'1
t:
THAT
LATE.
comes too
Tit wearisome world, this wot! J of our
: With ii tansies mall and great.
Its weeds that smotlier tbe springing flowers
And it hapless strifes with fata.
Bat the darkest day of Its desolate day
bee too belp that come too late.
All ! woe for thft word that U never said
Till tbe ear ia deaf to bear.
And woe for the lack to the fainting head
Of the ringing rhoat of cbeer ;
Ah I woe for tbe laegerd feet that tread
In tbe mournful wake of the bier.
What booteth help when tbe heart is numb
Whet booteth a broken apar
Of lore thrown ont when tbe lips are dumb.
And life's barque drifteth far,
O I far and fast from tbe alien past.
Over U.e moaning barf
A pitiful thing tha gift to-day
'i net la droes and nothing orth.
Though if U bad come but jreeterday
It had brimmed with aweet tbe earth.
A tailing roee in death-cold hand.
. That perished In want and dearth:
TVbA fln would help in this world of oars.
Where sorrowful step iuut foil,
rin,; help in time to the mmiing powers
lire the bier is spread with the j-ail ;
Kr BPiirl reserves when tbe Hags are furled,
And tbe dead beyond yuur call.
For balling most Ic this dreary world,
With its tangles small and great.
Its lonesome nuhts and its weary days.
And its strursje forlorn with fate.
Is that bitterest grid, too deep for tears.
Of thebeip tbit conies too late.
-Margaret . gangster In Harpor'a Bazar.
I1EK TRAP.
The telephone rang briskly in Mrs.
Howard Liascomb's pleasant home,
and stopping to it, she received this
nie-ae from her husband:
'Hello! Is thatyou, Lottie? I've
concluded to leave for Xcw York this
noon. The boy is on the way to the
hou-te f'r my grip You know what
I'll need for a week or ten days' ab
sence. Get your sister to stay with
you for company. Good-bye, dear,
s'long. Take care of yourself."
Tbcn he rung off, and Mrs. Bas
cotub went in search of the satchel,
which she packed with a deft hand,
fine wa a young woman, sensible,
well balanced, and nothing ever dis
turbed or annoyed her to the extent
of making her lidgcty or nervous,
ljcing in robust health, she barJly
knew what nerves meant. She was
self-reliant, but domestic, and ab
sorbed in her home life, which com
prised her worlX the had perfect
lalih in her husband, or cIms pre
ten'lt'd to have, and cheated herself
comtortabiy with the delusion. Ami
she never cro.-sod any bridges until
she came to them. She knew th..t
her husband had intended goin to
Xew York on the following day, and
ilia not wonder or ponder over his
change of plans.
When the messenger came for the
satchel she sent it carefully packed,
Just as she knew her husband wanted
it. She added nothing to its usual
contents, and subtracted nothing.
Tes, stay. Mie did take out hi3
seven-shooter, every chamber of
which was loaded, and laid it on tha
table under the mirror in the back
parlor.
"Howdy has one revolver with him.
That wHl have to do him this trip.
I like to bare- one handy in case I
should need it."
She smiled and smiled again with-j
out b?ing a villain. Tho idea of need
ing 0 rearms seemed so Incongruous'
and absurd.
In tbe afternoon she went up to her
homo to "borrow her sister," as she
expressed it. But Mis3 Madirie had
gone away with some young friends,
and was engaged to spend the night
at the house of a schoolmate. So
Mrs. Bascotnb returned home alone.
Two men stood in the doorway ot
an unused flight of office stairs and
WC" HELP
read an evening paper. : struck his foot against, the folding
They were much occupied In d:s- ' bed, throwing himself across it In his
cussiug one item among the personal ' attempt to retain his balance. There
news. It was this: j was a grinding, whirring sound and
"The liubber Horseshoe Company a complete disappearance of one of
is an assured faot. Mr. Howard Bas-' the principals ia this affair,
conb drew $16,000 from the L & M. j
Bank to-day, the investment of the On that same night' a belated citi
branch company formed here, and zen hurrying home was accosted from
will leave for New York to-morrow, the lower wimi-jw of a house he was
A capital of 880,000 is assured." i passing in the residence portion of the
"Bo y' seeV" ejaculated the younger' city,
and smaller of the two men. "Brew! "Sir, oh, sir!''
15,000 in spondulicks. Goes home' He stopped, for it was a wcnian:s
with it in his vest pocket, blow me cf voice, pitched at an alarm key.
he don't."
"Maybe not, pard. S'posia' it's a
certified check?"
"Then there'll be a reward offered
to get it back sec?"
"Jim, g'roun' to th' bank an' find
out which and whether It were," sug
gested the older man.
Bank clusscd,"
remarked Jiia
sententlously.
"S'pose it air. Did ycr expect to
send In ycr card to the cashier, or tho
president? Get aroun' an' interview
th Janitor. Represent yerself as
Mister Bascomb's confidential bizness
man, carn't yer?"
Jim started off at once without
waiting to give his pard" any out-
itn a rf Vila V1 o n f T T i- nroa ftrinn in
hnnr hiit. whnn hn returned lift wai '
I 111 l. 111J UlUU, iriliu TI U J aVVJllU KJ. i-S .
freighted with intelligence. lw0 al lne root- Mri -Has.com D ana
"Bills." he chuckled, "five hundred lthe now awakened Kitty were de
and one thousand dollar bills wbew! j tailed at a little distance.
An' he'll sleep with thorn about his "Now!" said the sergeant, and he
linnnraMn niwanti tn-nWht mr-hriP : manipulated the (lCsk as Mrs. BaS-
'Does yer know the house?" asked
the other man, after a spell of
silence.
"1 don't, pard. But I've looked it
up ia tbe d'reclory, and it's as handy
as a mitten on yer nose. Lot's go
and get somethin' wet to improve , -
our minus, it s 'tween us mis time
you outside, nie in savcy?" ao- 'evc-r jim, jou re at it again.
The rascals, who. in appearance at j IIcrc yu are-" sald one of the police
loast, miaht have passed for honest ! mcn as he snapped the bracelets on
men, walked out of tho doorway and hl3 wrlst' "You're pal's not in it
nartcd comnanv. to avoid tho cacrlo tihis time, as he handed him over to
eye of thcipollce, which would have
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recognized in their duality a con
spiracy against law and order.
W hen Mrs. Bascomb returned from
her visit it was dark. She had staid
to supper, and as the girl opened tbe
(".oor she saw that she was somewhat
excited.
"What is it, Kitty?" she asked,
rather gravely, because the girl was
in ' '"ii to iit.raf eii oasilv.
"Oh, mem, what was the name of
the girl as lived here betore I came?"
she responded with a counter ques
tion. "Her name? Sarah something, I
cannot remember just now Why?"
Oh, there was a youncr man hero
looking for hts sister, but her name
was Annie Donovan, lie said he
hadn't seen her in ten years, and she
was grown up now, and he talked
butchfully about her. It would bring
tbe tears till yuur eyes, ma'am, Ito he v
heard him."
'Kitty, I wouldn't gossip with
strange men it I were you.
it isa't J
safe. He probably was a tramp, and
all that story about his sister ws just
made up out ot whole cloth What '
else did he want?" '
"Nothing, ma'am, and I didn't let
him inside tbe kitchen door. He
warn't no tramp,an I'm sure he were
tellin' tho truth."
Mrs. Bascomb did not prolong the
argument, but busied herself until
bedtime with some household duties,
which were really in the line of pleas
ures to her womanly nature. Then
.i .v.. i i i.,i i
enTitty to Ud7and weVt nlo hel
cosy, Juit as If the master of the housi
were at home.
i "1 must send lather's message to
. IToward," the soliloquized, and seat-
! loir herself at the pretty little desk
which had been one of her wedding
' presents, she wrote a postal card.
After giving the business message
from her father, she added one for
herself. AY ben the card was ad
dressed she went to the window and
looked out, wondering why she bad
I not thought to write it earlier in thd
evening. There was a mail bos
J diagonally across the street on th
corner. .
Til just ran across and mail it'
I'll leave the door open It wonj
take a moment."
Taking a wrap from the hat-tree ia
the hall, she threw it about her, saw
that no one was passing, and slippe
out. It took her only a moment t
drop that card in the box and ru
back to the house, Tbe door was aja:
as she had left it, no one was on thij
street; but in tbat one moment
It was past midnight. Mrs. Bas
comb was reading a very Interesting
novel. She was surprised when tha
clock struck tbe half hour, and laid
her book down. Not that she fell
sleepy, but she had just determined
that sbo would sleep downstairs in
the new folding-bed in the back par
lor. There were portieres between
tbe rooms, but these wero drawn
back and hung limp on either side.
Tho "bed" was a large handsome
bookcase, with brio-a-brac on its ton
shelf. Mrs. Bascomb let it down and
admired it from all sides. It took up
all the space between the walls, ex
cept just room enough for her to pass
to the little table under the mirror,
where Howard's revolver lay. She now
pushed this further back and laid her
watch and chain her wedding pres
ent from her father her diamond
graduation ring, and her purse which
she took out of the pocket of her
dress, on the table in a shining heap.
"I wonder if he married tbe tall,
thin one, or the short, homely one,"
she said to herself, and, going out
into the parlor, pickea up the book
again, and was soon deep in the plot.
A noise roused her. She looked at
tbe folding doors leading Into the
halL They were locked, she knew.
Then she turned her eyes toward the
back parlor.
"It's the new folding bed getting
used to being open." she thought,
conscious of a slight exhilaration in
the region of her heart. Then she
glanced at a mirror, in which she
saw the full-length figure of a man
standing back of the portieres.
1 have heard it said, or read some
where, that every man is ready to
protect a woman from every other
man except himself. At that mo
ment Lottie Bascomb would rather
have seen a tiger standing ready to
devour her. Her next surprise was
at bis maimer of address:
"Good evening, ma'am," and he
stepped from the portiere and1stood
before her. "You needn't be fright
ened, 1 ain't goln' to hurt you."
"What do you want?" Her voice
did not even tremble.
"I want the money ycr husband
brought homo that he's goin to take
to New York to-morrow. "
"I don't know what money vou
mean, but my husband is on his way
to New York now. He left to-day
noon. "
She had risen from her chair and
started forward to reach tho revolver.
But she could not outwit the disap
pointed and enraged burglar.
He sprang to intercept her, and
i "Will you pleaso find the policeman
on this beat and send him here ia-
i stantly?"
"Can I be of any assistance?"
I "So. It's a burgiar, and I have
him safe."
j The policeman arrived,
i him the passer-by she had
and with
accosted,
required,
went to
whose services were not
however. The policeman
the telephone and summoned help
Meanwhile he took up a position
where earlier in the evening the fold-mg-bed
had stood. It was now shut
up, and looked merely a massive
bookcase again.
When the patrol wagon arrived,
this desk became au object of lmme
oiate interest, one niue-coatca om-
"i"l was Stationed on
cithcr side and
comb had shown him how to do, a
moment before.
It came down on the run, and
there, limp, and half-smothered, was
the trapped burglar, his forehead cut
aua bleeding from a chance incision
as the bed had shut up with him in
an explosive embrace.
- V,
lwu ui tuu unit;.
"That's him," said Kitty, "that's
tho man that, was lookin' for a girl as
he said was his sister. Oh, tho vill
yun'." lie was taken away, tried and con
victed and sent up for five years, but
be never opened his mouth as to his
method of petting into the house. It
is quite safe to infer that Mrs. Bas
comb never resorted again to that
very common practice of ladies who
mail late letters, of leaving the
house dcor ajar. And the foldins
bed will remain a desk to the end of
its days, unless it should again be
used as a burglar-trap. Utica Globe.
At Slmiuonson's.
First Clerk There's a new baby at
Kimmonson's. Second Clerk So?
Type-writer or book-keeper? In
dianapolis Journal.
Ills Quotation.
"That is an other story," as th
builder said when ordered to run th
waiis up higher. Troy Press.
.V Lesson in Woman Suffrage.
In the matter of woman's right
Abyssinia is far ahead of Europe.
The house and all its contents be
long to her, and if the husband of
fends she turns him out until ho is
duly repentant and makes amends.
Ills Fatal Success.
i Townc 1 hear that Uoreum played
the part of a court jester la voui
private theatricals. How did he do?
llowson Lott fin distrust) UD. ha
a fool of Uef and
FARM NOTES.
IATE CABSAOB XTiASTSl
Tt is not necessary for a crop of lata
eabbageW
LV.ldr:?J
meuow as possiDie, sow tne seed in
drills rather thinly, and cover nightj
to keep in the heat. It is very im
portant to make a rapid hut stocky
growth. This may be dona by putting
nitrate of soda in the drill row and
transplanting each plant once if not
more times before finally setting it out
where it is to make a head. Plants
thus treated are worth double those
grown closely crowded in the msttad
bed. Boston Cultivator, i
GBOWEJO POTATOES.
To grow potatoes, select the best
soil yon can get, avoiding ground that
is liable to overflow, clear off all the
trash, and if the ground is not very
rich apply a good dressing of well
rotted manure and then plow as deep
as you can. Xhea narrow until the
soil is in good condition. Then as soon
as danger of frost is past plant foi
c-rly crop. First of June plant peach
blows. 'When ready to plant take
plow and run deep . furrows three and
one-half feet apart. Cut your potatoes,
in pieces, one or two eyes to the piece,
drop eighteen inches apart in these
f arrow, one piece in a place. Then
tako a hoe and cover, putting an inch
of soil over each piece. Cultivate at
soon as the plants are well up and keep
filling in the f urrows, and you will not
bo troubled with weeds in the rows
end will not need to do any hand
weeding. Cultivate once a week till
they bloom. New York Observer.
the cow's CCD.
The cow's cud is a quantity of th
food that is brought up from the first
stomach after the food has been swal
lowed and the animal is resting and
has time to r:Tca.-.t'ct!9 ii :i:'T3 com
pletely. Between the first and second
stomachs there is a receptacle about
live inches long aad tao size of tho
gullet. A portion of the food is pressed
into this part of tho gnllct and is
brought up into the throat and month,
where it is chewed slowly. This food
may bo seen ascending the gullet when
tbe cow is ruminating. The cud is not
any distinct thing, as some suppose,
at may be lost, but is simply a por
tion of tho food which comes from the
ttoinacU in the way described. When
a cow is said to lose her cud, nothing
is lost or dropped, but by reason of
indigestion the action of the stomach
is suspended, and it is restored as soon
as me trouole is removed by any
simple medicine. The most effective
is a dose of a pint of raw linseed oil or
ncltai lard. New York Times.
FEBTrLuIEKS AND COW-PEAS.
The manner of properly treatin or and
tpplying fertilizers is yearly receiving !
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tuorj consideration nmonr
ai.iuacao.
On this subject the Georgia Experi
ment Station tells Southern farmers
ihnt tho best results can only be ob
tained from concentrated fertilizers by
using them on the best lands, and not
by scattering them at tho rate of 100
or 200 pounds to the cere over a large,
worn-out plantation. Nor should the
mistako bo mado of applying large
amounts of concentrated fertilizers on
worn-out land. The larger the appli
cation the more important it becomes
that tho land should be in the best pos
sible condition, buch as it would have
been left in by a good crop of small
frrain, with thorough and deep plow
ing and harrowing.
The practice of sowing cow-pcas ia
sirongly urged for renovating the soil
and for hay. Nitrogen is the most im
portant element of plant food because
it is indispensable to tho plant and is
deficient in nil worn or partially ex
hausted soils. It is the most uniformly
effective element of a fertilizer for c.U
grain?, grasses and cotton. While the
most expensive, if bought in tho mar
ket, it may bo drawn from the air by
cultivating such plants as clover, pea
nut?, vetches, burrclover, lucerne and
especially the cow-pea, which, if prop
erly utilized, will bo more valnablo to
tho Southern farmer than red clover
has been to tho farmers of the North
and West. New York World.
ELECTRICITY IN AORICULTCT.
Attention has recently been directed
to tho application of electricity to farm
ing operations, and the designing and
introduction of suitable dynamo-electric
machinery for this purpose would
no doubt be profitable both to the
manufacturers and the farmers. Early
in 1S92, an electric power system was
installed at the farm of the Agricultural
Experiment Station, Auburn, Ala., the
current being brought from the collego
laboratory by a line three-quarters of
a mile in length, conducted by the stu
dents themselves. A ten horse power
motor was used for ginning and press
ing cotton, thrashing grain, cutting up
feed stuff, etc., and gave entire satis
faction. In every community where
thoro is water power, electricity could
bo economically generated end used not
only for the above mentioned purposes,
but also to run saws, planing machines,
pumps, lathes, grindstones, eider
prcsqos, sorghum mills, churns, sowing
machines in short, for everything re-
quiring rotrer. What farmer would
not welcome tho exchange of smoky
lamps for electric lights? The are light
may also prove useful in market gar
dening, some recent experiments made
in France having shown that it has a
marked effect in stimulating plant
ETOwth when sunlight is not to be had.
Where sufficient water power is not
available, windmills might be used in
onncction with a system of storago
batteries. Such a utilization of the
trasted energies of nature would put off
the coming of the coal famine that
threatens future generations. Inven
tive Age.
CULTIVATION OF WHitiOWS.
Inquiries ore received concerning
tho culture and marketing cf willows
for baskets and other goods. Notwith
standing the basket willow doss well in
this country, five-sixths of the quan
tity consumed is imported from for
eign countries.
The prevailing opinion that only low
Land is suitable for willow cultivation
may be the cause of eo little attention
being given to it Low land is best,
but high land is good. It is certainly
far better than land where there are
stagnant pools or too much water.
Eor the growth of willows the land
must be treated similar to that in
tended for the planting of corn. It !
must be plowed in the fall and loosened
'npinthe spring. Tho field mutt be
kept free of crass and weeds.
i The willow cuttings are planted in
. , - , i rwn . '
rows Twelve mcaes aoart. j.ne rows
should bo three feet apart and a eulti-
Dator and. hand hoe used to keep down
tho weeds. !
The plants are cuttings from two to .
tlirce year old willows which are cut
ono foot long, measuring three-eighths
to one-half inch in thickness. With a
stick or iron rod holes are made in the
ground and a cutting introduced so that
spronW wHTSpMnp; from "each-cutting.
! Every year in March the switches art !
cat close to tbe stem before the saf
shoot into the plants. The switches:
are tied in bundles about ten inches in
o
the world'swork.foritis'lLIond'S Bun-
tne latter part ot April until
Usui ilBVix auiu wiiismi icstcs suila sprvttH
i a m s .,
and sprouts
obtd sppearca. xiua sap loosens io
i - t:.i. - i. i -,
uses auwu vsus iw rauuieu rw uisuj
by being drawn through a wooden fork
similar' to a clothes pin.
Willows must be dried in the open
air. They are then bundled to weigh
about fifty pounds per bundle. About
30,000 willow cuttings are necessary to
plant an acre. The willow reaches the
greatest production in the third year,
and with proper care and good fertiliz
ing it will continue to yield good re
sults for many years. !
Dry peeled willows are worth five to
eight cents a pound, and green willows
with the bark on them are worth $14
i. sit... TV- rv.n .-.I p:..
to $18 per ton. Farm, Field and Fire
side.
rmai and garden kotos.
Figs should suckle till ten weeks old.
The flock enjoy summer as well as
winter comforts.
Have a syringe handy when the fosl
puts in an appearance.
Are there wast places in the pasture'
Give them a coat of manure.
There are family traits and like
nesses in sheep as much as "humans."
Ko, no! "Everybody can't be a gooJjlaoie- una worw a smau oronze
shepherd; they ain't made that way - molder-that is a small cylinaer-
e ia j v v . 1 the diameter or which is that of the
SaltandwoodMhMinreachofhosilintendeJ cartridgc. As the corn
are bencficiaL Good for horses also. LresseU powder, which, being of an
Never refuse a good cash offer whea luilv consistence, now assumes com-
you have anything of the horse kind to
a11-
Many a man is a success as a woo)
grower and can't tell why to save hit
life.
Feed oU nnd cotton-seed cake. It ii
b-stfor sheep, for the farm and foi
J-U1j.
One thing can bo relied
upon about
sheep manure thero are no weed seej
in it.
A few short, sharp brushes develop
speed much faster than miles of elon
work.
Have some pasture held in cose vo l
meed it further on when dry weathei
comes.
The neglect given the chicks nov
cannot be overcome with good care by
and by.
Make your flock what your wife is
the best, prettiest, aud tho envy cl
everybody.
Health, comfort, neatness are tha
things to be sought when building
poultry house.
Is your experience that cooked oi
soaked corn is better than dry, hard
corn lor hogs?
Little chicks enjoy fresh water to
I1Y1Tl1r- (ivtk tliAm enmn Av-.in tlifMirrl.
Kmti.U m,ll- r.-i. tl..m .
colt coal cinders end charcoal from
rood or cobs should be among tho "ap
petizers" kept on the hog's bill of fura
daily.
The aluminum sulky, weighing from
eighteen to twenty-five pounds, is said
to be coming along with the two-minute
trotter.
Minnesota hss passed a law making
it a criminal offense to dock r liore's
tail according to tho hackney senseless
tnd cruel fashion.
If you are raising chicks for the eggs
Ihey will lay don't keep the cockerels
till fall, sell them as soon as large
enough for broilers.
Because bright timothy hay and oats
ire the best foed for horses it does not
follow that they would not like a change
from it sometimes, or that they would
not do better for such a change.
liemembnlar IrcniK.
Dreams come because the mind
does not sleep when the body sleeps
and the power of memory remains
awake tr receive the impressions
made on it by the dream. It has
been argued that a dream Is wholly
due to tbe memory; assuming that to
be the case, it is only natural that
one should remember a dream. a3 the
memory would be tho only mental
power concerned in the phenomenon
of dreaming. But it is not certain
that a person remembers all his
dreams. Certainly, if Descartes' the
ory is correct that a person dreams
whenever he sleeps he does not re
member ail that be dreams; and
Descartes is upheld by the weight ot
oplmoa among philosophers, as well
as by many eminent physicians and
physiologists. As to drcamin? when
one is sound asleep, if we accept the
suggestion that a person drc&ms
whenever he is asleep, vtv.nust admit
he must dream when he is sound
asleep as well as when his sleep is
light and fitful. Physiologists have
abandoned the idea that dreaming is
an Incident to the transition stage
between slecDing and waking, and
seem to agree that dreams may come
even when the dreamer is sound
asleep Mr. Alfred Maury, an En
glish physiologist, made many ex
periments, and the general result fa
vors the belief that a person may be
subjected to a dream at any time dur
ing sleep-waking-slccping, sleeping,
or sleeping-waking, and as well when
fcound asleep as when his sleep is
bro!:eu.
Sensible American Horses.
xne day win undoubtedly coni(
when the American trotter will b
prized and valued in this countrj
for his astonishing qualities, aniens
which soundness of limb and feet, a:
well as docility, is not one of th
least; and, while on the point cl
docility, it is Important to 6tate thai
tho American horse is probably oni
of the most doc!l4 animals of th
world, and I can attribute this t
nothfbg else than the habitual kind-
ncss and intelligence with which the
American treats this animal. The
breeder has been largely assisted ir
this by the negro.
Throughout tho whole of the South
where the negro prevails he ha been
associated with the charge of breed
ing-studs, and his affection for tin
horse has developed a kind of reef
proclty between himself an 1 tbl:
animal which has had a large in
fluence on tho progeny. Any ont
who has had to do with America!
trotters appreciates this virtue o:
docility. An American horse wil
follow you like a dog; he is not
timid, and be is always reasonable
If we could only introduce some oi
these characteristics into our English
horses it would add more to th
pleasure of horse keeping and horsi
breeding than any other element 1
know. Duke of Marlborough, in Liv
Gtuilr Tn,iv.al llmnnn.
jwvs uvuu aiiuau.iv.
The Spanish Version.
In a recent Spanish book of travel,
"Costurnhres Yankees: Viajes por Is
America del Xorte," by Jose Janche;
f'omoano, is the following account ol
the origin of Boston common: "A
great philanthropist, named Common,
had the happy Idea of presenting tht
children of Boston with a leafy grow
of grciS trees."
asuMUmettmas; Irysusmlra, t
Twenty-Gve million dynamite cart
ridges arc made ajinually by three
lactones in Franca This gives but
tbO sapimn9n n manvrifhopnlajva A nMVe-?
sit V
t 1 J L J
, jtv to miners and excavators eener-1
n 1 1 v
1 4111 Jt
it Is also an aid to crime and bas
given a name dynamiter to a class
of revolutionists, but now there are
materials for murderous bombs as
much more destructive than dyna
mite as it is than gunpowder.
The pioneer dynamite factory at
Isleton, Switzerland, is still in opera
tion, and skill with long experience
bas reduced tbe danger to a mini
mum. In a large upright reyolving
cvlinderof lead, cooled by a scries of
surrounding cold water pipes, tho
acids and the glycerine arc thoroughly
mixed, being admitted in due propo,
ti0n3 by other pipes from above. The
' n...r , .
compound liquid, yellowish oilr mat
ter, is conveyed to the kneading pans
In another department, and there
mixed with a tine siliceous sand and
farinaceous meal, after which it is
perfect dynamite power.'
The cartridges, however, are made
of another form ot it called "ex
plosive gum." This contains some
extra ingredients, and is a sort of
paste. One of the elements is gun
cotton highly charged with nit rata
Tho most delicate work at iselton is
done by three women sitting at a
parative solidity, issues from this
j tube or cylinder in the shape of a
Jiausago or of macaroni it is cut by the
woman on the left hand into equal
; lengths of about three inches. Each
1 Piec0 K then cafid'y taken up by
; the third woman, who wraps it in
jUUUU tttl UlUO JJUjJUI, V out.-
, , cxciufle moisture. The tre
mendous little instrument is now
complete.
Strong and CJcntlc
Emperor William I. of Germany
possessed an iron will, and at the
tame time had a great gift of popu
larity a most happy combination for
i ruler.
At the c'.osa of the French War he
lictaled to his private secretary an
address which he intended to deliver
to the German army. The final sen
tence ran thus:
all be grateful toward Providence;
for Providence has willed that wo
should be the instrument destined to
accomplish what are such great
events in tbe history of the world."
The secretary, having bis own
ideas, as even the secretaries of em
perors and kings cannot belp having,
wrot1 "P.ovidence has permitted."
"Stop," said the aged emperor; "do
you imagine tbat 1 could have sup
poited tbe burden of this war if I
had not entertained the firm convic
ton that l'rovidence willed it?
Write the word as I dictated it,"
With all thl3 faith in himself
that is, in his divine commission
be preserved those simple and human
iualit.es which in a strong ruler
never fail to win tbe favor and even
the homage of the people.
A young gardener was showing him
3cr the Krounds of bis favorite re
treat at ISabelsberg. The Emperor
noticed that the youth was embar-ras-cd
aDd seemingly preoccupied,
snd by and by demanded the reason.
'Your Ma.. est y," said the boy, "in
half an hour I am due at the bar
racks at Potsdam."
Tbat was enough. In a few min
utes the young soidie.- was in uni
form, and tbe Emperor took him
post-haste in bis own carriage to the
trill-ground.
A Valley of Death.
A valley surpassing in reality of
horrors the fabled region of the upas
Uec is reportwl to have been discov
ered in the Island ot .lava. This
island is volcanic, and in one spot
the emanations from the interior of
the earth are so deadly that tbe place
is called the Valley of Death. As
the travelc. approaches it he is at
tacked by nausea and giddiness. He
also notices a suffocating siuelL As
he advances these symptoms disap
pear, so that, after passing through
the belt of fetid air which guards
the valley, the visitor is able to ex
amine with less risk the spectacle
be lore him. The valley is oval,
about one mile in circumference, and
from thirty to forty feet below tbe
Wevcl of the surrounding land. The
floor o: the valley Is Hat and dry,
without any vegetation; and scat
tered all over it are tho skeletons of
m n, tigers, wild boars, birds, and
stags, lying among large blocks of
ton&
Tbe hills which hem in this valley
of desolation are clothed from base
to summit with healthy trees and
bushes. A traveler descended the
side of one bill, with the aid of a
bamboo stick, to about eighteen feet
from the (bottom, and compelled a
dog to go down to tbe plain. In five
seconds the animal fell on its 6ide
motionless although it continued to
breathe for eighteen minutes; and a
fowl only resisted the deadly air fox
a minute and a halt
To Soften Stiff Shoes.
It Is claimed that the following
treatment will make pliable the stlfl
shoes that have been put aside to
dry after a thorough wetting: First,
wipe off gently with a soft cloth all
surface water and mud, then, while
still wet, rub well with paraaine oil,
us nz hanncl for the purpose. Eet
them aside till partially dry, when a
second treatment with oil la advisa
ble. They may then be deposited in
a conveniently warm nlaca where
they will dry gradually and thorough
ly. Before applying French kid
dressing, give them a final rubbing
with the flannel, still slightly dami-
ened with paraffine, and tbe boots
will be soft and flexible as a new kid,
and be very little affected by their
bath in the rain.
Fruit Eating to Cure All Ilia.
A new society of cranks has been
started by a former lieutenant la the
uerman army, his name Is Wathe.
lie is the leader of a new "Ism," and
as such sailed recently from San
Fiaocisco to Honolulu. The Fruita
rians" Is the name of the new nocirtv
ha renrespnt.a anrl thair KaI i i
rather notion-is that modern clvlll-
- ..--.j huisiuiuiiu;.
The members eat nothing but ripe
fruits eschew cooked food of any
klqd, and drink only water. They
are to live Id huts, bare oi the com.
forU of civilization, and go naked.
Ex-Lieut Wathe intends to buy a
lanre tract nf land in tha s..i.k
Islands, or perhaps a small island
autright, for tbe purpose of founding
a colony. r
I
A Good Appetite
Is essential to good health, and when the
natural desire for food is gora atreng'h U1 soon
fi.il r, of annetlte. Indigestion, sick
1
-J77
parilla
nature,
partita
which
Hood's Sana
is tbe remedy
most certainly
ilirCS
-
cures. Itaulcklr tones
h tnmar-h and makes one "real haneTT."
Bo
sare to eeUlood's and only Hood's Barsa par Ills-
aloftd'a PtUa are purely regr table. 25c.
ONO or THE FlOWiCRS.
We are coming, we are coming
O'er the field and o'er tha ten,
In the forest, in the glen,
Where Via sunbeams dance and gleam,
By tha brooklet's silvery stream,
O'er the hill and down the river,
AThere the trembling willows shiver,
We are coming, we are coming
To thy heart, O, spring, again I
We are coming, we are coming
Scattering sweetness all the way !
Here a tendril, there a spray.
Buds uplifted to the sun,
Blossoms opening one by one,
Whispering ot the dawning golden,
Breathing still the mystery olden
We are coming, we are coming.
Renewing life from out decay I
Eliza A. Fletcher.
Tne Sicilian Feasant.
In some parts of the island tho ad-
vent of a baby girl is looked upon an
such a misfortune that a small black
flag is hung, out of tho window to
proclaim the sad event. The reason
is not tar to seek, says the ational
Beview. Having to be maintained
by tho household as long as they are
unmarried, and having to dower their
bridegrooms with a "dot," girls are
unprofitable. Boys, on tbe other
hand, are soon self-supporting, and
they inciease tho family wealth
when the time comes to bring homo
a wife by the amount of the young
lady's fortune. Nevertheless, the
girls, although kept in such strict se
clusion that one hardly ever meets
them walking about, are said to bo
kindly treated. At the age of fifteen
or sixteen they are disposed ot in
marriage according to an arrange
ment, purely financial, between tho
families concerned
Judging by appearance one would
think that the Sicilian peasantry are
in the last stage of poverty. This is
to a great extent the case, but one
must not be altogether guided by out
ward signs, for however well oft they
may be they seldom make any change
in their way of living. They all live
by preference in the town. Even
those who are employe! iu the coun
try during the week build mud hovois
for that time ana fiock back to the
towns on Saturdays.
Tho women have no national dress
and no distinctive characteristic be
yond the love of bright colors, which
seems inborn in all Southern natures.
The men, on the contrary, are pictur
esquely clad in black and white
black trousers to the knee, slit soino
twelve Inches up tne outsiuc seam,
to let out a ouiginj wnuc unaergar- .... , ,, , . ,
nient, shecoskin levins strapped on 1 ,. oa should see Mrs. Ennkms ami
with thongs and moccasins; a white L" daughter in their new dresses,-
shirt, open at tho neck, with full ? marksman a wile. "They - 0ra
white sleeves gathered In at tho wrist, B1Sf ? , 1 v seen them," replied the
and over this a black sleeveless vest; opticians s wife. "I never saw sacli
a black cloth cap hanuInK over the spectacles. Washington Star,
ear. The time-honored superstition ! "There is not much similarity lio
of tho "evil eye" is still so widely tween our ways of earning a livelihood,"
spread throughout the island, evea said the dentist to tho paint manufac
among the upper classes, that no one turer. "Xo," admitted the manufac
who does not wear a charm is consid- turer, "thero is not. I grind colors,
sred safe I while you cull grinders." Indianapolis
1 . - v I Journal.
Cure for insomnia. I
Mrs. Chatter Your husband ii awaiting the euicido of a poet in (hat
looking so much better now, Mrs. I city who wrote about claEpinr; 'lhe
Sharp, lias he been cured of his in-' two tremulous bunds" of his lady love,
somnia? Mrs. Sham Oh. ves. C'uitelbut which tho nrinter made to read
elfectually. Mrs, Chatter How was
he cu ed, pray? M s. Sharp Well,
you know, they have leen rebuilding
the cntcrior of our church and X bad
the old pew brought around to set nr.
In tbe bedroom. He finds it just ;;s I
conducive to repose as ever. Youk-
ers Uazette.
An Odd Dr.-ain.
She Oh, Henry, I bad such a
dreadful dream last n'ghu, I dreamed
I saw your first wife sitting in youi
lap and you smiling upon her. He
That's the oddest dream 1 ever beard
of. She How, dear? He Why,
she weighed 250 pounds! Idle
Hade the Knemy Run.
Tommv Tld voji do much !'glit;ng
dunug tho war, p.' 1'a I did mi
share of it, Tommy. Tommy Did
you make the enemy run? Fa You'r.
right, I did, Tommy. Tommy Did
they ketch you, pa? Boston Courier.
THE LADIES.
The pleasant effect and perfect safety !
with which ladies may use the Califor-
-.! 1 ! i. wl ....: o I
"Hu,u iwailYO ojrrup Oi figs,
under all conditions, makes it their
favorite remedy. To get the true and
genuine article, look for the name of
the Uatifornia Fig Syrup Co , printed
near the bottom of the package.
A Chinese botanist ha succeeded in
causing a diminutive oak tree to grow
in a thimble whose depth was three-'
quarters of an inch and diameter half
an inch.
Hall's Catarrh Care
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.
1 eking, China, has an estimated
population of 1,300,000 and 15,000
police, who signal from station to
station, by yelling, until the news
reaches headquarters.
Dr. KJlmer'a Swahf-Root cam
aU Kidney and Bladder troablta.
Pamphlet sad Consultation tree.
Laboratory Blrtchamtoa. JL X.
Abel Wharton, of llavdor.lt 'h T?nn
Miss., has a parrot which is kuewn to
ne a i least seventy years old. It speaks
French in the morning, English at
noontime and unknown natnta in
the evening.
Karll Clover Boot, th mat ... ,m
elves freshness and elaarn. t .k. .tV'i."'
and caret Constipation 25 eta. Jo eta., n1"'""
The most expensive private yacht in
the world is called the "Polar Star,"
and is owned by the Czar of Bossia,
It cost live million dollars to build
and equip.
Arte BrakGast
JrSl A "d
er every mcoi tor a montti or two.
J, .,.
PU1 constipation. 25c.
j If afflicted wltn soreeyes use Dr. Isaac TnoiBB
faiwstiteaijittisurtfewtgg,
. TT T :
" A.conjnvance for turning sheets of
. music has been perfected hv m. R.n
Trancicn - 11 operated by the foot
of tne Pianist- '
. . '.
suu uoa usnea much, can"
readily detect a lie in a flsh atoca
! Wit and Humor.
"This w certainly a hand
to mouth
dentist.
" remaraea
.Wgton Star.
j Howmythin
t,;r,ra there are to laugh
at in this worm w via t r
" tceth dimplea.-Texas Sift-
j "" time that most men waste in ex-
I , :LTw. faiinw would, if prop-
eriy empioyeu, jm
fcgain. nic jc
t- ot. "Vow. candidly.
what do you think I ought to get for
it?" Critic "A uiaing pwo.
Fiold'a Washington. .
- "How are you getting on with your
TViok?" Dick "J
Dicycio wnr .
spend most of my time getting on.
Chicago Later-Ocean.
It does not follow that a person will
become a suocessfull fisherman just bo
cause be has a puU on the lines.
Rochester Democrat.
It ia the cynical bachelor who thinks
that most marriageable young women
havo graduated from the school of de
sign. Lowell Courier.
The long-winded story teller seems
to base his claims to reliability on the
fact that he ia never short in bis ac
counts. Washington Star.
One of the latest arrivals at Jackson
Park is an orang-outang from Java,
and visitors are cautioned not to mon
key with him. Chicago Tribune.
I "Why are you so sure that Dempsey
I Jogpn't know anything about base
ball?" "Jupiter, man I He's been an
umpire for years." Chicago Inter-
( Ocean.
; jfo machine ever invented will begin
to eUnd the wear on1 ietx abus
j .. . th hnman Btomach will, and still
keep working on. Dansville (N. x.j
Breeze.
"I ain't much at the pianny," said
tho coal yard employe as he adjusted
the weight of a load of coal, "but I'm
great at runnin the scales." Washing
ton Star.
"And is the air healthy here?" asked
visitor at a mountain resort. "Ex
cellent, sir, excellent.. One can be
come a centenarian hers in a little
while." Tid Bits.
. T tell you, there's nothing like cool
ness in the presence of danger," said
Juggins. "So," replied Jaggins; that'
what keeps peoplo from being sun
struck." Washington Star.
"You don't seem to know me," said
the ward worker to the "boss," as he
unrolled his petition. "Tour face is
very familiar," said the "boss," "but
I can't place yon." Philadelphia Press.
Mary had a little lamb.
hhe Ravo her head a toss
An 1 e cut It back because aha lacked
Tne mint to make the sauoe.
Washington Star.
"What asa you reading?" said one
clerk in a broker's office to another.
( "A work on the theory of money."
"That's no good. What wo want is the
practice of money." Washington Star.
I Cholly "Do you ever have moments
when you feel like doing something
absurd?" Myrtylla "Yes, indeed.
Why, when you proposed to me last I
felt for a moment like accepting you."
-ew York Herald.
Tho Coroner In Eoston ia said to bo 1
'tho two tremendous Lands." New
York World.
Sirs. Carper "les, my daughter
was crazy to got married and she mar
ried a man who has failed in everything
he has undertaken." Mrs. Box (whose
husband has failed for a million)
'Gracious I They must be immensely
rich." New York Press.
Manngcr "Sny, Doctor! I sent
my leading nan around to you to-day.
He's complaining of stupor and all
that. What's tho matter with him?"
Doctor "His liver refuses to act."
rlennger "IwiFhhe was as sensible
.ts Ilia liver." U.slr.!i f!niii-!ir
Fowderea charcoal, if laid thick on
a burn, causes tbe immediate abate
ment of pain. A superficial burn can
thus be healed in about an hour.
JBI P. LOVELL MS CO..
HAS JUST BKCEITEO THE
HIGHEST AWARD AND GOLD MEDAL
FOR TnilB
LOVELL DIAMOND CYCLES
AT
California Midwinter Exposition.
AT BAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Taw
mi
7'CiT0 yOU THEN DON'T BE WITHOUT
cgiwmsisr-cheapest table
mmauu. wMTEM W THE MARKET.
mi
ys00 60? Smsom St.
AW CRT El
IT II I Tllf? r PIMM
MaSTLLlI ALL nL LtiHU
I
M. VOURIGROCEROR THE BOTTLER QUI
Well Done Outlives Death." Even Yc
Memory Will Shine if You Use
APOLIO
For over a quarter of a century. Doctor
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery has been
effecting cures of Bronchial, Throat and
Long affection. Weak Lungs, Bleeding
from Lungs, Bronchitis, Asthma, all linger
ing Coughi, Consumption, or Lung KcrouU
ana kindred malBflim, are cured by it.
REDUCED TO A SKELETON.
Mrs. HiJLs. Mills, of Sordit, Kf? Stone Co.,
.(in,. UD8
rear ast I was jrivrn up
y tor family physit iaa
and friends; all snii i
must die. My Jutm
were badly affpct'cl, and
body reduced to a tki lo.
ton. My poople com
menced to give ine your
'Medical Discovery'
and I soon tx-gnn to
mend. It was not long
before I becsmo wea
enough to take clmrg,)
of my household dutioa
swain.
1 owe my rcrvirrry
to Or. Pierce's Ooldr n
Has. Vrxxa.
Iledieal Discovery."
S9
W.L. Douglas
lif Oil Wt MoaeuEAaiNOi
FRENCH. ENAMELLED CALK
4-.3.5-P nNECALr&K&SAISl
3 AS P0LICE.3 Sour.
extra ni.n. -f
LAD III::.
r-ESTC0KSCl.a
, ccuo f C"! cat- revs
rSvl-'DOUC.LAj,
BROCKTON, JrJ.ZX
Toa can save money t-y wcnrluc tho
Wm ! Dosclas 63.00 Hhoc.
Because, we are the larpest manufi?tareri i;
this sradeof shoes la tho world, and puarantt-a llirlr
vslua by stamping the namo and price on tin
bottom, which protoct you against hlah i-iccftan.;
tbe middleman's profits. Our shoe equal custoi.i
work In style, easy flttlns- and v.'?arl:iic i- jaiuif-i.
We have them soli everywhere at lower prl.oafor
She value Riven than any other make. Taku no sub
Stltuta. It your dealer cannot supply you, we can.
GREAT EASTERN
Furniture & Mattress Mfj. Co.,
Also Upholsterers and Deccratorj,
15420- 1UDGE AVlZ.-2 2i.
Eet- Green 4 Spring Carden Eta., l'hila lx. Pi
11 not why not purchsse your FiimlMnj, Par
lor Suits Carpets, Bed'lliiK, -Mnttlnj, ( :.,n. Hall
stands. Side Hoards, Tables. Cliulni, l.i'in.-.-rs-tors,
liaby Carriages, Etc, ol the uianr.l .tciurer
direct. Get new gtxxln, it pays. We save you
Tj4. Call and be convinced.
A few prices : IS pieces. Oak Suit, Crib an 1 Mat
tress thrown In !!."- 1'arlor Suits. $17 uo up
wards. Rockers, f 1.50; Chair, t-c.; tiyriii:;-, y hi.
1 Set ot Pillows and Holster, S1.0J. Awuiugi
Shades and Parlor fults to order.
tiuods shipped all over the country.
FOR FIFTY YEARS!
MRS. WINSLOW'S
SOOTHING SYRUP 1
bas bon t Million of Mother 7
for ilivtr cklMren hil Tithing trr Z
fifty Tears. It voothu Hi ctilid. soften t,he
genii, allays all pafn, cures wind colic, aad
Is tbtf btMt rrd ordiarriVKMi,
Twenty-Si? Vent si ISotwa J
V2 WILf. MAIL POSTPAID
a fine Panel lUcture, entitled
"MEDITATION
In exeloance for is l-otrto Llai
lioadd, cut, f rem Lin Coif 3
wrapper, and a 2-reut ktamp l
pay postase. Write fv '1st of
oar other finn premium-, im-.'ud
lug books, a kulfA gam, tto.
Wools on Epicc Co.,
450 iluroa bu, Tolxdo, Oiuo-
TEaDS LSMElMlH
COLLARS and CUFFS.
2
3 he trt'St aim uuit ccwunal l'o.Iar ain! t.'utTi won.
Jtercrillils. Look well. Fit well, tf ear well.
A box vf Ten cuUara or Wiv i-atn of cutis tUk CU.
Sample collar ni pnlr of cu;r by mail for 0 cent,
staam tUe aire a:il la ilonfred n.ul aildreu ui
CevertlsIe Colltir 'o
t7 RUbyal., IbMton r 77 Krai. ti in Xew York.
EWIS' 98 LYE
(PATENTED)
The sfronursl and sparest I.y
nwle. Unlike oil tor I. ye, it LmiIiik
a flns powdrr and racked In a nau
wltu removable Ho, the coctenvs
are alwaxs ready for os. Win
make the beat perfumed Hard sap
In 20 mlnntns wllhowS boil En;.
IS fa (lie bnl furclantiiig warns
11 pes, disinfecting flaks, clot,
washing bottles, lnta, trees, etc.
PENHA. BALT M'FO CO
Gen. Agts 1'hila.. Pa,.
IC.niOI JF Washington, . .
'Successfully Prosecutes Claims.
Lat Principal sidmlssr U S. Panaioa Buraau.
Ssrslnlast war. lAatljudicaUiia claims, attysluc.
sssssBssBSssSsssssaaSasnsaiSiire rrll.f iflmrju.
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