A RACT BOOK.
Scintillating wlttt San-asm and Bril
liant Troth.
i York I.rttrr.
II.is Malaria,"
goes to
"Overworked;" coea t
"II as Kheumatism;" goes
lias a row with his
:iiiii.i.
FlollcLi.
I luap. II.
Europe.
Cimp. III.
to Kins
Oup. IV.
iHK'tor.
I have ri'.iJ a deal of sarcasm In my
day but I never read anything equal
to the sarcasm contained in the above
four chaptered book, written by aom
anonymou. I suspect tho ex-perience
portrayed Is a ! smia! one; Uw author
intimates a- mucb nn page ol. Let
ine irive you a synopsis:
"Malaria" as It states, "is the cloak
with which ur.ertici.il physicians
cover up a multitude of lil feelings
which tl ey do not understand, and do
not much care to investigate. It b
uNj a cover for such diseases as they
cannot cure. When they advise their
put in. t to travel or that he has over
worked and needs rest and :s probably
suffering from malaria. It is a confession
of ignorance or of inability."
- 1 he patieut goes abroad. The
cl.atiL'r- 1 a tonic and for a time he
tff la Letter. Comes home. Fickle ap
iwtite, frequent headaches, server
colds, cramp-", sleeplessness, lr ita
bility, tired feelings, and generaldun
fltness for business are succeeded in
due time by alarming attacks of
rheumatism which llits about his bod
reiaMle-vi of all humau feelings.
'It is muse mar, in his buck. Ar
ticular. m his joints. Inflammatory,
luv! how he fears it will fly to his
heart!
"Now off lie troes to the springs.
The doctor semis him there, of course,
to Ret well; at the same time he does
not really want him to die on his
hands!
That would hurt his business I
Tetter for a few days. Returns,
Alter a while neuralgia transfixes him.
ile b oats: cannot breathe; has pneu
in. hi a; cannot walk; cannot sleep on
his lelt side; is fretful; very nervous
and liritabie; is pale and flabby; has
frequent chills and fevers; everything
about him seems to go wrong; becomes
suspicious; musters up courage and
demands to know what is killing himl
lireat heaven I" he cries, "why have
ou kept me so lonir i" ignorance?"
"I.iimu.," said 1 lie doctor, "I read
your tate live, years ago. I thought
ifst t keep you ignorant of the facts."
He ili-ini.-ses his doctor, but too late!
Ills foitune has all irone in fees.
Hut him. what becomes of him?
The other day a well known Wall
Stiet-t hanker said tome "It Is really
ustonishiug how prevalent brlglit's
disease Is iieoomlnir. Two of my per
sona! friends are now dying of it. Hut
it Is not incurable I am certain, for
my i.epl.ew was recently cured when
'us pi ysicians said recovery was iui
poss.b'e. The case seems to me to tea
wonderful one." This gentleman for
merly rep resented his government in a
foreign country. He knows, apprecii- j
tes and declar'i the value of that pre
paration, because his nephew, who is a ;
son or Hanisli lice-consul o-cnuiuit,
was nu. minced incurable when the
remedy, Warner's safe cure, was
Ix guri. "Yes,' said his father, ""I was
very skeptical, but since taking that
remedy the boy is well."
1 l:apien to know what it was that
cured the boy. for Genl. Christiansen,
of Urexel, Morgan & t'o's., told me
that it was that 'wonderful remedy
Warner's safe cure.
Weil, I suspect the hero of the book
cured himself by the Jarue means.
I cannot close my not'e-e better than
by uuo'.ing the authoi ' ..uvice:
"If my trtend, you have such an ex
perience as I have portrayed, do not
put your trust in physicians to the ex
clusion of other remedial agencies.
They have no monopoly over disease
and I personally know that many of
them would far prefer that patients
should t o to Heaven direct from their
I owe. les hands than that they should
ln s-aved to earth by the use of any
ir author ed means."
FARU MOTES.
DOCBLE RCS3 FOR TOCLTET.
Tli importance of double runs for
poultry is not appreciated by the ma
jority or amateurs who try growing
poultry on a comparatively small scale,
and yet these double runs are of untold
value. The object of the double run
is to supply the bints with fresh ground,
and thus prevent any tainting on it, so
prolific a cause of disease in the small
yaids.
Only one run at a time ought to be
occupied by the fowls, and the other
may be profitably employed with crow
ing vegetables, which will be found to
thrive astonishingly in such a place.
(nr not only gets the profits of some
quick growing crops by this practice,
but the soil has at the same time been
purified and brought into good condi
tion for the poultry. If each run is
thus alternated by fowls and crops,
say every four months, the diseases so
common in confined poultry runs will
be few and far between.
The efficacy of this plan has been
proven to the writer's own satisfaction
and is well worth a tri4L There ap
pears no reason why farmers should
not make poultry one of a series in a
rotatiou of crops, as by this means the
land occupied by the fowls Is well
manured, and before being used again
by the birds is purified by the crops
grown thereon.
It may happen that the small poultry
keeper cannot give these doable runs.
In that case a good plan would be to
lay down the one run he has In gravel,
as that can be more easily removed and
renewed than earth, and then it is not
so readily contaminated by the drop
pings as is soil.
For You no Fabmees Rarely,
indeed, do we And in pnnt advice more
worthy of being heeded by those for
whose benefit It Is intended than this:
"Mr. G. Lou gee, of Kast rarsonsfleld.
Me., writes to the Mirror advising
young farmers never to mortgage their
farms; that if they owe money, to be
sure and pay the interest anually;
never to play cards and read novels as
long as they can get a good agricultural
laper for a dollar a year; to abstain
from the use or tobacco, except upon
calves, to kill lice with or upon lambs,
to destroy ticks; to keep good fences,
and to have an orchard." Good advice,
that, for many young farmers a good
deal further from sunrise than the 1'ine
Tree t ale.
Anoi'T Fuu it-Gkowin'o. In be
course of a pomological discussion at
the annual meeting of the Connecticut
Hoard of Agriculture, Mr. I M.
Augur, f aid that the district between
Chesapeake an 1 Delaware bays Is the
best in the word for peaches, however,
this fruit has been grown in (Connecti
cut of a quality unexcelled. Varieties
with large blossoms are the least liable
to be bitten by frost. Success with the
grape necessitates intelligent care from
beginning to end. Avoid use of fer
menting manures in the vineyard. Be
liberal in manuring the quince, and
avoid deep tillage. Farmers should
use more and better fruit.
Mir.K and Milking. Frof. Arnold,
the dairy authority, avers that if one
will draw from a co in a close stable,
some siilk into a saucer, leaves it there
exposed to the odor for a short time,
and then attempt to drink it, lie will
discover what a foul smelling fluid it
i can liecome. Major Alvord, another
agricultural writer and close observer,
j would draw the milk In the pure open
air, and thus have it thoroughly oxy
j genated. lie says that when the cows
' are milked in the same air in which
i they stand, the milk will be bad, but
! if milked in fresh air, the trouble will
1 be obviated.
In a lecture at the I.oweil Institute,
Uotu-n, l'rcfessor Wool gava sjrn
very intetesting details regarding the
phenomena of spider life. The female
. t much larger and fiercer than the male
who, whilst, paying addresses, is con
stantly in a state of danger. Three
(lilterei.t, kinds 1 1' thread are spun by
spiders for their webs. A scientific ex
perimenter once drew ;!JSO yards ot
thread or spider silk from the body of a
siunl' spider. i'.k may be woven of
a spider's thread which is more gl isiy
and brilliant than that of asilkwoim.
.1 irih r of pine needles Is new pre
pared in Germany, and Is becoming
popular for use in baths. A half pound
or a ioiind of the txiwder is allowed to
dissolve m lukewarm water for a few
minutes, when the bath is ready. The
principles extracted act upon the skin
as a tonic and antiseptic, and the hatha
are prescrilied for rheumatic com
'.lints, gout, certain skin diseases, and
,.r invigorating the system general'y.
The powder is also used for fumigations
In chest affections, etc., as an antiseptic
a little may be placed on a hot shovel
and carried about the room.
YAtrs of Oilcake. The state
ment is in print that nearly 3.000.UU0
busuels of flaxseed are annualy grown
in the State of Iowa, and that the oil
cake produced therefrom is largely ex
ported. And it U pertinently sugges
ted that if it pays British feeders tc
have oilcake shipped from Iowa to
England to feed their stock, perhaps
we do not fully appreciate its value as
food for domestic animals. This is
very probable, and the suggestion may
be well worth considering by stock
feeders of the Witness persuasion.
Between the months of October
and January inclusive, it is a common
occurrence in Indon for 00,000 barrels
of American and Canadian apples to
be sold in a single week. Indeed 8,
000,000 are now paid annually for sup
piles of foreign fruit imported into
England, for which less than JL'l.OOO,
OoO was paid in 1-4S. At present the
1 United States and Canada export about
i lo0,000,0uo pounds of apples per annum,
, which are sold in the London markets
and streets at prices varying between
i sixteen and fifty shillings per barrel oi
three bushels.
XV attention of ttie French Academy
of Sciences has beeu drawn by M. Kaye
the eminent astronomer, to the appar
ent geolglcal law that the cooliug of
the terrestrial crust goes on more rapid
ly under the sea tlia'i with a land sur
face. From this lie argues that the
crust must thicken nnder oceans at a
more rapid rate, so as to give rise to a
swelling up ami distortion of thinner
portions of the crust; in others words,
to the formation ' mountian chains.
If fruits of any kind are to be set
out, see that the supply be purchased
and the ground picked out and pre
pared, the stakes set, so that when the
time shall come for transplanting there
need te no delay. W ith many spring
is considered the best time for setting
out fruit, and if this plan be intended,
so far as possible, the work should be
done early, so that the trees or plants
will be able to make a good start to
grow before hot, dry weather shall have
set in.
The lawns that are frequently mowed
will soon die out unless some kind of
fertilizer be applied. Every time the
lawn-mower is used a certain propor
lion or the elements ol the soil are
removed, as it is really cropping the
ground.
HOUSEHOLD.
To Bottle Raspberries Take
the quantity of berries desired these
should be as sound and fresh as possi
bleand having freed them from all
bugs or other Insects, put them Into
wide-mouthed bottles and pour over
tlein enough sirup to cover theai.
(This srrup should be made as foilows:
Take a quart of water and whisk up
with it a teaspoon! ul of the wnite of
egg. adding three pounds of engar and
boiling until clear.) After covering
the berries with the sirup, cork the
bottles and tie the corks down securely.
Then place the bottles in a deep pan
and pour in enough cold water to cover
all but the necks. Set the pan on the
lire, and Just as the water comes to the
boiling point remove the pan where it
may simmer ten or fifteen minutes,
then take it oS the fire and let it stand,
without disturbing the bottles, till the
water is quite cold. Then examine the
corks again to see that tney are still
tight, when they may be sealed with
wax and set away in your storeroom
till wanted.
liaspbernes may also be bottled with
out boiling by taking equal quantities
of the sugar and bruised fruit, and
placing them In alternate layers In bot
tles, which are afterwards to be her
metically sealed; but this method is
hardly to be commended, for the rea
son that the fruit Is very apt to ferment.
TIIE LAND OP
now to prevent the breakage of glass
jars in canning. Now in fruit can
ning season, the women of the house
bold, to whom we are so deeply indebt
ed for the good things we eat, should
be told that the trouble so many of
them take in warming glass cans before
putting hot fruit Into them to prevent
iiriii-in u xcile33, that, in fact,
it "resuTu"ln breaking more than it
saves. By placing the cold can on a
wet rag taken from a dish of cold wa
ter it mav be hlled with fruit boiling
hot without the least danger ot break
age. The only requisite is that the
cloth be fully saturated and with cold
water.
Kalte So ale of Apricots.
Choose a number of fine, ripe apricots.
peel, halve, and cut ons-hair or mem
in fine slices, which strew with fine su
gar, the other half yeu can rub raw (or
previously cooked in sugar and water)
through a sieve; break the stones,
blanch the kernels, boil them in sugar
and water and pound them to a paste,
and mix the whole with a bottle of
white wine and a little water; if not
sweet enough add sugar to taste, and
the slices of apricot and ice all together.
These kalte shalens are served usually
at the beginning of dinner or luncheon
instead of soup, and in summer are
very refreshing. Slices of bread strewn
with sugar and glazed in the oven, or
fried In butter, are generally offered as
an accompaniment.
Trip I
Grir-f Kmim'i
EXILE.
Slbrla-IIU
Ccccmher Salad. A refreshing
variety of salad, to be eaten along with
cold meat, is made of cucumbers and
onions. The cucumbers are to be pared
and then sliced crosswise as thinly as
possible; one or two large onions are
sliced In the same manner and mixed
with the sliced cucumbers and the
whole put into salt water; this, in a
short time, extracts the juice; now
drain them and dish, they are then to
be well peppered and half covered with
good wine or cider vinegar, a little ol
ive oil may be added if liked. This
salad may also be frozen and served
with boiled fish.
How to restore the rubber rings of
cans, The rubber rings by the use of
which fruit cans are made air-tight.
after being used, become bard and un
yielding, so much so that fruit seldom
keeps as well as when used the secoud
time. Tnough new ones cost but little
it is net always convenient to get them.
Lvery one should know that the elas
ticity of the old ones can be restored,
and that they ran be made as good a
new by baking then half an hour in
mixture of ammonia and water two
thirds ammonia and one-Uiird water.
Try iU
niscoNsoi.ATE Widow Ilia death
will certainly break my heart.
Condoliug l'astor Sister, you mnst
be resigned. He has gone to a far hap
pier Inline.
1). VT. (fiercely) Oh, you think he
has. eh? You snivelling old hypocrite
you: 1 want you to Know mat i maue
his home as happy as I coulJ.
I r is a wasteful practice to haul out
manure in w inter and leave it in small
heaps till spring. The manure often
heats and throws off the ammonia,
w hich is lost. If spread at once it will
not heat,
Ahouiniim can beaten out, either hot
or cold, as perfectly as golj or silver,
and can li rolled in the same way.
Leaves as thin as those for gilding and
and silvering can l-e made ot it, and it
is easi'y drawn into wire. Its high cost
pi events its use extensively in the arts.
S-m.r persons walking by the shore of
I.octi Kline, la Scotlaud, found that
they cast a double shadow. Upon ex
amination they ascertained that one
was produced by the direct, and the
other by the reflected rays of the sun;
the latter coming from the surface of
the lake.
An Itr.jTovrd wnlmill has been paten
ted in Austria by O. WenseL The an
cient vertical cross of the mill Is
replaced by double hor.zontal crosses
between the beams of which the sails
are spread. The inventor claims an
incrraseof available power and easier
manipulation of the sails for his mill.
Farmer Ginolii Sxaps. Three
lablespoontuls of uittted lard, three of
boiling water, one teaspoonful each of
salt, soda and ginger, put in a pint cup
and fill up with molasses, stir in flour
to make dough, roll and bake quickly.
These cakes will keep weeks and im
yrova with age.
Evert blossom left on the youna
strawberry plant will enfeeble it to a
certain extent. If the plants be ex
peeled to throw out runners and
thicken in the row they must under no
circumstances be allowed to blossom
and fruit.
WnERE a pasture is overrun with
weeds turn In the sheep, and they will
keep down the young weeds. Sheep
eat close to the ground and diligently
searcn lor all the young and tender
herbage.
The ordinary little hand-weeder is
the best implement to use for eradicat
ing weeds among thickly growing
plants, especially where the hoe may be
detrimental. Ou heavy, hard soil its
use is not profitable, but on light soils
it permits of effective work, and at a
low cost.
Xo delay should occur In going to
work in the apple trees to destroy the
caterpillars, as they will quickly festoon
the trees with their webs. The sooner
they shall be removed the easier the
work, as the young worms can now be
caught in the webs.
TTie following directions are for putt
ing on japan and gilding on iron work.
The articles to be japanned are cleaned
ot oil, usually by the use of turpentine.
and the japan varnish applied, when
the articles are placed In a hot oven to
dry. . To gild the japanned articles, the
part to be gilded is covered with oil
size, thinned with turpentine, and gold
powder put on with a pnfiT. This Is
then varnished, and moderately heated
in the oven. Leaf gold may also be
applied in tne usual way.
M Gtrmai Lcr in a recent comma.
nlcatlon to the French Academy ot
Sciences recommends thi removal of
ot pain by hypodermic injections of an
tl pyrin. The drug does not produce
vertigo nor somnolence.
Blacklekky Cordial. 'Warn
and squeeze the berries, add to one pint
of juice one pound ot white sugar, one-
hall ounce of powdered cinnamon, one
fourth ounce of mace, two teaspoousf ul
of cloves. Boil all together for one-
fourth of an hour, strain the sirup, .and
to each pint add a glass of ireuch
brandy. Two or three doses of a table
ipoonlul or less will check any slight
diarrhea. When the attack la violent
give a tablespoonful after each dis
charge until the complaint is in subjec
tion. It will arrest dysentery If given
in season, and is a pleasant and safe
remedy.
Tlcm Treserves. Allow equal
quantities ot sugar and fruit; add wa
ter to make a rich sirup: boil and pour
3ver the plums; let bland over night.
Jraln on the sirup and boil half an
hour, pour over the plums and put in
jlassjara.
Fear Preserves Teel. cut in
halves, core and weigh; allow three
quarters of a pound of t ugar to a pound
jf fruit: make sirup and add t the
fruit, whtm done skim out the fruit
and put in glass jars. Boil the sirup
low, pour over and seal.
Fried Sweet Potatoes. Slice
cold sweet potatoes thin, have in a fry
ing pan a large tablespoonful of butter,
hot; put the potatoes in, sprinkle them
with a tablespoon of sugar and keep
stirring until well cooked. 'ever use
pepper or salt in dressing a sweet potato.
Macau
nnrobor of
HE Cbti-kv
bit inspired
important
Great rioutb papara; the ar-tK-Jt
on Houth Amorica tba
result of an expedition asnt
oat by tfao magazine) ;. the
War Papera. which in
creased it circulation by
loo.uuu; U Idfa of Lincoln,
for the anria publication of
which Moan-m. Kicol&y and
Hit, formerly private eeo-
retariA to tne President, are now receiving
O.tOi; thna?, and many others. Bat of all
ita enterprises and serials none will surpass
in interest and in far-reaching results the
paper on -Sibnia and tba Exile System,
the publication of which hasjt bejrun.
Air. who writesAne arocies. had
ment a number of years in Siberia before
"tk C-m(vrv peonle started him oft to ei
plure the country 'in taeir interest, and what
be expected to do was to prove that tne exile
system was not as terrible as it bad been
described. Knowing that be held views
favorable to them, tne Russian Government
gave him every facility for a, thorough ex
amination rf all the prisons and mines of
(Siberia. The Minister of the Interior fur
nished him with a circular letter which ad
milted him everywhere, allowing him to
travel with exile parties and to make the
acquaintance of hundreds of ''liberals. .
As Mr. Ken nan relates in bis preface in
the Mav Century, the result ot all this in
spection was to make him changa his views
completely, and be has returned to America,
fully convinced that Ktepniak and I'rmce
Krapotkin and other nihilist writers have
nut drawn with too strong colors their pict
ures of the horrors of the life of a Kuxuan
exile. In these papers, beginninc with the
May CruCury, Mr. Kennan will describe his
journey. In the May number he crosses the
Kussian frontier. In June he visits ths very
intere-iting forwarding prison at Tiumen,
THE PRrSO! TARO AT TirVEX.
From an Exit' Sketch in the June Century.
built to accommodate 00, where, at the time
of Mr. Kennan's visit, 1741 men and women
were imprisoned. In rooms built to accom
modate forty men. 1H0 were sleeping. '-I
breathed as little as I could while I was
there," says Mr. Kennan, but every respir
ation seemed to pollute my very soul, and I
became faint from nausea and lack of oxy
gen. It was like trying to breathe in an
underground hospital-drain.
Mr. Kennan's articles are torn ont of the
copies of The CVnturv which enter Russia:
tbey, as well as Mr. Kennan himself, being
cow on the Rusaisn bls-k-list. But otbar
eountries are reading what Mr. Kennan
writes. The articles are being translated into
Polish, and tbev are appearing also in the
organ of the Russian liberals at Geneva.
Kven a Dutch newspaper published on ths
Island of Java is reprinting them in four
page supplements.
Linseed meal should not be fed to
very young pigs except in small quan
tities, and not very often, as it is too
much of laxative for them.
Iellcate Children. arslng
Mothers, Overworked Men, and for all d!s
ea.-u-s where the tissues are wax ting away
from tbe inability to digest ordinary food.
or from overwork of the brain or body, all
sucn snouid take oeoft Jimuiston of ore
Cod Liver Oil with Hypopbosphitea, "I
useA tne t-mHihlon on a lady wbo was deli
cate, and threatened with Bronchitis. It
put ber In such good bealtb and nosh, that
I mnst say it is the beat Kmolslon I ever
uwl" L- P. Waddell, M, !., Hupi
Mill's, 6. C
Motixo acrain, eh? What's the
matter with your boarding I lace this
time?"
"Well, you know I told you about
the torment 1 endured in the last
place V"
"Yes. A family with the toy-babies,
both teething."
"Yes. Well, I just got settled down
in a new place In a nice room next to
the parlor, when the landlady moved
in a grand piano, backed it up against
my wall, and gave all the boarders the
privilege of using it," '
"Where are you going now?"
'Eack to the babies."
Jcdge Pexnypackeb can't stand
the smell of tobacco. It invariably
gives bim a headache. He was on the
street car and a cowboy by his side was
tmoklng a vile old pipe.
"My friend," said Pennypacker,
"your pipe makes me sick."
-The cowboy took the pipe ont of his
mouth, wiped the mouthpiece carefully
on his pants, and, holding it under the
sufferer's nose, said:
"You kin smoke, stranger, until 1
get off the kea; I jest know how you
feel; it always makes me feel sick to
see a feller smoking when I 've left my
pipe at home."
A Lesser Zvir "Ah, my friend."
said the affable stranger, as he alighted
and warmly shook the hand of the hon
ett Dakota farmer. "I am glad to meet
you. You have a fine place here, good
buildings and a well cultivated farm.
How is the wife and the Utile ones?"
"Tolre'lle."
"Glad to hear it. By the way, Mr.
Snoozenberry, I see you have no light
ning rods; I want to sell you a couple
for your boose and "
"Be you a lightning rod agentr"
cried the old man, with a look of relief.
'Yes, sir."
"Gimme your hand again, then
thank God It's no worse I Come into
the house and sit down; I thought at
first you was another candidate for
county office."
Blinks (jeweler) Yes, sir, there's
no use talking, fair, square, downright
goodness pays in this world. I'd been
a big sight worse off if I hadn't been
born charitable.
KUnks Well, you have done some
pretty clever things, that's so
"You remember that young chap
who worked in my window last week?
Well, he got sick and I went right over
to his boarding house to see what I
could do for him. I saved 55,001) by
that benevolence."
'Eh!'
True as preaching. He had that
much of my stock under his pillow."
Emma goes to school, but dislikes it
very much. A lady friend ot the fam
ily questioned her on the subject.
"Emma, what do you do in ichool?
Do you learn ti read?"
Emma shakes her head.
"Do you learn to write?'
Another shake.
"Then what do you do?"
"I wait for it to be out."
All low and wet places should be
drained. A few rods of drain tile will
prevent slush and mud around the
house.
The best way to boil corn Is to boil
It with part of the busks on it. lie
move the silk and the tough outer cov
ering, leaving the white Inner leaves.
The corn will be much sweeter if cook
ed in this way.
Von dont know bow mock better too will feel
if joa take IlooJ's Mrsspsrtlla, It will overcome
that tired reeling, purify your blood, gire Joa a
good appetite, and make yon origin, active and
stronz. lie sure to gel Hood's SarssparllU. Sold
by druggists.
Among the lecent communications
to the Anthropological society of Paris,
says the Athcnotum, is a paper by M.
ilaco Jvri- r on the criminal typs ss de
veloped by the study of the skulls of as
sassina, in continuation of a discussion
to which French anthropologists have
recently been devoting much attention,
lie rinds a small forehead and a heavy
j w general characteristics of this type,
lie tests first not only by direct meas
urement of the frontal cerebral curve,
which gives 101 millimetres for assass
ins as against 111 for Parisians as a
rule, but also by summing up the several
auricular angles, which gives a like re
sult. The degree of heaviness of the
jaw in assassins and in Paras ians is
represented by 15 to 13.
It is well-known that many fish soon
perish when transferred from their na
tive salt water to fresh, and that fish
that lived in fresh water die when plac-
in contact witn the sea, as, tor instance
when the locks of a fresh water canal
are opened to an estuary. The cause
ut death in both cases has been sought,
and, it is thought, discovered, by M.
I'aul Bert. Salt water fishes perish in
fresh water on account of the absence
of chloride of sodium, and fresh water
Qshes die In salt water owing to the
presence of chloride of sodium. !Neit'ir
the salts of soda nor of magnesia added
to fresh water formed a substitute for
the chloride of sodium. Glycerine,
lugar and similar substances added to
fresh water to give it the consistency
of the Water of the sea, did not have
the desired effect; the marine fauna
died in the mixture.
CRAB ArrLE FltESEKVES. Put
crab apples in the kettle and keep scald
ing hot for an hour, add a small lump
ot alum. Take the fruit up and skin,
but leave on the stem. Add a pound
of sugar to every pint of juice and bo 1
to a sirup; pour over the fruit and put
in glass jars.
The ruling flower for fashisnable
decoration this summer is the hydran
gea Viewport wedding and dinner
decorations show masses of pink hy
drangeas. There is a blue variety
which is also in favor, and the white,
especially the dwarf cluster, is a mo;t
rich and showy plant.
Blackberry Sirup. One quart of
DlacKDerry juice, one pound of sugar.
one-half ounce of nutmeg, one-half
ounce of cinnamon, one-fourth ounce
of cloves, one-fourth ounce of allspice.
The want of a deep-water harbor on
the west coast of France has resulted
in the construction now being carried
on ot the new port of La Pallice, three
miles west or La Itochelle, where the
largest ships, with the exception of per
haps some monster Ironclads, will be
able to enter at any slate of tte tide.
The levelings and excavations for the
docks ot the new port have already
made progress since their commence
ment two years ago.
I r milk which has been set for some
time and upon which the cream bas
partly risen is stirred, the cream never
again rises lully, and there is a con
siderable, loss ot baiter from U
The transmissson of power by wire
ropes now no longer a question of ex
periment is found practicable and
advantageous for distances ranging all
the way from fifty feet up to several
miles. As an example of long trans
missions, that furnished. In Scbaffhau
sen, Switzerland, at the Falls of the
Khine, is quite notable. There some
SOO-horse jower is carried diagonally
across the line and extended a distance
of two miles, being there distributed
among the fifty different manufactur
ing establishments, situated in every
imaginable position and embracing all
the varied arrangements of changing
directions. This method bas been in
creasingly produced in Europe, the wire
rope transmission coming into use at
the point where a belt or line of shaft
ing becomes of too great length to be
employed profitably, in point of econo
my being much cheaper than its equiv
ilaut either in shafting or belting.
Anciest Dame Yea, my dear, a
wife should be a true helpmate to her
husband, and I am glad you have no
desire for Idleness.
Modern Mrs. X. No, indeed. I
am always busy.
"When 1 was young I did every bit
of the family sewing."
"Well, I haven't dona any sewing
yet, but I have decorated seventeen
work-baskets "
The FharmaceuticolJournal says that
In Canada honey Is extracted from the
comb by a centrifugal machine and the
comb replaced; the bees when in good
condition, will fill it agaia In four days.
After two seasons use the comb is melt
ed into "foundation comb," upon whieb
the bees quickly put the finishing
touches. Canadian wax is practical;
out of the market, the supply is princi
pally obtained from Africa.
s
Youno Winks Ahl so this is Mr,
Minks; very happy to meet you; saw
you on the street yesterday and 'most
died with envy.
Young Minks Just what I was go
ing to say to you, but I was thinking
of that wonderfully beautiful and love
ly girl you were with.
"She. lovely and beautiful ! Why
she's the most common-place yaur.
woman In town. 1 was referring to
that angel you had by your side."
"Angel I You must be cracked; that
was my sister. But who was that
queenly creature you had?"
"My sister."
Wasted- Thkm Heady. Lady (In
outcber shop) You can put aside
about half a dozen of your plumpest
partridges.
Butcher Yes, ma'am, bball I send
them right away?
laay .no, my husband is out shoot
Itg partridges to-day, and he will call
for them this evening.
"Tins has taught me a lesson, Brom
ley. There are secrets that one should
not tell even to their very best friend."
"Do you think so, Darringer? 1 one
day intrusted a friend of m:ne with a
very grave secret twenty-five years ago
and he hasn't divulged it yet."
"He Is an exception, Bromley."
"Well, may be not. I entrusted bim
with it one day and he died the next."
Conversation in a seaside hotel
between a young man an an elderly
gaest. Young Man I must have seen
you somewhere, sir?
Elderly Gem V ery likely; I am a
pawnbroker.
Stay to Hell.
Dear Cell: I'll write you a short letter
To say I'm wonderfully botter;
How mucb that means you ought to know,
V bo saw me j ust one month ao
Thin, nervous, fretful, white as chalk,
Almost too weak to breathe or talk;
Bead throbbing, as if tit for break i tig,
A weary, ever-present aching.
Rut now life seems a ditl'erent thing :
I feel as glad as bird on wing I
I say. and fear no contradiction,
That Pierce's Favorite 1'rescription
Is grand 1 Why, I'd bare died without it!
Ma thinks there's no mistake about iU
It's driven all my ills away :
J ast come and see I Yours ever, Mav.
The world Is full of prophets who
foretell things after they have happened.
What a Ounce!
I suffered with fever, bot head and foul
foul breath.
With stoniauli disordered was sick unto
death.
I bore it a week surely I was a dunce
Then I took a few "Pellets" they cured
me at once.
What a dunce. Indeed, to neglect such a
remedy and sutler a week, when quick re
lief could have been found in Dr. Pierce's
Pleasant Purgative Pellets.
Imaginary evils soon become real
ones bv indulging our reflections on
them.
If you hare catarrh, use the surest rem
edy Dr. Sage's.
Idleness is the burial of a living man.
If afflicted with pore eyes use Dr. Iwio Thomp
son sEye-water. Iiruggists sell at c per bulUe
Life is the test of faith.
For The Nervous
The Debilitated
The Aged.
" Medical th3 trfentifio nkill bu at lat awlTed ttm
problem of tbe lorur Drie4 meiu-iii for tba vmr.
cnx defailitatarl, and tbe asrrd. by eoriibimnff tbt
naro tome. Olery nd Cool with otbr effwj.
Ur9 remedies, tfaich, artiiitr rvntiy but efficiently
on the kidrvn-w, liver and bowels, rrmoro dineji
r tora atrwnjb ami renew itaiiiy. This rrtVr,fif' to
R
ame's
itelerv
Abound
IITHif ft plan brrtufure UKtonipied. ftnt) marka
a pw arm in tbe treatment at ittcui trouble.
Otf W4J-fc, anxiety, dineaae, lay tne 1 otmdatton of
pe-iTuui pmtration and weakness., and expenenot
baa abowB tbat tbe turual tvumxIam do not lueiMl tir
4tr&i and paralyaia of tbe nervoua syatem.
by
Pn SI.OO. Said by drasariata.
WELLS, RICHARDSON & CO., Proprietort
- itl.jKUSl.T02l VX.
If You Feel Tired
Wea and weary, worn out, or ran flown from
hard work, by Imp-wensbed coartltim of 'ne
blood or low state of me sjstem. you shoul.l
take Hood's Sarsaparula. Tbe pecul sr lon'Ui,
portrnng, and vitalizing qualities or this suo-ess-fnl
medicine are soon felt tnronrhnnt the entire
system, expelling disease, al c.vmx quick,
healthy action to every orsn. It tone the
stomach, creates an appetite, and rouses th liver
and kidneys. Thousands testify that Hood's Sar
sapsnlla "makes the wesk irons'."
Hood's Sarsaparilla
"I have taken not qtute a bottle or Hood's tear-u-parllla,
and must say it is one or the best medi
cines for (living an appetite, purilylng the blood,
and regulating the digest ve orirais, last I ever
heard of. It did me a great deal of goo L" 11 h
N. A. Staklzt, Csnsstota. X. V.
Mnkex the Weak Strong
FeeUng languid and dizzr, having no appetl'.e
and no amoition to work. I took Hood's itarsspa
rllla, with the best results. As a bes ts lnvigor-
ator aud for general debility I t.'ilnk It superior
to anything else." A. A. Kiekk. L'tica, H. Y.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all drugzists. $1: six for $v Prepare onir
by C i. HOOD A CJ.. Apothecaries, Losre 1, l.us.
lOO Ioes Oue IolI:tr
$85 SOLIO GOLD WATCH FREE!
Ibj.ipVaaKl.wohd v"U. hawmf-i w.tra. t BWwU f 9
HS; at thai wiew ttn (b- t.t L.rarm in "' Uir
h eola a b pur.ha.1 i. : iU. !' -die
tsd rn' th wortt and aaw quavl wlua.
PK KM) in I. l.-l.:"af rurm o ef lb-.
Irxaat watcbM al.iati- l-'ltt'.K. IhtMWaU.HPii Lt
rpraddoa.BOtn; .a ,.(,.! Uil Mindmj muw-t M'
taowt prfct. OrfTerl am. I rwitatiie it.-f rr in Ui m .jtU-
ah ' at tsmanls-rliil ollrr pua.i.f ' Wstnswtt awl.t
tMM ajrsui in ea b iutwiit Lr i, Ut thrlr boais, and a4iow
Ibom who rail, a cotupJwl ' " aaabl ami iy asrfl
Uol KOI ! StMI'LM; taw wtfJr. a WwlI hfl- h,
raialkOU'TEiT Ilk', and a flcv k'pi i Iscui la
oar bam for 1 aaonf tta, and baa lb"-aw to Utoaa wo ansf
aava caiiwd. tUrv icvwit mur-ij your o prtp-rt; h !
tvhl ta asakva titta g-r-t oarr. awniniif tb M14 44ll
'sm( a atsd lmr hue of aluatl aasiOe Kktl, W t'.m
rraawa Ibsvi tlia bosvins; of tba aaeittca la anjr lwtality, aiwav
reanlta la a larf trade ua ; after aur aaru.fa ba Vera la a
local if r for a awntb or t o. uauailf ft (rum t ' .(M '
t.',jui (a trad from the aun..unliriir ttmnirv. I bnae wUowriis
to as at encf will rat-eiv-a rat kwutii far sw-ar.rly nr wmk
mad iron b la. 1 til, tha tual remark atl an J liberal offer evr
fcnoara, at atada la orUer that our valuable llouawbuld Samples
taav ba placad at - where tar eau be aeen. ell oer A ut-ilea;
twadar.it will 1 bar.ll v gay trouble 1--r euu taahovr tbeia ta
Iboa sb0 aiar call at iwr b-m. aail y.ur reward M lw m- "t
aaiMfartory. A puatal card. o wb.. b 1i n:e a, coata but 1
rat, aad if. affer wtm btiw all. ; v d.taot m-t . fi f'jrihrr,
why aa barm ta a.. i:ut H y-n at a amd your a . at
macm.yv caaaec-tire. r EES. AT l i.r..T b"lii"-' i
HmTiKiM'ski Wi( N and oui lanra, eucupleta llnetif
hi Hoi"EifiM) ftaftir-ir. W per all eipreaa ftcglit, ta.
ilriiaai iiiirr r ii - , A7 jo
DADW
AY'1
XXHsX-sS !
The treat Liver and
STOMACH ltEMEDY.
. . ... .a... .f fh- lTrs'Til.'lTJrr
flow". KwlfMH. 1WH Nr.s Diseases,
lis. ol PP:a. Iiea--'he, ''osiiTeness. IaJi-resu-'Hi.
Hill-W"". 'T"r' lontioms'-toa of ths
liowe;s! and a!' der"isnu "f ths inter
nal TMi-eraT I'ureiv vercsb'.. containing no
icereury. minerals, or dcieterious drug.
ITU-e, SS ecu's pr box. So;d by all drairlsU.
DYSPSPSIA!
DR. RADWAY-S PIUSES TaeE
stores! renin ii to the iicj ani enable It to per
il. rm its luiB ti Mi. The svmptom or Pvspepua
rtli-a- pt-ar. and with tlieiu the nsbtllty of the sys
tein to contract .lise-. Take the medicine so
riirdlnir lo dint-tinns, and obtrve what we say In
mi'l 'I ni'.
ir-seud l-tu-r stamp to DIt. It AOWAT
CU .No. ax Warreu stieet, Jiiew xork, fur
"Fa:e and True."'
V rp to pet K ATI WAY'S.
DR. RADVVAY'S
Sarsaparillian
Resolvent,
Itnllds t:i the broken down const'tutlon, purifies
the b:oo 1, resKirmz l.es.lh and vlgjr. bold by
druggists. Slsbuitle.
nmm ready relief.
For 'be r -lief and cure of ail Tains, Congestions
and InflaniinAt oa-k
DI1HAD WA Y & CO .33 Warren Bt. W. T
ON RfiTI
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i
CBEITHE HOUlfe
(3 cms 'Where tha Woodbine Iwineth.
flats are smnrt, but "flousrh on Rata" beats
fSem. Clean out Rats. Mice. Hoacbes. Wau
Bucs. Files. Hretle-s. Moths. Ant. Mosquit.ics,
Bed-bium, Hen Lice. Insects. I'otato Hurs,
feparrows. Skunks. TVtanel, Gophers. Chip
munks, Slul.s, Musk lUils. Jack kabuiis,
Squirrel 10c oui c brucgista.
"BOUGH OS PAIS" Master, Porosed. 15a.
" BOUOU OS COUGHS." Coughs, colds, K&
ALL SKIN HUMOUS CURED HY
RQUOHIEITO!
'Rouirh on Itch'' Ointment mrrn Skin Ho
niara. Hmjilca. K.fih Wornw, tons Worm. T'-4
Irr. Salt KliiMim. rosttHi t et. ('hilblnirai. lU h,
Ivy Poison, Barter's Itch. S-ald Hcivl, EcavniaV.
tOc Irwe. or mail. E. & Wd.lb. Jersey lity.
ROUOKiPiLI
Cum Pile or Hemorrhoid , Itrliicff;. Pr-rtrufi-4nfj,
blvxMinjr. Liiitmal ami external rf:ntdy
In ear-h package. Fare cure. W. I'nvs'Uu
DISCO VERYa"
VI hAllv unlike r1lfleltl frtrm.
t u if ol m .ii'l wnntlfriNir.
A 11 . t. . u i.nriir-i in owe rradlne.
flM. ol 1.17 1.1 nnam. lo ' . 1 rl .
lM tp.nlui. l.!i:. Ilia Hi h:Uirlou. lIO t
i..titi, larvH m 1 Htudenw. si
Vlf. W'-l.tj.v. ulrrll'i. I inv.Ti:y "I I'euu.. M!"ni-fc-an
UniviTfitv. I'lia ttiiKin.1. A '.. u. Eu-lorfd of
lat-IUKI I'll. x-roit. Iti -cn-nti-t II. '11 VS. . AwTOH,
Ji UlH I'. 1UNJAUIM. JU ip' lilltoN. Dr. I WIffH. E.
11. 1 0011. IT. 11 V Y. Mute Ni.rrual C.llrfe. -x
1 auift Ly nrm" 'T'Vn' Pr-i-tu P'T ikle
from 1 l.ol . Lulnl-I TI. ii: ittli Ave.. N. i.
ELY'S
fr -r n. nnU
r r I s -a r s-a s a
X.f-
ELY'S.
I
1
C 1 e a n H o t .. t & rAM BfVC
Nasa, HtS
Allays Pain an.l rSCto oHEAD
I.inammall..i..Hi.yrEVEr,J
Heals (In- Soros, fe, 4?jft
It cs I ores ''"'lf
S-s.. r Tas,o m$&M
and Smell.
Try Hie duo. HAV-FEVER
. i'r:1- t -I'l-'i.-rt iTit..p'ih nostril and ia arr
tie. I'rut r-i rt-ntf at liruvTsrpt ;'y 1n1.1l r-r ibLurt-J.
Mic-M. l-.I.Y !:; i-i .i Warrc 1 t.. York.
FREE
ay rnn.nmm. Fall Description
Mwlr'i V. Tallw mf brtM
.ulq. B00D I A C. ' 0
LtI.M' n.inr. I ll-sr. I'hlla.. ra. Bltti.
iluas f urn -an,, a. Li; i.j: i:f . $tg. Virile.
MM1
ORGANS.
lb.17. si) i-'v -.. t'j yr faht Lst I'aytuct.
r UunuJ. Catiordo, u ,;., 40. (rc.
PIATvOS.
Mms-tn 4 IfaTiVn : nr.t t.ei-lit tniake t itrvft!ay
-v ciA tu that tJu-.r are .ujifur t" a.i ott.erm.
Tat Ki'V attr.h'.'f M.y:v tn the rru -r; :c;t r"'vpit.e:.t
li,tri"l.ic. ! LY t'1""! in I"-, i- 1 w' k t. ! tl:e MAbuM
MM
KL3,
aii.l Carrie .
UiUUI! AMI U.. tmiuuat, O.
LlathnnMand Bikranrraaftf working f..ru.fh. a
ll at a.jrtfatnrclar In th. 'tl Kith a.a t'.tt, .miiAI
aa. Aio iKllft ltf.auu.i.auiM
Mrs. Muggers Tou don't mean to
say you sent that Mrs. tuckur a
Christmas present?
Mrs. Wi&rgers Indeed I did
Well, well I if lt don't beat all !
What did you send her?"
"A lovely table tong to call the ser
vant with, you know."
-l"es, I know, but I can't see what
you did lt for?"
"Why, she never had a servant to
call in her life, if she tlx:s wear a seal
skin saque."
Augustus (at a late hour) Clarin
da, why am I like the old year?
Clariuda 1'ui sure I don't know.
"Well, because "
Ob, I know now. Because you are
going soon."
Clarinda will never know the real
answer never, never, never.
"Sat, pap." s;iid Johnny Jones, rs
be was escorting his father to the wood
shed, "yer know de Bible says Kjaie
de rod an spoil de cLlld.' "
"Yes, my son."
"Well, say, pap."
".What is lt?"
'Don't you fink I'm past fpoi'.in'
by dis time? Hadn't yer better f ive
brother Bill de 'tention wot yer wastiu'
on me? l)!s t'ing kirJer wearin' on
yer anyhow, an' I don't want to see
yer overworkin' yerself."
Miss Ethei Have you and George
had a quarrel, Clara?
Miss Clara No, indeed. It ii get
ting too near Christmas for me.to qu i -rel
with George, dear fellow.
News A boat Town.
It is tbe current report about town ib:it
Kemp's lialsatn for tbe Throat and Lun;'s
is making some remarkable cures witb peo
ple wbo are troubled with Coughs, Aslbuiu,
Bronchitis and Consumption. Any drug
gist will give you a trial bottle free of est.
It is guaranteed to relieve ana cure. Larj;e
bottles, 50 cents and f L.
BOSTON. V Trm.o'il St. 'HP'MiM. t'i W.(-hAs.
MiVf lUK. 40 L.st Ir.u SI tl't.i Sijairl.
I rrrrrlbe and folly ets.
rt'T".- i;t; ti as tti only
pptrin. loriliecerialncure
tit tT: If 1.JIS..
U. 11 1M.KA If AM. M. P.,
AliikWrdaui, N. Y.
sts aold Riff O 1cm
binv v.ara. and ft 1il
?T?, facilon.
li.HL DTCTTF. A CO..
Cblraso. IIP.
""S1.00. Sold by Druvslstav
4?&etrt lafj
SfJCaaraal.tf eot M V
3artMirOM
M 1 i
E.V Jhr m
0 STOPPED FREE
ei rUA .ttrrea.
'Dr. KLINE'S GREAT
NERVE RESTORER
1 Affcto:, Fin. Fsletv. nr.
lortllKLt if ta.eti aa .!re-Tr.l. tit olcf
j iraf dtw Tieaf' aod J trial botfla fraa ta
I Fit patlauta, ih -a Ue rm lirra it a txii ahn
r'rlej fsn iniun. I. Kt aui iiirraa aildrraa of
a-Ti.ad 10 I'. K 1 INK !i.!l Atrl. -t . I'M ijrli.blt Pa
baa lAruccM a. hi- W'AiiK 1 H 1 A 7 t-kAfb.
AFRICTEDUNFOt.TUNATE
Aftor All otliertw fall consult i
329 H. 15th 8t.f bf low CllowhiU, Phil-w, Pa.
SOyearBcvpcnMceinauI PEfl A E dimm T
Duncntlf rcttorM ihmv fkaa-l by mmriy indkorkw
tioos. 4Vc ( all or vrit. Adic fracaod MrictJoaaV
ff '-"' aaourt tut. a. im w. kui i ta to
AXLE GREASE.
Bert In the Worl 1. Klmt;? b? tbe Przr LobrtcaV
"wantedT"
ONE A(JKT VMl TIIISCOrNTV,
To take order Ujr tuiarging SMALL ruOTO.
OKA1-I1S iut'i
LIFE-SIZECRAYON PICTURES.
'I he pictures are really beantiruL l.ikeneas
Itnarauteed. Ai-'etiTa uu casi f jt.-t orders aui
make a lurc couun.a-i'tu. Al.lrc4,
InU-riiulioiinl I'liblisliing A; I'miliiigCo.
523 MAKKET ST rillLAD!:Ll'IIIA.
1-3 sB. aTB. awm a. aV s s a aua. ssaa asaak "1
6 ft mi mntbut
Ljvscrmai.fi Aliimafl ore n?tr Lo r.re k
r- STlr-llf. TaT rU r in Liiss wnrnt rsAn. nBiirasnrifnH
I aiie Bleep ; eScctM err-m hure avl fiiier fail j
frui roanfir. LJtM wn 9iUnl. JTiix Myv, ftcfl
iSIBO Saw lill
There is no great difference between
man and man. Superioiity depends on
Hie manner iu whicu we prollt by ti e
lessons of necessity.
FITS: All Fits stopped tree hy Dr. Kline's ireat
Nerve Kestorer. No Kits af.er drat day's use. Mar
velous cures. Tteitiee aud ftuu trial ooitje free to
incases. bendioDr.Kline.y31 Aren SL,r'lil1,,l'tt
Do not anticipate trouble or worry
aVout that which may never liajin
Keep In the sunlight.
Ituplure cure guaranteed ty
Dr. J. ii. Mayer, 831 Arch bt., l'nll'a.
Pa. tase at once, no operation or de
lay from business, attested by thou
sands of cures after others fail, advice
free, send for circular.
Our prayers are sometimes best an
swered when our desires are most op
posed. Nottilnc Cores Dropsy, l. ravel. Brlg-M's, Heart.
Dlauatcs, trmary. Liver Disease. Nervousness.
e ,ike Caun s Kidney Cure, orrlce. tfcil Arc!
M., flihs. 1 a bottle, for tv. At Druirir.sii.
Cures tne worst cases. Cure cuaranteeo. iry it
Chance opportunities make us known
to others, and still more to ourselves.
Vraser Axle Crease.
The Frazer Axle Crease is better auj
cheaper tban any other, at double the price.
Ask yonr dealer for it, and take no other.
There is no necessity for having the
colt in a fat condition. Keep it grow
ing, and aim to get the iargest frame
possible before it becomes 3 years ol 1
For Ilkt Tawer. AIo Saw Mills efull
slx.es for Lumbermen. with IIEOK'M
IMPROVED l,OU BEAM AMI fctl
WORKS. Write for elrrulars.
SALEM IRQ WORKS. Salem, N. C.
"llim" WELL
DRILL
All rutting tb dnll in eU. urcl rrmfl, rock. o..
r dicltnritd at nurlarf without rt-tuovlnaT
tools. Nitud f ' t I'jccfldi whr otuem tail I trill
Iruit "70 to 1H limfi h minute Pr,flt Uts,
TIFFIN. OHIO.
MJ.N.& J. R HOBKHSlClC
Sureical rk Medical Office,
'Jti JV. .Second !t.,FUUo.
Kstali. 40 years. Male's special
ly of irt at:nif all frins or Ner
vous d. ouiiy. loss of vigor,
jouthlul inipm.ienre snd all
forms of special diseases. Con
sultation i.y mail sinct.y pri
vate and contiilent.al.
SEX I) FOIl BOOK.
a,'i7loe,i,oar 8 A- M- o P. M., aud from 6 to
r. M. Cicjaed on bun. lays.
THREE YAItXS FOU A PrtUE.
Whoppers Toltl at Itlizzard Timei
t u Vicinity orGoiham.
A pllsician in Vonkers, uho i aw
something of a politician, has a C(nnf,
table place at Fork river, lw?:
bay, when, is oju the year round tn
nis friends for sport or reci e;it ion ti
late blizzard caught some of tliern don
there unprovided with means of iuuu,
amusement. They were imprison!
nearly a week, during which time a
small ale house was their only elm ?
from the solitude of the lodge Vi
day the crowd was yawning in 'tl,e
house. All things h;td become cW
nuts.
"I can tell you a story about av ,
tliat's new, anyhow," gapped thai 1m
1'arker.
"I can beat it for a pilrt," said j-l
enezer le 'Witt.
"You fellows don't luow ,ow tn
lie," put iu A. J. l'riuie. "it tikes a
lawyer. 1 seldom lie invself i,u,
lher' a prize in it, go ahead. ''
"Well, this dog, gentleuien," l-an
rarker, loftily, "ls?at any rubbit i,
that ever lived, lie was faster thai
the wind. Once, ou a lot trail, 1,. rjn
nose up against a scythe, wlmi, i,a.
been left blade upright in a tieM u
was going at a terrible tuce, and I krit-w
what would happen; so 1 stx,i u,m
by the scythe iu preparution. Sine
ough, the iilade palled him down tu
middle, dividing even liis tail in e,,
parts. As the two parts tumbled ov
I clapiied them quickly together ani
bound them up in a hunting coat. it
was going so fast that the hiood hadii't
had time to spill, and, of course i!,e
halves grew together, lint s lne'luw
one half had Hopped over just before I
joined them, and when Jack g"t wt:l
lie had two leg on the ground ami t'0
sticking up in the air. lie was a cun.
ous dog after that. AVheu he barkej
half a bark would couie fioni the irt
of the mouth that opened ui, and tiie
other half came fioiu the part that
ojiened down. This defect aimoyej
him, and lie practiced to remedy " it.
lie got so after a while that, after cho.,
chooing for a minute. l;ke a loomiumc
fretting under way, he could ruu L:S
half barks together into a cuiiliuumu
note like a fog hum. I made umiiey
out of him by hiring him out moriiiii',
to a box factory for a steam whist.e.
The most curious thing, though, wa? w
see him eat. 1 cut his food mio tair
pieces. He would take one morsel
with the half of his mouth that oiued
downward, and then turn a sort o
handspring sideways to his otl .--r -
aud eat another morsel with liis otL
half moutli. When real liuin;ry ,e
turned so fast he looked like a - j rev
olution ily w heel in motion, lie neva
wagged his tail. The leasoii was Uut
the muscular efforts at wagning, lieiug
equally balanced on each side, counter
acted each other, lie was abetter rale
hit dog than ever, for w hen lie ran him
self oil one pair of legs, hcM iw..y
turn a sidespring and go it ou the oilier
pair. You couldn't tire him out. It
was a great blow to me when ht
flied."
ilr. 1'arker stroked his chin coidem.
I'latively, and lCbenezer lc Witt said
fclowly:
"Your dog w;is truly wonderful, but
he can't compare with my raw hide
traces. I bought them new in Jersey,
and first used them to cart a load of
wood up a half mile hill to my him.
It was raining dismally as 1 loaded the
wood on tne wagon, and the rawhulc
traces got thoroughly soaked. Wbt-u
all was ready 1 mounted one of the
horses and drove to the house. When
1 got there 1 found that the wagon
hadn't budged. The wet traces had
stretched the whole half iniTe. Here
was a bad fix, and as the sun came out
just then, I sat down to think about it
Then the suu got so hot 1 vcut mdooo,
leaving the horses standing.
"When 1 came out a minute laier
the horses were straining to keep from
being pulled down the lull. Looking
down, 1 saw my load of wood ruiubliLg
up the hill at a jolly late. 1 was puz
zled at lirst to understand what ,is
pulling them, but soon saw that as the
sun dried the traces they were contract
ing at the same rate they had .stretched
when wet, and as the horses held the
ground at the top of the hill the wagon
had to come up to the horses. I after
ward formed a company for lilting sales
to tenth story windows. Jay (juuid
put iu the money and I put iu the
truces. Vo both got rich. The way 1
lost those traces was in trying U) souiil
the bottomless spring iu lVnusxlvaiua.
"We tied a weight to one end and drui
ed it iu the spring. As the we .gut
sank into the depths those traces siuii
out till at hust they became so tar a
thread that a but tei by chancing totht
against one end, it snapicj short tit.-'
Jiverybody cried 'Chestnut:'' at tins
conclusion of this story. When the u;
roar subsided Al l'rime began.
'"Gentlemen," he said, "IhavehuJ
no thrilling experiences such as yuan.
But 1 tested some gunpowder once that
proved rather remarkable. I am some
thing of a siKii tsman, as you Know, a:.d
fond of experimenting with new brails
of lewder. On this occasion 1 put ia
a fair charge of the powder and plenty
of shot, and blazed away at a white
targt about 1X) feet away. W hen the
smoke cleared 1 didn't see a mar on
the target. This seemed inconceivable,
for 1 (latter myself that I can hit a three
foot tariget. 1 walked over an 1 looked
at it. Xota scratch on it. I OU
pile, lighted it, and thought about it
It wasn't possible I could have missed
so completely. Just then there '
little humming in the air and a rattl
ing on the target. 1 looked at it sM
found it covered all over with shit
This was strange, lt puzzled me. ljt
at last the truth broke uiwu m- 1
scratched my head and remarked to
mvself:
"(ireat Scott, but that's slow pon
der!" The barkee-ir gazed LUnUy att.
crowd from the corner. The tavern
cat meowed piteously, and strove to
squeeze out or a broken window iaioW
cold, cold storm.
J luring last Tuesday's election a.
Yonkers Law ver A. J. l'rime wore
the polls a blue ribbon in his button
hole. One end of it was hidden m
pocket. To a lew intimate fn-,
Law-ver l'rime showed the hiJJfa euu
Of the ribbon. Ou it hung a lru-i
leather medal with a scarlet reii.t-r-In
lettei-s of gold was engraved on
the moito:
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lie had won the prize.
following conversation
occurreu
I" "". , ... ..... . -.1 ninZ or
iweea two eieganiij ' Mt
dies on one of the most fashion"
slreeU of Chicjgo: h
"Were you in the court room
the guilty wife gave her te.-umoBJ
that divorce suit? " ,M.
- ... . al.wl.-1. SO COB
"lea, auu l an ,,n
pletely prostrated by tie J'-e"51'
revelations that I couldn't Cet "pw,j
leave tke court room. I had to
until the court adjourned
again to-morrow."
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rat an evening party, mistaking anoi
guest for a waiter)-WUl you brin
ice, please? ,,Yott
Secoud Guest (with hauteur-"
are very cool, sir. jti
Guest Yes, I'm cool enough.
Ice is for tho young lady.
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