Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 18, Number 19, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 29 October 1887 — Page 3

SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.

HOW MILLS MAY CONNECT STEAM WITH WATER POWER.

A »w Railwny Car, with Lateral Passages.nys, That KnaMe* the Passengers to i:»joy a View of the Landscape on

Both Side* of the Train. .v Figa 1 and 2 ~ive a perspective) view and plan of a new style of car recently adopted by tbe Bone-Guelina, Franco, Railroad company and which has isolated compartments opening upon a lateral passageway. In this arrangement, explains La Nature, the lateral passageway does not extend all along one side of the car, but passes through the center and then runs along tbe opposite side so as to form a letter 8.

Tin. 1—CAR WITH UAXEKAt, PASSAGEWAYS. The car consists in reality of two boxes connected beneath the transverse pessagoway, but having a continuous root aud flooring. Tho two ends are provided with platforms tbat are reached by moans of steps, and that permit one to enter the corresponding brdf of tbe car or to pass oi! to the next. The length from end to end is 83 feet in tbe mixed cars, comprising two first-class and four second-class compartments, and 32 feet in care of the third class, with six compartment*. The width of the comportments is 6.0 and 5 foot, according to the class. The passageway is 28 inches in width in the mixed cars, and 24 in those of tho third class. The roof is arranged as to afford a circulation of cool air in the interior.

no. 3—FLAW Of CAR.

The application of the zigzag passageway has the iuconveiiifliico of slightly elongating tho car, but it id advantageous to tbe passengers, who can thus oi\.oy a view of the landscape on both Hides of the train.

ConiinctltiK Steain with Water Power. Numerous mill* have found their water powers

diminished, mil

have added steam

power to help tliem tlirmgli tho dry seasons. Sometimes both water and steam are required to Ixi used toget her, and by tho usual arrangement of til* mill the only way to attach the steam |K*ver is to apply to the same shaft to which he wnier wheel is attached. Tne question hence arisen, what calculation of speed ia to be made? We may attach our steam power with the calculation of ilio regular working cpoed of the water wheel, find i-egulate our engine accordingly. Thoeditorof Tho Miller's Review bus nisi water and oteam attached together, nil,! claims that he ban been quite satisfied with the steadiness and results of the combination, and if there was any loss

Vegetable Prarls.

It i* a singular and as yet unexplained fact that in certain species of vegetable growth there are found variety of stones supposed to lo formed and deposited in their tissues from the silieious and calcareous juicos circulating in their organisms. Thus, In the bamboo around stone is found at the joints of the canef called "tahasheer." Another curiosity of tho sort is tho "coooenut atone," found in the endosperm of the cocoanut in Java and other Kast Indian islands. Dr. Kimmius doscrile* it ns a pure carbonate of lime. It is sometimes round, sometimes pear shaped, while the appearance is that of a white pearl without much luster. Somo of tho stones are ns large as cherries, ami ns hard as felspar or nl. They are very rare, and are regnrdtvl ns procious stouos by the Orientals, and charms against Mtseaso or evil spirits by the native.:. Stones of this kind ar^nometimes found in the pomegranate andOther East Indian fruits. Apatite has a}*** been discovered in the midst of

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A simple Imt Entertaining Experiment. The evolution of chaos into earth, air, fire ami wnter can bo rcprcftentedfisays Popular Science Monthly, in tho following manner: In a narrow phial or glass tube, pour mercury to the height of one-fourth of its capacity for the next fourth, add a saturated solution of snbearbonato of potash next fourth, methylated or pure spirits of wine, tinted blue "and lastly, turpentine tinted ml. On shaking this mixture together, you will have a representation of chaos but Boon, on resting, the elements will sepnrnte tbenm-1 v.*. and the mercury will represent earth, the blue spirit air, the red turpentine Are, and the colorless potash solution water

A Watch the Sli* of Flea. Thetv is a watch in the Swiss mmeum only three sixteenth* of an inch in diameter, inverted in the top of a pencil case. I tot little dial not only indicates hoars, minutes and seconds, but also days of the month. It is a relic of the time when watches were Inserted in snuff boxes, shirt studs and finger rings. Some were fantastic—oval, octangular, cruciform or in the shape of pearls, tulips, etc.

Influence of Hot and Cold (laths. A French investigator has recently studied the influence of cold and hot Itaths upon the respiratory and nutritive procewes. His conclusion is* that under the influence of cold baths more oxygen is absorbed and more carbocic acid is expelled. At the same time more air passes through the lung*. Hot bath* act in a simitar manner, bat in a less narked degree.

A rotWhiaf A|«st

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effectiveness it wns of that lmir splitting fineness not discernible to the practical workman. Ttmay asked if It is (test, where attachment of steam power is made to the same shaft, to run the wnter wheel (a turbine) without water. The power consumed thereby mny le little, yet it i.« something perceptible, and us the step might run dry and wear baiHy it would l»e l»est to avoid the running of the wheel if possible. This can be accomplished by a coupling joint, in the, shaft, which will allow the lower part and wheel to remain idle and form step for tho upper part to run in.

THE CURIOSITY SHOP.

Distance at Which the Sound of Cannon May be Heard. The conditions under which the sound of a cannon, or even the sound of a human voice con be heard, are various. Atmospheric currents unquestionably have something to do with it, bnt there are local circumstances which favor or disfavor the hearing of sounds at great diftances. However, the distance ct which tbe ear can distinguish sound depends both on the intensity of tbe sound, tbe medium through which it is transmitted and other causes. In the Polar regions Sir John Franklin said "he conversed with ease at a distance of more than a mile." Sound has greater force in water. Colladon, by experiments made in the Lake Geneva, estimated that a bell submerged in the sea might be heard at a distance of more than sixty miles. Franklin also says that he heard the striking together of two stones in the water half a mile away. The report of cannon travels very far, because it communicates a vibration to the soil. The cannonade of Florence was heard beyond Leghorn, about fifty-six miles off, and tbat of Genoa 100 miles off. In 17(13 the cannon of Mayence was heard at Timbeck, a village 148 miles off. When the English landed in Egypt the firing was distinctly heard liJO miles off. In 180!) the booming of the cannon in Heligoland reached Hanover, a distance of 157 miles. The greatest distance at which artificially produced sounds ore known to have been heard was on Dec. 4,1832, when the cannon of Antwerp were heard in the Erzegcbirge mountains, i}70 miles distant. The noises produced bjj an intense eruption of Mount Cotopaxi, in South Amcrica, in 1744, were heard at a distanco of GOO miles. -r- ,,, •J Royal Blood of France.

Tho house of Bourbon ir, the old Legitimist royal family of Prance, and the late Comte de Cliambord, according to the old laws, was Henry V, king of France. But between the times of tbe old lawa and the present times the French had enjoyed several revolutions. In one of them they deposed Charles X, and raised tbe Due d'Orleans to the throne as l/juia Philippe, king of the Frtbch.. Louis Philippe was tho head of the younger branch of the family, and a cousin, though hot a first cousin, of Charles X, the head of the older or true Bourbon family. The Due d'Aumale is an Orleans prince. The flour de lys, for which tho Count de Cliambord contended so earnestly, was originally the family Hag of of tho Bourbons, adopted by Henry IV, the founder of tbe royal, house, as the royal fi»g of Franco. There was no French nation in those days, and the only national flag France ever had ia the tricolor. All other French Hags were the flags of the French kings

Scylla and Charybdls.

Scylla is a roo'jry cape on the west coast of south Italy, juU.jg out boldly into the sea so as to form a small ]eninsula just at the northern entrance to the Straits of Messina. The rock is about 200 feet high, and much hollowed out below by the action of tho waves. Navigation at this place was looked upon by .he ancients as attended with immense danger. This rock, according to Homeric legend, was the abode of a hideous monster, encompassed with dogs and wolves. Charylxlls is a celebrated whirlpool in the Straits of Messina. Homer places it immediately opposite to Scylla. If it was so, it has changed its situation since hia days. The myth connected with It is, that under a large fig tree, which jivw out of the rock opposite Scylla, dwelt -ho monster Chary bd is, who thrice everyday juckod down the water of the sea and thrice threw it up again. Ships which tried in uuvigating to avoid Scylla were often wj-evkwl on Charybdis.

Articles of Copartnership.

Before beginning business as a company Of copartnership tho parties thereto must draw up and sign a certificate which shall sot forth the terms thereof, and shall file the same with .he county clerk. As to penalty: in the event of a failure in business and in the absence of .such certificate, each partner would bo held personally responsible for tbe debts of the whole.

Late Uaces for tbe America's Cap. Puritan boat Qencsta—first race, 16 minutes 10 seconds, corrected time second race, 1 minute .S8 Kcconds, corrected time Mayflower boat Galatea—first race, 12 minutes 2 seconds second luce, 2!) minutes 0 seconds Volunteor boat Thistlo—first race, 10 minutes 23 3-4 seconds second race, 11 minutes 48 3-4 ncondR.

The Seven Wonders of the World. 1. The Pyramids of Egypt, a The Tomb of Mausolus, King of Caria. 3. Tho Temple of Diana at Ephesus. 4. Tho walls and banging gardens of Babylon. 5. The image of the sun at Rhodes, called Colossus. «. The ivory and gold statue of Jupiter Olympus. 7. The Pharos or Watch Tower of Alexandria, built by Ptolemy Philadelphus.

Babylon. j»

According to Herodotus, Babylon was a square fifteen miles on each side, with 100 brass gates. It was composed of twenty-five streets each way, fifteen miles long and 150 feet broad, crossing each other at right angles, besides four half streets, 200 feet wide, facing the walls:

Below Sea Level.

There are many paints on the earth's surface below tbe level of the sea. Three of the most important of these localities arc tbe Dead sen, 1,812 feet below, the Death Valley of California, 159 feet, and tho northern part of the Sahara Desert, from 50 to 100 feet below sea IcveL

It Was In Ireland.

"Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain," mentioned in Oliver Goldsmith's "De. serted Village." was a small hamlet in the Coanty Longforxl, Ireland, near Pallasmora, tho place of the {wet's birth.

What's In a Name?

Charles D. Moackey, of New York dty, was tbe inventor of tho "monkey" wrench. Israel OM, of Connecticut, held patents oo tbe article ami manufactured them.

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Women or? entitled to fall soffrage in Utah, Washington and Wyoming territories. Tbey are .1'owed to vote at school elections In acveral atts. ••U?

The Mmtnwr. '1

The original Merrimac was sank by tbe Confederates, but afterward raised and called tbe Virginia. In action with tbe Monitor it fair order. ,,

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TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL.

YOUNG FOLKS' COLUMN

THE BUSY BEE WHO SINGS AS HE WORKS AND NEVER GETS LAZY.

A Sparrow's Hying Visit to the Dean oi Canterbury's Study—The Birthplace ol Gen. U. S. Grant on the Banks of the

Ohio. The modest fiousc depicted in tbe accompanying illustration represents the home where (Jen. Grant was born, and in which he spent the early years of his life. It is in the village of Point Pleasant, Ohio, on the hanV of the Ohio river about twenty-five miles above tbe ''Queen City of the West," Cincinnati

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BIRTHPLACE OF GEN. ORAHT. It was amid these humble bnt picturesque surroundings that the future general and president of the United States lived with his parents in obscurity and comparative poverty, never dreaming of the honors that awaited his later life.

A Geographical Puzzle.

A bright little girl residing in St. Louis, Mo., composed the following geographical puzzle. We wonder how many of our young folk can supply the names of the towns, rivers, gulfs, etc., suggested in each sentence.

I left my happy home to pay a visit to a lady friend, whoso name is a city in West Virginia. I spent the night, and for breakfast we had a fish, whose name was tbe same as aNew England cape. That evening I was accompanied to a tea party by her brother, whose name is a city in Massachusetts most every one is fond of pies made from the name of mountains in Virginia. I think a number of boys have watches named from a city in Massachusetts. I doD't think any of our girls and boys have enough courage to face a quadruped in the middle states. A great many people seasoning their cooking with the name of a capital in South America, and if they dont be like a cape on the Atlantid coast, they won't enjoy it. Some people are very wasteful, only learn to be like tbe name of a river in central Europe. It is very be* coming to some folks to have a noee like the name of a city in Roumania. A great many years ago an earthquake occurred by the name of a capital in the southern part of Europe. A ront yard may be made pleasant by several large trees, named from a city in Alabama. Why is it boys rather play with a marble by the name of a river in Alabama than the others! An earthquake jars a house, and so does a gulf south of France.

Tbe Lmt Rivers of Idaho

One of tbe most singular features in the scenery of tho territory of Idaho is the occurrence of dark, rocky chasms, into which large streams and crooks suddenly disappear, and are never mora seen. These fissures, explains Golden Days, are old lava channels, produced by tbe outside of the molten mass cooling and forming a tube, which, on the fiery stream becoming exhausted, has been left empty, while tho roof of the lava duct, having at some point fallen in, presents there the opening into which the river plunges and is lost. At one place along tbe banks of the Snake, one of these rivers reappears gushing from a cleft high up in tbe basaltic walls, whore it loaps a cataract into the torrent below. Where this stream has its origin, or at what point it is swallowed up, is utterly unknown, though it is believed that its sources are a long way up in the north country.

The Porcelain Tower of China. Nothing made Nanking so much celebrated abroad as the Porceltitu tower, which was one of the wonders of tbe world. It stood preeminently beyond all similar buildings for its completeness and elegance and the quality of material of which it was built It cost $4,000,000, and was ninety years in building, being completed in A. D. 14S0. The outer face of this unique structure was covered with slabs of porcelain of various colors, principally green, red, yellow and white. At every one of its nine stories there was a projecting roof t-overed with green tiles, aud a bell was suspended from each comer. There were 152 !*lls in all, which gave sweet sounds when there was a brisk wind. One hundred and twenty-eight lamps were bung on the outside. In die vettr 1801 it was seriously injured by a •torin.' Kp

A Sparrow and a Postage Stamp. The Dean of Canterbury was at work, surrounded by books and papers, in a room that opens into tho garden presently a sparrow flew in, perched on tho table and leisurely looked about bar. Tbe dean was careful not to disturb her. After a short survey die went to tho stamp box, which was open, took a stamp in her beak and quietly flew away with it What could she have wanted with it!' Can any of my little readers guess? A little child said to me, "I never heard of a bird sending a letter by post did she want it to mend a bole in her nestf1 Perhaps. It happened in June, but sparrows rear a great many families, so the home might have been ont of repair. One would like to know. yj I 7.

The Sony of the Bee* CjBuzs. ben,bets! This Is tbe song of tbe bee. *His legs are of yellow, \A Jolly good fellow,

And yet a good worker he.

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PHYSIOJ-OGY, AND

(HYGIENE.'

Mental Healing—The Use of Salicylic Aeld—Abont Children and Babies. Many of the results of tbe mind cure and the strange fact, so long known, of opium controlling inflammation are explained, in the opinion of Science, by a principle lately advanced by Professor Delbamf, of Liege, who has been engaged in original researches on the subjcct of healing wounds by mental impressions. So is the popular belief in hardening one's self by a little judicious indifference and neglect of one's condition.

All aro familiar with accounts of wounds inflicted upon themselves by African dervishes, which wounds do not inflame and may even heal completely in twenty-four hours, and these are made plausible by M. Delboeufs observations.

According to Science, it is well established that when certain individuals who are what is termed hypnotic are put into a trance tho statement made to them when in this condition that a blister has fern applied to their skin will, after a time, produce on the skin the actual results of real cauterization. The hallucinatory feeling of inflammation produces in these persons a genuine inflammation. M. Delboeuf argued from this that tho feeling of pain, however useful in other respects, must itself be an inflammatory irritant, and went on to infer that the abolition of it from wound ought to accelerate healing. On a young woman, whom he could make insensible by suggestion, he marked two corresponding spots, one on each arm, and made on each an identical burn with a hot iron, announcing to tho patient that tho ono on the right should not be felt Tbe suggestion took effect, and the next day, when the bandages were removed, the left arm presented a blistered sore with an inflamed surface of considerable extent, while the right arm showed only a clean scorch of the skin the exact size of the iron without redness or inflammation. On another subject similar results were obtained. In another case M. Delboeuf suggested to a very sensitive subject that she should not feel a severe dental operation, and was assured by the dentist that what he found most remarkable in tbe whole operation was the absence of the salivary secretion which would usually have accompanied it M. Delbceufs experiments, though few, aro very suggestive.

Salleylie Acid

Professor E. H. Bartley, of Brooklyn, after careful observation, expresses the belief that the use of salicylic acid in treating rheumatism, if long continued, impairs the digestion and inflames the kidneys. He says also that a serious objection to the use of salicylic acid is the fact that many samples found in the market contain more or less carbolic acid. It is now almost entirely manufactured from this very poisonous substance and, nnles8 great care is exercised, an appreciablo amount of carbolic acid is left in the product Some writers think that most of the fatal accidents recorded from the use of salicylic acid are due to the presence of carbolic acid. From careful consideration Professor Bartley is compelled to regard the use of salicylic acid in preserving food and drinks, and especially in lager beer, as open at least to serious objection.

Professor Bartley fixes tho quantity of salicylic acid usually employed in beer at from twelve to fifteen grains per gallon or, from one to one and a half grains to tho glass. As many men habitually drink twentyfive glasses during the day, they take from twenty-five to thirty-seven grains of the acid per day. Tbe medicinal dose is usually stated to be from ten to twenty grains.

How to Pat the Baby to Sleep.

A mother tells in Babyhood how she puts a wide awake baby to sleep. She takes

large piece of canton flannel, wrings it rather dry out of warm water, then puts it closely over the baby's head so as to cover both ears and eyes. There is a brief struggle, then quiet, and in less than five minutes baby is fast asleep.

Simple Bemedtes.

Apply vaseline to tbe skin immediately after a blow, to prevent discoloration. A little ammonia on cotton inserted in the cavity of an aching tooth often affords instant relief.

Horse radish leaves on tbe back of the neck area remedy for pain in the heed. "3:

SOCIAL ETIQUETTE.

Manners and Customs Practiced In Polite Society. The matrimonial season which is ushered in with the-coming of October gives lively interest to information on the newest fashions connected with weddings. From some timely hints given by such excellent authority as Harper's Bazar aro extracted the following: Wadding invitations bear the formula so long used, but have far wider margins than any yet seen and are consequently larger, requiring larger oblong envelopes instead of the small square ones lately in favor. The engraving is in plain, clou* English script, without ornamental initials or monogram, on pure white paper, though cream tints are also used. The formula, it will bo remembered, is as follows: "Mr. and Mrs. John Thompson request your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Margaret Eleanor, to Mr. Charles Henry Jones, on Thursday, October the twenty-ninth, at halfpast three o'clock, at St George's church." The invitation is sent out a fortnight or three weeks before the wedding. The post is found to be a safe medium and is generally adopted.

Wedding invitations require no answer. For out of town weddings that are fashionable during the months of October and November, the formula given above is used with the words "at their residence in Westchester,1' or other suburban address. At a home wedding, which it is desired should be private, invitations bearing tbe usual formula are sent to the relations and a few friends. 'Then, on tbe next day, the marriage is announced to all on note sheets engraved as follows: "Mr. and Mrs. James A. Smith announce the marriage of their daughter Mary to Mr. John Henry Johnson. Wednesday, November tbe fifteenth, 1W7, Fifth avenue. New York." An old form of announcement cards still in use is f!:at of inclosing a card bearing tbe names of tbe newly married couple, as "Mr. and Mrs. Jobn Robinson,*' and also a card with tbe name of the bride before her marriage. Tbelr new address may or may not be given or, if tbe bride and groom are going abroad, P. P. C. may be engraved in tbe left band Corner of tbe card containing their Unglazed or 7elhun finished cards are used or snch announcements.

•Ms Ban sad Thero.

Wltfet oae lady is giressufcd to another, both Mag ssatsd, they rtmfcin seated, bow potttsly and eacbange a few pleamt words.

Baad Aaktacii not tbe universal ccstom ftsil wbsn A finlliiiiin Is Brst pr»to she ssldoaa attends her hand, bat both bow. ^DtorMn.lisi*'k i«MraDy«nsid«KI more formal begining a note than Umr Mm Blank." toaltfrai*!

A NOVEL SPECTACLE.

CONTEST BETWEEN A BULL BUFFALO

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An Exciting Incident Which Occurred when Herds of Bison Roamed tho Plains of the West—Remarkable Example of Canine Courage.

The nearest herd swerved bnt, contrary to their instincts, came roaring down beside and parallel to our mounted troopers. This was a little too much, evon for well trained, disciplined cavalry soldiers, and the men, in their intense excitement, forgetful of orders, commenced a rattling fusilade from their saddles. The buffalo veered off, but not before several were wounded. The firing was sternly ordered to cease. One gigantic bull, a leader, was nearest he was badly wounded. As was the case on nearly all inarches of troops changing station on the frontier, many dogs of all ages, sizes and degrees had, under protest, accompanied the column to the Colorado river here many of tho worthless curs were left or drowned while fording but thero were several remaining, and it was those that had turned the buffalo down tho column.

There was among them a large, white English bull dog belonging to tho regimental band. He was a powerful brute, and had been trained to {mil down beeves at tho slaughter corral at Fort Concho. He was, withal, a prime favorite with the soldiers, notwithstanding his ferocity. Tho pack of dogs were in full cry after the stampeding herd of hollowing beasts as they rushed and toro along tho column with their peculiar rolling gait But "King," the bull dog, singled out the immense wounded leader, who had now slackened his speed and was faltering in his tracks. He sprang at his throat with great courage^ fastened upofi him, and the battlo commenced, with'tho column as silent spectators.^

A NOVEL SPECTACLE.*

It was a novel spoctacle. The bronaed troopers tho great shaggy beasts thundering by tho white topped wagon train closed up and halted tho fleeting shadows, and the alinoct limitless stretch of surrounding prairie and vast solitude. Tho bull went down upon his knees, but so great was his strength tbat he quickly arose and whirled tho dog in great circles over his head. "King" had been taught never to. let go. Tho entire command now watched with breathless attention tho apparently unequal struggle, expecting every moment to aW the 'dog crushed to death. Down went tho bull again on his knees, this time not from any weakness, but to goro the dog rising, he would stamp his feet in rage, then shaking him a while, he would resume swinging aud snapping him like a whip cord through tho air. Tho foam, now bloody, flocked the long, tawny beard of the bison bull. His eyes, nearly concealed in the long, matted hair that covered his shaggy head, flashed fire, and his rage knew no bounds.

The dog, which had commenced the fight a pore white, now turned to a spotted crimson from blood which had Cowed from the buffalo's wounds, and still his bruto Instincts, tenacious courage and training led him to bold on. Had he let go for a moment the '.Tared bull would have gored him to death before he could have retreated. The bull grew perceptibly weaker he rose to his feet less often. He could no longer throw the dog in circles abovo his head. The blood stained "King" to a more vivid red, and begrimed with dirt, ho had lost all semblance to his former self. All were anxiously looking for the struggle to end. Impatience was already displayed upon tho men's faces, when suddenly Oen. Mackcnziq shouted, "Kill the animal and put him out of his misery It was a merciful command. Two men stepped forward to tho enormous beast now on his knees and rocking to and fro, the dog still holding on—and placing their carbines behind the left shoulder. to reach a vital point, fired. He gave one great quiver, one last spasmodic rocking, and spread himself upon tbe vast prairie dead. Not till then did "King11 let gol

So great had been the courage of this favorite dog in his fearful struggle that months aftor, when an order had been issued for all cur dogs—always an accumulative nuisance at a frontier post—to be exterminated, *'King," the white bulldog belonging to tho Fourth Cavalry band, was oxempted by a special order.—R. Carter, U. S. A., in Outing.

Why tho Petticoat Most Oo. Few people seem aware how enormously a petticoat dress of any sort increases the apparent size of the hips until tbey have seen the same persons in a different—L e., twolegged dress. The habit of wearing a dress which causes the duality of the form to be concealed is the true cause of all the errors and strange contortions which seem inseparable from women's dress. It completely alters the character of the figure and causes an ordinary waist to look large and clumsy. Drees a man in a woman's skirt and his waist immediately appears large, out of all proportion to his height and this result is tbe true cause of the compression of the waist among most European nations. Till it is removed, it is vain to argue against tight lacing.

The majority of women also seem unaware how unbecoming a thing is the tight bodice, which is the stereotyped form on which their dress bodices are mode. Tbey unconsciously try to improve upon it by making imitation vests and waist-coats and falls of lace down the front But with a loose, (lapping skirt an artistic and liecoming form of bodice is out of tbe question, for only a tight bodice can give tho hour glass pinch rendered necmsary by the globular form tho legs assume when incased in skirts.—Dresa, -A,

Ttesrrndants of the Dirt Eaters. There is a race of negroes in tbe United States that must be descendants of the dirt eating tribe of Africans known to exist in the Interior of tbe dark continent, for I had a

cook who came from tbe back hill country of Louisiana, which, by tbe way, is very little known by outsiders, who was a dirt eater. She said one day tbat she was going back tp tbe hills, as tbe black dirt at New Orlean* was not good, and sbe pined for some of the kind sbe bad always been used to eating, and she went bade. 1 was told tbat in certain soil where these people live tbere was a strong alkali taste which they fancied very much. Eating dirt becomes a habit with them, and wbeo tbey wander away they still keep tip tbe desire until they get tired of the mud that is unlike tbe home article. I have beard of white men who eat dirt, bat this negrees is the only genuine dirt mUer I ever saw.—CoL George L. Cunningham in Otebe-Peuwciat.

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Tls SOZODONT the whole world tries. ^TIsSOZODCiNT which purities The breath and mouth, and dirt denes, Tls SOZODONT for which we cry. Sweet SOZODONT for which we sigh, Tls only SOZODONT we buy.

The Praise of Sozodont

like the famous article itself, is in almost every body's mouth. The people know that it preserves as well as beuutities tho teeth. Henee it is the standard tooth wash of the period.

"Spalding's Glue," useful iri'^ery house.

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Law Circular: You can outlivoaslander in half the time you can outargue it.

A tine constitution way be ruined by simple neglect. Many bodily ills result from habitual constipation. There is no medicine equal to Ayer's Pills for restoring the system to natural and healthy action. get very little drink at tho bar of

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Don't Hawk, Spit, Cough,

suffer dizziness, indigestion, inflammation of the eyes, headache, lassitude, inability to perform mental work and indisposition for bodily labor, and annoy ana disgust your friends and acquaintances with your nasal twang aud offensive breath and constant efforts to clean your nose and throat, when Dr. Sage's "'Catarrh Remedy" will promptly relievo yon of discomfort and suffering, and your friends of the disgusting and needless inflictions of your loathesomo disease?

Scratched 28 Years.

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A Soaiyr1 Itching, Skin Disease with Endless Suffering Cured by Cuticura Remedies.

If I had known of Cuticura Remedies twenty-eight years ago It would have saved me SaK) (two huudred dollars) and an immense amount of suffering, -y disease (Fhorliuiis) commenced on my head in a spot not larger than a cent. It spread rapidly all over my body and got under my nails. The scales would dropoff of me all the time, and my suffering was endless, and without relief. One thousand dollars would not tempt me to have this disease over again. I am a poor man, but feel rich to be re levedof what some of tho doctors said was leprosy, some ringworm, psoriasis, etc. I took and Barsaparllla over one year and a half, but no cure. I cannot praise the Cuticura Remedies too much. They have made my skin as clear and free from scales as a baby's. All I used of them was three bottles of Cuticura, three bottles of Cuticura Resolvent and two cakes of Cuticura Soap. If yon hud been here and said that you would have cured mo for 1200 you would have had the money. I looked like tho picture In your book of Psoriasis [picture number two, "How to Cure Hkln Diseases"], but now I am as clear as any person ever was. Through forco of habit I rubbed my hands over arms and legs to scratch once In a while, but to no purpose. 1 scratched twenty-eight years, and it got to bo kind of a second nature to me. 1 thank yon a thousand times. Anything more thntyou want to know write me, oranyone who reads this may write to me and I will answer lt»

DENNIS DOWNlNU,

Waterbury, Vt., Jan. 20th, 1887.

PSORIASIS, Eceema. Tetter, Illngworm, Lichen, Pruritus, Scald Head, Milk CruBt, Dandruff, Barbers', Rakers', Grocers' and Washerwoman' Itch, and every Npecles of Itching Burning, Hoaly, Pimply Humors of the Skin and Scalp, with Loss of Hair, are positively cured by Cuticura, the great Skin Cure, ana Cuticura Soap, the exquistto Skin Beautifler.externally, and Cuticura Resolvent the new Blood Purifier, Internally, when physicians and all others fail.

Cuticura Remedies are sold everywhere. Price, Cuticura, 60 cents Resolvent, $1.00 Soap, 26 cents. Prepared by the Potter Drug and Chemical Co., Boston, Mass. Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases."

RTHPLGS, Blackheads, Skin Blemishes, and Baby Humors, use Cuticura Soap.

Catarrhal Dangers.

To be freed from the dangers of suffocation while lying down to breathe freely, sleep soundly and undisturbed to rise refreshed, head clear, brain active and free from pain or ache to kr.ow that no poisonous, putrid matter defiles the breath and rots away the delicate machinery of smell, taste and hearing to feel that the system doos not, through Its vein and arteries, suck up the poison that Is sure to undermine and destroy, is Indeed a blessing beyond all other human enjoyments. To purchase immunity from such a state should be tbe object of all afflicted. But those who have tried many remedies and physicians despair of relief or euro.

Sanford's Radical Cure meets every phase of Catarrh, from a simple head cold to the most loathsome and dls'tructlve stages. It is local and constitutional. Instant in relieving, permanent In curing, safe, economical ana never-fnlllng.

Sanford's Radical Cure consists of one bottle of the Radical Cure, one box Catarrhal Solvent, and one Improved Inhaler, neatly wrapped In one package, with full directions price, S1.00.

Potter Drug A Chemical Co., Boston.

No Kheumatiz About Me. I IN ONE MINUTE.

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