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Beautm.1 faces are tbose tbat wear- It matters little If dark or fair— Waole-aou.e-cl honesty prtntea there. IieautlfQl eyes are tbote that show , Like crystal panes where earth fires glow , Beautiful thoughts that huro below. Iieautlfu. \\\t% arc thovt whose worfls I/*ap from the heart like songs of birds . Yet whoso utterance prudence girds. H-'iijtirui hands are those that do Work that is earnest, and brave and true , Moment by moment tho long day through. Itcautlful feet are those tbat go On kindly ministry to and fro , Down lowliest ways , If God wills It so. I.eautirul shoulders are those that bear (' ••useless burdens ot homely care With patience , grace and dally prayer. Heautlful lives are those that bless— silent rivers ot happiness , Whose bidden fountains but few may gii cs-L Beautiful twilight at net of sun , Iteautirul goal with race well run , Beautiful rest with work well done. Ut-autlful grave where grasses creep, Whero brown leaves fail , where drifts Uo deep Over worn-out hanJs-oli , beautiful sluep ! Tbe BeautlfnU LUCIA. Vance Ash ra oro stood iu the window of the seaside hotel watching for the return of his young wife. Ho had not soen her since nioruinf* HLIICO they parted in anger , but be wns waiting for ber now, read y to g ivo nnd receive a kiss of forg.veuess and forget that their HIS months of married life , six uioutha of perfect bliss , had heen marrocl b y tha dreadful quarrel of the morning. •' i hate fuvorito cousins. I wish Ital ph Ventnor was a thousand miles away. Wlij couldn ' t Lucia marry him , but theu sho can 't ngreo with any one. I' m positivo , sinco his last quarrel with her , that he is pay ing marked attention to ray wife , \ mused Vance , as ho watched the strollers climbing the cliff- * from tho beach. \ It ' s growing lato. I wonder what' s keep- ing Berry down there so long, \ said Vance impatientl y. Evidentl y Ital p h Ventnor waa not a v ery p leasant subject for Vance to let hia thoug hts dwell upon ; in fact he was the cause of all the trouble between Vance and his wife , and knowing that it would not improve his tem- per to ntlow his thoug hts to run in that direction , Vance hurried from tha apart- ment , left tbo hotel and started down tho dills to the beach. Ho met a few stragglers coming up, Dat from all appearance , as far ns his eye could reach , the beach was deserted. A few more stops and Vance Ash moro came to a stand- still. Tho rich color faded from his face , leaving it ghastly palo , and g leams of fierce anger leaped from his dark eyes. Tho beach was not quite deserted , for below him on the Hand stood his wife and her cousin , Jhil ph Ventnor. U..l i *h was holding both of his fair cousin ' s hands and looking down at her smiling face , his own beaming with happiness. Vance saw it all iu a g lance , and with the fury of a madman ho rushed down the rugged path. \ flood-by, Berry, you havo made mo tho happ iest man olive , \ were the words Vance caug ht as he stepped li g htl y on tho sand. \ Poor llal ph , ho deserves to be happy, \ murmured Berenice Ashmore , her faco beam- ing with childish delight as her g lad blue eyes followed her handsome cousin , and drawing her scarf over her shoulders she turned to leave the spot nod turned fhco to f'uee with hor husband. The shades of evening were gathering over tho spot and standing iu tho shadow of a hugo rock* his arms folded across his breast , his face whito and p itiless , his black eyee liko two burning coals , Vance Ashmore looked more like a statu* than a living man. Dei an ico staggered back and put np her hands ILS if to ward off a blow. Well sho knew the cause of his terriblo looks. Ho had seen hor with Ral p h. But what ri g ht had ho to doubt her? Why should he be jealous of Ral p h? Her defiant sp irit of tho morning was fast returning to her now. But then she thoug ht of bow miserable Bhe had been all day becauso Vanco left her in an- ger- , Vance whom she loved so passionatel y. Sho would not allow her p ride , her temper , to get tho hotter of her; Hho would exp lain Ral p h' s conduct , and put au end to hor husband' s jealousy forever. Theso thoug hts passed throug h her mind like a flash , and stepping forward , with her vxna extended toward Him , said : * Vance, my husband , don 't look at me with tbat terriblo faco t Ral ph meant noth- ing \ \Stop! You told me this morning your cousin meant nothing b y his attentions ; this tivcuuiR—I have it from hia own li ps—that * you havo mado him the happ iest man blive , '\ said Vance , in cold , even tones , nover removing his burning eyes from her faro. \Ob , Vanco ! Vance!\ sho cried , throw- ing his arms about her neck. \With a shiver ho drow-nway from her ein- hriicf. \ I here , don 't touch mo—don't come near me. You have deceived me , you hive dis- honored tho name I gave you , and now , be- foro I go , have you anything to say for yourself?\ Her touch was contaailnating, she had deceived him , had dishonored the namo he gave her. All thoug hts of an exp lanation wero ovor now. The blue eyes were flash- ing a steelly li g ht , the sli g ht f i g ur o w as drawn to its utmost hei g ht and quivering with passion. \ I have nothing to say to you , go. \ Without a word Vanco Ashmore turned and ascended the cliffs. He had come to kiss and make up, aud this was what came of it. Berry watched him with wild eager eyes. Did be reall y mean to leave her ? Wouldn 't he even turn to look back? \ Vance ! Vance!\ she cried. - ' Vance , my husband , come book and I will exp l a in everything t\ But too late. Vance vas already ont of si g ht , and , with a groan , she fell forward on the sand. 11 Vance ! Vance!\ called a p leasant roiee , and a gentleman trying to p ick his way through a crowd of promenadera turned quickl y around as a little gloved hand woe luid upon his arm. \ Cousin Lucia , is it really you ?\ and Vanco Ashmore took the little gloved hand in his. \ Oh , Vanco , I am -so g lad to - see you ! When did you arrive? Where have you been all this time , and what have you been doing with yourself? One would think twelve years , instead of twelve months , had passed over your head since last I saw you. \ And taking his arm , Lucia led him out of the throng. \Well , I' ve been leadlug a wild life ont on the p lains. I suppose that doesn 't im- prove one ' s appearance. I' vo been in town about two weeks , bu t I h a ven 't been about much , nud I didn 't exactly kuow where to find you , Lucia , \ and Vance pressed Lucia ' s arm as if 'twas iu a vise. \ Luci a , do you ever hear anything about Ral p h Ventnor now?\ \ Occasionally, \ answered Lucia , with a Tneiry g leam iu her laug hing, brown eyes. It was some moments before Vance spoke again. \Do you ' .mow if he is in town now ?\ The question seemed forcod from Vance ' s li ps. \ I a m i n town , am 1 not ? \ waa Lucia ' s ft&swei. \ Well , I should say you were , \ said Vance , a smile li ghting his grave face. \Th e n , if I am in town Ralp h is in town , tor whore he goeth I go. His country is my country, and all the rest that Ruth said. I really can 't remember it now. I always was a miserable band at quotations , you know. \ \ What do you mean , Lucia ?\ \ I mean that I am Ralp h Ventnor ' s wi/o. Oh , Vance , Vance , how mistaken you were a year ago!\ \ I thoug ht you and Ventnor quarrelled and parted down at the seaside. For Heaven ' s sake , Lucia , exp lain , \ nnd great beads of persp iration stood out on Vance Ashmoro ' s forehead. \Bo we did quarrel ; but then you know we were always quarreling. I suppose it was because ' the course of true love never runs smoothl y. ' But after tho last quarrel we had I thoug ht wo would never mako it up. We wouldn 't , either , we wore , both so obstinate, you know , onl y for Berry. Poor , darling Berry ! Little she thoug ht , when sho was try ing to bring us together , that she was working such misery for herself. Oh, Vance , how your rashness has wrecked both your lives ! That ni g ht , a year ago , wheu Berry met Ral ph on the beach and told him I would see him again , you overheard Ral ph say tbat ' sho had made him tho happ iest roan in existence , ' or some such nonsense ; and then you must get some outlandish idea into your head \ \ My God ! Lucia , hush. I cannot bear it. \ \Allow mo to finish what I was say ing, sir. Ah , here wo are at homo. You must come in 1\ \ Kot thia evening, Lucia , \ said Vance. \ Ob , but you must. I didn 't finish what I was say ing to you , \ aud holding his hand ti g htly sho forced him up the steps. '* Oh , Lucia , Lucia , do yoa think sho will forg ive me? Where is she now , where has she been all these mouths?\ said Vance , walking up and down the darkened room. \ She has been everywhere. Remain here a moment until I remove uiy wrapp ings , \ and Lncia disappeared. \Will Lucia nover come back?\ said Vance , as he threw himself into an arm-chair. \Oh , Berry, Berry, where are you to- night?\ Thero was a rnstle of silkcu garments , a soft footfall ou the carpet , nn arm stolo around his neck aud a voice that made the blood leap throug h his veins , said : \Vance , my husband , I am hero. \ Vance Ashmore sprang to his feet. \Berry my darling wife , can you forgive me?\ \ Forg ive you , Vance? Oh, it was all my fault ; but how I have suffered sinco I went adrift on the sand that ni g ht a year ago. Here to-day aud away to-morrow , drifting about , at rest nowhere \ \But anchored safely at last , my precious wife , in love that will never doubt you again!\ said Vance, clasping her to his heart* file Women of the Plain* and The!* node ot l*lffe. Theodore Roosevelt , says thot the ranch, woman—the cattle queen , as the West is falling into tho way of sty ling her—is no newspaper myth. She exists , her numbers ire increasing, and she is one of the moat characteristic types that the conditions of American lifo have evolved. She is the modern independent woman , but with a different^. J* *he does not stand on her own feet liko tho New York woman , because she feels her influence in society, nor like the Now Eng land woman , because sho haa beeu taug ht to think for hirsel/ , but b*v sause , like all frontiersmen , sho has been forcod to act for herself , and with true Western grit she does it well. She knows how to take care of herself. She knows how to take care of her cattlo. She knows how to make for her children n homestead and a heritage Occasionall y, she knows what few self-supporting woman have yet learned , how to mako money not onl y to live ou but to grow rich on , as men and rich men count w ealth nowadays. *'There are women all over the West , \ Mr. Roosevelt said the other day, \ who have como to bo thoroug hly capable of manag ing their affairs for themselves as if they wero the fihrewdest ot men. Fortitude and patience wo al ways look for in a Toman , but cool bravery and business talent are tho qualities that sometimes come out strongest when sho finds herself facing a rude civilization and left to shift tor herself as best sho can. Life on the ranch is certainl y roug h for a woman. There is no call to pity a p ioneer cf tbe other sex , for if he has the right stuff in him it won 't hurt him to buckle ri g ht dow n to the bono , and then he can 't but duccced. But for a womau , to an Eastern- er nt least , it seems different. And yet , so far as one can see , they liko it , a good * nany of them , and it brings out the best that is in them. They are not all angels by any means , and a woman desperado is sometimes quite as much to be feared as tb* j worst of the men. There was one down in Arizona whom the ranchmen tell tales of yet , and with something like pride in her exp loits , too , who killed , so the* 3ay, twenty-five men with her own hands. She was a hard rider , and a crack shot , so that it was decidedl y risk y to be covered b y her rifle. But that same p luck and courage that she showed turned into more peaceful channels , make sp lendid success of some of the ranch woman. Tbe women who are manag ing cattlo ranyes for themselves , not helping their hnsbandsJ gain a footing, which is sometimes about as hard , come from all social rauks and have drifted into the business—I dou ' t know what proper, tion of-them havo deliberatel y chosen it— In all sorts of ways. Some of them ara Texaus who were almost cradled with cat tie , and to whom running a mower, feeding stock , breaking wild horses , or doing any sort of work about a ranch is so much a matter of education aud habit that it seem* aa much their natural occupation as taking in sewing to a notable housewife left a widow in an Eastern village. They take hold cleverl y with their husbands if they marry ; they strike out for themselves on a ¦* -aj-- t , , l scale , which sometimes grows to u lirger one , if they don 't. Other ranch women , especiall y in Dakota , come from New Eng land , New York or tho States north of Ohio. There are school teachers am o ng them , who have concluded to train something that may possibl y shoot more profitably than the unfruitful young Idea. Most of them went West , in the fir«jt p lace , with their husbands , to see what could be done in a new country, and when the man of the famil y died or broko down , the wife , rather than sacrifice the foothold already gained , stayed on , learned by experience boug ht her knowled ge pretty dearly some- Limes , failed utterl y perhaps , if the winters wero bad or a fire swept her buildings ; succeeded moro probably, kept her stock in good shape , added to their numbers and camo out ahead a littlo every year. It is no Joke to succeed in Dakota in cattle rais- ing or tree p lanting or wheat farming, but women can and do make money \i\ all three. Success is graded , of course , as elsewhere. The women ranchers • IOIU I know person- ally—aud that is no v&vy largo number- Ire not in tbe business on a large scale. ome of them are not ranching as Eastern peop le , w ith their ideas of the bi gness of Western operations , intsvpret tho word at ill. They havo no mora than sn or ton eattle , perhaps , and from that tho number will run up to twenty-five or fifty hoad , Vut they are an energetic and business-like iet of women , who aro working industri- ously in the day of small things , and of course with some , thoug h perhaps with no large number of othei. - .. tha day of large -things has already coma . * **tJlZ *ZXS OP -SIIaC RANCH?. under the above title Theodore Roosevelt contributes to the Centur y an account of bis capture and delivery into the bands of the sheriff of three thieves. From bis article wo quote the following : \ Having captured our men , we were ir\ a quandary how to •keep them. The cold was so intense that to tie them tightly hand nnd foot meant , in all likelihood , freezing both hands and feet off during the ni ght ; and it was no use ty ing th e m a t all unl ess w e ti e d them ti g htl y enough to stop in part the circulation. So nothing was left for us to do but to keep perpetual guard over them. Of course we had carefull y searched them , and taken away not onl y their firearms and knives , bnt everything else that could possibl y be used as a weapon. By this time they were pretty well cowed , as they found out very quickly that they would be well treated so long as they remained quiet , but would receive some rough handling if they attempted any dis- turbance. \ Our next step was to cord their weapons up in soma bedding, which we sat on whilo wo took supper. Immediatel y afterward we made the men take off their boots—an addi- tional safeguard , as it was a cactus country, in which a man could travel barefoot only at the risk of almost certainly laming him- self for lifo—and go to bod , all three lying on one buffalo robe and being covered by another , in the full li g ht of the blazing fire. Wo determined to watch in succession a half-ni g ht ap iece , thus each getting a full rest every third ni ght. I took first watch , my two companions , revolver under head , rolling tip in their blankets on tbo sido of tho fire opposite that on which the three captives lay ; while I , in fur cap, gauntlets , and overcoat , took ray station a littlo way back in the circle of firelight , in a position iu which I could watch my men with tho absolute certainty of being ablo to stop any movement , no matter how sudden. For this ni g ht watching we always used the double- barrel with buckshot , as a rifle is uncertain iu the dark ; while with a shot-gun at such a distance , and with men l ying down , a per- son who is watchful may bo sure that they cauuot get up, uo matter how quick they are , without being riddled. The onl y dan- ger lies in the extreme monotony of sitting still in the dark guar ng men who make no motion , and the consequent tendeucy to go to sleep, especiall y wheu oue has had a hard days ' s work and is feeling reall y tired. But neither on the first ni ght nor ou any subse- quent ono did we ever abate a jot of oar watchfulness. \ Sberlfr* Work on a Ranch. Jn the far away country where story folk dwell- In tbe beautiful sunshiny weather , I think 'twould be pleasant to wander , ma belle— Of course , I mean wander together. A demure little Inn we should meet on tho road , Br the side of a gay little river; And where'd be the harm , it we made our abode At tbe sign or the -* Cupid and Quiver ?•* Young couples would saunter along In the shades , While blithely the sign swung above them , And woe begoni gallants and weariful maids Would Oad some nice person to lore them. Grim Clotho would wear such a holiday look , We should And lt not hard to forgive ber; For Pate la a shepherdess , waving her crook At the sign ol tho •- Cupid and Quiver. \ A sweet , idle day dream , I wish it were true. I wish that the year were all summer. And that time were a maiden as pretty as you , Instead or a toothless old mummer. Uy fancies grow cold as the year onward dies , And the chut winter winds make them Bhlver ; But they are wanned and rejoiced when they see ¦ in your eyes The dear sign ot the \ Cupid and Quiver. \ —hifs* Tfc« •* Cupid and -Quiver* \ 1 ' But you wished to know how a tooth- pick was made , \ said the manufacturer. \ W e ll , l e t' s begin at the first stage of the proc ess. \ The wood we use is birch and map l e. It must be green , clear and strai g ht-grained. Wo get it from all along the line of the Maine Central. It comes in four-foot logs , which we saw into six and one-fourth inch pieces. These are put into barrels in tho steaming room , where they remain for about three hours , coming out as soft as leather. \ He p icked up a piece of thin veneer and exhibited its pliability by twisting it care- lessly in the way one would a stri p of rib- b on. \The charging of the wood with steam drives out all the sap, and then it is ready for the veneer machino , the bark having been removed. Here is the veneer machine in operation , \ and he indicated a p iece of mechanism much like a lathe , similar to the veneer machine used in wooden box fac- tories. \ The blocks are placed in this in- strument and out comes two long serpents of veneer , or ribbons ct, wood , the grain running across the stri ps , which are allowed to squirm around on the floor till after the operation is comp lete. \ They are then wound up on large spools , each spool carrying about a hundred feet or so of veneer. The reels are the ammunition with which the tooth p ick machine is loaded. The end of tho veneer is p laced in the gat- liog-gun-like apparatus , and shoot out at ' the muzzle in a scattering volley- A small boy p icks them up into dry ing boxes , with wire bottoms. Tbey are placed on a hot air draught , fanned Yfg a blower and in twenty miiiutea they ar» cry as a bone. \ In the boxing room * L half dozen girls stand at tables and put up about five eases a day, 100 boxes in a case , for which they are paid ei g hteen cents a case. The work is not bard and an expert can make good-wages, M —LtttBUton Journal. Hovr Toothpick* are . viad-u Borne Old-Time Superstitions Abont Different Kind* of Food. Somo recent remarks b y Dr.. James C White , professor of dermatology in Harvard University, are directl y in line with an arti- cle published onl y a few days ago in these columns on the subject of sensible eating. There is , of course , no subject concerning which peop le need information more than they do about eating, and there are very few subjects on which more ridiculous notions nre extant. \One man ' s meat is another man ' s poison \ is an old and true saying, yet a great majority of mankind have ideas of diet that aro formed from the experience of other peop le , and these ideas are very com- monl y absurd. Dr. White disposes of some of these notions , b y the authoritative utter- ance of a thoroug h scientist. For exam ple , be touches on the old wives * fable that but- ter in liberal quantities will cause children ' s faces to break out with \ butter sores. \ Ho declares , what intelli gent peop le have long known , that good butter uncooked is per- fectly harmless food so far as the skin is concerned , and ho mi g ht have gone much farther , for tho limitation was unnecessary. He Bays , however , that the notion alluded to probabl y camo from tbe fact tbat the nse of impure butter in food otherwise indi gesti- ble , may have disturbed the stomach and produced impure blood in some coses. It is more likely to have come from the efforts of parents of limited means to curb their chil- dren ' s indul gence in an expensive dainty. It is certain that much of the prejudice against candy came from this particular cause , - thoug h with candy as with butter , the prejudice is entirel y justifiable in refer- ence to adulterated and impure grades. N ot hing is more common th an to hear par- ents tell Iheir children that eating cand y will ruin their teeth , but it is most likel y to be an utterance dictated b y economy. At all events , no educated dentist will endorse the statement. The notion that buckwheat cakes and oat- meal ore productive of skin diseases is also attacked , and pretty thoroughl y demolished by Prof. White , aa well as that absurdity abont tomatoes , which was started by Dio Lewis a generation or so ago. He said that tomatoes were productive of cancer , and that they loosened and destroyed, the teeth. Dr. White declares tomatoes and oatmeal to be harmless and valuable foods , and points at the simp le fact that the onl y danger in eating buckwheat lies in the fact that it is apt to be served up hot in tho form of im- properl y cooked cakes. These may, and aro very likel y to upset the di gestion. He declares , moreover , that a good digestion and a healthy appetite will take care of tbe skin , so far as tbe effects of food are con- cerned , and that it matters little what kind of food is used so long as it is pure , of good quality and properl y prepared. Tho healthy stomach will tarn it into good blood. This , it will bo Been , is a similar utterance to that of Dr. Austin Flint , recently quoted , onl y tbat Dr. White , treating i*s he did on the skin onl y, did not make so sweeping a etate- ment as Dr. Flint , who said : \ E a t wh a t you like , when yon like , and eat as much aa you like. Yoa may get gout that way, but not dvspepsia. \ „ * •—— * ¦»¦ * GOOD ADVICE ABOUT EATIXG. fit , ngfeoom sait ftittD A seal skin—A notary public. —[L ife. I ts concentrated curati ve power makes Ayer ' s Sarsaparllla Ibe best blood purifier. T eacher—What is the p lar al of child? Boy [promptly!—Twins. S afe and sure to regulate the bowels — Ayer ' s Cathartic Mils never tail to give satisfac- tion. Uecommerdnd by mine, t physicians. Hoarding house keepers , al t hou g h not over-burdened wilh crt-ilulltv . frequently loss money by crediting false roomers. Humors run riot in thu blood at this Foansm. Hood' s Sarsaparllla expels every im- purity una vitalizes aud enriches the blood. Brown — Does your wile keep hor tcm- r;r very well? Jones—Urn—urn—er some , hut set lhe most ol It. WoNDERFCL CORKS. Vi . I ' l . Hoyt it Co ., Wholesale and llciail DruKplsts . ol Rome (ia., sny: We have been selling l)r. Kln« * s . N.w Iliscovery. Electric titters and ll.icklv.s ' s Arulia ealve for four years . IIare never handled remedies that sell aa well , or j-i-e such universa l satisfaction. There bave been .ome wonderful cures ettecled by ibese in.-.ifcines lu tills city. Several cases of pronoiinct-d con- sumption have been entirely cured by use ol a lew boitlcs of Dr. King ' s New Discovery; take n in connection Willi Klecirio aliilers . »e iMiaraniec them always. Sold by M. \V. Beecber. nf M any a man who gets caug ht in the matrimonial knot rear- els that be monkeied witb the lass-so. PKRSOSAL. — Mr. N. II. Frohhclistcin , of .Mobile . Ala., writes: I take great pleasure in recosiimendlug Dr. King s J\ew Discovery for consumption . Laving im.-il ii Iur a seve.e attack of bronchitis and catarrh. It gale me instant rebel aud entirely cured me, and 1 have not been alllicted since. 1 also bev. to state that 1 l-ad tried other remedies wills no K . MM ! result, liave also used Electric llltte.s aud Dr. King ' s New Ule hills, both of wbicl* I can recommend. Dr. King ' s New Discovery Iur consumption , coughs and colds is sold on :. positive guarantee. Trial bolt.es Iree at M. W. Beecher ' sdrug stoie. nf \ Do you object to smoking. Miss Flo? - ' asked young Dumley . •* Not at all. \ n plied Miss Flo. \Hut 1 dou 't wan t palo see me. JJe ' s got ols. -:asbioucd notions about such things , J I . II Know. '* The remarkable cures which have been effected bv Hossd' s Sarsaparllla a.e suMc- lent prool that tins m. dlciue does ins.sess pe- culiar curative power In t' seseven's! eases ssl scrofula or salt rUeuui , when other preparations bad been powerless , tbe use of II.....i n S s^sapa rilla has brought about ibe happiest results. The case ol Miss .Sarah C. Whittier . of Lowell , Mass.. vbo sullercd terribly from nerolulous sores ; Ihal o. Charles A hoberls. »I Kast v> ll- sou , al V. . wbo had ihirteeu -.Lsct-sscs un bis face aud neck ; tba: ot Willie I J . I II. -.1 Walpole , Mass., who had hip disease ansl scrofula so had Ibat physicians said be could no! recover; are a lew or the many instances In iililch wonderlul cures were ellcclcd by tins iiicui slue. lliiyjo A robber met a coal dealer on a lonely roasl and stopped hint. \ Your money or your life , \ said tbe robber. \ Who are you ' s \ said tiie coal dealer. \ I' m a highwayman . \ said 'lie man. \ Good enough , \ saisl the coal dealer* , \ I' m a low-weigbmau Shake. We should be frieuds. \ And they were. Taur NEVKB F AIL . No. 3 F U LTO N M A RKET , N KW 1' ojut U ITV . j January ' £) , ls.nl * 1 have been using braudrelh' s I'Uls for tbe last leu vears. Tbey are a motulerlul uiedlcine.There is nothing equal to litem as blood puriliers and liver regulators, but 1 wish to state bow remark- ably they cure rheumatism, and how eas.ly ; 1 wan atls.eted by rheumatism ol the 1 -gs. Mv business ' wtiol.sale ii-.li dealerl naturally leads u.e lo damp places . I w. s so bad 1 could not walk , aud at night suffered tearfully, 1 tried balsams, Sarsaparibus aud all kinds ot tinctures , but tbey did me no good and 1 win. alrald ol be- ing acnpple. 1 finally commenced using Bran* oretb ' s rills. 1 look two every ulgbl lor lell nig ils; tin-ii l began lo improve. I continued taking them fur lorty days , and I got entirely Hell. Now , whenever sick , 1 take lirauorelb' s 1*1119. Ihey never lalL J. N* . lls.ui.is. She—Have you read the article on Ileury Clay iu Ibe July Century * . ' lle-N.s; but 1 would like to verv much, j-.be—You ad- mire bun then? lie—1 bave fever met bun per- sonaily, but 1 bave smoked a grea t many of bis cigars. \ P ENNY W ISE AND P OUND FooLisn. \ — That' s what men are wbo plod along—trying to do their business, when they feel half dead . Their eyes are dim and llir.it> ; their head aches ; lhe children annoy them; iheir wives lose their charssis; they lose their ambition; thei make mistakes in tbeir accounts, aud tbe whole world looks blue; tbey bale ibeinsel.es and everyone else. And why ' . ' ir you leel so , why don 't s ,o-J ibtuk a minute—or are you lo stupid? Your Uver and bl.sod are out of order ; that ' s all. You need a good regulator and louic. Take a boltie ot Dr. tierce ' s Uoldeu Medical Discov- ery, aud you will feel like a new man In inree days your wife will be the rettlest and sweet- est wjmin in llie world; your children ' s dispu- silsous will be exnclly like your own; yonr busi- ness will improve , and yo i will make money chough lo pay lor ll.e \(iuldeli Medical Disco.' * cry\ a hundred times over. Don 't be stubborn , but try it. lfy.su suffer fro m \ cold in the head, \ or t.otti Nusal Catarrh , use Dr. Sage ' s caturr.i Iteiutdy. It cures when even thing else lulls . 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D ISCOUNTS oKTLbvAncE P AYKEIVTS . —O B orders offw . ioyct.: on fl-25 .15 fct ; 00 ISO ,?. ¥ct.; on tlOd, ororer 25 Wet. • YEAKLY A tsvEBTisi.va payable quarterly wben aliarged to names 0 known responalblli ty. Otherwise parable tn adViutae. THE SIGNAL , bavins a laner circulation than any other paper on lame Island (Brookly. not excepted), presents superior advantages as an advertising medium. Tbe I.nte»« He-rival l.i Dome*.is Freaks —History of Carpet** \ What ! a rag enrpetforjournewhouse?\ \ Yes. Wh y not?\ \ But th ey ' re so old-fashione<l 1\ \ Oh , no; Lt assure you they ' re tho vorj latest thing. \ \ Weill I wonder whnt will be tho next freak in revivals ?\ was overheard in a south tide elevatox yesterday. \ Yes , it' s a fact thot the passion for old- time things has broug ht rag carpets into fash, ion once more , \ said the bine-eyed and blonde-muBtachcd manager of a certain well known '' carpet department ; \ •' but the reviv. ed rag carpet is , I believe , quite an ' artistic ' affair and hasn 't much in common witb ita predecessor of the everlasting stri pe. I saw ono tho other day with a solid centre p iece of maroon , and tho effect was really very good. The warp is colored the same shade as the rags , and some ladies , I am told color them both at home , and so get their floors covered very economicall y. For border , in enlcr to utilizo both li g ht and dark rags , shaded Ted and orange are -woven in Ins old. fashioned stri pe. Quito an idea , isn 't it ? im I afraid it will injuro our trado ? Oh , uo . indeed. Itag carpets , even ' artistic ' ones will never be generall y used again. It' s just a passing fancy, thoug h I confess I' m surprised to Bee how many peop le arc taking it up. \ Yes , corpets have a history, of course , like lots of other things which we aro in the hibit of taking for granted , -without much Inquiry into tbeir ori g ins. Naturall y, I am Interested in the subject ' myself , and in my yearly tri ps to the East I have picked up a good deal of information about it. It seems that carpets and tapestries—it is not easy to distinguish between *hem—were ori g inall y used for reli g ious ceremonies and palatial decoration. The priests of Heliopolis , tbe 'City of the Sun , ' used them for their reli g- ious ceremonies , and in the palaces of tha Pharaohs they wore emp loyed as decorations. The Hebrews learned the art of weaving while they were in E gypt , and also adopted the Egyptian plan of beating gold iuto thin plates that could bo cut into threads , which mere interwoven with blue , purp le aud scar- let. To the Oriental mind a carpet is nol merel y a flower covering—it is a p icture , a work of art ; its desi gns ara symbolical and each coloring has its hidden meaning. At a formal reception in tho East three carpets called 'kivap i , * or border carpets , are used , one being laid across tbe top of the room ol tent , nnd one extending from each end along the leng th , after the shape of the Greek let. ter]. [ The host sits on the cross carpet , the guests ri g ht and left , the central space being occup ied bj* the servants , musicians , dancers or performers. Tho Persians dine on such carpets spread upon a raised couch or divan extending around the room , aud all through the Orient carpets and rngs arc used for sit ting or reclining , for kneeling and prostia. tion at devotion , as well as for sleep ing. \ They wero introduced into Spain by the Moors , into Ital y b y the Venetians , and \re- turning crusaders scattered isolated speci- mens over other parts of Europe. When firat known in Germany, France nnd Eng- land they were used as table covers and for covering conches , chairs and other articles of furniture , and this is another old fashion which has recentl y been revived. Yon know In the East there are no manufactories ol carpets. They are made by individual workers , or sometimes a rug or carpet is tlie ioint work of * whole ftunilv. The cessaian * wtaver succeeds the unbroken line of Ua weaver ancestors aud almost b y instinct pro- duces the traditional patterns which are now to much prized. This system tends to lo* cal.ze the manufacture , and , with Indian carpets the caste syst;m hel ps to perpetual*! the craft , and the workers attain to a great degree of proficiency. So skillful do they become that an Indian worker can product in a g iven time almost , if not quite , as much ta a European or Amen con workman , assist- ed by machinery. Then the Indian ia con* tent witb a wage of abont $1 per week , so th a t , for instance , a carpet which , made in Eng land , would cost $5 a square yard , can ' se produced in India for half that p rice. The expense lies in the difficulty of getting the gooda when made , down to the ports , but e v e n *this haa been largely reduced by tha development of railways and canala and the charges are now at least one-fourth lest ib an thay *wera twenty yeara ago. — Chieaat- Ntttt . HAO CARPETS ttt ¦KTrj -IA' . \ I'd liko to know , \ he began iu ha en- tered police head quarters yesterday, \if we have a police force ?\ \ We hove , \ rep lied the sergeant. \ Then I want it to protect me! I am a taxpayer. \ \ You shall bo protected , sir. What is the case ?\ \ Why, I got some paint on my overcoat lost ni ght and my wife sponged it off with benzine and left it out doors to air. It' s gone! Y' es , sir , gone!\ \ Wel l , we 'll try and find it for you . \ The wrath y man had scarcely departed when a second stranger entered and de- manded to know : \ Have we police or b.tvo we not!\ \ We have , \ rep lied tho sergeant. \ Well , here ' s au overcoat I found ia my yard this morning, whero some burg lar had probably left it. Just smell the chloroform , will you ?\ A messenger was scut to overtake the first man , and be returned aud identified the coat , which had blown over the fence. \ Yes , sir , it ' s mine , \ he Baid , as he started off , \ and I hope the police will be more Yi g ilant in future. \ \ And it was in my yard , sir , \ said num- ber two , as he went ont , \ and if any more burglars come around yon police wiU heai 1 fiom me. \ Usui liesm.su to be Anilom In nn excursion party on which some half dozen coup les recentl y niriv-.l iu tbe city there was ouo pair iu whir- - t.io woman was about twenty-five and IV } >' m >g ™sn nbuut ei g hteen. This coup le procured a license and were married. So ,,c timo before tho train was to leave the l.ri.le walked iuto tho waiting room of the tlepot alouo. She was asked : \ W e ll , yon are marri ed ?\ \Yes , \ she replied ; \ but I wish I wasn 't. \ \ Is it a runaway ?\ was sin ' .e.l of ber. \ Not so far os I am concerned , \ she ss.i.l , \ for I' m old enoug h , but Is s mother may raise ob- jection. I ain 't thinking alsont myself , but I w ou ldn 't be surprised if his mother whi p- ped him. 1 wish I hadn 't married him. We 'll have to faco the music , hut I don 't know how it will come out. It is too late now , however , and we nust take the conse- quences. \ \Y o u oug ht to he ashamed of marry ing that chit of a boy. He isn 't ei g h- teen yet , \ remarked a b ystander. \ Well . I am , \ she answered , \ but it is too late now. He is nineteen , and I'll have to make tha best of it. \ Subsequentl y the boy husband join e d h e r , and e ach wore a lo o k o f anxi e ty as they t ook their seats in tho train. — Wash- ington Star. r*I.Rn • of Lite at a Police Station. This mine , while oue of tho largest , waa also one of the most dangerous in the valley. In order to keep the workings supp lied with puro air , iu quantity sufficient to render harmless the explosive gases released by opening the coal seams , au immense fan had beeu constructed which , during every miu- ute tbat it was iu action , dre w forth from the mine over two hundred thousand cubic feet of impure air. Even with this great air current , thore wero still very dangerous parts of tho mine , requiring tho utmost vi g ilance from tbe miners. To hear of some rniner or laborer firing the gas in his cham- ber and being burned thereb y, was a matter of almost weekl y occurrence. In p its of this character , where there ts a p lentiful air current , it is often a custom with miuers to \fire \ the gas iu thoir working p laces be- foro a quantity sufficient to render its com- bustion dangerous accumulates. When this is done , the gas will take firo with a noise not unlike that made in li g hting a common gas jet- There is such an excess of air that the exp losion of tho gas is very weak and harmless. The flame , often three or four feet deep, will travel along the uneven roof , showing beautiful colors varying from a deep, dark blue to a brilliant crimson ; and in it shine stars of dazzling white li g ht , showing that fine particles of coal dust sus- pended in the air are burning in the great heat of the gas. Sometimes this flame will travel close np against the roof , slowly to and fro , several times , until all the gas haa been burned away. Wheu tbe flame dies out , the burnt gasea (the \ black \ or \ after-damp \) being heavier than the air , fall to the floor. So the coal miner is ever exposed to two great dangers—the first , that of being burned - , the second , that of boiug suffocated after he has escaped the fire. — St. Nicholas. Dnnutir. of Coal mining* . The peculiarity that to many women haf • of hiding things ia mueh more general than might be supposed , and hundreds cf women keep it up all their Uvea. There ia a well- known woman of fashion in Philadel phia with a bouae full of servants , who never 1st* one come in her bedroom excep t when she is there , and ahe does most of the dusting a n d \ f ixin g \ of that room herself. The reason is that in the corners of cabinets , in- side votes , in thia drawer and that , or in a w a ll pocket or some hang ing ornament aba has distributed about every jewel and valu- able trinket aha owns. No one knows just where each article is but herself and sua thinks that their safet y ia according l y as- sur ed. Sticking money under tha covers of tables and even between mattresses ia a common trick among women , and the prac- tice of putting money in the stocking ia not at all confined to marHat women and ballet dancers . Pe rhaps oni thlrd of the women In Phil a de * *- /h* a when they do not wear them carry their diamond earrings around in thai! WiwU. — PMiadeipM ii Tinus. A Poor Kotlon af Security- -leateruay atternoon a cart containing three colored men and followed by a fourth stopped in front of the Charleston Hotel/and was at once surrounded by a crowd of fifty or sixty peop le. The great attpnetion lay in the bottom of the curt. It was a soft-shell turtle , wei ghing 305 pounds. Its head waa several sizes larger than an ordinary man ' s , and its mouth wns enormous.. It was caug ht at sea b y Copt. Abe Turner , colored , of the fishing boat Martha Turner , and his crew of six men. One of the crew , in describing tbe capture to a reporter , said: \ Hook on ' line an ' net ain 't no good fur tuttle lak dat. We dis ketch um ttu good l U ck. <Ve cum ' crots de tuttle w ' en he bin asleep and drift- in ' . Tuttle sleep 6a, no j z enn y body, an ' w ' en he sleep he drif. We haul de boat 'long side 'im easy, and fo ' men grab he legs at once. W' en he wake up, look like we gwi* hab a shi pwreck bedotit any storm , but wo hoi' to 'im an ' I o n ' 'im m de boat at last\ The men drove to several fish dealers and tried to sell the turtle , but at a late hour in the afternoon they appeared to bo baring poor suocesa. They wanted $15 for theU •aptnre. — Vharluton (a , Q ^ jftui. - - Catching: a ni*r Sea .Turtle- Of all tbe organs of sense , the eye is tbe roost ornamental as well as the most useful. Every object we see has its picture formed on the back wall of the eye , a p icture as distinct as that in the camera obscura. How tho impression is carried along the optic nerve to tho brain is beyond our knowled ge. In gathering distinct p ictures the normal eye finds no trouble , but it is in near work , ns reading or sewing, that tho difficult;* comes. In reading, the book should be held at u distanco of from ten to fifteen inches from the eyes. Tbe reader ' * position should be such that the li ght may fall on tho book , nnd not ou tho eyes. Tbe li g ht itself should bo sufficient ; nothing is so injurious to the eyes us poor li ght in reading. Next to sun- li ght , the incandescent li g ht g ives the bes * . illumination for reading, and all notions of the injurious effect on the eyes of the elec- tric li g ht are erroneous. Heading while riding in the cars should bs avoided. The jolting aud shaking of the train causes a great strain to the eyes au.l injures them. T'heie is a great deal of popular prej udicf. against spectacles , but there are two good rensons wh y they should bo worn , aud oul y two. One iB lhnt wo may see better , aud the other Ibat strain on tbe eyes may be re- lieved. The near-si g hted child should wear spectacles , because they are tho best preven- tive ngniitst increase of near si g htedneBs , and nlso because bo loses a great part of his education iu not being able to see more than n few feet away. When a person grows old tlio power of nccomiuoilatiou is lost , and even if he Ito not near si g hted the hardening of the crystalline lens prevents si g ht at short distances. Heuco ho is obli ged to wear g lasses. The vast majority of persons who wear g lasses can seo ns well without them. They use them to avoid a constant straiu on the eyes. The act of localization is a mus- cular one , and uses up nervous energy. The ovcrsi g hted eye , in which the focus conies behind the retina , lias to perform this mus- cular act continuall y. Tho results nre head, orihe , irritability, uud nausea. The onl y remed y in such cases is to wear g lasses. For eyes iu a healthy state , puro cold water is the best wash . When t' «. eyelids ore in- Aimed , a we.ik solution of salt aud water makes tbe best domestic eyo lotion. Never app l y poultices to the eyo. — lecture by Dr. Webster. Advice About tlie jKyea. How to move a balk y horse has long beon an uu&olved problem. The ancient p hilo- sophers tai kled it aud generall y retired from tho field with brukcu shins or tbeir front teeth kirl;.;.l in by a Greek h orse. The other dny a reporter saw a fine , mouse \olL- . '-tj animal geared to a sty lish turnout uu llroojway, with ei g ht or teu men try ing to get him to move on. Oue man hnd him hy the hit, another by tho tail , a coup lo of men put their shoulders against his ribs and heaved as if they were trying to propel a flathoat , but the animal was as immovable as civilization in China. When every bod y was in despair the pro- verbial stranger appeared , and stepp ing out of tha crowd saisl to tlse driver , iu tones oa smoot h as castor oil : \ I'll show you how to mako that horse go. \ The driver retired , aud tho stranger grab- bed tho horso confidentl y by the mouth , opened it as if it were o hank vault , mon- keyed around with the insiiles of the ani- mal' s jaw for a few minutes , then seized the beast by tbo bridle , and to the 7x9 astonish- ment of the crowd , watching lhe boys with their hands on their iv.itches , the horse started off at o five-tuile-au-hour gait , draw- ing tho carriage after him with perfect case. The success of the stranger ' s method of persuadiug a balky horso to i csumo his journey without further deliberations was so surprising that a bal k y horse artist asked the stronger how ho did it. \ It ' s very Bitup lo , \ said the horse-taming magician. Of couise you didn 't see me , but I took a chip of wood which I p icked up from the sidewalk aud p laced it under the horse ' s tongue. The presence of that hit of p ine chi p diverted the horse ' s atten- tion. Ho forgot all about being balk y. He was thiuking of Henry George or the new baths iu tbo Produco Exchange ; and when I took bold of the bridle he started off like any otber horse, and I have no doubt he is now mad enough lo kick himself because he did it A horso is a curious brute—as pecu- liar as a woman, a regular coquette on four legs—hut easy enoug h to luanags if you know how to do it. \ moving n. Balk y Ilor.r. A . ciuticr in the eye win snut out tne charm of the loveliest landscape A mos- quito can tako all the comfort and goodness out of a hedowned and tapestried couch at 4 o ' clock in tho morning. A holo in the heel of her stocking will check the deli g ht of the g iddiest g h*l in tho maddest whirl of tho danco. An uudi gostod scrap in the stomach of my lord the king may make him sick of bis royalty and of oil the world. A misp laced comma may nullif y tho intent of a statute. A brukcu wire con snap iu twain instantl y tlio intercourse of nitious. It was a cbonco shot aud a poor one that broug ht down Achilles. Tbe small tand of Sahara has baffled tbo march of civilization for ages. Does the millionaire boss his millions , or has he millions of bosses ? He cannot buy food with Lis money that will keep nn even beam between waste and repair in his mortal body. He can onl y eat his fill and no more , clotlt6 himself finel y liko other men , go to bed at ni ght and get up iu Ihe morning, and pass his timo in lookiug after his dollars, to see that tbey shall not roll away from him. rew men alive have greater caro upon their minds thau tho very rich man , and every dead man goes iuto the next world as rich OB he when he has doue with it all , nud at much of a monarch as Emperor William , who had as rough a tussle with \ things \ while he lived as any hod-carrier who car- ried hia things , iu the shape of bricks , ths whole day long to waiting masons. Tho true philosophy of life is only reached when the mastery of things is acknowledged and we no longer strive against it. Mr. Emerson , when ao saw hit library and manuscri pts burning, was commiserated on his loss by tha late Miss Alcott ; but he did not break down. He looked sweetl y at hor and said : \It is o beautiful si g ht; let us sujoy it while we can. \ He bad discovered the useleBsncss of kicking against tbo pricks and hod submitted ulf to tba universal or- der. All our quarrels , ifhether contentions of politics , reli g ion , lovo or low , ore in their end and scopo but differences about things. We vex ourselves and fret , and strut about a little and are then laid away to rest. Ths thing s endure. The i* yranny of Thing-.. In the human subject the average rapidity of the cordiac pulsation of an adult malo it about seventy beats per minute. These beats are more frequent as a rule in young children and in women , and there are varia. tions within certain limits in particular per- sons owing to peculiarities of organization. It would not necessaril y bo on abnormal Bi gn lo find in some particular individuals tho habitual frequency of the heart' s oction from sixty to sixty-five or from soventy-five to ei g hty per luinuto. A B n rule , the heart'a action is slower and moro powerful in fully developed and muscular organizations, and more rap id and feebler in those of slig hter form. In animals , the range is from twenty-five to forty.five in tbe cold blooded , and fifty upward in the warm blooded , excep t in ths cose of a horse , which has a very Blow heart beat , onl y forty strokes s minuto. The pulsations of men anil all animals diffur with the sea level also. Tho work of a health y human heart has been shown to bo equal to the feat of raising five tons fonr hundredwei ght one foot per hour , or 125 tons in twenty.four hours. The excess of this work under alcohol in varying qu* .ntU ties is often very great. A curious calcula- tion has been made by Dr. Richardson , g iv- ing the work of the heart in mileage. Presuming that the blood was thrown out . of the heart at each pulsation in the propor- tion ot sixty-nine strokes per minute , and ot the assumed force of nine feet , tbe mileage of tbe blood through the body mi g ht ba taken ot 207 yards per minute , seven miles p e r h o ur , 168 miles per day, 61 , 320 milee per year , or 5 , 150 , 880 miles in a lifetime , ei ghty-four years. The number of beet* of the heart in the same long life would reach the grand total of 2 , 869 776 000. — Medical W orld. ITfechanl.ni of tho Heart -No? Why not ? There is no matter in a newspaper upon which , on the whole , there is expended more thoug ht than the adver- tisements. As a consequence , they are , oa a rulo , models of condensation , keen , \ chat- ty \ and ofton witty. They nppcor in the newspaper for tho solo and onl y purpose of making mouey for tho advertiser , ond he makes it a stud y how to mako them accom- p lish his purpose. In 1887 there was expended for newspaper advertising olono in this country $25 , 000 , - 000. In many Jorge establishments, men aro employed at largo salaries to do nothing else but prepare advertising matter. Shrewd aud successful men of business do not spend such vast sums of money for nothing. Tliey have something of value tbat peop le should know, nnd it is clear that multitudes of peo- p lo aro reading these advertisements nnd profiting by them , or else this enormous ex- penditure would uot bo continued year after year. As the construction of newspaper adver- tising is a comp lete nnd distinctivo depart- ment of literature whoever neglects to read thein throwB away a largo part of tbo most interesting, instructive ond profitable matter In tho paper. Men wbo hove made this subject a study are ablo to tell very cloeel y by the advertisements in its papers tho moral and busiucBB characteristics of a city. This being true , intelli gent peop lo nre .sot wis.. when they pass b y, as of uo account , matter bearing so largel y on common interests. There is another phase of the subject , also , which , while less ethical , is yet im- portant as a matter of dollars and cents , viz., the shrewdest and most enterprising business houses are always advertising. Such houses are those which always havo some- thing attractive to offer in the way of bar- gains in this , that or the other thing, or novelties in particular lines , because their energy and enterprise keep them constantl y on the alert fer such advantages ovor thoi r competitors. It often follows , ihe-a , that moro money is saved by thr information conveyed in an advertisement some mornin , than in all the other matter cf tho news, paver loi the year. — Ohio State Journal. Itead lli o Advertisements. BThe veterinary surgeon of these days finds that the horse ia subject to consumption , rheumatism , sciatica and , in fact , nearly sill diseases incident to human beings , even hy- drop hobia. An iuteresting case of the latter ia on the veterinary records. A ten-year-old mare , ordinarily of kind disposition , was found one morning in an entirel y opposite atate of feeling. She had kicked at her mote several times during the ni ght. She was p laced alone and firmly secured. She took food and drank readil y, but during the evening her ill-temper and perverse action*, increased and she tried to attack the man who had charge of her. Tbe uext day B I IO became still more violent and dangerous , kicking and biting every one who ap- proached. The doctor who saw her says * . \ Her eyes were widely distended and hor looks threateniug, her countenance having a peculiar contracting appearance , resem- bling a kind of sardonic smile. When sud- denly excited she would kick with both bind feet , but at times with one fore foot onl y. Unable to bite others , sha turned npon her- self , biting her own chest nnd forearm. She ground her teeth and tossed her head up and down , and her jaws were seized with convulsive movements. She had been bitten by a dog that had been killed three weeks before on account of hydrop hobia. Two shots in the reg ion of her heart put an end to her sufferings. \ Old maid.. Th e fear of b e ing ca ll e d a n o ld m a id ba t led many a good woman to commit follies ol tbo gravest nature. This is wrong. Women should be more independent A sensible writer thus discusses the old maid question in Lipp incoU' t Magacine : \ The woman who is determined not to occupy a false position , calmly looking her future in the face and perceiving the tendencies of a soli- tary life , will consider how ahe may escape them and have aa womanly, tru e and health- ful an existence as it can possibly be. The stndy of the conditions of ber married sis- ter ' s life will surely reveal the aecret of ita good effects upon the character. From this study she will probably rise with some snch princi p les aa these established—first , it is tbe order of nature that a woman have soma distinct and definite work in the world , making the present cheery and lending at- traction to the future ; secondly, a home of one ' s own , a domestic establishment of whioh one ia mistress , is wholesome , and an im- men s e help toward esca ping from an anoma- lous position ; thirdly, contact witb children keeps the heart young; finally, to sum all np, it ia not the estate of marriage ao much as it ia the distinct p lace and work in the world , and , above all , tbe life of love , and of thou g ht f or others , that develop* the m atronly chnrocter into largeMsa , swe*jl**e-*i and richnesa. \ - -. - --- - - * -«:or*je ttlaen.se.. lha return ot tne tnuutier storm seoaon has revived among the Tenncsseeans and Kentuckians the discussion of the question whether li g htning ever strikes a beech tree. As far as tbo investi gation of tbo subject has gone no ono has been found who ever taw a green beech tree struck b y li g htning. Considering the abundance of this kind of timber in the State named , ond tbe frequen- cy of thunder storms in those sections of tho Union , snch a fact must be regarded oa remarkable from a scientific Btandpoiut. The writer was born in Kontuok y, where beech timber forms a large part of tha for- est growth , and he never saw a tree of thia kind that had been touched by an electric bolt From tho age of ten his observation was especially directod to the investi gation of this BUbject , as a tradition of the country held that li g htning had never been knpwn to strike a beeoh tree. There was also a tradition in Kentucky that the Indians of that cou ntry were in tbn habit of running to a beech forest on the approach of a thunderstorm , knowing by - long experience the protection thus secured from a deadly flash. Whether the beech tree is an absolute non- conductor of electricity—as some people think—there can be no doubt that the thun- derbolt seldom strikes it. In a beech forest a lonel y pop lar or chestnut will oflen be found shivered frota top to root by the fiery bolt , while thousands oC the prevailing treea are unscathed. — St. Louis tllobs-Democrat. Polish Tour Own Jetvolry. The best thing to clean jewelry witli ia prepared chalk. It is so soft that it does not scratch and so fine that it works into every part of the ornament and can be easily brushed out. It is very simply made. Take some ordinary chalk and thoroug hl y pul- verize it and then mix it , about two pounda of the powder with a gallon of pure rain water. After it has been well stirred let it settle for about two minutes. All the gritty hard matter will settle at the bottom of the water , which must be carefully poured off. Let the water stand until all the chalk haa settled , pour off the water and the settlings ia the prepared chalk. A good polishing powder can bo mode hy using rotten stone in the same way. Whiting treated similar- l y is also good. Sometimes carbonate of soda is added to a solution of chloride of calcium. The solution should be carefully filtered through paper before being mixed and all dust carefully excluded. Tbe white powder wbich falls down is chalk , and after being carefully washed and dried forma an excellent powder for softer metals. Bccclt Trees and Lig htning. BnostLaVN ' a A RNICA i-Ui.vz. —T ae l est salve In tbe world for cuts , bml* n. *s. sores, ulce. -s , salt rheun , lever sores, tetter, chapped bauda , chilblains , corns , and all skin eruptions, an 1 positively cures plies or no pay required. It Is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or n-oney refunded. Price 26 cents per box. For ale b y M. W Beecher. Babylotv, 1*973 In widel y separated countries there are p lants , in some cases herbs , and in others trees , which the natives use as a substitute for soap in washing. Whoever has had his linen washed in Northern Mexico will bear witness to tho efficacy of the root called armole in cleansing the linen , but his shirts will como back minus buttons , not so much caused by the detersive power of the armole aa by tbe primitive washing machine used by the Mexican laundress , who selects a large flat stone upon the marg in of a stream , npon which the fabrio is laid , and beaten vi gorousl y with another flat stone. The armole root ia dried and made into little parcel* ia sold in every small town. The soap wort , common in thia country, is known aa \ Bouncing Bet \ Thia waa used in Europe in washing aa a substitute for soap, and in hard waters was preferred to it Tbe numb er of plants that may be used aa a substitute for soap is quite large , the most important of which is the soap bark tree of Chili , where it ia called \ qnillai , \ or \ eullai. \ This is a large tree fifty to sixty feet hi g h , with evergreen leaves and usuall y amall white flowers. Its bark , which ia roug h without , internall y consists of li g ht colored layers , wbich contain an abundance of saponins , which they readily impart to water , causing it to lather in a similar man- ner to soap. The bark ia in general uso in Chili on.washing day, and ia exported to otber countries, it ia to be found in our oity ding stores , wben it ia in demand by those Who wish to nse it for cleansing silk materials. It ia said to remove grease and otb er spots and to impart a remarkable lus- tre to woollen goods , and ia used a* a waah tSf cleansing tbe h a ir. — American Ae/ ricvl * M Smi. Soap In Plants. On the bi g books at police head quarters in Pemberton square , Boston , are written tlie name , descri ption and history of every well known crook in the United States. Al- read y the record is surprising l y comprehen- sive , and every day it is becoming more comp lete. Whenever anybody is Bentenced to prison for crime in this or nny other State the fact is dul y entered , together with a de- scri ptive biograp h y of the person ot the Boston office. In this matter a perfect en- cyclopedia of criminal information is being comp iled. Suppose , for instance , Mr. \Sheeny Mike \ is arrested for burg lary. He denies that photograp h 1 , 907 in the rogues ' gallery is his ; whereupon the inspector looks in on indexed volume for 1 , 907 , uuder which ifl found a full description , corresponding in every detail with the prisoner ' s p hysical peculiarities , even to a birthmark and sub- sequentl y acquired Bear. To this is added n reference to 1 , 605 in the State ' s Prison book. Turning to the latter , it is seen that Sheeny bas been at various times an inmate of different State prisons. Not only the date of his sentence is givon in each case , but the name of the jud ge who administered it and the very number of the mittimus paper. Tacked on at tbe end is another re- ference to the House of Correction book , in wbich he is traced through successive terms of incarceration in reformatory institutions of this sort. At each point—whatever the alia* he assumes—references point back to tbe fatal number 1 , 907 , which establishes his identity. Finall y, in an envelope marked 1 , 907 is found a package of newspaper cli p- pings , embod y ing sketches of the p ictur- esque ep isodes in Mr. S. Mike ' s career. All this moss of information is p laced iu the hands of the District Attorney, to whom it is of material assistance iu securing Shceny ' s conviction , and the sentence of tho latter gentleman is recorded as usual npon the books. Not even yet , howover , ia this luckless individual free from the record sys- tem. When the first of the month arrives during which he is to be released from dur- ance vile a bulletin is sent ont to localj. ' sta- tiona and to otber cities notif ying the police everywhere that he is loose. In this manner his opportunities for corning a livelihood aro reduced to a minimum , and before long he ia apt to find himsel f again in the toils. Even thoug h he commits no offense he is likely to be \ snaked in \ on susp icion , and everything conceivable is done to render existence as wretched for . him as possible. Keeping* Track of Crooks. A prank was piayeu upou 0£e oi tuo new mombers of Congress tho otber day by a coup le of young ladies that '' broke him all up. \ He has lod g ings in one of the long row of fac-simile houses on East Oap itol streot , and , fearing that he would forget hit number , ho tied a p iece of red tape on tht §ato as he wended his way to his $5 , 000 scat. A pair of pretty, mischievous maidens witnessod the proceeding from on adjacent window and wickedly resolved to have fun. They tri pped out a fow minutes later , and , taking tbo red string with them , tied it ou a gate two or three numbers above , and re- turned to their elegant eyrie. Abont five o ' clock the momber camo saun- tering down the sidewalk iu search of hit string. It caug ht his eyo , and his oxpres- siou brig htened and his step grew elastic at tbe thoug ht of his cosoy chamber. He wal ked to the front door , and finding it un- locked , walked up stairs to his room , as he thoug ht , and mado himsolf ot home. He pulled his shoes off and was watming Lis toes , when in walked a lad y, and seeing the shaggy stranger she demanded tho whys and wherefores. The gall ant member thoug ht sbo was \ guy ing \ bim and undertook to joke her. She would not have it , h o wev e r , and hod to threaten to call a \ cop \ before Bhe could speed the parting guest The whole house- hold hod gathered* in the meantime , and the member put on his number nines in confu- sion worse confounded and \ cussed \ the day he was sent to Congress. He hires a boy to take him home now. Another oase of rod la p el lied Tape Floored film. Just south ot the Bureau of Eugraviug and Printing at Washing ton stands a large frame building, with a one story L extend- ing along the alleyway. This is tho United States commissary depot for the suppl y ing of subsistence stores to the soldiers of Fort Myer and the arsenal. This depot also fur- nishes to the families of retired officers resi- dent in the city groceries and provisions at a lower rate than tbey could be purchased of a city dealer. The United States Com- missary Deportment bnys in large quantities direct from the importers nnd wholesale dealers all the provision* used by the army. As Uncle Sam ia a cash customer and large consumer , his trade is soug ht for , and be is quoted very low prices on all he buys. The army officers are allowed to get gro- ceries at first cost from the commissary de- pot—that is , they con buy one barrel of flour at the pro rata rote tbe Government paid for 1 , 000 barrels , which were boug ht not in open market , but from the dealer offering the lowest price in answer to the department' s proposal* for supp lies. A re- porter dropped into the depot ttorehouse bere , a long, low building, the interior look- ing like a grocery store. The air wa* tinged with ' the subtle flavor of coffee , sp ices ond bacon. Great piles of salt meat stacked hi g h in a corner. Socks of fragrant coffee from Itio and Java. Boxes of black and green tea from China and Japan. Littlo packages ot spices and peppers from the isles of the In- dies. Case after caso of canned tomatoes , corn and fruits. Barrels of rice and hominy. Cases of sugar and molasses and firklne ' of butter. Caddies of tobacco for tbe enlisted officers and rows of boxes of Havana* , lleinas and Perfectos for tho officers. Hang ing from nails on the wall were oanvaa covored hams and leng ths of breakfast baoon aud last , but in greatest profusion , a seeming ly inexhaustible supp l y of that joy and com- fort of the army, tbe succulent bean. The Government buys nothing but the best goods , and it goes without toying that if it ia possible to get pure , unadulterated articles of food the officers and men in the United States service have them. Tho ma- jority of the retired officers living in Wash- ington avail themselves of tbe opportunity of saving a amall per cent, of their grocery bills b y purchasing thoir tupp liea from the commissary. It is no unusual ei g ht to seo several fine equipagta drawn np before tbo door of the storehouse , while the owner of th e m , officers ' wife* , ale inside tb* building selecting and ordering their supp lies of gro- eerie*. The National tJroccrv. An important invention in railway prac- tice is the method invented by a Baltimore electrician for welding steel rails by electric- ity, which will enable track layers to lay a continuous track. The end* of the rails , after they are p laced in the track , are weld- ed together throug h the app lication of a transformed electric current , and are after- ward tempered ao aa make the joint as hard as the rest of the rail. The welding aparo- tua ia carried on the pilot ot an eng ine or on a construction car. Tbe inventor pro- poses to thus make continuous rails a quar- ter of a mile in length , having expansion joints only at intervals of that distance , tbe rails being fastened at the centre ao aa to expand in both directions. Making the joint only takes naif a minute. Tbia plan , it successful , soya the Railroad OasetU , would settle the great Fisher rail joint question , but the accumulated expansion and contraction in such long lengths of •olid tail would be formidable. — Iron, Continuous Balls. IIow Macaroni la Ulttdo. Macaroni is a preparation of Sat «hent flour mode into a peculiar paste or dough and then manufactured into pi pes or tubes. Macaroni is of Italian invention and ho* long been known as a delicacy among the Bons and daug hters of sunny Ital y. The chief p laces of the Old World in which this article of food is manufactured are Naples and Genoa , but it is now a recognized in- dustry in New York. Tbe largest manufacturer in Now York and in fact in the United States recently hnated that the process was simple and that tho amount of cap ital required to establish and conduct tho manufacture of mocoroui was very limited. After the wheat has been properl y ground the flour is mixed into doug h. This is then thoroughly kneaded. After the doug h has been rendered perfectl y smooth it is next to bo reduced to thin cy linders , ribbons or tubes , accoVding aa it is to be converted into vermicelli or maca- roni. For the latter , however , a somewhat less compact doug h is required than for tho former. In either caso a hollow cylindrical vessel of cast iron is required , having its bottom perforated with largo or small holes or slits as may bo needed. When the cylinder is filled with paste a p iece of wood or a p lato of iron that exactl y fits it is forced in b y means of a powerful press , and the paste is thus driven throug h lhe perforated bottom of tho cy linder , taking tho shape of the per- forations. Macaroni is sometimes forcetl throug h tho holes iu tho form of pi pes , hut it is ofteuer in fillets , which nre formed into tubes by joining tbeir ed ges together beforo they have timo to become dry. Tho maca- roni is partiall y baked during this manufac- ture. Iu a few days it is dry enoug h for use. For vs *rii)icelli tho holes in tho cy lin- der are smaller and tho dough is more tena- cious. Tho paste is forced slowl y th rough the boles , ami wheu tho throads havo reached the length of a foot they are brokeu off aud twisted into any desired shape on a pjece of paper. It is tiso.l at most hostelries in thickening soups nud for pudding, but ia invariabl y eaten by Italians iu its ori g inal state. Whereas in the past large quantities of it were imported , now New York export* macaroni in large qualities , and the de* mnud for the American article is growing.
