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Slavery in West Africa

SAYS correspondent of the New York
Herald in letter frcm the Portuguese
possessions Of St. Paul De Loanda, on the
African coast: Most people have an idea
that all slavery has been abolished here.
But it has not / asked business man
why he referred to his help as slaves during
breakfast conversation. "Why," he
said, 'simply because they are my prop
erty. bought them and paid for them.
This Is the only help I can depend on.
And, with wink, if you want one you
can buy one, male or female, for from
$50 to $40. Oh, you neel not be SUR
prised. We do not send and steal them.
They are brought in and voluntarily
sold almost like palankin of palm nuts.
After fight il the interior al captlVes
not needed for the chiefs are sold."
;'But," / said, England and Portugal
have convention for the total abolition
Of traffic in human beings. Why don't
YOU merchants frown it down and work
the free blacks!"
ssMv dear sir" said he, "if these poor
wretches could not be sold they would be
butchered with less mercy than ourpeople
kill goat. Now, is it rot more mercl-
full to take them, feed them, care for
them and give them an opportunity OF
irdependcnce after certain term, per
contract? They are not bought and sold
III market place, but purchased privately
that is, their services are bought.
Ninety per cent. will reindenture them
selves under our conditions for the sake
of food and shelter and the bits of tnery
and the spells of pleasure obtainable az
holidays, etc. We do work the free
natives too, but they are not so useful.
They make good fishermen and some make
fairly good mechanics, but as rule, they
become thriftlcss and think more of whls-
Ky or rum than of their homes or
offspring. ''If the European Govern
mcnts could make the interior peaceable
and industrious there would be 70 slaves,
because there would be no wars and
hence no captives. But so long as
present conditions remain-and these
conditions are we'll known to the Govern
ments through their representatives-the
purchase of labor will continue. l am
quite sure the Portuguese authorities
understand the situation. believe you
vii! find slaves in the English~and Ger
man consulates to-day-slaves IN" the
sense that I have explained to you.
understand that each of the clerks in the
employ of the late DR.. Niemann, the
Gerr an representative, had slave t.
wait upon him, and that the original
price for the service of each was paid tc
the tribesman who brought him down
the Kwanza. And yet DR.. Niemann was
q Christian gentleman of the old school!
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NvStnr;OuS Wnter Holes.

Scientific inquirers are puzzled by GER
tain mysterious water-holcs in the ledge
on the shore OF the Boothbay Land Com
pany's territory in Maine. There are
three of them, eight inches to foot il
diameter, and about ten inches deep.
They are howlcd-shaped and perfectly
circular. Locally they are ascribcd to the
Indians. They are supposed to have
been used for pounding corn, but more
inconvenient arrangement cannot be I'M
agined. The sea fills them twice day,
and fresh water constantly tickles into
them. In winter they arc entirely frozen
up. Besides. the Indians were too lazy
to take such pains. 1t seems, from the
conformations Of the surrounding coun.
try, impossible that there could ever have
been q water course there. Their origin
is q mystery. Two are perfect. One
has cracked side.
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Ancient Egyptian Flora.

The National Museum of Egyptian An
tiquities at Bulak contains very inter-
esting collection of plants which have
been found in the catacombs and sepul-
chral monuments of the country. DR.
Schweinfurth was the first to study this
ancient flora, which contains no example
of plant that does not grow to-day in
the Nile Valley. Nor does the most
minute examination show the least differ
ence between the vegetation which -four
ished fifty centuries ago and that OF the
present time. In some cases the color OF
the flowers can be clearly distinguished,
as, for instance, the purple larkspur, the
red poppy, the reddish-brown saffron
and the blue lotus.
The leaves of the watermelon contain
grains of chlorophyll perfectly visible in
the microscope. All these were found
in great numbers in the burial places of
the fifteenth dynasty, 5000 years B. c.,
and in one tomb of the same time some
ears of barley. In later monuments were
discovered mustard, fax, cucumbers,
lentils, pine cones, juniper berries, dates,
hollyhocks, chrysanthemums, figs, olives,
onions and grapes. Around the necks
and upon the breasts of the mummies OF
100 B. C. were garlands of celery
leaves and blue lotus flowers. In regard
to the various specimens of grain dis
covered, it may be added that no at
tempt to make them grow has ever sue.
ceeded, the plants having been subjected
to great heat at the time of the embalm-
ing and burial, which, while it preserved
them, destroyed their terminating power.
The cases in which mummy wheat is said
to have been raised are due simply to the
fraudulent mixture of modern with the
ancient grains.
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" Send Down 113."

The Philadelphia Times is responsible
for the following remarkable story:
Out in the far West on one cold night
in January horrible accident occurred.
Snow several feet in depth covered the
ground.
The little town Of B was perfectly
quiet and not one Of its inhabitants
dreamed OF the scene of disaster thai
would soon be witnessed. The small
station house was for the time deserted.
the station master having gone to tht
store not far distant. Poll, the station
masters parrot, sat all alone in the cozJ
little station house ever and anon talking
to herself. "Polly want cracker;
Pretty Poll. Pretty Poll" Then with
a wise shake of her head she flew to s
shelf that was just above the telephone,
rang and receiving the answering ring
shouted, "Send down 113." Then
flying back to her perch she was quietly
sitting there when the master returned.
There was no telegraph in that part Of
the country, and Poll had often watched
her master talk through the telephone to
the station-master at Jerome, small
town not many miles distant. In about
half an hour the passenger train was due.
When it was nearly time for the train to
come the station master thoug ght that ht
head the noise of train In each direc'
ton. but concluding that he was mis-
taken he did not trouble himself to look
out. In a few minutes the passenger
train passed up, but it did not stop, and
in another moment fearful crash was
heard. Snatching up lantern the
station-master hurried out. A fearful
scene was before him. The freight train
attached to the engine 113 had come into
collision with the passenger train.
Fifteen passengers and both engineers
were killed and five passengers were in.
jured seriously. In a short time the
whole town was astir. The injured were
cared for and an engine arrived ano
pushed the broken cars on side-track.
Much excitement prevailed throughout
the town. The people wondered who il
was who had telephoned to the station
master at jerome. They did not solve
the mystery for many long day anc
both station-mssters very nearly lost theiI
situations, but asnothing could be proved
against them they were allowed to re-
main. One evening in Jnne as the
station master at B sat doing in his
chair he wa; aroused by hearing the tele.
phone ring. Looking up he saw Pol!
sitting on the shelf above the telephone
and heard her call out in her shrill voice
Send down 49,"
At last the mystery had been solved.
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HOW TO ROAST A TOUGH TURKEY.

This suggestion is for the housekeeper
who keeps her wash boiler as clean as she
does her soup-toureen or pudding dish
not for the one who uses washing COM
pounds and leaves the remains of them on
the sides of the boiler, and not for the
one who has the least doubt about her
boiler being as fresh and free from un-
wholesomeness as it was the day she
bought it. Of course an old boiler is
not to be thought Of. To roast tough
turkey to suit the taste of fastidious
party is not an easy thing to do, unless
some heat besides oven-heat can be put
to use; and the housekeeper who is lucky
enough to possess a pot big enough to
boil without spelling the shape of the
turkey before roasting, may think her
self fortunate. Still, boiling will not do
for turkey what steaming will, and it
is for steaming that 1 recommend the use
of new or perfectly cleaa wash-boiler.
Prepare your turkey as for roasting;
set couple of tin cans in the boiler with
water not quite to the top of them: rest
your turkey on them, cover the boiler,
and steam until the meat begins to be
tender, then finish by roasting in the
oven, as you would ordinarily-and any
one who has not seen your method of
cooking could not tell the turkey from .
Young one.-Prairie Farmer.
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Mothers Strangely Equipped.

The author of "King Solumon's Mines
and "Allan Quartermain" has had much
laid to his charge-from plagiarism to
downright lying, but as time goes on it
becomes every day more apparent than
the only South African romancist has a
considerable modicum of truth ut the
bottom of his seemingly most bizarre
conceptions.
Take. for instance. The NapGi, 4 small
tribe of bush people living between the
Kaverezi and Yankotoi, who. among Il
number of other curious habits. slit the
skin over both shoulders in the form OF g
loop, and which, by being upheld, per-
mits a second cuticlc to Srow be'-eath.
A corresponding slit Is made on
each side OF all the young ladies
of this interesting people. the
loops, when the girls develop into
womanhood, forming four ''naturar,
resting places for child, either at the
breast o. back, the straps Of flesh on the
shoulders being for the hands Or arms
md the others for each baby leg.-
Johannesbuu Is. Afaican) Standard.
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Tall Mountains.

The highest mountain in the world so
far as known, is Mount Everest, in the
Himalayas, India, 29,0 feet above
the sea. Probably Kanchinjings, in the
same range, is the next highest, 2S, ,156
feet; the next highest is Illampu, one of
the Andes, South America; the next is
Aconagua, 22,422 feet, and the next is
Chimborazo, 81, ,424 feet. Both OF these
are in the Andes range. The highest in
North America is Mount st. Elias, Alaska,
1900 feet; the next Mount Popocapetl,
in Mexico; the next Orizaba, near the
last. The highest of the Rocky Mount
aims so far as now ascertained, is Mount
Harvard, 1883 feet. The highest
mountains of Africa, according to latest
explorations, are Kilimanjiero, 1915,
and Kemia, $4,000 feet; both of them
are in the range in which the Nile and
Livingstone Rivers take their rise, and
are called the mountains of the moon.
The chief mountain of Europe is Elburz,
in tn. Caucasus, not far from the Black
Sea
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Animals and EARTHQUAKES.

The terror of animals during earth
quakes is a phenomenon which is we'll
known in countries where these disturb
ances of the earth occur. The agitation
of cattle, sheep, horses, dogs and domes-
tic fowls is often great, even at the very
first warning sounds and movements OF
an earthquake. In Japan, and in Italy
as we'll, it is believed that animals are
aware that an earthquake is coming be-
fore it arrives, and make signs showing
their fear.
Pigs, dogs and geese are said to be
the best earthquake prophets, and the
people watch these creatures very closely
when they begin to act strangely.
Men of science explain in this way the
supposed prophesying OF earthquakes by
certain kinds of animals. 1t is supposed
that, by means of their superior physical
sensitiveness, animals perceive the first
p.emonitory shocks of earthquake, which
are 50 gentle as not to be pcrceptible to
the duller sersibilities Of human beings.
Animals, rs :: rule, are rot mac.
afraid OF thunder and lightning, or other
ordinary convulsions OF tumults of na-
ture. The difference is probaoiy due to
the fear which animals almost always
have Of anything that appears to be out
of the course Of nature. This fear has
been called the superstition of animals.
This superstition" is shown by dog
when e bone is snatched away from hlm
by concealed person, by the aid OF
thread attached to the bone. The dog,
seeing the bone disappear, apparently by
its own motion, and being quite unac-
customed to see bones move on their
own accounts generally SO badly fright
ened as to run away.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

1t is not safe to use rubbers on fruit
cans after they are stretched out and yell
low.
A scrubbing brush, warm soap suds
and plenty of elbow grease will do Won
ders on an old dingy oilcloth.
If windows are wiped off once week
on the inside with slightly dampened
cloth it will save washing so often.
If you have suspicion of moths in
your carpets, scrub your floor with hot
water and salt before relaying them, and
sweep salt over the carpet once or twice
during the month.
Silk thread is soaked in acetate of lead
to increase it's wei ight, and persons who
pass it through the mouth in threading
needles, and then bite it off with the
teeth, have suffered from lead poison
ing.
When trying to thread a sewing ma
chine at twilight or in any imperfect
light, place bit of white cloth or paper
back of the needle eye. By this method
the eye can be found and filled much
easier.
Where house is afflicted with Chin
neys that smoke, it should be borne in
mind that the best preventive to the
nuisance is to open the windows of the
room ten minutes before the fire is lit.
and not simultaneously with the lighting,
as is generally done.
To properly sharpen carving knife
the carver ought to be held at an angle
of twenty to twenty five degrees on the
steel. When the other side of the blade
is turned, you must be careful to preserve
the same angle. Then draw the steel
from heel to point against the edge,
using only slight pressure.
The squeaking of shoes is due to the
rubbing of the upper upon the under sole.
This is prevented by putting soapstone
powder between the two thicknesses of
leather, which acts as sort of lubrica-
tor. A shoe which has squeaked can be
cured by the dealer or co5bler simply
by ripping the soles apart, putting in
soapstone, and sewing or Pesging the
leather together again.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
HYPOCRITES.

Half cup Of milk; of soda half spoon;
Two eggs beaten well, and added very soon.
Flour now to make this stiff enough to roll:
Roll thin; cut in squares tyou cannot use 1t
whole;
Fry these "hypocrites' in lard to a nice
brown;
Lay in deep dish the puffy beauties down.
To boiling water now-abouta pint will do
One cup of sugar add; one-third cup butter
too.
A little nutmeg CRATE, and these together
boil;
Then pour over the cakes; serve hot, lest they
should spoil.
e. L. Sanford, in Good Housekeeping.
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EIGHT colleges were built In Kansas durin
500 Reward. S1O0.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis,
ease that science has been able to cure IN all
its stages. and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
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ternally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system, thereby de.
stroying the foundation Of the disease, and
giving the patient strength by building up the
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Send for list of testimonials. Address,
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A Pleasing Sense

OF health and strength renewed and Of ease
and comfort follows the use Of Syrup OF Figs,
as It acts in harmony with nature to effectual-
Iy cleanse the system when costive or bilious.
For sale in SOC. and 81 bottles by all leading
druooists
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And each day and night during this week you
can get at all druggists Kemp's Balsam for
the Throat and Lungs. acknowledged to be the
most successful remedy ever sold for the cure
of Coughs, Group, Bronchitis, Whooping
Cough, Asthma and Consumption. Get bot
tie to-day and keep it always in the house. 80
you can check your cold at once. Price Soc.
and 81 Sample bottles free.
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SaDbatarian Cats.

In illustration OF the ca; 5 Intelligence,
IL writer tells OF one named GuadalQuiver
which was fed On horse flesh brought to
the door. Every secular day during the
week he went out and waited for the
coming Of the cats meat Tlan, but never
did so on Sundays. Another SSbbata-
rian cat belonging to Mr.. Trubner, the
London publisher, always went out to
meet its master on his return from "the
city," but was never known to make tue
mistake Of going to meet him on sup
days.
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Queensland, the Youngest OF the Aus
tralian colonies, is three times rs large
as France and nearly six times as large
as the United Kingdom; yet it contains
a population of less than 400, 600.
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g Sold by Druggists. 75c.
THERE are over 1000 beggars in the EN-,
lire OF Russia.
'Tis sad to see a woman growing old before her

'Tis sad tosee woman growing old before her
time
All broken-down and hopeless when life
should hold its prime;
She feels herself burden when blessing she
should be
And longs for death to bring her release from
misery.
If these poor, discouraged women who suffer
from diseases peculiar TO women could only
know that health could be regained by the use
of DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, how Gag.
erly they would hasten to avail themselves Of
it. They ought to know it. and try it, Every
woman who is still healthy ought to be told
about the wonderful virtue in this medicine,
the terrible diseases common to her sex. 1t
guaranteed to give satisfaction or money paid
for it will be refunded.
Cleanse the liver. stomach, bowels and whole
system by using DR.. Pierce's Pellets.
RREEcEEs among the Greeks was the gar
ment OF slavery.
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Actually 416 privates and non-co,n-
missioned officers and twcnty-three Off
GERS of the Austro- Hungarian army de-
stroyed themselves in the year ended.
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Wash 'ng powders are strong alkalies, and
ruin clothes. The purest soap obtainable is the
best and cheapest. Dobbins's Electric soap
has been acknowledged for "A years to be the
pureSt Of all. Try it right away.
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n-nnnn. the Paradise OF Farmers,

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Mild, equaole climate, certain and abundant
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To.Nioht and To-N1orrow Night,

MORE than 10OO,0O miles of telegraph wiz
are in operation in the United States.
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The Best Route 10 Iowa and Dakota
Is the illinois Central r. r. The shortest and
best equipped line Chicago to Sioux CITY, Iowa,
and Sioux Falls, DAKOTA. A. H. HANSON,
Gep'I Pass. Agent.
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The Plain Truth

sthat Hood Sarsap arifia has cured thousands OF
IeopIe who suffered severely with rheumatism. IT
peutralizes the tactic acid in the blood, which
causes those terrible pains and aches, and also Vi
1aIizes and enrches the biood thus preventing the
recurrence OF the disease These facts warrant uA
in urging you, II you suffer with rheumatism to
give Hoods Sarsaparilla trial.
Having been troubled with nfammatory rheu-
matlsm for many years, my favorable attention
was called to Hoods Sarsaparlllu by an advertise.
menL OF cures 1t had erectci. ! nave now used
three bottles OF Hoods Sarsaparll!a and can already
testify to beneficial results. I highly recommend
it as O great blood purifier. -. c. AYERS West
Bloomfield, y. Y.
Hoods SarSapari!la
Sold by all druggists 81; six for S.. Prepared only
by C. J. HOOD q CO., Apothecaries Lowell Mass
100 CoSeS One Dollar
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FLORIDA is making preparations for another
snb-trupical exhibition.
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New Jersey poultry ralsers have formed
State Association for the protection and
encouragement of their industry.
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Gllbert's Dress Innings

TRA.. POTTER & CO.'S Is Cent Plas-
Sars cnre Rheumutism, Bnckache, Kid
ney complaint. Heart Disease aud Con-
sn mpfion, Manufactured at WatertOwn, n. Z.
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RREEcEEs among the Greeks was the ga
nento slavery.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1890-02-21
storm. and adjourned it sine die.

storm, and adjourned itsine die.
The House Committee OF cleo
tions have already decided four
out Of the seventeen contested
election cases. Pendleton, from
the First West Virginia district,
democratic, has been told that he
must give up his congressional
chair to Atkinson, Republican.
l.. p. Featherston. Union Labor
candidate for the first district OF
Arkansas has been seated over W.
II. Cate, Democrat. Barnes Comp
ton, Democrat, from the Fifth
Maryland district, must give way
to Sidney e. Mudd, Republican, OF
the "Bill Jones' Wilkes Boothe
fame, and reversing the order,
Richard H. Clark, "a democrat
from the First Alabama district
was allowed to retain his seat
against Frank III. Threet, Repub-
lican. 1t is said the cases remain
ing undisposed Of will be the next
order of business in the commit
tee and House.
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The February Century.

The midwinter (Feburary) Cen
tury is notable among other things
for the final installment OF Lincoln
biography. The chapter includes
the Capture Of Jefferson Davis" +"
"'Ihe End of Rebellion, and 'Lin-
colin, Fame" Two poems on
Lincoln follow the close of the life
Zone by Stuart Sterne and the
other by James I. Mckay, and
supplementary papers on the
Pursuit and Capture Of Jefferson
Davis" by General Wilson, who
commanded the Union cavalry,
and by William P. Stedman, of
Company B., who was an eye-wit-
ness. In the open Letter" de-
partment is an arecdote of Jeffer-
son Davis, showing his indigns-
ton at the proposition to use cor
cealed explosives in the coaling
stations of the United States Ma
Wy. There are comments also in
the "Open Letters" on the Lin
coin History, one of which defines
McClellan's political position. IL
a foot-note there is given a very
interesting unpublished cores
pondence between Edward Evere t
and President Lincoln on the ad-
dresses delivered by the two ora
tors at Gettysburg. The Lincoln
life has run through forty num-
Der of the CENTURY MAGAZINE.