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some ailment which don’t amount to mm has the habit before he knows’ it and then it’s good-bye. The victims‘ use it in the form of a solution, thei ______ .. -pvv LuUULLIS ago he bought a little on the advice of a friend, not a doctor, to stop tooth- ache. I tried to prevent it, but he was determined. To-day that young fellow uses 60 cents’ worth each dav â€" â€"‘<‘rrvvu I “The advance in price has been ex-! ceedingly rap-id,” said a doctor when; asked concerning the increase in use? “ It costs druggists an even dollar; more toâ€"day than it did three weeks; ago. This is not the first rise, eith-I er, since it first came on the market! In fact, there is no way to determine; to what flight it may go. The cause?‘ Increase in demand. Certainly the in: crease is very rapid and very mark-.3 ed. Hundreds apply for a. little co-f caine now where one did a few yearsi ago. ‘We always advise a man not to‘ use the stuff when he asks for it. I. think any man is a fool who tampers? with the thing in any way. I have’ one case in mind right now. He is 8.5 clerk in a store. A few months ago; he. banal-M- - In“- -_ n - - , lay Wbllc became acquainted with one effect of the drug without the other being made known to it until too late. Now the habit has outgrown that of opium eating, drinking and every oth- er form of dissipation. In fact, many a man has adopted cocaine to drive away the headache following a 89188 the night before. He thus combines two things certain to produce mental and physical collapse. “ mi ‘ results. 'l'ney are mere alternatives It that. One is the overthrow of the mind before the body is utterly de- stroyed; the other is the collapse of mind and body together. No other} end is possible. Indefinite in time, the re- sult is as certain as fate. No escape but abandonment of the use is pos- sible. Once well fixed on the victim hopeless. Opium victims develop a cer- tain cunning. They seek. by every careless use by physicians. Too littlei knowledge of the bale-Iul effect was combined with a too great knowledge. of the power to produce local anathesia.! [U was used to allay toothache, to stop; rim nah. A: .....-.., 'l‘hcy chew the leaves and are en- abled to withstand the exhaustion due to high altitudes and mountain climb- ing. Cocaine is ccmposed of carbon, hydroge and nitrosyl reduced to a sulphate. Each element of the com- pound has a direct influence on the nervous system, blood and lymphatics. [t possesses the singular property of killing all sensation of pain in the parts where it is locally applied while elevating the mind of the patent to 1 pitch of eantation absolutely with- ITS NATIVE USE. I‘he weed from which cocaine is de- rived is used extensively by the natives of Peru! and Bolivia, wnere it' is found, as a stimulant. T1193" chew the lpnvnu and «FA A“ No warning, no restrictive, or pro- hibitive legislation, no agitaton against such things has ever been de- finite of cure. But without any such legislation, and with the peOple as-: suming a knowledge of the effects of the drug, similar to that generally possessed concerning quinine, the dan-z ger can be readily conceived. Cocaine is the most insidious drug ever discovâ€"! ered. It exalts the user beyond the]; exaltation produced by Indian hemp,i quinine, li,quor Opium, or any other narcotic or stimulant. It isa stimulant of wonderful potency. Its pouer of producing local cessation of pain or1 even feeling is its most dangerous ele- ment. Quinine, the other stimulating and fever-destroying drug from Peru, had a flurry several years ago, but this was due largeiy from a shortage in the cinchona hark crop, and not from a sudden and unheardâ€"oi increase in the demand for the drug. In the case of cocaine the demand has outfooted the supply to an enormous degree. No chemical known to pharmacy has had such an unprecedented rise as this. he Vice 5; Growing at an Alarming Rate â€"Vlcflm Seem Firm"- Bonnd Than By Other unuuxrhe Stimulant Stops Pall Instantlyâ€"Total Ruin Is the Re- nal: o! us User. There is some relief in store for vic- tims of the cocaine habit who are for- tunately poor, for the drug has been raised in price anonher dollar per ounce in the past three weeks. It is now worth $5, but those who are able to 1115' it Will still have it, for druggists say that once ensnared in its insid- ious meshes there is no escape. H 338 HAD THE EFFECT OF GREA??.â€"? RAISING PRICES. THE DEMAND FDR DUBAINE l i a vv-v' 'l‘ hen, on 'the other h and, there isthe unselfish man, who works early and late that his children may, like the lilies of the field, have no need to toil, ; and to maintain the ostentation of dis- success of a vain and frivolous wife. This family seems to think that all the “head of the family” is .good for is to accumulate riches and pay bills, They stand before him with open hands crying, “give,” like hoppers waiting for a grist. These men are as much mar- _..,. “9.5mm naven't been engaged over 512: months. Young Manâ€"Do you ° engagements. sir? Old Henpec enpeckâ€"Nomsensel The idea of talking abcrut marriage! You and my daughter haven’t been engaged over six months. “'9. are all more or less conceited, and to have money which is absolutely her own gives a woman a feeling of power, and power is only gratified con- ceit. 'l‘here are wives who have to use all the diplomacy of a foreign minister to obtain a new gown. Yet that same husband is often secretly ashamed of his wife’s "downâ€"at-the-heel” appear- ance. Almost all women, no matter what their social status, like to look pretty, to be admired, and not more than one in a hundred would be a sloven if she were allowed sufficient money with which to clothe herself decently. same husbands idle away a day‘s wages upon sociability. In the even- ing the wife timidly begs for money for a new gown for “Laura,” then the, Were I a man I would not. even al- low my children to come to me for ev- ery nickel they wanted, but would make them an allowance. That would teach them the value of money, would make them less extravagant and would cultivate that feeling of independence which goes so far toward making a successful man or woman. ,7 Of all the burdens a woman is call- ‘ ed upon to hear there is none that can be made so galling to her as depend- 3 once, writes a correspondent. Man is ’usuauy, in the family life, the bread- , winner. th'itever money the woman :wants comes to her from his hands. It could, of course, be given her in such a way that she could preserve her self-respeot, but it so often is not. Consequently if she is a proud woman, she will bewail in secret her depend- ence and mourn over the shame and humiliation which it brings to her“ Men are seldom so mercenary as wo-l men, but for the selfish pleasure of showing that they are masters, like the jailer who rattles his keys lest the prisoner forget that he has lost his liberty, they neglect in most cases to make a stated allowance for household expenses, but say with a lordly air! “The money is always here; if you want any ask for it.” It may be hand- ed over without a murmur, but the very fact of being obliged to ask for it is humiliating to a sensitive spirit. Other druggists confirm the report mule by this one. No latw is in exist- ence which prohibits the sale of poi- sons to any applicant who has the money. The pharmacy law requires the druggist to label the goods with the name of the stuff and; the address of his place of business. That ends his responsibility. A PLEA FOR ENGAGEMENTS “ It would be hard to give a fain es- timate of the increase, but it is enor- mous. We have constant demands for the drug. It is not confined to any one class, but invades all. I never sell it without a warning, but a warning does no good. Any man, who wants it will get it, as he will other things he wants, but should not have.” use in describing its effects. You see, it will kill off pain almost: at: once. Then the man grows contented with his lot, he forgives his enemies and wants to give all he has to his friends. He knows he is the best man on earth, and that the earth and people are all lovely works of art. He has no cares and no worries while the fit lasts. \Vhen it: is over he has a set of nerves which are out of gear. The victim who 'emerges from the influence is a pitiable object, indeed. The stuff Will kill him or drive him mad if he does not shut off abruptly. Then he suf- furs to;m vats which hell cannot equal,‘ so one of them told me. v-La about. Usually a. 5 per cent. solution is strong enough for all purposes. It is used in many different ways, but snuffing up the nose and injection seem. to.' be the most frequent methods employed. Some victims have amania for applying it with the finger. They rub the stuff on the gums and are soon very happy. ‘ " ‘ ' -J L- \VOMEN ’S CURSE. most up his parts accumtely, and passes the movements on to the hut of the man who has in charge the fitting of the minute, hour, and second-hand wheels and pinions. The wheels by the way are stamped out of block MON OTON Y O F “'0 R KING year in and year out within the walls of a factory. As it is now, the peas- ants work at watchmaking during the winter months only. In the summer theyr tend their flocks on the moun- tain side, or attend to the small har- dealers in the large towns. Between the fall of the year when the crops are all in, and the first: outburst of winter, which comes early and stays ;1ate in the Swiss mountains, there peasants flock to the several large, watch factories in the town for the: material, patterns, and tools with his particular part of a movement from several makers, and works out the pieces from templates furnished! [33.33011 manufacturer. I No Factory System 'i here-Partial Adonuon i of Hodcrn .Vlethads In the Little Euro- pean Ronnbllc. “ To one accustomed to our methods of manufacture,”’ said an old-time Swiss watchmaker, of New York, “ it seems incomprehensible that the crude, rough isolated mountainâ€"folk of Swit- zerland, without what we deem ne- ;cessary facilities should be capable 0f iturning out such delicate workman- fshipr as is represented by the mechan- lism of a Jurgenson or a Jacot move- ment. It is more easily understood, i however, when one takes into consid- ieration the fact that the art of mak-1 ing one part of 'a watch movement has? been handed down from father to son} for generations. There is in Locle, where the original Urban Jurgenson first established his famous watch factory, one family the male members of which have devoted themselves to making the balance and fork for fine movements ever since the watch in- dustry was first started in the com- ;munitv, something like THREE HUNDRED YEARS" AGO. ‘The Sviss manufacturers,” the watchmaker continued, “ are now ad- Opting in a measure the American System of having all parts of their movements made in the factory. One or two still cling to the old plan of letting their work out to the peasants, however, and it will probably be a long time before this arrangement, in- convenient as it is in many respects, will be discontinued, as the present arrangement has been in existence so long thab it is difficult to! persuade the; workmen to adopt the changed con- . ditions of life brought about by the SKILL OF THE SWISS PEASANTS SNOWED UP IN THE MOUNTAINS. 0F MAKERS 0F WATCHES. __‘_â€"â€"â€" uv BULâ€" the function of springs, are Lcross the grain of the steel they their flexibility in the course of The tools used in working Hm wu‘ fork for the cgmfiicated ants as the repeaters and stop movements are called, is the a1 the course of working the _ t_o primitive- all. but now th’at't he has 5 to them' he carries his beau ations with a dignity in with his exaggerated idea importance. tail bristling and slaughter in his eye, the dog' generally suddenly remembers a pressmg engagement in another street and hurries. Sebastian does not take kindly to strangers, and the .children of the -W‘JVlL UCLUW UCUAB- \Vhen the steamship was about half way out the cat made his presence known, and was dragged before the skipper to have judgment passed up- on him as a stowaway. Among the erowd of amused passengers surround- Sebastian is ' the property of Mrs. Cornelia Anderson, a poet, and came to her under unusual circumstances. Mrs. Anderson went on a trip to Eur- ope two years ago, and while on her way home, as she was passing through the streets of Southampton, England, to board the steamship, she was fol- lowed by Sebastian, who was then a Wild, unkempt, homeless waif. She tried to drive him away, and imagined that she had succeeded, but somehow the animal managed to get on boardi and secreted himself below decks. \Vhen the steamship was about half urrnn ns‘L LL; ' Apart from his valuable ear orna- ments, Sebastian would attract atten- tion anywhere on account of his enor- mous size and tigerlike appearance. When crouching as if about to spring this peculiar cat presents a truly for- midable appearance. a sparkling and beautiful diamond ear- piece, beautiful enough to adorn the shell- like ear of any society woman, CAT THAT \VEARS DIAMONDS. In Cumberland, Md" there is a big, handsome cat, black as jet, except for 3.1 dash’ of white on the chest and fore- paws. This cat is conspicuos over all other cats because in each ear he wears “After having passed through the hands of the polisher, the separate pieces of the movement are carefully set up. The completed watch is then handed over to the adjuster for com- parison and regulation, before being placed upon the market. The adjuster, who has to be a watchmaker of great skill and experience, in his craft, ad- justs the balance of the watches in- trusted to him to meet eight. different iconditionsâ€"variations in temperature, ‘variations in position, and variatons in the tension of the main-spring. This work of adjustment is accomplished solely by changing the weights on the balance wheel. The process of regu- lation and adjustment consists in first. placing the. watches in an oven heat- ed to a temperature of about 100 de- grees. Fahrenheit. The watches are, subjected to the temperature for a number of hours, when they are plac- ed in an ice~box for an equal length of time. The mean rate of variation is! taken and the necessary alterationsi made in the weights on the balance-l wheel to counteract the change. The process is the same in adjusting the! movements to changes in position. The] watches are placed in six different! positions and run in each for a fixed: length of time. The rate of variationi in each position is then established and the necessary changes made.” my”. -:' . '1' m’iwifi" VALUE OF THESE JEWELS, anti it' will, no doubt‘, be; of interest to them to learn that the most ex- pensive cost about two francs, or for- ty cents in our money. “ Another branch of we rk which par- takes of the nature of a specialty, and is done by men outside the factory, is the fitting of the bearing jewels to their sockets. The jewels, which in deference to public demand are turn- ed down from ruby-clippings, though the smoky sapphire is by far the bet- ter stone for the purpose, are set in blocks of 'brass of equal size, which are later brought down to the shape desired and fitted to the movement blocks in 'the factory. Many perrszms have an exaggerated notion as to the on to 'the engraver, where the scale is marked on ‘the plate of the regulator, as well as the various private marks of the manufacturer. The parts are then passed to the finisher, who put the final polish on the plates and pinions with the aid of a soapstone and oil. “ With this examiner the first work ‘under the roof,’ as the outside work- men say of the factory, is begun. The examiner takes down the movements and examines each part separately, to be sure that the different sections of the movement are accurately made. As fast as the movements are ex- amined and approved, they are passed the blocks, the movements are re- turned to the factory, where they are taken in charge by the exa_miner. . renew: tpe acquaintance. Mrs. .on too; (My. on his forlorn con- and Sebastian has been with her “AA Lth’ a dignity in conformity exaggerated idea of his own ls unusually strong and and is able to hold his own " dog in the neighborhood, an a dog on feline murder 71s to spy Sebastian, with B‘ and slaughter in his eye, erally suddenly remembers engagement in another hurries. Lt of his: own at a .hang§omely de- ad to put up sick deserves “mu Vuuvvu ‘_-_d 3 officers, and 50:) Russians put their 6,60.) but this was P the truth. l in sun: on A GALLING FIR? :33?! began ascending the heiéa’o- 1 “111 on they wenL, 1051113 11821le 3 ' they. anvanced; and. the birst Brig‘d' .Conslstlng Of the Rb, ZJI‘J, 3111336 gruShed up the steep sloyes, and, sup ported by the co-opei‘ution of b'uueI’ ‘Bf‘lgade and by lht.‘ dd\ullte 051 Rifle “Brigade, suceeerled in cal‘Uml a _redoubL, from which Lhe ltussiiln. Wlthdrew, taking Lheir guns W11. them- ’l'his I‘eliouot now twat-111181}1 central poinL oi the engagement,10 : though the guns were silent: 0UP me: found Lhemselves in Lhe face oflarg 1113856.? Of the enemy's infantry 33‘ cavalry; The rush was over, - " £10118 {lbt being (:lOs‘e enough to 'available, the gallant brigadfl “'4 lCOmpelled to relinquish the 9051““1 had gained. ’l‘hen the G ‘Q der the Duke at Cambridge and ‘38.” “183' were met by the Vladimir regiment, and ." battalions which had alrea y suffffjfd ngeh‘eiu'., 1,335; Highlanders. uD 9’ 811‘ Colin Campbell, came 11 do 18ft {’0 Silpporl [he Guardsaan ' magnificent Charge by the High”; regiments finally drove th? web from the field. In the meaflilme’1 Other divisions had been domg 89 work; nor had the Artillery bee? ’11 The whole Russian army “'35 “inn treat, and the heights off-he ~ vit were won. IL was a magmficenffi ol $913” Our losses :1 ' ‘0 I” ’ » icers, 121 ser eants, and file, of \V'Eom “3 19’ and 3111111: Spectively were ' The - loss, according to Brllf§hd3uincmdm amounted 0111' t h J - ran u-nnnded' In] 'Ihe ships of war, coasting along 1“ the trooiis advanced, opened fire on the tin-swans soon after noon, and almost gfmmediateiy the French began scal- lng the height on the enemy’s left. then the order was given to the Bri- tish to advance. As they neared ihe enemy, whose batteries on the heights poured out. a deadly fire of shots and shell as our men cam-e. in sight, 1119 two leading divisions deployed in“ line. The enlemy's sharpshoows posted in some vineyards on the slopes opened fire on our me as they ad- vanced to the rivr, inflicting hem losses. The crossing of the stream under fire was made the more ”5”“ by the fact that the enemy fired Ih' village of Bonr’liouk, immediately 0? posite our centre, and rendered U“ passage of the river impossible at 1:13}! point. 'i‘he Light Division, under 3.” George Brown, however, crossed 1! their immediate front, and were ill! first over the river. It was arranged that the French ano Turk» should make a frank attack on the enemy’s left by crossing the rite: l at itsjunetion With the sea, while the British bore Lip-011 the centre and right The part played by the French and Turks was not, as turne ' isubsidiur; img.-OI‘Lance, the BRUN 1‘ OF THE BATTLE being borne by the British, to “item were 017p0$eti at least two-thirds eithe .Russian force. 'i'he British advance \ was made in the ioliowiag order: The Second Division, the both, 55th, and 95th; and the fist, 47th, and 49th,;1nd the Light Division, the 7111, 23rd, and 33rd; and the 19th, 77th, ch, led in line of columns; Lilo new Division, the lst, 38th, and 50111, and the ith, 28th, and 44th, and L110 First L‘ivigion under the Duke of Cambridge, the Bri- gade of Guards and the H'ghland Bri- gadeâ€"mud, 79th, and 9Jâ€"rti, were in sec- ond line; the Fourth Division, the 20th, let, and 68th, 69th, and. let Rifle Bri- gade, was in third line; and the Cat'- any, the 4th, 15th, 18th, and 11th Hits- sars, and 17th Lancers, formed 011m! flank and rear. w on a. point where the (Jess): plain was more gradual. the key to their 1105111011, a quently strongly duiended. down the height. was a trenc ing some hundred yards, aim er against an advance [13 whole of the right of the 105 artillery was posted at Lhe b‘ commanding the Lax-sage river. On the heights ubuve reserve. ed their left, w b: s a trench amend- xrds, aflording (gov. up by were the '(1 (301159,. HillfWay ”F the enemv’s “Mug. ‘klo', 0388 their the 1n “we .~- undue. 1: IS izkely 1.11:;1 °r 8‘1 fans mxght be needed. .refurnishing some portions ‘ . O . ‘hlS autumn 1f you would . . , 3373‘ labor ’ a r .- . , . . five 01‘ Sinai Shade. 1t 13 likely that nu ans mtg-ht hp macaw; " ‘( z- , 1/! o- . _ I. )r‘i I‘â€" ng, of course, they hue no _1 taken too greedily of the goodnlbzn‘gs, In the dining room the gre-c has been drawn out to its length. The best linen and have been brought out; the r decorated with the last autum: and the windows are filled wit. growing plants. If there is board in the room a small tab}. found convenient. On it may i - the dishes which are to he uses. .dinner, but which cannot all L. the table at once. The due various other things, if place before the guests are seated. great amont of hurry and 1‘\’ he cups and saucers, the m cream, sugar, etc., which are â€"‘J ........ vvu.\lu HAY. wed until the last, should 211: Place on the small side I! order that the dining table 3' appear overcrowded, as few t placed on it as necessary. ' hnen centerpiece adds much appearance or the table. ‘ growing plant, preferably bloom, should be placed in t The ugly clay pot may be? under crinkled white tissue 5 the effect will be almost as: bquuet of cut flowers. '1, kmves, forks. soup and tear; and pepper receptacles, drill! 33 and flanking uhnnlA 1m - WWIVING PREPARA'i‘on: {Exams that Thanksgiving Day It grations Of the year is the ii .11 gel ttered members of every £3 Whensjzzld gather in the Old huj ll! ore genial picture of cheer i What m’ there than the dear! ”intuit and father welcoming in y sons and daughters, i ‘ . s and brothers :lflzi i 9.3111893 'msstflh‘or several days La, eated with delicious odors perm u and pantry, There ual bustle in putting e der for the expected g . or two before and do justice 1:: "x ’ eras” pies and cakes. The fate (? chosen gobbler has. been sealed, : is in prime condition. and Visn 1: him, rich brown and juicy: oceasicx flit across the imaginations of youngsters who have come to . 5 Thanksgiving at “grandma’s." . sides this essential a plump ch has been selected for that bestâ€"4 dishesâ€"the chicken pie. For to ha genuine old-time Thanksgiving (3 the chicken pie must not be unlit? The pantry shelves groan be their weight of tempting Inincc pumpkins pies, cakes .and other jes, Stowed away in a CUl'llv. found oysters and tart cranberry delicious home-made pickles, um serves. In the cellar are cider, apples and corn for the chiliira pop in the afternoon and even 1 is with considerable pride that little woman, who has made all preparations, gives the finishing es here and there and takes a 1:15 vey to make sure nothing has forgotten. Her guests arrive Thanksgiving morning, in mu. carriage, anu with jingle of bells if Nature has donned he: mantle for the occasion, Una the old house rings with 0 laughter ani the patter of rest] tle feet. The beaming faces cf ed sons and matronly daughte: that for the time, at least, cc worry has been banished. HOUSEHOLD HIVT. ‘ ”000000 00 94.- v should cover the place with “'C ever te ’7. C pv- )0