.; i. r.uii ; 1 1 c .
The boy who gets more than he ex
pected is hard to find.
If Christmas came every day in the
year we could soon gut rid of our
treasury surplus.
The Impecunious swain is now con
fronted with the same spirit that Old
Scrooge saw the Ghost of Christmas
Present.
The Chrlstmases past are often in the
memories of the old folks, but the
young people only think of the Christ
mas present.
The average turkey is jest now pon
dering if it was worth while feeling so
uproariously happy over escaping the
ThanksgiTing knife only to fall be
neath the Christmas axe.
"How curious it is," said Santa
Claus early Christmas morning, as he
headed bis team for the North Pole,
"that I try bo many chimneys in a
eight and am never sooted."
Christmas at ever; heart's door kuocks,
With aentle, tender knocking ;
It turns stock kins tstde from stocks
To Rive a thought to stick Inns.
A mai may wrestle with an antique
chicken at the Christmas dinner table,
but he does not take klndlv to the tak
of baring to wrestle with one under the
Christmas mistletoe.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth
not even a Christmas rocking-horse.
It is a great discount on the pleas
ures of a "Merry Christmas" when a
man finds the anti-bilious pill that be
tackels just before going to bed Las
rolled into a hollow tooth and refuses
to budge until it has dispensed all its
aromas and tastes around in a "you'll
remember me" style of melting;tender
ne?s. Christmas is a joyous season. If you
don't believe ic, ak the man with a
boil on the back of his neck, his bouse
rent two months overdue, the butcher
and the grocer waiting for him around
the corner, and seventeen children to
buy presents for.
Milk Redored to render.
Here U a new industry we know very
little about in this countrv. The idea
of reducing cow's milk to a dry powder
and shipping it in this condition all over
the world seems to have first originated
with Dr. Kueger, a Swiss savant, and
under his management a company was
organized to make milk-powder in
Switzerland. j
It is claimed that milk In this form is 1
much better thaocanued or condensed.
It Is well known that condensed !
milk cannot b used in many depart
ments of cooking on account of the
agar, and ttis also makes it objection 1
able for use with very young children. )
not that sugar itself is lrjurious to
bnbles, for it is always put in their
milk, we believe, but it is better that
this sugar put in fresh at the time
of preparing milk for the cMld.
How far this powdered milk will ans
wer thes or jctlons remains to be seen.
Oae thing is certain, the powder would
be much better (or transportation and
more handy to have lu the hcuse than
either p'aln or coodeused tr.tlk, pro- ,
vidrd it is a success. It looks some ;
what dubious as a complete substitute
for plain milk, not only on account of
Its recessary extra expanse, but we do
not find any kind nf food capaable of
being thoroughly dried and afterward
m tile over with water so as to closely
resemble the original article, and we
never expect to see it done with cow's
milk. Nature has a way of mingling
these things that tbo far man has not
been able to closely imitate.
Ueltlng Even Tlth Chicken Thieves.
A chicken raiser at Elmhurst, Teen.,
lost tUiity odi broilers last Summer by
ben hawks. He found that the tiaxks
generally swooped down upon the young
fowl at about midday. An old woods
mac told him how to get even with the
big chickm thieves, Out in the lot
near Lis barn he planted around poet
with a flat top. Around the rim of the
top he bori-d gimlet holes two inches
apart, slanting thtm outward a little.
Then h got s-me steels out of an old
umbrella, made them uniform In length,
Died one end of each to a point as a
darning nedle, and Inserted them into
tbe gimlet holes, with the sharp points
np. Inside of tbe circle of spikes be
stood a dead chicken, placing its bead
as though it was picking food. Before
tbe novel trap had beeu eotnpted an
hour an immeuse hawk swooped down
after the dead chicken on the top of tbe
post, striknig so hard that five of the
sharp wires ran clear throng Its body.
During the Summer eight ben bawks
and a tig owl got impaled on the sharp
spikes, and the poultry raiser lost no
more chickens.
A Holiday Fable.
"With drooping wings and a generally
d-J-cted air, a turkey was pacing the
barn-yard, when a tcx, who bad slyly
crept up, put Lis bead over tbe fence
and aked In a sympathizing tone :
'What is the matter, my poor friend?
Is there any way I cma help you ?"
"I fear not," replied the luriey :
"only a little while ago I si the farm
er eyeing me critically as he sbarpeued
hla knife, and I thick my hoar has
come."
'Why not fly ?' said the fox ; "on
this side lies liberty."
I am too old a bird to be caught
thus," replied the turkey ; "better to
bestuffad with oysters and richly gar
nished than barbarously mangled by
you."
Just then the farmer api eared.
'Wonder where the geese have all
gone." he said, "the old woman has de
cided that she doesn't want any tuikey
for dinner, arter all."
'Tis better to radar tbe Ilia we have
Than fir to others that we know not of."
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sumtirul treatment of tbse complaints
without extra cherse. Pr'ce M cvtts. Sold
by Dr.T. J. Dsvtnoo.
Slang interprets slang. It i easy to
see the force of the remark "Din't be a
clam." when you reflect how frequent
ly the clam is in tbe soup.
It is not necessary to be mean
caue one is a man of means.
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11 ni ting a Lioa la a Sewer
In Birmingham, England, they have
just bad a genuine Hon bant. Tbe
animal wasn't in open country, though
but in a sewer, whither it bad escaped
from a circus. How to capture the
beast, without alarming people, was a
difficult question to solve, but Anally It
was decided to place a cage at the
sewer's month and then to chase the
lion into it. AH this was to be done at
midnight, and two men attached to the
circus volunteered to do tbe chasing.
Armed with a revolver and a dark lan
tern, they decended throngb a manhole,
and almoet immediately beard the
lion's roar, but the fugitive being a
good distance off, they ascended and
proceeded to a manhole further Inland ;
but here, again, they were on the wrong
side of the lion, and it was not u ntll
they came to where a branch sewtr
emptied that they got fairly on Its track
It was then determined to trap it on the
spot, instead o driving It to tbe outlet,
and with this object tbe manager of the
party lowered a stout looped tope with
a slip-knot in such a manner that the
lion, in issuing from tbe branch sewer,
would inevitable run into it. Tbe two
young men decended the next manhole
and proceeded to drive the lion tbroa h
the narrow pipe toward the looped rope.
This was not accomplished until they
bad discharged all their ammunition
and bad been compelled to take off a
boot with which to strike on tbe aides
of the sewer and frighten the anin al In
the direction required. Presently a
prolonged howl informed them of tbe
succeed of their tacties. Tne lion bad
stepped into the noose, which fairly en
circled tbe beast's lions. In the mean
time the people at the top of the open
ing pulled desperately at the rope until
the animal was raised nearly to tbe
level of tbe road ; wheH trap cage
was placed over tbe manhole and tbe
lioo, more dead than alive, dragged
body first into it. Unluckily the cage
proved too small, and the lion, still
roaring lustily, lay sometime iu the
road w'th the cage held over by ten
men, bat with iubead outside. After
a delsy of about ten minutes a large
cage was obtained, and into this tbe
poor brnte was eventually dragged, and
taken back to the menagerie.
Mark Twain's Boyhood.
'lie was always a rascal," said a
promintnt writer in speaking of Mark
Twain. "I was born and raised in
Haoibal. and know when Mrs. Clem
mens (Mark's mother) moved from
Florida, Monroe county, to Uanibal.
Mirk was a dull, stupid, elow-golng
fellow, but he was full ef pranks, and
while he didn't do the meanness, be
planned it and got othei bovs to do it.
We went to echo 1 to Dr. Meredith and
Mark always sat near the foot of tbe
class. He utv er took any interest in
books, aud I never saw him study his
lessons. He left school and went to
leara tbe printing business, and soon
after that left Hannibal and went to
eteamboating.
"I stayed at school, got a good eda
t!on and am a painter, while Muk is
a millionaire. It la a scandalous fact,
that as a boy from 10 to 17 years of age
Mark was dull, stupid follow, and it
was the wonder of the town as to what
end would be his. He was pointed out
by mothers as a boy that would never
J smount to notnin', if he-did not acta-
d'y Coma to Some
bad end. And be
was the most homely lad in school, too.
l'ranks I I can thiuk of a doz-n of'em.
and bis Huckleberry Finn is full of
Hannibal episodes worked ovsr. I read
that with as much interest as I would
a diary of Ilsnnlbal kept during my
school days. Mark is three years older
than myself, but be was always lo a
class o boy 3 two or thres years younger
than himself."
Tnle.
The word Yule, commonly applied
to Christmas, is traced to H;jo, a whel,
and Yule is thought to have been orU
glnaliy named Wht el Day because tbe
sun's course round the earth was pic
tured as a ring, and this was tbe most
important day er the circle. It was
'bad form" to kill your enemy in that
fortnight, for JolaiQth or Yule peace
was supposed to reign while tbe festival
lasted. Oo the other side of the circle
or wheel was St. John's Uay, Jane 24,
on the evening of which fires are still
kind'odon hllltope in Great Britain
and Ireland, and In some places wheels
buurd with straw are lighted and rolled
down slopes to the nearest water. The
custom of rolling wheels in midsummer
is an argument in favor of the meaning
"wheel" as applied to Ynle. There la
another argument which so far appear?
to have been overlooked. In Hungary
Christmas is called Karacson, or CbrisN
mas, all is the same, if we imitate oar
ancestors tosday in oae thing If by
laughter, good cheer and present we
drive off the modern devils called bine
and makes ourselves bappv through
happiness we induce in others.
Hew the Arabs Make Tea.
The mistress of tbe tent, placing- a
large kettle on the fire, wiped it care
fully with a horse's tail filled with
water, and threw in some coarse tea
and a little salt. When this was near
the boiling point she tossed tbe tea
about with a brass ladle nntil tbe liquid
Became very Drown, ana inert It was
poured oft into another vessel. Clean-
sibg the kettle as before, the woman
set it again on the fire la order to fry
a paste of meal and fiesh hatter.
Lpon this tbe tea and some thick
cream was then poured, the ladle pat
in rtqaisition again, and after a time
the whole taken cS the fire and set
aside to cool. llalfpint wooden mugs
were handed around and tbe tea ladled
into them, this tea forming meat and
drink and satisfying both hunger and
thirst. However made, tea is a llessed
invention for tbe weary traveler.
Anewer Tbls Sgaeatlaat.
Why do eo many people we see around
ns seem lo prefer to suffer and be made
miserable by Indigestion. Constipation,
Dizziness, Lues of Appetite, Coming Up of
tbe Food, Yellow Skin, when for 75 cents
are will 611 tbem 5b Hob's Sjstem Vitalize!
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Training CMIdren.
We believe every parent shoo'.d keep
ia BBind first tbe physical, next tbe
moral, tb&n tbe mental vfell beiDg of
tbe child.
Tbe best physical culture is proper
food, fresh air, and plenty of sleep. As
to aural culture, obedience should be
expected aud received. Manliness,
self-respect, and truthfulness can be
taught b fore a child is three years old.
Promptness should be inculcated, neat
ness encouraged, bravery in bearing
bumps and Droisfs praised. A baby
can be taught to be generous, or selfish
as a pic;, lie can be a help and ccms
fort jnst as certainly as a plague and
torment. As trnly as there is a forest
b'dden away In an acorn, to trnly all
tbe virtues and vices .of manhood are
latent in the httie one. We shall ap
preciate the child's sorrows and hurts
by remembering they are our own trag
edies in miniature.
For mental training provide inter
esting occupation. It is as sat oral for
the mind to grow and develop as for
tas body, and, unlike the natural. It
can find food for Itself. Yet there
coma times when mischief would be
avoided if tbe bands were provided
with employment. Philosophers study
ing mental science, delight In watch
ing tbe nnfolding of a child's mind :
memory, judgment, reaeon, compari
son. Inductive faculty are there as tbe
bad holds every petal of the roee close
ly folded in Its keeping.
The reflex influence upon the char
acter of the adolt, giving ont so much
as it does. Is deep and strong. Pa
tience, perseverance, temper are put to
tbe test. But for tbe Ioveborn with
the child many a parent would give op
Id the endeavor to guide him aright,
and moat of tbe failures In successful
training, come from too Isx or too se
vere discipline In early years.
Fathers and mothers make a great
mistakt in that they do not tbsk to
enjoy their children while they are lit
tle. They work so bard to cr fer
and govern them, their babyhood has
flitten before tbey know it. Tis like
losing the beauty of thought In the la
bor ef translation. '
After all baa been said about theor
ies and practice, tbe happiest, best chil
dren and families are those where love
Is the Come atmosphere. When chil
dren are welcome ana the time of the
parent is not absorbed in business or
gayety ; when children are healthful,
happy, and good, the crowning gift of
gifts is to tbe God appointed guardian
of their early years and cnlture. Well
did onr poet sing :
"A dreary place wanld be tbts eartb.
Were there co little people In it ;
Tbe song of life would lose Its mirth.
Were there no children to begin It.
A Plea tor Boys.
I am sorry that bojs are not generally
understood. Between 0 and 14 years
of age the masculine natnre ia a mix
ture of mischief And seDsitiyeness. and
spunk, and fan, and trouble, and pug
nacity, which tbe chemistry of tbe
world fails to analyze. A little girl is
dt finable. She laughs when she Is
pleased, cries when the feels b&i, pools
when sho is cross and eats when she Is
hungry. Not so with a boy. lie
would rather go a nutting than to eat,
forgets at the fish pond he his not bad
bis dinner, often laaghs when he feels
bad. and looks submissive to an impo
sition practiced upon bim till he gets
tbe perpetrator alone in the middle of
tbe road and tnmbles him into the dirt,
till tyes and mouth and nose are so full
that the fellow imagines that before
his time be was returned to dust.
A boy under a calm exterior rxay
hare twenty' emotions struggling for
ascendancy. Especially do I feel for a
boy who has more fun aboard than he
ean master. IIow well I remember tbe
country schoolhouse. where we all had to
be sedate, though one boy would make
a face enough to put the whole school
in danger of running over with giggle.
It Is an awful thing-for a child not to
dare laugh when tbe merriment rises
and swells up till tbe jacket gets tight
and tbe body is a ball of fun, and be
knows that if ont of one of tbe corners
of bis compressed lips a snicker should
escape all the boys would go off in ex
plosion. I remember times when I bad
at school such responsibility of repres
sion resting on me and proved ucfaith
fai. Ancient tsmbs.
The oldest specimens of comb; pre
set ved in the British Museum belong to
tbe period of the se-cond Egyptitn dy
nasty ; tbey are made of wood, with
coarse teeth rather wide apart ; where
there is a rough attempt to carve tbe
back:, into a semblance of a aacred ani
mal, such as the oow of Athor or tbe
goddess of beauty. Tbe formation of
one specimen. In bone, six pronged and
rudely cut at tbe edges, suggests that it
was worn as an ornament for the hair.
From that time to the middle ages
there ia no evidence to Bbow that the de
coraiiye com la were in use. Tbe
Greeks were specially fastidious la the
arrangement ot tbelr Dair, and tbe
Spartans, whose general habits were
more severe, were no whit behind
them in the care lavished upon it, call
ing it, very shrewdly, the cheapest of
ornaments, and proceeding to battle tbe
coming and dressing of their locks par
took of all tbe Bolemnity of a religions
rite. Before tbe battle of Thermopy
as Leon id as and his followers were dis
covered by the Terslan spy In the per
formance of this act. That it was in
some way associated with preparation
for tbe worship of the gods among the
Tt -mans also is evidenoed by the pres
ence of combs In tbe cista, of cylindrU
ci vase wuo a covered ua wdicd con
tained the articles, used during the
rites of Ceres and Bicchns.
Slillori'a so stnmyiion Car.
This Is beyoDd question the most success
ful Cough Medicine we have ever sold, a few
doses invariably core the worse cases of
Cough, Cronp. and Bronchitis, while Its
wonderful success In the cure of Consump
ton Is wltbout parallel In the history of
medicine. Since Its first discovery it has
been sold on a guarantee, a test which no
other medicine can stand. If you have a
Con ah we earnestly ask you to try it
Price 10 cents. 50 cents, and tl.00. If your
Lanes are sore. Cheat or Back lame, ns.
tSbllob'a Toruus riasters. Sold by Dr.T. J
Davison.
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Hypopliosphites aiul puro Nor
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i.i'ouHifurit, aau 11 prepared to
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tbs largest, la the best mannas and al the lowest
llrlnsr prices.
rfNe penitentiary work either made or sold
at this establishment.
TIN ROOFING a SPKCIAlvTY.
tHve me a eall and satisfy yonrselres as to my
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fnsborK. A.rll 18. lSa-tl.
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Ttkere Culors Come Tr
001.
Bistre Is the soot of wod .she.
Indian yellow comes rrom th
mel.
Col.
Ivory chips produce tLe ivorv .
and bone black. i!
Various lakes are derived .'r
barks and gums.
Turkey red Is made from vuP a
plant, which grows iu IIiodosr.B :t
Misticismade from the gQm'fl.,.
mastic tree, which grows in tte rM
Cian Arrhinlacrn
Bine black comes from
the cLarct,,,
or tbe viue s'alk. Li
. . , ,
...... iU ir.iuuua nu: 8 ;i' on
Chinesu white is zinc, ss.r ;
dideof merenrv and natit,, S
10-
is from the quicksilver or? c ' a
nabar. a c "-
Tne cottlf flb gives the sepi, j
the Inky fluid which the Dsb dcv.
in order to render the w:er ?,
when attached. p01J
Little real ultramarine is f0u.d
tbe market. It is obtained
precious lapislazuli, and command,
fabulous price. 1
Icdla ink is made from barnej cm
phor. The Chinese are the only tt.3Q"
isnuirio ui lum ilk, ana thy h ;'i
I Dot
. . ""ri ui i s ixianuiacturs
TK a I .
au-7 tucuiupsi iDsects lurnisb
mint r.'ida An .nt . .
a grn
j - - i.iiMP. Aaanr g t'lt-m
are the gorgeous carmine, tLi cr;rc.on
scarlet carmine and purple lalin '
The exquisite Prussiao blu is tti,
by fming horses' hoofs aLd oiu(.r r.
fuse animal matter witb irajjure
o.uiu tsiuuuue, i.uis color
covered accidentally.
s a:i.
The yellow esp of a tree of Si am pro.
duces gamboge ; lUe native cuchae
SHpln cocoanut sheila. Ilaw siennsi!
the natu-al eurth from the neighbor,
hood of Sienoa. Italy, lltw UCjbrris"
alsoanearib found near rtn'oris ar.d
burntd.
Some Cnrioas I'atts.
Te railroaas employ 70 0 vnfe-i.
A oronto Inventor sy his BU:p w;;i
crtissthe ocean in foar days.
It Would take a train 2.124 aUa
long to carry the Kansas cora cu p.
A nickle ln-tbe eiot njaci.nit is v6j
devieed to take instantaneous puio
graph's. Watermelon' sess were f-mnij it .a
Egyptain tomb that Wf.s 3.0U0 ytan
old.
It is predicted that the pf anut roast,
ersof 1S90 will do its roasting by elec
tricity. Dispropurtionabienesa, with twsrj.
one letters, is said to be the loLgest
English word.
According to the latts: ofiicia! reDr's
our Indian population now aggreg;i
2GJ.620.
The pension rolls now tear 44.Q;)
namf. calling for annual diain buLiori
of f 100.000.u00.
Iuwa raises more corn tbaa all ths
distilleries in the world caa miunfjc
tura into alcohol.
The area of the United S afes cm
braces 3,570,971 squire miles; that of
Canada, 3.470,392 square miles.
European railroads are d-ic.d in,
have no grade crossings, the ei pitu
have neither bell or headiigM and ihe
engineer must staLd.
fcnpsrslitluBS or Ireland.
ltjis very unlucky to mt in tbe ear
ly morning a baikfD? di g or a ban fool
ed wcmsD.
Whee a corpen retains ntal beat
overlong, anotlir-r mmber cf tbe family
Is to die wi.hin tiie year.
If the stacks arei uo', cireVd each
night by th naise'ess brn ol ah'.lut
will fali upou Ni-x. Sfason'a c:ii'S.
Any three idla strokes of s s ick ia
the ssfies or a st'ade or otbtr tarm toil
in tbe soil mkirjg a figure rr-s-im!ii.f,
a c fliu is cet i.-ii.i to portend deaili in
one's family.
Tbe linnet pours fourth tbe m tt
melancholy song of all Irish birds, ui
I have seen honest -hearted peassats af
fected by it to tears.
When the rest of the thrush or mar:
is built unusually high in the bw
busb. this betokens a great ca)am:;y
a neighborhood.
Over In Conaarmra to this da? a
f uaeral procession on its wsy tn etiurch
will halt at soma distance sway aad
cast together a bujjii pile of s'oDts.
One of the oldest of all Irish eiipr
stilioDS is the balief thit if ycinsi
aad catch a bu'teifly you imtir am Ifc
wandering soul of jour gramlmultsr.
The l ne of Ssap.
The use of soap la uh g-neral as!!
use of bread. It is usi-J ty ah c iti
and conditions of nudern civiliiitijo ;
H is a necessity in evnrj bourebo'J.
alike in toilet and kitchen, and If lUfi
Is one thing that more ttan otbr
should be used intelligently in evenly
life It is so. . Accordlcg to auth-irity,
however, there is no one srtic.Vof general-use
that is used as igcoraty'lr. &
as injuriously because of igoursiice, H
this universal household nec-s-ii'y.
It is safe to say that two tLirds of '!
the soaps need by the people are p!
tivelv icjorious, and some vt tbmir
sourcis of disease. Trie cheaper f
soaps used by the masses are, asaiuA
manufactured from impure and tLO"1
less injurious materials, aod their :n
purities are oonce-aled by cheap
which tempt the gnorant purr ir
These soaps not only do not cien -skin,
but they destroy Us softer c4
often cause diseases which arr d 3,i
to cure. No soap should be urd u
face or hands witbout the best in""
matlon as to Ha purity.
A DoubtTul Cvniplimeat.
The following seems to fre the l,flt
"thing one would rather have Iff:
said : " A pianist recently P,"t ,b
evening at the house of a la5- A
company was agreeable and beata
somewhat late. As he arose to
his departure the lady said : "rr'
don't go yet, Mr. Jooes. I want yoo
play something for me."
must excuse me to-night ; it i T
late and I should disturb tbe tf'S
bors." "Never miod the teli
answered the yonng lady, qu'1'5''
they poisoned our dog yesterday.
Si-bsckihe for the rBzex-