A Vffirj ol tlio Law,
A mnn In tbs oity of Bnltimoro slolo
cai. iho ownor of the cut proonred
ins witH on it warrant for thsft.
Thon the man's lawyer arose and told
ne court that his client had not
tolon a cat, boonnie it waa legally
impossible to Btoal a cnt, beoanne only
property can be stolon, and cats in tho
commonwealth of Maryland are not
property, bnt forw natnr that is to
ay, floras, which are wild boasts, snch
as tigers, lions and folia entns, living
in the state of natnre. The jndgo was
Birnon anmo by this argumont of the
roan's lawyer, and reforred tho ques
tion to tho attorney-general, a porson
of great learning, who in his youth
was a miguty hunter of wilcl-oata,
which he pursued over peaks and
through chasms of the lilno Ri Jgo and
chased over buck fences and through
.vacant lots in his nntive villnge. The
formal decision of this eminent au
tbority has establii-hod that, under
Maryland law, von cannot steal a cnt.
jWhioh is another illustrative example
'of
me variation ana conflict of the
local laws
in this country. Legal
Adviser.
Berlin is one of tho most cos
mopolitan of European cities. Though
it is the capital of Germany, only
thirty-seven per cent, of its "inhabi
tants are Germans by birth.
, The Nicaragua Cnnnl,
I The projeot of the Nicaragua Canal has
been dobated In the XJ. 8. Senate very vlgor
'ously. One thing sbonld be remembered
about that ollmnte; It Is death to almost
every foreigner who go.-s there, and laborers
especially uceumb. It Is said that the Pnn
ma Railroad cost a llto for every tie. What
an Idea of pains and aches Is In this sentence.
It Is mostly dun to carelessness. Every In
borer provided with nr. Jacobs Oil would be
armed against these troubles. Men's mus
cles there are orain pert with rhcumatlo pain
and they aohe all over. That's Just the con
dition where this sovereign remedy can do
Its best work. The feiirlul malady Is very
much like the break-bone fever in oertaln
parts of America.
' In a oublo motor of limestone Orbign;
found 8,000,000,0-00 sea shells.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Hoot euros
all Kidney and li'adder troubles.
Famphlot and Consultation froe.
Laboratory ntnglmmton. S. Y.
1 One very oommon species ot ocean infu
soria Is shaped like a boil.
tiAT or Onto, Crrr or Tolbdo, I
. Lucas t'orxTr. (""
Frawk J. Cheney makes oath that he Is thi
senior partner uf the tirmot F. J. CHnry .
Co., doing business in the City of Toiedo,
w,Wt,)e Vm "' iiU.NDHEU IIOL
UARs for each and evory case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use ot '.I all's (.' at tmiB
v.. Frank J.CUKNKT.
worn to before me and subscribed In mv
presence, this 6ih day of December, A. D lsad.
7uZ A.W.GLEASON.
fall's Catarrh Cnre Istaken internaffy amUctS
oireotly on the blood and mucous mrfaces of
the system. Bend fur test mnntals. free.
rwoA v. r,F' J- 9"?? Co- Toledo. O.
WWSoli by Druggists, TSo.
Hltn Empbaala
nt"4lywithat R,PRn! Tabnles, the best and
52i Jr,?lne'y or stomach and liver
trouble, will cure your headache or bilious at
tack. One tabule gives relief.
2Ift.,W,M.low,".S0o,h,nB Syrup for rhlMren
iJ Bof,e,M ths Bums, reciuces inrtamma
tlon, allays pain, cures n-lnd colic, iWc. a bottle
Karl's Clover Ropt, tlis great blood purifier.
EI n0M ond e'earness lo the oomplex-
n and cares conmlnwilon. M ets.. 5U cU., 1.
Crick Colds and Bronchitis with Hale's
Mgney of Horehnuml and Tar.
, Flke s Toothaobe I1m)s Cure In one minute.
Plso's Cure la a wonderful Cnueh medicine.
, fiCKEiiT. Van Siolen and Blake
Avenues. Brooklyn. N. y October 30, 18M.
: Impure Blood Eczema
Intense Itching & Burning
Hood's Sarsaparllla Cured
and
vave oouna Keller.
" I was troublod for months with a break
ing out on my skin. I suffered terribly at
night and had to out my finger nails short
to keep me froai sorutohlng, Tares physi
cians did not help
my ease, I had
about given up In
despair when a
friend advised me to
try a bottle of
Hood's Sarsaparllla.
It seemed as If every
dose helped me and
after I had taken a
few bottles I was
entirely well and a
; i sound man again. I
t Jj proved Hood's Bar-
rood hlood
Mjrw Wb, M. t lennllian and I gladly recom
mend it to every sufferer." William H.
Flxsnikkn, Carmlchaels, Pennsylvania.
Hood's
parilla
;. Be Sure to get
: HOOD'S.
Cures
HOOd'S Pills K',8' lotry. eay to
"UUU O r-IIIO tke.ea8vineffe-,t 6
WORLD'S-FAIR
lUlGIIEHT AWAHD I
. SUPT!Js;q KftOlTlSV-THT I Iff"
GREAT
; A13DICINAL,
Has justly acquired the reputation of being
The Salvator for
Invalids
The-Agcd.
Ait Incomparable Alime.t for the
Gsowth and Protection of INFANTS and
-OH I io rt E1M
A superior nutritive in cu:umued Fevers,
And a reliable remedial agent
In all gastric and enteric diseases
often in instances f f consultation over
patients whose digestive organs were re
duced to such a low and sensitive Condition
that the IMPIiKIAL. (iUANUM was
tho only nourishment the stomach
would tolerate when Ul'li eemed
depending on its retention ;
And as a I'OOU it would be difficult to
conceive ot anyiliing more palatable.
rid fcy DRUGCilSTS. Shipping Dpot.
juni wKl li tt 0UM3. New York.
THE GREAT DISMAL SWAM
THIS HDWTKRS' PARADI8B A UTS'
TEST TO SCIENTISTS.
It Extends Forty Miles Alon the
Coasts of Virginia and North Car
Una-Weird Traditions.
tit tIE great unexplored swamp
I jp whioh extends for forty miles
JL along tho coast of Virginia
(, nnd,Mortu Carolina vanos in
width from a few hnndrod yards to
tweDty-llvo miles. It is the paradise
of hnntors, a mvslory to tho scien
tists, an inspiration to tho artists and
a terror to tho superstitious.
Abont five miles from the village of
Suffolk, where the Dismal Swamp be
gins, is Lake Prnmroond, named, some
say, for a hnntor who was lost in the
swamp in the too ardent pursuit of
wonndod stag, that led to tho discov
ery of this beautiful shoot of water.
Others say it is named for Sir Will
iam Drnmmond of North Carolina.
This lake is an almost perfect oval. It
is seven miles long and five miles
wide. The water is dark, almost blaok,
bnt perfeotlr transparent, reflecting'
every object with startling distinct
ness, when held in a glass vessel it
looks like pure, strong coffee. This
color is caused by the exudations
from the cypress and juniper trees,
whioh form a thlok forest throughout
the swamp. Gorgeously colored wild
flowers grow in profusion in the rich,
dark soil. Tho tree? are garlanded
with festoons of gray moss from the
topmost bonirhs to tho water's edge.
The yellow jessamine, a brilliant and
most fragrant, but poisonous, wild
flower, wreathes its perfumed blos
soms over this drapery of moss. The
scarlet trumpet shaped ilowor of tho
poison oak vios with the yellow jessa
mine in abundauce of bloom and
wealth of coloring.
I ho approach to Lake Drnmmond
is by a rude canal, three miles of
whioh is a straight waterway into tho
lake. This forms an avonue, bordered
by cypress trees, whioh rise erect out
of the water 130 to 150 feet in height,
and as symmetrical in shape as the
masts of a ship. The boughs, densely
draped with moss, form an arch over
this canal, whioh in midsummer, is so
t hick a sunbeam can scarcclr pierce it.
Tho lake is surrounded by the same
tall, erect cypress trees, intorspersed
with monster jumpers of white cedars.
Tho reflection of these straight, lofty,
sentinel like trees in tho clear, black
water is peculiar. Tho most unac
countable thing about the Dismal
Swamp is it is higher than the firm
ontlying country, and increases in al
titude towards the interior, where it
is twelve feet higher than the sur
rounding land. This elevation of this
morass has been aooounted for on the
hypothesis that where Lake Drnm
mond now is was tho orator of an ex
tinct volcano, and was fathomless.
This theory has exploded ; the lake is
fifteen feet in depth, and every ohar
aotoristio of the soil disproves the idea
that its substratum is volcanio.
Sir Charles Lyell and other scien
tists of the past and the present have
found layers of spongy decaying vege
table matter over the better known
portions of the morass. Lord Lyell
made an eepooial study of the great
Didmal. His description of it and the
conjecture as to the future coal do
posits are of great scientiflo value.
Five rivers find their sources in this
swamp. Two canals now penetrate parts
of it. The tow paths are logs of wood,
on which the man who pulls the canoe
Walks. These logs of wood in warm
weather are literally covered with ter
rapin, water moccasin, copperhead
snakes, lizards and other reptiles,
whioh make walking over them some
times dangerous. Brawny men usu
ally pull these canoes and lumber
rafts, and find good excuse to take
plenty of whisky along as an antidote
Jor the inevitable snake bite. The
raison d'ete of these canals is the value
pi the cypress shingles which are sold
in immense quantities along the shores
of the swamp. Another singular fea
ture of the great Dismal iB the growth
known as cypress knees. These are cone
shaped excrescences from the roots
of the cypress tree, and look like min
iature pyramids rising np from the
slimy ooze.
la 1725 Colonel Byrd, of Westover,
Va., made a survey of the Dismal
Swamp at the request of the proprie
tary Governor, who was anxious to in
duce George III to have it drained.
Colonel Byrd.'. report was favorable,
and was forwarded to England with a
strong petition from a number of Vir
ginia planters, who promised to bear
all the expenses of the drainage if his
Majesty would give them the land free
of taxes. A copy of Colonel Byrd's
report is now in the library of Con
gress. He left his party in the swamp;
what became of them he never told.
Colonel Byrd got oat, however. Ex
tracts from his manuscript are inter
esting: "March 13, 1728 Early this morn
ing the chaplain repaired to us with
the men we had left ut Mr. Wilson's.
We had sent for them the evening be
fore to return those who had the labor
oar from Coratuok Inlet. But, greatly
to our surprise, they petitioned us no
to be relieved, hoping to gain immor
tul reputation by being the first of
mankind that ventured through tho
groat Dis:ual. Ourday'swork ended
within a quarter of a mile of the Dis
mal Swamp when the ground began to
be already full of sunken holes and
slashes.
"It is hardly oredible how little the
bordering inhabitants are acquainted
with this mighty swamp, notwith
standing they had lived their whole
lifes within smell of it. Yet, as great
strangers as they were to it, they pre
tended to be very exact in their ac
count of its dimensions, and were
positive that it could not be over seven
or eight miles wide, but never knew
more of the matter than star-gazers
kuow of the distance of the fixed stars.
At the same time, they were simple
enongh to tell our men idle stories of
lions, panthers and alligators they
were to encounter in that dreadful
place. In short, we saw plainly that
no intelligence of this terra incognita
was to be got but from our experience.
For that reason we resolved to make
preparations to enter the next morn
ing. We allotted each one of the sur
veyors twelve men to attend in this
puiuful eutorprise."
The "enterprise" proved too much
for Colonel Byrd and his party. After
terrible experieccea with wild beasts,
quagmires and snakes they abandoned
the swamp.
There are manv woird traditions
oonncoted with the Groat Dismal
One of the most uncanny is of
phantom ship said to bo a merchant
man captured by Captain Kidd, the
pirate. The ship was dismantled,
robbed, its crew murdered and then
towed up ono of the rivers flowing
from Xjake Drnmmond to the sea. The
ship, covered with phosphorus, stands
near the lake. The ghosts of the crew
still man it, and on moonlight nights
the hunter who sees it hears a ban
shoo wail, which moans disaster, siok
ness or doath to him.
One of the most romantio traditions
is of an Indian warrior, who loved the
favorite daughter of his chief. The
father looked higher for the maiden,
but tho lovers ran off to the shores of
Lake Drnmmond, built a wigwam be
neath its cypresses and livod so hap
pily together until they were both
very old that the Great Spirit allowod
them to revisit the earth every full
moon and ride on the lake in a boat
drawn by white swans. This Indian
myth bears an analogy to Lohengrin,
one of the most romantioof tho Rhine
gold legends, the only instance of this
kind I recall among tho traditions of
the Amorican aborigines. Another
story is of an Indian lover who was
driven insane by the death of bis
affianoed bride. This was related to
Thomas Moore when he was in this
onntry, and by him embalmed In
verse, lho Indian warrior fled to the
lake of tho Dismal Swamp and dis
appeared forever, excepting at mid
night, when ho, too, crosses the lake
with his sweetheart in a white canoe.
Many peoplo who live near believe
Lnke Drnmmond to bo the rendez
vous for numerous othor ghosts which
are supposed to haunt the swamp.
This supposition arose from the nu ru
bor of igncs fntnt whioh are really
seen every night in almost every part
of tho Dismal Swamp. St. Lonis
Globe-Democrat.
WISE W0UDS.
Envy is culpable selfishness.
Persevere against discouragement.
Tears are no sign of a tender heart.
He who does most must bear most.
A man is known by the money he
keeps.
A woman's conscience lives in her
heart.
There is no slavery like tho servi
tude of pretense.
True charity does not give what is
asked but what is needed.
We lose more friends by our re
quests than by our refusals.
Ouly mile-stones should answer
questions withont being asked.
A woman is not really beautiful un
til she is beautiful to a blind man.
Lawyers work in the cause of jus
tice ; doctors in the cause of mercy.
The world may owe you a living,
but you will have to work hard to col
lect it.
We must drink at the fountain of
knowledge to quench the thirst of
curiosity.
Time is that part of eternity al
lowed us to mako a fair showing in the
remainder.
Too many.'good people expect pie
when they say : "Give us this day our
daily bread."
It is not wrong to say what one
thinks. It is simply wicked to think
what one cannot say.
The affections are like lightning;
you cannot tell where they will strike
nntil they have fallen.
llnmane instincts will lead one to
regard the oomfort of the dumb crea
tures dependent npon them.
Habit is a cable ; we weave a thread
of it every day, and at last it becomes
next to impossible to break it.
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry
about what may never happen. Keep
in the sunlight, was Franklin's sensi
ble advice.
A man may not eat his cake and
have it, but some men eat theirs and
then do what they can to have that of
other people.
One talent well nsed gives its pos
sessor greater satisfaction than five
talents buried beneath the rust of idle
ness and sloth.
My friend can never offend me;
for if he injures mo unknowingly, I
care not ; and if knowingly he is no
longer my friend.
Slio Rodo Off on the Hobber's Bicycle.
A highwayman on a bicycle came
npon a young lady who was watching
the sunset on the Cornice road, near
Mentoue, lately, took her purse, and
demanded her watch and chain. While
she was removing tho chain from her
nook he walked olf from the bioyulo to
light a cigarette, whereupon the young
woman jumped on tho machine and
tore down hill to Mentono. From
there a telegram was sent to Viutimig
lia, and the robber was caught in a
trap, for the prjfpoudicular cliff on
tho one sido and tho precipice on the
other make it impossible to get out of
the Cornice road.
The British Ileular Army,
Returcs of the strength of the Brit
ish regular army at the close of the
year show that there are rather more
than 220,000 officers and men on the
regiinoutal roils, a number in exoess
of that provided for in the army es
timates. Of these about 100,000 are
quartered in the United Kingdom
78,000 being iu Euglaud and Wales,
8800 iu Scotland, 20,000 in Ireland
and the remuiudor in the Channel Isl
ands 98,000 iu tho oolonios and
Egypt and 78,000 in ludiu and Bur
mah. Canada has the services of
about 1500 imperial soldiers only.
Chicago Herald.
1'eeuliar Snow.
When people at Elva, Ivy., arose the
other morning they found the ground
covered with two inches of wtiito snow,
and this covered with a yellow-tinted
stuff that would turn water inky
black. There is no explanation of
the phenomenon, aud au analysis has
been undertaken. New York -Mercury.
Lightning is so destructive because
of its enormous power. A flash of
lightning has been calculated to equal
12,000 horao power,
TEMPERANCE.
" T rosinon.
, My motto Is "Pare to do rlRht:
'OBlnst strong drink I mean to fight
Kvery day;
For It mally Is no' Kood
For muscle, brain or food,
Anyway.
I'm opposed to beer and wine)
They are deadly fnes of mluei
Foes that bltKht
And I to the bitter end
Will my principle defend;
They are right.
And I simply ask If you
Will defend the Rood and true
From this hour?
Will you help our growing hand
Tho vile monster to withstand?
You have power.
Will yon do each dnv your mlto?
Will you help us In the fight?
If so, loin our hand.
Kelp us with heart and hand,
Drive this evil from the land.
Beginning now, to-nlglit!
Youth's Temperance Uanner.
ItBINOS OUT ESTRAVITT.
Years
- rt" -n -iiiisiv-tn limn nnitr
'If thore is a pftrtlp.e of depravity In a nrnn'n
ufn. ginm oi nmnay mil Hml It out and
fttr it up." And this Is true of alcohol in
mnin xrvm uifl iime oi woan till
this dftV ttM fifTiwt hnv ahivn 4t.n fc...
" " - - .-.w mauni I liftA nil
affinity for the worst parts of our nature.
HniMu WA Aan,x Iu. . . .. ... , 1
"Uiu -iui'k w vu eo-num in gimniing
VOUni? neonlA mrnitia If u.... .u.i. i
.- c . t - ... ...i.IIH tutu is
Svnrvnhfir-M nn.l a n ....I t
......... .... wniijn . r.i,m'll. JUI- 11H
llrmly resolve that wo will have nothing to do
THOMAS JEFFKBSOK'S OtllCIOlf.
Tl,n ,-l,l ...I I . .
in . ,1. ui usMiK nrurm pMnrs py men in
public ofllee has occasioned more Injury to
tint public service and more trouble to mo
than any oilier circumstance which has oc
curred In the Internal concerns ot the coun
try during my Administration; aud were I to
v..,,,,,,,.,,. Auiuiuipirnuou nfrain, wun
the knowledge which, from experience, I
llJIVA mimiiiul tl.u lt . U.L T
Buuiiiu a; wun regaru to every caniiuiHte lor
office would lie, Is he addicted to the use of
K 1.1 .1. :.l . I . ...
ni'n-ni 9jiiii9( x uoujiw enerson, x'reeiuenc
ISOlto 1S0J.
ABCBBISHOP IRELAND'S riOtTlIS.
I am told thero are about 7000 saloons in
your city of Chicago. Now, allowing a5 as
the average daily roeelnt of everv one of
those places, the average daily lnoome oi th
7000 would be 175,0O0, and the amount ot
money spent in a year In these various
drinking places would roaeh the enormous
sum ol 310 times $176,000, or about M,000,
000: and In this calculation I suppose, what
is hardly a fact, that your saloons are closed
on Buudays. Fifty-five millions of dollars!
And where does all this money oome from?
For the most part, from the pockets of our
laboring men. Where does it oome from?
Aye, It comes in too many oases, alas, from
the comforts and necessities ot their wives
and children. And yet we see labor troubles
everywhere, and Btrikea of men tor higher
wages.
1 symiwthlze and always will svmoathim
with the proper efforts of our laboring men
to Increase their wages and bettor their con
dition, but I cannot sympathise with the.
strenuous aud persistent efforts of so many
of them to degrade themselves and their
condition, and to ruin all their prospects
both for this life and for the next.
HCRDEBiD.
Alice Dean, London, aged forty-two, is an
example of the power of drink. Over six
months ago her husband died, leaving her
and her family of two sons amply provided
for. Before she was a widow she was given
to intemperance, and when left a widow she
drank more heavily than before. Her ex
cesses drove her sons to lodgings, but they
visited her almost dally. Her medical at
tendant entreated and Implored her to give
over, but she told him "it was no use talk
ing, she could not give it up." At last out
raged nature oould not stand herexcesses, and
she was found dead on the floor of her room,
dying alone and unattended. No food In the
house; but there was a half bottle of brandy,
thut lat resort of the drink suicide. The
liquor had ravaged her heart, hor liver, and
kidneys, and simply killed her. One can
hardly believe that such a sacrifice to the
liberty of the subject should be permitted In
this country, or that a publican oould be
found to sell his murderous drug to such an
excess to one who must In the locality have
been by habit and repute so great a victim of
Inebriety. But the coroner admitted that
such was the case, and that the friends and
relatives of a person may stand and look on,
and see one for whom the Bavlour died de
liberately slain before their eyes, and they
powerless, without the consent of the mad
dened drinker, to interfere. Nothing, In our
opinion, should so rouse a Christian com
munity as so sad a case as that ol Alloc Dean.
The Scottish Uelormer.
omasa in hoderatiox.
In reference to plausible arguments In de
fence of a "modorute" use of alcohol, Dr.
Richardson remarks: "I am oue of those who
have once been bitten by the plea of moder
ate indulgence. If I had not been a physi
cian, I might have been converted by the
plausible pulaver. But side by side with it
there came, fortunately, the knowledge,
which I oould not, dare not, Ignore, that the
moderate man Is never safe, neither in tho
counsels he gives others, nor In the practioo
he follows for himself.
"Furthermore! I observed as a physiolo
gical fact, that the attraction fur alcohol In
creases ; that so long as it is present iu tho
human body, even in small quantities, the
longing for it, the sense of requirement for it,
Is present ; and that, as the amount of it In
creases, so does the desire."
Absolute security Is found only In total
abstinenoe. He who permits a single link of
the tyrant's shackles to become fastened upou
him is still a slave, on whom more links are
fastened with an ease that gives no warning,
until the links ore bound, aud the man iB a
helpless prisoner.
1 The world is strewn with the wrecks of
lives, which otherwise might have been noble,
If they had not been deluded by the belief
that there Is safety and health in the inoderutu
use of alcohol.
: Who can picture the utter woe and despair
of the wife aud fund mother who is tied to a
drunkard? Why, it verily seems that her
humiliation, hor torture must be as great as
the punishment Which sometimes was wont
to be inflicted upon criminals who were se
curely tied to a corpse and left to die In that
horrible situation.
TEMl'E BANCE KEW8 AND KOTF.8.
There are 45M liquor saloons in Brooklyn
to January 1, 18115.
During the year 1892-93 there were B9,
155,553 gallons of brandy and spirits cen
sured in the Herman Empire.
The receipts of the German Government
from tax on brandy and spirits during tho
financial your lbU2-D3 amounted to 35,000,
000. Canon Wilberfuree, the eloquent Canon Jot
Westminster, wears a piece of blue ribbon iu
his buttonhole ho Is a staunch and enthusi
astic temperance advocate.
General Lord Wolesley is greatly Inter
ested in the temperance movement iu the
Brituih Army, lie says that there never haj
been a time when there was so little drunken
ness among the soldiers as now.
Miss Frauds E. Willard says that in the
commencement of her career as a temperance
worker, when criticised, her mother would
remark: "Keep quiet, uhild; wo were not
born to reigu, but to wrestle."
Chamberlain, the English Lilieral-Uuiouitit
leader, drinks nothing stronger tbau watei
before a long speech. Dr. McGlyuu, tin)
great pulpit orator, never drinks before ot
during a speech. He is a rigid total ab
stainer. A gentleman prominent In several New
Tork City eiubo says that many of them are
breaking away from the cuetoin of treating
to aluouollc drinks. In the fumous Harvard
Club, oomjioeed of graduutos of Harvard
Cullege, there is a standing agreement that
no member shall trcjtt anuther member.
It was reported from Russia, some montha
ago, that strychnine could cure men of the
appetite for drink. This is undoubtedly true,
if enough strychnine be taken. Bat the
French physicians iu l'aris have been trying
experiments with it, and claim that hypo
dermic injections of nitrate of strychnine will
cure the drinking habit.
Dr. Paul Gorider, of Purls, has made s
speolal study of the children of hubitual
drunkards. He says: "There Is a flaw iu the
very nature of theee children that the physi
ologist sues clearly and note with apprehen
sion the absence of an'ectionuto emotion!.
When they do not )ecome lunatics they euuw
lUM-'iiolbUily aud plUlcoirneau,
Military Men In UuilneM.
4,A military training" is invnlnabte
to a bnainoss man if he will make it
so," said the Vioe-rresiilent of a Chi
cago wholesale honso. "A man learns
perseverance, courage aud self-con
trol. Ho learns to bo thorough and.
best of all, perhaps, he acquires the
habit of order and Ihe facility of
handling men and situations. Having
learnod how to obey, ho knows how to
command. lie keeps cool and col
locten in trying situations. 1 was in
the artillery service under Gonoral
Thomas. I always notioed that the
ezcitomont over any inoidont in-
creaaod at an accelerated ratio the
farther down it went into the ranks.
Tho officer in command would bo
oalm, the officers under him compara
tively so, but the corporals were fre
qneutiy very mnoli agit.itoil. 1 re
member at tho battlo of Htotie Hiver
Oeuernl Thomas, who was my Ideal of
a soldier, rodo to an exposed position,
wnere ho could got a (rood view of tho
enemy. lho bullets woro coming
thick from one quarter among tho
trees. Ho didu't seom to mind it, but
turned his Held glass on that particu
lar point and survcyod it earofullv.
Thou he ordered up seventy piecos of
artillery ami wo opeued up. In a short
time that territory became quiet and
we nad no more trouble from there.
"It was a ticklish kind of business.
that of studying tho situation with
bullets whizzing by and cutting tho
twigs every moment. Tho General
might have sent somebody else to do
it for him and bring back a report,
bnt no words could have described the
conditions as ho could got them for
himself, and knowing this he took tho
risk without hesitation. 1 romombor
ho examined the field as onlmly and
critically as if ho had boon looking at
an colipso through a picco of smoked
glass.
"A man in business life isn't ofton
called upon to inspoot a rillo volley at
closo range, bnt ho sometimes comes
suddenly npon things almost as dis
concerting. If ho remains cool and
collected and laces them as Tat
Thomas did tho guus at Stony Ridge,
no win win unless the odds are too
heavy against him. Look over tho
list of successful business mon in Chi
cago and you will find ex-soldiers
largely represented." Chicago Tri
bune.
Washer n omnu lo a Toot.
Surely few house-warmings and a
house-warming is ono of tho most
memorable and significant of domes
tic oelebrations nro likely to be re
membered with more satisfaction and
pride than that which attended tho
first occupancy of tho dwelling of Mrs.
Chonte, of Amesbnry.
bhe was the poet Whittier s washer
woman ! and when bv tiersoverinir in
dustry she had earned a homo for her
self and her family, he was one of the
foremost among tho neighbors and
frionds who organized the festivities,
and heightened tho dolight of their
hostess by leaving substantial tokens
of their regard, including a complote
sot of furniture for the now parlor.
Mr. bitter was present among the
guests and mado the speech of con
gratulation, concluding it with the
reoitation of a poem whioh he modest
ly desoribed as a piece of machine
poetry entrusted to him for the occa
sion. It was his own. of course and
t is given in full iu his "Life and
Letters," reocntly published. Tho
last three verses are as follows:
Thanks, then, to Kate Choate!
Let the Idle take note,
What their Augers were made forj
She cheerful and jolly,
Worked on late and early,
And bought what she paid for.
Never vainly repining.
Nor begging, nor whining;
The morning star twinkles
On no heart that's lighter
As she makes tho world whiter
And smoothes out Its wrinkles.
So, long life to Kate!
May her heirs have to wait
Till they're gray In attendance;
And her flatiron press on
Btlll teaching its lesson
Of brave Independence.
Mr. Whittier's early poems accord
ed, in his "Song of Labar," .due
poetio honors to the professions of
drover, shoemaker, skip-builder, farm
er and fisherman. It is pleasant
to find him nlso gracefully recogniz
ing the worth of a profession no less
useful and honorable, but less hon
ored. "Long life to Kate," too, he
lias doubtless seoured, in transferring
her, flatiron and all, from the steamy
realm of the kitoneu to the more ro
mantio atmosphere of verse. Youth's
Companion.
Japanese Patriotism.
Lafcadio Hearn asked in different
classes of his Japanese school for writ
ten answers to the question : "What
is your dearest wish?" Twenty per
cent, wished to gain glory by dying
for the Emperor. Others stated a
similar wish in less definite language.
Patriotism, in Japan, devotion to
the rnler personally rather than the
country, -Atlanta Constitution.
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11 W
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Pont as Fuel.
In Friosland and othor parts of Hol
land the "black turf" is mado into fuel
for brick-kilns, litter for stable, and
mould for mixing with sowago, Some
of it is exported to Uromon. Urunswick
and Belgium, aud it is stated that 280,
01)0 tons of the fuel, worth SG05.000,
aro annually consumed thorotighotit
the Netherlands. Tho Dutch canals
facilitate the transport of the pent,
and lis tho subsoil of the moors is al
ways cultivated after the peat is lifted,
tho barges that lako away tho peat
bring back manure for tho ground. At
Grouingcn, for instance, all tho sew-
crago of the city is applied to tho re
clamation of tho surrounding turf
moors.
iu i-'onmarK, where tuoro is no
groat supply of peat, it is chiefly nsed
ty the peasauts as fuel, or as bodding
in tho dairy farms. In Sweden, on
tho contrary, thore aro bogs extend
ing for hundreds of square miles, and
of late years over 000,000 acres of the
moorland hnvo been brought nndrf
the plow. The peat is prepared as
fuel, and largely consumed in making
iron, gmss, or urioK, either alone or
mixed with coal aud ilr-cones. In
southern Sweden thero aro factories
solely engagod in manufacturing peat
fuel for sale, as its use is steadily in
creasing, and some 30,000 tons a yenr
aro employod in metallurgical opera
tions. In southern and central Sweden
thero aro somo twenty factories for
preparing pent-lit tor and mold, each
faotory turning out from 15,000 to 30.-
000 bales a yenr, fetching about fifty
conts npioco. Tho mould is used for
gardening in Sweden, whilo stuffing
for mattresses or furniture and sur
gical bandages aro made from the
white moss of the moors. In Franco
tho peat is moulded into "briquettes"
with tar aud resin, teasod into litter,
or woven into fabrics, which nro used
in tho army, in barracks aud hospi
tals, as blankets, mattresses, and sad
dlooloths, or for stuffing cofferdams
and cei l parts of machinery. The
Nineteen ''cutury.
Fireproof Celluloid.
Ordinary celluloid is a very useful
material, but its manufacture is at
tended with considerable risk, and its
combustible character even unfits it
for some purposes. A so-called fire
proof ot'liuloid is now being made by
a company of Exeter, England. It is
prepared from the spent fibres of pa
per mills, which are reduood to a gel
atinous fltato by certain chemicals,
giveu an even substanco in a centrifu
gal pump, colored as desired with ani
line dyes and strained through flannel.
The product hardens after a time,
when it can bo cut into slices, or it
ran bo moulded while liquid. Tren
ton (N. J.) American.
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Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the world's best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced iu the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the ref resiling and truly
beneficial projierties of a perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and ltowels without Weak
emng them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 60c and $1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, aliso the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will Hot
accept auy substitute if otlered.
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PLANET JR."afifcL
HORSE HOE
and CULTIVATOR
are uurn t nu.lrA
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5. anA ,ur"wl"K- OuaraulcU sui..ri.7r " ' ai v Our ?rJ
t ltamia.oihertu.,1,. 8. L. ALLEN & Co., Phni'l.lph.vV.?
be a Houseful of Shame."
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Folding Chicken Coop.
Thomas A. Allen, of Astor, W. Va.,
has pateutod a ooop or crate in which
the sides and ends aro jolnod to the
bottom, tho sides folding inward ami
outward between tho ends and link
connecting tho ends and top and form
ing stops to limit the outward movo
mcut of the sides. It may be easily
opened for use or folded into small
space, being especially designed to
facilitate the shipment of chickens,
turkeys, pigs, rabbits, etc. Chicago
Times.
It is estimated that at least $300,
000,000 of tho greenback notes have)
boon lost and destroyed and will never
hnvo to bo rodoemod after thirty-three
years of service.
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PELLETS
SICK HEADACHE,
BILIOUSNESS,
CONSTIPATION,
INDIOESTION,
DYSPEPSIA,
POOR APPETITE,
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ONCE USED
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a vigorous Ixidy and
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lint all fail when the
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SPIRITS,
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ociuiuy ami loss ol r J
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from bad habits, con. ,
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iiiroun ignorance
of their ruinous con
sequences. Ixiw
spirits, melancholia,
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thousand and one derangements of body
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improved methods of treatment without the
patient leaving home.
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symptoms and curability of such diseases,
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