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Harder Than Steel.

Des Moines, Iowa, has modern
Tubal Cain in the person of S. K.
Dawson, who claims to have discov-
cred the lost art of making "Damas-
cas- STEEL" He has exhibited in Chica-
90 some samples of cutlery made
from the metal, which has an edge
keener and smoother than steel
razor. This was demonstrated by a
microscope and photography. The
new metal is a combination OF copper
and tin and two other elements which
Mr.. Dawson keeps secret. A dagger
made from it looked like polished
gold. Mr.. Dawson claims to be a
lineal descendant of Ralph Hogge,
who cast the first iron cannon made in
England, and his ancestors On both
his fathers and mothers sides have
been workers in iron and steel. He
says his discovery is partly accident,
but primarily the reward OF years OF
labor, research and experiment. He
claims that the new steel or hardened
copper is suitable for any kind of cut.
lery from a common pocket knife tc
the most delicate surgical instruments,
and that no deteterious oxide (rust)
forms on it under the most severe
tests. Any steel drill forced against
it when it is hardened will break
Burlington Free Press.
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The Nurses Danger.

People who are not aware of the
conditions do not realize the continual
risk incurred by doctors and nurses in
hospitals, in the operating room anc
when dressing sores. In spite OF the
most stringent precautions, sterilizee
instruments, antiseptio washes, ETC..
slight cases of blood poisoning are L OF
uncommon, and the appearance of 8
nurse with bandaged hand excites
comparatively little remark. The
first signs of danger are so quickly
detected and treated that there are
few fatal cases. 4 nurse whose in
fected finger had been lanced to the
bone and scraped, said cheerEully: 81
ought to be thankful that I shall not
lose the nail. Miss Sawbones is in .
far worse state. Her whole arm is in
famed, and she has lost thumb nail
She went to bed apparently we'll, bu'
awoke in an hour or two with shoot
ing pains in her hand and arm. How
ever, she's doing well now, and will b.
ali right soon. New York Tribune
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Wedding Superstit;OnS.

The bride, who finds spider on
her wedding dress may consider her
self blessed.
The bride who dreams of fairies the
night before her marriage will be
thrice blessed
If the groom carry a miniature
horse shoe in his pocket he will always
have good luck.
Ship marriages are considered any.
thing but lucky. Get married on land,
or don't get married at all.
No bride or groom should be given
a telegram while on the way to church.
It is positively q sign of evil.
If the wedding ring is dropped dur.
ing the ceremony the bride may as
we'll wish herself unborn, for she will
always have i'll luck.
Kiss bride right after the cere-
mony, and before the newly made
husband has had chance to do go,
and you will have excellent luck
throughout the year.
Maidens eager to we'd should give
dish water heated to the boiling point
wide berth. It means that they will
not marry for long time if they at
tempt to cleanse dishes in water 80
hot.
Night weddings are better than
none, yet they are by no means the
best. The bride whom the sunshine
cannot fall upon is sure to experience
troublous times. If she have children
they will die young.
Should a bride perchance see q
coffin while being driven to the rail
road station prior to departing upon
her wedding tour she should order the
driver to turn back and start over
again, or else she will surely meet with
bad luck.
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THROUGH THE sPoKEs.

If YOU want to be in the swim take q
morning spin and an afternoon drive,
with the proper costume for each oc.
casion.
A piece of chewing gum stuck on
the tire and your handkerchief tied
over it is good thing for puncture
in case of emergency. It will allow
you to ride your wheel home.
Four dress weights sewed to the
under side of the hem of the skirt
will prevent the annoyance of the skirt
blowing up in front. Cover them
with silk or wooden. so they will not
scratch the frame if they happen to
strike.
Be sure to take your wheel away
with you. It will be a swift and
economical way to take short excur-
sions, besides enabling you to join the
bicycle parties which will be feature
of all su INNER resorts this summer.
Be careful in the selection of hat,
for it will make or mar your bicycle
costume. Tam o'Shanters are only
becoming to very young faces, and
the shops show others in great variety
more suitable to women of maturer
years.
The prominent knee motion which
makes many women look so ungrace-
ful on a wheel is due to the improper
adjustment of the saddle. See that
your saddle is high enough to allow
you, while sitting on it, to stand on
the lower pedal.-Chicago Record.
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Coffee DrunkardS.

Coffee drunkenness is one of the
: latest dangers which doctors abroad
hre raising their voices against. DR..
Mendel, of Berlin, has published q
clinical study, which is the most
thorough yet made, as he had COM
|munlty of coffee drinkers under his
constant observation, the working wo.
men in and about Essen. He found
many of these women consumed over
b pound of coffee week. The lead.
Ing symptoms of the ills that afflicted
them were profound depression of
epirits and frequent headaches, with
Insomnia. A strong dose of coffee
would relieve them for time, then
the ailment would return. The muscies
became weak and trembling, and the
hands trembled when at rest. The
Fictims suffered so seriously they
3lared not abandon the drinking Of
coffee for fear Of death. What, re
vonder, will 1t be next?-New York
Herald.
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Use Of Paper in Japan.

The lower classes of the Japanese
nploy hardly any other material
Ian paper for their clothing. Where
Fages are from FIVE to ten cents day
10th is an impossible extravaganza.
The Japanese employ paper in ever
many ways that are unknown
! Americans or Europeans. The sort
j cloth they use for clothing is OBJ
|ained from the inner bark OF three
Different kinds of plants. One is the
Eickstromia canescens, another the
tdworthia papyrifera. The bark OF
)hese plants is remarkable for the
kngth and strength of its fbers.
The japanese immerse it IN cur
lent OF. water for several days. Then
1hey bind it in small bundles and
bleach it in the sun. Next, they boil
} in kettles, after which they beat it
kith sticks into a tbrous mass and
rain 1t on nets of bamboo. Finally
hey put the stuff in vat with an ex-
|ract of rice for sizing to give 1t
|lutinous quality.
Having thus obtained material for
aper, the japanese follow the familiar
processes, but in a primitive way. AS
result, they get sheets of substance
Ehich may be utilized for all sorts OF
bnrDoses.
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Moving Hay as O Reward.

The spectacle OF a gang OF conv!ctF
h prison garb, each supplied with a
(cythe, busily engaged in cutting the
high grass in front Of Moyamensing
Vas witnessed one morning last week.
The men were guarded by uniformed
keepers, heavily armed. but, despite
bhe presence of these grim reminders
bf their position, their faces were
Ikreathed in smiles, and they shifted
n the air of freedom with evident rel
|sh. Strange as the sight was to one
hot accustomed to it, the practice OF
)electing convicts to do the chores
bout the prison is not an unusual
bne. It is considered a rare privilege
@ be assigned to such work, priv
(ege gratefully accepted by the ia
tored ones. Convicts selected to per
form such tasks are those whose SEN
tences have almost expired, who are
Exemplary prisoners or those whose
frequent sojourns within the walls sug'
gest that they are better satisfied with
prison fare than none at all.-Phlia
delphis Record.
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Blue Butter in India.

"What was the most striking thing
you saw in India?" was asked of {
woman who has just returned from 6
tour around the world. "Butter,'
she replied. "rhat seems strange.
but it is fact that in India butter
made from the thin milk of the native
COW is blue, instead OF yellow. Wher
came across this azure substance ]
vowed I would rot touch it, but other:
did go, with evident enjoy ment, and,
curiosity getting the upper hand, J
tried the butter, and, to my surprise,
found it delicious. You who see the
golden pots of fresh butter used If
America can hardly realize what it il
to see bread painted blue. The blue
butter of India is preferable to the
stuff they serve as butter in Norway
and Sweden" continued the globe
trotter. "for there we hal nothing
but oleomargarine. New Orleans
Picayune.
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TIRED OF TAXES AND LAWYERS.

Judge S. A. McClung was surprised
in court at Pittsburg, Penn, when q
well.dressed, middle.aged woman
stepped up before him with paper
and asked leave to file it. She said it
was O petition for leave to appeal from
the viewers report on the matter Of
the Improvement of Rebecca street in
Williamsburg. She gave her name as
Mrs. Jennie Mitchell. She told the
Court her property had been damaged
by deep cut, and instead of recon-
pensing her the viewers assessed her
S219 benefits. She thought this was
unjust. Judge McClung told her she
had better get an attorney, and she
answered that she had spent too much
money on lawyers already, for which
she got no benefit. The Court took
the paper. ,.
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Gorgeous Presents From Japan.

A foreign correspondent says: ]
hear of much enthusiasm Mt st. Peters,
burg, especially among art connois'
seurs, over one of the presents sent to
the Czar on the occasion of his coro.
nation, by the Emperor of Japan. It
consists of a unique and priceless
piece of ivory sculpture many hun
dred years old and representing an
eagle with outstretched wings, the
breadth from wing tip to wing tip be-
ing no less than seven feet, while the
bird itself stands over three feet high.
The carving and the tracery are OF the
most exquisite delicacy. Nothing Of
the kind has ever been seen before in
Europe, and the utmost enthusiasm
prevails in the Russian capital about
the subject.
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CRUSADE AGAINST WRINKLES.

Women will have to organize new
crusade against wrinkles and the
leather.Iike, growing-old-sort-o look
of the skin if they persist in following
up all the open air pursuits which be-
long to mans kingdom. Fresh air In
all kinds of weather may be conducive
to health, but it is very trying to deli
cate skins. Women who row and ride
bicycles should substitute oatmeal or
boiled bread and milk for soap. The
dry skin is especially sensitive to the
effects of sun and air, and needs all
the precautions it is possible to find
to keep lit smooth and white. Pota'
toes boiled in milk are said to be very
effective IN whitening and softening
the skin, and almond meal should be
on every toilet table.
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Gold in Delaware.

George Edwards, a farmer living
hear New Castle, Del, claims he has
gold on his farm. He had
bis colored man dig up part of his
garden, in the hope of discovering
brick clay. Instead, however, rich
|oam was unearthed. Foreman Allison
Eruitt, of the New Castle Brick Works,
Examined the loan and said that if
contained gold. Mr.. Truitt packed
considerable of the earth and took it
% Philadelphia to have it analyzed by
lxrerts, and says the experts esti.
hated that the soil contained about
40 worth OF gold to the ton.-Phila.
lelphia Ledger.
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FRIENDSHIP QUILTS.

The idea of friendship quilts is a
pretty one and destined to be popular
wherever the sweet word ''friend" is
in favor. This sort of quilt is COM
posed exclusively of squares each
worked by some dear one, their size
being dependent upon ones circle OF
friends. In distributing the squares
they must be neatly hemmed and ac-
companied with the necessary amount
of embroidering material, while any
amount of latitude may be allowed as
to device and pattern scheme. Hun
dreds of maxims and notices bearing
upon friendship suggest themselves as
appropriate. "He was my friend,
faithful and just to me-" and eff I do
VOW friendship I'll perform it to the
last article" are special fayorites.
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FASHION NOTES.

Honitin effects are noted in the new
Valenciennes laces.
Some of the new parasols have very
unique handles of crystal.
In jewelry the emerald is at present
the queen of of precious stones.
The CordaY handkerchief is the
rival of the Marie Antoinette fichu.
Grenadines are mostly made up over
colored silks and used for dressy oc.
casiops.
Rose purple, cardinal and mignon'
cite green are colors noted in new
shirt waists.
The more elegant of the new hats
have touch of real lace introduced
somewhere about them.
In millinery two contrasting shades
of tulle, one laid over the other, are
often used to give the changeable ef-
feet.
The bouquetring is the latest jewelry
fad. It is composed of varicolored
stones and reaches above the first
knuckle.
Quantities of flowers and foliage
are used, and the ambition Is to get
as many kinds of flowers on hat as
possible.
Jeweled passementeries and trim.
mings of all sorts find their place on
almost every gown, and also on man
ties and hats.
Skirts are growing narrower,
sleeves are getting smaller, ribbons
are increasing in width and bows are
becoming bigger.
Dark blue flannel. striped with a
white line, and white flannel, with a
blue line, are the fashionable mater
ials for boating dresses.
The bicycle waterproof is very
sensible article OF attire for fair riders
who do not care to get their tailor
gowns ruined by sudden showers.
The lustrous semi-transparent old
time pineapple silks that have been
revived this season have proved very
popular, and the preferred Innings for
them are those OF green, rose color, or
mauve tatteta.
Puffs, the old-fashioned, narrow,
straight pufs, are coming in again.
Some new Paris gowns have skirts
made of pufs OF chiffon two inches
wide, Joined by lace insertion IN inch
wide and mounted over silk Innings.
Soft corn-yellow rique, which
proved so popular last summer, is
again favorlte, and some OF the
dresses of this fabric are made excee,i.
ingly elaborate with trimmings Of
heavy Russian lace and black velvet
ribbon.
Gainsborough hats with sugar loaf
crowns are threatening the popularity
of all the other summer favorites.
Adorned with waving plumes and IT.
regular bows, they form bewitching
background and an admirable shading
for young, fresh faces.
Black lace and net and all of the
other thin black fabrics are SO charm
ing that it is pleasant to see them
worn again as materials for elaborate
daytime frocks. Black net and gren.
adlne are perhaps more used than
lace, but recent Paquin model is OF
lace, built over a slot-red foundation.
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French Bakers Strictly Ruled.

In France bakers have to submit to
les and regulations unknown to the
Iternity IN other countries. In large
rtifed towns, for instance, they have
keep a certain stock in hand in case
emergencies of warlike nature"
1t only this, but everywhere thew
We to place a certain sum of money
the hands of the municipal author
es as q surety of good conduct !; and
e law, not content with merely look
3 after their weights and measures,
fides the price at which bread IS to
Roj6-
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R1nn Reward. 800.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
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AN ANCIENT COSMETIC.

The cool cucumber now fourisheth
in the garden, The GOODNESS of the
cucumber has been ascertained to be
q scientific fact, 1t is always consid-
erably cooler than the surrounding at
mospnere. 1t has also long possessed
some reputation as cosmetic, in the
old meaning of the word, ''healer"
of the complexion, not a "beautifier. |"
The cream of cucumbers is prepared
from the pulp Of peeled cucumber,
with mixture of almond oil and other
Ingredients. Purchase from trust.
worthy druggist four ounces of al
mond oil, add quarter of an ounce
each of white wax and of spermaceti.
Put these ingredients in jar, and set
the iur in saucepan with warm water
teaching up to within two inches OF
the rim. Let the water boil. A mar
malnde jar is just about the right size
to use. When the wax and spel macetl
are melted into the oil add five table
spoontuls of the thick juice OF large,
nearly ripened cucumber. Obtain the
Juice by pressing the pulp on fine
hair sieve. Color the cream with e
few drops of spinach green. Use
enough to give very delicate tint OF
green. Pour it to harden into several
small jars. 1t is an excellent cure for
sunburn and is very healing and
soothing to the skin.
Wash the skin at night thoroughly
with warm water before applying the
cream. Dry off all the moisture soft
dsmask towel will absorb, and rub the
cream of cucumbers gently into the
skin. In the morning wash it off with
warm water, and tone the skin with a
bath of cold water to make the tissues
firm.
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It is rumored that the cost OF the
banquet at which the Honorable Ar.
tillery Company of Boston entertained
the Prince of Wales and five hundred
other guests in London the other
night was $40, 900. ..
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Died From q Hens Peck.

While buying some poultry Bernard
Mstaran, of Oakland, Cal., was at
tackled by hen, which pecked him on
the hand, puncturing the skin. The
next day the hand began to swell, and
in few days Mataran died from blood
Doisoninp.
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To Cleanse the System

Effectually, yet gently, when costive or bilious,
or when the blood is impure or sluggish, to
permanently overcome habitual constipation,
to awaken the kidneys and liver to healthy
activity, without irritating or weakening them,
to dispel headaches, colds or fevers, use syrup
of Figs.
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Novel WEDDING C

At some recent weddings, id
the time.honored, but lately md
criticised e-throwing, bowls of rose
leaves and orange blossoms have been
handed to the bridesmaids and
younger men of the wedding party
with which to shower the departing
couple. 1t is more picturesque Ger.
tainly.
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The Chinese language has 40, OOO
simple words and only $50 roots.

Dobb!ns' Floating BoraI is 100 per cent. pure
and don't turn yellow with age. 1t Is not On
imitation of anything, but better than any other
floating soap made. Be sure above name Is on
each wrapper and cake. Red wrappers only.
Queen Victoria has personally opened
twenty-five session of Parliament during her
rei0n.
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The word whoa !-dS

horse to stop-is mercy
and emphatic form of no! formerly
used in the same sense. This is easily
proved; for Chaucer has no in the
sense of "halt," ("Cant. Tales" B
3957.) When King Edward Nv. had
to use this exclamation, he actually
turned it into whoo! "Then the
kyng perceyvyng the cruel assaile,
onset, cast his staff, and with high
voice cried whool" N"Excerpta His.
torica," p. 211.) Which stopped the
tournament; and no wonder.-Notes
and Queries.
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four animal odors !;

four animal odors; t H.
musk, obtained from
of Asia; civet, from
India, and castor, a 9
castor beaver, now ali
the perfume trade.
The essence of smbe
by mixing three ounce o.
gallon of pure alcohQd
after a month isit ready
This, however, is /only kept H.
ing. and is far t. 30 strong. Only W.
it has entered I'm minute proportion
into the bouquets does it produce
those agreeable and characteristic per.
fumes the effect of which upon the
nerves>Sf the sensitive nose is much
like the happy sensation produced by
HARMONIOUS musical chords on the
delicate ear, or the perfect blending
EIof colors to the educated eye.-Boston
Transcript.
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MY SICK SISTERS.

"I want to tell you what Lydia E.
|inkham's Vegetable Compound has
|one for me. For twenty years l had
lffered with loss of appetite, nausea,
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could not get along without Piso's Cure
for CONSUMPTION. 1t always cureg.-Mrs e. r; y.