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TO BOOM CORN BREAD.
KENTUCKIAN’S LAUDABLE MIS¬
SION TO PARIS.
Simon rotor Gross to Demonstrate to
Europeans That Importation of Ameri¬
can Corn Woul-I Save Them Immense
hums Annually on Bread Account.
The establishment of an American
restaurant at the Paris exposition in
which the serving of corn bread in all
styles will be a special feature, may re¬
sult in solving a problem that has baf¬
fled for years the corn growers of the
country and ultimately result in replace,
ing the hard, black bread now so much
In use on the continent with the cheap
and healthful “corn pone.”
Major Simon Peter Gross, of Lex¬
ington, Ky., who will have charge of
the restaurant, is one of the most
unique characters of the state. During
the World’s Fair, he conducted a res-
taurant and bar in the Kentucky build¬
ing, serving Kentucky dishes and
drinks, and was unable to accommo¬
date the crowds W'ho flocked to his
section of the structure to be fed on
Kentucky fare.
At the Paris Exposition he proposes
to have jet-black negro waiters, negro
cooks and to set the famous ’’Blue
Grass” dinner, corn bread being the
principal article of diet. He will take
along one of the best corn bread cooks
in America, whose business it will be
to see that every piece of this kind of
bread goes on the table just right.
He will also have a noted negro chick¬
en cook.
If the Europeans take to the corn
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bread a 9 it is expected they will, It will
mean a big call for American corn and
thus great profit will accrue to the
growers of the middle west who have
been unable to find a ready foreign
market for their crops thus far.
Flower* In Mexico.
The flowers of the City of Mexico
are one of its chief delights. Roses,
violets, forget-me-nots, marguerites
and lilies bloom all the year round.
There are few weeks when a quarter
will not buy a splendid big bunch and
when a silver dollar will not fill the
vases In the house to overflowing.
Flowers are sold not only at the flower
market near the cathedral, that is de¬
voted entirely to flowers, strawberries
and birds, but at the other general
markets and on the street corners. The
“flower girls” of the capital are all
boys and men. At some places in Mex¬
ico, particularly Guadalajara, little
girls arc to be seen on the streets all
day and in the evening offering bou¬
tonnieres for which they will not set a
price, but ask you to give what you
please. It is hard to find a flower on
sale anywhere after midday. The flow¬
er seller makes up bouquets in the
most artistic fashion. The street
venders never sell loose cut flowers,
but arrange them upon a baseworlt of
green, so that each flower stands by
itself, and the whole bunch is prettily
finished with a garniture of green
leaves or ferns. Set pieces are also ar¬
ranged with a fine sense of taste and
regard for colors. A pansy wreath
three feet across can frequently be
purchased at the market for $1. Flow¬
ers are very generally used at funerals,
and it is not an unusual sight to see a
casket, even of one of the poorer class,
completely covered with flowers,
wreaths, crosses and baskets in be¬
wildering array, as it is hurried
through the crowded thoroughfares
upon an open street.—Chicago Record.
The Use of Grapes.
Grapes, say several authorities, act
very much like mineral waters on the
system, but they must be more bene¬
ficial than mineral waters because
they nourish, and their effect on the
nerves is greater through their agree¬
able taste. The grape is used in dis¬
eases of the most varied character,
mostly, indeed, upon the ground of
present experience, as also upon that
of its ancient reputation. It Is chiefly
celebrated and effective in the treat¬
ment of affections of the digestive or-
gans, namely catarrh of the stomach,
heart affections and dyspepsia; also in
affections resulting from alcoholism.
And, further, the grape acts favorably
in chronic bronchial catarrh, scrofula,
lung complaints and asthma.
Freight Cars on Street Railways.
Freight cars are being run over the
street railway tracks in Cleveland,
where stone is being haused from a
quarry eight miles distant from the
point of delivery. The cars used are
of 15,000 pounds capacity each and
the work is done before daylight in
the morning, after the close of the
passenger traffic.
TEACHING PARROTS TO TALK.
An Undertaking That Requires Good
Judgment.
The natural tendency of some spe¬
cies of parrots to learn to talk is well
illustrated at the zoo, where a col¬
lection of parrots was reaently added
to the animals and birds on exhlbi-
tlon. In the confusion of sounds—
the roaring of lions, the trumpeting of
the elephant, the chatter of the mon¬
keys, the stentorian commands of the
animal trainers, and the blaring of
the band—may tie heard the shrill
screech of the parrots. An intent lis¬
tener will discover that the birds are
imitating the sounds they hear and
some of them are repeating words
%hfch they catch in the general Jargon
of fhe place. Even Lecturer Rollins is
imitated in some of his sentences de¬
scribing the animals or the feats about
to be performed. Alexander Day, as¬
sistant superintendent of the zoo.says
that, like the wild animals which are
capable of being trained, the parrots
will early give evidence of their apti¬
tude to learn to talk. The best way
to train a parrot to talk is, ho says, to
keep it in a room away from other
birds or animals, and with its cage
covered when the lessons are given.
This is to teach the bird to distin¬
guish the sounds alone and not the
individuality of the teacher, Tho
gray parrots are said to be the best
talkers, although the Amazonian or
green parrot is a good talker and is
the one most commonly seen. These
come from South America and the
West Indies. The rosellas and ma¬
caws, which also come from the West
Indies, can rarely be taught to talk.—
Baltimore Sun.
AREWETOHAVE HALF-PENNIES
Department Stores Want Them to Make
Exact Change With.
A movement is on foot to put a one-
half cent coin in general use in the
United States. Several suggestions
have been made to the government,
and last week a document was present¬
ed, signed by the heads of the big
department stores of New York, Chi¬
cago, Philadelphia, and Pittsburg,
showing the need for this money in
making change where articles are sold
at 3y 2 , 7%, 12%e, and at similar prices.
The half cent coin has been in use in
Chicago for the last two years, and last
week one of the New York stores or¬
dered 500,000 one-half cent coins. These
coins are to be made of copper, size
one-half inch in diameter, or just two-
thirds of the size of the regular one-
cent piece. Stamped in heavy raised
figures and letters on one side will be
cent,” and on the reverse side will
appear the name and address of the
firm issuing the coins. Besides, being
a convenient change maker, this new
coin is considered an advantage from i
an advertising standpoint, as it carries
the name and address of the merchant
and would be carried in the purse
sometimes for weeks, until the cus¬
tomer receiving it returns to the store
where it can be used in making pur¬
chases. So far the United States gov¬
ernment has nothing to do with issuing
this new money. It is put out by in¬
dividual firms and is only recognized
at the store from which it is issued.
The proprietors of the big Btores are
anxious, however, to have the govern¬
ment make and recognize the ^-cent
coin.—New York Herald.
FOR M. E. BISHOP.
At the quadrennial session of the
Congress of Methodism, to be held In
Chicago soon, it is expected that addi¬
tional bishops will be chosen. Among
the most prominent of the candidates
for bishop is David H. Moore, D. D.,
of Cincinnati. Dr. Moore is the editor
of the Western Christian Advocate, a
brilliant debater, and has a large per¬
sonal following. He is one of the most
genial men in the church and wins a?
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many adherents to a cause his heart
is set on by his social gifts as by hi!
work in debate.
Female Labor In Japan.
The substitution of women for men
in mirior official positions in Japan
seems to have begun, says the Graph¬
ic. According to the Chugal Shogyo
Shlmpo, in consequence of the advance
in the rates of labor of late, many
business companies are showing an In¬
clination to employ women in their
offices where possible. The Japan
Railway company has under consider¬
ation a proposal to appoint women as
ticket clerks in the booking offices at
each station. The government railway
working bureau has a similar proposal
under consideration. The same au¬
thorities have decided to replace the
staff in the examination office In the
traffic department by women, and it is
reported that this decision will be car¬
ried into practice from the next fiscal
year—Philadelphia Record.
IS TAMMANY’S THORN.
BIRD S. COLER’S FIGHT WITH
THE TIGERS.
to the Office of Comptroller of
Kmr York on the Croker Ticket Ho
Hus Removed the Collar—Of a Re¬
ligious Turn.
Bird S. Coler, the comptroller of the
a*ty of New York, who was elected
upon the Tammany ticket and was
supposed to be a loyal party man, has
been making some extraordinary
speeches lately. In response to a toast
at a club dinner recently he declared
that there was as much corruption and
robbery under the present city govern¬
ment, of which he is the second official
in prominence, as under the Tweed re¬
gime, and he was powerless to prevent
it because of a conspiracy between the
robbers in the city hall of New York
and their friends in the state capitol at
Albany. The robbery, he said, was
legalized, and the legislature had re¬
fused to pass laws to prevent it.
Mr. Coler is a young man of reli¬
gious and literary tendencies. Gov.
Roosevelt says that the typical New
Yorker Is a man who was born of New
England parents beyond the Alleghany
mountains. Mr. Coler answers that
description. He was a broker in mu¬
nicipal bonds when Croker nominated
him for comptroller, comparatively
unknown, but since his election he
has proved to be a large and sharp
thorn in the flesh of Tammany. He is
superintendent of a Brooklyn Sunday
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school, president of a literary club, ac¬
tive in the Y. M. C. A. and author of
several religious books.
OCEAN TRAMPS.
Mere Than Halt Fly the English Flag
—Germany Second.
A tramp steamship is a merchant
cteam vessel that runs on no regular
route, and is ready for the service of
anybody who wants to pay her owner
a reasonable sum to take a cargo to
any port, remote or near. Some of the
old, slow, single-screw liners have de¬
generated into tramps, and even a few
of the transatlantic record holders of
twenty years ago or less have gone
cargo-seeking in many ports. That
might have been the fate of the old
Guion steamship Alaska (which aston¬
ished the world in 1883) by covering
:he sea space between Queenstown and
N'ewYorkin six days twenty-one hours,
if she had not been a greedy coal con-
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GEN. EDWARD MOODY M’COOK.
Destitute in his old age, Gen. Ed-
ward Moody McCook, a member of the
celebrated family of fighters and him¬
self a soldier of note, has been com¬
pelled to enter a soldiers’ home in
California. The general is the son of
the late John McCook, and was born at
Steubenville, Ohio, in 1835. The story
of his military career is part of the
history of the civil war. But the gen-
eral has been a politician and states-
man as well as a soldier. He was the
gamer, and therefore too expensive for
tramp service. Above all things the
tramp must be economical in the use
of roai. As the Alaska was not fit
to be a tramp, and was too old arid,
comparatively, too slow for a first-
class liner, all that her owners could
do was to soil her for old Junk, which
they did last Juno. Previous to that
she had been used for some time as a
tenement In an English harbor. The
tramp tonnage runs into the millions,
and over half of it is under the omni¬
present red merchant ensign of Great
Britain. More than three-quarters of
the tramps are of British build. They
fly the flags of all nations, but the flag
does not always Indicate the nation¬
ality of the owners of the ships. Many
tramps over whose taffrails the Nor¬
wegian flag floats are owned by Ameri¬
cans, and some of the old sea nomads
of British registry are the property of
speculative Yankees. Next in order of
number to the British tramps are the
Germans with the Norwegians a close
third. There are, Wench, comparatively, a
small number of Russian,
Italian, Austrian, Swedish, Spanish,
Chinese and Japanese tramps. There
are very few American tramps, The
pioneer Yankee craft of this sort was
launched only a year ago. She is the
Winifred, and is now doing service
as a coaster for the Morgan line, ply¬
ing between New York and New Or¬
leans. There are other, but not many,
tramps, flying the stars and stripes.
They are merely naturalized Ameri¬
cans, however. Some acquired Ameri¬
can registry during the Spanish-Am-
erican war, when they were purchased
by the government for use as trans¬
ports. After the war they were sold,
and their purchasers, being mostly
Americans, put them under the ensign
of Uncle Sam. One effect of the ac¬
quirement by the United States of new
territory in the West Indies and the
Pacific, American steamship men con¬
fidently declare, will be the building of
a large fleet of modern tramps, the
keels of some of which are already
laid.—Ainslee’s Magazine.
To Save Ships at Sea.
The most stupendous voice ever
heard will hereafter warn mariners to
keep away from the rocks and shoals
off Falkner’s island, opposite Guilford,
Conn. The voice will speak through
the greatest megaphone in the world,
and the sound will be manufactured
by a “siren,” working at forty pounds
steam pressure, Previous to the
erection of this monster megaphone
on Falkner’s Island, the largest one
ever made was sfx feet long and seven
feet in diameter at the mouth, The
megaphone is mounted on a circular
platform, on which it revolves and as
it reaches each of the eight principal
points of the compass in turn, going
from right to left. It sounds a differ¬
ent signal at each point.
At the Altar.
Several of Bishop How’s stories re¬
late to weddings. Mr. Ibbetson of St.
Michael’s, Walthamstow, was marry¬
ing a couple, when the ring was found
to be too tight. A voice from behind
exclaimed, “Suck your finger, you
fool.” Again it is related that the
rector of Thornhill, near Dewsbury,
on one occasion could not get the
woman to say “obey” in the marriage
service, and be repeated the word with
a strong stress on each syllable, say¬
ing, “You must say o-bey.” Where¬
upon the man interfered and said,
“Never mind; go on, parson; I'll
make her say ‘O’ by and bj*.”
fifth and seventh governor of Colorado,
and was active in the territorial legis¬
lature of Kansas at the time when the
state of Kansas was formed. On the
first shot at Sumter he joined the
Kansas Legion and sustained the repu¬
tation of his family all through the
war. As governor of Colorado be dis-
played exceptional executive ability,
and was in large measure responsible
for the early growth of the Centennial
state. Gen. McCook, in his prosperous
days, was an eloquent ojator.
STORY OF E. J. PHELPS
AS A LAWYER HE HAD FEW
SUPERIORS.
Was a Been Politician of the Higher
Order nncl u Gifted Writer—Also
Gained Dlitlnotlon as a Diplomat uud
root.
Tho recent death in New Haven,
Conn., of Hon. Edward J. Phelps, ex¬
ambassador to the court of St. James,
removed from the nation’s public ac¬
tivities a brilliant jurist, an able ora¬
tor, a kec-n politician and a gllted
writer.
Mr. Phelps was a native of Vermont,
where he was born, in 1S22, at Middle-
bury. Bio was a graduate of Middle-
bury college and for a time practiced
law in his native town, subsequently
removing to Burlington. Under Presi¬
dent Fillmore he was second comptrol¬
ler of the treasury. In 1870 he was a
delegate to the Vermont constitutional
convention. In 1880 he was the un¬
successful candidate of the democracy
for governor of Vermont, and the same
year he was president of the American
Bar association. In 1881 he became
professor of law in Yale university.
From 1885 to 1889 he was minister to
Great Britain, and in 1890 was the
candidate of the democrats of Vermont
for a seat in the United States senate—
an ambition he failed to realize.
He was one of the Bering sea arbi¬
tration commission, which settled the
points at issue between the United
States and Great Britain, thus remov¬
ing a source of much friction between
the two countries.
■ Prof. Phelps gained some distinction
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as a poet. His lectures on medical
jurisprudence and other subjects were
well received, and his articles on “The
Constitution of the United States”
were masterly productions. The pro¬
fessor had a keen Yankee wit and was
alwnys in demand as a brilliant after-
dinner speaker.
WHAT THE NEGRO HAS DONE.
Facts and Figures That Show a Won-
derful Advancement.
A recent writer gives the following
summary of what the negro has ac¬
complished to demonstrate his fitness
for civilization. He has reduced his
illiteracy 45 per cent in thirty-five
years; negro children in the common
schools number 1,500,000; negro stu¬
dents in the higher institutions, 40,-
000; negro teachers, 30,000; negro stu¬
dents learning trades, 20,000; negro
students pursuing classical courses, 1,-
200; negro students pursuing scientific
courses, 1,200; negro students pursuing
business courses, 1,000; and negro
graduates, 17,000. There are 250,000
volumes in negro libraries, 156 insti¬
tutions for the higher education of ne¬
groes, 500 negro physicians, 300 books
written by negroes, 250 negro lawyers,
3 banks conducted by negroes, 3 maga¬
zines edited by negroes, and 400 news¬
papers under negro management. The
value of their libraries is $500,000, their
school property is worth $12,000,000,
their church property is valued at $37,-
000,000, their farms, numbering about
130,000, are worth $400,000,000 (this
does not include homes, valued at
$325,000,000), and their personal prop¬
erty is worth $165,000,000. Since the
war the negro has raised $10,000,000 for
his own education.
Birds of Pusnage.
“No, I do not make friends as easily
as I used to with my fellow-travelers,”
said the man who was relating Euro¬
pean experiences. “It is not because I
feel less sociably inclined, but because
of the cold setback I received at Gi¬
braltar. In the hotel office one morn¬
ing I entered into conversation with an
English man and woman who seemed
to me to be the right sort. They did
not meet my friendly overtures with
the usual ‘Oh!’ and an English stare.
On the contrary, they seemed anxious
to become acquainted with me, and
soon we were chatting pleasantly. I
congratulated myself upon my good
fortune in falling in with such agree¬
able people, who were almost nice
enough to be Americans. We discussed
Gibraltar and were just planning a
sightseeing expedition for the follow¬
ing day when one of the hotel waiters
thrust his head in the doorway and
said, ‘The missus wants the both of
yez.’ My new found friends were the
maid and man servant of the duchess
of Cleveland', Lord Rosebery’s mother.”
Johannesburg Impregnable.
Johannesburg is fronted by a natural
fort—a thirty-mile stretch of earth
which is called “tailings”—that is,
mounds of ground-up rocks and debris
from which the gold has been extract¬
ed. This almost impregnable fort
would receive shell or shot indiffer¬
ently, and Is the accumulation of five
years’ mining refuse.
How it Was Marked.
The Bride—Mrs. Pinchpenny’e pres¬
ent has arrived. It’s a sUver-pluted but¬
terdish.
The Groom—How is R marked?
The Bride—Marked down, I suppose,
or we’d never have gotten it.
Electricity In Capsules.
This new compound, which In made from
r.hoap and when chemicals. Is put lip 111 cm mule rorm
added ton certain auantl ty of water
will furnish electricity enough lo light a house,
drive an automobile or even a railroad train.
But this Is nothing compared 10 the strength¬
ter’s ening power contained 111 a bottle o Hup. t-
Stoma,’ll iiltterH. It cures lndlgctllon,
dytipepB a. biliousness liver and kidney
troubles and nils the system with the vLor of
health.
Conscience makes cowards of us all;
and some of the greatest cowards
haven’t nnieli conscience at that. J
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Better Blood
Better Healt
If you don’t feel well to-day you can be
made to feel better by making your blood
better. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is the great
pure blood maker. That la how it cure*
that tired feeling, pimples, sores, Bnlfl
rheum, scrofula ami catarrh. Get a bottUj in]
of this great medicine and bogin taking
at once and see how quickly it will bring
yontblood up to the Good Health point..
Hood’s Sarsaparill
Is America’s Greatest Blood Medicine.
To Preserve Henry VIH’s Palaes.
The London County Council has be®
asked to sanction the expenditure preserving <»
$135,000 for the purpose of
the building at 17 Fleet street, usual*
known as the “Palace of Henry VI*
and Cardinal Wolsey.” The doubtl
previously expressed as to the historical
foundation for this claim are morJ
than supported the by officials the result of the of the Couul in-j
vestigatious of buildj
ty Council, who report that the
Ing was not erected until 1610, when il
was used as the office of the Duchy on
Cornwall. Henry, Prince of Wales]
had control of it until his death iff
1012. There is a record, dated a few
years later, stating that it was then a
tavern. It was familiar to Dr. John-
3on, Burke, Goldsmith and Reynolds.
For many years it has been used as a
hair dresser’s establishment, much pa¬
tronized by barristers.
Accepted.
“My dear madam.” said the gentle¬
man burglar, standing in the dim re¬
flected light of Miss Arabella Oletimer’s
night-lamp—his voice was soft and low
—the time was two a. m.—“My dear
madam, might I trouble you for your
diamonds and cash—your stocks and
bonds—your plate—your”-
“Oh, Lud!” soblied Miss Oletiimer
convulsively, “th-tbis is so sudden—but
y-yes—y-you may ask papa.”—Judge.
Woman's Way.
“Estelle, I don’t see why you buy
two of those expensive pairs of antfque
snuffers when we have only one anti¬
que candlestick.”
“Well, mercy me, Edgar, can't I buy
another candlestick ?”
LIKE MANY OTHERS
Clara Kopp Wrote for Mrs. Pinkham’s Ad*
vice uud Telia wliat it did for Her.
“ Dear Mrs. Pink bam : — I have seen
so many letters from ladies who were
cured by Lydia E. Pinkham’s remedies
that I thought I would ask your advice
in regard to my condition.
I have been doctoring for
four years and have
R, taken different pat-
jiP ent medicines, but
& received very little
I* E* benefit. I am
troubled with back*
ache^ In fact my
whole body aches,
stomach feels soBe,
by spells get short
of breath and am
,*F very nervous. Men-
| ■ struation is very ir-
11 V \ regular with severe
\ bearing down pains,
j cramps and back¬
er from ache. I hope once.”— to hear
you at
Ci.ARA Kopp, Rockport,
Ind., Sept. 27, 1898.
“I think it is my duty to write a
letter to you in regard to what Lydia
E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound did
for me. I wrote you some time ago,
describing my symptoms and asking
your advice, which you very kindly
gave. X am now healthy and cannot
begin to praise your remedy enough.
I would say to all suffering women,
‘ Taka Mrs. Pinkham’s advice, for a wo¬
man best .understands a woman’s suf¬
ferings, and Mrs. PiuUham, from her
vast experience in treating female ills,
can give you advice that you can get
from no other source.’ ”—CuARA Kopp,
Rockport, Ind., April 13, 1899.
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