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WHERE TO WEAR THE. RING.

''1 had supposed" said the jeweler,
'sby this time, with the daily press to en-
tighten them, that everybody knew
which is the proper finger on which to
wear an engagement ring, or the finger
on which to place the ring at the time Of
the wedding, or the finger on which to
wear the ring after marriage. But we
are asked this question every day.
Sometimes the query is made in person
and sometimes it comes by mail. There
was time when the engagement ring
was worn on the first finger of the left
hand and on the third finger of the same
hand after marriage by women. But
now one finger is the custom. 1t is prop
er for either the man or the woman to
wear the engagement ring on the third
finger of the left hand. When the man
weds he places the ring on the third fin
ger of the left hand of the bride and she
wears it there after her marriage. If the
groom wears ring it is on the third fin
ger of his left hand. I don't knowthat
there is anything in the books to this ef-
feet, but it is the custom. - Chicago Tri-
6une.
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Remarkable Relics of the Aztecs.

A New York Time representative at
the Cityof Mexico say that extensive ex-.
cavations are e3being male at the suburban
town of Cogoacan, a a place lying on
the outskirts of the wilderness, known as
the pedregal or stony ground, which in
former years was notd as q haunt OF
brigands, and is even now considered as
a resort for dangerous characters when
pursued by officers of Justice. The OBJ
iect of the excavation; which are being
made by private associations is, if posi-
bic, to recover treasures Of gold and
Jewels supposed to b' hidden there by
Emperor Montezuma It the time OF the
Spanish conquest.
4 sSenor Mercado, one of the party en-
gagged in this work, is, ineal descendant
of the last Aztec Emperor, Cuantemac,
whose statue adorns te principal prom
enade of this city. Snor Mercado says
that he has in his possession hieroglyphic
documents which corvince him that it
was in the pedregal tht Montezuma hid
treasures, among otkr things a huge
golden sun. A few weeks ago valuable
black pearl was found md also an emer-
aid near some skeletos discovered in
subterranean passage.
The Times's correspondent has visited
the excavations, and thy are certainly re-
markable, having alrady disclosed
subterranean staircase, winding passages
and vaults, jawbones aid skeletons, ,desti-
tute of tusk or teeth, nus, according to
Senor Mercado, provin; beyond question
that the Indians there buried were pure
Aztecs. He estimates the value of the
buried treasure at not Lss than $40, ,O0O,.
600, but says that othGs engaged in the
work of hunting the treasure put it at
$50, 900.
The foremost psychologists here are OF
opinion that somethingmay befound, and
they agree with SenorMercado that the
intrinsic value of thethings buried by
Montezuma are surpassed by their histori-
cal importance. It has oeen held by some
that Montezuma hid hi treasures in Lake
Texcoco, and much his been done there
in the way of dredging but nothing has
been found. Senior B&res, the great ma
tive archeologist, is interested in this
search, and people hi!h in authority are
said to be lending thei aid.
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SOME NOTED WOMEN.

. Blakely Hall in Once a Week, says:
1t is rather odd to note how few women
in the world attain fame, considering the
capabilities of the sex in mental equip
ment and the wide field now open to
feminine endeavor. I do not mean to
use the word fame as illustrated by such
names as Milton, Shakespeare, or Cesar,
but in the more modest acceptation-
the five BIS, for instance, Blaine, Bis
marck, Balfour, Battenberg, and Bou-
langer. The names of lot of women
who enjoy, or have enjoyed, species of
young notoriety, turn up at the moment.
But there Is nothing substantial about
them. Take the whole school of female
novelists who have been turning out alb
surd and nervous summer books of late
as an illustration. The latest news from
Gertrude Atherton is that she has entered
a convent at Boulogne, while Amelia
Rlves, since the comparative failure of
her absolutely pure book, is giving her
attention to society in France, and has
dropped out of sight. The Laura Dani-
trys and Laura Jean Libbys continue'to
turn out hysterical effusions, but they
occupy the same place in literature that
Belva Lockwood does in politics, and
that DR.. Mary Walker has achieved in
medicine. I refer now only to women
who arc alive to-day, and who may be
said to play an active part in the work of
the world.
New York is not we'll supplied with
feminine celebrities, though women of
more or less notoriety occasionally at
tract the gaze Of an eye or two at the
theatre or in the street. The publisher
of a newspaper recently decided to give
sketches of the lives of ten famous men
and ten famous women of America. BE
showed me the list, consisting of the
names of Blaine, Lowell, Edison, Gould ,
Harrison, Cleveland, Jefferson Davis,
Bancroft, Vanderbilt, and Edwin Booth.
It struck me as being rather faulty COL
lection of names, but there were long
arguments in support of every one. On
the woman's list the only names were
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mary Anderson,
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, and Mrs. Mackay.
He could get no further than this.
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THINGS A WOMAN CAN DO.

The Boston Times in spirit of fair
ness admits and even proclaims that there
are some desirable things woman can do.
Here is sample batch:
She can come to conclusion without
the slightest trouble of reasoning on it,
and no sane man can do that.
Six of them can talk at once and get
along first rate and no two men can do
that.
r She can safely stick fifty pins in her
dress while he is getting one under his
thumb nail.
She is cool as cucumber in half.doz-
en- tight dresses and skirts, while O man
will perspire and fume and growl in one
loose shirt.
She can throw a stone with a curve
that would be fortune to baseball
pitcher.
She can say "no" in such low voice
that it means ''yes:"
She can sharpen lead pencil if you
give her plenty of time and plenty OF
pencils.
She can dance all night in pair of
shoes two sizes two small for her and en-
joy every minute of the time.
She can appreciate kiss from her hus-
band seventy-fve years after the marriage
ceremony is performed.
She can 60 to church and afterward
tell you what every woman in the congre-
cation had on, and in some rare instances
can give you some faint idea of what the
text was.
She can walk half the night with a
colicky baby in her arms, without once
expressing the desire of numbering the
infant.
She can do more in a minute than a
man can do in an hour and do it better.
She can drive man crazy in twenty
four hours and then bring him to para
disc in two seconds by simply tickling
him under the chin, and there does not
live that mortal son of Adams misery
who can do it.
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He Wanted to Get Out.

The Oxford Me.) Democrat tells "a
story of a gentleman Of the old school
who used to aspire to all kinds Of official
donors, and sought every occasionto ex-
pose his oratory. He was once undertak-
Ing the feat of fording the Androscoggin
River with an old mare and wagon. Sud
denly one wheel struck a hidden rock,
while the other settled in the sand, and
the old man found himself Gagged be-
meath his wagon on the bed of the river.
The old man on relating the circum-
stance said: 'The first thing I thought
of was how should exonerate myself"
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Gas in thel Stomach.

"What is the cauS and cure of belch-
ing9 Although my heals are not over
hearty, nv stomach iels full and some
what oppressed aftt' eating. Between
meals, and especially for two hours before
one, the gas forces i:elf upto my mouth,
and the result is, thahabit is disagreea-
BILE to me as it to otl rs" .
Two or three gendhl causes may bring
about such conditi n of the stomach.
The first cause is 1er-eating, by per-
sons whose normal d gestion is not par
ticularly faulty. I.ss food-say one
third lcss-would b. attended with no
such annoyance. BIT the stomach Is un'
equal to the amount usually taken, and
more or less of it fements, instead OF
digesting, and thu generates certain
gases.
It should be remembered that the power
of some persons to digest is naturally
weak, while that of others is vigorous.
Of course, therefore, the question OF the
proper Quantity of food is one to be de-
cided in each individual case. Again, a
naturally strong stomach may have be-
come weakened by rer-much care, CON
inement within doop, lack of healthful
exercise, bad hygiene surroundings, e2-
cessive brain-work, insufficient sleep, or,
perhaps, by habitualy eating just little
too much.
The second cause If habitual belching
is chronic dyspepsh. This may have
been induced by,maried overfeeding, ex-
cessive brain-work, or harassing cares
long persistedin. But, however induced,
the condition is essentially the same. The
digestive fluids are much lessened IN
quantity, and the acton of the stomsah
is greatly Weakened
As consequence, the food remains too
long in the stomach, and passes out OF 1t
sour and fermenting, beyond the power
of the bile to neutralze its acidity. .
The cure, as in th, former case, Will
depend on the removll of the cause, on
careful attention to IL hygienic condi-
tions, with more or less medical treat
ment, all persisted irfor long time.
: A third cause of bEching, OF proba-
Ssble one, is the habit ef swallowing air.
3It IS believed by som| experts that many
persons, of peculial nervous suscepti-
bility, unconsciously ;orm such a habit,
since chemical analysis shows that what
is belched up is not gas, but atmospheric
air., By the heat OF the stomach, this is,
of course, greatly inGeased i'm volume.
In such eases; the curewill follow the cor
rection. of the hab = YOUTHS Conn.,
n0ni0n.
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IFire-proof Houses in Buenos Ayres.

They build fre-proof-houses in Buenos
lAyres and Montevideo without thinking
iof it, and while using all the wood they
can afford to-; and they use neither iron
nor the arch. Trees are scarce in the
neighborhood, and timber has to be
brought down from the upper waters in
hard woods. Being dear, a. little of it is
made to 60 as far as possible: The floors
and the roofs are supported by joists of
hard wood, as among us; across these
are laid fiat rails of the same, and the
spaces between these are bridged over
fby thin bricks thirteen inches and "a half
long, with their ends resting on the rails;
another layer of bricks is then laid with
lime, and generally on this layer of fiat
tiles. The doors and windows have no
(boxes, but simply frames, which are set
up when the walls are going up, and
built in. There is no lathing, or wains-
cot, or skirting of the bottom of the
walls A house thus built cannot be
lburped.-Pppnlar Science Monthlv.
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
THE STYLE AT HOLLAND.

In Holland lady is expected to retire
precipitately If she should enter a store
or restaurant where men are congregated.
She waits until they have transacted their
business and departed. Ladies seldom
rise in Spain to receive male visitor,
and they rarely accompany him to the
door. A gentleman does not offer to
shake Spanish lady's hand. For him
to give a lady (even his wife) his arm
when out walking is looked upon as a
decided violation of propriety. If a
spaniard says, when you retire after a
visit: "This house is entirely at your
disposal whenever you may please to
favor it," he wishes you to know that he
regards you as one of the family. If the
words are not spoken you can conclude
that you are not welcome to call again
PHILADELPHIA Press.
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cess. The odor of the vanilla, like its
flavor, has an interest Of It's own to those
Of fanciful tone, for It belongs not to
the full tones Of odor, 80 to speak, as the
rose and the honeysuckle may be said to
do, but to the half tones-the flats and
sharps-sharing part of that chromatic
scale in which the orange. the hello
trope, the lemon, are to, be found. A
curious thing about this same vanilla, in
relation to its use as an extract, is that
its essential quality, that which gives 1t
perfume and SAVIOR, vanilline, can be pro-
duced artifeially from the sap of pines.
Vanilla has long and poetical history
in its use in Spanish and Oriental cook
cry, in chocolates, and dressings, and in
various Mexican dishes, from before the
time of the Montezumas, and the thought
of its brings up the scene of many q rich
repast with picturesque adjuncts between
palace or monastery walls. 1t is
not without significance in this connec-
ton that, used in excess, it develops
poisonous qualities. It is obvious that
the first step beyond the pure necessities
in the way of food is taken by adding a
flavor to the food, and such simple addi-
tions as the rose and vanilla must have
preceded much costly cookery and ran
sacking of seas and forests for novel and
stimulating substances. We read in the
tales of the "Thousand Nights and One
Night of incessant marketing, favoring
and feasting; but it is all made up Of the
same general line of articles-the lamb
and the kid, rice, pomegranates and
ounces; much of the rest is IN the added
favors, and the charm Of the cookery
seems to be more in the favors than in
the food itself. Among the varied ex-
tracts used now among ourselves in cook
cry most are absolutely harmless, as the
lemon and orange and other fruit favors;
the genuine almond, peach and nut flaw
ors are comparatively safe: but not alto
gether SO; but the vanilla is to be used
with care. For, whether justly or not,
the vanilla has been made to bear the
odium of various cases of poisoning by
means of ices favored with it. But used
with discretion and in small quantity, it
is one of the choicest and most delicate
additions thatwe haveto our sweetmeats
and sauces, having notSonly q pleasant
piquancy, but leaving a certain tonic and
cleansing effect upon the palate. e.-Bazar.
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Strange Popularity About a Ship.

A strange peculiarity about the clipper
ship Henry Failing, Captain Merriman,
recently loading at Philadelphia with
oil for Japan, is that none of her sailors,
when once joined to her crew, ever care
to leave. The chief officer, now man
of twenty-eight years, joined her when o
mere lad. She was the first vessel he was
ever in, and he has remained there ever
since. This is an incident probably un-
precedented in the annals of shipping.
Captain Mcrriman has never had any
trouble with his crews, although he has
frequently shipped notorious seamen de-
spite the fact of having previously been
warned of their dangerous character.
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The Force Of Evaporation.

! An average of FIVE feet of water is es-
timated to fall annually over the whole
earth, and, assuming that condensation
takes place at an average height of 5000
feet, scientists concluded that the force
of evaporation to supply such rainfall
must equal the lifting of 322, 900, 600
pounds of water. 5000 feet in every min
Iuto, or about 800, 900, OO-horse- power
constantly 3exerted.S OF this prodigious
amount Of energy thus created very
small proportion is transferred to the
waters that run back through rivers to
the sea, and a still smaller fraction is
utilized by man; the remainder is dissi-
pated in space. g.. tLf',{' ~
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A carriage road to the top of Pixies
Peak has just been completed. 1t be-
gins at Cascade Canon, and extends six
teen miles, until it reaches the very sum-
NIT of the mountain, IA, 147 feet above
the level of the sea. There is one point,
Grand View, where ut an altitude OF
1882 feet one may see the smoke OF
locomotive crossing Marshall Pass ninety
miles away.
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She was as pretty as q picture and so ami
mated and lively that it Did one good to look
at her. She 1UGs oil this but she is not now.
Poor soul, the roses. Inser no more in her
She is q aWoe-begone looking piece Of humanity
now. She has one Of those troubles SO com
mon to women and needs Dl. Pierces FayoIite
Prescription. It p recuperates the wasted
strength, puts the whole system right, restores
man what she once was, bright. well and
happy. "Fayorite Prescription" is the only
medicine for women, sold by druggists, under
that it viii give satisfaction in every case, or
money will be refunded. This guarantee has
been printed on the bottle-wrapper, and faith
fuily carried out for many years.
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A BLOWER WITH A HISTORY.

In havoring our icc-creams and cakes,
and the various dishes that will receive
it, with vanilla, we seldom remember
that we are turning to utility one of the
most interesting of tropical growths-an
orchid that grows as few other orchids
do, by actual climbing, clamping itself
along its way on aerial roots, and which
has to be fertilizcd by insects or else
WELD no fruit, except when the fertiliza-
ton is done by band in 10 artificial pro-
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A Geuafh7a NYau

Would use Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and
Lungs. It is curing more cases of Coughs,
Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Group and oil
Throat and Lung Troubles, than any other
medicine. The proprietor as authorized any
druggist to give you Sample Bottle Free to
convince you Of the merit Of this great rem
edY. LarRe Bottles Soc. and 81.
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'4The days Of miracles are past" That may
ever witnessed by the human family have oc.
Cured within the last decade, Not the least OF
these wonders Is the success which the agents
Of B. T. johnson & Co., Richmond, Va; ere
meeting. Write them for particulars. They
will show ,Iou how to work wonders.
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Her Fac. was Her Fortune.

THERE are 15s COO miles Of railroad in the
United States. Within twenty,three years
lN ,0D miles Of this have been built.
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An electrical motor ear-works is to
be established at New Orleans.
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II not above being taught by man, take this
Eonday. It won't cost much, and you will then
know for yoursslf just how good 1t is. Be sure
to get no imitation. There are lots Of them.
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THE total number Of paying visitors to the
Paris Expositioninpto recent date was lo'Ods'-
oQo
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For all defangenents Of ths liver. stomach
and bowels, take DR.. Pierce's Pellets. Onea
doae
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If afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomn-
sons Eye water DRUGGISTS sell at25c. .perhottle
A bog wind matches free to smokers Of
'Tansill's Punch"S5e. Cigar.
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Out Of Sorts

Is feeling peculiqr to persons of dyspeptic ten
dency, or It may be caused by change Of climate,
season or e The stomach Is out Of order, the head
aches or does not feel right, appetite is capri
cious, the nerves seem overworked, the mind is
confused and irritable. This condition finds an ex.
celent corrective in Hoods sarsaparils, which, by
Its regulating and toning powers, soon restores har
mony to the system, and gives that strength ofind
nerves, and body, which makes one feel perfectly
well
NB.-n you decide to take hoods sarsaparfLla
do not be induced to buy any other.
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THE window glass production this year vii
he 218 $50 boxes '-
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-04-27

Brown-rot progresses rather more
slowly than black-rot, but the presence
of the disease is soon detected. The
affected berries assume a grayish tint or
have color less vivid than those which
are healthy; marked discolorations APP
pear here and there over the surface,
particularly near the stem end, and at
these points the skin becomes more or
less depressed by the shrinking of the
underlying tissues. AS the disease pro-
gresseS the berries become more and
more withered and lifeless in appear
ance and finally become uniformly col
ored brown. They do not dry up and
present the hard and prominent wrinkles
of berries destroyed by black-rot, nor
are their surfaces covered by the small
black pimples which are Characteristic
of that disease. Berries are not in
frequently attacked at the same time by
both the parasites above named, and
then it is difficult to detect the peronos-
pord except by the aid of the microscope.
Aside from the spores borne on the
out-growing branches of the mycelium
the perOnOspora produces another kind of
spore on the mycelium, buried within
the tissues of the host plant. While the
former are generally short-lived and
soon lose their vitality upon drying, the
latter live through the winter season and
serve to propagate the fungus spring
following: The first are called the sum-,
mer spores, the second the winter
spores. Both are shown in Figure 8,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-04-27
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Figure 8.

drawn to the same scale, b represent
ing the thick-walled winter spores.
TREATMENT OF MILDEw AND BRowN-RoT.
1t has been fully demonstrated that
spraying the vines with the preparations
containing sulphate of copper, such as
the Bordeax mixture or Eau celeste, are,
when properly applied, thoroughly eff
cient remedies for mildew and brown
rot. In ordinary seasons three applica-
tons of these remedies should be made
at intervals of from three weeks to
month, beginning about the time the
vines are in bloom, or better, perhaps,
as soon as the first leaves are fully
formed. These applications ought al
ways to be made whether there is any
appearance of the disease or not. We
must keep in mind that to avoid the
.ravages of these fungus parasites they
must be treated preUentiUely. We must
prevent their entering the tissues of the
host PLAINTIFF vine-by applying to the
latter in advance some substance which
will destroy or prevent the termination
of the spores which may fall upon it. 1t
is therefore important to begin the APP
plications early in the season. The
amount of the solution used per 1000
vines will depend upon the style of
pruning, age of the vines and kind OF
sprayer used. We roughly estimate that
for the first application twenty gallons
should be used, for the second thirty,
and thirty-five or forty for the third.
In very wet seasons the number of the
applications ought to be increased to five
or six, by reducing the intervals of time
between them.
1t is absolutely essential to success
that the preparations be properly applied,
and this cannot be done unless a good
spraying apparatus be used. The most
approved style of pump and sprayer is
illustrated in operation in Figure 10.