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Dom.-stic x.conomy.
Mrs. Binks—“ cow'will we manage to
Keep warm, with r< n! sn tlfick log! I”
Mr. Binks—“You of the fact
that I can’t gel j ou a i ew iionnef, and
I’ll think of the outrageous priccof coal,
end then wc will both boil.”
She’. Off!
or what? Why the good ship-.
•ttd if there is a passon-aer on board of nor
unprovided with that grand preventive of
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sickneee and all disorder- of the itoxnaoh,
liver and bowels, Hosletter’s fctomaoh Bitten,
thongbt,nr. to There say is, he or She is very nn
this me<Uoine in is ef nothing malarial comparable to
niatism, ca-es lever, rhen
nervousnees thd loss of strength.
f bSaatoUic 4 Gn Ar!r afC 2\ J ! ! •’ *4 cari besom J lar a canal vessels to cost from $30,- the
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i*very snaii hates his own sin when he
^ & in another.
It is the cowardly dog who 1* always
•hewing hi* teeth. 1
Sample Package Matted free.
Address Small Bile Beans. \W v. ,v
fctept No matter whcreTiith"walk* it always 4
on a rock.
An lute erpr^ftir in tlie employ of the govern
»neat on island speaks firt. een languages.
A Clilltf Enjoys
The pleasant flavor, gentle action and sooth*
ing effect of Syrup of Figs, when in need of a
laxative, an I if the father or mother be cow
live or bilious, the most gratifying results foU
low its use; so that it is the best family rem¬
edy known said every family should have o
battle.
Ice is now used to preserve cut flowers. Salt
•n*Xovi with i e is said to answer even better.
Nantaliala —$100per share. Every two share*
secures a town lot. Fortunes in the South. Send
<»c. for prospectus. A. .J. McBride, Atlanta,Ga
An incandescent lamp without a filament, is
the next electrical improvement promised.
Ueafnea* Can't bo Cared
way to core deafness, and that la by oonstltu
tlonol remedies. Deafness Is caused by an In
named condition of the mucous lining of Use
Eustachian Tube. Wheu this tub® gets In¬
flamed you Dave a rumbling sound or imper
feot hearing and when it Is entirely olosed,
deafness la the result, and unless the in Ham 1
(nation can L. taken out and this tube re
stored to its normal oonditlon. hearing will ba
destroyed caused by catarrh, forever: whloh nine oases out of ten are
is nothing but an in.
flamed Wewffi oonditlon of the mucous surfaces
give One Hundred Dollar* for any
oaae of deafneaB^jcnused^hjoagtrrh) that wa
cannot oure liars, b *** 1 *
bond tor oircu free.
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Mr *. Sarah Muir
Ct Minneapolis.
“ I ma for a Ions: time a sufferer fr*m
Female Weaknes*
and tried many remedies and phyalelans, to n<
good purpose. One bottle of Hood’s Sareapa
rtlla made so great a difference in my oondt
tton that 1 took three bottle, more and found
myself perfectly well. 1 have also given
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
to the children, and find that ifcVeepe them Id
good health.” Mrs. Sarah Muir, Six.
teenth Avetuie, South MinneajiolK Minn.
llnod’H Pill* oure nil Liver Ilia.
the Driving the Brain
at expense
Of the Body,
While we drive J
th/hraSn the brain we . WygY
must build up /l&SO'Tst' JW
the body. Ex- yy nflf
erctse, pure air .G S, ...= 3 <’
—foods that |
make healthy flesh—refreshing
sleep—such are methods. When I
Iosti of flesh, strength and nerve
become apparent your physician
will doubtless tell you tliat tile
Quickest builder of nil three threC ,S s
*
Scott’s Emulsion
of Cod Liver Oil, which not only
creates flesh of and in itself, but
stimulates the appetite for other
foods.
Prepeted (■? Soon a 3o»n«. N y A11 drutview.
“August Flower”
tune. All thought sTv runs pastrecovery.
He was horri* emaciated from the
inaction ct Lis liver ami kidneys,
It is diific; eribe his appear
anee ar the miserable state
health at that time. V
source seemed impassible He tried
your August Flower and the effect ;
<u ., t v. ;s— It restored <
him to perfect health to the great j
astottiO, :: :it , ; Itis family and ■
friends.” J.-ha OuilxZ, Holt, Gnt.# |
“What—what will become of us?”
asked Miss Densiow, faiutly.
“Ohl I forgot there was a lady
aboard, or I wouldn't have said that.
Hut we’ll be all light/ Found the tbin.r
out in time.” '
“But you have said it. Now tell me;
what ia to be done?”
“Go back, of course, till the track is
repaired. We’re beginning to move
now. fc>ee? But, upon my word, I’d
like to know who the fellow is. We've
luo.icu an axle, blown out a cylinder
lnaai, smashed the windows of the tour¬
ist car—had about forty such hinders
ances since we left Los Angeles—and
now stalled here lor nobody knows how
long.”
Pullman conductors are less wary in
their conversation than train conductors,
on w -ose shoulders responsibility rests;
ey are apt to be chatty and com
lniUHcntive. They regard the traveling
pu ie as a guest to be entertained in
one as non or another.
e on Densiow did not look as if it
were a pleasant f 0 m of entertainment
just then employed.
“How far back must we go? How
long w,U It take ?"
'Ihope not long," and to ward off
^ ritn^ h0p el ' ssly ar0 “ nd 1
reality her -
She'Lno . aione T 0 . than f before, , '' ha " when ged '
I,,, e s of motion, ’
had "iv T , ' progress
Z r 8 of ««»">«« to the
res: ' ! . "“till; but now that the
progress had ceased she felt as if she
observed atresh her com
l’“ ,uon s i" the “Faiciuo.” She had ex
c ‘ lai ’aed speech with but one of them,
le ? ou, v i,ud ancient Ne.\ Yorker in
-
' “y' . 'Ti * ' er e ‘n . en uuruber ’ l llt ‘ rive somnolent presid
was awake at !
y curi(m “ 89 «
^IT « S ' y P ' atid 118 if bei “S stalled on
ate. tie two hundred feet above that
awful chasm merchant^ war*............. Zn tV"' i ■
dent. The I / ^ D,C
had ceased lb S° !
hook and it 1 , 5 ! thr m ’" h the s "'ass. n , oto ‘ i
nmensJ though e,na, - “ ed mdlfiereut , to the
J* L* an J > ell ow creatures. The
c unaemat . , traveler
had returned and
deposited himself, his plaid cap, and his
■ ageuta necktie upon the seat across the
aisle, where be kept up a running com
ment j 58 the state of things, which was
intended for Miss Denslow’s ears, but
was addressed to Number Eleven.
The train receded to the west brink of
the canon and came to another halt with
!;^l Sssrs d *, Which 8hook thc he * vy carriages
His face was pallid
exterior.
j “Fo’ de Ian’! We's don’ fixed now!”
The employes swarmed backward
through the
a ttw moments had caused the deiay
of hours, and already the early dusk was
filing r down. But life was safe—so
‘
"Who could have done it—«nd why?"
do *!*> "borne lurking band of thieves, no
to rob the train!"
"They took, deal of trouble. They
ui i nave 'aeld us up without making
D s hip of staVbi
-
• ship of state, sail strong and fr»»
Around the reefs tod shoals ef fate,
On history’s majestic sea,
Q ship of statet
— Keep at the helm the and . great;
wire
Shun those false lights along the lee—
The fires of party greed and hate.
Let white-robed truth and honor be
Thy mighty oaptain and thy mate.
To brave all storms of destiny,
O ship of state!
—William H. Eayne, in Frank Leslie’s.
IN THE CANON.
THY EVELYN RAYMOND,
TRAIN which had
been fcreeping cau¬
EoaB tiously across the
great bridge came to
a dead bait, For a
few seconds the
weary passengers in
the “Pullman” con¬
tinued to read,yawn,
or gaze from the windows with the same
apathy winch had characterized their
interest since they had reached the
monotony of Arizona. But when the
halt was protracted and the train em
ployes began to rush through the car with
excitement expressed on their usually
stolid faces, one after another the four
travelers grew curious to discover
through the steam covered panes the
cause of this fresh detention.
The old gentleman in the end section
muttered a mild oath and bruised his
fingers in a vain attempt to raise the
double sashes, then settled back with a
sigh and touched the button for Joe.
That long-suffering creature failing to
respond, the ringing was prolonged till
the jingling of the bell roused the oceu
pant of the state room from her nap, and
she appeared at its door with surprised
inquiry on her countenance. One glance
showed her that it was Number Eleven
who was manifesting so much Im¬
patience; a second, that the train K M
standing still above a wonderful gorge.
“Oh, sir! has anything happened?”
demanded Miss Densiow, strangely
ready to take alarm on that lonely home¬
ward journey in midwinter.
“That’s what I am trying to find out I
Where the—Don’t allow yourself to be
disturbed, miss. I will—Joel Joe! por
terl" Voice was added to ring in the
summons for the attendant.
The audacious, aggressive commer¬
cial traveler, in section four, rose and
earne down the aisle.
“I’ll find that porter, and I'll find out
what’s up ” he remarked to Helen in
passing.
She ignored him, but after he had
disappeared walked through the ear and
seated herself before a window.
“Why, this is Canon Diablo! Strang c
I did not recognize it.”
“Rightly named, too," retorted Num¬
ber Eleven. “Seems as if all the imps
in creation had been hired to pile those
rocks there I Wonder if that porter isn’t
one of them, aud gone to join his fel¬
low*. If it were not for this foot I’d
soon find out wlmt's the matter. Joseph
phl” Ting-a-ling-a-!ingl
“Weil, there’s a 'Jonah’ somewhere
on this train, sure. Never made such a
trip since I’ve been on the road, and
that’s four years. We’re five hours late
now, and the bridge ail torn up!” ex¬
claimed the guard, entering hastily.
“The bridge torn up I What do you
mean?” thundered Number Eleven.
“Fact, Some would-be robbers, or
be.” ‘greasers,’ beeu at work. Indians mav-
“I will go down a little way. We
must stay here for hours—I shall have no
other such a chance in all my life I”
The girl’s nostrils dilated. Her heart
beat eagerly. Here was a new experi¬
ence, indeed. It promised to be a satis¬
fying one; and she had fed her hungry
heart with such husks siuce that day, a
year before, when she had parted from
her lover in a quarrel. Moonlight always
brought his memory back to her with
cruel distinctness. He seemed very near
to her at that moment. “I wonder if he
did really go to the Pacific coast. They
said so—and—it seems as if I must have
heard of him there; and yet—is that why
I hate going home? What a dunce I ami
Expecting to hear of anybody in such a
great country as California. Ah, this is
—marvelous! It is a desecration for
mortal to trespass here.”
Nevertheless, the desecration was ruth¬
lessly continued. The train and its mis¬
haps were forgotten, while petty personal
interests dwarfed and faded out of sight
before the majesty of that moment in
that awful solitude. “I wonder if ever
before a woman’s foot passed over these
stones. How excited I ami All aloue
with desolation and—God.”
By daylight, with less exaltation of
spirit, she could not have accomplished
the descent; but at that weird hour she
reached the bottom of the chasm safe if
trembling. Then sho looked upward
across the canon, and shuddered. Its
further brink seemed to rest against the
sky. Backward and upward the height
appeared interminable. She sat down in
the shadow of a bowlder, and a delight¬
ful, unmeasured season of repose suc¬
ceeded the excitement of endeavor.
A penetrating chill aroused her, aud
she looked upward again. “How can I
get back? How did I ever do it? She
stilled the returning dread of her soul
and began the ascent, over the rocks
which rolled and slipped and threatened
her destruction.
Suddenly she stopped. That echo of
falling bowlders was not caused by those
whish her own feet had dislodged. Then
site saw the figures of four men silhouetted
against the sky, and, frozen with terror,
watched them descending toward her.
They were the train wreckers, she
thought. She was doomed-. She under
stood it clearly. She had put herself
out of the reach of aid. Impulse had
cost her her life, as it had once cost her
its happiness. Well, life without hap
piness-that is, without William Glen
ney-wasn’t of great value. Death ia
Canon Diablo—how strauge!
> Ii8J Denslow’s terror ended in an in
difference which was half unconscious
neSS ' But she was not of the sort which
fatuts. She listened dreamily to the
increasing sounds, and began to count;
curiously wondering how high her num
bers would reach before her destruction
came.
“Up in the first thousand! But that
stone rolled very near. One thousand
and twenty-one—Ohl”
“Great heaveusl Helen! You—here!”
For an instant she thought that she
had “crossed the border” and had found
him on the other side, a hypothesis
quite remote from the fact that he had
been that one solitary J passenger ^ in the
^er , T Pullman, > ,, „ to wnom the , loqua
C1,,U9 drummer” had so contemptuous
! her y reterr confused « d - j she passed then her hand William across
eyes; saw
Gleuuey distinctly in the flesh and peri
lousty balanced upon a tottering ledge
with hands outstretched towards her.
“I’m sorry, Will. I—”
“Sorry for what. That I’ve come in
time to help you out of this canon?
You can never get up alone and alive.
Or sorry for—the other?"
“I—I'm not afraid. I was in came—i the car.
I couldn’t stay there, and I
came—” ____
He fancied that he heard between the
broken words —_______ • ■■ . i l.I-S- i > r.:.
craved, “Helen—this u a temple in
He called the presiding elder and ex
This touched him aa lightly as the reset
and he turned readily from the mystery I
of the the wonderfbl place he wa* exploring i
to subtler mvstery of love; whiled
the commercial traveler and the tiaso' ¥
merchant had no choice but n -A
witness the simple ceremony wb^
took placo on the pern
Canon Diablo.—Frank
themselves so much work,” said the man
wjth the loud necktie. “Them’* only
one solitary passenger in the other Pull¬
man.”
Miss Densiow turned siek with fear.
The utter desolation of her position ap¬
palled her. Why had she done this fool¬
hardy thing? Yet, why should she have
thought of danger; or how foretell that
she would be the only woman on board
that east-bound train? And the doctor’s
letter had been so urgent. Her aunt was
dying and needed her. She felt as it
suffocating, and hurried toward the
door.
“I wouldn’t lady! Bettah stay inside. ca’
Yo’ needn’ be sca’ed. We kin taka
o’ yo*, lady. Mebbe nuffin' won’t hap¬
pen. Mebbe it’s on’y foolin’,” urged
the porter, gently. Helen had been a
generous patron and not fault-finding.
She had almost compensated to the chi¬
valrous porter for his empty car, and,
therefore, almost empty pocket.
“Open the door, quick 1 I must get
out of this prison 1” In an instant she
had sprung to the frozen ground and
was running blindly, wildly forward.
She passed the train’* length and came
to the canon’s brink. As she flew by
them her pale face was illumined by the
flare of the trainmen’s torches, searching
the disaster’s extent.
“Oh, lady! Don’t go dowa there 1
Take care! It’s a tough placel”
At the touch of the brakeman’s hand
on her arm the girl stopped. Her un¬
reasoning fear left her as suddenly as it
had come, and she was her cool, alert
self again.
“Have you telegraphed for help?”
“That’s the worst—the wire are cut.”
“Sent some one, then?”
“Yes—if the messenger ain’t stopped.”
“Did such a thing ever happen be¬
fore?”
The man answered evasively.
“It’s a wild country, lady. Consider¬
able money goes east now and again, and
there’s a diamond merchant travels the
road sometimes.”
‘'Jerry 1 Bring that light this way.”
As the glare of the torch faded the
moonlight filled its place. Miss Den
slow’s fear gone, her curiosity remained.
Canon Diablo is a world’s wonder. Its
sides are covered with loose stones and
bowlders which look as if they had been
brought one by one and tossed into
place.
THB H0USB -
33 d Day.—T hehouse passed the Sol
die/’s rote Home L* bill 0 Thursday morning by ■
amendment to the b.ll-that of Mr. Hill,
* f Tvo'
tlm? fi ofMr!
nesday in January next-and
Hurst, of Walton, providing that noth
mg inthe bill beconstrued to interfeto
with the pensions to confederate soldiers,
were adopted. No extensive speech**
were made. Immediately upon the pa*
sage of the bill, on motion of Mr. Flem
ing, it was transmitted to the senate.
The house decided to “fiuish up” the
appropriation bill before adjourning, and
Mr. Neel, of Floyd, offered an amend
ment appropriating $20,000 for the sup
port of the state soldiery, supporting it
m 8 speech. It was carried, the
81 » th V2 y \ 60 I. th ?S
'' r ' “ n a “ ende l to ,‘: 9 trlke ° ut ”
.
J was na r H defeated, fl f a by h S a vote s® of 80 to 71. The
house then passed the approbation bill
and adjourned.
34 th Day.-T he first feature of the
session of the house Friday morning was
a motion by Mr. Rankin to reconsider so
much of the journal as relates to the pass
age of the general appropriation bill. He
thought the appropriation of $30,000 for
the support of the state soldiery was too
much,and he was opposed to the issuance
°* $368,000 in bonds for the purpose of
because funding the interest on the public debt,
he supposed the issuance of these
b° nds would increase taxation. The mo
tion was overwhelmingly defeated, the
yeaS navs qQ an. Dg r^ the ly h hill 48 »*> reconsi . der ? an<^^
? «3
that all ordinarJ*
r
taxes 'A
■was J
r-
THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Our Lawmakers Busily Engaged ill
Framing State Stales,
Proceedings of the Body from Day to
Day Briefly Told.
THE SENATE.
33rd Dav. —The senate consumed
Thur day morning’s session in debating
the bill to pension the widows of con¬
federate soldiers and finally decided to
let the figures remain us fixed by the
house—$60 per annum.
34tii Day. —After the warm discussion
Thursday over the widows’ pension, the
senators showed up Friday fresh as a May
morning, and immediately jumped Hill, into of
a discussion of the bill of Mr.
Meriwether, changing the jury law. The
bill provides that the grand jury sha 1
constitute a special jury, and that their
names shall be drawn from a separate placed
box, after being selected and
there by the jury commissioners. The
bill was passed. The bill to determine the
venue in damage suits against railroads,
that is, requiring that they shall he
brought in the county where the damage
occurs, came up and was passed by a vote
of 21 yeas to 11 nays. Other hills pass¬
ed were as follows: To abolish the office
of solicitor of Macon county court; to
authorize the county commissioners of
Stewart to issue bonds to the amount of
$25,000; to create the office of assistant
quartermaster; to amend the charter of
Omaha, in Stewart county. A bill
was presented that all legal adver¬
tising be published in the paper, published where
there are two or more papers
in the county] that has enjoyed preced¬ the
largest circulation for the three
ing years. appointing Mr. Corput committee introduced of a res¬
olution a two
from the senate and three from the house
to investigate the books in the treasury
department. Mr. Corput and Mr. Per¬
sons are the committee on the part of the
senate. The bill to determine the
amount of damages to be reserved on
forthcoming bonds, went through, as
also did the measure to authorize the
town of Toccoa to issue bonds for build¬
ing school houses. The bill of Mr.
Fleming, amending reconsidorcd the fence law its was
passed. The senate ac¬
tion on the bill to protect the capitol
building. The senate then passed the
bill to give nine feet on Bull street to the
Savannah theater company, after which it
adjourned until ten o’clock Saturday.
35th Day —In the senate, Saturday
morniug, Mr. McAfee’s bill to mend a
section, of the common school laws was
reconsidered. The committee on new
judicial circuits was announced. The
finance committee reported favorably following on
the Soldiers’ borne bill. The
hills were passed: To amend the act
establishing the criminal court for At¬
lanta, by providing judge that the governor
shall appoint a when a vacancy oc¬
curs and the legislature is not in session ;
to amend an act to prescribe the the manner
of takiDg cases confine to supreme
court and to the de¬
cisions of the supreme court to the
specifically alleged errors; to provide
when a husband shall be agent of his
wife in the management of her separate
estate or in the use of the wife’s money
or property in ai y business carried on by
the husband and to prescribe when the
wife’s estate shall be liable for the pay¬
ment of debts; to authorize all incorpor¬
ated towns and cities in the state to re¬
ceive donations of any property real or
personal; to authorize bond the state
treasurer to pay 198 for
$1,000, owned by Dr. A. W. Calhoun; to
amend section 178 of the code so as to
change the time for the meeting of the
general assembly at its second annual
session; to amend section 3766 of the
code, prescribing the mode of giving at¬
tachment bonds, and section 3271, pre¬
scribing the mode of requiring additional
security on such bonds;to amend section
3514 of the code; to amend
section 943 (a) of the code, providing
for the selection by the governor of banks
in certain cities; to authorize the forma¬
tion of t^e Fourth Infantry Battalion
into the Fourth Infantry Regiment; to
provide that all bills undisposed of at
the close of the first session of the gen¬
eral assembly shall go over to the second
session as unfinished business; the senate
then adjourned until Monday morning
at 10 o’clock.
36th day —The first thing done in ths
senate Monday morning was to recommit
the soldiers’ home bill to the finance com¬
mittee. Several bills were read the first
time, among them the tax act. After a
short session, the senate adjourned until
9 a. m. Tuesday.
At the night 9i srion of the house the
tax bill was passed and at once sent to
the senate. Pew charges—none of great
importance—were made in its provisions.
35t11 da*— The house was treated to a
great surprise Saturday morning in the
form of a notice given by Mr. Fleming,
a short time after assembling, that he
would move to reconsider the hill to re¬
peal the “board of education” bill, which
was passed Friday. He met with very
spirited opposition. The bill was recon¬
sider, d, however, by a good vote repealing on a
technicality, and after the
clause had been set right by an amend¬
ment from Mr. McBride, Mr.
Fleming took occasion to make a
defense of the board of equalization law,
concluding by moving that the reconsid¬
ered bill to repeal it lie on the table,- in
order that the people of Georgia might
give the boards of equalization at least
another year’s trial. But the house took
different view and overwhelmingly
voted down the motion to table the bill.
The previous question was called iu a
jiffy and promptly sustained and the bill
was at once passed again by the emphatic The
majority of yeas 99, nays only 19.
strongest reason given by Mr. Fleming for
revivifying the defunct “board of aquali
zation” was that it had the power to sub¬
ject dead loads of personal property to
taxation, such as money, stocks, notes,
etc., which could not be gotten at for
taxing purposes. Mr. Calvin’s bill to re¬
peal the ten per cent tax on state banks
came up, several speeches were made op¬
posing its passage, but the hour
having arrived for the reading of
bills the second time, it went over
as unfinished business to Monday
36th Day. —The house, Monday morn
ing,considered the appropriation of $20,
000 asked for by the trustees of the
“ Tech” to restore the machinery and
equipments destroyed by fire, in commit¬
tee of the whole, and after a spirited dis¬
cussion the bill to appropriate $20,000 to
restore the machinery and equipments
burned The house, was passed in committee by a vote of of the 103 whole, to 28.
also decided to give to the Deaf and
Dumb Asylum $5,600 for material im¬
provements. It was shown that $14,700
was needed to put the lunatic asylum in
better shape and that sum was voted.
An appropriation of $4,000 for repairs to
;the Academy of the Blind was also put
through. By unanimous consent a nut:i -
her of new bills were read and referred.
A resolution by Mr. Boifeuillet calling
on the resolutions public printer this to print the acts
and of session of the gen¬
eral assembly at the earliest possible date,
was carried, aud then the house ad¬
journed to meet at 7:30 o’clock p. m.
CITY OF MEXICO.
l T iii<|iie Street Scenes in the Mexican
Metropolis.
By day the tow n of Mexico presents a
very unique appear ance, for, from what¬
ever point of view chosen, the avenues
are shut in by the serrated mountains
surrounding the whole valley. in
The straight lines wide streets, running and
parallel from north to south
from east to west, make it look modern
enough, but, for all that, the old white¬
washed houses, the only architectural
beauties of which are the numerous win¬
dows with projecting balconies, give the
whole place a superannuated appearance.
These houses are always built in four
blocks, with one or two patios, or spa¬
cious court-yards. On two sides of this
patio there is generally a narrow veranda
or some projecting protection masonary, rain, which aud
serves as a from the
enables the occupant to reach dry-shod
the wide staircase with high stone steps
leading which to the upper rooms. These
rooms, are mostly paved with tiles
instead of planks, open on to a gallery
running around the court, with a balus¬
trade at a convenient height for leaning
against, which balustrade is decked with
numerous pots of flowers and shrubs.
The first story alone is used to live in,
the ground-floor being occupied by shops,
magazines, or stables. The better houses
are built of freestone, whilst the poor
tenements consist of a material known as
amygdaloid, which i* a variety of porous
trap or basaltic rock of a reddish color,
the blocks being bound together with
cement or sand. Some buildings have
walls of great thickness, three feet or
more.
The foundations of most of the houses
being laid in water or in marshy flats,
tney have no cellars, aud are really great
cubes of masonry kept in place by their
own weight.
From the first tiling in the morning
the streets are full of traffic; richly
dressed horsemen, hired carriages, noisy
carts with unoiled wheels, drawn by four,
aud six, or eight mules, troops of donkeys
mules loaded with all manner of
packages, jostle each other in the road¬
way. Water-carriers, or aguadors, com¬
pletely clad in leather, and wearing a
kind of jockey cap also of leather, be¬
huge siege the public fountains, carrying two
amphora, kept in place by straps,
which cross on the head over a palm-leaf
cap with leather visor.
Indian men and women pass to and
fro screaming out in ear-splitting tones
the names of what they have to sell,
fruits, vegetables, chickens, etc., carry¬
ing everything on their backs in wicker¬
work baskets, fastened on to their shoul¬
ders like soldiers’ knapsacks, but sup¬
ported by a leather thong passed across
the forehead beneath the broad-briinmed
straw sombreros, or worn just under the
arms across the chest.
Street boys follow the passers-by,
breathlessly shouting out the names of
the daily papers and the numbers of the
last tickets of the Loteria Nacional, or
National Lottery. You pause an instant,'
you give a silver coin—horror of horrors,
you have been noticed, and you are im¬
mediately surrounded by twenty beggars
of all ages, followed by dozens of mangy
yellow dogs, which appear from eveiy
side, and in piteous tones you are im¬
plored, “For the sake of Jesus. Joseph,
and Mary, senor, give a dole, a little dole. r
Oh, and dear little friend [amiguito], GocU
your sweetheart will reward you !” 7
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Do You Wish
the Finest Brea
and Cake?
It is conceded that the Royal Baking
the purest and strongest of all P 0wd “
The baki„/p the h a i-; n ^
purest mv[1 e r est,
est, most delicious food, The S*
der makes the lightest food. strongest bakin g
That baking powder which is both
strongest makes the most digestible Purest
food. and whole
Why should not every housekeeper avail her
of the baking powder which will m her th. i
food with the least ve
trouble ?
Avoid all baking powders sold with
or prize, or at lower bJ a,
a price than the
as they invariably contain alum, lime or!
phuric acid, and render the food unwholeso
Certain protection from alum baking powders
be had by declining to accept any substitute for
Royal, which is absolutely pure.
FARM NOTES.
You can never grade up the cattle un¬
less you use better animals for breeding.
The time has gone for keeping a steer
until he is four years old before sending
to market.
Stock that is continually tempted by
weak fences should not be blamed for
becoming “breachy.”
A box six inches high and two feet
square kept filled with clean, dry
dirt makes a good dust bath.
Don’t buy a cow with high head and
eyes starling from sockets. She is off in
disposition, and you will be a loser.
If ducks can have a free range dur
lugvthe day and comfortable quarters
at healthy. night they can readily he kept
Milking should be done hour’s with the
greatest the regularity. harmful An the time out
of way is to cow every
time.
Next to the Jersey Red, the Poland
China breed is considered to rank highest
in regard to hardiness and ability to re¬
sist disease.
The calf is not so stupid as he looks.
When his mother fails to answer his de¬
mands he gives her a “milk punch,” and
the old lady comes down.
Light hogs prepared for early market
are often far more profit than if kept
until later when prices are low because of
the rush of fresh pork.
The wheels of the mowing machines
are made use of for constructing low-
6own wagons with wide rimmed wheels,
that prove to be just the thing.
Provide plenty of bedding for the
sheep during the winter so as to keep
the wool out of the dirt, and at the same
time it will aid, to keep the sheep dry.
A well known Australian wool grower
raises 200 acre* of rape for his sheep,
and he speaks in the highest terms of its
value. He has fattened twenty sheep per
acre on his rape field.
If you have barb wire fence around
your pasture it may pay to tie scraps of
tin or some other substance to the wires
to prevent the animals from running
against it without seeing it.
Scaly legs are eyesores. With such
simple remedies as applying vaseline or
lard, to which a few drops of carbolic
adki has been added, there is no excuse
for their presence in a well kept flock of
poultry.
The chaff from wheat is one of the
best materials for use on the floor of the.
poultry under house. Keep the chaff dry and
cover. It not only permits of easy
cleaning of the house, but acts as an ab¬
sorbent and also serves as litter in which
the bens may scratch for food.
A large crop of apples may be grown
when a hive of bees is stationed in the
orchard. The pollen is rubbed from
Iheir bodies against the pistils of thou¬
sands of flowers, which thus become fer¬
tilized. Many of the strange feats of
hybridizing of bees. varieties are due the agency
Needed Further Instructions.
Prison Warden—“It’s just been found
:ut that you did’nt commit that crime
you’ve been in for all these years, and so
the governor has pardoned you.”
Innocent Man—“Urn—I’m pardoned,
jui I?”
Prison Warden—“Y-e-s, but don’t go
yet. I’ll have telegraph for further in¬
structions.”
Innocent Man—“What about?"
Prison Warden—“Seems to me that
considerin’ that you hadn’t any business
here, you ought to pay the state for your
board,”
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Weekly.
Luncheon Sweet Potato!
boil, peel and slice. Sprinkle i
per and salt, dip in beaten egg
in hot butter. Take up, and i
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