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Another picture is that of milk
man. Milkmen are very numerous in
Manila and they may be seen hurrying
in every direction in the early morning
hours. Why they hurry do not know,
for they seem to have very few custom
ers and plenty of time in which to serve
them, but they always travel at dog
trot. The milk they sell is from the
water buffalo, very rich, and with a
rather rank flavor. 1t requires to be
diluted with water to make it palatable.
The costume of the milkman in the pic
ture is what might be termed full dress.
As general thing he is seen without a
hat and with his trousers rolled up.
lone of the articles of food relished
by the natives of Philippines is 'bibinca,
a combination of boiled rice, grated
cocoanut, sugar and buffalo milk, baked
in a large fiat cake and cut into small
diamond shaped pieces an inch or two
thick and three inches wide. 1t is sold
in the streets in the early morning by
native children. The boy and girl in
the picture are babinca peddlers.
Chicago News.
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and missionaries, and it is thorough
one. The people are all devout, strict in
their observance of religious duties, abso-
lutely controlled by the church, and as
industrious as could be expected in a
climate where, during the hot season, no
white man can safely venture outdoors,
except il the early morning hours and
after sunset. Some of the women are
very pretty, Notwithstanding their Mala-
van type of features and their high cheek
bones, which remind one of the Ameri-
can Indians. But, whether pretty or
not, they are all picturesque, the men as
we'll as the women. send you some
pictures which will illustrate the various
types.
lone of these pictures is that of
native belle. She has bright, express
sive face, and soft, black eyes full of
animation. She is modest and drops her
eyes bashfully in the presence of stran-
gers, but has for her intimate friends
smile fascinating in the extreme. And
there are many such faces among the ma
llNeS, OuC Cdu sCC eaSiA 1e oALAo3e ohy
hour of the day on the streets selling
g1ssas of various kinds, returning to OF
from their places of employment OF
peeping coyly out of the one window OF
the hut. These girls are never tall mol
awkward, but their forms are just as
nature made them, not distorted and de-
formed by the fashionable dress appli-
ances of civilized life. They are ignor-
ant of the ways of the Western world:
"Another picture is that OF Spanish
Mestizo, the offspring of white father
and native mother. She is a fair type
fher class and wears the usual costume.
It consists of long skirt of heavy silk
and a waist and neckerchief of pima cloth
embroidered with white silk, linen or
cotton. Some OF the skirts are beau
tifully painted and embroidered and cost
fabulous sums, for there are many very
wealthy people among the Mestizo class,
who, although they could not be wei
coined in the best society, form an aris-
tocracy of their own, which is very ex-
clllsiye
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Facts About the Holly,

Many must have observed that hollies,
when standing as individual trees, have
no berries, much to the disappointment
of those who love the associations con
nected with its snowy red fruit. A
recent paper on the holly in the "Pro'
ceedings OF the Academy of Natura
Sciences of Philadelphia, "saows that the
plant is really, though not apparently,
unisexual. Reasons arc given for be,
lieving the famous English holly to be
also unisexual, and the shortness of tn,
holly berry crop, 50 often regretted by
English journals, is not to be attributed
so much to the laziness of the honey bee
which is usually dragged in to account
for all sorts of good and bad deeds
among flowers in the Old World, as the
failure Of the winds to carry the pollen
from the pollen bearing to the pistellate
trees. 1t is conceded that bees play no
part, or very minor one, in the cross.
fertilization of dlpcious trees, as when q
bee starts to get pollen it continues in
that line of work, for the time, at least.
The honey gatherer IS never diverted
from its task to collect pollen.-New
York Independent.
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A HindOO Gold Bug.

iThe ancient annual ceremony OF "Tal.
barsm," or weighing the Maharajah Of
&avancere against an equivalent weight
gold, has come round again. 1t ap-
bars to have been conducted this year
tn great pomp and ceremony, for the
esent Maharajah is a Hindoo of the
thodox type, who appears to keep up
e traditions of his home. Some months
fore the ceremony, the Government
[rchased through its commercial agent
Alleppo, about 1000 pounds weight
pure gold, the greater part of which
As converted into coins for this pur.
se. After presenting an elephant and
erlngs to the shrine, the, Maharajah
tered the building prepared for the oc-
sion, and having completed the pre-
binary ceremonies, mounted one Of the
ales.
The sword and shield we-e laid in his
: p; in the other side of the scale gold
ins struck for the occasion, were placed
the first and second princes till it
tuched the ground, and the Maharajah
Sc in the air, the priest meanwhile
anting Vedie hymus. Volleys were
| ed, the band played, and the troops
esented arms. The Maharajah wor-
Iiped at the shrine and then went to
c palace. Subsequently the Dewa n
I'D other officials distributed the CO ins
|om the fort gates to about $4,000
fahmins.
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There's a wide difference
between the help that's talked of
and the help that's guaranteed
Which do you want, when Jou're
buying medicine?
If you're satisfied with words, you
get them with every blood-purifer
but one. That one is DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. With
that, you get a guarantee. If it
doesn't help you, you have your
money back. On this plan, medi-
cine that promises help is pretty
sure to give it.
But it's because the medicine is
different, that it's sold differently.
It's not like the sarsaparillas, which
are said to be good for the blood
in March, April, ard May. At all
seasons and in all cases, it cures
permanently, as nothing else can,
all the diseases arising from a tor
pid liver or from impure blood.
It's the best blood purifier, and
it's the cheapest, no matter how
many doses are offered for dollar.
With this, you pay only for the
good you get.
Can YOU ask more?
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ALMONDS, PEANUTS AND MAcARooNs.
sslted Almonds---A common way Of
preparing the nuts is to blanch and dry
them, then put them in a new baking
tin and allow one large tablespoonful Of
butter for each pound of almonds. Set
them in moderate oven, shake and
watch them until brown, drain off the
grease and sprinkle with salt. Keep in
cold place; serve in fancy dishes.
Place on the table before the guests are
seated and pass several times.
Sailed Almonds, Rule No. 2---Pour
hot water over them, blanch and wipe
dry, put them in wire basket, have a
kettle of hot olive oil, smoking hot, sink
the wire basket in the oil for moment
and out again. Sprinkle the almonds
with salt and put them in cool place
until they are ready to serve.
Sailed Almonds Prepared in Cream
Blanch one pound of almonds, wipe dry
and soak in sweet cream enough to cover,
one hour, skim out and dry, scatter salt
over them through salt sitter, put on a
baking plate and set in a moderate oven,
shake often and brown.
Sailed Peanuts.--Thcse are much used
and preferred by some to salted almonds.
Get the uncooked peanuts, shell, put
them on a tin in the oven to dry, then
rub off the brown skin and put them in
a baking tin with two tablespoonfuls of
olive oil tor every quart of nuts. Set
them on top of hot stove, shaking and
stirring them all the time until they are
a rich brown---take up on skinner and
drain. Sprinkle with salt and cool.
Mrs. Rorer's Rule for Cocoanut Maca-
roons--Beat the whites of five eggs
until light not stiff, then add by degrees
one pound of powdered sugar, q tea
spoonful of rosewater, and half pound
OF shredded cocoanut, mix carefully and
thoroughly together and dip by tea
spoonfuIs on creased paper, leaving
space between each. Bake in a mod
crate oven until light brown. They
should be first busted with powdered
sugar.
Hickory Nut Macaroons Crack
en- ough hickory nuts to have cupful
of meat, pound fine; make frostlng
of the whites of eggs beaten to a stiff
froth, add fine sugar enough to sweeten,
stir ir the nuts, butter the hands and
make into balls the size of large hickory
nuts, place on oiled paper in dripping
pan far enough apart so they will not
touch each other when they spread.
Almond Macaroons. pound OF
almonds, shell and blanch; after peeling
put in the oven a few minutes to dry,
pound in clean mortar, pour out and mix
with fine sugar, one and half pounds,
beat the whites of nine eggs little and
mix with the nuts, beat we'll together, II
too thin add more sugar, flavor. Drop
with spoon on sheets Of foolscap paper,
leaving a space between. Bake in slow
oven about twenty minutes. Do not
try to remove them from the paper until
cool, then turn them bottom side up
and they will loosen.-New York OBJ
server.
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they wear it, adds greatly to their ma
tural beauty.
"In addition to the women and girls
employed in these occupations will be a
large number of skilled toy-makers. The
latter are artists in their way, and some
of their products are very pretty. The
curious figures of natives, animals, birds,
ETC., which they make of wood and a
preparation that know nothing about,
are exceedingly lifelike.
1.-The manufacture of native hats aud
shoes aud other articles, some of which
are among the principal sources of wealth
in this archipelago, will also have place
in the building. Outside of it, and oc-
cupying as much space as we can afford,
will he native huts, with all their fur
nishings, and the natives themselves
with their bancas, or boats, and their
fishing appliances.
"Of course our space will not suffice to
show either the natives or the pecuiari-
ties Of all the islands. Many of the
islands have never been fully explored
and it would not be safe for a white man
to venture upon them. Even the interior
of Luzon, the principal island, one on
which Manila is situated, is really terra
incognita and contains tribes which hate
Spain and the Spaniards and would be
likely to kill any white man who ap-
peared among them. They would not
take time to inquire his nationality.
Most of the natives are very quiet and
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Eating the Flesh of Poisoned Animals.

The subject of the use of the flesh Of
animals killed by poison has been studied
by Schmidt Muheim with view to de-
termine whether, if eaten by men, such
flesh would be injurious. AS reported
in the Revista Internazionale d'lgiene of
Naples for June, 1891, it may be used
without any danger whatever. Many
savage races constantly use the flesh of
the animals that have been killed with
poisoned weapons and have never been
injured by that means. Harms has
proved Universal Medical Magazine)
that the flesh of animals that have been
poisoned with nux vomlca and with tar
tarized antimony is not at all hurtful;
Feser has demonstrated the same fact in
regard to strychine and eserine; Spsllan-
zani, Zappi, and Sonnenschein have done
the same for arsenic. Froehner and
Knudson have made some experiments
for this purpose with strychine and with
eserine. They fed dogs with large guam
titles of mutton poisoned with strychine
aid eserine, and they found that no in
Jury whatever was done to the animals.
Besides, they themselves ate some of the
poisoned meat and drank soup made from
It, and found that the flavor was good
and had no injurious effects whatever on
the system. In regard to the alleged in.
furious effects caused by the meat Of
animals poisoned with hellebore, and
which had eaten belladonna leaves, the
authors have shown that the accounts
published in this regard have not been
proved and require further tests.-
Science.
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CLEANING BLACK SILK.

The Partisan method for cleaning black
silk is as follows: Thoroughly brush
and wipe with cloth; then lay upon a
skirtboard and sponge on the right side
with coffee that has been strained
through muslin. Iron on the wrong
side. The coffee removes every particle
of grease and restores the b-illancy of
silk without impartlng to it either the
shiny appearance or crackly or papery
stiffness obtained by beer or, indeed, any
other liquid. The silk really appears to
be thickened by the process, and this
good effect is permanent. Experiment
on ribbon or cravat and be satisfied
that this is the best method for cleaning
silk.-Detroit Free Press.
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When Snake Poison Is Harmless 8.

Nature seems to have provided that no
bison which acts externally shall have
~ effect internally, and vice versa.
bus the most deadly snake venom can
; swallowed with imprnity, the juice
the stomach presumably decomposing
and rendering it harmless. Many ex-
Priments have been made to prove this.
one occasion recorded by Humboldt
be person swallowed the whole of the
bison that could be obtained from four
allan vipers without suffering any bad
bnsequences. In the same way the
bison from the envenomed arrows of
! 3,uth American Indians can be swal-
wed with safety, provided only that
bere is no wound on the lips or inside
j the Observation-Disclosures Post.
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RADWAY'S ;\ !.
II PILLS

The most perfect, safe and reliable Cathartic that
as ever been compounded - PURELY VEGE-
FABLE, positively containing no Mercury or other
leleterious substances; having all the beneficial
roperties that Mercury is possessed of as catharc
Without the danger Of any Of its evil consequences,
hey have superseded Mercury and have become the
etZkof Modern Science Elegantly coated and with.
Rurtaste, there Is no difficulty In swallowing RAD
RAY'S PILLS, mild and gentle or thorough In
sr Operations according to the dose, they are the
ksorttes Of the present time
They cure all disorders of the Stomach, Liver,
s0weh, Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous Diseases, Loss OF
Appetite, Headache, Cost!veuess, Indigestion. Dys
fepsis, Bflousness, Fever Inflammation Of the Bow.
s Piles and all the degrangements OF the Intern al
riscers. Is cents box.-.old by druggists. DR..
RADWAY & CO, Sc Warren Street, n. Y. City.
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WllCl mas COuCeSSiou ioi sniS e>nAoAo
and for which Mr.. Lynch is manager.
Mr.. Lynch sailed from San Francisco
last February and expects before his re-
turn to arrange personally for displays
from all the principal islands When 1t
is known that the group contains forty
six islands, with an aggregate land area
of la, 900 square miles and popula-
ton of 5000, 900, the magnitude of bis
task can be easily understood. The
report to the Chicago company is written
from Hong Kong, where the manager
had gone to take steamer for Bangkok
via Swatow. An aggravating, though
amusing, incident is related to show the
difficulties of travel in that region OF
everlasting delay. 81 was to have
sailed this morning." writes Mr.. Lynch.
"but l was the only applicant for
saloon passage and the captain concluded
he could make more money by filling the
cabin with freight. That is the way they
do in this part of the world. I must,
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
A NOVEL CREEPING. RUG.

A novel creeping-rug to be laid upon
the nursery floor when the baby starts
out for o crawl is made on a foundation
coarse Holland, bound with Turkey-red
cotton. The rug, which is about two
yards square, is scattered with objects
either cut out of plush and velvet and
appliued in place or worked with col
ored woods so as to have raised effect.
If worked with wool, the objects must
first be padded with wadding. Dogs,
cats, mice, bees and d beehive, balls and
whips, fruits and flowers, and pictures
of li.tle children may be used in the
decoration.-NewY York Post.
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Living Bottles OF Ink.

Housewives of New England have
growing abundantly on the seaside rocks
in their neighborhood little living bot
ties of indelible ink, not to be excelled
in beauty or durability by any manufac-
tured product, since neither acid no al
cohol will affect this juice of the wh.lk.
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therefore, wait for the regular steamer for
Singapore, and at Singapore I shall
probably have to wait two or three days
for steamer for Bangkok. These de-
lays are very trying to the patience of
an American, especially If he is in
hurry. However, I ought not to COM
plain, for have got along better than
anticipated. I have made arrangements
for fine display of the products and
industries of the Philippine Islands.
Senior Bonifacio Arevola, of Manila, will
have charge of it. He is to have con-
structed a building sixty-six by forty
five feet, modelled after h native house
of casa, and ship it to Chicago in Sec
tions. In this the industrial features OF
the exhibit will be shown.
Zone part will be devoted to the
manufacture of cigars aud cigarettes and
cigar and cigarette cases. Some of these
cases are of very curious workmanship,
and although they are both cheap and
convenient they very rarely find their
way to America. In another section OF
the casa will be shown the manufacture
of jusa and pima cloths. The former is
made of abaca, species of Wild banana,
known in commerce as Manila hemp.
Pima is fabric made from the fbers OF
pineapple and banana plants, and is
often finer than India muslin. 1t sells at
enormous prices, a single dress having
been known to bring $500 and more.
Naturally it is not very generally worn
by the native women, who are usually
very poor, but it is popular with the
European ladies and with the Spanish
Mestizos, or half-breeds, and worn as
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CatRrrh Can't be Cured

With local applications. as they cannot reach
the seat Of the disease Catarrh Is blood or con-
stilutional disease, and in order TO cure 1t you
have to take internal remedies. Halls Catarrh
blood and mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh
Cure is no quack medicine. 1t was prescribed
BY one of the best physi clans in this country
for years, and Is u regular prescription. II is
with the best blood purifiers, acting directly
on the mucous surfaces. The perfect comb.
nation of the TWO ingredients is what produces
such wonderful results IN curing catarrh. Send
for testimonials free.
-. CHENEY IL Co., Props, Toledo, O.
Eo1d hv ru,.~iSte ~riS.a T5c
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A Scythe ~ Old us u uses.

An Egyptian scythe, dug up on the
banks of the Nile in 1899, is exhibited
among the antiquities in the private
museum of Flinders Petrie, London.
The shaft of the instrument is of wood
set with a row of fine flint saws, which
are securely cemented iu a groove. This
discovery answers the oft-asked ques-
tion: How did the stone age man har-
vest his crops2-St. Louis Republic.
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What Is q "Texas7"

every few people know the origin of
the word texas, as applied to a certain
part of steamboat" said an old river
captain at the Laclede last night. "All
modern boats don't have the texas,
though it was an essential of the old
system in the halcyon days of steam
boating. The texas, you know, is that
apartment of the upper deck just be-
meath the pilothouse where the crew
shifts sleep. The word was first applied
in the troublous times of the '30s and
'40s, when Texas was first fighting for
Liberation from the despotic rule Of
Mexico, and afterward when the United
States was plunged into war with the
Aztecs to maintain the rights the brave
Texans had wrung from Santa Ana. Re-
cruits from the United States were car
ried down the Mississippi to New
Orleans, and thence across the Gulf to
Texas to help the Lone Star men in their
war. The boats that took them down
the river were the first to construct the
apartment for the crew, and that sup
ports the pilothouse. This innovation
in boat building made it possible for
travellers to peer through the little
windows from an elevation that enabled
them to see a greater scope OF country on
both banks than they had before been
accustomed to sweep with their vision.
The innovation coming on just at the
time that Texas was causing such COM
motion all over the world, passengers
and boatmen with one accord always re-
ferred to the apartment as the texas.
The name has stuck to it ever since, and
is about as good as any other, though |
often hear people wonder at its origin"
st. Louis Globe. Democrat.
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Syrup

Regis Leblanc is a French Cana
liam store keeper at Notre Dame de
6tanbridge, Quebec, Can, who was
Eured of a severe attack of Congest-
on of the Lungs by Boschee's Ger
nan Syrup. He has sold many a
bottle of German Syrup on his per-
konal recommendation. Ifyou drop
him a line he'll give you the full
acts of the case direct, as he did US,
Ind that Boschee's German Syrup
brought him through nicely. It
always will. II is a good medicine
Ind thorough in its work. q
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WORDS UF ADVICE
FROM A NOTED PHI YSICIAN.
A Former Student of Sir Morrell
Mackenzie, Of fI,ondon, England.

Every physician Of extensive practice ad-
mits the difficulty-nay, almost hopelessness
of treating Nephritic (kidney, troubles
successfully. After seventeen years e1-
perience in practicing my profession l had
reached the same conclusion, and that our
usual therapeutical agents were wholly mad
equate to cope with such diseases, when my
attention was called to DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root
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The immigration from England, Scot
land and Wales does not change much
from year to year, but remains close to
$4,000 annually.
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A train a mile and quarter in length
was lately hauled over the Reading Rail-
road by Single engine.