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DO A LITTLE
THINKING.
The ancient admonition, "Think
twice before you speak once," was a
mighty good one in the good old days
when people gave heed to it, hack
neyed and out of date though some
people of today may consider it. It
has lost none of its merit through dis
use and neglect. It does appear,
though, that in the rush and hurry of
the affairs of this day and generation,
most people have entirely lost sight of
the good advice, or if they ever gave
it ear, have allowed the scramble of
the hour for thitigs material and im
material to drive it entirely out of mind
There is evidence ou every hand and
to be met with every day, that not
only have many- people put aside the
sage counsel of the fathers, but have
actually abandoned and forgotten the
good fashion of thinking even once,
or of thinking i\t all, not only before
speaking but before acting. For the
ancient and safe habit of thought,
they have substituted impulse or in
clination, or something even worse.
Proof of this is found every day in
the world's current history—iu af
fairs of public importance and in
private conduct. The columns of the
newspapers are a constant record of
things done that would have been left
undone if the doers had only
THOUGHT before acting. There
are eijii ally convincing proofs of this
new fault of not thinking to be found
in the things left undone until it is
too late to do them, simply for the
lack of thought. There is not the
least doubt in the world that Gov.
Swettenham would not now be "sweat
ing blood" under the world's condem
nation if he had thought only once,
let alone twice, before he said the
things he so rashly and so brashl);
said to the American naval officer
who was bending every energy to re
lieve the sufferings and distress of the
victims of the Kingston earthquake.
There is no possible room for doubt
that Thaw would not now be on trial
for his lite if lie had given but half a
thought to the subject before he sent
a bullet crashing into the brain of his
victim. It is a certainty that if 15en
Tillman had done a little honest
thinking he would not have tried to
do a vaudeville stunt befor the august
and awful body of which he is a mem
ber, bv toleration of the people of
South Carolina—who, be it said in
passing, appear to have lost the habit
of thinking, judging by the fact that
they keep him in the Senate. It is
barely possible that the people who
were so active against the institutions
for which the "people's papers"
speak, spend a good deal ot time
wishing they bad thought not only
twice but MANY LONG, LONG
THOI (JUTS' before doing the things
they did. It's a thousand-to-one shot
that the fraud order fanatics realize,
if they are capable of anything so
honest, that they would much better
have done some genuine thinking iu
connection with their deeds and
"duties," before they did so much ar
logant talking and tyrannical acting.
And it is an equally safe bet that
they are-doing, and will do some real
downright hard thinking before they
get through with the fight they are
having with the "common" people.
To think is a start in the right
direction, and n long step; and it will
not take very many such steps to turn
the people of the entire country back
to the good old fashion of THINK
ING. It may be necessary, to keep
up with the rush of events, to do this
thinking a little quicker than iu the
(lavs of stage coaches and stogy boots,
but the thinking will be of all the
better quality for that; and the world
will be saved from half the wanton
wickedness that is pointed to by socio
logists as proof of the decadence of
the human race. To suit the times,
let us all try to learn to think once
while we are acting, if not twice be
fore we speak. We will be better
men and women by so doing, and the
world will be better and not worse for
our being in it.
—UNCLE ANDREW CARNEGIE is
reported to have said that lie would
give two hundred million dollars for
a ten-year lease on life. Lots of us
would be willing to dispose of a year
or two at that rate provided the trans
fer could he satisfactorily arranged
with Father Time.
The farmers of this couuty will be
interested to learn that there will be
held this year a series of Farmers'
Institutes at Washingtonville on
Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 1.3
and 24 and at Exchange on Friday,
Feb. 15. A number of instructors
from other parts of the Slate will be
present to join with the farmers of
this locality in the discussion of topics
relative to agriculture. These meet
ings are free and open to all, and we
have no doubt the farmers of this
county will avail themselves of the
advantages to be gained by attending
these meetings.
Because his wife refused to quit
keeping boarders Vincent Drocowski,
of Chester, armed with a revolver,
drove his wife and four children and
all tho hoarders out of the home. They
anp«>ilo'l to the \ lice and .Drocowski
was required to givo bonds to keep the
peace.
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There was a great clattering und out
cry among the fowls back of the farm
house, with one long piercing shriek
from a single hen, and Aunt Sally
Warner dropped the breakfast dish she
was wiping and ran out to see a hawk
sailing away with a fat pullet in his
talous. She waved her hands and
cried "Shoo! Shoo!" but there was no
salvation for the victim.
"What Is It, aunty?" asked her niece,
Miss Nettle Ward, from the city, who
had come out to the old farm for a va
cation.
"Why, anoffcer of them ha wits has
grabbed another of them chickens,"
was the reply. "I told pa only last
night that he ought to git out and load
the shotgun for me. I s'pose that
hawks have got as much right to live
as other folks, but I'll be suummed
if"—
"Hut he did load the gun, and It's
there behind the door," Interrupted the
niece.
"So It is! What an old goose I am
getting to be! Nettle, did you ever fire
a gun?"
"Never."
"Then I must frtiow you how to do It.
You take It In both hands this way.
You draw It up to your shoulder this
way. Then you shet your eyes and
pull on the trigger with your finger,
and the hawk drops dead. A hawk
may come while I'm down cellar or
upstairs and you are out here alone,
and you want to be able to shoot him."
There were only uncle, aunt and Net
tie at the farm, and the girl from the
city soon wore off the newness and the
novelty and became a bit lonesome.
On account of this lonesomeness she
almost bowed to a young man who
passed the gate one evening at dusk
and almost bowed to her, and when
she went In she asked her aunt who
it was.
"I hain't seen no strange young men
around here myself," was the answer,
"but I understand that the Stevenses,
half a mile below us, have got a sum
mer boarder. I guess he's the one you
saw."
Things happen suddenly out In the
country the same as In the city. Two
days after seeing the young man Miss
Nettie woke up with the toothache.
She had hardly come downstairs
and told of It when the rural mall
carrier left a letter for the aunt, which
stated that a sister living ten miles
away was ill and wanted her to drive
over at once. She couldn't drive, and
so Uncle Joe must go along. There
was room for Nettie togo along, but
the toothache kept getting worse. It
didn't take her long to decide to stay
home and doctor It. She could put on
a bag of hot ashes, hold hot vinegar
in her mouth and now and then press
a wad of cotton batting wet with pep
permint essence against the offending
molar, and there was hope that she
would be all right before night came.
During the long day. If the ache per
mitted, she could swing In her ham
mock, climb the cherry tree after the
ripe fruit, hunt for lions' eggs In the
barn and watch the ducks and goslings
in the horse pond.
"There Is only two things to look out
for," said the aunt when she was
ready to drive away. "Keep your
eyes out for hawks and tramps. As
we haven't seen a tramp for six weeks,
I guess you won't be bothered, but
them hawks are liable to drop down
any time. If one conies, you be sure
to shoot It. I've heard that shoot
ing a gun has been known to cure the
toothache."
Uncle and aunt had been gone an
hour when the toothache ceased, and
Miss Nettie piled Into her hammock
under the pear tree with a book. She
was just opposite the kitchen door
and only thirty feet away, and just
Inside the door stood the shotgun. Tho
maid had great confidence that If
hawk or tramp came along she would
play the part of a heroine.
At 11 o'clock, when the young man
who boarded down at Stevens' came
past the house with his kodak, he was
satisfied from the swinging of tho
hammock that Mrs. Nettie was read
ing.
Two hours later, when he had snap
shotted an old lop horned cow, n crab
apple tree and a brook that seemed to
be flowing up lilll, he returned to ilnd
the hammock so still that there was
no doubt in his mind that the occu
pant was asleep. He had not past the
house, walking as slowly as possible,
when he caught sight of half the body
of a man In an open window on tiio
other side. Whoever it was had come
sneaking down through the cornfield.
It was up to the young man to in
vestigate. lie started out with the Im
pressiou that the Intruder was a tramp,
and he picked up a club, scaled the
picket fence and gave a shout. The
man in the window heard and drew j
back, lie saw and dropped to the
ground and ran around the corner of
the house. lie ran into the ham mod |
and Its sleeping occupant and fell over
them and bounced said sleeping occu j
pant out on the grass.
At about the same moment the young,
man from Stevens', who had started 1-
pursue the unknown, enught his foe
and took n roll, and he was so slow II
picking tho currant bushes out of hi.
curly hair when he did get up that '
turned the corner just as the bewil
dered Nettle had dashed Into tho kite
en, seized the gun and was ready 112
hawks.
She had been rudely awakened,
more rudely dumped on the grass anf
stepped on, and In her half awake
state she didn't know a hawk from a
man until It was too late.
In a cool moment she never could
have mastered the mechanism of that
old shotgun. Under the momentary
excitement she not only fired It, but
sent a liberal quantity of bird shot Into
some one's legs.
She hud only heard the report of tho
gun when she became panic stricken
and fled Into the kitchen and shut and
bolted the door, and for tho next three
or four minutes she was In a half
faint. Then she realized that she had
shot n man. she remembered that ho
had cried out; she remembered that he
had fallen on the grass. She wasn't
overcome with horror at the thought.
On the contrary, she had shot a tramp
and was entitled to all praise.
Presently, as Miss Nettie listened
with her ears against the door, she
heard groans. Tli.it meant she had
only wounded the tramp. Iler heart
was touched by those groans. She
could not see the man after she had
opened the door an Inch or two, be
cause he was just around the corner
of the house, but she called out t3 him:
I "Are you going away before 1 shoot
again?"
I—i cairc say," was t!io reply. "I'm
afraid I can't walk without help."
"Why not?"
"Because you have shot me in the
legs."
"But my aunt told me to look out
for hawks and tramps."
"But I am neither one nor the other."
Judging from his voice, he was a
gentleman Instead, and after drawing
a long breath and breathing a prayer
the girl stepped out and peered around
the corner of the house. That young
man from Stevens' was lying on his el
bow on the grass. Ills face was very
pale, and there were blood spots on the
legs of his trousers. At sight of her
he smiled faintly and said:
"My name is Arthur Welboume. 1
fm stopping with my relatives, the '
Stevenses. I live in the city and am
an artist. If you will pardon me, 1 |
will say that I have heard you are
Miss Ward. 11l passing the house while
you slept In the hammock I saw a
tramp climbing into a window. I gave
the alarm, and he escaped. He it was
who tumbled over your hammock and
awoke you."
"And I thought you were a—a hawk
or a tramp and shot you!" gasped the
girl as she wrung her hands.
"But fortunately without serious re
suits. All the shot struck my legs, but
I may need assistance to get down
home."
"But I shan't let you get down
home. Here, take my hand and see if
you can stand on your feet. Now hang
onto my arm and let me get you into
the house and onto the lounge. How
could 1 have been such a silly girl 7
Now, then, 3'ou lie down here, and I*ll
run for Dr. James. I know he lives In
the first house above here. I'll bring
him right back with me."
She was gone before Mr. Welboume
could protest and was back In half an
hour with the good natured country
doctor. It took about an hour to pick
out the score of bird shot that had
been fired iuto the young man's legs,
and during this time Miss Nettle walk
cd up ami down In tlie back yard with
tears In her eyes and no care If the
hawks came down and took every hen
on the place.
The doctor assured her ttist Mr. Wei
bourne would live. Mr. Welboume him
self assured her that he was bound to
live to make her further acquaintance,
and he was taken down to tho Ste
venses in tho doctor's buggy. He Umpod
for three or four days, during which |
time Miss Nettle and her aunt called j
twice, and then he ceased limping and
returned the calls.
Inside of a week he was something
more than a caller. It boats all hor*
fast a girl who shoots a man and tho
man who Is shot by her can get ac
quainted—very well acquainted. Mat
rimony and hawks are sometimes shot
at with a gun.
The I.nn«l of Durkii.
There are more ducks In China than
in all the rest of the world. China, lit
erally, is white with these birds, and •
day and night the country resounds '
with their metallic and scornful voices. '
Children herd ducks on every road, on
every pond, on every farm, ou every
lake, on every river. There is no back \
yard without its duck house. There 1& 1
no boat, little or great? without Its
duck quarters. Even in the cities of
China ducks abound. They dodge le
twecn the coolies' legs. They flit,
squawking, out of the way of tho
horses. Their indignant quack will not |
unseldom drown the roar of urban com
merce. All over the land there are I
great duck hatching establishments, '
many of them of a capacity huge j
enough t > produce KO nnn .vonntr riiirka
every year. The Chinese duck Is ex- '
tremely tender and delicate—the best ,
tame rick for eating In the world. 1
Duck a aong the Chinese is the staple,
delicacy. It is salted and smoked like i
ham or beef, and duck eggs are eateJ*
as chicken eggs are in America.
The Oldewt Hank Note*.
The oldest bank notes in the world
are the "dying money," or convenient ,
nitofey, fir. t issued In China in 2G97
B. C. One writer tells that the ancient
Chinese bank notes were in many j
spects similar to those of the present
day, hearing the name of tho bank, 1
the date of issue, the number of the
note, the signature of the official who ,
issued it am', its value in both figures j
and words. On tho top of those curl- |
oin note? was tho following philosoph- j
lc Injunction: "Produce all you can; '
rpen 1 with economy." The note wai j
printed lu 'due ink on paper made
from the fiber of the mulberry tree.
One of these notes bearing tho date
1399 B. O. Is still preserved in the Asi
atic museum at St. Petersburg.
AN OCEAN IN THE AIR.
The Queer SuperMtitloii That (hire
Prevailed In Enfflund.
The curious superstition that there Is
an ocean above the clouds • Is illus
trated by the following strange story
by an old English wri.er: "One Sunday
the pojple of a certain village were
coming out of church on a thick,
cloudy day when they saw the anchor
of a ship hooked to one of the tomb
stones, the cable, which was tightly
stretched, hanging down from the air.
The people wore astonished, and whlio i
they were consulting about It suddenly ;
they saw the rope move as though
souie one labored to pull up the an- j
chor. Tho anchor, however, still held ;
fast by the stone, and a grfcat nolso
' was heard In the air like the shouting
of sailors. Presently a sailor was seen
sliding down the cable for the purposo
of unfixing the anchor. When he had
1 Just loosened It the villagers seized |
hold of hiin. and while iu their hands
he quickly died, Just as though he had
j been drowned.
"About an hour later the sailors
above, hearing no more of their com- ;
rade, cut the cable aud sailed away. In
memory of this extraordinary event
the people of tho village made tho
hinges of tho church doors out of tho
Iron of the anchor." It Is further stat- j
ed that these hinges "are still to be |
seen there," a bit of evidence much
| like Munchausen's rope wherewith he
j once climbed to the moon. If you
■ doubted the story you were confronted
with the rope.
There Is another queer tale about
I this aerial ocean. "A merchant of Bris
tol." it Is said, "set sail with his cargo
' for Ireland. Some time after, while his
family were at supper, a knife sudden
ly fell in through a window on the ta*
! bio. When the merchant returned and
saw the knife he declared It to be his
own and said that on such a day, at
I such an hour, while sailing In an un
' known partsof tho sea, he dropped tho
| knife overboard, and the day and the
hour were found to be exactly the time
: when It foil through tho window." All
| of which was once Implicitly believed
: by many and regarded as Incontrovert
ible pr;>of of Vae existence of a sea
above tho sky. One Is at a loss to con
jecture how that "unknown part of the
sea" connected with the rest of It. A
physical geography showing this would
I be no small curiosity. (
[ Luck and a j
: IVoman
t j ...By FRED MEERS... j
! | Otpyr'.jh l:OA % t>y p. C. Ecutmcnt
; "Close It up soon if you can," said
fhe manager. "We have put some of
our best men on the matter, but they
can tell us nothing. If we do not man
age to locate the cause of these rob
beries we might as well go out of busi
ness."
"I'll do what I can," promised Dan
vers, "but If Symes and Taylor have
given up the case I don't see where I
got off."
"Neither do I," admitted the man
ager frankly, "except that you seem to
have fools' luck, and sometimes that Is
better than good detective Instinct"
Danvers bowed at the doubtful com
pliment and took himself ofT. There
might be something in that luck the
ory. Since going to work for the bur
glary Insurance people he had more
than once stumbled against a clew '
that developed Into a conviction.
Hut this promised to bo a harder case'j
than usual, and after ho had inter- ,
viewed the watchmen who were 011 the I
: THE PAIR RETURNJZD, PUSHING BEFORE
THEM A WHEELBARROW.
: night job and tho men who had been
I working on the case It seemed hope
: less.
| The burglary insurance Included the
services of a night watchman and a
I burglar alarm system. Nothing seem
ed to be the matter with either of
. these, and yet the block on Seaton
1 place had been repeatedly robbed,
j Of late a special patrolman had been
i assigned to the block, and all night
i long he had tramped from one end of
the short street to the other. Seaton
I place was only a block long, a fash
, lonable residence block that offered
, rich returns to the men who had sys
-1 tematlcally looted the houses.
None had seen them go In or out,
j though strict watch had been kept,
j Once they had even placed a man in
1 each back yard to make certain that
I 110 one eouiu enter tnrougn ule roar,
1 and yet during that week of special
»precaution three of the houses had
been robbed.
( The owners were of the ultra Eng
lish set, who seldom came to town
from their country places until after
the opera season set in, and already
the company stood to lose the better
part of Its capital In paying off It9
losses.
I Danvers, looking about for a coign of
I vantage, hit upon a theatrical boarding
I house at the rear of the block. Ilere he
' obtained a rear room, and for several
i nights he kept vigil. The moon was In
j Its last quarter, and it was not always
easy to keep watch, but he sat peering
j Into the dusk, looking to see some one
j Jump the line of fences and attack the
| houses from the rear. That entrance
was effected from the rear ho was cer-
I tain, because the watch from the front
was too strict to be evaded.
It was the fifth night that, happening
to look up, he perceived a shadow
crossing the sky lino of tho houses. lie
rubbed his eyes that were drooping
with sleep, but ho still saw the shadow
advancing toward the opposite roof.
"They can't have a flying machine,"
ho muttered to himself. "If they have
it's 110 wonder the boys couldn't loente
them. I guess I'll go up on the roof
and have a better look."
lie stole out of the room and up tho
stairs to the roof. The trap was left
open In pleasant weather to ventilate
tho stuffy halls, and as lie climbed
softly through the scuttle hole he al
most lost his balance.
Standing on the edge of the roof was
a second man, and oven as Danvers
1 looked ho stepped out over tho edse of
: the roof and glided toward the opposite
! side.
j There was a third figure, a woman's,
■ and Danvers waited a moment to see
if she, too, would essay walking upon
tho air, but she made no effort to fol- |
low her companion's example, and at
last the detective slipped through the
opening and crept softly behind her.
! With a bound he was upon her and
had clapped his hand over her mouth
before she could make outcry. Even
In the dim 11 t1 11 he could recognize her
as one of a trio of acrobats he had no
ticed at the tables. More than once
ho had sought to attract her attention*
i for she was a remarkably pretty girl,
! but the two men with her resented
oven a look and kept such close guard
j over her that there had been no chance
to make her acquaintance.
"What are you up to?" he demanded
roughly. "I am a detective."
"They thought you were," she gasp
ed as ho raised his hand to permit her '
to reply. "Don't let them catch me, j
will you? They have gone to rob the 1
houses."
"But how?" 110 asked curiously. J
"They seem to walk on air."
"They used to be wire walkers," she
explained, "but thev tried tumblimr j
afterward. They are walking 011 the ;
telegraph wires."
"They won't hold nphe scoffed. '
"Yes, they will," she persisted. "Over
here they have fastened them, and they
are strong on the other side. It's easier
to walk 011 a slack Vlre than c*i a tight
one, you know. This gives just the
right sag."
"But how do they bring the stuff
back?" he persisted.
"Wait and you will see," she cau
tioned.
« Danvers slipped behind a chhnucy,
*aud presently the ualr returned, uusli
tog before them u wheelbarrow with a
grooved wheel. One of them carried •'
Japanese umbrella painted black, with
which he preserved their balance while
, the other pushed. They dumped their
load on the roof and turned back.
! When they had disappeared down *mo
, of the scuttles on the other side Dan-
I vers stepped out again.
, "How long have you been with these
men?" he demanded. "You don't look
| like their sort."
i "They were with a circus," she ex
plained. "Iran away with Jim; that's
j the smaller one. He watches me so
that I do not have a chance to get
; away from him."
| "Is this a regular trick?" he de-
I mandod. She shook her head.
"Business Is bad this year. The boys
can't get work. They were fooling one
night on the roof and found that the
wire was strong enough to bear them.
, They used to carry me in the wheel
! barrow In the show, and they got the
idea of robbing the houses. They cut
the alarm wire and can come and go
as they please. When the men were
| watching they walked right over their
: heads."
I "I'd like to get after them," he said.
| "I could drive them down to the street
where the watchman Is."
| "If you won't tell I'll take you," she
volunteered. "Don't be afraid. I can
: do it."
I She caught up another parasol from
I the roof and spread It. "Hide ptcka-
I back," she commanded.
Pan vers put his arms 'about her
shoulders and raised his feet clear.
Slowly she adjusted her weight to the
wire and began* to make her way
across. Somewhere he had read that It
would not do to look down, so he shut
his eyes and hung on.
Once or twice the girl seemed to lose
her balance and for a moment worked
the parasol violently while she regain
ed It. Then she pressed on again, and
at last, with a sigh, she stepped off the
wire, and Danvers opened his eyes.
They were on the farther side, and
Just beyond was the open scuttle.
"Let me go back," pleaded the girl.
"They must not know that I helped you
or they would kill ine when you got
out. You must never tell how you
made the trip. Pretend that you saw
them and climbed a lire escape. I am
going to be gone by the time you get
back to the house."
"lint how can I reward 3 r ou?" he
questioned.
She threw a glance at him.
"I can get a divorce if Jim is con
victed. My freedom is a rich reward."
She kissed her hand to him in imita
tion of the circus ring, and he watched
with admiration as her lithe figure
sped across the open. Then
through the scuttle.
"Hull luck, I suppose," laughed the
manager when Dan vers reported the
next morning.
"Just that," assented Dan vers," "bull
mck—and a woman."
But he would not explain the latter
part, and the manager imagined it to
be the girl he married on the strength
of his increased pay.
T!;? First Photography.
It was in lSt2 that John Draper,
then a professor in the University of
•New York, made the first portrait pho
tograph. The subject was Elizabeth
Draper, his sister. Professor Draper
had the idea that in order to produce
distinct facial outlines in photography
It would be necessary to cover the
countenance of the person photograph
ed with flour. This seems a strange
notion now, and It proved not to be a
good one then, for all of Professor
Draner's early attempts were failures,
rinally he left off the flour and then
was quite successful. This so delight
ed him that he sent the picture to Sir
William Ilersi ial, the eminent English
astronomer. Sir William was In turn
delighted and made known Professor
Draper's sueee.-.i to the scientific men
of Europe, lie also sent Professor
Draper a letter of acknowledgment
and congratulation, which has been
carefully preserved in the archives 0/
the Draper family.
Tontlni? r.isrsH For Frcahnr/is.
Dissol.o two ounces of salt In a pint
of water and then place the egg to b<?
tested in tills liquid. A new laid C:.;g
will at once sink to the bottom; an e£g
three days old will remain suspended
about midway, and an egg that Is five
daj*s old or more will float 011 tlio top
of the solution. The vacuum in the
shell Is the explanation of the varying
actions of the egg. The larger It be
comes owing to the evaporation of the
contents through the shell tho more
easily the epg floats.
Orfffin Grliuler'n Winter Re.tort.
Tho organ grinders of America, ne
les3 than tho millionaires, have their
winter resort. The organ grinders'
winter resort Is Italy, the Italian lil
vlora, and every boat that sails for Na
ples or Genoa In the late autumn has
a steerage crowded with organ grind
ers. Those men do so well in tho
spring and summer that they ean af
ford a winter at home. Their home Is
a lovely one. far different from what
they would got If they stayed In Amer
ica. They sit at home on ancient
stone benches In the sunny squares of
little mountain towns. Behind them
rise In the blue an.l gold air the pale
pinnacles of the Maritime Alps. Be
fore them, hut fir below, stretch*B the
blue and gli- tenliig floor cf the sea,
with tiny ships coming and going. Yes,
It la very pleasant for tho organ grind
ers at home. Palms bloom every
where. Oranges, yellow as gold, shine
amo;ig tho foliage. The air Is sweet
with the perfume of tho groat rose and
violet farms that feed the voracious
perfume factories of Grasse. And It Is
cheap. For 10 or 15 cents a day an
organ grinder can be as happy In his
winter resort as the millionaire can
be In his for $lO or sls.
PreNident Tyler** FcnutN.
President Tyler's dinners wore, on a
large scale, those of a wealthy Virginia
planter, and as the greater part of the
provisions came from his own planta
tion at Green way Court they tickled
tho palates of the most exacting epi
cure. lie employed a negro cook from
his old homo, one who knew how to do
to a turn fried chicken and to shave
off the delicious pink slices of baked
ham. These hams were considered
tho finest that ever graced a table, and
the Virginia porkers of today, famed
tho world over, might well pride them
selves on their noble ancestry, that
were as carefully prepared for the ta
ble as a thoroughbred horse for a race.
For six months tlioy were let run wild
In the oak woods to feed off acorns,
supplemented by a little corn In the
morning aud eveulug. When they
were In their second autumn they
were turned into tho cornfield after
the harvest, then let run In the loosely
harvested fields of black eyed pens,
after which tlioy wore fed on selected
corn until shortly before the holidays,
when they were killed, then smoked
for several months !>y hickory chips and
finally rubbed down well with moist
brown sugar.—Home Magazine.
112) 4 3
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This Will dense the Grocers.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 31,
1907. —There has just been tiled wil-h
the Department of Agriculture here,
one of the strongest documents we
have overseen. It guarantees that
Jell-O and Jell-O Ice Cream Powder
arestrictly pure and comply with Ihe
requirements of the National Pure
Food L,aw. The guarantee is filled
under serial number 1534, and pro
tects absolutely all wholesale and re
tail grocers who handle the products
named. Jell-O and Jell-O Ice Cream
Powder are well thorfjit of in official
circles and their | urity and w hole
£omcnesß has nevir been questioned.
AUCTIONEERS!
Michael Breckhill, Danville, Pn
Mcl'iellan I'ield, WashiTiptom ille, I'a..
A. H. Dueter, Oak Grove, Pa.
A. A. Sweitzer, Watiliiiigtoitville, I'll.
K. M. llauuty, rnttfprove, Pa.
Mnny Children arc SitKfy.
Motlier < irnj 'K Wwi'i l Powilith for ChlMren.
lis. d I;. Mt.ilu r <»rnv. n nurse in t'hil'nu's
ll' r '.Ni \. Y> rk. 1 i:"•« a': ut> Cold.sin vi hours,
cure li\ cl i?-iiiN ■ m lii a-I ■ i uearh'l 11 iub
-1"-, Teething and Destmy Worms.
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Address, Alien S. Ulinstcd, Lcltoy, N. Y.