The principal of one of the Clicags
abtic acnooia Has just published a
KnAlr in ..1..S,
ere la lr 7
rmunn lr value
tio.d Talk. of conditional
power as a commercial ussjei. ne
points out that large salariesare paid
10 men who have conversation"! rifts,
i0d that a yWIg roan will find few
linings 1,1 'Bore value than the ability
I to express himself fluently and force
fully. Incidentally, reports the Chi-
lc4go Tribune, the professor seta forth
line methods which he has udopted id
I teaching his pupils ia tbe public
schools to converse. There can be no
question that the ability to express
,,ne's thoughts easily ana convincingly
ii s valuable accomplishment. It la
probable also that to an extent the
ability to conversa well may be ac
quired, but the able talkers, lika the
great poets, are born and not made
The "gift of the gnb Is with some men
'1' k. LJ ..1. 1
lre children to argue with nud con
vince their fellows, and when they
grow up 'hey become successful law
yers, book agents or confidence oper
ators. Mtn uo amount oi sjieciai
training can the average loan evei
hops to meet them ia a conversatlona1
contest, whether tne subject be tne
sale of a book or n gold brick, or the
winning of a lawsuit. If in the over-
crowded public schools the pupils arc
taught the fundameirtnls of correct,
not to say elegant, use of the English i
language, the niceties of conversation ,
as a tine art may perhaps be left for i
future accjtiirement.
A regular army soldier at Fort :
Schuyler was lately blown to puces by
the explosion of a stick of dynamite
which he tried to break in, two. A
schoolboy in New York was about tc
be tpanked by the janitor, who had
been called in by a lady teacher to do
the job, when a stick of dynamite
which he had surreptitiously obtained
was discovered in the lad'a pocket. The
spunking was suspended just in time,
probably, to prevent the destruction
of the schoolma'am, the janitor, the
boy and the building. The soldier kne-v.
all about dynamite, but the lad did
not. It waa recklessness ia ene case
aad Ignorance in the other. High ex
plosives have their uses, but they are
out of place when employe- aa dy
namic forces in education.
Maggie, a mare belonging to Aaron
Tocmn, s merchant oi Reading, re
fuses to work more than fain hour a
day. Margie ia now 33 vteers of are.
II. and i 9itbr wwW occnskuntlly,
a local informant, but she remembers
the habits of early youth, and hangs
' into the nine-hour schedule. When aha
it hitched up in the morning at seven
o'clock she will work hard all morn
ing. When noon comet, however, Mag
gie insists upon going to the atable.
At one o'clock the ia ready for the aft
ernoon's work, but at Ave o'clock will
not go anywhere but to the stable.
The New York joker who entered
a ten-cent cat at a pet stock show
and took a first price, and alto ex
hibited "I'uldeka Orphan," a broken
down car horse, at the horae ahow,
remarks in an interview: "I never
kick when the joke it turned on me.
I have no patience with people who
'keep a joke up.' A man who will ran
a joke around till it ia on its uppers
and its tongue bangt out ought to go
to bed with his natural brother, the
lobster." This humorist hat a con
siderable power of expression as well
as a turn for hoaxes.
A woman in an Illinois town was ao
grievously stricken with diseate that
she sent each of her seven children
for a different doctor, with the result
that during the day at least three
physiciane responded to her calls.
The woman died the following day.
At the coroner's inquest held over
the body the jury brought in the fol
lowing verdict: "We find that the
woman came to her death from bowel
trouble and a complication of phy
sicians." A reporter lately took a census of
a mile of Fifth avenue, New York,
embracing the homes of many very
rich men, and found just 15 children
under the age of 12. There was an
average of one child to three houses.
Then the reporter transferred his at
tention to the Eust sido tenement dis
trict, where he found in ono flat
house 63 children, or more 'than four
times the number, found in the whole
Fifth avenue mile.
The governor of Colorado proposes
to appoint two pretty young women !
as colonela on his staff. The propo- j
sition is in every way commendable,
and it it strange that the eminent
fitness of women for such potitions
hag not been recognized before. The
sou duty of a colonel on a governor's
ktaff is to wear gorgeous clothes, and
It is obvious that a pretty woman I
can do that much better than a fat
politician.
A Texas legislator was asked to apol-
ogite the other day for a statement af- j
fecting the house unfavorably. "I
weigh 130 pounds," said he, "and own
U the ground I stand on and can take
care of myself here or outside." The
apology was sccepted.
Kansas is to revolutionize her treat
meat of the insane. Instead of crowd
ing the patlenta together into one im
mense building, they will be placed ia
tottag tt similar to private house. ,
GOOD HIVE.' FOR BEES.
S.ork That fthntjl Bf Done as
aa the Ban) Jtllr laaeela lle
Iflu l.elr Work.
Hives becouicfufit for good manipu
lation, and if 4t cleaned up every
spring and pu in good order '' lose i
a great purt o t lit. ir uscfuim s. Isees
carry in largcqyiuntities of propolis or
bee glue, MMUtter it over the inside
of the hive.-aml over the frames In I
such qualities that it almost tflsqflu
ifles the fnlne hive for the use it is
intended, lees ulso build burr combs
around th edge, of the frames, ami
about in he inside of the hive; this
also blocU good handling. While hives
are mad to prevent the building of
burr conbs ns much as possible no
hives enJrely prevent it.
Duriiuf the honey season bees fre
quentl' build out some of their combs
in Whip they store honey so wide
thut laey can scarcely be placed back
in th- hives without bruising the
coin's and killing bees. These combs
sho'ld be trimmed down to the proper
thh-iness by shuving off the surface
win a sharp knife. The frames should
bt cleaned of propolis and burr combs.
tl.Js putting the frame in the best
s'inpe for good handling during the
honey season.
W e can clean up the hives nicely by
beginning with a clean one and setting
the frames with contents, bees mid nil.
Into it from another; then this one
may be prepared for the next colony,
and so on until the entire number of
hives are put In good shape and with
but one empty hive to start with.
This is the importaut work to be
done in spring and should be done just
after the weather gets warm nnd the
bees are beginning work. Transfer
ring bees from old hives into new ones,
and all tbe work of cutting out and
straightening up the combs in the
frames should be done at this time.
Some who are not well posted become
discouraged with combs that have,
turned black nnd think them worth
less, but by no means is this the rase,
for after brood is reared in combs
they all turn black, but are not im
paired from usefulness. A. H, Duff, in
National Rural.
HOUSE FOR BANTAMS.
A Htm or Two for CooBtrr Bovs Who
Desire o On Some of Thaae
I klrmlug birds.
The boy who owns bantams, or who
hat an ambition to own some of these
charming little pets, can build a fine
little home for them according to the
plans illustrated herewith. Get three
large grocery or dry goods boxes and
HOW TO XRRANQE THE BOXES.
place them together, tide by side, as
portrayed, first having cut down the
two end boxes along the dotted lines.
The opening in the center box it cut
out for a window of two panes of
glass. A little door in the rear admits
the bantams. The rooft are put on as
shown, being hinged to open, as sug
gested by the dotted lines. One side
room serves as a roosting room, the
other aide room furnishes the laying
THE HOUSE COMPLETED.
quarters, while the central room is for
the scratching quarters. The outside
and oenter boxes have openings cut
through between them. This little
home will accommodate from six to
twelve inmates, according to size of
boxes. It can be placed under the
shade of a tree in summer, and taken
into the stable or into a shed in win
ter. If the floor it kept well covered
with dry chaff, the birds will be very
comfortable. Webb Donnell, in Farm
and Home.
BITS FROM BUZZDOH.
Swarming hives should be kept in
a cool place. A swurm may be in
duced to enter a hot hive, but if it
be too hot they are liable to de
sert it.
Use young larvae for the rearinr
of queen bees. Ilees, alwuys select
the younger larvae, and upinrists
may well follow the, bees in this mat
ter, lays Mrs. Ella Hcnson.
Sometimes, when bees hnve started
combs, ana some eggs arc lunl, nn
extremely hot dny will cause them
SO desert the hive. This can be I
avoided by having the hive in u
shaded place, or by erecting a four-1
pole simple shade over it.
Bees seldom desert a hire after
they have made a large beginning on
combs and eggs, or when a frame i
of brood is supplied to them.
Close students of beea insist that
bees never gather honey und pollen
on the same trip.
Honey-gatherers carry twice ns
heavy loads as are gathered by the
pollen-gatherers, The reason for
this is that the honey is heavier than
the pollen, bulk for bulk, and thut
the honey is taken into the bee's
sack, while the pollen Is carried on
the ends of the legs. Rural World.
The size of the hives must be set
tled by the locality of the apiary.
JTo one size of hive will answer per
fectly in all places.
4iVt If3f
PLAN FOR HOG PASTURE.
It, atlj Itrouicfct out ! .- of the
lOatrWCtOSS of the Mlnnriula
1 urmcra' luatltulr.
The permanent pasture. A, oan be
teeded down to June grass, white
clover, blue grans, timothy, in fact,
almost any grass that will not freeze
out. Pasture B is fo,r clover for sum
mer grazing, also for winter grazing
if wanted and possible. Pasture C is
for corn or green corn fodder raising.
Just before laving the corn by for the
season sow 15 pounds of clover seed
to the acre and cultivate it in wjien
going through with the corn culti
vator the last time, usually not deeper
than two to four inches. By this time
the ground is generally quite well
encM
PASTURE C A PASTURE B
oc
PERMANENT
0 PASTURE O
O u
PLAN FOR HOG PASTURE,
nhaded enough by the corn to hold
the necessary nioistnre to Insure
good stand of clover, even in a dry
season.
The next year posture C will be your
clover grazing ground, and in pasture
It the clover sod will be turned under
for corn and seeded down to clover
again, as before. Every year chunge
the clover on the corn pasture and the
corn on the clover pasture. By this
continual exchange of grazing ground
the pasture aoila will be getting richer
every year and growing larger corn
and more clover. This la also a good
plnre to pick out your aeed corn.
Make the feeding floor of cement.
: It was stated that it waa thought to
be better not to have a roof above
the feeding floor, ao as to get all the
aunshina on top of it, but that there
could be a three-foot tight board fence
around the sides oi the floor, to keep
off the chilly winds. Fig. D ia a water
barrel with an automatic fountain.
pBTOTWf CTjX comfortable alaeruag
QjUrrrd with plenty of tight, sun
light being the best disinfectant. On
a cold winter day you will frequently
see the hog go out to grace on a clovei
field if he can get at It . If each pasture
contains IS acres the plan outlined
will be sufficient for 150 to 17S swine.
Arthur Seebach, in Breeder's Ca
ret fe.
THE BALANCED RATION.
Those Who oaaidrr Its Kilitrart
Aro Tors- Mark BUatakeo.
To lie a successful dairyman a man
must know a good deal about the ef
fect on the animal system of the ra
tion he feeda. A one-sided ration it
sure to work injury to the animal
at some time of its career. Unbal
anced rations are frequently the
cause of dyspepsia in animuls at well
as man. An opinion seems to prevail
that an animal has a stomach and di
gestive system so much superior tc
that of man that any kind of food
can be consumed without had effects
All investigations show that this ii
not the ease. A well-balanced ration
i.s doubtless the most healthful ra
tion. The rations are over-balanced
according to the kind of food that
is most abundant hi each neighbor
hood. In the corn belt the feeding
of corn to cows becomes often al
most a vice, with the result that the
dairy qualities in the cows are elim
inated by the strengthening of the
beef-producing powers. In sections
of the country where timothy is ex
tensively grown the animals are fed
on this so exclusively that indiges
tion often results. In regions where
clover it the cheapett food the
amount fed it to large as to result
in frequent losset from bloat. A
combination of foods to make a bal
anced ration ia the thing to be de
sired, nnd this cannot be done un
less the cow owner puts tome
thought and investigation into the
subject. Farmers' Heview.
NOTES FOR SHEEPMEN.
Stick to your breed.
The conditions for a healthier wool
trade are more favorable.
Less crossing and better blood lint
breeding would be a blessed gooc
thing for the country.
More sheep will be imported thi
year than ever before, particularly
of the very high class variety.
Each succeeding week shows sign?,
of an increasing wool trade und thi
outlook is more promising.
At the rate sheep-shearing plant?
are being put up in the west it look)
like un early abandonment of the ali
hand-shearing process altogether.
Advices from abroad reveal a very
unsatisfactory condition prevailing
in the woolen manufacturing centers
many of the factories producing only
a very small percentage of their fuli
capacity.
The London wool auction sales now
in progress are not at all satisfac
tory. Merinos barely commanding s
price equal to the closing values ol
the last series, and all cross-bredf
have declined from flee- to six pel
cent. American Sheep Breeder.
SHAKING PALSY.
A Disease IVcullnr tu Old Ave Tat
SrltloM Cured Hal Ma Be
a keited,
Shaking palsy, or paralysis agirons,
as it is called by physicians, iu nerv
ous uiTVetion in which thtrr Ii a weak
ness, aUnost amounting to actual
paralysis at times, combined ovitfa a con
si.u.t and ttnooatroUable Jerkli g of the
muscles, says Youth's Companion.
The affection is classed among the
disease of old age, but is not very rare
in younger persons, and may occur
even in children. As a rule it begins
gradually, the Brit thing noticed being
an unsteadiness of the hands, or per
haps a trembling movement of only ant
finger, generally the thumb. With this
there may be moderate puin, which in
supposed to be rheumatic.
The trembling movement is often in
termittent, at first coming and going
without apparent cause; but later it
becomes permanent and extends to
other parte, finally Invoh log both arms
and legs. Less frequently the neck mus
cles participate In the movements, the
head then nodding, turning or moving
from side to side. The muscles of the
face and the ton gun may n'.so be im
plicated. In conjunction with the trembling
the muscles are weak, and may be al
most Incapable of voluntary move
ments, and the patient feels tired and
longs for the constant shaking to cease.
The trembling docs cease during sleep,
and it is also less- marked when one
exerutes volutary movements.
The onset of the affewon, although
commonly gradual, as v.' have said, is
in some cases very sudden, following
tome great mental or physical shock.
In later stages of the disease the
muscles of the body become more or
lest stiffened, the back is bent, the
head is inclined forward, and the vari
ous segments of the arms nnd legs are
slightly flexed one on the other.
The rigidity of the muscles of the
face glvet a fixed expression of sadness,
of indifference, or it may be of bad
temper. There is a peculiar gait, some
thing like that of a drunken man, who
has to walk very fast, or even run, to
overcome his tendency to fall forward
Shaking palsy ia seldom oured, bu
it dees not always get worse, and ma,
continue for years wthout spparea
change one way or tbe other. The
general condition of the patient is usu
ally below par, and the chief indication
of treatment is, therefore, to improve
the nutrition by tonics and a generous
diet. Borne relief to the constant and
fatiguing tremor msy be obtained by
the patient's making alow voluntary
movements, or by massage.
PRESENT WAS TOO FAST.
V
tors- TolS ao Aitoraer br His Colorosl
Barker Who Hs4 Imi
YletlssJso.
Tie glad yo' csme In, oahI ce'taf n
ly it, fo' I wish V atk yo' fo' a little in
fo'matioa about th' law."
The colored barber In the McGraw
building pushed the head of Attorney
William E. Thompson back to the head
rest of the chair, tayt the Detroit Jour
nal, and then went on :
"Yo' tee, sah, it was thle way: Ts
rrthe' day a man comet in yeah, sah, an'
he tayt t'me, says he: 'Mittah lia'bah,
does yo' want C mek yo' honey gal a
Crisrimus present?' I aatchelly says
'at I tholy does, so he putt 'set hand in
hit pocket an' pulls out a lady's w-atcb
that appeaVd t' be a ve'y swell thisg,
tah, ve'y swell, Indeed, sah.
"I says: 'Mittah Man, wha' yo' want
fo' 'at watch?" He sold 'at he vraated
eight dolla't. Then we ba'gained book
an' fo'th, an' finally he taid 'at I could
have 'at watch fo' fou' dolla't an' a
half, an' I paid him th' money. I put
'at watch in my pocket an' I reckoned
'at it would bring great joy t' my honey
gaU Th' next day I looked atth' watch
t' tee what tme it was and shu's yo' live,
itwat two hours faste' than th' city hall
clock, an' two an' a half faste' than th
guv'ment clock. I set 'at watch again
an' th' next mo'ning at nine o'clock my
watch was half-past fou'.
"Th' day befo'e yeste'day 'at man
came into th' shop jet' as pleasant as
could be. He said: 'Hello, (iawge,
how't th' watch?' Natchelly 1 was
mad at him, but he soon began t' ex
planation it an' finally he said: '(iawge,
old boy, youse been monkey in' with th
hat' tpring of 'at watch. Neve, mou
key with th' hai' spring,' said he. Then
he zamines 't watch again an' he said'
'Gawgc, I'll take th' watch t' my jewels'
aa' he will fix it up all right, but, re
membuh, yo' mustn't monkey with th
hai spring.'
"He took th' watch nwny with him
an' 'at is th' lust I have seen of 'at man
or my watch or my fou' dolla's. An'
what I would like t' know is, can't 1
have at' man 'rested f'r la'ceny from
th' pusson
Improved I :nl In peri Oysters.
The addition of chopped celery and
a white sauce makes of escalloped
oysters a rich and substantial dish.
The sauce is made with a cupful of
milk, a heaping tenspoonful of but
ter, one cupful of oyster liquor and
one tablespKinful of flour. Brown a
small cupful of bread crumlm in a
very little butter, or, if preferred,
rolled cracker crumbs may be used
without browning. 1'ut a layer of
oystera in the bottom of the baking
dish, season lightly with salt and
scatter over a little of the chopped
celery before adding some of the
white sauce. Itepeat this order till a
quart of oysters and all of the sauce
and celery have been used. Cover the
top with a thick layer of bread
crumbs and bake for not more than IS
minutes. Detroit Free-Press.
Cucumber Jellies.
Make a small quantity of strong
lemon jelly, using but little sugsr, sdd
to it the pulp of one grated cucum
ber -and set in Ash-shaped molds.
Good Housekeeping.
What Is an Amerind? A C.ertnd?
An triad? A Swind? A Spanind? A
. . i'olind'.' These are
lew ori far
not words from
Oor I liur
uoiiM-nse verse.
They are possible additions to the
American language. The first is al
reaily recognired by certain scientific
gentlemen in Washington. It is a word
eianufactured from the words Ameri
can and Indian, and has been adopted
by many ethnologists as a convenient
abbreviation of the phrase Americas
, Indian. In this age of popularized
SCtSnOe, observes the Chicago Pott, the
new word may be taken promptly into
the 0OBUUOB speech. More than that,
it will at once suggest analogies. The
politician of the future will not apeak
of the (ierman-Amerienn, but of the
Qerlnd, In like manner, the Irish
American will be called Irind, the
Swedish-American a Bwind, the Span
i lah-American a Spanind, the Polish
Ameriaan a I'olind. and to through the
multitudinous variety of hyphenated
Americans. The purist will protest, of
course, but the busy majority will find
in the new words the decisive virtue oi
brevity. To the s rioiis-miuded they
will express that gradual process by
w hich the foreignborn citizen it taken
up into the heterogeneous mass now
called the American people.
A steamship having left Chicago s
few days ago for Europe by way of the
lakei and the St.
A Mississippi Ship
Lawrence river, a
Channel.
Chicago paper re
marks that there should he another
ship channel to the Atlantic by canal
connecting with vhe Mississippi. That
such a route will be opened before
many decades roll by may be regarded
as certain. Sometimes it is argued
that the difflcultres In deepening the
Mississippi to the sea arc too great to
be overcome, Engineers do not talk
in thnt strain. The English are radi
cally improving the Nile by tUuis and
the removal of obstructions. They
have recently cut channels through
the "sudd," or floating vegntaliou,
that obstructs the I'pper Nile, forcing
it down stream for a distance of S50
miles. An open chnnuel, from 100 to
400 feet wide, and M feet deep, is tbe
result along that stretch, and the lime
required for the transportation of
supplies has been reduced from 12
mouths to six weeks. A ship channel
in the 'Mississippi is merely a matter
of money in a reasonable amount. En
gineering science SjriU do the reet.
An incident which shows that love
knowa no language, or rather needs
none, occurred recently in New Jersey!
Robert Bingham, 63 years old, who can
speak no other but the English tongue,
waa married by Juttice Kauffman in
Camden the other day to Helena Lu
tousky, 14 years old, who could tslk
only in the Polish language. "How in
the world did you make known that
you loved each other and desired toget
married?" asked the justioe. "The
only thing left for me to do is to marry
you in both languages. Fortunately 1
can speak Polish." All of the questions
concerning the marriage were an
swered iu Knglish by Mr. Ilingham, and
were then repeated in the Polish lan
guage and answered by the young
woman.
When pessimistic folk mount one
of their favorite hobbies and rnnt
nbout the decay of the home and the
home instinct, nnd the scarcity of
women with the feeling of motherli
nesa in their hearts, says the Loston
Transcript, there should always be
at hand some one to deny their
statements and back up the denial
with the fact that in the last three
years 0!) baby waifs, charges of the
city of New York, picked up in streets
and byways, have been taken into
good homes, and many of them legal
ly adopted.
An old negro named Kphrnim, hav
ing been sworn on the jury in a mur
der trial in one of the southern states,
for Homo time stubbornly resisted u
verdict of guilty for no other appar
ent reason than his strong aversion te
capital punishment in general. Fiual
ly the foreman explained to him that
it wus u quest ion either of hanging the
prisoner or hanging the jury, and that
it all depended on him. M,Fo' ;awi
sub," replied Uncle Kphraim, "on item
reasonments de pris'ner am sho'
guilty."
The humorous and unusual experi
ences in the life of a metropolitan
clergyman are told by Rev, David ii.
Steele, of New York city, in the Ladies'
Home Journal. Mr. Steels declares
that the prospective bride is always
nervous until the time for the mar
riage ceremony, when she i.s calm and
collected. The groom is exactly the re
verse: always cool until he comes to
face the clergyman, when his nerves
invariably give way.
Twenty-four of the leading bankers,
professional men and merchants of
Itichland, Mo., entered into a covenant
to parade on May 1 in shirt waists,
marching through the principal
streets. At night t hey gave an enter
tainment and supper to introduce the
thirt waist as a substitute for the
"spike-tail" and tuxedo.
Gravestones and monuments are be
ing made of the marble saved from the
Stewart mansion. Fifth avenue and
Thirty-fourth street, tew York, which
is being demolished to make way for
the "march up town."
MOONSHINER TO BE AN ACTOR.
OlS lllllr Trice Diniril to Biva llr
allslltf l'rrf urmaaee la Melo
drama. Old Billy Pritta, for yen king of the
moonshine gang operating in Somerset
and Fayette counties, Pennsylvania, is
the latest star to flush upon the histri
onic firmament. After living for 40
years as en outlaw with a price on his
Scad, Pritts was run down and cap
tured by revenue offleert lsrt August,
Aided by his two sons he stood siege
for nearly a day and was wounded in
he leg before he surrendered, says a
southern exchange.
Pritts was taken to Unlontown,
where he was held for trial in the
I'nitei! States district court. His pa
triarchal appearance so Isprsased sev
eral of the town's business men that
they went on hi ball bond. He was at
Unlontown whin he first kiw a play
He St great I Impri ssf d. The pro, uc
t4un was one of the melodramatic typt
and showed life in the U'lldt of the'J'en-
nessee mountains, battle with n oon
shiners was one of the features of the
play.
It was at the height of the battle that
Pritts laid the foundation for his stage
career. The play -acting moonshiners
were being slowly overwhelmed by the
revenue officer! when Pritts, with the
experience of an old campaigner, saw
an opi ning. Leaping from hia scat he
yelled :
"Look out, boys! They're com In' up
behind! Hive it to 'em back through
the brush !"
Pi itts made the hit of the evening. A
Pittsburgh theatrical man who was in
the audience hunted up tha old moon
shiner after the performance and made
him an offer. He explained the nature
of stage work, and offered him more
money each week than the old mnn had
ever seen in a bunch in his Life. Pritta
was delighted.
"I guess," he snid, sorrowfully. "I
can't ever go back to my 'stillin' npin,
an' I reckon the money will come in
handy. What'll I have' to do?"
"Do?" responded the theatrical man.
"why, just what you've always been
doing. Y'ou'll be my leading man. I'll
get up a play and have you make
whisky on the stage. There'll be bat
tle with revenue offleert, and you'll save
the heroine's life and he pardoned and
live happy ever after."
"But," mid Lilly, with a grin, "I don't
think I'll be pardoned. They caught me
dead and I guess I'm in for it."
"Oh, but the play will come after."'
taid the theatrical man. "After you've
served your time, you know."
"I can't understand," Billy wont on.
"They tell me it is agin the law to make
whitky. That's what I'm arrested for
Wouldn't it be agin the law to make it
on the stage as well as any other place?
The If I'm ui-flght ui-cffle;rs cverj
night I guest I'd be in jail for tbe rest
of my natural."
After the make-believe features ol
the business were explained Britta
agreed to sign a contract.
"I've got a still up In the mountain
that it just the thing," he raid. "Good
for 10 gallon any day. I'll have 'er
brought down so you can look at 'er."
Thus the new theatrical star was dle
covered. Pritts will be put on the
stage as soon as- be is out of his present
troubles.
ELECTION EPISODES.
sssutlnii larldruts of (lie Recent Po
litical Contests In Knot
land. At a place called Heccles, during the
recent elections, Miys Youth's Com
panion, a voter wiih observed going
to the polls in a donkey-cart. The
donkey was profusely decorated with
the radical colors, while tho voter
wore a tory rosette. Challenged as to
this teeming Inconsistency, ho cheer
ily replied:
"Oh, I'm going to vote for P ,
the conservative candidate; my
donkey's for S (the radical); but
then, he's an ass."
Kingston-on-Thames was contested
by Mr. Bkewes-Cox ill the conserva
tive interest. !li.s opponent was a
Mr. Purt. The radical ugent placard
ed the town with :
"Ex-Skewes-Cox and voto for Burt."
Nevertheless, in spite of this artful
Invitation the tory nominee was re
turned with a very respectable ma
jority. The member returned for South Ox
fordshire. Mr. (lodge, was a local
msn. and he was opposed by Mr. Sam
uels In the radical interest. The fact
of Mr. Hodge's residence In the di
vision naturally ffuve him nn advan
tage, and this wa thought to be dis
counted by the radicals in the follow
Ing way, Thousands of placards were
distributed, bearing the words:
"Mr. Samuels if elected will live
here."
Unhappily the bill-posters employed
by Mr. Samuels' agent were destitute
of n sense of humor, or else they were
secretly of conservative proclivities,
for a great, many of 1he announce
ments found their way to the walls
of pigsties and ramshackle buildings.
In nnd Out.
Ida Ever since Harry asked for your
Sand he has been drinkinj heavily.
Aren't you worried about his outcome ?
May Y'es; but I'm moro Tried
about his income. Chicago i'aily
News.
I'll 1 1 , , -1 i i, - I'npn.
What Joy ime Utile bnhy brlnps!
When he his nlKhtly squall begins
I hug him to my hreast and bless
My lucky stars he Isn't twins.
Catholic Standard and Times.
Keep Your Bowels Strong.
Constipation or diarrhoea when
your bowels are out of order. Cas
carets Candy Cathartic will make
them act naturally. Genuine tablets
stamped C. C. C. Never sold ia
bulk. All druggists, ioc.
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