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a Dealers CHAT About the PeculiaritIcs
Or His Business.
What style Of tombstones is pre-
ferred nowr'
monuments are used almost entire
" nowadays. They are made Of dark
marbles and GRANTEES and very little
carving is used on them. A little deli
cate tracery and an inscription on the
face Of the stone il about all that Is
Vsed Country people always want
designs. verses. flowers and all that,
but city people have outgrown that
taste; for them the palmer stone ID
the better. In the same way persons in
rural neighborhoods cling to the old idea
OF pure white stones. admit that the
idea Is significant, but il has lost ground
for some reason. Vermont granite is
mostly used. also Tennessee marbles,
which are notified, you know. Quincy
GRANTEES from Massachusetts and even
Colorado granite from the vicinity Of
Georgetown. White marble is found
in the Gunnison country, but Is very
hard to procure. as the region where It
exists Is so mountainous that IL can only
be taken out in very small pieces.
1T is surprising fact that widow
or widower once married again will
never make any effort toward erecting
a stone 10 the memory Of his or her
former partner. They seem TO forget
all about their grief and to take pleas
urc in forgetting. Marble men never
get any orders from that class Of peo-
pie"
''Arc people usually thoughtful about
putting up stones 10 the memory Of
their cbildrcn?"
Mothers are. but fathers are very
apt TO forget unless they are constantly
reminded Of their duty. do not at
tribute the latter fact to GOODNESS ex-
actly, but. You see. men are 50 busy
they don't think Of these things as
women do. and children are not AZ apt
to be remembered as grown persons
are"
Have you ever met anybody whom
you considered wholly inconsolable-
quite broken-hcarted, in fact?"
Yes. have met people whom be-
lieve can never he comforted as long
as they live, but 80 infrequcntly that
could almost recall their names for you
Il you would like to have them. As a
general thing. though. time cures all
griefs to certain extent Most people
live In the present and future. rather /
Than In the past. Some school them
selves TO forget; others forget naturally.
People regain contcntment after be.
much sooner than they would
have thought possible for them TO do"
-Dcnrer Tribune.
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1he Wonderful Progress Made - -
Tsestmsnt u Eye Troubles.
Science has made great progresAin
treating diseases Of the eye. Cataract
u most cases can BE- relieved. and good
working vision retored, even In the very
aged. The disease consists IN the
crystalline lens becoming opaque. and
~ treatment, In removing the lens and
supplying It's place with glasses. There
y another still more prevalent disease
Of the eye. In which the iris becomes
adherent 10 the transparent protecting
cornea before Il, and the latter be-
comes Of milk-white opacity. This
disease has been looked ON Is nearly
hopeless. But last year the surgeon 10
the st. Pauls Eye aud Ear Hospital.
England, treated case Of the kind with
success which fairly astonished him.
and which leads him to anticipate in
the future as favorable results as II
other grave diseases Of the eye.
The girl was In her twentieth wear.
and had always been blind. One eve
was plainly beyond relief. But the iris
Of the left eye did not everywhere ad-
here TO the cornea. II seemed TO the
girl, however. as blind as the other eve.
and she could not distinguish her i'm
gers held closely before H. Still, there
was trifing perception Of light. BY
several operations, extending through
nearly two months. the adhesions were
severed. Contrary to expectations,
the lens were found to be transparent
and otherwise In good condition,
though the long tension had resulted
In producing myopia (short-sighted-
nesg. There was also q good-sized
pupil. though temporarily ragged on
two sides from the cuts, and the mi
mute muscles Of the iris had retained
in full their sensibility and contractil-
ity. Glasses remedied the myopia, and
in less than two months the girl was
able, with some difficulty, to read or
binary print, and coarser print with
ease. Meanwhile the vision became
clearer.
What seems surprising in the case,
Is that the retina had retained its sensi-
tiveness. and the muscles Of the iris
their sensibility and full power Of ac-
ton. through the disease Of twenty
years, il being general law that q
disused muscle or organ in time loses
its functional power. We all read with
interest accounts Of the first impress
sions felt by those whose sight had
been suddenly restored. In this case.
the sensations were quite peculiar.
The first was one Of profound horror.
When she first became conscious Of sight
and space. her feeling was like that Of
one who looks over precipice. and
she seemed to regret that she had cop
sented to be taken out Of her lifelong
darkness! Time corrected the nissan
prehcnsion. She learned her letters in
= day, and to read in week. - Youths
Companion.
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Two facts arrest attention. to wit:
First. that nearly all the potash is in
the lime. thus leaving the solid
when the liquid Is lost. one-sided ma
nure; second that the liquid holds the
soluble parts Of the manure that might
act immediNelv upon the growth Of
plants. leaving the solid. a slower ma
nure. Also. it will be seen that il con-
tains part Of the nitrogen. in fact.
about all. theoretically all, of the food
that has been digcsted. The proper
ton 10 solid will be less in other ami
mails. yet still much richer. pound
against pound. than the solids. Our
barns should be built around water
tight -. or any arrangement to save
the liquid that you may choose.
would not say that il must be cellar,
yet, that would be my choice after
weighing other methods. Such cellar
must be drained to keep water out as
well as liquid In, and 10 give bottom
for the safe use Of cementing materials.
II must be, for manure il
the shcet-anchor Of high farming and
big profits. And the liquid Is one-half
the capital. w. Sanborn. IL Journal
Of Agriculture
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1t may not be generally known.
yet sweet apples are better for vinegar
than sour ones. ChrisfiGn 81 Work.
Graham Pudding: Mix together :
half cup Of molasses, fourth cup but
ter, one egg. q half cup milk. hall
eeaspoonful soda, two cups Graham
hour. one cup raisins; spice TO suit
taste. Steam three hours, and serve
with sauce. 49, Boston Globe.
IL you have an old grapevine that
yields poorly and has seen it, best
days, cut II entirely OF close TO the
ground. manure heavily and let Il
throw up two new leaders, and the fol-
lowing year you will see that IL Is as
good - . young vine Chicago Jour-
nal.
"A correspondent OF the Farm and
Garden says; my grapes were rotting
badly. Al one time Thought should
lose half Of them. showered them
with q preparation made Of carbolic
acid one-f0urth ounce. and water twelve
quarts. This was very effective and
stopped the rotting at once"
In starting black berry plantation.
according TO the conclusion reached at
q recent meeting OF the Grand River
Valley Horticultural Society. Of Michi-
gan. u Is the best economy 70 buy root
cuttings rather than to use suckers,
though the former course Is more ex-
pensive At the outset. - Chicago Times.
Apple Fritters: Pare, core and cut
the apples in slices crosswise: dip them
in the batter and drop them in liberal
quantity OF very hot fat; fry to about
the color Of doughnuts. Prepare the
batter as follows: Beat the yelks. Of
three eggs, add gill Of milk. salt
spoonful Of salt and four heaping table,
spoonfuls Of flour; mix. Some Hour
may require more liquid to make the
batter the proper consistency The
Cook.
A Breakfast Dish: Take some slices
OF cold beef or lamb. season them with
pepper and salt. and broil them: take
some raw potatoes and after taking of
the skin pare them or slice them as you
would pare an apple; dip these thin
parings into batter made Of flonr and
milk, then fry them delicate brown
in a good liberal allowance Of very hot
lard. This Is served on a platter, the
meat put on first and the potatoes laid
over IT, Boston Budget.
The following from writer in
Gardening Illustrated. will be OF inter-
est to many. Have any Of your read
ers tried the following recipe for pre-
serving flower buds, so that they will
bloom one or two months after being
- I..I ~ -
ready to open, and seal up the end Of
the stalk with sealing-wax: wrap the
bud in tissue-paper and put in a box
perfectly air-tight. When the bud is
wanted to open cut of the sealing-wax
and immerse the stalk in water. in
which little saltpcter has been added
] was very skeptical of the success Of
this plan when first told of it. / have
tried IL with rose-buds, however, and
succeeded perfectly.
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soHMMv's INCONSISTENCIES


How Freceesoue Yesnestes D1seovose1 =
New Kind ~ Dirt
On . train up IN Wisconsin Wa .
small boy from Chicago and his large
mother. They had been visiting some
country relatives. and the large mother
vas evidently afraid the small boy had
acquired bad habits and other para
sites while playing with bic country
cousins. for she got his head
down upon . newspaper in her lap and
held i close 70 the window. and began
70 look around in the hair - II she had
lost something. Every few seconds
Johnny raised his head and inquired in
. loud voice:
INA, what you doing?'
Hush, Johnny" his mother whis-
pered. II am looking for dirt
Then Johnny resigned himself to his
fate. only TO rise up again in : few go
onds, and exclaim:
ma, do you find any dirtP"
''Sh-h! Lie down. Johnny" W. he
good mothers reply.
Twenty seconds passed. and the in
quisitive boy bobbed up his head once
more, saying:
MA, want to zee Tie dirt
BE still, child. sh-hr' whispered TIE
industrious matron.
Down went the little head. but It
could not rest in peace. The eyes in il
rolled around curiously. and soon il
bobbed up again, and the boys gaze fell
upon the newspaper.
Say, ma, said the amazed Johnny.
IN voice 50 .oud that the passenger
oil turned to listen.
What, childPr
- say, mats awful queer dirt
that's got feet. amt tip Chicago Her
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How 20 Preserve This Most Valuable of All
Fertilizers.

How 70 Preserve This Most Valuable Of All
Fertilizers.
The country over. even among the
prudent farmers upon the hard hills Of
New England. the provisions for the
preservation Of urine are very faulty.
We are fortunate, standing upon the
threshold Of a grand wave Of advance
in our agricultural future. in having the
light Of fixed facts to guide us in
the construction Of our barns.
Folly shall not guide Us when
demonstration has taught us that the
liquid manure Of animals. many OF
them, is worth more than the solid. to
erect them with our eyes closed to the
food Of facts upon this point Dana
very carefully estimated that the
amount Of urine from cows was equal
to nearly two-thirds as much BY weight
as the solid. while DR.. Nichols analysed
the solid and the liquids from his own
COWS.
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"sirsn exclaimed man IL tho bomely
gnrb Of mechanic 20 RichcIieu. Pr . Min
lister Of France. - be was entering bis pei.
acc: -Sire. Ihsve vsads discovery which
sh ! make rich and great the natl = which
shal develop A. Sire, viii you give me =
RIche.ieu, constantly imporsuned, finally
ordered the " madman~ imprisoned Even
IN be did not desist from declaring his
"deius = which one day attracted the
attention Of British noblenan, who heard
D. Gauss story. and developed his discov-
~ fftoam power
All great discoveries arc q first derided.
Seven yeers ago man yet under middle
age, eurichel BY . business which covered
the continent found himself suddenly
stricken down. When his physicians aid
recovery vas impossible. be used = new dis
covery, which, like al advances in science,
had been opposed bitterly By the school
men, Nevertheless. IL cured him, and out
Of gratitude therefor be consecrated part
Of bis wealth 70 the spreading Of il merits
before The world Such in brief Il the his
tory Of Warmers safe cure, which has won,
according 70 the testimony Of eminent per-
oone, tho most deserved reputation ever &C
corded 70 any known compound. and which
y 0nally winning on IT. merits alone tho
approval Of the most conservative pracci-
toner IL fame nov belts the globs.-
The H<rold.
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II see. ]" says the Washington CORE
spondent Of the Philadelphia Record,
"that Mr.. Howard Paul. OF New York.
il making a collection Of the bright
sayings Of children. Here Is contri-
button for him from the lips Of small
Scotchman, about four years old, who
has said great many bright things al
ready: He was taking dinner At his
grandfather's and had reached the des-
crt. Il want some pie said young
Angus. Have patience. said his grand
mother. which would you rather
have, Angus, asked his grandfather,
patience or piep Pie. replied Angus,
cmphatiCally. But. then, said his
grandfather. there might not be any
left for me-. Well. said Angus, You
could have patience"
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morning exchange says: Small
pox u on the wane." Let's see. That
y what the moon IL on. We trust that
the man in the moon has been VACCINE
ated--N Y. Graphic.
An impressive witness RI the Pc.
lice Court; Judge. you know me. I'm
an honest, full-blooded Irishman, and
I'm the husband Of twelve children. -
Hanger fMe. Commercial.
Two boys were looking at an iron
water wheel in front OF a machine
shop. iii bet you a dime.r said one.
THAT YOU don't know what's it's for. y
'Done' said the other; tits for salel''
Golden Days.
II say" said guest to the hotel
clerk, as nc registered. cant You give
my name @ the newspaper reporters
A. prominent arrival'f- ssNo." re-
piled the clerk, I'VE want your name.
not for publication, but as guarantee
q good faith. Any baggage. STRIP
gu and young Dc Pcyton don't
seem 70 get on at all well. child. What
= the trouble? What don't you har-
monizcP' well. you see. mamma. he
always insists upon wearing that coal
black beard or his when he knows I
am gong . dress in my yellow satin. "
- ftsburgh Chronicle.
Teacher :. Can YOU take five from
three. johnny" s.Ycs. borrow two.
and then ! can do it, But IL your "a
gives You three cents. and tells YOU TO
80 q the candy store to buy five cents
worth Of candy. how would you do
Them! I'D keep the three cents and
teil the man to charge the five cents
ings.
A blind man was sitting in COM
pany with some visitors, when one Of
ne company suddenly left the room.
what white teeth that lady has!' said
tne blind man. why" said a friend,
N great surprise. show can you tellp"
''Because, answered the blind man,
Tor the lat hour she has done nothing
but laugh. - Toledo BlGic.
Perhaps the revision Of the Bible
was unnecessary. after all. The historic
an y impelled 10 this reflection by
sage remark which was altered in his
hearing in street-car the other day.
IN the opposite side OF the car were
TWO women. who were. talking rather
loudly. Ssid one: ibid you know
Sarah had had another lot Of money
left her by her cousins willp" Law |
me- exclaimed the other. ''the Bible !
never said truer thing than them
hat has gits!' - Boston Record.
Customer - Them pants Is too
hort Dcalcr-Dcy viii stretch. mine
rent. dcy will stretch. Hang weights \
y dc legs cfery night 70 keep pags out
y dc knees. Customer-Thcy are too
lark. Dealcr--Dot ish no matter; dey
vii fade lighter in tree days. Custom.
They are too wide In the legs.
1ealcr- Veil, ven you stretch dem do
ong way. dcy get schmallcr sidewise.
lc more yon wear dem. d. peter dcy
- you. Customer See that big
Ireasc-spot. Dcalcr-Oh, dots nod
Ing. You have dem all over Vaughn
tease IN tree days. But ! drow %
n cents for dot. and take one forty.
ale made. IN Y, Mail.
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In order to cook your hare, you must 4
ways first catch it.
It il much easier to catch Z cold than 70
catch . hare.
To get rid Of . cold, always use Red Star
Cough Cure.
To got Red Star Cough Curs, only ~
quires twenty-five cents.
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Tho widow ~ Baldwin. the greal
locomotive builder. has $4,000. 900 U
live upon. Philadelphia rrcss.
Francis Murphy Il so much liked
and wanted IN Pittsburgh that there Il
talk Of raising an endowment fund. the
interest Of which shall suffice 20 nav
him . salary Of 90, 900. - Chicago Inter
Ocean.
On his first trip as street-car con.
ductor Ernest Schilling- Huelskamp had
his wife. the once rich Miss Morosini.
- . passenger. not discovering her un.
a he went 70 collect her fare.-N. y.
Tribune.
Oliver Wendell Holmes has gray
goose-quill with gold pen fastened "a
Il which, he says, has done every Bit Of
his literary work. He has used differ
ent holders. but the same pen, which
has only been mended once NV Chicago
Times.
1t IL stated that the late ex-senator
Sharon left directions 70 his trustees
which provide for donation OF $50, 900
70 be applied 70 the improvement o.
Golden Gate Park. San Francisco, and
another 80. 600 TO be devoted to public
charities. San Francisco Chronicle.
Dennis Hannapin. a peculiar char
acter Of Bism arck. ID. r.. who Is said "a
be the original OF Stanley Huntley's
mir. Spoopcudyke. proposes to erect
a monument TO the memory OF the hu-
morist In the cemetery Of that frontier
village. Chicago Mall.
Mrs. Jennie June Croly, the
founder Of Sorosis. is writing history
Of that womens club. and will show
that II has been useful as well as .
pleasant institution II started in the
action Of Mrs. Croly and Mrs. Parton
c. Fanny Fcrn) in demanding the
right Of buying tickets TO the dinner to
Charles Dickens on his last visit TO this
country. - Chicago Tribune.
A correspondent writes 10 the Pal
Mall Gazette about Josh Billings. He
says: "He told me most Of his writing
was done Il odd times. Whenever Z
though struck him. he would jot il
down then from hundred such dis
jointed sentences he would sift, and
Gull. and correct until five or six re-
NAMED. II was this boiling down.
together with his wide knowledge of
human nature, gained BY hard knocks
against the world. that gave his writ
ings that pithy wisdom which was
their real value and charm"
''Salammbo," the masterpiece OF
Flaubert. the founder Of the natural
i>tic school Of literature. has been
translated into English by M. French
Sheldon, and is now in press. This
fascinating story Of love aud war. rich
in heroic Carthaginian lore. has long
been regarded a. an untranslatable
work. but Il is said the delicate task
has been accomplished in such a subtle
manner ~ to preserve all the vigor.
natural realism and idyllic style Of the
original. The London Times says the
appearance of '.Salammbo'' in English
Is looked forward TO with. great inter
est in the literary and art circles Of the
continent. The introduction has been
written by Edward King. the American
poet, and the volume is dedicated to
Henry NJ. Stanley. the famous explorer.
The work will be published by Saxon
4 Co.. London and New York.
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Among other valuable lessons impaired
by this teacher is the fact that for very
long time DIR. Pierce's :. Golden Medical Dis
coveryr has been the prince Of liver correct
ives and blood purifiers, being the house
hold physician Of the poor man. and the
able !. insulting physician 10 the rich
patient. and praised By all for its magr.i-
cent service and efficacy in all diseases OF .
chronic nature. a. malarial Poi ming. all
ments OF the respiratory and digestive sys
TENS. liver disease and in all cases where
the use Of IN Alternative remedy is Indicated
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however large speedily and painlessly
cured without knife. caustic, powder or
ointment. Consultation free. Write for
ter stamps for reply. Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, 66S Main Street, But
falo, N. Y.
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THEY say the Folding Saving Machine Il
lmDsesse. Sec advertisements in this paper.
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YnERB 10 field for roam ants around
many : sugar barrel-ksvdfh0a IndPesd-
eat.
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RELIEF is Immediate. and . cure sure.
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh- 50 cents
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A MAGICIAN Who can eat 6rs h easily ~
isfied. Hes light eater, you know.-CAs-
eago Nal
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A PEWTER pot may Be made Of printsr'u
Pittstsryh Chrosieis.