CAMPING OUT.
flow tbat midsummer days sre here.
And hours are loujj and skies arc clear,
"fia time to leave the crowded atreet
For distant wuodlanfa cool and weet;
There pitch tire tent near by a brook
Where trout swim binary for the book,
There loaf and buut and read, and live
In manner plain and primatiTe,
Enjoying Nature aa a bird
Enjoys her every aisn and word
Interpreting, until the heart.
Of Nature's own beconiea a part.
Of nursed roeka an oven rude
The hearthstone of your solitude
PuMicea well to cook your fish
And I'-nd a flavor to the dish;
Or vet to send the fragrance up
Of spicy coffee from the cup.
Wli:it joy to waken with the aun
And tiorl the fresh grass overspuu
With webs of possaiuer, and aee
The sunbeams steal from tree to tree,
niri:n their Kold along the way.
To guide the shining feet of Day!
Then when the breakfast hour la o'er.
To Liier down along the shore
With rod ami line, and tempt the trout
From his retreat to venture outl
IVr. -hanre a book would beat beguile
Then lie down where the aun can amila
I pon you reading, prose or rhyme.
",'& wood stream singing all the time,
A bore -,. Sirds. around you flowera
llee.l!e l;e now the flying hours!
(): dtant mountain heights may jrge
V.. in- fe. t to find the dizzy verge
Whence. linking forth, the world yuO.
know
I.iet ou'stretehed in God's hand below.
And yon. the master of it all,
A speek infinitesimal!
Ah. it it pind just once to aee
'1 'he finite with Infinity
To see iit. f. el und comprehend
A little the All loving Friend!
Now bii'-k Hxuin the tires are lit
And round the blaze the comrades ait
Kx''baiiit stories, weaving tales,
I titil Invention flags and fails.
Then S miiber calls them to recline
On fr i-rant pillows of the pine
'J i sleep and dream and wske to be
t : i K-i nl t.. Cod who made tbern frre'
-Fr.ink l'emp-ter Sherman, in Youth'
CotHjianion.
THE MOONSHINER.
Two liorseiiien were trotting BlowlJ
adown a narrow path that wound
ulniii; the Kentucky ridge of the Cum
berland mountains. Their horses were
ridden out. and the men had but little
lo say. One of thein hailed from New
York. His face la-spoke energy and
a strops will, but the rugged features
Inspired little contideuee. His rimi
J aniou. us could le boeli nt n glance.
ai an Englishman. The fair, ruddy
ro;nieii,,n. the iiualntly shaped travel
ing cap. the loni; yellow gol shes
were nut lout; from old England. The
7 I. JS
"o.'.MTI.EJIKN, LET M K INTRODUCE YOU
TO JIT WINCHKSTER."
Linn had uiut by "Ueiit at a crossing
- of country roads, and being both bound
for (JIace t'lty. in Virginia, they agreed
to make the journey together. The
conversation, anything but lively at
auy tiniH. had ceassi altogether. The
New Yorker answere-d bis compauiou'a
quest ions curtly, and lapsed into sl-leu'-
before they bad traveled a lulle
tugel her.
"There Is a housa at last! It's as far
as we cau go today," suddenly ex
claimed the American. "An old negro
ahuuty. nr doubt," pointing at a little
ramshackle house, the roof of which
peeped out of u corufleld. "Hardly de
cent enough to give shelter to a borse.
but tLcre'.s nothing else to le done!"
The two riilers turned their horses
Into the narrow lane that led toward
the house. When tbey were within 20
feet of It the door was suddenly thrown
open ail on the porch in front of it ap
peared tiie tall, gaunt form of an old
man. with flowing beard and snow
white hair. His right hand clutched
the stock of a Winchester rifle.
Gentlemen." he cried and tbere
was a threat hi his voice "let me In
troduce you to my Winchester! The
first who makes a motion toward his
hip pocket will li n J himself with a bole
In his ribs large enough to give pas
sage to a yoke of oxen!"
The Englishman laughed heartily at
this reception. "What queer people
you Americans are!" he cried. "We're
tiD desire to enter Into an unfriendly
jrcuiuent with you!"
tia, you're a Britisher!"
my good old friend, Just oyer
,ioiu old England."
"Your mate there looks like a tax
collector In disguise."
The Enc'lshrnan shrugged bis shoul
ders, while the New 1 orker introduced
!iluii If to the owner of the Winches
ter. "My ame Is tleorge Headroore.'
he said. "I'm u land agent from New
Y'ork. Other people's business doesn't
concern me In the least. I wouldn't
know a uiuonsbluer still If you held It
under my very nose."
The old man made an angry motion
ami was about to send the Intruders
away, when Kentucky hospitality pre
vailed. "Well, geutlemeu. what can I do for
you?"
"Show us the way to Olace City,
that's nil w e ant."
(.lace lity is .".(I miles from here. I
wouldn't dare to travel over tbat da
epttve pal'.i :ll i he Head ot lllgllt.
You'll have to stay bete till morning."
The quests .listnounted and the hosts
caught tin- reins of the horses and led
them to the little shed in the rear of
t!io liouo. There he unsaddled and fed
tin to. h-n he came back be con
ducted his gsi.-.s: Into the bouse, and
l'ivi!.-d t hi in to a frugal meal, con
sisting of corn bread, bacon and a glass
if whisky.
Next morning the Englishman awoke
to tiud himself alone. His companion
l.ad departed 1 efoi e daylight.
"I didn't like to keep him." said the
f.ld urn u. "f ir I don't trust hltn: but I
1, o-ie you will remain with me for
uwhile. My name Is Walker. Col.
vl Walker, and I haven't always lived In
atjtioverty. A Uautiful country home
Now'!. :,n !"i,t of tu,s olJ tunjuu-
. uowu cabin, and hundreds of negroes
worked in my fields. But the war
mejit a way my bouse, my lands and
I iv slaves, und weds nre fc&twlae
v: -n- tobacco and cotton nourished. I
vas luckier than many, for I hell onto
tiie land, and I have good reason for
living In this wilderness. Tbat Yankee
yesterday was no far out of the wj
if it's unlawful w hat I am doing, the J
Yankees are to blame 'for it. They
mode me a beggar! But you, stay with
uie Just a little while, you're no idea
bow lonely it ia for an old man to be
out off from everybody."
The Invitation was siren so heartily
that the young Englishman decided to
accept it. He had come orer to this
country to study the land and Its peo
ple, and here was a good chance to see
a phase of life and a kind of people of
whom he had read in books.
The days stretched Into weeks, the
weeks into months, and still the En
glishman tarried. His days were spent
In riding about the country, bunting,
THKBS, aHASTLT WBITB, LAI BIS OLD
fishing and exploring the .beauties of
the Cumberland hills. On one of these
exploring tours he came upon a little
distillery built close to the edge of a
mountain brook. It was here the old
man brewed his "moonshine" whisky.
The arrangements were prlmltlre and
quaint, but the Englishman nerer dis
cussed his discovery with bis old
friend. At night he and his friend ate
their frugal meal, smoked their pipes
and reveled In the loveliness of the
southern night. The old warrior told
of the days before the war when the
country teemed with prosperity, and
the Englishman listened in sympa
thetic silence.
Suddenly their peaceful seclusion
was rudely disturbed. While the
stranger strolled through the forest on
the hills a fusillade of rifle shots rent
the air. They came from the direction
of the little cabin. He hastened down
and soon reached the clearing in front
of the house. In his absence the old
man bad been surprised by tax collec.
tors. Three of them lay dead In their
blood at the edge of the corn field.
Leaning against a tree stump the En
glishman recognized his former travel
ing companion from New Y'ork. Col.
Walker's rifle had done effectire work
The riderless horses feasted on the
tender ears of the corn in the fields.
Nothing was to be seen of the old man.
The stranger, sick with fear over the
terrible tragedy, stumbled Into the
cabin. There, ghastly white and with
disheveled hair, lay his old friend.
Blood trickled from several wounds,
and formed little puddles along the
floor. The blue Jeans shirt rose and
fell with the labored breathing of the
dying man. He was unconscious. The
Englishman kuelt besides blm. mois
tening bis lips with drops of the burn
lug liquid which was responsible for
the tragedy. One bullet b:u) grazed
the left temple, another had shattered
the elbow, and the third had pene
trated the abdomen. The wound was
deadly, there was no recovery from it.
The wounded man regained conscious
ness and immediately recognized bis
youug friend.
"These scoundrels have poured more
lead into me than is good for my health.
The New Y'ork chap gave me away.
He sent the tax collectors after me.
Well, he is dead, and I'll soon follow,
but before I go I want to exact a prom
ise from you. All my old friends are
dead. They were either killed in the
war or died soon afterwards, and I am
sorely troubled about my little girl.'
"Your daughter?"
"Yes, my daughter. I have never
spoken about her to any one. I sect
her away to a convent in Paris. This
rough, inhospitable life would not suit
her at all. I intended to have her come
home wben the place was built up
again. For her I stinted and saved
and made 'moonshine' whisky. I nev
er liked the business. It Isn't fit for a
gentleman. Now my daughter has fin
ished ber education and Is coming here
to see her old father again. She will
not find me alive; but she will come In
to ber own. There Is $50,000 In the
bank. And now, for the faror I'll ask
of you. It's a dying man's request,
will you fulfill ttr
"Yes, aa far aa is In my power."
"Then go to my daughter and make
her your wife."
The Englishman was dumfounded.
He to marry the daughter of a mur
derer. Had he forgotten that yonder
in the grass lay three men whom he
had killed?
-tou are going to deny my request,"
cried the colonel. "I know what you
are thinking. Have pity. In a few mo
ments I'll be dead. Come, make baste.
She is beautiful." he moaned, when the
Englishman still hesitated. "Pure aa
the snow and highly accompllahed.
You need not be ashamed to call her
your wife."
"Stop," cried the Englishman, torn
with contending emotion. "Do not
make my answer more difficult than it
is. I am no longer free to give lore.
On my way orer from Harre I gave
my heart to a young girl. She gave me
hers. I cannot break my word, for I
love her passionately.
The dying man clutched the English
man's sleeve. "Then take my orphan
girl aod let her lire with you and your
wife. Shield bur from harm, and some
day find a good husband for her."
"That I will with all my heart,"
promised the Englishman. "But tell
uie. where cau I find her?"
"She does not bear her father's name.
The stigma of the 'moonshine atlll' at
taches to mine. She was called Josefa
after her mother."
"And what was her other name?"
questioned vehemently the young man.
"Turner Josefa Turner."
"Josefa Turner, the girl who prom
ised to be my wife. your
JauphK-r!"
Like a drunken man he staggered
toward a chair and threw himself upon
it. burying his face in Ms hands.
The moments sped by and with them
the life of the wounded man. When
the young Englishman shook off the
lethargy into which he had fallen be
rose and went orer to the spot where
the old man lay.
He was dend. but orer his rugged.
wrinkled face lay the sweet light of
(.eace.
Tbe Fighting Bella.
One of the family of tbe "flghtlufc
Hells ' of Augusta County, Va., has died
at the homestead at Long Glade at the
age of bO. He was Alexander R. Bell,
.ne of av brothers who together had
uineteen sous tbat fought In Capt.
Cushlng'a company of the Fifth Vir
ginia Regiment. Stonewall Brigade, and
w ere nearly all killed la battle or died
of wounds.
A mi a or woman who read poetry,
will flo&Ur attft t wetto it.
Flat Levels. We live too much on bodies of low grade ores burled In Al
the flat level of our live, and do not aslt. he says, are practically Inexhaus
rise to tl j elevation of the beautiful , "hie. The most important Inforiua-
thlngs about us. Rev. S. A. Eliot, Uni- j
tartan, Brooklyn, N. T.
The Faith Cure. It Is right and help
ful to use prayer In the treatment of
disease. But along with tbat and going
before it natural means are to be used.
If medicine is useless, why. was the
earth made a vast pharmacy of "ma
teria medlca?' Rev. Walker Lewis,
Methodist, Atlanta, Ga. m
Masks. We may mask for a season
the Inner man, we may still the heart's
struggle so effectually that the world
hears it not, but by and by nature as
serts herself, and all the world know
what we have felt and thought and
done, for with a legible band doea God
Almighty write In each face a life's
blstoiy. Rev. H. M. Cook, Baptist, Chi
cago, in.
Happy Workingmen. Abundanct
doe not and cannot produce happiness.
The worklngman who has a good Job
and a fair wage, thrifty habits, a happy
home and a conscience void of offense
toward God and man Is the most inde
pendent man In the community. Rer.
W. II. Carwardlne, Methodist, Chicago,
III.
The Ministry. Tbe ministry Is not a
profession at all, not for the natural
man at all, not of natural, origin nor to
ecure natural results. The ministry
Is not one of any class of employment.
It Is a class by Itself unique, peculiar,
a sacred calling of dirlne appointment.
Kev. W. F. Paddock, Episcopalian,
Philadelphia, Ta.
Klondike Visions. We look at the
grr.lns of gold in Klondike with a mi
croscope, and at treasures within our
reach and those laid up in heaven with
an Inverted telescope. Hold your posi
tion, spend less than your Income, und
some of your relatives will return from
Klondike to share your bounty. Rev.
J. II. O. Smith. Christian, Chicago, III.
Mob Law. Do we wonder at lynch
Ings and mob law? Were the people
assured that tbe criminal would meet
the penalty of the law and that Justice
would not miscarry, they would be con-j
tent to rest the matter with the courts.
But Justice and judgment havrug fail
ed, our hands are defiled with blood.
Iter. Albion W. Knight, Episcopalian.
Atlanta, Ga.
Thoughts tbat Burn. A word is only
a form, but It may contain a thought
that burns. A number is only a form,
but he who will not use the form will
never weigh the stars and measure
their orbits. A letter U only a form,
but he who will not learn the alphabet
will iever read tbe world's noblest and
best literature Rer. C. F. Wiublgler,
Baptist, Philadelphia, Pa.
Quiet Forces. In this world It is the
quiet forces that are the most power
ful ones, and this Is trne in nil of the
wonderful forces of nature. The morn
ing sun Is uot heralded by any loud or
forcible demonstration. Reformations
that changed the forms of Christianity
have bad their beginnings In the mind
of a single person. Rev. A. S. Y'antes,
Episcopalian, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Men for Sale. In very truth, every
man, unless the divine life abides lu
him. bas his selfish price. The Word
tells of only one who could bear all
temptations, outward and inward, of
the flesh, of the Intellect and of the
heart, and even he continually ac
knowledged tbat of himself, or by his
nature, inherited from man, he could
do nothing. Rev. John Oofldard, Swe
denborglan, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Rich and Poor. Sometimes strikes
are not justified, but at other times 1
believe they are. All rich men are uot
Christians, and it Is Just as true to-day
as In tbe time of Christ tbat It Is bard
for a rich man to enter the kingdom of
heaven. Rich men hare the power to
oppress and to slay, and too often they
use It. If a man becomes a luoney
maklng machine, he will, as the Scrip
tures say, grind the face of the poor.
Rer. John Stephens, Methodist, Kan
Francisco, Cal.
The Family of Man. It 1 aa true of
the vhole family of man aa of the
Chuich of Christ that they bare com
munity of Interests, oneness of life and
a mutual Interdependence. We are un
der tbe law of solidarity. We rise or
fall together. Whatever affect tbe
financial or moral or spiritual welfare
of on? Is felt by all. If there be dis
trust, tbe capitalist banks hi money
and lebor is unemployed; thua capital
ists, laborers and the community all
suffer. Rer. O. W. Mead, Presbyterian
New York City.
. Manhood. No manhood can be truly
beautiful which is not gentle. Y'et
there is a tendency in many men to
ward misanthropy. Tbey strive to
harden themselves against the world's
sorrows. They would deaden the nat
ural sensitiveness of tbelr hearts.
Tbey think tenderness and sentimental
ism unworthy of a manly man. Such
i haidenlng of feeling Is really the
crushing In one's heart of that which is
life's very radiancy and glory. The
most dirlne thing In us Is love. Rev.
t. R. Miller, Presbyterian, Philadelphia,
I'a.
nuinili that ! It Orw Tklrat
How long would you be contented
without a drop of water to drink?
There are many different kinds of ani
mals In the world that never In all
their lire sip o much aa a drop of
water. Among these are tbe 11a mo j
of Patagonia and the gazelles of the
far east. A parrot lired for fifty-two
years In tbe "Zoo" at Loudon, England,
without drinking a drop of water, and
many naturalist believe tbe only
moisture imbibed by wild rabbits is
derived from green herbage, laden with
dew. Many reptiles serpent, lizard
and certain batrachlans live and
thrive in places entirely devoid of wa
ter, and sloths are also aid never -to
drink. An arid district In France has
tiroduced a race of non-drinking cows
ind sheep, and from tbe milk of tbe
former Roquefort cheese 1 made.
There Is a species of mouse which bas
established Itself on tbe waterless
plains of western America, and which
flourishes, notwithstanding tbe ab
sence of moisture.
Largest Dry Dock.
Tbere is now in process of construc
tion lu England, at tbe order of tbe
Spauish Government, for tbe port ol
Olougapo, In the Philippine Islands, the
largest floating dock of Its kind In the
vorld. It la over 450 feet-long, ill
,eet wide, and 88 ' daep. This
lock, the sides of which are of steel,
will test on six iron psataaaa, euch
fourteen feet deep. FrMffnl pump
iitg engine will lift a vaseel weighing
12.000 toss In two boor. Tks tfeck wiU
1 1.1 11 MiiaaaMITi a reavei nor nan av- -1
Chicago Eater Oetma.
PRAISES THE COUNTRY.
former Governor of Alaska Speak
Kind Word for the Territory.
James Sheakley, who bas returned
from a ten years' residence -in Alaska,
the last four of which he was governor
of the territory, speak in terms of the
highest praise of (he country and it
great gold resources. He says tbat
' - ...- .... e.mtiiY) io (ifinmr?
with gold for a century. Tne great
tson brought back by tbe former gov
ernor, however. Is to the effect that tbe
American territory con-tains regions as
rfc-h In gold as tbe British. He urges
the necessity of an early start to the
mines. "When the Yukon freezes up,"
said Mr. Sheakley, "it freezes to a
depth of six and seven feet, and blocks
of ice pile up so that no boat left in tbe
liver could possibly be saved. Alaska's
resources are ber mines and ber fisher
ies. Tbe fur business is a passing In
dustry tbat will disappear with all the
seals In a few years unless the strict
est protection be accorded tbe animals."
Mr. Sheakley says that Alaska has no
agricultural possibilities and will nev
er have any. Tbere Is no soil, be adds.
JAMES bVIAKUT.
and no climate. It never gets warm
auough for crops to mature. Wheat
ind oats, even if they could be grown,
would stay green until Christmas and
would uot mature. At present there
'a hard'y any government in Alaska.
There are no taxes, no Legislature, and
at multiplicity of laws. There are a
United tSate district court, a United
States marshal, with seven deputies,
i district attorney and seven coramls
jiouers or judges. But, according to
tbe recent governor, the territory's
aiineral prospects are unlimited.
New Economy.
A Tennessee community, apparently
founded on Institutes drawn from tbe
precepts of Ruskin, has Just establish
ed a college, to which they gare the
name of that rhapsodist. at New-Econ-otuy,
tbe town they have built up In tbe
last three years. The community now
numbers 213 and possesses property
valued at JSO.OtM). When it started
acli head of a family put in $5U0, and
'he Increment represents what they
inve earned In the Interval beyond
heir living exjienses.
The settlement lives as a single fara
y; its standard of value Is an hour's
abor; in its home commerce it has no
.louey and needs none a certificate
hat lalHr has been performed takes its
lace. A pound of tea costs eleven
ours' work; seventy hours pay for a
i .iir of shoes; two and a half for a
ound of crackers, and so on. Every --sly
works and all men and women
like receive the same wages. They
ave heretofore worked ten hours a
ay, but expect soon to reduce It fo
:,,'ht. They have a kindergarten and
lequate education machinery, music,
inguages and a limited technology
elng taught in addition to tbe regular
rune hex.
The majority of the communists are
uostn-s. There Is no church, but
lose who like can go to church out
Me. Of the great number of similar
oinmunitles first and last founded In
his country few survive. The most do
ot outlast a decade, and It woitd not
e safe to predict a longer term for
lis one. though its institution of a
ollege shows that it has so far no
ulsgivlngs on that score. New York
t'ribune.
tOO Baward. SIOO.
Tns readers of this paper will b pleased to
learn that tber ia at leant one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to care in all
its staves, and that ts Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh
Cure ts the ouly punitive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con
stitutional dliM-ase, requirue a constitutional
treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken inter
nally, actinic d-rectly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system, thereby deetroy
iug the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strenirth by building up the con-r-tltution
and assisting nature In doins ite
work. The proprietors nave so much faith in
ts curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that It fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials. Address
F. .1. Chbnkt A Co, Toledo, O.
Pold by Druggists. 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
T"- French lovers resolved to die
together, and the man shot the woman
an I men I soil'. They both recovered
and are now married.
Tli ere Is a Class mt Psspls
Who are Injured by the use of coffee. K -cn
lt tbere Ua been placed in all Us grocery
-tores a new preparation called Grata-O. made
ui pnre trains, tbat takes tbs place of ceflee.
lie most delicate stomach receives It without
distress, and but tew can tell It from coffee. It
does not cost over one quarter as much,
children may drink It with great benent. IS cts
snd 25 eta. per package. Try it Ask lor
(iratn-U.
A band of twenty-fire men and women
in Boston hare organized a club to abol
ish marriage, and point to 8helley, George
Sand and others aa their apostles. '
I cannot speak too bifhlr ft
nonsnmptioa. Mrs. FaatrKMi
He
a Oars for
LtUW.W
oaa
St, Nsw York. Oct. SB. U.
A scientific expedition bas gone from
Australia to the Ellice Islands, 70 miles
north of Fiji, to teal Darwin's theory
that coral reefs are constructed en grr-1-aally
sinking islands. Tbe expedition ill
make deep borings into the reefs.
Fit permanently eared. Ws ttae nsrrwns
Da. IL H. Kuan, L44, Sal aJsJs trnOa-.r
A medical authority asserts that death
caused by a fail from a great height
absolutely painless. The mind acts very
rapidly for a time, then unconsciousness
ensues.
( nre Guaranteed by DR. J. . MAYER. lOlt
AKCH ST.. I'HiLa I'A. Ease at ones: n
o eratlon or delay tram business. Consultation
lies, endorsements as physicians, ladles and
I lomlneni citizens. Bend lor circular Oihcj
l.buntl A. M. to I F. M.
Cold was known much earlier than
silver, and was St first the cheaper of the
two metals, but the price of silver v-ts
lowered by the discovery of silver mines
in CUicia, Spain, and Laurinm.
If affllrSsd wfrta sees arse aajsw.laass Thomr
ou'a EyevwsW.Druaatala Bsnatc.er sottisr
Schoolboys should beware of licking
pens or blots with their tongues. Accord
ing to Mr. Marpmana, of Leipsic, there
jr.- microbes in ink, and it may be dang
erous to prick the skin with a pea.
Sir William Thompson calculates that
the number of molecule in a cubic inch
of any gas is 100,vtu,000.vW.GW.eot,ftUV,ue ,
ami in eapn 01 meats moiecues mere ar.
several atoms moving ameag themselves
at the rate of 70 mile a minute.
1 in .11 their wars tne Jtnnsn nave won
tDe splendid average es az jarr cent 01
vf sauues.
Vegetable Sicilian
HAIRRENEVER
dots for the baJr just what its
-m says It does it renew lu
Fading, (ailing, thin locks
t stimulated to look fresh
audi
ew by its use; nature
docs the rest.
CRAIG FOR I897
Craig's Common Fchoov. Question
AMD Answer Book is eularged by
Ibe audition of 32 pages of new mat
ter. Realising, moreover, that teach,
era demand that a Question Book
shall be up to the times, particularly
tn Hist ry and Geography, tbi work
has been revised to 1897. So that the
New Craig contains over 8600 Ques
tion and Answers on the different
branches of study, arranged as follows:
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Tbe Lloyd?, la cetlruating tbe causes
from which all klmls of ocean craft
hare met tbelr rate In tbe last fifteen
rears, assign 44 per cent of aucb causes
to stranding, because of fog, dark
ness, etc.. In unknown depths of wa
ter, but at a time, of course, wben the
craft's officer Imagined tbat their res-
Aa BxaoTmio sorrirDiico outfit.
set bad plasty of water nnder it keel.
To place la tbe band of mariners an
apparatus -wblch will enable them to
asoertain with ease and certainty the
depth eC water under tbelr reesels. Dr.
J. F. Bibcock of Bangor, Me., baa re
cently dsrrlaed tbe electric sounding
outfit Illustrated la the accompanying
sketch.
An Iron ball, with a rod er standard
attached, 1 suspended at tbe bottom of
a cylinder by the rod peMing through
a boss In the bottom of the cylinder.
which la rendered watertight by a
rubber cap tbat moves with the rod a
It passes 1m and out, tbe rod connecting
Lwlth a aplral spring inside the cylinder.
When the baO la suspended there Is
a space at about one-sixteenth of an
Inch between tbe upper end of tbe rod
and the ends of tbe conducting wire,
and, wben tbe bail and red are pushed
up thro ugh that space, tbe end of the
wire are connected, completing an elec
tric circuit and ringing an alarm bell
on board the ship.
Tbe Champion tat Frugality.
Guy, the founder of Guy' hospital
fa London, waa as parsimonious in
private life as he was munificent in
public, A good atory Illustrative of
tail la told of him In connection with
John Hopkins, one of his contempor
aries, wh was nicknamed Vulture
11 op kl as en account of hi rapacious
mod of acquiring hi immense wealth.
On one occasion be paid a rlslt to Guy,
who, oa Hepkln entering tbe room,
lighted a farthing candle. Hopkins, on
being asked tbe object of his rlslt,
said: "I bare been told tbat you, sir,
are better versed In tbe prudent and
necessary art of sarins than any man
tiring, and I therefore wait en you for
a lesson In frugality. I bare always
regarded myself a an adept In this
matter, but I am told you excel uie, ' t
"Oh," replied Ouy, "If that Is all you
came to talk about, we can discuss the R
fats-aa- In the dark," and thereupon he
Mew oat tbe candle. Struck with tbia
example ot economy, Hopkla acknowl
edged tbat he bad met hi auperier
la tbrift aadlcal Record.
A man in New Jersey baa established
an ostrich farm and has already received
a consignment of the gigantic birda from
bCalifornia. He has built a large steam
Cheated inclosure la wtticn tao osiricni-
will be atvelMrea anna is wmsstv j i
VOX LITTLE FOLKS.
A COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN.
TEREST TO THEM.
asaaethlBbX that Will late rest tbs Jar
remits Members of Krerx HeausehoM
Qnalsit Actios and Bright Bsurinc
of MaAvr Cat and Cum lag Childress,
Ditty Cross Jarsnlle Towsu
Tbere waa once a dear baby from Juven
ile Town
Jumped out of a cabbage leaf
Ilia ears were like sheila, and hi hair
waa brown,
Tbe former of pink, the latter of down;
But when be arrived he bad nary a
gown
Tbia imp from a cabbage leaf.
Now I'm sorry to ay tbat in Jurenue
Land
Tbe babies wear only akin:
But when they arrive on our ahoreo ot
saud
They must look aboot for a dress or a
band
That will bide them all orer the bead and
the hand
These imps with nothing but akin.
And thia ia why Baby just bid in a petal
(He told me tbe other day),
For cabbages oftener are safer than
nettle.
Or dahlias, or squash leares, or things of
such mettle,
For b:ibies to hide in till we folk can
settle
On clothes tbat are built the right way.
When We Go Fiabina;.
When we pr fishing iu the brook,
Joey and Cicely and I,
A crooked pin's our only hook.
That catches eui! Sometimes we tie
The string titsht to a willow limb
Just where the biggest minnows swim.
Then we lie down there in the shade.
And watch our bobs that tip and float;
And once a bridge of rocks we made.
And built a castle and a moat;
But, just as sure as we begin.
Why, Joey goes and tumbles In.
Then all the frightened fish they hide
Beneath the rocks and in tbe pool.
There's not a minnow to be spied!
The water settles clear and cool
With bubbles 'tween the rocks, and foam;
But then we must take Joey home.
Of course he cries at mamma'a look. 1
She says: "Is this the only fish
Tbat you can catch in Silver Brook?"
She" knows, though, we'd get all sbe'd
wish.
With just our string and pail and pin
If J jev wouldn't tumble int
St. Nicholas.
How Fire Kittens Cams te be Nausea
There was tbe mother cat and fire
kittens, and none of tbe kittens bad
names. Somehow the children had
buen so busy watching them tumble
over each other and try to walk and
then all go to sleep In a bunch, that
they had not thought of naming them.
The mother cat was gray and four
ef the kittens were gray, but the fifth
cat was black. Jet black, and so without
any pluuninj; or forethought the fifth
kitten came to be called Blackle.
It was easy enough to distinguish ber
from tbe others, but bow to tell apart
tbe four gray ones was a question. At
last It was dlstcorered tbat three of the
gray ones had white feet and the
fourth one wasgray all orer. So again,
without a thoupbt of naming her, the
children designated her us Gray Paw.
And then there were the other three.
One ot these had but oue eye, the chll
dr.ai announced sorrowfully, after the
kittens were old enough to prove that
they had eyes at all, and then In all
tenderness and with no thought of re
proach, the afflicted kitten became One
i Kye.
I ...... . . A . . tl..
sun mere were two icii, tww iui
looked almost exactly alike. Of course
the children watched them every day
-and It did not take them long to find
out that one of these was a very
punky kitten. She would spit at the
others If tbey came near when she was
eating, or If she was suddenly sur
prised by any one, and wben this was
discovered she was dubbed the Spit
fire of the family.
But the remaining kitten was the one
who made the others "stand 'round."
If they did not do as she saw fit shi
boxed their ears. If tbe rest came
around ber saucer of milk she cuffed
them away, and so of course Bhe was
tbe Boss.
And no one was more surprised than
tbe children when we discovered that
the kittens were all named, for every
one was sure be bad not named them.
And such a funny lot of names ay
It was: Blackle, Gray Paws, One Eye.
Spitfire and Boss. But tbe names all
fitted and some of them bad been
earned, and tbe kittens didn't eem to
mind them In the least. Youth' Com
panion. Knllatiuc School Children.
Miss Eaton, of Pittsburg, is visiting
tbe various public schools organizing
Bands of Mercy among the pupils. The
work Is along the line of humane so
ciety efforts, though adapted to the
minds ef children, wbo are organised
into societies with officers chosen from
among themselves. Each member takes
tbe following pledge:
"I will try to be kind to all living
creatures and to irotect them from
cruel usage."
The plan is to bold appropriate exer
cises at stated periods, the literature
for which is provided free of cost by
Mr. Geo. T. Augell, a wealthy Boston
gentleman, wbo is devoting a fortune
to the work.
The children are said to be enthusi
astic over the work, and It will un
doubtedly prove successful. The move
ment already embraces bands aggre
gating over 1,000.000 members In vari
ous parts of the country. Alteona (PaJ
Gazette.
Things Worth Learning.
Remember tbat It U a mark of good
breeding to thank a person for a gift
the day It arrives.
Acknowledge an Invitation for din
ner or luncheon tbe day It arrive.
Thank yeur host for your visit tbe
day you return borne.
Either leave year card or write a
note to A friend aa soon a yon hear
that friend ia Ill-
Keep uffleient paper and envelope
en naad, so your nete can be written
at oace, and remember that a dainty
note la tka kal-aark at fod awsdlio.
A Rsoiag (stable a Laxory.
A retf in turfman. In peaking ot
tbe expense of conducting a racing sta
ble, gives some rather startling figures.
One would want at least twelve horses,
and these, If tbey are to be honest, fair
racers, with some chance of success,
would cost at least $75,000. This Is a
very low estimate, as is seen by the
following figures. It cost August Bel
mont $92,500 for four horses Henry of
Navarre, $27,000; Hastings, $37,500;
Keenan, $18,000; and Dorian, $10,000.
In the same year W. P. Thompson paid
$26,000 for Requital. After the pur
chase of tbe horses the next big Item
of expense will be a trainer, who will
want at least $5,000 a year, besides bis
living, which will amount to fully
$2,500. Tbe trainer will also expect a
percentage of winnings. No Jockey
worth tbe name can be secured for less
tbat $7,500 per year, besides valuable
presents and tip. In 1896 August Bel
moat paid Griffin a salary of $17,500.
This year Fred Taral receives from
Marcus Daly $18,000; while "Tod"
Sioane. who is riding for Pittsburg Phil,
gets $15,000. Fred Llttlefleld gets
$10,000 from the Morrises, while
Thorpe draws $8,000 for piloting tbe
Bromley string.
India Rubber.
Caoutchouc Is a milky juice, white aa
It flows from the plant, but darkening
with exposure to the weather. It is
commonly called India rubber, and Is
so useful and convenient an article that
civilized people could hardly get -long
comfortably without It. It forms an
important article of commerce. Mex
ico, Central and South America, and
tbe Cast Indies are the principal places
from which India rubber comes. The
East India rubber Is the Juice of a
species of fig tree. The South Ameri
can product Is taken from the syringe
tree, which Is sometimes a h.gh as an
eight-story house. To erase pencil
marks Is one of the uses of India rub
ber which will occur to you first, and
then you will think of water-proof
cloaks and shoes, without wblcb you
could not go out comfortably In stormy
weather. But these only begin to be
tbe list of articles which this obliging
gum aids In constructing. Tubes, fire
bose, elastic bands, mats, belts for ma
chinery, door springs, etc., are made of
It. Combined with sulphur it forms
combs, canes, buttons, picture fraoien.
brush backs and surgical Instruments,
and combined with sulphur and coal
tar and polished like jet It Is used to
make beautiful ornamental Jewelry.
Preserving; Hi Boots.
A ww wrinkle may be learned from
mi English soldier who was noted for
keeiiiug bis boots in better condition
ami making them last longer than uny
of hli brother officers. When asked
what he did to them to prevent the
leather from cracking and keeping it
soft and smooth bis reply was "Mut
ton bone." When an explanation was
demanded be said: "It Is nothing, I as
sure you. My man asks tbe cook for a
knuckle bone, which he cleans and then
bakes. After rubbing the leather with
cream, be then frotes them as hard as
be can with tbe bone. Usually my boots
lant me three years. New urieans
Picayune.
A peach 13 3 4 inches in circumerence
was raised in AlcMiun county, Tenn.,
this season.
NEGLECT
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Women to
If you were drowning and friendly
refused it, you would be committing
Yet that is precisely what women
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stant pain
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been cured by it- Keep your bowels
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many thousands of women. It can
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Ibej Used to Su "Vibu'i foil is lenr tcx"
Labor laws ta Russia.
While Emperor Nicholas bas decline
until now to endow his people with a
constitutional form of government, yet
It cannot be denied tbat be Is Introduc
ing many reforms wblcb show that be
la possessed of an enlightened and
broad-minded sense of bis responsibili
ties. Thus be bas Just promulgated a
ukase prohibiting, under severe penal
ties, any form of labor on Sunday, or
on the fourteen principal Russian feast
days of the Muscovite calendar. This
practically assure the laboring popula
tion slxty-slx legal days of rest In the
year. Children are not permitted nnder
any circumstances to work more thaa
eight hours a day, while eleven are
henceforth to constitute the maximum
working day of grown men. On Satur
day the working day Is limited to tea
hours.
Burled with HI Money Htna.
Not long ago a miserly person, wh
bad been teased almost to death by
bis heirs, endeavored to cheat them oat
of his money. Before he died be left
positive Instructions that be should be
burled In a certain suit of clothes. HI
wish was carried out, but after the
funeral his surviving relative could
find no will and no money. Finally
one of them suspected tbat the old
man bad served them a shabby trick,
and suggested that the body be ex
humed and the clothing ei a mined.
This was done, and the coat, waist
coat and trousers were found to b '
lined with Bank of England no tea
Chicago Record.
Danger in the X Ray.
Fine complexion, according to a re
cent sensational announcement, can be
made by an application of the X ray.
Prof. Elihu Thomson, the electrician,
says this Is not true, and that to pre
vent serious physical Injury the ray
must be used at some distance from '
the body, with an exposure of not more
than from 15 to 30 minutes. Not long
ago he tested tbe power of tbe ray en
bis little finger, held close to the tube
for 12 minutes. Redness and Irritation
quickly followed, tbe nail fell off later,
and the flesh looked like It bad bean
scalded. The scar still remains, at the
end of eight weeks. Enough 1 knewa
of the ray to warrant tbe rule that It
shall be bandied only by tbe expert.
A Protection Against Lightning.
"People living in cities are prone ta
believe that the Increasing number of
telephone, telegraph and trolley wire
Increase the danger from electric
storms," writes Edward W. Bok In the
Ladies' Home Journal. "On the con-.
trary, the maze of wires is a protec
tion, and lessens tbe danger, since It
Is shown that where the wires attract
the electricity they hold It, and dis
charge it only at tbe end of the wires
in the central station. The fact Is tbat
of tbe two hundred lightning accidents
every year ouly an average of forty
occur In tbe cities. The trees In the
country are a far greater danger; they
account for tbe proportion of four case
tn tbe country to one In the city."
An English tvphoid fever patient hai
been lined fur leaving the hospital with'
out leave while sick.
uui i--at3 HU111: 311.1v.
liming last nioiilh Baltimore exported
3..1w,U"0 bushi-U of corn, Philadelphia
2,9j,oov bushels and New York 2,7iu,0Wl
bushels.
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Their Senses.
bauds shored a plank to you, and yolj
suicide! I
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grasp the kindly hand held out totheml
ro day after day with that dull, con
in the region of the womb and that
iii-ai uuu icuucrueMi ui me siHlumes,
tvlucli make the weight of your clothes an
, almost intolerable burden to you. It is not
natural to suffer so in merely emptying the
bladder. Does not that special form of snf-
fcrinrr tell you that there is inflammation
somewhere?
tell j-ou what it is?
l it 13 lunammauon 01 tne womol
If it goes on, polypus, or tumor, or cancer will set in.
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