj
R DR. KING’S ROYAL GERMETUER
A GRANS ENTERTAINMENT,
Consisting; of DrainoU/and Humorous Recitations,
Plays, &c\, can easily be given by home talent, with
a copy of liarrett’s famous “ 100 Choice Selee-
tions,” costing only 30c. Suitable for Lyceums,
Schools, Church Societies and Home Theatricals,
bold by bookksellers. No. 32, the latest, is a gem,
240 pages of pathos, dialect and fun, including two
bright new Comedies: 30c., postpaid; or, the
two Plays, 1 Or. CatalomN FREE. P. GAR-
RETT & CO., * , hi]adeiphia\ pa - (Established 1865).
^JlCyCLES.
i Complete lip e l > of high, medium an 1
3cheap grp :«.JrBicycles. Sundries of
s, ali kiryfi stamp tor catalogues
ar^gprices. Iin incline Bargain*
in Second-Hand Bicycles,
Pneumatic and C’liMhiou Tired. Tneon'y ex
clusively bit-ycle house in the South. Installment terms
to responsible parties. Send references. Ad 're»-n.
BICYCLE DEPART JUT, LOWRY HARD
WARE CO., E. P. Challant, .llaiiagcr., No.
38 Peachtree Street. Atlanta, Ga.
Ian ideal family medicine|
I For Indigestion. Biliousness.
= Headache, Constipation, Bad
|Complexion. Offensive Breath,
I and ail disorders of the Stomach,
e Liver and Bowels,
I _ RIPANS tabules
= act gently yet promptly. Perfect L
| digestion follows their use. Bold \
= by druggists or sent by maiL Box
g (6 vials),75c. Package (4 boxes), $2.
I For free earnples-address
i BIPAN8 CHEMICAL CO., New York.
W, L. Douglas Shoes are made in all tfiA
• Latest Styles.
If you want a fine DRESS SHOE don't pay $6 to
try my $3.50, $4 or $5 Shoe. They will f.i equal to cus-^
tom made and look and wear as well. If you wish to
economize in your footwear, you can do so by purchasing
V. L. Douglas Shoes. My name and price is stamped
on the bottom, look for it when you buy. Take no sub
stitute. I send shoes by mail upon receipt of price,'
postage free, when Shoe Dealers cannot supply you,
W. Jj, DOUGLAS/ Brockton, Mast. Sold bjr
30C000000C
USE YOUR T/\CT.
Nail these facts about Tacks
Tack these facts about Nails.
See the Points? Here they are—
nonr mens
— packed In a carton, with six Compart
ments containing the various sizes of tacks
for all home uses. A beautiful and handy
package.
nom nuns
—several sizes in a carton, always ready
and at hand when you want a nail for any and
ail home uses.
Two beautiful companions, necessary to
the comfort and convenience of every home.
Everybody use* them.
Every Dealer sells them.
Made solely by the Atlas Tack Corp’n, Boston
W*T«hcro»*!*.—Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Chic*go, Baltimore, San Francisco, Lynn.
Factorier--'Taunton, Ma»«. Fairhaven, Map*.
Whitman, Mas,. Duzbury, Mas*. Plymouth, Mm
A Woman Has
very little desire to enjoy the pleasures of life, and is
entirely unfitted for the cares of housekeeping or
any ordinary duties.If afflicted with SICK IIEAD-
ACIIF. DAY AFTER DA Y and yet there at*
few diseases thr.t yield more prompt If to proper
medical treatment. It Is therefore of the utmost Im
portance that a reliable remedy should always be at
band. During a period of more than GO YEARS*
there has been no Instance reported wh»r* *ueh
eases have not been permanently an I PROMPTLY
CUIt ED by the use of a single box of the genuine
and Justly celebrated Dr.C. McL ANE’S LIVER
PILLS, which may be procured at any Drug Store,
or will be mailed to any 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
n£UNO BE0THERS CO., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Consumptives and people j
I who have weak lungs or Astb- I
I ma, should use Piso’s Cure for j
I Consumption. It has cured I
] thousand*. It has not injur- j
| ed one. It is not bad to take.
It is the best cough syrup.
8old everywhere. Cic.
mm
$75.00
A. N. U
To can be made monthly
working for B. F. Johnson & Co. t
No. 3South llthSt.,Richmond,Va
Fourteen. ’93-
Send for Alabastine Rock for
Souvenir, Free; also Tint Card.
Mention this papsr.
TEKTBODY know*
that wall paper, with
Its vegetable paste
and its colorings ia
animal glue, Is unsanitary,
and that to apply repeated
layers of each It a rery
‘ fc Dssty practice,” as well
as dangerous. Ealsomine
Is temporary, rots, robs off
and scales; paint stops
* 6 wall respiration” seeded
to purify walls. Send to ea
for a paper from Michigan
State Board of Health re-
The Doctob.—“ One layer port oa this subject, rec-
or paper lsbad enough, yoti ommeading Chnrch’s Ala,
have three here. Baby . if ® _ ..
may recover but cannot oastino and plastico only
for walls of dwellings.
Alabastine forms pure, permanent and porous coat
ings, and does not require to be taken off to renew
from time to time; is a dry powder, ready for use by
adding water (the latest make is used in COLD
water and is neTer sold ta bulk); can bo easily
brushed on by any one; made in white and twelve
fashionable tints, and In three shades, from which
decorators make the balance of forty shades shown
on their card.
!L B.—It is not claimed ttat all who lire with
in papered walls die much before their time, but
they will enjoy better health with wall coatingi
(PPPP) Pure, Permanent, Porous and Pretty,
For Sale by Paiat dealers everywhere.
I line. Bouquet Cumb Co.. Lynchburg, Va.
Alabastine Co., Granp Rapids, Mich,