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Virpfrrvnt man rudi lut deatinv to cart
Npw hr-pef upn ihi tirraa'a boV'rn rast.
Kew nmu.Yt and defeat, new good, new crima.
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Strfun Itltck ahout iw ovor ara and land
ttuild thou en ark to mi! liprr be taa trod.
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And I a J him one tep nearer toward hit God!
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S
ItY MATTIK DYEK liUITTS.
"Come at last, I see. My dear fellow,
I am really glad lo see you." It was a
handsome young man wbo spoke tbe
words to another, who bad just leaped
lightly from a train at a neat village uot
a thousand miles from well, no matter
where. '"It does me good to see you,
dear old boy. I dida't half think you
wou'd come."
"You cau't be more delighted to see
me than I am to be here, Ham. Why
didn't you think I would come? I
wrote yotf I would."
"Oil yes; but fancy what you had
to Where's your luggage, Jack !'
"Right here a big telescope and my
guncawe; you said j-ou had some good
shooting about these woods."
"Yes, we have that! Come, bundle
the traps right into the buggy, and
we'll be off. I dare say Mime has had
supper waiting this half hour."
"Up you go, then." Jack Cameron
tossed his things into the back of the
low buggy, took a seat beside Bam, wbo
already sat holding his Hues, and they
were oil' down the smooth road to
Woodnide, the pretty place, two miles
from town, where 8am Dermott lived
with his old maid fister, since the
death of their father left tLem the
owners of land and property.
"Explain yourself, old man," said
Jack, turning to his friend, as they
bowled alou. "Why did you imagine
I would uot come?"
"Oh, you were spending your vaca
tion at your brother Tom's, aud they
had a lot of pretty girls there, and
so"
"Just stop right now, Sam; that is
the identical reason I ran away."
"What, from the girls?"
"Exactly. Tom's wife is a regular
J little match-maker, as you know. She
had those girls out partly with that
ry idea thinks it is tiuie I was set
tled, and all that, you see. I got so
fearfully tired of their dressing and
flirting and making eyes at a fellow,
and talking as if butter wouldn't melt
to their mouths ah, bah! It makes
me tick now ! Don't you ever believe I
was going to stay there when I could
be out here w ith you and Miss Mime
not much!"
Sam threw back his htad and gave a
hearty laugh.
"Mighty glad we are to get you on
any terms, Jack, lad; but aren't you a
tntle hard on the girls? They are uot
all like that."
"Well, most of 'em are. I'm sick of
the whole business. Haven't got a girl
waiting for me here, have you ? I'll go
straight back if you have."
"Then I wouldn't tell you if there
was one. Rut no, there isu't a ft male
soul on the place except sister Jemima
aud her cook and housemaid, nor very
many in the near neighborhood."
"Sure you have not a few coming for
a little visit?"
"No, uot expecting any. Oh, yes,
Mime did get a letter from our respect
ed grandmamma, saying she might
drop in on us this w eek. Nobody else,
t awiire VOU." !
"Drive on, then. We will let the
g Kd grandmamma come if she wants
to. She won't interfere with our shoot
ing and iishing. I'm content to stay
as long as you'll let me, Sam."
"Then you w on't go back to tbe city
grind in a hurry, tell you that! (iet up,
Dan! Show your heels to our friend,
cau't you ? He's a little dandy, Jack!
Cost me a cool two hundred, aud I
would not look at three for him auy
day."
The girls were quite forgotten In
Sam's pet pony, and before they reach
ed Woodside Jack's face had entirely
lo-it its tired look of disgust with the
world in general. Miss Jemima, (or
Mime, as she was usually called) was
standing on the frout verauda to wel
ome them, and bid them hasten to get
ready for supper, or her nice hot rolls
would be spoiled.
They w ere mkiu seated at her hospi
table board, aud Jack did full justice
not only to the rolls, but to the fragraut
coflVe, rich cream, fresh home-cured
ham and eggs, and all the other dainty
dishes in which Mime' heart delight
ed. After supper they paid a visit to
the stables before dark, and laid plans
for a drive to Flat Rock on a fishing trip
nxt day. Two or three similar dajs
flew rapidly by, Jack declaring that he
would uot exchange the good times he
was having with Sam for all the girls
in the world. Four days after he came
Sam was ob iged to go to a neighbor
ing tow n on a bit of law business he
had to be a w itness in a land suit for
another uiu-arid Jack, in t earing to
put through a dull day in a country
court, intended to spend the time hunt
ing in the woods around the farm.
While they sat at breakfast, or, rath
er, as they were rising from the table,
a telegram was hauded to Sam, which
he hastily read, and gave an exclama
tion of vexation.
"Now, haug it all f tald he, "I've got
to go on this troublesome case, aud
here's a message from grandmother
she w ill be at Martville this afternoon,
and wants me to come over aud uiett
her thre."
"Oh, is grandmother coming to
day?" a.-ked Mime, stopping in the
door on her way to the kitchen.
"So this says; and what to do I don't
know, unless you will go over, Mime."
Can't I go?" put iu Jack. "I am
at the service of the vuerable lady for
ny length of time, and of course, as
tihe is old, and not apt to be very stmng,
she must not be left aloue at a Strang
place. I'll go fvr you, Sam, with pleas
ure." Sam had turned to Jack with a queer
expression on bis face, aud Miss Mime
began Uj say:
"What? G ran J mother? Oh, she's"
omer
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But Sam hastily stepped up to her,
said some! Ling in a low tone, and then
turned to his friend:
"The very thing, Jack! I do wish
you would go. You can drive Dan to
the buggy and I'll take old Coh to the
road-cart."
"All right; I'll go. How shall I
know the dear old lady ? Can you de
scribe her, as she will not know me, of
course."
Sam had bis back turned and his
voice sounded odd as he replied :
"Oh, the station agent at Hartville
knows her. She often comes that way.
He will show her to you. lie sure to
take good care of her Jack. Ha ! ha !
ha!"
"To be sure I wilL What are you
laughing at, Sam?" .
"Oh ! only an idea that struck me
something alout Donovan's case.
Good by, old boy. I'll be at home as
early as possible. Don't forget to meet
Grandmother Dermott- Good-by. Ha!
ha! ha!"
Sam went out, leaving Jack wonder
ing what tickled bim so; but as he was
uot familiar with the Donovan case, of
course it might be a very funny one.
At 3 o'clock that afternoon Jack
drove up to the little dingy railroad
station at Hartville, and hitched Dan
to a convenient post. He drew out bis
watch, and glancing at it, observed :
"Not much time to spare. Train's
due now, if Sam was right. Ah, there
it comes. Where's that agent? Never
mind bim, any way. If only one old
lady gets off I shall know it is Sam's
graudmother without any introduc
tion. I'd better be near; the dear old
soul may need help to get off."
Jack gallantly drew very close to tbe
train as it stopped, and stood waiting
for his passenger. Half a dozen coun
trymen, two womeu with babies in
their arms, aud a fat colored woman
nobody else, except a slender girl iu a
stylish black suit, at whom even
woman-hater Jack bad to cast a second
glance, she was so exceedingly pretty
and attractive.
"Where's my old lady," he said to
himself. "Something luu-t have hap
peued, for she is certainly not hero. I
wonder why she did not come."
Rut as she bad not, he was about to
go back to the buggy, when he saw the
handsome girl standing near him with
a perplexed look on her lovely face.
Jack stepped up, lifting his hat.
"Reg pardon, miss, but cau I assist
yoa? Are you looking for some one?"
Tbe lady gave him a smile and an
swered :
"Yes ; I did expect some one to meet
me from Woodside Farm, but no one is
here. Am there any conveyances to
be hired at this place do you kuow ?''
"I do not, indeed," returned Jack,
astonished. "Rut I come from Wood
side myself. I, too, expected to meet a
lady who has uot arrived Mrs. Der
mott" Tbe lady smiled again, aud said,
brightly :
"Oh, then we are all right I am
Mrs. Captain D.Tmott, and you mut
be the friend Sam wrote they were ex
pecting from tbe city."
"I am Sam's friend, certainly, but
but there is some mistake," stam
mered Jack. "I I came to meet
Sam's graudmother, a very old lady."
A merry little laugh was bis answer.
"I thiuk there is no mistake, Mr."
"Cameron," Jack barely bad sense
to reply.
"Thank you, Mr. Cameron, then I
believe it is all right I am Sam's
grandmother, though perbap not s
old as might have been expected. Did
you ever kuow that Captain Dermott
was married only two years before his
death? And I was sorry, even if he
was an old man, for be was so good to
me," she added honestly, a regretful
look coming over ber sweet face.
Jack made out to stammer again :
"I I never heard. I did not I was
not oh, excuse me, miss madam, I
mean but I am really knocked off my
pins, if you will forgive the slang, w ith
this surprise. I a as prepared for-a
white-haired, feeble old lady, who
would need help in getting off the
traiu ; but not uot this, you see."
Another merry laugh from Mrs. Der
mot. "I wonder Sim or Mime did not tell
you better. Why did not Sam come
with you?"
"He bad to go to Cloverton on some
body's lawsuit, so I took bis place.
Aud really, Mrs. Dermott, I am not
always such a fool. Pardou me and
tell me where to find your luggage. I
will see to having it sent out."
"Thauk you. There is only one
trunk. Here is tbe check."
She gave it to bim and he had pres
ently engaged the wagon to briug it to
the farm, had put her into the buggy
and was driving bck to Wooiside, for
once in bis life almost dumb. He
simply could not talk, he was so pro
voked at himself for making so great a
dunce of himself, and at Sam, who be
saw had played a clever trick on bim.
"I kuow now what he laughed at this
morning," be thought, savagely. "Oi,
but I'll get even with him for this, if I
have to be his grandfather to do it"
When they had eopjed at the door,
Mime came running out to meet them.
"You found ber, did you?"
"Yes, I did, aud I made a big fool of
niyself, Miss Mime, and I bflieveyou
and Sam planned it all, too."
Then they all three broke into a
laugh, and when Mrs. Dermott, after
she had kissed Mime, held out ber
w hite hand and said, pleasantly, "Rut
you musn't be angry with me, Mr.
Cameron, for I was as innocent as
yourself. Shall we be friends?"
He could do nothing but extend his
own hand and say, humbly :
"It shall not be my fault if we are
anything else. I don't care whose
grandmother you are."
Rut when be was aloue with Sam
that night, didn't Sam catch it !
"I declare, I never thought but what
you knew," he said, when Jack would
let bim speak at all. "Grandfather
Iiermott married a young girl a few
years before he died, and of course by
iaw she is our grandmother."
"She don't lok like girl who
would make that kiud of a marriage,"
said Jack thoughtfully.
"It waa not 'that kind of a mar
riage as you mean it Grandfather
was aloue and needed a woman's love
and care. Cora gave it because she
set
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WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 10. 1900.
pitied bim, much more than because
, she knew that he would leave ber a
fortune when he died. She's a lovely
; woman, and might have made several
good matches since grandfather went,
I but she wouldn't listen to them, Jack.
She'd suit you to a dct."
"Perhaps I wouldn't suit her, though.
Sni, when you saw I didu't know this
morning, why didu't you tell me?"
"Well, then, I must confess it struck
me to carry out the joke and let you
find out for yourself, so I stopped Mime
when she was going to tell. Don't be
mad, old fellow."
"I won't promise; it depends. I'll
tell you what I will do. If she don't
say no, I'll pay you up by making my
self your grandfather, Sam."
"Go in, Jack ! Go in aud win !"
Jack did win, for the last letter Sam
had from him was written while he
was on bis wedding trip, aud was
signed, "Your affectionate and happy
grandfather." Farm and Fireside.
Orders Are to Be Obeyed.
A young man with a decidedly seedy
appearance entered the superintend
ent's otilce, and placing his hand fa
miliarly upon the superintendent's
shoulder accoated him thus:
"Ross, can you gimme a job?"
"What department?"
"Either brakin' or firin'."
"Do you know the Rook of Rules?"
"Some."
"Well, let me see how well you are
posted. We will suppose you were
tiring a train that wai running from
Jersey City to Philadelphia; tbe engin
eer would get killed and you would
take bis place. You would tiud on bis
clip that the train bad orders to take
the sidetrack for another train some
where iu the woods where there was
no leiegrapn ouice. "so, suppose
that traiu did not arrive there for, say,
12 hours; what would you do V"
"Thai would be the affair of the con
ductor, not mine."
"I will take your name, and if we
have need of your services we will send
for you. Good day." -
The next applicant to enter seated
hims.'lf back of the superiuleudent
aud waited for him to break the silence,
which he did shortly.
"Well, sir, what tun I Jo for you?"
"I would like to have a job, boss."
"Iu what department?"
"Traiu set vice,"
"Are you familiar w ith the R xk of
Rules?"
"A little."
Tbe superintendent then asked bim
the same question as the first
The fellow scratched his bead, then
looking the superintendent square in
meeye, he replied: "Rjss, if the or
ders looked J.)J aui wtTtj p iir.iv'e, I
would stay on that sidetrack until
Hades fro.i over."
"Go down and report to Mr. ,
tbe trainmaster, for duty. Philadel
phia Inquirer.
Difference in Bootblacks.
"Did you ever notice the difference
between tbe darky and Italian b.xt
blacks?" said a mau about town to a
Chicago Inter Ocean reporter. "I say
darkies aud Italians, because most of
the 'shining' in Chicago is done by one
or the other. Tbe darkies do the work
in barU-r shops and shoe stores and the
Italians run moat of the 'parlors.'
"Now, you watch a darky, and if he's
alone he'll talk to bis customer. If
there's two of them they'll cbatW to
gether like magpies. And the darky is
so full of music aud dauo that he's
got to put them into his work. He'll
put in all sorts of fantastic motions
and beat out a rude kind of time, as if
he were picking a banjo or cutting a
pigeouwiug. When be brushes you
he'll beat you with the whisp broom in
the same way.
"Go into oue of the Italian 'parlors'
and it's as still as a grave. There may
bi a dozen bootblacks, but not one of
them will speak to you or to a com
panion. They do their work steadily
and rapidly, but it's work, and noth
ing elsd. Same way with their brush
ing you. It's as different as a watea
service from a cake walk."
Beginning the Year
With pure, rich, healthy blood, which
may be had by Hood's Sars.-.parilla.
you will Dot need to fear attacks of
pneumonia, bronchitis, fever.-", colds or
the grip. A few bottles of this great
tonic and blood purifier, taken now,
will hi your best protevtiou against
spring humors, loils, eruptions, that
tired feeling and serious illness, to
which a weak aud debilitated system
is especially liable in early spring.
Hood's Sarsaparilla eradicates from
the blood all scrcfula taiuis, tones and
strengthens tbe stomach, cures dys
pepsia, rheumatism, catarrh and every
ailmeul caused or promoted by impure
or depleted blood.
A K is take.
It costs nothing to be ordinarily po
lite, even under adverse circumstances.
aud it generally pays. A passenger in
a sleeping car, who was tired and
sleepy and wanted to go to bed, called
to a man who had just entered the
coach aud was hurrying through it:
"Say, isn't it about time to have
these berths made up?"
"What do you take m for?" angri
ly replied the other, stopping and com
ing back. "Do I look like a sleeping-
car couductor ?"
"No," rejoined the tired passenger.
looking up at him, wearily. "You do
not. I beg you pardon. My observa
tion is that a sleeping-car conductor Is
always a gentleman." Y'outh's Com
panion.
In its advanced aud chronic form a
cold in the head it known as Nasal
Catarrh aud is tbe recognized source of
other diseases. Having stood the test
of continued successful use, Ely's Cream
Ralm Is recognized as a specific for
membranal diseases in tbe nasal pas
sages, aud you should resort to this
treatment in your own case. It is not
drying, does not produce sneezing.
Price TrO cents at druggists or by mail.
Ely Brothers, 50 Warren St., New
York. Give up prejudice and try It
Killed His Sweetheart by Mistake.
Last week in a little country church
yard in Cloud county, western Kansas,
old Jack Williams was buried
"Laughiu' Jack" he was called, though
nev-r within the memory of the young
er generation bad a smile been seen
upon his face.
In 16U7 Jack Williams an pea red in
the town of Clyde. Soon after reach
ing Clyde be Opened a livery stable
aud commenced trading horses and
freighting.
He was a jolly fellow, always joking
and nearly a' ways laughing. His
laugh wus worth coming miles to hear.
It had a volume like tbe roar of a cat
aract. Tbe cl aim adjoining Jack's was held
by a German, whose family consisted
of his wife and daughter. The girl
was about 22 or 2.1 years old. She was
fairly good looking aud did a full
man's work on the farm.
"Laughiu' Jack" used to curse the
"Dutch outfit" for what be termed
their harsh treatmeut of the girl. lie
was so bitter that it finally dawned
upon the rough fellows of the place
that be bad more of an interest in tbe
girl than he really ever cared to admit.
Her parents knew nothing of these
facts. Her marriage meant the loss of
a man on the farm, and it was taken
for granted that they would oppose it
So the couple intended to get married
on the quiet
Late one afternoon in the winter of
'li'J there caoie up a terrible blizzard
suddenly, as they always come.
That afternoon a cow had escaped
from the Dutchman's corral, and it fell
to the lot of the girl to find the animal.
When the storm b-irst, the G;rmm
aud his wife sat by the fire, reasouiug
that the girl would come out all right.
That evening Jack went to bis shack
to spend the night, getting there for
the worst of the storm. He was pre
paring to go to bed, wbeu bis attention
was attracted by the actions of bis dog.
The beast bad risen to bis feet and ap
peared to be listening.
There came a lull in the btorm, the
dog gave a yelp, and, bounding to tbe
door commeuced scratching at it Jack
opened tbe door, aud the dog dashed
out
The moon was making a feeble at
tempt to cast light through the clouds,
but as nothing could be male out, Jack
was on the point of closing th d.-xir
when again the yelp of the bound rang
out. Grasping his ritle, Jack advanced
a few paces from the dxr. Now be
could dimly see on the edge of a ravine
near the shack a grayish body moving
slowly in the gloom.
That it was a coyote there could be
no doubt, and, throwing up bis gun,
Jack fired. No sound followed the
crack of the rifle, but the ol ject disap
jieared .
When Jack started for town next
morning be walked to the ravine to
see bow his aim bad been. An awful
sight met his gaze,
Just below the edge of the bank, with
pure white snow ail about ber, ice in
crusted in her hair, was the txnly of the
girl he had intended to make his wif ,
shot through the brain by the ritle
which, in his bands, bad a record of
seldom missing its mark.
Tbe man was nearly crszed w ith grief
a nd horror; yet, be could not be blamed.
The girl, numbed by exposure, was
endeavoring to make ber way to his
place of shelter, guided by the light in
his window. Under the circumstances
it was small cause for wonder that he
was frantic with grief.
The father considered th-tt he had a
grievance, and thj day following the
funeral he appeared at Jack's stable.
He walk ;d over to where Jack wn dis
consolately sitting on a goods box, and
said that as bis daughter had been a
great help to bim, aud as Jack had
been the cause of her death, be thought
that something should he done to make
it right, and suggested that if Jack
would surreuder his land to him be
would call it square.
For a minute Jack did not speak,
while the loafers in the barn waited
with hushed breath.
Pale and trembling, Jack rose from
his seat Pulling a six-shooter, be lev
eled it at the farmer, and in a voice that
began with a choke, he said:
"See here, DJtch! Climb right into
that wagon and bit tbe trail for home,
and if you ever mention this matter to
me again I swear to God I'll fill your
carcass so full of lead that you cau't be
lifted."
What "Liughiu' ' Jack" said went;
the old man turned aud left the place.
Jack was never the same after that
He seemed to have lost interest in life,
and from that time the old laugh was
never beard again.
Having a Great Ban on Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy.'
Manager Martin, of the Pierson drug
store, informs us that he is having a
great, run on Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. He sells five bottles of that
medicine to one of any other kind, and
it gives great satisfaction. In these
days of la grippe there is nothiuglike
Chamberlain's Cough Iwemedy to stop
the cough, beal up the sore throat and
lungs and give relief within a very
abort time. The sales are growing,
and all wbo try it are pleased with its
prompt action. South Chicago Daily
Calumet For sal by all druggists.
Determined to Bag Him.
A story Is told in an English paper
concerning a country doctor, who was
going on his rounds one morning with
his gun ou his shoulder.
He was a-keen sportsman, as are
many of the faculty whose practice lies
in the places where sports abound, and
was looking forward to polishing off a
little ground game when his profes
sional visits were over. A friend meet
ing bim, and seeiug bim with tbe gun,
exclaimed, "Where are yon going,
doctor, so early in the day, w ith that
deadly weapon on your shoulder?"
The medical man, it Is stated, was
well known as a crack shot
"I'm hurrying off to see a patient,"
he replied.
"Well, said his friend, "I see you are
determined not to miss bim."
Herald
FARM SEWS AND VIEWS.
Butter and Milk Eecords Preparing
for Spring Work.
Records of noted erws are not secur
ed solely on account of tbe individual
being of a certain breed. Those who
make use of selected breeds also study
tbe best and most economical methods
of feeding. Theauimal is simply the
machine for converting fod Into milk
and butter, and It would fail to accom
plish the object desired but for the
character of the food. When cows are
tested f r records tiiey are not fed on
straw and fodder, and with the view of
saving in tbe food, but, on the contra
ry tbe best fowls that can te obtained
are not considered too good or costly.
Grain, clover, pasturage, linseed weal
and roots assist, each to atl'jrd a variety
or change and to promote the appetite
and induce the co to eat as much as
she can digest; henco such cows have
great digestive capacity and can utilize
large quantities of food. The fact that
such cows are well bred is simply a a
evidence that they are from families
that have been noted for g od records.
It is the food that makes the iui.k and
butler, but an ordinary ow does not
possess the capacity of cousuiuiug and
converting large quantities of food into
milk and butter compared with oue
that is pure bred.
When wood ashes are applied lime is
unnecessary, a every l'JO p muds of
wood ashes contain about 4) pouuds of
lime. Ashes vary greatly, as they are
produced from ditfereut sources, easily
absorb uioisture, and their composition
canuot be determined without careful
examination. Toe m')st valuable in
gredient in ashes is ptash, the propor
tion bcring aixmt six pHindt to every
100 pounds of wood ashes. Ashes also
contain about 2 per cent of phos
phoric acid and about 3 per cent of
magnesia. Coal ashes are of but little
value. Wood ashes give excellent re
sults ou all kiuds of crops, especially
grass.
A law that would prohibit the sale of
calves for food before they are three
mouths old would put an end to "bob"
veal and lead to improvement of stock,
for the reason that if farmers were com
pelled to feed their calves to the age of
three muths they would then give
some attention, to breeding iu orJt-r to
derive as much as possible from
the calves. The scrub bull would
soon become useless under such a sys
tem and tbe farmers would find the
change greatly iu their favor. Many
of the infant calves are sold when but
three days old and are then uslll for
human food.
Early in spring the wheat may !e
harrowed with a smoothing barrow
and 100 pounds of nitrate of soda per
acre applied. If the young wheat is
sickly in appearauce the nitrate will
give it a green appearauce iu a few
days and the wheat will seem to take a
fresh start The yield will aKo be
largely increased, aud the gain iu the
straw aud grain will uot ouly enumer
ate for the nitrate used, but will give
also a profit on the investment
Many of the young trees die becaus-e
of injury when taken up at the nur
sery. The tops of young trees may be
cut back severely without injury, but
it is very important that each tree be
well supplied with an abuudauce of
roots when they are transplanted.
It is sometimes claimed that a garden
becomes too rich and that it products
an enormous growth of vine, with but
little seeds or fruit The difficulty is
that the garden coutains an excess of
some kind of plant food. Rotate the
crops or make a garden in a new loca
tion, growiug corn, potatoes and
cabbages successively on the oid
location, when it niiy be used as a
garden plot again. It is doubtful,
however, if a garden can be too rich.
Strawberries can be grown at a small
cost compared with the price receixed,
but the better the cultivation aud the
more liberal the use of fertilizer the
lower the expense, as the crop yield
will he so much greater. The quality
aud size of tbe berries will also be im
proved, which will give thtriuretdy
sale. The main expense in growing
strawberries is the harvesting of the
crop. The best time to apply fertilizer
irom this time ou is iu March, the fer
tilizer to be applied ou the plants in the
rows. It is best not to work the p ants
u'ltil they fiuish bearing, a the roots
feed near the surface and should not be
dilurted. If any weeds appear pull
them out
It is much easier to destroy bird- than
insects, but as the number of birds is
reduced the insects multiply. The
wren is a very u.-eful bird and may be
induced to remaiu near dwelling bouses
if boxes are provided for them, hue as
they are unable to contend against
English sparrows tbe entrance to the
wren boxes should not be over an inch
in diameter, as the wren w very tmall
acd can protect itself by going where
the sparrow cannot follow. Every
encouragement should be given birds
by feeding them aud provi.lin' tuita
ble places for their protection aud ac
commodation. Bisulphide of earbin is used for de
stroying weevil in whtat bins. Force
a tube to the bottom of the bin, pour
in about a pint of the liquid, aud cover
the bin. Tbe gas is heavy and finds
its way to every portion of the bin. It
is a dangerous substance to use unless
carets exercised, as a lighted pipe or
cigar will cause it to explode, even
when there is no flame. It is destruct
ive of all insect life, but does not in
jure tbe grain.
It is not too soon to begin making
preparations for the hotbed. The
sashes, frames and the saving of the
fresh manure for use at the proper time
must be considered in advance, as there
is always hurry in early spriug.
"I was so bad that I could not bear
the weight of the bed clothes on me, I
tried doctors' medicine, hot bathsand
patent medicines, all failed until I
tried Wheeler's Nerve Vitalizer, that
cured me." So writes John It. Rowan,
Canal Fulton, Ohio.
When all others fail, take Kraut's
Cough Balsam, it never fails 2o cents.
For sale at Garman's Drug Store,
Rerlin, Pa., and Mountain A Son's
Drug Store, Confli'euce, Pa.
O
WHOLE NO. 2528.
The Color of Water.
Many person have an idea that pure
water is colorless, ard that the deep
blue color of large bo.:ies of water, par
ticularly when their surfa"1 are milled
with waves, is simply tbe reflected
color of the sky. This is true only in
part That even distilled water, clear
and transparent as it is when we have
it in a small quantity in a glass vessel,
is not olorless, is seen when by means
of any suitable arrangement a thick
ness of several feet is lKked through.
It then assumes a greenish-blue color.
The water of ponds and lakes is usually
dis:olore 1 more or le? by vegetable
and earthy ma'ter held iu suspension
in it It is inp'H.sib!e to look down
into water thus dyed to any great
depth. To find water in its true color
we must go to the ocean. A body of
sea water, where there is a sandy bot
tom and the depth is not great, has a
bluish-green color when we look di
rectly down into if, thus avoiding as
fir a possible t!ie retl t-tion of the sky.
Foam seen at sunn i!i stance below the
surface is greenis i-white. Again, when
the sky is gray with clouds antl the
ocean is wave-covered, It throws ofl
altogether its borrowed hue of blue aud
appears iu its proper garb of green.
ThN color, like most of the color?
which a lorn the face of Nature, is due
to a partial decmip'ition of the white
solar light by the unequal absorption
of its component prismatic colors
When tbe sun's light fatls upon and
penetrates this sea water absorption at
onee legin-, acting the most strongly
upon its red oiupouent. We may ob
serve the result as the light readier
different depths by lowering into the
water a white p celain ptat At
depth of no more than two or three fee!
below t!e surface it already has a.tum
ed a bluish-green hue, showing that
some part of the c miplemeittary red
co'.or of the light whi-h illuminates it
has been absorbed has been trans
muted into heat. As the plate desceud
its greenish c ior deepens, until at ni
very great depth it ceases to be viniole
ttut whde the red component of
white lig'.it is absorbed by water tin
ni-st rapidly, no-ie of the light escapes
sot free, but eveutu illy all of it is ab
s irbel as completely as light is absorb
eJ by carom. It has been estimated
that even when the sun is pouring
down its rays upon the ocean th most
directly at n.nday none of its rays
p -netrate t a deyth of over two bun
dril feet CjuM a diver descend to
th tt depth he would find himself
shrouded in darkness as profound a.
th ugh he were immersed in a sea of
ink. Were it nt for matter Moating
in supen-i u i-i this sea water minute
living org i:iism- aud air bubbles due to
tb breakiug of the waves, all of which
reilect light the ccean, looked down
into, would b as black as the blackest
dye-s'u'.f, for in tiia: case none of the
sun's rays, having oue? penetrated it
Wiu. d recuru to in surface.
It has been demonstrated repeat'y in
every slate in the Union and in many
foreign countries that Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is a certain preventive
and cure for croup. It has Ucorie the
universal remedy for that disease. M.
V. Fisher of Lilit-rry, W. V,ou!y re-p-ars
what ha U ; said around the
g'.olie when he writes: "I have Used
Cisamberiain'a Cough Remedy in my
family f r several ytsrs and always
with perfect success. We believe thai
it is not only the best cough remedy,
but that it is a sure cure for croup. It
has saved the lives f our children a
number of times " Tl.i-t remedy is for
sile by all druggists.
Tuaael Under Gibraltar.
The idea of tunneling the Straits of
Gibraltar is clot entirely new, but i'. is
a gigantic engineering enterprise,
neverthelets. Sotie civil engineers
spak very positively of the prospective
benefits of s il-Ii a tunnel to Frauce's
African colon v. A French engineer
proves that there is compict r.ock for
mation across the S:ra:t. and thit the
enterprise is no more duli jult than the
Saint G itlrird or Alb lrg tunnels in the
Alp or the Simplon. Tne tunnel
would be I weuty-rive a-i I one-half m.les
long, would cost $ Jo.OJO.OJJ, and the
work could he done in seven years, ac
cording to his estimate. Tne Spanish
Government Ins already caueuteJ to
the scheme. The Moorish G vern
meut is being interviewed for its con
sent Sucli a tuunel is not beyond the
ability of the Earop-an engineers.
I want to let Itie people who suffer
from rheUTiutiri'U and sciatica know
that Chamberlain's Pain Ralm relieved
me aft er a numlierof other medicines
and a doctor had failed. It is the best
liniment I have ever known of. D. A.
Doggeu, Alphnretti, Ga. Thousands
have t-eeu cured of rheumati.-m ly this
remedy. O.ie application relieves the
pain. For sale by all druggists.
For Hts Troable.
"Hear about tbe j ke on Jimpson?"
"No; what was it?"
"RetJaggers yesterday m ruing he
could get a ride to the hospital in the
ambulance without anything teing the
m-ittir with bim. Put up ten dollars." 1
'Well?"
"He called up the hospita', aad-the
ambulance came tearing down. Do;tor
asked him what the matter wu. Said
he had a pain; aud they rhoved him
int" the wagon."
"Wo a the bet, of course ?"
"Nope he he."
"Didn't; how was that?"
"On the wav to the hos:itl the am
bulance jolted him hit i nervous pros
tration. Doctor says be won't be out
for three months.
"Ha! ha!"
"Ho! lie!" Detroit Free Press.
The ?ntai Canai Work.
Three thousand men are now at
work on the Panamt Ctnal; 20J0 more
are now on their way. Arraugemen'S
ave been ni'ide for the employment f
i ll) men. It will take ten vears to
iHUplete the canal, with an average
mtdoviiient of 1VoiM men all tbe time.
The plan that has I n adopted calls
f, r tbe removal of 2t.7U.0W cubic me
tres of earth for the entire cutting, of
which nearly one-half is at the Culc
bra Mountain. Tbe total estimated ex
pense Is a little over $100,U00.0U0.
HAD A KICK TO MAKE.
AND HE MADE IT RIGHT TO THE HEAO
OF THE FIRM.
Tb Klrk.r TVr.t lk.il Laadlas HI.
rialnl la a Kilkrr t i.tlloail
SlaJiarr, b lb. (taan'i Are He
Cot What He Waa After.
"Yes," said the ta'J. loose jointed
man at the telephones "that's the num
ber I want 2-20."
"Double two tine?" queried the
Yoife at the central offic.
"Well, I don't know thkt donble two
nine is any better than the plain, or
dinary two. two, nine, but if you insis-t
on that style suppose we say double
two sicglo nine and get it exactly right
Hdlo ! Is that Spotcash & Co. 's V
"Yes." responded the voice at the
other end of the wire.
"Is Mr. Spotcash in!"
"Is it something important T lid is
mnrh occupied."
"So am I. Yes; it's a matter of some
importance, and I want to talk to Mr.
Spotcash personally. Yes; I'll bold the
wire that is, I'll hold tho phone"
"IIcllo!" snapped somebody at this
juncture.
"Ib-llo! Is that Mr. Stea-shr"
"Yes. Who is it?"
"Yon am tbe head of the firm vt
Spoteash & Co.. are you not?"
"Yes," was the impatient answer.
"What do yoa want ? Wlfo are yon ?"
"Gwilliams, 1195 Pumpernickel
street. I want to enter a complaint "
"What about?"
"I bonght an icebox at your store a
few days ago. and"
"Call up the In nsc hold goods depart
ment, confnnnd yon! I have no time to
spare to look after snch things."
"Yon've got as much time, perhaps,
as I have. I haven't any complaint to
make to th household jrrxods depart
ment The head of the firm is the man
I want to talk to. I bonght an ielx
at yonr store a few days ago for ? 16.75.
I might have got it cheaper somewhere
else, bnt that isn't the point. Having
bong'ut it and paid for it, I had a right
to expect it to le delivered within a
reasonable time and In fair condition.
It didn't come for four days, and when
it did come"
"Say. yo'i. I employ men to hear
complaint of this kind'"
"I have no use for them. Yon're the
responsible man of tli bonse. The sys
tem is yours. If it doesn't wcrk smooth
ly, it is yor.r fault. When that icebox
came fonr days after purchase, one of
the castors was missing, the varnish
was scraped off the ontside surface in
more than a dozen places, and it looked
as if it had gone through a hard season
at a c!irnp boarding house"
"If there's anything wrong with it,"
roar, d Mr. Sputcash. "send it back! I
can't tke up my time"
"Stand a little farther away from
tlie I hone. Mr. Spotcash. Yonr voict
sor.mls a if yon had yonr month full
of m:!:-hel potatoes"
"Who the devil are yon T"
'I think I pave yon my name and
addr'sw Gwilliams, II 95 Pumpernickel
street, next door to Lazarns J. Spill
horn. Yon dm't know me from a
ftnfT.'d alligator, but yon aay have
heard of fc'pillhorn. Don't yon allow
yonrself to get hot, Mr. Sp tcash. over
an iccimx. The incongruity cf such a
thing oTight to be apparent even to the
head of an overgrown jnnkshop"
"If yon were here, sir, I should lick
yon ont of my office"
"Yon wonhl probably need some help.
If that ii'eUj.T had simply been defaced
a litti". 1 shouldn't have made any fuss
about it. but the stupid ass yon sect t
deliver i;"
"Haven't you sense enough, yon in
fi rnal idio.N to know that I don't look
peru'iuiHy after the little details of a
brsMu-ss umonnting to millions of dol
lars a year';"
"If yon l.:n't grasp every detail of
that bnin',. ynn I heap John notion
peddler in a yilt binding, yon are nut
fit t o bo the boss of it! Don't try to
crawl ont of the responsibility by
throwing th:? blame on some by. If
that icebox had simply been defaced a
little, I repeat. I shouldn't have made
any fuss a'rxmt h. but the fellow yon
sent to deliver it didn't have any more
sense than to tnuiblj it on the side
walk" "Bring it Lack, blank yon"
"Look Lere. SjKjtcash. that won't do.
yon know. Yon are not allowed to talk
in that style over tne telephone. Exer
cise a little common sense, Spotcash.
You knew it isn't my place to bring
that icebox back. The proper thing to
do. yon thirty-third degree haberdasher
cud toy vendor, is to send me a new
icelT tad talio the damaged one
hack"
"Yoi llr.n"- fix.L. do yon think yon
can tell rue"'
"Again let me tell yon. Spotcaah.
not to nso snc-h lang-.ag-T over the tele
phone. Soma remote ancestor of yortrs
may puf-sii.iy have been a gentleman.
Try to ( ::inl::te him. Spotca,h. In the
mi antime pl -ase accept the assurances
of my distinguished con adoration, and,
the ic -box will remain in my dwelling
snbj't-t to yonr order. If it is replaced
properly mid within u reasonable tinse,
yon will not hear from me again. If it
isn't. I shall call yon up, Spotcash. per
lonally a dozen times a day through r.ll
the pnblic telephones in town. I have
not the patience to call at your store to
make the complaint Yonr system o?
making exchanges is too complicated,
and I believe in going to headquarters
with all kicks anyhow. Never allow
yourself to think. Spotcasb, that yoa
are too big a man to listen to a com
plaint from yonr meanest customer. I
think that's alL Good morning. Spot
cash !" Chicago Tribune,
Amrriea'a Poaltloa Amoaa Xaiiona.
An Ciiglish traveler who has recent
ly been in this country remarks. In
making a comparison between the
principal great nations of the world,
that "holy Uussfti Is a formidable idea,
tireat Britaiu is a picturesque and
pregnant idea, but the United States
Is a self conscious, clearly defined and
heroically vindicated Idea, In whose
further vindication the whole world Is
concerned." St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Unexpected Result
A prominent surgeon recently per
formed an operation at one of the local
hospitals, that brought him much more
notoriety than he expected. It hap
pened that the operation was of a pe
culiar nature, that of removing a man's
lower jaw and replacing it with a silver
cast
After removing the jaw, the surgeon
replaced the skin and allowed the sub
ject to rest for some time. The opera
tion promised to be such a success that
the man of the saw and lance invited a
large number of friends to attend when
he would insert the silver substitute.
Time flew by, and the day arrived, but
early that morning each of the invited
received a newspaper with a marked
notice that read something like this:
"John Jones died suddenly, result of
partial operation. Burial private."
Probably that's the rea-son the doe
tor's frieuds haven't had the heart to
even thank him for the marked obitua
ry notice. Detroit Free Press.
When doctors fail try Burdock Blood
Bitten. Cures dyspepsia, constipation;
invigorates the whole system.
One Man's View.
"What is a degenerate, anyhow?"
was asked of the shrewd old lawyer.
"A degenerate is a fellow who ha
committed a crime and can't prove an
alioi.
Takes the burn out; heals tbe wound;
cures the pain. Dr. Thomas' Electric
Oil, the household rem-dy.
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