The Brussels Post, 1889-5-10, Page 7Mir 1(), 1 x}5!1.
FARM, FIELD AND GARDEN.
HINTS ON THE CULTIVATION QF
SMALL FRUITS.
Mew to Oiitaln aha ItestA cerate Prom Straw.
berry nitre—Items lama bltonld be
iteot fiR itOfl•renee.
The principal early erop of fruit is the
strawberry. Some fruit•growers object to
culbivatn„ the crop in the spring, as they
olaim that stirring the ground injures tho
roots; but experiments show that where
plants have been grown fu single stools (the
runners kept down the previous spring) and
the soil kept clean and loose, bettor barrio,
and strength plants have vaulted, Where
the plants are gtown under the matted -row
system the ground can only bo cultivated be-
tween the rows, and to remove the grass
and weedo from among tiro plants requires
bend \vert, which le very laborious. To
partially ovoid this the rows may bo
thinned down on the sides, by removing
the surplus 'Amite, until they are very
narrow. Tho row will be more plant-
food for the plants tett remain, and Snore
moisture if the season is dry. Instead
of boing injured by cultivation the loose soil
protect, the plants and assists thee, to secure
more moisture, and for every root that may
bo cut off a dozen rootlets will grow. As the
mote food near the surface, only alight stir-
ring, of the surfacesoil is necessary, but it
Amid. be often enough to keep the no;1 loose
'anal to prevent grass anil mode from appear -
leg, -int they rob the plants of moisture.
Another objection is that tho plants are
liable to len otno dirty if the soil is kept
loath, lint the rains wilI harden the soil; and orale, had broken away. Another.piece of
la oaves will rpreventhulll difficulty y in P1 at ine wood appears to have been fitted into its crop', and it is difficult to imagine anythingg
respect if aplied after the fruit approaches phaco and fastened with two stout wooden prottierthan Seale whole costume. It would
1'
.t',• c ley sena Um t' entered in-
n _ ,ll+it .� t., ilio farm
A,1 u.. the grimed should -bo en .
tivatod 1i4titly io order to prevent evapura-
tien 51 meta that `Ilia loose diet nerve, as u
•arc, rig; nod r.hirlds rho earth front the di -
out caroms of drying winds and the beet of
!ie 814n.
THE DRESS 01? CHILDREN.
CHANGES'W'HIOH IT HAS UNDERGONE
IN A HUNDRED YEARS.
► it'tttreseutoy Attired Youngster% of 18115
A PREHISTORIC CANOE.
and 11,61—Homo Ruafnticostuenes Svltl0n
i1'err 1vorn by Young Folies,
woad'We" H'$awd nl rsr Ages !n a fable al
Sitnduu4l,uinves. � The dress of children hos' undergone such
A discovery of extreme arciiwolongieal in -
tamest
thorough change since the beginning ,of
torest has been made upon the Barton sac- thus century that It oaimot be °thereto°
tion of bbs Manchester Ship Canal: While
than interesting toglance bank through rho
the =orators woro at work n whab is fashions worn by children in alae last eighty
known. as the "Salt Eye" patting, the stonin Years.
lav brought to light a prehistoric canoe. ; At the beginning of this century the dross
vS g g P of English women possessed at least ono
It watt imbedded in e. With sbout twenty- merit, that of simplioity-simplicity of ma.
five foot below the surface. With some dilii. rorial, simplicity of form, simplicity of color-
oulty tho fango was removed be ul examined.
in Msii ing AU those three things combined to ren-
viwinity of the engineer's officeand examined. dor ib a most charming costume, exquisite to
It was found to consist of a pnrtion of an oak look upon, inspiring for an artist to plaint.
this roughly hewn and fashioned. In length And the ohildren's dress was equally simple,
this relic of a long past age is 13 feet2feet 0 giving us the rete costumes of which Bate
from sad to end, with a width of 2 foot 0 (reel way has made such a charming study
moles. Notwithstanding the lapse of con, and which she has so sweetly reproduced in
buries the marks of the axe are dioWnetly her almanacs and her books for children.
visihe in rho interium• of the aanoe, tho width There is no doubt that the costume ie at
of the blade of thoimploment need—whothac once light and graceful, rho only drawback
of dint or iron—being apparently alone boing that it is quite unsuited far a Cana -
three inches. Unfortunately the verse] sus-
tained
us• dine, Winter. As far back es 1792 Dr.
tainedsome damage in the ruthless grip of the Sought, tried to introduceba wool for under -
at
"nave'yy,"the bottom having been cut through cluthng, tried
iedtopamphlets oltthe sub -
at the in. end, while a portion of ono side is joot; but with little effect, and a child was
brokmiu. Bub for this mishap the wpm dressed in linen and cambric with not
would have been recovered intact. The bow much regard to warmth and comfort, Aleut
is souped so ns to leave a pro, evidently
block, 1810 an attempt to introduce Turkish thou -
the
whealabole isdrfvon, evidently for sera for little girls -a very pretty ousteet.
the purpose of fastening ft by /cans of a The little girl in the illustration wears
rope. At this paint the grain of alto wood worked cambric, trousers, a short tunic teat,
indicates that tato ancient tree, workmen had out full embed collar, and white kid gloves and
through the Heart of the tragi, and that a slippers. IHerhair isdescribodas "a tufted
is easy
A/teeie'•. ns. Tho piece itself isgone, t y
' In cultivating blackbc::y vines the old no pass to huger into the holes loft by the
wood should bo out out, removed and con. pin. At the onposite end rho canoe has
been straightened by rho Axing to it of a
!
epodes of gunwale, consisting of the natural-
ly bent arm of a tree, also held in position ,
the branches in order that the ouanos may bo- with pegs or pins of wood.
them stooky and throw out laterals. All It is impossible to fix the preciseperiod of
that is then needed is to keep the field loose 1 the oanoa, but the cireumstanee that it bears ,
on the Bedew with the oulbivators. One of no trace of a nail or any ironwork may per.
the hest fertilizers for the crop is a bag of haps aid the formation of an opinion upon
superphosphate and 500pounds of bard -wood this pont. The wood, particularly of the
ashes per acre. bottom, is for the moat part quite sound. A '
Raspberries are treated nearly the same portion of ono side, however, which has ap- ',
as blackberries. Currants no subject to parently been at some period more exposed
the attack of the currant worm, which is than the reet, has commenced to crack, and
destroyed by dusting the plants with white to prevent the spread of this process of do- !
belabors The strawberry is seldom n- nay, now that the relies las been brought
timed. by insects, bub the blackberry is at. into contact with the air, measures will at
tacked by a parasite, especially the Wilson once be taken. The canoe rested in a heal
variety, for which no remedy is known but of sand and leaves, among which hazel -nuts
burning of the old canes. Spraying the grape wore found. In the immediate vicinity
with a limo and copperas solution is said to several largo trees have been discovered,
bo u preventive of rot. The rose bug does leading to the conclusion that the bed of the
great damage to several fruits, and can only canal fs being out through what was once a
be atteoked by united chert and hand kill- forest.The ultimate disposition of this m-
ing tercet -Lug link with the remote past has not
decided b t it is ho ed that it
slimed by fire, and the ground thoroughly
cultivated early in the opting. This being
done, the next work is to lop off the ends of
1800. (Adapted to modern requirements.)
be a sensible and becoming dress the either
light -wool or thin silk, with woollen com-
binations worn underneath it, of course
worked cambric was then in fashion, and in
tits evening nothing but the very thinnest
materials were worn.
Little boys aro never so much tormented
as little girls intim way of costumes, and n
those a s lie wore a very
been 011)00 • u p d tl y sample dress,
ONIONS. will be added to the archteologio treasures o... a .3:.,ery short•svaia ver
vest with trou-
- in the museum at Owens College, Menthes- sere buttoned up over it, or what is called a
A Cserui nut misunderstood -Vegetable ter.—Manchester ling. Guardian. skeleton suit—vest and trousers all. in one
1.100101 Attention. . and quite loose.
+i Otto of the healthiest vegetables, if not the surveying the 1 avadiau 50030.tes.
healthiest one, grown is the onion, yet, No two maps of the Northwestern portion
strange to stay, but few people use it as lib- of the British possessions on this continent
orally as they should. 13omled onions used agree in their delineation of the Rocky
frequently in a family of children will ward Mountains. Explorers aro familiar with
elf many of the diseases to which the little their general trend, a few of then larger
ones aro subject. The principal objection . lakes and some of the rivers whioh drain the
to the proncfscnouo neo of this vegetable is mountain sides, but it will bo a long time
that bite odor exhaled after eating is ao offon- before the vast region of enormous elevations
sive. A cup of strong coffee taken immedi- will ho accurately mapped. The work is in
atoly after eating is claimed to bo excellent progress, and for two years past Canada has
in eountornoting this effect. Although for been pushing the topographical survey of
a day or so after eating onions the breath her Northwest. Here and there among
may have a disagreeable odor, trot after this these mountains, not far from the Canadian
time it will be much sweeter than before. . pacific, are parties of two or three surveyors
For croup onion poultices are used with struggling up the mountain aides. It is hard
success, providing the child is kept out of work, and each summit overcome means in
any drafts, and a sudden obillavoided. The cessant labor for twelve to eighteen houre,
poultices are made by warming the onions in heavy laden with instruments. When the
goose oil until soft, then putting them on the top la gained, they nest determine their al-
hild's feet and chest as home they can be titude and position, take the bearings of
° the net hborm oaks and ranges, and ho -
pante. Unless in very obstinate cases, vvhon g g P g P
taken in time, the croup readily yields to the tograph their surroundings. Then they
onions, This, although an' old-fashioned gather fresh material from some other van -
remedy, is a good one,as any mother who tags ground 9,000 to 11,000 fent in the air.
has brought up a family of children can at- By such laborious processes are the nbrieate
test. features of these mountain regions sosurate]yy
Onions are excellent blood purifiers, and grasped and clearly reproduced. The work
for eradicating boils or any of rho blood hu- is oftentimes clangorous Several summits
mors aro very efficacious. They are good for leave been gained only by nutting steps in
the complexion, and a friend who has a the almost precipitous ice mate that crowns
wonderfully cloth, fine complexion abtri. them. Two years ago Mount Stephen,
butes it to the liberal use of onions as afood, whose top was thought to be inaccessible,
People suffering from nervous troubles was sealed by two surveyors who crawled
are much benefited by using those vego- along lodges on tiro face of perpendicular
tables frequently, either cooked or raw. walls, and for a long distance had to out
When troubled with a bar(' cough, if a boles for their tons and fingers. Horses are
raw onion is eaten alio phlegm will loosen sometimes ,sod to carry the instruments on
almost itnmediately, and can be removed the lower slopes. Mr. McArthur's equine
with voty litblo effort A raw onion is assistant slipped from the path one day and
/ado nnioh more palatable if when 'hating rolled down over the canon, disappearing
a'little salt or peppper is used as a season- over a short prooipioe. • Ho eras found three
mg. Those troubled with wakefulness .hundred feet below, stuck fast, head down- ;
may insure a good night's sleep often if ward batween two trees, and with the oxcepp- +
just before retiring they eat a raw onion. tion of a few bruises ha was not hurt. Ma
There aro few aches to whioh children impossible to carry blankets and provisions
aro subject' as hard to boar and as painful for a night camp, and every ascent thus far
as ear -ache, One of the best remedies wo has been made in a day, ufteuinvolving from
know is to tako out the heart of auonion fifteen• to.eighteen hours' work. Not the
(a red onion is the best if ib can be had, least among tbo'euriositios of thio elevated 1
although lacking this']cand, any obher can region are the frozen lakes blocking up ice 1
be used) mid roast it.' When soft, so it ocn . gorges through which glacial livors mum Out.
bo handled without /ushing, put it into egged, ere' are waterfalls' in abundance.
the cheated ear as hot as can be borne. Un One little stream, in a distance of •1,700 feet,
loss the
close is deeper then ordinarily
the passes over a simnel/ion of falls ranging from '
70 to 300 feet; and on Lookout Mountain
will pain ob r eturn tease in a vary short tine and May be tracod,for nearly 3,000 feet elle white
A not r
A coughsyrup in which onaona'fortn an streak of a•foaming cascade as it dashes
important part is made by taking ono sup obraight down the slope.
e sup o olasses and one -
of vinegar, on f m
half cup of cutup onions. Put on the stove
and simmer about half an hour, or until the
onions aro soft. Then remove and strain.
Take a teaspoonful of this froqquontly, when
troubled with is cough, and milers very deep
seated the cough will not last long.—Boston
Budget.
ein1Nags,.
Ono stone six inches high ina wheel track
meth more wear of team and carriage than
en additional half mild of smooth rout].
In all my oxporienoe of, upward of forty
ears of growing olover 3 cannot point to ono
,, g g . i
netmioe on my .farm of failure of a tan
Mop when the land Woe previously well sot
in clover. --•1. P. Root.
Do not try to cultivate onions deep ; if an
inob of the ourface is kept mellow, neat no
weeds allowed to grow, it is all the eultiva-
bion that will be needed.
Start the hand cultivator in mmli0ue tho
fist dayyou man fico the rows, and use ib 110
ill take a, little over
It sv
,feel as necessary.
tlti•oe hours to plow out a half nem twice to
th'e s0W.-
The 'shorter the poach tram is out leek
When Planted the stronger and healthier it
be after it gabs a start, beep the soil
abound young peach trees clean and loose.
The thermometer and the barometer
sliol4tl be awed bet 411'feereers. After hnvine
a e /Mute Sea Metweti.
For five 'yenta Hoary Kellogg, of New
Haven, Conn., has been at work on e. new
substance to be used in the:arts, and he now
dolma that he has perfected the invention,
or at least hit on the proper kind and pro.
portion of ingredients. The substance is
termed kelgum, and is calculated to supersede
rubber in many uses to which the latter IS
pub, ifclgum is especially adapted to tax•
tile fabrics, which, when thoroughly satur-
ated or impregnated with it, become abso-
lutely water -proof, and will not become
mildewed and trot. Kolgum is proclused from
vegetable oils, which are treated so as to
loavo a residuum of a gummy therm:tcr, nob
as eleatbo; however,.' as India- rubber gum.
Being a product of oil, kelgunt Is not affect-
ed by oil, as as the ease with rubber, nor is
ib changed by the nation pi host or light,
It can be vulcanized the same as rubber, bat
Wit, tout rho use of sulphur. Under many
conditions ib is more tltnable than rubber;
and ie especially adapted to boltings for all
kinds of ineohmory, anal coven, awing,
tents, mail pouohos, carriage coverings, over -
01100n, trunk thyme, bags, 136011. 00tthea, in-
;aulation for telogreph and olootrao-Tight
wire,, aline solea, goaaalnor Waterproofs,
;window sheath, tonal note and seinen, and
,many othaf nate. There is very little odor
an the sub/Matto, and. What there is not die.
I agreonblc, When perfumed it robe ea the
ertifieial odor incichnitoly.
VY,
1810.
The next illustration represents a little
girl from afashion plate of 1820. The freak
is still of cambric, but loth skirt and trout
sore aro trimmed with bands of blue satin,
and a blue sash is tied around the: waist.
It needed very little after this to bring about
the hideous fashion of 1835. For already
the dress bas lost; its siniplioit , The white
trousers, brimmed with the blue bands of
satin ribbon most have been very ugly ; the
dresses beginning to be stunk out with full
petticoats, and the arrangement of the blue
bands at the side, where there is a pretense
of looping up, is full of suggestion, and paves
the way for the sham bows and buttons of a
later date. The cambric skirt is also worn
over blue silk now, and the simplicity of the
material is dwindling away.
The next little girl is taken fro', a fashion
plate of 1835, and we can sea how very little
change .has.broaght
about the present.
fashion. The little
girl still wears long
1v!w trousers and a low.
11 ! necked dross, bat the
Ayr length of rho ohoul-
ff
and waist is malt
/ i. exaggerated; she hes
r?' a a - leg-of-mutton sleeves,.
and her hair is plaited
in stiff little tails un-
-der her poke bonnet.
'h
her
Tho boy
with vest with
ears fullt
�v a
vee Sill
d aloe £
pntla
trouser a, buttoned
over the vest, and a
high frill round the
neck. In the same
1820. year 1835, we have.
another little boy drawled in white satin
trausors strapped down under his boots, and
a blue vest with rows of buttons down the
front and puffed sleeves, evidently the germ
Of the modern Eton jacket. Thee children
Dart. ly seem very meth dressed up.,. No
doubt the little boy looked very handsome
and a great dandy in his full shirt -frill and
smart vest, though the beauty, in any Mir,
oumstance, of White satin trousers is doubt-
ful. And how thoroughly' uncomfortable
this poor oliild must have felt, and how ter-
ribly frightened of soiling such wonderful
ggarments 1 How he must have hated all
tho paraphernalia of fashion 1 In 1851 tho
sleeves are no longer puffed, and later on
still tho vest takes tin present elope.
In. a fashion -plate of ,.551 wo have a very
simple and homely, if a somewhat ug
fashion ; Those warn Ilio days when dt'
little girl had a silk dross to wear when waikj
Ise stiff
With melena and t i
driving w
nal r
ing or h1 ,
was very stiff, with plenty of gum to mak'
it stick oat aid meth: and topsWvont it fro
a hence
little Atli r ns
"1' °runhin , Tide
as
o i8
Y
blue nal
gest. She hes a It
in her very 1p as
frock, with short loose Bloom, and under
those nice full eaullirio groves &ten,
ed at the wrist. She soars little OM
tronse10 and a pink bohaieb of drawn silk.
.tltoanther mho 10 andel anti tidy little nor.
(41,_\N1t1:ii 'i'ii \N :11.S� SAMtii,l
• 1.011U.
son, Little girls were dootucd teen to wear
orinolinee, and woes made altogether as
much as possible the miniature of the moth:
ors. Even now tho,same plea is ptusnod of
drowsing girls as mnoh as possible lnko thole
mothers after they aro fourteen or fifteen.
They still wear Rooks above the ankle, but
they aro encased in stays, and even wear
busbies --those hideous oxarasoonmmo which,
after all, are tolerable only when they are
worn to keep the long walking -skirt from
drangling against moat pools and catching
the mud as one walks.
A more rational system of clothing than
formerly is pursued with our children, but
this is soon oast off when actual childhood it
passed.
-A',:fi;AN AP..
Is)
ills t,urtts5ti8• •cru„ , .0 11.,' foliar 1100005
....tie 9'oud,&ac ;Jaive and for cam In.
tenet ,t 1...pa ..1310 •1'raurp—dDcaib S'renn
181801 at Sent
Lord f.unnln10wtto arrived here this week.
tuld the hallowing dory of hie journey to a
reporter: 1.' left England in Yobruary, 1888,
for New Yolk. Oly object Was not to go to
the North j'01o, usstatod, but purely toex.
plore the islands its the Arctic acral and
study the birds end an1mafs to be found
there. It wee the middle of Merck before 1
gob to 'h imtipeg. 1 then went to Troy,
where 1 hired !aureola and sled:, traveled to
Prince Albert, ohs/once of three Hundred
miles, the journey occtyingthreo days; then
went to Green puke, '870 /time further, cov-
ering the whole distance, mainly, through
dense forest,' in a week. From tins point I
sent bank my servant with ell my luggage,
only keeping oleo change of clothes. From
that titueI have had no c•humee and have
had to use native furs. 1 had 09 clogs and
t heli+uv -with, m^. The sr5 wtbor wart
sot 0x0, ewmetime; 40` below zero, and in 24
belles 3el above, This nude tr..t•elline ter -
able
r
rible vont. and kept 51 wet f:, 1u morning
n;
t, night. -
(h, that' 7111 we neighed Athabasca take,
175 u;ilee long, attd 1, : t nurreltew two deye
in a f�;, 1)ut in^ tl It flute we were unal.ht
to sleep on toil anything, ns \1e cutild got
no drifts c i ,'rd ,t roine,1 that avowed el.
ternate's . ,1 -the thee. Ince the noir 400
miles we 'bed many di1lionitivs, but were
never more than four days tat a time with-
out food. W st eamo across many Indians
dead from etarvation. We reached (relit
Slave lake on ,Trro 1, the ire being solid.
The next point was Sulphur bay, where aur
boat was caught between two bloci.s'of 'ice,
1$ul. and we were kept there for twenty-eight
days, Oar Indians were terribly fatigued
Boys have never in their worst days had
to suffer so much. This little boy in the
full tunic and belt overlong trousers is sansi-
bly clothed--orwould be'if the trousers were
not, as in this instance, of white satin ; and
the little lad in brown with his full veate
thought he looks very funny hero, is really
not bably dressed.
Then boys have their sensible crieketin
and boating and football cosbumes, excellen
for all weathers—warm in Winter, cool
Summer ; their light wool cricketing Gaps,
and their straw boating hats shading frony
the min and allowing froo ventilation to the
head. Boys aro doubtless as much the slaves
of fashion as girls are, but the masculind
costume never assumes such irrational prof
portions as does the feminine.
and lay down in the boat useless. Finally
WO got out to Hay river, where wo saw the
most beautiful waterfall in the world, horse•
shoo shaped, and having a sheer fall of 500
fact, about one and a half miles wido at the
top, and ono andthree•civartors at the hot-
tom—far more beautiful scenery than Nia•
gars. Block after block of ice, and iceberg
after iceberg came whirling over and down
into the abyss below.
We wont to Peel river in Hudson Bay
Company's steamer, and there got a boat and
natives and started for the Arctic. In Au-
gust we reached Melville island, in latitude
75, which was the farthest point reached
north. Our course was then directed from
Melville island to Kodiak, Alaelca. So n-
' tense was the cool during the journey from e,
there that all but 0.e of the dogs died, and
FASHION HINTS. I several of the Iitdiaus nearly frezen to death. l ` e''lu'
Large bookies are much sought after. I was obliged to walk fifteen hundred miles
6 e across Alaska, owing to the depth of snow, t'Ayf
Sl'eovea continue to be large, and as plat which in some place, was eleven feet, mak- o
turesque as possible for slight figures. + ing itimpossiblc for the dogs to drag any -
Black is much used in combination with ' thing more than the sleds with their loads of
Tho Grecian or walls of Tr..,, pattern is On 10th November liereachadthePueeian
argely n all the new goods and trimmings. mission on the Yukon river, and after many 0
Stripes in widths ranging from a thread more difficulties arrived at Katima on the
to four or five inches form ,the principal fete • other side of Kodiak, about the lath Feb -
burs of the new fabrics. 1 rumy. Owing to the thickness of the ice it
Scotch ginglama are particularly beauti• i Kodiak anti ilefor a boat h oat o arrive from
ful this year. They come n pais and dark : nearly
shades of all the now colors.
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other materials in plain colors or stripes. prosnsaus
Draperies are simply caught up n one
place to display the pettn0Gat of seine dhf) I SHORT AND CRISP.
ferent material or color, or the same materi+
al trimmed.
There is but little change n the skirt pop
tion of dresses. Longi straight lines aril
preserved mostly, with little or no attempt
at a bouffant effect.
The new all -wool imported ashes, nada
lovolyand inexpensive gowns for both house
rr and street wear ; they come in all the nevi'
art shades and n stylish. designs.
The now rosewood brown, with dull blue
stripes, dark gray, with stripes of wbitd
and black, will be worn on the street. Paleq
yellow and white or mange and white are
very dainty looking.
Many of the plaiinmaterials have a Bordet
woven on the selvedge edges, ono from sir'
to twelve inches wide, to be used en the
edge of the gown, and anarrower one oe the
opposite side for trimming Waists and
alcoves.
The girl who carried off the "Beauty
Prize" at Vienna has tarried an American
gytcnnast. t—,54 e
Walker. Blaine is one of the most popular ({.5.4
young men in Washington society. He bas j_) `9
finished and polished manners and is a rt.
charming conversationalist. �qy
There is no truth in the story that Mary
Anderson' is to be married to her anent, Mr.
1-3
Abed. Miss Anderson is, and has ocn, en-
gaged to a young mannthe shirt business t
on Wood Street, Cheapside, London. CD
The other day a New York no,vspapper ! e
published a complete list of the marriageable j e.,a
rich mon of England. Three days later rho ' 1
same paper announced that "the docks of te5J?r+v µ
the outgoing ocean steamships; aro orowded'crg
Qnct
with American women." t,t
A carpenter's college for women has been 1 telt,
started in England at the famous university l'e
' town of Cambridge. c'r
elnty-Goethe/pled matte are sanitary.
The Sanitary News calls attenbiec to the
unhsaltbfulness of the customary practice
of dealing with the walls of our houses.
Allusion is made to the outcry of a few
years ago against arsenical wallpapers, and
it is emitted that other conditions of aur
walls and ceilings aro far more deadly.
People are urged not to paper their walls,
but if they will do so to remove thheld
coats of paper and paeto before applying
new coats. It is a well-known fact that
flour paste will soon mould; that it is a
ready absorbent of moisture and disoaae
germs; also, that paperis a very roady
absorbent.. They may not be aware, how -
that the calorie and bronzes, whioh
are pulverized instals, bresew, eta., are only
temporarily held upon the face of the paper,
with animal matter (glue) that soon decays,
and glue is the greatest absorbent of mois-
ture ground for
altar
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natural We g
o and t
ter
' to hate
t suiiici-
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the germs, and
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g I ah and
ant heat while there they will flourish,
the rooms'. are sometimes very warms above
the lines of the doors and windows' with a
moderate fire ; and where repeated coats of
this paste, paper and glue aro applied, front
whioh outdoor air with its purifying effects
aro sxoluded, by the exp(rating pores beingg
sealed or strangled, the daugor,if much
greater. The glue soon rots sufficiently to
allow rho air, or any friction, to remove
smell panicles to whioh these goring have
attached themselves to float about the room
unseen, until they lodge iu tho system o1.
some unsuspecting victim, whose plhysica
condition is such titab they take oileeb; then
they still have, the little parbiclos of fortfliz-
er with them to hells give thee, a start on
their deadly mission,, The practice of
calcimining and panting Walls is atm 'po
domned, nls hough it is preferable to paper
from asauitary point of vmw. By any method
150015 rho poriaa of the wane the closed, Lein
elle purifying process of the ale passing
through end 'through them is cant ori'; By
this showing it would appear diet ulndocor•
etod wane, unsightly as they are, aro the
ataly healthy ones bo lii'o,within•
I tel.
r unnie9'hf dJn.�niuti a '
"Plena give mea penny, air. My mother'
is dead and we've got nothing to eat.
"How long loas your mother been dead,
little girl? 'Site died long 1,0110 1. woe
born, eau' "Por child ; hero's a quarto/
for yon."
It took 144 horses, 200,000 pounds of hay, i
27,670 pounds of broad and 34 barrels of sp. i
plea to fend the animals of the New Fork
Zoological Gardens last year.
There is nota State east of the Mississippi 1�n
River, says tho Philadelphia Press in which
there are nob thousands of aores of land that A
can bo purchased at a nominal price, nearly ' �.+
all of which can be made n five years as pro- f�
elective as the lands of Oklahoma.
The Girls Smoke Tkclr Ten Now
Smoking tea is the very latest, says a
Now York letter, Somebody brought this
fad hero about three months ago 'and 'it has
spread among the women. Tea,smoking
otrcles aro now .quite mono,. At afternoon
parties where are social young ladies, after
luncheon little Bathers side an totem of
blade tea on each aro brought on accompani-
ed by cigarette pailers, and the girls go to
tea cigarettes.
Tito
do it all
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workd 1
g
' , they
like it:
kebohev
and Y
To a cigar smoker rho Haver is dry, some-
what medicinal and woody, and the trouble.
in keeping the contents ]leis too much. The
effects of smoking tea` is slightly sedative.
An immoderate use of the cigarette makes
the 5 drinkiug w'illldo the on osamessavo tea
e thing
A Duke and o Legacy.
One of the moat magnificent, and ajl the
same time extraordinarylegnot a:ofwhiohItis,
tory bears record has rocontl bean paid oiler.
The late Duchess do Gallhfdras'bee loftfegt
whole fortune to the Empress Tredesdoki
The amount paid in ]card cash is 8190,100)
000, and the vale° of the jewels; balonging
to the personal estate is in proportion to tit
cash. Of pearls alone there aro eighty
strings, of a total value of 81,000,000, and
so on. The natant why this magnifieett
bequest goes to the emprees chowag an';
not to tato son of alto Duchess, is more extra,
orclinnary than the Magnitude' of tho legacy]
There two twiny £orbuues' nowadays' which
ruin up into the huttdrods of'millione; but
there are not many people who would rot
fuse to inherit ono of sham. The son of the
Duchess refuses to inherit hie enecatLLr�
wealth or to woar his title as Duke. I�tt
Itns adopted socialistiaprinciples and intend
to live by them, Ito accordingly lots bid
fnrtuee pass irrevocably away free% bite to
other bands. The self-impevoriehed daktI'e"
Metks prove the shteority Of itis sibgalar
faith,
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