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Bean Crop of India.

The reason assigned by the English
commission for not expecting any
larger supply of wheat from India is
that thc land within reach of railways
or waterways that can be spared from
rice and pulse is SO limited that it for
bids any further extension of wheat
cultivation. Th3 pulses, or pea and
bean crops, occupy larger area than
the rice. There are very great number
ofvaricties of bush beans and peas, and
of trailing plants varying in the pro-
portion of nitrogen and in other re-
spccts. They arc cultivated in the
hot lands and in the very coolest parts
of India as well. Certain bushy beans
are grown as a food crop with India
co:ton-somc imcs planted around the
field for its protection, sometimes in
alternate rows. OF these varieties of
bean and pea there appears to DO very
little knowledge in this country
T Atlanta Constitution.
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Juvenile Cau,lOr.

A little 6-ycar old, pretty as pic
turc and wonderfully bright, was in
vitcd out with few frien Is Of her
own age the other evening. 1t was
at Cass avenue residence that the
little misses and and masters were
entertained After an hours romp,
during which our heroine showed n
prccocious dignity, dinner was served,
the lady of the house giving her
personal supervision. When she
reached this particular little girl tho
matron said, care yon well helped,
my little dear?"
"Oh, I'm beautifully helped. Be-
yoo-tifully, but what Kind of a partner
have you given me? lie sits here
just like little dummy and hasn't
said single word since we came TO
the table,
The small boy slid under the table,
the good lady laughed and the pretty
little miss capped the climax by de-
claring that she would be so much
obliged if she could be helped TO
another partner. Detroit Free
Press.
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A FEATHEREp KICKER.
Bird which Hold. n. own with .


DIR. f. Ushmor, Of London. fel'o-y o.
the Royal Geographical Society and q
sportsman q note, who hrs been in
Arabia and other remote parts OF thi
globe hunting for biz game. has arrived
IN San Francisco from North Queens
Iahd ana the desert region KIN 1wn ~ the
North Territory in Australia. This H.
an enormous stretch Of country thou
sands OF miles in area. infested Nv can
nibais, In which are slant emus. won.
bat, and wallaby. II was to hunt tho
emu That DR.. Ushmer made his trip
there
A party Of US went up in that far
north region, he said. the other night.
we were among the cannibals, wi are
great IN size, be ng six and n half feet
nlgh, and physically perfe {. II is q
dry, sandy region for the most part.
Enus IN large numbers are to he found
over this territory. We hunted hem
on horseback, and 1t was rare sport, for
the reason that they can run as fast as
a horse, and very good one at that.
We found the catching of cmus almost
as interesting rs coursing. besides hav-
ing certain spice q danger about It.
An emu can kick as hard as a horse,
- - hi'AA hlNh't ~ Uutu ny AnAl
vicious bird that their legs were broken.
III had my choice of being kicked by a
morse or an emu, think | would take
Tho horse. The emu stands on one leg
and with the other strikes quick and
most paralyz ng low. / never would
have believed that a bird had such power
had l not had oracular evidence Of 1t
during this trip. After two or three Of
/ our men had suffered from the terrible
( kicks Of these birds we did not venture
near them, but, after running our horses
till we got close enough, would bring
them down with our rifles. We did not
approach them till we knew they were
dead.
We killed thcm for their feathers. al
though they are not SO valuable as th)s
OF the ostrich. We also hunted for the
eggs. which arc to be found in the sand,
but in doing tn We took care not "a
collide with the emu Tn eggs are more
in demand than the feathers. They ar,
very beautiful, and are so tough that il
Is difficult 10 break them. Professional
turio-makcIs drill hole in each end,
take the inside out. and then the shell
carved and mounted in silver There ard
three layers OF the shell, and the cary.
ing shows three colors The silver ia
set in the first layer. So thick is il. an
when 1t is all carved and ornamented by
the silver It is hnnds)mc
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QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

II. China they eat honey with ham.
Violet colorcd clothing is used at
funerals in Turkey.
There arc over seven hundred pieces
in high-grade bicycle.
Projected railroad construction is
for.y per cent. less that last year.
On tho large ocean steamers eight
barrels Of fl iur arc used daily for the
rolls. bread, cakes. pies, etc, manu-
featured.
Within the past decade nearly all
the English bishops have changed the
form Of their signature into its Latin
equivalent.
On the once famous Orchard farm
in Massachusetts, stands n pear tree
which was planted in 1880 by Gov
ernOr Endicott.
At Reading PENN wedding the
otis. day among the wedding presents
was displayed u liberal consignment
Of homemade soup.
A Philadelphia lawyer won case
that had been in the courts since 1914
by exhibiting a 1884 signature that
was lately discovered.
A Chinese in San Franciso, Cal,
was considcratc enough to commit
suicide the other day in strange
house, so as not to bring bad luck to
his relatives.
There is a whirlpool in the Santa
Fc river, three miles northwest of
High Springs, Fn., into which 1000
feet of line Las been lowered without
finding bottom.
Mrs. Priscilla Scroggins of Hare
county, Ga, Vho is said 10 be ll5
years old, has now living twelve
children, IO3 grandchildren, CSC great
grandchildren, and $50 grcat-great-
grandchildren; in all a famiy of 1874
souls.
The number of island, large and
small, in all the oceans of the world
amounts to ono hundred thousand.
The smallest inhabited island is that on
which Eddystonc (England) Lighthouse
stands. At low water it is thirty feet
in diameter.
During the recent cyclone in Kansas
COW was lif ed from the ground,
carried 10 the top of house and de-
posted on the angle of the roof,
where she could neither fall nor be
taken down. SO they had TO go up on
the roof and kill her.
Before the invention of bottle Jacks
the turnspit dog was used in England
TO turn the spit OH which the joint
was roasted, for which purpose they
were attached to q sort of wheel. 1t
is a qucor-!ooking dog-vcry long
bodied and very short-lcgged, and is
possessed of Il great degree of intclli-
gcnce.
Hicks pond, in Palmyra, Me, is a
strange body of water. 1t is only
twelve acres in area, but is more than
100 feet in depth. l. has 10 visible
inlet, although a fair-sizcd stream
flows from il into lake Sebasticook.
The volume Of is waters is not mate
rally affected by either droughts or
freshest, and the water is always cold.
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.. What is Alajastin,y
a. Alaba-tins is a DURABLE coating for
walls an ceilings.
.. Is it the same as kalsomines?
a. IL is entirely different from all other
preparations on he market.
.. Wherein does it differ from these kul-
somines on the market?
A. IL Is made from q cement that goes
through process of setting on the wall, an
grows barrier with age.
.. What are kalsomines made from?
\. From Writings. chalks, clays or other
inert powler for a base, and are entirely
deepen ent upon glue to hold them on the
wall.
O. Why do kalsomines rub an scale?
A. Because the glue, being animal matter.
decays in a short time by exposure t. air
and moisture. and the binding qualities of
the material are then gone.
.. Does the Alabastine contain any in
furious substlnceS
A. Alabastine has been most carefully
tested, and is recommended by leading sani-
tarians throughout the country, on account
Of its sanitary nature.
q. What has the same investigation
shown regarding wall paper?
A. Sanitarians condemn, in strong terms,
the use of wall paper for walls of living
rooms, on account OF the poison usel in its
manufacture.
Q. Can anything but plain work be done
with Alabas,ine?
A. Any kind Of work from plain tinting
to the most elaborate decorating can bo
done
Q. How can learn to do this work and
decorate my house?
A. BY writing the Alabastine Company.
Grand Rapids, Mica, for book Of instruc-
lions and suggestions, an illustration OF
stencils; also showing SIX sets of intel wall
ie,igns, sent free.
Excuse the liberty / take, " rs the convict
remarked when he escaped from the state
prison.
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.-,.. hlss,c 1 thtnx Is memory How Il
-. a., the pleasures nt the plst am ~ ies
us ii. asautness. You recall your chi',i
49, .tavs do you not. AMI visa theY "ouHi
,',,,rrs You rene no r the plea ant sOcl-
a,;nns while ibr un leasant ones are y" got
IN perhal 10 your nun co'il'S W -
' =" 100 friYu T. IL was once pal 81 J lac :
~ y, L,,,,..d marks Of pain, lines OF care. "
- 4 T., ue d dug tnto the hereafter, the
s',,tnovu future. And ten you rfah no
" 49,, ,ht.u.,t how " recov ere ITS rosy hue,
-, AZ tccsme picture OF hapiin IS an
No Won rcnen her the q things Many
ss,.aule DO, aud glad tell now the ne llth re-
turned how happiness came bacS, now the
word seemed bright Tney tel how they
we're once weak, nervel'st pernap' ~ pau,
.a,tnnIv unhappy. They toll OF sleerless
.,t,bts r u ess days, untouched foo :, u L
s.tn,g nerves. Aud then they tell how they
becnne happy, healthy an strong once
r,ore You have heard u o ten IN the past
have vou not? You have heard people de-
scrite now they were cured AMI Kept IN
hcniibP You certainly can remember What
II i that has helped people in America. IL
- listen to what Mr. Aunii Jennes' NIL
inr WHO is known universally as the great
drsss reformer says: six years ago, when
s,fYsriur from mental care and ovCrwork. l
received the most pronounced benefit from
the Use Of that great medicine, warner :
safe Cure" Ar, now you remember. Now
won recall how many pro lie YOU nave hearu
soy tins same thing. Now you recOilect now
much Won have heard OF TINS great Oure.
Now you are ready to q limit that memory Is
u.ualIy pleasing, that the highest pleasure
comes from criect health, AMI that tins
GREAT remedy has done more To produce ana
1ro oug heHlth than any other disc very
ever known in The entire history oil the
whole world.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-13

Walt,r Clark. Of the Supreme cours
OF North Carolina, contributes an arti
Gle To Arena wherein he argues vipor.
ousiy TOT the state ownership OF tele
Prone and telegraph lines. AZ the con.
stltutlon gives Congress the power TO
establish postOiiees and post roads anv
development OF these be argues Gomez
equally within the sphere OF Congress.
tlonal action. IL is no new thing TINT
The Tostoilice should employ the tele.
graph. for the first line established was
part OF the postoflice service "and itg
continuance as such was recommended
by Hon. Cave Johnson. then Postmas.
tor General. This wise recommenda.
ton was not acceded to simply because
Congress. not foreseeing the value and
importance Of the invent on. deemed
the price asked by the inventor too
great, and In an evil hour permitted
this great agency to pass into private
hands. Tho public interests, the popu-
lar will and the constitutional provision.
oil alike require its restoration to lts
original function az part OF an cnlight-
ened and progressive postal service"
Every civilized country except this
has its telegraph service owned and
.'4i"H"Hfh W luN Government, ana IN
every other the plan is found to wors
well. The rates in Great Britain and
Ireland says Mr.. Clark. are, like
postage, uniform for all distances, and
are / cent per word. In Germany the
rate is about the same, and in Austria
less. In France AMI Belgium the rate
is under 10 cents for ten words between
any two points. No department Of the
postofllce in any country pays better
than the telegraph. In most countries
the telephone, to, has been added"
AS the telephone patent expires in a
year, Mr.. Clark thinks that now is the
time for the postolilce TO adept It and
establish II in every village, for there it
would he even more useful than in cit.
les. The introdg 'tion of this instru-
ment would make the way easy for tho
telegraph and remove the usual objec-
lions TO Government control.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-13

Noah Webster would not know his old die
tionary in the perfection il has attained in the
hands Of modern scholars The world grows,
however. and dictionaries with it, so that q
cheap reprint Of the - years old original y
Webster is worth about as much as an old
almanac.
Web tcr's international Dictjonaryis revision
OF tho latest and still copyrighted unabridged,
so thorough and complete a. to constitute AN
essentially new book from cover tC cover, and is
The product of more han ten years Of labor by
numerous edit ral staff. under the supervision
Of the late ex-Presideut Noah Porter, OF Yale
University. The sum expended in is prepare
ton before the first copy was printed exceeded
n third of a million dollars. This new Diction-
AIRY is the best book of its kind in the English
language. II unlocks mysteries, resolves doubt
and decides disputes. Tho possession of ii and
the habit of consulting il will tend to promote
knowledge, literary taste and social refinement
For every family, the members OF which have
mastered the art of reading, the purchase OF
Mebster's international will prove profitable
investment, and the more they advance in
knowledge and cultivation the more they will
appreciate its aid and worth. The publisher
&. d c. Merriam Co. Springfield, Mass send a
free pamphlet, containing specimen pages, upon
application.
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ne UcSt mGty ~ ~
is this : when you're suffering from
Sick or Bilious Headaches, Consti-
patton, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks,
or any arrangement of the Liver,
Stomach, or Bowels, get something
that relieves promptly and cures
permanently Don't shock the sys-
tenn with the ordinary pills get
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
They're the smallest, for one thing
(but that's a great thing J, and the
easiest to take.
They're the best, for they work
in Natures own way mildly and
gently, but thoroughly and effec-
lively.
They're the cheapest, for they're
guaranteed to give satisfaction, or
your money is returned. You pay
only for the good you get.
What more can You ask?
But don't get something that the
dealer says is "just as good" 1t
may be better for him, but it's
pretty certain to be worse for YOU
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Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneya.
Liver and Bowels, clCabses the sys.
TEN eAectually, dispels colds. head.
aches and fevcrs and cures habtual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is tho
only remedy Of its kind ever pro.
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly be1e6cial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend It
TO all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs Is for sale in soc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug.
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro.
cure it promptly for any ono who
wishes to try it. DO not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG syrup co.
san feAacjSCO, c4L.
LOUISVILLE. H. AsY Y0iS, nv
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Tho salesladies Of New York arc
greatly incense because a bill intro
duced in the Legislature classes them
with factory girls! Caste distinction is
certainly becoming well defined when
such unhealthy notions are entertained,
and such notions are as unjust as un-
healthy In physique the factory girl is
the peer Of the "ealeslady;' in intelli-
gence she does not fall short; in wage
earning ability she is her superior, and
!n the home she will prove a better
housckecper H. her fastidious sister.
The mot on of fly s wings will not sub
ject her to cold and cookie to q
douRhnut she will have fewer flies on
the dinner table than the mistress Of the
tape and the pencil.
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The old saying that "con-
sumption can be cured if
taken in time" was poor COM
fort. 1t seemed to invite a
trial, but to anticipate failure.
TIE other one, not so old,
consumption can be cured,
is considered by many false.
Both are true and not
true; the first is prudent
one cannot begin too early.
The means is careful liv
ing. SCOTS Emulsion Of
cod-liver oil is sometimes an
important part of that.
Letus send you a book on
CAREFUL LIvING-free.
scorr s Bowwr, Chemists, r,a South s'h Avenue.
New York.
Your druggist keeps SCOTS Emulsion Of cod liver
eil-all druggists everywhere do. 81.
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A STRIKING design for now style
Of sleeve for ladies' dresses has been
printed in the fashion magazines.
Viewed from the side. it resembles
the Tower Of London inverted, sur
rounded by two rows of gigantic frills.
and finished of at the top with the
dome Of the Mosque Of Omar Name
OF the architect not given.
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Cartoons on Ancient Panrrns.

There is in the museum of Turin,
Italy, papyrus roll which displays a
whole series Of comical scenes. In
the first place lion, crocodile and
an ape are giving vocal and instru-
mental concert. Next comes an ass,
dressed, armed and sccptercd like a
rharoah. With majestic swagger lie
receives the gifts presented to him by
cat of high degree, TO whom n bull
acts as proud conductor. A lion and
gazelle are PLAYING at draughis, a
hippopotamus is perchcd in tree and
a horse has climbed into the tree and
is trying to disIodgc him - lSan Fran
cisco Examiner.
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LADIES nee in, a tonic, CO children who
want building mp, should take Browns Iron
Bitters u il pleasHnt to take, cures Malaria,
Indigestion. Biio ,sness an Liver Com
plaints. makes the 81 ood rich and pure.
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We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
any case Of catarrh that cannot be cured by
taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY d Co, Props, Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned, have known f. ].
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transact
lions, and financially able to carry out any OBJ
legations made by their firm.
West q TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
o.
RALpING, KINNAN & MARVIN. Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Caarrh Cure Is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. Testimonials sent free
Price 15c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
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!. r. Branham, editor Christian Index, At
lanta, Ga, writes: have used Bradycrotnc
with unfaiing, prompt, decided relief for head
ache All druggists, Fifty cents
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MANY persons arc broken down from over
work or on G old ca t.. Browns iron Bi =
tiers rebui ds the system, al dlg"StloA' e.
moves excess Of bile. and cures malaria
spendid tonic for women an children.
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Engagement cups an saucers are n new
fad, but engagement Jars are old stand-bys.
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Hotels in South Australia are to be
c'o'ed altogether on Sundays here
after. under aa act Just passed
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The only way to Get hen out of the garlic
is 10 60 slow but shoo'cr.
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u f ALLEN & CO.. 5 3 ta"a street, New
York are 50 = ent IN the hl'eu Us i'i
,echa nc l'i.e. - cents Dos.
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Baltimore \ Potomac Railroad

After Sunday, ,,,cer5er goth, So, tn
trains on Il il road will run as follows:
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Syrup

I am a farmer at Edom, Texas. I
have used German Syrup for six
years successfully for Sore Throat,
Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Pains i'll
Chest and Lungs and Spitting-up OF
Blood. have tried many kinds OF
Cough Syrups in my time, but LEI
me say to anyone wanting such a
Northumberland Syrupis the best.
We are subject to so many sudden
changes from cold 10 hot, damp
weather here, but in families where
German Syrup is used there IS little
trouble from colds. John /. Jones. y
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&c , inc use OF e,astoria Is 50 universal and
OF supererogation to endorse n Few are lie
within easy reach "
CARLOS MARTYT y. D.
r. New York City.
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There are POS students fr nm North America
nj the Berlin (GermanY) University.
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A w,lI.dned shoe j, hiihaG to the last.
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||',I!l:E ::::|i''i|'!''l!;;lI!
for Infants and Children.

~e'oria $50 wen adapted 70 children that
ol',''i't'i y as superior to any prescription
~"'"h 70 me" "a. Anc,rrn. N. D..
III So. Oxford St, BROOKLYN, ny.
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For several years have recommended
your Castoria, and shall always continue 10
results.
EDWIN F. PARpBK. NJ d.,
1.-THE winthrop, l.5th Street and 9TH Ave.
New York City.
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Castoria cures Collie, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Diarrhoa Erlictaiion,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di.
Cestion.
without injurious medication.
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The aour mi,.ion-To make goo bread.
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TEE crsrAuR cowAsy, n murray STREET, NEW YonK.
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Excuse the liberty / take, rs the convict
remarked when he escaped from the state
prison.