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Roumania and the RoumanIans.

What is now known as Roumania was
within the limits of ancient Dacia, whose
inhabitants were allied in origin to the
Thracians. The Romans conquered the
country in 105 A. D., held it till 2T5 A.
D., and colonized it, and then gave way
to the Goths. For several centuries this
country was the scene of the struggles
between the Gothic, Hunnic, Bulgarian
and Slavic races-who alternately ruled
or were expelled from the country.
These people all left more or less trace
of their characteristics among the Ro-
manized Dacians, and thus helped to
form that composite people, the Wal
lachs, who later controlled the entire
country. Two provinces were now
formed of this country--Moldavia
and Wallachia. In the eleventh
century the Wallachs were converted to
Christianity. During the two following
centuries their country was overrun by
the Turks, the Mongols and the Tartars,
who left it so utterly devastated that no
trace of the native population existed
anywhere save in the mountains and for
e,ts. During the fourteenth century,
however, the Wallachs again secured pos
session of the two provinces. and eStab'
lished independent governments. In the
sixteenth century both of these placed
themselves under the protection of the
Porte, leserving the right to choose their
own rulers. This, however, they lost
some time later, and the Turks governed
them by rulers selected from the Greek
princes of Constantinople, who had no
interest in the countries beyond enrich,
ing themselves by farming their
revenues. In 1902 the Russians
wrestcd from Turkey the right
of surveillance over the principali-
ties, but they could not secure the
independence they desired without sue
cessful!y ovcrthrowing the claim upon
their sovereignty made by the Greeks.
In 1858 the two principalitics were
united under one ruler, under the name
of Roumania. The people of th:se PROV
inces, though known to all Western
Enrope as Wallachs, called themselves
Roman, in consideration of their claim
to mixture Of Roman blood in their an
ccstry. A number of Roumanians are
also found in the other Danubian prov
inccs. Roumania h&s had coastitu-
tioEal government since IS 6. Its entire
independence was recognized by Turkey
in 1878. The language used by this pco.
PIE IS composite, bee use of their mivcd
origin. AhMt thrcc-iourths Of their
words are of Latin origin the rest arc
derived from the Greek. Gothic, Slavic,
and Turkish dialects. Inter Ocean.
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Russian Cookery"

A correspondent of the Hartford Cou-
rant, writing from Moscow, says: 1T
is delightful TO find a race with the
moral courage to invent dishes of its
own, with names which the Frenchman
cannot understand. The soup, to begin
with, would be incomprehensible to
Partisan chef. Two portions of it would
make square meal. 1t is hot, slab
broth, with a large chunk OF meat mot a
knuckle- bone) in the middle of it, invit-
ing the knife to cut and come again.
With this succuent dish is served pastry
looking like Yankee turnovers,' stuffed
to the bursting point with meat hash.
Croquettes and balls of meat-with deli"
cate sauces-fgure in almost every din
ner. The conventional .joint' of other
countries-beef, mutton or veal-is not
wanting, and the Russians so far accom-.
modate themselves to our preiudices rs
to give US chicken and salad-but the
latter in the disappointing form of
picked cucumber, while We are signing
for little crisp lettuce. had almost
forgotten the fish; but the fish is
served out of place. Here it comes third
on the list, following meat dish. For
dessert, one has the fruit of the season.
Just now the strawberry is in its zenith.
They bring US rosy pile, which we are
expected to eat out of soup plates with
tablespoons. Cream is plenty, but pow
dered sugar scarce. I send for more.
The water is polite, and goes for it.
When he returns I am conscious that he
is looking me hard in the face. He
wants to see what manner Of man it is
who requires to qualify his sour berries
with so much Of sweets He has pre-
viously been looking just as hard at my
new CATERS. I am beginning to discover
that my CATERS are as rare here as fez
in Broadway. In settling my score
cannot think of giving less than twenty
copecks to the waiter as a reward for his
spotlessness. For at the frst-class res
taurant where we have just dined he is
dressed in complete white, relieved only
by little red cord about his waist. This
shining habit is u stained by a single
drop of soup or gravy, although he has
been whisking plates and tureeus of the
table the moment we were through with
them"
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Never Too Old to Learn.

A Chinese student who has reached the
respectable age of 10j years recently pre-
sented himself before learned body of
Chinese savans and asked permission to
be examined. He was accompanied by
his wife, and two sons aged 80 aud so
years respectively. The other candidates
for degrees who happened to be present
accostcd the centenarian in q most re-
spcctful manner, addressing him as cold
Master" He objected, however, and in
sisted that they should simply call him
"Comrade.n
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THE HOME DOCTOR.
A Liniment for Earache.

According to the Canala Medical Rec.
ord, Pavesi recommends q liniment COM
posed of camphorated chloral p parts,
pure glyccrine 16i parts, and oil of sweet
almonds 10 paris. This is to be well
mixed, and pre- erved in hermetically
closed bottle. A pledget of very soft
cotton is to be soaked in the liniment,
and then introduced as far as possible
into the affected ear, two applications
being made daily. Frictions may also be
made each day with the preparation be.
hind the ear. 1t is claimed that the
pain is almost Immediately relieved, and
even in many cases the Inflammation il
subdued.
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Peculiar Canned Corn"

"Sce that man going into the bank,
there" said vcraciouS citizen one day
last week over on Dearborn street; ''well,
he's rich and getting richer. He's got
as nice a little business as there is in
this town-one that makes handsome
profits every day in the year."
"What bus ness is hc in!"
Gle cans corn for the Iowa market,
and sells dead loads of it, too. Thi:
may surprise you that Chicago should
sell corn to the great corn state of Iowa,
but it's fact. The corn is packed in
Kcntu:ky whisky. and the favor of tho
liquor isn't hurt bit by the mixing. Az
to the corn, I couldn't say whether it is
impro: led cs not "-Chicago Hera|1
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What the Panama Canal Costs.

If the Panama Canal is ever finished
at all, it will cost in human life alone, as
we'll as in moncy, the price of many a
war. In addition to the slaughter of
the laborers by 'the sword of the eli
mate" they kill each other as q daily
recreation. They are principally natives
of Jamaica, and according to re ent
arrival thence, the most lawless collec-
ton of men ON the face of the globe.
The superintendents go heavily armed,
and control the laborcrs at the mouth of
q pistol or rifle barrel. There is no capi-
tai punishment there, and few hundred
dollars will set an imprisoned man free.
An a, erage Of two murders day is a
modtr..tc estimate. ..-Dctr0it hree Pres"
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Farm and Garden Notes.

An application of lye will restore to
rough trunks and b. anches of orchard
trees their original smnothncss.
Tar ought not to be used in marking
sheep, 1t dries into hard lump, whlch
must be cut off by hand before the wool
is manufactured.
Have you ever observed how much one
tasty-looking, wcll-pa:ntcd structure be-
side the hoase, c Ell if it be only the
poultry house, adds to the appearance OF
aplaccs
tuberculosis is now admitted to be
communicated through milk, and so is
milk sickness. Other species of bacil.
Illus have been detected in milk under
the microscope.
A remedy considered satisfactory for
various kinds of ins cts in stored grain
consists in placing an open vessel OF
bisulphide of ca: bon on top of the grain
in tight hin.
Beans and PEAS that arc to be kept
over winter may be pulled from the
vines rs fast rs they dry. If left on
the vines the hull> will sometimes poi
open and the seeds b2 lost.
The small mess Of milk furnished by
one cow may be far richer than thu
larger quansity obtained from another
cow And it is the butter yield that i:
the best test of cows value.
The greatest kindness you can to dc 6
young chick is to simply leave it alone
for the first twentyfour hours of its ex
istence. There will be little difficulty
experienced in getting it to eat after
ward.
DR.. Sturtevant, at the New York En-
pertinent Station, found that mulching
the soil lightly between the rows of peas
with straw retards the attack of mildcw
very perceptibly. 1t is the late sowr
crop that suffers.
Animal have their pecul ar or individ.
ual peculiarities of tastes and habits, the
same as persons. Therefore in feeding
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Importnnt 10 Merchnmt TniIo: =.

NJ. Won Keller 4 Co., Successors TO Keller (;
Ruhl, at the old Cloth House, corner Ann and
William Sts., New York city. are doing an cy-
tensive business by means Of furnishing to tho
Merchant Tailoring trade throughout the Uni
ted States, complete sample collections of
their Woolens in season, and receiving and
executing orders received through the sam
pies. Whenever style has been sold out,
they notify their customers to that effect, SO
that the parties holding their samples ere al
ways properly informed as to which styles
they can offer to their patrons. The Merchant
Tailor is Thus placed in a position to show q
large variety OF styles without encu umbering
himself with large stock. We understand
that any Merchant Tailor desiring such collec-
tion of samples can have same sent free of
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For long time we steadily refused to pub
lish testimonials, believing that, in the opinion
Of the public generally, the great majority
were manufactured to order by unprincipled
parties as means Of d:sposing of their worth
less preparations.
That this view of the case Is to certain ex-
tent true, there can be no doubt.
At last, several years ago, we came to the
conclusion that every intelligent person can
readily discriminate between spurious and
bona fide testimonials, and determined to use
IS advertisements few Of the many hundreds
Of unsolicited certificates in our posses
sion.
In doing this we published them as nearly as
possible in the exact language used by our cor
respondents, only changing the phraseolosy,
In some cases, so as to compress them into
smaller space than they would otherw sc occu-
py, but without IN the least exaggcrating or de-
stroying the meaning of the writers.
Weare glad to say that our final conclusion
was a correct one-that letter recommending
an article having true merit finds favor with
The original of every testimonial published
by us is on file in our office, IN inspection of
which will prove to the most skeptical that
our assertion made above, that only the facts
are given as they appear therein, is true,
But as ittwould be very inconyenent, II not
impossible. for all Of our friends to call on us
for that purpose, we invite those VINO douoI
III there Dc Sucn), 10 cOTTeSpOnu Win any VI
the parties whose names are signed to our tes-
timonials, and ask them If We have made any
msstatements, so far as their knowledge cS-
tends, in this article. In other words. if we
have not published their letters as nearly ver-
batim as possible.
Very respectfully,
+. IT, HAZELTINE,
Proprietor Piso's Cure for Consumption
and PiZo's Remedy for Ca!arrh.
We append recent letter, which came to
US entirely unsolicited, with permission to
publish it: % 1000
You may add my testimony as 10 the merits
of Piso's Cure for Consumption. l took
severe cold last February, which settled on my
lungs. They became liberated and were SO
painful that l had no rest for two days ard
nights. got bottle of Piso's Cure for Con,
sumption. and was relieved by the time lat
taken half OF it. Since that time have Kept
Piso's Cure in the house. and use 1t as pre-
ventve, both for lung troubles and Group. Tor
which can recommend it as the be- tmedicinc
ever uscd: and that is saying u great deal
for have used at least twenty others, besides
about as many PHYSICIANS prescriptions;
Pi.o's Cure for Consumption has never failed
to give relief in my family.
A. J. GRCBB.
81 Springfield St
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The Worlds Hebrews.

The number of Hebrews according to
the last Is'uelitish -4nn4al, in the wo Id
at present is but GOO, coo, of whom
1900, 900 are in Europe. There are $780,
600 Hebrews in the United States {;
2, 552, 600 in Russia; 1,644, ,OO0 in Aus
tria- Hungary (GSS, 900 in Galicia, 63O,-
600 in Hungary; 5G2, 900 in Germany; :;
in Roumania, 2G5, 600; in Turkey, 1885,
600; in the Netherlands, $4,000; in Italy,
40, 600: in other countries, $4,000; and
in France, Notwithstanding all the fuss
that M. Drumont makes about them in
his "Jewish France only G3,0o0.-
Frank Leslie's.
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Grape Vines from Cuttings.


No kind of wood will more easily grow
from the eye than the grave vine. For
this reason the rapid propagation of new
varieties is a very easy matter. The nur-
seryman uses single-cye cuttings in green
houses, and this is very good way
wherever bottom heat can be furnished.
But all this trouble and expense are not
needed, provided the right course is
taken and enough buds or eyes left on
the cutting. Even nurscrymen do not
rely entirely on the single-eye method.
1t is only used, in fact, for new varieties
when wood is scarce and it is desirable to
increase the vines as fast as possible. Cut
tings set in the omen ground should be
prepared early in the spring, leaving two
or at most three eyes on piece. The
lower part must be cut off square at the
bulge where bud has formed. Then
remove this lowest bud with sharp knife
SO as to make clean cut. Leave the
top eye just at the surface of the soil,
which must be packed around the lower
part very closely. Plant in rows
three feet apart, and run the cul-
tiyator through oUc. week to
keep weeds down. | liant cuttings
six to eight inches apart in the row,
and keep down weeds with the hoe. If
the season is fairly favorable four r-tifths
of these cuttings will make strong
rooted plants by July l. There is
no need of being discouraged about
those that at this time show no signs of
putting forth shoot Pull one up and
you will find the bottom calloused and
fine, white, thread like roots from it. In
such cases the shoot will usually start
from the eye below the surface. Where
the first eye stirts and grows the one be-
low it also grows. In the fall or next
spring one Of these So outs must be cut
off, and the other trimmed down to a
single eye BY this method farmers and
others can easily and chearly supply
themselves with as many grape vines rs
they wish, and of the best varieties.
Four-fifths of all the grapevine growth
Of the previous season must be cut off
this fall or next spring, and it can
usually be had fo7 nothing. A few very
hard-woode1 and ose-jointed grape
vines do not root ea,ily. Eumelan and
Delaware are samples Of these: but it is
only necessary to take little longer cut
ting and plant at an angle of forty-five
degrees in the ground This will keep
the bottom of the cutting within reach
of the air and warmth. No manure is
necessary; in fact, it is positively hurt.
full. Its heating forces the buds too
rapidly, and my cause the bottom of the
cutting to rot, instoa of putting forth
roots. Cultita'0r.
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Health Hints.

A hot, strong lemonade, taken at bed.
time, will often break up a COLI.
Peach leaves pounded to a pulp, and
applied to bruise or wound from a rusty
nal or simple cut, will give immediate
relief.
There's little to be feared in eating
good fruit. A barrel of apples in the
house where the children and everybody
can have free access is good in: titution.
Flowers of sulphur sprinkled on q hot
shovel, and the fumes inhaled while they
are fresh, will cure cold in the head. A
teaspoonful Of sulphur is sufficient and
does not cause disagreeable sensations.
In the case of injuries by acids, such
as vitriol, nitric acid, ETC., the applica-
ton OF an alkali will neutralize the acid.
Whatever may be at hand, soda, lime
water, handful of common earth, may
be spread over the affected part. Water
may be used freely before the alkali is
applied, because it reduces the acid by
dilueiOn
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An E,iitor's Testimonial. {.

A. NJ. Vaughan, editor OF the Greenwich Review"
Greenwich, O., writes: Last January met with
very severe accident. caused by q runaway horse.
fused almo every kind Of salye toheal the wounds,
which turned to running sores, but found nothing
to do me any COOL Till was recommended HENRT's
CARBoLIc SALsE- bought box and 1t helped me
at once and ut the end Of two months was COM
pctely well. II is the best salye In the marSet, and
never fail OF telling my friends about It, and urge
them TO use It whenever in need"
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Care of the Eyes.

Keep a shade on your lamp or gas
burner.
Avoid all sudden changes between light
and darkness.
Neve. begin to read, write or sew for
several minutes after CO ming from dark
ness to bright light.
Never read by twilight, moonlight, OF
on cloudy days.
Never read or sew directly in front Of
the light, window or door.
1t is best to let the light fall from
above, obliquely, over the left shoulder.
Never sleep so that, on awakening. tn
eyes shall open on the light of window.
Do not use the eyesight by light so
scaut that it requires an effort to dis
criminate.
The moment you are iustinctively
prompted to rub your eyes, that moment
stop using them.
If the eyelids arc glued together on
waking up, do not forcibly open them,
but apply saliva with the fngers-it is
the speediest dilutant in the world; t. en-
wash your eyes and face in warm wat r.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
Diseases Of the Potato.

A correspondent of the Gardeners
Noathly, vouched for by the editor as an
expert, claims that the diseases of the
potato come from the immense strain to
which it has been subjected in the shape
of gross feeding, high cultivation, unnat-
ural treatment, and all the greed Of the
exacting cultivator with his determine.
tion to have the '4ast pound of flesh. "
The writer thinks that if we were to
treat in similar way any other like kind
of vegetable that is propsgated by the
bulb or tuber, such as the tulip, the hya-
cinth, or the narciss, pretty similar re-
suits would follow. 'In fact, all veg
etables and animals, when pressure is
put upon them like it was upon the poor
potato, must, like riding free horse to
death, finally succumb to its treatment;
for all ought to be Impressed with the
important lesson that, if we break ma
ture's laws, we ce; tainly shall, sooner or
later, have to pay the penalty"
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"Whnt Every One Should Know"
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The most astonishingly beneficial results
have followed the use OF Red Star Cough Cure
by those affected with throat and lung
troubles. Price, twenty-five cents.
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AMONG the workmen specially occupied
with tar In tho Paris Gas Works only three
were sick in the course of seven years.
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A huge derrick-po!e fell and severely injured
the foot of Mechanical Engineer E. r. Hoyt
at tho New Orleans Exposition, and after
only three applications of st. Jacobs Oil, all
the pain and swelling disappeared
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Water Runs Down

HILL and Just naturally life, energy and strength
arc gained by taking Hoods sarsararIla. The pecul
lar onng, purifying and vltaliztns qua tiles Of this
successful medicine are felt throughout the entire
system, e1pelling dsease aud giving quick. health
action to every organ Iyou suffer from any disease
OF the blood stomach disorder, or dculty with The
liver and kidneys, try the peculiar medicine, Hoods
Sarsapar LA Be sure to get Hood's Take no other:
81 have taken Ho IDS Sarsrparilla for dyspepda
and as tonic Alternative, with the most benenc10
results Ihave also used It for rheumatism with tas
good effect Iregardit Of the very best lam
lily medicines, ami would not willingly be without
it."-A. B. CURRY, Providence, r. l. ~,
"Ihave been using Hoods Sarsaparilla for fndfges.
ton and liver trouble 1t has greatly benefited ms,
and think It is fully as good medicine as claimed.
e s. CHEsrsRo chief engineer fire dept, stoning'
ton, Ct
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No lady should live in perpetual fear, and
suffer from the more serious troubles that so
often appear, when DR.. kilmer's CoMpLETE
FEMALE REMEDY is certain to prevent and cure
Tumor and Cancer there.
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Gray hair, however caused, is rest ored TO Il
original color By Halls's Hair Remover.
Persons suffering from Ague OF long
FOR DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION. depression Of
spirits, general debility in their various forms,
nlso as a preventive against fever and ague and
other intermittent fevers, the "Ferro- Phosphor-
ated Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswell, Haz-
ard & Co., New York, and sold by all Druggists,
from fever or other sickness II has no equal
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WANTED-Tbe name Of the goldsmith who
made the Welkin ring
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CoLoR-BLINDNEss is said to have been frs
reported In 1T77.
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We Appeal to Experience.

A PROFESSIONAL beggar died recently In Ric
Janeiro and left fortune of $20J,U00,
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Sod school houses are still used in
Cheyenne County, Nebraska.
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No Opi,m in Piso's Cure for Consumption
Cures where other remedies fail. 2lc.
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TIE habit of running over NOS or shGc:;
with Lyons Patent Heel Stiffeners.
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"Whnt Every One Should Knew"

THERE are 1900 licensed drivers Of cabs il
Inndnp