OYAGE TO SLU M BERLAX D.
She nails away on the sea of dreams,
This little kiper with even of brown,
As the firefly's torch in twilight gleams,
And the garnish sun goes down;
Tier bark floats over she grimy town
To Slumlicrlnnd and its silver sea;
The spotless folds of her slumber gown
Are no whit fairer than she.
'.There are angel birds In the warm, still air,
And the skipper laughs with her eyes of
brown,
As they sing to her old songs, sweet and rare,
While her bark billows up aud down;
They sing of a prince of high renown,
Aud a princess ever so young and fair;
Out where is the princess had ever a crown
Like the crown of her soft brown hair?
Cometh a storm over the silver sea,
That ebbs on the dreamer's land.
And the angel birds fade out to the lc
(If this singular slumber strand ;
there a harbor by angels planned,
From all sturms, whatever they be,
From the wicked fairies of Slumlicrland
And the waves in its silver sea?
Up, like a flash, comes the little brows
head.
And the brown eyes only see
A billowy blauku4of silk outspread
On an ocean of dimity ;
Hut it's fearlessly the skipper will flee,
Willi a soft little barefoot tread,
By the chart she learned on her bended
knee,
To the haven of mother's bed.
Tramp orGentleman ?
Ho was a tramp undoubtedly. The
solitary marshal whose business it was
to represent the majesty of tho law in
the little village of Blue Rock, spotted
the stranger as soon as he entered the
place.
The visitor was shabbily dressed
His coat was rag-red and hia trousert
were patched. His hat wa9 without a
brim and his shoes let his feet touch
the ground.
"I'll lihadow him, any way," said
the marshal to himself.
The tramp slouched along down the
shady side of the street until he reached
the depot. Here he paused and took
i seat on the platform.
"Hello, there 1 You must move on,"
mid the ollVcr.
The man thus rudely spoken tc
turned a weary face to the marshal. It
was not a very clean face, and it bore
traces of care. But it was not a bad
face, nor a very old face. On the con
trarv, it was rather frank and youth
ful." All this the marshal took in, but he
had his orders and he had to carry
them out. Blue Kock had passed an
ordinance subjecting all tramps to thir
ty days' imprisonment at hard labor.
"What are you doing here?" asked
the ofliccr roughly.
"I am looking for work."
'Who are you!"
"I am a srentleman."
"A gentleman! Yon look like one.
What is your name and where are you
from?"
The wayfarer put his hand to hit
head and a puzzled look came over his
face.
'I would give anvthing to be ablt
to answer your questions, but I can't
answer for I do not know."
At this astounding reply the marshal
raised his baton.
'Xone of your chaff," he growled
"Now-1 will give you one chance. You
march out of town or L'll run you in."
The stranger evidently understood
the full purport of the threat. He leap
ed from his seat with a frightened
look, and without a word walked oil
down the truck.
"lie's been arrested before," Fair,
the officer, thoughtfully. "No doubt
he has been in a dozen jails. Well, so
he leaves here it is all right."
Two hours later the guardian of the
peace found his tramp occupying his
former .-eat on the depot plat form.
"Now you must come with me,"
said the niar-hal angrily.
He siezed the lounger by one ant
and jerked him up. The prisoner made
no resistance. He looked reproachful
ly at his captor and started oil' with
liim in silence.
At Blue Kock justice was alwayt
ewift, although perhaps it was a little
crude.
In Ie-s than an hour the tramp was
convicted and locked up in the stock
ado, where was set to work breaking
itoiies.
The prisoner's obstinacy in asserting
that he had forgotton his name and
former place of abode made the petty
village ollicials very mad, and the poor
fellow was put to work at harder tasks
than usual.
As the weeks rolled on it wa9 notic
ed that the prisoner displayed no re
scntini'iit or impatience. He went
about his work cheerfully and without
complaint.
When the prisoner's term was out
the first man he met after hia release
was the marshal.
"(let out of tho town right away,"
was the officer's advice.
"But I want to stay here," said the
tramp, "I want to work, and I liko
the place."
"You are a blank fool to want to
stay in this town," said the other, "and
it will be my duty to arrest you again
if you don't leave. So inarch.
The unfortunate wretch made nc
furtl. or appeal. He limped off slowly,
and was soon out of sight.
Later in the day the marshal passed
by the depot and saw a spectacle that
made him open his eyes. The tramp
was on the platform, and the superin
tendent was talking to him.
"Come here," said the superintend
ent to the marshal, "and take this
vagabond off."
There was nothing to do but to mak
the arrest. A speedy conviction fob
lowed, and tho luckless victim was
again sent to tho stockade for thirty
:U s. At last the month came to a
end, and the prisoner was turned out.
This time the marshal marched him
boyond the town limits and left him.
He has got too much sense to come
back," reported the marshal to the
mayor.
"We may have been too hard on
him," responded the mayor. "I some
times think he is wrong in the head."
"Well, it is too late to talk about
it," said the other. And the conversa
tion ended.
The tramp did not turn up again
that day nor tho next. The worthy
marshal began to be worried, and the
mayor a little uneasy.
Blue Bock was such a small place
that a sensation was always welcome,
and the unknown prisoner had been
the talk of the town for sixty days.
"He's hiding in the woods, aud will
lip in some night aud burn the town,"
laid one.
This idea found great favor, and
the villagers found it difficult to sleep.
On tho following day there was a
railway excursion to a point of interest
forty miles away, and everybody of
tny consequence in the town went
along. The mayor and council, the
uperinteudent of the depot and even
the marshal joined the party.
The return trip was mode after dark,
and the train sped along at a fearfu'
rate of speed. The excursionists were
all in a jolly humor and were at tb
height of their festivities, when th(
frightful shrieking of tho locomotive
whistle startled everybody. The trau
came to a full 6top, aud among thoss
who rushed ont were the mayor aud
marshal of Blue Kock.
At the head of the train they found
the engineer and conductor talking
with a man who held one hand to hit
side, from which the blood was stream
ing.
"Great God! It is our tramp I" ex
claimed the marshal.
"You are right," said the mayor
"My poor fellow, what is th
matter?"
The tramp fell in a fainting-fit be
fore he could answer tins question.
"You see," 6aid the engineer, "this
onan was tramping through the woods
iv hen ho came to the track and found
:wo train-wreckers tampering with the
rails. Well, this tramp, or whatever
lie is, jumped on the scoundrels like a
tiger. He disabled one of them, but
the other stabbed him in the side ami
ran away. See, he built a lire on the
rack, and as soon as I saw it I stopped
Jie train."
Just then several passengers came
lp with tho wounded wrecker, who
lad been seriously injured by the
xamp.
The villain evidently thought that he
vas mortally wounded, for he made a
full confession.
"I think," said the Blue Rock mayor,
'that wc owe a debt of gratitude to
iur preserver. Many men in this fix
would not have turned over a hand to
lave us."
The poor tramp opened his eyes and
smiled faintly.
"Did you know we wcro on the
train?" asked the marshal.
"Oh, yes; I saw you when vou went
tip tho road this morning, and I hung
about here because I saw those two
maps acting suspiciously.
"Como now, who are you and where
is your home?" asked the marshal.
"I am a gentleman. I have forgot
ten my name and all about things that
happened years ago. I can tell you
lothing more."
"By George 1" said the mayor, "I
oelieve he tells the truth."
"We must take him to Bluo Rock
and care for him," said one of the
party. "He shall have the freedom of
the town and the best there is in it."
"Thank you," said the tramp, with
I smile, "I am satisfied now."
A spam of pain contracted his feat
ures.
A gasp, a fluttering of the breath
and the unknown was dead.
Tramp or gentleman, who was he
and what lav back of his misfortunes?
These were the questions that the
Clue Rock excursionists a?kcd eaclr
thcr on their wav home.
TOWNS OF SETTLED HABITS.
London and Philadelphia Alike in
This Respect.
In her article on "The Myth of the
100," In the July Cosmopolitan, Mrs.
Burton Harrison tells of an American
ailing upon a lady In London and find
ing her seated In a big chair by the
window and engaged In some sort of
needlework. A young man came In and
paid his respects, as It was her clay at
home, and then bowed himself out.
Three years later the American was
again in London, and again he called
upon the lady. It was her day at home.
and there she sat in the same chair by
tho samo window with the samo nee
dlework, or some very like it, la her
hand, and, more remarkable still, the
same young man called and made tho
same remarks he had made three years
before. Mrs. Harrison tells this anec
dote to show how unchanged things
are In England, and how you ere pretty
sure to find people Just about as you
left them. The illustration Is a good
one, but I can match It with a better
one over here.
I have the pleasure of knowing a
family In .Philadelphia, who have lived
In the same house for forty years. As
the children of this family grew up,
they developed a musical talent from
four or five generations of men learned
In the law, as well as skilled with the
bow. Every Sunday, between 12 and 1
o'clock. It was the custom of the father
and the sons to play classic music, tho
father being first violin, one son viola,
one second violin, the other violoncello.
They played well, and, as I lived near
er Philadelphia In those days than I do
to-day, I dropped In at these rehearsals,
as they called them. Five years ago I
was In Philadelphia on a Sunday. I
had not seen my old friends In fifteen
years, but I was sure they were living
at the old place. I walked around to
the house, and, as I mounted the mar
ble steps, I heard sounds of music
Could It be possible that a "rehearsal"
was going on? Yes, sure enough. There
sat the father, his hair snow white,
with his violin tucked under his chin,
and the three "boys" fathers them
selves all playing away as they had
been doing since they were children.
To be sure, they were married men
and did not live at home, but they met
every Sunday morning at their father's
for the usual music. I expect to run
on to Philadelphia again before long,
and, though It has been at least five
years since I was at my old friend's
house, I expect to hear the music on
Sunday morning, for I shall time my
visit so as to include a Sunday. Critic
A Sensitive Sont,
Miss rasse So you are really an ar
tist! I adore artl
De Auber Then I suppose yon paint,
yourself, a little?
Miss P. (drawing herself up) I think
you are awfully rude, Mr. De Auber.-
Truth.
Rtrang-e.
Hicks The new girl doesn't seem pos
sessed of ordinary Intelligence.
Mrs. Hicks That's strange; I got her
from an ordinary intelligence office.-
New York World.
. Where He Waa Going.
'William Ann Where are you going
for the hot weather?
Hiram Upton Nowhere! I've taken a
room, on the 135th floor of one of the
ww hotels. New York World.
No Wonder.
"You seem very uncomfortable,'
said
Mrs. Cayenne.
"I am exceedingly uncomfortable. I
have something on my mind."
"Ah! Then it's no wonder." Wash
ington Star.
No Doubt About It.
First Cycler (nearlng a road house)
Do you suppose we can get anything to
drink there?
Second Cycler Just look at the enor
mous aggregation of wheels in the car
riage shed. Life.
Slain Him TJp.
First Housewife (South Side islands)
The new missionary looks dreadfully
our.
Second Housewife Well, be'U do fot
canning, aaywii
WILDEST TRIBE OF INDIANS. I
t.ePapaj;ae of Arizona, Are Ureat Wan
oarers, but Not Bloodthirsty.
The chief of the Bureau of Eth.
ologv in Washington has sent two
houts into Arizona to look over the
mes of the l'apago Indians and
o investigate their race characteris
les, says the Kew York World
rhey are the most vagrant of Amerl
ran Indians, with many triuai
-uliarities. They live in Southern
Arizona. Often they make foraging
expeditions into Mexico, and in the
ense ot settled habitation they can
nt be said to live anywhere. They
,:e the most nomadic of all the In
ian tribes at present. The Fapa
oes were once a tribe of from 4,000
o 7,000. The exact number is not
mown. They are scattered over so
vide a range of territory that it is
loubtful if even one of their own
lumber could form a clear idea of
low many there now are In the
rilie.
The Tapagoes are wild in the senst
hat they are not civili.ed, but not
li the sense that they are blood
thirsty. They are a very peaceful
people, and many of them assist their
Indian neighbors in harvesting their
train. They taze their pay in sup
plies, which they lay up for the
winter season. But in the summer
;hey live chiefly on the fruit of the
actus plant and wild berries, it is
i wonder how they live at all. Some
if those who lead a roving lire own a
'ew horses and cattle. But the en.
Are number of cattle owned by those
ho are not on reservation is only
!,000 and the number ot domestic
owls is 1, 150.
The l'apago Indians receive no
rations from the Government. They
ire actually self sup; orting, asklnu
aothlnn of the Government and re
viving very little. There are from
00 to 500 lud:ans gathered on two
reservations, one near lucson ana
tie near Gila Bend, on tho Southern
I'aclflc Railroad. These communi-
,.es are not models of their kind. In
act, they are described as having
lach about thirty miserable, squalid
ulobe houses, with not a drop of
water with Id many miles, except
what is caught in pools during the
uncertain Aafecna rainy seasons, an:l
n a short time this water becomes
:lilck and vile, because the pools a e
.he common resort of the Indians.
he cattle and the swine. What the
I'apagoes need most is irrigation to
nake their barren land ferine, ior
;hat land now will not furnlsn sub
istence for a coyote or a gopher.
IGN OF A GREEN DRUMMER.
r lie Carrie Much Itucsace if a tKU
lie's New to the nutlne.
"I can tell after a single glance a'
,he bagg;ige carried by a drummer
ibout how long he has been on the
oad." said a lawyer at the Comnier-
al Travelers' Club to a ew York
A'orld reporter. "When the young
nan first starts out on the grand tour
f th. west or south he is likely to
;arry In one larvte trunk enough sarn
ies to stuck a village store. Another
Tunk will contain changes of clotti
ng and linen sutllsent for a trip
.round the world. He will carry two
arce hand satchels, one carrying
amples, the other a bouLtiful supply
if genis rnrnisrnng ana toilet
trticles. Two overcoats .the one
luht and the other heavy; a shawl
r blanket aud a mackintosh rolled
ip and strapped, a leather hat box
rontalnlntf a -sixer, an umbrella
tod a cane and a lame pair of field
lasses swung over his 'houldcrs on a
trap will complete the outfit.
( "MX months later this young mau
will have disca ded one of the trunks,
ihe hat box, the cane and the field
rlasses. At the end of the year two
latchels and the u morel a will com
p.lso his belongings. He has gradu
illy learned that eve y first-class
aotel in the country can do laundry
worn in twelve hours: that umhrcl
as can be hired at the checkioom;
that one middleweight overcoat is
iufiiclent for his wants; that a cane
is in the way; that the place for a
ilk hat is on the head, or better
itill, that a derby is good enough;
that blankets are supplied in the
Pullman service; that neld-glasses
ire only of use on race tracks, and
then behold the angel of commerce
with his change of linen on one side
ind his samples on the other of a
ilr.ele traveling hair, selling more
?oods in a day than he formerly sold
n a week, and not paying out from
3 to $10 a day on excess of baggage."
The Way Bananas Grow.
A writer in the Ohio Merchant in
describing the banana says: "The
lverage tree produces four bunches a
vear but all are not marketable "
This is a mistake: the banana piam
never bears but one bun -h of fruit
When the fruit is removed the stalk
hearing it is cut down by a stroke of
heavy knife- Other shoots which.
continually spring up from the root
will each bear fruit in turn, but never
t.ut one bunch. If properly culti
vated, each bunch allowed to mature
should be marketable, although if
"suckers" be allowed to come up in-
discriminate and in great numbers
the resulting bunches of fruit will be
small. Only a certain number of
suckers should be permitted to grow
at one time.thouch it Is only by thclt
growth that the crop Is prolonged
year after year without replanting.
The banana having no seed is neces
sa ily propagated from n otsor "eves"
as they are called. In best locations
a banana crop may be harvested
within ten months from planting,
and if the suckers have been properly
trained the harvest thereafter goes
on continuously.
m Anticipating Reeulte.
Old Moneybagges I've Just ha a, my
will drawn up and in a way that will
aave my family a groat deal of trouble
and expense when I'm dead.
Pirokerly Ho w ?
Moneybagges I havo left everything
to my lawyers. Town Topics.
A Sura-eon on the remlaca.
Applicant I wish yon wonjd give tns
omethlng to do. I'm a regu'.ariy grad
lated surgeon.
pry Goods Merchant What use
xrald I have for you?
"I thought you might ned Be On
bargain days," Philadelphia Baeord.
A Little Hard on Papa.
"Don't you think the baby looks like
ne, dear?" asked the proud father.
"Y-e-e-s," replied the mother, cau
iously, "when It's getting ready t
:ry." Washington Star.
Right in Line.
Mrs. Treetop How do you
epose
hese N' York bicycle women look with
iloomers on?
Treetop 'Bout the same as you do In
t pair of my old trousers on a hayrake,
-New York World.
Geographical.
Bacon The new woman Is a perfect
Amazon.
nam-ies, me na s hub muum
tabbies on forever. New York World,
TELEGRAPHERS BLUNDERS.
Horn of the Many common Ones ana
Bow They Are Made.
'There are many errors made it.
the transmission of messages which
are entirely uncalled for, but even
with these there is not one blunder
made to every 5,000 words passing
over the wires." said a telegraph
operator to a Pittsburg Dispatch
man. "That Is, of ct urse, in the
main offices, where the most expert
operators are employed. I don't
think the same can be said of all the
branch offices. An error which has
cost the business man many dollars
and yet for which we can find no
cause Is mixlcg of the numbers
fifteen and fifty. There is no excuse
for the error, yet it occurs more
frequently than anything else. Tbey
seem to be the fated numbers of the
telegraphers. We have notices
posted above each instrument con
cerning it, yet such ml takes will oc
cur. Words ending in 'th' are fre
quently rendered 'ty, which is very
serious when numbers are being sent.
For instance, 'sixty' might be ren-
deied 'sixth,' or vice versa. This is
taused by the similarity in the tele
graphic characters for the 'h and'y.
The former is four dots, while the
latter is made by two dots, space, two
dots. A stroke of lightning or the
wind bringing the wires together,
or perhaps the unsteady hand of the
operator, who sooner or later is
a .ected with 'teleg apbers' paralysis'
might separate the four dots and
change "sixth' into "sixty. Some
times the dots stick together and
make a dash; thus a seven, which is
two dashes and two dots, may be
come a five by having the last two
dots "stick,' mak ng the character
three dashes. Losses of considerable
amounts have frequently been caused
by dots sticking. Some operators
who are afflicted with a paralysis
cannot make a letter h, which is
four dots. They either make five
Sots, 'p,' or six dots, ', Ihaveseen
some operators try to make six con
secutive dots to represent the num
ber six, and would not be able to
stop short of ten or twelve. This, of
course is caused by the disease.
There are many eirors that the cus
tomer must take the blame for. Two
and ten are most often mixed on ac
count of careless writing. Then the
word -can't' frcqueDtly has the 't'
left off, which, of course, changes tho
whole sense, ot the thing. Can't'
should never be written in a tele
gram, it snouia oe speuea out
cannot' "
'Terhaps the most ludicrous erroi
which ever came to my notice," said
a weii-itnown operator, "was m a
telegram from Atlantic City. It
was the record of the drowning of
a man, and after detailing the pite
ous scene, and the brave efforts to
save his life, it said: Jut as brave
John Smith reached his side he threw
up his hand and, with a look (toward
heaven, cried out: "Ninety-nine:"'
It was a rather startling exclamation
for a dying man, and the operator
sent back to know what was meant.
He was told by the sender that it did
not mean 'ninety-nine,' but 'Lulu,'
the name of his sweetheart. The
character for lu' i9 a dash, two dots
and a dash, which is the same for
the number nine. No wonder he
made a mistake."
RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD.
EUm Demldoff, a Russian Whole Wealth
Is of Recent Creation.
Like the English millionaires
those of the Czar's domlnious mostly
derive their revenues from landed
property. While the I'riton, how
ever, devotes a large part of his
gross income toward improving his
possessions and to the amelioration
of the lot of his tenants in one way
or another, the Lussian, on the oth
er hand, extracts every farthing that
he can from his propetty and spends
it upon himself, the result being
that agriculture in Russia is going
from bad to worse, that formerly fer
tile and productive estates have now
become barren and impoverished, and
that, while the peasantry arc in a
state of misery bordering on famine,
the nobles themselves have bceu
obliged to mortgage or sell their
lands, and are at the end of their
financial tether. Of course, there
are some exceptions, su-h as. for in
stance, the Yousoupon-, the 1 cmt
doils and the ScbcremetietTs. The
wealth of the Demidolf Is so vast,
according to the New York Tribune,
that it is beyond calculation, and
strangely enough the fortune is of
relatively lecent creation, its founder
having been a country blacksmith in
the days of 1 eter the Great. I'j was
while traveling in the I ral Mount
ains that the latter broke one of his
most valuable English pistols. A vil
lage smith mended it so quickly and
90 well that the Car was delighted
and asked the man's name, "l.'enii
doff, I shall rememner you," said h
as he rode off. The poor man was
beginning to think that Tcter bad
forgotten him when there came an
oriicial document adorned, with the
imperial seal, granting him the free
hold of a great tract of crown laud
in the neighborhood of the village.
DemidoS went to work on bis new
property and found there inexhausti
cle. mines of iron, silver, and mala-
trn-ii." Young Ellin HemidoII he
does not bear in Russia the Italian
title of prince generally pretl ed to
his name by foreigners is at the
present moment the richest man In
the world. I'rincess Yojsoupoff,
with her great turquoise mines, com
ing next in rank, f ortunately, both
of them are more free-handed and
generous than their respective imme
diate yredecessors as head of the
family, the late Anatole DernidoJ
and the late Prince Yousoupoir hav
ing been alike renowned for their
meauness and avarice, of which al
most incredible stories are related.
abouoherea Nerve.
Laboncbere. during his early days at
Cambridge as an undergraduate, was
one evening caught by the proctors
walking about the streets with a young
woman, and they at once demanded his
name and college. He gave them, bat
protested there whs nothing wrong
the lady was bis sister. "Oh! come
Dow," said one of the proctors, "this
woman is one of the most notorious
characters in Cambridge." "Well, sir,"
aid young Eabouchere, with his inimit
able drawl, "do you consider it gentle
manly on your part to taunt me with
that?" The proctors were not satisfied,
and be waa haled before the vlee-chas-cellor,
who happened to be a Scotsman.
A.fter a severe lecture bad been read
him (in dialect) on his outrageous con
ilner. Tabouchere coollv looked round
nnd asked whether any one would be s
kind as to translate wTsat had been
said Into English, as he did not under
stand Cblnesa.
Accepted.
She (coldly) I hardly know how to
I recelva vour nroDosaL You know I am
worth a million, of course.
I Ha (dlDlomatlcally) Yes: worth
million other elrls.
be (rspturoualy) Oh, Jackl Trato.
TIGER-SLAYER-IN-CHIEF,
da Is a
Very Important Official In th
Government of Singapore.
The great drawback" to Singapore
md in a lesser degree to Penang and
ather islands In the neighborhood of
ihe Straits of Malacca, is that the
iense and impenetraole woods with
which they are clothed afford shelter
to countless tigers of a very ferocious
description. It has therefore been
found necessary to create an offlca
which is called in English "tler-slayer-in-chleP'
to the Governor of
the Straits Settlements, says the
London Telegraph. Singapore is but
a short way from the mainland, and
the tigers have for many years been
in the habit of swimming across the
stra t and issuing forth at night from
their fastnesses to prey not only on
the flocks and herds of the natives,
but occasionally upon young chiiareo
nd unprotected women. .
To those who are aware of the pro
Qciencr and courage shown by Fiench
sportsmen in their pursuit of big
carnivora it will be no surprise to
learn that the Governor of the Straits
settlements has Just selected a citi
tcn of that aspiring nation M. de
tfancourt by name to fill the post of
tlger-slayer-in-cblef" at Singapore.
It appears that M. de N'ancourt has
killed 500 tigers with his own rifle,
against a bag of only 400 made by
Major General Probyn, the well
known English shi karri. Some of
our Parisian contemporaries claim
credit for the French nation as sup
plying an oriicial akin to their own
zrand louvetier for employment in a
Uritish colony. We are reminded by
our livel1 friends across the channel I
that until M. Du Chaillu encountered ,
and slew the irorilla we knew noth
ing as to the existence and habits oi
that formidable monster, and that
the greatest of our living hunters,
Mr. Selous, is of French origin, if
M de Nancourt is also to keep down
the number of tigers haunting tho
Jungles and woods of Singapore and
taking toll of the native inhabitants,
neither the latter nor any other Br t
bih subject will take any exception
io his nationality. '
The great bulk of the population
)f Singapore, numbering altogether
aearly 200,000 souls, are Chinese and
Malays, who, like the natives of
India, look to white shikarrls to rid
them of dangerous and savage beasts
of prey. In the meantime the im
portance of Singapore and of the
other indep ndencies or ureal
1 rltain in its neighborhood demands
that what is called "the scourge of
tho colony" the tiger should be
kept within reasonable limits. We
hear, therefore, with sat sfaction
that a "-tigcr-slayer-in-chief to the
Governor of the Straits Settlements"
has been created for this purpose.
Hyipppsla, Insomnia.
From t!ic Herald, Baltimore, ML
Mr. Iaao JlambursT Is a well-known
fiiciir mnnutniTturer ami tobacco denier at
11:23 E. Baltimore street. Baltimore, Mil. H
is a hiln, robust man now, imt a tew months
Kifo he thought he was about to become a
living skeleton if not a dead roan. He now
weighs about 200 pounds and steps about hia
factory as actively as do his "stripper" boya.
His present condition is duo to the use ot
lr. Williams rink Pills, wlii.-h he considers
the best medicine in the world for dyspep
sia, loss of appetite, indigestion and insom
nia. When a Hi raid reporter recently called
on Mr. Hamburger he came jauntily in the
More from his fa'toi-v and in speaking ol
the pills, said: "Yes, t have used Dr. Will
iams' Pink Tills aud can cheerfully recom
mend them. Some months since," he con
tinued, "owinff to confinement to business. 1
had an attack of dyspepsia accompanied by
terrible and almost incessant heart burn and
torpid liver. I tried doctors and many rem
edies that friends advised me to take, but
found no relief until I heard of and used Dr.
Williams' Pink Tills. I secured five boxec
and began to improve perceptibly alter tak
ing a few doses, and when the five boxes
were gone I was completely cured. If you
hail seen me when I was sick and compared
my condition then with what it is jow you
would join me in a song of praise of the mar
velous merits of Pink Pills. I am a living
monument to their efficacy in curing the
maladies from which I suffereii. I weigh now
nearly 200 pounds, sleep well, eat heartily
and digi-st my food without any inconveni
ence and sleep as well as I did when a boy
after a romp lefore bed time. I unhesitat
ingly and with confidence in their curative
and invigorating qualities recommend the
'ink Pills to all sufferers and should I be so
unfortunate as to be sick again I shall get
mother supply."
Dr. Williams' rink Pills contain, in a con
densed form, all the elements necessary to
give new life and richness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are also a
specific, for troubles peculiar to famales.
such as suppressions, irregularities and all
forms of weakness. They build up the blood
nnd restore the glow of health to pale and
sallow cheeks. In men they effect a radical
cure in all cases arising from mental worrv,
overwork or excesses of whatever nature.
Pink Pills ore sold in boxes f never in loose
bulk) at SOeents a box or six boxes for 92.50,
and may be had of all druggists, or direct by
mall from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company,
Schenectady. N. Y.
Laziness and Ignorance
If the laiy people of education and re
finement could be vigorously stirred to
action; and if, on the other band, the
well-meaning but Ignorant people
could bo properly Instructed, municip
al corruption and political decadence
could quickly be arrested.
Thackeray says, "A man will lay
down his head or peril his life for his
honor, but let us be shy how we ask
him to give up his ease."
In the same vein an. American states
man has written, "It is not the bad
citizen that needs to be reformed, but
the 'good citizen.' The bad citizens
are s hopeless minority, the good citi
zens a hopeless majority."
It is well always to remember that a
vast majority of the so-called "lower
classes" are honest; they would like to
have god government if they knew
what It meant When "President Low
of Columbia College was first elected
mayor of Brooklyn he had a heavy
majority against him In the poorer part
of the city. During his first adminis
tration he offended certain "Influential"
demagogues, and an increased major
ity against him hi the "lower wards'
of the city was predicted.
But with great wisdom he went luto
these wards, spoke frequently, explain
ed clearly Just why what he had done
was for the general Interest; and the
result was a great gain for reform in
that district, while in his own ward,
as it oddly happened, his vote fell Off.
So," said Mr. Low, "I have found that
the people In the lower wards are quite
as amenable to good leadership as those
la tho upper wards."
Energy and knowledge are tho two
tpeclfla remedies for our poilticel mal
adies. .
Ha Would Talk.
Gas de Smith I wonder if the editor
of the Bugle would say a good word
for our cremation society U I asked
him?
Jones I guess so. Nothing pleases
him any better than giving somebody
a roast Texas Sittings.
Lack of Breeding.
"She certainly was a person of very
poor breeding."
"Why do you say that?"
"She absolutely refused to enter Into
conversation while the quartet was
a singing.: J udge.
I anmhnw
man looka terrlblT alllv I
ting ice cream aoda.
I It is a Fact
.That Hood's Sarsaparilla has an un
' equalled record of cures, the largest
i sales in the world, and cures when an
. others fail.
I Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is the Only
True Blood Purifier
Prominently in the public eye to-day.
$1; six for $5. Be sure to get Hood's.
Hood's Pills
act harmonlonslT with
Mood's Sarsaparilla.
Chinamen Baying Cans.
A unique sight at the present tin.
fs the number of Chinamen who can
be seen in the various gun stores pur.
chasing firearms. In one store on
Lroadway could have been 6een. the
other day, dozen Mongolians, each
carefully examining a rifle, and in
their way expressing themselves as tc
the peculiar merits of the arm io
question. As a rule they are solici
tous as to the mechanism devoted t
breech-loading, but once In a whili
an enthusiast would raise the rifle ti
his shoulder and in his imaginatioi
think ot the result Dealers say tha:
considerable quantities of small arms,
as well as rilles, have been bought
ostensibly for the purpose of shipping
to China. Generally the crowd oi
Caucasians on the sidewalk, who looli
with wondering or philosophical eyes,
according to the temperament of eact
individual, upon the curious pictun
displayed before them. Hardware.
TTTT! TRTTE LAXATIVE PRINCIPAL
. t - manufacturing
e I jan
a permanently beneficial effect on the
human system, while the cheap veget
able extracts and mineral solutions,
usuallv sold as medicines, are perma
nently injurious, Being well informed,
vou will use the true remedy only,
Manufactured by the California Fig
Syrup Co.
Electric power for running the street
cars of Sacramento, Cal., is now fur
nished from Folsoiii, twenty-four miles
distant. The power is generated by
the falls of the American Biver at that
place.
npaXdPM cannot He Cored
by local application -i, as theycaunot reach the
ihnear. There is only one
wav to cure Deafness, and that is by constitu
tional remedies. Deafne-s is caused by an in
flamed condition of t lie mucous lining of the
Kustacbian Tube. When this tube gets in
flamed you have a rumbling sound or lrapcr-
f..nt Iwnrinr.. Anil when it is entirelv chilli
Ik'afness is the result, and unless the inflam
mation can be taken out ana mis tuue re
stored to lis normal condition, hearing will te
iMtnu-ixl fi,rvir: nine cases out ten aro
caused by catarrh, which Is nothing but an in
flamed cunaiiion or i tie mucous sunaces.
" will nive One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh C ure.- bona lor
circulars, tree. .
F. J. rnEN-ET&Co., Toledo, O.
f3r'Sold by Druueists. 75c
The roar or a waterfall is explained
, in the constant explosion of hundreds
of thousands of bubbles. The impact
of water against water is believed to
be a comparatively subordinate cause.
Tr. Kilmers Sn mp-Root curai
sll Kidney and Madder troubles.
I'ampletand Consultation free,
laboratory liiughauuon, N. Y.
A Newark (N. J.I child, born
twelve fingers, twelve toes and a
ble palate, lived only a few hours.
with
dou-
Mr. Window's Soothing Syrup for children
toothing, wifli'in the gnm. reduce inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 20o a boltlo.
If the Mediterranean should evaporate
to the extent of 500 feet Italy would
be joined to Africa.
"Good Spirits."
The words have diflcrent meanings to a splrlt
nalist.a Kenturktan, and an average man. lror
the average man good spirits depend on good
digestion f A Rlpans Tabule alter each meal,
that's all.
In the North Atlantic States a little
over one-fourth of the population is
of foreign birth.
Makes Pure Blood. These three words tell
the whole story of the wonderful cures by
Hood's Siirsaparilla. It Is the best blood puri
fier and spring medicine.
Hood's Pills have won high praise for their
prompt and efficient yet ensy action.
Joseph Dudley, of Waterford, Me.,
seventy years ago built a big clock
over the entrance of his house. Neither
rain nor snow has affected it and it still
still keeps excellent time.
rise's Cure Is tho medicine to broafc nn chil
dren's t'onixhs nnd ("olds. Mrs. M. G. ltLCST.
SpraRue, Washington, March 8. 1891.
A young woman teacher at Mount
Sterling, Ky., has been notified by the
lioaru oi rxiucauon mat ene has been
dismissed, ns the Board meant to
'"higher a mail teacher."
FITS stopped free oy DRjKUMtl CSREAT
krvr it cstohkr. o Dte azucr nrt days ns,-,
Marvelous cures. Treatise ad $2.00 trial bot
tle freo. Dr. Kline. )1 ArchU. i'hila.. Pa.
f- : - 1 1 . -j- , .
iowii originally signinea a larm or
farm house. It is used in Wycliffe in
the sense, "and they went their ways,
one to his town, another to his mer
chandise." If afflicted with sore eyes use Or. Isaac Thomp
ron's Eve-water. DrujtBista sell at 25c. per bottle
Howella Shelling Peas.
I recall very fully the moment
ind the place when I first heard ol
Don Quixote, while as yet I could not
connect it very distinctly with any
body's authorship, writes William
Dean Howells la his literary autobi
ography in the Ladies' Home Journal.
I was still too young to conceive of
authorship, even in my own case, and
wrote my miserable verses without
any notion of literature, or anything
but the pleasure of seeing them
actually come out rightly rhymed
and measured . The moment was
at the close oi a summer's
day Just before supper, which In
our housewe had lawlessly late and
the place was the kitchen where my
mother was go ng about her work,
and listening as she could to what
my father was telling my brother and
me and an apprentice of ours, who
was like a brother to us both, of a
book that he bad once read. We
boys were all shelling peas, but the
jtory, as it went on, rapt us from the
poor employ, and whatever our fingers
were doing our spirits were away in
that strange land of adventures and
mishaps, where the,revered life of the
knight truly without fear and with
out reproach burned itself out. I
dare say my father tried to make us
understand the satirical purpose of
the book; I vaguely remember his
speaking of the books of chivalry It
was meant to ridicule, but a boy
;ould not care for this, and what I
longed to do at once was to get that
book and plunge into its story.
A man in Nevada, Mo., has been
enred of indigestion by receiving a stroke
of lightning.
I A suit has been brought in Indiana
i against a physician for refusing to at
I tend a case of small-pox.
All governing overmuch kills tha
alf help and energy of to govarned-
GOOD fOR SHOEMAKERS
Machine Lessees Heed Wot Fay Usurious
Penalties,
A decision of the Supreme Court
In the suit of the Goodyear Shoe
Manufacturing Company against the
Selz-Schwab company is of general
interest to all manufacturers using
leased machines and of particular in
terest to wholesale smoemakers who
rent the machines used In their facto
rjes. The Goodyear company controlf
ost of the patents on shoe ma
chinery and leases plants to big
tboemakere all over the country, who
pay a fixed royalty as rent. It makes
uniform leases, all of which provide
that the lessees shall render ao ac
count on the 10th day of each month
of the number of pairs of shoes made
by the different machines during the
preceding month. The most material
provision of tho lease is that the
rent shall be due on the first of each
month and shall be paid within one
mon.h thereafter, but If the rents
are paid on the 15th a discount of ; 0
pjr cent Is granted. In the present
vase, while the machines were being
operated by the Selz-Schwab com
pany, certain parties disputed the
ownership of the patents and gave
noti e to manufacturers not to pay
rent to the Goodyear company. As
the result of this notice, the Selz
Schwab company aid not pay its rent
on the Hth of the month. After
ward the conflicting claimants set
tled with each other, and then the
Goodyear company demanded the
full rent, refusing to allow the 50
per cent, discount because the rent
bad not been paid in time to get the
discount.
Suit was begun by the Goodycai
company for the full schedule ratet
under the lease. The lessor claimed
that the lease was to be construed as
a license to use the machines, and
that the provision for a discount did
cot constitute a penalty, and that
the Selz-Schwab Company was bound
to pay the royalty contracted for la
the lease- Tee Selz-Schwab Com
pany contended that the actual roy
alty agreed to be paid was the 50 per
cent, of the specified rate, and that
the excess above that amount was a
penalty, and that having paid the
i0 per cent., though after the lfitn
of the month, the debt was dis
- harged.
The court held that the reasonable
construction- of the contract is that
the parties intended that 50 per
cent, of the rate specified in the
schedule should be the full amount
of loyalty to be paid; that the pro
vision for the discount was part of
the scheme for fixing the amount of
the rents, and that 50 per cent must
be considered as the real royalty to
be paid; that, both the maximum
and the discount rates being fixed In
the lease, it was idle to contend that
the maximum amount Is the real rent
agreed upon and that the smallet
amount is a mere discount price.
The court held that where by the
terms of the contract a greater sum
of money is to be paid upon default
of payment of a lesser sum, at a
given time, the provision for the pay
ment of the eteater sum will be held
a penalty. That being a penalty the
court held that, according to the
terms of the contract, the 50 per
cent stipulated damages would be
regarded as usurious and would not
vje considered as binding.
In conclusion, the court held that
from the terms of the lease iUelf the
50 per cent, mast be considered the
amount for which the lessor was
willing to lease t-e machines and did
lease them, and that tbe greater
sum was simply a penalty to Induce a
prompt payment of the rent
The decision is a far-reaching one,
as it affects a large number of nianu
facturers in other lines who are using
rented machines.
A Studio Trick.
In the corner of an artist's studio in
fliia city is an ingenious arrangement
f screens, upon one of which, over an
tperture about the size of a face, is an
inscription: "Likenesses taken in
itanteously. The innocent visitor
peeks through the hole and is aston
ished to behold an exact likeness of
iimself as a hump-backed jailer in a
icarlet coat, opening a prison door.
The secret of this effect is simple. The
jailer is a life-size painting strongly
tendered. The place for the face is
jnt ont and a mirror inserted, reflect
ing the features of the spectator. The
Sonception of the amusing fantasy is
not entirely original. It was impor
ied from the studio of Wiertz, the
Belgiam artist. Philadelphia Becord.
Improved Revolver.
The new German revolver Is not
really a revolver at all, but
it Is a wonderful repeatlnc pistol all
the same. All you have to do Is to
drop eight cartridges into a magazine
in the stock and then pull the trigger
as often as you want to shoot until
the ammunition is exhausted. The
recoil of the shot when the pistol is
first fired sets In motion mechanism
whi:h ejects the shell lust fired,
brings up a new one to the barrel,
cocks the pistol, and locks the mova
ble Darts. Another touch on tbe
tricrirer reneats the operation, and
the eight charges havo been fired io
two seconds.
TOerjreateft nedlcal Discovery
of trie Age.
KENNEDY'S
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kind of Humor, from the worst Scrotal
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He has tried It In over eleven hundred
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(both thunder humor). He has now is
bis possession over two hundred eertlu
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A beneot la always experienced from the
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when the right quantity Is taken.
When the lungs are a (Tooted it cause
hooting pains, like needles passing
through them ; tbe same with the Liver
or Bowels. This Is caused by the duota
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week after taking it. Bead the label.
If the stomach Is foul or bilious It wiD
cause squeamish feelings at first.
No change of diet ever necessary. Eat
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Dose, one tablespoonful la water at bed
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GUNS
Great sale Parker .Baker and othel
Breecta Loaders. Price way down.
Single barrel, S4.W: double. t.Ji'l
muzite loaders. S3.U0I rifle. ai.?9i
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V-SAPOLIO :
Tjmartlne's Audacity.
Thirty years ago even the great,,
pcets were not paid as libera!1, 1":
their verses as the lesser ones
now. One poet, however, had th!
audacity to fix his own compensation
and to secure its payment Th,
name of Lamartino, poet, hlstorlsV
and statesman, occurs only o ceu
the back numbers of the Revue fa
Deux Mondes, the groat HterJJ
periodical of t rance. It Is appnj2
to several verses about which the fa
lowing story is told:
At the time of the fabulous ins,
cess of the "Illstory of the Giro,
dins," Monsieur Buloz, editor of the
Kevue, begged the poet to contribute
something in prose for his periodical
Lamartine consented, making a con.
dition, however, of an advance pj..
ment of 4,000 francs. On receiving
the money, as a sort of acknowledge,
ment of the favor, he handed th
publisher a copy of verses, saying thai
be could print tbem If he liked asai
tamest of his promised articles.
Then came the revolution of lg
One day Lamartine, t hen MinNterot
Foreign Affairs, received a call from
liuloz, now his bitter enemy. f
have come," said the editor of the
Kevue des Deux Mondes, "to ask voa
to pay me tho 4,000 francs I ienj
you."
"Certain. y, with pleasure," an
swered Lamartine, taking four crlsj
thousand-franc notes out of a drawci
ot his writing-table.
Buloz, quite unprepared for thli
prompt way of transacting business,
faltered, "But then. I owe you some
thing for those verses."
"Oh, that is of no consequence; de
not mention that," said Laniartlnj
airclossly.
"Excuse me, Monsieur le Mlnistre,
but the Kevue des Deux Mondes pre
fers not to be under obligation," saij
the editor, very stiiliy.
Ah! then the mater is very easily
adjusted; let us call it 4,000 francs. "
and Lamartine replaced the notes Id
his drawer, locking it up carefully.
OMEN'S FACES
like flowers, hit
and wither with time.
the bloom of the ruse
is only known to the
healthy woman'i
checks. The nenr.
ous strain caused by
the ailments and
pains peculiar to the
sex, and the laboi
and worry of rearing
a family, can oftro
be traced by the lines in the woman's net.
Dull eyes, the sallow or wrinkled face and
those "feelings of weakness" have tbtit
rise in the derangements and irrt pularitiei
peculiar to women. The functional de.
rangements, painful disorders, and chronic
weaknesses of women, can be cured will
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. For tie
young girl just entering womanhood, fot
the mother and those about to become
mothers, and later in "the change of life,"
the " Prescription " is just what they need,
it aids nature in preparing the system foi
these events. It's a medicine prescribed
for thirty years, by Dr. R. V. l'ierce, chief
consulting physician to the Invalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y.
0
ForhnwlncTit (wTiethersiric ornervnMO.trwtti.wb
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DYSENTERY, DIARRHEA,
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Mer of water will In a few minutes rure rn nipt
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