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THE BLACKSMITH.
Cltng elnn?, cling enT !
Went the blaoismitii's hammer,
While his brazen Tilco oatranj
HIh o'er all th clamor.
In his forge from break of day,
When he pealed his roundelay.
80 fierce he seemed, the neighbors ron4
Qaakt4 witi terror at the soun J.
Loadly ring; my anvil true,
ru have ne'er a bride but yon ;
In my black abode, t'jy beat
Than a love song is more iwoft :
La, U, la, la, la, la, la. la. la, 1-
Cllng clang, cling clang
Softly rang the hammer ..
Conor's heart Instead went ban.
With a riol.nt clamor.
He the pretty Eose had seen,
Flower toll biowa of sweet ttftecn.
Tut on glovcf, was wed lull soon,
Changed was then the blacksmith's tune
Soft, my anvil, ring to-day
In the name of lore I pray,
foltly, softly sound the blom,
Kot to drown the voloe of Koa,
La, la, la, la, In, la, la, la, la, la.
Cl'ng clang, clinician;!
Rohi was vi-ry trying ;
Tisree times, hark ! a siap outran',
luto silence dying.
Ah, poor Bos", sure all Is o'er!
Cauie the watch and bunt the door.
Lo, the man of noise and strife
On his knees before his wife !
Kos", in love's di.-ar name I pray,
Iiunt me, beat me all the day,
for thy pretty hand will be
ho it as satin Mill to me.
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, Is, In, It.
From the French of G. Lemolne.
CIIASL ii ATOiiNADQ
"I don't believe that fripht evei
turned a person's hair white off
band," said Henry Wbtherell, an en
gineer of the Jer. oy Central Ha lroad.
"If sui'h a thiu could hai.pen these
lovks would not be a 1c as you
n-o tiK'tn now, for 1 will venture to
cay that n- man ever went through a
jnoro fear-lnsplrinj experience than I
did once. Tell you the story? Why,
certainly. But I am not very irood
at a yarn, and I can nly (five you the
baro fa t without descriptive orna
mentation. "It happened this way: The year
was 1873 or 1379, I forget which.
Anyhow It was sometime in Ju!y.
The we itlier had lee.i pretty hot,
end it wm just the sort of day for
broedi.n ,' a tornado.
"i;nt I am gel tins ahead of my
story already, not tuiin very expert
in the way of anecd jte. I was work
in:: on a one-horse road in Southern
Kansas. The fjujierintendent wired
me to in j h ruy engine a distance cf
o!k t reventy miles to a phfe called
lterst;wa It was wanted to haul
a Jot of perishable freight, mostly
mark 't produce, which had shunted
oil by sow 9 cldent onto a side track
and was In danger of spoiling. A
suit unlnst the company miht have
followed, and the business had. to bo
attended to In a hurry. There were
only seven locomotives on the road,
b:irrin two or three that were dis
abled. 'Well, not to be too long-winded, I
got fuel and water aboard as quickly
a; io;slb!e and started for Peters
t iwn, tatting it rather easily, be
c.u o the trac'.i wasn't in condition
l and fast running well. I was
about an hour out from my starting
place, arid had cone sixteen miles
1 e haps when 1 noticed some queer
io!)ing clouds on the western hor
l.on. The day was exceedingly sultry,
and there was a curious sort of trlara
over the landscape which made IB
look sort of feverish. I can't th nk
of a belter word for describing it
Tbero was something unnatural about
the appearance of everything. My
fireman wai a boy who had been
brought up in that region, and he
aid that it looked like a tornado
com He ouuht to have been a
j.ro.1 judge of the symptoms, because
Ibe whole of his family, together
with a 1 their pror-evty and live
stock, had been wiped out by such a
twister,' as they call 'em, when he
wai hardly old enough to toddle.
"Bv the time we'd gone, maybe
eight or ten miles further, a dene
bank of clouds had spread around to
ward the southwest It was black as
ink, but teneath it was a blank
streak of white. I had never s en
anything that looked quite like it be
fore As I looked at it the bank rose
higher, and presently I saw some
th nsr like a sharp point of cloud pro
ject itself downward from the black
mass. All this time there was no
thunder nor lightning, but only a
look ab'ut the sky that was dreadfuf,
t.i see, because it was so unnatural.'
like. It seemed as if something aw
lul was going to happen. It was tho
boy who called my attention to the
pointed cloud, and he said it was a
tornado beginning.
'1 pretended not to be afraid, and
Lot be likely to hit us. But ba was
as pale as a ghost. Says he:
' 'Don't you see that It is directly
southwest of us?'
'Why, certainly,' I replied.
What of that?'
" 'T.ey alw sys travel northeast,'
ho said, "and we are right la the
track of It-'
' 'Then we'll run away from it, I
guess,' says I. pulling the throttle
wide open. But the boy, he said
nothing only watched the clouds in
the distance.
"By this time the pointed cloud
had got very much bigger, the lower
end of it nearly touch. ng the ground.
It grew rapidly larger ana larger and
seemed to be approaching at a great
rate of speed, w hile the rest of th(
view toward the west and southwest
became blurred to the eye, so that
nothing could be made out clearly. 1
taw that it was a tornado that was
coming, and no mistake, for the
strange cloud, which had the shape
of a gigantic peg-ton, was distinctly
outlined In its inky blackness again t
the general blur. I began to feel
pretty badly frightened myself. Now
ar.d then, when I could take my eye
oil the cloud, 1 looked at the b y,
but he only sat s lent in the cab.
staring at the great peg-top with
starting eyeballs and white lips,
finally I said:
'D you think we are going tj
escape it?'
" -We are right in its track,' ho
said, without looking at me.
"You seo, we were running In an
:i i r line over the prairie, directly
northeast and pursuing tho very
path in which the tornado was com
in j. Any other course, with the
; learn 1 had on, wouid have carried
us out of the way.
"The toy shoveled more coal on.
He had already done so three or fouf
limes since the strange cloud was
sightet But It was no use. Tho
engine was doing Its best, and she
wasn't capable of more than about
lhirtv-eii;ht miles an hour.
' "It's gaining on us, I said. 'ITqw
fast docs such a thing as that travel?'
" 'About a hundfed miles an hour,'
iculicd the boy, white aa a sheet.
, -'if that bad be.entruj l W9J114 Bfil
- T.' i'':' - at"'- rT'.y'
be here to tell the story.
hav
6ince learned that eighty miles as 1
hour Is sunnosc I to be the best 1 1
tornado can da My belief is that
this one was going at about sixti
iailes. Anyway, It wasn't any mor
than six or seven miles distant by this
time, and gaining on us rapidly. Il
jny reckoning was correct, it would
catch us In a little more than twenti
minute. The way I calculated it
was that the great peg-top was niov
J;ig at the rate of three miles to out
;two.
It wr;s the most frightfull specta
cle to look at that can possibly be
imagined. To me It seemed to be a
iuonstrous giant, pursuing us with
an evil intention to destroy. Kuw
and then the blackness would be
transformed into a dark greeD
and it was constantly lighted up by
flashes, as if it were an immense
b .l'oon illuminated from within. It
ap. eared to whirl around with in
conceivable rapidity, and from it
came a sound across the prairie as ol
bellowing, with a voice so awful that
the rumbling of the locomotive was
lost la it. Of the destruction it wat
accomplishing 1 could get no notion
troiu my point of view- Fortunately
there were few settlements in that
jpart of the country, but as we passed
vwo or three small hamlets at full
Fpt-cd I uld see tho people running
about uying to find some place ol
tafety.
The bov staggered to my side
the roi-King of the engine made it
UiDlcult to Keep one's feet and
clutched my arm. I stooped my head,
smd he yelied into my ears, 'Make
the bend.'
I knew what he meant on the in
stant. Less than ten miles ahead ol
us was a br dri over a river, after
crossing wu cli the road turned
abruptly southward. It was a freak
railway anyhow, and its zlg-zas
were intended to pass through a
many supposed centers of future pop
ulation as tossible. The only long
stretch of it in a straight line was
just where we got caught by the
tornado. If we could get to the bend
ahead of the monster we might run
out of its track.
'As you may well imagine, I had
no opportunity t. consider the plan
calmly and in detail," but it struck mc
like a Hash. It was a race for life sure
enough. If that engine never did
her forty miles an hour befotp I think
she must have done that and more
too, then. With the great funnel
cloud rushing on behind us and
steadily approaching, we tore over
the rails at a frantic rate of speed. 1
was fairly cra.ed by the excitement,
so that it almo-t overcome my sense
uf fear. I remember distinctly that
I pulled the whittle cord and let the
locomotive scieatn with all her iaigiit
though it could hardly be heard in
the roaring of the pursuing tornado.
"Six miles passed, as well aslcould
estimate, and the monster was only
about four miles behind. Three
miles more arid it had les-ened the
distance by a mile at least. But wo
were ne.ir the river. A minute later
and we rero running across the
bridge. No time then to heed the
Miming that trains must run slowly
over this stream, in obedience to the
sign p 1st.
' Over the bridge, we flew around
the curve and dashed away south
ward. Just in timj to see the fhig'nty
balloon pas; by with a whirl and a
roar, as if a'.l the demons in the in
fernal regions were let loose. Wo
could not make out anything ve y
distinctly, the sky being darkened
and the air filled with dust, but we
knew that we were safe. A few min
utes later the clo ;ds rolled away a ,d
everything was as quiet, and ica eful
as before the storm. We ran bac'
to the bridge, but it wasn't there. 1?
.as cleat gon-, a'ul sucu remains of
It as were le:t w?re scattered a'l over
the country- Tiie road was o badlj
lorn up, the track for considerable
instances being twisted and broken
10 pieces, that the expose of repair
tig it bankrupted tbe company.
'Eleven people lost thIr lives by that
lornado, which afforded mo an ex
perience which I woiild not repeat fur
ill the money iu the world." Wash
ington Star.
Jnpanes Fan.
Only one cent for a fan! Yet it it
strongly made of twenty-flve strips
of bamlioo, with two thicker ones at
the ends, the latter having on them
a polish of black lacquer. The strips
are held together by a rivet, forming
a hinge, on which the fan opens and
closes. The upper ends of the strips
are covered with two lawyers of tougli
paper, painted In four colors repre
senting flowers, the top edge touched
with another color. How can sucli
an article, brought from japan t
this country, be sold at so low a price
with protlt? In the first place, bam
boo grows plentifully in Japan; it is
easily split by a band-and-foot ma
chine, and hundred of thousands
strips can be made in a day. The
Japanese excel in the making of
strong or tough paper, and in paint
ing rapidly by a stamping process,
the flowers upon it. The putting to
gether of the fan is done by machin
ery, and the cost or the laDor is al
most nothing whem compared with
the pay of American workmen. The.
cheap fans are used as packing for
more expensivo goods" as porcela;n
jars, and as they pack closely, a larre
number can go inside and around one
umbrella stand, so there is no cost
for the freight of the fans. Although
there is thirty-five per cent, duty on
both the porcelain and packing, tho t;lut germ feed has about the same feed
invoice price of the latter is so small jrl vahle as a mixtnre o eqtlal part9
that the duty amounts to little. i,v weight of wheat hrannnd corn meal;
The fan packing is then sold here in ln ,t sBr .! nnil rpftm inten me,i
job lots, and the peddlers get thenx
for a mere nothing. That is why
they can sell them so cheaply. Even
at one cent, the realized price is
much higher than the Japanese
charge for them in large quantites.
Charm of AmUbUlty.
WVipn naked bnw she managed to
retain her vouthful aDDearance Mme.
Pattl brightly answers: "I have kept
my temper. No woman can remain
young who often loses her temper."-
The woman who .is constantly flying
into a race soon has her reward. . A
deep graven line stretches from each
corner of the mouth up toward the
nostrils. The mouth becomes pout
ingly flabby or shrewishly compressed.
Between the eyebrows appear thj ,
fretful, petulant frown, and no j
amount of dress, no powdering, roug
ing or face-steaming will brin back
the lost beauty. ' "Handsome is as
handsome does," said -our grandmoth- j especially if they have been trans
ers. An amiable face cannever.be ported a long distance. All nnrsery
plaln. Bright eyes and smiling lips , pien jn sending out trees should con-
have their own .beauty. xne ugiy
faced damsel should cultivate piaciu
lltivate placid-
sympathy and
isume a virtue,
entheassump-
Ity of temper, human
generosity. Let her assume
II sne nas it not, ior ei cn tuo assault
mi
tlon of womanly sweetness will lead
to its possession, for its own charm,
and the naturally plain face will be
tranungureu ty its nguw
-''.'''".
Farm Notes.
SKTT.imgfl nr TTT 8TABTJ2.
Tnic tiie eowa in the stable. It fl
tnuch better than the old way of out
. : rr-i a: a
troublesome, and the cows are not 2 tin
ning around the yard, causing the,
milker to follow, two or three times i?i
the course of the operation. Glva
each cow a little graiD, if no more thf-n
enongh to encourage her to go readily
to her place in the clean milking
stable. American Agriculturist.
I
BREEDING OF? THE HORN 9.
is a futilo hope to expect
It
to
breed hornless cattle liv the practice
of dishorninjr. 'ihera have been in
stances in which an artiScial peculiar,
ity in the anixnol has become inherited,
but this is exceedingly rare and is Dot
to be taken as a rulo for breeders.
Lambs have been docked for centnrirp,
but they still come into the world witl
long tails. 'Ihe only rtitin'actcry wsy
to have a h rd of polled cattle is to
use a Dolled bull, and this, bein
JO
ol
ronformitv to the naturr.l laws
1 i .-.nnr.- mnv Vf drnended on in time
to fix this character on the progeny,
It may not be fully effective in the
first generation or in several, bnt ex-
perieiice has nhuvn that in time the
character of tho sires will Le fixed on
the progeny in the end. Tor dairy
cattle the polled red Xorfork will
make a good hornless sire. Tha
KontMi AWr.Wn eattla are sometimes
excellent
Times.
dairy animsls. Xew York
"
EEST CROr FROM DKHVUED COB.
for three years, says a Xew York
firmer in the Tribune, our drilled
corn has yielded from 106 to 130 bnsh
els of ears per acre, whereas we got
but seventy-live to 10J by the check
row method. The extra yield is one
to th"re bein m.-ra stil';''; yon ria
have lour to SiX hUlka to evciy t'uva
feet of drill, and they ear as well hi
three to four sUlks put in a checkrow
clump. V.e plow the ground ia the
full, draw ten to twelve loads of good
fct ille manure per acre early in the
spring, so the strength cf the manure
will be partly washed into the joil le
fore planting. Harrow 6:ue as for
any crop. Kct the drill to sow frcm
8 to 9 j tpit-rt per acre, according to
sine and variety of corn. But the
safest way to set the drill is to pull
the rubber hose out of the hoe and h i
tho corn run on top of tha ground, uu 1
set it so it will run from four to eix
kernels every three f ;et of drill; to
run it any thicker is waste of timf,
seed and fertilizer, as ii will havo to
be thinned.
Of fertilizer drill in 200 pounds
T.ith the corn; the fertilizer box
phould be partitioned off or the cxira
runs covered with thin pieces o bo.u'd,
or lefs phosphate may run iu with the
corn ami clear wood ashes nae.l (ly
those not wishing to buy much fertil
izer) in the runs each side of the ona
used fur tho corn ; then there will be
no danger of injury to the seed. I'r-r-sons
desirous of planting pLimp".;:iu
with the corn may do so by mixing ti:
seed with the fertiliztr th-.t runs ia
with the corn. If the drill does iid
run the corn deep enouf h hang li:,iil
weights to the hoes uso 1. I agree
with Waldo F. Brown that sced-i-orn
should be thoroughly dried byaiiii
cial heat and hung in a dry place;
such seed will germinr.tj oae to tlnva
days quicker and grow stronger, nn-1
in not eo liable to rot during any cold,
wet spell a tu?r planting.
FERmso v.vlcz or crea'.i
Tho results of a p !'
es of feef.ii: j
t.'f.ts at the Vermont -xptrime.it nU
tin with sugar nie.il, cream giiie.l
n.eal and germ feed spe:.k vory strong
ly in favor of the high feeding vh'iu
iX cream gluten ni'-al. Two of tha
cjws ate it quite well, the other l-;.t it
gcod de-l of it, bnt in spite of thisUie
crcn'ii gluten pro .In?, s mora milk thr.n,
'.he bran and corn iu .'our cf.es out ol
ix, makes n richer n.iili live times out
of six anH yields mora butter fat eery
time. The milk increases about one
twe'fth, the riehnes of the milk in
creases a third of one per cent, and tho
net gain is about oue-sixth of the total
fat.
On a herd of tweidy cows yielding
5000 pounds apiece of four per cent,
milk with bult.-r at twenty-five cents a,
pound such na increase would repre
sent 6(10 po-.m ls of butter yearly with
a value of :jlii'.
The fi.ii-n obtained show that not
withstanding the fact that the sugp.r
meal was n-.t eaten in so large quanti
ties as tho bran and corn, and the
further fact that what eirect the chand
to pasture hud was against tho sugr
meal, yet it gave better returns tlv.n
the bran and corn. In tho five trinlt
ii produced more milk and more ptun Is
of fnt every time, and a rich9.' rnili:
four times out of rive, producing cna
iiinth mora milk, one-fiftieth richer
and one-seventh more butter.
Xot so good results were obta.ne 1
with t lie germ feed. Its ree was i;l
lowed by a decrease of milk, an in
crease of richness and but slight change
in the tot"t' amonnt of fat. It has then,
considerably less feeding value than
the ere .on of gluten meal and the sugar
meal, us one would naturally expect
from its composition and market price.
It hus apparently about the same feed
ing value ponnd for ponnd as the mix
ture of bran and corn, and as it can be
purchased iu the market for less than,
either of these it follows that it should
i l e an economical and profitable feed.
I '.!r in ltil tit inn ennelnnion
both have a higher feedinsr value thaa
,he ,i,ov aml tnHt thege atter also
!iave liAt effect on the rjchness of
: i, -.nt-
Finally, it should be remembered
that this is but a slight series of trials'
and that the work needs to be repeated
several times before a sure conclusion ololos, no longer living jn the coun
can be drawn. I try, have left profound traces of tl.eir
It is necessary here to ntter a wor l fo-tuer occupancy,
of caution in regard to the use of these ;
I concentrated feeds, sugar meal and
especially cream gluten meal. They
ure both exceedingly rich concentrated
feeds, and like cottonseed meal should
be fed sparingly. Three or four pounds
a day of sugar meal per cow is as much
as it is safe to give, while with cream
gluten meal the limit of two pounds
er day per cow should not be exceed-
Ld. Xtw England Farmer. . -
K,AXTrso tovn trees. .
A crreat deal of difficulty is ex-
prienced ia handling young trees thut
uave Deen bought at a nursery, and
. 1(ier jt a part of their contract to send
written orders with their trees, giving
goo description of tha kind of soil
jn which the trees have been growinr,
I-nd the general location of the nursery;
i nfi tne general location of tue nursery.
tnd the geaerallocation of the nursery;
trbia would help many farmers ami I
kmit growers to give the trees a good
fctart. As it is now, very often tha
entirely different soil to which, the .
ihave been accustomed, and a yetr 01
two of good growth, is lost ttrongi
ithis sudden clicage.
A great deal can be saved, however,
if the firmer understands how tc
iiandle the trees and how best to sei
.i . A If . HWA VAnAivnn
(during a dry season, and as they hav
been transported a long distance, they
peed planting at once. When th
trees ere received they should be eel
jraioedintely, tnd tho longer they are
kept implanted the longer will ti
check to their growth be made. Prnnt
ieff carefully all dead and mutilated
(roots. Then dig a hole largo enongl
Ito a commoeb'te all of the remaicmj
roots in the vositions ia which t'lej
lir.n. If tho rooti can h-3 planted in
their ratr.ral position tbera will bf
less danger of lesi; but to do this,
yery large holes nn oitn required.
Place the tree ia tiie Ziola and till it
half up with tho clay, and then
saturate it thoroughly with wnter until
it is workable clay. With a small :
pi a blunt stick this stk-lty clay sho
b worked carefully around and i
With a small hoe
should
int j
Ithe roots of tho trea. ith a little
labor at this wcr'i t!i3 roots will
Inuieklv (Ttt establli'sct', end decide
(largely tha future o. tiie tr -a. Afte:
this the rest of the soil should be
Ithrowa in and piled u; around the
Itree, on I a good mulch of stuble
manure provided. If the season is a
rwet instead of a clry one, the toj;
mulch will not be needed, but if there
ia any danger of a drought, tha muleh
is the only way to prevent the roots
from getting tlursiy. Bat wit a a good
mulch a newly set tree can be kept
moist for months. The water that
has been applied directly to the r.iots
will be kept thera, and not allowed to
erporate.
To put all of tha soil baek into the
hole, and then pour water upon it, is a
method that mui.v praetico now, bul
is not nearly as E..i.sfauiory as tho one
described. A groat deal of the water
tini prt on the eur'ace will never get
Io.n to the roots, but will be absorbed
'more by the surrounding surface eoiL
.When we put it in the hole half filled
w ith soil, it goes direet to the roota,
where it is needed. Where the soil is
very dry in times of drought, it is sur
prising to see Iiotv much water the
Furface soil will absorb. If one digs
down a foot, however, lie will find
that the subsoil is still niitowhad by
the water. American Cultivator.
TAKM ANT CARDES NOTTS'.
The apiarist should pay especial at
tention to the weak colonies..
Honey, either comb or extracted, il
properly taken care of improves with
i'ge.
If moths once get a footing in the
hives, the colonies will be destroyed ia
a very short time.
Land that is not drained dors not
hive time to dry snfiich-ntiy between
r:.IiT to jiermii working the crops. In
aa e::t-'e:i:ei7 v. et sea.iou, and in an ex-Irc-mel
ury one, the cost of draining
is scmstimes ret aid by a single cro.
There are nr.meroi.s eRy wa-s of
i?.ch!-.g the cj.ix is drir.lr, l ut to irsny
t! is teemn to ce a veiy herd fcb. t-'.ve
the c.Ut the eati of yc ur line? a fev
tiines and he w ill soun learn to d-iul:.
Use the method as given ey a little
gir", ho oaM that cha taught t ze
youngsters the vr.-.y in which t ) Criiil:
by wrapping piece cf cloth arouni a
vm coo acl ) laeing-it ir. the mill:.
hits iicwis are oilen very popular
because they loo!-: cieau. A spotless
plumage, accompanied with bright-red
combs make a decidedly beautiful pio
ture in feathers, whether it be on the
biwn, iu the green meadow in spring
time or before you in a clean, tidy
poultry house. It is well, however,
that we have a variety in color; it en
ables all to be suited in taste, for in
his regard many of us differ.
TMEIR LANGUAGE 13 A LEGACY,
Tlio Conuaerors Havo Gone, but Their
Tongue la the Only OueSpokcn.
There is an' instance in Africa or a
j eople who subjugated a large region
and after years of supremacy were
thcmse.ves expelled from the country
but left their language the tiniven:;!
medium of speech as a leminiscem-i.
of their occupancy, says an exchange.
Iliese people are the Makoloio tri e,
who. fortv-eight years ngo, urdcr
their warlike chief, Sebotoane, left
tlicir homes among the mountains ol
liiisutoland, crossed the wide desert
of K.ilahaii, an enterprise involving
in.'redible hardships, anil finally set
settled along the upper Zambesi and
its tributaries. Their emigration
proved the capacity of the savage
African to leave his native land and
make s, new home for himself in a
far-distant region.
Livingstone has described this
fierce chief, Sebotoane, who con
;uered all the trib.;s around him,
madehims.'lf master of the large
empire of the Barutse, and so came to
iu!e a regkn as large as some of ihe
European states. It was in 143
that Livingstone saw him. Tha
empire of the Makololos lasted until
1864, when, on account of the cruelty
of Sekeleto, the son of the old king,
who had died five years before, a
general revolt octured, and the Mak
ololos were driven from the country
by tho natives, who were far more
numerous than the intruding people.
There Is to-day not a sing e Mak
o'olo in that region, but, strange to
; say, during the twenty years of the
domination of this tribe their lan
guage, a little corrupt, became the
language of all that immense terrl-
Iflrv Thus it. h.nnnens that, a l:in.
guage of South Africa is now spoken
in the upper Zambesi by many thou -
sands of people w ho are quite distinct
from the tribe that imposed the
Inmrnnrra nnnn Virii Thn rnti vii
have, in fact, almost forgotten theii ton and has kept them filled with
original languages, though they have P or teachers and widows, and moth
introduced into their new speech e" with si -k babies, not one of whom
quite a large number of the words would have been able to leave home
which formed part of the vocabulary l'ut for her? She has given them
of their forefathers. So the Mak- happiness and health, and perhaps
Chaft
The chaff of grain is Nature's way
of protecting seed between the time
it falls to the ground and that for it
to grow again. Now that grain Is
stored in barns or stacks the chaff is
scarcely less necessary. It is often
the straw may be almost rotted where
the band went around the bundle yet
Ithe craia will shell out with little
apparent injury.
J' Musky GMl.
Several medical journals assert that
the young women of the present day ;
are better developed physically, taller, j
the young women of 50, 100, 150 or
200 years ago. '
1 '
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ltuuivA, olwukci auu iiuaibuier iiiau
: nt it win
How Miss TJp-tc-Dite Shops.
The real fin de tiecle girl is a curious
nmiluriinn of the Deriod. Btlongin
us she does to the Up-to-date family.
she is thoroughly independent, ana en
She is welledu-lof
tirely self possessed, one w wen
rated, not only in book learning,
but
as well in all the domestic duties, to
say nothing of her many accomplish
ments. -
The girl known to us, has learned to
cook in Conwell's Temple College, to
trim hats and bonnets in the Drexel
Institute, and how to draft, cut, make
and trim gowns in the most approved
fashion in McDowell's dressmaking
school, so now with the suggestive aid
of Reve, The French Dressmaker, aud
other hitrh class magazines, she makes
herself look like a charming fashion
plate.
She not only knows how to make
garments, but she is as thoroughly
posted in the art of buying, that is she
understands the nature and merits of
materials and their prices, and she can
also tell you what, where and when, to
buy.
Our girl went down town not long
ago and came home full of facts and
settled some perplexing questions con
cerning the wearing of black; crape she
learned from reliable authorities, is the
mourning material par excellence, and
Eudora is not Henrietta.
One of her errands was to get velvet
enough to make swell sleeves and lo
further trim a dress of Lansdowne.
She bought Velutina, because she said
Velutina looks just like Lyons silk
velvet, wears much longer, and costs one
third less a yard. It comes in all the
colors of the season, as well as in neu
tral tones and delicate tints, and now
is used instead of velvet as trimming
and combining material, as well as to
form evening gowns and street, suits.
A costume of Velutina cord trimmed
with bands of Beaver fur, she thought
Darticularlv stylish.
She also bought, as inter-lining ior
her sleeves, and also for themter-huing
of a jacket, a new material, bearing
the suggestive name of fibre chamois.
The most notable result of her days
investigation was the following letter,
written after consulation with her
father and mother, in regard to the
sum of money they could afford to
spend in replenishing the family outfit.
It shows she knew what she wan tea ana
how to ask for it, and as it is really
addressed to the largest dress goods
house in the world, it may prove sug
gestive to others who find it necessary
to make purchases by mail.
Stkawbkidc.e axd clothier.
Mail Order Department,
Market and Eighth St.,
Philadelphia, l'a.
Pear Sirs: Please send me samples
sf dress goods suitable for street wear,
to cost from ouc. lo jl.uu a yaru.
Cheviots, whipcords, homespuns, and
overt cloths in dark color?, with dasues
sr shadings in bright colors. Also of
bourette and boucle effects and
novelty cloth in ' color with bhick,
in one or two of the num-
irous designs. Send sample of Eu
lora in best quality. For evening
owns include samples of Satin Duch
;sse, and plain and figured sublime
loths in pale green, cream and laven-
Jer, and also enclose samples of elu
tina in shades to go with the various
:lress goods.
At the same time you send samples
;lea3e send me one of your catalogues
f Cloaks and Costumes, another of
House Furnishing Goods and Linens,
ind also your suggestive list of novel
:ies and articles suitable for Christmas
presents
Respectfully,
Jewel Ut-to-date.
In writing to the house of Straw
ondge & Clothier fur Samples or cata
logues, please mention the name of
Ihis journal. Ed.
Both Side of the Story.
Two young girls sat on the porch
af a seaside hotel, ia which they had
been guests all summer; near them
was a gentleman who had just ar
rived. "There," said Miss Blank. "There
;o those lovers off for a stroll. It is
said they are actually engaged! So
absurd! Roth middle-aged; he is a
liompous fool, and she is pockmarked.
What can they see in each other?"
"They have been lovers 6ince they
were children," irently answered Miss
Case. "But she has devoted her life
to nursing her mother, who has been
ill for years with an incurable disease.
Now her mother is dead and they will
soon be married."
Presently:
"Do look at those Wright sisters!
fried Miss Blank. "I'm sick of the
sight of them. The elder sails along
With that slow, majestic grace, as if
they were of royal birth, and the
ugly little one trots after her never
leaves her a minute. It's a wonder
it never cccars to her she may be in
the way when a pretty girl is talking
to a gentleman."
"Her sister does not' think her In
the way," quietly said Miss Case,
The reason she walks and moves
slowly is because she Is subject to ter
rible attacks which are brought on by
rapid motion. Her sister never leaves
her. because if she were not there to
apply the remedies, the poor girl
would ale. Jhere never was a more
unselfish sacrifice of one life to an
other," she added warmly.
Her companion was silenced, but
jnly for a few minutes.
"There is the s'.upid Miss Brown
going awayl That is a relief! When
women get to be as old and ugly and
(uninteresting as that they ought to
! w kept out of sight of their friends."
Miss Case hesitated a moment
"Do you know that Miss Brown en
raged two rooms for the whole sea
new life. I heard this from one of
them not from herself," she added
juickly.
And so on, and on, one seeing the
iiiiiuun 1 11 tmu iiiai artier, bue otuer
Ihe bright side.
The newcomer keenly inspected the
faces of the two girls, as thev rose
and parsed him. Both were young
and pretty. But one was already
tilled with discontent, and with
mean, vulgar thoughts, while the
i Cther turucJ on life eyes full of se-
'ene acd jJ"ful calm. Whatever their
uisap-
. Polntment in the world; but to the
other it will always be. as Charles
Ringsley says, full of eweet and
noble souls."
Monte-Trap.
Th" sticky tly-papor which is coiu-
lno,l,Jr so1'1 uurinU the summer season
i aid to make an excellent mouse-'
, trap. -A. sheet of It laid In front of
:'i' hole from which the mice emerge
i:iy nolo from which the mice emcrgo
THE DEADLY RATTLESNAKE.
So Known Cure for th TOt of tHo Genu
ine Article. - "
' "Out of a thousand peoP1 hitten
,.ti,nnirM said II IX Bourne,
Palm Springs, to a Pomona (CaL)
Progress man, -a " -;
ttftyever really recover, do i
as I know, and I hare posted
myself thoroughly upon the eubject
for over twenty years on the desert
and in Arizona and Texas, there Is
no .known cure for rattlesnake poison,
In spite of the fact that many people
have said that theywere cured by
whisky. You may depend upon it
thas, when a man says he was cured
of a rattlesnake bite, though not
necessarily a liar, be is at least labor
ing under a misapprehension or tbe
facts. There is a small snake simi
lar to the rattlesnake in appearanc,
whoe poison is not so venomous, and
negroes bitten by it place lime upon
the spot or else drink enough whisky
to .counteract the poison. W hisky,
if taken in a large quantity, goes di
rectly into the blood and counteracts
the poison of the snake. But the
regular Arizona rattler, from Ave to
seven feet in length, is a deadly cus
tomer to meet. It does not give any
warning, but strikes the moment it
is disturbed, and it can strike an ob
ject almost twice as far distant as it
is long.
"A friend of mine, ex-County Clerk
George English, was riding along in
the saddle near Y'unia, when a b.g
rattler lying on the road leaped at
him as he passed. 16 siuck to u.s
boot leg, driving one of its fangs clear
through the thick leather of his boot
through bis trousers, just escaping
the flesh. It required considerable
kicking to shake that snake off, and
when he was nnany got. rm oi
started In pursuit. Sly friend naa
faced bullets in the army with non
chalance, but his hair stood on ena
when he saw that snake coming, and
he jammed spurs to his nag and
didn't stop until he had gone a quar
ter stretch. He knew as well as I
what an awfal thing rattlesnake
poison is. He lost two men in one
month from rattlers. My ranch is
literally full of rattlesnakes, and only
last week my hands killed twenty-six
in a field of twenty acres."
IX 0M)EX TIMES
People overlooked the importance of
permanently beneficial effects and were
satisfied with transient action, but now
that il is generally known that Syrup
of Figs will permanently cure habitual
constipation, well informed people will
not buy other laxatives, which act for a
time, but liually injure the system.
An oyster weighing sixty pounds
is occasionally discovered in luget
Sound.
A Itenrli-ve ol Trii Voarn.
An averaee buiiM-s in::u's life tan easily fco I
Irnutheneil tu yeiirs In- the urva-ioua' ue or
Kipmu. Tbul. Ioyou kuuW any one who
wants those tea yeursV
A Kentucky court recently deliber
ated three days, at a cost of $200, up
on the ownership of $11 worth of scrub
pine land.
Dr. Kilmer's Smur-RooT cure
il Kidney snJ Bladder trouble.
Pamphlet and Consultation frea.
Laboratoi" im:!;nmton. K. Y.
Before storing bonev in trees, bees
n'ill i'Iiiq r tli ti-.io f( nil rnltpii u.nm1 !
.ml mf.w TI,ov nnver do nnvthine
bv halves
In most parts of Syria, Palestine and
Arabia tig trees and date palms are
counted and a tax is levied on each tree.
Karl s Clover Kont, tlic irre.it Wool purifier,
piYi'sfreshnww and ric:inu'-i- lo tho un.uilcxioa
and cures coustiimtioii wcts. ioctt. si.
The strawberry is kno.vn all over
the world, and was uso.l as an article
of food by the anciei.ts.
JTrs. Winslow's Pootldnir Svrnp for children
tretliinir. softens tb- uimis. reduces inlia'i. illa
tion, allays aiu- iuiim wiad colic. oc.a bottle
The inhabitants .f
at the setting of tiie
efore sunrise.
Korea go to bed
suu and get up
If afflicted wllli soiccyi-s uio i)r. Isaao Thi nt
fou'ohie water. Dimuista sell ati.iiot Jt.id
Not nis Titrr.
Floor Walker Don't you hear Miss
Sclleru calling '-Cash" at the top of
her voice.
Cash-Tiny Yep.
Why don't you go to her?"
"Tain't my turn. It's Jim Jim
sons." "Whore is Jim?"
"lie just fell down th' elevator."
Street & Smith's Good 2Cews.
v. : I : I::', iio.
Landlady Why do you wish to
leave my house. Mr. iStarboarder?
Ooti't you like the table?
Mr. S. Oh, yes, very much indeed.
I don't know that I ever saw a better
one. It's what you put on it that I
an't stand any longer. Detroit Free
I'r-.-ss. "
43
013
GIVE AWAY
A Sample Package (4 to 7 doces ) ol
Dr. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets
7b any one sending name and address to
us on a postal card.
ONCE USED THEY
ARE ALWAYS IN FAVOR.
fence, our object in sending them out
broadcast
ON tbia I
They absolutely cure Sick Headache. Bil-
ionsness. Constipation, Coated Tongue. Poor
Appetite, Dyspepsia and kindred deranae:
mjnts of the Stomach, Liver and Bowels.
Don't accept some substitute said to be
"just asgood."
The substitute costs tke dealer less.
It costs yon ABOUT the same.
HIS profit is in the "just. as good."
WHERE IS YOURS?
Address for Free Sample,
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World's Dispensary Medical Association.
Ao. 663 Mala St. BUFFALO, N. V.
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a-
Kysrm nuarOfJU TO Y0UT 15 YOUR HERL7H
lire de Ait to rour thin don't bcwitkcut
A USE Or TJfi BEST CHEAPEST TABLE
MINERAL WKTiKlK Tilt Mxtinti.
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Philadelphia, Pa.
Ml
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Ifcoughtless Folks Have the Hardest Work, But Quick
Witted People Dse
SAPOLIO
HANGED HiS OWN FATHER.
A. Peculiar and Toochlnr Scene on Gal
lows. It was a strange meeting of father
and son on the occasion of the hang
ing of old Bill Stebbens for the mur
der of bis second wife at Spokane.
The murder was attrocious, the peo
ple said, and there were few glances
or sympathy for the doomed man
among the morbidly curious stares of
the little crowd that filled the jail
yard. The Sheriff's deputies bad attended
to the details. The trap was set,
ready t3 be sprung and in an instant
send a man into the great beyond.
The noose had been made carefully
of the best hemp rope, greased with
tallow for thai occasion. The pro
cession had moved up the steps to
the platform.
With business like dignity the
Pherid, who h.:d been notified, stepped
from his olHce, crossed the courtyard,
and mounted the scaffold with the
death warrant In his hand. He read
the document in a calm voice, as one
would a notice of a sheriff's sale.
"Throughout his trial, in the dark
Iho-.irs after his sentence, through the
last night of life, and while viewing
cur ou ly from his cell the rays of the
la-t sunrise he would ever see on
earth, the victim of the law had been
stoically sulloi. 1'motL-n had never
siiown itself in l.ii face He had
taken his fate philosophically from
the first, making no defense,
' saying notniiig wnec me sieni o mine
' n:ia g!Ven nlnl an opportunity
be
fore passing sentence. Few noticed
It, but it seemed as if a tear glistened
in his eye then. Addressing himself
to the bheri.f, be said in a suppressed
tone:
"Won't you shake hands, my boy,
before I go'r"
The SheriiTdid not hear him, or if
he did no one could have told it. He
was still the bu iness-like executive
o:!;cer of the county in which he
lived; nothing more.
"1 know 1 didn't treat you r ght,"
the condemned man continued, show
ing a tr.ice of excitement, 'nor your
mother either, but a word of com
f rt to a man that's going to die isn't
kaueh. Won't you say something?"
Twenty years of battling with the
world on his own hook had hardened
the Sheriff's heart. Silently he mo
tioned the assistants to buckle tho
straps, adjust the cap and fix the
nosa
Then with steady and unwavering
countenance he pressed the button
und sent his father into eternity.
l-pokanc lie view.
The Sailboat.
Watched from the wharf a sailboat
seeuis an easy sort of craft to alan
ine. The wind appears to do every
thing. The casual guest of a skilled
j.kipper likewise is apt to think that
i s bis host takes thimrs so easy it
fannot be so very difficult to handle
u sailbo.it alter alL He regards the
warning of experience as based on
the jealousy of competition. Let
him who thinks sailing a science
which its followers try to represent as
hard to learn because they want to
Ikeep it to themselves take a trick at
the helm once.
It looks easy to keep the boat on
her course. Your friend, whe takes
you out sailing barely touches the
tiller once in a while. Some day be j
usks you to take the tiller while he
;wa luiwaru. jic tews you W Keep
that Bpire and that tall chimney
line. You take the helm; you do
what you think you have seen him
ilo. The chimney and the steeple act
as i.f they were bewitched. They
liositively will not come into line.
You observe in a knowing tone, "She
Hoesn't seem to mind her helm."
Jiut she is minding her helm, and
ipretty soon you find ouc what "jib
bing" means.
Most of the fatalit:e3 of summer
Bailing are due to the man who thinks
Hailing is easy; who is conildenc that
Jie knows all about It. ln reality
many a sea captaiD who can handle
ft big ship without difficulty does not
Ifeel at ease in command of a sall
Ihcat. Boat-sailing is a course at the
5aval Academy in which the cadets
undergo arduous training under the
most skilled i est rue tors. Boston
Transcript.
4 ITow'a This t
W offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F . J.Chenet A Co., Props., Toledo, O.
we, the undersigned, have known F. J. Che
ney for the last 15 years and believe him m-r-lectly
honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga
tion made by their firm.
Wesi & Trcax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
WAL.DINO, KtsrAM & Marvih, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
HaU's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon thebiood and mucous sur
faces ot the system. Price, 75c per bottle, bold
by all Druggists, Testimonials tree. '
Pumpkins.
Pumpkins are easily dried, and
those who like can have them all tho
year by taking a little trouble. Tak
ofT tho skin of the pumpkin, cut it in
mm strips ana ury quickly over a hot
stove. The uicces are as himl n.
stove. The pieces are as hard ai
j chirm, but a little ste'win? will make
I them good as when fresh from the
I III fl 'IMaV mrlll J- all .
St. Jacobs Oil--rub it
nibbing it on it bas got y
what if s for. ,;4
wmMomwsr
On WBUTlwmJL
FACE TO FACE.
The pleasure of a confidential chat 5s
doubled by the sweet breath that rocs
with a well-ordered system. And that
la always insured by
Ripans Tabules.
Sweet breath, bright eye,
clear complexion,
Ripans Tabules.
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5
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IS THE BEST. v
NO SQUEAKING.
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r KLNLntfcfclMMr'ifcLli.O lLT.
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2.l.7-? Boys'SchoolShoes.
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Ton ran save money by wonrinir the
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Recauiie we are tbe lnrppst manufacturers of
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We have them Bold everywhere at lower prices for
the value Riven than anV other make. Take no sub
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Furnilure and Beit
GREATEST EVENT l HISTORY.
llelnfii dealers nntl manufacturers we are
enabled to sell vou goods lower iban any Furni
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LOOK 1 10 riecesSoli.i "Oat, carvel Beil Room
Fuils $l!.O0, S-Jl .OO. fi".00. 14 I'iet-tH Larue Oalc
Hed Kouin Suits. f-K, i-i- lni'lvl'lcs 1
1'ureau. 1 Wnihstanil, 1 Jicilsti-ail. 1 lttl Mat
tress, 1 Woven Wire Spring, 2 l'illows, 1 ltoUter,
2 chairs, 1 Kocker, 1 1'arlor Table and Luro
Stand.
Best line of Royal Mattresse?, Feathers, Tables,
Side Hoards. Couches, l.ouuee, 1'arlor suites,
Chain, Springs, Hall Stands, Ktc. Our goods in
workmanship, durability or prie have no ciiiaL
Call and be convinced. Uoods aciu all over tha
country.
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They tit well, war wll an t 1k veil. A bnvol
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