t
To th Top of Mount Rlnnl.
Effort nre boinp; made to conntrnpt
railway from El-Tor to tlio wnmmlt
of Mnmit Hinai. On tlie nionntuin,
which is only nrcpasible on one side, a
depot will lie erected nenr the spot
where the stone cross jilnced 1 iy the
llnssinn Empress Helena (mother of
Constnntine the (treat) stands, aud
where, Recording to tradition, Moses
stood when receiving the Command
incuts. The line will also pass the
cave in which the prophet Elijah re
mained in hiding while fleeing from
the priests of Unal.
The following libraries in New York
State added over 10,000 books in 18C.fi:
Columbia College Library, 20,fH0;
New York Fnblic Library, 15,.r!14;
ISew lork .state Library, I4,i0; Cor
nell University Library, 13,578; New
York Free Circulating Library, 11,1!01.
According to the latest retnrns there
are about 3424 known language) or
dialects in the world. Of these 937
are in Asia, 587 in Europe, 276 in
Africa and 1824 in North and Sonth
America.
Hmlvsril Kipling
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A good story is told of the liev. W.
L. Watkinson at Plymouth. Some
time ago he was staying with a good
Jady who was yearning for the good
old times and mourning the degener
acy of modern Wealeyau ministers.
Ou being asked for the grounds of her
jeremiade she said that the Wesleyau
ministers of the earlier part of this
century rose early in the morning,
and that dear Mr. Wesley was in his
study at 4 o'clock in the morning. "It
is not to be wondered at," was Mr.
Watkinson's dry reply; "were Mrs.
YVatkinsou anything like Mrs. Wesley
I would be up ot 2 o'clock." West
minster Gazette.
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The newly discovered chemical fcub
atanee, sngurine, or benzoil-sulfinid,
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tipou commerce in several directions.
Unlike saccharine, which never be
came very popular, suguriue contains
none of the obnoxious para aoid. It
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A Cheek Against Dishonesty.
One of the Jargest banks in New
York makes a searching examination
of each department at least three t imes
a year. No one but the president
knows when these may take place. He
summons three heads of departments
and they take charge of the clerks'
books and firm assets so quickly that
nothing can be changed or concealed.
Hinee this system was adopted, several
years ago, no trace of dishonesty has
been fonnd. Thoso clerks who get
through a year without an error re
ceive a premium.
The Telephone In Thibet.
Tho telephone has been introduced
into the palace of the Grand Lama at
Thibet, who is thus enabled to issue
his encyclicals orally and at long range,
ringing off dissent and remonstrance
in case any schismatic within his pon
tificate were disposed to offer them.
There are over a hundred men in
New York city with $8,000,000 or more
to their respective credits in traceable
securities, and most of them are un
known to the public. ,
TIow Lake Rtemnera Load.
A boat, on reaching the dock, takes
her place directly opposite the pockets
from which her cargo is to be taken.
and the spouts of such pockets as are
to be opened are dropped into the
hatchways, theso being so constructed
as to fit the docks, or, more properly
speaking, tuo docks being built with
pockets to fit the boats, twelve feet
from centre to centre. The hoisting
apparatus is made of steel, and is
provided with counter-weights to assist
in lowering and raising. Several ap
pliances are in nse for this purpose,
but the same general principle is fol
lowed in every case a small cone
wheel on the same shaft with the main
gearing the only difference being iu
location of the counter-weights and
their construction. Some few of the
older docks are not provided with the
counter-weights, the spouts being
raised and lowered by common gear
ing aud main strength. Everything be
ing ready, one of the laborers descends
from the top of the dock to the plat-
torms on a level with the door of the
pocket and removes the pins, when the
ore is released and tranferred to the
vessel. This method is sometimes
varied by loading the boats directly
from the cars through the pockets.
The "trimmiug" of the ore iu the hold
of the vessel is usually done by hand.
but careful manipulation reduces this
labor to a minimum.
A manifest is provided, and the ore
then begins another stage of its
journey, through the great lakes to
some Lake Erie port, there to be re
loaded into cars for its trip to the fur
nace. Engineering Magazine.
Curious Cafe Custom.
In many continental cafes of the
cheaper order it is the invariable
custom to print the daily menu on the
napkin provided for the guest, so that
when the latter desires to study the
bill of fare he has to raise his serviette
from his knee iu order to do so. Most
people, it is to be presumed, would
prefer the ordinary napkin.
Hut perhaps the most extraordinary
custom in connection with restaurant
lifeis that which obtains in a certain lit
tle cafe iu the suburbs of Paris, where
every customer whose bill amounts
to '2 f ranees (Is. 8d) or over that sum
is entitled to receive a kiss from tho
very attractive young lady who acts as
cashier to the establishment. So used
has the damsel become to the oscilla
tory routine that she goes through it
without the slightest reticence, look
ing upon it purely as a matter of busi-
uesB, and it is reported that the pro
prietor of the restaurant is more than
satisfied with the result of his curious
device for attracting patrons.
Another enterprising restanralenr
has instituted the practice of making
a present of a box of Havana cigars
every New Year's Day to those
patrons who have been pretty regnlar
iu their attendance at his esblishmeut
during the preceding year. The
cigars are, so the writer is given to
understand, of excellent brands, and
naturally "run" to something, but
doubtless the long-headed proprietor
knows his business very well and con
siders that it pays him to reward his
supporter in this generous manner.
London Tid Bits.
Klectricity For iialklness.
Electricity has not only displaced
horses to some extent, but, if reports
are true, it may make some that remain
more useful to their owners. Accord
ing to the Inter Ocean, a certain Penn
sylvaniau owns a very valuable horse
which was balky. He had offered
8500 to any one who would cure him,
but iu vain. He then connected a
three-volt storage battery with each
side of bit and crupper. When the
horse braced his feet and refused to
move, the button was pressed; the
horse jumped, snorted aud moved off.
Each day for a week he was given the
same lesson, and is now his owner's
pride. Similar cases have been re
ported iu which a small amount of
electricity was considered less cruel
than whipping. Just fo; and yot the
most inhuman torture can result from
the ignorant or ill-advised use of elec
tricity for this aud similar purposes.
The Epitoinist.
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Hotter Washing.
Y'eai's ago it was generally supposed
that in order to make renlly fine but
ter one must not allow a drop of water
to touch it. Of late years, since we
began to hear so much about granu
lated butter, we have been instructed
to wash it in successive waters until
this w as drawn off clear, or clear from
milkiuess. It is my opinion that
neither one of those policies is the
right one to follow.
I have tested this matter of wash
ing butter for a number of years, aud
have come to the conclusion that
either extreme is to be avoided. To
wash it, even iu granular form, until
the water runs off clear will give us a
butter that will not decay or turn
strong so soon as that not washed so
thoroughly, but it washes out much
of tho flavor. Ou the other hand,
while the flavor is enhanced by the
washing, the buttermilk left in after
working will tend to putrefy, for, as
we all know, there is nothing which
more quickly spoils and becomes ill
smelliug than buttermilk.
To work out all the bnttermilk
breaks the graiu and makes the butter
salvy. Of course wo do not want to
do this, so we will wash it iu granular
form through two or taree waters
(depeudiug upon quautity of water
used aud also upou temperature of the
butter), work in 1 ho salt until
thoroughly incorporated, ond call it
finished. Mrs. E. K. Wood, iu Jer
sey Bulletin.
Tlie Hoof of the Horse.
Dr. D. S. White, of the Ohio State
University, writes: The hoof is sep
arated into three distinct parts. First
the wall, which is that portion form
ing tho front and sides of the shell.
Second, the continuation of the for
mer reflected iuwardly at the heel and
extending forward iu converging lines
as two strengthening bars of bone
aud known as the "bars." Third, the
sole, which is tho floor of tho hoof, oc
cupying the space between the wall
and the bars.
The hoof-horu is secreted by the
continuation of the skiu of the body
which extends beneath the hoof and
covers the tendons, bones aud liga
ments, like the sock ou the human
foot. Horn is simply modified hair.
Though to tho casual observer the
hoof may appear a simple piece of an
atomy, we tiud it to be one of the most
complex and beautifully arranged ap
paratuses of the whole body.
About ninety per cent, of the cases
of lameness iu the horse find their
seat iu the hoof, aud as nearly one
half our horses become lame after live
years of age, it is seen that the care
of the hoof is second in importance
only to proper feeding and stabling.
Ihe care of the hoof should begin
with the foal. Iu caso of irregular
wearing away of the hoof, they should
be rasped into proper shape. With
colts kept iu the stable the wall-horn
becomes too long (high) aud the lay
ers separate, resulting iu the "hollow-
wall. The wall near the heel be
comes bent under the sole, producing
"hoof -bound. Ihe timely and intel
ligent use of the hoof-knife is the
remedy. The outer edges of the hoof
should be rounded off carefully to pre
vent splitting of the horn. Iu paring
Ihe hoof we must have regard for the
natural form aud position of the foot.
Iu very young animals irregularly
shaped legs can be improved by judi
cious paring. Shoeing colts to young
interferes greatly with the growth of
the hoof.
The shod hoof of the adult horse
needs eveu more care than that of the
barefooted colt. Shoeing at best is
au evjl, but it must be resorted to.
The shoe should be removed every
four or six weeks nud the hoof short
ened. The popular demand for
"plenty of foot (hoof) under the horse"
is a grave error. There may be argu
ments in favor of allowing the hoof to
grow to abnormal length to gain in
length of stride, but such a procedure
must, iu time, lead to disease of the
hoof, i. e., tho tendons and joints.
Moisture is very essential for the
proper development of the hoof.
Smearuig the hoof with fat is benefi
cial. It requires no specific formulas
or patent ointment. Pure lard suflices.
Glycerine should never be applied, as
it dries it. Salves should never be
put on a dirty hoof. Wash first. No
ointment can directly stimulate the
growth of the hoof, though some may
contend to the contrary. In very wet
weather add a little turpentine or wax
to the lard. - This prevents the hoof
from becomiug too soft. Use very lit
tle oil and apply with a cloth to the
upper part of the hoof, to the sole aud
frog. .
Farm and Garden Notes.
You can not afford to let those iu
ferior apples go to market with the
good ones.
Saving the old mulching and using
it a second time? Don't! It's loaded
with insects aud tunyi. Burn it.
Orchurdists who are using bolts to
keep apple trees from splitting claim
the boring aud bolting does not injure
tho trees.
('rested ducks are a most attractive
poultry novelty. The birds are not
quite as large as Pekius, but ure pure
creamy white, and the drake is epe
cially gamy and stylish.
Professor Bailey says that an annual
application of potash should be made
on orchards. If muriate of potash be
used, it Hhould be applied at the rate
of 5lli) to 700 pounds per acre.
There is u rapidly increasing num
ber uf fanciers with fowls tin exhibi
tion. The quality of fowls has been in
creasing equally fast, however, so thut
the honor of winning at the show is
woi-lh goiii'4 after.
Peach t 'ct s hhould have the ends of
long shoots shortened in, that bushy
KiiL'cimeiis may result. A bushy tree
yields more fruit than au uupruued
one, uud nicely shapped trees are
pleasing object to look upon.
Experiments in grafting tho apple
at the Kansas Station developed tho
conclusion that whole root-grafted ap
ple treea are of no greater value to the
buyer than trees grafted on piece roots
of flvo, four or 2J inches in length.
Not only does exercise promote egg
production, which consequently gives
the ponltryman the expected profit,
but the health of the entire flock will
amply repay the little trouble and ex
peuse of providing thorn with a place
where they can work for their living.
It is not so much the kind aud amount
of food as it is the way it is fed that
brings the profits.
It sometimes comes handy to utilize
a row of shade trees for fence posts
(and they make good ones, more rows
of trees should be planted with this
end iu view). The wires should not
be stapled directly to the trees, but
laths an inch thick and two or more
inches wide Bhould be first nailed or
bolted to the trees and tho wires
stapled to the laths.
It is very often that tho nest in
which the chickens are hatched is so foul
with parasites that the chick has a hard
timo getting a start. This is one ad
vantage of artificially hatched chick
ens, for they come into tho world with
rarely a bug or 'insect upon them.
This alone helps to reduce the loss by
death, aud aids in buildiug up a
strong aud healthy flock.
It seldom pays to retain strawberry
plants more than two years. S. Pow
ers, strawberry specialist to tho Flor
ida Experiment Station, Bays that a
careful, energetic grower, can turn
his beds under every spriug and re
plant them outright iu the fall more
cheaply than he can fight crab-grass
all summer, laboriously scrape and
pink it out of the beds in the fall and
refill the many missing places. To
adopt this bold course he should make
sure of a generous provision of vig
orous young plants early in the fall or
late summer, then he may do it fear
lessly. WISE WORDS.
A fool's company is not hard to find.
Opinions never change tho weather.
Honesty has never found a substi
tute. Gold loses its shine when it is got
ten by guilt.
The best safe for your money is a
prudent wife.
A giant among giants is not aware
of his own size.
The ass might sing better if he didn't
pitch his tune so high.
The man robs others who does not
make the best of himself.
No man ever gets discouraged iu
trying to live without working.
Woman is a lovely .dream and
dreams always go by contraries.
Everybody says "Go up higher" to
the man who is "getting there."
Call a little man great and other lit
tle people will throw up their hats.
Absence sometimes makes the heart
grow fonder of some other person.
To get the good out of the years we
must learn how to live each hour well.
A shallow man may always see the
face of a fool by looking into a deep
well.
Love may be bliud, but it can smell
the cloves ou a man's breath just the
same.
Patience may roost on monuments,
but truth seldom finds a place on tomb
stones. When a man freely admits that his
wife is not stubborn, he cau afford to
stop praying.
The man who figures on marrying
an heiress often finds he isn't well up
iu mathematics.
Somo men are like a bass drum
they make lots of noise, but there's
nothing in them.
Kites to lie l ife Haven.
Kites have been culled upon to do
many thiugs of lute, and now they are
expected to save life at sea. With a
vessel hard aground on a lee shore,
all her boats either smashed or car
ried away, aud a gale of wind blowiug
so hard that neither lifeboats nor life
lines cau reach her, tho usual ending
of such a marine disaster is the loss
of the entire ship's companv.
But Dr. 1'. W. Biehl, of 'San Fran
cisco, thinks he can prevent such
fatalities iu the future by calling kites
to the aid of the storm-beset mariners..
He recently gave au exhibition of the
practical working of his idea from the
deck of the battleship Oregou iu Sun
Francisco bay.
At the time of the test a good breeze
was blowiug, wl ich speedily carried
the kite well up iu the air aud away
from the vessel. Donning a bathing
suit, Dr. Kiehl wrapped his clothing
iu a waterproof cloth ami threw the
bundle overboard. As it floated down
wind he hauled iu on the kite line,
throwiug the slack overboard. He
then jumped overboard, took a turn
of the line around his body, and,
pulled along by the kite, went to lee
ward after his bundle ol clothing. A
twenty-miutite test of the device
seemed to prove that the inventor's
claims were well founded. A report
of the experiment will be forwarded
to Washington by the officers of the
Oregou.
Dr. Biehl asserts that his kite
would take a muu or a rope ashore
through breakers in which a boat
could not live. Of course if tho wind
was oil' shore the kite would be of no
use, but statistics prove, he asserts,
thut iu ninety cases out of one hun
dred in the event of shipwrecks the
direction of the wind has been toward
the laud. New York l'ress.
A new cooking utensil bus slots iu
opposite sides of the interior to sup
port a semi-circular vessel huviug a
bail and cover, thus permitting its use
for cooking incut uud vegetable at the
tame time without mixing.
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.1
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.
The Present Need fttartlln fttatlatlcs
I'renentetl by the Knetnlea of Alcohol
What the Cenmis of 1 BOO Ahowa-
t'M of Alcohol RpreaiU Among Women.
Have yon hesril In the crowiled city
Tlio orphan nhlldrpn cry,
Hns your henrt been tonehml with pity
At the Bound ot the widow's slith,
Have you seen by tho face of a mother
The grief that Is hid within,
Or a sister weep tor a brother
Astray la the ways ul sin?
Oh, then let your soul awaken
To the needs of tho present hour,
Let the wall of tho ones forsaken
Inspirit and clvo you power
llomomherlnir lives so wasted
And hold In th devil's thntll.
To out from your llo nntasted
Tlie drink Hint's the cause of all.
Startling matlatlc.
Tho census of 1S!K) shows that l."..000
deaths were directly due to drunkenness.
The dentil of every American was hastened
on au average seven and three tenths years
by drunkenness. The earning of 45,000
men at JH51 n yenr for seven and threo
tcnths years ninouiila to ! 1(1.2X0,000, which
Is lost to tho country through the death of
the drinkers.
There were 3,750.000 hard drinkers atthnt
time, and recent investigations show that
the number hns nearly doubled.
Tho use of alcohol Is spreading with
alarming rapidity among women.
A total of flil.MMW Is spent annually
liy the Htate and local governments of New
Vork for polleo courts, jnlls and poor
bouses for coring for criminals and puu
pers. Investigations show that seventy
live per cent, of these cases nre duo to drink
And alcohol poisoning,
lu Franco, where great quantities of
nlcohol nro consumed by all classes, tho
number of deaths In 1M(I5 exceeded the
births by 20,000. French scientists hold
alcohol poisoiiiug lu a great measure re
sponsible. M. lJergeron and if. I.abordc, of tho
Nronoh Academy of Medicine, lu a set of
resolutions presented to the society lu 1895,
wrote,:
"Science lias demonstrated both by ex
periment and by chemical observation that
the most impure and poisonous alcohols
can be converted Into the purest and least
poisonous nlcohol, which Is" none tho less
always aud fundamentally a poison."
Ex-Superintendent Thomas Dvrues, of
the New York Police Department, says:
"I) runKenuesslsthe proline mother of most
of the evil-doing. Alcoholism Is the primo
cause of all the trouble"
Out of 881 Inmates of the Conneettout
State Tnson in tho year 1H95, 40.8 per cent,
were willing to admit that nlcohol had
ruined them. Now York Journal.
Hanger of the Cnp.
A well known Congrcgntloiiullst minis
ter, who was for many years pastor of ona
of Ilostou's Congregational churches, while
Bddresslng a large meeting In the Interest
of temperance la a ehurou, of which the
editor of the National Temperance Advo
cate was at tho time pastor, made this thrill
ing and impressive statement:
"You are talking Ilka silly Idiots when
you say there Is no dnnger in tho cup. I
know from the blood of five generations of
clder-drlnklng ancestors lu mv veins tho
danger there Is In the thing. There Is not
a scent of liquor that Is not pleasant to me,
that would not be a precious drop to my
tongue. Look at mo. Do I look like a
man easy to bo overcome by temptation?
Do you know my lite? (to back and learn
It, aud soe what I have suffered; and yet I
say to you, with this background of evi
dence I declare to you, as I value my man
hood, and yet my standing, and my soul I
would not dure to driuk for three weeks a
glass of liquor a day, Tho chasm ya rns
at your feet aud at mv feet. Thoso who
say there Is no danger fn thnt first glass of
liquor do not rocogni.e tho peril of heredi
tary weakness."
Organ lie the Children.
ltev. Alexander V. Doyle says with refer
ence to the annual convention of the t'nth
olio Total Abstinence Union, of America,
held recently In Hcranton, I'enu.:
"The convention did more real work for
tompernuco thnn anv previous one ever
did, because It determined to make special
efforts to gather children into the organiz
ation, thus establishing their future and
the future of tho movement. This work
will bo accomplished by the formation ot
Juvenile societies. All tho bishops of the
country now pledge the girls and bovs ot
continuation to abstain from lutoxieatlng
liquors until they are twenty-one years old.
When the bishop leaves the parish after
uoullrination the responsibility rests with
the parish to see that these bo"vs and girls
are organized Into Intototnl abstinence so
cieties, and the sentiment is encouraged
and strengthened In them. This work will
bo begun Immediately throughout the
couutry, and the practical result will bo
that by Christmas thousands of ehlMrcu
who have taken tho total abstinence pledge
will have been enrolled in a great juvenile
temperauco army."
Intoxication No Kxcuie.
Not long ago a judge In one of the West
ern communities held that when a man de
Mberatuly tilled himself with liquor until
he lost oontrol of himself he was legally re
sponsible for whatever he did while he was
Intoxicated. Wo do not know whother this
Is good law ornot.but It is good sense. Any
other rule would make it too easy forcrlml
liuls to escape punishment. A burglar
might plead thut he was intoxicated when
lie robbed a house, or a murderer might
plead that he was mad from drluk when ho
killed a man; but such an excuse would not
restore the dead to life nor would It pro
tect the community from a repetition of
the crime. Intoxication may sometimes be
an explanation, but It ought not be consid
ered a defense. Jirooklyu Eagle.
Pot'a Uargaln Willi the Saloon Keeper.
At a temperauco meeting, whero several
related tln-lr experiences, a humorous
Irishman who spoke was acknowledged to
be the chief speaker. He had on a pair of
Una new boots. Huld he: "A week after I
signed the pledge I met au old friend and
lie said: 'Them's a line pair of boots you
have on.' 'They are," euys I, 'and by the
same token 'twus tho saloou keeper who
gave them to me.' 'That was generous of
him,' says he. 'It was,' savs I, 'but I made
a bargain with him. He was to keep his
drink and I was to keep my money. My
money bought nyi these fine boots. I got
the bent of tho bargain, aud I'm going tc
stick to it.' "
What Is Temperance?
True temperance Is the proper use ot
good things, uud total abstinence from
bad things.
Under which category would you plueo
aleoholio beverages?
Remain Away.
If you have taken the total ubstinence
pledge you should not frequent pluees
wherein drink Is sold. No doubt you rely
ou your strength of will to keep you from
falling, but It Is better to remain awuy
from such pluees. We pruy to God to
"lead us not Into temptation" and we are
commanded to avoid the occasions of evil.
Therefore, let us not think oursolvup
stronger than we are.
Temperance Newt ami Notes.
Wrong drluk does not make one strong.
Iu drinking health to others, be careful
lest yju drink Ill-health to yourself.
Aleoholio drluk Is not necessary to
health. Nor Is it Indispensable lu the mat
ters of wealth aud happiness.
Don't allow drluk to obtain a foothold
In your home. Tho seeds of druukeuness
are easy to sow, but hard to eradicate.
You may lessen the sum of human mis
ery by subscribing to funds for charity.
You muy leseu it In another way by being
sober yourself, uud using your lnllueuce to
Uluke others so.
Canon Ilasil Wiluerfnree can claim to be
one of tlie most urdcut temperance re
formers iu the Hrillbli Isles. Wueumovlug
for the lirst time Into his cauoury, he hud
all the wluo lu the cullur poured out Into
the street, aud he converted the cellar Into
a (lining room by opening out two win
dows onto Deuu's yard ,
One Cnrloui Mnperatltlon,
Among the superstitions of tho Ren
oca Indians was one most beautiful
one. When a young maiden died
they imprisoned a young bird until it
began to try its powbrs of song; and
then, loading it with caresses and
messages, they loosed its bonds over
her gravo, in the belief thai it would
not fold its wings or close its eyes tin
til it had flown to the apirit land and
delivered its preoious burden of affec
tion to the loved aud lost one. Ht.
Nicholas.
The World's Telegraphic Syttem.
llarely more than forty years have
elapsed since America gave to tho
world tho unique invention of thetcls
grapli, and yet to-dny, according to
tho latest figures which can be ob
tained, the world's telegraphio syatoni
embraces in its wide and complicated
area not less than 4,908,823 miles of
wire.
This enormous aggregate is dis
tributed among tho great divisions of
the earth ns follows: Europe, 1,7(U,
7110 miles; Asia, 310,085 miles; Africa,
110.41H miles; Australia, 217,479 miles,
and America, 2,510,548 miles. From
t hese figures it appears that more than
fifty per cent, of the world's mileage
of telegraph wire is on this side of the
Atlantio, but in view of the fact that
the invention itself is of American or
igin, this is just as it should be. But
tho fact that America outstrips the
balance of the world in the extont of
its telegraph mileage is not so much
a tributo to its own invention as it is
to tho extraordinary rato of progress
which hns taken place in the Western
Honiisphero during the past fifty years.
Taking tho figures as they apply to
the entire world, what higher tribute
oould be offered to the genius of Pro
fessor Samuel F. B. Morse, the ro
nownod inventor of the telegraph?
Atlanta Constitution.
Artim-lnl Teeth.
The uso of artificial teeth is of an
cient origin. Two curious specimens
of artificial teeth from the Etruscan
tombs, dating from four or five cen
turies beforo the Christian era, may bo
seen in the museum of Corneto, on the
coast of Italy, iu the mouths of two
young girls. On the jaw of one may
still be seen two incisors fixed to their
neighbors by small gold rings, while
in the other, the rings remain, but tho
artificial teeth have fallen out. The
teeth, carefully cut, had evidently been
taken from the mouth of some large
animal.
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Cure For Klondlrltis.
A sure cure for Klondike golit fevoA
has been discovered by an Ameiican
who recently returned from Alaska,
Tick out a morning next winter," h
says, "when the mercury is below
eero, shoulder a pick, and go iuto th
woods before breakfast; dig a hole six
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(lames of Ancient Origin. '
Most pooplo are well aware that the
popular Canadian game of lacrosse or
iginated, goodnesB knows how, many
centuries ago among the North Ameri
can Indians. When you come to look
into it, it is quite astonishing how
many games were originally invented
aud nre to-day practiced by peoples
we are accustomed to think of as sav
ages. Wallace tells us how iu Borneo,
one wet day, he thought to amuse his
Dyak boys by showing thcin a cat's
cradle. Hut he found that they not
only knew it, but knew more intricate
figures than he. The Maoris of New
Zealand actually have a sort of pic
torial history in cat's-ctadle figures of
twisted fiber. The Sandwich Islanders
play a kind of draughts; the South
Sea peoples nearly all are adepts at
kite-flying. l'olo comes from Persia,
and is played magnificently by wild
hill tribes from northern India. Back
gammon and parohesi nre both eastern
games, flat tamarind seeds being used
as "lots" in tho latter. Harper's
Bound Table.
llememliereil liy the Man She Jilted.
A representative of Mrs. William
Amsbury lias just returned to Osce
ola, Mo., from Denver, where he went
to inquire about a legacy.
Many years ago Mrs. Amsbury was
engaged to be married to a man
named Smith, but owing to a quarrel
she married Amsbury the day beforo
the wedding with Smith was to take
place. All parties wero then resi
dents of Jell'ersou City. Mr. Smith
at once left for tho silver mining
camps of Colorado, and Amsbury is
now a laborer iu tho Osceola lime
works. Fortune smilod upon Smith,
but ho never married. A fow days
ago h died, and by the terms of his
will his former sweetheart inherits
half the estate, mostly in mining
stocks, and variously estimated at
from 2.0,000 to 810,000. St. Louis
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