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FQfl A MODEL KITCHEN. jEome Practical Suggestions A<3£ Made * to Housewives . ' £ i . Very little attention is given to the furnishing of the kitchen, even in the most particular households. If a new house is being built, the careful house­ wife -may charge tbe architect with certain conveniences for the room, but generally the matter is left -wholly to his directions, and .unless he is a tyro he is not apt to disappoint expectations. Modern improvements in plumbing aijd in ranges provide the most conve­ nient of permanent fixtures. It is scarcely necessary to warn one against the old style of shut in plumbing, that left innumerable crevices and crannies to give lodgment to dirt and vermin. The very best results are obtained from the use of iron pipes instead of lead, and if this be used there is much less chance of sweating, and the conse- of time. It is safe, however, to con­ clude fiat they had their beginning In stiffened bands of cloth that Grecian and Roman women wound round their bodies. The physical beauty of these women was a paramount consideration both to themselves and their liege lords. They called these swathing bands fas­ cia and zSna. The former was made of heavy linen or kid, and was worn next the skin, between the waist and the bust. The Romans greatly admired an undeveloped figure, and resorted to measures to retard ' nature's growth. These heavy bands were frequently bound about the chests of growing girls. The zona was also a fiat band, but worn over the tunic; it was generally red in color, and, though ordinarily sim­ ple in design, women of rank frequently made their zonas gorgeous with bright- colored embroidery and studdings of jewels. The fourteenth century saw the introduction of a garment that bore the first semblance to the corset of to­ day. It was cut to1 conform to the fig­ ure, a ud was laced, sometimes in front, sometimes at the back. It was made of various materials, and was often fur- bordered, which was excusable, since it was laced over the skirts. LIGHTING AMERICAN CITIES. An Appeal for Assistance^ . The man who is charitable to Tiimself will listen to the mute appeal for assistance maue by his stomach, or his liver. In the shape of divers dyspeptic qualms and upensy ^sensations In the regions of the gland that secretes his bite. Hostetter'g" Stomach Bit­ ters, my dear sir, or madam--asp- the Case may be-ris what you require. Hasten to use if you ire troubled with heartburn, wind in the stomach, or i^bte that your skin or the whites of your eyes are taking a sallow hue. According^o a London cablegram the original manuscript of Keats' "Endy- mion" has just been Osold for $3,475, Which is without' doubt much more than Keats ever received for his entire poetical works. The republic of let­ ters, like all other republics, is ungrate­ ful, and to poets more than to all oth­ ers. But only when they are alive. It cannot do too much for them after they are too dead to care what it does. Alabastine. Chicago Inter Ocean, Feb. 23: Readers of the Inter .Ocean have often seen Ala­ bastine prominently mentioned in these columns during many years past. The main counting room on the first floor^of the builtiiiig jyas daintily and beautifully decorated with Alabastine, both walls and ceiling, seven years agoj and has been nicely cleaned five times, though badly smoked each year. • The same room has just been "handsome­ ly redecorated in freehand Alabastine modeling, in' the delicate tints and other Alabastine work, and. the effect is very beautiful, even surpassing the. original work of'Seven years ago. , The' original Alabastine (the h'ot-watcr kind) supplied -nearly all: demand for ready-made -wall coalings throughout the whole of the United States for sixteen years.. • ' 'Lv ' - This is the same as the original except being in form adapted for use.in cold wat­ er. Alabastine is a. cement tliat forms permanent coafs, admits of reeoating from time to time without removing its old coats, and hardens with age. Japanese Object to the^frolley. The promoters of the proposed trol­ ley road in Japan are meeting with considerable opposition from the pop­ ulation. and particularly the coolies, jinrikisha men and kago bearers, who object to the abandonment of their primitive methods of transportation. . Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures painful, swollen, smart­ ing feet, and instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions. ^ It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Allen's) Foot-Ease makes tight-fitting or new s^oes feel easy. It is a certain cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching feet. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. By mail for 25 cents, in stamps. Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. "Well Arranged. : "Mrs. McSmith returned us much cheaper coffee than she borrowed of us." "Well, put it in a jar by itself and lend it to her when she comes again."-- Chicago Record. 'JL There Is a Class of People Who are injured by the use of coffee. Re­ cently there has been placed in all the gro­ cery stores a new preparation called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains, that takes the place of coffee. The most deli­ cate stomach receives it without distress, and but few Can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over one-fourth as much. Children may drink it with great benefit. 15c and 25c per package. According to the deductions of a well-known astronomer, we receive as much light from the sun as'could be emitted by G80.000 full moons. No-to-Bac for Fifty Cents. Over 400,000 cured. Why not let No-To-Bac regulate or remove your desire for tobacco? Saves money, makes health and manhood. Cure feuaran;eed, 50c and $1, all druggists. With but little care and no trouble, the beard and mustache can be kept a uni­ form brown or black color by using Buck­ ingham's Dye for the Whiskers. A whale recently capturedjjtt-Aiseth^ waters was found to have embedded in its side a harpoon belonging to a whal­ ing vessel that had been out of service nearly half a century. A CA3Y WITH A HISTORY. Thrown Overboard from a Slater-- Rescued by Children. The nice, bright, intelligent little, fel­ low seen in the middle of this group has an extraordinary story--a story that well illustrates the romance of the mission field. One day when the tide was out the other'four children were Discharge from Her Ears--Top of Her Head Broke Out in Scrofulous Eruptions. Cbsts More to Keep the Streets Liehted than Supposed. The cost of street lighting in New York City for the yea^lSST will be in excess of $1,250,000. The specific ap­ propriation for this item Is. $1,222,821, to which are to be. added sundries, which will probably bring It up to the total named,- Philadelphia spends'even more than does the city of New York in a year for lighting Its streets and alleyways, the total expense being §420,000 for gas and 9047,000 this year for electricity. - These items collective­ ly do not foot up- to so much as New York pays, but while New York gets its supplyJof gas from seven different companies and its electricity for light­ ing from ten different companies, Phil­ adelphia owns its own gas plant, and since 1855 has had entire control of it. To the money actually disbursed for gas, therefore, must be added in the case of Philadelphia a reasonable in­ terest upon the original investment and some account must be made of the public property used for the works. Chicago expends in a year $425,000 for gas lamps which illumine with in­ distinctness some of her streets, the major portions of which are unpaved roads separated from the buildings which front them by wooden sidewalks resting in the mud. Boston is an Amer­ ican city, which, in proportion to its population and area, makes generous provision for public illumination. Bos­ ton spends in a year $290,000 for gas and $270,000 for electric lighting, a to­ tal nfJjSOO,000, the extent of which may be best understood by comparison with the expenditures for the like purpose in Baltimore,'a city of the same pop­ ulation, practically, and of about the same area. Baltimore spends in a year $220,000 for gas and $140,000 for elec­ tric current. Cincinnati spends in a year $200,000 for gas and $75,000 for electric lighting. The area of Cincin­ nati is about the same as that of Bos­ ton, and about one-half of the present area of New York, Wakefield and the Bronx Valley villages included. It Is a fact, not kitown to some of the most zealous and ardent of the good govern­ ment club reformers, that the annexed villages on the Bronx are lighted with neither gas nor electricity, but with naphtha lamps. These lamps are not expensive; neither is the naphtha used in them, but the distance between lamps is such that the traveling ex­ penses or mileage of those intrusted with the task of communicating flame to the wicks is a considerable itemo/ expense. San Francisco expends in a year $300,000 for public illumination, both gas and electricity, and St. Louis a like amount. In Pittsburg the ad­ vantages of natural gas have been util­ ized of late years, and the expense for public illumination is $250,000. In Brooklyn it is $520,000--$100,000 for gas and $360,000 for electric current.-- New York Sun. BABE WITH A HISTOKY. ASD StKSCCRHS, playing on the seashore at Zanzibar, when they picked up a little black baby,dripping wet and hajf dead. They ran with their find to Miss Mills, a well- known missionary, and it was after­ ward ,found that the baby had been thrown overboard, from a slave dhow, because he seemed too ill to be worth the slave dealer's while to smuggle ashore. Miss Mills nursed the little boy back to health and strength, aud he became the pet of her school. quent rotting of the adjacent wood, particularly if the pipes be painted. The wood work of tb£ kitchen is fully as important as tl&t of any of the rest of the house. Pine is generally chos­ en, and is as good as any other wood. It should" be oiled and given several coats of hard varnish, or else painted in yellow or buff. The drain pipe and traps balow should clear the floor, so that one may easily clean around them. The coping should go close to the wall and rising from it should be a high-splash board, while a quarter round beading should cover the joint between the two. The hot water boiler should not be lammed tightly into the corner, but should stand a few inches from the wall. This will permit it to be cleaned on all sides, an important consideration if the boiler be of copper. A very common mistake is made in putting in a sink that is too small and in providing no place for the draining of dishes; a sink is never too large, even for the smallest family, and if space Will permit, it is well to put in one that is a couule of. sizes larger than needed; at boTii ends should be wide draining shelves. As to furuish- ingeproper, this is a very simple matter, although many people seem to think that it is sufficient to tramp into the kitchen any delapidated and broken- down furniture from other parts of the house. There is really no excuse for, this course, as the cost of excellent new kitchen furniture is nearly nominal. There should be two plain deal tables, a large one aud a small one, the latter just about the height of the range or stove. This will be found extremely convenient in cooking, if drawn close to the range, to hold utensils. The chairs should be of the kind that have solid wooden seats, but there shoukd also be at least one comfortable rock­ ing chair--anything that is in the na­ ture of an ornament, and that' has no utilitarian use is wholly out of place and should be banished from the kite hen . The design presented has a kitchen arranged in accord with the question contained in this article. A descrip­ tion of cut: A, movable table; B, boH- er; C, closet; E, low table; F, counter OOL J7T W w"! 0TTM5 A Noted Englishman. Thomas Bryant, surgeon extraordi­ nary to Queen Victoria, is one of the most prominent fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons and a very profi­ cient operator. Mr. Bryant--surgeons are never called '-'doctor" in England- succeeds the late Sir John Erielisen in his newly found honors. As long ago as 1849 he passed the examination which made him a member of the royal your advertisement of Hires Rootbeer on a sweltering hot day is highly essen­ tial to comfort and health. It cools the blood, reduces your temperature,, tones the stomach. I thought that it was probably like the announce­ ments of many other makers <:i harvesting machinery --big blow and little show? but I'm ready to surren­ der; go ahead, gentlemen, you're all right; I bought one of your binders last season and it is equal to any claim you ever made for it." , \ • This is the condensed essence of what Mr. Thomas Carney, of Washington Court Houses Ohio, has to say about the McCormick Right Hand Open Elevator The claims made for McCormick Machines are Rootbeer should be in every home, in every office, in every work­ shop. A temperance drink, more health­ ful than ice water, more delightful and satisfying than any other beverage pro­ duced. >tadc onlr by the Charlei F.. Hires Co.. Philadelphia. A pack- ape makes 5 gallons. Sold ev­ erywhere. Machines are so constructed that strong claims for them are justified. The ma­ chine you want will cost you more than the other kind, for the simple reason that it is worth more; that's all -- there's no other reason -- and in the you'll be glad you paid the difference, because there's nothing cheaper than the best. McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, Chicago* The Light-Running; McCormick Open Elevator Harvester, The Light-Running McCormick New 4 Steel Mower, The Light-Running McCormick Vertical Corn Binder and 1 l'i"! t '• r Light-Running McCormick Daisy Reaper, for sale everywhere.. THOMAS BRYANT. college and was given a fellowship in 1853. He lias held all the most import­ ant offices in the college, examiner, vice president and president. He was elected to the headship of the institu­ tion for three successive terms, in honor that is by no means common. In 1S93 Mr. Bryant was selected to give the Hunterian oration. That year was the centenary of the death of the fa­ mous surgeon and Mr. Bryant had for his auditors the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York. At the present time Mr. Bryant is the representative of the college in the general medical college. At the last election of members for the college council he was rc-electd at the head of the poll. NUPtQDATE APPAREL AT POPULAR PRICES Don't be fooled with a mackintosh or rubber coat. If you want a coat that will keep you dry in the hard­ est storm buy the Fish Brand Slicker. If not for sale in your town, write for catalogue to A. J. TOWER, Boston, Mass. W £/CyCl^a 'Western"Wheel "Works -- ^MAKERS-iOo--- 1 Cfl/CAGO Ui/A/O'S CATAL9GVE FREE Feathered Ventriloquists. Many birds form their sounds with­ out opening their bills. The pigeon is a well-known instance of this. Its coo­ ing can be distinctly heard, although it does not open its bill. The call is formed internally in the throat and chest, and is only rendered audible by resonance. Similar ways may be ob­ served in many birds and other ani­ mals. The clear loud call of the cuckoo, according to one naturalist, is-the reso­ nance of a note formed in the bird. The whirring of the snipe, which betrays the approach of the bird to the hunter, is an act of ventriloquism. Even the nightingale has certain notes which are produced internally, and which are au­ dible while the bill is closed. Kitcheh 15'XI 2.' Washington,sPulftrf|J a n d G r a n t ' s O V U l U S Beautiful, Practical Pannr Cutters] SterlingStlrerthro'out,82.261 Either I Hilt Silver, Blade Steel, 1.75 mailed onl Scabbard. Additional, .76 I rec't price! 1 Full site illustrations free on request. THE NEVIUS COMPANY, 422 Broome St., NewYork. Rail's Catarrh Cure. Is taken internally. Price 75 cents. Last year 14,094,918 head of cattle were delivered at the Chicago Stock Yards. I shall recommend Piso's Cure for Con­ sumption far; and wide.--Mrs. Mulligan, Plumstead, Kent. England, Nov. 8, 1895. Thirty years ago Berlin was smaller than Philadelphia, and now it is larger by half a million. CASCARETS stimu.ate 'iver, kidneys and bowels. Nev­ er sicken, weaken or gripe. 10c. ' T It Is Not Hypocrisy. It is not difficult to conceive, Dr. Johnson once said, that a man writes much better than he lives. It is much easier to design than to perform. A man proposes his schemes of life in a state of abstraction and disengage­ ment, exempt from the enticements of hope, the solicitude of affection, the importunities of appetite, or the de­ pressions of fear, and is in the same state with him that teaches upon the laud the art of navigation, to whom the sea is always smooth and the wind always prosperous. Nothing is more unjust, however common, than to charge with hypocrisy him that ex­ presses zeal for those virtues which he neglects to practice; since he may be sincere, convinced of the advantages of conquering his passions, without having yet obtained the victory, as a man may be-confident of the advant­ ages of a voyage or a journey without having courage or industry to under­ take it, and may honestly recommend to others those attempts which he neg­ lects himself. "From Fold to Salons," A superbly illustrated artistic gem, flailed Free. A.«k Your Dealer to show yon our latest productions. He will "furnish them if you insist. Write us if he won't. We will tell you where to get supplied, vb tit shelfrH, chairs; M, dresser; N, towel rack; P, pantry; R, range; S, sink; T, hinged table; V, veranda. Copyright, 1897, by the Co-operative Build­ ing Plan Association, Poisonous Plants. When we take 'nto consideration the poisonous qualities of the vegetables and plants with which we are surround­ ed, we are led to wonder how it is that children and heedless persons go about aud escape with their lives. Little chil­ dren especially who have the habit of putting many things into their mouths Ought to be carefully watched. It- will surprise many persons to be told tlfat old potatoes which have sprouted contain a definitely recognized poison known as solanine. New pota­ toes, which are so eagerly sought after early iu the seasou, wotild be poisonous if eaten raw. The hoot of cooking de­ stroys -their toxic qualities. The root of the common kidney bean is a mo3t powerful narcotic. The jimsonweed is £'dangerous to life. The bark of the common elder is a deadly poison, which fact was never suspected until five boys near Tarrytown, N. Y., chewed the stalks, supposing they were sassafras. They all died within a few hours. The bulb of the narcissus is deadly poison. A small bit chewed may cause death, while to chew the leaves is to put one­ self in danger of tbe most violent at­ tacks of vomiting. Yew-berries are .^deadly; peach-pits and cherry-kernels Contain prussic acid, and any quantity of them eaten may prove fatal. Wild parsnip has many ills laid at its door, although families claim that they have saved the seeds of the wild parsnip and cultivated therefrom roots that were used as food without any injurious ef­ fects. Jt would be well for the Agri­ cultural Department to publish a bulle­ tin containing the names and descrip­ tions of injurious plants, and patter copies of it broadcast through the coun­ try. ^Vlio knows how many children die of diseases induced by eating some familiar plant?--New York Ledger. Corsets. It is a fact well authenticated , that corsets were originally adopted, not for health or-comfort, but to conceal physical defects--that fruitful source of, numberless oddities of fashion. When or by whom the first corset was fHworn is0 buried deep under the cobwebs Absolutely First-Class Scale Makers In the coun­ try, of which JONES stands at the head. Scarcely a hardware dealer can show yon a first- class Scale. If you want good Scales, freight paid, name size wanted. JONES OF BINGHAMTON, BINGHAMTOX, X. Y. LIKE A GOOD TEMPER, SHEDS A BRIGHTNESS EVE RYWHE R E." Mrs. Wlnslow's SOOTHING STHUP tor Children teething: noiteng the kums. reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. '25 cents a bottle. Hack writer (on Daily Blowhard)-- Please don't disturb me now, dear. I've got a column editorial to write on "The Marvelous Success of the Daily Blowhard, the Phenomenon of Mod­ ern Journalism." His wife--I only wanted to ask you for a little money to buy some food for the children. "Very sorry, dear, but I haven't a half-penny. The Daily Blowhard hasn't paid any salaries for three weeks."--Spare Mo- cents. In India there are 100,000 boys and 027,000 girls under the age of fourteen who are legally married, while 8,GOO boys and 24,000 girls who have not at* tained the age of four are under mar­ riage bonds as arranged by their par­ ents. p.e BEST Thai Ever came Down The Pike," country lane or boulevard ^OTITHE MIRIAM BUGGY Strong-, llffht, springy, litg inducements to llrnj --] buyer in unoccupied territory. Write. aMWv(/ffl\V THE BA1DWIN CO. I I Blanch cuter, O. JUST try a 10c box of Cascarets, candy cathartic, tin- est liver aud bowel regulator made. WHEN bilious or costive, eat a Cascarct, candy ca- tbarvc. cure guaranteed. 10c. 25c. ;U is often made profit- 1less by a poor patent, r and advice on Amerl- | can & foreign patents Patent Lawyer*. 1410 JUr. qut-tle Bldg., Chita go, 111 m i unur-^r= liL 1 ft nyffltg= Uie climate Is perfect and the soil is rich. 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Singular, is n't it, the number of stubborn people,, who persist in gambling, with health an| perhaps life as the stake, when they might be effectually, cured of cough, cold Or lung trouble, by a few doses of i Baker's Chocolate ji ' * MADE BY J J I |SL Walter Baker & Co. Ltd., || , Established in 1780, at Dorchester, Mass. ; | • fflvwk Has the well-known Yellow Label on the front of every | ' if m package, and the trade-mark, "La Belle Chocolatiere," < > 1 IS I ill sPl on t'ie back. ° j; ji fig |! M1 NONE OTHER GENUINE. ; Walter Baker & Co. Ltd., Dorchester, Mass. A Loose Talker, Mr. Bellefleld--I don't like Spiffins. He has wheels in his head. Mr. Bloom field--Don't you think that is an expression to be condemned? Mr. Bellenfield--Indeed I don't. I know'that Spiffins has wheels in his h e a d . . . . Mr. Bloomfield--How do you know? Mr. Bellefleld--By the spokes that come out of his mouth.--Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. It is not difficult to make old people happy; sliow them some one twenty years older than themselves "who is still In good health. .( S15 a week and expenses, or; sion; Ladies or Geats. For mi write nulotto C.J IX writing: to Advertisers, pleas* Uo not taili to meiitiou this paper. Advertisers UfM to know what mediums pay thom bit. Best Cough Syrup. Taetes Good. Vm In tlmfc. Sold by flrutgWto. . j