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 SjiiSiCT^ ^^y -.or:'sn»i^a^3:^5.«Jf^j^-t5THKJ"^M««"lgiai,'l»Vl-iii«IPUU ""^WPRBBin'^i'^wwâ€" ^i^ T^pRPvm* '8 BiitfJ '0_K.^cS-E,.. iN AND PENGii AME50C °"' 6 Cts. Extra WHEN eUMtg^ S^STT^WARTMT( this Paper whe ritinc. ;*nt age Jot n in? the Bowd LunnjfanBIc, [er and KidM plaints. A Blood Pntifletl in Hamilton »J been henefitedl u8e:MB.iid [192 Robert 8tJ iOfErysipelaaoi standing; Bo3 'nell, 24 r [daughter ,^ |Epilep;ic Fife ears' aufferii lie Birteil, 'iiut St., c Lunu' Trouble: John Wood ss i of Liver Complaint and Bi'lioi y-cent bottles Mrs. J. Beal 6Ai 3r years with Nervous Prostnad are h-r qrreat, rplief. Sol d at 5 F. F. DALLET4C0.,1 ^Y' OOD r cnre I do not mean mmlj to Uoptl :n huTe them retnrn a^alD. I muni] nsile the rtloeMo of PITS.EPILgPSTiirl ESS a !lfe-loag Bfjdy. 1 wanuit n, J rorat casea. Encanse othen Iut* boJ Dt ao^ receiving a cnra. 8iidato3 a Freu Bottle ol my infalllHe natSi Post Ofilca. It costn 700 notblnrte'J n yon. AJdrwr VH. B. O. BOOT lce,37Yon£eSl,f KS, .Windsor, are offering special| its to purchasers of] Dr delivery this falL Guarantee the Bestj t Fence made in â-ºn. Send fr Catalod OTICE "ting of the Assod«-| nee tbe Company sd.iy, the 13tli ratifying el 96,894. 13,929. lURPLUS, 80,234. i Profit* to P«gg ftyable on aii« »»««»1 Managing Director. S Co. (L'd), 1^ ' man remember thalL|pr ie y'^Xh he commite agaipft IJhe »*'va"ure wiU bring hWWtO-^^^I^-iJ^t*^^^ b jVtJ- ^*« gracionsly God may ^^ntt »*a wifil*, fad riwnld i'^Hoff «: %ii oor experienoe ^f»*» which wnwinty lued for ' ' pardons atomach, P!«?2f* .We nay add ti*t o»t-n»Ma iii P .w,. ftftpguiaiy nch in food-element., andlrith milk makes well nigh a perfect food/ f^ offenses cever or brain. ""j::^ 1*:^^' l*^ -., tbe Theae mnat ejti- unvicarioosly. • Nay, v^ ""-i^us and obvious casis of Biimi:ro«»_f ^j^^^^ Nature, with /eritj' seems unable offender enough during his \^l^ '"I so she goes "« .P^yj^f »»«' '" • ,iMren and his children's «r\^! even to the third and J Jtfr W'"' punishment is entailed £e"«^-'°;i neither human law nor irity ' Taa break the entailment; '"'t !!,'itirv inflictions, Nature '"' t rtaogemt"'« laws of Eng- 'J"' uwlancrhtcrs are made rnheri- »" Lot parts; but by a kind of rJSSion in the distemper, %vounfman, then, who is just •* tJZsoi life, or just beginning ^oige "tK'haWtTartr^ins of thought :y.h habits grow, Vigor hardly to Isae^a ^. ^} S P^^ yfcfa* «»*« into the f^^ '**^"« white h!Suf««SE u.g,|UBwpto. Ae^^^^lK^hmu^ bone, t Pi^lAie Plod dioDld be and^ gKtoet »%n wlfi«*, iad riwnld contain to look around »m,a nau' 8-^ ^^ whose fortunes •^â- "ft Irwhose^ate he would de- "t .nil we walk the streets, we meet ^I WrTcns of each extreme. Here, fSch, whose stock of Tvpars and ten seem »*' Jj Hi3 erect form, his firm step, .Sinib., andundimmed senses, Italic " .(, 5 of good conduct,â€" or "^^'^n iewels and orders of nobili- iShCre has honored him for Ift. her laws. His fair complex â-  " that his blood has never been cor- his pire breath, thit he has never his digestive apparatus for a yint- Jpoo! his exact language and keen i, that his brain has never been Sr stupefied by the poisons of a dis- 'a tobacconist. Enjoying his appe- the highest, he has preserved the ,;„ enjoying them. Despite the mor- e school-boy's story, he ha3_ eaten lieaudstiUkeptit As he drains the 7life there are no lees at the bottom. In^ will ieiv:h the goal of existence Uer Paiale-sly as a candle burns inits socket, so will he expire and a iiffli.'ination would convert hiin into L Enoch, translated from earth to a Uorll, without the sting of death. at the opposite extreme, where ,,pi»site history is recorded. Wha^ tio shocking to behold as the wreck of alnteman,-the vigor of life exhaust- l yet the first steps in an, bonorable tnot taken in himself a lazar-house dead, but by a heathenish cus- )i society, not yet buried 5 hivethad the initial letter of their ftened into the palms of their hands. a for murder, Cain was only branded on but over the whole person of lnchee or the inebriate, the signa- Bo; infamy are written. How Nature i- him with stigma and opprobrium^ -ie hangs labels all over him, to testi- r disgust at his existence, and to ad- li others to beware of his example rste loosens all his joints, sends tremors his muscles, and bends forward his i,a« it to brint; Mm upon all fours with i brutes, or to degrade him to the ties crawling How she disfigures his utenance, as if intent upon obliteratins; s of her own ima^e, so that she may irthat she never made him How she isrkam over his eyes, sends foul spirits iisbit his breath and shrieks, as with mpet, from every pore of his body,. m why should not a young man indulge Imliition to lay up a stock of health, as Tlistolay up stock of any other kind m is earned as literally as any com- ity in the market. Health can be ac- lifed, invested, made to yield its in- p Mid its compound interest, and thus 1 and redoubled. The capital of I, mdeed, may all be forfeited by one sill misdemeanor, as a rich man may • itt his property in one bad specula- ';ttd it is as capable of being increased Mother kind of capital and it can be TiMured, on payment of the reason- ' ptemium of temperance and fore- "â-  This, too, is a species of wealth 'â- not only capable of a life-long en- ' by its possessor, but it may be utted to children by a will and testa- 'Mt no human judicature can set Food. I^wrapondent writes to us from Ala- • requesting an article on foodsâ€" the »We9ome and most digestible. The rJ end of food is to supply the physi- [^«ry with material for the devel- «nl ' ^°" *^® repair of its inces- J"*, nd for the maintenance of its ;r*!°Perature. A second but snbordi- "8 Dleasnre. And the two ends are [;r»«HMted that, other things being klZ;!^ wWch "relishes" most, r|«impluheg the primary end. \k^t^°^ wholesome food for one mav tj"â„¢' .another. What is suited to the WttT*!""*^ adapted to the arctic. ^lifc^ t^"^* and the old man need «S '^*- "^^^ sedentaiy brain- Me out-door muscle-worker can- 1 oigwt the same food. The man jwnatitution, inherited or devel- ^lanve on what miiyht kill th, aU^ ^°^ °°* »o great 2.!^' have something tn one something to do with 5,. apacty. Few people at the gl^ Ahe fact b, the various di- we strengthened, or weaken- ' '*• or are not, called into due '•oiiiil?*"^?* '^^^Itb, whoM occn- •* Wl» J ^^^^ exercise in the 'â- H nrLvfr* *° 'â- *ise a question a. y^PPWent food of a nation i. th« f»J~"â„¢?lated experience of 1 oflzi ^^ 'be torrid zone it is *iaHnJT" grain, vegetables and â-  j^T^te amount of fat. HwsaSL"?? " constitntionrily sickness or chronic HOUSBHCfLD. Tomatoei. How TO Kkbp Pkmkbvi and PicaCLK. When onr ancestors gave the "love ap- ple a place in their gardens as a cnriosi^ ^d later leuned to eat It. half fearful, that It ppnened unhealthful qualitiM, they could not have foreseen that it would be- come one of the mort popular vegetables It holds a place in some form on nearly every table and is capable of being prepared in an astonishing number of diflFerentduhes. The tomato is one of the cheapest and most popular canned articles, in spite of a prejudice that it may be unwholesome on aojount of the acid juice uniting with the solder of the tin can. We now learn that in Italy the bnsiness of drying tomaitoes is carried on extensively and in this country a few experimOTts at evaporating ttiem have iwoved Buooessful. The tomatoes, after re- maining upou he vines until ripe, may be sliced and evaporated the same as apples or peaches. The Italian method is to press the pulp from the seed and skins this pulp is then spread thinly and dried by exposure to the sun. Before using, it is soaked a few hours in warm water and then treated the same as canned tomatoes. The yellow tomato diiOTers from the red, in bearing more resemblance to a fruit in its adaptability to preserving. Is is best eaten with sugar, and choice preserves and sweetmeats are made from this variety. The red tomato is treated as a vegetable; it is broiled, stewed, baked, escalloped, stuffed and pickled. Both the red and yellow tomatoes make excellent ketchup, but that made from the yellow must not be spioed so much or the best flavor will be lost. Tse recipes given below are our well tried rules, which have never failed to give satis- faction Tomato Ketchup No. 1.â€" Peel and stew two quarts of tomatoes, add one tablespoon- f ul eatch of salt, black pepper, mustard and allspice. ' Strain through a sieve, add one pint of vinegar and simmer slowly half an hour. Seal up in bottles. Tomato Ketchup No. 2â€" Boil ripe toma- toes one hour and strain through a sieve. To one quart of this juice add one table- spoonful of cinnamon, one tablespoonf ul of black pepper, one tablespoonful of cayenne, one tablespoonful of mustard, one-half cup of salt and two onions chopped very fine. Boil three hours, then to each quart add one pint of good vinegar and boil one-half hour longer. A Mixed Pickle. â€" This is made from small green peppers, small green tomatoes, onions, nasturtium seeds, string beans less than two inches in length, and cauli- flower cut up in small pieces. Scald this mixture once with salted water and at the endof twenty-four hours put into quart jars, adding whole spice to reason, also mustard seed and celery seed, which is a most valu- able ingredient in pickling fill up the jars with cold vinegar, fasten on the top and it will keep well. Gbeen Tomato Pickle. â€" This is made by slicing one peck of green tomatoes and six onions scatter over them one cup of salt and let them stand twelve hours. Drain well and put into two quarts of water and one quart of vinegar let it come to a boil and boil fifteen minutes or until the slices seem tender when pressed with a fork. Drain again and put into a syrup made by adding two tablespoonfuls of whole cloves, two of stick cinnamon, one of mustard seed, one of aUspice, two pounds of brown sugar and two quarts of vinegar. Boil in this syrup about ten minutes. Tomato Sweet Picklb.â€" Sprinkle one oup of salt over one peck of sliced green tomatoes, and let it stand twenty-four hours. Drain well and boil half an hour in tv/o parts water and one part vinegar; dra'n again make a syrup of three quarters oJ pound of sugar to one quart of vinegar add- ing one teaapoonful of cinnamon, oiie-half teaspoonful each of cloves, allspice, mustard and pepper. Pour this syrup over the tomatoes and bring to a boil. Plain Gbeen Tomato Pickle. â€" Select tomatoes which are about half grown. Cut a gash about half through each and place them in a large bowl. Pour over them boH- ing water to which salt has been added in the proportion of one cup to six quart, of watw. Let them stand twenty four hour., and then drain thoroughly. On the second and third days repeat the scalding. Put into vineear to which ha. been added one-haU cup white mustard seed, a small piece of alum, a tablespoonful of brown sugar, a root of horse-radish well bruised, a table- spoonful of cracked allspice and a handful ofolovee. „ ,, â- . 1 J ToMaTO Pbbsebve.â€" Scald and peel round yellow tomatoes which are ripe. To one iound of tomatoes add one pound of su»r ind let them stand over night. Take the tomatoes out of the sugar and boil the syrup, removing the scum. Whwi the syrup â- - clear add the tomatoes and a few slices lemon; boil gently fifteen or twenty utea; remove the fruit and boil syrup thickens. ^^*^ ' jy *»» hand. ^^' 'I ,»1W JP. " ' it made. Is it not toobadT wofol expre«ioD (m hif own. " And mam- " I ceriadnly am," .he aid in the ttine in- dignant tone. " I have told him at leart fif^ times to take hold of my hand and b* wiU never do it, and this is the conse- quenoe." "It wem. to me," I answered somewhat dryly, " that if von have eoadoued the rib of disobedience f or f orty-nlne^mes, it is for tiie sin of falling down that the child is to bepnniriied; for if the accident had not happened, I imagine that the fiftieth act of duobedienoe would aim have rnwril without comment." Her cheek flushed for a moment, then her h(«e.t hazel eye. met mine steadily. " Your reproof is a just one," she said, " and I shall not forget it." I would like othOT young mothers, also, to carefully consider this question of punish- ment, for it is a most important one. While grave moral faults are often passed over care- lessly, a child is frequently very severely dealt with for the tearing of a dress, or the breaking of an ornament, or any other fault that involves trouble or expense, even though the mischief may have been unintentionally done. A SUIT GBOWHJQ OUT OF A MUBDEfi. Two Weneit'CoateBtliis for tbe Kight «• be Widow of the Mnrdered Man. Last Christmas Day John Hughes was shot and killed by Richard H. Jacobs, near Greenville, S. C. Jacobs was a wealthy and widely-known farmer, nearly six ty years of age. Hughes was an illiterate white man who had been in the neighborhood only a short while, and who was a tenant on Jacobs's farm. When he was killed he had a wife and six children. Jacobs was tried, convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to five years' imprisonment, but is now at liberty on a bond of $5,000. Mrs. Sallie Hughes, supposed widow of the murdered man, brought suit against Jacobs for $10,030. damages, having previously se- cured letters of administration. Just then appeared a woman who claimed to be the le- gal wife of John Hughes, and who began suit before the Probate Judge to set aside the letters of administration, audi this is now being tried. The new clai^nant to the position of widow of the murdered man is a woman of gouci appearance, about 56 years old. Mrs. Amanda M. Hughes is her name, and she comes from Habersham county, Georgia. She says that Hughes came to that section in 1S69. She was then a widow, seventeen years his senior, but she married him. About 1874 he got 'into trouble and was compelled to leave Habersham. Sne refus- ed to go with him, and he left her and their two children and came to South Carolina. He very soon married Sallie Hughes, his cousin, and they had six children. Finally he landed in Greenville and was killed. He led a wandering life, staying nowhere more than a year. This story was corroborated by several witi esses, among them W. J. Owin, who was ordinary of Habersham county, where the marriage licenpe was issued to Hughes and his Georgia wife. A Few Bear Stories- A bear weighing 500 pounds was killed ^njln*"' be suited to his con- la » (ase of dysjpepsia, the H»o.^*.^.^«*«™^d for aU g"d differ according to Ike 'cnltbf neral, that wdM u of min- until the Put the fruit into jar. and pour the .yrup over it. Tomato Figs.â€" These should be made of the small pear tomatoe., "their riiape«d teit^TarVmoet citable for thepurpow. Pour boUing water ow them to remove fheSkin. ;^p». we|gh and pl«* gem in. stone iar with a. much wgar as there are SStS. lit them rt«d two day. *J« iMWDfrtbe wmpandboa and .toaitnn- toennd l0t th«n rtand ttro d^""*â„¢?? S«i bqa-dddm agafa. After ttethwi ^aS ari ina conditimi.to diyH^the ;^thet'i» gooA; « ~* »•* ^*â„¢*k!^1J!21 '»«l4^da fltf^en plate, m duhe. "» P** PimiiiiiiMnt of ChiianA; 1 «• '-«-*»« «» i.-i'i- lAi-^ ^-^«Utbfaige.tionthanfr.2ih ^**^ '«Eli!LiJ^ "• » whole, should contain alf .treet, I met a yotm^l""" on Flint River, near Albany, Ga., by the citizens, who never saw a bear in that neighborhood before. Daniel OConnell of Stamford, Vt., was attacked by a bear near North Adams, Mass, and was being badly worsted, when his dog interfered and he managed to escape. â-  The dog has not been seen since. A man was going over the Rocky Moun- tains for pine logs, driving a wagon. On the top of a large rock by the side of the road was a young bear, the mother having started up the mountain on the approach of the team. The cub not moving, the mother came bounding back to it, and giving it a nudge with her nose started up the mountain again, expecting the cub to follow. But the little one made no move. The old bear then came back the second time, and taking up the cub in her paws gave him several cuffs. The cub then obeyed orders and followed the old bear in a gallop up the side of the motintain. A passenger train on a Florida railroad stopped Mme fifteen miles from Cedar Key to prevent a collision with some cattle, when a black bear came trotting leisurely out of the woods, climbed upon the platform of a car, and entered the express room, where he found three strings cf fish and some bacon, all of which went quickly mto his maw. When the tri^in started up the swaying of the car shut the door. The bear soon became tired of his ride, and looked about for means of egress. Nothing appeared so vulnerable to attack as the windows in the side of the car, which were Srotected by iron rods about a half inch in iameter. He selected one of the«, caught two or three of the iron rods with his iaw^ and, giving them a hug, broke and twisted them off clean. His body was then forced through the aperture and struck the ground Uke a rubber baU. He turned two or three somersaults and amUed off into the woods. When Diamonds are Foliahed* • One of the great industries of Amsterdam is the outtiDg and polishing of diamonds; and nearly all the finest diamonds in the world are brought here to be cut into shape. We will make a visit to one of the principal diamond establishments, and when we get there I think we will be mrpriwd to find a neat factory, four or five rtoriw hljfh, a rteam-engineinthebawuM^ and fly-wheel., ^^Sithem bands, and air^rt. of whoring in the diffaiwt rtoriefc (Hi the [oor ihe diamond, are finJdieT and and here we see skUlfia wwkm«i V» *M WnjJAM MOWEBB'B OOlFEBSIOir. 4asr lte« nii ttMe*f«tb omI« feasiM id-Wmbm akommmr»9a^ !M,mhti iBaidaB. hi. tiro Jittla amadaoBaai A»»fll» laat Â¥av^ ,A tax daj9 HP he ^mn^- bleed huOiUf tfr 'd«ath ptnc^iifiik tii ean. Shvmn toMeiM faito iBowt en the arm «f tiw Sheriff. latar U. faarion was handed to Judg* MoFbpr.^ who. after reading ijL ordjSred to plead the inditftmeht of niurder, and the eolnrft pleaded g«9ty. The eOBfearioh wm Was read. ItiMntoatodeMrihahow ow«n and Bet^ Sargent, hi. honsekeepw, ^8*d 40, were to h..ve been married last luy, but the two little boys werefn the way. The boys, aged 4 and 6 yean were tiie sisaa of Showers' daughter, wboi. dead. Show- era's wife is alwdead, imd he wasalone witn the boys. Miss Sargent agreed to marry* Showers if he got a place for the boys. Show- ers tried to place them, uid finally they disappeared. After their disappearance Showers gave conflicting stories about them. First he said they had been bound out then that they had been lost on the moun- tain. This lead to his arreet, and a few days later the dead bodies of the bon were found buried, in shallow holes in Showers's back lot. Intense excitement followed. Miss Sargent declared that she knew noth- ing of the crime. She was in court to-day as a witnesR, and heard the oonfeasum read. The most horrible part of it is as follow Betsy came to my house on the night of May 16. We lit the candle. The clothes of the children lay on the woodchest. She rolled them together in a bundle. Then I lit my old lantern. I had already di^ the hole in which the children weie found in the gutter the evening before. The chil- dren were then alreadv in bed. Sammy, the little one, slept up stairs, and William down stairs with me. Then we went into the bed rxm where William was. I had a thick twine, about as thick as a lead pencil and about a yard long. Willie was sleeping. I tied the twine around his neck more than one time, and- choked him to death. She carried the lantern, and had closed it so that no one should see it, and I carried the boy under my arm, and put him in the hole. Then we went up stairs. The other light we put out. She curried the lantern up stairs to give me light. It was a four cor- nered lantern, and she opened one side. There was a little petticoat, and this I tied around Sammy Speraw's neck and strangled him. Then we took him down. I carried him under my arm. She carried the lantern, but had it shut so that no one could see us go down the lot. There were currant stalks, at this hole, and when I came there with the little boy I tumbled over the currant stalks, and the boy flew out of my hands against the wall. I had to let him go or I would have fallen into the hole. Betsy cought hold of my back at the coat or I would have fallen in. That is what caus- ed the wound in the boy's head -^ his fall- ing against the wall. She (Betsy) stood the lantern in the currant bushes, opening it sufficient to give me enough light to cover up the hole. I^then covered it up with the f'ound. Then we went up to the house, had the shovel and she had the lantern, which had been closed up. On the way to the house I said." What will we do with the clothes?" Then she said these I would bum. We talked awhile and were both ex- ited, you can think. "Now," she said, after we put the clothes in the cook stove," I poured coal oil on them and they were soon burned. At this Miss Sargent fainted, and was carried unconscious from the court room. A warrant was served on her later in the day. She still denies the charge, and says old Showers is trying to drag her down with bin-. The people believe her, and she was sent home to-night under police surveil- lance. Bc mrainc AJD ua BFPL. MHrT^or tta giu wato- Alngerffid of an c Goloi-BlixidnesB among Bailioad Employees- The conflict between the officers and the employes of the Beading Railroad, with its forty-two thousand employees on three thou- sand miles. of track, which has occupied re- cently the attention of the public, and has threatened to produce a suspension of work on that road, has reopened the question of color-blindness among railroad employees, and led to a full demonstration of its exist- ence among those engaged even as engine- men, where the defect may lead to serions accidents, with loss of property and life. The officer, of the road have ielected the system for examination suggested by the writer, and employed to afnll success for more dian five years past on the Pennsyl- vania BaUroad, and have appointed me to snpwviM it. detail., and. a. ophthalmologi- cal expert, to decide all doubtful cases after carefm examination of those found defective by the non-professional examiners of the company. The conflict is nearly over, sinoe de- monstratirais of the optical defect in eiuin- eers, made before a committee appointea by the employee, have satisfled them of the propriety of the testiiu;, and that the safety of the travdling public demands the removal of all color-blind persons from positions where their optical defect mvht be the cause of distressing accident., la the recent demonstrations, I was able at my office to show that an engine-man declared a red danger-riflial, made by placins red xlass in front of .large gas-light at a dutanoe of two feet away, to be a green light he wa. also not mly anaUe to distingush a red firmn a green mg wiiliha riz feet, but he failed to clanifyueiM., white, red, green, and bine, even when alfowed to take them in hi. own hand..â€" William Thomson, M. D., in Poptdar Science Monthly /or October. S^S^ef we nmi^«T^jng dWu^JI^ SSJi '^reqdre. grejst SSfSaad rai^wad in^flMN. «(Uana«Kk«^.ip.tfae aap^^ the head and neck. -^ CbaoT-ttein infmitatiwq ^eld mahogany: DwMt Iqgwood-dilp. bt vinegar or aoetto aeia for twe^ty-fenr hours or nor*. When «ady to OMt/^mi^ Mlutionj then dip- uie wood nntu nitaiMe oaor fa obtained. Pyro rtains atfc waiily reieved from tha- fingers by moistening uie. hand, with a dil- ute Mlntion of afanortan^'ftdd-^ydrochloric,. nitric, oxaTic, cUrie. ko. After cleansing in this manner., ^he hand, must be freeily washed in hot water. If -this pre«aution ia not taken, tne stains will reappear under the nsb of soap and watee. Taken ivthe moraing, fruit is as helpful to digestion ai it is refreshing. The newly awakened fnnctiota finds in it an object of snob light labor- as will exercise- without seriously taxing its energies, and thv tissue, of the stomach acquire at little cost a vain of nourishment which wiU sustain thou, energies in later jLndjaaocaaecions operations. It is an excellent plan, with this object in view, teaddalittie bread' to tbefniit eaten. To clean carpets, use about three gills of HC-ga11ina psSlful of water with a soft scrubbing-brush mb so^ine of the cx-gall water on the carpet, wiilch will raise a lather. When a convenient-sized portion is done, wash the lather off with a clean bnen i^loth dipped in clean water. Let this water be changed frequently and, when all the lather has disappeared, rub the part with a clean dry cloth. Mixtures of mag- nesia and fttUers'-earth made into a parte are used to remove grease-spots. Alloyed with a smal percentage of silver, aluminum loses much of its malleabity, but with flve percent, of silver it can be worked well, and takes a more beautiful polish than the more pure metal. With three per cent, of silver, it is very suitable for philosophical instuments, being harder and whiter than the pure metal, and is not tarnished even by sulphuretted hydrogen. With small amounts of silver, it^ appears very suitable for scale-beams, and is now frequently used for this purpose. The alloy containing five per cent, of silver has bseil suggested for coin of small denominations, as it is hard, bright, and retains its lustre in handling. AU lifts in buildings should be bricked in, or the sides of the well-hole cov red with metal plates, abestos sheets, or some other noninflammable material, to render them fireproof and laws should be enacted making it compulsory on builders and property-owners to make such provision for Ihe safety of life and property. But in buildings where no such provision is made the following device has been suggested for preventing the spread of fire by way of the lift-shaft. It is proposed to ere3t a standpipe in one corner of the shaft, with branches of perforated pipe of smaller size surrounding the well at each fleor. Tbe w iter c an be turned into each of these perforated pipes simultaneously by pulling a lever at a point remote from the elevator, thus filling the shaft with a shower of spray, which will be likely to subdue the name, unless the draught is very great and the fire too far advanced. An Absurd Bird- Kiwi-kiwi is the creature's real name, but scientific men call it apteryx, which is a Greek word meaming wingless, because, though a bird, it has no wings. That is absurd enough, but it does not satisfy the kiwi, who seems to have tried to be as unbirdlike as possible, and, in order to be so, has gone to very ridiculous extremes. It not only has no wings, but it has no tail â€" not even so much as an apology for one. And, as if that were not enough, it has no feathers worthy of t.he name. Its quills .recovered with soft down for about one-third of their length, and then are fringed with hair-like webs out to the ends, which are sharply pointed. It is only as large a. a common domestic fowl, but it has much stronger and stouter legs and bigger feet. Of course you can not be surprised to learn that such a bird looks at first sight like a quadruped. It carries its head low uid hobbles uong in a most nucputb fashion, moving so swiftly when pursued, however, that it is very dmScult to capture thu ri- dfcolon. bircL When it sleeps in the daytimeâ€" for natu- rally it is odd enough to choose the wrong time for sleeping â€" ^it rests its long bill on the ground, Uid so makes itwlf lock like a strange sort of three legged stool. Most otherbirds use their be^s or their wings or their spurs to fight with, but it would be foolish to expect any such natural proceed- ing from the kiwi and, in fact, its plan of fighting is to kiek. It fs very fond of earth-worms and one of it. way. of pro- cnricgthem i. worthy of Mudd a bird. It thnmps. the 9arth with it. big feet, and if there are any Worm, in the vicinity, up they come to discover what is the matter. Itkaooaanof the oateich, and though it. plnmai{e ha. no rach value for u. as it. large relative' has, iti. v«ry highly valued by the n.tive. of New Zealand. The kiwi has. very tough skin, which, when it is properly drened, nudaM good Imther. tiM'diaiiMiiid.prodaced In tha worid. Ibe bnt of tulwA eoi^a Imp Bn^jM. nfl^ to lUm fahtoHr to h* »â- * •»* " ""*? â-  ""•* tha «re.tioh-i-W»«^l**'?»!« -•?* Ye.," Mdd the grieved motiier, " myboy WM truthful untfTha went -fiehing. Thein hetiddliiifirrt Usk" A qoanyman redding near Lookout Pwit. .hi^peak in the Btautk Hill, country, recently found a flat rtone le.ning iasunst luge oak ttae« The tree had grown aronnul tha ed^ «f the rtone, .howg that Oa position of the .tone hmd been the mu» for many yean. On one ride of the .tone Were the nanesof aanwn menaedtiilainwriptlon CkaMtoyiewhill.ial8^, Mven of vm. All daadlnt ma, Ikra Kindw Killed bgr hid. b«yoaA*a]tifhfailL 69k wnr fold, fvp*^ laaL" 4^tt*oth«rridaaf tte p t oi w wai^ tSiV«flfi ji *^ 1^ 'S «»^*«s«y- Oor Mamattflot by me htaiua. I hav» The King of Spain i. w vent e en montiis old and only get. $1,000,000 » year. Bat if he rtick. to borioMi and ^et. around to the throne ewly in the morning, and only takea twenty minute, for lunch, 1^ doesn't knock off before daik, there Is no naaon why he riionldn't have hi. nlaiy raind. hi a nndpit near Omaha two mwinon. teeth have Deen due up. The naturaliat wttotdlsthertotyoftiMir «B a w» » e ty wy. that thfy nwthavabeloiift.d to mmm Miimal tfaatwM at least "rixttmeaMlMfa aathe modem elephant, " " tha^ ato tigaberaa .rtMdydiet. Maybe the exfrtence of audi Ul aaiaial aaeooBfe. f or tiie vaat fr^ieaof the West, and that he storvad to daadi when tbe npply of Umhtrg^n o«t. One of the aUr aottw of « flrir in Mo- HnMiyooanly.IlL, waa Hia aaniaM (rf^ a voloaieer eorole, towhomngpMBtavafaMd «fc92Mwera«oboll««u iMMmlaoaae tfc^^ McatA and wwe -awmaa fn Hi mill rr " Iha^iiMtodm hit ft k tktnai. slM»har.. aadtU â- â-  â-  â- gw ri !«t Ifca. fair«»» " I t T \l 'i^ii-^l