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briskly, and shows his displeasure
when tormented by launching out his
wooden leg ut the offender with force
and precision that makes his new
member more deadly means Of
ofense than his horns.
DIR. John g. Gray cut off the broken
leg and made and fitted the wooden
stump. The doctor says:
ga tree blew down Oh this steer,
and, one OF the large branches striking
the right hind leg below the hook,
shivered it into minute pieces. His
body and side were badly bruised, but
as the weather was extremely warm he
could not be used for beef So his
owner, J. W. Sturgeon, of Plano, KY,
called upon me to see what I could do.
'I amputated the leg the same as I
would that of human being. After
the operation ] left him lying in the
shade of several large forest trees
near.
'I called again on the ninth day to
dress the leg and found him in cheer
full mood. I found that the leg had
healed more rapidly than I had e1-
pccted. I returned on the. twenty
first day, when, as wound had entirely
healed, I set to work to make for him
o wooden leg The artificial peg was
adjusted easily and is success.
"My friend, Mr.. Wright, and 1
bought the steer and walked it twelve
miles into town. The animal covered
the distance as easily as if it had all
of the legs which nature gave it. He
limps less than man with an artificial
leg.
sThis OK is two and q half years old,
weighs about 900 pounds and is about
seven-eighths shorthorn. He is tax
ing on fat at the rate OF q pound and
half day, and will weigh at maturity
l4O0 to 1000 pounds. We have trained,
him to kick at people with his wooden
leg, and he never kicks with the other
leg. He vas seen to kick an oak
plank off his stall the other day. we
have just begun to break him to work,
and think he cnn pull as much as my
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a Modern Diana.

Mrs. J. Bennett Stanford, a hand
some young English woman, is the
modern Diana. In company with her
husband she was the first white wo-
man who ever hunted in Somaliland,
that rough and comparatively unex-
plored region in eastern Africa.
Rhinoceroses, tigers, leopards and
other denizens of the jungle and forest
received their death wounds from the
steady but sure aim of her rifle, She
was the most successful in shooting
leopards. Nightly she was on the
search for them, attended by two or
more natives, anc seldom returned to
camp without trophy of her prowess.
With the exception of some slight
attacks of fever Mrs. Stanford bore
the trying cl;mate-deadly to ma:.y
men-without any particular discom-
fort
Among the animals brought back by
this intrepid married couple were three
wildcats, one of which is now in the
London Zoo But the skins of many
strange beasts adorn the parlors and
boudoir of this heroine's home, and
every one of them recalls to her tale
of wild adventure.
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When Using Perfumes.

The use of perfumery is now sub
iect to certain well-defined limitations.
Strong scents of all kinds ale under
the ban and are no longer represented
among fashionable toilet accessories.
Cologne, whether diluted OF i'll the ex-
tract, must be srtayed upon the cloth
ing with nm atomizer to avoid all pos
sibility of excessive odor-a fact which,
it must be remembered. is less likely
to be apparent to the offender than to
any one else.
Sachet powder has almost entirely
superseded all other varieties of per-
fumery, it being at once delicate and
fragrant, while possessing many dis
tinct practical advantages over the
liquid perfumes. The fashionable
modiste now sprinkles it literally on q
thin sheet of wadding, which latter is
inserted between the two surfaces of
collar and cuffs, under the arms, in
sleeve puffs and skirt hens.
Violet is the fashionable odor with
the preference strongly in favor of the
Russian and Parma varieties. Hello
trope, rose, lilac and patchouli remain
in constant demand, though only the
first of these can lay claim to fashlona-
BILE Endorsement. Queen.
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years of age. He stumbled upon the
6rroftinn iden n year aro while exnmin-

years of age. He stumbled upon the
grating idea year ago while e1amin-
ing tho phenomenon of cellular life
that is, the life of certain insects i'll
the pupae stage. He never made
much of his discoveries, and they
would not be known now were it not
that Professor j. &. Smith, who has
charge of the biological department of
the New Jersey State Experiment
Station at New Brunswick, N. j., i'll
an address before the New Jersey
Microscopica Society at New Brunswick
referred briefly to them.
On December 2S Inst the American
Society of Naturalists held its annual
convention at Ithaca, N. Y. One OF
the speakers at the convention was
Mr.. Champion. He had with him
twenty-five jars in which were pre-
served in alcohol that number of spec
linens of moths and butterflies with
their anatomies completely mixed.
These created q profound sensation.
Mr.. Champion modestly explained
how he had achieved the wonder.
In his laboratory at New Brunswick
Professor Smith demonstrated to re-
porter for the New York World how
the grating was done. From his col
lection he took two caterpillars, in the
pupa or third stage of the caterpillar's s
life, when it is developing into q moth
OF butterfly.
In the pupn stage the caterpillar
rests in q cell somewhat like the shell
of peanut, but two and half times
as long and half again as large in di-
ameter. When this cell is cut open
the evoluting inmate is found to be a
strange looking object about an inch
in length, half an inch in diameter,
tapering sharply at one end and round
ing bluntly at the other.
The specimens exhibited by Profes-
sor Smith were dark brown in color.
When the cells were first cut open the
pup;c moved. With the blade of his
penknife ProfessorsSmith cut off what
NC ShlQ WIS tuC HCpu VI OuC O1 phO Ss@o
erpillars. Then he placed it along
side of the whole one. The interior
of the pupn was substance of the
color and about the density of con-
densed milk.
"The grating process" the profes,
sor said, 'is simply this. The head is
attached to the body of the other with
paraine wax. In other words, it is
solQered on to the other pupae. Then
the combination is put away and
allowed to grow. In due time the
pupae develops into two-headed
moth OF butterfly.
"Before graftiug is attempted the
pupae should be kept on ice. Oh
course success is not met with every
time. Mr.. Crampton met with many
failures before he finally succeeded i'll
producing one living lnonsurosity
In all he has reared several hundred. .
"Do you believe these investiga:.
tions will prove Of practical value to
physiciaps?"
:"The whole subject" answered
Professor Smith ''is only in its incipi-
cnt stage, 1t has certainly opened up
new and startling avenues for scien'
tidc exploration, Whether grating
oil ills kind aan be done On highs!
al!mRlg and human heinga asaBat bs
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have for its foundation scientific
fact. They affirm that each human
system is in itself an electric battery,
the head being one of the electrodes,
the feet the other. Their proof was
discovered from experiments which
the Academy of Sciences was allowed
to make on the body of man who was
guillotined.
This was taken the instant it fell
and placed upon pivot free to move
rs it might. The head part, after a
little vacillation, turned to the north,
and the body then remained station
airy. It was turned half way round by
one of the professors, and again the
head end of the trunk moved slowly
to the cardinal point due north, the
sane results being repeated until the
final arrestation of organic movement.
Railroad Telegraph.
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Life imprisonment For Debt.

If all technicalities are observed, il
seems that Charles A. Judson, New
York man, is in prison for life for
failure to pay the sum of SIS. Jud-
sons wife, whom he was suing for
divorce, procured an order for alimony
PENDING the trial, and this he refused
to pay. The wife's lawyers thereupon
had him locked up in Ludlow street
iail. The wording of the commitment
vas that the plaintiff ''pay the sum of
SIS, or, in default thereof, that he be
Imprisoned in the county jail" The
usual words "until discharged accord
ing to law were omitted, and at this
writing Mr.. Judson is wondering how
he can ever regain his freedom. JUS
tice Cohen of the Supreme Court has
already decided that he can afford no
relief, and the matter is at present
being tried on habeas corpus.-Law
Notac
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The American Girls Newest Accent.

The fashionable accent, says DEM
orest's Family Magazine, is another
important matter to be considered by
the maid who desires to seem one OF
the society elect. She must avoid a
lisp unless she wishes to brand her
self half century behind the times.
The broad 80" of the Anglomaniac has
also seen its best days. The Southern
drawl, with its apparent indifference
to the existence of the average final
syllable, is threadbare. TO be up to
date from vocal point of view it is
necessary to cultivate soft, low
voice, an enunciation so distinct that
occasionally you convey the impress
sion that the capital letter is at the
end of the word, and certain yivacity
OF utterhnca that, throughout Europe,
is associated with. the modern Ameri-
can girl.
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Smart Fashions In Tea.gowns.

The blousy effect follows even the
tea-gown, and where full, Russian
front is inserted of soft material, it is
usually bloused slightly, quite low at
the waistline in the front, being held
in place with ribbon or o belt of jewels
running across the front only.
Many of the tea-gowns have long stole
ends that reach quite to the bottom of
the skirt, and may be of lace, chiffon,
net or of the material employed in
the gown, trimmed with ruchings, in
sertions OF tiny silk rufles running
across the stole and placed at intervals
the entire length of this tellin" feature
of the gown. They may be leld at
the shoulders with rosettes c bows of
satin ribbon, or they may DO set in
at the shoulder-seam. Insome gowns
where this is the principal trimming
they start from the back at the bottom
of the aist-line, crossing the should
ers, where they are held in place with
full bow, and from there fall grace
fully to the lower edge of the skirt.
When used this way they ale generally
made of chiffon, wide ribbon or the
half width of some soft silk, and ore
laid in soft, flat folds in the back and
tackled to tho gown in the back,
then hung loose in the front from
the shoulder.
The latest tea-gown has demi-
train, whi5h adds much to tue grace
and elegance of the garment, as well
us keeping the pace OF tho fashionable
dress-skirt. = Woman's Home Com
nnninn.
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Fashion Notes.

The new ribbons are in plaids and
stripes in the prettiest colors imagina-
BILE.
White velvet, as we'll as white
breitschwanz, is usedf for the crown of
the fur-trimmed toque.
Silk nets for sashes and fchus and
striped ribbons for plaitings are
advance novelties in spring garnitures.
The latest ties for women are the
sailor knots of silk with broad ends,
sometimes trimmed with tiny plated
frills.
''Wylborye" is the name of a new
corset which is recommended for stout
women. An extra piece laces over the
hip in such an effectual manner that
the figure is very much improved.
Roman striped sashes with deep
knotted sewing silk fringe on the ends
are revived again in all the gorgeous
colors, and the latest necktie is of
Roman ribbon, tied in four-in-hand
knot with tiny fringe-trimmed ends.
Blue ostrich feathers sprinkled with
silver are pretty decoration for the
hair with evening dress. Other
novelties are the Louis Seize bows of
velvet ribbon combined with aigrettes.
Twists of chiffon and gold gauze rib
bon are also worn.
Every other woman is faithfully
wearing beads about her throat,
whether wax pearls, the truly Venetian
glass beads or collars of genuine gems,
i makes very little difference. Those
who can afford to follow the fashion
closest wear close-ftting necklaces of
medium pink or clear red coral balls,
Ia The psItse q each q which u placed
q aisMsa;;a ~
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VOL. LXIII. NO. ii.
Working Girls Great Chance, in the

Working Girls Great Chance, in the
Ladies' Home Journal. ''The same
time devoted, for example, to the
study of shorthand or typewriting, if
given to the study of nursing or do
mestic service, would mean twice the,
income to bright, steady girl. Un-
fortunately, girls will not see this, and
thousands of them who are to-day
struggling through an existence in the
outer world, could have far more COM
Portable lives and better wages in ex-
cellent homes. How the average girl
can deliberately shut her eyes to the
opportunity which fairly glares upon
her as good maid, nurse, companion
OF domestic of any sort, passes aver
age comprehension. There has never
been time when mistresses were
reader or more willing to pay good
wages for good domestic service
wages compared to which the pittance
paid in shops or factories sinks into
insignifcance. And, on the other
hand, the salaries of women in 5usi-
ness, as recent statistics plainly show,
are gradually on the decrease because
of the Willingness of hundreds of girls
to work for a mere pittance. Every
business house has to-day waiting lists
of scores of hundreds of applicants,
while hundreds of homes cry out for
intelligent domestic service"
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Sweet OIL For the Toilet.

Did you ever suffer torment from q
shoe tight in one spot? Here is q
remedy for it. Apply sweet oil to the
stocking where the rub comes. 1t is
better than applying it to the boot,
because it softens the inside of the
boot where it is needed, instead of the
outside.
Sweet oil is an excellent household
companion. It heals burns and
bruises. Used in the form of baths it
feeds the skin, prevents colds and
gives hexihiIity to the muscles.
Delicate people derive the greatest
benefit from being rubbed with olive
oil, and for fragile children it is in
valuable, especially when there is any
tendency to weakness of the chest.
A soft corn can be cured by placing
tuft OF cotton wool, saturated with
olive oil, between the toes and renew
ing it every day. The corn will very
soon disappear. When the hair is
dry and brittle and easily breaks of
when brushed, little olive oil we'll
rubbed into the scalp every night will
give nutriment to the hair glands and
strengthen and increase the growth.
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GOSSIP,


Mrs. Lease is going into business in
Kansas as O life insurance agent.
Miss Moran, of Richmond, Va, de-
MES she is engaged to Count Colonna,
of Paris.
A prominent New York woman has
gone into the business of designing
dresses for actresses. .a
The Earl of U1bridge gave to his
bride, who was the Hon. Lillian Flor
ence Maud Chetwynn, ffty-seven wed.
ding presents, among which was
jewelled cigarette case.
Mrs. Steel, the novelist, has been
invited to stand for election as Presi-
dent of the Women Writer'S Club OF
London in succession to Mrs. j. R.
Green, who has held that Office for
year.
The Daughters of Vermont form
one of the most fourishing of the wo-
mems patriotic organizations in New
England. a few afternoons ago the
society gave reception at the Ven
dome, Boston, at which Boston society
was we'll represented. 10 .
/ Miss Ellen, Terry can never sleep
during the day unless she is read
aloud to; and her girl friends take
turns at thiss every nooneduring
her long engagement in order thather
health may not suffer from. the nerve
fatigue occasioned by the work.
The Empress of Austria goes about
a good deal on foot in Paris with the
ex.Queen of Naples. All her luggage
is trunk--and not large one, either
"a valise, some wraps and ahandbag.
She dresses plainly in black and eats
as sparingly as Carmelite nun.
The wife of Sir William Vernon
Harcourt is IN American, the daughter
of Motley, the historian. Although
she takes great interest in politics, like
most of the wives of English states
men, she appears on the platform
rarely. It is said that she does much
for her husband in the drawing room.
Miss Edna Johnson of Macon, Mo-,
announces in the local papers and by
widely distributed circulars that she
will be an Independent candidate for
Circuit Clerk of Macon County. She
is teaching school. She is twenty
two years old, pretty and accom-
plished. Seven men are announced
for Circuit Clerk, subject to the Dem
oo-ctic nomination.
Lena Read is court stenographer
in Terre Haute, Ind. She recently
took the minutes of an important suit,
then refused to typewrite them on the
ground that she was to be married,
and. did not have time. To solve the
difficulty, q phonograph was procured,
and she read the notes into that.
Fifty cylinders were made, and when
the cases comes up for new trial
they will be used as record. -
It turns out that it was not Alma
Tadema, the painter, who was natural
lied in England few weeks ago, but
his daughter His name was original
ly Laurens Tadema. He added the
Alma for euphony, and changed
Laurens to Lawrence, and was natural
lied in 1873. His daughter bears the
same. name and signs her poems l..
Alma -Tadema, as her father does his
pictures. Hence the confusion.
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How Gold Was Found on the Klondilse,

How Gold Was Found on the hlon1iKe'
"The River Trip to the Klondike"
is describedsin the Century by John
Sidney Webb. The author says:
The famous Bonanza Creek and the
more famous Ell Dorado Greek are very
like ordinary everyday creeks in ap-
pearance-a little less civilized, per-
haps, than creeks to be met with in
the East. There are men living in
Alaska to day who have hunted moose
over these creeks dozen Of times; but,
as the old miners say, there were no
surface indications to lead any one to
suppose that gold might be found in
them, so hundreds of miners passed
by in their boats, going to Forty Mile
and Circle City. The finding of such
gold is always an accident, and the
old hands are usually the last to real
ize the truth. "Stick George" Cor
mack and his squaw's relatives camped
ON the creek for dinner one day, and
somehow got to digging, and washed
out some. gold. He went to Forty
Mile and made claim for discovery,
and soon the news spread~like Wild
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A New wrinkle For roundryrnen.

One of the New York printing ma
chine builders, says Engineering, has
succeeded in producing extremely ac-
curate gear-wheel castings by the
simple device OF using q machine-cut
metal pattern, and baking the mold in
a core oven before the pattern is re-
moved. Under these conditions the
metal mold expands while the clay
tends to shrink, with tho result that
on cooling, the pattern can be with
drawn, leaving behind it perfect
mold. Wheels cast in this way show,
it is stated, the tool marks on the
original pattern, and customers have
accepted them as machine-cut wheels
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Occidentals are apt, when Moor
ish mosque is mentioned, to picture
magnificent structure, with alabaster
walls, inlaid with jewels, and with
tapering minarets, from whose bal
comics the muezzin calls the natives to
their prayers countless times day.
Bingen, the French explorer, hos
written extensively of the mud
mosques built by the poor villagers Of
lower Africa. But even Bingen
never saw so queer house of wor-
ship rs the r-symmetrical structure
recently phot' lDhed in the interior
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A Pioneer interview.

It is said of the Aberdeen Journal,
which has recently celebrated its one
hundred and fftieth birthday, that
in one of its earliest numbers, now
unhappily lost from the files, q partlcl-
pant in the battle of Culloden was
interviewed two days after that his
toric combat. IT was about the
earliest newspaper interview on re-
cord
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-06

said ct this time. Surgeons have
made new noses by grating the skin
rom fingers of patients, but of course
That is an Insignificant matter COM
pared to the grating done by Mr..
Grampton on his insects. No man
can foretell what his discoveries may
lead TO ,,
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Smallest Republic in the World.

Gaust is the smallest republic in the
world. Tt has an area OF one mile and
a population of 140. Ii has existed
since 1G4S, and is recognized by both
Spain and France. 1t Is located on
the flat top of mountain in the
Pyrenees and has president, who is
elected by the council of twelve. The
president is fax collector, assessor and
Judge. The republic has no church
or clergy. The people worship in n
church beyond their country, and
when one dies he is slid down the
mountain to cemetery in the valley
below,
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The Working.Glrls, t:reut Chance.

s"The average home holds out n far
more comfortable time, q more leisure
Iy life, n healthier existence, and bet
ter wages, than does tho oiiice, store
os factory 10 an Intelligent girl or wo'
fassi' writes EaYaaa ", Box OF "Ths
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&AA RS. COLLINS

RS. co Lin s.
COX is in the
waiting room and
desires to see you
Immediately, sir, :"
said one of the
men entering the
room where [ was
in conversation
with the Chief at
Scotland Yard.
"Colli Il s-Cox,
Collins-C re-
peated the Chief.
"Isn't tn at the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-06
Electric Lamp Output.

One of The largest domestic manu-.
factnrers Of incandescent electric
laHps has al output af ever ol5Q9,Wq
q ySats
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THE SONG OF sIGHS.

THE SONG OF SlGHS..
maid where the winds Of the wderne; aage ner
nd the and light ar eyes,
and sadness sicken the air.
meath the sheeted nsts tna rl
her heart-sad song Sic sings
Of
eisth he Of Kings,
A tyrant Love hol loves not me-
- ' -Aar Magazine.
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A BUILDING UNIQUE AMONG CHURCHES
f Somali by the German explorer,

GrutZner.
The building, though lavishly decor.
ated within, resembles the work OF
some Industrious animal like the
beaver in its outward appearance.
Without particle of design, thrown
together hodge-podge, this strange
church seemed impossible to inspire
any kind of thoughts but those Of
physical and mental discomfort.
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sTRANcEsT OF ALL. CHURCHES.

Queer. Structure, Discovered by nm Ex-
Dlorer in Africa.
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STEER WITH A WOODEN LEG.

Ho Manages to Get Around Briskly With
the Artificial Member.
Contentedly chewing the cud on the
farm of Charles E. Wright, near Bowl.
ing Green, Ky, is wooden-legged
steer which manages to get -arourd
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Chicago nov hes public billiard
pagloF for women players.