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The Castor Oil Plant.

The castor oil plant has been generally
believed to be indigenous in India,
although it is now found growing in
most OF the warmer parts of the earth.
In tropical countries it some"imes attains
q height OF forty feet, but in the more
temperate regions it j.: much smaller,
seldom attaining more than twelve feet
in height, and often not more than i've
or six feet. The leaves are alternate,
and arranged on long stalks. The blade
is about nine inches across. The castor
oil plant grows in almost any kind of
land in the tropical regions, though il
naturally grows best in light, sandy
loan. 1t is not an exhausting plant. In
India the seed is sown in August or
September. In cooler districts it is not
sown until the middle of October. Into
the shallow rows that are marked on the
land five feet apart two seeds are
dropped at distances Of five feet and
covered with two inches of soil. At
this rate it takes 34S4 seeds to plant an
acre.
The yield of castor oil seed per acre
will be from fifteen to twenty-five
bushels. A bushel Of good seeds will
yield with a hydraulic press two gallons
and three pints of oil. With an ordinary
screw press the yield per bushel will be
about two gallons. In addition to its
medicinal uses castor oil is used in India
for burning in lamps or for soap making.
1t is also extensively used all over the
world for the fabrication Of machinery,
and it holds high place for many
technical purposes.-Boston CulbVator.
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King George II. and bear his monogram.
Other portions of this service were gwen
bv CAPTAIN Thomas Tudor, 1724, and
Leonard Vassall, 1870. The baptism
bowl was presented by Arthu: Savage
in 1872. The clock was placed IN po-
sition in 174O, and the large Erben or
gan in 1756. The latter is an lnstru-
ment of fine tone.
The first monument erected IN this
country to the memory of Washington
was placed in Christ's Church in 1913.
This was the gift of Shubael Bell, Esq.
Underneath the church are spacious
vaults, and here were inferred many dis
tinculshed men, prominent among them
being Major Pitcairn, the leader OF the
British forces which fired on the provln-
cials at Lexington. Among the hand
some memorials in Westminster Abbey
is one in honor of this officer, but his
body in all probability still rests beneath
Christ Church. When his remains were
demanded by relatives in England
body supposed to be that OF Pitcairn
was forwarded by the sexton, but 1t was
later discovered that the remains were
undoubtedly those of Lieutenant Shea,
who somewhat resembled the gallant
Major, SO that the monument IN west
minister is unquestionably over the body
of man who died peacefully at home.
A PRAYER book of the Major is still IN the
possession of a Boston gentleman, IN
which the following is written on the hy
leaf:
Major Pitcairn's compliments to the gen.
tleman overhead, and begs he will not snore
so loud. as it disturbs his slumbers.
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,ne mothers should be careful net to MAKO
choice Of large flowers for garniture, so that
the child may not seem to be wearing her
big sisters hat. In the illustration is given
3 very good example of becoming hat for
little mIss-a yellow straw ornamened
with garland of daisies and bows of straw
colored ribbon. Certain flowers have a
Young look about them when full blown,
and they are the ones to make choice of for
children's hats. All wild flowers 60 we'll
with youthful faces and are particularly
becoming for such as have the wild wood
land air about them. No one would think
of getting orchids or peonies or tulips or
poppies or tiger-liiies on child's hat. Would
not daisies or heather or wild roses or forget
me-nots or pansies or apple-blossoms be
more appropriate? A very becoming bit of
headgear for some children is the wide
brimmed fancy straw with Sicilian crown,
which is of silk or woolen stuff striped
something like liberty cap and has
silk tassel that falls gracefully over the
brim.
Long skirts of the Kate Greenaway style
should be used with great discretion even in
cold weather Such gowns are really not
fitted for walking purposes at all, and
many cold gets its first lessons in stiff
and awkward carriage by being rolled up in
these so-called picturesque costumes. Every
child in good health has far more vitality
than he or she has any use for, and it must
he worked off in swift motions and semi
boisterious play, the limbs. particularly, be-
ing left free and untrammeled. Short
skirts, therefore, should be the rule as the
warm weather comes on: and gowns should
be straight and loose and not loaded down
with heavy sashes. Very pretty effects are
attained by trimming the skirt and cuffs
with bands of velvet ribbon of darker
shade than the dress, the ribbon also Eeing
used to stimulate the yoke. You will find
charmingly picturesque little gown repre-
sented in the illustration. 1t may be made
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CURIOUS FACTS.

A machine has been invented which
makes 80, 00O corkscrews every day.
From the birch trees of Russia there
are made annually about O,ooO spoons.
Bees raided a Canadian. candy store
and held the fort till killed by sulphur
fumes.
Once every eight years all locks on the
United States mail bags are changed to
insure safety.
Peterge Observation-Disclosures is
a native of Buffalo, according to that
city's directory.
If London's streets were put end to
end they would reach from that city to
St. Petersburg.
About 300 organ grinders arrive in
London every June from Italy, and leave
again in October.
Wild strawberries are spoken of in
Sponsors "Faerie Queen" Shakespeare
speaks of their cultivation.
An ancient copper mine, which was
first worked 1888 years ago, is about to
be reopeaed in Musasbi, Japan.
Edinburgh (scotland) University 10
one Of the chief medical centres in the
world. 1t was founded in 1882.
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Nothing can be prettier than stamped
foulard for a young person, and nothing
more appropriate for summer wear. The
illustration pictures such gown. The skirt
has three ruffies made of bias stripes. The
charming little guipure fgrro is outlined
with ribbons set off with double bow, as
indicated. 1t is exactly the same at the
back. There is also ribbon belt, the
sleeves carrying out the same scheme OF
garniture. The Eton Jacket has developed
into one of the RACES of the moment, but
very few of these garments are Eton except
in name. The true Eton bas small close
sleeves, and should invariably be worn with
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Big Rats of Ceyl0n.

Particularly in the animal and vege-
table world Ceylon is filled with curl
osities. Among the most remarkable of
the inhabitants of the forests are rats
that make their nests on the branches Of
trees. Frequently they visit the dwell
ings of the native people, where they
are eagerly pursued and devoured by a
kind of snake known as the "rat snake, !"
specimens of which are commonly
domestlcated for the purpose of destroy
ing the rodents. So rapid are these
ophidians IN their movements that rat,
once spied, has small chance of escap-
ing. There are rats of another kind on
the island which nest among the tree
roots. Like the Jennings of Norway,
they migrate in vast numbers on the oc-
currence of q scarcity of food. They
attack the coffee plants and the Malabar
coolies are so fond of their flesh as to
prefer to labor in those districts where
the coffee plantations are invaded by the
ANIMALS. For eating, the rats are fried
in cocoanut oil or made into a curry.
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the dominic.

1t is said that General Gage, from q
comfortable porch in the steeplc, wit.
messed the burning Of Charlestown and
tie battle of Bunker Hill.
The interior of the church, while re-
tanning its ancient architectural features,
has been greatly beautifed and adorned.
The chancel decorations are costly and
artistic. the paintings of great beauty
being the work of celebrated Boston
artist. Historic memories in abundance
cluster around its time honorcd walls,
and its quaint interior is we'll worth a
visit from the antiquary.-New York
Herald.
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In the crypt at period succeeding the
Revolution were discovered the skeletons
of number of British officers killed at
Bunker Hill, piled one on another, their
tattered uniforms clinging to the bones.
During the Revolution the British troops
ouartered in the West End attended SER
vice at this church, greatly to the an
noyance of the good people of the par
isb.
During the exciting Lexington and
Concord period the Rev. Mather Byles,
a pronounced loyslist, was the rector.
He left Boston in 1775 and went to St..
Johns, where the atmosphere was more
COZ genial. The Rev. William Montague,
said to have been the first Episcopal rec
tor ordained in America to be received
in an English pulpit, was for many years
rector of Christ Church. It was to him
that Arthur Savage gave the fatal bullet
taken from the body of General Warren,
who fell at Bunker Hill, and this some
what ghastly relic was long treasured by
the dominic.
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A Floating Island in the Pacific

A strip of land nearly half mile long
and an eighth of q mile wide is said to
be floating on the Pacific Ocean off the
poiut OF Cape Flattery. Captain George
w. Torrey, of the fishing schooner Alice,
reports that two weeks ago his vessel was
almost run down by the floating island.
The captain and crew went on it and
made partial exploration. There was a
hut and small farm on the island and
other signs of habitaticn, although there
were no signs of life.-St. LOUIS Globe
Democrat.
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up in various materials but more appropri-
ately in crepon, six or printed goods. The
blouse and tight sleeves should be of plain
goods. The particular charm of the costume
lies in the original use made of fchu ef-
feet. You get here back view of it, show
ing how it discloses q round yoke. In front
the two ends cross and termina Q on the
shoulders, where the ends hook. There is q
straight ruched collar. The upper sleeves
are made very full and are gathered on the
tight sleeve at the elbow.
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August. !.
Flower /

"I am Post Master here and keep
a Store. Ihave kept August Flower
for sale for some time. I think it is
a splendid medicine." E. A. Bond,
P. NJ, Pavilion Centre, N. Y.
The stomach is the reservoir.
If it fails, everything fails. The
liver, the kidneys, the lungs, the
heart, the head, the blood, thenerves
all 60 wrong. If you feel wrong,
look to the stomach first. Put that
right at once by using August
Flower. It assures a good appetite
and a good digestion. O
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How's This 2

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
any case of .catarrh that cannot be cured by
taking Halls Catarrh Cura.
F; J. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, o..
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tions, and financially able to carry out any OBJ
legations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo.
WALDINa, K1NNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o..
Halls Cafarrh Cure is taken internally, act
Ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
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tain amount of garniture is always to be
commended. For summer costumes, how
ever, all appearance of heaviness, all over
weight effects should be carefully avoided.
Above all things should child's costumes
be in strictest harmony with its coloring.
Soft tints should be chosen, such as melt
into the pink and white of the complexion,
match the soft golden of the hair or the sky
blue of the eyes.
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The Ladies'.

The pleasant effect and perfect safety with
which ladies may use the California liquid
laxative, Syrup of Figs, under all conditions.
makes it heir favorite remedy. To get the
true and genuine article. lork for the name Of
the California F.. syrup Co., printed near the
bottom OF the par kaRe.
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Admirable results have attended the
artesian borings in the Sahara, and this
has led to demand being made by the
inhabitants in other portions of the des-
ert
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The low price of corn, and the high
price of mutton, has given an impetus to
feeding of sheep as special industry
with enterprising farmers.
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transfer of merchandise was done under
cover of darkness.
Several images of saints which adorn
the organ front were taken from French
ship by the privateer Queen of Hungary,
in 1746, and presented by the Captain.
An ancient Bible Vinegar edition., five
PRAYER books and portions of the silver
communion service were presented by
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The Dreaded sleeping Car.

Coughs, Colds and Pneumonia are contracted
in the Palace Sleeper spite Of all precautions,
save one, and that is to be armed with bottle
OF DR.. Hoxsie's Certain Group Cure. This is
not only cure, but u uldpr III preue ttUs "f
Crup AM Pneumpuid. Sold by prominent
druggists. SOC. Manufactured by A. p. Hox-
sic Buffalo, N, Y,
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E|
CURES
MALARlAL
POISON
LIFE HAD NO CHARMS.

LIFE HAD NO CHARMS.
For three years was troubled with mala-
rial poison, which caused my appetite to fail,
and I was greatly reduced in flesh, and life
lost all its charms. / tried mercural and
potash remedies, but to no effect. could
getno relief. then decided to try SSS
A few bottles of this wonderful S6&8
medicine made complete and permanent
cure, and I now enjoy better health than ever.
]. A. RICE, Ottawa, Kan.
Our book on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Atlanta, Ga.
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It's proposed to lay submarine cable
in the Caspian Sea.
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The shado,os

THE shado.cs
that fill your life, if you're a feeble,
suffering woman, can be taken out
of it. The chronic weaknesses,
functional arrangements, and pain
full disorders peculiar to your sex,
can be taken away. The one
untailing remedy for them is Dr..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
It corrects, cures, and builds you
up. 1t improves digestion, enriches
the blood, dispels aches and pains,
melancholy and nervousness, brings
refreshing sleep and restores health
and strength. For periodical pains,
internal Inflammation and ulcera-
ton, weak back, leucorrhea, and all
kindred ailments, it's positive spe.
cifc-one that is guaranteed. II
it fails to give satisfaction, in any
case, the money paid for it is re-
turned.
The great, gripping, old-fashioned
pills make trouble. DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets prevent it. Theirs
is the natural way. Sick Headache,
Biliousness, Constipation, Indiges-
ton, and all arrangements of the
Liver, Stomach and Bowels are pro-
vented, relieved and cured. SMALL
est, cheapest, easiest to take
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Mr.. J. Lane, general manager Georgia South
ern and Florida Railroad, says: - was entirely
relived Of headache by Bradycrotine in fifteen
minutes. 1t is the only thing that relieves me. "
All druggists, fifty cents.
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THE REALM OF FASHION
WHAT TO WEAR AND EOW TO
MAKE 1T.
a Pretty Dress For Girl Between Eight
and Ten Other Novelties,

ICTURED here is a
] very pretty little
dress for a child Of
s to 10. 1t may be
made up in almost
any material. You
finish the skirt in
front with bands of
embroidery. There
is also an eInbroid-
cred plastron and
collar. The plastron
is framed with fold
ed braces and the
belt is also made in
the same style.
While simplicity
should always be
the key note in
fashions for chill
dren, for nothing
looks more ridicu-
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A FAMOUS CHURCH
WHERE HUNG THE SIGNALS FOR
PAUL REVERE.
Old Christ Church, Boston, and Its
Historic Associations-How the
Edifice Was Built-Soted
Bells-The Interior.

N Old Salem street,
Boston, is a pictur-
esoue church edi6ce,
the oldest in town
standing on the orig
inal site, the stately
steeple of which has
long served as a bea-
con for vessels enter
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II afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
son bEye-water. Druggists soil at 5c.per bottle.
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DO You READ ADVERTISEMENTS

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If you are troubled with malaria take
Beechams Pills. A positive specific. Nothing
like II. rs cents q box.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-18
THE TEMPLE OF BAAL.
Description of the Ruins OF "A Once
Magnificent Binding.

Blackwood's Magazine.
There rises a huge wall seventy feet
high, inclosing square court, of which
the side IS 740 feet long. Part of the
wall, having fallen into ruins, has been
rebuilt from the ancient materials. but
the whole of the north side, with it's
beautiful pilasters, remains perfect.
AS the visitors enter the court they
stand still in establishment at the extra
ordinary sight which meets their eyes,
for here, crowded within those four high
walls. is the native village of Taumor.
1t was natural enough for the Arabs to
build their mud huts within these ready
made Notifications, but the impression
produced by such village In such a
place is indescribably strange.
The temple, so to speak, is eaten out
at the core, and little but the shell re-
mains. But here and there futed
CorInthian column or group of columns.
with entablature still perfect, rises in
stately grace far over the wretched huts,
the rich, creamy color of the Limestone
and the beautiful mOuldingS of the capt.
tails contrasting with the clear blue of
the cloudless sky.
The best view of the whole is to be
obtained from the roof of the naos,
which, once beautified and adorned with
sculpture. is all now battered and de-
faced, and has been metamorphosed
into squalid little mosque. To de-
scribe the view from that roof were in
deed hopeless task. High into the
clear blue air and golden sunshine rise
the stately columns, crowded and jun
bled, and heaped together below. un-
touched by the gladdening sunbeams,
unrefreshed by the pure. free air, lies
all the squalor and wretchedness of an
Arab mud-hut village.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-18
MINNEAPOLIS.
Chamber of Comrucrce.

The wheat markets were easy, partly in
sympathy with decline in corn and partly
due to The situation in New York and
abroad. Cables were very quiet, but with a
fair demand in Liverpool. Paris reported
French markets steady. New York reported
that the stored supplies increased 345,.
600 Blu of No. red making 80. 000 blu for the
last three days. Exports for the week were
cording to Bradstreet's. The markets were
generally dull. Wheat closed as follows
No. Hard-On track. 73c. No. Northern
September. 7ulsc; December, 7O7sc; May,
track. 64@66c-
FLOUR AND COARSE GRAINS.
Flour-lseceipts. $50 bbIs; shipments, 36. 951
bbls. Quoted at SiQ4.40 for first patents;
fancy and export bakers: SIG o.. Is for low
grades in bags. including red dog. Flour is
very quiet.
Corn-Receipts, 4,2Oobu: shipments 1850
bu: corn is strong at 43@44c for No. 3.
Barey-Receipts, $40 bu; shipments.
1,l4O bu. Barley is strong and active at $50
5612c for choice.
Oats-Receipts. 1850 bu: shipments, $3.50
bu: quoted at 30@3ls4c for No. 3 white and
new. 2JGl3cI2c for No. and No. oats.
FlaX-Fiax sales are based less freight on
the Chicago market. Chicago flax closed at
$1.06
Rye-ReceIpts. $40 bu, shipments, 1.SCO bu;
was quoted nominally at 49@5ic for No.
good at present prices
Feed-Mlllers held at SIT 25@l7.75 per ton:
less than car lots, SI7.T@lS25; with corn
meal at Sl6@l6. so per ton.
Hay-Receipts 127 tons; shipments none
Receipts were somewhat larger today. but
dealers report the market steady at quota
tons. We quote upland hav at IS. 50@l and
new timothy nominally at SS.5c@sI0 per ton
The demand is reported to be fair for the
season.
Some Sample Sales-No. hard, car nc;
No. northern. / car, 71s4c; No. 1 northern,
car, old, 74c; No. l northern, 8 cars, new,
7ll2c; No. l northern, l car, new, re: No. .
northern. 3 cars &c; No. northern, cars,
76isc: No. 3 northern. 2 cars, SOC; No 3
northern, car. Gle; No. northern, / car,
&c: No. northern, l car, soc.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-18
QUININE AND pE.RU-NA.
Two Great Malarial Remedies
Compared.


Nothing is more clearly demonstrated
than that there are two distinct forms
OF malaria, which. for the want of bet
ter names, may be denominated acute
and chronic. 1t has been recently shown
is different in the acute and chronic
forms: The acute form is commonly
known as fever and ague or chillS and
fever This form of the disease is too
well known in malarious districts to
need description, and is generally cur
able by large doses of quinine, though
Pe-ru-na. The chronic form of
malaria is by no means so
well understood. as the symptoms
are hardly ever exactly. alike in any two
cases. and it is rarely, if ever, durable
by taking quinine. Each case presents
slightly different symptoms. the most
common ones being dull headache, sal
low complexion, furred tongue. bad
taste, poor digestion, shivering feelings.
hot flashes, cold feet and hands, and
constant tired feelings.
Quinine will not cure cases of chronic
malaria. as above described. Pe-ru-na
is the only specific for such cases. Pc
ru-na is sure to cure. leaves the system
with no arrangement, and produces no
drug habit hard to leave Off, which Qul-
nine will do.
Pe-ru-na is tor sale at most drug
stores, accompanied with directions for
use; but those who are using it should
send for the Family Physician No. l, a
treatise on malaria. Sent free by The
Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Com
pany. Columbus, Ohio.