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gendrliy lraye IN ADDITION 70 the capi.
tai insesssd IN tie farm, q small amount
ctlready money. BY q mutual arrange.
ment the Oldest brother takes the farm
IN his name and becomes tho head Of
the family. He manages the business,
and, IN ease my Of the younger brothers
wishto wilhdtaw, pays his portion in
ready money; the old home s kept up,
the brother and sisters take their meals
together ana the. household expenses
aFpptoyiaci from d common fund. Gen.
ieiAlly speaking such an association as
lthiswopld be broken up BY marriage,
but in Tnselnylttlas proved otherwise,
The daughiels onmaEriage receive their
portions md exchange their ancestral
home Tor those Of their husbands.
When one q the sons wishes to marry
he'ecnsulH ihe head Of the family, and
Z largely Influenced by his decision.
Utmost case assent Is given, and the
wifefeceiyed INTO the association to share
une ab0f and tile profit, The doFry
which slle brings her husband remains
theirptiFaie property but custom re-
guiFe taat i slislll be reserved for the
use ottbeif ehildren. Wien money Is
needed ans pnrpose, tile elder brother
. .isapplied %. but he taxes care that the
sums thus supplied to the various mem.
befs Of the association shall be equal in
amount. The children arc brought up
at Uncommon expsnse, and rs the prin.
cipal crops require constant watchful.
ness, children are Of great service in the
vineyards and olive gardens. When
there arc too many hands for thsoriginal
holding, another farm Is taken, and the
old life continued. In some cases tho
older members 20 elsewhere and organ.
ize a new colony. The Tuscan peasants
have grown so accustomed to this kind
Of life that they prefer the common
home and table to the isolation Of separ.
ate houses-Thc Saturday Review.
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The aUggN-NoTAsa OF asAM,
Ds.all. . ! yil.Ill Pala n.r sy lilI

Details % visit Pald Her by tiis
Rssash aIiaistsr Resident.
Acorn sp0ndept 81 Tho TEMPS give,
SOME highly curious and Interesting Dc.
lilh u iilc yisii paid Ny tic Er,nphr,ii
dent to the qnesh.motber u Ananit
She Is blind, probably with cltaracb
which Is very prevalent among old PEG,
pie there. In spite Of her great age and
infirmities, her influence over the affairs
Of the nation Is enormous, The king
Obeys her most positively, The visit
was not an easy matter to bring about,
ss, according to the custom Of thd coph!
try no strangers arc allowed TO enter
that part Of tie palace occupied by tie
queen. N. Paul Bert was accompanied
by his wife twho, by-the-by, Is a Scotch
LADY, and followed by a suite Of twelve
persons.
On arriving at the gates Of tile palace
the French cortego was conducted
through number Of narrow paths
walled In on both sides. Here the sen.
tinels cease to be mon, and are fcniied
of old women dressed in queer Costiries,
bearing scimitats sheathel in silverscaB;
bards, who 9turned their faces 70 the wall
on the sight Of the Europeans. Squads
Of cunnch aal irmalc innrticrqrirS MI
yanced, while weird music WIS heard Id
the distance. AZ length, after wih!iilg
and turning through d labyrinth OF ave-
nues, the party reached spsoiods rSitt
yard paved with marble. Fifty to sixty
women Of all ages and in all sorts OF
dresses were there, some bearing para
sols and banners and others playing op
flutes and tambourines; they resemGlSd
for all Alo world batch Of usrd.up ball
Jet dancers. -.
Tie rortege slowly traversed the court
yard ind gTitered long, narrow, dark
hall, where the audience took place. Tho
king was present, as sgracious a dVgrI Bdt
more silent than usual A solemn still
ness pervaded tile place. Suddenly d
slight noise was heard at the end Of tho
hall. The king, taking of his sandals
approached the wall and lnelt down 10.
fore n mysteriou1 curtain. This %ae
raised in few minutes, and behind 1t
appeared kind Of obscure arcade by
which the audience chamber Is connected
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nrlcr o.reer o. ". rlp. rn1,.et.

Arcaly tongue, possessed of genial
wit, Is indeed n great treasure, its manip-
ulatOr, IL may use tho term, is q gen.
eral faubrite; His words arc watched
and his sayings repeated. He llghttitA
care, diIFuscs cl,eerfulness, quickens the
thoughts Of Others, and multiplies harm.
less enjoyment.
There is, however, one thing sad dbtiit
him. The fine talker runs but a brief
career. He is as short-lived as the rnre,
horse, or IA the man who swings by ono
log on thc trapeze, or another man who
wins applause BY fOrcible Spslrts Of dis
play.
II he is witty his jokes become thin.
II he is descriptive his landscapes loss
their fine coloring. II he is dramatic.
he becomes stpreotyped and he makes 3
dismantled wreck on the shores Of timG..
II, however, he has learned to be a COOL
listener as well, lie will not so soon be
discovered.
There is hut one rule governing both
talk and takers, and that Is, to lN Ger.
tain that what we say will DO acceptable.
We should never speak unless we havc
something to say.-Annie f. Myers in
Chicago Ledger.
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A,r.nllna.. FrontIer pI,eInlIn..

The Argentine Republic employs a
corps Of frontier guards, largely 70.
cruited from the rowing tribes Of the
pamnaS but controlled by Spanish.
American officers, who seem to enforce
subOrdination BY rather peculiar meth
odS. Two or three representative wat.
riors Of each tribO are kept under the
surveillance Of a squad OF thirsty veter.
ans and at the first symptom OF mutiny
these hostages are corRsred and watched
at tue tnunle Of cooked revolver,
while tho officer nOgosiates with the
malcontOnts, Convicted mutineers, how.
ever, are no longer flogged, disgrace
which their kinsnien would ayenge at
all risIss, but either shot outright or
ordered to run for their lives, followed
after quarter o. a minute by long
range vOlley Of musket.balls.-Dr. Felix
L. Oswald
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THE FUR SEWERS OF NEW YORK.

Girls who work Hard Tor small
Amount Of Money Poison in thsFdrE
( otall the skilled labor tlial women DO,
probably the worst and most unhealthy
e that Of the fur sowers and few live to
I work at Il more than hve OF stx yeaFs.
They 60 into a conSumptiye decline, lose
their sight or become victims to arseniCal
! poison. The busy season with fur sewen
Is during the summer and early fan, as
the garments that are to be sold the FOL.
lowing winter are made then, and a.
that also is the season when moths are
flying, 1t Is necessary to keep the work.
room closed as Ear a is possible. to pre-
I vent anyuf those dreaded insects from
entering. In consequence, the air ls
filled with minute particles Of fur, which
keep up constant irritation Of thelungs
and . desire to cough which frequently
develops into pulmonary consumption
in those predisposed that way, Tho
flying hais also ret into the eses,
and there apes fow et the girls
who work at that trade long thlt
denot hayeged d soro eyes, though
solne % tl.em attribute that ir5nilla %
the presence OF tho arsenic which has
been used to cure the skins. The fur
dealers will toll you that there Is no dan.
ser To the health in that business, and
that there are no poisons used in the
preparation Of the peltS, but one glance
at the girls will disprove that, FOR nino
out Of ten will show unmistnkable evi.
denco Of poisoning in their pale faces
and pulled out eyelids, Every peit has
to bO cured with more or less arsenic,
and no amount of subsequent shaking or
dyeing will remove it all. The girls re-
ceivo it into their system with every
I prick OF the needle and every particle Of
dust they inhalc, The very dir is scented
with its p,ingont, coppsry Odor.
Fur sewing is in itself no harder than
any other kind Of sewing. Tho workers
are generally seated in low chairs and
have the work in their laps and thus
bend directly over it. The stitch Is an
over and over one aud is sewn with linen
thread, and then the seams are flattenel
out by means Of a bone instrument, the
wrong side being FIRST dampcned. The
work is tedious, as II is composed Of hun
ereds Of small bits of fur matched and
sewn together, to piece out lengths or
alter shapes. The sewing up Of gar
ment is the easiest part Of 1t.
Some Of the girls who work at the
fur trade are set to making buttons
for the sealskin sacques, and asthis work
Is comparatively easy it is very poorly
paid. They earn by steady work about
\ a a week II expert. In some cases q
whole family Of girls will bO found work.
ing together. It takes abouta year for
agirl to learn fur sewing, though those
who finish OF garments must Of neces.
sity understand it better still. This
pay is fair for experts, for tIley can earn
upto $40 q week, but iework Is not
steady, and in the winter and spring
there are many idle months, so that the
average is at once relucod to s.. When
learning, girls usually get 81 week for
the first year, and 1t Is very rare that one
receives over IS u week inside of three
years, and this then is, reduced nearly
one.half by the dull mUnths.-Nsw Yorl,
Mail and Express.
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SUGAR sAsoNa 4AsllNclENisl


- rs i''----is---ei' lits Y's va
laes known q a hamsdiii AgtHt4Ih:
troduetiou into farspe .i,.st.. n
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M s,;tS,,i .ss,.' - .ESIr,s,,. ~ ssa,,.
EtaIfE n ~. y ,,tts 4 co.,tors oi,livin5,
il,ere is no morton n Srssr among ~
,arly G,rels ana i P,n,sns 4 althonoh
n,gs, ~ G.wssts u, csrs ,,,,s ,r.do krnvos ~
n NJ IN n eo,,onrsts ~ n aik4sndsT M crpst
shole a5drnirai M, ,l,i,s 'fo,nd h "A tlbe
sast ihdiS3 Il II nbenti6nld a 4
iensaisTaSSSt asfa,y y.,Ii ,dsosl tbe
,ittI,l N cb[is,, 4 LsnFSS y1bIied9 sae.
.bayen ihasihg tll.,annss laaee "a nil =
! 'knokn ial,S itbsls Galip. ofteni Ife.
l,etib6d Il Ias 4 medIofne. I The iuice Il
Ibe uipar cane was usad IN, sb,ne II M
,rientai nations a. an Intoxicating
irink. sTbe Atabiana used sugar In
large anantIaes And 4 reiabed that
Al the nlarfia,e q CaIiph slasEadil Ben.
tittsie 5000 bouhdsof die aieat we're
re1uired 10 prepare the cotnfitife5 and
,thau,entifstttets tor The wedding Ban.
Iuet al Baedad. ~, i9 S'9il
Sugar sas introduced Edsope by
tho cfuSadeis Ia ife6 tlsFinkoi Sicily
ave the monks Of St. BenediCts eioister
/ mill for expressing the Juice from the
sane and granted them the right Of
manufacture and sent them skilled work.
men. In Germany, even as late as the
md OF the seventeenth century, sugar
was 40 costly that only tie wealthiest
families could afford to use Il. In t7l5
Margcraf. a celebrated chemist read a
PAPER before the Berlin Academy Of
sciences concerning the Juices Of certain
uative plants, especially Of the beet, in
which was a substance Identical with
zane sugar. He showed by samples Of
bis own PREPARATION that the rnanufac.
lure OF sugar from the beet was not only
possible but profitable. The chemists
colleagues, however. laughed the project
10 scorn saving that sn,ur wns never
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t.cnllarl,,,. q rnlnr nlln1.,....

EcU"uF'beH W. N"i"t buWuWuMi
Age does not alter color binA,e.., fdt
one born so dies SO. No race lrf, lrv,I
htbten exempt, nor does civilization Il
education make a particle Of lliT ,cned
in tile frequency Of is oecmnaas,
Social condition also has nuthtpg ,g III
with its presence or absence. Ti,c iyftet
mAy exist in ohe eye only. Allcolor
blind persons are exceptionally sensitivt
70 light and shades-ldthogtaphpr and
Printers.
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toysas s1ER 9

We had htvtf spoken Of love- ~
The lark sang over the corn
The children played thrc' the orchard
shade.
Merry, and aolled. and tori:
And we two st where the blossoms iayl
And life was light with The smile Of May.
Twas June when you pressed my hand,
And sweet July when we kissed
Our love WAS arose Of midspmmer
Not even Is thorns were missed;
icr love and dear quarrel brought sweet
alloy; 4
With tender sunshine Of dttsEioy,
Al msl'we have wandered lar
From the hlnssomsmile ot AIAyi ~
The ChlldrenAte arown.up loSets h6w,
And VIC have grown old and gray;
Long long mated for good OF n.
Long, long married, but-loydA stllll
Madeline 8. Bridges ii Frank L,eslis'si
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rnmllr nam 1.llnin ci,lnn.

Perhaps tho most curious domestic in.
terror that ono could peep into Is a
family boat house in China, There is or
innumerablo mass OF these houses al
Canton, and Il Is amazing that family
life could DO maiptainel IN tie small
space available. The Children are laid
along tho keel at night Lit up boarl
and there you'll find them packed in liz,
sardineS ina box, Float are tied 10 tllf
babies, for dropping overheard Is q fire..
qHent occurrence. Families eat and
sleep In a space that would make good
sized cupboard, aud yet SEEM as healthy
and IN good spirits as Il each had an
aero Of green mFTdow tSdisp0rt In /.
FOrpiyb alt0f
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The Vigo Bay Treasure company, Of
London, lately received a curious coIlec.
ton Of articles taken from tho treasure
gaueons sunk in tho harbor Of vigo,
Spain, in l7O?. There are specimens Of
Jgwood and mahogany that, in spite Of
their 1Si years submorsion, are in per.
feet state Of preservation. Dyers who
have experimental with the logwood
state that 1t Is even better for dyeing
purposes than the wood now imported,
The mahogany, too, Is very fine and
solid. Ono log has arrived twelve feet
long aud twenty-five by thirty-two
inches square, which is now being sawed
mp to be used in the manufacture Of fur.
niture and walking sticks for memen.
toes. Tho chEf curiosity, however, Is on
ancient pulley block four and a half feet
high by three feet broad, with four solid
copper sheaves, IS inches in diameter. II
is solid oak, and was probably used in
hosting heavy articles Of merchandise
or the anchors. The wood is perfectly
preserved, but an iron band is completely
corroded away, while the copper wheels
are only slightly xidtEed.-sCientiiiC
American.
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Mn.hInrlon sorI.lr 1lotnr. thn wnr.

Washington SOclaty Bctore the War.
Washington society WIS before tho
war, under southern influences. Pln
wealthy men in high places here %lrG
kept open houses and made friends
themselves, and influenced new members
Of congress and public opinion ut large
by their h@pitlities, were formerly:
with rare exceptions, southern mem TM
south gained strength, US Is well kiioStt,;
by sending to represent lier people AMI
states men Of distinction at home; men
Of education, wealth and social position,
and then by keeping them long in iii g.
The north acted very generally ,iP,If the
theory Of rotation in office, mil lcr
representatives for tho most part liyeIiu
the hotels and clearinghouse; and
when they went into society, were pro-
sented 10 elegant ladies md fared mmp.
tuonsly, it was at the houses ug siS
southern members This state ol affairs
for many ycurs had an easily trlcel and
Incidentally great influence. .-Ben. PER-
Icy POsre.
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AFANlLY COLONY SYSTEM.
Interesting Account Of Peculiar Kind
Of CommunIsIn in Taseann.

ot communism IN TuseAny.
The peasantsof Tuscany are better of
than those Of any other part Of Italy,
and this Is said to be due largely to what
Is known as the family colony
system, This system Is voluntary, has
never been recognized by the state or by
the law Of the country, and has grown
out Of general condition. In Tuscany
the landowners provide the land, the
peasant furnishes the labor, and the ex.
pcnScs and profits Of farming are equally
divided between the two, the agreement
being terniinable on due notice by either
party. These peculiar relations are gen.
orally cordial and lastlng, and It Is said
that thare are instances Ia which the
same family have occupied a farm for
hundreds Of years.
Under both law and custom property
b equally divided among all the children
Of deCeaSod father. II a peasant has
four sous, for instance, all OF whom
have bsur IabOTias with him, he will
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we,,var,l ConT.e 81 CIyIlIutloa.

l Iwonder 10 philosopher l,as ever tried
to solve the problem why civilization
always travels west, lsuppose there Il
no doubt Whatever that once upon q
time China was the most civilizedn nation
in tile world, Tho Celestial spot isabont
as far east as you eau SGT in the old
world, Next India was great then
Greece ruled the world till Rome, etIlI
further west, conquered her and held
the rod till more western nations took il
from her. Then England and France
became recognized as the leaders Of civil.
IEatlon and fashion, until in It's western
course, the wave crossed tie Atlantic
and rrached America. ~ Cosmopolitan
in Globe. Democrat,
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The Thoory Of a rhuaaor,,or,n.

NJ. ColalOn, in a paper to tho Acado,
mie des Sciences, suggests tina; the elec.
tricity SO vividly illustrated by the tllua,
derstorms Is generated principally BY
friction Of air and water vapor. During
thunderstorm the raindrops formed in
the storm cloud descend vertically to
the earth, cuusinga a partial vacuum,
which iS replaced by air drawn in later.
ally and from upporlayen, The friction
caused by this movement is the principal
cause Of tile generation Of electricity
ElectricIAp.
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neaaelIon q ,ho rn.Inr renp,rn,ur

Reduction Of tho FusinE Temperature.
Among the other valuable properties
Of aluminium the reduction OF tho fusinu
temperature Of its alloys is notable. 4
very Small proportion, about 5.iOO Of
per cent OF aluminium, in the form Of
or s per cent. aluminium alloy Of cast
iron, Is added to the charge about sixty
poundS) Of wrought iron in the CruclbiC
the moment this has been melted. The
flising point Is at once lowered some 5OC
degrees and the charge, now an alloy oil
iron and aluminium, becomes extremely
fluid and can be cast in the finest molds
while the great difference between 1t,
temperature and It's fusing point give.
all the time necessary for manipulating
it without danger OF it solidifying. Tn,
extreme tluitIity OF tile charge allows the
ready escape Of the gases, which other
wise would make a porous casting, and
the result Is remarkably fine, solid, ant
tough casting Of what appears to posses,
the properties ofwruught iron.- Chicago
News,
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peath frem nInlIrnant rn,tnle.

A patient suffering from this dIseasC
died recently at Guys hospital, London
He was employed on wharf, in til,
handling Of foreign hides, and undoubt
edly contracted the disease from the hid,
Of mn animal which had been nffcctet
with the disease known by the French Al
chArbon, by the Germans lnilzbrand
but by English speaking people as
anthrax. The patient noticed pilnplt
on tho back OF his neck, which il
twenty.four hours became greatly en-
larged, and the glands Of the neck wert
swollen. The surgeons removed the en-
largcd pimple at once, but without avail,
the man dying in about four days from
the time lie first noticed tho pimple.
This disease may also be contracted BY
the bite Of an insect fly for instance,
which has been feeding upon the carcus,
Of an infected animal. Tho microbo oil
the diSepse is a bacillus bacillus an,
thracis)' and was observed in the blood
Of cattle as long ago as 1919 by Pollen.
der, although its importance was first
recognized by DavOine in lS5O.-Sclen.
tRc American.
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Tho swallow in Jnpnns.o Houses

In the building Of its nest and rearing
Of It's young the Japanese swallow pays
tue highest compliment to and exhibits
tho greatest amount OF confidence in its
protectors; for, however Incredible itmay
seem, its habitation Is built and its little
family brought up, in the living-rooms
Of Japanese families, and this not only
in the unfrequCnted parts Of tho country,
hut, rs Professor Morse assures us, in tile
midst Of their largest cities, Tho pro
iessoT, than whom no moro interesting
aud acute observer Of japanese life ex.
is,s, in speaking Of these nests, says that
they are not built in any remote part Of
the house, but in the principal and often
visited rooms, where the Inmates arc the
busiest about the household affairs. He
adds that the children take great delight
In Watching the nests in process Of con.
strucIion and in the rearing and educa.
ton Of the young birds afterwarl.. AZ
soon as nest Is fairly begun, some
member Of the household puts mp neat
httle shell beneath It TO prevent litter on
the floor, and the bird, accepting this ai
"locuS in quo" returns, year after
year, to rebuild or repair and rcoempy
the old nest inthe same place. Scientific
American.
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CHAS. MACK { SON
AGAIN In THE lead!
With the opening of new season before US,
we again offer to our many customers
ST0CK.OF SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS
complete in every department
Through the columns Of the REGISTER we
will offer you, throughout our entire stock,
grand bargains, consisting Of
Dry Goods, Notions, Boots,
Shoes, Hats, Caps, Queens
ware, Glassware, Cutlery,
Tin-ware and Groceries.

We only ash you to compare our goods with our
competitors, in regard to quality and price. We
are 1pell aware tat it is a well bno,ce f1ct HSot
oUer-producHop in general, throughout the wo1ld,
has oauso the times wjtt mast all to bedepres$ed.
4nd it is notonJy the farmers produce and grain
that is depressed, but it is also the manufacturers.
We for that reason hare bought late, as the early
buyer hal to pay the manufacturer amt Jobber tile
prices at Which they held their goods; but by voit-
ing, the plthJUactu1er anil jObber uere more onr-
i0mS To SILL md
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Take some corn and soak in water all
night. Then take out and grind until
reduced to a dCuSh.like state, The next
thing is to prepare the chilli pepper, the
seed Of which is taken out and boiled
twenty-five minutes, then the skin Is
taken Oft and It is ground with garlic,
black pepper, salt aud some Mexican
seeds. Some meat, usually lean beef,
and not the little hairless dogs as has
been slanderously charged, is chopped
up very fine and little lard is put over
it, All is now ready save the shucks,
the whitest Of which are selected and
scaldGd with hot water. Tie corn dough,
with the various ingredients before men.
toned, is then spread on the slluck and
tile latter rolled up, 1t Is then ready ia
80 into a pot of hot water where 1t Is
steamed till done. 1t Is a universal
dish in Mexico. New York Market
Journal.