Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 18, Number 24, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 3 December 1887 — Page 3

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SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.

HOW STOVES WITHOUT WATER BACKS ARE FITTED WITH PIPES.

The Want of State Light the Prolific CtaM of D«mth« in Ml dp*—Hrtini of a Prcbliitnric

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Recent explorations in Spain by two Belgian scientists have reeulted in some very interesting dfecoverics. Relics of a prehistoric xaco liavo been found in ^roat abundance, ranging from the stone ai to that of bronze end metr fa These people buried their dead mob only in s£one graves or cells, but also in great jars of !«irnt clay, accompanied by pieces of pottery and other articles of am and valua

TtEI.IC or A PRKHISTORIC RACE. This form of jar burial is very widespread, Ami examples liave leen found from Japan bo Peru. These relics are supposed to belong to that ancient race which lived in Europe previous to the Aryan immigration, tbo various branches [of which are known as Iberians, Pelasgions, I.iguriaus, etc., according lo the country in which they lived. {Several skeletons were found adorned with silver and gold ornaments. One of the most remarkable is illustrated in the accompanying cut taken from L:i Nature. It is a female Kkull encircled by a hand of silver to which is attached a thin plate of the name metal. This skull was found in a cuvo near the station of Fuente-Alumo, where gold and silver are found in small quantities in the soil and It is quite possible tliat in those uncient times the mining of the precious metals was a regular occujiat ion of the inhabitants.

Dnithii In Mlw*,

The numlter of jwrsons who have been killed by explosions in mines during the post Ktv years is 11,(sM), as stated by Mr. Ellis Lover in a recent. issuo of The London Times. This uunilicr is. however. only a small pr«portion of tho** who ha\t met. their deatlis by colliery accident s. The number of deaths through accidents of all kinds in mines since the queen's

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re at Ii a 4 0 0 0 •00 persons have Urn maimed or otherwiso injured. Mr. Hurt, M. I'., an undoubted authority, states that tlie average number of thorn klll'Kl in mining nitrations is now 1,^00 a year, and that, 100,000 jwrsous anoually are injured in following the hazardous occupation of the miner.

The want of a better and safer light is mainly responsible for this groat low of life. The royal commission on accidents in mines has condemned ns unsafe the lamps of Davy, Clancy and Stephenson. The house of commons «oti firmed I unions arrived at by the royal commissioners, and govenunent inspectors of mines ore now advocating and hoping for the immediate and universal introduction of the electric light, into coal mines. There are many forms of electric latn|w now coin)Ktiug for the favor of miners and mine inspectors, and wmn of them possess undoubted advantages over the older types of safety lani|s. Hut there arc also in most of those serious dmwlwk* which provent their speedy introduetion to mine uses. Weight, complication and trust aro among the principal disadvantages and it behooves electricians to give their utmost thought to the task of overcoming the difficulties which the peculiar needs of the miner present,

rrnvidlug Stove* with Hater ripen. Many of th« cheaper stoves are not provided with wain* Iweks, uor uv there any holes in tVm for the Inlet or outlet pipes. When such a stove is to fitful for heating water the holes have to l»e made and gas or water pipes put in to heat 1 he water unless a cost, iron water Imek made for hcmhu other stove can used, which Is seldom the ease. To make the hob's in the stove fur the pipes, mark the sia of the pipe on the stove, in the proper locution, then drill holes around the inside of the circle, so the piece can bo knwkcd out without danger of breaking the ranting. The hole can be made rouud by filing out with aImlC round tllo of proper sise.

Some stove* are so made that there is not room for the pipe to go inside the stove to reach the tire Imek in this case Tho Amer iron AftJsan advises tlwt the pipe bo put outside and aU\ the oven door, as shown at Bin the accompanying cut. Win there is room, it can go as shown by A.

Tho outlet pipe shoukl always be on a slight incline, as it fa more natural for hot water to go up than down. Crook* in tho pipes should I* avoided, as they form air or stvcun traps, which prevent the water from flowing.

The water pipes should bo so located as not to intcrfejv with the oven door, or be in tho way of the articles that aro to be set in the stove hotel.

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wate* BKvTfwj rtnes ix cook afovms. Three-quarter inch gsspipe is nsualty large enough: j*«t once through the stove. When much water fctobe heated. it may be »«w wury to make a "return, If the back of the itorr, or ra:t»er one si»ie of tha stove, wis •glint lite wall, »o the oven dour is not used, the inlet ani outlet pipw can be on that side or bock.

The main point to be ohwsrved in potting in such work is, here the pipes no arranged that the water will, from the tin* ft leaves the coopting under the nter aak. ha goia* op an iodine, and nevwr ander any dremntiaacos try to make hot water go tlosen hill until after it ha* become heated. As the cold water is supposed to be becoming wanner ail of the time, it sbooMhava aa op ward tao-

THE CURIOSITY SHOP.

The Poet Lunate of England—-The First Laureate—HJs Salary. The poet laureate is as officer of the household of the sovereign of Great Britain. The appellation seems to have originated in a custom of the English untversities of presenting a laurel wreath to graduates in rhetoric and versification, the new graduate being styled poeta lanreatus. The kingls laureate was then simply a graduated rhetorician in the

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of the king. B. Whittingtoo, in

1512, seems to have been the last man who received a rhetorical degree at Oxford. Tho earliest mention of a poet laureate in England occurs in the reign of Edward IV, when John Key received the appointment. In 1630 the first patent of the office seems to have been granted. Tho salary was fixed at £100 per annum, with a tierce of Canary, which latter emolument was, under Sonthey's tenancy of the office, commuted into annual payment of

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It used to be the duty of

the laureate to write an ode on the birthday of the sovereign, and sometimes on the occasion of a national victory but this custom was abolished toward the close of the reign of George III

Santa Anna's Cork Leg.

Santa Aiuut cui leg may be seen in the Patent office at Washington. The Mexican general and his leg parted company at the battle of Ccrro Gordo, where the pursuit was so hot that ho hastily mounted a mule to effect an escape. The cork limb had been laid aside for the comfort of the general, who was riding in a carriage a short time be* fore the capture. Two companies of the Fourth Illinois regiment were the first to reach the carriage and a private secured the trophy. It was soon sold to other members of the same company for small sums and finally reached Pekin, 111., where it was one of the features of the town. In Wfl3 tho owners presented it to the United States authorities and it was dej»osited by Gen. McCook in the Patent office.

England'* Constitution.

Iu England they have no written constitution—nothing answering to what is understood in this country by that term. Tho word precedent is too narrow to cover what obtains in the governmental afTairs of Great Britain. That which iti Groat Britain answers to our constitution is something that grows steadily and suits itself to the changing conditions of the progressive country. It is elastic and not bound by the past, except in so far as that which is and may bo regarded as of tho naturo of precedent can stand every test of tho new conditions and new requirements.

The President's Staff.

Tho president is allowed the following named corps of assistants: A private secretary at a salary of $3,250 an assistant private secretary at &.'.:J30 a stenographer at $1,800 live ntesseu ,viM at $1,200 each a steward two doorkecpei-s at $1,200 each two ushers at $1,400 and $1,.'00 respectively a night usher at $1,200 a watchman at $900 telegraph ojjemtors and minor clerks. Then be has for incidental expenses, $8,000 for White House if|tail's, carpets, etc., $12,500 fuel, $2,.V)0 a greenhouse, $4,000 gas, matches, livery, $10,000.

Nearest to the Pole.

The point farthest north reached by any exploring party is 2*i0 miles from the uorth pole. Beyond this are ice irorges iusurmount able, and frost so severe that no human ingenuity hus yet. constructed any appliance to withstand its cold. It. blisters the skin like extreme heat. The greatest progress ever made across this desolate wilderness was at the rate of six miles a day, the explorers ofteu resting as many days as they had journeyed miles in a single daj\

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IHncovrror of America.

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Lcif iksou. a Scandinavian sailor, is said to have discovered America in the year of our Lord 1000. Historians are now pretty well agreed that this discovery is authentic, and a short time ago a statue was erected to Leif Krikson iu Boston. America may havo I»een previously discovered by tho northern vikings, and even by tho Phojnicians many centuries ago, but no well authenticated l^ocord of such discovery has como down to

Iflult Peak* In the ttovkies. '§f The Colorado group of tho Bockv mountains contains several peaks over 11,000 feet high. The highest of these, mad tho liighest ]eak in tho United Stab's, is Big Horn, 15,(10. Mt. Hooker, in the range of the Rockies, is 17,000 feet high, but it is in British America. The highest mountain in North America is Popocatepetl, volcanic, of tho Cordilleras ruuge, Mexico.

{The (Jufdi'K Prerogatives.

The queon of England has very littlo real power. She has no power of veto like the American president and no authority in tho making of the laws. She can convcne or prorogue jxu'liament, however, whenever sho chooses and can raise a fleet or army by and with the consent of parliament. She alone can make anointments to tho nobility, Sho is the head of the church.

A DIMiugnlnbed Spanish Knight. The Cid was tho title givcu to a celebrated Spanish knight And hero of the Eleventh century by five Moorish chieftains whom he vanquished in 1 tattle. Cid is an Arabic word, which means lord. The fid's family namo was Don Kodrigo Layncx, and he is regarded as the model of the heroic virtues of his age and the flower of Spanish chivalry.

TI«o Largest Vote.

Tho largest popular vote as yet cast for President o£ tho United States was that of 1884, by which Cleveland was elected, having received 4,911,017. The candidate receiving the largest per cent, of the total vote cast was Andrew Jackson, in 1$$«, he having iveeired 55,8? j-er cent, of the total vote.

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Coal ««l in Cramlnfr tho Atlaatio. The Cnnard lino steamers are the largest and fastest transatlantic steamers afloat, and cooaeqorntly barn much more coal on a trip than the voeselst of competing lines. Their daily average Is about 250 terns, while that ot the American line boats, for instance, don't exceed tons. 1 11 $ $

Troop* of the KrfceMow.

The aggregate number of troops furnished the Inderal side for all periods of service was 2. Reduced to a uniform three years' standard, the whole number enlisted amounted to 2^30.272. The number on the Confederate side was, ft is said, about 600,000 men.

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were allowed to receive intern* on money, and Jews were the only osorers. and tfaeri^ fore offeti henlribed and persecntcd. In Kngtaad. trader Edward Tl, taterwt was IftrtkUrB entirely from reUgfons awtlm

I Tho rtn* tmmtmummt. The find boat bnflt especially to sail for the America'* tsp was the Livonia, owned by Mr. Aster j. Beatsn by COtaaMt and Sappho, in 1871.

Y00NG FOLKS' COLUMN.

HOW TO TAKE A CHAIR FROM UNDER YOU WITHOUT FALLING.

An Amusing Ganae for Loaf Winter Evening*—A Timely Suggestion About Chrtatinaa Gilts That Xay Be Made at

Home. Christinas is coming, and it is time our young people were beginning to think aboot such gifts as can be made by loving fingers. With a view to assisting in this sometimes puzzling undertaking is here reproduced a sunflower pin cushion recently designed lor Harper's Young People.

A SCKFLOWBR FIX CUSHIOJT.

To make this decorative and at the same time useful article, make a circle of green velvet six inches across, and gather all around the edge. Fill it snugly with bran, so that it vrill be firm, and draw tho string tightly, so that none can spill out. This is the center of the flower, aud around must be sewed tho leaves in two rows. These are cut of yellow flannel, a quarter of a yard being enough, and there should bo many leaves to look well. For the next row you must cut a piece of cardboard in a circle, four inches in diameter, and sew around it more leaves of flannel, very full, and fasten the cardboard to the back of the flower. Hem over tho cardboard a circle of velvet, and a gorgeous bit of color is the result.

Tlie Game of "Trades."

Every player except tho one who holds the office of reader selects a trade or profession which he

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game. When all have chosen their trade the reader opens a book at random and reads a passage from it aloud, but when he comes to any common noun be looks at one of the tradesmen, who must instantly name some article that be is supposed to have for sale, or some implement connected with the exercise of his craft. By this substitution ot one noun for another tho most pathetic passage is converted into an indescribable jumble of absurdities. In the following burlesqued extract from an Eastern tale, tho words in italics aro supposed to be supplied by the different tradesmen in place of tho nouns omitted by the reader: "One offered the pvlnco a bucket of the most precious mutton chops of Golconda another a curious piece of a Wellington. hoot made by a European artist another a piecoof the richest plum pialtling from the looms of China another a gridiron, said to be a so vol vign remedy against all poisons and infectious diseases another a choice piece of tho most fragrant Tnrkty rhubarb in a warming pau inlaid with acid drops another a coffin full of genuine treacle another a rocking horse of the purest breed of Arabia and another a Flanders briok of exquisite beauty. The whole court of the palace was overspread with gingerbread nuts and long rows of itlavee were continually passing loaded with corn plasters, tenpenny nails, beeswax and other expensive articles." ________

An Athletic Feat.

In order to perforin the feat illustrated in tho cut, of taking a chair from under you without falling, you must lay yourself down on three chairs, throw up your chest, keep your shoulders down and your legs as stiff as you possibly can (see cut).

AST EASY KEAT.

ttaving assumed the position described, take the center chair from under your body, carry it over, and place it again under your body on tho opposite side. Although this at first sight appears difficult, yet in reality it is very easy: it is as well, however, to have a chair of.a rather lighter construction for the middle one, as you are thereby enabled to perform it with less strain upon the muscles of tho body ami arm.

An Interesting hut Exasperating Bird. The catbird is ono of the most interesting, nnd at the same time exasperating, of birds. He seems to devote much of his time to hearing himself talk. One writer has very aptly called him a first cousin of the mocking bird, whom he resembles in person much more than in voice. Tho catbird is an unmistakable Bohemian. By nature he is peculiarly gleeful, and he has a beautiful slate gray coat, set off by a black head and tail, all of which entitles him to pass for a polished, cultured, aristocratic bird. But, alas! he cares nothing for this. With the laziness of a self indulgent Bohemian, be sits by tho hoar in the most indolent of attitudes, with wings and tail drooping listlessly.

Ho bnikis his nest as he docs everything else. The great loose maas of coarse twigs, beeped together and patched up with pieces of newspaper or anything that happens come In his way, looks as if it would hardJr bear his weigut. He line* it, however, with fine bits of dark roots, and when the beautiful green eggs are laid in it you feel sure that soch an artistic looking bird mnst take a peculiar pleasure in the contrasting color*. High trees have an tnmodal aspect, and so we find him in low bushes on $he edge of a river, or even by tho ride cf the garden, joytag tho sun and his own company.

Wkeva Cmb Arm Farad.

Corals are of many colors, the most peeutifol of which is tbe red coral. This grows on the rocks that lie in the bottom of the sea, In tittle groves of trees, each stalk of whicn looks like a red leaflem Arab, bearing snail stariike flower*. The largest coral reef* are fond In the warm waters ot the Ifeett* ocean, although soma varieties of coral grow in all ooeans.

The coral employed la JsweJry comes mostly from the Meditwrsnwsn and Bed mi the dark red is tronght from the Afrion eoast of the Madtemawan. aad also firam the Bed sea, the pink dram the eoast of Italy, the yellow from the coast of SudWa, and the black from the Red sea. The principal cetal fisheries are sitnated along the coast of Sicily, at the month of the Adriatic sea, ia the strait hetwesn Strdbrfa aad Carsiea and off the coast of Alpria.

TERRE TTAIJTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL.

PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.

Healthfal House Heating—Eyeglasses a Core for Headache. Pneumonia has increased nearly threefold in proportion to population in New York in the last flfty years, and bronchitis even more rapidly. So states a writer in Popular Science, who finds the cause of this in the fact that fifty years ago then? were few furnaces or close stoves for warming, and no steam pipes. He explains the difference thus: Radiant heat from the gun or an open fire passes through the air (so far as it is pure air) without warming it that is to ay, without being obstructed or retained by it {just as light does), and only warms the pavement, floors, walls or other opaque body on which it falls. The air that touches tho iron bars or surface of the fire in an open grate goes to feed the fire and is then drawn r.p the chimney. Only pure radiant beat is thrown into the room, not hot air and it does not heat the air at all'directly, but warms our bodies, walls, furniture, etc., ami the air is heeted from them. When tovc, furnace, steam or hot water pipes are used, tho air is heated directly and in turn warms the objects with which it comcs in contact, the process being exactly the reverse of tho other.

By radiation from open fires tho air is the coolest thing in the room by the air heating method it is tho hottest. By open fires the lungs get less heat than any other part- of us, and so are braced and strengthened by the hot air process they get more heat than any other part, because the hottest air rises uppermost about the bead, and so is inhaled, m«lring the lungs tender and sensitive to cold on going out

We want to warm our bodies, not the air. Cool air is denser, contains more oxygen and warms the blood more than hot air, besides refreshing and strengthening tho lungs and bracing them against injury on going out. We want air with the normal amount of ozone. We got it all destroyed by the hot iron surfaces.

The only remedy is to entirely abandon the plan of applying the heat to the air. If one grate is not enough, put another on the other side of the room. Coal is cheaper than coffins.

An almost perfect arrangement for warming a room would be an open fire, and the entire surface of the walls and ceilings formed of a reflecting material. The least, possible heat would warm us, because the heat would be kept alive, active, radiaut, being reflected constantly from side to side and up to the ceiling and back as quick as lightning flashes, and so, impinging on the body on all sides, would give it a lively, glowing warmth, while the air might be at almost any lower temperature. It would be like having afire on every side of the room.

Headache from Defects of the Eyes. Dr. T. H. Bicker ton, of Liverpool, attributes many cases of habitual headache to a disordered condition of the eyes. He finds that errors of the refractive media of the eye often cause headache more or less severe, intermittent or constaut, and iu some cases associated with indigestion, biliousness and vomiting, in some with giddiness and faintneps, and in othcro with languor, sleeplessness and general debilit -.

The doctor has .seen not only the headache, but all its varied concomitants, vanish by means of accurately fitted eyeglasses or spectacles, and thereforo concludes that a large number of headaches and their associated disorders are due to errors of refraction in the eyep. Hence examination of tho eyes becomes important in such cases.

How Eruptive Disease tomes on. An apparently healthy child who vomits soon after waking iu the morning is tolerably certain to lie ill with some eruptive disease before night, says a correspondent of Good Housekeeping. It. should be wrapped in a small blanket and placed in a warm bath as soon as the sickness ceasos, then carefully covered with another blauket aud wiped dry under it, the night di-ess warmed and replaced with a flannel jacket, over it and the littlo invalid put to bod again. The throat should be examined, if possible, and a careful watch kept lor every trace of rash on the face or body. If there aro other children in the family, it should bo isolated until the nature of the disturbance is determined.

Prolonged Blistering May Injure. A French physician calls attention to the danger of a prolonged use of blisters. When 5 years old, he was treated during trouble following scarletina by the application of large blisters to the arms, and these were not allowed to heal for eighteen months. The result was the wasting away of tho muscles of both arms. Though ho is now of fair physical development otherwise, tho muscles of the anus between elbow and shoulder are small and weak compared with others.

SOCIAL ETIQUETTE.

3fminers and Customs Practiccd In Polite Society. All authorities on the amenities of conversation agree that the discussion of politics and religion should be excluded from general society, for the reason that such discussions are very likely to end unpleasantly. Yet this would not be the case if we were sufficiently philosophic to reflect that we are all what circumstances have made us, and that we, with only an exception now and then, would be of the same opinions as our neighbors had we cen reared under like influences. But politics and religion are, and will probably continue to be, dangerous topics to introduce into the social circle, for the simple reason that they are subjects upon which people generally feel so deeply that they cannot Hfaww them calmly, courteously and rationally.

A Gentleman's Salutations.

A gentleman walking with a lady in tho street raises his bat to those persons whom the salutes in pasting, though they may b« Grangers to him.

When escorting A lady across a drawing room a gentleman bows, hot does not speak, to those whom his oompisnion salutes.

A gentleman raises his hat to a lady wnom h* meets in a hall or corridor, provided it is not a public tborooghfare but be does so nd. iiut allowing his ga» to rest upon het.

When driving, a man's hands may be too mach occupied to'permit of touching the hat in that case a cordial bow will satisfy the most exacting acquaintance, as the reason is obvious. When in the saddle a gentleman may lift his bat or touch tho brim with hk whip, as he prefers.

Answers to Qsnttan Often Asked. Tbe wedding ring is a plain heavy circle* of gold to be worn on the third finger of the left hand.

When one cannot attend a wedding, a card is mat in acknowledgment of the imitation. A wedding gift should ha addressed to the trUfe, ena though the donor be acquainted with the bridegroom only.

The bride* fMSwrpajw for the eards of invitation. can leges to lb church, ia fact •wsrything thai relates to his daughter op to the tune that she Iwom more ckmty r» tatod to another than to

DOMESTIC TRAINING.

COMPARATIVE MERITS OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH GIRLS.

Good Effect of the Social Intercourse That Prevails Between the People of This Country and England—English

Girls' Home Life. The comparative merits of American and English girls have been of late frequently discussed. Advocates of each nationality have made many good points, and victory cannot honestly be said to have been won by either. There can bo little doubt that the largely increased and close social intercourses that now prevails between the peoples of this country and of England has had the effect of obliterating many of the Wrongly marked differences of their daughters.

English girls have caught something of tho brightness, the ease and tho self reliance which havo made certain American ladies who have married Englishmen take rank as favorites—almost, indeed, as leaders in Loudon society. And even those Englishwomen who have not succeeded in imitating, or have not sought, to imitate, will be generally found willing to admit- tho charm of the imported style. American girls, on the other hand, havo not been slow to borrow ideas from their English cousins. We have only to look at our girls' tailor made gowns, their "common sense shoes, their round hats and their ulsters aud Newmarket coats, to seo how much they owe iu warm and sensible modes of dress to English fashions. Then, too, English out door games, particularly lawn teunis, have become very fashionable here, and their good effect is to be seen in tho improved health, the greater ease of movement, and the rounded figures of our girls. mjMFXKSS OK OCR GIRLS.

It was only about a year ago when a foreign visitor to this country remarked tbat one of the things that most impressed her was the plumpness of American girls. The remark caused a great deal of astonishment, for we hnd lieen so long awmstomed to think of the American type of beauty as extremely delicate and spirituello that we had not recognized the change tbat. had been slowly but surely effected. Any one who now walla. Broadway in the afternoon, and who is old enough to remember tho appearance of its feminine frequenta-a of ten years ago, can scarcely fail to indorse tlie truth of tho foreigner's observation.

I do not hesitate to say that there is on«» noteworthy and valuable i-esjjcct iu which I believe English girls aro superior to American girls. That i-especb is their ability to conduct the affairs of their homes. This, of course, is not an inherited ability, but is the result of training aud practice. I am not considering the daughters of the farmers, but thoso of mercantile and professional men. In England, tho custom is to traiu the girls to relieve their mother of many of the duties of housekeeping. Among families where there are several daughters, it is a common practice to havo each in turn take charge of the house for a week or a month. I do not assert, that such a plan is never followed here, but at the most it is doue with comparative iufrequency. The system of living in boarding house: has in many iustances made it impossible to instruct our city bred girls in domestic duties, but happily the iucreased facilities for suburban travel have placed it within the power of many heads of families to secure homes of their own.

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TWO IMPORTANT KKASOXS.

Very probably tho daughters of wealthy parents arc slow to see why they should undergo any of the work necessary to tho learning of how all the departments of household economy should l* ran. There arc, however, two important reasons for acquiring such knowledge. One is the extreme vicissitudes of fortune, characteristic of business life in this country and the other is the fact that if tho mistress does not know when work is properly done, her servants, no matter how good at the start, will soon grow careless and forgetful. In no other country in tho world is there so much trouble with "help" as here. Some of this is due to the ignorance of servants who have had no previous experienco but possibly as much is due to tho ignorance of mistresses, who do not possess the knowledge that can give instruction or command rcspect.

In England, no matter bow wealth}-the parents, the custom of giving the daughters domestic training is usually observed. A recently published "Life of Queen Victoria" states that after the estate of Osborne had been bought, "tho lower portion of tho Swiss cottage was fitted up as a kitchen for tho young princesses, with pentry, closets, dairy and larder, all as complain as possible, and here these juvenile royal highnesses, dressed a la cuisiniere, and with arms whito with flour, learned to make cakes and tarts and all sort* of plain dishes, to cook tho vegetables which they had themselves cultivated, to preserve fruit and to prepare different sorts of picldcs. In fact, theywero trained to be good English housewives." Tho example set by the queen has permeated all the higher classes.

The cooking schools recently started here are steps in the right direction. But cooking, though very important, is only a single branch of the domestic duties. Tho other can best be learnt at home. I am glad to hear that the board of education in Xew York city is considering tho advisability of giving instruction in sewing and cooking to tho girls in the public schools.—Julian Magnus in The Epoch.

The Cop's Hard IJfe.

"A policeman** life is not a healthy ono," said one of tho lynx eyed, sadly, "and the sound men on the force aro few, very few. When I first went on I was as healthy as a man could be, but I can't run two blocks now without being winded. Tho causes are many—exposure to all kinds of weather, over exertion and irregular hours. I know many of tho men who would wish they had kept off the force, but when a man once gets settled it is hard work to do anything else. He is like a soldier, a mere machine, and outfit to obey orders, I know there are lots of fan made of the peeler, and there must be duffers oa every force, but the majority are good men and try to do their duty. But it is a bard life, and a man who does not break down must be made of iron.*—Buffalo Kewa.

Carrying Capacity.

It has been computed that the carrying capacity of a freight car of ten tons is: Wheat, &I0 bushels corn, 400 hoshds pota toes, 430 buabei*: apples, 370 bushels oats, 090 bnxbets lumber, 0.000 feet butter, 90,OK pounds flour, 00 barrels whisky, 00 barrels wood, 8 cords cattle, WtoSB head bogs, SO to00 heed, and sheep, 80 to 100 head.—Sew York Son.

Oae Faet

Is worth a column of rhetoric, Wild an American statesman. It to a fact, Mjtabltohed bjr the testimony of titoaaaads of people, that Hood's aaneparMe does en re scrofula, salt rheum, and other diseases or sttiwtlons arising from impure state or km condition of the blood. It also overcomes that tired feeling, creates a wood appetite, andglvss strength to every part of the system. Try It.

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A Good Investment.

is that which yield* large returns from a small outlay. 'Reader, the way is clear! No speculation, no chance, big returns! If you are like most of mankind you have somewhere a weakness—don't feel at all times just as you'd like to—headache to-day, backache to-morrow, down sick next week—all because your blood is out of order. A small outlay and what large returns! You invest in Dr. Pierce's r\n rm r#. Golden Medical Discovery and 8oon pure, fresh blood coursos through your veins, and you are another being. I —-r-r-

Burlington Freo Press Simply conceal tno truth is to lie in ambush.

A Great Legacy

to bequeath to your children, is a strong, clean, pure constitution—better than wealth, because it will never provo a curse. You cannot give what you do not possess, but mothers will find in Dr. Pierce's Favorito Prescription a wonderful help—correcting all weaknesses, bringing their systems into perfect condition, so that their childrou, untainted, shall rise up to call tbom blessed! 3"

There is not a druggist ill ivll the tand But always keeps a stock on hand.

Boston Courier Very few persons can hold their own on their first, sea voyage. 1

What.am I to Do? 1

The symptoms of billiousness' are uuhappily but too well known. They differ in different individuals to some extent. A billious man is seldom a breakfast eater. Too froquontly, alas, ho has an excellent uppetito for liquids but none for solids of a morning. His tongno will hardly bear inspection at any time if it is not white ana furred, it is rough, at all events.

Tbo digestive system is wholly out of ordor ana diarrhea and constipation may be a symptom or tho two nuty alternate. There are often hemorrhoids or even loss of blood. There may bo giddiness and often headache and acidity or flatulonce aud tenderness in the pit of tho stomach. To correct all this if not effbet a euro try Green's August Flowor, it eost but a triflo and thousands attest its oflicaey. o8-eow.

English Spavin Llnimont romovos all Hard, Soft, or Calloused Lumps and Blemishes from horses, Blood Spavin, Curbs, Splints, Sweeney, Stltios, Sprains, Sore ana Swollen Throat, Coughs, etc. Savo$50 by use of one bottle. Warranted. Sold by W. C. Buntin, Druggist, Terre Haute, Ind. tf.

To Assist Nature

Tn restoring diseased or wasted tissue is nil that, any medicine can do. in pulmonary affections, such as (-olds, Bronchitis, and Consumption, tho niu-oiis membrane first, becomes inliumcd, then accumulations form in the air-cells of the lungs, followed by tubercles, ami, finally, destruction of tin' lissiie. It is plain, therefore, that, until the hacking cough is relieved, the bronchial tubes can have no opportunity to heal. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral

Soothes and Heals

tho inflamed membrane, arresls tho wasting process, and leaves tio injurious results. This is why it is more highly estemeed than any other pulmonary specific.

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L. Ttixby, of llnrlonsvlltc, Yt., writes: "Four years ago 1 took a severe cold, which was followed by terrible cough. I was very sick, and confined to my bed about four months. My physician finally said 1 was in consumption, and that. he. could not help me. One of my neighbors advised mo to try Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I did so, and before I had taken half a bottle

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able to go out. Dy the time I hail finished the bottle I was well, aud !:av« remained so ever since."

Alonzo P. Daggett, of Smyrna Milis, Me., writes: Six years ago, I was a traveling salesman, aud. at that, lime was suffering with

Lung Trouble.

For months 1 was unable to rest nights I could seldom lie down, had frequent choking spells, and was often coinpel led to seek the open air for relief. was induced to try Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, which helped inc. Its continued use has entirely cured me. mid, I believe, saved my life."

Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,

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Dr. J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass. gold by oil DratrgliU. Price $1 »ii bottic*. %'•.

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llYfrWIt iu iPTiir t/i i*UMa» i/» nuiiiiii* i*tmtor of the estate of Jeremiah Buckley, deceased, and against Susannah Buckley and Mary G. Zollai*. I am ordered to sell the following descrtlicd real estate situated in Vigo County, Indiana, to-writ |W numbered KB, 1KM, MM, MO, IIM, 140. m, 1*»1. and 152, all said lot* situated in the town of Haxville, said f'ounty and Htate, and on JMaturdajr, the *lst day of December. 1*7, between the boars of 10 o'clock a. m. and 4 o'clock p. m. of saldday. at the fVairt House door In Terre Haute, I will offer the rents and profits of all the above described Real Estate, together with all privileges and appurtenance* to the same belonging, for term not exceeding seven years, to the highest bidder for cash, and upon failure to realize a sum nafltcient to satisfy said order of sale and costs, I will then awl there otter the fee-si min and to Mid Beat Estate, to the highest for cash to satisfy the same.

A. D. WEEK* Sheriff.

This *th day of November, IW.