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nKIP TAYL.uk uvea in a section or.
L7 wh. Hniiara looked
W .h. ttr rrt wheeU for
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mo yery good reason inai ujcj
about as hard to eet By all aorta or
bard work and many kinds of aelf-de-alal
Chip had succeeded by the time
be had reached his 15th year la aav
lng about $15. which made him seem
a capitalist to aU the other boys and also
to a greet many men, and as everyone
knew that Chip was a wideawake fel
low who was anxious to get Into steady
business for himself, so that he could
aake life easier for his widowed moth
er and his little sisters, there waa no
Kid of acquaintances who tried to get
to partnership with him and help him
Spend his money.
But Chip's father had always said
that partnership was a hard ship to sail
In: he had tried It and he knew, so the
boy looked persistently for some busi
ness In which he could make bis own
way, and one day he found It by pur
chasing a small second-hand camera
and becoming a tramp photagrapher.
Chip's customers had to pay for his
education, for some of the pictures
which he took during his first few
weeks were about as dreadful as could
be Imagined by a man with a night
mare, but the customers were not art
critics; besides. Chip's pieces were
cheap, and be was the only man in the
business, so be made a little money
from the very start which is more than
some of the world s greatest artists
bare done.
The young photographer had a good
head for business, too; he did not set up
a studio and smoke bad tobacco and
grumble about the dullness of busi
ness. He took bis whole kit In his
hands and roamed about the country.
In search of people who he thought
would be the most likely customers
farmers with horses which they
thought would sell well In the city if
dealers could know how they looked;
women who thought their babies were
the prettiest that ever lived, and young
people who were In love with each
other, and who, therefore, wauted to
exchange pictures.
Anyone who has tried amateur pho
tography knows tlint there are "many
slips 'tween the cup aul the lip." or.
to speak more to the point, betweeu tne
plate and the finished picture. There
are about ns many ways of BKiling
characters, and riilp. without meaning
to do anything of the kind, tried them
all.
Practice makes iterfect. so, in the
course of time. Chip found himself
..i..oHnr Hiw.nt $1 ihiv. which was a
lot of money for anyone to earn lu tout
part of the country.
I.lttle l.y little he learned that por
traits of young people were the most
profitable part of the business, aud bt:
bean to he smart enough to take the
pictures of pretty girls on credit or tr
nothing, trusting to luck to find out
which young man was first or most
"gone" "on each girl. Then he would
offer the young man. in strict confl
denoe, to get him the girl's portrait at
the customary price.
Chip tried the system in reverse
that Is, by "taking" some of the more
popular young men, trusting to work
them off upon susceptible girls, but
somehow this plan did not amount to
much.
Either the girls hadn't any money,
which is quite likely, or, still more j
ly. they didn't waut young men's faces
badly enough to pay for them, so Chip
guve it up as a bad job and left his lat
est plates of young men to be devel
oped when he had nothing else to do.
One of these undeveloped plates was
of Frank Wllsey, the best-looking and
the most popular store clerk In the vil
lage. Almost any girl would pay a
cent a yard extra for material for a
calico dress for the pleasure of pur
chasing from Frank Wllsey, and she
would wait an hour to be served by
Frank rather than buy of the proprie
tor himself.
Frank was a "great catch" In the es
timation of all the girls and their moth
ers, and lie became all the more so be
cause he declined to be caught.
Suddenly, however. In the way that the
unexpected has of turning up In even
the least promising places, something
occurred which set all the village girls
to become jealous and envious. Some
people who seemed to be rich, for they
were traveling by carriage, with two
servants In a buggy following, were
obligi d to stop In the vllage and call a
physician for one of their party, an old
lady.
The physician said the Invalid must
rest for several days, so there was a lot
of scurrying to find proper accommoda
tions for the party, there being no hotel
In the place. They were finally accom
modated by old Mrs. Trewley. whose
husband had built the biggest house in
the town and died just as the house
was completed.
old Mrs. Trewley quickly became the
most iopu!ar woman In the village;
neighbors who bad almost forgotten
her soon found excuses to borrow some
thing, or to ask i- question which they
had long wanted to ask anything, for
an excuse to find out about people
whom they had never seen, but who
seemed to be rich.
The village Interest in the strangers
Increased when one of the newcomers,
a handsome young woman who seemed
to wear her Sunday clothes all the time.
appeared on the main street of the vll- J
lage ana aroppea into me two or iurw
stores, apparently because she could
not amuse herself unless she was buy
ing something.
Of course Frank Wllsey did his best
to sell her something, and sell her as !
much of it as possible; people who paid
cash, instead of having things charged,
and who did not try to "beat down" j
the Drices asked, were as scarce in that i
village as saints in rum shops.
It did not take the village girls and
other gossips long to learn that the
young woman, whose name was Eu
nice Trait, did most of her purchasing
at the store In which Frank Wilsey
was clerk, knd that anyone else who
went Into that store while Miss Trait
was there was obliged to wait until
the stranger had made her purchases.
They also learned, or thought they did,
that the young woman took as much
time as possible In transacting her
business.
And It was all because she wanted an
excuse to talk as long as" she could
with Frank WI.cy. who certainly did
all In his power to be obliging.
Public opinion was divided on the
subject; the older people said thst of
course It was Frank's business to sell
all he could to a person who would
(ay ready cash, wiila the girlf said
rahc
fkm U4k IVal ma hnM UamBlBf.
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rtfnl. hateful thing, and was merely
maVtof; plaything of
young man
) who oni
who onght to be old enough to hare bis
eye-teeth cut and not to let Anyone
make fool of him.
Public Interest on the subject became
bo great that two apple-paring and one
quilting bee were started In great haste,
ao that there might be some good, big
talks.
In the meantime Miss Trait who
wns no fool, becamelm mensely weary of
her enforced stay In a Tillage where
she knew no one and found nothing to
do. One day, while ahe waa making
some small purchase, at the store. Chip
Trier dropped in for a moment with
his camera, and Frank asked him bow
business. The young woman, after lis
tening a moment, asked abruptly:
"Are you an amateur photographer?"
"I'm the only photographer of any
kind In this whole country, ma'am,"
replied Chip with a pardonable pride.
"I've always wanted to learn some
thing about It" said Miss Trait. "I
wonder If I could employ you to teach
mer
"I'm ready for anything, ma'am, that
means business," said Chip.
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clever little fellow, and his studio
was In his mother's own house, and
that the boy had made some pictures
which were not bad, so within an hour
Chip was engaged, at the princely sal
ary of a dollar an hour, to teach Miss
Trait all he knew about photography.
lie began by taking a picture of Miss
Trait herself, telling her the meaning
of each detail of the operation, and
after the sitting he had her take a pic
ture of her Instructor. Then teacher
and pupil went into the room, with
windows screened with yellow paper,
which Frank had called his studio, and
Chip taught Miss Trait to "develop"
a plate.
Chip began with his own portrait,
which the pupil herself had taken, aud
It "came out" so well that the pupil
was delighted and Insisted upon hold
ing the plate In the sunlight outside,
su that It might dry quickly uud be
"prluted."
Meanwhile Chip developed the plate
of Miss Trait herself. In taking which
he had been extremely careful, for it
would be a great feather In his cap to
display the portrait of so notable a i-r-sou
as a "specimen."
But the peculiar way in whiei that
picture slowly came out in the devel
oping "bath" made him wonder greatly.
No other peruon had been near by when
the picture was taken, but the shadows
seemeil those or a man Instead or a
woman. As the details appeared it be
came evident that he had used, by mis
take, the platehohler containing a plate
fur which Frank Wilsey had "set."
Well, never mind; he would finish it,
and then pose Miss Trait again, on the
piea that the plate was bad. But how
oddly Frank's vest showed on the plate!
Chip could not understand it.
Chip finally washed and "fixed" the
plate, set it aside to dry and posed Miss
Trait once more. The lady wished to
develop it herself, of which Chip was
very glad, for he wanted to print that
picture of Frank, and find out what
was the matter with it He soon found
out for a print, taken quickly In the
sunlight showed that the matter with
Frank's vest was that It was entirely
covered by a face "as pretty as a pic
ture" of Miss Trait! He had acciden
tally taken her picture on a plate which
had already been used once, although
not developed, and the offset was a
print which well, it looked as if Miss j
Trait had given her confidence and her ;
her heart to Frank Wllsey and was
resting her head on his breast I
Chip thought the picture very dread
ful, that is, it might be. If his new pupil
chanced to see it so he made haste to
hide the print, and also to put the print
ing frame and plate out of sight But
Isn't It astonishing how things will per- (
slst In working just as they shouldn't.
In spite of all you may do to prevent?
Miss Trait developed and dried her
plate, and looked at It sidewlse, as
Chip had taught her to do, and she
greatly liked the expression, and was
once, cnip tried to empty the printing
fsame his only one without being
seen, but Miss Traif s eyes had not been
trained in a big city for nothing. It was
quite plain to her that her youthful
teacher was trying to hide the plate
which he took from the frame, so she
said:
"Let me see that plate, please."
"It's a spoiled one," said Chip, throw
ing the plate upon the floor. Up to
that time he never had dropped plate,
no matter how lightly, without hearing
the sound of breaking glass, but the
dreadful plateof Frank Wllsey and Miss
Trait fell as solidly as If It had been a
stove lid.
Chip stooped to get It, but Miss Tret,
was too quick for him; she got the plats
and took It to the light saying:
"What Is it?"
"It's an awful blunder that what
It Is," replied Chip, in desperation. "I
stupidly used a plate on which another
picture bad been taken, but not do
veloped."
"How funny!" said Mis9 Trait Then
the lady Insisted upon making a print
from it and Chip thought seriously of
running away and never coming back
to town again not st least until the
Traits had departed. He got ready to
run, and then from a corner of the
house observed his pupil closely. i
Miss Trait exposed the picture to th
light Two minutes later he saw her
shade It with her shoulders and look at
it curiously. Then he heard her laugh.
Oh, that laugh! It seemed to Chip that
her laugh gave him a new lease of life,
for It was a merry laugh, and one of
the long kind that seemed as if It didn't
know how to stop. Chip thought it
I safe to go back to his room. Miss Trait
Joined him within a few minutes, and
said, in a matter-of-fact way:
"Now I know how spirit photographs
may be taken. I'll have a lot of fun
with them when I go back home."
Chip was so grateful that he felt like
falling at Miss Trait's feet, but he
didn't do it; neither did he ever see that
plate again, and he could not say that
he was sorry at the loss. Still, being
a boy, be could not help doing a lot of
wondering.
Miss Trait really seemed to think thb
photographic mistake a good joke. How
would Frank Wllsey regard It? There
was one way to find out. Chip toned
and otherwise completed the single
print he had taken from the offending
plate. He bided his time, and one even
ing he showed It to Frank, at the store,
telling him that It was one of the ac
cidents pf photCraphyL .Frank looked
at the pfcTtire aalf Le'donttted hi own
yea. then be blushed and Mid:
"I'd airs all my hope of Ufa for ar'i
an aectdant In earnest"
Stranger still, just inch an accident
Anally came of It The picture aet the
young people to thinking about each
other a great deal, and made them
rather awkward when they met, and
each knew what the other wae think
ing about ao In the course of time Miss
clothes,'
sieen in his native town, gave away the
bride, for, as the bride herself, said:
"If It hadn't been for that dreadful
photograph we mightn't hare learned
to think seriously of each other.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
s TRIBUTE TO THE JEWS
fhelr Place la History of the Hit-heat
Importance.
The great wonder of history la Ju-j
la ism. The persistence of the Jewish
people through the ages. In spite of per
secution, the prison and the stake. Is
nd baa been a continuing miracle,
Throne have fallen and empire havs
passed away: but through all the
change of this mortal scene Judaism
!h Jew,,8h P u71Jed
the shocks of time and are as enduring
apparently as the pillared universe.
And yet what vicissitudes and appall
ing sufferings have that remarkable
race undergone! . For ages they were
under the ban. They might not eat
nor drink nor alt at the same table with
Christians Christians whose religion
was based on their Book, and whose
Saviour was born of a Jewish maiden!
They never knew when their goods
might be plundered, their children torn
from their arms, and themselves ban
lshed from the homes where they were
lorn and th rlnra irhorA alonr thnlr
dead. aA .h rat;7. thin;. ntln.
-- -
ued until the close of the seventeenth
century. In mitigated form, until the
outbreak of the French Revolution.
- Yet such was the virility of the race
that, in spite of persecution and ostra
cism, the children of Israel have main
tained their faith, and their sacred
liooks have conquered the civilized
world. What Is that faith? Darmes
teter tells us that Judaism has not made
the miraculous the basis of Its dogma,
nor installed the supernatural as a
permanent factor In the progress of
events. Set aside miracles and rites,
"and behind them," he says, "will be
found the two great dogmas which,
ever since the prophets, constitute the
whole of Judaism: The Divine unity
aud Messlahlsm unity of law through
out the world, and the terrestrial tri
umph of Justice in humanity." Here
on earth should be the kingdom of
God; and luw and discipline, nor emo
tion nor aesthetics, should be the forces
to tit mnukind to play well their parts
in so divine a scene.
Tho "Jewish I'ulput" prints a sermon
recently delivered at Detroit by Rabbi
I-ouls Grossman, P. D., wherein he In-
sists upon the vitality of the distinction
between "a beatitude, a philosophy, an
idealism or an ecstatic pleasantry" and
laws.
commandments and ordl-
nances. tseiigion ' he says, "if Moses
would have known of the term, would
uc ieeu ior mm anotner term ror tne cart drawn by a horse almost as rick
art of teaching. Religion ought to drill 'Fty. A countryman walking on th
rnther than exact; to build up habits 'Bftme road asked for a lift and the twr
raiuer man aeter rrom vice. Religions
should be the most many-sided educa
tional Influences In the world. Unless
they are that they forfeit every right
to be, except as a pastime for senti
mentalists and as exercises In halls of
philosophy. Judaism Is never abstract;
its doctrines are not transcendental; it
has no catechism. But it has laws;
and in these It has energized Itself."
Judaism Is righteousness in life; and to
attain this righteousness there must
be training, and law and discipline are
the Instruments. "Let the churches
be built on definitions," says Rabbi
Grossman; "ours is built on life." And
thus founded it has outlasted the re
ligions of Greece and Rome, and Is like
ly to endure until the race which has
enshrined It shall have finally disap
peared from the earth. Philadelphia
Record.
ASSUMED NAME.
How a Keapectabte Citizen Pat Him
elf Under the Ua n.
A respectable citizen of a small West
Virginia, town is under suspicion and
his domestic relations are badly strain
ed. It all came about from a visit be
made to Washington a few days ago.
He had read about confidence men
and was determined that be should not
fall Into their clutches. Hence, when
he got off the train at the Baltimore and
Ohio station the countryman was not
greatly surprised when a man accosted
blm with "Good morning, Mr. Smith."
"My name hain't Smith. It's Per
fcins." Then the old man chuckled to him
self. "Now, there'll be another fellow
along and call me Perkins. They won't
find out my name is Hadley."
At the Capitol another man accosted
him. "Good morning, Mr. Hadley."
The countryman was amazed, but said,
"My name hain't Hadley; It's Perkins."
Then to himself he murmured, "Won
der how them fellers found out my
true name, but I won't have no truck
with 'em.
But the Individual at the Capitol was
not a confidence man, but a former
neighbor whom Hadley failed to recog
nize, and he went back to the little
West Virginia town and told that the
respected citizen was skylarking
around Washington under an assumed
name. When he returned he was In
formed by his wife that the story of his
misdeeds had preceded him and that
she wanted to know who the woman
was he came to Washington to see. Ills
business partner suggested that when
be was ashamed of his name and want
ed to sail under a nom de plume he had
better go farther away from home, and
so far Mr. Hadley has failed to find
any one who believes his story about
the affair, although It Is strictly true.
Owney, the PostofBce Dog.
Owney's pedigree Is not worth brag-
ring about; he Is mainly what is known
B3 a mongrel, but he has signs of some
purer blood. Neither Is he a handsome 1
dog but be has excellent qualities, and
ia kindly and intelligent I
is kindly and Intelligent
when Owney found himself an un-
When Owney found himself an un-,
called-for package, he did not begin to
whine or bark or fear he was uuwel
some, bnt sought to make himself agri-cable
and to win friends. Finding that '
Uncle Sam was willing to keep blui in
comfortable quarters, Owney gladly
accepted the situation. And now, na
matter how far away he may travel,
he is known as
Owney, the Albany !
PostofBce Dog,'
and Is everywhere con-
sloered as s popular member of the de
partment "How do yon know when Owney has'
gone on a trip?" I asked the man who
especially looks after Owney's Inter,
ests.
"Why, when the eat cerae ta tho of.
flee, we know that Owney Is away," be
replied. "And the dog Is away from .
home so much, that the cat Is seldom
obliged to move out"
"Tell me bow he begins a Journey.
Docs he know which is the postal car?"
. "K"QW? Of course he does, Hg
Knows a postal ear as wen as any pos
tal clerk. When the mall Is sent to the
station, Owney jumps on the wagon,
and stays there until the last bag ll
thrown Into the car. If be feels Uk
taking a Journey, he then jumpa aboard
the car, barks good-by, and away h
goes. Once on the train he la the guest
of the clerks at the offices along thf
road."
He wears a fine silver collar, marked
"Owney, Albany P. O., Albany, N. Y.."
and with him Is often forwarded a book
In which Is kept a record of places bt
visits: and a very interesting story thf
book tells, St Nicholas. .
A conjecture Is gaining credence that
Lord Salisbury. In view of Secretarj
OIney's now famous July dispatch, will
eventually propose a virtual partner
ship between the United States and
Great Britain for the government of th
lower half of the American continent
It will be remembered that one of tb
subtleties put forth at the time the OV
ney dispatch came to public knowledge
was that Great Britain was an Ameri
can power before the United Statei
existed, and that as she was anterior,
she would continue to be paramount
where she already enjoyed territorial
sovereignty. The Monroe doctrine Im
pugns no right territorial or other, pos
sessed by Great Britain on this conti
nent prior to the foundation of thli
government Great Britain Is entitled
to everything that belongs to her. Sh
Is entitled to that without any partner
ship with the United States. The Mon
roe doctrine has no bearing on her law
ful possessions. "No entangling alli
ances." a phrase originally used In ref
erence to European relations, has lost
none of Its force to-day In the direction
of its origin. It Is, however, equally
forcible and equally conclusive as tc
i ortioie au(
Partnership or alliance with any mon
.rr-hlr-il rwturoenn tl.la .vintlnonr Al
,'ue l,u,e onroe uocinne was grow
j,n8 tTOD Jn ,u Infancy It was pro
pfedln swvernment to Join cer
uiiu uuwnrau luviiatv-nies iui uie yur
pose of controlling the destiny of a por
non or America not attacnea men oi
now to the United States, although
'near Its southeastern Atlantic shore
!Tho proposal of a partnership with
buropean crowns was refused then,
when this government was feeble. It
was refused solely on the ground of
principle. That principle Is equally vital
to-day, whan this government Is strong.
There can be no partnership between
the republic of the United States of
America and any monarchy for the ac
complishment of any purpose. A blunt
refusal by Great Britain to recognize
the efficacy of the Monroe doctrine will
be less offensive to the American peo
ple than a proposal to enter Into a part
Dershlp with them for Its enforcement
He Expressed His Opinion.
One of the most prominent physiclam
(n Washington owns a farm somewhere
a New England, and whenever he geti
'unbearably tired of his fashionable
patients in town be goes there, puts on
his oldest clothes, lays In a stock ol
corn-cob pipes and rusticates. One da j
Inst summer he was tocirlnir IiiiIIt
'along a country road in a rickety old
feii into conversation.
"Who are you working for?" askeo
the countryman.
"Ob, I'm working for Dr. J., dows
there," answered the physician.
-What doln'?"
"Oh," went on the doctor, "I do ev
erything for him. I take care of him,
you know. I dress him and I feed him,
and I even wash his face and put him
to bed. I do everything he needs done."
"How much d'ye get for it?" asked
fhe native.
"My board and clothes."
"An' you do all that for him wash
film, an' dress him, an' feed him, as'
all that?"
"Yes."
The countryman looked at the doctoi
a moment In silence. Then he leaned
over the wheel and spat solemnly.
"Well, of all the dern fools I evei
seer was all be said. Washlngtoj
Post ,
Blaejay and, Aoorn.
A comical sight It Is to see a bluejaj
tat an acorn! He pecks it gently at
first to break the shell, pecking it hard
er as he finds the acorn matching him
looks at it in an astonished manner
Ties once more, when his greed over
wines propriety, and he takes the great
norsel in his mouth and assumes the at
tltude, and attempts the act of degluti
tion, much like a child swallowing i
pill. It doesn't go. But It must Hi
wallows again, makes a series of pow
rful gulps and gasps, and It Is dowt
it last, distending his throat and per
;eptibly all the way. He subsides i
minute, looks rather foolish, gives i
final gulp, and then the handsome glut
ton is off for another nut Lewistoi
tournal.
A Seven-Hundred Ponnd Hog.
Frank Palmer, who owns a farm neai
fradlng Cove, New London, Conn., baj
i 2-year-old hog that weighs about 7(X
ounds. The animal roams at will It
i big field, but on account of Its siz
snnot walk far without lying down t
est. When asleep the animal can 1m
teara suuriug ior quiw a uwianceu
Her Independence Threatened.
A republic that was fourteen cen
furies old when General Washingtoi
and his army were lighting the force;
of King George III., including the hire
Hessian contingent, is in danger of los
lng Independence the blessing whlcl
our colonial ancestors achieved in tha
memorable struggle. The wee common
wealth of San Marino, on the east sidi
it the Apennlne mountains. In Italy
by long odds the oldest of all exlstinj
republics, Is threatened with this Ir
remedial disaster. One of the pro
visions of the treaty under whlcl
Italy guaranteed the liberty of Sai
Marino is to the effect that the re
public shall coin no money, but adop
iue coinage of Italy. But Italian mone;
Iot t0 be TeT? k ,n 8nn Marino
,na tne llu,e commonweaun, oi
:ne Plett ot absolute necessity
aiuuca "miiea numuer or goic
inu sliver pieces ior tne nse or tni
people. This did not disturb the parity
but It fractured the treaty, and Slgno:
Crlepi, the Italian prime minister, pro
;eeded to annul the gauranty of inde
pendence. This means the merging o
San Marino into the kingdom of Italy
As the republic is too weak for success
nil resistance, aha will nrobablv vleli
to this harsh decree of cruel fat.-
Washington Post
"Men'll do anything fur money," salt
Plodding Pete. "Yes," replied Mean
dering Mike, "Some fellers'U roi
work fur it" Washington Stax.
Important aTiIftfSTltijr5
A Chicago woman who Is deaf am
dumb knocked out a footpad with ow
blow ot her fist What a pugilist sbi
would make If she could only ' regal
the power of speech! Rochester Post
Express. . : ' " ' '
The Enchanted Pnmpkin.'
When your little brother or sister has
t Mrthday party and you want a nor
lty as a centerpiece for the tea table,
try the "enchanted pumpkin" and see
what fun it will make for the guests.
It ought to be a prize pumpkin and a
big one. Scoop out all the inside. That
will do well enough to mske pies out
if for grown-up people on days that
ire not birthdays. Then stuff It fall of
toys tied up in mysterious-looking bun
dles. To each package tie a bright ribbon,
letting the loose ends fan out over the
ldes of the pumpkin. Then carefully
replace the cap or stem part, which you
cut off. so that It will look as If it were
till whole, and place It on your tea
table. Surrounded by ferns and color
ed autumn leaves and decorated with
the drooping ends of the ribbons. It
will make a very pretty centerpiece.
When the fesst is over set the chll
3ren to guessing bow many seeds are in
the pumpkin. When all have guessed,
tell each to take hold of one of the rib
bons, and when yon say "Three!" they
must pull on the ribbons, and in that
way they will see how many seeds are
in the pumpkin.
Of course esch little guest secure a
oretty gift Chicago Times-Herald.
Prejadlced.
"Why Is It you have so violent an
intinnthv to Rlghter's works. You
lever read any of them."
"Nope; but I smoked one of the cl
nrs named after him once." Indian-
pons journal.
Unpleasant.
Sandstone Weren't you dancing with
Miss Calloway last night?
Fiddleback Yes. How did you
tnow?
"I saw her going Into a chiropodist'
:h!s morning." Life.
The Awful Child.
Awful Child Mamma said you were
pretty old.
Visitor Well!
Awful Child You're old but not pret-
'y. Detroit Free Press.
They Build Great Structures.
The largest structure on the earth,
when compared with the size of the
builders, is the ant hill of Africa. Some
?f these mounds have been observed
fifteen feet high and nine feet in dlam
tcr. If a human habitation were con
structed on the same scale It would bt
more than seven miles high.
iarg Crop of Sweets.
The pear crop In Georgia this year
d as the largest on record. It is estimat
Hi by those in a position to know and
:o Judge correctly that It exceeded
100,000 barrels.
We admire a mean man who gets out
f town, and does not try "to live 11
lown."
A "low descending sun" one
Tents Lis father disrespectfully.
that
Scientists believe that all salt, wher
ver found, has come originally from
he sea, in some way or other.
lilS
OIVI5 ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
ind refreshing to the ta?te, and acts
renlly yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
in effectually, dispels colds, head
icbes and fever and cures habitual
:onstipation. Syrup of Figs is the
nly remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
;fTects, prepared only from the most
bcakhy and agreeable substances, its
tnauy excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for Bale in 50
cent bottles by all leading drug
pets. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
:ure it promptly for any one who
(rishes to try if- Do not accept any
substitute.
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With over 150 receipts, for the cure
it all diseases. Send 10c for postage.
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Tltr AFItMOTOR CO. OMS Mr OM wandl
Mndmm liimini , becanM It baa tMiwwt IM coat of
triad power to 1 13 what tl wu. It baa maof brmoca
mm- BouafO. and aapimea iiaaoooj aaa npain
VrVVa. four door. It can aud doaa fnrnlab a
C 1 1 1 bALMrarttelaforlMaanaoMLhaai
A2t "fx. It makaa Pmnplna ana
VVjT ijpaarpd. Steel, eatanlaad-aRar-VJ
. S ""Completion Wlndmllla, TilUog
kW and Fixed Steel Tower. Steel Bail Haw
Framf-a, Steel Feed Cutter and Feed
afTA Or! niter. On anr-llcatton It will nam on
Tl or Utew article that It wUI lumlah nnul
January 1st at 13 the usnal prloa. It aiao maaea
Tanks and Pump of all kinfla. Send Mr eatahxua
lacteal Uifc, EtfcwaU aa flllain lmta,f .Irisa
Cripple Creek Gold Fields
FREKi Information regarding mlnlng-floc
jnd properties Writ The Mot-hem Inreatroent
3o., member Colorado Mining stock Kx change
Denver, Colo. '
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f Successfully Proscyte Claims.
Lmt Frtnoipavl Extttxilnwrr U.S. Pension liurtaau.
3 in I n 1m. war, 16 abjudicating simt, avttj Usy
NtcKmi Puna. Rr-... u7iTr?
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Red Blood
Is the foundation of health. ' The way to
have Rich, Bed, Healthy Blood is to take
Sarsaparilla
Hood's Pills ears all Liver Ills. SSmdis.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
Vara tag Not Callta tha Wlckea t
Kapeataaoa.
THB hotter tha Are
the purer tha gold.
It takes rnoro
than a crown to
maks skins;.
Ood la snro to
hear when tha
heart speaks.
No man e a n
serve two msstsrs,
bat all havs tried
to.
To polish a ras
cal Is to maks blm
all the more a rascal.
God's picked men are always chosen
from those who are busy.:
1 The way to answer Infidelity Is not
with the Hps, but with the life.
Whoever walks with Ood takes no
step that Is not for his own good.
I "Thy kingdom come," Is always the
first prayer of the young convert
j When things begin to look dark, we
should open the eyes of our faith.
1 He "who would have Ood for his
friend must be the friend of man.
I Religion pure and undeflled works
at the trade every day in the week.
I The army of Ood always fights on
the side of the man who does right
I The devil finds It bard to get a foot
hold In the home where love la king.
I We know what a man Is at heart
when we know what he Is opposing.
) That a man's life work will be great
who faithfully does his best every dsy.
j If some men would give up more, and
lay up less, how soon they would be
rich.
I The devil would have to go out of
' business if he couldn't make sin attrao
1 tlve.
I If you have both tracts and bread to
give to the hungry, give them the bread
first.
I Many a man who claims that charity
begins at home, lets his wife saw the
woud.
Whoever willingly helps to bear the
burden of another, takes a step toward
Christ,
Only when we are determined to do
right can we begin to count upon Christ
for help.
The Christian should be a man whom
people will Instinctively seek (n time of
trouble.
The man whose hops Is In God may be
kept waiting, but he will not be dis
appointed. Before we can truly possess anything,
we must have the spirit that will enable
Us to enjoy It
The devil will fight hard to keep the
man who has power with God from get
ting on his knees.
It Is not what we give to God, but
what we keep from him that keeps us
from becoming rich.
When people are set on having their
own way they don't care how much it
is going to cost them.
Ilaw'a Tale I
Wo offer On Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Ct tarrh that cannot be enrad by
Hall's Catarrh Cur.
F.J. Crknev A Co., Toledo, O.
wr, the undersigned, have known F. J. Che
ney for I he last 15 years and believe him rwr
fectlv honorable in all bnalness transactions
an 1 ttnanc-allr ahl . to oarry out auy obliga
tion made by the r Arm.
West & Tkcax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
Walmxq. Kitfvaw Ak Martix, Wholesale
IrruinfiMts. Toledo. Ohio.
Ha I t'autrrh Cure It taken Internally, act
in directly upon the blood and mucous aur
f ares of the system. Testimonial arnt free.
Price. 7.K.-. per bottle. (Sola by all Druuista.
A specimen of capped petrel, a bird
supposed to be an extinct, or least a
lost species, was found recently in
England. The original home Of the
rapied petrel is said to have been the
islands of St. Domingo and Guada
loupe. One thousand tons of soot settles
monthly on the 110 square miles of
London.
Unsuccessful attempts to produce
rain, by exploding twenty bags of
rohurite have been made in Bezwada,
in the Madras Presidency, India but
showers were readily produced at
Madras by exploding dynamite.
For a years Dobbins' Electric Soap ha been
Initiated b nnrcrupu'ousaoap maker Why
Because It Is bttt of all and has an Immense sale
Be sure and fee Shibbint' and take ao other'
Your grocer baa it, or will get It.
A boring at Brohl, on the Rhine, has
been worked for carbonic acid tor fifty
years, but its supply is now failing od
account of the opening of eight other
borings which sre now in operation
near it.
After physician bad given me np, I waa saved
by Pl-o's Cure Baxra Kbito, WUi lams port Pa.
Mov. !. 189a. '
The redevelopment of lost limbs is
declared by an Englieh naturalist to
be not unusual among insects, in whom
it may take place either during the
larval or pupal stage.
i. s
1 1. Kilmer's S w a mf-Roo r eirn
II Kidney and Bladder troablai
1 amplec and Consultation Irej.
laboratory Binguamton. N. f.
A new engine just completed for the
New York Central's "flyer" will weigh,
ready for service, just one hundred
tons, tender included.
air. Wlnslow' Soothing Syrup lor ebtldrea
teething, soften the gums, reduce Inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures vriud colla aog a DotU.
The Chamber of Deputies of Belgium
has passed a bill prohibiting any pub
lic experiments in hypnotism.
FITS stooped free or Th. KI.nrfB SaitAV
Xaavs RaerotUa. No fits after Brat day's use.
M arvelona eurea. Treatiae and Sf.00 trial bob
tie tree. Dr. Kline. SBI Area Utw Phila., a
Professor Willis Moore head of the
Weather Bureau, is taking observa
tions n the upper strata of the atmos
phere with kites and expects to im
prove his forecasts very much.
Mrs. Charles Hart, of Oonshohocken.
Penn., recently presented her husband
with twins. This couplet makes
twelve Children in the family, in ten
years of married life. Half of the
number came in pairs, Usa saving
been three sets of twins
The Saddle wnicu Jeneral George
B. McCIellan used when be was sent
by the United States to report on the
Crimean War is bow in the possession
of John Wagner, of Drifton, Penn.
Be received it from General Mo
Casllaa't brother.
LKJoocrfl
The la teat story by the great Polish
novelist. Henry k SienklewVcs, that Jere
miah Cnrtln has tmnelated into Eng
lish, is "Children of the SoU." a tale of
contemporary life in Poland.
T. B. Aldrtch's forthcoming volryne,
"Later Lyrics," Is) to be uniform In Its
gulae with Its little volume of "XXXVI
Lyrics and XII Bonnets," and la to con
tain bis own selection of songs from
his recent terser works.
"The Msrihattaners" Is the cacophon
ous but fitting title Bid ward 8. Van Zlle
has given his latest novel. The story
light modera.aTOpertciaL, Irreverent as
the construction of such a word as Man
na ttaner would indicate, and It Is alse
am using and quite clever.
The new work on Charlotte Bronte,
upon which Clement Shorter and Dr.
Roberstoa Nicoll have been at work
for sometime past, will contain a great
many hitherto unpublished letters of
Charlotte's, and a great variety of new
material secured from her husband,
who is still living In Ireland. Mr. Shorter
bssa In his possession ail Mrs. GaskeU's
correspondence covering the period be
fore she wrote her famous life of Char-
. lotte Bronte.
Zangwlll outwardly seems an ungain
ly man, nomeiy, awawaxu, au vjccw
in dress, but a more genial companion
to rarely to be found. Although Mr.
ZangwiH'a name baa been familiar to
the literary world for several years, he
Is only thirty-two. An snecdote now
eolna? the rounds of the press, and
based on his manner of signing his
name as "I- Zangwlll" relates the
j discomfiture of a lady who asked him
j what bis Christian name was and re.
ceivea tne response: x nave uuuc
The latest author to complain of pi
ratical publishers digging up and re
printing his early and Immature work
is Hall Calne. An American house has
Just unearthed and pnt on the market
a story Mr. Caine wrote burledly to fill
a gap between serials by Zola and
in,
Oulda" while be waa on a Liverpool
. paper, several years ago, and Mr. Caine
I feels much aggrieved. He never had the
story republished In England, and, ln-
Ideed, used parts of It In writing his
now famous novel, "The Deemster."
Ten years ago James Tissot was
.noted In Paris as a painter of fleshly
! nymphs, of a series of pictures depict
ing the pleasures of life In the capital,
and of portraits of men and women in
,the fashionable world. Suddenly he
closed bis studio, and announced that
he was going to Palestine to illustrate
I a "Life of Christ" For years he studied
the gospels and scriptural history, and
thoroughly familiarized himself with
f life in the Holy Land. He baa painted
nearly four hundred pictures, and a
book Is soon to be published containing
them all, reproduced In color, and sell
lng at 300 for the cheapest copy.
FIGHT WITH TWO LIONS.
Hairbreadth Eacape from the Clntche
of a Honcrx Beaat,
He saw, above the ledge and a little
beyond, the ears and bead of a lion, as
It sat watching the deer. Jake rose in
his saddle to place a bullet, as be said,
midway between those ears, when a
powerful lion leaped from behind a tree
on the ledge of rock above, and. strik
ing him in the chest, carried him off his
horse, headlong toward the mountain,
and his horse ran wildly away. A mo
ment later Jake was lying on his back
in the anow, his head up hill, and the
beast standing over him with one paw
planted firmly on bis chest, the other
slightly lifted, and wagging its tall in
delight, while Its hot breath was ex
haled Into Jack's face.
His first Impulse was to hold down
his chin tightly, to prevent his throat
being torn open, while he cautiously
felt for his knife. He found the knife,
and as he drew It a slight grating sound
caused the Hon to rebound at his feet,
and as he did so It uttered a scream
which Jake knew only gave him the
chance of a moment. It was a call for
the other lion. Fearing to make a mo
tion of escape or resistance, he moved
his hand back in the snow, in search of
his rifle, which had been lost In the falL
Ills finger touched the stock. He cau
tiously pulled It down by his side, and
still looking his captor straight In the
eyes slowly turned the rifle till Its
muscle faced the lion. The bullet passed
through Its heart and It sank on Jake's
feet. Before he could more from his
helpless position, the other lion bound
: ed over the precipice, and somewhat
overleaping Its mark lit In the snow,
and Instantly received a bullet In Its
brain. The two lions lay dead, not tea
A Ttmepleoe for the Blind.
A recent Invention Is a watch for the
nse of the blind. It Is so arranged that
by passing the fingers ever so lightly
over the raised letters of the dial the
hands are disturbed. In the middle of
' each figure is a movable peg. The hour
band would be stopped If the peg re
mained stationary, but at the touch of
the hour hand It drops. To learn what
Is the bonr, the blind man passes his
fingers round the circle till he finds the
j peg that Is down. The latter remains
down until the next peg drops. In order
to find the minutes there Is a aJBtrillar
. set of pegs on the outer edge of the dlej
' for the minute hand.
Am Heireaa to the ilnaalan Throne
A daughter haa been born to the Cur
of Russia. The baby, who haa been
named Olga, may one day rule over
Russia, the mammoth empire which
covers over one-sixth portion of the
solid land of the earth. WYvma. .i
- wu. a uicra
are not unusual In Russia, and some of
tne greatest sovereigns of their time
on the Russian throne were women.
Avoid Paamnal.. rlUiht h.ri. nit ..kAij
F .J K""!'.
fever, by keening the blood nnra th
Rood and the bodily health vta-oron h tha nu
of Hood's Sanapariua.
Hood's Pills act easily and yet promptly.
WJ5t'" lhe MaMe th the Empress?
The Dowager Empress of China Is
sain to be very much subdued of late
Sha waa farmari. ... . -
aMirrgaiiE, eggres-
slve woman, who believed that she waa
tht Mnta niiA. -.aA-
upvu men me universe
turned. Rfw-nt o-anta
A A wsj una
strong Influence upon her and ahe has
- - -.j iui, ner aomlneering
ways have disannar-nri L . .
, " . , " . u aue listens
humbly to words of advice from peopl
Who llavarl tn. faa. - -a . . v ' "
w auuress ner.
Alma Tailpma itn -.,:.. ., .
. - , , , . V I" --, sxysiuat
P"gDl Wue h.is a depress! ,g effect.
H .Qcl n.M,.-. e,M. satlnn n.s-i
1i il PACT often concentrates nil Wf'
ij) Its Mir?RY in (I
peumaiismjj
tf ) Use at once J J
$j St. Jacobs Oil o
( ) If you want to feel it concen- ( )
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osoeo m oeccu
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in a
Minute.
A little water and all
ready for the griddle.
TO MAKE
Light,
Dainty Cakes'
USE
Buckwheat.
Remember, the water must
be cold and the griddle hot.
A reporter called, on Wednesday
evening, May 8, 1895, at the resi
dence of Sir. William McMahon, Na
1668 Tearl street, Brooklyn villas
(Cleveland), O., to learn, if possible,
the cause of the noticeable lm-provt-mprjt
In Ms physical condition
over Unit of a year aco, wben be
was) a sufferer from indtgmtlon and
various orfrnni- disordttra. "Yon
eeo," lwffan Sir. McMahon, "to start
witb, my work f hnt of setting typo
ut the cse allows me little chance
tor bodily exercise, and is alto
gether too con fining for anybody who
is in the least subject to indiges
tion or dyspepsia. Perbapa not more
so I ban many another mechanic or
art isan who ia const mil ly indoors and
under severe menial strain, while
the physical development is sadly la
need of something to keep it in
trim. Well, that has been my com
plaint for years, and some months
ago I kecame very bilious, and con
stipation made lite miserable for
me at times. Then it took a seat la
my LIVER, which became noticeably
inactive, and I became alarmed
about it The first thing I turned
my attention to was to secure a
'liver regulator, whlcb, however, '
foiled to regulate; next I sought
rellof in 'liver pills,' which so pained
and griped me that the cure was, I
thought, worse than the disease.
The next thing I did was to throw
away the whole 'shooting match,'
and resolve to take no more propri
etory medicines. However, on
hearing my tale of woe, one day, at '
the office, a fellow-workman offered
me a small Tabnle Bipans, he
called it which, he said, he would
guarantee to act on the liver. I j
took it onder protest, expecting to
be doubled up in about fifteen min
utes with- the 'gripes.' But I waa
agreeably surprised in its action. It
was very gentle, and I resolved to '
try a box. Since then I have grado- )
a'ly noted an entire change in the
working of my system, and thtnk.
that Bipans Tabules are the best
remedy for liver and stomach
troubles this side of anywhere. .
They are really a substitute for V
physical exercise. Have one before
yon go?" And Mr. HoMahon pro- -daced
his box of "stand-bys" from
his inside pocket as the reporter ' ;
took bis leave.
tupana Tatmiea are anld by eiuagasla, or
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Saaople vial. 10 centa.
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at, atari.
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