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A brast high among tha eoro,
by the golden light of morn, ; i
, the sweetheart of the son,
o man j a glowing kise had worn.
On her cheek an autumn flnah
y Deeply ripen'd anch a blnah
In the midst of brown waa born,
Like red poppies grown with corn.
Bound ber ejrea her treaaea fell.
Which were the blackest none could talL
But long lashea retted a light
That had else been all too bright
And ber bat, with shady brim.
Made ber tressy forehead dim -Thus
she atood amid the stooks.
Praising God with sweetest looks.
Bnre, I said, nea-'n did not mean
Where I reap thon ahonldat bnt glean;
thy sheaf adown and come
Share my harrest and my home!
Thomas Moore.
THE RUBY HEABT.
VST JESSICA had
been round the
l world more than
' once. She bad been
what la vulgarly
called a "globe trot
ter." In her day
shs bed collected
maiiy rare and curi
ous and beautiful
things; but now she
was an old woman,
and her time was come to die in the
great silent bouse, filled with the furni
ture that had belonged to Aunt Jessi
ca's forbears many score years ago,
ami enrichiMl by the spoils of many
lands, brought home by the energetic
hands of Aunt Jessica herself.
Thers was one treasure above all that
I covered, and that I would bare sold
my soul to have had for my own my
cousin Edith.
As for the money well, I am not
more disinterested than inoat people;
but I would rather have had Edith
without a penny than all Aunt Jessica's
monoy without Edith.
William and Bertram and I were sit
ting In the dining-room. Edith waa
above, helping poor aunt in the hard
work of dying. Three raps came on the
floor. We know they were a signal that
we were to go up, and that aunt had
asked for us; and up we went.
"I have left everything divided
sntong you four," she said; "and the
ruby heart Is to go to -whichever of you
three boys can find It." She spoke slow
ly ar.J with difficulty.
I remembered the Jolly old days when
she used to come and soe us at school
and tip us, and I wished that death and
time could have been more merciful.
She went on.
"You know it has a charm to make
you happy In your love. It would have
made me happy, but he died, and it
hadn't a change to do its work; and
now my time's come It has been
weary waiting."
And with that the first and last hint
we ever bad of a romance In my aunt's
life she turned her wrinkled old face
to the pillow with a sigh like a tired
child's, and there were only four of us
.left in the room.
After the funeral and the reading of
the will we three men set to work to
find the charm.
"I shall take the library and aunt's
bed-room fir.-Jt," said Bertram. As
these were the rooms she had most
used, I Imagine he thought he had
made the best choice. "You other fel
lows can arrange as you Hke!"
William chose the drawing-room and
the gucat chamber, and they took the
whole day searching systematically
Inch by inch for the ruby heart. I be-
-gaifWlook in the dining-room, but
Edith came In.
"Do you care so very much for the
ruby heart?" said she.
"I confess I should like to find It," I
answered.
Shall I help you to look?'
She pulled out a book or two from
the shelves In an aimless, desultory
way, and then said:
"It's very sunshiny out of doors, don't
you think?"
So we went on the river.
The nexa day I began to look for the
heart again. Edith sent ber duenna
companion (who had once been her
governess) to ask me If I did not think
It would be nice to drive. Of course I
- - said I thought it would, and off we
went.
That evening sh aked Bertram and
William if they would Hke to come out
next day to see some ruins.
"Thanks," said Bertram, "but I think
my first duty to my poor aunt's mem
ory Is to find that heart."
"Besides," said William, who never
had much sentiment, like Bertram, "it's
worth thousands of pounds, I believe."
"To say nothing of the charm," I
added.
"But you'll come, Wilfrid?" she said,
Iooklng at me with her soft gray eyes.
Of course," I anftwereS.
Bertram and William scowled at me.
They would have given their ears, their
liven, anything, in short, bnt their
chances of a ruby heart worth thou
sands of pounds for the privilege that
was to be mine to-morrow.
To le In love with cousin Edith was
a mode, a fashion, among us. Besides,
Edith was now an heiress.
"As soon as I have fulfilled dea!
aunt's last wishes," said Bertram he
tallied, the silly fool, as if aunt bad
wished him to find the heart "I shall
be only too glad to accompany my
cousin Edith on any excursion she may
proijose."
"So shall I," said William.
So Edith and I went to the ruins
alone together.
"I hope it does not seem like disre
spect to poor aunt's memory," she said,
as we drove snugly back in the dog cart
luru evening, "our going out like this.
" Knt 1 couldn't bear to stay In the old
house alone where she was so kind to
me. It s iH'tter to go out, and I m sure
she would have wished it."
I felt that it was foolish of me noi
to make an effort to find the ruby heart
So next morning I got up very early
and came down before the servant
.vere about. I had pulled out half the
drawers of the Chinese cabinet am!
looked Into them, when my heart leap
ed into my mouth at the touch of a
hand on my shoulder Edith's!
"Still after that wretched ruby!" she
said. "How you waste your time!"
"Why? Don't you think I shall find
: t '
"I don't know," she said, looking at
:ne with her eyes wide open, "but I
don't think you will find it there, be
cause Bertram has been through that
three times already. Did you ever eel
strawberries before breakfast and
gather them yourself."
So we went into the kitchen garden
and ato strawberries till the gong ran
for breakfast. Bertram and William
were getting quite sulky and savage
from the non-success of their search,
and the little time I bad devoted to It
annoyed them.
"I believe," aald Bertram, with an
air of amtJ. Ute orardona, "that
bssurt Is, and ba Im era pat koto
oo It a any moment
-I -n I coufcL" I
"Bo do I." aald Bdstft, alona hi
same breath.
-Yon wish Wilfrid to find tba bautr
amid WUHajn. "Why?"
"Oh. no. I dont mean Wilfrid; 1
meant a least Well, we ahaU all 1m
(bad when if a settled one wavy or
other, shan't we?"
I had never told Edith X loved hen
because I didnt know how my aool
waa to leave her money, and it Edits
was ta be actress of the whole but
anyone will understand my reason.
It was a week after 'MoTs funeral
that I went Into the rose farden, where
Edith was snipping roses Into a bas
ket. Tve been looking for the heart
again," I said, "bnt I haven't found
It"
"No," she answered, "and I dont su
pose yon will. Would a Gloire de DiJi
be any compensation?" '
She began to stick one In my ooat a
ahe spoke. Her slender wolsrt. In Its
black gown, was very nesx my left
arm, where she stood.
"I will take the bud," I soM, "bat not
as compensation for the heart'
"Don't you think," she asked me,
'that It might be possible to Bve hap
pily without a charm to help yon?"
"No," I said, "not without a charm
to help you. But ruby hearts are no
the only charms in the world."
My arm fell on her waist.
"Let them find their ruby heart! lie.
them chop it into pieces and divide It
between them and sell the Was," said 1.
"And you are content with what yon
have?" she asked. . '
"I am content with what I have," I
answered, and my other arm went
round ber.
They never found that ruby heart,
though the poor old bouse was tapped
and tested from top to bottom. At last,
wearied out, they took the portion of
goods that fell unto them and went,
fortunately for us. Into a far country.
And Edith and I were married.
We didn't go on a wedding tour, but
came straight back to the dear old
house.
On the evening of our wedding day
we walked In the moonlight through
the rose garden to listen to the night
ingales. I stopped to hold ber In my
arms on the very spot where I had first
kissed ber, and the light shawl she
wore round her head and shoulders fell
back.
"What's that you have round yout
neck?" I said, for something darkened
amid the white laces on her breast.
She did not answer. I pot up my
band, touched with a thrill the white
ness of ber neck, and found In my fin
gers the ruby heart!
"Then she gave it to you," I said; "it
Is yours?"
"She gave rt Into my keeping," an
swered Edith, dropping her chin till
her Hps rested on my hand; "but she
left It to the man who should find it."
"And I have found it here!" The
Argosy.
FIFTEEN DAYS IN OPEN BOAT.
Terriablo Experience of Crew of Kin
kora in Making; Acapulco.
While the sailing vessel Kinkara was
! on ner way rrom V ancouver io ou
' don she sprang a leak. All hands
pumped till April 27, when the crew
went to Captain McMurtry and refused
to- pump any longer. He decided to
make for Cllpperton Island, 200 miles
oil. Late on April 29 the island was
lighted. There were three men on the
island and the stars and stripes were
flying. The prt lifeboat was pulled
through the surf. She capsized, but the
six men managed to swim ashore.
When the crew were next able to visit
the ship two days afterward every
thing was under water. The Island be
longed to the Oceanic Phosphate Com
pany of San Francisco, and the three
men had been on It since September
of last year. There was not a tree of
any kind and not the slightest vegeta
tion. After being on the Island eigh
teen days, and no schooner turning up,
the Americans said it might be next
September before the vessel would ar
rive. So Captain McMurtry and his crew
decided to put off in their two boats
for Acapulco, In Mexico, distant about
TOO miles.
When the shipwrecked people were
on the Island they caught quantities of
fish, which, with gannet eggs, was their
chief means of subsistence. One of
the boats got smashed in the water.
It was agreed that the mate, Mr. Mc
Murtry (who was a brother of the com
mander), Mr. Snape and six seamen
should go. They calculated they would
take twelve days to reach Acapulco;
they took fifteen.
For the first six days and nights they
had very heavy tropical rains, with
nothing to shelter thorn; sleeping ot
waking they were drenched. When the
gun came out In the day it was scorch
ing hot
The men arrived at Acapulco on June
3. They never saw a sail during the
fifteen days, but the day before they
got In they saw smoke rising at a dla
tancs. It was from H. M. S. Amphion,
which left Acapulco the day before
they arrived. Had the Amphion seen
them it would have saved H. M. S.
Comus going to Cllpperton Islands.
They were about forty days on the Isl
and when the Comus rescued them.
Egypt's Cotton Crop. j
During British rule of Egypt tho cot- .
ton crop has doubled, and now amounts
o over 5i').mx),(kx) pounds a year.
All Figured Out. !
'Yes," said the young man with the ;
square chin; "I am going to Klondike, '
or thereabouts. I may get richer than
I am here, and If I die I won't die any '
deader than I would if I stayed at
home." Indianapolis Journal. ,
Some men are always expecting an
'nuiortant letter.
Every man should have as much
money as ne can use in moderation, but
more money than a man has need for
is a curse.
"What do you think? My wlfe'i
father told me before we got married
that he would give me a handsom
present on our wedding day." "And
didn't her' "Well, I waited over a
week, and as he didn't mention thl
subject, I asked him for It; and all h
said was: 'Why, didn't I give you mj
daughter?" "Philadelphia Bulletin.
The police statistics of Paris ahow that
in 21 cases of robbery, accompanied by
murder, the average amount secured waa
only $16, and all the assassins wer
guillotined.
There are 31,110 students matriculated
at German universities this winter sem
ester, an increase of 1,000 over last year.
The largest increase is, as usual, in the
law faculty.
The annual report of the Mont de Piete,
municipal pawnshop of Paris, shows a
profit of 54.000 francs after paying out
(inclusive of expenses) nearly 106,000,000
francs. It is so managed ss to make as
little profit as possible out of ib people,
and has been in existence for 131 years.
IFOH LITTLE FOLIOS.
A COLUMN OF PARTICULAII IN
TEREST TO THEM.
sosnsthlaw WLU lata- tTea fm-,
Tmlli ataaabin Ini7 eaashaM'
-Quia Actional mmd Brian SeuriMS
CatssadCnsAtaatCSUMraah
A Hard Hit. -
1,1 tUe S-yemr-old Helen waa lectnrma
he coasts, an Adelbert freshman, on
the erlU of foolishness, says the Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
"Why.' she aald. "a big boy like yon
shouldn't be se foolish. I'd be ashamed
to bare so much foolishness about me."
"Why do you call him foolish?" In-
Quired ber uncle.
"Just 'cause be is," aald Helen i
"Why, If he keep on he'll be most hall
M foolish as his father."
the poor uncle badn t a word to
Toaasajr'a Monao Trass,
The family bad been greatly troubled
with mice. Father and mother both
tried In vain to get rid of them, and thoj
cat could not catch them at all Then,
j Tommy took a band. The Ingenious,
i youngster secured a piece of mbbea
hose about four feet long. In one end
; of the hose he put a piece of cheese, fit
ted snug and tight, while ail around
I the outside hs smeared some more
cheese. The hungry mice soon scented
9
A 'K0VKL TBir.
the free lunch, and one by one went
Into the trap to investigate. After six
bad entered the tubular dining-room
the watchful Tommy quickly placed a
cork In the other hole, and thus captur
ed the entire party. Every day after
school the scheming youngster repeats
this performance, and if the mice keep
on being so accommodating they will
soon be exterminated.
How Grandpa Found HIa Folry.
It was a cold, rainy evening, and the
Buckbee family were seated around a
cheerful fire, popping corn and telling
stories.
"Now, grandpa, you tell one," they
cried. Grandpa appeared to be gTer-tiy
surprised, but after seating Johnnie oi
his knee, he began as follows:
"When I was a small boy I lived In
the State of Maine, many miles from
here.
"Behind our house was a large or
chard with a brook running through It.
"One afternoon I wandered down to
this brook. I filled my pockets with
apples and sat down to eat thero.
"Somehow I fell asleep. However, I
was soon awakened by a strange
sound, and saw close beside me a
what do you think?" asked grandpa.
"A bear," cried Willie.
"A lion," said Fannie.
"No," said grandpa, "I saw a beautl
.ul little fairy."
"She had a very soft voice and I lis
tened attentively to what she said.
" Ton are under my enchantment,'
she whispered, 'and are bound to hunt
for me until ri find me. The place
where I live Is called California and is
far from here.'
"Then I awoke and found It was only
i dream; but the beautiful face and
words still haunted me.
"I wrote the name that then seemed
ro strange to me on a large piece of
paper and hung It In my room that I
might not forget it.
"And 60 time passed on, still leaving
me under the dream-fairy's enchant
ment. "At last, when I was a young man,
about 20 years old, there was great ex
citement ebout a piece of land 'way out
West,' so ran the report, 'where gold
was to be fouad In great abundance.'
"A great deal of this land was ownec
by Spaniards, and it was named Gail
fornia, after one of their legends.
"You can imagine how I felt. I rush
ed up to my room and took from mj
bureau drawer a crumpled piece of pa
per, yellow with age, on which wai
written In a boyish hand, 'California.'
"Yes, It was true, and now I could
find my fairy.
"A month later I started for the GoJd
en West, as It was called. You must
remember that there was no railroad
from Maine to California, and so It
was not till after many months of hard
traveling that I arrived there.
"To us weary travelers California
was an ideal place a land flowing
with milk and honey.
"One day I was working In my mine.
It was the same kind of a day as tba
one when I had my dream, and some
how I kept tUnking of It I bad not
y ound my fairy, and was sorely dis
couraged about It -
"Crash! What was that? A bouldei
had fallen. I sprang to my feet and
looked around. There on the rocks lay
the form of a young girl; and, oh, Joy"
here grandpa became so excited hi
could hardly speak "there was th
face I had so long been hunting for; it
was very pale and the beautiful golden
hair hung all around It
"I picked up my fair bnrden and
hastily carried ber to the nearest camp
"I need not tell you any more, but 11
you want to see my fairy you had bet
ter look at grandma. .
"And so, children, in this beautiful
State I found both my fairy and my
fortune."
be Had Different Ideas.
A little 5-year-old, whose name Is
Helen, and who Uvea In the east end.
goes to a kindergarten, says the Cleve
land n!n Dealer. The teacher r
oenvors to rre me ptrpHs some use
ful object lesson every day, and recent
ly she has been talking to them about
health. She has told them that one of
the best means of securing health and
retaining it is plenty of outdoor exer
cise. She told them this very slowly,
emphasising each word as she pro
ceed el.
"Understand, children," she sold,
"one of the best things to keep us well
Is plenty of outdoor exercise. Plenty
of outdoor exercise."
"Nov, Helen," she said, "what Is ona
of the best things to keep us well?"
Helen has Ideas of her own on a
great Miany subjects.
"Plenty of warm milk before break
fast !" she shouted.
And the object lesson ended right
there.
"Lines:" Pigs.
The favorite badge Just now of th&
smart Englishwoman is a tiny "lucky"
pig of Yog oak, made in Ireland and
worn trpon her neck chain. To bring
real luk these pigs must be Irish, but
tby can be bought In the London
ibpr
Torpedoes are said to have been Lnven
Md by an Aasericaa in 1777.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
T arm lata; Mote CelliasT the W
Kiatucc
DTJCATION cul
tivates natural
ability.
A false kiss la
like honey with
poison In H.
Some men with
short memory
will teU long
yarns.
The higher life
Is lived In the
lowest rale of
humility.
The sins of tyrants become the blood
bounds of Justice.
The goepei train of salvation oairles
Do second-class passengers.
The fear of endless torment Is not the
goepel motive of repentance.
The man who preaches for pay never
loses any sleep over the non-success of
bis sermons.
The debt of kindness must be paid
on time or It must wait to be seDtled at
the day of judgment
Sin unpardoned shows a heart that's
hardened. A forgiven offender reveals
a heart that's tender.
The man who has the "Sun of Right
eousness" in bis heart can carry sun
shine with him wherever he goes.
The man who loves truth will not bo
satisfied with mere courting he will bj
Harried to it at the earliest opportunity.
When a woman gives another a
"piece of her mind," she never wraps
It up In love, nor offers It with the band
f mercy.
To have a rich man talk about giving
the widow's mite is an absurd Me.
First, be is not-a widow; nnd, second,
be does not give his all. Ram's &orn
A REVOLUTIONARY TAVERN.
It Waa ISO Teara O'.d, and Sheltered
Washington, Adama and Monroe.
The old building on Court street,
known as the Parsons tavern, which is
celebrated as the hostelry where
George Washington stopped at least
once in passing through Springfield, la
now being torn down to make room for
a modern tenement block. It was prob
ably the second oldest building In town,
and has been used for a tenement
house of late years.
The bulldlns was one of the taverns
of revolutionary days and was about
150 years old. It stood, when built,
on the southeast corner of the present
Court square. It was a barge structure
for those days, three stories in front
with a short roof sloping forward from
the ridge pole and a long meandering
roof sloping to the rear and cutting the
house off at the second story. Just be
fore the sheds and "L's" began. By
whom it was built Is not a matter of
record. The work was honestly done,
howerer. Great hand-hewn timbers
formed the framework and were Joined
by wooden pegs. Every nail, hinse,
brace, or other bit of Ironwork was
band-forged. All the woodwork that
was meant to show was fluted, chiseled
or molded. Even the narrow clapboards
had a molded edge and were grooved.
No paint ever touched their sturdy
sides or any part of the exterior of the
old house to any extent, and the shag
gy, weather-worn appearance which
resulted added much to the attractive
ness of the building.
The present site of Court square was
always the center of attraction for the
town. There were the church, the
court house, the whipping post, and
most of the trading scops. Auctions
were held there, and on training day
aU congregated near the old Parsons
tavern, where the young men would
try wrestling. Consequently the tavern
was always a rendezvous and a place
where goa lp dwelt in company with
flipirone and toddy. It appears that
Zeuas Pareons was the first host, and
from him the tavern took Its name. It
was while he was landlord that on
Oct. 21. 17i, Washington spent the
night in the tavern while on a visit to
New England. The great man slept In
the second story frot room to the right
as one dim-bed the stairs. The record
In his dairy reads: "Col. Worthlngton,
Ool. Williams, Adjutant General of th
State of MuAchusett; Gen. Shtard,
Mr. Lyman, and many other fcentieanea
sat an hour or two with me at Par
sons' tavern, where I lodged, and
which is a good house." From which
it should scout that Geu. Washington
was pleancd, with his entertainment.
E Ten before Washington csme tht
tavern had bad a distinguished trans
lent. When John Adams returned from
the sessions of Congress in Philadel
phia, In November, 1775, be dined with
Landlord Parsons and Capt. Pynchon.
Mr. BIIas and Ool. Worthinjrton vWlted
him. What ether famous guests Mr.
Parsons had Is untold. He died as th
century went out, and Eleazer Will
lams, slow and dignified, succeeded
him. Later en, when James Monroe at
President eame to Springfield, he wai
cared for by Landlord John BeBnertt
Sprl&gfie!d Republican.
The best quality of ninplo syrup con
from the north side of the tree, but thi
flow is not so largo ns when the troe i
tapped on the south side.
oisnLS BNJOY
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acta
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Dowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only 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
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and areeablonrbstances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 60
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept an j
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIB SYRUP CO.
sam Fiutaaoo. CAL
uomuM. sr. tern ran; ilk.
The hardy mariners who war tba
pioneers in polar discovery sr stored
wonders, ooasideriag that they had
ererythLna; to learn about methods el
arctic work and their Teasels and
equipmenx were rery inadequate. One
of the greatest of all arctic to yagers,
says Harper's Weekly, was the man
who commanded tho first true polar ex
pedition, William Barnrta. He sailed
from Holland In 13SM en the little fish
ing smack Merourlons. and tho object
of bis voyage shows bow Ignorant the
iBfxoh-usts and seamen of those day
wore aa to tho n-vlgabUtty e. arctic
sea. Barents pushed Into tho unknown
for tho purpose of sailing around the
north end of Nora Zrmbla, and find
ing a northeast passage to China: and
so Cor a month he skirted the wall of
ice that barred his way, seeking In ev
ery direction for a lane by which he
might travel through the pack, patting
his reasel about eighty-one times, anal
traveling back and forth along tho lot
edge for seventeen hundred miles. The
highest north be attained .during this
careful examination of the ioe edgt
was 614 statute miles south of the
highest point reached by Nans fin or
874 miles from the pole.
ABeaf-flta' Kind Act,
From th Xtening Ifettt. Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. John Tanaey, ot ISO Baker Street,
Detroit, Ktohlgan, is one ot those women
who always know jest wast to do In all
trouble and sloknesa. One that Is a mothsl
to those In distress. To a re partor aha aald:
'I am tba mother ot ten ehllorea sad
have railed eight of them. Several years
tgo wa bad a serious time wtth my daugh
ter, which began when she was about six
lean years old. She did not have aay serl
ns illness bnt seems to gradeaUy waste
iway. Having never had any soasnnrptton
In our family, as weoonM of goo cVd Irish
tnd Scotch stock, we did not think It was
that. Our doeter sailed the diaeaaa ay an
Kid name, wkioh, as I afterward learned,
Meant Uok of blood.
"It is impossible to describe the feelhig
loan and I had as wa notload oar daughter
liowlv passing away from as. We finally
toand, however, a medicine that seemed to
Uottoftht Time She B'a Confined to Bet.
help her, and from the first we noticed s
decided ehange for the batter,- and after
three months' treatment her health waa o
rraatly Improved yon woald not have re
lognized her. Sue gained In flesh rapidly
and soon was In perfect health. The medi
cine used was Dr. Willtums' Fink Pills for
Pale People. I have always kept these pills
in the house since and have recommended
them to many people. I have told many
mothers abont them and the have effected
tome wonderful cures.
"Every mother in this land should keep
these pills in the bouse, as tliev are good tor
many ailments, particularly those arising
from Impoverished or diseased blood, snd
Weakened nerve force."
WHAT KEEPS THE SUN HOT.
It Will Probably Keep Warm fo
Twenty Million Teara.
. According to the most recent Investi
gations, the temperature of the sun li
somewhere between 5,000 and 6,000 de
grees centigrade, and there are reasons
for believing that for hundreds of
thousands, perhaps for millions, of
years, It has been radiating heat Into
space with no appreciable loss of tem
perature. Were the sun simply a cooling mass
of stone or metal It must agea ago have
lost both Its beat and Its light; were It
a globe of burning carbon It can easily
be calculated that It would have burned
out In about 6,000 years. Where, then,
does It get its beat supply ? Is a question
frequently asked.
We are so accustomed to regard fire,
combustion, as the principal source ot
heat, or at any rate of Intense heat,
that ft is not easy to reallae that then
may be other sources, equally abund
ant, from which the sun may obtain Its
Ierennlal supply of this article. As
tronomer long since discarded the idea
that there la any sort of combustion go
ing on in the sun.
, Its heat la, more probably, of that
sort known In physics as mechanical
beat heat that is produced by fric
tion, by hammering or compression
We axe familiar enough with the first
two sources, though ordinarily th
amount of heat which we perceive M
be thus developed is not great, but beat
produced by compression is not so often
brought to our notice. From a variety
of experiments, however, it can b
shown that whenever a metal, as a
piece of lead, or the air, or, Indeed, any
gas, Is forcibly compressed heat If
e. olved, and this Is the source to which
Gastronomers are now Inclined to look
Sor tbe main supply of the solar en-
. This Mea was first tggestea cj
Helmholx, and it hat been taken up and
jel&borated by Lord Kelvin. Accordlni
to the theory of these scientists thi
sun, which is simply a mass of gaseous
matter. Is now d has been for agei! V K TT" .
contracting Its dlmnions-ls rowlnLfrrt,ve treatment, soak the foot In
smaller end the mechanical heat pro
duced In this process is precisely that
i which It Is continually throwing off In
to space. Lord Kelvin calculated that
a contraction of the son, under tha
force of gravity, which diminished iti
diameter to tbe extent of four miles a
century, would fully account for ltt
heat supply, enormous as tt is. T h
sun might contract at this rate for sev
eral thousand years before there would
be any diminution of Its slsa percepti
ble even through a telescope. 1
course, this process has a limit to it,
and eventually the sun, having become
too dense to contract further, must be
gin to cool off, but net for some 10,000,-
000 or 20,000,000 years, soys Lord Kel
vin. Once WaatedL .
Modern man Is gradually waking up
to tho fact that he can utilize every
thing. Coal is not only a source of
heat and light, but a storehouse of
colors, tastes, roodldnes, perfumes and
explosives. From 10 pounds of gas
,tar in a ton of cool over 3,000 district
shades of aniline dyes are made.
The same substance furnishes qui
nine, antlpyrlne. atrophlne, morphine
and a host of other drugs.
1 Of perfumes there can be obtained
helioti-oplne, clove, queen of the mead
jows, cinnamon, and bitter almonds,
icampttor and wintergreen.
It gives to us belllts and picrite, two
powerful explosives, and supplies flav
oring extracts- which cannot be told
from currant, raspberry, pepper and
vanilla.
Scientists also get from tba coal tar
benzine and naphtha and the photog
rapher gets from it bis hydroqulnona
and likoaogen.
It gives forth paraffin, pitch and cre
osote, material for arMflcial paring;
sacoh its, which fas 300 tfaet sweeter
than safari lampblack, material tor
red inks, oils, vara lab, rosUi ami a
frost mw&rj amnwgj
As) tba- Apple.
The anpsrobundaince of th apple
crop last year has bed one good result
far the future of the orcbardist. It ren
dered. appies so cheap that tbe con
sumption was greater than ever before.
A taste of this kind, once stimulated,
generally continues; consequently the
demand will be larger In seasons to
oorae than It has been hitherto. This
year apples have been In Philadelphia
markets tho whole year through. Last
year's supply of late varieties, such as
the Baldwin, had scarcely disappeared
before the Russian variety, Tetoffsky.
earn In from Virginia. These, of
course, will be followed by better
kinds. Mehan'a Monthly.
ioe it mi4. ejissw
The readers of this paper will be pleaeed to
learn that there Is at least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure in aU
Its staM. and that is C'at-rrfa. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is the only positive oare now known to
the m-dleal fraternity. Catarrh beinif a con
stitutional disease, requires a constitutional
treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure istaken inter
aally, actinic d reotlv upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the con
stitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much faith in
its ourative powers that ther offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that it falls to core.
Send for list of testi moni al k. Add rrss
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Sold by DrngirisU, 5c
Hall'a JTamiiy Pills are tbe best. '
The British Grenadiers now possess tha
-.al lest soldier in the army. He stands
i feet 8 3-4 inches in his stocking feet,
tnd, as he is only 23 years of age, may
(row yet. lie is an Irishman.
Oh Watat Splendid Coffee.
Mr. Goodman, Williams Co., 111., writes
"From one package Salter's German Cof
fee Berry costing 15c I grew 300 lbs. of
better coffee than I can buy in stores at
(0 cents a lb. A. C. 4
A package of this coffee and big seed
ind plant catalogue is Font you by John
a,. Ealzer Seed Co., I -a Crosse, Wis., upon
receipt of 15 cents stamis and this notice.
A new shaving brush has the bristles
itiifened and h-ild together by an elastic
rubber cover, which has no cap at the
pposite end, the bristle protruding a
ihort distance for rubbing the lather in,
nstead of using the hand.
Plso's Cure Is a wonderful Cough medicine--Mrs.
W. PicKERT, Van Sinlen and Blake
Ivea- Brooklyn. N. Y Oct. ai. ItiW.
CnTe nnarsnteed bv DR. J. K. BATEIt 1011
AIUH nr.. l-UII.A i'A. Kase t onie. nt
oreraUon or dflay Irom busmen. Consultation
tree. Endorsements of phyxician. ladiei ani
imminent citizen- Sena lor circular OiliCJ
fcounlt i.1uir. M.
Only seven commissions were granted
non-commissioned iflicers in the Brit
ish army last year. Fourteen were given
n lo'Jti, 20 in lb!5 and 25 in 1S!U. Lord
iVolseley, the Coinmander-in-Chief, ob
jects strongly to promotion fri.m ranks.
t hew Star Tob iceo I be Best
Smoke B edge Cigarettes.
Near Boise City, Ida., 400 feet below
:he earth's surface, there is a subter
ranean lake of hot water of 170 decrees
temperature. It has pressure enough to
sscend to the top floor of most of the
houses, and will be piped to them for
heating purposes.
Mrs. WiniloWs Soothing Syrup for children
reeihingtofttfu9 the kuii". reducing lnnaratna
Uun, ul as psia, cures win i colic. &c a bottle.
Postage stamps may be reproduced once
more in England in stamp albums and
catalogues by a recent order of the
British Board of Internal Revenue. They
must be printed in black and not be like
enough to the originals to cause deception
Fits permanentlr cured. No flri or nervous-ne-s
alter first day's use ot i)r Kline's Grrat
Nerve Krstorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free.
B-.K. H.kLiKC Ltd., 931 Arch tit- Phlla. fa.
Lieutenant Halpin, of the army, has
designed a torpedo for which the torpedo
net of a warship has not terrors. It does
not exnioae ltseix. out uiscoan inotni?
torpedo at such an angle, that tbe lattrT
dives under the net and explodes under
the ship.
-W CBwg'CoW In One Pay.
Take Laxative Brwmo Quinine Tablets. AO
LDrogcinU refund raoneyir u falls to core. Xc.
For chilblains rub the feet every day
with this llntment: Oil of turpentine.
60 grams; chloroform, 13 grams: gly
cerine, up to ISO grams.
A combination that makes an elfl
tlent tooth wash Is composed of pul
verized charcoal and chalk flavored
with a little wintergreen.
PersoBs wishing to make the voice
clear for some special occasion of sing
ing, should use ordinary troches of mu
riate of ammonium, purchasable at
any drug store.
Increase of fat Is the only sure wrin
kle remover. Tbe lDcre9d deposit of
fat beneath the skin presses out the
wrinkles beneath. Otherwi8e wrinkles
are Irremovable.
When s fractured ankle begins to
rv " A l-Tl Cf VIJ UJUl HUU 1UU 1 1 l UU1"
oughly. A silk elastic anklet Is a great
protection to tbe joint
Castile soap is not a balr-grower. It
merely serves to cleanse the scalp. For
Itching and hair falling out remedial
iteps may be assured by washing the
head with resorcln and salicylic
acid every three days, preferably at
plght. After drying the head careful
ly use this lotion: Tincture of cantha
rides, 8 grams; fluid extract of Jabor
tndl, castor oil and glycerine, each 00
grams; bay rum, up to COO grama. This
must be used gently, without pulling
6n the hair.
Tho surest way to tell how to distin
guish chronic bronchitis from consump
tion Is by the physical signs which
medical training alone oan give. But
ordinarily there are these differences:
In consumption there is wasting of
flesh, slight fever, night sweats, pro
nounced lack of strength and a pecu
liar pallor. In bronchitis there is a
cought and spittle, but aet much lack
of strength and seldom and night
sweats. Consumption generally pro
gresses, while bEonehitls aay got no
worse for years.
Ilarber, the great authority en fish,
lays that every square mile of the sea
s inhabited by 120,000,000 finny eree
lures.
At Port Moresby, New Qiiinea, six
roung native girls pleaded guilty be
fore a white wag t rote to a charge of
iheft, As they were rather young to
lend to prison the magistrate took eaeh
tffender In turn across his kre and
iponked ber.
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OUT OF THE FIRE.
The ObeeUemee of the Herae Saved Ills
Life.
The common belief that horses in a
burning building ore always panic
stricken and refractory, not recognis
ing their friends and refusing obedi
ence to those who would rescue them.
Is not strictly trus, as is proved by sjs
Incident related by a Youth's Compan-
Ion contributor.
Tbe governor bad a fine black drlv
lng horse called Dexter. Although
strong and spirited. Dexter was docile
and obedient, and was petted and made
much of by his master. As the govern
or kept no other horse. Dexter bad tha
stable all to himself, with a clean stall
and a full manger.
The stable was near tbe house, and
In addition to Dexters stall and harness-room,
contained a large carrlage
rrom, an oat-bin, and a haymow over
the stall.
One night, when the family and the
servants were away from home and
the governor was In the house alone,
he was awakened by an ominous
crackling and a bright glare en his
chamber window, and before he could
collect his sleepy wits be was startled
by a cry unlike any sound he had ever
heard. As he sprang out of bed the
cry came again, and hastening to the
window he learned the cause. The
stable was all ablaxe, and out of the
smoke and flames Dexter was calling
bis master to bis rescue.
Pausing only to don coat and slip
pers, tbe governor rushed out. The
outside door of the stable leading Into
the stall was already blocked by
flames, and tha only entrance to be
had waa through the carriage-room, tbe
harness-room and a narrow entry lead
ing past the oat-bin. These rooms
were on Ore overhead, and burning
wisps of hay and shingles were raining
down In showers.
Blinded by smoke, tbe governor .
stumbled along the roundabout way,
and reaching the stall sooner than he
expected, fell headlong down the steps
against the excited animal, who was
vainly tugging at his baiter. Thinking j
some new danger threatened him, Dex-1
ter gave a mighty kick that sent bis j
master sprawling and lamed him for ,
a month.
"Whoa, Dexterl" shouted the govern
or. "Don't you know me, sir? Steady
now. old fellow, and we'll get out of
this."
Recognizing his master's voice. Dex
ter turned hla head toward the pros
trate man and uttered a coaxing whin
ny quite unlike his previous loud cries
of alarm. Knowing he need fear no
more kicks, the governor crept up and
cut the halter, and calling Dexter to
follow him, limped blindly through tho
smoke-filled entry and the two blazing
rooms beyond. ' And close after him
went Dexter, his nose pressed against
his master's shoulder, man and horse
reaching the safe outer air together.
"It was Dexter's obedience that saved
him," said the governor. "I could not
lead him, and had be shown the least
obstinacy, or any less readiness to fol
low nt i -word through frH-ttea round-.
about, unaccustomed way, I min -vs
lert mm to perisn in rne names. tup.mur viair
he followed like a well-trained soldier. ! l885?
and we escaped from our burning, flery
furnace almost as safelv as Shadracb.
Meshach and Abednego did
theirs."
from
Mr. Holiday "So you think that you
would like to take the position of su
perintendent of the works? Don't you
think it better for you to seek a more
humble place at flirt?" Rollo "Why,
sir, you have told me that there is al
ways plenty of room at tho top. Surely,
you would not have me crowd the
worthy men who are lower down."
Boston Transcript.
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