THE DAYS THAT USED TO BE.
tt nw gtng yon a wong- of tbe rollicking
dnj-s.
The days that sard to be,
Wflea the years were veiled in a misty
haae
To which we would gladly flee.
TV hen all was bright to oar youth fal f sse.
No intricate wiiidiuKS, no donbtfnl
And on each lip a sods of praise
That you were alive and ma.
No crosa to sub tain and no sorrow to bear.
In the dfivs that used to be.
No deed too prcat for tiB to dare
When we rmle onr grandpa's knee.
No harrowing doubt, no chilling care.
No soul bowed down beneath deepairj
Then life wn happy and life was fair,
"Twas happy for you and me.
Those gladsome days we live over again.
Those days that used to be.
When life was ail pleasure without any
pain,
A jnjfiil mystery.
We haiW with delipht each shower of
rain.
For we knew that the sunlight wonld
come affnin.
Ns grave iu our hearts where lost hope
was Iain;
Then you were content and me.
Press on, brave heart, through all your
woes
And think of the used to be.
For there'll come a time when you'll con
quer all f"e.
And nil lifp's misery.
When the soul is done with Ita earthly
throes.
And into the haven it gladly goes
Then once amin. a every one knows.
You'll surely he happy and me.
Boston Poht.
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
"Cnn It be po--iMe?" The words were
spoken !c an undertone, with a quick
gHH f"i- br. a: 11, ncd then the lnrly
btuod very si 111. looking down on the
disorder'.! linr.iiM- and the letters that
lay on t';e lop.
Little bundles of muslin and dimity,
alternating with knots of faded riblion
and old lace, were scattered all around,
for t:.e!r owner had been searching
n inline t!:r-m for an old embroidery pat
tern; and si die hiid come suddenly
upon t:ie !:!. ket of old letters she had
stow i-i avtny I her more than two
yeai-s i. .' rt.
The 1 rers were written by Mrs.
Kleirlnc's old si.-boolmate. Amy Norris.
and -he ,ot'r girlish h:i ml writing spoke
to her heart a whliper faint and ten
der fro:;i the ol lea time.
I'.'nr Amy! She had been married
three y,ars beore, and her station !u
life was far le!ow- tlmt of Mrs. Flem
ing's: ten the lady's eyes grew dim, as
i.h' lisfaiiciu.i the ribbon which, for
tnoyi-ars, had held toire-t her those half
dozen epls.l.". -
Amy's otv.-t faee seamed leaning up
c!"e to hers oin e more, and she raw
the old brk-k houses, with their sloping
r.mfs. where they had lived in the days
that uv.t:M 'ever come buck again.
Il'i. as 'lie h. ket fell from the loos
en, i! rM'V'OM. it di-w-lospd two other lot-
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS
and festered la kcr frond e& as ah
Bag there!'
wife, loved by her husband as be
loved his borsea. Ma does, and his
honsea; loved, btit cttitj because her
beauty and her g-raxo wees, the crown
ing glory, tbe calerest ornamemt. ef
that magnificent bom which was bis
soul's delight,
The lady looked arotmd her fctztrrlona , Qoain Sariaaa ea4 Cnte Data or ins
and Prlatad Hare for All Other Lit-
THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OF
THE PAPER.
chamber that morulas- with a atnktnT
heart. The marble wash stand, thf
damask curtains, the haAdeonae ear
pets, looking like a world of Damascus
rosea, scattered ever a bed e-f snow,'
were worthy the wMa f a asUlaeaaJre. Tost
And vet the nitstreas ef all this !
wealth, sitMngln ber chamber, mtr I Jurt one mon ku" "r good-night,
mured to herself, "I wish he had never 4d ten T mT t0 m d"
found me In the old red brick house Ln-yM-y?n ma pi!.futwtk
10 hapny! I wish I stood . . j
i Oawa So Bead.
A Brave Uttle Oirl.
one more kiss for good-night.
a.
where I was so happy! I wish I stood 1
this very morning in the kitchen of !
the little cottage we were to have, and j
that, In a plain cotton dress, I was pre
paring your dinner, my Harryr
"Please, ma'am," and the en-trance ol
her maid was a harsh Interruption to j
the lady's monolgne; "air. Fleming j .
afraid
As I was last night; yen'll see.
Cause I'm going to be papa's brave Uttle
maid.
As he told me 1 ought to be.
But tbe shadows won't seem so dark.
mamma.
If you'll klsa me a little bit more;
J a. T lla.eV.Ksa. at aval It at at
has just sent home the new drab and ( J"Q """"
, , . . . where yon are
pina o. .or ia party next i-ueew, , If ym onjT ,hnt thr aeor.
nis!i-' ! For if I can hear you talking, I think
Ah me! those old letters! If she had j it will make me so sleepy, maybe,
never read them! That party! if sh That I'll ge to sleep just as qniek as a
had never gone to It! wink,
. . ' I And forget to to cry like a baby.
Ton needn't be laughing, my mamma
dear.
t.-r
n
t J '.'
. and rhe-e
im. and In
to Mrs. i-'i
ie ih..-;iit
),: in !,'
:led th.'iu
cnlled forth the exr'.a
usht the sudden pale
tiling's face,
i-ose letters were all
!.ii; ago -that she hud
on that terrible night
w siie burk-d away all the patit. But
no'v si'. mw how it was; in her hanTe
and a:.2!iW:i she bad Pil.-tnken the !: t-te:-.
and l.i!nie,l two of Amy's in-ster.d.
There was no one of all Mrs. FU til
ing's ;..inirers to see her as she sioo.i
by I he n;:en drawer, her little flujrei
iiinvin; i-ai essiiily over those two lt-t.-js;
jiini it seemed almost a pity, for
hardly eveThad sljrrlooked more beau-
Tli.ie was so much unstudied grace
lu her attitude, so much mournful
pa; ::.. In !:er youug face; and yet it
w as not b"st the world should read the
K-.ory that until that hour had been
,1 up and laid away in
"Yon have not forgotten me, Laura)
I read It In your blue yea to-night."
Harry At wood's voice had loet non
of ita old depth, as he leaned down his
handsome head to Mrs. Fleming's as
they stood together In an alcove of tbe
conservatory.
Most of the company had left, for It
was late, and they were quite secure
from observation. Mr. Fleming was -ll.rner s Ttonnd Table
not a jealous husband, and he was ;
quite content that others should admin Dr. Jnnker'a Escape.
bis wife, so that be possessed her. i Dr. Junker, the llusslan explorer, who
I While you're hugging me np so tight;
f ou think I am crying to keep yon here.
You, and I guess the light.
Please kiss me good-night once more,
mamma;
! I could scarcely my promise keep,
tf you'd only stay with me Just as yen
"r.
And kiss me till I go to sleep.
TRUMPET CALLS.
ania Bora 8onnd. Warning Kota
to the Uaredeeaned.
The bead Is
more a skepti
than tbe heart.
Salv a 1 1 o n la
more than a mor
al reformation.
Onr pastor Is
an angel; we so
rarely see him.
He Insults, his
nobler self, who
mocks at prayer.
Only the boor
thinks It unman
ly to say "thank yon."
Utilize even the thorns In yonr path,
but not for a pillow. .
That man has built on the sand
whose religion is all in his head.
Monopoly throws gold dust In the
eyes of politicians, to blind them. -
The man who can learn from his own
blunders may always be In school.
Any demagogue can talk patriotism,
but it takes a man to live It and vote it.
Tbe way to the pit Is filled with peo
ple who are going to turn back at the
next corner.
BONES OF GIANT INDIANS.
It was understood that Mr. Atwood
and Mrs. Fleming were old friends, so
they had nothing to fear from a pro
longed tete-a-tete. They had suddenly,
uuexepected'y, mot at the party, and
tbe heart of either was not changetl.
Harr Atwood had become a success
ful lawyer now. and the world honor
ed him. He had forgiven Laura ions
ago. for he had beard she was more
"sinned agrtinM than sinning."
"Harry Mr. Atwood, I mean I am
very glad to meet you and find you
looking so well."
The lady's voice was courteous and
calm; but her fingers trembled as they
played with the carved points of ber
Ivory fan.
"Call me Harry, Laura, for the sake
of old times," said be, "and look up to
uie once, and say you have not forgot
ten them. Oh. I.auia. I have thought
how the bright star of this evening's
festival once rose over my heart, and
then went down for ever. We cannot
stay here much loDger. Will you not
grant me an Interview to-morrow nijtht
a private one in your own house?"
"I cannot, Harry," he replied; "dj
not ask me. I am the wife of another
noiv."
"And what harm could there be In
out walking together for half an hour
In your garden?" said Harry. "Your j
husband would not object to. this, for I j
have watched the man narrowly to- ;
uitrht, and know him well. You could I
not refuse so siiiiple a request to the I
veriest acquaintance. We have had '
did not see a white person for years
while he was studying the natives and
natural history of the Upper Mobangl-
Makua River, made use of an Ingenious
expedient to got to the coast on his way
home in ISMl. He could not descend
the Nile, for the Mabdlsta blocked the i
. way. He could not follow the beaten
road by way of Victoria Nyanaa, for
the Waganda and other tribes had been
killing whites, and if they did not mur
der Junker they would at least detain
Prehistoric Men Seven Feet Tall Who
Once Lived la What Is Maryland.
There has been received at the Mary
land Academy of Sciences the skele
ton of an Indian seven feet tall. It was
discovered near Antletam ten days ago.
There are now skeletons of three pow
erful Indians at the academy, wno at
one time In their wildness roamed over
the State of Maryland armed with such
Instruments as nature gave them, or
their limited skill taught them to make.
Two of these skeletons belonged to In
dividuals evidently of gigantic slae.
The vertebrae and bones of the legs are
nearly as thick as those of a horse, and
the length of the long bones exception
al. The skulls are of fine proportions,
ample, and with walls of moderate
thickness, but of great strength, and
stiffened behind by a powerful occipi
tal ridge. The curves of the forehead
are moderate and not retreating, sug
gesting Intelligence, and connected
Xinnilftratf onY from nVnf opa.
That we Mve la an age of wander la
proved by the bar statement of figures
with regard to the Immigration from
Europe to this country daring the pres
ent century. Statistics previous ta
1820 were not kept, bnt It la eatrmated
that betwoen 1789 and the last named
year the Immigration from Europe to
the United States did not exceed 300,
000. In 1820 the OoTernment began a
yatarnsrtto eoltocHoa of data with re
gard to immigration, and from that
time to the close of 1WA 17,844.001 peo
ple came from Europe and wars wel
comed on onr shores. These Ignrea do
not Include the Immigration to British
America, to Mexico, Central or South
America, bnt solely to tbe -United
States. The smallest number of Immi
grants during recent years was 177,830
In 1879, the largest 623,084 In 1802; In
1896 the Immigration was 843,267. No
such movement of population has ever
been known In history. The migration
of the German nations over the terri
tory of the Roman empire did not com
prise more than 4,000,000 of people and
covered 400 years; the exodns of the
Jews from Egypt was with 600,000
able-bodied men. or counting five to
each family, about 8,000,000 of people.
Compared with the exodns from En
rope tbe depopulation of Goshen was s
trifle.
I
him as a Drlsoner. Arab traders would
not take him in their caravans for fear w!th Jaw8 of moderate development.
they would lose the friendship of tbe
native chiefs along the road. At last
the doc-tor went to one of the traders
with this proposol:
"You cannot take me with you as a
friend," be said, "but you can take mo
ns a slave. Look at this." And Dr.
Junker showed the trader an order
written in Arabic and signed by a well
knowu firm in Zanzibar, authorizing
the doctor to make any arrangements
he desired with the Arabs of Central
Africa, and the firm would honor his
drafts.
"Now," continued Ir. Junker, "I have
CThronle Ithenmatlsm
From thg Industrial Keiat, Jackson, ificK
The subject of this sketch is fifty-six
years of age, and actively engaged in tirra
ing. When seventeen years old ha hart his
shoulder and a fe years after eommeneed
to have rheumatio pains la it. On taking
a slight oold or the least strain, sometimes
without any apparent eanse whatever, the
trouble would start and he would suffer the
most exoruolating pains.
He suffered for over thirty yean, and the
last deeade has suffered so rauoh that he
was anable to do any work. To this the fre
quent ooonrreaees of dizxy spells were add.
ad, making him almost a helpless invalid.
The locality from which these skele
tons came Is In Frederick County, near
Antletam Creek. It was formerly sup
posed to have been the battleground of
two tribes of Indians, the Catawbus
and the Delawares. Tradition has
handed down the statement that be- 1
tween the years 1730 and 1780 the Ca-
tawbas overtook a band of Delawares i
at the mouth of the Antletam, and In '
tbe battle that ensued the Delawares '
were completely annihilated. So the
tradition goes, but according to Dr. '
Philip Ii. Uhler, president of the Mary-'
laud Academy of Science and provost
written out a contract, and If you will ; of the Feabody Institute, a careful ex
klgu It with me I shall reach the coast, i amination of this locality has failed to
It provides that when you deliver me
alive at Zanzibar the sum of $1,500
lAustrian thaiers) will be paid to you
1 y this firm. You cannot take me with
you as a traveler or a friend, and you!
must, tuerefore, take me as a slave." I
The bargain was made on this basis. I
In passing through the hostile tribes
nianv wniKs together. Lura, down by tne wnite man was representee, to oe a
the old Uill! nnd past the meadow pond. slave who had been purchased from a
Will you refuse me one now?" j nejn-o tribe further north. As a slave
He looked down on the fair face, and he passed muster even at the court of
he saw that tears were on It. and he ; cruel King Mwnngn
knew what the answer would be before to pass on in peace with his supposed
establish evidences of a battle at that
point, although numerous spear and
arrow heads have been taken from the
soil there.
It Is of great Interest, however, to no
tice that the locality was, at an earlier
date before the coming of the white
man occupied as a village site by In- 1 ,
A. , ,... ' , . The Drying Proceas for Vegetables.
C - . V I
and a half to seven feet in height. The
rv tu soars or wkatbbs.
He tried the best physicians bnt without
being benefited and has nsed several speclfto
rheumatic oures, bnt was not helped. About
one year and six months ago he read in this
paper of a ease somewhat similar to hts
which was oured by Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills and concluded to try this remedy.
After taking the first box he felt some
what better, and after using three boxes,
tbe pains entirely disappeared, the dissl
ness left him and he has now for over at
year been entirely free from all his former
trouble and enjoys better health than he
has had siiioe his boyhood.
He Is load in his praises of Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills for Pale People and will gladly
corroborate the above statements. Hispost
ofHoe address is Loreoao Neeley, Horton,
Jackson County, Michigan.
All the elements neaassary to give new
lUe aad rlahness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves are contained, In a ooa
deosed form, in Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for
Pale People. All druggists sell them.
Pf-v. niGTAFfB Thousands have) been
i cured promptly of
NEURALGIA
BY
- '
BICYCLES AND 8AVING&
OLDEST RAILWAY MAN.
Hew Bank Depeetta Have Beaa Affected
hw the Farcaaae ef Wheels.
I met the president of a prosperous
savings bank In one of the minor cities
of the Middle West on s railroad train
yesterday, and we fell to talking about
the ever-increasing popularity of the
bicycle.
"Every one understands, of course,
he said, "that the use of the wheel has
corns to be well nigh universal, and
that minions on the back of millions of
dollars must be Invested In the silent
steeds, but you can hardly realize to
what an extent they are used unless
you are placed In a position somewhat
like mine. In a small town, like the
one In which I lire, the savings bank
men may easily become personally ac
quainted with practically every depos
itor, and I make It a point to take fan
advantage of that circumstance. Con
sequently I am often advised concern
ing tbe financial affairs of onr deposit
ors, which, though intrinsically small,
are of vast Importance to them. This
makes It all right for ma to Queettoa
depositors now snd then about their
savings.
"Early last spring I noticed that a
number of mechanics who had ieng
been in the habit of making regular de
posits and who I supposed had steady
employment became decidedly Irregu
lar In their visits to be bank. Others
stopped depositing altogether, and still
others, who continued to deposit regu
larly, put In less each time than for
merly. Naturally, I began te make In
quiries, and more than three-osarters
of those I spoke to confessed that their
surplus money was being used to meet
Installment payments on bicycles. In
stead of finding Its way to the savings
banks. I suppose our bank's deposits
must have fallen off seme thousands ef
dollars from this reuse, though I I
haven't taken the trouble to make a '
careful estimate. In the whole coun
try installment payments for bicycles
must hare decreased the total savings
banks' receipts by very large amounts,
though, of course, there have probably
been compensatory deposits from work
men In bicycle shops In towns where
such establishments are located." De
troit Correspondence of the Boston
Commercial.
He Is a
it was given.
"You may come, Harry,'
she said.
! master. Harper's Round Table.
illi.l
rt.
S ie
-.! !- ;
The I
runni!
fc-ri
had not 'i'tfn his writing for two
nnd yet low natural it looked!
oi l. '; a'-e!'iil cr.pitals. the f r e,
i'.in l, ail had a language for
wt:;.
tii-.v
a:id
l let !! tii
' wrllte
i!nf. bt-t
by the post-mark
were, and when
i-a -tire flrst, o teml"r
ie hu learned that she
itxnif to be married to another
; - -..-t. wild are! reproachful, after-
ue.i.i:
Mow "he had loved that man! How
the
Tt."
Ill-1 . :
wen
Ii
is! rami' lwtek to tell her of It! '
, I red l'ri k house how it loomed !
(1 - rant ierspe.-tive, amid the i
':t.:t- r niarl.ts. when she eat un- i
old ) ..i-'c o all (frown over with ;
!!- and he ar there too!
!-r. lot and hidghtest and desir
;.ll tood up. in that world of old
!!. 'lie new home which they i
'1
be a little white cottar e.
window hiiuils and a small
n:. Ilo-.v she had dreamed
d. of the flower border run-
.:. -reps!
.;.y loving wife she ex
iu that dear little cottage
: every moruirie throujrh a
That walk in the dim moonlight upon
Mr. Fleming's beautiful grounds was
followed by many another, for the first
steps In tbe forbidden w ay are usually
pleasant ones.
Poor Mrs Fleming! She meant no
wrong; and then she loved Harry, al
though she tried to conoeel this from
him: but when be talked of the past, I
In those low, tenler tone of his, ber j
ti ars would come: she could not help
it.
One evening It must have been more
than a week after their first meeting
Harry told Mr. Fleming that his heart
was unobanxed; that the old love still
lived there a sweet but mourning
memory. !
"Oh, Han;. '. don't, dou t! You forget;
I am bis wile!" murmured the young
creature, as she bowed her pale face
on her hands.
Then the lawyer drew bin arm around
her waist. Just as he had done In the
days that were gone, and saUl, "Yon
belonged to me first, Laura! Our souls
were married before you evrr took that
false oath at the altar!"
He whispered to ber of a flight to
softer skies of a home fairer than the
one tbey had dreamed of in their youth
of a life that should be one long poem
of love. That time she fled from him
with a wild shriek of fear and horror.
They did not meet again for many
nights. If during that time she bad only
remembered the prayer of her child
hood, "Lead us not Into temptatlob!"
But she wn so yonnz; and then that
1
and was allowrd
I . - .. - - -
j" Wock-a-Ujre-BhT" in Africa.
mmdi
Knn AO U 1 1 1.1.- I Li iCT3 ll.V U C tT U-.tgVVTO
, M . . ! I'ornla may now be numbered the dry-
Ck UL ra(ra0 KI VatoKloa IILa nn.
The manner of burial "VZ lV? 1
I hopper of the cutting machine, where
I rotating knife blades cut them up Into
slices a quarter of an inch thick. After
the State.
like this: The flesh waa deeded from
the bones, some pi which were then
cbtrrf-1 T small bonea of the face
W'UJ J" being sliced the tubers are slightly sul-
the grave was alo placed pottery, a hured ,n a wooden chamber. Here
tomahawk and the other weapons be- alscrImlnatlon must b U8ed. If
longing to the Indians. No stone mark- they are BUlphuTed mlctl pota-
ed the grave, and no beads or wampum toe9 wU1 ta4rte of 1:he funiei. lf ut.
were buried with the skeleton. But Ue not ,nU.
uvtrr an low rarcu w as neapeu up into
a small oblong mound, along which
other similar mounds extended for
many feet. The overflow of a neigh
boring river at this point had almost
destroyed tbe burial area, so that only
three of these small elevations were
recognizable at the time of excavation.
Baltimore American.
So I!ic."
How big is my baby?
So bij;! So bijf is baby.
Lift your little arms to show,
my baby, how you growl
Ko Mi;! So bisr i" baby.
Hew big is my baby?
So bij! So big is baby.
Stretching up his rosy hands.
Tall and straight my baby stands.
So big! So big is baby.
Kindergarten Review.
Harry
ili''-s iliitrrv
-K'l
n i
up .
l-'ter
: t.
ehold duties- ' affection waa the one blossom her life
had cherished in the midst of Its ster
ile grandeur.
One night she was standing on the
tep of her mansion, for she had just
taken leave of ome guests, when Har
ry Atwood suddenly sprang before ber.
I do not know what was said by eith
er party, but there were frantic ges
tures and wild appeals on one side, and
i little later Mrs. Fleming was walking
'. only afford to keep one
..Me a f ; ernoons, when the
. d. with Its snowy cloth,
t'.l I us on a white muslin
i Ui-.l white musllm, and
is :n her eitris, and she
and wait for him at the
Wruns Time for Dnst.
Bobby had been to church and was
very much Impressed by the minister
raying that man was made of dust.
"Mamma," be exclaimed, after a
thoughtful silence, "waa I made of
(iiiBt, too?" "Yes. Bobby," she replied.
"Well," said the youngster, "I don't
t-ee how It happened. My birthday
eoiues In January ,and there ain't no
dust then." Chicago News.
Strange Things Pneumatic
This is the age of things pneumatic.
A St. Louis man has Invented a rubber '
cloak which can be transformed into a :
mattress by blowing It up. Everything
is blown up nowadays. A patent has
been granted for a kind of cap which, '
being blown up, may be made to serve
' as a pillow at night or as a life pre- i
; server in case of shipwreck. This Is a
most convenient thing to travel with;
j on the ocean. There Is also a life pre-
Brrer eoitrL. xent?r iimu any oi lutfp,
however. Is a peculiar buoyant fabric
dovised by a Oerm.m. It Is interwovoa
with the quills of geese or other birds
and Is Intended for wearing apparel or
for linings. So light Is it that a person
on a voyage. If clad In a suit or dress
of it, may be sure of floating In case of
disaster or falling overboard.
among ner garueu snaoows wren tiar- worded like this
ry Atwood. i .-send without delay fifty rata to the
L'tlea mine."
: sit.
with
d ..
"in -idsoine face would licht
ame round the corner aurl
m (,f her, and a moment
i-'tig arm wou'd be around
i:nl ids low, dpep, "My dar
, !" woitid be the sweetest
i h"'.d I'i- her. And. as that
-ti.- pin ure came up to pon
tile proud. e!e;;p. nt Mrs.
f; her head on her hnnds
i'k. a child. i through the fashionable world for her
i i .t her fingers on the let- i beauty and her rank had made Mrs.
One Use for Rats.
One day not long ago a San Francis
o hardware company received an order
from a great wine-owning company
Interesting Mexican Rain. "
An American who has recently visit-
ed the ancient deserted City of Uxmal,
i Mexico, says the Governor's palace is
' tbe most Interesting ruin in America,
i It rises on a broad triple terrace, and
eiubracee court upon court, rows of
mighty pillars, and long stretches of
empty halls. One of the pyramids is
surmounted by a temple, and another is
3X feet long, 200 feet wide and 70 feet
j high, with a platform 75 feet square on
top. The whole city Is pronounced a
majestic picture of desolation.
septic property, and bacteria attracted
by the starch will develop. A little
sulphuring is absolutely necessary to
preserve the color of the vegetables to
some extent, and to prevent decay.
The next transition of the fruit Is to
the evaporator, a sort of small Ferris
wheel, consisting of a brick oven with
glaaa windows. This Is revolved close
to hot pipes for a few hours. When
this stage Is paosed the potatoes resem
ble dry chips, and It takes 6 or 7 pounds
of the fresh to make one poutiC of the
dried. Onious are so pungent that bac
teria do not take kindly to them. They
are, therefore, only slightly sulphured
before drying. The drying process
shrivels them so much that It takes
twenty parts of fresh onions to make
one of the dried. Tbe sight of the tears
of the employes whose eyes are smart
ing from the fumes tf the onions un
der preparation Is almost pathetic. Car
rots dry In tbe ratio of one part of
dried te nine parts of fresh vegetable.
The Industry has proved very profita
ble, as the dried fruit is. In demand all
over the country, and especially In the
mining districts. It is not unlikely
that further improvements may soon
be made in the drying process. It has
been suggested that steam be employ
ed. In such case, the starch In the po
tatoes would be partly cooked and ster
ilized, and after this the tubers could
be evaporated as before. In this way
the potatoes could be rid of sulphur,
well dried, and yet be capable of being
quickly soaked, and there would be no
chance for bacteria to develop.
Value or Cuban Coins.
The silver peso of Cuba Is equal to
cents of United States money and
the gold doubloon is equal to (5.017. '
We see no reason why the spirit of
mortal should be proud, unless he owns
a coal mine.
"Has your Shakspeare society started
In yet. Mtea Jones?" "Yes. We mot st
Mrs. Wiggles' yesterday. Miaa Matilda
Hoblneon read a moat delightful paper
on the the Influence of Rosalind on
Dress Reform. Bazar.
Bass I suppose you think I'm a fool?
Cass That's what troubles me. If
your supposition is correct, then you
Character and
Wonderfnl Mensery.
The aides sftUwas- snaa sn New ftTn-
gland lf not In the country is Water
man Brown, who, though 80 years eld.
Is still employed at Woburn, Mass., as
gats tender, having been employed by
the Lowell road sixty-six years. He
lost an arm In an accident while firing
on the read In 1850. He is eccentric
and Is so renowned as a collector of
curiosities that people all over New
England send htm presents of qttuer
things. Among the curiosities he has
Is a bit of the first rail laid on the Lew
ell road In 1834. He has a model of
the Stephenson, the first locomotive,
aad he owns the drst engine bell ever
roas He has 4C0 circus tickets ia a
trunk. They were given to him In tbe
last thirty years and he never used
them.
It was ealy a few weeks age that
Mr. Brown received a small box con
taining a solid silver elephant, ar
ranged with a pin to" fasten It to his
lapaL Ia the box was a note, unmis
takably written by a woman.
He was told the other day that there
would be an assistant te help him soon
and that then whoever was In charge
must be there every minute right at
tbe gate. "Railroading Is getting too
nice for me," he said. "I have to be
here from 5 tu the morning to 11 at
night and Sundays. I can eat my din
ner h) Just seven minutes. I have my
cap right by tbe chair where I can get
It and the house ia right ever there
side -of the track."
His memory, especially concerning
the history of tbe road. Is wonderful.
He said:
"I guees people don't knew that the
Boston and Lowell railroad was built
more te carry freight tbaa for passen
gers. You see H was this way: Iu
1834, I guess It was, two men were
driving arouad in a buggy. They were
looking ever the ground with ti Idea
to build fifty-foot macadam road
from Boston to Lowell, to team cotton
over. The old canal wouldn't accom
modate all of it even then. Well, just
about that time they got wind of the
engine Stephensou bad made and they
turned to that Instead of their mac
adam road. But I raa the first gravel
train, yes (laughing), you can say that
I ran tbe flrst gravel train on the road
with oxen." Chicago Chronicle.
NAPOLEON'S LAST WORDS.
'Whom
Dylan" Thong-nts of the Maa
Europe Feared.
On his death bed Napoleon expressed
hts conviction that England would eud
like the proud republic of Venice.
With perfect composure, he gave his
last directions "I desire that you will
take my heart, put It la spirits of wine
and carry It to Parma to tay dear Maria
Louise; you will tell ber that I never
caused te love her, and relate to ber
every particular respecting my death j tol." Hariem Life.
upon mis mweraoie ana areary rocc.
Elderly coquette (seutlujaulaRl)
Tes, my dear Mr. Assessor, loe
perceive. Fllegende Blatter.
Friend Ton are so dreadfully cross
eyed, I don't see how you can shoot
straight. Cross-eyed svortamau I firs
both barrels at once. Boston Traveler.
"In London," said the returned tons.
1st. boastfully, "I appeared at eourV
"How much was the finer" queried
bis cynical friend. Philadelphia Norsk
American.
Latest from tbe xntelrhreaee sfBsw
"Oh, Bridget! I told you to notice when
the apples boiled ever." "Sure I did.
mum. It was a quarter past sievea.""
Brooklyn 14,.
"Why has Splasher Darned his pfctass
'British DeerT' " "He was afraid som
one would say that American dev
doa't have legs Hite those of his dees
Chicago Record.
Inquisitive tourist (in Oklahoma
Pardon me, sir. but are you a married
maa? Baldy Scrodd (the stage driver,
Nope; I had my hair scoured off la a
Banlfttorm. Puck. .
"Next time I'm going out to Beverly's
I'm going to take a camp stool with
me." "What forr "Lest time I went
I sat dowa on a little thing that turned
out to be a tea-table." Puck.
"What did you think of tbe great
horse show. Miss Gotham 7' "I think
that tbe presence of the horses detract
ed very materially from the cblef at
tractions of the entertainment."
"It seems strange thai he could plun
der a great corporation like that for
years without being found out." "WelL
you see, the corporation was prettf
busy itself." Chicago Journal.
John Doe I wonder what caused
Gobang to collapse? I am told he Is
suffering from nervous prostration,
Richard Roe Yes. He sat down in a
gaaie of pokr with a man who stutter
ed. Puok.
"Golf," remarked the young man wJm
Is wearisomely blase, "is one of the
very few games that da not fatigue
me." "What la the reason for thai?"
"I never teamed to play It." Wash
ington Star.
Bostonlan Is this friend that you
wish to bring to dinner much of a ra
conteur? Chicago man Blamed if I
know; but say, you'll die laughin' if
we can get him to teilln' stories. Cleve
land Leader.
"I am afraid that actors sometimes
deceive us about the salaries they get,"
remarked lhe mild-mannered citizen,
"Xo," replied the keen observer; "they
may think they do, but they don't,
WashlngXon Star.
"Won't you play something, Mul
lins?" asked Kilduff, motioning toward
the piano. "I hardly like to while CoL
Gore is here."" "Is he severe in his
criticisms?" "Yes; and be carries a b4s -
are a nun renoer, sihi usna jvu ( you wlH leU mother and family
can not be a fool; aad rt-weU. you that the .t Smoleoa expired in the
oiiucnKiBu.-Dwi iLuKiijii. i most dDlorable state, deoriv
"She Is a tery busineee-likt, woman,"
piled the other;
lag nature."
Am turn it
but I admire a cling-
"Then you ought to see
her some time when she Is trying to
hold on to a dollar. Washington Star.
Mrs. Hashletgh My husband used ts
say that I made the beat coffee In tbe
world. The dyspeptic boarder Oh! I
wouMa't dream of questioning that,
madam; but there's a vast difference
between making and creating coffee.
Puck.
"You will be sorry for the way you
have neglected me when I am silent In
the tomb." said Mrs. Peck; "think of
that." "My dear." said Mr. Peck, as
iunoceatly as he could, "I can not imag
ine such a thing." Indianapolis Jour
naL
"7nhlng. a -----1 m hlms
fti'"t("ul"5l, ana mat ne i -hed with
his dying biftath to alT' uie reigning
families of Europe, the" horror and op
probrium of his death."
The second codicil of his will con
tained the direction which was after
ward compiled with:. "It Is my wish
that my ashes may repose on the banks
of tbe Seine, In the midst of the French
people whom I love so well."
On the 5th of May, 1821, he who had
for years kept all Europe in a state
of feverish excitement, terminated his
earthly oareer.
After lying In state two days, the
body was deposited In a coffin com
posed flrst of tin lined with white satin,
which having been soldered, was in
closed In another of mahogany, a third
of lead, and the whole in a fourth of
mahogany secured with Iron screws.
After the eeremony, an enormous stouo
CO :nrius in America, i wa3 lowered over the body, resting on
s, but in yieles. Sal- . Btone WJji BO t0 escape the cotUn.
Pres. M. Klnlry Vs. Frn Stiver.
A battle of giants is going to take plac
i ms summer on av,uuu
not in ttlk or votes
above, and ho offers a price for the big-! n the 12th of May Louls-Fhllllppe
gest potato vield. also $4cu in gold for commanded that the ashes of Napoleon
siiitubie name for his t orn (17 inrh s long) ! conveyed to France. In his com
and oat prodigies. Only Seedsmen in . - tt,i.
America growing grasses, clovers and ! mnnlcation be said: "Henceforth
farm seeds and sidling potatoes at $1. . To j France, alone, will possess all that re
a barrel. The editor urg s you to try mains of Napoleon; bis tomb, like his
tS,, , r.. S. c. . I fame, will belong to none but his conn-
10 jonn A. r-alzer Seed to.. l.a Crosf
Wis., for 11 new farm seed samples, worth
fiu.w to get a start, and their big cata
logue. A.C.4
Kansas spends $5,000,000 annually for
education, has 12, (X O trained teachers in
service, and has endowed the work wilh
$20,000,000.
This was repeated for several even
ings, until one midnight a closed car
riage rolled hfstiiy away from tbe pri
vate entrance of Mr. Fleming's
grounds,
goue!
What
There was consternation at once.
What could it mean? Was It a Joke?
if It wasn't, bow was a hardware corn-
The next day his wife was , pany t0 gt,t fifty rats?
an electrical thrill it sent
n ii-rvous. timid ghitice
r. im- the ladv's heart
....--i T'.in; f-i:t- w;i doing wrong
.!' tejw '! had i.o right to read them;
:i I it whi be::.-:- !o iuy them in the
;r i " yonder, wii the tire was Ipm)
'i i.;) to tol l ;:,ciu in Its long, re-.l
ie can't be any harm In reading
ii. jii u t-r." she whispered, for ber eon-
needed a narcotic; "It Is so long
i un. ;::el we shall never meet azain."
I
Fleming
'-..-m. I e;:
iiertrT.
Iim wild,
ive and tl
oi.irh nil.
. .; mi mui
e. Hurry.'
' let !er in
;:'.! me'.tintf a way, and they
at you hud grown cold and
1 I thought I must. too. If
;; m1 only euiiie tbe week he
v.iM not have been what I
opened tbe letters
tiT.ot tell how they
i ; l i -ulnrly the l-t
frantic re;u oac'.u-s,
:e suiTering so ap-
ii to blame as you
she murmured, as
her lap. "Our pron-
I'ieming Its es-iieelal Idol.
She knew little of tbe censure and
i orn that were heaped on her head In
: : e quiet of that Italian home te which
he was borne by tbe man who loved
her only too well.
The world said Mrs. Fleming was
l'.appy there, but It was false. No
woman can ever be happy who makes
memory a remorse and love a crime.
But, dear me, how I used to smile
when everybody made a parenthesis of
pity In their anathemas on Mrs. Flem
l:i "Her poor husband and parents!
My heart r.ches for them." And, sitting
very quiet and listening, I thought, al
v "'Vjli, the one baught and the
others sold her; and so they had their
reward." Saturday Evening Post.
j But It was a serious order, and that
. night a dor.en or more men went into
; the basement of the store and prepared
ja rat banquet of cheese and bacon In
: one of the rooms. When the rnts. bis
un' little, came inside the door was
Uttietly closed and the rats were
' trapped. Then they were boxed up and
.ut away.
Hats are needed In the mines to eat
tip refuse food or other matter that
would decompose, and the great TJtlca
mine's previous colony was suffocated
n a recent Are. That is why the Kan
Francisco firm received its queer order
tnd promptly filled it.
The Question
"And," continued the physician, as he
was about to leave, "eat only what
agrees with you."
"But, doctor, bow am I to know
whether it agrees with me until after I
eat It?' Yonkers Statesman.
A man's idea of tough luck is to play
cards with a woman and win every
time, when there Is nothing at stake.
A".
And ti:i n she Soaked around that ele--.:vl
chamber, and thought what she
v.:i-- r w-a wife. Iwiught and sold an. I
!-aii! for. in gold and lands and earthly
iaudeur. . How the thought bume&
The I. arn st Spiders.
In the jungles of Sumatra the largest
spiders are found. Some of the larger
KH'('imens measure eight inches across
the back, and have seventeen Inches
of leg-sjread.
Wheo a boy gets his first watch he Is
never satisfied until he can prove that
some of the parts are missing.
There are i.'.OW publications in North
America which print advertisements.
Impatient.
"Tommy," said a mother to her six-fenr-old
hopeful, "you must not In
terrupt me when I am talking to tbe
ladies; lf Isn't good manners. You
must wait till we get through and then
you can talk." "But, mamma," re
torted the youthful observer, "you
never get through, and my talk won't
kaep."
"Did you tell that young man not to
call here any more?" asked Mabel's
father, severely. "N no." "Why not?"
"I didn't thiuk that it was necessary.
I don't see bow he could call any more
now. He calls seven times a week."
Washington Star.
"I am told," remarked Miss Cayenne.
"that you said some very clever things Ideas.
The Mugwumps.
Little four-year-old Maggie's fath.r
had the mumps, when one of her little
playmates came in to visit her. "Why,
Maggie!" exclaimed the little miss,
"what's the matter with your papa's
facer " "Taln't Jlat no matter 'tall."
replied Maggie. "He's only dot the
mugwumps In his Jawsea."
ovonlmr " "Yas." mulled Willis
WIshlngton; "It is very discouraging." i
"What Is?" "The surprised manner In ;
which everybody ia Ulkiag about It." '
Washington Star.
"How can I get an article In your j
paper?" asked a correspondent of a
Western Journal. "It all depends on the
article you want to get Into our paper," ,
replied tbe editor; "if the article it
small In bulk, like a hair brush or a tea-'
Let us be thankful when we eat
Though skies be sad and murky
Tlmt though we still love turksy meat,
We do not live In Turkey.
Atlanta Constitution.
Codger Funny that such a quiet, do
mestic sort of a chap as you should re-
: main a bachelor. Didn't you ever think
:. of marrying? Solus Yes; perhaps that
Is the reason I never married. Boston
I Transcript.
Strawber "Dr. Probe has been treat
, Ing my rheumatism for the past six
j months." Slugerly "Are you any bet
; ter?" Strawber "I should say so.
! When he came with his bill yesterday,
I was able to run like a deer." Har
per's Bazar.
Mrs. Prattle (to her visitor) Have
you heard of the splendid catch Miss
Swiftly has made? She Is engaged to
a nobleman, the baron of of (to her
i husband) What is he baron of, my
Brooklyn Life.
Success Is a toboggan slide;
It's mighty slippery, brother.
Yon scarcely reach one end before
You're hustling for the other.
Washington Star.
"If 1 give your friend a place," said
the banker, "he will have to give a bond.
I suppose you will go On?" "Bond?
exclaimed the other man. "Why, he
can be trusted with uncounted mill
Ions." "Yes; but all the money we bare
caddy, spread the paper out upon the s counted." Indianapolis Journal.
floor, and placing the article in the cen-, , nItM, . . K-fc-
ter, wrap it up by carefully folding the
edges over It, and tie with a string.
This will keep the article from slipping
out of the paper. If, oaths other band,
the article is an English bath-tub or a
clothes-horse, you would better sot try
It at alL" Bazar-
sentence Is pronounced against you?
asked the Judge. "Ths only thing I'm
klckuV about," answered the convicted
burglar, "Is beln' idea tilled by a man
that kept bis bead under the bed clothes
the whois time. That s wrong."
The grand total circulation of the public
lications which print advertisements in
I could not rat alona- wlthont Pluo'a Pnra
for Congumrition. Itslway cures. Mrs. E. C. I
try."
At 11 o'clock Dec. 16 the first can
non was heard announcing that tbe re
mains of the Emperor had reached
French ground. Amid the vast assem
blage the body was borne by twenty
four seamen to Its last resting-place in
the Hotel des Invalldes.
So closed the eventful career of tbe
great Napoleon, whose memory can
only perish with the records of the
world.
There are 60 different kinds of wood
grown in Arkansas.
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AHCH T, I HILa.. l'A. tin at inn: no
operation or delay Iron) bnainm. Consultation
tree. Kndonieniensi of pbyiiclane. ladiei and
tronilnent dtiieiu. bend lor cucuUc UUic
bourn A. II. lot P. M.
How' This T
Weoffer One Hundred Dull r- Reward for
. iiijra eot cawrrii mat canon b: cared by
I Hall's Catarrh Cuie.
F. J. Chmet no.. P. ni Tnlrtr n
We, the undersigned, have known F.J. t'he-
Missouri has the greatest bodies of lead
ore in the world.
hew Mar Tob.icco I be Best.
Smoke Siedge Cigarettes.
The bonded debt of Nebraska is less
than 21 cents per capita.
Mrs. Winilowt Soothing Byrup for children
teeibins.nofceut the aum, reducing inaamma
Uon.i.1 paia. cures win 1 colic. 25c a bottle.
There are 9,000,000 acres of original for
ests in West Virginia.
Fits permane'itlr cured. No (ltn or nervous
ne alter flrst dav's use ot Dr Kline's Great
Nerve Krstorer. $2 trial bottle aud treatise free.
Da. K. H Kli.nk, Ltd , Ml Arch bt, FbiU. fa.
Omaha claims to be the third largest
packing centre in the world.
To Care a Oold In One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Ail
Drag-gists rsfana money U it fails to cure. Ho,
The supply of granite in Missouri is be
lieved to be without limit.
FREE I Inventor's Talent Onld Any Drug
Store or U'Mara Co op. I at office Wash., D. C.
The coal output of West Virginia for
1897 amounted to 13,500,000 tons.
The agricultural products of Kansas for
1897 amounted to $230,410,143-
Over 60,000 oil wells have been sunk in
the United States.
The progress in steam engineering com
menced in 1859.
lost
-i,t trite ex
Coosa. Byrnp. TasteeOood. TJi
Sots by Ornaatf.
ney 'or the la-t 15 years, and believe h'm pe -feitly
tonor-ible in all buHiiiesn tt nn-u-tnina
and financially able to cxrrr out any obliga
tion m de bv their firm.
Wbst & Tkuax, Whohtale Draggia'a, Toledo,
Oh o.
Wai.diho. Kiss-as A Marvin, WholesaU
Druggists. Toledo. Ohio.
Hull g Catarrh due is taken inlernaily, net
inn dirrtly upon the blood and mui-ous sur
ieces of til syfltem. P. io , 76 pe bottle. Sold
by all D ngKista. Testimonials free.
flail's Family Pills are the bent.
There are 5,583.46 miles of railroad in
Nebraska.
Nebraska has 393 State banks and 113
national banks.
Brother Sonteit VStiU Brother Stir
email, will they raise your salary an
other year? Brother Stlremup Weil, I.
" mow"about) another year; they-
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ntrenre as it msy sppwr. that bi familv peper.-
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by- 1 ufler tolWy tu Introduce the paper. Cold
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