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RAILROAD THROUGH THE FARM.
There'i that Mack abomeriiation, that
big locomotive there,
If moke-tail like a pirut flag, a-waTin'
through the air;
Am' I must set twelve -Banes a y, an'
never rata my am,
An' aee thet gret black moaster t a-
anortia' thronsh my faraa.
My father" fara, any mwlui1! tana
I come of Pilgrim stock
M 7 great-great-gTeot'rreat-rratiflair'i
farm way back to Plymouth Kock;
Way back in the sixteen hundreds it was
in our family name,
An' no man dared to trctpasa till that
tootin' railroad came.
I sez, "You can't go through this farm.
you hear it flat an' plain!"
An" th;n they blabbed about the riajht of
"eminunt domain."
"Who's Eminunt Domain?" sez I; "I
want you folks to see
Thet on this farm there ain't no man so
eminunt cz me."
An' w'en their prangs begun to dig I went
out with a gun,
An they rushed me off to prison till their
wretched work wuz done.
"If I can't purtcet my farm," sez I, "w'y,
th'-n, it's my idee
You'd better sht-t off callin' this 'the conn-
try of the free.' '
There, there, ye henr it toot agin an'
break the peaceful cslm,
I tell ye, you black monster, you're no
business on my farm!
An' men ride by in stovepipe hats, an'
women loll iu silk.
An lookiu' in my barnyard, say, "See
thet old rodder milk!"
Git off my farm, you Fturk-np doodo, who
M?t in there an' erin,
I own th:s farm, railroad an all, an' 1
will fence it in!
Ping-d'mjr, toot toot, you black ol' fiend,
you'll liml w'en you come bark,
An' o!' rail ft-m-e, without no bars, built
straight across the track.
An' then yon srnr k-np doods inside, you
Pullman upjier rrust.
Will know this nxlger'll hold his farm an'
let the raiirond bust.
You'll find this railroad all fenced in
't won't do no nrod to talk
If you want to git to Boston, w'y jest take
yer lais an' walk.
Sam Walter Toss.
DANGEROUS WOMAN
HAT a splendid
figure that lady
has; I wish we
could get a
glimpse of her
face. If it match
es her form, she
must be a superb-
y I iVJ ly uoatrarui worn-f)i':-'f
an." I remarked
y V-.'-V' '""V'H to Tom Poole, my
7& tt l -iWN
detective friend.
" She Is proli
ably plain enough
In features." re
s p o u ded Poole.
"Wonen nre not -iven to hide their
faces ko coinjili ii-ly when they are
worth looking at. But, as you say. I
should like a look at hers, for special
reasons."
"Ah! And pray what are they?"
"Well, knowing Unit you can be trust
ed, I will tell you. Complaints of rob
beries of pause". gers' luggage from rail
way platforms have been so frequent
of late that I have been detailed for the
Kpeclal duty of capturing the thieves.
And from inquiries I have made. I
have reason to believe that one of those
thieves Is a woman."
When we turned back she had disap
pe-ured. Poole ieoped into the ladies'
waiting rooms, but she had evidently
left the station.
"I verily b lieve that woman 'spot
ted' me. In spi.e of my get-up," said the
dotective in a vexed tone. "I must try
mother rob'."
Several weeks passed, and Poole had
not seen the lady. I hud twitted him
with his want of success in Identifying
thehandsonielady with the luggage rvb
beries, and he took my banter very
coolly.
A few evenings afterward I was at
Euston, seeing off a frieud who had
been staying with me for a few days.
The train hud just left, and I was go
ing away by the n;aln entrance, when
a hansom drove up at full spued, and
Its occupant, a tali young lady, got
quickly out."
"You're too late, miss; the Scotch ex
press has gone," said a porter.
"O, heavens, what shall I do?" And
the lady covered her fuce with he'
bands and sobbed bitterly.
"Can I be of any service to you?" 1
asked.
!jhe raised her veil and looked at me
with what I thought were the loveliest,
uaost glorious eyes I had ever seen
eyes large, melting and of a beautiful
blue.
"I will trust you, sir, for I like your
face. I started from Paris last night.
Blr, en route for Edinburgh. At Dover
this evening I discovered that I had
lost my purse, but as I was booked
through, and had my route ticket la my
glove, that would not have mattered
much if I had caught the train that
has Just gone. I am a stranger in I.ou
don, and I have no money. What am
I to do? The cabman took pity on mc
at Victoria and brought me here."
"Come wiili me. My landlady wil'
put yon up; she Is a good soul, and has
tw o daughters of her own. Do not hes
ltate; I cannot think of your going tc
a hotel."
I handed her Into the hansom, on thf
top of which were two large lea the!
trunks, and handsomely remunerated
the generous cabman on our arrival at
my lodglru's in Kensington.
My l:i::lialy and her daughters re
ceived their unexpected gue.-t with ev
ery appearance of cordiality. During
supper Miss Evelyn Da'.rymple, as ph.
styled herself, briefly narrated her his
tory, telling us that she wos an orphan
had lx'en oo:.(;.a:i:o-i to a lady living ii;
Faris, 1 nt that, not '.ii.itig that city, sh:
wa.s going to Hdir.bui'S in a similar ca
pacity. No reply came to the telegram w.
pent, and Miss 1 ulrymple seemed In r.
hurry to go away. A: I Sarah Gribb! '
the younger of the two :-'!rls, would ro
be h'!eu.l!y to the ttruiger, notwPh
ctatuling her-mother's ri monstrances.
"Her gentb-e.-s is nothing but art
mother: her amiability is assumed. Yo:
nre blind to her real character; she is :
compound of cunning and selfishness."
said Sarah.
The rtlst'e of a dress outside the do...
nifiht .' -mI.'s sharp cans, and sti'l ie'i
iy opening ti'e door, she found Mi
Dalrymplo standing there. With .
Hash of withering S'-orn Sarah confront
coed her.
Is It necessary to stand with you
car to the keyhole, listening to our -!.
ersa lion?" site asked.
Surely you cannot mean it, !;
:-.rali? You do not know what en.;
thinu-s you r.re saying'. I!ut I will leavt
I have no wish to create discord In
twecn a mother and daughter."
After her departure I learned th
she had sold her traveling minus
I, ri.a.Mn r.rt Un AVOllCA t i I ' I f tl.
were far too large for her small ward
iV'jy
robe, which she nk wy It ftM
toiie bag. I resolved never again to
play tbe knight erruit IB raeb a fash
ion te strange damack In dtotraaa.
"Would yen like te aee bw the men
bers" of the BweIl mb' eajey them
selves?" aoked Tem Pvolc B evening
some two utouthi altar my adventure
with the blue-eyed orpbas. "Tbere la a
ball and suppe te-olfbt t raise fnnda
for the defense of that aooondrel Bat
eon, who nearly killed one f out men
when caught coiDffittxiog a burglary, ai
you will remember."
The Janitor at the door demurred at
first, and mildly declared that we bad
no right of entrance, the affair going
ou upntairs being quite a private one,
but Tom Poolo declared that If any far
ther delay took place In opening tbe
door he would raid the place. Tbal
threat was effectual, for possibly some
of the gayly d -eased men and women
had property in their possession foi
which they would have found It diffi
cult to account,
"Do you see any one you recognise?"
be whispered.
"Xo," I replied, pnraled.
"The lady whose figure you admired
at St. rancras," he went on; "nee, there
she Is, with her face turned to the girl
behind her."
I looked In the direction Indicated,
and was more puzzled than ever. Tb
girl possessed the splendid form of th
veiled lady we had seen at St. Pan
eras, and her balr was of the reddy
gold that was so much affected some
time ago by the- ladles; In all other re
spects she was exactly like Miss EvelyB
Dalrymple, the glorious blue eyes, es
pecially.
Hut Evelyn's hair was dark browl
when I took her home with me to Mrs.
Cribble's, hence my bewilderment. But
as the girl turned In our direction, and
I had a clear view of her face, my
doubts vanished. Sarah Gribble bad
been right; the orphan was a fraud.
Ttather more than a year afterward 1
happened to be at the central station,
Manchester, seeing a chum off to South
Wales by the 10:.10 express. The train
had Just gone when a cab dashed np,
and a lady alighted. It needed only a
glance to satisfy me that Evelyn Dal
rymple bad again turned up, and evi
dently In her old character, for on the
cab were two trunks and a large port-ma-jteau.
Before she could fix upon a train that
would enable ber to get away with her
booty, I had hurriedly told a railway
eoi'stable what I knew of the lady, and
she was arrested.
At the sessions a string of convictions
were proved against her, and the ap
posing glances of her beautiful blue
eyes were powerless to Induce the re
corder to "give her another chance."
'"You are a dangorsus woman, and
society uiu.-t be rid of you for a consid
erable period. Ten years' penal servi
tude." Black Art at the Dinner Table.
Although the culinary art ha9 In tht
last twenty years made rapid strides,
still there is a certain sameness about
dinner parties which, to the habitual
liner-out, comes bnt little short of dull
monotony, snys the London Sun. Now
ami again, however, one comes across
a hostess whose Imagination, or eccen
tricity, is the means of providing a
meal for her guests upon lines othet
than those upon which the ordinarj
dinner is given. Such a one was
lady who lived In tbe neighborhood ol
Kensington, and who every year gav
what she termed a memorial dinner,
on- the anniversary of her husband'l
ilenth.
The room In which the dinner wai
uiven whs draped for tne occasion In
mauve and black, no othr colors being
visible. The tablecloth was likewise
of mauve silk, while the only floral dec
orations In use were violets. The lady
Eiiests arrayed In either Mack or mauve
dresses! the footmen were dressed in
black plush breeches, mauve silk
stockings and black coats. On dinner
being announced the hostess took the
bend of the table, but on either side of
her. seated upon two stools, sat two
black poodle dogs, excellently clipped
after the approved French fashion, and
with mnuve-colred ribbon bows on
their heads. These two dogs had been
Si-eat pets of the lady's husband dur
Ins his lifetime, and it was for this rea
son that they were allowed a seat
ntnotig the gnosis at the dinner-table.
The menu was remarkable for the ab
sence of any color In the viands, save
mative, the nst being either black or
white. Thus the soup was white, like
wise Dsh and entrees. As regards
same, the lady got over the dlnicnlty,
or at least met It half way, by provid
ing black-cock. The sweets were
mnunve-colored or white, while at the
ei:d of the dinner black coffee wa
served.
Cateh'nR a Shark.
A thrilling hunt for a man-eating
shark took place In the harbor of Key
West last week and came very near re
sulting fatally for those engaged.
The shark was first seen BWlmming
in shallow waters, and three boys start
ed oat in a rowboat to capture It. They
were armed only with a small barpoon.
They managed to get close to the shark
without attracting attention, and plant
ed the harpoon securely in Its back.
The b'g Ush plunged forward when It
felt the it on, s.bJ In a moment the boat
was spinning through the water like
an express train. Several attempts were
made to loosen the rope, but In vain.
Meanwhile they hesitated to cut the
rope, 'for fear they might lose tbe shark.
The boat was towed in this fashion
more than an hour. At times the shark
would turn so suddenly as to greatly
mlaugcr the boat, though keeping all
the time in comparatively snaiiow wai-
er.
The boys bcgRn to shout for help, and
t yacht was sent to them. Just, as the
yacht came alongside the shark made
l dive for the boat and tore a big hole
in the side. As the boat fllled tne yacnt
ime up and took off tbe boys, and the
shark was killed with a rifle. It meas
ured 15 feet In length. New York
World.
Saw a Tr'iin for the First Time.
conntrv bov who was brought UD
O .1 A .A
ii a remote region oi rcniiiiu uu o,v, v, - ---
aslon to accompany his father to a "That was all right"
. iilage near which a branch line of rail-! "No, It wasn't; he turned out to be a
v. ay passes. The morning after his ar- .nan I didn't know, so we knocked
rival, when sauntering In the garden , ?ach other down and got Into court."
hind the house in which they were'Roston Journal.
: virz. be beheld with wondering eyes
i train go by. For a moment he re
..allied staring at It with astonishment,
-ml then running into the house, he
iid: "Fayther, farther, come cot!
'here's a blacksuiiddy shop ran off wi'
row of bouses, and It's awa' doon by
he back o' the town."
Thrilling.
He That must be a very Intereat'nj
txiok you are reading.
ci,rvh ii-. xrfnilv orlHnl Thi
erolne chances her gown six time
be first chapter.
Sawing wood and carrying np coal
- ar e Industries.
SINGULAR STATEMENT.
from Mrs. Bank to lira. Pinkhom.
The following- letter to Mrs. rink
bam from Mrs. M. Rank, No. 2,354
East Susquehanna Ave., Philadelphia,
Pa., is a remarkable statement of re
lief from otter discouragement. She
says:
" I never can find words with which
to thank yon for what Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound has done
for me.
" Some years ago I had womb trouble
and doctored for a long time, not see
ing any improvement. At times I
would feel well enough, and other
times was miserable. So it went on
until last October, I felt something
terrible creeping over me, I knew not
what, but kept getting worse. I can
hardly explain my feelings at that
time. . I was so depressed in spirits
that I did not wish to live, although I
had everything to live for. Had hys
teria, was very nervous; could not
sleep and was not se to be left
alone.
" Indeed, I thought I would lose my
mind. No one knows what I endured.
" 1 continued this way until the last
of February, when I saw in a paper a
testimonial of a lady whose case was
similar to mine, and who had been
cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta
ble Compound. I determined to try it,
and felt better after the first dose. I
continued taking it, and to-day am a
well woman, and can say from my
heart, 'Thank God for such a medi
cine.'" Mrs. Pinkham invites all suffering
women to write to her at Lynn, Mass.,
for advice. All such letters are seen
and answered by women only.
FIGHTING BOB EVANS.
Jow He DUclptined American Bine
Jackets Who Had Deserted.
"Fighting Bob" Evans Is something
,f a disciplinarian, as the following 1n
tident shows:
Once on the Mediterranean Station be
jras temporarily In command of his
iblp when French gendarmes brought
i board a large number of American
luejackets who had deserted. It waa
!he custom on such occasions for each
jluejncket, as soon as he was released
m the deck of the vessel, to turn and
jammer the countenance of the gen
larme until he was pulled away. This
iort of thing had a tendency to make
Ihe gendarmes afraid to bring In uc-
tertei!, and Evans determined to stop
t. In the presence of the gendarmes
md their captives he announced his de
dslon. The first bluejacket was re
eased, and promptly knocked his gen
iarme flat Evans picked up the gen
Iarme's sword and struck down the
ladlor. Exactly the same performance
ivas gone through with as each of the
iort six bluejackets was unshackled,
rhe eighth permitted his gendarme to
;o in peace. The seven men who had
eon cut down all escaped with their
lves. Evans said that they owed their
reservation to a merciful Lord, who
turned the edge of the French pol! co
nan's an sword. The seven Injured
nen were Invited to make charge
Wjalnst Evans, but they said they
lidn't want to. As they put It thenv
elves:
"They guessed they bad run np
tgalnot something they didn't know
inytblng about."
f HE CUBAN WATER MONKEY.
tne Mast Be an Kxpert to Drink from
It Gracefully.
The Cubans have a domestic tonsil
ailed a "water monkey" that is to Iks
bund in houses, hotels and offices. Tbe
xperlenced Cuban drinks without
ouchlng It to his lips. He holds It two
r three inches from bin mouth, Into
PRIXKrXQ FItOM A WATER MONK II.
vhlcb a tiny stream of water pours.
Gradually and slowly he lifts the tnon
:ey away from him until It Is almost
,t arm's length, the water continuing
o flow from the monkey down bis
hroat. When bis thirst baa been sat
sfied be returns the monkey toward
lis mouth, then suddenly tips It up,
butting off the stream.
He Tiptoes Now.
"What a quiet man your husband la
Mrs. Rizley. and It's surprising, too.
gfore oe was married he was one of
noisiest young men I ever knew
How did you break him of It 7"
" didn't break him of It. The baby
i ii it. It didn't take him long to learn
j ;le vniue 0f silence after little Alfred
; ;auie
Expenalve Mirth.
"Cheery words cost nothing "
"That's where you are way off. 1
laid two cheery words yesterday and
:hey cost me $17."
"How did that happen T
Well, I slapped a big man on the
t. ...!, nnt.l TTolln rttrl "
Miller Which Is right, "stop and
blnk" or "stop to think?" Smith
Stop to think," to be sure. You might
tasily stop to think while you were
alklng, but as to stopping and actually
:hlnking, that Is another matter. In
tlanapolla Journal.
Jones, the tailor, Is Informed that one
if his clients has suddenly gone Insane.
Oh. the poor fellow, bnt he'U pay my
Mil at least, won't be?" "Oh, he Isn't
' julte Insane enough for thatr-Oan-
ola.
Platonic love la a aort of prologue to
the real thlnf.
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
A COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN
TEREST TO THEM.
Something that Will Interest the Jn
Venile Member of Every Household
Quaint Actions and Brlsbt Suyinc
f llany Cute and Cunning Children.
Boys In tbe Country.
Country boys read with Interest these
words of Major General Nelson A.
Mlfes, the famous Indian fighter: "I
lived as a farm boy the happiest years
of my life. I think such a life laid the
foundation for my healthy constitu
tion, its simplicity and purity having a
great influence upon my after success,
greater than anything else. It taught
me habits of Industry and economy,
and Its freedom and independence caus
ed me to acquire the habit of self-rell-ance."
Where the Old Money Goes.
In the United States Bureau of En
graving and Frlnting at Washington
hundreds of thousands of dollars in
torn and soiled bills are destroyed each
day. The money comes from banks iu
all parts of the country, is counted by
an expert. Is then cut In two, lecg.h
wlse, and each half Is recounted by
different persons. The money Is then
reduced to a pulp by disintegrating
chemicals, the bills being thrown into
a Urge revolving cylinder partially
filled with the chemicals. This process
Is called maceration, and the pulp so
obtained Is pressed Into sheets resem
bling white cardlioard and Is then sold
for about $40 per ton. In this manner
the government pays the expense of
maceration. The doors to the macera
tion rooms are carefully guarded and
can be entered only by three officials
who have keys.
Where Baft la Found.
Pretty soon the boys will be digging
for bait, and If they are not posted they
niiiy find their search fruitless, or, bait
less, rather.
Angle worms may be found In any
moist, mucky soli, where sod or trees
or bushes are growing, but you must
dig around the roots, the banks of a
river or lake being capital places for
tbe search.
Best to capture frogs, search for
them In the marsh grass not far from
grassy ponds; but hunt early In the
morning or at dusk In the evening.
when the dew is heavy.
You can usually find crayfish In clay
sell that Is moist, where they dig holes
resembling snake boles, aud can be
tempted out by a chunk of raw meat,
which you may tie to a long piece of
string and drop Into the hole. When
you feel a tug at the string, slowly pull
the meat out and the crab will follow.
Fat white grubs, the best of all spring
bait, may be found In quantities in de
cayed logs and stumps, or in that por
tion of the barnyard compost pile whicb
lies next to the side of the barn.
OatricVs Odd Trap.
The oddest predicament in which an
ostrich ever found itself lately befell
one of the huge birds belong. ns to a
South African farmer. This ostrich
stole and bolted while steaming hot a
big dumpling. Tbe bird's regret was
Immediate and visible. In his struggle
to get rid of the fiery thing within him
Mr. Ostrich twisted his supple neck
around one of his legs nnd succeeded
In tying It In a knot. It required three
men and half an hour's time to extri
cate the bird from Its self-made trap.
"GrowingUp" In Japan.
In St. Nicholas there Is a paper on
The Little Japanese at Home," by
Ida Tlgner Ilodnett. Miss Hod net t
snys, in describing the "growing up"
of a boy:
When ho Is three years old, he begins
to wear the obi, a girdle, three Inches
wide, which confines the kimono, a
loose sort of garment, and the main
port of the Japanese national dress, for
both children and grown people. The
putting on of the obi Is the occasion of
another family feast; and a very Im
portant garment it Is, for It corresponds
to pockets in an American boy's first
trousers. The front part of the kimono,
above the obi. Is also used as a pocket;
and the long, wide sleeves, sewed up
at the lower end, make two very big
ones.
When fifteen ytnrs old, the boy be
comes of age, and a third family fes
tival occurs. Another name Is given
him, and bis hair Is allowed to grow
all over tho bead, like a man's. Pre
vious to this time the head is shaved so
as to allow the balr to grow only In
spots or tufts, tbe place of the tufts
varying up to the age of ten. when the
rowu only Is shaved. At this festival
eelebrattng his majority the manner of
friends and relatives changes toward
him, and while the day before he was
still addressed as a child, now he Is ad
dressed In the ceremonious forms re
quired by Japanese etiquette. The title
of respect, san. Is henceforth affixed to
his name, even by those nearest and
dearest. These titles, san, sama, al
ways follow the name, and are never
nrenxed as with our "Mr." For exam
pie, a boy whose name is Klyosbl will
be called Klyosbi-san. In his responses
to the kind speeches made to him, tbe
boy shows that he understands the
new honors that have come upon him,
anr that be Is now ready to apply him
self to the serious business of life.
It used to be a great thing to be born
x samurai (sah-moor-rl) boy baby in
lapan. The samurai were soldiers and
scholars, and were entirely apart from
and above the ordinary people. They
could not engage In any business, nor
?ould they marry Into another class.
Phis has all been changed siiue the
Japanese revolution of 1SG7-08. The
people are now divided into two large
classes the helmin (ha-meen), or com
moners, the shlzoku (sbee-zo-koo), or
gentry and all have equal rights under
the law. The average boy's success In
life depends upon his own abilities, and
the use he makes of the teaching he
may have.
The first thing the samurai baby
needed after he waa pnt In his nurse's
arms waa a sword. Rather a queer
thins for aby to have, bnt then this
baby waa a samurai! No matter If tbe
tiny hand could not grasp the handle,
his anrae carried It for blin; and when
tte opl becajso a put of, Up dres.
Hit
BOMKWn AT TWISTED.
An Anelen Cnntmn.
rrof Hepublican Travtier, ArkanraM Oil",
Kan.
Pilgrimages to aorne shrine f
to eure the disease known as 8t. Vitus'
.lance are uo loi or male. The "oJ?'"
way of treating t.il i afUlotlon la wltlila
reach of every uouseUold, a to B iown by
the experience of Karl A. Wagner, the
rloea-year-old sou of George Warner, Ol
615 9th St., Arkansas City, Kan. Xtte fath
er tells the story as follows:
"Over a year ago," he says, "Karl was
taken with St. Vitas' dance and continued
to grow worse daring Ave months he was
under a physician's care. His tongue be
came paralysed and we could not under
stand a word he said. He became very
thin, lost the use ot his right leg and
seemed doomed to become a hopeless in
valid. We had about given np hope when
Dr. Williams' Pink rills for Pale People
were reoommended to my wile by a lady
whose daughter had been cared ot simi
lar affliction by tbe pills.
"I boueht a box ot
I thmm at onoe and in
noticed a
change for
tbe better in
Karl's con
dition. I
was so well
iileased that
bought
more of
them, and
when he had
taken five
boxes the
disease dis
appeared. A lionet lncaluL
"That was six months ago and there baa
been no return ol tbe disease. The care was
effectual mad perinauent, and I feel satisfied
that no other me Heine could have pro
duced so marvolous a result. We feel re
joiced over the restoration of our son, and
cannot help but feel that Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills for Pule People are the most ra
marknble medicine on the market."
No discovery ot modern times has proved
such a blessin.f to man kind aa Dr. Will
iams' Pink l'tlls for Pale Teople. Acting
directly on the Mood and nervea, invigor
ating tbe body, regulating the functions,
they restore the strength and health In the
exhausted patient when every effort of the
physician proves unavailing.
These pills are sold in boxes at 60 cents a
box or six boxes for 92. BO, and may bo had
of all druggists, or direct by mail from Dr.
Williams' Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
sword was fastened to It and hung by
his aide. To be sure. It was a wooden
sword, but what of that? It was the
badge of his rank, and must go wher
ever he did all dny long, and when he
went to bed It was laid close by. "The
sword Is the soul of the samurai" Is nn
old Japanese saying, and It was thus
parly fastened to his side that he might
become used to grasping It from in
fancy. When our young samurai reached the
tige of seven. It was a day of great re
loicing. At the family festival two real
metal swords were fastened to the obi,
one on each side. The edges, however,
were blunt, and accidents were further
guarded against by having the swords
so fastened in their sheaths that the
young swordsman could not draw them
out. These were now his constant com
panions until, at the age of fifteen, the
weapons handed down in his family
took place.
Juvenile Joke.
Little Mamie was trying to write
with a dull lead pencil that her mother
bad given her, but meeting with poor
success she exclaimed: "Oh, mamma,
the wood has slipped down over the
lead and the marks won't come out!"
Eddie's father wus a Jeweler and
sometimes the little fellow got business
mixed up with Indian stories and Sun
day school lessons. One Sunday morn
ing he surprised his mother by asking:
"Say, mamma, what tribe was It that
made gold-plated calves the Israelites
or the Choctaw s 7"
Harry, aged 5, had been to Sunday
school, and upon his return home he
ti led to tell his mamma about the les
son: "And you know, mamma," said he.
'Lot's wife was awful meddlesome.
and when God told her to mind her
own business she got fresh and didn't
mind, so God put ber In a sack of salt.
Dorothy had heard some one singing
that classical production, the "LitUe
Alabama Coon," on the street. Present
ly she same to her mother and asked:
".Mamma, what does 'swat' mean?"
What do you think that it means?"
Well, I don't know, mamma; but I
s'pose that 'swat' Is colored for spank!"
"Auntie" was writing to her son far
away, and wanted to leu nun aoout
killing a turkey, but wasn't sure how
to spell the word. Itessie (the children
were in the kitchen) was mixed up also
and couldn't tell her. but Preston, who
can't talk plain, came to the rescue by
saying: "Auntie, Just tell him 'we tilled
a dobler,' nnd that will be all right."
Queer Fishing Custom '.
A few years ago the fishermen ot
Fregton, Lancashire, used to go fish
ing on Sunday, the same as on othet
days. A clergyman of the town preach
ed against Sabbath desecration, and
prayed that they might catch no fish.
And they did not! But they found out
how to make his prayers of no avail.
The fislienneu used to make a little
eftipy of the parson iu rags, and put
the small "guy" up their chimneys.
While his reverence was slowly smok
ed and consumed, the fish bit like ev
erything! Tbe fishermen of the Isle of
Man always feel safe from storm and
disaster If they have a dead wren od
board. They have a tradition that at
one time an evil spirit baunted tbe her
ring pack and was always attended by
storms. The spirit assumed many
forms, and at last it took the shape of
a wren and flew away. Since then If
they have a dead wren with them they
feel certain that all will be safe and
snug.
On the Norfolk coast they think that
fleas and fish come together. An old
fisherman near Cromer was heard to
say: "Times Is that you might look In
my flannel shirt and see scarce a flea,
and then there ain't but a few herrings;
but times there are when my shirt's
alive with 'em, and then there's sartln
to be a sight o' fish." Flannel-shlrted
anglers, please note!
To Can Constipation Forever.
Take Carareti Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c.
If C. C. C. fail to cure, drugguu refund money
I.ions can neither bo tamed nor trained
.iy those who know. You may pare their
cliiws and pull thoir eye-tcoth and ter
rorize tliem to a certain extent, if you
liegm when they are cues, iut their in
tiate fierceness and lust for blood remain.
f nre Guaranteed tT DR. J. H. MITER, toil
AKC'll ST- 1H1LA, FA. Kaaa at once; no
eraUon or delay tium bntmeaa, Cooaulialloa
liec. Kndonement of physiclaui, ladle anil
imminent ciuzetu. Menu tor cucuiac umc4
LouraU A. a ml F. M.
Rats havo for years been a pest In Paris
lint never more so than now. They teem
everywhere, ana nre sani lo Issue
thousands from drains, while in oni!vi: c
iistricts they wour the streets in h,it!e:
affording lino sport to the policemen, win
spit them on sword-bayonets.
Fits permanently cured. No fits or ner-Tous-nem
after flrnt day's use of Ir. Kline's Great
Nerve ltestorer, $2 trial bottle and treatise free.
DK. B. 11. KLINE, Ltd., 9S1 Arch St., Phila, Pa.
5Tn some parts of China the young wom
en wear their hair in a long single plait,
with which is intertwined a bright scarlet
thread, mm style oi ornnmeutiition de
notes that the young lady is marriage
able.
."emc, ""tat au. tut ra.s.6.
BeatCooKb Syrup. Taste Uood. U
f 1 1 II L" IU ..1 I. , . . -T
in uiur. rwna oy ornavnta,
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in
DEBTS Of THE WORLD.
Tot.1 Approximate. 1 5.830,000,000
Interest, 220,000,000
The debts of the world approximate
5,8:10,000,000. It was estimated Just
twenty years ago that the eighteen
largest national debts amounted in the
aggregate to 4,553,000,000. A sum of
197,000,000 waa allowed for the nu
merous minor borrowers; and this
brought the total Indebtedness to about
4,750,000,000, which means that there
has been an Increase In tbe two de
cades of as much as 1,080,000,000.
There have been a few noteworthy de
creasesthus, the debt of Great Brit
ain baa gone down from 780,000,000 in
1878 to 645.000,000; that on tbe United
States from 440,000,000 to 240.000,
iwh). and that of Germany from 200,
i :;xt,000 to 85,000,000. But the great
majority of the old borrowera have
een true to human weakness, ana nave
increased their obligations; while a
host of smaller peoples have appeared
upon the scene.- France, an easy first
in regard to the aggregate, is also first
In regard to the Increase, for whereas
Its debt in 1876 was the equivalent of
900,000,000, last year It was equal to
1.280,000.000-a rise of 380,000,000.
Austria-Hungary Is second to France In
this particular with nn Increase of
222,400,000; Russia Is third with an
Increase of 160,000,000; and Italy
fourth with an Increase of 124,000,000.
The fluctuations in the principal debts
in tbe periods under discussion are
shown In the following table, from
which the millions (000,000) are omitted:
187". 1(00. Inc. Dec
000 fl.ZMO 380 ...
THO 645 1J
440 240 101
WH M4 124 ....
. RS2 605 224
376 35S 22
840 5o0 1G0 ....
200 85 .... H5
135 170 86 ....
; 130 125 .,. 5
62 121 B
80 93 1
75 0f it
6 143 79
83 23 40
40 215 1 ....
80 i ns ....
80 63 33 ....
France
(treat Britain . ..
l uitwl States ..
Italy
A afltrla-Hungary
Kputn
Rui-sla .........
Germany 2UO
Turkey
India
llruzll
Netherlands ....
Egypt
Portugal
Mexico
Auxtralasla
Belgium .. ..
Cauada ........
Totals ..
Net Increase
...M.D53 5,STS
1,333 COS
.K2."S.O0O.000
The order of importance of twepty
years ago has naturally not been main
tained. Austria-Hungary (the upoclal
debts of each nnd the common debt of
both) has gone up from fifth to third;
Italy Is still fourth, Russia is fifth In
stead of seventh and Australasia Is
eighth Instead of sixteenth. Canada,
though Its Indebtedness has Increased
very materially, now ranks after Ar
gentina, with 74,000,000, and is only
Just nhcad of Japan, with 60,000,000.
Mexico, it may be well to observe,
would not show creditably, as the mere
figures indicate, If we went into de
tails of the way In which the reduction
of debt has been effected. Among the
minor countries whose debts are inter
esting are miscellaneous British pos
sessions, with 47,0(H),0 W; Roninanla,
with a similar total; Greece, with 33,
000,000; Sweden and Norway, 25,000,
000; Uruguay, with 22,000,000; Servia,
with 15,000,000, and Denmark, with
11,500.000.
The obligations of the nations whicb
are not Included In the above list
amount approximately to 452,000,000,
which, added to the sum stated In the
table, brings the world's total to 5,
Kt0,000,000. On this enormous amount
of money something like 220,000,000
is paid annually in the way of Interest
Twenty years ago the estimated pay
ment In this direction was 200,000.000
and the Increase of over 1,000,0(X),000
is attributable to the growing cheap
ness of money, whereby all nations of
good credit may secure loans on far
more favorable terms than In 1876.
As may readily be Imagined, France
pays out the largest sum annually in
Interest, and the average runs to about
1 per head of the population, against
12s. in Great Britain, 15s. in Italy, 13s.
In Austria-Hungary, 13s. In Spain, Is.
Od. in the I'nlted States and Is. 4d,
Germany. rail Mall Gazette.
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Mtil&ke Into Vonr Shoes
Allen's Foot-Ease. a powder for the feet. It
enres painful, swollen. norvous, smarting foot
ana instantly takes tuo sting ont or corns
and bunions. It's tho greatest comfort dis
covery of tho age. Allen's Foot-Ease makes
tlsht or new shoos fee! easy. It Is a certain
cure for swentiug, rnllons and hot, tired.
miigret-t. Tru it to-tlnu. Sold bv all druir-
Sists and shoo stores, 25c. Trial package
VliEE. Address Allou S.Olinsted.La Boy.N.X.
Owing t t' e prejudice of t'ie Chinese
g i list i nilron-N.gre t diffn-nlty hns been
ex ei-ieneel in the Invuie out if the line
lietween Peking and Hankow.
Branty la Illood Deep
Clean Mood means a clean skin. No
lieautv without it.Cascarets.Condv Cathar
tic clean your blood and keen it clean.by
stirring np the lazy liver and driving all
impurities from the body, llecin to-day to
banish pimples, boi Is." blotches, black
heads, nnd that sickly bilious complexion
by taking Carcarets lieauty for ten cents.
All ornccists, atlsructioon guaranteed.
10c, ?5c. 50c.
In old times card playing was regarded
is essentially a Christian pastime, and a
t:itute of Henry VII. forbids card play
ng save during the Christian holidays.
FT. VITrS' PANCE, BPAPU8 and all nerv
ens diseases permanently cured by the use of
!r. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Send for
1 ltKE fl.00 trial bottle and treatise to Or. B. B.
Kline, Ltd., 931 Arch Street. Phlla Pa.
luring the siege of Tarls no fewer
than 22.000.000 letters sailed out of the
city in the 54 balloons dispatched between
tho l'Jth ot September, 170, and the 28th
of January, 1871.
foa't Tobacco f pit a ad Smoke Toar Life Away
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic, full of life, nerve and vigor, take N'o-Tu-llae,
the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. All drureisU. 50c or tl. Cure guaran
teed. Booklet and sample free. 'Address 6ter
ling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
A pair of scales, much like those of
tho modern pharmacists, is among the ob
jects discovered this year in excavations
about 30 miles from Thebes, and recently
exhibited in London.
To Cure m, Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Qelnine Tablets.
Druggists refund money If it fails tocure.
Al
The term "infantry"soldiers originated
with the Spanish, and wag first applied
to the military force employed by an
infante, or young Prince of Spain, to res
cue his father from the Moors.
Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens tbe gums, reducing InUainnia
tloh, allays pain, cures wind colic, 2oc. a bottle
Wales is the richest part of Great
Britain in mineral wealth. England pro
duces annually, about 2 to each acre,
Scotland a linle less than 2, but the pro
duct of Wales amounts to over 4 per acre.
Kdacate Vonr Howele With rascarata.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
0c, 23c. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money
A shepherd at Chambory, Savoy, em
pioys a nurse, insieaa ot a dog to keep the
herd tocether. The horse understands tv.
"rdera given him and carries them out ar
inieuigentiy as tho best-trained dog.
ant free. Klondike Map
From Gold Commission's official survey. Ad
dress Gardner At Co., Colorado Springs, Colo.
It la aald that every thread of aphfcr'.
web to made np of about 5.000 separate
ftbera. If a pomd of thta thread were
rcqnrreu rt WOUK1 occupy 28,000 spider
a full year to fnrtdsdi M.
Eret7 ma think he U strictly flr8t
gggggegggyyirwaof n
. . . I
No amount of argument can convince the experienced,
honest grocer that any other soap will give his customers
such general satisfaction as Ivory Soap. He knows that
they prefer Ivory Soap to new kinds, of unknown quality.
Ivory Soap will sell because the people want it, the
other soaps may look like Ivory, but his customers want
the real thing they may buy a new soap once to try it,
but they come back again and again for Ivory Soap, and
they insist on having it.
THE HOECAKE.
Why Doea the Wheat Bread Crowd Ont
the Corn 't
Most middle-aged persons remember t
well when cornbread was served upon
nearly all tables In the South and est
at least twice a day. Sometimes it ap
peared In the form of "boecake" or
"batter bread," and again in "pones."
It was par excellence the bread of the
negro, and every man who served In
the Confederate army was also full
graduate In tbe use of It. Now the
Jarkles eschew it where wheat bread is
to be obtained, and upon the tables of
thousands of Southern and Western
whites it never appears at all, while
others continue to use it only for din-
oer.
Now, why Is this? Surely corn meal
is as It ever was. Those who sincerely,
but probably mistakenly, believe that
"water-ground" meal is better than the
product of mills turned by steam can
always find a supply of that in most
cities, and it is common enough In the
country. There Is no trouble about the
meal; but we doubt whether the art of
cooking it has been preserved. The
high-toned colored damsels who are
turned out by our public schools are
not tbe adepts that our old Aunt Dinahs
and Aunt Peggys were. No self-respecting
pan of dough would be conjur
ed into shape by such unskilled hands.
And then we may seriously doubt
whether cornbread can be cooked In a
ttove as well as in an open fireplace.
The Indians laid their dough cakes
between layers of forest leaves, or up
on the bard ground, and cooked them
In the hot ashes. Hence "ashcake," a
very luscious product, indeed, when one
has whetted his appetite for It by a
long day's bunting.
The boecake was so called because
;t was originally baked upon a hoe
that ever-ready and useful instrument
of nirriculture, which Is to be found np
n every plantation. But later on, cook
ing utensils were manufactured whici
took the place of the humble hoe. So,
too, shingles were used whereupon to
place the dough while it went through
tbe process of becoming a well-done
ashcake. Richmond Dispatch.
Baser to Oblisre.
"No, madam," said Meandering Mike,
"I'm sorry, but it's ag'ln my principles
I can't uplit no wood."
"Well," she answered, "there will be
a load of coal here this afternoon,
and "
"I'm sorry ag'ln, bnt I can'r carry no
eoaU But I'll tell you what I will do.
I'll compromise. Ef you've got a gaa
stove I'll turn on the gas fur ye."
Washington Star.
Ho-To-Bae For Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak
men strong, blood pure.
50c, tl. All druggists.
In "New Orleans practically the whole
of the street railway system has been con
verted during the past three years from
mtilo hanlnen to eloctrio traction. Out of
170 miles of road 163 miles are now oper
ated electrically.
J. C. Simpson, Marqoea. W. Vav, aayat
" Hull's Ciiturrh Cure cored me of a very bad
case of catarrh." Druiraiats sell it. Too.
In Nagasaki, Japan, there is a fire
works maker who manufactures pyrotech
nic birds of great size that, when ex
ploded, sail in a lifelike manner through
ti-e air, and perform movements exactly
like those of living birds.
PI bo's Our la a wonderful Cough medldne
- Mrs. W. Pickbrt. Van Siclen and Blak
Avoa Brooklyn. N. Y Oct. 26. Its.
From the famous Florence district in
Idaho conies the news of one of the most
stupendous mining undertakings ever
conceived in the Northwest. It is the
construction of an immense tunnel, four
miles in length, to tap tho entire Floren
ence deposit.
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TRUMPET CALLS.
Ram's Horn Pounds a Warning No
to tbe Unredeemed.
INIQUITY builds
Its own jail.
Atheism Is the
zero of hope.
Truth Is the
weapon of hon
esty. When money Is
king, misery is
queen.
We cannot
trust hi a God
thut's unjust.
God's cause is
not benefited by telling lies.
A man without principle never be
Mines a martyr.
Loss of first love is the first mark of
apostasy.
Prayer meeting talk is not a sure cri
terion of piety.
Prejudice is the chain of error hold
ing its deluded devotee fast.
Camp meeting religion is too ofteD
scamp meeting religion.
Preaching for oratorical fame Is not
tbe kind of preaching God blesses.
Daniel was in training for his lion's
den experience, a good many years.
Boston has a society of direct descen
dants of passengers on the nienioral.ln
trip of the Mayllower to Plymouth. It
has already 118 memliers, and neurly 110
' other persons have lecn authorized to
. file their proofs of eligibility to nicni
' liership.
I have been nulns CASCAKETS for
Insomnia, with which 1 have been afllicted for
over twenty years, and I can say that Cuscorets
have riven me more reliet than any other reme
dy I have ever tried. I shall certainly recom
mend them to my friends as being all they are
represented." Thos. Gillard, Elgin, HL
CANDY
jf apT CATHARTIC yd
vwaoc asajin sraaarrtato
mil L J. l j sit. at
Pleasant. Palatable, Potent, Taste Good. Do
Ootid. Never Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe. Hie. ie. SOo.
... CURE CONSTIPATION. ...
t,rllt Wm4j Csaaaar, JTalcar, Vaatrval, iw Tarfc. Sit
Mfl.Tfs.Rlft So,1 nd ffiiaranteod by all dnir-
Wl U-DAW gUU to ClBt: Tobacco Habit.
fcO 10M
FOR
FIFTY YEARS 1
MRS. WINSLOWS
SOOTHING SYRUP
has bee used by mUttona of mothers for tbelr
chlldfeA while f eettlof for over Fifty Yean.
Itiootke tbe child, (oftena the gum, allays
aU blo. cure wind ooUo, aad la the best
reauar tor aiarrnoea.
wcBiy.ave Cents a Battle.
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Fine Sfaaftntf Canaries, Moctlvi Birds,
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I'.leona, GOLDFISH and Globe. Tha
largest and beat selected stock of first'
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lotuea. Birds can be delivered to all
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AGENTS wanted everywhere, either sex-The
Zarema diamond; experts puzzled to detect fr..in
genuine; expense nominal; liberal comniiion
to agents. Catalogue and sample trine or stuii i
free on application. If. It. SHOCK A CO., 74
State at., Chicago.
laal9laf I Washillglon, lt.4 .
? Successfully Prosecutes Claims.
Late Principal Examiner U.S. Pnalon bureau.
3 jralalaat wax, UadJudluaUugclaauia, aiu oujcu.
and Uquor Habit cured la
10 to SO days. No pay till
cured. Ir. J. I-Stephcna,
Dept. A. Lebanon, Ohla.
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