II ' V0:iAYS .WORLD. CHICAGO'S FASHIONABLE WOMEN GO JN FOR ATHLETICS. Jk Ihinpiti Kaary Mrfcr Gtrta tarlae l'nl-"l Wnm It fbe ThhtT Ta KroiT ' Tlaif IlKK-aoac-trlI Stria. . . Tb irpanirfi'in and. rptb!isrime.nt rf tii" recently lornwd Woman's Ath letic club of Chicago, tbe cpenicg of SJUs Anna Morgan's down tcwn gym nasium sud the '"wcikins op""of cias-es tad giccps ci athletically inclined wo 11111 all over the ity but srve to call frrh attention to tbe fact that Cbieego wmuen as a rule are naturally athletic, and tl.at a larger prcpertion of women rnjrij- jliyMcal ai-ti-jn and athletic in thin city than in any other of the Union, jierbai the world. Tbe club, tbe gyw-na-iuin, tbe clasps mentioned, hare Iwd called into teing in direct re Fpijipe to this condition. A glance over tbe social aud athletic fields of Chicago would seem to sbcw that it is tbe wo riiau who is not athletic in mine way or other w bo is an exception to the gen --al. rule rather than tbe woman who is. All over tbe city, among all grades nd Iss-f, women feuce, swim, row, rid?, w!k and flay tennis. Golf it still an exclusive" game, largely because it requires not ouly a large outlay cf pace, bnt aim of titue in wbicb to en jny it. and similar rertrictiims hsveao far limited hori-eback riding to the "loi ty few'' who are financially able ta own tit hire horses, but wheeling tuecdil.r became so widely and general ly popular that tbe fashionable "set dropped it souievrbat and tennis has Jong since become a "game of the peo- , fey I'll. SARAH HACKETT iTtVEVSON. pie" instead of the ticlusive and fash ionable diversion that it wa when it firrt saw the Jipbt in America. Almost every woman in ChicaRO, from Mrs. rotter Palmer down to tbe delicate little saleswoman or clerk who takes up pedestrian imu for the sake t f the physical benefit which it sil hiinx her, believe iu walking for tbe sake of health, gracefulness and the combina tion of tbe. ts-o which makes beauty. I)r. Surah Hackett Stevenson, one of the well known Chicago women who heartily believe in athletics, tx'th for the good t'jty will do Chicago won.en and tbe good which Chicago women will do tbem, says that in her opinion walking is tbe be-t possible exercise for a woman, xcept running. "To run swiftly and lightly," she is fond of saying, "is to exercise every portion of the body from the bead to the heels and from tbe beart to the nnkles, both thoroughly and delightful ly. The amount of pure exhilaration to be derived from a happy run is knewn to bnt few women. Eat, given the state ment tlMH a woman cannot for any rea son practice routing, theu, I say, let her walk. Swing tbe arms naturally, have no long skirt to hold up and wear -asy 6boes. Tbe woman who follows this edvics thoroughly and persistently will soon La as well and handsome as it i possible for ber to be. And walk ing is a form cf athletics within the reach cf erery woman in Chicago." Chicago Times Herald. A Champloa Faaoy Worker. The descendants of Mrs. M. A. Hag gard of White Cloud, ila, claim for her tbe championship in tbe matter of fancy work. Mrs. Haggard is nearly 84 years old, but is still spry and daily keeps her needles going. Here is ber own account of some of tbe things she has made: "When I was 53 years old, a neigh bor made light of my undertaking a common log cabin quilt, and said I would never live to finish it. "This was very amusing to me, so I resolved to keep a list of my unneces sary needlework from that date. "Iletides my common sewing and housework end I am a great reader this is a list of work done by me in tbe past SO years: "Scrap quilts pieced, containing from COO to almost 3,000 separate pieces, 112; quilled quilts, 39; embroidered bedspreads, 10; embrcideted pillow shams, 5 ; embroidered bead rests, 6 ; em broidered and tufted sofa cushions. 21 ; embroidered doilies, 67; embroidered splashers, 1; embroidered nightgown sets, 6; knitted bedspreads, 1; knitted (icilics, IS; knitted toilet sets, C; knit ted lump mats, 2$; knitted bats, 2; kaitued edging, yards, 69; knitted pnlse warmers, pairs, 20; knitted chair scarf . 6; knitted shoulder capes, 4; knitted shawls, 1; knitted stockings, piirs, lit; kuiUed mittens, pairs. 47; .ug carpt, yards, 123; rag rug, 27. 1 am cot tbroagu with my work yet. VBesiderf the above list, I have a large box of embroidered things that I have done since my last birthday, which wa in April, and I expect to do a great deal isor " Girls Stad) las f'arMlac. Fif :y girls have taken op Uie scien tific tody of farmiug this year in the College of Agriculture at Minneapolis. Tbev have entered for the foil course end will work in the same classes wita the men. Heretofore pirlj have been al lowed to study at the college only sis weeks in tbe year, and tb-t dnring the summer months after the men's clasqe bad dispersed for tbe long vacation. This year they are to have full use of all tbe college privileges. They have now a dormitory of tbeir own, aud a new sta3 of instructors for special sub-j.-ow in the girls' department has been added to the faculty. G iris are admitted to tbe college on tbe tame conditions as boys. The asri i nltnral course cf study rivers a term f three years and include every prac tical subject ceeded fur farn.iuu'. Field -opi and seeds, agricultural engineer ? ig. agricultural cbeuiiMry, farm eco nomics, animal husbandry, o..irjinc, entomology, horticulture, forestry, vet- riniiry medicine and rnrgiry these are aoie of tbe things tbe girl.- an learning about this rear. Instead of blacksiuitbijg, earpiiitiy and military 'drill, which nr? rfuiiei of tbe men, the girls take lai.nch nu nokiug. sewing, houe nianagt-mcni and social and physical culture. N'u rlasHic are required, bet German French and caurtinavin are substi tuted as being of more value to the. stu dent cf scientific farming. New York ifuo. What Wu It ke TbaaKnlf 1 sat behind two women in a Four teenth street car wbes a funeral proces sion, made cpof member of some secret sociirry in full regalia, passed op tbe slreot. Tbe sight of tbe plumed hats displeased one of tbe women in front of me. : "Did yon ever see anything sillier tbsxi that?" she rsired. "Looktrboe men dressed spin all those gewgaws just to let folks know they've got a secret. Where would you find women willicg to parade arcsDd tbe straeu tfgj ;ed out like atage soldiers? Whoever hetu-d of women doing it? Imagine the l)2Eghterof tbe American Revolution Riding arono-J in cocked bats vr the women's curtfUan Xemperat.ce Vciou with goid Inoed aprons. Women hava more sense. They wiraldn't deliberately make themselves ridiculous that war, Lock at thce sasbes, and look at those awful bats and th.-e mangy plumes. My husband's got tbem all. He paid i;5 for bis ortfit. He paid f 15 for a f ringy ostrich p!une fi bis bat, and then' here tbe true inwardness of her contempt far secret society regalias came out "aftrr prinS !i tbat or plonio be d'je-n't wear ouce iu six months he almost dropped dead because I paiJ o for a feather I've worn every day for a ytor." A iaan'e juit a natural bcru well, I won't s.y it." But yea ccnld fee tbl the thought it, ju.-t the raiue. U'maii AtobtTown iu Washiugtou Post. The KcoBDray ef Time. Do not leave the teakettle over the fire boiling away water after the morn ing work is done. It is a fortunate thing" to have hot water ready in cane of sudden illness, but I bave estimated tbe cumber of steps one little old lady has taken from tbe kitchen to tbe well :o order to keep water always in the teakettle. Wheu cue keeps up a practice for 10 yeare, which has not been strict ly needed, it is time to stop and think. As soon as tbe work is completed after each nj'-ab, the teakettle should be emp tied, polished and set away npon it? shelf to revel in tbe assurance of not be iug dashed to death with cold water or being burned op alive. a Another ecuuitiiy of time for the city housekeeper is to hang a tiate outside tbe kit'.beu door, ou wbicb are written ell orders for the grocer. One most be careful to erase every evening to pre vent old orders being filled. Dating at tbe ti p with the c.ay of the week or mouth would prevent all mistakes. One con Id have a large lidded box iu the corner ttf the porch for tbe parcels to be placed iu when delivered, thus saving steps for it i noticeable that tbe call fur order comes iu the morning at the time tlin up stairs needs looking after. Orders should be written c-u the slate early iu the morning, while cue is mak ing the rounds iu the kitchen and pan try. Than no article is; forgotten tbat is immediately needed. Inez Houston iu Houbt keeper. Uiasdaabeli Ctrl. Ovtr in Hampshire, England, there are four pretty girls who have mastered the rare for a woman accomplish ment of bell ringing. These Hampshire girls are all niem b.T8 of tbe Winchester Diocesan Guild of Change Ringers and also belong to tbe bands iu their respective towns; two of them bail from Basingstoke aud the other two from Alton. Tbe latter ure a tlergymHu'a daugbtcis, and can be seen any fcuiiday mcming or evening tukiug tbeir place with the other ring ei in tbe belfry and summoning tbe cmigregatiou to church, or, on Thursday eveuings, attending tbe weekly prac tices of an art with which they are now thi.toughly con vd sunt. No gre.ut effort is required to manage a 111. What is ea-eiitial is knack, aud this these girls pot-.--s iu an eminent ilegiee. They can ring a 9 or 10 hun r.iedweight bell with ense. When at tmrk they wear loose, easy costumes, adaptable for other athletic exercises, aud present a pretty picture as tbey take their places for a chime on tbe ' 'ding-dong-bell." so fssviDatiug is tho study of bell ringing that these eurhusiasts spend houis ovrr their books c: instruction. A short peal is called a "touch," and when they meet for weekly practice and oue of these "touches" is called by the instructor, it is a gnat triumph when be announces "Ail's well." A Belt Pla Whiek Holds. A stunning belt pin has made its ap pearance in Philadelphia, says The Time", aud will be bailed with delight by tbe irrepressible shirt waist gill. It is a strong pin reseuiLliug a bar piu. and wheu secured lengthwise through tbe skirt and shirt waist there is room for a leather, dack or silk belt to pass through. It ia impossible for tbe belt or skirt .to slip when bebi in place with aue of these pins. Tbe anestarecf goldr studded with precious grans, says an au thority on tbe subject. Tbe average wo man has no end cf trouble, anyway, in keeping Lfr shirt waist down and her belt intact. Oue of the best ways to anchor tie shirt waist so that it shall not ride up over the shoulder blades is to strap it down ty means of a very nar row piece (f belting and a small buckle. Thii can be drawn about tbe waist very titihtlyou tbe rutsidecf the sLirt waist, and the skirt piuued to the belt with two catch pins. Iiy adopting this meth a J the devotee of the shirt waist saves (.ct only titue aud temper but tbe shirt waist itself, and no end of unfavorable com men t on the lack of affiliation, be tween her bodice and skirt. Society Uanti aad Tallora. It is rather unusual to find society women taking an active interest in a strike. Tbe ladies' taikirs, however, have succeeded in interesting some prominent women in their grievances, and tbe experience will be good for both elements. Probably the women themselves have some curiosity as to what txxornes cf tbe good round prices which are paid to " many tailc.ru. The workmen claim to. receive only starva tion wages. The employers, on 'the other huii'l, say that good woiktcen get good waives and that it is ouly the incoiu pettut bauds who are idle or ill paid. However this may be, the striking tailors ami delighted to have interest ed these promint st women a delight, it must be. udmilted, which their em ployers do not seem to share. At any rate, the mote that women learn about the workers, who, nndtr the inevitable regime of city life, so seldom come into direct contact w ith the buyer, the bet ter it will bo all around. Harper's Lazar. Brave aad Cm1. Mrs. Eti!n, with her husband aud 5-year-old daughter, lives near Barron, Wis. When the forest fir recently swept down upon that place the husband was iu Minneapolis aud tbe wife was alne ou a little farm fnr n il: s t;.y lroru town. Seeing the approach of the flames aud re!gnizii!g the impossibility cf flight, this lonely woman went to werk to save tbe life of her riaugbttrand her self. Her coolness did net desert her. She plowed furrows about the house, aud wheu tbe roaring onslaught of flame leaped these aseasily a a hunter's horse would leap a bede, she buried the child in a potato patch, where there was but little fuel for the flames, and, lying down beside her, toned a water soaked cloak around them both They were found terribly burned, but in a condi tion tbat gives every hope of perfect re covery. Exchange. The Oldest Tina. The oldest club in Illinois is the La dies" Education society of Jacksonville. Iu her farewell address tbe retiring president of tbe Illinois federation said: "I was reminded of this club of ours yesterday by the claim made by the hon ored Sorosis of New York of being the eldest woman's club in this country, aud hetica tbe mother of clubs. This club of ours antedates Porosis by many years. In fact it is almost old enough to be tbe grandmother of Sorosis. Organ ized in lfe33, its activity has been con tinuous ever siuce, it having assisted 15,000 girls to secure an education, ai;d these girl bave gotie put into oar west ern hemes in their turn to exert an ia Soeuoe for good which only rightly trained intelligence can exert." Tobacco was discovered in ban to Do mingo in 149(1, id Yucetan by tbe Spaniards in 1520. It was introduced into France in 1560, and into England io 1583 Nearly 1,200.000 pound of colors are osed by the United Suites govern ment annually for ptiming .to per mon ey, revenue and postage stamp. FOOD THAT INJURES. THINGS THAT AFFLICTED Pf RSONS EHOtXO NOT EAT. If Toi Hitt a Teadeaey ta Goat, Saaa Meat aa Yaa Wnll Tart a re. A Little Advtre ta the Great Araay of SaSfrrera Fran. Dj-prpl. A physician, wtiting in tbe Phila delphia luouirer on "Foods and Their Effect on the Human System," says: - That out of sorts feeling from which most of us suffer fcalf tbe days of cor life is nsnally due to our eating things we shouldn't. Although w are con structed ou the same model, scarcely any two people bave exactly tbe same kind of heart, liver and otbex organs, and as a result nothing is truer than the saying that "One man's meat is an itber man's poison." - Meat, for instance, is a slow poison to a Dumber of individuals. If there is a gouty strain in your family, you are storing up future iorture for yourself every time yon eat a chop or piece of beef. Gout is simply tbe result of too much uric acid in the blood, and meat li foil of the material from which urio ctd is made. You may tbiuk that so long aa you bave not to sit in an easy chair all day there is no need for precautions in diet But tbe first symptoms are always in ila, and if you feel irritable and un able to settle down to work yon bad better be careful how much meat you cut Englishmen are said to be tbe worst tempered people on earth, Tbey are also tbe most gouty, and there can b do doubt that they are tbe greatest meat eaters. Nothing is more nourishing than sugar, yet it is absolutely poison to those who are proue to diabetes, and any oue Inclined to corpulency should repaid it as a natural enemy. Two lumps of sugar per day jn excess of tbe qc.iutity raquirwl ty the body would add 60 pounds to a man's weight in five years tbat is, of course, if he bad tbe sort of constitution tbat easily puts on flesh. But it is not sugar alone which is in jurious to diabetic and stout people. The former should not look at porridge, rice, beet root, Spanish onions, port wine, rum or ginger beer; tbe latter should take neither soup, beer, potatoes cor treacle, while gooty people should not touch peas or beans. If any near member of yoor family has St. Vitus' dance or epilepsy, yon should eat meat very sparingly and grapes not at ail. while yon might as well think of committiug suicide aa fre quenting the barroom. For dyspeptics it is impossible to say what food ia good, because everything is bad. White bread remains undigest ed for hours, brown bread is most irri tating and injurious, vegetables are coo verted iuto gases and painful acids, and most kinds of meat are too heavy. Tbe dyspeptic, in fait, ought never to have Leeu born. However, since tbe sufferer from dys pepsia must eat, let him follow this rule, and it may bring relief: Eat a little of everything, but eat sparingly, never leaving the table with a sense of hav ing eaten sufficient; eat slowly. Masti cate all food thoroughly and never drink while eating. -If he must drink, let him drink sfter he has finished eating. No doubt tbe majority of people see do connection between their ailments and tbe breakfast or dinner which tbey have enjoyed. But there ore many per sons who are so severely affected by par ticular articles of diet that there is no question about tbe fact that some kinds cf food are more or less poisonous to ns all, although we may not suffer very greatly after eating them. An acquaint ance cf the writer's, for example, falls iuto convulsions if ho eats a single strawberry, and even the odor of straw berry jam in tbe neighborhood cf jam factories almost throws him into a fit. The writer knows a lady whose heart comes to a stop if she eats sn egg. Of course she never intentionally eats one now, bot frequently on taking a piece cf cake or some kind, of podding or sauce containing eggs she swoons. Many people get cramp in the stom ach from eating honey, and more than one death has resulted from this caoae Others are made violently sick by the smell of apples, and a . patient of the writer's has often averred tbat even tbe sight of beet root seemed to suffocate him, while another bad to give cp drinking milk because it produced in tense inflammation of the eyes. Many kinds of fish cause serious ill nesa. Lobsters and crabs produce most paiuful itching in seme people, and tbe writer has known several who after eat ing salmon felt a horrid taste in the month,' and soon after suffered so badly from headache as to be compelled to go to bed. These latter are tbe extreme instances of iujnry from toed, but tbey prove that thousands of people suffer jn a less de gree, and tbat probably no oue can lunch or dine without swallowing son.e thing poisonous to his system. . Tras; . Scene A railway carriage. First Artist Children don't seem to me to sell now ti tbey used. Second Artist (in a hoarse whisper) Well. I was at Stodge's yesterday lie Lad just knocked off three little girls' heads, horrid raw things, when a dealer came in, sir, bought 'em direct ly, took 'em away wet as they were on the stretcher and wanted Stodge to let him have some more next week. Old Iady (putting ber bead out of the window abd shrieking) Guard, stop the train aud let me out, or I'll be murdered 1 London Tit Bit. A German historian directs attention to tbe fact tbat in tbe middle ages the Mediterranean was connected by a canal with the Red sea, and that in 10 So the Mohammedan powers bad a project of rebuilding this predecessor of the uez canaL Farm Notes and Views. Tbe beginning w itb a garden should be really in the fall, as such plants as (spinach, kale, Minify, dandelion, ere, etc., cm be seeded down in the fall, covered with mulch and be brought on the table very early in the spring. A pitch of turnips left in the ground in the fall will provide the beet kind of early "greens," aud the same may be done with cabbage stalks, which, if planted in tbe fall in a compact bed, will take up but little room and throw out pprcuU early in the spring before any other greeen crop comes. Later on radishes, lettuce and rhubarb will be in order, as they are hardy and can be had before summer crops are seeded. Asparagus comes almost by the time frost is out of tbe ground. Half an acre in a garden wbicb ha been heav ily manured will provide an enormous supply of vegetables, aa one crop can go in as coon an another ia removed of some kinds. Peaa and onions, as well as early potatoes, may be bad with but little difficulty if tbe ground ia sandy and warm, but to M-core early crops the cultivation must be deep and th'orougb and the land well drained, not by hav ing a heavy surface flow, but by tbe water going down quickly. Warmth is secured by the air following the downward flow of wa'er into the aoiL Seedsmen and originators of new va rieties of vegetables, flower and fruits ; have no protection through tbe Patent Office. An inventor of some small contrivance, which may bave been dis covered by accident, ia enabled to reap a fortune therefrom, but the originator of a new breed of animals or Improved variety of fruit, which may have re- j quird years of experiment and labof, j canrrt prevent others frem jcfiirging ; upon his .result. i BABY'S PHOTOGRAPH. Aa raanala af What the Ia mt the Camera tadarea. A yo.ing photographer, when afkid what sort of subjects presented the greatest difficulties to bun, replied without a moment's hesitation, "Ba bies " "For instance," be ccutiuued, "1 tock photographs of a little 10-montbs-cld fpllowthe other day in six different posiiioun. Yesterday I sent proofs to bis mother, and today sha brought tbem in. ; " 'I'm sorry,' she Eaid, without any ibtious grief, 'bat none cf tbee nega tives will da' " 'Not ono of tbe aix'r' 1 "inquired, though I was prepared for what was to follow. " "No, she said, 'I'm afraid not. Yon see, I like this one very well, though, of course, it doesn't do baby justice, bot fait Aunt Elleu says it's aa absolute caricature of tbe dear little fellow. Tbe oue she likes I don't care for at all, aud bis papa says be should never know for whom it was intended, it looks so cross, and baby is such a sun shiny child. " 'The oue be likes, this smiling one, I shouldn't cousider for a momeut, fi r it makes laby's mouth lock so moth larger than it really ia. " 'His grandmother cbose tbat one, but as Cousin Fanny said, there's a very queer look to the child's eyes in it very queer I However, she like tbat one where he's almost crying, that so ber cue. Yon oucbt to have heard ba by's grandfather when she said she liked iL 'He really decided the tbiag, for what he said seemed so "sensible. He asked me wby I didn't bave seme more taken aud see if there wouldn't be at least one tbat would really lock like baby. Now, when can he sit again? It's bard for me to spare tb time, but you see it is the only thing to be done!' " Glasgow Herald. STROKES OF A RAZOR. Raw Maay Da Toa Snppoce It Take ta Shave a Maaf "Now tbat you've finished shaving me, how many strokes of tbe razor did it require?" asked tbe man in the chair, as he straightened np to have his hair combed. "That's pretty Lard to tell. " said the barber. "Of course it is. But you've been in the business how long?" "Fifteen years." "You ought to know by this time about bow many strokes of tbe razor it requires to shave a mau, supposing that yon go over bis face a second time." "I might make a guess at it." "All right What's your guess? Re member tbat I bave a hard Leard." "Well, I should say about 125." "You're a good guess r, I don't think. Some time ago 1 got into the babit of counting the strokes cf a razor every time I was being shaved. It's a good way to employ your mind. Iu shaving me you just made 733 strokes with the razor." "I wouldn't have believed it" "No man believes it uutil he takes tbe trouble to count. In my easel never knew the number to fall below COO, and it has gone more than bOOst times. I call it a stroke every time the razor is brought forward aud then drawu back. I should judge that there are no fewer than S00 strokes in a first cine shave. Yon remember that, aud proba bly yon can win a few beta." New York World. Bilk Impertlaeaee. The Philadelphia Record tells of an old Pennsylvania farmer who recently came into possession of a check for f 200. It caused him a great deal of anx iety, and for a long time he could not muster np tbe courage to have it cashed. Finally, while ou a trip to town, he summoned np nerve enough and, stroll ing iuto the bank, presented the check. Tbe teller glanced at it hastily, aud then, after tbe fashion of bis kind, brusquely asked, "What denomina tion:" "Lutherin, gol dorn it! But what's tbet got tew do with it?" as brusquely replied the old farmer, to tbe great as tonishment of the bauk official. It required several minutes' explana tion before the teller could get tbe old man to nnderstand bis question, aud then tbe latter took bis money aud de parted, witb sundry growl derogatory to banks in general. Fqaal to the Oecaaloa. In 1S40 a great convention was held in Baltimore by the young meuof whet was then known as tbe Whig party for tbe purpose of ratifying tbe nomination of General William Henry Harris a for tbe presidency. There was no li!l in tbe city large enoogh to hold tbe crowd of delegates who attended. The convention accordingly met on the Can ton race track, and when the great Whig orator of this state, who was chairman of tbe Young Men's national committee, arose to call the meeting to order he was so impressed by the vast e.is of the assemblage before bim tbat instead of the usual formula he ex claimed, "The nation will please come to order 1" Baltimore Sun. Aa laaalt. A Caribou (Me.) man lately wan dered into a remote hotel that doesn't keep a dictionary, and on coming down in the morning was asked by the land lord how be rested. "Oh." replied the gentleman, "1 suffered nearly all night with insom nia!" The landlord took offense at this and roaied, "I'll bet you $2 there ain't one ta my tuusel" Exchange. Windoai la a Jetuhrll. Huu83 life is like a game at dice where we ought net to throw for what ii most curcmodious to us, bet to t conteut witb our Casts, let them be never so oufcrtunate. Plato. A Frightful Blander Will often cause a horrible Burn, Scab!, Cut or Bruit, Bucklen's Arnica alve, the best in the world, will kill tbe pain and promptly heal it Cures Old 8ore, Fever 8ore, I'lcero, Boils, Felons, Corns, all kin Eruptions. Best Pile cure on earth. Only 'It cts. a box. Com guaranteed. 8oM at J. X. Bnyder's Drug fstor, Homerset, Pa., and O. W. Brallier's Drug .Store, Berlin, Pa. How to make a durable and cheap drain I an important matter with these who do not desire open di:ches. The French have a method which may be valuable to some. A trench is dug and the bottom filled with cement mortar. On this is placed a rubber tutie covered with canvas and inflated. The trench is then fi'led with cement As soon as the cement seta air is let out of the rubber tube, whioh it then removed ai d used in another location or nection. i By this method it In estimated tisat six inch pipe can be made at a cost: cf not over eight cents per foot. Food adulteration can only be pre vented by laws that are plain and yet well ex preened, tbe penalty recommend ed Uing conSscatiun of the adalu ra'td axlScle. No man has the right to sell another an article under misrepresen tation. In Franc it was teing discov ered that wheat ficair was being adul terated with corn flour. A customer who asked f;r flour rceived the mixed article and brought suit It was de cided that as he did cot mention tbe kird of thw desired he bad nociL--e for action. !: issuegted thst in pur cba:n an anl.Vit sbm;M to jM- o i Lr'y ei.1v-d iiy naro. ON .THE OPEN TRAIL. Thts riltry iwrth uml tha low hunt Like a little lm around It. Too cr.irm.ei I find to ferl at home. Too crui.-u.! I aly found IU F'nre I vnn ever a r(rtnd. A mcrant-fool nt rover. Oh K'.t me the wHih of the skies to roam W hen my aarlhly days are over! Let me out where worlds the milestones are. tiers the i.nrestine stars aik my wav Out oi'U ahere a man elbow room To travel hi. old time highway! Ar.d alif n the Journey I done Ood grant 'i toil oi.e lone inn I tir.d me TVher I may tn!tr and areet but htr Ar.it cloe the door tehlnJ m! Ar:Mir J. rtuf-r m Ain;ie' lUifa- r:::-s. A LAKE PILOT'S LEG. How It Solved the Myaterjr of tbe Wreck of a ieam Propeller. "We are never amazed when vessels go aground nud are wrecked on Lake Erie during the gales that are common on that treacherous water, for we ex pect such things then," said a lake skipper, "tut when one is grounded on a clear day and wrecked ou a ciursa as clear us the day iu tbe banils of a pilot that knows the ground like a book w naturally wonder a little and want t'" know tbe whys nud wbctrfores. Such was th9 case cf the propeller Susan E Peck tbat went astound noar Bar poiut and was lost with a t'-0.000 catg x "The captain of the Susan E. bad 6ai!ed successfully hundreds of times between Poiut Ptlea aud Bar point and in all kinds cf weather, aud this time ha bad a wbeel.rau who was known from one eud cf tbe lake to tbe other as one of the most expert navigator in the laie buiius?. He bad been lying op a long time, ftr tbe very good reason tbat owing to an accident to cue of bis legs tbat hghad to be amputated to save his life. The lost member was re placed by an artificial leg. and theu the pilot was ready ti take bis post at the wheel agaiu. His first service after his misfortune was this trip of the Susan E. Peck, and be ran ber aground. "Tbe puzzle to everybody was how it was possible for tbe propeller, ban died by a man cf such skill aud experi ence, cn a straight cour.e ouly 40 miles long and with every sailing couditicn favorable, to leave hercoursa Tbe pilot was the most puzzled aud astootided person of all. He boob got another ves sel, and this one he rau iu such an er ratic manner, but fortunately with no disastrcue result ttat be was compelled to give ber up. aud his usefulness as a pilot was goue. He aud others weut to investigating to see if tbey could dis cover what was wrong with bis sta manship. "After awhile they discovered what tbev believed was the trouble. In the pilot's attif cial leg a great deal of steel bad Leeu used in tbe joints ana otner places. Sitting close to the binnacle, as be did while steering, this steel derang ed ths compass so that it threw the wheelman way off his reckouiug aud led to the wrong piloting that bad wrecked the fcusan E. Peck aud endan gered the, other vessel that the wheel man navip.ited subsequently. This was what tl.iy argued, aud to demoustrnte the coittctuess of the theory the pilot took chiire cf a vessel without wear ing bis fui-e leg Everything worked to a rtarm. The mystery of the Susan E Puk was solved, aud tbe pilot w:is re stored t i his old place iu the confidence of Lake Erie skippers aud vessel own era." New York Sun. Saosh Amertea'a Boielde YVIad. In Brazil aud other parts of South America the natives kuow and fear a certain condition of the air which they call "suicide wind." It is not a superstition, but an actual condition of tbe atmosphere wnicb seems to drive the people to mnduess. aud during it9 continuance self inflict ed deaths are numerous. Criminologists and scientists all over the world are interested in this peculiar atnicspherio iuflaence. which is indi cated by a soft moist, warm air that settles heavily cn the tarth. Tbe clinuttio condition known as tbe "tnicide wiud" is greatly dreaded in tbat part of the country. Statistics prove that suicides and oth er crimes occur together or in waves as they are described. The Moral la I'laia. "Once upon a time, "says the Houtz dule (Pa.) Juurnal, "a man got mad at tbe editor aud stopped the paper In a ftiw weeks he sold bis corn at 4 ceuts less than the market price. Then bis property was sold fur taxes because be didn't read the sheriff's sale. He paid $10 for a lot of forged notes that bud been advertised two weeks aud the pub lie warned uyainst them. He theu rush ed to tbe printing olTice and paid several years' subscription in advance aud hail the editor sign an agreement that be was to knock bini down if be ordered his paper to be stopped agaiu." Wanted a Chanee. A Scottish preacher who fouud bis congregation going to sleep one Sunday before be fairly began suddenly stopped and exclaimed: "Brethren, it's uue fair. Gie a uion half a cbance. Wait till I get alaug, aud then if I uae worth listening to gang to sleep, but diuua gang before 1 get commenced Gie a niou a cbauce. " Aa F.i pert. "Do yon carve?" "1 should say I did!" "Aud what are your specialties?" "Sausage and omelets. " Cleveland Plaiu Dealer. It ie a sober truth that people who live only to amuse themselves work harder at the t.uk than most people do in earning their daily bread. Hannah More. Iu the sixteenth century fencers held the sword in their right baud aud a dagger in the left to ward off blows Defeat at an Election. A Congressman is thuquoted by tbe Washington Htar: "The firt race I ever made for Congress resulted in my defeat by less than fifty majority, and if one of my friends had not been too zealous I would have been elected There was a preciuct where I expected to receive a hundred votes, and I fear ed there would be some fraud iu the preclnet that would injure rue; so I got an old man who had never parlici pated in politics, but who hd almost parmount infittence in tho dMrict, to take charge of my interest there, in structing him to see that every frimj of mine voUid and that the votes were counted. 'When the returns came ia I hsd not received a single vote ia thatprt cinct, and the next day a bulky en velope was heeded rue cntaini;;g one hundred and twenty balloU, trg- tin r with a letter from the niri Ih ii n ft in charge saying tbat h b t.i i;:i very friend of mine ana tu'c t.p their Fallot so that missed, and aa he wouldn't tTir-tt the judgew of elcc'.ion he b.a 1 s"it t hern to nie himself so I would b- sur to ct i:em. moce ttieo i huvt seen that jnec !u chc ;e of uy iiitereeta were not only h.n.. but. k'lavr some thing ab Hit f till!.- "Why n t : Hie ir,ij i r, -.i!. tfo t:.!i;M tliv j.reitJ' A-t N. a- V,,rk ils- P f-r l! -C-J-r ir?!t '( versy over century,' s aid, "wt'.ii fir nmi'M i '"i'ion .-s li n'l- " t!ie cofnir," o.-rir;; .i r-o' J r. l'.f , iji, !-f - i- ti:r: The -f (,V in tii. r- it t :: - FOR LITTLE FOLKS. SAVED FOUR HUNDRED. The Keaotlfol Storr of the Saerlflee of llamacnrhl ooaei. Tr U a beautiful story told by Lafca dio Ileum cf au old itan whrso great deed belongs to Japanese history. He wa Haniagnchi. and bis farmhouse stood on the verge of Raii plateau overlooking tbe ly. Tbe platean. mostly devoted to rica culture, waa hemmed in on tnr-e sio-s i-j wooded summits, and from t out-f vere tbe land sinjed duvfu ta the eea. LVlow were 50 I hutched dwellings at:J a tt-mtdf: tbeo composed tha villaya Oue autnir.ii evening Hiaiaguchi Go hei was looking down from hi balcony rn the rreraratious for some merry making in the hamlet belcw. All the villagers were out, and he woold have gone with them had he not teen feeling Iss srronB than usual. Suddenly there came an earthquake shock, not a very strong one, lot iiam atrccbi. who had" felt many before this. thought there was something odd in its long, spongy motion. As tha quakiug ceased, he chanced to look toward tbe sea. and there be saw the strangest pos sible sight. It seemed to te ruuuing away ftoui the laud. Apparently the whole village bad no ticed it, for the people stood still in wcudermcnt ; culy H.irtnignchi drew any co!'cluion from the phtnomenr.n and cnissed what the sea would do next He called his little graudson, a lad of 10, the only one of the family left with him. "Tadat Quick! Light me a torch 1" The child kindled a pine torch, and the old man hurried with it to tbe fields, where hundreds cf rice stacks stood ready for transportation. One by one he lighted tbem in haste, and they caught like tinder, tending skyward masses of smoke that met aud mingled in on cloudy whirl. Tada, astonished and ttrriiiid, ran after his grandfather, weeping, calling, "Why why? why?" Hamaguchi did not an.-iwer. He thought only of 400 lives iu peril. Ha watt bed for tho people, aud iu a mo ment ouly they came swarming up from the villago like ants. And still tbe sea, was fleeing toward the -borixou. Tbe first party of succor arrived, a score of agile yonng peasants, who wanted to attack tho firo at once, but Ilumaguclii, stretching out both bis arms, stnpied them. "Let it burn, lads!" he commanded. "Let it Le. I want the whole village here." The whole village came, mothers and children last of all, drawu Ly concern aud curiosity. "Grandfather ii mad. I am afraid of him." sobbed little Tada. "He set fire to the rics on purpose. I an w bim do it. " "As for the rice," said Hamaguchi, "the child tells the truth. 1 set Ore. to it. Are all tha people here?" "All are here," was the arswer. "But we caunot understand tbij thiug." "See!" cried tbe old man at tbe top cf his vtiice, pointing to the open. "S;:v if I be mad!" It was the, returning sea, towering like a (liff and coursing swifter than the kite. Thero was a shock, heavier than thr.uder, ns the colossal swell smote the shore with a f am burst like a blaze of sheet lightning. Then a white horrcr of rca waved over tne village itself. It drew back, roaring and tearing out tbe laud os it went Twice, thrice, five times it struck and ebbed, each time with lesser surges, aud then it returned to, its ancient bed and staid there, although still raa'ug. Of all the homes abect the bay, noth ing remained but two straw roofs toss ing madly in the offing. All lips were dumh,uJtil ILimagQcbi observed gently : "That was why I set fire to the rice." He was cow poor as the poorest in all tbe village. Lot be bad saved 400 lives. Youth's Companion. The Repentant. 1 rt-.illy do not mlr.J a bit If nil day I hav? t) sit I'pon Ih a horrij chulr. I onlv mt-ani lo have fumie fun. 1 do not know what I have (Xor.t 1 really !o tioi i jre! J aoon h!t h"ar the o!h-ra my They're Horry i cun t ccnie m pi.iv jnl llioy T.-lll hurry l.y Out In I lie Runl-n s.-fe mill rr --J Tlit-y II :ih hiry run fc . iiut I shall n:-v-r riy: -aaa!! a t.iiil I" ' - Vbfn the R.ihy rir.iT3tf. Teacher P-ttiue tho worrl excavnte Scholar It r.n-.ins to hollow, out. Teaclirr C'oiit'nct ftntt-uts :a Khich the. word is properly ocd. fcefcolur Tho baby excavates v.bcii it gets hurt. White kid bats are tbe grea!"t f s- tra? rt'anee this wiuter. Tbey tal:e t'-" i TT, t f C 1 1 DC. r J f. i 1...:. ,.r.l u 1 w . 1 tri turned with velvet and fpttcr, uoi only women with full ct-rf.'ts c::i ia (lulge iu t'icin. is ttu-Jyii; in winter. V hi scholarship c Pafftain. ne nrst v.i;a t t .t.- 1 t.ie i Maria Teresa r ss-j was ??. Miss !!roci.s. d infat-r . tk (lore I r k'as ! (iiiLiif-iuair.e. t . : l j U difficult to i.KHnrn. MiiW x v 1 VtV i " " j VAa Soral.-iS ti.t.r t.t C r:,.':-, SI . I i rabji, the well known lawyer of J , . . A lkiv.9 ;n L U'K'ii this 1 JJ m 7 3 ' X. s ' .,' ? r! r; .l ty tb .Vs-jtes of-'f J V 'A - V rJ i It !.- re;-i t.--.t fin v ? ..a.. i. i j-xi renr.iTU tr, , 1 f v V, .' I ; er to THE HERALD. soMcasrT. p. . J . w , j Z . ., v . , , y . v 5 .yle rj - ti ' ftjof Atr:t,-K-.. ;-- .1. -V WV -T IaL PAT TCT7 K3hid by . V.f " v 1 'f TO -8CY TCCa ' I'l O Chattann-r- S - , t , ..''' I Memorial ITorlr E7 0J gR3- to setups , ,r - ?t .. 'or . - kl W 5" to !vV j .-t.! - ? -if ! . nizxuMfU1 Mar",!'-:;. r, K. v ,-., 1. j 1 : rofadu. C7 to it .... . r - , , j- wra ti.-ork Ka:,hwt . . X.tTtMi t '- ! . - 4 , ; - Prron u of .w,conrt.ot wark t I f .a. r M1 " : ' i. I " . . a. m. I T:n"9 i-'9 Z'St . T " a ft , ipidi.rj(..,-.4iP., :. V ;. . 1 i il a a . J .H,tN.Va., - 1 w ,- V" -'-. 5 tit " .. 1!iv. a- w w v. - r f I j u "lis ef Stumps 21 af;h fiijo. TnuieKam prluted Just a fw poaUga stamp during the yearlsfH. The num ber of a cent U!Ufr iin'l durin Ibo yenr wt . ntL 2.jou X0.'i0. Such a num ber, a ly. i beyond tne irp of the hunia. mnd, but pnrlup the tn tt-r tnty bo iridJtf iu r eleir by putting ii othrw Au ordia i-v 2 cent stamp ex w-'y one inch ln-. From this fot, by a Ltile cal culation, it it easy t discover thnt the umuljerof stamps of this dn.miiiatin i-tsued in Itf'S, placed end to end, wonld extend a diiuni- rni leraV.ly xceding 3d,'Jil miles. In other word, they would make a continuous strip of sUm.n. each ono adorned with th" bea i of tho Father of II it Country, alretoh'ui i'l a belt in ire than once and a half around tha eqtutor. Ofire. lh--igh the 2 cent sUnip are th'xte principally used, there am oihurs. Enough 1-cent postaite stamp have been UinHd daring; the yar IS' tot.tre:.:U from Ns York City, by way of Europe and Asia, to Bombay, India, if siuiilnrly arranged iu one strip. All othtfr stamp, a-t to pro ! j'.aion an J sls, are of minor imporuaoe comparatively spkin, lu t it Is interewtins; to kuj th u nlm t M ctlyine mile of It sumys were manu factured fur ths de.-naud f W't Of $5 stain pt the pro taction was equivalent to a littla more than half a furlong, or alMut one fifteenth of a mile. Now, if all the p-wtag stamps printed by the Culled sta'.3 (ijvernmmu in IvH were placsd one on tp another as neatly a 4 might be without puuiu; thvn under probaure, how high do you suppose the pile of them would ba? Thare is no use guessing ; yon would never gt it nearly right, unless yau weut to work to calcu late it for yourself. The 3, jOO. (,( stamps of all denoruinalbms printed dur ing tbe current year tbe statement, of course, is approximate would tower U an elevation of twenty-one mi Ins. This is more thau three times tbe bii:bt of tbe highest mountain in tha world Mjunt Everest, l' the Himalaya. If the same number of su np wa pilil up iu tba form of the ordinary sheets of X) each, it follows that the stack would be over a tilth of a mile high. During the year 1K ths number of special delivery stamp sold was about 5.2.jO,O0O. It is only reasonable to suppose that the average journey of tb special delivery messenger is half a tniia. In deed, that is an a!surj unj jraslim lr ; but let it go at that. Oj th's a implioti the total distance traveled f r special de ivery iu l1 was about 2.62.".,W) miles. Tuat i a very considerable space to traverse, as may be realized w hen it is considered tba: a messenger boy. in or ler to aecoup!ih that t t.l distance, would have to go about l.lnO times around the world, or tire times to the moon and back. It appears, from figures furnished by the Past Office I part merit, that the aver age per n in Mussaclni- tin, including men, women and children spend fi :!o on postage per annum. New York comes second with an expenditure of 27. The District of Columbia third with J2.li!. Colorado i fourth w iih $l.S5 and Couneo-th-ut is filth with $1 SO. The Spates rank ing lowest 'n this regard are Siuth Caro lina, witb Hi coots per rapha; Mississippi with 31 cents; Alabama, with cents; Arkansas, with .'! cents, and N'o-th'Caro-liua, with 41 cents. Is it a burn ? Use Dr. Thona.' F.c lectric Oil. A cut? Dr. Thona's Eclectrle Oil. At your druggist's. Tho- who buy wh-at and corn for fowls should try millet seed. The seeds are very sruail and are more p-erfeet as? a ration tor laving hens than irrain An adrantage in using millet seediss that tbe fowls must eat slowly, as they will be compelled to hunt for every seed, aud by so doing will have more exercise. The c st of the commercial 83ed should b? no greater than for wheat, and every poultry man should grow a small pst'eb. of millet if the ntl U diiEeult to tirocuro. aiiiW r: mer plant LU-XL a " . ' 7 mfStSS5- I w j i !;ia:-!f, '-r r :. . .... 1 I " - '"s ... ..... 1 -r V . ; . r 't . I . I r t '. ' ' ' '! " -v i t "'! -, ,: ' . ; - - .. . , , 1 i ' ( " . ;-, ' i , !' ,:- - i ...... - I j .: . j: ; ;p :', - - - ... j .-j.i.. : ,.- . . . .; , . I ... i' ' t F- . ! .: ...-., i . . ' r " '. '--'.f-ri-. " -7. I - f r Si ' W ' t ' a. 1 r A av4tIWttffvv,l'lMSaw.a. r! lUiuinniiniiiinuiuinuiuiiuiuuwnmTn' nyders E it rt'salrcs a good selected room to do WE HAVE 1 Pare Drugs X 1 V ii AU'-l VWlI PrpQrrintinn Coa3PoQndiDs a 1 iCvJUllLlWll Anything not advertised, fy we are sure to have it. Yoa are always sure of getting ii; 1 Optical Goods Call and have your eyes u?. H Trusts Fitted. All of the best and most approved Tni kept ia stock. Satisfaction guaranteed. JOHN N. Druggist, Luuther's Main Street, Somerset, Pa. I This iJcdsl Drug Store is Rapidly Esccnizg a! Favorite with People in Search cf FRESH . MB . PtfBE . DHU( Medicines, Dye Stufts, Sponges, Tr Supporters, Toilet Articles, Perfumes, &c. THE DOCTOB OrVlS PlfSCJIAI. ATTaVSTIOH TO TUB COXPOrSDIMeof ' " Lostier's PrescriptiOESiFamily Rect great caaa aarxa takes to csb oxlt fkesh i.sd rcBE aaricLa. " SPECTACLES. EYE-GLASSES. i And a Full Line of Optical Goods always on hand. From lanre asaortnicnt all can be suited. THE . FIB EST BBAEBS QF CIGAE; u,va on hand It is always a pleasure to display ocr n tending purchasers, whptbe rr?v hr from u ot Iaewher J. IVJ. LOUTHE3 TJl. O MAIN STRFfT SOMERSET.: 80MERSE i ELIAi- SmW YEAR FOR $2X, Send all Orders to the Herald. t fL I 1 nl3Ui. njr.su. ail imp.rtAnt new "'""i --eanl r-t M. mark en eior". ameetlitoflaK Interim" . ou-at InHn-mHiiou. iiiu-.lmt J :a.h!oi artlclm, buttturuu IMtU" artKiulii lo every member 1 r too un th I.K U H u.-h ihour nrii j l Ui 0 ral ynrr f f brsgi: t, rifMoij, n m pr. - wiu' Wci.jiue aa-J rnarmacv stek aai a oeatlj arraaj., i a brkk business. E0TH OF THEM, i I make it a POht to i JM Wiv W iJ Ji SNYDER, SOMKRSET, Pi Drug i t Sto:1 r lalu i THE GRA O i'i A L FA JEWSPAPEf. PLACERS, - : fivrite hems Fr Somerset Her: SOMERSET, PA. of ewry faiiuly. - .it r pnMtlcal and anrlal, J"',' hhnr ar.l fri-iirf. .,n lh ferni ll , - i. Ih r'ndltuD of emus ami iinP" " linliiiwDsablc wrek.lT visitor at "" u t i ry F1
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