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, 1890-10-04

AT u meeting of the American Associ-
alton for the Advancement of Science
DR.. Frederick Hoffman spoke about the
food preparations now so largely used
for infants and children as substitutes
for mothers milk and other food. Ao-
cording to reliable estimates the guam
tity of such artificial food annually con
sumed in the United States amounts in
money value from about 8, 00o, 900 to
S1o,0 900 900. The problem of artificial
food for the rising generation. and par
hcularly during the first period Of its
struggle for life and survival. is a very
important one, not only to the state. the
commonwealth and the family, but also
to the s%anitarian and the chemist. These
artificial foods mostly claim to be per-
feet; a few have been analysed by indie
pendent chemists, often with question
able accuracy or results, while many
arc Of unknown compositioa.-Halrs
Journal of health.
, 1890-10-04

The truth is, our ideas of literature
are stepped in the colors Of our trades.
Our interpretations of Shakespeare re-
feet u daily lives and callings. The
merchant measures him as his cotton.
The judge tries him in his courtso of law.
The Grafton of Mark Antony. for exam
pie, is to the clergyman only a funeral
discourse over a departed member of his
flock; the politician views it merely as a
fine example of political artifce; the
rhetorician delights in the richness of its
figures; the logician scans its conclusion
in the light of its premises; the historian
notes it as marking IN epoch in the an
mails of Rome, and the actor, not to say
it profanely, beholds it as a rack on
which to hang his effects of attitude and
gesture. We thus read Shakespeare in
the light of our vocations. We cannot
get away from the mental habits of our
trade or u profession. Much harder
still is it to break away from the spirit
of the age in which we live. Involunta-
rily we invest other ages with the GUS
toms of u own.-James E. Murdoch in
Forum.
, 1890-10-04

A medium sized, stout, dark complex
Toned man, neatly attired and evidently
a foreigner, appears regularly every
evening at an eating house at Washing
t lud as regularly asks the waiter
VINO serves him, What kind of pie have
you got today The waiter names the
different kinds of pie, including peach.
lemon, cranberry, apple and custard.
The customer requests the waiter to
bring a piece of the pie FIRST mentioned
and also a glass of buttermilk. As soon
as he has devoured this our he calls
for another piece of pie Of a different
kind and aglass of buttermilk. He then
continues to order pie until he has final
ly eaten five pieces of pie of different
kinds and drunk five glassfuls of but
termilk. The waiter who always attends
this pie eater says that he has been pat
ronizing the house for some time, and
that he has never changed his order. but
always eats this strange combination of
ood.-Washington Letter.
, 1890-10-04

Lightning Pat an Angel on n Portrait
A portrait OF the late John Taylor,
which J. Il. Smith has on exhibition in
his store, attracts many visitors daily,
and has caused = great deal of discus
sion. The portrait formerly rested on
the m~antelpiece at Mr.. Smiths residence
at Mount Olive. Recently, during a
heavy storm, a lightning flash struck it.
The frame was demolished, but the fash
left on the portrait a clearly defined
picture of an angel with outstretched
wings overshadowing Mr.. Taylor's head,
the arms encircling his neck and the
right hand holding a bunch of flowers.
The pose Of the angel suggests protection
and benediction. The dark line show
ing the lightning's journey along the
cardboard turns abruptly just above the
face of Mr.. Taylor, giving the spectator
the idea that the angel changed the
h~ghtning's course.
Superstitious people consider it as an
indication that Mr.. Taylor is in heaven,
but Mr.. Smith explains the phenomenon
by saying that the picture of an angel
exactly like that which appears on the
Taylor portrait was on the back of a
photograph near by. He believes that by
some electrical freak the picture of the
angel was photographed over the por-
trait. The affair, however. has caused
a great deal of comment, and people for
miles around come 10 see the picture
Atlanta Constitution.
, 1890-10-04

The czarina is almost entirely deaf.
When a courier, carrying messages from
her majesty, Augusta Victoria, appeared
before the c-zarina. a lady in waiting
secretly wrote down his message on a
piece OF pasteboard. which wa handed
to her majesty under cover of a fan, and
after she had read it she answered in
quite an u-nconcerned manner.
So it seems that the royal comedy
which was once played by the blind
George of Hanover. who endeavored by
sundry tricks to keep his terrible affiic-
ton a secret, is TO be repeated today at
Petershof and Gatschina. In Russian
court circles it is whispered that her
deafness is the result of the terrible rail
road accident of Borkum, when the det-
onation Of the explosives which were
intended to destroy Alexander and his
family injured her ears. But then her
sister. the Princess of Wales, is likewise
affected with deafness, which leaves the
suspicion that the trouble is hereditary.
Berlin Letter.
, 1890-10-04

Elder flower water, lemon juice and
rose water are all simple remedies for
freckles, and will undoubtedly remove
them if they are regularly used and al
lowed to dry on the skin. A famous
beauty is said to keep her hands white
by always using the half Of a lemon in
washing her hands, exactly as she would
a piece of soap Although freckles come,
still nothing is so good for tho skin as
sunshine; it makes the under skin flush.
and a delicate pink and white is the re-
suit. A little care about a broad
brimmed hat and a good sized sun UNI
brella viii give you all the good desired
from sunshine and keep away its de-
fects. Keep on the sunny side of the
street in the winter. You know that is
the place chosen by EnglishInen, south
ern women and dogs, so the friends will
look at the good skins of all three, and
use the proverb to point a moral and
adorn a tale.-Ladies' Home Journal.
, 1890-10-04

Why will women weighing Mt least
from 100 to 200 pounds adopt styles that
were intended for any but grace
full, extremely slender 6gures2 The most
incongruous sight, and a not at all rare
one, is IA heshy woman sailing along the
street In an inflated, baggy blouse, and
over that-reaching across the middle
of the back, with sleeves half covering
the sleeves of baggy blouse-a zouave
jacket, and just as likely as not the
jacket and the skirt made of a large
plaid. 1t is a noticeable fact that this
blouse waist is worn by more Heshy
women than by the ones for whom the
style was originally intended Chicago
Herald.
, 1890-10-04

Another step is to be noted in the pro-
gress Of woman Henceforth the noble
art of self defense is to be included in
the list Of her many accomplishments.
The American girl appears to be respon-
sible for this latest innovation, and the
pugilists of the United States are said
TO be experiencing n n era of unusual
prosperity in importing their science to
Columbia's daughters. For a long time
there has been as great a desire on the
part of many Of these daughters to ac-
quire knowledge of what has hitherto
been known as the ''manly art" as there
has been on the part of certain English
ladies to display their prowess and
ankles in the cricket field. This desire
has been intensified by the publication
Of a little rencontre that recently took
place on Fifth avenue. st. james Ca
yptta
, 1890-10-04

A visit to the partially completed Com
gressional hbraryis quite amusing. Not
that there is much hat is interesting in
the shapeless tangle of brick and stone,
but it is the instructions visitors get at
the gate that are amusing. When one
goes in at the wide gate through the
board fence on the East Capitol street
side he is not apt to notice a little old
man that sits in a little house just inside
the gate. If one doesn't notice him the old
Waterman will stop one with an impera-
tive Hey, therel" One stops, and in
the richest sort of an Irish brogue is
told; Now, yez can go in and look
about as much as yez loike. But there
is some things yez mustn't do. Don't
talk to any of the men. Don't go on top
of the walls, and don't go inside of the
building anywhere. An don't yez ask
any of the men questions. Moind that,
now, and yez can see all We phase. -
Washington Post.
, 1890-10-04

Every season develops more and more
fully the prevailing necessity for the dis
covery of some practical and profitable
use to which the surplus melon crop
may be put Every melon left IN the
field at the end Of the season, except for
seed, represents n waste. A means by
which this waste, which annually as
sumes enormous proportions, could be
averted would no doubt be hailed with
pleasure by every melon grower In the
country; therefore the announcement
from the Southland to the effect that
such means has been discovered. II u
thenticated. Is an important one.
The new discovery, which consists Of
converting the melon bulb into strip, IL
is alleged. will establish In the south an
industry scarcely of second Importance
TO that Of producing oil from cotton
seed. and the product is vouched for as
being the very best ever yet made. II
the report proves true, and there seems
to be little or no reason for disciediting
it, MississipPi and Scott counties may,
with a little energy, convert that which
is now absolutely valueiess into profits
running into the thousands Charleston
Democrat.
, 1890-10-04

A good joke is told upon twoSt. Cloud
gentlemen. both of whom are well
known young men. One of them is a
married man The other day two young
ladies' from. well. it might have been
Minneapolis, arrived on a visit to his
wife. Soon nfter their arrival the two
gentlemen conceived II diabolical idea
A mouse was captured and tied between
the bed clothes in the apartment occu-
pied by the visitors shortly before they
retired The reporters informant re-
Trained from giving the tragic details Of
the finding OF the imprisoned animal,
and Ii must suffice to say that II was
awful There was no peaceful slum-
Der for the visitors that night, and until
dawn wa spent by the young ladies in
celebrating upon how to ayenge the
above practical joke. They succeeded
most admirably.
Last night the two gentlemen. who
occupied the same room, retired as usual.
Occasionally they would remember some
thing about the mouse and then n roar
Of laughter would be heard. But sud
denly everything grew still Then there
were come remarks that sounded Like
''cuss words, +" and suddenly a prolonged
snufing noise. and hen the anxious
listeners knew that all was over, or
rather under the bed It is explained
tina; when the w young men proceeded
TO don what is commonly designated as
II might dress" no ingress or egress
could be discovered. They were sealed
-hermetically sealed The crash was
caused by the fragile form Of a man
falling tothe floor through & sheet, which
was mistzdngly taken for a mattress
The gentleman slept upon the loor.-St.
Cloud Times.
, 1890-10-04

Mrs. Laura Ormiston Chant reports
her safe return to England. and relates
an incident which shows her wonderful
power of turning to helpful uses each in
cident that transpires. By reason of the
crowded dock a woman fell overheard,
dragging q boy with her. They were
rescued by three Of the ships firemen.
Mrs. Chant wrote a poem upon it from
the point of view of the fireman's wife,
and recited it in the evening to the pas
sengers. 1t so pleased her hearers that
they took up n collection, put up the
manuscript of the ballad at auction and
sold photographed copies of it. raising
in this way nearly $3.50, which was dis
tributed among the brave men who had
risked their lives. London Letter.
, 1890-10-04

The most of the Jerusalem Jews are
poor, and nine-tenths of them are sur
rounded by dirt and squalor. took a
little Greek boy for a guide one day and
made q our through the Jewish quar-
tiers. My Greek could talk half a dozen
different languages, and we went
through section after section Of the city
in which thousands of these Jews lived.
Their houses were If stone, and they
looked as though they had been dug out
Of a rock like cav Whole families
were living in n room of the size of a
hall bedroom, and few of these rooms
had any windows. Many of them
opened out on little courts, and | found
up two flights of stairs six families liv-
ing in as many ave like rooms around
a dirty little close square.
Outside Of each room was a little pen
in which there was a rude stove for the
burning Of charcoal, and in these little
box like pens, only large enough for a
woman to turn around in, all the cook
ing Of the family was done. Through
the center Of the court ran a well which
was the property of the whole com
munity. There were no sanitary ar
rangements of any kind, and the smell
of filth was disgusting. On the door
posts of each of these rooms was tackled
a strip OF parchment six inches long, on
which were Hebrew characters. 1 asked
what these meant, and was told that
they represented the name of Jehovah
and the ten commandments. These
Jews have great faith, and they believe
this parchment protects them from in
jury. They wear the ten command
ments tied around their arms, under
their clothes, and at times of worship
they bind philacteries about their fore
heads.-Frank q. Carpenter in National
b
, 1890-10-04

Attorney Arthur S. Fisher, of Rock
ford, is a candidate for matrimonial
honors. He is a member of the Owl
club, a society of ogle county bachelors,
and his doom was sealed at its picnic on
Aug. 10. During the day came the cleo
ton Of officers. Among the officers is
one called "the $4,000 beauty of the
club" and he who is elected to this
office must marry within a year and
withdraw from the society. The charm
has W failed to work yet, and every
man who has been elected to the office
has been married within the year. Every
other officer is elected by reclamation.
but this II is elected by solemn and
sacred ballot. When the ballots were
counted it was found hat Mr.. Fisher
was the doomed man. The good natured
attorney made a pleasant speech, and
tried in his clever way to turn it Off as a
joke. The sequel has never failed to oc-
cur.-Chicago Herald.
, 1890-10-04

Did you ever calculate the value of a
single potato on the basis that that single
tuber was the only one left in the worldi
That one would, of course. contain with
in itself the possibility Of restocking the
world with a valuable article Of food.
II n potato would produce when
planted but ten potatoes in ten years
the total product of that one potato
would be 10, 900, 900. 900, which would
stock the whole world with seed. II the
world were reduced to one single potato
1t would be better that London or Chi
cago be blotted from the earth than for
that one tuber to be lost.-St. Louis Re-
f,ubIf.
, 1890-10-04

One of the results of the C~hautauqua
assemblies, which have a tendency to
awaken unnatural activity of the brain
and an abnormal thirst for knowledge,
was shown recently. The 4-year-old son
of one Of the officers of the Long Pine
assembly burned his fathers barn in or
der to see what sort of a bonfire it would
make. He also wished to see whether a
setting hen would preserve her presence
of mind when surrounded by flames, and
his observations will doubtless be a val
liable contribution to science, although
the experiment was necessarily expen-
sive to the parent of the young Chautau-
quan. The setting hen deserted her pros
pective family and saved her life, a fact
which proves that in the disposition of
the hen the instinct of self preservation
overbalances maternal devotion. There
is no doubt C%hautauqua assemblies have
given a great intellectual impulse to the
rising generation.-Omaha World-Her-
aid.
, 1890-10-04

Mrs. Lydia A. Nelson, Luther, Lake
County, Mich, writes:
Luther, Mich, March 6, 1890.
The Alcock Porous Plasters you
We have all had the Grippe and, of
course, we all had to have a plaster over
the lungs. verify believe they kept me
from having Inflammation OF the lungs, or
something else, when had the Grippe
and perhaps saved my life
l never intend to be without them as
long as they are made.
Please send me another dozen, as the
Of them away. but they all did good
in every case, SO far as | could learn"
, 1890-10-04

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anteed to cure all the fol owing diseases: All
diseases peculiar to women, falling weakness,
lost manhood, nervous diseases, sexual dis
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ma, catarrh, all diseases of the blood, ~scrofula,
rhea, gleet, piles, tumors, cancers, salt rheum,
rheumatism, paralysis, all kim diseases, COS
tiveness, dyspepsia, neuralgia, Deafness, bald
ness, sose eyes, eruptions, tape worm, fits, ma
laria, and diseases OF the generattve organs,
no matter OF how long standing. II you have
failed to get cured elsewhere, do not despair,
but write TO Lee Wing, enclosing a stamp for
reply, statlng your symptoms, ana ne VIII
dies will perform permanent cure Do not
confound Lee Wing with the other so-called
Chinese physicians, as he is the only gradu-
ated hinese doctor in Denver. All othersa are
American doctors, pretending to sell Chinese
remedies. All correspondence strictly conf
Dental. Address LEE WING 1913 and i545
Larimer street, Denver, Colo.
, 1890-10-04

Is one which is guaranteed to bring
you satisfactory results, or in case of
failure a return of purchase price. On
this safe plan you can buy from our ad-
vertised druggist a bottle of Or. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption. 1t is
guaranteed to bring relief in every case.
when used Tor any affection of throat,
lungs or chest, such as consumption, in
iammation of lungs. bronchitis, asthma.
whooping cough, Group, etc, etc. 1t is
pleasant and agreeable to taste. perfectly
safe, and can be depended upon. Trial
bottles free at B. b. David's drug store.
, 1890-10-04

A cemetery Of the M~erovinglan period
has been disclosed by workmen in o rail-
way cutting near Argenteuil, France.
Two hundred and twenty tombs were
brought to light. The primitive mode
of cofining the dead in plaster of paris
was resorted to by the people who buried
in this cemetery. The plaster envelopes
have resisted well the action Of time, 1t
is reported, cs all the skeletons were pre-
served.-Paris Letter.