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A South African Weapon.

mentioned the assegai as the weapon
of the Matabeles, writes q correspond
cnt of the New York Sun. The assegai
is a spear or javelin of different form,
size and weight, according to the tribe
to which it belongs, for oil South
African natives used, or did use until
recently, the assegai as weapon of de-
fence. 1t is made of iron, sometimes
with straight and sometimes with O
barbed point, so that it cannot be drawn
out of flesh. Some tribes poison the
tips of their assegais with On unknown
poison, so deadly as to cause the death
of man or beast which it penctrates. 1t
is said that doctors find it impossible to
save the life of any one who has been
wounded with the poisoned assegais OF
the Bushmen. The motives attain won.
derful skill in throwing their assegais.
1t is said that the average native can
throw his assegai with almost perfect
accuracy O distance of over fifty yards,
and with force sufficient to cause the
weapon to 60 through the body of a mau.
It was the assegai that proved so deadly
to the English troops during the Zulu
war. The assegais are much more to be
feared than rifles in the hands of natives.
1t is the custom of natives to creep upon
an enemy and suddenly rush forth in
great numbers and hurl thousands of
assegais, preserving one for o hand to
hand combat. This was the case in q
horrible massacre of the English in the
Zulu war,
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The Locomotives Limit.

In regard to the much discussed ques.
ton as to the rapidity With which loco
motive can run, says the Electrical Re-
viev, some interesting official figures have
been given by Mr.. stretton, an eminent
English engineer, showing briefly that
the highest speed ever accurately taken,
was with Bristol and Exeter broad
gauge engine having nine foot wheels,
and which was as long ago as 1853,
officially timed OF speed of just over
eighty miles an hour for short distance,
this occurring in tho case of falling
gradient and with light load. He also
distinctly asserts that this speed IS the
maximum that can possibly be obtained
with locomotives of the present type,
the cause Of this Deing, he declared, that
at such speed as that the resistance Of
the air, the back pressure in the cylin'
ders and the friction altogether have be.
come so great that they absorb the whole
power of the engine, while the pressure
on the wrong side of the piston becomes
doubly increased by the fact that the ex'
haust steam cannot be got out of the
cylinders fast enough
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Victims of Bunco Men.

Within the past two years professional
bunco men and confidence operators
have stolen nearly 5000, 900 from variou.
victims in Ohio and adjoining States.
This enormous sum, so far as can os
ascertained, has been stolen by about ten
men, whose income thus derived is,
therefore, greatly in excess of that re.
ceived by many high-priccd banking
officials, and far more than that of sc
per cent. of business men who are reck.
oned wealthy and successful.
Strangely enough, not one of these
swindlers, who are we'll known to the
police of the country, is in prison, but
on the contrary, all arc at large, some in
foreign parts, enjoying the pleasant usu-
fruct of the ill-gotten gains. Their vic.
tins, on the other hand, being for the
most part men who were compelled to
carve out their fortunes by dint of hard
work, remain complainingly OF home,
cursing the hour when they permitted
their cupidity to get the better of theil
good judgment, for q reasoning man
would at once penetrate the thin disguise
that is thrown around the well-known
schemes that the swindlers so successfully
execute.
In every case the sufferer is an aged
man, generally a wealthy farmer or a
leading business man in some small COM
munity, and in nearly every instance the
method of swindling is identical, conclu-
sive proof of the forgctfulness that old
age brings on, for the press and the po.
lice never fail to spread broadcast the
news Of each JOB and to issue e. q warning
against being taken in by future attempts.
Despite these precautions the bunco men
have been known to carry out several
robber;es within hundred miles of each
other, allowing about forty-eight hours
to elapse between each crime. In this
strange inattention to warnings the
thieves find their greatest security, and
the police encounter the object that
battles them most to prevent their dcpre.
dations.-Cincinnati Inquirer.
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Origin OF the PaMnbr0ker's Sign.

Six hundred years ago or SO q Tuscan
doctor of medicine got some money and
proceeded to set himself up in the world,
and in hundred years or so his family
was of considerable importance in Flor
encc. They were not ashamed of theit
origin, and displayed oa their coats ol
arms three golden pills; their name, too,
dc Medici, showed their origin, for il
meant descendants of the DOCTOR" OF
medicus. Besides being merely mobiles
this family dealt in money, lending it at
high interest on personal security. II
time these persons who lent moaey OIL
such security adopted the three COLDER
pills of the Medici family as the sign Of
their business, and pawnbrokers all ovel
the civilized world display thcm.--Neu
York. Sun.
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Novel Phase Of Russian Prison Life.

A curious phase of prison life is ez-
hibited by medical correspondent Of Q
Moscow paper. 1t often happens that a
respectable man is confined in prison for
O few days for somo slight offense. At
times even On elder of small COM
munity must submit to such O penalty
for what the Russian law calls neglect
of duty. Such person is retained in
large room together with lot of obdu-
rate criminals, who are either awaiting
trial or sentenced to be put at hard labor
in o fortress. When the respectable
prisoner comes among them they begin
to press him for "a treat of good fellow
ship" He must send for q bottle OF
brandy. If he is not as liberal as they
want him to be they harass and torment
him. Should he make threat to com.
plain before the authorities of their con-
duct, they Immediately decide upon per-
forming on him the cooperation OF cup
ping" as they call it. The poor fellow
is then stripped, stretched on o bench,
and held fast. His mouth is stuffed With
a rag so that his cries cannot be heard
outside. A spot on his breast is made
wet, and one of his tormentors rubs it
with his unshaven chin until the skin be.
comes red. Hereupon another one slaps
that spot with his fiat hand with all his
might. A large blister Immediately ap-
pears on the wounded place. This is
what they call setting o cup. Six or
eight such "cups' are sometimes set on
the breast, the sides and the back OF
the sufferer, 50 that he is unable to lie
down for several days. In some In
stances more serious injuries are caused
bv the blows he receives.
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The Game OF Colors.

A new out-of-door game called "the
colors" has been invented in England. 1t
may be played by four or eight players.
For the four players the materials for the
game are four sets of five posts painted
red, white, blue and green. Each player
has little rack on which she or he car
ries eight rings, two each of the same
cclors, and two small flags bearing the
letters "R" or "L," signifying right or
left. =;
There are also flags painted black to in
dicate o miss or "fault." The court
should be sixty feet long by thirty-six
feet wide. To arrange the ground the
posts are planted in sets of five, each post
two feet six inches apart from its neigh
Dor, in figure which would form q cross,
the first or starting set being at one end
of the ground, the end or finishing set at
the extreme end of the court, exactly op-
posite the start, and tho side sets in the
middle of each side of the court.
Each player being furnished with his
complement of eight rings, which have
previously been shaken up In bag, two
partners stand on each side of the start
ing set of posts, facing each other. The
whole object of the game is to get rid of
the rings in such manner that they re-
tain their proper sequence on the posts.
There is no throwing or running.
The players walk leisurely from set to
set, deposit their rings if they can, and
then walk on to the next get of posts. Ono
player may get rid of ring by placing it
on his partners ring, and any player may
play two rings following if possible.
There is no hurry or scurry, but there
is certain amount of science in the game,
and, Of course, itmay be varied in many
waJs. 1t may be called the quadrille of
garden games. 1t will never in any way
Interfere with tennis, because it appeals
to totally different people from tennis
players, but there is plenty of room for
it, and it certainly is prettier and more
interesting than croquet, though it seems
80 simple Mail and Erpress.>
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A Gorceous Maus0leun.

After five years. litigation, during
which time the interest on the large sum
bequeathed has accumulated, the Ameri-
can courts have decided that the gor-
geous mausoleum on the hill overlooking
Spa, in memory of an American lady
whose maiden name was Sarah Strother,
is to be built. The edifice in question
will be an exact replica Of the chapel OF
the Knights of St. John at Rome, and
the interior will be composed entirely of
white Siciliau marble and mosaics. The
bodies of the Strothers will lie under
three tombs in crypt; the garden sur
rounding the church is over four acres
in extent; a spacious house is to be
erected for the perpetual guardian, "
the English chaplain for the time being,
and the whole to cost nearly $500, 600.
The rest of the Baroness Fahnenberg's
enormous fortune is to be devoted to the
construction of almshouses in Kentucky.
London World.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
FARM AND GARDEN.
Right IN PEARS.

DLlJh1 1N
+ The disease which affects pear trees by
blackening the limbs is known as fire
blight. It also affects ounces and ap-
Piles. It is quite probable that the pres
ence of ounces in q pear orchard is not
desirable, as these trees may infect the
pear trees, but pears are attacked and
destroyed when there gre no ounces
near. The first appearance of the dis
ease in tree is shown by the profuse-
ness of bloom, an expiring effort OF ma
ture, no doubt, to resist the fatal at
tack. Then the leaves fade early and
drop off, and the small twigs are seen to
be black and dead in places. The best
thing to do is to cut back the tree to
the main limbs, leaving only head,
which will sometimes save it and make a
new healthy growth. To prevent it
liberal dressings of fresh wood ashes or
air-slaked lime should be given, and q
pailful of water, in which four ounces
of sulphate of copper are dissolved,
should be sprayed over each tree. As
this is washed off the limbs or falls to
the ground it reaches the roots and en-
ters the tree in time.-Neu Vors Times.
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MISTAKES IN PRUNING.

+ a common error iu pruning, says Pro-
fessor ID. E. Lantz in the Ir,dustrialist,
Is the idea that branch which is TO be
removed should be cut one or two inches
from the trunk, leaving stub. An ex-
animation of these stubs two or three
years later reveal dead place extend
ing deeply into the wood and doing
permanent injury to the tree. On the
other hand, q considerable branch may
be removed from thrifty tree if cut
close up to the trunk, and the scar will
grow over Is q single season. After O
tree is once started in q psrmanent place
it ought not to be severely pruned. Dur
ing the first season of growth there is
often o tendency to put off new shoots
along the trunk. These must be removed,
but they can be easily rubbed off when
they first appesr. If left there is o
tendency of the part above these shoots
to die. At least they lack vigor and
make but little growth. A commea mis-
take In pruning is to cut the tops ont of
large trees. Tho finest trees are those
that grow in the natural form. Any at-
tempt to make dwarf Of q treo is unnat-
ural and shows want of taste, horticultu-
rally speaking. Eycrgreels especially
should not have the tops removed unless
they arc grown in hedge. Tie natural
shape of tree is not seen in S,,erowded
forest, but its shape when growing freely
IN an isolated position, =
In all correct pruning the ssst prin.
eipls Is based upon the fact that sap al
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GOOD BITTER.

In addressing the Vermont Dairymen's
Association, Professor Cooke gave the
following practical suggestions. ;,
"The best butter is that which best
suits the taste of the person for whom it
Is made. The keeping quality Is no longer
considered essential. The consumers
want to be as near the churn as possible.
They no longer want high favored ar
.ticfe, but most persons of refined taste
ike it nearly like sweet cream IN taste.
Agents urge the merits of their various
systems of butter making. By following
out the season it will probably be seen
that every one has taken first prize,
perhaps several. Every ope has also
made abominable butter. The man, the
cow, and the feed have more influence
than the system. Dairymen are wisely
changing their herds so that they may
engage in winter dairying and go como
ND to the times. The methods of to-day are
very different from those of twenty-five
years ago. Less labor is required, while
the quality is much better. A man whose
taste for good butter is educated is will
ing to pay for it, but will demand three
things. A clean COW giving healthy
milk, good feed, and cleanliness in every
stage Of the process. As regards ensilage-
fed butter, no expert can tell this in the
world if properly done, unless the odor
is absorbed by the milk afterit is drawn.
When this is fed the stables must be we'll
ventilated and free from the odor. The
cream should be churned as soon as the
acid appears so as to get that creamy
taste. In the winter the cream will
churn better if thinred with warm
water.
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from time immemorial, considerable
quantities have been collected round
London and on the Kent pastures for ex.
port to France. In the latter country
there is no squeamishness; most people
there only regret that snails are too eS'
penslve to be INDUCED in frequently. In
Covent Garden the common snail often
appears for sale; the purchasers, however,
are almost exclusively members of the
French, Austrian and italian colonies Of
London,-Scotttsh ReDieao.
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A Lake That Never Freezes.

Lake Chelan, in Eastern Washington:
never freezes, although i'll latitude forty.
eight degrees north. The reason glvct
is that it is so deep, and the warm water
always rises from the bottom to supplani
thecold,;. which goes down to warm it
self. y The Indisns fish in the lake at al:
seasons, s,>apd use SALMON eggs for bait
ClicaQd .TimsS.:.
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FLOWING DEEP.

All soils cannot be treated alike, and
because one farmer finds it best to plow
deep should not be accepted by every
one as conclusive evidence that deep
plowing is the best under oil circum-
stances, and especially is this the case
where shallow plowing has heretofore
been the rule.
: It is not good plan, in old ground es-
pecially, that has been plowed shallow
for number of year, to oil at once bring
several inches of subsoil to the surface in
which to plant crop. And yet this
would not imply that if properly done
deep blowing would not be more profit
able. Either one of two plans should be
followed-the plowing should be deep
ened gradually, or, if plowed deep for
the first time, the work should be done q
considerable time ahead, so as to give the
different elements time to act upon the
soil. If the land is plowed deep in the
fall for the first time, usually by spring
it will be in a fit condition for planting,
or if plowed in spring it can be sown in
the fall. But some soils should not be
plowed deep, even when this plan is fol-
lowed; while with others the deeper it is
turned the better.
j. The character OF the soil should largely
determine the kind of plowfng that
should be done, and land that has been
previously cultivated, if deep plowing is
the best, should be deepened gradually,
turning up little subsoil at each plow-
ing, until great dep.h has been stirred.
Generally, if done properly, deep plow-
ing and shallow preparation aad cultiVa-
ton will be found the best, and deeply
stirred soil will induce more vigorous
growth, while the plants will be able to
stand moisture better than when only
plowed shallow. So that when the char
acter of the soil will admit, the better
plan is to plow deep and thorough, TAX
ing care to do the work in good season.
= The, action of the light, heat, cold,
ram, snow and air is to render available
plant food that is already in the soil, and
If the subsoil is brought to the surface in
this way in sufficient time to be acted
upon by these, the work can be done
with benefit.
E But before plowiDg deep, understand
the character of the soil and know that
1t will stand deep stirring.-Prairit
Farmer.
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AU on one side
the offer that's made by the pro-
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DR.. sage's Remedy produces per
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Nearly every article sold is cheapened, in
bins's Electric Soap is sr7ctly to-day what It
twas in 1885, absolutely pure, harmless and uni
orm. Ask your grocer for it. Look out Tor
Mutations
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less in effect, quick and positive in action.
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Judicious Speculation.

Money invested in sums Of from 81 to S.
weekly or monthly will make you fortune.
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DR.. L. L. Gorsuch, Toledo, O., says: II have
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An Argument That Will Not Fatigue Yo,

ILLINOIS ranks first among the wheat States
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Woman, her diseases and their treatment.
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An argument Inht VIII Not ratiVue 1ou'
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Fodder Corn.

After the field corn is planted, plant
an acre or two of fodder corn, to fur
nish succulent green food to cows,
pigs and horses when the dry, hot,
summer weather comes in July and
August. No matter if pasture is
abundant, the crop will not come
amiss, and it is well to be provided
with an abundance of good fodder,
1t is much cheaper to raise plenty OF
fodder than it is to buy it-or go
without. Plow up the ground, har-
row it fine, run the rows three feet
apart, spread manure in the burrows
and SOW the corn in the drills eight
to ten grains to the running root, and
cover with cultivatOr. If manure
cannot be had, SOW some standard
phosphate, one handful to every three
feet of row, and keep the soil cult
waited between the rows. Rough,
stony ground had better have the corn
broadcasted, and harrow the corn in.
Broadcasting is not as economical
way as growing in drills, but it is
much better than going without.
Land that is thin and about run out
had better be put in this crop, or an
equally good plan is to check the
land out both ways, put a little fer
tilizer Zone handful to three hills in
the hill, and drop four or five grains
to the hill. Give good cultivation,
ane when the silk of the ear is black
and dried, Cut and shock in good
sized shocks, and feed it dry as
wanted during the late fall and early
winter.