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An African Giant.

AbeOkuta, a pl etty large giant
from Dahomey, was shipped to this
country without any marked diff
Guilty by the steamship Samaritan,
and he sat in state yesterday, seem
ingly much against his wishes, in a
big wooden chair IN a Bowery mu-
scum He is a snuff colored giant,
with gentle and retiring DISPOSE
ton. and pair of inordinate legs.
Unlike Captain Goshen the Colossus
from Palestine. who, by reasons of
great mental power and long prac-
tice, has got the New Jersey idiom
down 20 fine point, the giant from
Dahomey cannot speak good Eng
lish, Unlike Captain Goshen, too the
Dahomy is not much for thickness,
but of his remarkable ductile pow
ers nature took the fullest advan-
tage. and among men he may well
inspire the same envy that in the an
inlal kingdom is undoubtedly pro-
vOked bv the giraffe. Dressed in Il
fine cloth tunic of delicate gray,
wearing fllet with brass spikes on
his head and brass plate with
spike3 on his breast, having bar
barrie rings in his ears and eight
broad bracelets on his bare arms,
and his legs being wrapped up in
yellow sheepskin door-matS, still
Abeokuta looked difident and
abashed and wore the aspect Of one
who would wish to withdraw from
the observation of Il rude and curl
Gus world.
Rise Abeocuta," said his mana
ger, in a soft and whesdling voice,
rise, my boy, and let the ladies and
gentleman see how tall you are He
is only a STRIPPING" the Snowman
added, as the giant from Dahumey
stood up with evident reluctance.
and then immed ately collapsed
again into a wearied sitting posture;
she is only 20 years of age and is
we have to humor him.
He can span eight feet between his
extended hands"
1t was evident that Abeocuta, like
Chamg,iS too long for his breadth, and
Ina: he fct{; greater security and
finds more comfort when he IS par
italy SCAT up. He has asgood look
ing face, saving pzthetic and al
most Querul0uS expression. that
seemt p.rpetraly 10 he asking his
10 lay hlm out horizontally,
and taar IS more or less painful to
'ensjble observer. He has well-mod-
aled features.
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How a Poor EGirl Captured a
Millionaire.

There is very pretty romance
ab) ut the marriage of William b.
Vsnde bils, Jr. to Mics Alvs Smith.
tbe story of which is often told in
uppertendom. While at school,
Miss Smith suddenly received word
that her father had made an uniucky
venture, that his fortune had gone
up in balloon, and that she and
her sister must at the end of toe
term, then near its close, 60 at once
to the home of their grandmother in
Virginia, there TO remain until their
fa.her could summon them nertn
sgsln This WAS not suited at ail u
the tastes of 'demoiselis conseIcu.
OF ber own attractions. and she deter
mined to make q venture en- her OWE
account. She borrowed some mosey
from her teacher, and made a.
arrangement with her to 90 to RlcS.
field Springs for few weeks. so thst
when she appeared there. she hss -
q duenna 3 weIl-known inslructrses,
and this pieued the curiosity of tbs
yeung men about the resort There
Was coserie of New York g,rl4
there, . Miss T., daughter Of
broker, Miss O., daughter OF
rich brewer, and several others, WA
knew of the misfortune OF the Smiths,
and who also tried to make it APPEAR
that the young Miss Smith no nEer
deserved place in the ranks OF tue
Toureau Tiche. as her father had
"gone up" Mr.. William Wander
bilt, Jr., came to the Spring. to AL
tend q ball, and the New York girls
were all in a f1utter, because each
one desired to capture the con OF
the great millionaire. Miss smith
took in the situation at a glAnce. bat
she had nothing 70 Wear aud she
had only 5 40 dollars ia her pure.
She proposes to Miss L. to buy dress.
and Miss T.. having a big stock OF
dresses and Q small amount of pin.
money, was res ~ to oolige her. S"e
wasn't, boTever, Inclined To part
with anything that would be becom-
iag to Miss Smith, and accordingly
she selected a yellow silk with 8
wine-spot In front, and offered 10
sell that for Mics Smiths $40 dollars,
being assured that Miss Smith being
more of q blonde than q brunette,
would l>ok ''horrid" 10 yellow. But
Miss Smith paid the price, and the
fair dealer In secondhand clo' chuck
led over the bargain she made.
Her pleasure wss turned to chagrin
that evening when Miss Smith sp
pesred upon the ballroom floor
queen of beauty, aud in tnss vel
low silk, too. Instead OF putting
white upon her face, she had made !
her complexion brown, and, having
borrowed 8 lace maDtills from her
.eacher and a big black fan she
cane out rhe picture Of q beRitch-
ng senorita. Her coy glsnces shot |
INTO the Vanderbilt heart. She
iossed the soft ends OF the msnElla
>Ver her shoulder, "a she strolled /
he piazza, and used thst fan most
,ewitchingly. Toe New York girls
tOod sehAst, aud Miss T. shed a
ear over the loss OF her yellow silk,
md felt that she lad bssn cheated,
or she never thought that tie dress
Oeked so well. The result was
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TO PURIFY SICK-ROOMS.

The deodorizing punkah or chemical lung has
not come moment too soon. 1t is cheap, effect
i've, universally wanted and Of universal appli-
cation, and yet, if I am not much mistaken, its
very simplicity is against it. The simple wash
and be clean" never tickles the public like a
mystic nostrum or an expensive machine. The
chemical lung is simply a rough towel, stretched
and kept saturated with carbolic acid or caustic
soda in solution This waved, punkah fashion,
in sick room purifes the air in a very short
time At what trifiing cost could our crowded
city work-rooms, full of young girls or pale
faced tailors craving for oxygen, be made sweet
and wholesome It's application to churches and
theatres would not be difficult but the short
sighted policy of the Underground Railway in
not giving it trial is quite characteristic of
British-and especially British railway-sto-
lidity. When America or France, or the Sand
which Islands have bought the patent, and every
tunnel in Christendom is purified, perhaps the
Metropolitan Railway may be made tolerable.-
London Truth.
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MAN Ma,

Botanists and travellers have been rather I'M
successful in attempts to ascertain the origin OF
different kinds of mamma known in commerce.
In the valley of Gohr, to the south of the Dead
Sea, Is hours onward, which leads into a long
valley, Burchard found what he called mamma
dropping from twi gs of several kinds of trees.
According to his representations Arabs collect
it and make it into cakes, which are eaten with
their nauseous butter made from the milk of
sheep They churn it thus: A goat skin is filled
with milk and suspended between two poles,
swung to and fro by pulling an attached cord till
it assumes new character-a greasy, soapy mass
and that is Arab butter.
Mr.. Turner found a grove Of tamarack trees
near Mount Sinai in the valley of Farran, which
furnish what the monks called mamma. They
were bushy, about ten feet high, from which
drops of a swedish thick fluid ooze. If taken
early in the morning before the sun is up, it may
be kept in earthen pots considerable time. 1t
is used in lieu of sugar in the convent.
Commercial mamma, principally in the hands
of druggists, is a product of the punctured stem
of the ornus Europe, growing in Calabria An
article very similar in appearance and medicinal
properties is procured in Sicily by the same kind
of process Both have sweetish taste, are soft, of
a pale, yellowish color, and used for their mild
laxative quality rather than food.
From the foregoing facts it is very clear there
is not the slightest resemblance to that extraor-
dinarily nutritious article which wasmiraculously
provided for the children of Israel in a barren
wilderness on a memorable OCCASION while in
their forty years peregrinations toward the Prom
Used Land.
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ARE OUR HABITS IMPROVING,

It is quite certain that the American man of
to-day does not use as much tobacco as did his
forefathers There was time when nearly every
grown American chewed tobacco. The spittoon
was to be seen everywhere, and it was generally
patronized The habit was well nigh universal;
vet. to-day, it is doubtful whether more than one
man in thirty is an habitual chewer of the
"weedn Our ancestors also were great snuff
takers; even women INDUCED in the nasty habit;
but the snuff box, once in universal use is now
rarely seem Cigars, however, are used very gen.
orally, while the consumption of cigarettes is
enormous. We probably smoke more than did
our ancestors, but pipes are not as popular now
as in their time. We drink fearful amount of
liquor in America, but even here there is some
Improvement In our forefathers' time rum and
whisky were in every mans house, while to-day
strong drink is excluded from all reputable
homes. The consumption of light beers and
wines has, in a great measure, replaced whisky,
rum, gin, and brandy; while there are hundred
total abstainers to-day where there was one fifty
wears ago But still the dreadful fact remains,
that drunkenness is the great vice Of our age,
that an appalling amount Of liquor is consumed,
and that there are but few families who have not
to mourn the curse of strong drink in some of
their members Still, some progress has been
made in limiting the use of tobacco, and the raw
ages made by strong drink.-Demorest's Monthly
for FebrunrU
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MORAL COSMETICS.

We who would save your features ford,
1.-the limbs, bright eyes uuwrinkled forehead,
Prom ages devastation horrjd,
Adopt this plan:
Twill make, in climates Geld 0r tor!Sd,
hale old man.
Avoid in youth luxurious diet,
Restrain the passions lawless riot;
Devoted to domestic quiet,
Be wisely gay;
So shall We, spite of ages fiat,
Resist decay.
Seek not in Mammon-worship pleasure
But find your richest, dearest treasure
In books, friends, music, polish'd leisure:
The mind, not sense,
Made the sole scale by which ye measure
Your opulence,
This is the solace, this the science,
Life's purest, sweetest, best appliance,
That disappoints not mans reliance,
What'er his state;
But challenges, with calm defiance,
Time, fortune, fate.
Springfield Republican
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The conductor of Rurdl Topics is very DESTROYS
that the publisher of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
should be placed in possession of the address of
either the Master, Secretary, or Lecturer of each
and every Subordinate Grange, so that a copy of
the paper may be furnished for perusal by its
members. 1t is proposed to make the paper a
welcome visitor to the home Of every member of
the Order, and the Rural Topics column will, if
possible, be kept up to the progressive plane of
other departments of the paper.
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BEN BOSEN.
BY III, c. DODGE.

Ben Bosen was sailor man
But not a man assailer,
Therefore he would not whale man,
He'd only man whaler.
He'd sail the seas and seize the sail,
And when he'd heave the lead
He would be led to heave and, pale,
Throw up the sponge, most dead.
He'd eye his pipe and pipe his eye
When smoking was forbidden;
When wet he'd say that he was dry
And search for liquor hidden.
Sometimes he'd see ship; sometimes
He'd only ship sea.
The climes he saw were mostly climbs
Upon the mast to see.
Ben's bareback was to tack the ship;
Yet never man was sooner
Than he, when in the slip, to slip
And quick attack schooner
He was aboard when ON the sea;
When on the shore a boarder;
Though not boarding pirate he
Was then pie rate boarder.
Though Ben could not direct at sea
At sea he could die wrecked;
His resurrection day would be
The day they'd raise her wrecked.
One day a shark went swimming by
And Ben, alas, he filled him.
No shark, they said, could make him die,
Had not the shock first killed him.
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No tears
Dim the sweet look that Nature WEEKS.
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NATIVE GRAPES AND GRAPE CLIMATEs.-The
recorded observations on grape culture point con-
clusively to two import facts: first, the neces-
sity of closer determination Of the species from
which each particular variety is derived and,
secondly, the unquestionable superiority Of the
climatic conditions of certain localities for the
healthy growth of the plant.
Concerning the different species and their pecu-
iarity of growth, exemption from, liability to,
diseases, the character and value of their fruit
for particular and definite purposes, we recognize
in the Vitis LabrWsca fox grape, and its numer-
GUS varieties, disposition to contract mildew or
leaf blight and that more particularly with those
kinds which produce the fnest-favored fruits,
such as the Iona Walter, Diana, Delaware, and
Catawba; also, that the fruit of these varieties
are more liable to the disease called rot than is
that of any other native species; further, this
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Rural Topics.
CONDUCTED BY WILLIAM SAUNDERS,
WASHINGTON, D. G.

TCorrespondence is solicited to this column Commu-
nications addressed to the Rural Department of THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE, els Fifteenth Street, Washington
d. c., viii be Appreciated
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SALT AND LIdE.-Mix one bushel of salt with
two bushels of dry lime, under cover, and allow
the mixture to decompose gradually, thus form
ing an intimate chemical union of the two mate
rails. For this purpose the mixture should lie at
least six weeks before use Or still better, two or
three months, the heap mentioned being turned
over occasionally. This salt and lime mixture
when applied at the rate of twenty to thirty
bushels per acre, forms an excellent top-dressing
for many crops. 1t acts powerfully on the vege
table matter of soils. Fifty bushels applied to a
turnip field have produced as large crop as
twenty loads of barn-yard manure 1t is also
very destructive to insects and grubs in the soil
Like salt, it attracts moisture from the air. and
has been found useful against drought. Its de-
composing power is remarkable and if three or
four bushels of it are mixed with cord ofswamp
muck, the latter will soon be reduced to powder
Coarse manure is in similar manner decomposed
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Pensions.

If wounded injured, have contracted any disease,
however slight the disability, apply at Thousands
entitled.
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Collections promptly made.
Property taken blythe Arnnyin States
not in Instruction.
REFERENCES.

As this may reach the hands of some persons unzs-
quanted with this House, we append hereto as spec
mems of the testimonials in possession copies OF les
tiers from several gentlemen of Political and Military
and widely known throughout the United
States:
BELvIDERE, ILL, October "a, 1915.
take great pleasure in recommending Captain GEoRH
E. LEMON of Washington, d. c., to all persons who
may have claims to settle other business to prosecute
before the Department at Washington. know him 70
be thoroughly qualified we'll acquainted with the laws,
and with Department rules in all matters growing GUS
of the late war; especially in the Paymaster and Quar-
ermasters Offices have had occasion to employ him
friends of mine also in the soliciting of Patents and
have found him very active wellnformed and success
full. As gallant officer during the war, and an hon
orable and successful practitioner, recommend hiz
strongly to all who may need his services.
s. A. HURLBUT, NJ. c.,
Fourth Congressional District, Illinois.
Late Major General, U. s. Vols
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War of 1912.

All surviving officers and soldiers of this whether
the Military Naval service of the United States who
served fourteen (4 days if in battle skirm;sh,
for period and the widows of such who have not
remarked are entitled to pension of eight dollars
month. Proof of loyalty is longer required in these
inns
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and made fine. Sour, wet muck, thus treated
and composted with barn-yard manure, consti-
tutes fertilizer almost as valuable as the unmix
ed manure of the barn yard.-Prcf: Johnson.

ADVICE FROM BUTTER MAKER.-Set your
milk where the wind will not blow on 1T, for the
wind dries TIE cream, and dried cream will not
make butter. In warm weather keep your cream
still; for ifyou want your cream to become sour,
stir it often. Very sour cream will not produce a
good quality of butter In cool or cold weather don't
think that you must let your milk until itissour
before you take off the cream. Forty eight hours
is sufficient length of time for milk to produce all
the cream it is capable of producing. In right
temperature it will rise in less time. Much
poor butter is the result Of bad management of
the cream. 1t is good plan in warm weather to
save strippings, about quart, night and morn
ing, from each cow, and churn every day. Churn
your cream cool as possible in warm weather
Much butter is spoiled by churning the cream too
warm. If your butter comes rather warm, put
in twice the salt you usually do, work your but
ter Just enough to mix the salt well through it.
and set it away in a cool place for twenty-tour
hours, then take it up and work it over. Much
of the salt will be dissolved and will work out.
Thoroughly cleanse your butter with salt. Use
no cold water about your butter for you cannot
cleanse butter or any other lump of grease with
WdlSI CUlle WOH1tIl tdlk DIS OuoeOi was
not fit to eat unless it is first washed in cold
water IF butter is not fit to eat without being
washed with water, it is not by being washed.
Water always damages butter Butter that is
washed with water is not fit to pack, for 1t will
not keep. When the brine which Oozes from your
BUTTER as you work it, is clear, that is, clear from
milk, it is worked enough; don't give another
stroke exceptto getitinto shape. Pack your butter
in perfectly clean vessels and keep it well covered
with strong brine When you use your butter,
set it on the table just as you cut it out OF the
tub for it is injured if worked after it has been
packed. If all butter was made after this plan
we would see but little that is poor.
KEEPING GRAPEs.-Any grape to keep well,
should be gathered with the greatest care; the
fruit should be handled only by the stems, never
touching the fruit with the hands, the bunch
when cut from the vine should be held in the left
hand, by the STEM and with pair of scissors,
all green or inferior fruit cut out; it should be
then laid in a shallow box, just deep enough to
hold one layer of punches; when the box is filed
it should be covered with paper, and placed in
cool, dry place, and when the boxes are filed
they should be of the same size, and set one on
top of the other. 1t is easy to tell when the air
in the store-house is too dry or too wet; if too
wet the fruit will rot, if too dry it will shrivel-
Cincinnati Grange Bulletin.
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CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK,

WASHINGTON, D. c. January II, 1879.
Captain GEORGE E. LEMON, attorney and agent for the
collection of claims at Washington city Is thor
ough able, and exceedingly welnformed man of bust-
ness of high character and entirely responsible be-
that the interests of all having claims requiring
adjustment cannot be confided to safer hands.
JNO, A. J, CRESWELL,
President.
W. F. ROACH,
Secretary.
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Heirs.

Widows, minor children, dependent mothers, fathers.
and minor brothers and sisters in the order named
entitled.
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If wounded. injured or have contracted any disease,
entitled
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War of 1870
All snrv,n, officers and soldiers of this war whether
Tue ft OF sE d M IL in bate or srnsb
arc entitled to pension Of eight dollars
claims
many entitled to higher rate than they receive
...,.o. 100, 1o,,o,, .,,o,o -, 100000.
From ana after January 1851 sha MAKE no Gnaltes
t new asso'y alleged unless IN
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pension roll or whose names have been stricken there
Rod of three years or by reason of re-enstmen may
have their pensions renewed by corresponding with this
house.
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from one regiment vessel and enlistment in another
is not bar to pension where the wound disease
or injury was incurred while in the service of the United
States and in the line of duty.
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t heirs are entitled to one hundred and sixty acres
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MoTTO FOR SUN-DIAL.-"Hor non num,erO
nisi sereaaS." l number none but sunny hours
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Increase of Pensions.

Pension laws more liberal than formerly, and
many entitled to higher rate than they receive
From and after January, 1881 shall make charges
for in claims for increase of pension where
disability is alleged unless successful in procuring
he innre