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WEEU AS FOOD. IS “THE STAFF OF in BRAZIL. »<.<!« *■*»»»• Brazil, writes Fannie B. Ward m * Washington Star, mandioca is I cr « as wheat and corn in 1 CD xr.i much in use and after all that ¥ ifcaid the United States, k b0 about coflee, cotton sugar, :, ber o-old and diamonds it is dia r production, for by it L k m nst o'live important Not only is it a very F F P ab hle .® P article of export-in and farina—but the shape it P ^’article anowroot jndes Kn of food as P eDS1 - ’ ° the average Brazilian as potatoes &e ‘ ti,ta«»rbeef Mexican. to the It Englishmm w fouod S to the form every J Brazilian table in some P on meal, not only m va L° other at every palatable dishes, wholesome and ut it figures largely in greasy, garacy Rrne nuns and in the everlasting olla podrida seca (dried meat) sliced together f ith lar d, beans, cr«<j ams, seeds and good knows w at. In the form of less majority of the popu purse flour a around in Ltion £ US6 it the year - thick to . * of bread. Made into a Lndtre Leaned it is eaten at It all is the times. sole diet Babies of on it. invalids in Brazilian hospitals. A mild [toxicant is distilled from it which is heun iversal drink of the lower classes, bd it appears in no end of strange cul Ury messes, whose other ingredients L aa unguessable conundrum, The e indigenous Brazil, has lant which is to larious local names, mandioca being the lost [ieutitic common and jatropha It is manihot also called its appellation. maniac and mandiac, and hicca, cassava, L s ea ten by the Indians centuries before [e discovery of this hemisphere by iuropeans. The wonder is that those Dtutored savages learned its nutritious ses, because in its natural state it is eadlv poison, containing so much hydro yanic acid that thirty drops of the clear lice will kill a man in six minutes. The rt of rendering it innoxious and fit for tod was, next to the potato, the most Valuable gift of the aboriginal Snath Lmerican to the civilized world, and one riiich reflects no small credit on the ■onors, because hacl it not been accom¬ panied [inversion by information on its culture and into the “staff of life” (the [suit ients) of their attention own would primitive exped¬ have no ever teen paid to the poison weed. I A cultivated field of this queer shrub *oks like a nursery of young peach tees, T’ae plants grow about five feet Jith Sigh, the stem long-pointed of each being isolated, the a few leaves at Ip, [sprout and a bud or projecting nucleus of occurring at nearly every inch r ibit the otherwise naked stem.’ Dig down and you will find a cluster of ir igular-shaped tubers resembling very ( irge, long parsnips, five or six to the |r lant, weighing all together twenty-five Item thirty pounds. The roots only are When a field has been reaped pe bur stems are chopped into pieces about inches long, and these are planted. Ibey boots quickly take root, sending forth from the buds, and in two years lature a new crop. The Indian mode for preparing the pots for food, in vogue nobody knows |ow many centuries before the first jpaniard ountry, has or Portuguese came to the never been much improved Ipon, though modern machinery has pmewhat shell, shortened the process. With or a rude rasp mode by setting a mall, sharp stone into a bit of bark, be Toots were scraped into a fine pulp. ■he pulp was then rubbed between stones mlil all the poisonous juice was squeezed mt and the remaining moisture evapor ted by exposure to the fire or to the hot roken in. Curing into the drying it is stirred or coarse grains, and this is jriaa heruril or Brazilian. mandioca flour, The the bread of the of “-erior savages eat the dry flour, tossing it into he mouth wirh the fingers so deftly that ot a grain is lost. Travelers say that ’hite men have often tried to perform e Same feat, but always powder their °'-hes and faces, to the infinite amuse Mat of the Indians. The Portuguese ,°od invented mills for preparing man L? ca > not unlike Yankee cider presses, r'th them the modus operaadi is first to F as h the roots and remove the rind, and pen »nntaci, to hoid with the pieces in the hand . in a circular pulverizing grater revolved by * ater power. The material ® placed iu sacks, several of which Us are subject to the action of :rew a , press for the expulsion of the 1 N‘J, : it is hung or up iu loosely woven )d f °i palm fiber suspended from l0 witha a ‘e, weight at the lower end of he 0a ?, which brings ne a pressure upon ? ul P- The mass thus solidified is tine iu mortars and then trans eriea to °pen ovens or concave plates, eater beneath and stirred constantly ntil thoroughly dry. When properly ; ' areu farina is very white and ecL' ,. 11 incoarse c 1 ’ particles which, sub t0 a second pulverizing process, [ V / T;e tbe “ ar rowroot” of commerce.’ 01sc °°i-9 juice is carefully preserved ift^ n tS, Wbere it; de P osits a fine sediment . aQ ding few 7 ’ riute -; substance a hours, and this ' is e Ver ritious—the not only harm *>ii t 7- Wa Y nut the tapioca, so t 6 C V liized nr worhl, culinary line all over ir , r _ . one of Brazil’s im t 7‘' mic5ea of export. ipLoLr °l, Indiaas preparing Believed it that the was very un i a a therefore the work was con- fined to the old women of each tribt, (mothers-in-law and others whose lives were considered of little value), who fortified themselves with various charms and incantations, and every day before beginning ate the flower of the rehambi and the root of the ceruca, “to strength, en the heart and stomach.” The Portu¬ guese, who came afterward, relegated the work mostly to slaves, in buildings erected on purpose, where it was least likely to occasional accidental harm. It is said that the poisonous juice, if al¬ lowed to stand a few days, generates a small white insect, which in itself is even more deadly, and from time immemorial has been made a medium of murder by putting it into food, jealous lovers thus disposing of their sweethearts, servants of their masters, and many a refractory slave has been made an “example” of, to the terror of his companions, by being com¬ pelled to drink a portion of mandioca juice in public, where his dying agonies might be witnessed. I ought to have mentioned before that there is one variety of mandioca—net the most com¬ mon kind, however—which contains no poisonous substance. It is the sweet cassava or yucca, called “apim” (tnani hot aipim), whose roots are eaten raw, boiled or roasted, and are but little in¬ ferior to the South American potato (which, by the way, is not at all like the cultivated potato which hasbeeu evolved from it in other countries), similar iu taste to the large Italian chestnut. It has the further advantage of requiring only eight months to ripen, instead of eighteen or twenty, but it cannot be converted into farina or tapioca and is worthless as an article of commerce. Though often experimented upon, no means has ever been devised for preserv¬ ing the crude root more than twenty-four hours, and the slightest moisture spoils the flour. Those who depend upon it for their chief food supply manage to keep it from harvest to harvest by slic¬ ing the roots under water and drying them hard as rocks before a fire. When required for use they are grated to fine powder, which, being beaten with water, looks like cream of almonds. Another way is to macerate the roots until they become as putrid as prime Dutch cheese, then hang it up to be smoke-dried; and this, when pounded in a mortar, makes the very wffiitest and most delicate farina. WISE WORDS. Genius very much resembles lack of sense. Too many men honor women and abuse their wires. The man who lose3 his temper in an argument fights with his left hand. Every man in love wishes he had curly hair and could play a guitar and sing. Every woman imagines that every other woman gets a new dress every week. A man’s mind is a scrap book, and the tough things he pasted iu it when he was young never fade. After a man gets old he begins to wonder if anybody in the world besides himself tells the truth. The fellow who tells everybody what they ought to do never seems to realize that he talks too much. Life may not be worth living, but no one has ever come back to prove that death is worth rushing into. There is enough stuff in the big hat worn by a girl of six to make tea of the size worn by the girl of twenty-six. When anyone gives a boy a nickel his mother always says: “What do you say?” He never thinks of it himself. When you hear it said that a man is a good man, it is a sign that the other side of the story is not known everywhere. There is a punishment for every pleasure. There never was an apple tree that didn’t have switches growing on it. As a rule either the wife goes away for a few weeks’ pleasure or else it is the husband. You will seldom find a couple so devoted that they go together.— Atchison (Kan.) Globe. A Country ol Reptiles. A Scotchman who has lately traveled extensively in Australia say3 that it is a great reptile country. “I have traveled, he said, “in almost every country and I j have never found a land that went ahead of Australia for suakes, lizards and ! frogs. There arc some sixty-five species of snakes in that country, of which forty two are venomous and twelve positively dangerous. There are forty or fifty I different kinds of frogs, embracing every variety from a common tree frog to a large green variety with blue eyes and a gold back, making a wonderful showing of color as he hops about. There are probably forty kinds of lizards, of which twenty belong to a class known as night lizards, many of which hibernate. One species can utter a cry when hurt or alarmed, and another kind, the frilled lizard, can lift its fore leg3 and hop about like a kangaroo. The monitor, or I forked-tongued lizard, burrows iu the earth, climbs and swims and grows to a length of nine or ten feet. The crocodiles ! of Queensland, however, grow toa length sometimes of forty feet. Some of the 1 Australian species of lizards can change their color not only from light to dark, but from gray to red. All kinds of | turtles are caught. I saw one caught there that was ten feet in length.” ---- The Chinese gardeners are the most expert fruit growers m the world. CURIOUS CURIOS. A dwarf residing at Skigaken, Osaka, is 36 years old and but 17 inches high. He is well educated and earns a liveli¬ hood by teaching penmanship. The total acreage of Scotland is 18, — 94G,GS4. Of this comparatively small landed area one nobleman owns 1,326, 000 acres and his wife 149,879 acres more. Extraordinary prices w re paid at the sale of the Comtesse d’Avon’s collections in Paris last month. A piece of tapestry after Watteau realized $25,200. The condor soars higher than any other bird, spending nine-tenths of its time floating iu the raritied atmosphere of three miles above sea level. A woman 90 years old died and was buried recently at Winston, N. C. Her burial shroud was the dress iu which she was married 70 years ago. The British general elections are never held on one or the same day, because an elector has the right to cast a ballot in every district in which he owns property. Alhazen, an Arabian, born in the year 1000 A. D., first taught the present theory of vision, and explained xvhy we see but one picture of an object with our two eyes. Professor Douglass has succeeded in manufacturing minature cyclones and tornadoes by means of electricity, thus proving the electrical character of the “prairie terrors.” The evidence obtained from the three enumerations of 1872, 1881 and 1892 tends to show that the hill and forest tribes of India are gradually being in¬ corporated into Hinduism. John McDarby of Salmon Falls, Mass., has double teeth all around, and a stomach which doesn’t rebel when be chews and swallows glass, stones and other indigestibles. In 1774 Maskelyne, the astronom f? royal of England, first calculated the weight of the earth. The weight, as estimated in an encyclopedia is 6,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000 tons. The United States manufactures Go, 000 hats every day, while England manufac¬ tures about 40,000. The largest hat manufactory in the world is the Brus¬ sels, which turns out 10,000 hats a day. It is predicted that in the course of time northern Thibet will become a sec¬ ond California, perhaps even richer than the first in precious metals lyiDg in the soil over the vast surface of the desert land. African travelers tell us that the white rhinoceros frequently dies from eating poisonous plants, which have no effect on the black ones, probably because the fine scent of the latter tells him it is dan¬ gerous. Sometimes s porcupine will remain in a hemlock tree a week at a time, hug¬ feed¬ ging close to the trunk at night and ing during the day. This curious little beast is the only known living thing that eats the foliage of the hemlock. The soldering of aluminum, which has long been a difficult problem, has been recently solved. By sprinkling chloride the surface to be soldered with of silver, and melting down, the solder¬ ing is effected simply and satisfactory. The ancient Egptians believed that iron was the bone of Typhon, the enemy of Osiris, and for this reason it was consid¬ ered impure. No one could make use of it even for the most ordinary requirements of life without polluting his soul. How War is Declared. So far as this country is concerned, we can declare war only by a bill approved passed by by both houses of congress and the president. That would take some time, but as soon as the bill was a law wo could begin hostilities. Of course all other countries do not require such par¬ liamentary preliminaries to a declaration of war; so that a country could declare war by actually beginning hostilities.— New York Sun. Being Pushed out of a Job. An old time English paiish clerk was much aggrieved because the new rector, a young man with modern ideas, asked all the congregation to join in the left re ponses. I . They’ll soon be no work for the eburch clerk to do,” he grumbled, “if all the women and brats be allowed to take the word out of a man’s mouth.”— New Yo:k Tribune. Gold Bullion Is attractive, but its hue in the skin and eye¬ balls is repulsive, and indicates biliousness, a malady, however, easily remediable with Hos tetter’s Stomach Bitters. Nausea, sick head¬ ache, pains through the right side and shoulder blade are manifestations of liver complaint, dismissable with the Bitters, which also ban¬ ishes malaria, rheumatic and kidney com¬ plaints, nervousness and constipation. The first volume of Indian tales from the pen of Cooper appeared when the author was thirty. Pure and Wholesome Quality Commends to public approval the California liquid laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs. It is pleasant to the taste and by acting gently on the kidneys, liver and bowels to cleanse the system effectually, it promotes the health and comfort of all who use it, and with millions it is the best and only remedy. Naturalists sav that a single swallow will devour 60,000 flie’s in one day. Ir your Back Aches, or you are all worn out, ?ood' foi nothing, it is general debility. Brown’s lion Bitters w 11 cure you, make you strong, cleanse your liver, and g,ve a good ap¬ petite--tones the nerves. A historic collection of railway tickets will DC one of the exhibits at the V\ orld s fair. Man's system is like a town, it must be well drained and nothing is so efficient as Beech am’s Fills. For sale by all druggists. A Cash Doctor. First Little Boy—“Do you go to the country Second every year?” sometimes Little Boy—“N o; papa don’t pay the doctor’s bill, an’ then the doctor gets mad an’ won’t order mamma out of the city.”—Street & Smith’s Good News. Mistakes Occur. George—“Suppose a fellow’s best girl gets mad when you ask for a kiss?” Henry—“Take it without asking.” George—“Supposeshe Henry—“Then gets mad then?” you’ve got some other fellow’s girl.”—New York Weekly. An Interesting Subject. Do you know that the state of the blood run¬ ning in your health veins is the cause of your sickness or your ? This is a most important mat¬ ter, although deal overlooked by otherwise. people who show Your a great of good sense blood has t o be kept pure, or your whole system gradually becomes a wreck. It costs very little the to check disease and correct the state of blood if the matter is taken up in time; but it costs a great deal, and is often impossible, foothold. if taken If up after troubled disease has gained Syphilis, a Itch, Hu¬ you are with mors, Swellings, Skin Disease, Rheumatism, Pimples, Scrofula, Malaria, Catarrh, Fevers, Erup¬ Liver and Kidney diseases, Old Sores, tions, or any other disorders resulting C. from Parsons, im¬ pure blood, write at once to Dr. S. Savannah, Ga. His Blood Purifier is a won¬ derful remedy, and only costs one dollar per bottle. Besides this, for nothing at all except a stamp, he will send you a pamphlet information. contain¬ Write ing a lot of private and valuable to him without delay. Beats ’Em All. GRAND EXCURSION VIA C.,H. St D. TO MONTREAL AND QUEBEC, THURSDAY, SEPT. 8. The. great excursion route, will the Cincinnati, the first of Hamilton & Dayton R. R., run their annual excursions Montreal and Que¬ bec, from Cincinnati and Indianapolis, marvel¬ Thurs¬ day, Sept 8. The round trip Cincinnati rates are In¬ ously low, being 112.50 from and but or flo dianapolis to Montreal and return, to Quebec and return, with side-trip to Ottawa returning. Tickets will be good (returning) for twenty days from date of sale. This is the first cheap excursion ever run to beautiful Montreal or historic Quebeo from Cincinnati, k or tick¬ ets, sleeping-car berths, etc., call on or address any U., H. & D. agent, or K. O. McCormick, O. Gen. Passenger and Ticket Ag’t, Cincinnati, 'Hie Only One Ever Printed. CAN YOU FIND THE WORD t There is a 3-inch display advertisement In this paper, this week, which has no two words alike except one word. The same is true of each new one appearing each week, from The Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This bouse places a “Crescent” on everything they make and publish - Look for it, send them the name of the word and they will return you book, BEAUTIFUL LITHOGRAPHS or SAMPLES FREE. The cost of a one-man sea-diving apparatus for a depth of 200 feet is $575. Brown’s Iron Bilters cures Dyspepsia,Mala¬ Debility. ria, Biliousness and General Gives Strength, appetite. aids Digestion, The best tones tonic the for nerves— Nursing creates Mothers, weak women and children. Girls in tight or short dresses are not allowed to appear on the stage in Butte City. ,1.0. SIMPSON, Marquess, W. Va., says: bad “Hall’s Catarrh Cure cured me of a very case of catarrh.” Druggists sell it, 75c. : King m Of Medicines is what ip I consider liood’s Sarsa¬ parilla. For 6 years I was confined to my bod with white swellings and scrofula sores. Win, A. Lelir. To my great joy, when L began with HOOD’S SARSAPAR¬ taking ILLA the sores soon decreased. 1 kept it lor a year, when i was so well that i went to work, and since then have not lost one well day and on account of sickness. 1 am always A. Lehk, No. 9 have a good appetite.” Wit. Railroad Street, Kendallville, Ind. Hood’s Pills are tho best after-dinner Pills, assist digestion,euro headache and biliousness. CHILD BIRTH • • • • • • MADE EASY! “ Mothers’ Friend ” is scientific¬ a ally prepared Liniment, every ingre¬ dient of recognized value and in constant use by the medical pro¬ fession. These ingredients are com binedin amannerhithertounknown “MOTHERS’ • FRIEND’’ • WILL DO all that is claimed for it AND MORE. It Shortens Labor, Lessens Pain, Diminishes Danger to Life of Mother and Child. Book to “ Mothers ” mailed FREE, con¬ taining valuable information and voluntary testimonials. Sent by express on receipt of price f 1.60 per bottl* BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta. Ga. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. tgm piso's Remedy for Catarrh Is the MB jUi Best, Easiest to Use, and Cheap isdp est. BB | 50c. Sold K. by T. druggists Hazeltine, or Warren, sent by Pa. mail, IP J | Buch stituting nameandthe subject CAUTION.—Beware substitutions to shoes prosecution price without are stamped by fraudulent of W. dealers law L. on Douglas bottom. for eab. and ob- W. L DOUGLAS _ taining dcr false ...... money pretences. r-r;. uu- .ge $3 A srenillne SHOE sewed shoo that will not GENTLEMEN. ri FOR fine Calf, X comfortable, pi stylish seamless, smooth inside, flexible,more sold the price. and durable than any other shoe ever at a IP 4m m Equals custom-made shoes costing from $4 to ®5. complete 1 The only $3.00 fSboo mode with two Incut), soles, securely sewed at the outside edge (as shown EH M which same to a gives narrow price, double for strip sucheaslly the of wear leather of rip, oil cheap having the welt edge, only shoes and one sold when sole sewed at once the . L m « ' ^ Bk worn when The through two worn soleeofthe through are worthless. can \V. be L. repaired DOUGLAS as many ?3.00Shoe times as BB Ea necessary, as they will never rip or loosen from the upper. purchasers of footwear desiring to econo t- m poize, should of consider shoes, and the superior be influenced qualities “jp m \Y these not ife NySSSik oYgL to having buy cheap only welt shoes sold commend at $3.00, NTthem. appearance to W. L. S5 DOUGLAS Fine Calf, Mm’s Hand "V vSjWfc, si and ;IN3..TO i’ollce Hewed S-i.-IO and $2.23 Farm f* VSafe ers; and S^.OO Fine Workingmen’s; Calf; \ Roys’ SI .75 84.00 School Shoes; and Youths’ Ladies* * r - This ism BeS|? SHo !£25SSS ^thewor® 1=3 S3.00 Hand SI.73 are 82.00 of Rewed: tht Best and same Dongola, SA.50, liis3es* high standard of merit. sTi WILX. - *Oj, g e&fgsBsL * ' TTjil give exclusive sale to shoe dealers and general merchants where I hav* SfaHkind?and ...wills Write for catalogue. winted. If not for sale ia your place send direct to Factorjt Maw. width Bust age free. W. L. Douglas, Brockton, . • Stove-P rlisif with Pastes, Enamels, and and Paints burn off. which stain the hands, injure the iron, Polish Brilliant, Odor¬ The Durable, Rising Sun and Stovo the is lor no tin less, with consumer purchase* pays or glasa package every s WIFT’S all entire FOR Poisons system, renovating from SPECIFIC eliminating the Blood, the whether of scrofulous or malarial origin , this prep¬ aration has no equal. . . s eating treated “ For TRAD -=*«_war- sore eighteen by E S.S.S. lest on my months local tongue. physicians, MARK I had I was an but obtained no relief' the sore gradually grew worse. I finally tcok S. S. S., and was entirely cured after using a few boitles.” s C. B. McLemore, Henderson , Tex . 'X'RF.ATISE on Blood and Skin. 1 Diseases mailed free. The Swift Sfecific Co., Ga. Atlanta, “August Flower” My wife suffered with indigestion and dyspepsia for years. Life be¬ came a burden to ber. Physicians failed to give relief. After reading one of your books, I purchased worked a bottle of August Flower. It like a charm. My wife received im¬ mediate relief after taking the first dose. She was completely cured— now weighs 165 pounds, and can eat anything she desires without any deleterious results as was formerly the case. C. H. Dear, Prop’r Wash¬ ington House, Washington, Va. <9 Hfa/UTTLE M KJe fir ILIVER pills ^bRrtBHk do NOT GBIPE noh sicken. Suro euro for SICK HEAD* whhI ACHE, Impaired glands. digestion, Thoyaroi.o consti - potion,torpid vital dlz pj ASsajaffik zilicss. organa, Magieal remove effect luiuacn, Kid- 55 , VBft, bladder. on _i g \J wHBa. nevs bilious ami nervous Conquer dis *z d orders. Establish not ural Daily action. Beautify complexion by purifying blood. I’FRELY Vkoktaule. The be dose is much. nicely Each adjusted vial to contains suit ease, 42, as carried one pill in vest can never too pocket, like lead pencil. Business man’s great convenience. Taken easier than sugar. Sold every¬ where. All genuino goods bear “Crescent.” Send 2-cent Btamp. You get 32 page book with ramplo. OR. HARTER MEDICINE CO.. Si. Louis. M» ! •••« * purify the blood, are safe and ef*Z » lectnai. The beat general family $ o medicine known for Biliousness,$ 2 Constipation. Breath, Headache PyapepHla, Heartburn, Foul# I^.ss* 2 of i.——, Appetite, Mental Depression,* Painful Digestion, Tired Pimples, Peeling, Sallow* and* Complexion i, from impure* resulting 2 2 to over-eatinar perform their benefited proner functions. by takinara T A BtlliK after are ^ 4 dtwTHE lU PA^Hli niAh^UUIO ,So; Hpru "e Bt .^N-Y .! Every Ian His Own Doclor. A 600-pageProfusely Illustrated Book, contain* ing valuable information pertaining to di*» eases of the human system, showing bow tg TREAT and CURE with the simplest of medt* cines. The book contains analysis of court¬ ship and marriage and management of child¬ ren, besides useful prescriptions, recipes, etc. Mailed, post-paid, for 60 cents. Address ATLANTA PUBLISHING HOUSE, 116 Loyd Street, Atlanta, Ga. PATENTS I-&S3 A. N. V ... ... Thirty-four, ’93.