A flBtlEHBBftCD SONGS.
Hj love a long of Scotland sang,
One merry, merry Any,
and in mj mrs the pibrooa rang,
I heard the pipers play ;
t mw the plnlJed clansmen meet
Bine was the morning sky
The heather blossomed at my feet t
A highland king was I.
Ify lore a song of Norway an&
An old Ger mania theme,
and where the mystie Bddai sprang
I wandered In a dream.
I heard a chant of Basic nanVs
Where Hlmer'e fountains shine.''
A.nd with the knights of Ksffted .earns, ,
An errant of the Balno
My lore ahe sang a song of Spain
I wandered long and far,
And in the court of Cbarlomagna
I watched the morning star.
I listened to the rodondel, '
Tones of Leys d'amoor.
The eanzo and the pastoral
I was a troubadour.
Aly love she sang a song of love ;
Her words were sweet and low,
is though the echoes from abova
Had strayed to me below.
Xo more my fancy wandered free, -
Where time and change bare part
The wide, wide world had come to me,
The morning of the heart.
Laura F. Hinsdale. In Timea-Demoarat.
BELLE OF TUE -BIG DRAW.
BY ALICE KAOOOWaN.
. : ; OLJuH JUJKK, Rra.
I t 1 - . T l-AAt-
-r itr naireu alius woman
r-T, ol fifty una was,
lifetime of hard
work, yet I speak
.advisedly when I say
r tnat Bbe was 11
bellrahip is calcu
lated by the number
sCCirs . of one s masculine
0 ' "dmiwrs the belle
V of the vhola Big
Draw country.
Everybody loved hrr. They couldn't
help it ; but I think the reason for the
entire admiration every roan of hex
acquaintance young, old or middle
aged gave her was that she was, in
spite of her bravery in carrying on
clone, for twenty years, the trying
work of a ranch, so thoroughly a wo
uinn. The slender store of accomplish
wonts acquired fa her girlhood were
not thrown awido because Bho some
times had to rido the range, gun in
hand, lookii; for timber wolves.
There wasn't a young fellow in th
neighborhood who didn't make a con
fidante of her about his love affairs
particularly if they chanced to go
vrong.
She was aiways rea ly to give au
hour to listening to their woes, giving
them good advice or playing Smith's
March or Maiden's Trayer for them on
the wheezy little melodeon.
She could sing, too, in a thin, sweei
old voice, songs that the boys loved
und whose choruses thoy could join in,
mieh as "Koll on, Silver Moon" and
'Araby's Daughter."
Her own boy, her only son, hao
turned out, as widows' only sous Bcem
prone to do, not exactly bad, but tri
lling. Perhaps she loved him too well o
humored him too much, but it is ear
that her littlo court of admirers wat
wratby more than onoe over reports ol
the hardships wrought for his mother
by ade Moore s neglect.
People had seen her out on the
range in bad weather, doing a mau's
work, and been told in hasty apology
that ade was sick at home, but
these seizures never kept him from
town of an evening, if there was bdv
fun on hand.
Ho wasn't popular with tha bov
who adored Mrs. Moore, and they
would have been glad to let hun see it
in some marked way, only they knew
that any blow aimed at him must
6trike her gentle heart first.
Finally, some time along in the
summer, he went to Kansas City with
cattle, and his mother had been run
ning the Car 6 alone for nearly fiv
months.
Her friends had not neglected he
in that time. Tom Andrews, the
yonng fellow who was manager of the
Three C's ranch, her next neighbor to
the south, and one of her best friends,
rode over nearly every day to see how
she was getting on, and whether taerr
was anything he could do for her.
This fine crisp December morning,
the day before Christmas, he found
her sitting despondently on her porch,
with no work touched and her hands
in her lap, and in answer to his anxi
ous inquiry she told him eho was
troubled about Wade.
"Worrying becauso you want him
home?" asked Tom. "Where is Wad
now?"
As he glancsd at Mr3. Moore he saw
tho work-worn knotted little hands
close convulsively together. Her
hoad was bent, and Tom thought she
was crying. "I don't know," she said
in a voioe scarcely above a whisper.
Tom sat down on the porch edgo,
speechless with astonishment. "Htfvt
uut you heard trom him?" he said.
"I haven't heard a word sinco h
left," sho replied, "and I've got so
anxious and worried I've got to tell
Homebody."
"I should think bo," Baid Tom.
"Why, it's"
"Five months, " filled in Mrs. Moore ;
"but I wasn't" uneasy until after the
fair closed. 1 was sure he was therel I
He had plenty of money from the cat
tie to go all right, and stay till it
closed, and somehow I was sure tha)
was what he meant to do."
"Why, Mrs. Moore," said Tom,
"he'd never run off and leave you that
way; you wcro intending to go to
gether when tho cattlo were sold,
weren't you?"
It was a cruel question, and Tw.TO
fretted it the moment it wtm out. J.ne
red roses in tho wrinkled cheeks be
fore him faded till they Beomed like
withered roee leaves.
"That's why I think he went off as.
to did. I know Wado better than you
no" Tom doubted that "he's yonng
nd likes to make a good appearance,
ind maybe he didn't care to have an
old-fashioned woman liko me around
with him everywhere."
"An old-fashioned angel," muttered
Com to his boots; "any decent man
would be only too proud of suoh a
mother there, now ; I've made you
cry again, when I was trying to say
something pleasant I"
"No," said Mrs. Moore, raiaing k
resolute face full of cheerful courage.
"No, I'm not going to let it worry me
any more. I've divided my trouble
with you now by telling of it, and I'rr
going to put it out of my mind.
"I'm not going to spoil you boys'
Christmas dinner by being doll or de
pressed, either."
'O, tho Christmas dinner," said.
Tom (it was an annual institution with
Mrs. Moor). "There are ten ooming
that I know of did you get the tar
leys?" "Yes, ahe answered, "flneonee, mid
nj pumpkins turned oat to well this
vear. .TeoflhilfliAd USATlftA ffflfitrJi
7
gating the garden, - We woninar1
the canned stuff like ire had last.'
"Well," eaid Tom, rising to go, "1
wouldn't worry about Wade. He'll b
home all right when his money gives
out. You must be ready toaplay and
sing for us tomorrow. Yon know wi
boys expect plenty of music when Wf
come here."
"I will," cheerfully, "and Til go it
nd start those piea right now. TelJ
the boys to bring any poor fellow they
know that's away from home and hat
no place to eat the Christmas dinner."
Tom rode away, and the last word
from him, oddly enough as Mrs.
Moore thought, was m faint hail sent
back
"Mind we expect music 1"
Christmas morning Mrs. Moor
iaked her pies. A goodly row. The
turkeys were in the oven, the other
dishes baking, simmering or stewing,
as beet suited them, when the wind
mill at the back of the ranch house
stopped pumping. . That meant, since
the store was already low, a cutting
off of the water supply before night.
"I might as well fix it before J
change my dress," she reflected, and
catching up a heavy hammer she wen'
out to the tower.
Forty foet seems a rather extraoi
linarv olimb for a woman of her age.
the ladder, too, was wooden, old and
unsafe, as Tom Andrews had warned
her a week or two ago, but old Teohlo
was cone ; she was as fearless as an
urchin, and up she went, laughing a
little. A tap from her big hammer
set things right, and the wheel began
revolving, but the first turn struck
the hammer out of her band, ami
down it fell, knocking off three rung?
gf the rickety ladder as it went.
Well, she was finely caught.
Visions of the Christmas dinnei
ournintr up while she was imprisoned
so flitted through her mind.
Looking about for aid she saw a
jony and rider approaching the front
of the house cautionsly. It was Tom
Andrews; but how curiously he was
acting. He dismounted, tied his pony
in a bunch of mesquite and came up
to the house almost on tiptoe, looked
in at every window, tried some of the
doors, and then, standing on the
porch, called her name very softly.
She langhed as she looked at him.
So, she wouldn't answer. She d
rather anybody but Tom Andrew,
should help her down, a He had
seemed bo horrified at the idea thai
she should ever go up on windmills at
ill when he had warned her of the na
jfe ladder.
As she looked he stole softly back U
the little divide that hid the hous
from the road, and waved his handker
chief to some one sho could not see.
An awful fear clutched at her heart
ip, in answer to tho signal, a wagot
arae in sight along the road. A
svagon with the ten young men sh
had expected to dinner, some riding
in it, some walking beside it, and ir
the body of it a long box, covered wit?
cloth.
She knew what that meant as sooi
is her eye caught it. Jt was Wade
her boy, her baby, her only son!
They were bringing him home to her.
Her tired arms nearly let go thei
lol.l.
They were driving up in front oi
.he house now. They had gotten out
lilently and were currying the long
50X in. She could hear the shufflinf
sf their feet.
"Oh, Wade, my little son," sht
noanefl, "is this your home-coming T
tier mind went through all the tor
Tients we feel when our dear ones art
takeu from us that all mothers know
'or their sons who go astray. Would
t have been different if she had beer,
irmer, if she had been more lenient,
if she had followed him at onoe whes
the failed to hear Oh, the tragedy o
;hose "ifs."
Sho thought of dropping to the
;round and ending it all there, but
he longed to see the face of her boy
n the collin.
Tom Andrews peeped cautiously out
if the bock door, and she called soft!
.o him.
"Why, Aunt Mat; why, Aunt
dattie," he cried a name he kept fol
date occasions of great excitement.
"How did you get up there?"
"0, help me down, dear, lift m
lown," she moaned. "I'd rather di
)n the ground."
Tom ran and lifted her down in hit
itrong young arms, and set her on a
ench against the windmill tower, anf
itood looking down at her.
"I saw you," she gasped.
"Then you've been up there all tfc.
.imo. Tha boys sent me on ahead to
.py out the ground. They didn't
vant to bring it while you were
n the house, and if you were about, 1
tvas to get yon away on some pre
text." A shudder went over the pathetic
.ittle fignre before him. Poor Wadet
Already he was "it" to everybody bu
her !
Tom was fanning her vigorously
with his big cowboy hat.
"Don't yon feel better now well
enough to come in and see it? The
boys '11 be cnt up abont your getting
sight of it before they were ready
but you had to see it sometime, o'
course."
Tin ntter lack of sympathy in the
oung voice quito broke his listener's
patient heart, U, Wade, my son, my
?on! Bbe cried, and burst into a etora
of sobs.
"Why, res, said poor, bewildered
fom. "Wade's all right. He's in
there with the others. It was him
driving, but he kept bis hat pulled
iiown for fenr yon d see him and know
him. Says he's been sick, and gave
the folks at the hospital the wrong ad
dress is the reason his letters didn't
get here, but he's all right now why.
what's the matter?"
For she had risen and was gripping
lis arm hard with both hands. "JJ
Wade's all right, "she whispered, husk
ily, "what was in that box?"
"A piano for you, " eaid Tom. "A
piano that me and the rest of theboyr
sent to Emerald City for, and haule
ont here to hear you play on."
And when the dinner (which wasn't
SnrCed in the least) had been dis
posed of, any passerby might have
heard the melodious strains of Smith'
March as performed by tho belle ol
the Big Draw, on a resonant new
piano, to the great delight of hei
audience, saluting tho prairie breeze
Washington Star.
Cat Fan
The cat Is superseding the seal UorV
era treatment and artistic dyeing of
furs make cheap Bklns equally fine with
expensive skins, and the careful exam
ination of an expert U needed to tell
from what animal comes the fur thai
Is used in a mantle. Cat fur Is no long
er than seal fur and therefore warmer
and lighter, and It has a fine gloss and
takes a fine color. Then puss can be
nurtured In captivity If this fur should
be needed to wrap the ladies In, but thr
seal disappears before civilization lilo
the bison and the kangaroo.
If you are asked which Is your favor
jte part of the spring chicken at this
early beason, ba polite, and say tha
tTAISa - - - '
HEAR VERSUS -ALLIGATORj
. 7TKBCB VXOHT XV A LOCXWIAXCA
BATOTJ. . .
ft'hile Drtnkinjr Brain U Attacked
by a Huge Saurian A Duel to. the
Death.
ALTER D. KTAPP gives
in the New York Post a
vivid description of
fierce encounter between
bear and an alligator which he wit-
leased while bunting with a iriena in
Louisiana. Hays Mr. Klapp
While lazily enjoying oar siesta we
a-ere suddenly startled pv a iona
irashing in the bashes on the other
tide of the bayou. Snatching np our
rifles, we rushed to the water's edge
just in time to see a large black bear
some ont of the cane brake and walk
leisurely to the opposite bank. He
was evidently thirsty, and had sought
the cool waters of the bayou instead
ot the easier obtained but hot and
stagnant lake water. As he had not
f et caught sight of us we concluded to
wait developments before attempting
Ko secure so enviable a price.
The bear climbed ir.to a low tret
thnt crew ont of the side of the bank.
sod proceeded to crawl out on a stout
limb overhanging the bayou. .His
weight!" bent the thick limb till it
dipped into the water, and the bear
squatted himself on the interlacing
branches and began lapping vigorous
ly. So eagerly did he drink, and so
intently were we watching him, that
neither noticed a tierce swirling ot
the water just below, until a long black
snout shot suddenly from beneath the
surface and two gleaming tows of
teeth closed on the outstretched nu
lla of the bear. The shock of this
unexpected onslaught was so sudden
that the bear had no time to clinch
is hold on tho tree, and so he tum
bled headforemost into the water, and
turning a complete somersault, fell on
his back at some distance from the
alligator.
In falling he had jerked himself fro
trom the alligator's teeth, and now he
began to make frantic efforts to swim
to shore. But the alligator, with one
dirt of his tail, was upon him again.
this time seizing him by a forepaw
and crushing it Like an eggshell. We
could hear the bones crack. The bear
uttered a tcrriflo howl of pain and
rage, and with his other paw gave the
alligator a blow which, sent his long
body flying through the air for a con
siderable distance. This short respite
the bear utilized in paddling violently
for the shore, for be was at a deadly
disadvantage in the water against the
lightning speed of the alligator in his
native element. If he could only gain
the shore, it would soon be "his pic
nic," for the alligator cannot turn
around, his little stumpy legs being
too fax apart.
Like a flash the alligator caught tht
bear by his hind leg. They were now
in a place where the water was shallow
over a hidden sand-bar, so the fight was
a little more even. With a vlolont
snarl the bear turned on his back, and,
bending double, caught the alligator
by the soft white flesh of his throat.
It was now the bear's turn to bite, and
bite he did with such good will that
the blood spurted in streams and the
alligator, letting go the foot he had
been ohewing, emitted a series of howli
that made the woods ring. Then the
fight grew fiercer. The alligator beat
a loud tattoo with his tail on4he bear't
tough hide, but they were at such close
quarters that he could not give it swing
enough to break any bones. He was
gradually working around to a better
position, howevar. and suddenly
planted a vicious blow square on the
breast that sent the bear flying head
over heels into deep water. He was
up in a second and both rushed to
gether. The bear again sought the
alligator s soft throat, and with his
eharp teeth tore great mouthfuls of
'.deeding flesh.
Now, we thought, the victory wit
surely be with the bear. He certainly
did Beem to have the best of it. The
a:iigator usea wnat Droatn caa not
been squeezed out of him bellowing
use a ouu. ice sounas ne nttered
were so full of rage that the water-fowl
r u"a,B ne,lr ln DV ne? ,
m affright The two struggled back
and forth. The water was lashed into
a y. he-,fnr01fn" ?eatla f thV
alligator s tail. Straining and strug.
ghng, this way and that suddenly the
ril-'nmB8fl f. 'tr 'lipped oil
of Cfce narrow strip of sand and was In
deep water again. Now the condition
are reversed and the advantage on the
o4 .u m. -n-jiv . I
niuw Ruutarv nuniu. it itu m
snake-like twist of his lithe bod
ha Blirmd from th. Wr.
clutches and, wheeling around,
the
long, powerful tail flashed for an In
stant in the air and descended with I
crnshing force full on the book of the
bear. Tho thick backbone snapped
liko t reed. With the cry of a human
being in distress the bear rolled over,
limp and lifeless, and sank to the bot
tom like a stone, and the fight was
iver.
The viotor, apparently lifelesf.
doatcd motionless on the surface of
the water an alligator always floats
when dead so we wore preparing to
leave, when a low moan recalled ns nd wonder, Dut oniy ror a moment bo
r.ud we found him in great pain and fore finding the solution. The "ground
slowly bleedingto death from his la- of the dead" Is swarming with centl
ceratml throat The water for many pedes and serpents, driven from the
yards around was dyed orltason with
his blood and his moaning was pitiful
to hoar. We deemed it an act of '
mercy to kill him, and a well-directed ;
Juliet in the eye soon put an end to
tiin nufferings.
Upon drawing him ont of the water
snd measuring him, he was found to
stretch a full sixteen feet from tip to
tip, one of the largest known.
flic Teeth Tell If a Snake's Tenomouv
There is a certain physiological dif
ference between the poisonous and
harmless snakes, which exists vary
plainly in their manner oi dentition.
All snakes are objeota of aversion and
dread to mankind, so muoh so that to
be bitton by a snake has at times bean
so fearful to the viotim as to have pro
Ouoed death, although the snake was
harmless. Buoh is the instinctive
dread with which these reptiles are
thought of that it may be desirable to
havo some easy mode of distinguish
ing the one kind from the other. This
distinguishing characteristic is af
forded by the teeth. In all poisonous
makes there are only two rows of
teeth, the fang, or fanes, boinsr ar.
tanged either within the two rows or
utside. The harmless snakes have four
listinct rows of teeth, and when the
site shows this kind of wound and not
ny single deeper or larger puncture,
there need be no apprehension. -New
i or a ximea
Good Trade.
Abram Atwood, a poulterer of Lew
hrton. Me., sold a turkey to a patron,
and the latter found In the fowl's cran
a gold bosom pin worth twice the price
n me luraey.
The etaudard Chinese work ou coin
ae is in twenty volume.
"THE CROUr.'O OF THE DEAD."
DnUcte Were No the Only Xleadly
Thine oa Thia Nlsht.
- We went Into camp-on a wooded
ridge to the west of which was a deso
late strip of ground abont a mile long
by half a mile wide. The soli was light
and without grass or bush. One could
not look down upon It without thinking
of the ashes of the dead. Byond thia
strip was the dry bed of a creek; at
the oot of oar ridge was a creek not
vet run dry.
Just at sunset two rabbits which had
been biding In the bed of the dry creek
came running towards us In great at
fright, though we could find no reason
for their action. Behind them came
a wolf and a fox. and we finally sus
pected that an Indian scout had crawl.
ed down the bed of the stream from
the bills to ascertain our strength and
py out the lay of the camp. Sentinels
were posted on that side of the earn
at an early hour, with Instructions to
exercise the greatest vigilance, and as
we rolled ourselves In our blankets
each man placed his carbine and revol
ver where they could be seized at a mo
"nent's notice.
At midnight the sentinels hearo.
strange sounds from that "ground of
the dead," as some had named It. It
was a sound akin to that made by
grasshoppers as they swarm over the
larth, devouring every green thing as
they advance. Ten minutes later threo
or four rabbits came rushing across tho
strip and through the sleeping camp,
but the sentinels saw nothing In pur
suit The rabbits were followed by
half a dozen coyotes, and a minute
later a wolf down by the dry creek set
up a great yelping, as If wounded by
bullet or arrow. At half past 12 the
sentinels heard faint splashes in the
creek at he base of the ridge, but tbey
looked in vain for sight of man or ani
mal. They finally decided that the
noise was made by beavers swimming
about, and the hnlf-formed idea of
calling out the corporal of the guar
was abandoned.
At 1 o'clock there were sixty Indian
braves crouched n the bed of the dry
creek opposite our camp. They had
crept and crawled and skulked a dis
tance of two miles to reach the posl
tlon. The scout had reported that wo
were the paymaster's escort twelvo
troopers and paymaster and clerk. An
Apache Indan always wants scalp and
money, but seldom finds the comblna
tlon. Here It was on this night, and
sixty to fourteen ought to win, especial
ly as they planned on a sudden and
complete surprise. Fourteen ecalps,
$,000 In cash, fourteen saddle horses,
four mules and an ambulance, with an
outfit of carbines, revolvers, overcoats.
blankets and small stuff that was the
prize. Its taking would enrich the
whole tribe and crown every warrlo.'
with a laurel wreath.
At half past 1 the warriors formed
for the charge sixty men In a stngU
line. The light, ashy soil of the "ground
of the dead" muffled their footsteps
and the darkness hid thsm from vtew,
The bark of a wolf was to be the sig
nal to rush forward. They would be
st least half way to the ridge before
discovery. At the flash of the senti
nel's carbine they would raise their
warcry, dash ahead with new impetus
and they might figure on finding at
least half the white men dazed and
confused from the sudden awakening
and therefore easy prey for bullet ot
tomahawk. At a quarter of 2 the sig
nal Is given and the line dashes away
as one man. It Is half way across the
field of desolation when a warrtet
cries out then another and another
and the sentinels fire their carbines
and shout an alarm. The line dashes
ahead, but mingled with war whoops
are cries of affright, and the line bends
and wavers and Is broken. It reaches
the creek under the steady fire of the
sentinels a few warriors leap the
stream and utter shouts of victory,
Twenty seconds after the alarm Is riv
en every sleeper Is on his feet with
weapons In hand. Five seconds later
every man Is pulling trigger on ths
black objects swarming up the hillside.
it is a strange battle. Inasmuch foi
every waP whoop the,.,, u a 8crwlrn oi
shriek. It Is over In two minutes anJ
the Indians are retreating-all wht
,v , .,, , o-,, .
cries cease, but the strange cries and
6nrtek8 mg ,n onr cars for tho nes,
teB m,nuteg- Two woundea Inalanl
the hIUsIde ,nto and
,. " T. .v .,.
, . ? " -" "--'
.... .
dead" and
upon the "ground of the
dead" and shiver like children who
lump m atmni mmrl In ttiA flarVnaKa
e as mem 10 explain, uui mey can
lot
Morning comes with a mist hanglni
over the desolate strip. The sun cornel
up to drive It away, and then the mys
tery Is solved. There are four dead
warriors between us and the creek all
killed by our bullets. There are six
more dead beyond the other bank.
Half way the the bed of the dry creek
are three more. On the bank of the
stream Is a single one, and we doubt
not that under the bank, hidden from
our sight are yet other corpses In war-
paint and feathers. We stand and star
plains to the west by the continued
drought They came before the line of
warriors, and they had slaked their
thirst and were lying about In scores
to be trodden on and in turn to use
their deadly stings and fangs. M
Quad in Detroit Free Press.
To Pnt Oat Potato yeau
M. Schraibau, of the French Instltut
Agronomo, has discovered a means of
preventing potato eyes from shooting,
which will be of great value to potato
raisers and consumers the world over.
As fB well known to everybody, one of
the chief obstacles to keeping potatoes
la their predisposition to shoot Life
germinates through their eyes, but tbli
la death to the tuber as an edible. Tin
struggle of a potato to shoot toward the
stray beam of light in a darkened cel
lar has delighted the soul of many a
poet, but the thrifty farmer says "dog
gone them pesky shoots," except when
they peep through the eyes of his seel
potatoes.
Now M. Schraibau stops all this non
sense by treating potatoes to a bath In
a 2 per cent solution of sulphuric acid,
Start not, gentle lover of potatoes
baked, boiled, mashed, fried, lyon
nalse, stewed In cream, bashed brown,
au pratln, etc. Two per cent of sul
phuric acid Is not half as bad as It
sounds. There Is more of the acid In
ordinary -seltzer water than In M.
Rehratbau'a solution- Tt n-lll iln n
harm, as It does not penetrate the skin,
Th. . t l .f I
ux iruiAfcWB Big t;pi ill ills HU1UUUU
for twelve hours. Then they are taken
out and dried, when their power for
sprouting Is forever gone and they are
only fit to eat which everybody will
admit Is the chief end of potatotav
Chicago Journal.
Soman gentlemen wore a gold or
iyory crescent in their shm.
I?paant Shooting In Ceylon. -
' Cr firat attempt at elephant shoot
ag vas in "the Park.'! Appu Sinhu
made an excellent stalk, and H., who
had the toss, had the satisfaction of
shooting our first elephant a bull
with short tushes. Next day it was
my tarn in the thorn jungle. Appu
Sinhu took me np a game path to
within twenty feet of the herd one
offered a fair shot, and down he went.
With- screams of terror the herd fled.
My elephant struggled np again only
to perish by the left barret H, killed
onr third as it dashed by him in a
game path, but not till -he and M. had
emptied their rifles into it This was
a good beginning, but the firing had
disturbed the game, and we now had
to go farther afield for it We found
it again in the thorn jungle a rogue.
H. fired first, and the brute promptly
charged, bnt was turned with the sec
ond barreL Knowing he would not
go far, we advanced against him by
parallel game paths. He charged M.,
who faled to stop him. M. tried to
retreat, caught his foot and fell on his
back. The brute stopped in tho
smoke, and commenced beating for
with its trunk. M., I afterward learned,
was trying silently to get in fresh car
tridges the elephant being between
him and his tracker. Fortunately, I
caught a sight of the brute across the
thorns and gave him another ball. He
at onee charged at the smoke, bnt the
jungle or his wounds impeded him,
and gave me time to run a few yards
to windward. When he emerged 1
brought him to his knees, and M.,
who had followed him in the track,
gave him a coup de grace behind ths
eur. Outing.
CRYSTALS IN DROPS OF INK.
When Ton Write a Letter Too Scatter
Iiamoiida and Rublea oa tlie Paper,
Do you know that when you dip your
pen In Ink and write a letter yon make
brilliant crystals all over the paper?
The poet has been described as putting
down his "burning thoughts," but now
It seems they freeze unless he happens
to write with a lead pencil.
These crystals appear whether yo
write a poem or simply sign your name
to a check, and there are as many crys
tals In the signature of John Garvey,
'the Astor tramp, as In thnt of Russell
Sage.
You must let the Ink dry. Then If vol
look at it through a powerful micro
scope magnifying some three hundred
diameters you will see all sorts of beau
tiful foruia. These appear In endless
variety, but with all the symmetry of
frost crystals or of those chemicals
w hich precipitate Into flowers and geo
metrical forms before your eyes.
Dr. E. Trouessart a French savant,
has recently Investigated this Interest
ing branch of science and has produced
some exquisite examples of what ho
calls "fleurs de 1'encre." The method
employed Is very simple. A drop of
ink is allowed to dry on a slip of glass
and, when observed under a mlcro
?cope, shows the crystallization.
The Inks of commerce vary some
what in composition, but all Inks hav
ing 4 base of solution of gallnuts and
sulphate of Iron show the crystals. The
salt of the Inks which thus crystallizes
lias not yet been identified, and Dr.
Trouessart has hesitated to give It s
name.
He has found that the Ink crystals are
chiefly of the cubical form, and this.
suggests that they are magnetic oxide
of iron.
Strange to say, these Ink crystals ar
white In color. This, together with the
fact of the peculiar shapes of some of
the groups, seems to Indicate that Iron
dlsulphldeor marcaslte is the substance
in question. In red and purple Inks the
crystals are o'f a totally different shape
from those to be found In black Inks.
Indelible Inks, on the other hand, show
few of the crystals.
Von may write your name severa.
times, using the same pen. Ink and pa
per, and yet the crystals when observed
are seen to be totally different In each
case. Thus they will not be available as
methods of Identification In forged will
cases or when the signatures to checks
are in dispute.
There are no crystals In the Ink, at
It smoothly glides, from the point of
your pen to the paper, but they rapidly
begin to appear as the Ink dries, form
ing In exquisite fashion as on water
that la quickly freezing. Under the
microscope of the savant who has Inves
tigated this subject large crystals ap
peared In an Instant while the Ink was
drying, making geometrical forms at
:he bidding of some mysterious force.
Squares and crosses were numerous.
There were forms that looked like tele
graph poles and others that seemed
like gridirons. Facetted gems radiat
ing light suddenly sprang Into existence
under the astonished eyes of the man
f science.
Being In aniline Ink, they took all the
colors of the rainbow, making a gor
geous display that rivaled that of a
Jeweler's case of precious stones, throw
ing off rays of every color. Looked at
from one point there were diamonds,
emeralds and rubles In the collection
of ink crystals, then a slight Inclination
of the paper turned them Into sap
phires, amethysts and opals, while from
another point they seemed like garnets.
tourmalines and bits of amber gently
playing with the shafts of light under
the eyes of the observer.
Who knew before that Ink could b
m brilliant? The dullest man now can
write dazzling thoughts. It will not
even be necessary for the ambitious
author to find a publisher. Ills gor
geous word-painting will astonish the
beholder when put under the magnify
ing glass.
Rejected manuscripts are thus equal
ly as brilliant as those that are accept
ed, and, after the latter are printed,
more so, for printers' Ink, It has been
found, Is a thick and muggy substance
which shows none of the exquisite geo
metric figures of the aniline Inks. There
are millions of embryo crystals in every
bottle of Ink. which Is a veritable Jew
eler's shop in what It may show to de
light the eye. New York World.
Cr. Kilmer'. amp-Root cum
all Kidney ami Bladder trouble..
amplet and Consultation free.
Laboratory Binghamton, N. Y.
Coal tar is the latest Parisian remedy , &U nd have made it the most
for all the ills. It is taken in the popular remedy known.
rough. j Syrup of Figa is for Bale in 50
- ' cent bottles by all leading drug
Mrs. Window's Soofhlaar Irm for rhnflra. ',, a .i:.vi J - i;.
tMthlnn. ftas the .uma. redxioe. lnflan.ma.
auars
Min. cons wia4 eoUc. cbouis
. .
On a. ummer day the averaKe healthy
lult perspires about Iwentv-eiVht
adult perspires about
ounces.
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The sea has no herbivorous inhabit
ant. Its population live on each
other.
SBaH
It Was Before tbe Day of
SAPOLIO
Tbe; Used to Say "Woman's Work is Never Done."
a -w..Mli In IUhla
roue- children are very liable to
fccti-ius of hr.UritabirDrouc7dN
n"l"S:r;;,nlly 1
n.nth which, thomrli
.h f.tf illness. One of the
f sore mouth In ba
We.T.-"to be found In the Irritation
. . . . . . a i. ITI
leeuiing. uiougu any .ocaii "".
cause the aamo trouble. Another rro-
aueut cause Is aastrio disturbance,
fact which la shown by the acidity of
the stomach and by the character of
the Intestinal discharges.
The first Indication which usually ap
pears In cases of Inflammation of the
lining membranes of the mouth la rest
lessness on the part of the Infant and
an Indisposition to nurse. On looking
Into the mouth we observe that the
gums and other parts are reddened
and Inflamed In certain places, and here
and there are white specks like pim
ples. If the Inflammation Is not prop
erly cared for and promptly subdued,
these pimples soon break down and be
come open sores.
The principal point In the treatmem
of sore mouth is to correct any general
or Rpccial cause upon which the local
trouble seems to be dependent The
bowels should be regulated and the
acidity of the stomach controlled. If
the disturbances of the stomach and
bowels are not very marked, a little
magnesia or ltmewater added to tho
milk, or given separately, will prove
all that Is required.
As a local remedy we may wash out
the mouth with any mild preparation
like borax and water or a solution of
alum and carbolic add. There Is no
special rule to be following In prepar
ing washes for the mouth, except that
they shall be cleansing and non-Irrltat-
lng. A very good way to treat sore
mouth Is to swab out the mouth care
fully with warm watei two or three
times a day, afterward putting on tho
tongue a pinch of a powder of equal
parts of powdered white sugar and bo
rate of soda.
We should remember, however, J
treating this affection, that It rarely
comes of Itself, but Is almost always
significant of some more general dis
turbance. Youth's Companion I
How They Carry Money.
One of the nnwrest ai-hts la to
now different immigrants carry their
h.. niiui ih fnl.
lowing Interesting facts In regard to
several nationalities:
Most English Immigrants carry their
.oln In a small case, attached to a
chain, which they keep In a pocket as
they would a watch.
Irishmen always have a little canvas
bag in which notes and coins are cram
med together. Irish girls, on the other
hand, generally have their money sew
ed on the inside of their dresses.
Germans carry their money In a bt?K
round their waists, and the belt Is us
ually an elaborate and costly afialr, no
matter how poor the Immigrant may lw.
The French mostly carry a smr.II
brass case lu which thoy can place for
ty or fifty twenty-franc pieces, and re
move them very readily, one at a time.
There axe very few Italians who dfl
aot carry a large tin tube In which they
keep their paper money or silver coins.
and tills tube Is hung around their neck
by a small chain or cord.
Swedes and Norwegians are sure ti
have an Immense pocketbook that has
generally been used by their fathers
and grandfathers before them, and
which has In It enough leather to make
l pair of boots.
The Slavonians and Hungarians
carry their money lu their long boot
together with a knife, fork and spoon.
E. B.Walthall A Co.. DrnBjlsts. Hone Cave.
KyM say : Hairs Catarrh Cure cures every
one thai takes it." bold by iJrucUtd. 7jc
W. C. Eagan has given a collection
of 10,000 rare fossils to the Chicago
Academy of fc'cienci s.
Ton Think It Was Something Else
The "why" of tbe bad feellne i whtit puzzle
you. ItU easy to Imacine so mnnv eaiites, ht-n
the real one iuitlKo-uioii. Yon think it i some
thlmrelse. The cure is It 1 pans .abules. A single
tubule gives relief. Ask the druggist.
Twenty-eeven knots per hour is the
guaranteed speed of the new British
torpedo boat destroyer Jon us, just
launched.
' Von are weak and worn out, or have tliat
tired feeling Hood's Sarsaparilla in just the medi
cine to restore your strength an I give you s
good appetite. Hood's makes pure blood.
For a dinner pill an 1 gcnernl fnmlly nthartic
we cunnuentiy recominenil Ilood'a Pllla.
Those who really deserve
rarely fail to achieve it
succeps
I believe PIso'a fTiir
my hoy's ilifc last Summer. Mas. allis lKuo-
Since the rennet :on of ea fores in
ijondon the ratio of patronage to
population has risen from 14.6 to
seventy-seven.
Colli til A mfrtrw? nrl ilfa YiaM
Bjrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant.
and refreshine to the taste, and acta '
gently yet promptly cn the Kidneys, '
W and PBowelsT cleanses the sysl I
euecMiaiiy, aispcis colds bead
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
enly remedy of its tind ever pro
duced, pleasing to tho tasta and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
iiwig uiumM suu
may not have it on band will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who I
wfehes to it- Io not accept
.XT JT. J '
Buusuiuie
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAM FBAHCISCO, CAL.
louisviiu. nr. hew romc, r.
All Out of Sorts
f - t . T. ; ;9 vodr
T-A oi r anil wearV. If til 10 13 5
condition, stop and think. You a
-Merer from dyspepsi- -"d .eat
ureu.ww uu-j; ."--"-
re
suiierer.ro... e--
mis-
- ery awaits you if you ao no
of -Z'V I have left such meetings
Hood's Saratnarilla is the
m?ici
- " - - - - , . ,u" th
"w"" ' . .u-. .v.
power 10 w
a etomacn ana uigesuve organ,
Hood's Sarsaparilla
la the only true blood purifier promi
nently in the public eye to-day.
! . Dillo act harmoniously witn
llOOd S fills Hood's ttersaparilla. 2So
,-WHICMBVBR WAT."
Whichever way tne wind doth blow
Some heart is glad to have it so ;
Then blow it east or blow tt west,
roe wind that blows, that wind Is best.
tt y little cralt sails not alone
A thousand fleets from every aone
Am out upon a thousani seas
And what for me were favoring breea
Might dash another with the shoes.
Of doom, upon some hidden rook
And so I do not dare to pray
For winds that watt me on my War,
Bat leave it to a Higher Will
To stay or speed me trusting mm
That all is well, and sure that II
Who bunched my bark will sail with me
Thro' storm and calm, and will not fal!,
Whatever breezes may prevail.
To land me every peril past
Within Bis sheltering heaven at lass.
Then whatsoever wind doth blow
Borne heart is glad to have it so.
And blow It east or blow it west,
' The wind that blows, that win3 a best
Woman's Record.
HUMOB OF THE DAY.
A good dressing down Swan's.
You usually love people becnuse you
do not know them. Atchison Globe.
A tree seems more polite in winter
because you can see its boughs. Ga
zette.
The best "quarter-back" The one
returned oy me nu j
lent onicago ew.
I Jagson aays hot water will dissolve
' .lmni.t varTtliinir. including; a bnsi-
' Plmira flnzntte.
UCSn li&u.
Stranger "Who owns this store?'
OfBceboy "The boss says I do, but I
don t Detroit l ree rress.
I ked a gay chrysanthemum
What made Der nourien so ;
Bli- answered, looking frolicsome,
I get such lots of show !"
Puck.
Jones "Does Daubre paint for a
livini??" Wriaht "I should soy not,
to iud"0 by hiB pictures. " Te .v York
Times.
"Xo." she exclaimed with emotion
'I can never forgive you, but but
I will try to forget you. Boston
ViMuscript.
Tae warlike spirit never dies.
In pease His present just tha same;
When Nations know no enemies
Their youth will brave tbe lootball game.
vtasningiou mar.
Mrs. Brown-Jones "80 he married
vou after all? Mrs. Brown-Smith
"l'es. after all I had . but he didn't
get it. "Truth.
To borrow money is to borrow
trouble, and some men find it a good
deal of trouble to borrow money, too.
Somerville Journal.
A New Jersey exchange urges the
aRe of the spring trap in dealing with
thievish tramps. It a a snappy arti
cle. Philadelphia Ledger.
"I have lost my heart," he whispered,
Uazlng in br lovely eye ;
But the oniden coldly answered,
"Why don't von advertise?"
rick Me TJp.
Professor Garner 6ays he can tell
1 what monkeys say to one another.
But who wants to know tnat? xnere
is too much talk of that kind already.
Chicago Tribune.
He "Was the Suddenlys elope
ment a success?" She "Hardly ; her
father telegraphed them out West to
stay where they were and all would be
forgiven." Brooklyn Life.
Police Magistrate "Have yon evex
seen the prisoner at the barf" Wit
ness "Xever, your Honor ; bat I've
seen him when I etrongly suspected
he'd been at it." Tit-Bits.
Columbus was considered a greA
Italian because he mado an egg stand
on end, but nowadays Italians think
nothing of having a peanut stand 00
the corner. Buffalo Times.
Thero was a young man In Bellaire,
Who eaid, '-When I was at the fairs "
hotlicy jumped on his nock
And lott him n wreck.
With hi heels stie-m r up in the aire.
lu liiiu.ipolis Journal.
"loa seem to bo a-frayed," ob
served the flat-iron. "That's because
I am hard pressed," retorted the
collar, etarchily. And the ironing
board got hot under the collar. Chi
cago Tribune.
A fine collection of fossils formal,
by her father has been given to Cam
bridge University (England) by Mrs.
Moore of Beardley. Several interest
ing specimens are still at large on this
side. Philadelphia Ledger.
Officeboy "I'll get even .with tht
old snoozer for not letting me oS tint
afternoon." Janitor "What can you
do?" Officeboy "Every crank, book
asrent and bum that comes will aa I
straight in." Brooklyn Life.
Crusty Old Gentleman "Your sink
ing. Miss Taylor, is like attar of rosei
." Miss Taylor (with a gratified
smile) "Oh, you are too flattering."
Old Gentleman continuing) "A little
of it goes a long way." Tit-Bits.
Teacher "Who can tell me whaV
useful article we got from the whale?"
;?
. Msbt-
"Whalebone." Teacher
Right Now, what little boy or girl
t a get .? l ?
' f,
knows what we get from the seal?
Mr. Smartly. " said the profesao.
m tha astronomy class, ''bow far
should we let onrselvea be guided by
the theories of Copernicus" "Aa to
that," replied Mr. Smartly, "I should
prefer to intrust so important a de
cision entirely to yon, sir." Chicago
Record.
"I have seed some protty IgsenA
reope amnng the summer boarders
my wife takes every year," said old
Mr. Jason, "but they ain't never none
of them np to the young woman thet
wanted to know if apple butter wni
made from feedin' apples to the cows.
Indianapolis Journal.
Aha b6B 'whispering gallery is in
e don8 ' Bt. Panl'S Cathedral, in
London.
Uncle Sam'a Cotton Seed Oil.
The United States exported two and
quarter million gallons of cotton Feed
oil to Germany last year. Six million
gallons went to Holland. Germany hai
put a duty of $2.50 om each 200 pounds
of the oil. ,
A man who will wear made over tl-j
will let hla wife cut his hair for lilav
Solitude, S3tming a sanctuarr
proves a grave; a sepulcher in which
'. the living he, whore all good qualities
grow sick and die.
How to AtoM Collii
For many years my occupation tool
V A 4fn ! A dd noil tlfi.l sVtl it 11
a r vf :C7 r. "u
me to crowded
meeting, gounuj ucm m rooms aes.
.. titute of any
means of ventilation
, ne heat WM intense, the air fetid and
i oamea in
perspiration and pranged
into the chill of a winter's night,
thereby running the risk of catching
the severest cold. Yet, strange to say,
I enjoyed a singular immunity bom
such aggravating ailments.. At ths
first touch of oold air I took a deep in.
spiration and then held my breath for
half a minute, in the meantime walk
ing as fast as I could. During thai
half minute the pores of the akin ni
closed against the chilling atmosphere,
and by the time the lungs called tut
reinvigoration the body had corvid, r
ably cooled, and the risk of a chill va
over.
I recommend this practice to publi,
j speakers, vocalists, entertainers, and
j those who are obliged to frequent vn-
UUiy UVIlbOU wu.o. 1. au,
the practice never faile l, and, nHhnu))
I fully believed in .its value, I never
understood the reason of it until n
learned scientist came forward wit'i
! the remarkable theory that while hoi !
log the breath the skin conld be ninin
tained impenetrable to tho sting of a
Vee. Providence Journal.
There seems to be more unilv of
; nction among the wicked than am ini
j the good; the wicked hunt in cmiiIh
land all the devil's troops are well
! drill Hi.
j Clay County, Illinois, has oO.Ouo
acres of orchards.
j Americans pay $10,000,000 a yeai
j for peanuts.
1 Buckram was at first any sort of cloth
stiffened with gum.
London manufactures 52,500,000
worth of umbrellas each year.
D17
Dr. PIERCE'S
Golden fledical
DISCOVERY
Cures Ninety-eight per cent, of all
I cases of Consumption, in all Us
I Earlier Stages.
Although by manv believed to be incurs
ble, there is the evidence of hundreds m
livinir witnesses to the fact that, in all its
, earlier statres, consumption is a curable
disease. Not every case, but a larire Per
centage of cases, ami we believe, fully S
tier cent, are cured by Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, even after the disease
has processed so far as to induce repeated
bleedings from the lungs, severe lingering
cough with copious expectoration (includ
inir tubercular matter), great loss of flesh
and extreme emaciation and weakness.
liadway's (
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Spiituifl. Sour Mitaiach. Heartburn, Sick HvtuJ
itche, Diarrbtva. SuniWfr Compimnt, I) y wa
tery. Colic, frlutulency nnd alt internHl palne.
There is nut a remedial ai-enr in the world that,
will cure fever and ariio hiid nil oilier
mttlRrioue. lilllcms nd other fevers, (ttfded ly
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Purely vepetjiitlp, mild and reliable, t nuv perfer
Plirfntiun. cutuulr te ubsorDiiuu. and ht-aUlilul rtu.i
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For the cure of nil disorders of t tie Stntnni'!i.I-(v'r,
Bm 1. Kidnev. Iliad dt-r. Femult 1 1 reiriiliriH
Hick Htadiu-lie, Hll to 113 mfl. Constipatum, 1U-1 un I
all (lrnniiitnt.- of t.lt Internal VijHfra. & ct.
buz. At t)ri)gKftS r '' mail.
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Tb. "IdUFNE" areth. Bert and Most Economt
ral Collar and OuOs worn: tbey are Did. ol 11m
tlotli, bulb sides flniibed allia, and h:n rvai
It, on. collar lq lal totwoof anrotL.rkiri.
'fklV Jft Mil, war mil ani lw wl. A boxm
T.n Oallan or Yum Smum of Oafia for Twmtr-tm
Out a.
A Hamr4 dollar and Pair of On fa h mail a b
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SOOTHING SYRUP i
ba beii UMti b nnufons of Mother
for tliuir children wLl icsritiUm for over i
fifty Yean. It soothes tne rltild. m.r tf.n tha
gums, allays all pain, cures wind cullcaua 4
la toe beat rmdy tor .iarrtvi.
Twentr-fcvo Cents a. Hon
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