SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ma ——
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LINE,
Queer
tures Which Show That
Struager Than Fletlon.
Facts anid Thrilling Adven-
Truth is
Tue only golden eagle ever soen in this
part of the country, says a dispatch from
Toledo, Ohio, is captive at the residence
of Joseph Maynes, in this city. Mr.
Maynes and Peter Barquin went fishing
in the marshes along Ottawa River,
Maynes got after a monster frog in the
edge of the marsh, along a bluff which is
densely wooded. He was about to get
his frog when a monstrous eagle swooped
down upon him. It seized him between
the shoulder blades, its talons piercing
through his overcoat, an undercoat, and
cutting into the flesh. The bird beat its
wings and lifted Maynes from his feet.
Maynes weighs 151 pounds, and is 2
years old. He says he was terribly fright.
ened, and more so when the bird lifted
him from his feet a second time. While
attempting the third time to get Maynes
into the air he struck the eagle on the
head with his frog spear. He then got
one arm around the bird's neck and
pounded it on the head with his olub.
He got the bird to the bank and lay
across it while Barquin kicked it into in.
and the bird was tied to a tree. The eagle
seen this afternvon by newspaper men,
the wings, weighs thirty-five pounds, and
stands three feet two inches high.
feathers around the neck and
west say that the bird is a young moun-
tain eagle of the golden variety.
plumage is of a dark russet color, almost
seal brown. The eagle has a monstrous
head, with a beak four and a half inches
long.
open, is five inches across. It swallowed
fifteen sparrows for supper, taking each
one down whole.
Ohio, who has somewhat staggered his
The lad has never attended school, nor
has he ever learned to read. Still, he
can name and point out on the map all
the countries and states, giving their
capitols, their situation, the principal
cities in each section. railroads, rivers,
straits, lakes, mountains and other reo-
graphical points. In fact, he
world’s atlas firmly impressed on his
wonderful mind. His knowledge is
thorough, as he gives the population of
the cities, the source and course of each
river, the termini of the railroads, and
the cities through which they pass,
There is absolutely nothing in the geo
graphical way that he does not know or
understand ia the fullest degree. The
boy wonder is the son of W. H. Boyles,
a well known citizen of Cadiz. It is
probable that the lad has one of those pre
often met with in mental freaks,
parents of the little fellow do not
courage the talent he displays, fearing
for the banelul physical defect it may
have upon him,
J. H. Faaxxg, of Ligonier. Penn , has
in his possession a queer horseshoe which
he found on the banks of the Loyal-
hanna Creek. There are three holes
for nails on each side of the shoe, the
metal having been extended outward to
receive the holes. The bottom of
shoe is hollowed cut from end to end.
the hollow being three-quarters of an
inch wide and half an inch deep. In
was cold, and held there by a few taps
with the hammer on the soft iron. The
rope is now as hard as bone, and was
apparently dipped in wax to harden it.
The object seems to have been to afford
a sure fooling for the horse on the stony
mountain roads, or to make his footstep
noiseless, a desirable quality in the days
when Indians were numerous, Im
pressed in the iron is the inscription,
“Patented May 24, 1783.” As this date
is prior to the first American patent
law, it must have been patented in En;
land.
A Few days ago a young farmer
named Edwards, while plowing gear
Southerland Springs, Cal., struck an
iron pot whose top projected a half-inch
above the surface. It was apparently
filled with earth, but the grest weight
fed to an investigation. Under an inch
of dirt were many doubloons of gold,
The leather in which they were wrapped
was rotten, but save for =
mould the coins were uninjured,
wards loaded his treasure in a wagon,
drove to Ban Antonio and deposited it in
a bank, saying nothing of the find until
his return. The amount is $17,000.
There has long been a tradition
Southerland Springs neighborhood that
Santa Anos buried treasure there on his
retreat after his defeat at the battle of
San Jacinto in the war of independence,
and various searchers have hunted for it
The pot was originally sunk deep, but
the rains of more than half a century
had dewuded it of its covering.
A most extraordinary incident recent-
ly occurred in the house of a well-known
member of Parliament in London. His
son went into the dining-room in the
middle of the afternoon, aod saw on the
floor something dark, which he took in
the hall light—the blinds being drawn—
to be a footstool. He kicked it, where-
upon, to his intense amazement and
horror, a large snake uncoiled itself,
reared up, aod hissed at him. He sprang
upon a table to escape from it, and
called loudly for help. The servants
y came to his assistance, and killed
the reptile, which showed the most sctive
fight. The snake was eventually ex-
amined by an authority, who pronounced
it to be of a very deadly species, How
it got in*o the house and where it came
from rem wu a mystery,
Arrrioation has been made to the
Secretary of the Treasury for a life saver's
medal for J. Luke Hunter, sn editor of
Fannin County, Texas. A short time
0, as Mr. Hunter was walking along
street of the village where he dwells,
bis attation For Stttucted i 8 oman,
who was weeping and gazing down a
He Stopped to ask ber what
and she said that her two-
- »
year old child had fallen down the well,
Ho immediately got into the well slipped
down the rope,and though the water was
deep and very cold, he managed to get
hold of the child in one arm, and sup
porting himself with the other, and told
the woman to go for assistance, which
she did, and in the course of two hours he
and the baby were safely pulled out of
theiricy bath. His friends think that
he deserves a life-saving medal, if any-
body does.
A Baprist deacon in Maine thinks
thinks that he owns the most knowing
horse in the world. It is quite a young
animal, He tells that one day not long
ago he drove with his wife out to his
farm in the country, and tying the horse
to a hitching post, walked with her to
look at the condition of the fields. The
horse stood quietly for a while, but fin.
ally growing restive, he broke the hiteh-
ing strap and started for home, He had
not gone very far, however, when he
concluded that it would not be fair to
leave the deacon and his wife to walk
home, so he turned around, retraced his
steps, asthe buggy tracks plainly showed,
and quickly followed them into the field,
Joming up beside his mistress, he looked
at her and then at the buggy with a
going my way, you had better get in.”
This story, of course, cannot be doubted,
as a deacon told it.
years old. The Planyu
impressed with his knowledge, The
precocious boy was able to write a thesis
The “wonder
child” excites great interest in the Flow
ery Kingdom, snd his
Confucius, the Chinese journals say, is
very great,
knowledge
Di. Alfonso Curpentieri, one of the
most famous physicians in Italy, became
suddenly insane at Naples the other day
bottle of cognac, and ate fifteen sand-
wiches and a dozen eggs. He imagined
he was dying starvation, ‘“‘Eggs!
eggs!” he howled, climbing upon a table
when the proprietor refused to serve any-
thing else
from starving.”
f
ai
When he
began
powered and taken to an asylum,
Ir 8 man commits a murder in Tun
gora none of the natives will defile their
hands or weapons by killing him. He is
supposed to be haunted by the spirit of
his victim until he goes mad kills
himself, but as a matter of the
priests capture and strangle him
known to the rest the community.
The thongs with which the wreteh's life
is squeezed out are then
burat before the
ashes crammed
by this
and
fact
un
of
of his body
dead man’s
purifying
into the
means
£ iT pee,
A BEMARKALLE meteor exploded near
Pompton, N. J., one day recently. In
leseribing the phenomenon, a witness
came in sight,
There was no waveriog in its course, and,
as it came more nearly overhead, it
seemed to go faster. Suddenly it burst,
went flying in every direction ‘he
glow, which mingled with the dawn,
lasted for a moment longer. But it was
pot until the light faded away that
the report came,
thirty seconds,
Tur vitality of the small horsefly alter
decapitation is as remarkable as that of
the snake that has undergone the same
pre OREN,
as not to injure him otherwise, but walks
about, stopping now and then for a “dry
rubbing bis legs together and
cleaning his wings. f touched he will
slide off. If blown upon he will cling
tightly to avoid being carried AWAY,
This performance he will continue for a
quarter of an hour or more
Tur following unique advertisement
Presse,” of Vienna “A young man
(Socialist) wishes to marry a girl of simi.
lar convictions. She must be kind
hearted, a serious thinker, of a manly
character, The most important condi.
literature, The marriage must be pre-
Reply
to ‘Wedded Battlers for Liberty,’ at the
office of the ‘Neue Freie Presse.’
IT is impossible for a frog to breathe
with its mouth open. Its breathing ap
paratus is so arranged that when its
rop
his jaws so that they cannot shut,
who wants to do it, anyway!
Cr ———
HOUSE,
AROUND THE
Con
tell good beef chiefly by its color; it
should be a reddish brown and show no
clots of blood. Young, well-nourished
beeves have a white rather than yellow
fat which belongs to old, lean animals.
Avoid beef of a pale-pink color, which
indicates disease, or of a dark purple
tint, which shows that the animal has not
been slaughtered, but has died with the
blood in the body. A test to get the
odor of meat: Dip a knife in hot water
and pass it through the flesh, then try
the odor of the knife. Gobd beef should
have little or no smell,
Wasnixo Rag Canrers, —A contribu.
tor to the Housewife's Clab in Voice
writes: “This is how | washed the car.
pet that covered my diving room floor
all last winter and spring. [I took it
up, dusted it thoroughly and then ri
the breaths apart, breadth is five
yards Jong. I filled the wash-boiler half
full of soft water and put in half a cup-
ful of gold dust washing powder, Then
I put is » breadth of carpet and boiled it
half an heur, after which the carpet and
water were emptied into a tab and the
on run the ringers, rinsed
tw and h on the line. Each
breadth was t in the same and
plenty of clean water. It is now
I used
on the again and looks like a now
1
.
- he Bh. 200 SOUSA,
THE FAIR SEX.
FEMININE HOBIERY.
Shot effects have been introduced in
hosiery as well as into all fubries for
fominine attire, and may be found to
mautoh or contrast harmoniously with the
gowns of many colors now popular.
The prettiest evening stockings have
Ince insertion over the top of the foot
and the instep. Some have pieces of
colored baby ribbon to match the dress
run in and out of the lace, but the
rettiest, as well as the most costly,
fous medallions or insertions of real lace
{New York Advertiser,
FoR
MES. CLEVELAND'S BOUDOIR,
Speaking of the recent improvements
and refurnishing which has been going
on in the White House, a correspondent
says:
“*One particular improvement upstairs
is the arrangement of Mes, Cleveland's
boudoir. She has selected the front
corner room and has had it fitted up in
her own charming taste, The walls are
hung in light blue and all the hangings,
carpets and furniture are in this and
other dainty shades. Across the hall, the
Harrison last year, has been fitted up for
a nursery, and here Baby Ruth will hold
forth.”
THE PAPER WEDDING,
The paper wedding, which may be ob-
served on the second anniversary of one's
At one not long ago the bride
flowers
paper, the house decorated with
marvelous paper flowers, and the plates
and napkins were of paper.
wearer jueste without
will it otherwise
f
iful things can be fash!
ing fete,
Was
to come gifts,
une
med out
a little crope paper that it is no grevious
Lamp shades,
or the dressing table and table
Choice photo
beau
one's friends
les f
Mis nre pretty gifts,
graphs, etchings, books and a ibserip.
on
81
tion for a magazine would give a more
enduring pleasure at no very out
Philadelphia Times.
great
lay
INFLAMMABLE DRESS MATERIAL.
A certain dress material manufactured
in France under the name of pilow, or
American flannel, made of cotton,
soft and ns wool is
nygienic
but
pliable said
journais to be
on account of
bly inflammable nature
the chemicals used in its
M. Alber cites the instance of a
he dined She
made of pilou. In the act of
vuclette with rum, to
re with a match, a drop
jut was spi
an instant
as if
The Indy had the
irow herself on the
the
manufacture.
lady at
Wore a
whose house
led on
b RZe
it had been
Was »
x . ¥
{ the fire with
i
* fire had put
t had changed
sively
i was gone
irned
sible that
een
soft
rom every spot that has een b
hie welt was intact,
ces, lack
the part of
dress might have ben
Post-Dis
aid and self possession on
the vietim, the
ed entirely
patch.
{
bur: Nt. Louis
ARTFUL HAIRDRESSERS,
1
There is in Washington a professional
hairdresser who makes a comfortable
living while Congress is in session. [It
is Aan easy matter to get the of the
A note is sent to his
to show 8 1m
Arranging her
Bome comprehensive hint is ve
with a mild
marked “personal.” a Answer js
snd in eight out of ten at-
ts the hairdresser gets an answer to
Oddly enough, it is the husband
Who urges her claim. He wants his wife
to look like other women. At home she
«= all ng ht, but in cosm spoiitan life she
is something of a fright, although
r the thought, he
In an time
a new face on the
not use an inch of
name
politician, &
permission
Ww ay
asking her re
be ol
oming
compliment. The letier
verbal
rea tested,
tend
Cail
and,
he
is ashamed of her.
the
Woman,
despises himeself {
nour's
hairdresser
She
puts
Miny
in a way that takes years of farm life
from her appearance. The troubled, shy
old face is not made ridiculous: instead
of curls, the iron-gray hair is cleaned,
to ripple and look three times its own
then it is dressed in
shell pins are used, and the coils are so
lightly caught that the wondering wife
reckons it will not be long before they
Women who refuse to
have their hair cut into a bang are pro-
vided with a false front, but in every
instance, the transformation is admira-
ble. The bill is sent to the © Ores
man and it is cheerfully paid — {New
York Commercial Advertiser.
NEW PIELD POR WOMEN'S CLUBS,
An experiment is being tried which
will be watched with unusual
by those who are conversant with it, A
year and a half ago a club was organized
among the women living on the east side
of New York City, The genesis of this
club was due to the fact, borne with
tremendous force into the mind of an
observer, of the heavy monotony of the
lives of the women in that region. With
limited means it was impossible for them
to have any diversion that cost money.
Their rooms were so small and crowded
that there was opportunity for no social
life, even in the immediate family.
It is no uncommon thing to find a
woman who for weeks at a tine does not
go down to the street level, her nights
and days being spent within the walls
of the rooms that she calls home, Others
are found who never own bonnets, be-
cause the extent of their migrations is to
the front door step. Is it any wonder
that some grow dull or stupid or irritable
under these conditions?
Women's olubs, it has been sald over
and Svar again, have been means of edu-
cation and development to those who
sovial opportunity, and who
have educational opportunities a)
well. It was deemed wise to try the
experiment of a woman's club for such
have ev.
a8 had neither, and so one was organ
ized. The dues were placed at ten cents
per week, This paid for the eake and
coffee, that were nlways pars of the en-
tertainment, and left a margin besides,
At first no attempt was made beyond
the purely social end for which the club
was established. Quite frankly it was
said: “This lab is organized to try to
get you out of your home once a week,
because we believe that to break in on
the mouoiony of your lives, to meet
different people, to have this little diver-
mothers."
half, but certain it is that the results
have justified the belief that a woman's
club of a social character, established
make happier homes,
FASHION NOTES,
The very newest form of skirt trim.
ming consists of frills below the waist,
gloves for afternoon wear is said
threatened,
to
favorite combination in Paris at
present moment. There is a
oolor, which is made up over a contrast.
ing milk. In black it looks remarkably
well over vieux-rose or pure white,
| black net or gauze.
Nothing looks more ladylike
white serge, and the girls one sees wear-
ing it give one the impression that they
| feel the heat less than other folks, A
| charming costume of this material was
| made in the plain skirt and coat fashion
of
i and worn with a crossover waistcost
white silk,
White duck dresses made simply with
plain skirts and open jackets look de
{ lightfully and They
cany.,
usually worn with colored silk skirts,
coul
Heavy armure silks are much
and
styles have full collars of
garniture
| the shoulders and sround
meKets Some of the
i”
Wraps, new
Ince and
front,
BO¥
in over
the slevves
{ amount of lace
A much admired hat for garden pa
! wear is made of very wide lace stiffer
This is plaited to a center,
and is trimmed with loops of ribbon and
field flowers,
Wires
is said
is
that crape, for
wii go quite out of fashion,
Veiling, grenadine and the like,
supersede it.
excent
IWR ion
are to
A stylish Judis silk has nine ruffles of
satin rivbon around the skirt, The
ruffles are in groups of four, three and
two,
3
The combination of black and cream
Just now exceedingly popular,
and deservedly so. It is quiet and lady-
Hke, becoming also, and by no means
devoid of a certain air of refined elegance
Lf when the
prevailing tendency is towards excess of
COIOT in
that is restful and chars ing
COIOr
looks
net of two
make of net, which
something like the Russian
Or three seasons ARO, i8 In
for t You
A coarse
vogue again
It on manties,
gown lately made was draped
In this case the net was white,
so the effect was rather striking.
of
imming wen
and a tea
with it
Though stripes lace insertion or
foolish little frills are both fashionable
adoraments, many perfectiy plain skirts
| are being made first rate modistes
| Fashion doesn't ail her WAY,
i BS he GIG once upon a time,
by
get it own
It's a wonder that aipuca doesn’t be
come fashionable for dresses
If women knew what was good for them
they would certainly wear it more than
they do at present "There are few stuffs
that hold less dust.
outdoor
Large sprays of flowers for the front
of the bodice are the thing at smart teas
™~
thix season
English modistes are making skirts
narrower every day. They are scarcely
the beginning of the season, and the best
dressmakers are no longer using stiff
materials for lining
Most of the bonnets are mere
airy nothings of lace and flowers incapa-
bie of affording any protection against
sun or wind, Were it not a matter of
custom, one might dispease with summer
tiress
{ least inconvenienced by their absence,
The new orepoas are mostly shot and
{ showered with silken spots to match one
jor the other of the component tints
Some of the shot canvas fabrics are very
beautiful, and satin canvas quite a
noveity-~has a fancy shot
scattered over with arabesque designs.
| These are trimmed with
girdle, and collar of “mirror” velvet,
A Relie of "76.
S——
| recently presented to him,
| prizes highly. It is a copper token or
souvenir, just the size of a silver dollar,
issued by authority of the first Congress,
and bearing the date “1776.”
| On one side is the familiar relief of
| the Goddess of Liberty, beneath her the
date, and over her head a group of thir.
teen stars with spreading rays beneath
them. Around these is the inscription
containing the first of the self-evident
truths of the Déclaration of Indepen.
dence, viz., “These united colonies are
and of right ought to be free and inde.
pendent States,” the inverse side isso
worn that all the lettering cannot be
read. Around the margin are the words:
*‘By authority of the Congress of the
United States.” Inside of this is a
wreath forming a full circle, in the lower
part of which appear the words “Ameri.
can Independence.” Above these words
the surface is worn and only the letters
“ion” can be made out, suggesting the
whole inscription: “la commemoration
of Amerioan Independence.” The miss.
ing words could doubtless be supplied
from the records of Congress, or by some
expert humismatist,
e pocket piece was
Daptula Bulisus by E. N.
had carried it in his
NOTES AND COMMENTS,
Tax export of agricultural implements
to European countries is steadily on the
increase. To Great Britain and Germany
there is an increase of about 20 per cent,
withie ®io yews, To the Argentive
Hepablic the exports have quadrupled,
Our reapers and welf-binders ure lighter
of draft, neater, and about 25 per cent,
cheaper than tke English article. In
plows, the English makers do not
properly chill the points, and this ren
ders their iron brittle. It is said that
Americans could extend their trade in
plows if they would adopt the iron.
seamed style so much used abroad.
Wagons and buggies caonot be sold
abroad, unless they have an “undercut,”
otherwise we make the correct article,
Oxx of the big fortunes affected by
the present financial trouble at St. Paul
is that left by Lyman Dayton, He wass
pioneer, and built a house in Minnesota's
capital when the place was a village on
the hills, and what is now the business
Ope day Davton
and two friends saton a bluff taking
und guzing at the ‘‘mud hole.” It was
suggested that if the town grew the low
land might become valuable. Boon after
the three separated, and early next morn.
ing one of them saddled his horse snd
started for the land office at Stillwater,
eighteen miles away, iotending to
preempt the swamp, He had gone but
# short distance when be saw a com-
panion of the day before ahead of him,
also on horseback snd with the same
purpose ia view. I'he two raced to Still-
water, and finished even in front of the
land office. At the door stood Lyman
Dayton smoking his pipe, “Your too
street with funeral slowness may not be
on the wrong side of the market, He
may be walking that way to keep his col-
ju from wilting.”
Last year 283,495 persons visited the
Victoria Niagara Falls Park, (on the Ca.
nadian side, ) which was nearly 40,000
less than in 1891. The falling off was
in the carriage travel, the sumber of
foot passengers having increased nearly
one-quarter. The new electric railway
is likely to cut down the hackmen’s re-
eeipts even more this season.
Of the 8,559 vessels using the Suez
Canal in 1802, 2,681 were British, France
fell from second to third place in the
list, with 174, Germany follows Eng-
land, and only 292 ships of that nation
passed through the canal. Two Ameri-
can vessels used it,
TO RECALL A MAILED LETTER,
An Iutricate Process Required to Get
It Out of the Post Office Again,
To recall a letter onee mailed is almost
as difficult task as to take back
an assertion once uttered, The sender
must appear st the post office and is
banded a blank to fill out. In this he
must state when and where he mailed the
letter, how it was addressed, must de-
seribe the envelope, state the amount of
postage prepaid, snd testify *‘that the
above mentioned letter was written by
me or by my anthority, snd 1 desire to
recall it for the following reason” —and
then state the reason, which is usually
“mulled by mistake.”
He must them sign his name. so that
the handwriting may be compared with
lute, boys,” he said;
night.” In the
“mud hole” made
aire,
COuIse
dimm a
years the
of
multi-million
June
122 000
ET
United States for the year ending
30, 1843, shows a dacresss of
ofl is seen in the
every
This falling
for 1802. a
hither
movement
save Italy,
been a considerable increase in the num
ber of Italians. In 1892 they came to
number of 60,944. In 1893
were 72,408 of them. The total
gration from all
in 1802 was 611
497.988
to the industrial and commercial depres.
sion in the United States. In seading
its people to shores, t United
Kingdom pretty nearly holds its own,
with 108,000 for 1¥94, against 117.000
in 1892; but the falling off is very heavy
in Austro- Hungary, Germany and Russia,
Sweden and Norway are large sources of
population, and they sent a large
contribution 54.000
57.000 in 1802
from
country,
the
36
ytd In IR93 it was
0
our be
our
of all the immigration comes throu
New York
A Frrxcu scientist
microscope recently om the bank and na
tional notes of the
finds that they are
numbers of little organisms,
says, may be dangerous to health, and he
counsels the fortunate possessor of the
paper money against placing it in the
mouth under any circumstances, On
some of the notes bacteria and ba
cilil in considerable numbers. The pro
fessor declares that the bills are a dan
gersus mediom for the spread of conta
glous disenses, and highly praises
systemn of destroying returned
adopted by the Bank of Eogland—al.
though for another purpose. This
the homes of
Were
the
bills
bills these days.
duces an effect, although the spasmodic
sanouscement may have a force peculiar
to iteell, writes a well-known expert. A
boy sees his father every day, and is
naturally influenced by the exampe
which is perpetually before him: be goes
to the theatre but occasionally ; the effect
be proportionately more effective. Many
people protest that it is unne essary to
continue the advertising of well-known
articles. They cannot understand why it
is continued ; they declare it does not
fluence them, but the
know better. The man who denies that
he is influenced by advertising constant.
iy before hin deceives himself and his
very protest is proof of it.
Maxy Italians are leaving Philadel.
phia for New York and also for western
points, where they expect to secure em-
ployment. An inquiry by the North
American into the cause of this migra
tion reveals the fact that all over Phila
the Italians are rapidly being discharged,
substituted, und the statement is made
that ** there arc plenty of men in Phila-
delphia to-day, and good workmen, too,
out of employment, and many of them
bave been thus provided for during the
past few days.”
Ix a single century the United States
has attained to the proud eminence that
the leading nations of Europe have
reached through slow advances sod many
vicissitudes during the space of a thou.
sand to fifteen hundred yours. There are
no brighter or more interesting chapters
in the history of the great nations than
those which reoord the remarkable ad-
vanoe that thir Great Republic has made
in area, population, foreign snd internal
commerce, and pearly ail lines of indus.
try during the one hundred years from
1790 to 1890 inclusive,
learn that it would require five years fou
the mints of the United States Govern
ment to coin 167,000,000 silver dollars,
but the time is not wo surprising when
one has done a little figuriog. The
mints have scarcely 300 full working
days in the year, or less than 500,
working minutes in five years. ~ To coin
167,000,000 in that time, therefore, it
would be necessary to turn out more than
260 dollar pieces per minute,
A Puicapriruia journal declares that
‘‘the occasion always produces the man,”
simply because Henry C. Langrehr has
a six-mile Padge between San
Francisco and Oakland, whioh is to cost
$60,000,000. But the occasion does
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that on the if
i the nd iress « aunol be shown to be in his
| hand writing,
| he must dese
| the envelope saffici
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the postings I
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intentions i
letter,
BiZn a receipt
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or is printed or typewritten,
inrities of
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eller is 1¢-
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{he is unable
| fused, unless
applicant,
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asks for a sta
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satistied, he
his
lement cond g the con
tents, and the applicant is
i read portions of it
u obliged
{ ie Jeller Ane
ostiuaster's presence to prove that
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ne he descr
etter | heen sent away
f recalling it is still more
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sank has to be filled
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out, and aminute d« scription telegraphed
al the sender's expense to the po
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{ covered | ime the
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the office of If dis
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its ti
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eit ler & then
to the department ag
asinter of the case
nie waul to recall
cepted and sent
Washington with
Why ¢hould any
ietier so much as to take this troubl
W el was one lot ai
| office recently where a valuable deed was
mailed and the sender reccived Informa
a
Lent
, there case at the
this bg
that the
another case an
| important contract was sent, and infor-
nediately after made
be revoked,
| i bole i
on that satisfied him sae
should not be made Ia
Sammering.
Many cures have been recommended
one 80 simple
little 15 lost by
of this
» & room where
here is
should it fail
If you
Ving malady, go
Jou wili be quiet
book that will
r stammering;
4% oven
are a victim
int
and alone,
interest Dut not excite
| you and sit down and read two hours
i aloud to yourself, Keeping your teeth to
gether. Do this every two or three days,
OF once a week if very tiresome, always
taking care to read slowly and distinctly,
| moving the lips but not the teeth, Then,
when conversing with others try
| speak as slowly and distinctly as pos-
| ible,
“I tried this remedy,” said a sufferer,
{ “‘not baving mach faith it, 1 must
i confess, but willing to do almost anything
to cure myself of such an annoying dif-
ficusty. 1 read for two hoursaloud with
my teeth togetler. The first result was
{ to make my tongue and jaws sche-—that
{ is, while | was reading —and the next to
make me feel as if something had
| loosened my talking apparatus, for I
| could speak with less difficulty immedi
ately. The change was "so great that
| every one who koew me remarked it. |
repeated this remedy every five or six
| days for a mouth, and then at longer in-
tervals until cured.
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Queer Uses of OIL
| The National Museum's collection of
{ oils i* very remarkable. There is oil
from the pose of the pilot whale, which
| will not freeze at zero Farenheit, and oil
{ from the forelegs of the alligator which
: The latter
| is a particularly fine leather dressing.
| Oil from the fat that lies beneath the
turtie's upper shell is recommended for
rheumatism, while the oils tried out
from the entrails of the eel is said to be
good for deafness,
The satives of Equador take an oil
from the fat of a bird called the “gus
cher,” which they consider equal to
oil for table use. In Cental America
the people obtain a golden oil that is un-
equaled for water proofing purposes,
from an insect that is about the size of a
rose bug, which yields about two-thirds
of its own weight in this peculiar grease,
The insect foeds on the sap of a resinous
plant, to which it clings by its long
beak, giving it the appearance of being
driven full of queer looking tacks.
When the bugs are thickest they are
scraped off and boiled. —| New York
Dispatch,
| will freeze where ice melts
HRSA AMY
A Clever Feat.
S——————
A runaway horse was brought to a
sudden stop in New York in a novel
manner. Policeman George Reed, of the
West Thirtieth Street station, threw his
hilly” at it with such accurate aim that
the olub struck the horse between the
eyes and the animal fell down. The
horse was drawing a tol wagon, and
driven down Pifth Avenue by