DIANA'S LOYE STORY.
1
I often told Adam that our home on
trie Bald mountain was exactly like
living- on a solitary island out at sna.
We were all surrounded with floating
wreaths of fog, which looked for all
the world like whlto-capped waves.
For weeks at a time nobody came
near us, but I do not mind. The
doctors had told Adam that the restora
tion of his health depended on his
living for a few years at this high alti
tude, and what sort of a sister should
I have been to let him stay alone in
the little brown cabin, where the
smoke from the charcoal pits ascen ded
night and day, as if the place were an
extinct volcano, and never had left off
belching fire and smoke?
We took turns, Adam and I, like a
Vigilance committee. I worked all
day in the little stone-walled garden
trying to make the rose bushes and
hollyhocks believe they were down in
some sheltered valley, and staffing
about my little odds and ends of house
work; and when the sunset died away
on Bald crag, and the whip-poor-wills
began to sing below us, Adam, who
had slept all day. sallied out to the
charcoal pits to keep his lonely vigil
for we were poor people, and had to
earn our living as best we could.
And all went very smoothly until old
Uncle Pomp, the colored man. an
nounced his intention of abandoning
the charcoal business.
Ts gettin' old." said L'ncle Pomp,
"uu' I ain't neider a bald egle nor yet
a lizznrd. to lib a-top o' de mountain
no longer. It's too dosprit lonesome
fur ole Pomp!"
"But think what it is for us," rea
soned Adam.
"You's young folks," obstinately
uttered Uncle Pomp. "Tings is alto
geddar different wid yous."
So we were left alone, which made
matters pretty hard for Adam. No
body cared to come up Hald mountain
if they could possibly make a liveli
hood anywhere else.
But one evening, just as I was get
ting ready to take a chicken sandwich
and a pail of tea to the charcoal pit for
Adam's supper, a tall, red-shifted man
came swinging up the stony path to
ward our gate.
' Heard you wanted help up this
way," said he, t king off his cap and
inclining his head not ungracefully.
My heart leaped within me.
"Oh," rricd I, -'we do!"
"What sort of work is it?" ho said,
looking curiously around him. "There
don't seem to be much chance for
farming up bore, and I haven't seen
any mill machinery nor shafts for
ore."
"'Tend'ng the charcoal pit," I ex
plained. "Sit down and ro-t a little,
and I will show you where my brother
is. Will you have a drink of tea and
a sand wick?"
Ha drank eagerly; he ate as if he
had not tasted food for a week. I
watched him the while. He was dark,
strong-featured, sinister-looking, with
a close shaved-face. yet I felt no
sentiment of fear or aversion to him.
"Now," he said at last, "I am
ready. "
He tended the fires that nignt while
Adam slept.
"Can you board him. Di?" said
Adam.
"Why not? He'd be a much pleas
anter boarder than Uncle Pomp. I'm
sure," said I, laughing. See those
beautiful red lilies he h;is transplanted
so carefully Into my garden that they
havn'tdrooped a loaf! See the funny lit
tle turtle he brought from Black brook
for my aquarium. Oh. by the way. no
one has told me his name."
"It is rather an unusual one John
Smith," Adam answered." I
'What brought him on top of Bald
mountain?"
"He was out of work, and heard
that I needed a hand up here. He is
very bright and intelligent and has
traveled a good dual. I rather like
the fellow."
John Smith remained a month with
us. He did a great deal more than hi9
share of the work.
"The squire isn't over strong," he
said, nodding toward Adam, "and he
ought to be favored. He shall be, as
long as I am here." i
It whs in the spring of the year, and
John Smith helped me with my little
flower garden. He brought home rare
hirri'a eortva fro- mv pdtlnftiAn' ha !
- & - - . . ...... , , j
evinced a knowledge of plants that
quite surprised me on one occasion
when we unexpectedly came across a
rare orchid in the woods.
"I should think you would be a good
gardner, John," said I,
"I was a gardner once. I had
charge of a house full of Jamaica
ferns, and looked after a forcing house
for early peaches that brought 1
apiece in market"
"Why did you leave your place?"
"Oh, for a variety of reasons! Look
here, Diana! you've set this lily bulb
too far in the shale. Bring it for
ward a little."
I colored a little. I felt that per
haps I had asked an impertinent ques
tion. But. after all, he did not seem of
fended, because he worked long after
dusk making the border of wild violets
for my flower bed. so that the newly
transplanted roots should get the bene
fit of the coming shower that muttered
along the west.
It was the very next dny that Ralph
Maddox came up Bald Mountain and
aaked me to marry him.
"OX course vou baiJ 'yes!" said
Adam, when he questioned me about .
It afterward.
"Of course I said no" "
Adam oped his eyes very wide.
"Why, I thought you liked Ralph
Maddox!" said he.
"One can't marry every man one
likes,'" said I pettishly.
"But wo are poor, little sister, and
the Maddoxes have the finest house in
the village and it is a desolate sort of
life for you to live up here on Bald
mountain."
"I never was so happy in my life as
( am on Bald mountain, now!" cried I.
Adam whistled.
"There is no accounting for tastes,"
abserved he.
I sung merrily over my work a I
;ot tea that evening the simple tea,
at which Adam was my first guest,
John Smith my last For it was
Adam's night at the charcoal pits.
The fragrance of the tea, the appriz
ing odor of the wild-strawberry short
rake, t be waffles that I myself had bak
td how plainly I remember it all! I
was clearing off the table; John sat on
the doorstep, reading the weekly paten-
"What are you reading?" I asked
aa I stopped to give the cat her sauce
of milk.
He laughed.
It seems the Baldville villager
have had a dreadful p.inic." said he.
There's a rumor that Mad Mortimer it
somewhere in hiding In their midst
Think of that!"
"Who la Mad Mortimer?" I asked.
Haven't you heard of him? A fam
ous safe cracker and forger one o.
those genteel highwaymen you reat
about "
I don't read about them."
Well, that other folks read about
who make polite speeches to the lad
lea while they pocket their sllvei
spoons and cameo ear drops. Bah
The humbug there Is in this world!
say. Di!"
"Well?"
"If the fellow really wanted to hld
himself, where could he do it bette:
than in just such a place as this?'
said Smith. "Who ever comes here?'
"Well, I hope he won't!" said I.
"You're a plucky girl, Di. I don'
oelieve you'd be afraid even of Ma
Mortimer!"
"Yes, I should!" I persisted.
'Remember, the devil isn't alwayi
as black as he's painted!"
"John, don't talk that way!"
'Di, put down that dish-towel
Come here!"
"Why?"
"I've got something to say to yon.
I've been a lving scoundrel all thes
weeks. I am the runaway soamp tha
men would scotch as they would t
snake! I am Mad Mortimer. I tel
you this because the chase Is getting
too hot in my vicinity. I must g
away!"
I looked at him in surprise. Was !
dreaming?
"I'm not such a vlllian as folks
would believe," he went on. "If
could explain all, you would under
stand that Tve been more sinned
against than sinning, Di. But there's
no use in talking about that Good-by,
my girl! Tell Adam how it was
Tell him to keep my secret"
"John, you are not going to leave
us?"
"Would you have me stay to be
hunted down as the lerrets hunt i
rat?"
I burst into tears.
In a moment he had me clasped in
his arms.
"Di! you don't mean to say that you
care whether I live or die? Di.. wa
it because of this that you said 'No' to
Ralph Maddox?"
My brimming eyes must have be
trayed the secret that my lips refused
to frame, for he drew one short quick
breath, his face glowed.
"My girl," said he. "this is like I
new life to me. Til make mysell
worthy to claim you yet see if I d(
not! One kiss do, my brave girl!
And now, good-by!"
So he left me.
This happened years ago. Th
next spring a new mill proprietoi
bousht the Allaire property and
settled down at Baldville.
He was dark, with a heavy blacl
oeard. softer than any silk, covering
his face. I am not sure I should hav
known him myself had it not been foi
a certain bright look a smile a trick
of utterance. Ills father came witl
him to inspect the purchase a fino,
gray-haired gentleman one l)r
Burgoyne, from Xew York.
"We are going to put up some con
servatories for you, my dear," said he.
John tells me you like flowers. Joht
is a great amateur gardener in his way
also. I feel a deal safer to leave hin
here, now that he has had the coot
fortune to win you for his wife. H
has been wild in his day a little wild
but he always loved his old father,
and he has had the sense to choose I
wife like you. He'll do well now,
don't doubt"
And John came up and placed a b!u
orchid in my hand.
"Your favorite color, Di!" said ho.
So we were married, and, like th
people In the children's story-books
lived hnppy ever after."
The only reference to my husband'i
past history that I ever heard, outside
of our home, was on a summerevening
when I chanced to see two of the mil:
hands gathering blackberries on the
rocky side of Bald mountain, as our
pony carriage wound along the steei
road the pony carriage that John
always allowed me to drive for myself.
"There's a queer story," said one to
the other, "that the famous cracks
man. Mad Mortimer, once hid a montt
in this very cave, behind these wild
clematis trails, that time the Xew
York detectives were hunting for the
Bigley bank cate. I wasn't living
here then, but I've often heard of it.''
"So have I," said the other. "Bui
I didn't know that was the place.
Plucky fellow, wasn't he? By the
way, how did it all end? They treed
him at last, didn't they?"
Not they. Came pretty near it up
In Maine, but he gave 'em the slip
once for 1L
"Gave them tho slip? How?"
"Didn't you ever hear? Rode oil a
precipice, forty feet high, with his
loaded revolver in his hand, just as
Ihey were chuckling to think of the
reward they were going to get Body
nover was recovered And that was
the end of Mad Mortimer. Ho died
as he had lived clear grit to the end."
"Mam m i, do stop Kox a minute!"
ried my little boy breathlessly. "Lot
me look at the cave where the robber
chief hid from his enemies. Only one
minute, mamma!"
Presently he came back, panting.
"Such a jolly deep cave," said he.
"But I should't think a man could hide
there a month, should you?"
"No," I answere , absently. '
should not think he could."
A Railroad on Tree Tods.
In Sonoma connty, Cal. , there exists
an original piece of railroad engineer
ing and building that Is not found in
books. In the npper part of that conn
ty, near the coast, may be seen an ac
tual railroad bed on tree tops. Be
tween the Clipper Mills and Stua t
Point where the road crosses a deep
ra ine, the trees are sawed off on a
level with the surrounding hills, and
the timbers and ties laid on the stamps.
In the center of the ravine mentioned
two huge red wood trees, standing side
l y side, form a snbatanttal rnpport
These giants have been lopped oS seventy-five
feet above the bed of the
creek. Ibis natural tree bridge is con
sidered one of the wonders of theQold
en Htate, and for safety and security
is all that may be desired.
A sheriff In Southern California hunt
escaped prisoners with bloodhounds.
FARM AND GARDEN.
JBSCRVATI0N3 WORTHY OF NOTE
IN RURAL AFFAIRS.
Ksiab of Fancy Gatea for tha Reneflt of
Tl im lTt Who Ma; Ba Contemplating
thw Lttzury of all Ornamental Fcoco
Atoat Their I.awn or Garden.
Serviceable farm gates, gates desira
ble for their durability, cheapness and
Ine ease with
which they may
be constru c t e d,
tare otlen been
described, but
Due seldom sees
oitber illustra
tion or descrip
txm of fancy
Sates suitable to
anish o3 as or
trap
iTTni
U !i It i ii I II
asmental. fence. decorative oate.
In the accompanying cut9 are shown
three models.of gates that any carpenter
can make, and -which may be appropri
ately cued' with almost any style of
picket, rustic or ornamental barb wire
DBnco.
A convenient si2e for these gates is
three feet six or eight inches wide. The
ipace between the posts for an ordinary
door yard gate may be three feet ten
inches. This is, however, a matter to'
be decided by circumstances and the use
to which the gate is to be put.
A wide gate is mora convenient than
narrow one, especially when there is
occasion to pass in and' out with any
wheeled vehicle as a baby carriage or
wheelbarrow. The designs here' given
to susceptible to various modifications
CHEAP FANCY OATES.
snd changes that may be required to
urit the special style of fence with which
the gate is to be used. These fancy
rates are best made of strong, light
wood.
Alfalfa.
Alfalfa ts a perennial plant, in many
respects resembling clover. It has long
been known in Europe, and its most ex
tensive cultivation in this country is In
California and some of the western and
loathem etate9. It seems especially
adapted to dry climates, and succeeds
best on a lisht sandy or loam soil with
a. anbsoil through which its long top
roota can penetrate and find their way to
inoistufev It has been grown success
fully at tho Geneva station in Now York,
but ih experiments on farms in different
porta of Vermont has been largely win
ter IriUOOv It will not thrive amon;
Weeds but must have clean land the first
feat. Ift reply to inquiries that have
been -made no better answer can be given
than a "brief statement of some of its bad
snd good points as discovered at differ
sat otato stations throucrhiiut thA covin
:ry and summarucd by tuo central ollice
it Washington.
Anions its disadvantages it has been
"ounl less hardy than clover and not o
aaSily established. If allowed to yrow
oo long the stalks become hard .ml
ivoody. Cattle cannot be safely pas
tured on it except in dry regions. It re
quires peculiar treatment t make 'ol
lay. Its jJiiO'l qualities are that when
snce well established it lasts for years.
it withstands drought well, gruwt up.
idly and may bo cut early and will tur
aish. several crops of green fodder each
season; If proerly cured it makes s.x I
lay and is relished by all farm uiiiiiMl.
in brief, while valuablo as a feeding
staff and as a fertilizing crop, it re
quires peculiar conditions of climate mi l
sod for its growth and careful culture
'ad curing to make it a profitable crop.
-Raising Pullet for Fes'-
If you Want good laying hens in winter,
sprites a correspondent of The Now York
World, Veep an eye on your early hatch
ed t bickens, and select the bvt developed
and healthy looking pullets fur furnish
ing yon with P5?s next winter. Fot
several weeks after hatching the youn.3
chicks should bo fed a little five or su
time?, a day. After they are half grown,
three or four times it day not to fatter
them, but to make them glow. I would
give but very little grain, and that shonlJ
bo mostly wheat, oats or rye, some buck
wheat, and ery rarely a littlo cracked
eorn. Two rations out Of every thr
should be soft food made of wheat bran,
shorts, mashed potatoes and n ' V corn
meal, all well stirred np tv.tr..-r. It
mixed tip witli milk instead of water il
will be greatly improved.
Give the scraps from the fable through
the day alon With their other rations.
See to it that they have green food ol
sumo description and plenty of fre.sli wa
ter. Green clover and cabbage leaves
will be etcellent; also a little bone meal
in their mash, and gravel should always
be within their reach. By forcing the
bert pulltts in this way yon will 1 '
quite sure to set them to laying in the '
fall, which, if properly housed and fed, :
they will Continue through the winter,
when, if left to shift far themselves and -make
a slow and scanty growth until j
oold weather, they are not likely to lay
stall until next 'spring.
Stool t emit the Mat System.
On the trial grounds Of tho Experi
ment station at Geneva, N. Y., were
planted for testing two rows of each va
riety 6f strawberries, one grown in the
rtcol system, the ftther allowed to mat
to the width of two feet, twelve plants
m each row, the rows threw feet iipart.
Experience in past years has been the
largest individual fruits from the plants
in the Stool row, and the largest yield of
marketable fruit from th matted row.
This year the matted rows gave both the
largest yield and the largest berries,
nd in addition bloomed and fruited
from three to five days in advance of the
rtool rows.
The condition ot the corn crop is low-
set in the eastern part of the Ohio val
ley and relatively high In the corn states
further west.
There is to be a competitive exhibit of
jemi-tropical fruits at the World's fair
between California and Florida.
From Emporia, Kan., come reports of
mammoth procession of farmers' or- i
janizations headed by the Farmers' Al- ,
lance, in which soma 0,000 persona
JOWOd.
Yn ircip tdviwq T'lintjv'r-in'ier
Jan't you assume a more pleasant ex
imssion than that? Just think of your
lest gin a iew minutes.
Young Man (sadly) "it wouldn't
lo any good. She refused me a week
igo. '
The cnqallant jcdoe. Judge
3uffy (to a female witness) "What is
our age madam? '
Witness (hesitatingly) "I have seen
ixteen snmmeis."
Judge DufIy-"II)w many years were
ou blind?"
Unselfish creaturk. ''No, Tlar-
v I am sorry; but I m sure tliat we
sonld not be happy together. You know
always want my own wy in eveijr
.hiug." "But, my flear girl, you could go on
(.anting- it' after we were married."
SSI lill
Plana for Two Styles of Hmii Malta
flit Troughs That Prevent Crowilinf
aim) V'netiual Feeding -How to Keep
Gralu Free from Weevils.
The name of patent pig troughs is
legion. Some possess superior joints,
but as a rule the farmer is averse to pat
ented articles when convenient contriv
ances for the same-purposes can be made
at homo at a comparatively small ex
penditure in money. Fig. 1 illustrates a
simple trough in use in Australia. It is
eo constructed as to prevent crowding
and unequal feeding.
A trough (Q) is located besida a fence
or division m the
pen, a board (g)
about I) feet wid
is hinged to the por
tion at b. When
feeding is to be done
pull on the handle
c, when the position
indicated by the dot
ted lines U assumed;
yon can then pour
in the swill or coarse
feed and distribute
It evenly in the
. rrg of Test
n jrmr
IE
to. 1 rES'D VIEW OP AV5TR.ALI.VV trocoh.
trough. The handle c is released, and
the occupants simultaneously commence
feeding.
The plan snown in Fig. 2 14 Intended
t prevent crowding, and is thua de
scribed by Prairie Faamef , in Which the
foregoing cuts brigirialiy appeared: The
top of the trough is divided into separate
apartment by cleats, as shown. Thoy
-u
FIO). 2 -HOME MADE PfO TR&COH.
should be made of hard v.'o6d, with
rounded edges, and firinly Railed not
more than one foot apart. The plan
shown at Fig. 1, while more expensive,
is well worth tho extra outlay.
nu.ldlng Fruit Trees.
The essential conditions for fcnddins
are a free flow of tho sap in the stock
and a corresponding one in the tree from
which tha buds are taken. Only when
the baric on the stock can be easily sep
arated from the wood can tho operation
be successfully performed. Budding is
to be preferred to grafting fof all tha
6tone fruits and in case of failure can be
repeated on the same stock, Mnd is best
performed on young stocks Of ono Or two
years' growth. The buds are taken from
scions of the present season's growth,
which should bo cut from thrifty young
trees. In budding select a smooth place
on tho stem of the stock to be budded,
within three or.four inches of tho eround.
Make an upright cut Just throng 'tho
bark, about an inch and a half long.with
n cross cut at its top, nd within the slit
thus made insert tha bud by raising the
brk ttuftk-iently with the knife. The
bnd-s for the purpose are removed from
tha stick of scions a.H they are wanted by
a siniH.ith cut with a sharp knife, usually
taking with the bud a very thin shavinj
of the wood. The burl is tlien Inserted
in tho slit under the bark, ami the stock
is bandaged over the wound with some
kin 1 of coarse twine, leavii g tlni buj
itself uncovered by the tie. If the union
of the bud to the stock takes it will he
manifest in a couple cf weeks, when tho
wrapping can be removed. In the sprirrg
the stick should be cut off a little aboe
the growing bud
How to Mmn-.'o CiiUIl Comh lliny
Comb honey taat has become old and
candied so that it cannot ha removed liy
the honey extractor may be managed by
Mrs. L. Harrison's method. This, ac
cording f the lady's own story, is as
follows: The honey was mashed up in a
pin and sot over a kettlo of boiling
water and stirred frequently. Eefore
the hotiey was very hot t!ie wax had
risen to the surface, and being set out in
tho col I quickly congealed, so that the
warm honeycould bs poured from under
it through coffee strainer iuto another
vessel, leaving the was, in the pan. Af
ter the honey was melte.t tho wax was
all melted up together, an l considerable
honey of inferior quality was under it,
which cm be lcpt separate and used for
cooking, making gingerbread, etc. The
rinsings of vessels used in manipulating
tiie honey will make excellent vinegar.
The wax can be melted in a pan over
boiling water, and should bo poured,
when melted, through a hot coffeo
strainer, and when cool will be Of a
uxht straw color.
Paving lee.X.
The process of rendering wax as com
monly practised is not only troublesome
but wasteful. Inasmuch, therefore, A3
the supply of wax is scarcely equal to
the demand, it behooves beekeepers to
practice more economical methods. The
increased demand is duo to the popular
ity of foundation. The most approved
plan of rendering wax is by the use- of a
wax extractor, of which there are several
in the market. Where one has no ex
tractor tho wax may be put into a strong,
rather coarse bag, which is placed in
water and boiled. The bag must ba
placed on a plate or other object to pre
vent its touching.the bottom of the ves
sel and so becoming burned. The wax
will collect on the top of the water.
Where it is desired to mold tho wax in
to cakes use a deep basin, and when cool,
i any impurities arc found on the bot
tom, shave them off and melt this por
tion again.
"German
G. Gloger, Druggist, Watertown,
Wis. This is the opinion of a man
who keeps a drug store, sells all
medicines, comes in direct contact
with the patients and their families,
and knows better than anyone else
how remedies sell, and what true
merit they have. He hears of all
the failures and successes, and can
therefore judge: "I know of no
medicine for Coughs, Sore Throat,
or Hoarseness that had done such ef
fective work in my
Coughs, family as Boschee's
Sore Throat, German Syrup. Last
winter a lady called
Hoarseness, at my store, who was
suffering from a very !
severe cold. She could hardly talk,)
and I told her about German Syrup ,
and that a few doses would give re-,
lief; but she had no confidence in,
patent medicines. I told her to take
a bottle, and if the results were not
satisfactory I would make no charge
for it. A few days after she called
and paid for it, saying that she
would never be without it in future as .
a few doses had given her relief." Ot
ft
A
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But, with Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pel
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They cleanse and regulate the liver,
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These are mild and gentle but
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Put up in sealed vials a perfect
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Thgy'ro the cieajest pill yon can
bny for they're guaranteed to give
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Pierce's medicines.
You pay only for the good you
get. Can you ask more?
4x trcrexx&sAxx exfzbiexob
Sjw a Xndiaa Frightened a Tint
by Kia War-Whoops
It b welt-known'fact that monkey?
4re a great difliko to the presence of
ilgcr in their haunts, and will follow hia
-noyemcnts in the forest and annor him
o every possible way. Peacocks ao th
wme, screaming and fluttering in tbs
irees overhead, o that sportsmen and
Hhers in dangerous localities are put oa
:hcir guard against tho common enemy.
On ouo occasion it bapucned that two
mortsmen in Upper India, after a fair
jy' shooting, wero returning to camp,
when a troop of monkeys overhead be
;nn bounding about in great agitation,
shattering and maklrlg hideous gnmsces,
is though half enraged or terrmed at the
light oieomc object beneath them.
"What can be tho mutter witb thsea
noQkeysi" asked one of tba eportsmea
)f the native guiuo w ho -attended them.
"I suppose they eco a tiger 1" replied
'he native, with perfect cooloesi m
.bough it were quite a matter of cottraa
:o mcet ona of t'uc3e striped beauties dor
!sg as afternoon walk ia tho jungle.
This was very alarming, but thero wto
aothia? for it but to wntk on a quickly
possible. Scarcely, however, had they
brocceded another fifty yards when they
found themselves face to faro with aa
:iormous tij.T engaged ia tearing up
the carcase of a wild hog which he had
just destroyed. Tho creature seemed
somewhat to be tiken nb.-ick at the sild.
den encounter; ho drew slightly back
utd glared at them with bis malignant
cycSj the guide mennwhilo remaining
riiOtioDless us a Etntue, with his keen
glance fteadily fixed ujxm the enemy,
while with a low voice he warned h'ii
companions not to Cro but to stand IS
stead ly as possible. After a minute ot
two tho tigor growled, showed itsteeth,
crouched toother, but, apparently con
founded by the silence, slurjfc away into
tho long gnus.
No sooner was his back turnid than
tho native, clipping his bauds to his
mouth, scot forth a wild, ear-pierciag
yell winch appeared to strike terror to
the. heart of the savage animal, whoso
tea!tby tread was immediately changed
to a bound ing gallop as be rla in dismay
from that uncart-? cry. Then the three
men set off toward canip at a round trot,
for tho short twilight of tha tropica Was
fading rapidly, and though a tigermlght
5cc in a panic irttho light of day, after
aightfall he is certainly not to be trifio4
with.
A SonjTwr Business.'
There fa aa industry tost d-numbef f !
mevare. engaged in. that you will noj
Hod put down in tho directories, and let ,
it pays. I
It was in a down-to wa Eonsvs snop a
few days ago. The florist was busily
engaged in fislag up flowers that wero
aviaently intended for an oStering at
soma funeral. At the same time he was
traftbing the work of one of his assist
ants, who was arranging another bundle
of buda and the like, which, tho good
aatnrctJ dealer told me, were to grace a
wedding party. It seemed bringing death
and marriage very closo together, but
this thought apparently did not occur to
the man of business.
Jut thoa a shabby, sooiberaDDearlnz
littlo man sidled ia.
"Hello 1" excUiroca tha ffood-fiatureJ
a.tn of business.
"Got any scraps 1" asked the Somber"
One, without paying onv attention to tho
lalutation.
"Well, mighty poor one?," was the
reply, tossing out some withered bits of
flowers.
"Tsvof mind; they'll dof'saiJ tho
Snmber One. "There aia't no money In
this funeral 1"
Then throwing down a few vennios,
the caller left the store.
"That's a 'crapo chaser," solrt my
friend, but not knowing what a 'crnpo
chn'r wns, I asked and received thia in
formation. Crape chaser aro men who
go about in the poorer neighborhoods of
the city searching up cases of death. In
the main they are guided by the ordinary
signs of mourning in most neighborhoods
in the form of ribbons of crape hanging'
from bell handles. Having located a
death they use tho be?t means at hand
for forming aa acquaintance with tho
bereaved relatives. Then they put in a
bid to supply flowers at a ridiculously
low figure. They explain that they pay
no high rents, that they are,, ia fact, at
no expense, and so can sell cheaper than
any ordinary florist. All this is true, o
f.ir as it goes, and ia many cases tho
crape chaser secures a contract. Then
be buys for a song the cast-off flowers
and plants that are of no more uso to the
pretcctiou dealer, and use them for the
poor wreaths or the like that be sells.
Yet his' businesi is profitable, in its
small waf, and thero are a number of
men in New York who follow it. ifa
l'ork 2'ev.
First. Socialist You are becoming
roi!d ami haughty. Beware of the fate
)f Marall
Second t-'ocialist That fate can never
De mine. Mai at was killed In a batb
ub. The smallest "mooushlne" distillery
3very captured by the revenue otlicers
was found recently at Atlanta, Ga., and
sent to Washington as a curiosity. Its
sapacitv is about three gallons. It is
?onstructed so as to be operated ss an
sidinary cooking stoe, and it is com
plete in every detail.
HUMOROUS.
Hare the grip Bulldogs.
Bound in cloth Mummies.
Sound asleep The man who snores.
Takes her stand The apple woman.
Koyal rakes bring a lot of rubbish to
the sui face.
Unless the waiter Is well feed, the
patron is UI fed.
rat savs: "Love Is that tinder loike it
do be aislly kindled."
The man who talks to hear himself
talk will not be listened to long by oth
ers.
Accordlnor to history Pocahontas
didn't believe in clubs. She prevented
Capt. Smith from joining one.
"You talk a great deal in your sleep,
John," aid Mrs. Ilenpeck.
"It's the only chance l get," saia
John meekly.
There are a jrood many "high-fliers''
in Chicago. But the fellow who has
Invented the new flying machine is not
one of them.
Xever mind if time does "hane
heavy" dur in.- the silent vifjlla of the
night. It will grow lighter witn cue re
turn of day.
"A proposal." mused "Van 'Jenkins,
"amounts toa man's saying 'Wilt thour'
Interrogatively and a girl's putting it
Imperatively."
Jrenn "See here: I've no use for steak
as rare as this.
Waiter Nothing is left undone in
this place to please our guests. It shall
be changed, sir.
Persiflage ijt Bikd life. First
Birdlet "How did you like that nice
fat early worm?"
Second Ditto "Oh, it seemed to fill
the bilL"
Two-Edged Advice. "Humph!
Gay weather reports these. Ihis paper
says Take your umbrella to-day' and
the sun is shining brightly."
"That's good advice. You don't
want to be sun-struck, Co you?"
It's death to onts trade. Uncle
Treeton "I heard that your son cut
West was coining money."
Heigh Seed "fie was until the Gov
ernment competition got too strong for
him."
Glad to fokoet iT.-rarson-'Have
yen something to send to the heathen,
.Mr. Trotter?"
Hr. Trotter (mopping his brow)
"Ves; I will send them my wluter over
coat."
A wise virgin. "He'll never fret
over my jilting him?"
"Why, was he so In love with you?"
"Oh. ro. He was so in love with
himself."
iMrERTURBAnr.E. Burglar-" What
would you say if I were to blow your
head off for not telling me where your
money is?"
Mr. Joker "Not a word, sir, not a
word."
Will Fight to a Finish.
As long as the fipht liit among tha
wall paper manufacturers, the Fidelity
Wall Taper Co., of No. 12 X. 11th St.",
Philadelphia, will give tho public the
advantage of the drop in prices. Wo
get this from them direct. Send four
two cent, stumps for samples of their
8, 10 and 12 cent gilty.
On June 4, 1812. war declared by the
United States against Mexico, on ac
count of the proposed annexation of
Texas.
"The normal life, wi-ll nml happiness
of inaiikinil depeiM npoi tiio physical health
ami perfection of Woinmi." Ihese are the
word of l.xtlia K. Pinkham. and they are true.
The largest buy in the world ia Hud
son Hay, measuring ?" ) miles north and
south by 600 miles wi.ie,
"Itelleveil bjr Ihs First roe.,
Meaosvili.e, Tens., April 10, 1890.
I am under m.iny oll cations to you for send
ing me tiie samplf Iniltie of Flornplexton. It
d.d mt; more good inaii any medicine I ever
saw. 1 would like to have a larue bottle, and
smcere.y b -lieve lliat it will lo alt th.it you
recommend It to do. I he hrst cose relieved
uie, and I am so much better than 1 was.
Mi-s .s. bmstkonq.
Flornplerlon Is the spe. iiy aii pei manent
cure for Mck Headache, Indigestion. lvspep
fda, lliliousness, laver ( 'omplamt. Nervoas le
bililyand Consumption. It is the onlv sure
cure for these complaint-. Ask jour druggist
lor it, and net well.
California counties are growing poor
through paying a bounty on coyote
scalps.
FITS: An File morpen Tea n nr. Kllne's'lrn
fcerve lieotorer. No t iuifter lira dtv'i, ue. tlar
eloucure. TieiiMfaiiii.umri.ilttU6 tree to
Fit awa. twouloiir. hane.ajl Area St I'iiui-.l'a.
The month of Mav. 1891. was the
wettest May In Europe forneaily sev
enty years.
Jfaffl toted with Foraeyes use Dr. taiaeTbomn.
en 'fcKy water. Iirumrutts sell at 25a. par ooiue
A Pittsburg widow lias had three hus
bands, each of whom was over six feet
all.
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Its action and truly beneficial m ita
effects, prepared only from the most
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its many excellent qualities com
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Syrup of Figs !s for sale in 60o
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Cold In the Head it has no equal.
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It 1 an Minrmem, 01 wnicn
nostrils. rrlce,v. Mia Dy
. Wasn't Afraid of Water.
The Olga, a German man-of-war,
was anchored in Kiel harbor. Prince
Jleinrich was in comma-id of the deck.
Notwithstanding the cold weather, he
gave orders for tho crew to go through
their swimming drill ; when the second
li;tenant, Count M , interposed,
saying that the water was almost freez
ing ami asking that the order might be
cancelled. Without saying a word
Prince Ileinrich sprang, in full uni
form, from the deck, swam towards
the bow of the vessel, and clambered
up the ropes. Slepping on deck, he
walked up to the startled Count and
remarked with a smile: "Did you say
anything jusf now?'' "N no, your
Koyal Highness," was the prompt re
ply. The crew took themselves to
their sinimniiiig practice, while tho
Prince looked oil iu his dripping
clothes.
Dangers of a Mild Winter.
A correspondent sends the following
extract from i'epy's Diary which is
very illustrative of the dangers of a
mild winter. After recording in Au
gust. 1GG1, "a sickly time both in the
City and Country everywhere (of a
sort of fever) that never was heard of
almost unless it was in a plague time,"
he makes on the lthof January, 1662,
the following remarkable entry:
1.1 January. 16C2 A fast day
ordered by the Parliament, to pray fur
inoro seasonable weather; it having
been summer wettther, that it is, both
as to warmth an! every other thing,
just as if it wero the middle of May or
June, which ib tlirrcten a plague (as
all men think) to follow for so it was
almost the last winter; and the whole
year after hath been a very sickly time
to this time.
The Enormous Debt of France.
The public debt of France is esti
mated at 6,200 million dollars, thns
milking it tho heaviest of any country
in Kurope. To add to the burden the
expenses for the enr-eut year are set
down at TOO millions, and the revenue
at only 600 millij: s; and the govern
ment has been forced to fund the ac
cumulated deficits in a new loan for
200 millions. More than one-half of
kthe taxation in France goes to the sup-
. 0 . ! l . 1 .
i'un m in nil nu iiuvy, anu me
poorest peasant has always been willing
to pay it ; but an annual decrease in
revenue, increased taxation and new
loans will unquestionably tend to in
jure the industries of the country and
ultimately prove dangerous to the ex
istence of the republic. Philadelphia
Uncord.
The deepest silver mine in the United
States is said o be the Yellow Jacket in
tiie Comstock Lode, near Vlrninta City,
Xev. Its lower 1 :vtls are 2700 feet be
low the hoisting works. Pottsville, Penn.,
has the deepest coil shaft, some 1650
feet, producing 1000 tons or coal daily.
One of Hie objections to railroads, In
the minds of ihe natives of India, is
thaf. if a Brahmin gets iuto the same cir
accl 'entally with a" Pariah he must vio
late the religious rule which Mils blm
keep ninety-six steps away from the lat
ter. One Remedy For All Diseases.
Is tru, however, strange the assertion. As a
ciMiipounil of vegetables easily absorbed and
able to promote digestion, nutrition snd excre
tion, purify the blojd mid secure heallhv -t;on
of the liver, kidneys, skin, bowels and lungs, as
the ancient tormina adopted by the monks of
tbq Middie Akps nd ki own as isu Bernard
V electable Tills, will Uo, is such a remedy,
and th-re Is Dol one ingredient In them not en
dorsed by the experience of a I schooU of medi
cine since Oalcn. No blood purifier Id the
wo ld can equal i hem. A sample of the St. Ber
nard Vegetable Tills will besentree to all ap
plicants. Audi ess, St. Behsakd, Box 2416, Sew
1 oi k.
jwston was i ne ursc city of the early
colonies to have a free public school.
Young married ladies tlnd In Ly lia E. Pink
h.i i.'s Vegetable onipomid a trusty friend
and in the Unide to Health and Ktiqnelte" a
book tliat answers all their questions.
In British India twenty -eight million
acres are cultivated by irrigation.
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nr. Iloxsie's Certain Croup Cure I a boon to
children who are attacked with croup or acute
congestive co iU. Sold by druggists or mailed
n receipt ot 50 cts. Aduiess A. F. Hoxsie.
Buffalo, N. Y.
The very Quest brand of Havana cigars
fete es $1300 a thousand in Paris.
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and mucous surfaces of ihe system, bend for
testimonials, free. Manufactured by
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Xew York doctors recently treated a
three-legged man for rheumatism in all
three legs.
OfipTIIQC I, Jacob Genchelmer,of Clay
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Arch St.. Thila. 1 do the" hardest kind of l.lt
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Mayer also gives treatment at Hotel Penn,
Heading, Pa., on the M Saturday and follow
ing Sunday ot each month.
There are twenty-three acres of land
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KiDDER'S PASTILLS.nT?.T..Vi""
HisToOTHBRUsn. -raterf.miiii i--.
(angrily) "Where's my to ithi.ru .Ii"
Materfamilias "Susie is cleaning the
si:ver with It. She'll be through in
minute."
Mtjst snrFT the weight. She
"The boat dO'en't se-m to trim. Am I
sitting stramht?"
lie "Yes. but your chatelaine U too
far to the left "
Expressive brevity. Mr. Ilpn
nepek "Does your lui ba:i I miuJ nvll.
Mr?. x)udelette?"
Mrs. 1. (earnestly) "He hasn't
any.'
3?OT CNCOMM..N. -"Xow that I
have started theui. sir, don't you tlimk
my aims are lotfy?"
"Yes. Mr. Hicks. Your aims ara H
right, but you are a very bad shot."
Might be Worsk. Sully Sliuim
"I've been, down to Sandbury Beach,
aud I was almost eaten up by iuo qui
toes." Polly riumpp "Well, dear, they left
you the bones anyhow.''
"You say your husband Is both econ
omical and extravagant. In what
way.
"Well, he is economical in bestowing
praise and extravagant In giving ad
vice." Her Point of View. Laly
It seems, then, that you had a new sit
uation each month."
Servant -"Well, mum, that shows
how much I was wight after."
America has 8t5,OOJ miles of bound
ary, or more than the coast lines of
Asia, Africa, Europe, Mexico and Souta
AJfwira combined.
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