iRErrM n weakkess,
Last night there toiled till late a little p!a
ner;
From leaf to leaf her silken threads all
swung
Eow, dew-ensilrered in the morning n
ah ice.
The Bnlshed laoe is hung.
And one who hath been wont to storm anr
conquer,
JLnd stronert bars to break with daantleat
pride,
To spare the film j web across his pathway,
Pauses, and turns aside.
-Clara W. Eronson, Jn Youth's Companion,
THE FOURTH AT KA BOB
tit POBBSST CHJS8KT.
HE Jayhawk
family was in a
state of intense
excitement, which
increased as the
Fourth of July
approached.
Nothing had oc
curred since the
birth of Jehial,
the only scion of
that rural house,
that had so stirred the tranquility of
the household as had his meek request
for the use of the old mare and th.t
bujrpry, with which to tnke Phteue
Joiies to "the Fourth" at K R.b.
Jehial understood the lay of th
lund well enough to know that his
6tartling petition should be put in
along with the first seeds of spring, in
order to ripen definite decision by the
time the smoke and tumult of In-
dependence Day began to ascend from
the Ka Bob public square, which was,
to him, the grand theatre of all truly
metropolitan events.
Jehial had conceived this daring de
sire to distinguish himself as a man
among men while casting "sheep's
eyes" at the bock of Phoebe's bowed
head during the long prayers that con
stituted the bone and sinew of the
weekly "conference meeting" at Zion's
Church.
It must be confessed that there was
little courage about his first conscious
Wl
IB ?
wish to celebrate the glorious Fourth The sleeping father evidently reeog
br so bold a stroke of gallantry. It nized the peremptory tone and awakv
wassimply a wish.
But as each warm j
spring day spread its seductive in
fluences about him, and he strode
across the steaming field in the wake
of plow or drag, his longing grew
stronger, and he nursed it into n sturdy
resolution.
Hut, somehow, his courapa was
stronger when alone in the field than
when face to face with his father, at
homo.
It seemed as thouch the rifrlit op
portunity for approaching his father
with the proposition never would pre-
sent ltseit, and he delayed the dread
orJe.il from day to day.
At last the handbills announcing the
order of exercises for the great cele- '
brat ion at Kn rmb appeared, it w as
to eclipse all former celebrations iu
magnificence, and each special attrac
tion was discussed with as much zes-t
and relish as though it was not a pre
cise repetition of the programme that
had been advertised year after year,
until every adult knew just which
features w ould bo presented and which
omitted.
"Ma, I ttuz jest a-thinkin' I'd like t'
go t' that Fourth of July down t' Ka
l.ob, " -nid Jehial, to his mother, as
she came out to the old well sweep for
a bucket of water, where he was w ash
ing the plowed ground from gaunt
feet.
"Why. of course I I s'pose we're all
going," she repled.
"But I don't mean that. I wna
thinkiu I'd like to go alone and and
take some one," he stammered.
' 'Go alone and take some one !'
Why, child, who ever heard of such a
thing? "What on 'arth do you mean?"
"S-c-h! here comes pa!" exclaimed
the timid Jehial, in an undertone, as
his father emerged from the barn,
looking like a rural conception ol
stern justice, with the exacting bal
ances, as he lifted an old-fashioned)
blneneck yoke to his shoulders and
stooped to hook pendant arm into the
tail of a froth-flecked pail of milk.
When they were again alone, Jehial,
without looking up from his labor of
ablution, resumed the conversation.
"Yes, ma; I'd like t take Phoebq
the Fourth ; bnt I ain't said no thin'
t' pa 'bout it. I kinder hate to, some
how. Can't you have a little talk witlj
aim 'bout it?"
"Well, I s'pose I can," replied the
mother, "but I'm sure I don't know
what he'll think 'bout it."
Accordingly, after Jehial had re
tired, she laid the proposition before
her husband.
"Lord-a-ninssr, Mary I What "n
Idee! Thut boy abowin' Squar
Jones's little gal round on a Fourth ol
July ! Why, he's nothin' bnt a colt,
an' the whole town would be apokin'
fun at the little fools. An", what's
more, no Jayhawk's got any call to be
mixiii' with the Jones after all the
trouble that we've had with the old
Square over that line fence. It's all
poppy-cot. I'm willin' that Jehial
should go t' the Fourth, but I don't
want any gal business "bout it. Why,
Mary, jest think of that youngster's
takin' a horse au buggy an' a gal
round there where they'd be a-shoot-in'
firecrackers an' anvils, and a-snap-pin'
them pesky little torpedoes'
'Taint no place for a horse, let alone
trustin' it with a boy that's got a gal
aboard. He'll break his neck an th
nal'a too '"
"But you remember the time when
you took me to the Fourth at Busti,
and you weren't any older than Jehial,
and hadn't had any more experience
with horses than he has."
This was an argument ad homiuem
that tho father had not counted on.
He gave it several moments of silent
consideration and then took refuge is
Lis lms plalitudo .
"Wei, it ain't safe!"
The lnot'urr of Jehial was quick to
lee this sign of weakening, and fol
lowed up her successful attack, at dis
;reet intervals, until the matter finally
lame to a head.
After a protracted night session of
ihe domestio executive committee, it
vas determined that Jehial should at
tend the glorious Fourth, with full
ower to act.
Jehial cheerfully accepted fifty cents
from his mother, and made his way to
Squire Jones's to obtain the consent oi
"he Jones family.
As he entered the Squire's gate and
passed up the narrow gravel walk be-
rween the balsam trees, vainly tailoring
lo formulate his reqnest
in eracefulif
words, and commit them to memory
before reachins the door, he would
eaching the aoor, ne wouia
save gladly exenangea nis iasK lor mai
,i oreaamg a aua.m u.
plowing a ten-acre field, or teaching s
Irio of calves to drink. How his heart .
thumped as the soles of his cowhide'
boot-, grated on the coarse gravel ol
Ihe walk. He imagined that tt would
not seem so hard were it not for the
. ,a-1 ,
.It .5" -hrlir;
tbe Jonas pram i see sinoe tha iBuaortaJ t
battle of the line fence. But those
who can Tindly recall the trepidation
with which they preferred their first
request for a young lady company
will doubt if any collateral ' circum-
itances could materially enhance thr
terrors of the moment.
His footfalls upon the front porch
founded, to his own ears, like falling
planks, and. the raps of hia knuckles
oon the panel of the front door like
tteary artillery. But the calm that
settled down upon the house and all
aatnre, after his knock, seemed still
buder. Could it be that they were not
going to respond to h is rappin-s? Or
km n'le lnu2-"ain nt hiin from bphinJ
the shatters before admitting him?
Before he had decided which of these
theories to accept he heard footsteps
approaching along the hallway, then a
hand upon the door-knob. One mo -
ment more and he would stand in the
orcsenoe of his fate I He drew a full
breath and braced himself for the un -
known. But the door did not ooen.
It had not been open since the minister
rolled, in the winter, and seemed averse
to establishing a precedent. In vain
tho person on the inside struggled with
the key and clicked it backward and
forward. At last, when the suspense
bad become intolerable, a voice from
within called forth :
"Oo to the side door, please.
To the side door he went and afiin
fcrewed up his courage, which had
reached ebb-tide during the period ot
suspense, and found himself admitted
, lj Mra. Jones to tne Kitcnen. a glance
revealed the fact that the lord ol the
house of Jones was fast asleep in his
' Prm-chair, his boots off, and his calves
l"i'l across a kitchen chair.
"Is Miss Jones in?" timidly inquired
Jehial, fearful that his voice
arouse the sleeper.
might
"Y-e-s," doubtfully replied Mrs.
Jones. "Do you want to see her ir
particular ?"
"Yessnm I I "
"Well, she's gone to bed; but if
ron'll wait I'll call her," interrupted
Mrs. Jones, going to the stairs door
and shouting
"Ph'eb! Phoebe Jones. Git right
np au' come down. You've got com-
pany
ened with a snort the fragments of an '
exploded snore. He rubbed his
eye
and inquired:
-What's up?"
"l'ou are, au you'd betfer go on to
bed," responded his wife in the same
convincing tone.
He evidently shared her opinion, for
he immediately groped and stumbled
along to an adjoining room, without
ever discovering Jehial in the nnlightV
ed room.
It seemed to Jehial that hours passed
(,efure Thoebe descended the stairs and
entered the room, and in response to
rrs. Jones's ouestions he had told all
that he ever knew and considerable
that he only guessed at, regarding the
history of the Jayhawks and their an
tecedents and "circumstances."
Fheebe, clad in a simple white dress,
(hat seemed to him a marvel of ele
gance, advanced and gave him her hand,
saying :
"Good evening. Mr. Jayhawk ; will
yon excuse me while I get a light?"
She went into the parlor and lit the
center-table lamp a ponderous affair
with an elaborately decorated globe of
J ground glass.
"WalK right m tnis way, jar. jay
hawk," she colled from the parlor in
her best parlor voice.
It was the first time he hod ever
neard himself called Mr., and it seemed
so ridiculously out of shape that tho
ghost of a grin bi-an to twitch the
corners of his mouth.
Fortunately for Jehial, Phoebe di
vined both his timidity and his inten-
tions and at once brought matters to a
successful issue by asking him if he
had seen the announcement for the
Fourth and if he purposed to attend.
"Yes ; I was thinkin' I'd like to go
if-if-if I miKht "
"Certainly; I should think yon
might just as well as not. It would ba
too bad to miss such a Fourth as this
is to be, I'm Bure," prompted Phoebe.
"I-I-I mean I d like the pleasure ol
vonr company to the Fourth,
Misi j
Jones," he stammered, recollecting hil
formula and pronouncing it at a singls
breath, as though fearful that it might
escape him before he could pronouncf
it
"Certainly; wjth pleasure, Mr. Jay
hawk," replied Miss Jones in the af
fected tone prescribed by the "Toadies'
Guide to Etiquette or the Manejnl ol
Good Manners." Then came a dead
calm broken only by the echoes ol
the parental snores whose outer rip
ples penetrated to the most distant
portion of the house. Finally Jehial
-riuned at the variations in the nasal
terenade and crossed his legs. Phoebe
ilso grinned and shifted her position.
Then they grinned in concert and
ihifted in concert. Phoebe a-hemnW
tnd Jehial a-hemmed.
Jehial remarked that he must be go
ng, and Phoebe remarked that he
nust not be in a hurry. He took her
it her word and allowad another dead
aim to settle. Even the parental
mores failed to start the conversa
tional circulation. The frogs in the
ieep hole dignified in common par
lance by the name of Daddy Jones's
"music box" did their best to rasp
Ihe silence into speech and failed.
Then a screech-owl lit on the well
nveep and fetched a screech that faily
jfted the speechless couple from their
feet.
Jehial again remarked that he must !
se going. Phoebe did not dispute it.
j As he passed out into the moonlight
tnd heard Phoebe shut the door be
hind him and struggle with the rebel
lious look it seemed to him that he
as walking upon thin air instead
t gravel. There was something in the
iioonlight that he had nevel known be
jore. Even the frogs in the old "mu
ic box" croaked with a rhythm and
'odence almost divine he wondered
!hat he had never noticed it before.
He wondered at the pantrs of doubt
tnd timidity that he had suffered a few I
- ..iiAn A;n
uomeuts before when
ralk. It seemed a new world to him.
Buul "F m
Ill things bad become new. Every
itar twinkled with a seven-fold bril-
ancy all because his star of hope
.id risen !
'The Fourth was over, almost. They
lad gazed in unconcealed astonishment
it the long procession of masked and
painted "Fantastics," and laughed till
they ached at the broad burlesques
tnd crude impersonations; they had
sonvulsed at the falls of the bag races,
. . n u-j
r
uers of the greased pig ; they had ex
perienced the patriotic shocks which
f v j;i,,., .
. . drained to the dregs the
arainea io ne uxegB
pleasures of pink lemonade and feasted ,
Pe"f tick. jec- baUa. I
h 'jl b tKf JoTlv
, , 1- , ., ,i '
the Bheen of a, wiry
f ... ., .
PUlOOlllBi fcUfJ BWUk WU
aiMnn Thev
bad reached tha period a
always falls about the last half hour of
lonr homeward journey.
At the top of : the last hill straggled
the line fence orer which their parents
had contended. When they had fin
ished the ascent and came opposite thU
Xenial palled the mare to halt, pre-
snmably for the purpose of allowing
' her to rest, - and then cast his eyes
about for soma object of conversation
to reader the interval less embarrass-
ing. The first and only thing in view
which afforded a possible topio of cbn-
rersation was the historic line lenoe,
and that was well-nigh as embarrassing
as the silence.
"i must go an fix up that line fence
the first thing I do, "he ventured ; "pa
' no business to let it ran so long with'
out patchin'."
I "Well, it will be a shame if youhavt
' to, for 'taint your business to keep up
the part this aide of the old burned
stuff : pa ought to do that, but he
! won't, he'd rather quarrel about it.
said Phoebe, "an that's just what's
: kept them that ought to be good neigh
bors apart.
"WelL 1 never saw a line fence that
was worth hard feelings between neigh
bors and and a thousand line fences
san't keep us apart, can they, Phcebe?"
Jehial exclaimed, aa the mare gave a
radden pull that indicated a desire to
jontinne the homeward journey. Al
though she had heard the answer to
fehial's question, she wisely said noth
ing only frisked her toil knowingly
nd hurried on.
The line fence that day did penance
!or the strife that it had once provoked,
tnd in due time it entirely disap
peared, for the Jones and Jayhawk
'.arms were consolidated, and tht
Fourth of July is celebrated with more
lhan patriotic sentiment by Phcebe and
lehiai. Arkansas Traveler.
llanserouilj Brta'tit.
Sunday School Teacher What are n
to understand by this passage: "Ye sst
and receive not because ye ask amiss?
Precocious Boy Ought to ask a
widow. St. Louis Republic.
Time for Keflecttoa.
Kitty Jack says he will stop drink
Ing if I will marry him.
Janet WelL be careful, my dear. It's
easier for him to besrln strain than It la
for you to get unmarried. Detroit Free
"Press.
Something New.
"What we want of you," said the edi
tor to the poet, "Is something new."
"But what do you call new?"
"Something worked over and smash
ed till you can't recognize It." Atlanta
Constitution.
Nobody Knew.
Wllklne Who is that man?
Kilkius That's Prof. Llttlewitt, th'e
famous weather prophet. He makes
predictions three months ahead auu
nubllshes them In all the daily papers.
"Do they come true?"
"No one knows. Nobody keeps dally
papers that long." New York Weekly.
Withdrawing It.
"I will withdraw my suit," remarket,
young Jobsou, as he counted up his
cash and found that It corresponded
with the sum on his pawn ticket. Bos
ton Home Journal.
Near Training Quarter.
Mott Is It true that puKliists are s,
liberal with their money that they an
proverbially poor?
Stott Nonsense; they are the most
close-fisted men In the world. New
York World.
Time Flies with the Butterflies.
Miss Giddy You don't recognise tha.
letter? Why, Algy, that's one you
wrote me last summer proposing mar
riage.
Aijry Law8t summeri a .-, mat i
ancient history In our set. But Isn't
It a jolly good thing you refuLsd me,
so now we're good chums Instead of
man and wife! New York World.
Re Loat Caate.
Haverly That policeman seems to
be shunned by the rest of bis brother
officers.
Austin Yes. When he was charged
with violently dubbins an Inoffensive
citizen he proved himself quite Inno
cent of the charge. New York World
Of Coarse She Took It.
Lady What la the price of this crepe!
Clerk That la 60 cents a yard, mad
am.
Lady Oh, that's outrageously high.
Clerk But It's reduced from $1.
Lady Is that so? You can give me
ten yards, then. To Date.
Bathing Bnlta Down Below.
Satan Tell that young lady she neeu
not bring her bathing suit with her;
It's too suggestive of water.
ShadeShe aays bathing suits are
not worn In the water now. New York
World.
Too Bad.
"Why don't you try to be more orig
inal?" asked the publisher.
"I do my best," replied the dejected
author, "but It's of no use. Whenever
I get a good Idea I find that these class
ical oM-tlmera have gone ahead and
plagiarized It before I get a chance at
It" Washington Star.
At Their B O'clock Tea.
The Daughter of the Revolution At
our last meeting Mrs. Oldfleld told how
her great grandmother sacrificed the
family plate for the cause.
The Colonial Dame Yes; I've beard
that the continentals were often hard
pushed to find lead for their bullets.
Truth.
Ka pensive.
Bounder This has been
a very ex-
pensive summer for me.
Sounder I thought you sent yam
family away on a farm somewhere?
Rounder So I did. But I stayed In
town. Philadelphia Record-
it Would Make Ua All Happy.
Masher Ah! my dear lady, speak the
word that will make me the happiest
of mortals.
Wealthy Heiress Money! -Sonn tags
m- J
riauuenr.
Gave Hltaaeilf A wax.
May I know be has never loved be
fore. Clara Why?
May He can't kiss without making a
amack. Truth.
Not Do.
"Too wouldn't do for a cable car con
ductor," said the water pipe to the gaf
meter.
"Why?" asked the gaa meter.
"You register too much." Harlem
Life.
The Modern Poet.
Ftlend Do yon know that I am at
last beginning to understand your
, ,
Gpeat Mga-sln Poet-Heavens! Is It
! 1 m cunning J
Syracuse i'ost,
' Mrs. Plus "Don't yon Stink my
new boanst is a perfect dream.'' Pluror
"Yet; and a mighty b4 k,".
JMseovered by Aecteeat. !
It is curious the way tht.! some ot
inr most useful appliances were in
rented or discovered. We are told
ihat some Venetian miriners built a
Ire on a beach where there was sand
nixed with sods, and that they were
turprised to find that the sand melted j
mi formed a transformed composi- j
don. Borne reflecting man was in the) j
tarty, and by this accidental melting
if tha sand discovered how to make
lass.
Years after this the children !e-
onging to a Dutch spectacle maker
vere playing with the glasses which
iheir father used, and they made the
lisoovery that by putting one glass ia
front of the other they could make the
rteeplo of a neighboring churoh ap
pear nearer. Their father had sharp
a ess enough to use this accidental dis
lovery in making the first telescope.
Most engineers are familiar with the
rtory of how the steam engine was
Brat made automatic. In the early
rude forms of the Nevsomen engine a
boy waa employed to open and shut
tha cooks which admitted steam and
the condensing water. A boy named
Humphrey Potter, who was engaged
on this work, was anxious to play, and
tha movement of the engine gave him
very little opportunity. To increase
his leisure he devised an arrangement
of strings connected with the walking
beam, which opened and shut the
cocks. This was the first move toward
making the engine's ' mechanism to
perform the operations ol admitting
and releasing steam.
Tbe moving of a distant signal by
neaus of a wire seems a very simple
operation, and one which called lor
little ingenuity to invent. Still the
earlier railroad engineers could not
devise satisfactory means of operating
a distant signal uutil a working signal
man showed them tbe way. It is told
that in 181G an English signal man had
to attend to two signals, placed some
tistance apart at a station.
To save himself the trouble of walk
ing- to and fro between them he pro
cured some wire and pulleys and made
a crude arrangement by which he was
able while iu his box to operate botb
signals. An official who hod been try
ing to devise some means of protect
ing trains standing at stations hap
pened to see this primitive arrange
ment and applied it to the working of
distant signals. Locomotive Engiuetr
;ng. 'KWEL
UP-TO-DATE TO
BOMBAST.
ROSA
New York, Oct. 19, 1S95.
Dear I.'osa:
I am visiting Sue Spendthrift. Sue
has got a new dress and a new baby.
It is charming the baby I mean au I
he tlreai is very swell.
Sue's husband is a great f jot bill
fiend, and he tol l me confidentially
that that dress made Sue tally oue for
lihre chamois, because she wore it out
iua rain storm and the water did not
ro through either her skirt or her
sleeves, both be;ng interlined with the
-eul filire chamois.
I was astonished, for actually the
dress seemed as fresh and new as it was
the first day she wore it not a bit
drawn up in the fkirt as mine which
is interlined with h-iir cloth, was tha
day it got wet. So I asked Sue how
he managed to keep it so nice.
Sue said all 9he did was to shake the
A'ater off a9 well as she could, and
when she got home she hung the skirt
up to dry by the loops on the waist
band and the waist by the sleeve loops
snd let the dress alone till she got ready
o put it on ag:iin.
Sue's husband says she ought to have
tried the Ranie trick on the baby, for
the poor little darling got terribly wet
and has been drawn up with cold ever
Jiuce.
Yours lovingly,
Jewel Up-to-date.
How the Patent Office Was Saved.
When, in the War of 1812 the office
Saving been removed to a building of
:s own two years before the British,
. ho had taken the city, trained their
tuns upon the Patent Office, Dr.
hornton, throwing himself directly
kafore the guns, cried :
"Are you Englishmen or Goths and
Tandals? This is the Patent Office
i depository of the ingenuity and in
tentions of the American Nation, in
rhich the whole civilized world ia in
vested. Would you destroy it?
Then let the charge pass through my
ody."
And the building was spared.
Twenty-four years afterward, however,
t was destroyed by fire, together with
everything in it. And with this came
ihe beginning of the present building,
ulded to from time to time, till at last
he noble pile stands complete as it is
o-day, holding a model or a drawing
if every invention known in the whole
rorld, and having paid something
nore than two millions of dollars over
tnd above its own expenses, a sum
rhich represents only a trifle of the
jreat amount it has added to the
realth of the Nation. Harper's Young
People.
Rotation of Crops In Egypt.
The rotation of crops now most
Commonly practiced in Egypt includes
wneat, generally followed by barley,
Ihoura, beans, or lentils ; clover fol
lowed by wheat, safflower by lupins or
peas, sugar cane by dhonra, the latter
by flax, and they again by indigo,
which lasts for three years. In the
Fayoum district, the rose crop is a
great industry, 50,000 ounces of rose
easenoe being exported yearly.
Where are you stayingf I'll call nni
tee you." "Don't. You'll only tbiak
the worse of me when you see my sur
roundings." "Oh, my dear fellow
that's impossible, you know." Punch
.eonfliot is approaching, it come nearer
every day;
The foe no longer seeks the aid of stealth.
And we wonder wjico will conqusr in tot
world-important fray.
The bacillus or tha officer of hoilth.
Washington Stir.
Mr. Grigson "I wonder what old
General Bulledogge can see in that
odiously made-up Blanche Dupuist"
Miss Golightly "Oh, the old war horse
likes the smell of powder, I guess."
Tudy.
Herbert "If she loves him, whj
loesn't she marry him in spite of her
father's objection!" Stella 'Mercy I
isn't it a good deal easier to give him up
than to admit she is of ago?" Cnicagc
nter-Occan.
"I consider," said the new man on tht
staff, deeply hurt, "that I have been
snubbed. I am chockful of unwritten
editorials and they've sent me out U
viite up the home-made pie industry.'
Chicago Tribune.
Yer lock bad, Jim. Been campin
out!" "Sorter. To-day's the fust turn
Fve been out er doors in three months. "
"Who was the matter with yert'
Nothin'; but the Judge weulda't U
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out, lose your appetite and strength and
disease will soon have you in its grasp.
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HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
JO PKEFAKK SAXVT If ACKKBEIk
"Cut off the head and soak over fgb
in a stone jar of cold water. In the
morning wash and scrape clean, rinre
in freph water, then place it in a pan
of water over the fire until the water
comes to a boil, take out and lay on a
baking tin in oven until it dries of,
then remove to a platter, pour over it
a few spoonfuls of melted butter and
one-fourth cupful of hot cream : gar
nish with parsley. New York Ob
server.
BAKKD TOMATOES.
To prepare baked tomatoes select
those which are smooth and medium
sized. Make a small apertnre at the
stalk end, remove the pulp and seedi
with a spoon and put into a sieve tc
drain. Chop equal parts of cold
chicken and veal and one green pep
per ; add a well beaten egg, half a cup
of grated bread crumbs, a piece of but
ter, pepper, salt, sage and a suspicion
cf onion; mix well together, moisten
with some of the juice and stuff into
the tomatoes. Bake half an hour in a
moderate oven. Serve each tomato on
a lettuce leaf. This makes a pretty as
well as a savory entree. New York
World.
kecitb: fob peach shobtcakb.
TTu .-,r.o . ,-!, ,l ,..,..l
flour for this dish.
Chop quarter of a
pound of butter into a quart of pre
pared flour; quickly stir into it
enough sweet milk to make a soft
dough ; pat this into two round cukes
'upon buttered tin pie-plates and bake
them in a hot oven. Meantime open j
a can of Beaches : reserve the finest for ,
i, 1 .t V, ; ;
"f
small quarters. V hen the shortcakes
in the oven are done and cool enough
to handle tear them open with the aid
of a fork, butter the inside, divide the
cut peaches upon the two bottom layers
and arrange the fine ones on the others,
thickly dust all with sifted powdered
sugar, lay the tops upon both under
pieces and serve the shortcakes with
more sifted sugar and sweet cream.
The juice of the canned peaches, well
sweetened with powered sugar, can be
used instead of cream. .New lork
Commercial Advertiser.
CDWAMOJf BtTSSL
Put a pint of milk in double kettle
And scald ; remove from the fire and
add two heaping tablespoonfuls of but
ter, cut in two small pieces, two cups
of sugar and when cool enough add
half a yeast cake dissolved in warm
water, or half cup of soft yeast, then
add two well-beaten eggs, flour enough
for a thin batter, mix well and Wat
three minutes; set in a warm place
over night. In the morning add more
dour to make a soft dough ; knead a
little in the bowl ; it should be soft,
sticky and elastic; now set it to
rise again, until it is very light, or
twice the quantity you had. then put
it on the board and roll thin ; spread
with butter and sprinkle sugar over it,
about three-fourths of a enp ; sprinkle
with cinnamon ; roll the sheet tightly
into a roll, then cnt off pieces about;
two inches long; stand them with one
end down in a well-greased tin closely
together ; when light bake in a quick
oven half an hour ; turn them out bot
tom, aide up. Household.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Always broil beefsteak over a char
coal fire.
Never roll a glove. Smooth out the
fingers and lay them straight in a bos
or drawer.
Canned fruit that has been left over
mould be carefully watched at this
reason of the year.
Silk handkerchiefs and ribbons
ihould Tbe washed in salt and water and
ironed wet to obtain the best results.
All traces of mud can easily be re
moved from black clothing by rubbing,
the spots with a raw potato cut in'
hall
There is nothing like hot water and:
the rubber bandage for a sprain. The
hot water soothes lacerated ligaments ;
;he bandage prevents swelling. Xani
nents are worse than useless.
For polishing furniture, stained
floors and picture frames, melt bees--rax,
turpentine and sweet oil together
tnd rub it on with a piece of soft
sloth.
To make boots waterproof, boil one
qnart of linseed oil with half a pound
of Venice turpentine. While the mix
ture is still warm, bnt not hot, paint
the leather until it will absorb no
mere.
A blotter can be made that will re
move ink spots from paper. Take a
thick blotting paper and steep it sev
eral times in a solution of oxalis acid.
"fhile the ink ia moist apply the blot
ter, and the ink will be entirely re
moved. To clean ostrich plumes dissolve four
ounces of white soap in four pints of
hot water. Make a lather and plunge
the feathers into it, rubbing them well
with the hands for fire or six minutes.
Wash out in clear, hot water and shake
until dry.
Buttermilk has several summer uses.
It is a cooling beverage. It is an ex
cellent wash for sunburned hands and
faces. And it will bleach clothes.
Soak them for several days in butter
milk, then wash, boil and blue ia the
usual way. After the boiling the
clothes will be of the traditional snowy
whiteness.
.The Nile's Annual Overflow.
The Nile has a fall of but six inches
to the 1000 miles. The overflow com
mences in June every year, and con
tinues until August, attaining an ele
vation of from twenty-four to twenty
six feet above low water mark, and
flowing through the "Valley of Egypt"
in a turbulent body twelve miles wide.
During the last 1000 years there has
been bat one sadden rise of the Mile,
that of 1839, wbars S0.000 were people
Ic-ataarht In tne Qnleaanle.
A negro at Luverne, Ala-, went down
a weU to clean It, and as soon as be got
there the sand closed around his feet
J and he could not move. He told those
tha nn that he was fastened In suck
ing sandTand for them to pull him up.
They pulled and pulled, but could not
move the man. The suction was so
ereat that, try as they would, they could
Dot move him. For forty -eight hours
he remained at the bottom of the well,
and all the time those above him were
doing their best to pull him out He
bad been pulled at with rope and wind
lass until his Joints were so sore that
this had to bo abandoned. Finally a
box was sunk around him and the sand
tod mud were dipped out of the box.
After several hours more the man was
released and was pnlled to the surface.
He was more dead than alive when he
Reached the top. New Orleans Picay
une. A Witty Tutor.
From a French Journal cornea this
!tt!e anecdote of a tutor and hi royal
pupil:
The lesson was In Roman history, aud
xhe prince was unprepared.
"We come now to the Emperor Cali
gula. What do you know about him,
prince?
The qncstlon was followpd by a f'.
leuce that waa becoming awkward
when It was broken by the diplomatic
tutor.
"Your highness Is right," he said
"perfectly rlt-ht. The less said abou'
thut emperor the l i tter.'
The Czar's Mother Reigns.
Vienna papers state that Czar Nich
olas II. is a mere puppet in the hands ol
his mother. The reign of the dowagei
Empress Is, however, confined to poll
tics. In court society the young Em
pressa Hessian princess, with an En
glish education rules supreme. She
has already succeeded In making Eng
lish the dominant language In court
circles, and Is endeavoring to supplant
Russian with English etiquette mil1
tablts.
Scrofula, salt rheum, and all disease of tbe
blood, dyspepsia, headache, kidney and liver
complaints, and catarrh, are cured by ilood'
Saniaparllla, the great blood purifier.
Hood's I'llUcure Jaundice, biliouones, lck
headache, constipation and all liver ills.
! " nen a snake lias gorgea itseit witn
u-i . ... . .
8 'rse meal, its skin is so stretched
that the scales are some distance apart.
Kfrpi Men I'uor.
The clerk mlirht be "boss-If he had the head
for it. '1 he brains are there, b:it they don't seem
lo work. The tro'.ibie u-juully begins in the
stomach. Indirection keei-3 wen poor because
l,'e' don't know they have it, but lumirine
'"etbing else. Klpaiu Tabules insure sound
dUcsiion and a clear head.
1 hey regulate Hie
I entire system. Adk the druggiit for a bos.
A French medical authority asserts
that death caused by a fall from a
cnat height is absolutely pa i tilery.
The mind acta very rapidly for a
time then unconsciousness ensues.
rino's Cure lor Consumption ia an No. t.
Asthma medicine. W. It. Williams, Aiittoeh,
Ills., April 11, lsiil.
Ooggles are now supplied by the
British admiralty to the officers and
sailors serving on fast torpedo boats,
as the high speed has been found to
be injurious to the eyes.
If you are tluubtul ai to the ue ot Dobbins"
Electiic Soup, and' cannot accept the exeriente
ol tnilli'tns m ho ne it. alter the S yean il hus
Ih-cu on the nu.rkel. one truil will convince you.
Asa your f-roeer tor ii taite uo imitation.
I-'ike superior is m danger of losing
its distinction of being the largest fresh
water lake in the world African ex
plorers begiu to think Lake Victoria
Nyanza ia larger.
itB oj ORi,rrrr orToitoo, I
I.L'CASi'OCNTV. (
Frank .1. I'hknky makes oath that he li th
vninr partner id Ihe firm or F. J. C'iiknev 4:
o doint- ImHmesH In the i'lty of Toledo,
'jountvand Slate afor-said, and that said tirr..
will ! Ihe rum of ONE li L'NDUKI) DO -L.AK
for each and every case of oarrh I hp '
nnot oe cured by the use of H ai..'a( ' atahk.i
I'llK. FlIANK .1. ClIf.Ktr.
worn to ' efore me and subscribed In inv
rr ei.e-e, t UU tfili dy .f I leceinb-r, A. D. ls6o.
A. W. jil.EASON,
FA I. f
r ' Xitri Pnft'ie.
nil's "at arHi Cure is taken internally and act:t
urcctly on the h!nod and lnucou-t surfaces of
:itf system. Send for testimonials, free.
V. J. Chenrv fc Co., Toledo. O.
Sold by Urui:e.8is. J.V).
A Canadian experimenter preserves
wood from the boring beetle by soaking
it two or three months in a saturated
solution of lime.
M". Window Foothlno: Syrnp for children
teething, softens the KUin-9, reduces inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 20c a bottio.
Paris has established a municipal
laboratory for bacteriology in the old
Loban barracks, where analysis of
suspected cases of diphtheria are made
within twenty-four hours after the
materials have been handed in.
FITS stopped free
or T)n. K uias brcat
Nf.hvk RrsTOHKR. No Bts after first day's use.
.Marvelous cares. Treatise ana SX.UU trial Dot
t.e free. lr. Klin.-. il Arch SC. Phil a.. Pa.
One reason why we are doing so little
to-day is because we have our hands so
full of yesterday and to-morrow.
Tr. Kilmers Swamp-Root carat
all Kidney and Bladder trouble-.
1 amplet and Consultation free,
laboratory Binshamton. N. V.
Tbe Southern Pacific will use elec
tric headlights on all its locomotives.
Both the method and results -when
Syrup of Figs ia taken; it ia pleasant
and refreshing to tho ta?te, and acta
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrnp of Figs ia tha
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the tasto and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from tho most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figa is for sale in 50
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable drutrsriBt who
I may not have it on hand will pro-
mu-j w iruui-juj- inr any una wna
wishes to try it. Ix not accept any
substitute. -) -)
CALIFORNIA FIB SYRUP COL
v, w nmsmo. cu
' mmmu. 7. mm imfttv
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Such ills as
SORENESS,
STIFFNESS,
and the like,
Men Yon Want to Look
Mm
II illtrm
ix . ., - sat
SAPO
A. WATERMELON aONO.
, the G eon-la watermelon tt s a-growiu'
cool an' green,
An'U soon be pullln' heavy at the stem ;
km.' the knife it needs a wuettin", an' th
blade is gtttin' Keen,
0, the Georgia watermelon is a gem !
Melons cool an green
Jes' the best you ever seen I
Bee the sweet juice drippin'
From them melons cool an' green I
3, the Georgia watermelon with the purties
sort o' stripe I
It ain't a streak o' fat an streak o' lnn -,
f ou thump her with yer lingers, an' you hoar
her answer- Ripe"
O, tbe Georgia watermelon cool an' green '
If elons cool an' green
Jes' the best you ever seen !
Bee the red juice drippin'
From them melons cool an' gren !
Atlanta Constitution,
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
Time flies Seventeen-ycar lotntrf.
Barking dogs sometimes bite tho
dnst.
It is the man who beats that is will
ing to let by-gones be by-gones.
The camel is a lucky brute. It never
has to hump itBelf. Troy Press.
A law-suit wears out sooner at the
pockets than at the knees. Puck.
A skeptio is a man who doubts tho
accuracy of his own watch. Puck.
Talk about women being flighty!
Look at bank cashiers. Texas fciil't-
ings.
It is probably called pin money be
cause the husband ia cituck for it.
Troy Press.
Our uncle, the pawnbroker, may not
have pleasant waytt, but we huvetoptit
up with him. Puck.
Nearly all the men who have in
vented flying machines are residing in
our cemeteries. Statesman.
That mnny men have many minds
Proverbial law astutnly liuis.
To me it oftener seem to fall
That many have no nun J at all.
Life.
The mite that the Anarchist is will
ing to contribute for the promotion
lot his cuuse is dynamite. Detroit
t ree I'ress.
"I didn't know it was so late," said
the volcano, awaking from its long
(dumber; "I must btait my lire."
Cticago Tribune.
When Fogg has rnn npstairs and ar
rives at the top out of breath, he very
properly refers to his puc-umutic tire.
Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Slimdiet "Don't von find it a
little lonesome sitting down toluncheou
all alone?" Bordaire "Oh, no; the
cheese is here. Truth.
"I've got it in for you, my friend."
soliloquized the mosquito, sinking it a
little deeper in the sleeping victim'
nose. Chicago Tribune.
We are all willing to acknowledge
that we have our faults; bat mi-lity
few of us are willing to acknowledge
the faults our friends see in us. Puck.
Wealth does not bring contentment,
And none gets what he axes ;
For If he did, he'd want the earth,
And growl about the taxes.
Judge.
"From what Pve been reading I
suppose boarding-houses must have
been found first in Turkey." "Will
you explain why?" "The best variety
of prunes grows there. "
"Which of us would you rather
have?" asked one of the two men run
ning across the field. "I don't care,"
replied the bull ; "it's a toss up be
tween you." Washington Star.
"Don't you think Mrs. Sainton's
opinions are very much biased?" Mrs.
Latestyle "Mercy, I am not sur
prised, for she hasn't any more idea
of style than a heathen." Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
"They amputated his leg after-all,
eh? What made the doctors wait so
long?" "Judgin from their bills, it
must have been to give 'em a chance 'to
pull it before they took it off." Buf
falo Courier.
Jack "I don't believe all that
stuff about women always wanting the
last word. " Dick "Why don't you ?"'
Jack "Well, last night I told Mil
Checkbook that I knew that I was not
worthy of her, and she did not say a
word in reply." Inter-Ocean.
An Ancient Alligator.
An alligator has just been killed in
Louisiana that is known to have been
120 years old. In 1773 the grent-great-grandfather
of the present owner of
the plantation on which this alligator
was killed purchased the plantation.
Ilia first work was to rid it of alliga
tors. He raided a family of alligators
and killed all bnt one, who escaped,
leaving a portion of his tail. This alli
gator was seen from time to time and
recognized because part of his tail was
gone. The alligator was never tamed,
but in a general way receives the care
and protection of each member of the
family through the four generations.
A visitor to the plantation saw a great
alligator lying on the bank. He raided
his gun, but it required several shot
before the animal was killed. He was
delighted with the success, when hi
host came np and showed his sorrow
at what his guest had done. The alli
gator waa buried on the banks of the
stream, the entire family attending
the obsequies. New York Observer.
Noble Womanhood.
I believe the time has come when
woman should be a woman, and not.
a mere COUdv Innnendn-ro tn n
when her soul sbou.d wake np froia
Its long letharzv and nut. on tho Tr-.ilk.
IMmeuta of wisdom and usefulness
when she Rtwuiiri hva in
purpose than she has done and should
" u power xeiu i ao not dis
regard the beauties of dress, on the
contrary i admire appropriate dress, It
speaks out the man or woman. But
I would have everybody feel that the
man makes the dress. Almost any
thing looks well on a noble woman.
Ncble womanhood Is always beauti
ful. The world will always adhere
true nobility of character. Above
almost everything else do I desire
woman's elevation in the moral and
intellectual scale of life, for then
will they be fitted to be man's com-
Bo Ion and MmatA Btf. q, &
rro Jtfjjfjr
Sf.JAOOeS OIL
WIPES CUT
Pr"rr.''l EfJ-"?;:-,''ij
lilllll kllWVttltUlli
on the Bright Sid3 cf Things,
Use
An Age ot Weiiutra.
This is a wonderful a'o we nre liv
ingiu a wonderful age, and this is a
wonderful count ry. It is doubtful if
any of the effete Old World (lrnasti,.g
cau produce sucit things, borderingii.i
the miraculous, as are becoming al
most everyday occurrences in this land
of the free, says the Erie Herald.
A few days ago the press dispatche
announced that somo fellow out in
Missouri hnd discovered coal. Thera
was nothing so remarkable about the
fact that coal ha l been discovered.
The remarkable feature of the esse ia
that this imrUcuinr quality of c .
emits no smoke when burui-d. Ac
cording to the rjn-rt, yon could build
a tire of tiiirf coal in the centre of your
parlor floor aud be unable to liud a
particle of moke in the room. In the
words of Colonel Mulberry Kclkra,
'tbr'rts'8 millions in it."
But this truly trane case is per-
aps outdone lv o:ie which is alleged
to have rfi'eiitly occurred iu tlij salu
brious cliimdo of California. The
veracious chrotiicie stales that home
thirtv years ai) one John 15 .ihle r.thr-a
residing iu Wisconsin, lost his eye
sight and suliHC'iieutly had both eye
balls taken out, the end of the optic
nerve lieiu leftfis a stub in eaeli case,
llight here is wii rd th wonder comes
ia. J) m't miss it. About a year ago,
at his horn.! iu i'resno, Mr. Rthler sud
denly av thy li:iht of a lamp placed
opposite to hiiu ou the other side of
roo;u, and the examination showed
that new eyeball '.vero growing on the
ends of th ; optic nerves.
hince that timo his night has grad
ually improved, until now he can
nUoot a ril'o with Considerable accu
racy. Indeed, this is a great country, and
isn't anywhere near developed yet.
Carp milk cows a:i I steal chickens and
green corn rL'ht hvre in Pennsylvania,
but tho iionu IN-s West contains still
greater possibilities than the East.ttnd
if old Europe can produce any such
wonders or speiul newspaper corre
spondents let her trot 'cm out.
If
your
wife
is
over
worked, Do aM you can to lighten
her h:)iscli.-ld cares.
licai.i to-morrow by
sending home a package ot
Buckwheat.
It means for her a lia!f hour more
sleep in the morning. A buckwheat
b rr a k f a t ca n he pre pared i a a
Ciuracnt you knuin.
IUi'lutei. Autrlo. Itiibena, T
Tf . 'Lrj,E?,E, ""' Brt and Moat KoobotbS
ral Coliara anil Cutis w,:n: they are mad of Bra
rl.jth, buth . bu:I:-1 atifca, and bem wvnS
uK one collar iseiml to two ot any citiie kind.
n,,, nt ..', wv.i i- vt:i an t ,. 4it. a bona)
TWi Collara or Fivslairaul Oulla r i n Taaan llw
A Hunrfe Collar and rvr of CnfTa by m SW SSI
Uatua. Name styl, and ,.z. Addresa
KKVKBSIBLE COLLAR OOMPAKT,
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c QQ ADAYS,JRE'S
f-S Jy 'iHl wilt show you huw to
n J-rv' :l d ,V: ll'H'ly nuns we lur-
ni-h in- "rav ntid u-m h y.u lite jou
N- w-.uk m ilia I'H-.tiity wlit-re y.u li-ft
SfT Ji ("fn.ltmy. nm-i.lr.-i- Jirvt wewiti pxpiain
t 'i l ik' husiiif-4- fultv. miit'iiitier w' leuai
K-tvf an.-arl i-.rwi.H: o. $.1 mrt-ry .-'
VA'-T"' w rk; v- luf.-ly -ur--: rll ( snr.
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ACKSTS 1VATKD-t:is monev sellineoiir
speciallics. steady employiueui. tnd lea
for ganipli-atid pur lieii'iirs.
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AGF.N'T WAM'KDIn every city and vil
laseforonB year to sell TKKsKKVUM "
the most wonderful dieovetv ol ttie nize. Re
quires little orno tn'kitiK. Ajeliti are coining
monev. Write quick l-ir terni, territory, Ktc
l'reservum Mfg. Co-, lio No. 7-1, I'alniyra, N. Y.
AGEXTS The Yoke lie l.'etainer: worn with
aa'.aiinimrcollar: enli-olv new ami a teller.
Fend for priej-list: -ample lfe.
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