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Tea Drinking in Holland.

Bernard H. Becker, in his book "Hol
iday Haunts by Cliffside and River
side," says, in describing a tea garden
at S~ehcveningen, a Dutch pleasure re-
sort:
Here we refreshed ourselves with
mighty glasses of Bairisch and specialized
on the intense love of tea with which
Dutch womcn are possessed. Tea In Hol-
land is, like almost everything but
water, of excellent quality, and is not
converted into a beverage by the pro-
prietors Of tea-gardens. Everybody
makes her own tea at the Hague and
Amsterdam, and even at S~cheveningen.
When Mynhecr and his family have
taken their seats at one OF the green
tables closely packed under the trees
round the orchestra. madame proceeds
to make tea in the national machine
known as ''thcestoff." This is very
unlike the English urn and tea
pot, and equally dissimilar from the
Russian samovar. The careful
waiter brings first what appears to be an
iron pail, but is in reality q stove OF
primitive construction, bottomed we'll
with charcoal. On this is set the kettle
of common life, boiling and kept boil
ing by the charcoal underneath. Tea
is brought in a caddy together with a
black earthenware teapot. Madam pro-
ceeds to make tea, first ascertaining that
the water boils. and when the first round
is poured out, removes the lid of the
kettle and puts the little black teapot in
it's place. There is clearly on under
standing between the coppersmith and
the potter as to the size of teapots and
kettle lids, for the fit seems exact, and
the tea is kept hot, rs it needs to be in
the open air. Thus, after the manner of
the nursery rhyme, the fire begins to
boil the kettle, the kettle begins to warm
the pot, the not begins to make the
tea, and the tea, presumably, begins
to warm its drinkers, for they seem
happy enough in quiet, self-contained
way. They are not ~listless, these Dutch
drinkers of tea Shade of Van Dunck),
but they cannot be pronounced festive.
Evidently they are contented folk, we'll
off in the worlds goods, and careful of
them. There are no peals OF laughter,
no flashing gestures, no demonstrative'
ness of any kind, and yet these Dutch
folk are not sad. They are ''gentle, yet
not dull" happy, yet not boisterous-
perhaps nicely modulated cheerfulness is
the best term by which to indicate their
mental condition. Chatting quietly they
advance to more and more cups of tea,
made fresh and fresh by the lady pre-
siding, far too good a housewife to have
lavished her store of tea on the first
brewing. She appeals to the caddy and
the ever-boiIing kettle, and brews inter.
minable tea of excellent strength and
flavor. The old leaves are now kept
stewing till they grow bitter, but are
thrown away to make room for a fresh
supply.
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Weaving Rabbits Wool.

Yesterday l drove to St. 1nnoccnts to
sec the Angora rabbits, whose fur fur.
nishcs q soft and ~spinnable wool, out of
which the peasants make a quantity OF
warm garments. 1t was curious to see
the peasant girl take the rabbit fur in
her fingers, and then adding it to her
thread, go on spinning the coarse yarn
out of it on a long spinning wheel. We
then went in to see the rabbits; pretty
creatures, with large opal eyes and very
long fur, exceedingly soft. They are
"plucked alive, and the process is said
not to hurt them. Indeed, they are so
fluffy that perhaps it is u relief. Some
were black, others white, and others
gray. I noticed no other colors. This
fur is not only spun, but is crocheted
and knitted into a coarse canvas. The
finished goods are very expensive, and [
did not think them equal to wooden
articles of corresponding grades. They
are curious, and all visitors to AK feel
bound to carry away some little specimen
or other of this rather anomalous rabbit
work.-B0ston T;rnnaiea'.
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A Mad Pig Creates q Panic.

At the last annual cattle fair held in
the Croatin village of Pokuko, Hungary,
a terrible disaster took place under very
extraordinary circumstances. A pig
which is described as having gone mad
suddenly commenced in a savage fashion
biting all the persons and cattle it ap-
preached. Some of the oxen thcreupon
broke loose from their fastenings and be-
gan rushing through the crowd.
A panic ensued, in the course OF which
many persons were trodden under foot,
and no fewer than six men and n wo-
man trsmplcd to death, while numerous
other persons had broken limbs, or other
more OF less severe injuries. In the rush
of the animals t%wenty-nine oxen were
also crushed to death. The pig which
was tho cause of the disaster was at last
caught and killed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-09-24
The Origin of Wheat.

Evolution claims ut length to have
solved the problem of the origin OF wheat
The noted botanist. Grant Allen, says:
"Whcat ranks by origin as Il degener-
ate and degraded lily. The primitive
ancestor of the lily was a very simple
plant, with q triple set of pollen bearing
stamens, fertilized by insects. 1t thus
acquired those bright colors and that
beauty which rivalcd Solomon in all his
plory..' The development was through
many stages, through the ;lesina and
marsh arrow grass and innumcrable
forms, until it reached the perfect lily.
The fist downward step seems to have
been liberalization, taking the place
of the insect aid. Afterward the winds
brought the varied fertilizing pollen
dust. and so came the rushes, plain little
lilies. with dry, brownish flowers; then
the wood rushcs, something between the
true rush and grasses. The Euscaulon,
q common. American water plant, rush
like in character, bridged over the gap
between the rushcs and the grasses, and
then step by step the changes in the part
of the flower eliminated in our wheat
plant. With the wood rush commenced
the habit of storing gluten and starch
along with the embryo, which has made
the cereal so valuable for human food
and raised our wheat, the descendent of
the lily, the queen of the floral world, to
the rank of prince of grains, bearing its
princely sway upon all the golden harvest
fields of every civilized race and nation
of the globe"
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The Seats Prepared Above.

At one time in the history Of the Con-
federacy, the refugees became so numer-
Gus in the towr. and villages remote
from the path If armies, that the good
citizens of the safe and pleasant places,
were seriously annoyed. The invaders
were in their most sacred places, like the
plague in Egypt, entered into their
houses, and even their churches were it
tested.
a worthy congregation of a Virginia
town had complained that their pews
were occupied by refugees, often to the
exclusion of their own families, and
their pastor wa requested to give notice
from the pulpit that all refugees could
be accommodated in the gallery.
Accordingly, on one bright Sunday
morning the church as usual had its full
complement of obnoxious visitors, when
at the proper time the reverend gentle
man arose and gave the notice as re-
quested.
The refugees, though already seated
and disposed to mind their prayers, arose
at once, some with heightened color and
tossing heads, and went into the gallery.
After the disturbance caused by the
move was over, the pastor gave out the
hymn, which he had unreaectingly
selected. 1t was
"Haste, my soul, Oh, haste away,
To seats prepared above"
A litter went around the gallery, and
the congregation seemed much ANNOYED;
even the minister, before he finished his
verse, saw how unfortunate his selection
was. and all seemed to feel how ridicu-
lous it made them appear.-Southern Bio
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TATTOOING ASA FINE ART.
CURIOUS 1HDELIBLE DECORATIONS
OF THE HUMAN PORN.
Men Who Wear Their Sweethearts'
Names and Then ant Them EI-
faced-PrOfessL0nRl Tatto0ed Memo

Men Who Wear Their Sweetheafts'
Names and Then " ant Them En-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Tattooed Men,
Edwin Thomas, "Tattooing Artist, "
sat in his studio in South street, one
flight up. A big sailor with a beautiful
"Polly" freshly marked on the back OF
his hand was going down the stairs, sur
rounded by admiring friends, and Mr..
Thomas was putting some money in his
pocket, and looked pleased with his
work.
"This," said he, els my downtown
studio, where 1 do all my sailor and
clerk business. I've got another place
up on the Bowery where I work on
ladies and professionals. Tattooing is
my regular business, and has been for
twenty years. l don't get rich at it, but
I cali make Sc or 81 a day all the year
round with On occasional job that
brings me in a couple of hundred. The
most profitable part of the business is
doing small jobs, of one or two figures,
| that take only two or three hours. ]
do more of those than anything else,
and there is a regular schedule OF
prices. I charge 50 or So for a motto
or Il monogram, or for any kind of Ma
sonic emblem. Free Masons and mem
bers of different lodges are my best
customers. 1 charge them reasonable
rates, and have all the business with
them that l can attend to. Here's a
book full of different drawings, all made
by myself. Customers look them ovel
and choose the one they like best"
Mr.. Thomas exhibited a well-worr
book, full Of highly colored pictures
ranging from a simple blue star marked
fifty cents to a group of several figures
costing So. Mr.. Thomas said that he
could reproduce the most complicated
of them on any part of the body in three
hours at most. He drew special atten'
ton to the last picture in the book
which represented two maidcns will
brilliant cheeks and curly hair weeping
over a tombstone, with the legend in rec
and black ink:
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" GROW OLD.

! Hooked in the ~tell-tale mirror,
And saw the marks Of care,
The crows feet and the wrinkles,
And the gray in the dark-brown hair.
My wife looked over my shoulder,
Most beautiful was she,
Thou wilt never grow old, my love-" she
said,
'Never grow old to me.
"For age is the chilling of heart,
And thine, as mine can tell,
Is as young and warm as when first we heart
The sound of our bridal bell"
I turned and kissed her ripe red lips,
"Let time do its worst on me,
If in my soul, my love, my faith,
never seem old to thee"
Charles IMackuy.
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A STOLEN KISS.
HIS EXCUSE.

HIS EXCUSE.
As 1 babe her good night,
Could I help just one stealing'
The moons mellow light,
As 1 babe her goodnight,
On her face shone so bright,
Those red lips revealing
As I babe her goodnight
Could 1 help just one steaing'
HER IDEA.
To take only one
And then say "Good-night!"
(How quickly twas doneD
To take only one!
Next time he'll get none:
ForI don't like it quite,
To take-only one
And then say "Good-night!"
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THE VoLTAic BELT Co., Of Marshall,
Mich, offer to send their celebrated ELECTRO
VoLTAIc BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLr-
ANcEs on trial for thirty days, to men young
or old) afflicted with nervous debility, loss Of
vitality and manhood and all kindred troubles:
Also for Rheumatism, neuralgia, paralysis, and
many other diseases. Complete restoration
to health, vigor and manhood guaranteed No
risk is incurred as thirty days trial is allowed.
Write them at once for illustrated pamphlet
freq
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''Is this seat engaged" asked a small,
thin woman of q fat man in the New
Haven train the other day. No reply
"Will you please take your feet dowr
and let me sit on this scat9" she re-
peated in a louder tone of voice. Again
no reply. II read to-day" she contin'
ued still louder, 'that a Chicago mar
has cornered all the pork in the world
How did you manage to escape?'
at the next station she had the
whole seat to herself.-Me~ Yorh
G1aphic.
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NJ OF H DAY.

1t is better not to know so much thar
to know so many things that amt so.-
Josh Billings.
The Louisville Courier-Journal says the
reason the man in the moon is economi
cal is because "%everything up there is SC
high"
"Blowing a bass horn" says a physi
clan, twill cure consumption" Anothe,
case in which the remedy is worse thar
the disease. Philadelphia Call.
Generally the party who sings d"
would not live always" the loudest is
the one who gets between the feathe
beds during the thunderstorm Pitas
burg Chronicle.
Lord Houghton wonders why the moor
looks pale and sad. If his lordship wer'
full once a month and reduced to his las
quarter regularly he would o o cease tt
wonder. - Graphic.
A little Austin boy saw his mothe
take off her switch n day, and calle'
out: "Oh, mamma! Let us take you
scalp out in the yard, so that we can pla,,
Indians. "-Sytings.
Life is like o harness. There ar
traces of care, lines of trouble, bits o
good fortune, brecches of good manner
bridlcd tongues, and everybody ha
a tug to pull through Worcester Ga
zette.
"Her hands are o poem," sings
young man who is in love all but hi
ears. Wait till he gets married, and j
he doesn't long for a pair of prose fist
to beat up the beds, wash dishes an
sew on buttons, write us down as a falls
prophet and base deceiver. -Bu,}ingto
Tree Pres. :
AN EYE TO BUSINESS.
My courage strengthened as I gazed;
The words came rushing to my lips,
! The old, old tale Of love was told,
She glanced down at her finger tips.
| And then she spoke in accents low,
While bushes red suffused her cheek,
1t may be wrong for me to ask,
But how much do you get a weekT'
boston Star.
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Thin People.
trWells' Health Remover restores health q,

"Wells' Health Remover Hrestores health and
vigor, cures, dyspepsia, sexual debility. 81
Hay-Fever. My brother Myron and myself
were both cured Of Catarrh and Hay-Fever
last July and August by Ely's Cream Balm.
returned-Gabriel Ferris, Spencer, N. Y.
Hay-Fever. I was afflicted for twenty years
with day.Fever. I used Ely's Cream Balm
with favorabteLesults, and can recommend 1t
to all-Robert w Townley, (ex-mayor)
Elizabeth, N, J. ~
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About two years ago, Appointment citizen Of
Chicago was told by his physicians that he
must die They said that his system was SC
departure" He pot some Of DR.. Pierce's
"Golden Medical Discovery and took it 40,
cording to directions he began to improve
at once. he kept up the treatment for some
months, and is to-day a well man. he says
tho Discovery saved his life.
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Tho Secrsr ofIIfe.

Scovin's Sarsaparilla, or Blood and Live1
Syrup, is the remedy for the cure Of scrofu,
lous faint, rheumatism, white swelling,
govt, goiter, consumption, bronchitis
nervous debility, malaria, and all diseases
b'ood. Certificates a be presented from
many leading physicians, ministers and
heads of families throughout the land in
dorsing Scoyill's Blood and Liver Syrup il
the highest terms. We are constantly in re.
CENT Of certificates of cures from the most re-.
liable sources, and we recommend it as tho
best remedy for above diseases.
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PORTLAND, Me-, takes the lead with seve
ty-three baseball clubs.

Repeated requests have induced the pro.
prietors Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to send by mail to various lady
correspondents, large mounted portraits Of
Mrs. Pinkham; and now many a household
wall Is adorned by the familiar ,motherly face
of the Massachusetts, woman who has done 30
mnch for all women.
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Will buy a TREATISE ON HORSE N HIS
D1sEAsEs Book Of 100 pages, valuable to
every owner of horses. Postage stamps taken.
Sentpostpaid. NEW YORK HORSE BOOK Co.,
1A Leonard Street. New York city.
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The sugar crop, or supply of the world,
is estimated at 5000, 900 tons. Nearly
half the sugar of the civilized world is
made from beets.
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A paint composed of skim-milk, sweet,
tbickened with water-lime, is said to
have stood the Minnesota weather for
many years.
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"Siam is the place where there are
neither Jews o swine, said a person to
a Rothschild once. Indeed" was the
reply. "Let us 60 and exhibit ourselves
there. n-Jewtsh Messenger.
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Young Nlen!-Read This

"Rough on Dentist'' Tooth Powdefp.ks
Smooth, refreshing, harmless, elegant, cleans
ing. p~resarYatiYe and fragrant. 15c. Druggists
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Hamlet
That she is frail, often in body,
"Tis true, It's true, tbs 9 pity.
And pity tits, it's true"
Dr.. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription is tho
best restorative tonic for Physical frailty in
women, or female weaknesses or derange.
menta By druggists. Price reduced to one
dollar.
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VICTIMS OF youthful 1nd1ScreuOn6 su0erIng
from nervous debility, lack Of self-~confldence,
impaired memory, and kindred symptoms,
should send three letter stamps for large illus
trated treatise, giving means Of certain cure,
with numerous testimonials. Address Worlds
Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, NY
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The very first example of anything OF
an advertising nature is found in a
curious old German news-pamphlet pre-
served in the British museum and printed
in 1i91.-Nem York Star.
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A Splendid Dnfry
is one that yields its owner a good prof
through the whole season. But he must sup
ply the cows with what they need in order fol
them to be able to keep up their product
When their butter gets light in color be mus
make it gilt edged" by using Wells, Richard
son & Co.. Improved Butter Color. 1t gives
the golden color of June, and adds five cents
DER pound to the value Of the butter.
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THE WORLDS NEWSPAPERS
A COMPREHENSIVE GLANCE AT THE
PRESS OF THE GLOBE.
Eur ,pe L a h Most Publications, but
America Not Far Behind-Ameri.
cans the Greatest RcaderS.

Eur Dpe Has the los Publications, but
America Not Far Behind-Ameri.
cans the Greatest Readers.
That Americans love to do all things on
q large scale appears to be the natural
consequence of living in so vast o IL
try, and being surrounded by such large
influences and interests. But to those
who are not yet accustomed to their
manner of work, its minuteness and &C
curacy ar" a source of equal wonder. 1t
is like looking alternately through the
large and small ends of opera-glasses. a
British work just issued contains the
names of "a, 900 newspapers, magazines
and quarterlies, published in every EN-,
pirc, kingdom, nation, province ana
island of the globe, with much curious
information regarding them, and many
other matters. The first volume IS filled
with the II, 2O7 newspapers and periodl.
Gals of the United States and 624 OF
British North America. The second
is devoted to all the rest of the world,
and very curious lights are thus thrown
on the characteristics of various nations:
How the grand total is distributed
over the earth, and the number
of copies per annum in proper
ton to each inlabitant, is shown below:
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Mothers.
II you are failing; broken, worn out and ner.
vous, use "Wells' Health Remover" 81. Drgts.
Piso's Cure for Consumption does not dry
q cough; it removes the cause.
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A SnIendid Dnfry

Bed.BuRs, Flies. -,
Flies, reaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice, chip
munks, cleared out by CROUCH on Rats" 15c
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Another Lilo Saved.

GLASS windows were first introduced into
England In the eighth century.
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CANADA's production Of iron ore L. con.
ttantly increasing.
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Advice for Vacation

IT is said that the cholera never penetrated
the pine regions of the South.
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On every banner blazon bright,
The motto strong for which We fight,
OF all the oils that e'er were seen,
There's none that beats our Carboline.
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Wrecked Manhood.

DELAwARE's peach crop is this year double
what it was Last
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"FraiIty, Thy Name is Woman."

ANIL built in 1850 Is still running In New
I nndon Gam
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Take Hoods SarsapariIla

HAY FEVER.
I have boon . Hay.
Fever sufferer threo
o q have often heard
Ely's Cream Balm spo
ken Of In the highest
terms. did not take
much stock In It because
of the many quaok med.
cines. A friend per.
suaded mo to try the
Balm, and with the
most wonderful success.
II. S. GEER, Syracuse
n. Y.
Cream Balm 10 a
remedy founded on a
correct diagnosis of this
disstss and can be de-
pcnte | upon. BOO. at
pie bottle by mail, loo.
n v
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r. IS BOTH a "SAFE CURED
and a"SPEcIFlc"
n Il U-38
..LYDiA {. PiNkHAM'ess
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

s~.sBAPoSITIvE CURE ToRss
All those painful Complaints
saad Weaknesses 10 common
to our lest
\. FRNkLE POPULATION. -