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Life Rescue.

The true plan to follow, when safety i
the call, is to swim with everything be
low the chin well down under water, thu
head well back and resting centrally OF
the floating power Of the lungs. But
what will you do when your comrade is
tired out and drowning? That depends.
If he is cool and reliable, get in front OF
him, let him place his hands on your
hips mot your shoulders), and you can
carry him quite a distance. That sup
poses that both parties, rescued and
rescuer, understand fair play. The
weaker party is the one that ought to
drown, if he shows any disposition to
drown his friend bya miserable, cOwardly
death-c|utch at the only floating thing
around him. In the case Of the death
clutch, 90 to the bottom with your'man
and leave him there. There may be an
unpleasant wrestle, but the real drown
ing man is ready to quit his prey when
he strikes bottom. The better man has
his right to come to the surface and swim
ashore.
But in a considerable swimming ex-
perience, and some rescues, there comes
one absolute rule: Never face a drown
ing man. He welcomes rescue so eaoerly
that he will hug You around the neck
and take you down. The safest and best
thing to do is to get behind him, and,
unless you are left.handed, put your left
hand under his right arm-pit. The lift
you give him will be enough in ordinary
water. He can be coaxed to help him
self, and if he is q reasonable being you
can bring him to shore. IF he is insane
with fright, recollect that you are to be
both prudent and heroic. Get away
from him, clutch his ankle with one
hand and tow him ashore. If the bank
is near, he is not likely to drown on the
way. If he does, it is not your fault,
But a brave swimmer is master of his
element.
once saw two young fellows rescue a
drowning comrade in a way that was
remarkable for its ~neatness. The poor
fellow was in mid-stream, cramped and
exhausted, and barely able to keep
ahoat. Which was first was never de-
cided, but in a critical moment each was
behind him, each with a hand under an
arm-pit he was almost a dead weight
on their hands, and they swan him to
shore, more dead than alive, 1t was a
struggle, but they were masters of the
situation.---St. Nicholas for ,July.
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There will shortly be offered for sale
at Lancaster, England, an article of great
interest to the American nation. Mr..
Joseph Sly, of the Kings Arms and
royal hotel, Lancaster, has for many
years devoted himself to the collection
of rare and valuable pieces of furniture
and antiquities of various kinds; and
among his collections, which he will
offer for sale in May next, is one of the
three clocks invented by DR.. Benjamin
Franklin, of Philadelphia. This clock
strikes the hour, and has only three
wheels; and on many occasions Mr.. Sly
received tempting offers to part with it.
The dial is arranged to mark the time on
the system of the land watches in years
gone by. On the face is the inscription
" DR.. Benjamin Franklin, Philadelphia,
inventor. 1t is one of the three clocks
invented by DIR. Franklin; the others
are in the possession of the relatives of
the late Rev. George Whitfield, who,
along with DR.. Franklin conceived the
idea of making a clock, for which pur-
pose the former found the money for
carrying out the invention.-JeWeLer and
SilUersmith.
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HoMINH FRTTTERs.-Cook the hominy
well let it boil down pretty thick before
using; add to one quart boiled hominv
about half a cupful sweet milk, one egG,
n little salt, and flour enough to turn
and fry without running only enough
lard required in frying to prevent burn
ing too much milk and -four toughens
them.
Il To KEEP EGGs.-Make a solution of
borax water, a heaping t~easpoonful of
pulveri2ed bOrax TO a pint of boiling
water; let it stand until the solution be.
Comes warm, but not allow it to get so
Cool that The borax will crystalize: dip
the eggs quickly then; keep in a cool
place; the borax will crystalize around
the egg, therefore keep out the air and
preserve the egg.
ITALIAN CREAM.-SAlelt three.quarters
of an ounce of isinglass in one.half pint
of milk, with a stick of cinnamon and a
bit OF lemon peel in it into one pint of
rlch cream put some granulated sugar
and the juice of three oranges, and a glass
OF brandy whisk them up well, and then
Strain the isinglass in it when cold, and
whip all together; when it gets thick
put in a mold; place on ice or in a very
cool place.
FISH PIE.-Takea any of the firm. feshed
fish, cut in slices, and season with salt
and pepper; let them stand in a very
cool place for two or three hours, then
put them in a baking dish, with a little
cream or water and butter and flour
rubbed to a cream, with minced parsley
and hard boiled eggs sliced line the sides
OF the dish halfway down, and cover with
a nice paste. Bake in an oven quick at
frst, but gradually growing moderate.
ALMoNr PUDDiNG.-Put on the fire
one pint and a half of milk, with six
ounces of sweet almonds, pounded fine,
and let itcOme to a boil. In the mean
time mix well three ounces melted butter
with three ounces of -four and stir in
and let it cook in the boiling milk till it
Is a stiff batter, and readily cleves to the
sides OF the saucepan. Let all cool a
llttle, then'add three ounces fine sugar
the yelks of eight eggs, and the whites
beaten to a stiff froth. Bake half an
hour; turn it out and sift sugar on the top.
IL should be baked in a deep dish, As it
Uses very much, and should 1e served as
. Don as 1T comes from the oven.
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The NieId OF IA single Ear.

a farmer in Ohio has recently made al
experiment which suggests an idea. He
had procured an ear OF very fine yellow
corn, and wishing to procure seed from
1t, planted 1t IN good soil, having first
ascertained that there were about five
hundred grains on the cob. The corn
produced from these five hundred kern
els measured nearly nine bushels, or
about nine hundred ears from one. The
seed so obtained was as good as the speci-
mems planted. If farmers in this state
would strive to obtain improved seed
and improved seed does not necessarily
mean new varieties-they would make
money by the operation. The truth is
that little or no attention is paid to saw
ing seed. When wheat is to be sown the
farmer goes to the store and buys his seed
wheat, not KNOWING where it comes from,
Ignorant, perhaps, lat one sack of good
wheat may be mixed with two sacks of
bad, aad ignorant or careless of where it
comes from. By such carlessness the
field is often seeded with thistles or
weeds, which require years to eradicate.
We have a case in mind of a little wheat
growing valley which ten years ago was
innocent o! weeds or thistles. But since
that time n of the farmers bought his
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Trouble in Frank Leslle's Party.

The tripo of Frank Leslie's party of ar
fists and journalists to this coast to
search for material for their pens and
brushes may yet be fruitful of something
besides monotonous sketching and note
taking. 1t will be remembered that the
veteran journalist and his party left this
city about two weeks ago to journey to
the Yosemite valley. Information came
to this city thai when the party arrived
at Big Tree Station on Sunday two of
Mr.. Lsslie's young men became involved
in a quarrel over the smiles of u lady who
accompanied the party, and finally ended
the argument by one shifting the others
cheek. The same afternoon a challenge
was sent by the insulted to his assailant,
which was promptly accepted, the weap-
ons chosen being pistols. The two young
men,then adjourned to aconvenient grove
and whiled away an hour or so by firing
at each other. to the great CONSERVATION
and danger of the crowd of spectators.
A stray shot finally struck one of the
duelists in the arm, when it was an.
nounced that he had ample satisfaction,
and the reckless bombardment was dis
continued. What disposition was made
OF the wounded man has not transpired,
and none of the party have as yet been
arrested.-San Francisco Chronicle.
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FASHION NOTES.
Called from the Metropolitan FashIo
Prints.

False hair is at a discount.
Ounce hats of soft gray felt are tn
thing for summer.
White enameled stud buttons are pre-
ferred by gentlemen.
Silver scarfpins of simple design ar
the caprice Of the moment,
Long white mits have entirely super
seded kid gloves for evening wear.
Bonnets composed entirely of flower
are o by a few darling ladies.
Two bands of gold linked by a chair
are fashionable sleeye-buttons.
Ladies are having old sun.umbrella,
covered to match their dresses.
Seguin buttons, with the hole on one
side, are used for Breton costumes.
Chinese bathing shoes, made of straw,
are the latest novelty in that line.
The shepperdessis the newest bonnet. 1t
is intended for country wear.
The Polo-Dane scarf of fiat folded
fouIard is the newest style for gentlemen.
Wide collars and cuffs worn over, not
inside, the sleeve, are coming in vogue.
Collarettes, revers, cuffs, and pockets
of lace are seen on stylish hunting suits.
G~redadine, gauze, and lace scarfs make
cool and pretty neckties for gentlemen.
Turned down collars are not as deep
as formerly, and have a wider space in
front.
Cuffs have round or square corners, to
match the collars with which they are
Long English Munster coats of gray
mohair take the place of linen ulsters for
busters.
The most stylish bathing suits are of
twilled shaker flannel, trimmed with
Breton braids.
English shirt-collars have turned over
points, rolled very far back, leaving the
throat bare.
The contest between short and trained
street dresses is decided in favor of the
Sleeveless sacques, slightly loose and
straight in effect, are worn with ~polonaises
ior the street.
Ribbon lacings, fastening two parts of
| garment, are among the novelties in
lress trimmings.
The newest full dress shirts have French
with square or round points, re-
naming upright.
Yachting suits of blue bunting are
trimmed with wide whitetitan braid and
worry or white bone buttons.
Lace necklaces, with pendantsattached,
re worn with low-necked, or square, or
eart-shaped corsages.
Last seasons silks are admiringly fresh
ned into new toilets b. side-painted
overs and rutiles of Swiss and t~arlatan
Beautiful yachting suits are made of
hite bunting, tlounced with the same,
I'd made effective with sashes, bows, and
pings of cardinal red. {
As the lingerie row in use is very ele-
it is necessary that it be shown to !
Vantage. This is the reason why open a
lists and sleeves reaching to the elbow {
e worn. +
suits are frequently made with n
e Louis XIV, or continental basque, b
tn his long, square waistcoats and d
Positions, square collar and cuffs a
a mousquetair0.
The newest style of evening dress isthe o
,aby frock," made exactly as for an 81
ant, with all the fullness of the skirt d
rown back, short waist, and wide sash - j.
It closed with slashed loops and falling L
Is.
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The Making Cactus.

The deserts of California produce
many interesting specimens of the cactus
family, among which is the cactus gigqn-
teus. Some time ago it was but little
known, and by all considered perfectly
worthless. Judge G. w. Walker two
years ago in Philadelphia, found that the
properties of the plant, which is one mass
of fbres, adapted it well for paper-mak-
ing, and that it requires much less
chemicals than any other substance, and
that it is different and distinguishable
from anything so far known, and that the
percentage of actual fibre was much
larger and the cost Of production much
less. He shipped on a whole carload of
this plant from the Pacific statos, and
converted it into beautiful white paper
at the Ledger mills. The raw fibre
beaches into pulp as white as snow, and
resembling cotton as to texture.
The Judge secured very valuable pa
tents on the material, as an improved
paper stock, and within the past year
built a very substantial mill on the
Southern Pacific railroad, at a cost OF
thirty thousand dollars. This road cuts
through this section for several miles,
and is run by a switch direct to the mill.
To make paper the material is first carved
into blocks, then pressed down a shute
to a shedding machine, boiled in I'M
mense watts and beaten up into a pulp in
raw engines. 1t was afUerwsrd treated in
the usual way. Hitherto California has
imported nearly all of its paper from the
est, but all this will soon be at an end.
1t is estimated that we spend S2,000,00
annually in this way, all of which will
be saved to us under the new process.
Not more than a few weeks will have
elaped before this paper will be sold to
tho trade
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Amedicins which remedies dyspepsia, liver
complaint, constipation, debility, intermit-
tent and remittent ~fevers, urinary ana utter
inc troubles, depurates the blood, counter
acts a tendency to rheumatism and govt, and
relieves nervousness, may truly be said to
have many uses. Such an article is Hostel
ter's Bitters, one of the most reliable altera-
tivcs of q disorderly to Il well ordered state
of the system ever prepared or sold. 1t has
been over a quarter of a century before the
public, is endorsed bymany eminent profess
sors of the healing art, and its merits have
received repeated recognitions in the col
umns of leading American and foreign jour.
mails. 1t is highly esteemed in every part of
this country, and is extensively used in
South America, Mexico, the British posses.
sions and the WestIndies. II its increa,ein
public favor in the past is to be regarded as a
reliable criterion OF its gain in popularity in
coming years, it has indeed a splendid future
before it.
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FARM AND FIRESIDE.


DO our stockmen and farmers appre
oiate the difference between a good steer
mr. cow and a poor one? Do they know
how much more a good large draft horse
brings than a little, inferior animal, bred
from A small worthless t%rotter, so called
or A good weIl-bred hog or sheep more
than a "prairie" rooter or a Mexican
mongrel? II they do not, just let them
make Inquiries of those who raise and sell
tbe improved breeds. We know the
GOOD stock brings 100 per cent more than
the scrub, and at their enhanced value
they are more profitable to feed or to
craze than the poorer kinds. 1t is
n waste of capital for a farmer to breed
ANYTHING but good stock, whatever
argument may be advanced in favor of
the Texan COW upon the plains. 1t is as
easy to raise a 100 pound steer at four
wears old, if good bulls and cows are used
TO breed from, as TO raise a nine hun
dred pound Texan, and the price
obtained for the full breed one is nearly
twice as much as the scrub fetches.
As to horses, it is almost Impossible
to sell a little, trifing horse, only for a
cow pony, but the large draft horse
always sells at good figures. A Berk-
shire or Poland China hog will make
nearly double the pounds Of meat from
a given amount Of food as the poor, i'll
bred hog, and the meat is better. A
Merino eve will produce from eight to
ten pounds of good merchantable wool;
the Mexican and specimens brought from
Missouri and Arkansas to the state will
not show over three pounds of hair and
wool that sell only for carpet woods.
Why our farmers will waste their
money, feed and grass on such kinds OF
stock is a mystery, when they can do so
much better but we are young and
laye time to improve, and Judging from
he number of enterprising stock men
Who are purchasing good bulls and
ans, the day is not far distant when
colorado will do far better than she is
now. We hope to see before an
.ther year the stock of hogs in our state
.%uadrupIed, and before five years enough
ork made in our state TO supply the
ONE demand.-- COI0rddO En-. {
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REMARKABLE RESURRECTION.
A Prisoner Cats His Tbro1t-Is Fro.
no"nced Dend and Prepared for
uuriaI-Hc i.eyI,es Three
Hours After The

n " ms bbEott
hOuoced Dead and for
uuriai-Hc Eeyi,rs Three
Hours After The
Inquest.
The medical fraternity Of Detroit are
puzzled upon hearing the sequel to the
awful affair at the house OF correction
1t will be remembered that it was re
ported that one James Donnelly cut his
throat twice and stabbed himself in the
left breast three times; that the prison
physician attended to the wounds and
three minutes after they were inflicted
saw no signs of life. Coroner Wilson,
who was visiting the house of correction
at the time, held an inquest, AND Il YER
dict was returned in accordance with the
apparent facts in the case. The singular
part of the affair is that the inquested
suicide is still alive, and although there
seems to be no chance of his ultimate
recovery, he was able yesterday after
noon to talk in a weak and disconnected
manner. The physician yesterday in an
interview pronounced the case one of
the most remarkable that ever came
under his notice. When the would-be
suicide fell to the floor the blood spurted
from the gashes in his breast, and at each
labOred respiration the air could be seen
to enter and pass out of the gaping
wounds. Exactly three minutes after
the fall his jaw dropped, the wound be
came apparently exsanguinated, the lips
turned a CHASTITY blue and no pulse was
perceptible. The body was removed
from the chair shop to tie stretcher, and
two prisoners were detailed to sit through
the night with the body. Shortly after
seven o'clock, over three hours after the
man was thought to be dead, the watchers
were startled by a slight gurgle in the
throat Of the (?) man, and soon after the
eyes opened. The deputy superinten-
dent was Immediately sent for, and
when he arrived the wounded mar made
a feeble motion with his lips as though
DESTROYS to talking. OF course r~estoraN
tive and cooling bandages were at once
TO the wounds, and soon the
three-hours dead man spoke the deputy
,uperintendent's name. At this the
remarked: " see you're bound
% live" at which the restored man re.
'ponded, "You bet your sweet lite !"
There is no doubt that the unfortunate
nan is insane. He says that his right
is john Bonner and that all of his
'~elatives live or did live eight years ago ,
It Drogheda, Ireland. An idea of the !
,of his wounds may be gained
when it is stated that twenty-five {
titches were required to close the two I
ashes in his throat, while nine stitches
uficed to shut the three gashes in his
ut breast. i
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BREACH of promise is a more serious
thing in tine Golden State than in this
part of the country. A Michigan plain.
tiff is generally pretty well satisfied if
she gets a few hundreds from the recreant
lover. Emily Hanks has just received a
verdict ftom a San Jose, California, jury
for S27 500 against General Naglee, who
loved not wisely, but too extensively.
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APARrY o~femigrants lately applied for

A PARTY ofemigrants lately applied for
admission to the Liverpool w~orkhouse
who tv IDENTIFY cam from some exceed
ingly foreign country, as every European
language was spoken to them in success
sion withoutthei understanding a word.
Nor could any of the interpreters COM
prehend their dialect. Their names,
history and object still remain a secret.
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to good results. You may have the bestfcur
eggs, milk shortening, however, and still
have poor bread, cake, pastry etc, Why?
You didn't use DOOLEY's YEAST POWDER.
With this last magic elemess to give order,
harmony and union to the rest, the result is
a mathematical certainty. Try it, and be
convinced.
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A WOMAN in England read a notice in
a newspaper that her husband, frem
whom she had been separated for fifteen
years, was lying i'll in a San Francisco
hospital. She FASTENED thither AMI found
that he had been discharged. She con-
tinued the search, found him, and they
were reconciled.
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To those who are suffering from gen.
eral weakness we would recommend the
HOME STOMACH BrTTEBs, as they possess
those properties so necessary to regain health
and streuth. Prepared by the Home Bitters
Co, st. Louis, No.
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INFORMATION worth thOusandsto those
out of health, Self-helpf for weak and nervous
sufferers. Facts for those who have been
dosed, ~Grugged and quacked. The new Health
journal teaches all. Copies free. Address,
Electric Quarterly, Cincinnati, o.
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An communications for this PAPER should be &C.
r1puuied by the name OF the nuthOri not necessary
~ Xiii cation, hut "a evidence Of good faith on the
ir"niy on Quo side Of tho paper, be particularly care
1Uhh In rcgard4o your dates, aud to having all sigma
lures PLAINLY writleh'
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Elastic limbs; good digestion sound sleep buoy
ant spirits a fine appetite and a ripe old age ar
some of the results of the Il e of DIR TUFTS Pills
They require no change Of diet nor interfere with
regular business.
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THE PONDS EXTRACT Co., as Maiden
Lane, N. Y, publish a small book free, tell
ing what the people use Ponds Extract for,
besides being good for pain.
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The very best, \ tE ~T.eN.
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Keeps shirts srv DELIVERED FkEE % receipt Of prte
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sent free TO any address. No stamp required.
Deal dirsc ~ WIth the auutsctnrera ad get Bottom
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111HlI1S

Permanently cure chronic constipation and all
the Ills that result from a want OF proper stools.
They possess tonic, Alternative and cathartic proper.
ties and will regulate the bowels when all other
medicines fail, produce appetite and cause the body
to gain, in solid flesh. Sold everywhere. Price
25e. Office IS Murray St. New YORK.
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Established 35 Years. Always cures. Away
ready. Always handy. Has never yet failed. Thrift
millions hare tested il. The whole world approves
the glorious old Mustang-the Best and Cheapest
Liniment in existence. 25 cents a bottle. The
Mustang Liniment cures when nothing else will.
BY l. MEDICINE YENDERS.
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Woull Ielulte ~ Investment Of SSt. so Tor poetaRe.
addressing LOU en7elOps II c-nsiderrbie: In writs
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