Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1894 — Page 7

I Can’t Sleep I have a tired, worn-out feeling. This means teat the nervous system is out of order. When this complaint is made, Hood’s Sarsaparilla is needed to purify, vitalize the blood, and thus supply nervous strength. Take it now. Remember Hood’s 1 !«*«*** pariUa Be sure to get Hood’s Pares and only Hood s. Hood’s Pills cure all liver ills, biliousness.

Value of Irrigation. Ex-President Harrison, in one of his messages to Congress, took up the great problem of irrigation, and in the course of his paper used the following language: “The future of the territories of New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah, in their material growth and in the independence and happiness of their people, is very largely dependent upon wise and timely legislation, either by Congress or their own Legislatures, regulating the distribution of the water supply furnished by their streams. If this matter is much longer neglected pri- ' ’.vate corporations.will have unrestrict- ' ed control of one o. the elements Qf j life and the patentees of the arid lands will be tenants at will of the water companies. “The improvident granting of Iran- , chises of enormous value without recompense, by thA State or municipality from which and without proper protection otThe public interest, is the m st noticeable and crying evil of present legislation. This fault should not be committed in dealing j with a subject that will, before many years, aflect so vitally thousands of our ; people. ” f A Winged Sandow. A bee sharp has figured out a good many interesting features ab.ut the honey bee, and here are some of them: “Careful weighing shows that an ordinary bee, not loaded, weighs the i one-five-thousandth part of a pound, so that it takes 5,000 bees, not loaded, to make a pound. But the loaded bee, when he comes in fresh from the fields and flowers, loaded with honey or bee bread, weighs nearly three times more —that is to say, he carries nearly twice his own weight. Of loaded bees there are only about 1,100 in the pound. An ordinary hive of bees contains from four to five pounds of bees, or between 2.0,000 and 25,000 individuals: but some swarms have double this weight and number of bees.” Thy man who knows a great deal knows better than to try to tell it.

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WAR OPENS IN COREA

COREANS ATTACK THE JAPANESE AND MEET DEFEAT. iloatUltle* Begun Under the Direct Instigation of the Chinese—Japanese Cruiser Sink* a Chinese Transport in an Engagement. Other Nations Concerned. Oriental civilisation is to bi put to the test of modern warfare, and before they are through, Russia, France, Germany, and England herself may be involved. Trade rivalry will have something to do with it, but territorial extension more. A dispatch received from Nagasaki, on the southwest side of the Island of Kioo-Sioo, Japan, says that a detachment of Corean troops, at the instigation of the Chinese rerident, attacked the Japanese garrison and were defeated. A later telegram says that a Japanese cruiser and a Chine e transport have been engage!, and that the cruiser sunk the transport. The British consul has receh ed a te’e-gj-agj [rem charge 4'affaires at Tokio stating that thS Japanese have undertaken to regard Shanghai as outside of the sphere of operations. A special to Bleeche ,, ’s News Agency from Yokohama stales that the Coreans and Chinese engaged in a battle with Tingsis iebeh, and a large number were killed. It is reported that the Corem king has been kidnaped by the Japanese. The Chinese Consul at Nagasaki has ordered all Chinese to leave their homes. Eight Japanese

MAP or cobea.

and three Chinese men-of-war and 23,GOO troops are at J unzen. So far as the case has been presented to American readers Japan has the bet er side. Corea is the cause of tho prospective war, and her commercial interests in the hermit kingdom are paramount. She has many of her subjects there, and the trade is largely in Japanese hands. She has a further grievance in the protection given to assassination by Chinese officials. China, on her part, has the claim, centuries old, of Corean vassalage. She can't let her vassal be invaded and subdued by another country, even though the dependency of Corea has been a tra < ition rather than a condition. China is the more powerful in numbers. Her soldiers are well ottcered. Her people are the more warlike. But Japan has the belter navy. She has also the benefit of western ideas in her navy. She would ba the Quicker to utilize all modern inventions of warfare, and the opinion of military experts is that the nation which is quickest to avail itself of these inventions is sure to w.n.

Japan was the first of the Asiatic nations to open her doors to western idea?. She encouraged intercourse., China is still closed e.'cap; at a few ports. Her trade and commerce are undeveloped. The empire is less homogeneous than Japan. But she has her great chancellor, .he Bismarck of the Bast, and his plan will undoubtedly be to have other nations fight Chinese battles. So it may be that the specs on the Oriental horizon will darken the European skies, and the long-postponed war, which will determine the strength of the triple alliance a,d place Russia and France side by side in the battlefield, may even now be rumbling in the East. Caaso of the Trouble. The Corean peasant, though patient under great grievances, is quick tempered and is apt to explode without preliminary notice when adroit politicians inflame his mind with the contemplation of his wrongs. This has occurred three times within the past fifteen years. This time, the uprising occurred in the region around the capital itself, and, of course, most of the interests of the foreign element and the Government of the easy-going and generally well-meaning King were directly menaced. Then came the King's appeal to China for troops and Japan's uninvited occupancy of the port of Chemulpo with fufficient force to make her mistress of the situation at the heart of Corea. She did the same thing in 188'2 and 1884, and exacted the most com dete reparation for injuries inflicted upon her subjects and their property in Corea, r'or centuries >he has repeatedly invaded the peninsula, and the only excuse she, has recently advanced for such-proceedings is that her people have large fin ancial interests in the country. There was a time, long ago, when Japan asserted that Corea was her vassal, but she has done nothing for ages to make her claim valid. In fact, Corea has, for hundreds of years, been one of the vassal states of China, and, although Japan pretends to ignore the relationship, she knows very well that it exists, it is her present attempt to revolutionize the traditional state of things in Corea that may very easily give rise to complications of a formidable kind. Japan has now came forward with entirely new demands. She says she is tirea of sending armie? into Corea for the purpose of protecting her large interests there. There is no doubt that she is deeply concerned in the peace and prosperity of Corea. A few weeks ago Japan demanded that China join her in imposing fiscal i reform -upon the country and in the correction of political abuses, so. as to do away with the reriodical insurrections, that completely upset the country and inflict gteht annoyance and darnage upon all foreigners engaged there. This seems to be a progressive and a laudable idea, but conservative and the proposal, with thanks. Her answer was that it is her traditional policy not to interfere forcibly in the Internal affairs of vassal state. Thereupon Japan re-

plied that if China would not help her reform the country she would undertake the task herielf. It is this new phtue of Corean affairs that may lead to ugly complications, and make the Facific border of Asia for awhile an object of particular attention to all the nations. i

CORN IS PARCHED.

Crops of All Kinds In Np«l of Rain Wheat Yield Is Good. The report of *the United States weather bureau on the condition of crops, harvest, etc., throughout the country for the week shows that in many sections, notablv lowa, Minnesota, south Dakota North dskota corn is suffering for rain, and iff these and other sections . fruit and ■ late crops have been damag.d. by r the sami causes. Wheat, in the main did only fairly well, exeept Illinois where the quality is good a ;d tbe yield the largest in years. Tne report as sent out by the Chicago station is as follows: Indiana—Hol and dry until Friday, when numerous local rains fell, beoetilins corn In many tiel'is; wheat and rye thrashing; oats and hay harvest continue with good yields. Illinois —Rainfall except in a few counties below the normal and badly distributed; temperature below normal and sunshine normal; where rain fell crop conditions improved; wheat yield and quality ■ .££l2- ry® harvest about 0?lr; mure rala'nTeied? - Wisconsin—Drouglii continues, though partly broken by light shower; wheat, rye and barley most in stack; oats ready to cut, drop light except early sown, which will average well; pastures burned up and potatoes suffering severely from drought. Monday was the hottest day of the season, the thermometer ranging from 105 to 10$ in the shade. lowa—Drought continues unbroken; corn In critical condition and damaged in driest districts; stock suffering for feed and water. Minnesota—Warmer than usual, with unabated drought, injuring corn, potatoes and pasturage the most; wheat harvest bezun, and barley, hay and oat.harvest progressing, with yield rather light generally. South Dakota—Except in western and a few eastern counties all crons Injured, some permanently, by high temperature and dry atmosphere; some relief by showers; wheat harvest advanced; berry good, yield light. Kansas—Conditions generally favorable to corn, apples, meadows and pastures; thrashing of wheat and oats in progress, yield fair, with* good berry; prairie hay being cut, quality good, yield fine. Oklahoma—Temperature and sunshine normal, with many local showers, which have Improved most crops; corn generally very poor, but cottun magnificent; melons and vegetables in abundance; grass and pastures poor. Nebraska—Week excessively dry and all vegetation has suffered severely; corn seriously Injured everywhere and mauy fields ruined. Ohio—Corn suffered seriously from the drought, but reviving from rains; haying completed, with light yield secured in fine condition; oat harvest well advanced, but yield shortened by drought; wheat thrashing out with lurge yield; late potatoes, tobacco and young clover and pastures damaged. Missouri—Good showers in central and southwest sections greatly benefited corn; In other sections drought continues, pastures failing, water scarce, and unless rain comes soon much corn will be ruined; hay crop light, but secured in good condition. Michigan—Temperature and sunshine above normal, rainfall below; excessively dry. hot weather has injured late corn, potatoes, garden tHqck and pastures; drought broken by general rain, which revived vegetation somewhat, but more needed; wheat cut and thrashing bezun. Arkansas—Weather favorable in all but northwest portion, "here croi s are needing rain; cotton forming and fruiting well and have most excellent prospects; corn much improved and promises fair crop; sweet potatoes fine and second crop of Irish potatoes planted. Kentucky—Clouiy and cool; drought broken in most sections by showers during tbe week; crops generally Improved and outlook for corn fine, but tobacco still backward; early potatoes very short; hay harvest completed, with very light yield; hemp doing poorly. North Dakota—Everything suffering for rain; harvesting of rye and barley commenced and haying nearly finished, with light crop; corn doing very well

SENATOR HILL IS SARCASTIC.

Compares the President’n Opponents with Conspirator* Against Ceesar. Another dramatic scene occurred in the Senate Tuesday, but President Cleveland, instead of being, as on the previous day, the object of attack by the leader of his party was defended with vigor and vim. Mr. Cleve'and's champion was his old political rival and enemy, Senator David Bennett Hill, of New York Tbe New York Senator spoke for almo t two hours to breathless galleries ard a full Senate. Several times the presiding officer was unable to restrain the enthusiatm his remarks evoked, notably when Mr. Hill declar.d that personal considerations would not prevent him from defending the President when he was umustly attacked. He defended Mr. Cleveland's letter, his bight to send it, and the sentiments it < ontained, and made a point against his adversaries when he pointed out that they c iticised the President for tiding with the House when the^ r admitted that they had used all their influence to induce him to interpose in behalf of the Senate amendments to the tariff bill. He took up Mr. Gorman’s argument and met it point by point in a manner satisfactory to himself, at least, and concluded with a piece of satire that stung those on the floor and tickled the galleries immeasurably. Mr. Gorman compared Mr. Hill to Tago. Mr. Hill likened those who had ]■ ined in the assault on Mr. Cleveland to the conspirators who stabbed C rsar to death at the foot of Pompey’s statue in the Roman Senate.

TO INVESTIGATE THE STRIKE.

The United States Commissioner of Labor Is Chairman of the Commission. The chairman of the commission to investigate the recent strike is Carroll D. Wright, the United States Commissioner of Labor. Mr. Wright was

born in Dunbart n, N. H., in 1840. Be received a good education and studied law. Before finishing his studies he enlisted in the 14th New Hampshire Inf. He was made a lieutenant at Shenandoah Valley. In IfefiJ he r e moved from New Hampshire lo f Boston. .After serving in the

CARROLL D. WRIGHT.

State Senate he was appointed chief of the State bureau of statistics. While holding this office he retrieved h’s pre-ent appointment. In 18-0 he prepared an extensive report on the “factory System of the United States.” This commanded instant attention and made his reputation. His appointment as chief of the investigating committee gives universal satisfaction.

SIX MEN PERISH IN FRAMES.

Flremen Lose Their Lives at .Washington —One Hundred Horse. Burned. At Washington, D. C., the immense stables of the Knox Transfer Company caught fire. The bla e spr ad rapidly, and soon the entir 3 building was destroyed. a/h dispatch says: At least six firemen lost their lives by the walls falling on them and crushing them. | Several other men were baily hurt 1 Over 100 horses Ware burned to death.

REAL RURAL READING

WILL BE FOUND IN THIS DEPARTMENT. How to Construct and Operate a Cheap Fencing Machine—Convenient Box for Gathering Fruit and Vegetables—Brotit and Loes on the Farm. A Cheap Fencing Machine. The machine shown in the Illustration, which is reproduced from the Orange Judd Farmer, will make wire and picket fence and can be constructed for about a dollar. Get a blacksmith to weld together two 8 in pieces of buggy tire using 2 in from each for the weld and leaving the other ends straight and about half an inch apart. A hole should be drilled In each end. Make another similar piece of iron 5} in long with

A CHEAP FENCE MACHINE.

a hole in one end for a bolt and two holes 1J in apart in the other for the wires. Put the end with one between the two 6-in parts of the other piece of iron and pass a bolt through so that the middle piece will swing freely. This for one pair of wires. Each pair needs one of these. Fasten these at the welded part to a i piece of hard wood Sin square an teet long by miking a little mortise to fit the welded part, boring a hole and bolting it fast* The top and bottom ones should be about 3 feet apart with a middle one half-way between. Bore two holes in the:x2 stick and put in two pins for handles. [ Run the wires through the two holes I and the machine is ready for work. ! The wire can be crossed or given a j full twist as desired and this is all i that will stand and retain its full ' strength. Make a tension bypassing a good strong bolt through three pieces of pair of wires and chaining fast to a post* The tension is regulated by the bolts. Picking and Storage Box. In gathering fruit and vegetables, a picking box will prove very convenient, says the American Agriculturist* It should be made to hold one bushel, and. as the material used in its constru tion can be obtained for about ten cents, it proves a cheap

A STHONG BUSHEL BOX.

arrangement for the purpose, as it can be nailed together when other farm operations are not pressing. Many farmers who appreciate their value have more than fifty of these light boxes. In gathering potatoes j the boxes are filled and left about I the field, a low wagon or stone boat 1 being driven around and loaded with them without heavy lifting. For storing apples and potatoes they ! make a handy package, as they can be piled up in the cellar in tiers, six or eight deep. Thus they are convenient for examining the contents, and allow thorough and complete ventilation, two very important considerations, as all know who winter these fruits and vegetables in their own cellars. The names of the different varieties are readily inscribed upon each box. The handles are pieces of soft wood, four inches square and one incn thick, firmly nailed in place, so as to project about one and a half inches, as shown in above illustration.

Seedless Grapes. It has been stated in a recent essay by a prominent horticulturist that seedless grapes aie produced by a growing plant from cuttings for several successive generations. The theory is t 1 at a plant becomes accustomed to this mode of propagation, and then the natural process of producing seeds becomes abortive by disuse. While those of wide experience may smile at this speculation, it is really one on which many scientific men differ. That there is no ground whatever for believing that seedless grapes can be produced in this way is evident from the case of the red currant of our gardens. —This has been continuously propagated by cutting from the time when the Romans held sway In England: and yet, as it is well known, it produces seeds as freely to-day as if it had been raised continuously from seeds for a couple of thousand years. Just how nature does.produce the seedless grapes is not yet well-known, ana tbe honest answer as to how seedless grapes are produced would be to say that “we don’t know.’’ —Meehan’s Monthly.

The Largest Farm in the World. The largest farm in this country and probablv in the world is situated in tne Southwestern part of Louisiana. Its area is 100 miles north and south and twenty-five miles east and west It was purchased in 1883 by a syndicate of Northern capitalists by whom it is still operated. At the time of its purchase its 1,500,000 acres was a vast pasture for the cattle belonging to a few dealers in that country. Now it is diyided into pasture stations or ranches, existing every six miles. The fencing is said to have cost about #50,000. The land is best adapted for nee, sugar, corn, and cotton. Bteam power is used almost exclusively. There is not a single draft horse on the entire place, if we except those used by the herders of cattle: of which there are 16,j 000 head on the place. The Southern Pacific Railway runs for thirtysix miles through the farm. The company have three steamboats operating on the waters of the estate, of which 300 miles are navigable. It has also an icehouse, bank, shipyard, and rice mill. a ~- . Spraying and Cold Storage. At the Geneva (N. Y.) Experiment Station experiments were made In

spraying an o.'d pear orchard with a dilute Bordeaux mixture tone pound of copper s. Iphate in eleven gallons of water.) The trees were sprayed Maj' 2. Muv 10 and May 31. Paris green was added, and spraying was done June 12 and 28. Other trees were also left unsprayed for compari-. son. The results show an average receipt, per tree, from the Seckel variety, sprayed six times, of 15.48 per tree, while unsprayed trees by their side gave only t>B cents per tree. White Doyenne, sprayed five times, gave $6.55 per tree, while the same variety unsprayed, <,'aveonly 45 cents per tree. The cost of the material and labor was 9) per tree each time, or 471 cents for live treatments. Experiments made in New South Wales in keeping fruit in cola storage, with a constant influx of air, at a temperature of about 42 degrees above zero, showed that apples kept wek four months and kept ten days after removal. Pears, plumbs, peaches, grapes, tomatoes, and mangoes kept for two months, all coming out in good condition.—Philadelphia Record. Reducing the Coat. An Ohio dairy man claims to have reduced the cost of feeding his cows to sl6 per year, while the Income from herd is S6O per year for each animal He uses the silo, and feeds his cows altogether with the product of his farm, and the sl6 per year represents what the feed cost him. But this is not the fair way to estimate the profit of dairying. The farmer is entitled to a profit on his other farming operations. What he feeds to his cows should be charged at its marketable value, less the cost of marketing. In that way he will not be tempted to give more expensive feeds because they are home-grown, when a greater pr at might be made by purchasing special feeds that the farm is not adapted to growing. We cannot crow cotton seed in the North, nor is it desirable for Eastern farmers to grow flaxseed. Yet cotton seed and linseed meal are often profitable parts of the milch cows’ rations. The idea of feeding only what the farm p oduces may often stand in the way of doing something that will pay much better. The farmer of to-day needs to be an all-roun 1 business man, as quick as a merchant to see and improve opportunities for making money by doing what is out of our usual line.—Coleman’s Rural World. N< a Poultry. The poultry that is sent to the market should be in a neat condition. The pin feathers should be carefully removed, the skin kept as unbroken as possible, and, if drawn, the inside carefully wiped out, all blood stains removed, and the shanks and feet carefully sponged from all impurities. The condition in which the poultry is offered will make quite a difference in the readiness of the sale, and sometimes in the price per pound. It will be easy to lose a cent or two per pound from the price by offering the poultry in an unlit condition, and as this amount can be secured by a little extia care, the loss of such extra profit is entirely inexcusable. Prolit and I.omh on the Farm. When a man uses an acre-of hunJ dred-dollar land for growing a ton of i hay, worth on the farm from only I $lO or sl2, it is a confession that he ; has more land than he can properly ' utilize, says the American Agrlculi turist. The business of growing hay i is all right, but Che product should be at least two tons per acre, and can be made so by pr.ipcr methods. ! A tenant farmer on a large farm is not often a happy individual. The small tenant farmer who rents a lew acres on a cash basis, and cultivates it all mainly by the labor of his own i bands, gets vastly more satisfaction from it than the extensive farmer. Clover Hay. The clover hay harvest should begin as soon as - the field is well in bloom, and every care possible exerc.sed in curing and harvesting the I crop, and while all undertakings are ■ unceitain in which the weather takes 1 such an important part, much may be done to offset the uncertainties by I extreme watchfulness and care, and I no dairyman can afford to withhold i these in such a case. Timely Work. There Is economy of time, and labor, and health, in managing so that one will not have too many irons l in the fire at one time. This can only be prevented by looking ahead and doing many things during slack ! times, which prepare for future ! work.

Farm IN o tea. TWO TABLESPOONFULS Of COal oil to one pint of buttermilk, in xed thoroughly and diluted with six gallons of water, is said to be a good remedy for the striped bug that bothers ! squashes, etc. I The plague of flies can be very : largely avoided, says a dairyman, by rubbing the horse and the cows all over with a sponge dipped in soap suds in which a small quantity of carbolic acid has been mixed. The best use to which wood ashes can be put is on the grass land. Land that is intended for scarlet ' clover this fall will be greatly bene- ’ fitted by wood ashes Coal ashes i possess but very little value, but every ounce o.f wood, ashes should be saved. The value of the land must be,considered in the cost of the crop. If ; the farmer at a distance must pay higher transportation charges he will have the advantage of being able to produce as much per acre as on more valuable land nearer the markets. If farmers would protect the birds they would have less spraying to do. The quail consumes both insects and ' the seeds of many wee ,s and grasses, I but it is protected only to be de stroyed in the winter. Formerly I qua Is were very numerous in some sections where they are now extinct or but seldom seen. Can the proportion of butter in ■ milk be increased by judicious feed, ing? The testimony that it can be done is rapidly growing. The experiments of many of the State stations and of dairy experts have gained pretty exact information and show that certain foods rich in oils tend tc produce an increase in the buttei I fats in mills.

Highest of ill iw>leavening strength.—LitestU.S.Gat.lari Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE Economy requires that in every receipt calling for baking powder the Royal shall be used. It will go further and make the food lighter, sweeter, of finer flavor, more digestible and wholesome. ROYM BAKING POWDER CO., 10S WALL ST., NEW YORK.

IN OFFICE SIXTY-FOUR YEARS.

The Record of an Octogenarian Poatmaeter in the Buckeye State. Postmaster General Bissell has found a man in the postal service whose experience has interested him so greatly that he contemplates making use of a recent letter written by this man in preparing his annual report, says a writer in the New York Times. W. H. Wallace, Sr., postmaster' at Hammondsville, Ohio, now 82 years of age, wrote two fair pages of letter paper recently without noticeable error of composition and in good, firm hand, to give the Secretary his experience in brief. He has been sixty-four years in the postal service, having held office under thirty Postmaster Generals. He began when he was still a boy, and has been the postmaster at Bammondsville many years. When he was first postmaster, and the charge for letters was 25 cents for 40J miles or over, he had taken two bushels of oats, or two bushels of potatoes, or five dozen of eggs, or four pounds of butter, or two-thirds of a bushel of wheat, or one and onetbii d pounds of common wool as a fair compensation in kind for the postage. The postage on thirty-two such, letters, he says, would bj about equivalent to the price of a good milch cow. The postmasters were expected to look out that letters were written on one sheet of paper; if they were on two sheets the postage was to be double. Mr. Wallace gives some entertaining accounts of his many long trips over the mountains before the railroads were constricted, indicating that he was a traveled man many years before there was much traveling between the East and the West. That he Is a pretty capable citizen at his age is plain from the fact that, besides being postmaster, he is the station agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad at Hammondsville.

On the Safe Side.

Everybody knows this is * good plan# to be, ent everybody does not take measures to be tbere.tJAn efficient preventive placet us on the safe side of incipient dlseaee, and there is no one more reliable than Hostetter's Stomach Bitters In cases where the kidneys are inactive, which Is but the preliminary to various destructive maladies, which, disregarded, have a fatal termination. Bright's dlseaee, diabetes, dropsy, oedema, are but the outgrowths of neglected Inaction of the kidneys and bladder. They should be checked at the outset with the Bitters, which will prevent their progress by arousing the renal organs to activity, and thns place those who resort to this saving medicine on the safe side. Thia preservative of safety also conquers constipation, liver complaint, malarial fever, nervousness and dyspepsia.

A Sailor's Experience with Disease.

A veteran seaman now residing at Portland is a promising candidate for the honors of having survived the most epidemics of any man in Maine. When lut, 16 years < id he caught the smallfiox ana was very sick, but four years ater had fully recovered and shinp. d from Portland for Savannah. There he contracted the.iswamp fever, and for two weeks hqverfjd between life and death in a Savannah hospital. He finally was sent to New York by the hospital turgeon, and from there got to boston as a stowaway, and thence home on a boat where he had friends. It took him a year to recover from this ’ experience. In 1864, when 28 years old, ho reached Cuba just as the yellow fever was raging, aua of course took the disease. The man in the bunk next to him died, but he recovered. Three years later, while at New Orleans, he caught the cholera, and was in acute distress for several hours, but his strong - constitution pulled him through. Even with all this experience he is yet strong and vigorous at 58 years, and ready for whatever comes next. Four years ago he left off using tobacco, a habit* which he began in boyhood.—Lewiston Journal.

'Twon’t Last Long.

“The Bachelor's Ready Marriage Club," an r rganlzatlon designed for the purpose of providing the necessary funds for any member who desires to be married, is in process of formation in New York. He was madly, passionately in love—won by the matchless beauty of her complexion. Glenn's Sulphur Soap had Imparted the charm.

All a Matter of Taste.

Americans drink tea hot and wine cold. The Chinese drink tea cold and wine hot. ______________ There isn't gold enough in the world to make a discontented man rich. Party platforms make poos rafts.

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More Relics of Lincoln.

Two relics of Abraham Lincoln of very exceptional interest have just been added to the museum at the hous* in which he died, No. 516 Tenth street. The first is the Lincoln family Bible, owned by the President's parents, and, having his name on the inside of the cover, in a childish, scrawling hand. It is of a rare edition of 1799. From this book Mr. Lincoln derived that wide and accurate knowledge of th* Scriptures that marks all his speeches and state papers to an extent unequaled by any other American public man. This book bears the evidence of much, use, but is in a good state of preservation. The second relic is a deed. aU in Mr. Lincoln’s hand, bearing elate the 26th of October, 1841, and in a perfect condition as to legibility. This i* one of the most interesting autograph* of Mr. Lincoln in existence. Thea* articles have become the property of the Memorial Association of the District of Columbia, through the generosity of one of its members. Mr. Gardiner G. Hubbard.—Washington Star.,

To Cleanse the System

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Chinese Widows.

According to the laws of good society in China young widows should not remarry. Widowhood is, therefore, held in the highest esteem, and the older the widow grows the more agreeabl* her po Ilion becomes. Should sh* reach 50 years she may, by applying to the Emperor, got a sum or money with which to buy a tablet, on which her virtues are named. The tablet is placed over the door at the principal entrance to her house.

“Valley, Plain and Peak,”

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London’s Finances.

London’s debt was increased lost year by $6,000,000 and now amounts t* $150,055,000. The revenue of the city for the last fiscal year was $23,165,000.

$50,000 Per Annum.

In the ten years from 1801 to 1811 forged notes to the nominal value of about $500,000 were presented to th* Bank of England. Hall’s Catarrh Cure j Is taken internally. Price lb cents. Until about forty years ago, th* Persian Government levied a tax or cats.

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