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ipur WAT TO SELL SHOES.
Thousands of typewritten letters have
been received by New York women
within the last two weeks from a woman
who claims to be tho matron at the
Stillwater, (Minn.) Penitentiary, where¬
in tho recipients are told that a
female convict has just died, and in her
last hours made a confession which in.
eluded a statement to the cffoct that she
had once been in the employ of the re¬
ceiver of the letter as a domestic, and
while so acting she had stolen a pair of
shoes.
In hor dying moments she was repre¬
sented as being repentant and desirous
of making reparation to her old mis¬
tress. She had, therefore, requested the
matron to write to the Gotham woman
and tell her of the theft and ask the
value of the shoes, coupled with an as¬
surance that the amount would bo re¬
turned. The matron's letter closed with
a description of the pedal adornments
and tho name of the maker, and a furthor
statement that tho dead prisoner had
worn them constantly for two yoars.
Many good Now York housewives,
unaware of the pitfalls erected for them
by enterprising advertisers, were plunged
into grief over the untimely eud met by
some half-forgotten, yet still suspected,
Bridget or Katrina. Others who pay
particular attention to the advertisement
of bargains took the bait so cleverly set
for them, and the ingenious maker of
the footgear, who sought a market for
his wares through the fictitious peniten¬
tiary matron, reaped a harvest in pro¬
portion to the number of confiding
women who received his circular iettcra.
—New York Advertiser.
A. T. 8TEWABT AND HIS SALESWOMEN.
In the course of an interview recently
with a saleswoman now with a Broad¬
way firm, she said:
“I was one of the first women to be
•mploved by Stewart and remained with
him until his death. He was aware that
English saleswomen are required to dress
in tight-fitting black gowns, without
jewelry or turhelows, but ho did not
dare to exact that Americans should wear
a livery; nevtrtheless, it amounted to
that, and this is how he managed it. lie
kept his eye upon us all the time. If a
girl worea light-colored dress,he wouldn’t
appear to notice it, but would wait
until the happened to appear iu a black
dress. Then he would hurry to her, and
with a pleasact smile would say; ‘Why
Miss--, how well you look in black 1
Quite charming, I dcclarel And I take |
it as a compliment to myself, for you
know black is my favorite color, above
all for a business woman. 1 You may be
sure that that girl never afterward wore
anything but black while in his service.
“And as for jewelry 1 There were, of
course, no restrictions upon our wearing
it, but he was as clever in letting us
know his ideas upon our wearing it as
what was his ‘favorite color.’ If a girl
wore a bit of jewelry, a breastpiu or a
bracelet, he eyes would he sure to fasten
upon it in the course of tho
day, and he would say to her—
always with a smile aud pleas¬
antly: *1 see you are wearing a pretty
brooch, but don’t you think that jewelry
is lather matronly for youth and good
looks like yoursl' Mr. Stewart had pro¬
nounced ideas about colors and their ap¬
propriateness, not only to the complex¬
ion, but to the age of womeu. If a new
girl, not knowing his tastes, appeared
some day in a pink dress, he would take
occasion to pass her couuter and mutter
to himself out loud enough for her to
hear: ‘Pink,eh! piukl Pink's for youth,
littlo girls aud extreme first youth. No
woman over sixteen should wear pink—
kills the complexion—pink! ball!’ He
was a sly old fox, was Stewart, and in
this adroit way he managed that we
should wear a regulation costume of
^lack, with a simple bow of ribbon at
the throat for sole ornament.
“Stewart was the first merchant to in¬
troduce dress making and ready made
clothes into a ary goods store in this
country. This occurred many years after
the advent of saleswomen. IPs first
modiste was a Miss Hudnutt, whom he
sent twice a year to Paris aud London
for fashions. Miss Hudnutt is well known
nowadays as Mme. Connelly. To test
their business capacities, Stewart tried
women in every branch of his business.
His was the first to send them out as
drummers—silk drummers—but they
were not a success with him. 1 '—Denver
Republican.
FASHION NOTES.
Elbow sleeves are seen oa the new
house dre;ses. •*
Crepous iu light shades make pretty
dresses for children.
Velvet sleeves are very stylish with
silk and cloth gowns.
A great deal of shirred lace is used
for early autumn millinery.
Parasols for garden part io^ are lined
with rose color and decorated with a
wreath ot flowers outside, with grasses
for fringe.
Medium wide-brimmed hats of rough
braid are trimmed with rutiles of lace
laid flat over the brim and gathered in at
the crown. Fluffy plaitings of lace with
loops of ribhou complete the trimming.
Pointed basques are trimmed with
two-inch wide band* of bias velvet lined
with canvas and faced with soft silk.
The whalebones extend down partly
through the band and keep it in place.
A novelty in necklaces shows enamel¬
ed flowers in the natural color of the
blossom. In the heart of each flower is
a dew-drop in diamond or pearl, or pos¬
sibly a moonstone is set in, which gives
a frosty look.
Navy blue and light heliotrope is a
combination rather liked in London this
season. Green in all shades is one of
the prominent colors on the color card
lor September. Dark Scotch plaid
silks and woolens will be much seen
also.
Lace bibs are one of the novel ar¬
rangements flounce just introduced. The deep
falls from ln oval opening around
° e 0< I® m r t at ij 6 ? t0 i ust below the
; JL, by a quilled ruchi
° - w ^ f . rimming, wa:ch is “?
used Urn to be
again season.
TVOBDS OP WISDOM.
Occasional defeat has a tonic effect.
A bath is oftentimes a great moral*
lacr.
A man will got fat quicker on paid
for board.
Jf a family lias no skeleton gossip will
give it one.
A good deed is better than gold but.
not pearly so negotiable.
With anything worth borrowing thero
are always chances to lend.
Before a man has begun to think a
woman has begun to tala.
The world is a comedy to those that
think, a tragedy to those that feel.
A woman with pretty teeth finds many
things in this vale of tears to laugh at.
Work is tho inevitable condition of
human life, tho true source of humaa
welfare.
Tho trouble with fancy's pictures is
that they so often fade before their col¬
ors can be fixed.
Wealth cannot purchase any great
solace or convenience. Kiches are only
the means of sociality.
The wealth of some of the richest is
of the kind which would not pass cur¬
rent among the people.
The pleasures of condemnation may he
indulged in without the trouble of accu¬
sation, discrimination or justification.
Every individual has a place to fill in
the world, and is important in some
respect, whether he chooses to be so or
not.
When a woman is happy her world
knows it; but pride and tact wilt unite
in covering the ashes of her disappoint¬
ment.
Thore’s no possibility of being witty
without a little ill nature; the malice of
a good thing is the barb that makes it
stick.
Thero is nothing more precious to a
man than his will; there is nothing
which he relinquishes with so much re¬
luctance.
A woman’s best qualities do not reside
in her intellect, but in her affections.
She gives refreshment by her sympathies,
rather than by her knowledge.
Kind words are benedictions. They
are not only instruments of power, but
of benevolence and courtesy; blessings
both to the speaker and hearer of them.
Straw Plaiting.
The raw atrawa are purchased by the
“straw factors,” and they are then treated
in tho following way: The factor takes
a sheaf between his knees, and drawing
out the straws by handfuls at a time, he
cuts off first the wheatears, next the two
upper joints of the straw, these alone
being used for plaiting, and tics them
into bundles, weighing from about
eighteeu pounds to twenty pounds. These
straws are cut into lengths of nine inches,
and are then sorted into sixes, the pipes
of straw being held in au upright posi¬
tion so that they may fall through holes
of a uniform size in a sort of sieve.
These sorted straws are then steamed
in fumes of sulphur, which improve their
color and lustre; they are again finally
lotted, when any spotted straws are
thrown out to be used in dyed plait; aud
the remainder are tied into bundles,
each containing about as many as two
hands will span.
The straw thus treated is now ready
for plaiting, and is purchased in these
bundles from tho factor by the plaiters.
There are usually one or two factors in
each village, who generally, however,
pursue some other occupation, The
plaiter, having her bundle of straws, next
proceeds to divide each pipe by means of
an instrument (also sold by the factor)
into four, five, seven, or nine pieces, the
point of the instrument being inserted
into the pipe of the straw, pulled through
it, divides it neatly and exactly into the
required number of strips. The pluiter
noxt places her bundle of straw strips,
usually rolled in paper to prevent soil¬
ing under her left arm, and starts her
plait, passing each straw first through
her li|>s to moisten it, aud thus make it
bind better in plaiting.
Every plaiter generally carries two oi
throe straws in her mouth ready for work,
for the straws, being only nine inches
long, are soon used up, so the plaiter is
constantly inserting fre3h straws, the
ends of which stand out on one side of
the plait whilo It is beiug mado, but are
carefully cut off wheu the seore of yards
is finished. Tho plaiter holds the plait
inside toward her as she works, aud when
a sufficient quantity is done carries it
rolled round her left arm. Some of the
women and elder girls are exceedingly
rapid workers, and can make over a score
of yards of plait during the day, but this
is only the result of continuous work,
the plait being hardly ever out of their
hands. The action of plaiting, of course,
soon becomes purely mechanical, and
tho plaiter seldom looks at her work un¬
less she is learning a uew twist.
Ducks as Curriers.
Major Allatt, who is himself a practi¬
cal pigeon flyer, states that the Italians
employ pigeons very considerably in the
Mediterranean in connection with their
ships of war. The French nlso use them
regularly and systematically in the Medi¬
terranean during their Davnl maneuvers.
This officer, however, is of the opinion
that if we are goiug to use birds to fly
over water for naval purposes, ducks
would be better thau pigeons, because
when a duck gets tired he drops and
sits on the water until he is rested, aud
then goes on again. Ducks, n oreover,
can fly by night, while pigeons cannot.
Major Allatt thinks that seagul's might
be trained also for message-beaiiug pur¬
poses.
Major Allatt warns us aga'nst some
stories regardiog Ion ' flights by trained
pigeoDS which have been pul forth oa
high authority. It was at his mggestion
that an apocryphal tale of pigeons sent
out to and returning from the Arctic re¬
gions, which has even imposed upon
Yarreli, was expunged from the last edi¬
tion of that writer's “British Bird*.”
An equally false account of a pigeon fly¬
ing 1500 miles in A merica is also ex¬
tant.
Major Allatt bolirves the greatest dis¬
tance pigeons have flown of which we
have any accurate record is in the race,
which have taken place two or three
times from Rome to Belgium, a distance
of between SOO and 000 milei- But in
every one of these cases a very large pro¬
portion of the birds have been lost.—
London News.
Rain baa only fallen twice in twenfv-
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to the last rain, which oecirre lm l.vi;,
nene had I*U ¥ u in tweutr-xU years.
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FKKIGHTB AND FAI1MEII8.
In n book recently published, Profes¬
sors Jenlcs and Ely present very elab¬
orate and careful estimates of the cost of
hauling freight in wagons on country
ro>ds. The general result of these es¬
timates is presented in the brief but
pregnant statement that at present the
average cost of hauling 100 bushels of
grain one mile is sixty cents. In ot' er
words, sixty cents is the cost of hauling
three tons one mile. If there is no mis¬
take in the estimate, it is something for
the farmer to think about.
Tho average cost of hauling 100 bush¬
els of wheat one mile by rail is said to be
one-third of a cent. From these state¬
ments taken together it appears that it
costs 180 times as much to haul a given
quantity of wheat from the farm’to the
railway station as it does to haul it the
same distance by rail. To state it in
another way, it costs as much to haul a
crop of wheat a distance of ten miles
from the farm to the station as it does
to haul the same crop 1800 miles from
the station to market. The average dis¬
tance from the farm to the station may
not bo ten miles. Suppose it to be half
that distance, or five miles It is then
to be said that the average haul by rail
to market i3 not 1800 miles, but less
than half that distance. The conclusion
remains that it costs fully as much to
haul the crop to the station as it docs to
haul it from the station to the market.
The lesson which the farmer has to
learn from all this is obvious. His worst
enemy, so far ns tiansportation is con¬
cerned, is not the railroad, but tho
wagon-road. And what he most needs
to do is not to make war against the
railroad companies, but to set about the
business of cheapening transportation
from the farm to the railway. It is right
and proper, of course, to resist extortion
where it is practiced by railway and
elevator companies, but the tarmer
should not permit himself to become so
much absoibed in that business as to
neglect the other business, where there
is an incomparably more promising field
for economy.
A bushel of wheat is hauled by rail
1500 miles for five cents. That is pretty
cheap, and the farmer cannot expect
much cheaper railway service very soon.
It costs him five cents to haul the bushel
about eight miles by wagon. If the cost
of the wagon haul were reduced to one
cent per bushel it would still be thirty-
six times the cost of the haul by rail for
the same distance, and the farmer would
be ahead four cents abushel,or about $21
on the average crop of wheat harvested
from forty acres of laud. Here is the
place for economy.—The American Far¬
mer.
STOKING GREEN CLOVER IN BARNS.
There is some risk in storing green
clover hay in a barn, it being almost im¬
possible to shut away the air from tho
sides of the mow, and unless this is done
the clover heats. The escaping air in¬
viting the entrance of fresh air from the
outside a current is established, slow
combustion provided for, and the clover
“buru3 out,” just as a heap of horse
manure is fire-fanged. To cure clover
in a mow without previous willing to
evaporate part at least of the sap in it,
requires a tight mow that is a close ap¬
proach to a silo, so that the air cannot
come iu at tue sides and bottom. With¬
out a fresh supply of oxygen, there can
be no combustion of the clover. Th«
fermentation ceases, which, with a sup¬
ply of fresh air, would go on until the
clover was a charred mass.
To get the best results, the clovei
mow should be bearded close on the
sides and floor. The cut clover should
be as clear of ram, or dew, as possible,
and evenly spread over tho mow. When
all but two or three loads of tho clover
is iu, make the top of the mow as level
as possible aud then roll strips of tarred
paper over the surface, lapping tho
strips. Do not tread on it to break the
paper; and scatter on the remaining
loads for weight. A layer of . boards
will be as effectual as the paper. The
object of this layer of boards, or paper,
is to prevent the escape of the healed
air, and if the air is imprisoned in the
clover, there will be no entrance of fresh
air from the outside. In the silo, where
the walls are higher than the silage, the
air that falls upon the surface is met by
the ascending current, and only a few
surface inches of the silage are affected.
In the mow where the sides are some¬
what open, the entrance of air can be
prevented to a great extent by checking
the egress from the top of the heated air.
This is accomplished by the lightly
weighted cover.
With old hay at command, to alter¬
nate the layers of green clover with other
layers of the hay, using about a third as
much hay as clover, is a good plan. In
curing, the escaping dampness of the
green clover is absorbed by the old hay.
In raking clover for baud pitching it is
not generally known that it is a great
saving of “backbone” to rake the field
twice. If one has two horse-rakes, one
may follow the other,and pull the wind¬
row along a few feet. This rakes up
the clover that was left untouched at
the bottom of the windrow, loosens up
the buuch, aud makes the pitching easy
w ith no sticking of hay to the ground.—
American Agriculturist.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Avoid any food, however cheap, It
musty or spoiling.
One cause of fowls becoming crop-
bound is feeding a quantity of food at
once and at long intervals to fowls in
(Confinement. Fowls at largo gather
food slowly, and so never eat to reple¬
tion at once.
While buckwheat is a cheap crop, it
is not the kind of food to feed to cows
if you desire to make good butter. The
elemeuts which compose buckwheat are
not the kind to help to make a prime
dairy product.
Kindness is one the requisites of a
dairyman. Cows which have received
kind treatment will give better results
than those which are ill-treated. There
is uothing to be gained by kicking or
belaboring a cow, because, while milk¬
ing she will persist iu waving her tail to
drive away flics which are tormenting
her.
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
•OOKTNG APPLES IN TDK SKIN.
Whoever eats apples raw knows that
much of the flavor is lost by peeling
them. It is in the skin or so near il
that the skin canuotbe removed without
losing it. Most housewives know that
to cook apples by slicing without peeling
secures a much richer flavor to the sauce
than can be got in the usual way. The
worm holes, as the slicing is done, can
be found and cut out, and after the fruit
is cooked the skins will separate so that
it will not be at all difficult to remove
them. The only objection to swallowing
the skins is that they are harder of di¬
gestion. But tho stomach, like every
other organ of the body, grows stronger
the harder work it lias to do, provided
it is not at any time so overloaded as to
be unable to do it.—Boston Cultivator.
HOW TO RENOVATE WALL PAPER.
In cleansing wall paper, first remote
all the grease spots by placing folds of
blotting paper over them and ironing
with a moderately warm iron, after
which brush all the dust from the paper,
and clean and brighten it with fuller’s
earth, mixed with water, to form a hard
paste. It must be hard enough to handle,
like bread dough. To clean the paper,
take a small lump of the clay, and, com¬
mencing at the top of the room, wipe it
lightly downward, about half a yard at
each stroke, till the upper part of tho
paper is clean, then around again, with
the same sweeping stroke, always com¬
mencing each successive course a little
higher than the upper stroke had ex¬
tended, until the walls are finished.
This operation, if carefully performed,
will make old paper as bright as new.
Great caution must be used, however,
not to rub tho paper too hard, or to
attempt cleaning it horizontally. The
soiled part of fuller’s earth must be cut
off each time, and the pieces renewed as
often as necessary. To remove the torn
parts, which usually occur near the bot¬
tom, buy some ingrain paper, which
comes in all shades and is of one color,
to match the predominating shade in the
wall paper. ThU papei is almost a yard
wide, and may be used a3 a dado, full
width. A narrow border in metallic
green and silver, or some other desirable
molding, should be used to divide it
from the upper wall.—American Agri¬
culturist.
HINTS ABOUT FISH.
To those who would enjoy tho full
and delicious flavor of fish in their per¬
fection a few words as to the selection of
the fish will not come amiss. Fish must
be fresh and in season to be palatable.
When selecting them at the market see
that the eye is bright and the gills of a
bright red color. The flesh should be
firm and yet he very elastic to the touch,
and, above all, there should be no dis¬
agreeable odor. If these marks are
r eversed the fish is unfit for food.
If in very warm weather the fish has
been kept too long chloride of soda will
restore it to an eatable condition—that
is if it is not too far gone. But fish thus
treated will not be equal in quality to the
fresh article.
The fish should be carefully gutted
after scaling and thoroughly cleaned.
Every appearance of blood should be
carefully removed, particularly that
which lies in the spaces between tho
backbones. The fish should be cut open
almost to the tail. This is seldom done
properly unless cleaned by the dealer,
for the common cook is very likely not
to slit it far enough. The dealer is very
apt to wash the fish too much, thus rob¬
bing it of a great portion of the delicate
flavor.
It should not be handled a particle
more than is absolutely necessary, and
never left in the water a moment after
it is washed. After washing dry it with
a towel or hang it up to drain. Some
kinds of fish are firmer in the flesh if
salt is placed under the gills and they
are allowed to hang a few moments be¬
fore cooking.
In boiling any kind of fish salt should
be put in the water, and if salt sea water
can be had they are of even better flavor.
After the water has come to a boil al¬
low it to simmer and take the scum from
the water as fast as it rises. Another
way is to soak the fish in salt and water
for five or ten minutes before boiling.
By this method salt need not be put in
the water, and there is consequently not
so much scum on the water. The fish
should be about half covered by tho
water and when it boils cover with a lid
and leave it to simmer. It will be firmer
and of much better flavor thau if it is
drowned in water.
A quarter of au ounce of saltpetre in
the water will make the flesh of the iish
very firm.—New York Herald.
RECIPES.
Apple Water—Cut two large apple?
into slices and pour a quart of boiling
water on them, or on roasted apples;
strain in two or three hours aud sweeten
slightly.
Lemon Sauce—The yolks of two
eggs, one cup of sugar, one-half cup of
butter, one tablespoonful of corn starch.
Beat the eggs and sugar until light; add
the grqted rind and juice of one lemon.
Stir the whole into three gills of boiling
water, and cook until it thickens suffi¬
ciently for the table.
Biscuits—A beaten biscuit is a South¬
ern dish. It takes two quarts of flour,
a teaspoonful of salt aud two heaping
tablespoonsful of lard, and milk enough
to make a stiff dough. Flour it and
roll it out, then lay it on a stone slab or
firm wooden board and pound it with
a mallet or large rolling pin. The dough
must be pounded one hour, until it rises
in blisters and cleaves from the board.
Tomatoes and Onions—This dish
will please those who are fond of onions.
Slice two large onions and fry them in
butter or fresh dripping, Stew one
quart ripe tomatoes, aud add a spoonful
of water in which has been dissolved a
saltspoonful of soda; also a large spoon¬
ful of sugar and an ounce of butter, with
pepper aud salt to taste. Have both hot
and mix, but do not boil after mixing.
For Corn Pudding—The ingredients
are fivo eggs, two cupfuh of milk and
one cupful of white sugar. Beat the
eggs aud sugar together, and add the
milk. Stir iu the above ingredients
freshly popped corn (free from any “un-
popped” kernels) a? loug as the mixture
vill take it. AU the com miat be cov-
red. Now turn into deep dish to baxe.
’over the top with a shortened crust as
.>r pie, pressing the crust close to the
corn. Bake so as not to brown. A paper
Disced on top of the crust will prevent
ibis. When done, frost as you do a
cake, and serve with cream sauce
flavoted to taste.
IN MIDDLE LIFE.
Age* at Which Some of the Great
Works of the World Were Written.
Mohammed began the koran at 35.
Lord Bacon wrote the Novum Organon
at 41. _ .
........ Vil¬
Goldsmith finished “The Deserted
lage” at 42. when “In Memori-
Tennyson was 41
»m" came from the press.
Mill's “Ligic” appeared at 37, his
“Principles of Political Economy” at 42.
s Denser published the “Faerie Quecne”
at 3
Persius is thought to have written his
satires at 45.
Goethe wrote “Wilheim Meister” at
40 and “Faust” at 56.
The first volume of the Waverly series
appeared when Scott was 43.
According to tradition Buddha began
his revelations at 35.
Maria Edgewoi th wrote her story
“Castle Rackrent” at 34.
Isaac Newton wrote the last of the
“Natural Philosophy” when he was 40.
Bulwer-Lytton was 29 when he printed
“The Last Days of Pompeii.” the
Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote
“Autocrat of the Breafast Table” at 48.
Cicero is thought to have written
“De Ofliciis” after he “Orlando had passed Furioso” 40.
Ariosto began the
at 82 aud finished it ten years later.
Tacitus finished the first part of his
history at 50. have finished his “An¬
Livy is said to
nals” at 50.
Lamartine’s poems appeared when the
poet was 39.
Thackeray was 36 when “Vanity Fair”
appeared. Dante finished the “Divina Commedia"
at about 51.
Samuel Johnson published “London”
when he was 29.
Solomon is said to have collected the
Proverbs at 50.
The Bucolics of Virgil were written
between 43 and 47.
John Bunyan finished the “Pilgrim’s
Progress” at 50. 39 when “Adam
George Eliot was
Bede” was printed. “Saint’s Everlasting
Baxter wrote the
Rest” at 34.
Cnrlve published “Sarter Revolution” Resartus,’ 42. at
38, and the “French at
Miss Sedgwick wrote her first novel,
“The New England Tale,” at the age of
83.
Robert Burton published It the “Ana¬ writ¬
tomy of Melancholy” at 45. mind was bor¬
ten to relieve the strain of a
dering on insanity. of Tub” 37.
Swift wrote the “Tale a at
Senaca wrote “ De Beneficiis” after
50.
Richardson published “Pamela” at 51.
Racine wrote the “Andromache” at
28.
Paley wrote the “Horse Paulin®,” at
47.
Coleridge published “Christabel” at
44.
Pliny finished the “German War” at
81.
Poe wrote “The Raven” in his 30th
year. Confucius his religious works at
began
”Jl.
Owen Meredith published “Lucile” at
29.
The first volume of Indian tales from
the pen of Cooper appeared when the
author was 30.
Jewish writers say that Isaiah wrote
the famous ode on the fall of the king of
Babylon at 52.
Gray published occupied his ‘ ‘Elegy” his at time 34. for It
is said to have
seven years.
Macaulay was 47 when he began the
brilliant fragment known as the “His¬
tory of England.” Bozzaris,” the by
The “Marco poem
which Balleck is best known, appeared
when he was 37.
Buckle brought out the first volume of
the “History of Civilization” at 86.
De Quincey p ublished “The Confes-
sions of An Ei nglish Opium Eater,”
at 30.
The “History of Ferdinand and Isa¬
bella of Spain” came out when Pres¬
cott was 41, his “Conquest of Mexico”
at 47.
Cooper wrote to relieve the misery of
ever-impending insanity, and was 53
when the ‘ ‘Task” came from the press.
Wilkie Collins’ first novel, “Antonina,"
came out wheu he was 30.
Pollock was 29 when the “Course of
. Time” was issued from the press.
Jules Yerne was 35 before he turned
his attention to scientific fiction in “Five
Weeks in a Balloon.”
Rousseau wrote the “Emile” at 50,
after sending five of his own children to
the foundling asylum. 51 when her
Mrs. Somerville was
“Mechanism of the Heavens” appeared
from the Cambridge of 41 press. Milton issued the
At the age
“Paradise Lost,” which had been in
preparation for twenty years.
Entirely Different;
While the truth is always to be com¬
mended, yet frankness is sometimes at¬
tended with deplorable results. Among
the prices quoted on a sign in front of a
Hudson street coat dealer’s are two that
were never intended to go together. They
are: “Per bushel basket, eighteen cents.”
Pur bushel, twenty five cents.” New
York Evening Pun.
Had a Pull, Probably.
Editor’s Son—“I asked papa when the
millennium was cornin’, an’ if Mars was
inhabited, an’ if it was going to rain next
Fourth of July; an’ he said he didn’t
km w. I don’t see how he ever got to be
a editor.”—Street <fc Smith’s Good News.
Making Sure.
First Lady (off for a journey)—“I hope
we’ve got the right train."
Second Lady—“I asked seventeen
trainmen and ninety-three passengers if
this train went to Blankville, and they
all said yes, so I guess we’re all right."
Hark! What’s That?
The dinner bell,of course. Not a particularly
welcome sound to the dyspeptic. But if the
stomach be put In working order, and appetite
insured with Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, we
welcome the tlng-a-ling-aling that announces
a meal with delight. The Bitters not only
motes digestion, but overcomes malarial and
liver complaints, constipation, nervousness,
rheumatism.
_
The lawyers get $668,000 of the $923,788 Myra Clark paid
by the city of New Orleans to the
Gaines estate.
BROwn’8 Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia,Mala¬
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Creates Mothers, t ppetite. The best children. tonic for Nursing
weak women and
In 1869 Bonelli devi-ed a method of using
electricity in weaving.
The Only One Ever Printed.
CAN YOtJ FIND THE WORD?
There i§ a 3-inch display advertisement in
this paper, tfiie week, which has no two words
alike except one word. The same is true oi
eaoh new one appearing each week, from The
Dr. Harter Medioine Co. This house make places a
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Two L’mos of Abaentinlndedness.
The two most absentmiaded men on
record are the fellow who thoughts he
had left his watch at home and then took
it out to see if he had time to go back
and get it, and tho man who put on his
office door a card saying, “Out; will he
back soon.” and on his return sat down
on the stair step to wait for himself.—
London Tit Bits.
Four Hallronda Overlooked.
“Strange that four railroads, nine one a bolt Une.
nnd Chicago, two luel-oil should have plpe-llmis, been overlooked,” miles from said
Jay A. 1)wiggins A Co., when they laid out the
town of Griffith. Four factories located, houses Nows.
and stor<s sprung up at once.—Chicago
A Pltt-burg lady makes more money teach¬
ing teaching whist than any preacher In town makes
re igion.
When Nature
Nocds assistance it may be best to ren dcr It
iromptly, but one shoald remember to use
even the most perfect romedles only when
needed. The best and mod simple and gentle
remedy is the Syrup of Figs manufactured by
tho Californ la Fig Syrup Co.
Many a young man who works hard during
the day allows his hands to go to waist during
the evening.
Malaria cured and eradicated from the
system the by blood, Frown’s Iron the Billers, which aids en¬
riches tones nerves, diges¬
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111 health, giving new energy and strength.
Some men can convert the “brass" in their
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A buried city has been discovered
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Constipa tion cu red by S mall Bil e Beans.
A shower of flies fell at Mount Joy,
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Cure for Colds, Fevers and General Debility,
Small Bile Beans. 25c. per bottle,
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The m itches made yearly are worth
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Do you know that the state of the blood run¬
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a of good sense
blood lias to he kept pure, or your whole system
gradually becomes a wreck, it costs very little
to check disease and correct the state of the
blood if the matter deal, is taken up in impossible, time; but if it
costs a great and is often foothold.
taken up after disease has gained a
If you are troubled with Syphilis, Rheumatism, Itch, Hu¬
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Liver and Kidney diseases. Old Sores, Erup¬
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pure write at once to Dr. S. C.
Savannah, Ga. His Blood Purifier is a won-
derful remedy, and only costs one dollar per
bottle. Send 2c stamp for pamphlet containing
a lot of private and valuable information. Dr.
Parsons Female Regulating Pills are very effi¬
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“Life is a battle field 'on which we fight for
fame." To preservo health In this fight qm
Ueecham’B Pills, 25 cents a box.
E. B. WALTHALL & CO., Druggists, Horse
Cave, Ky., say; “ Hal.’s Catarrh Care cures
ev. ry o:ie that takes it.” Sold by druggist-, 75c.
Our Baby
Was a beauty,fair,plump
and healthy. But when
two years old ScrofUla
Humor spread over her
head, neck and forehead
down into her eyes, one
Emma. Frederick, ^at sore, Itching and
burning. Hood’s Sarsaparilla gave her new
life and appetite. Then the humor subsided,
the itching and burning ceased, and
tho sores entirely healed up. She is now per¬
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near Crescent Ave., Cypress Hills, Brooklyn.
Hood’s Pills euro all Liver Ills, bilious¬
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C URES RISING
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“MOTHER’S child-bearing FRIEND” WiLTS! have
offered woman. I been a
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where "Mother’s Friend” had been use-’ it has
accomplished suffering. is wonders and relieved much
It the best remedy ior rising of
the breast known, and worth the price forthat
alone. MRS. M. M. Bbuster,
Montgomery, Ala.
I can tell all expectant mothers if they wilt
use a few bottles of Mother’s Friend they will
go through the ordeal without any pain and
Buffering. Mrs. May Argusville, Bkanham, N. D.
Used Mother’s Friend before birth of my
eighth child. Will never cease its praise.
Mas. J. F. Moors, Colusa, Cal.
Sent by express, charges prepaid, on receipt
of price, $1.50 per bottle.
BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.,
Sold by all druggists. ATLANTA, GA.
“August Flower
“ I am happy to state to you and
to suffering humanity, that my wife
has used your wonderful remedy,
August Flower, for sick headache
aud palpitation of the heart, with
satisfactory results. For several years
she has been a great sufferer, has
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and found little relief. She was
duced to try August Flower, which
gave immedaite relief. We cannot
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Springfield, Mass.
PJso’s Remedy for Catarrh la the fl
Best, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest.
- CATARRH
I 50c. Sold E. by T. druggists Hazeltine, or Warren, sent by mail, Pa.
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_ tnlnincr der false money pretences* un¬ S3 SHOE FOP,
GENTLEMEN.
^1 A genuine sewed sboo that wnll comfortable, not rip stylist
ft" seam and floss, durable smooth thau inside, other flexible, shoo moio sold at tho priv.o.
custom-made any costing from ever $i to
ti | Equals The only S3.OO Shoe shoes made with two complete
► no lei, securely sewed at tho outs.de edge (as 8ho?rn la cut.j,
V which gives double the wear of cnoap welt shoes soid av the
PC
Bf through are worthless. ______
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C The two eoieoortne vv• be repaired mjui 'times as
when worn through will can rip loosen a3 from many the u. upper. __
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a having them.,W. only L appearance OO^GLAS^u;. to commend . .
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Sewed *3.50 ;$3.50PoliceaadFarn?- Flue S2.25
era; Calf;
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IBThewor are of the same merit.
standard of
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DO with NOT BE DECEIVED
panes, Injure Enamels. nn(l Paints which stain
the The hands, Rising Sun tho Iron, and burn nit.
Store Polish is llrmiaot. Odor
lose, glass Durnliln.nml with the ronomner pan lor no n,, “
or package every purchase.
The hypophosphites of
lime and soda combined with
cod-liver oil in Scott's Emul¬
sion improve the appetite,
promote the digestion, and in¬
crease They weight.
be food; are thought but by some
to this is not
proved. They are tonics;
this is admitted by all.
Cod-liver oil is mainly a
food, but also a tonic.
In Scott’s Emulsion the
cod-liver oil and hypophos¬
phites are so combined as to
get the full advantage of both.
Let us send you a book on
careful living ; free.
^Scott & Bowws, Chemists, 131 South 5th Avenue,
35
TRADE «_Jbs£ mm™ .
ERADICATES BLOOD POI¬
SON AND BLOOD TAINT.
Ckveral bottles of Swift’s Specific (S.S. S.)
J entirely cleansed my system of contagious
blood poison of the very worst tvpe.
Wm. S. Loomis, Shreveport, La.
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I-1 |__1 S.S.S- CURES SCROFULA EVEN
IN ITS WORST FORMS.
T had scrofula in 1884, and cleansed my
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bottles of S. S. S. I have not had any svmp-
toms since. C. VV. Wilcox,
Spartanburg, S. C.
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s.s.s; HAS CURED HUNDREDSOF
CASES OF SKIN CANCER.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free. Swift SrEciFic Co., Atlanta, Ga.
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i Sure cure fer SICK HEAD’
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•d
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The dose is rSeely adjusted to suit care, as one pill can
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pocket, like lead pencil. Business mart’s great
convenience. Taken easier than sugar. Sold every¬
where. All genuine goods bear “Crescent”
Scad 2-cent stamp. You get 32 page book with sample*
DR. HARTER MEDICINE CO..St Louis. Ma
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This Out is H size of Box. 67 Lake St., Chicago,
CHOLERA
Its Origin and History;
-WS--
PREVENTION
AND CURE.
An interesting Pamphlet mailed to any ad¬
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Dr. L H. HARRIS, Pittsburgh, Pa.
NATIONAL SURGICAL INSTITUTE,
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