'HEN MOTHER MADE THE TEA.
'■ English cooks an Oerman cooks an French
cooks nowaday*
it funny dishes In a thousand modern ways,
Jest somehow or other things don't taste th*
same to me
i the olden, golden days when mother poured
the tea.
snowy rolls all ateamin, toast an waffles rich
an brown,
tar ahead of all this trash ye git today in
town,
ife was sweet as honey an full of joy an glee
■oyhood's sweetest, fleetest days when mother
poured the tea.
» her now. the household queen, in her accus
tomed place
.din o'er the merry board with all a monarch's
grace,
,-ood old dad an little Nan an Fred an Sue an
me
feelin prime at eatin time when mother
poured the tea.
mother's gone long years ago up to a fairer
clime,
things don't taste exactly like they did in
childhood's time.
I't cause I'm never hungry; I'm aa chipper
as can be,
food don't taste jest like it did when mother
poured the tea.
—Hilton K. Greer In What to Eat.
TAR AND FEATHERS NO JOKE.
'■se That Took Five Days to Re
lieve the Man of the Coat.
everal hotel guests were sitting in the
jy the other day reading the papers
. exchanging desultory comments. One
them, reading of a man being tarred
. feathered, remarked tl at a person
st look funny dressed in a coat of
?h and plumage.
Did you ever see anybody tarred and
thered?" asked a red bearded man in
next chair. "No? Well, let me as
e you it'B a pretty serious thing. I
/ one case, and I'll never forget it in
life. It was in the fall of 1887," he
itinued in response to a general re
•st for the story, "and I was running
bath house at Pittsburg. One
rning a big, athletic man of about 35
Iked in and ordered a hot bath. A lit
later he rang the bell and sent for me,
1 when I entered the room I was so
onished I nearly toppled over. From
feet to his neck he looked like a half
ked black chicken. As it afterward
ned out he had been waylaid by a par
of men at a place called Sheldon, right
the heart of the district where the
1 strike is now in progress, and treated
a coat of tar and feathers. He was
jposed to be a private detective who
3 been sent to pry into the secrets of
i of the miners' societies, and 1 guess
■uppositiou was correct. Anyhow,
>y did a very thorough job and evident
stopped at his neck to give him a
ance to get out of the district without
racting attention, which was really a
•tty shrewd move.
'The question before the house was
w to get the stuff off. aud a more diffi
lt problem I never tackled. He had
den over 100 miles in the cars, and the
• had become perfectly dry. In hard
ing it had contracted slightly and pull
out millions of the minute hairs with
dch all human beings are covered,
■ich, of course, caused him intense ag
r. Moreover, it had choked up all the
res, and if he hadn't been a man of su
b physique I'm satisfied that he would
re succumbed before he reached the
r. Well, I put him in a hot bath to
;in with and set a couple of massage
•rators to scrubbing him with flesh
shes and carbolic soap. In a little
ile we saw that wouldn't do. They
off a few small pieces, but the skin
ae off along with them, and I stopped
flaying and tried sponging with ben
e. That had about as much effect as
ing water on Krupp armor plate.
Then I sent for a doctor, who had to
uJt himself puzzled. He said he had
very few cases of tarring and feath
ig in his practice. But something bad
be done quick, so he tried soaking in |
-m turpentine. That proved to be
correct thing, but it was desperately
v work, and meanwhile the man had
)Q kept up on stimulants, for he was
ing very weak. Eventually the tur
tine dissolved the tar, and we got it
with soft sponges. But how long do
think it took? Five days, workiug
and off as he could stand it. Wheu
got through, he was laid up for a
ith. I got $l5O for the job. No.
tlemen, there is nothing humorous
ut tar and feathers when seen at
ie range."—New Orleans Times-Dem
at
ie Blnek Sheep In Every Family.
me of the stories that the tate Senator
mer was fondest of telling had to do
h an aged gentlewoman bearing the
ie name as himself, who lived some
sre down on the eastern shore of Vir
a, in the county where Senator Palm
grandfather was born. One of the
ator's Washington friends happened
neet the old lady down there aud ask
ber if she were not n kinswoman of
She did not know, but thought per
s she might be. The gentleman was
Virginian descent, was he not? And
;he United States senate? Yes, she
quite sure he was a kinsman.
Vas he in the army?" she asked,
'es." answered the senator's friend,
was in the army and a general."
ae old lady was positive that he was
lation.
iut," went on the friend, "he was a
•ral in the Union army."
ie old lady's face fell, but she rallied.
Veil." she said, "you know there's a
k sheep in every family."—Washing-
Star.
A Tree Clock.
Glasgow man has in his garden
t he calls a "tree clock." Fir trees
planted in such positions that one of
l will shade a portion of the house
rery hour of sunlight. For example,
o'clock in the morning the "0 o'clock
' shades the dining room, while as
sunlight changes the "10 o'clock
' shades the room above or the room
ining it, and so on through the day.
. sunny day this "tree clock" insures
r:cession of shady places round the
e•
Unite Superfluous.
-<*. Btarvem—No, you caD't sell me no
rpedia. Good day!
>k Agent—But I'd like to leave some
.ectuses tor your boarders. I may
■st some.
%. Starvem—They don't need it, ei-
There's a Boston lady stopping
—Philadelphia Press.
A Domestic Explosive.
*le Girl—Papa, what is powder?
her —It Is something people get
i up with.
tie Girl—ls that what makes you
mamma so when she puts it on her
—Detroit Free Press.
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My daughter commenced taking
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■nuch more satisfactory, because they
ot gripe or distress her In any way.
he relief seems to be of a permanent
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A PEEP
Into the future would sadden
rcrpcmssri many a ha PP y
UA 112 I woman. The mis
ery of marriage
often results from
ailments which
WM maidenly mod-
- kept hidden.
When doctors r.re
%*■ at as * consu^'l "^
they frequently
Cvj V* They do not un
("£ . derstand the root
(Vw \ of the trouble,
pftj r - Perce's Fa-
Jgl vorite Prescrip
jjn ti oll h as Cl i re( i
[y V\*?\ in housands of
cases where doc-
Ul / tors entirely
H (/ % failed.
/"" " 1 had been a great
X Bu^erer from female
§\W\ u9,% 0 weakness," writes
\\\\ kW/tA Mrs. M. B. Wallace,
\\\ In fff ipi of Muenster, Cook
V I'll M 3 Co., Texas. «/ tried
\'// //A\ J jour doctors and
pfj { ?{ none did me any
pej J good. I suffered six
years, but at last I
found relief. I fol
iowe<i >° ur a<ivice .
and took eight bottles
of 'Favorite Prescrip
t'oo ' our l ' le
Golden Medical I)is
covery.' I now feel
, like a new woman.
I have gained eighteen pounds."
"Favorite Prescription"
AIAKUS WEAK WOMEN STKONO
AND SICK WOMEN WELL.
THE WORMS TURNED.
Bfarala For Wives Who I'se Old Clnbs
on Their IIUNIMIIMIN.
It was toward the wane of the treacle
moon and the first week in which she was
trying to do the housework on account of
that which comes sooner or later in all
homes—the sudden leaving of the serv
ant. The breakfast was late and not
quite up to the recipes furnished by his
maternal ancestor. In an unguarded mo
ment the young wife remarked to her
husband that he had got up on the wrong
side of the bed.
It was a very old way of calling him
down. He had heard it many a time
when his father had neglected to hand
out a bouquet because there was more
flour than codfish in the favorite morning
dish. For a moment the young husband
looked at the dregs which floated on top
of his coffee, and then the boast that he
had made to his mother that no woman
should e»er boss him returned. And he
spoke as follows—to wit:
"It is quite likely that the chestnut,
which you have flung with a woman's
uncertainty, is truer than you are willing
to confess. Since you have been making
the beds for the past week 1 have no
ticed that the section of the l>. d which
you call the wrong side, the same being
that upon which I am supposed to wrap
what little drapery I get at night, has
been unmade. The mattress hangs down,
and the coverlets are as gnarled as the
vine under which, in a thoughtless mo
ment, I offered you my hand, my name,
my fortune. It is a wrong side, as you
have denominated it, and in getting out
of it, after hanging to it all night, I con
fess that some of the angelic nature
which I inherited from the only perfect
woman I ever knew has taken flight."
The glassware on the sideboard danced,
and the dear old motto, "God Bless Our
Home," worked by a grandmother of the
good old days, whose fingers have long
been at rest, fell from its hanging.
The moral of this, the first snapping
of the chords which bound two loving
hearts, is that every young wife should
use a new club on her husband.
P. S.—The old wife might do likewise
to her great comfort if she would.
"You may not be conscious of it," re
marked another wife whose husband had
not bestowed upon the jelly which her
mother had sent, C. O. D., as many
compliments as he formerly putin his
letters before they were yoked, "but 1
must say you are becoming a crank."
He looked at bis watch and saw that
he had 40 minutes to make the nest ex
press. Replacing the chronometer, a
present from his father on his wedding
day, he fixed up the following choice bit
of language:
"A crank! I suppose you think you
have fired the fatal arrow. But you
haven't. You have simply thrown a
doughnut dipped in honey. You have
admitted that I am bright, happy: that
I am a scintillation; that I am a bonmot;
that I am a jeu d'esprit; that 1 am
smart, jocular, jocose, epigrammatic,
sparkling, full of point, etc., ad infinitum.
My compliments, madam." Then he was
gone.
Later she was looking over his library.
She turned to the word in one of his
books. As she looked over the list of
synonyms she bit her lip. Then she
looked at the fly leaf and found this in
scription, in her own handwriting:
"This thesaurus presented to my hus
band on the first anniversary of our mar
riage."
The point of this is. Don't give your
husband ointment which contains a fly.—
New York Sun.
Too Far and Too Near.
An old photographer who for ranny
years made triumphal tours of the coun
try with his tintype studio on wheels tells
in Lippincott's Magazine of an amusing
development due to chemicals more sub
tle than any in use in his darkroom.
One Fourth of July a young farmer
and his sweetheart came to him to have
some tintypes taken together. He posed
them on a flight of stairs, with a balus
trade between them. When he came
from his darkroom after developing the
plate, the young fellow stepped forward
and said:
"S-a-y, couldn't ye take that over
again?"
"Why, what's the matter?" the photog
rapher asked in surprise.
"We ain't going to like that picture a
bit," was the evasive answer.
"But why not?" the photographer per
sisted.
"Waal," the young man blurted out,
blushing to the roots of his hair, "she's
too fur off!"
He refused, however, to pay 50 cents
for a new sitting, and at last took the
tintypes as they were. The nest day,
however, he came back to the gallery
very wrathful.
"S-a-y," he shouted, when he saw the
photographer, "take that girl off this pic
ture! I'm mad with her!"
Tlie Cleanly lien.
A little girl staying in the country for
the first time saw a hen scratching in the
gii rden
"Oh, mother." she exclaimed, "thrre'aa
hen wiping her boots! tJolook!"- Colum
bus Dispatch.
Hops {lron WIIU <n Kiiginnrt.
It is a somewhat remarkable ft.ct that
the hop, although only cultivated in a
few districts in a few English counties,
yet grows freely in a wild cond tion in
very many places. It is a peiennial,
-flowering in July and August and to be
found in hedges and thickets. The plant
is only cultivated, for instance, in the
northeastern portions of Hampshire and
about I'etersfield. and even there it does
not cover 3.000 acres in all. It grows
and floutishes, however, in a wild state
■II over the country, including the Isle of
Wight.—London Express.
Her Inqnlnltlvenesß.
He—Who's that letter from?
She—What do you want to k::orv for?
He —There you go! "What do I want
to know for?" You are the most iu
quifcitive woman that ever happened.—
Chicago News.
CLIMBING ABOLISHED.
Inclined Electric Elevator Iteoently
Built In Xew \ or!..
A radical and pleasing departure
from the old style method of reaching
elevated railroad stations is Illustrated
in the accompanying engraving. It
shows an electric inclined elevator
which has been installed at the down
town station of the Manhattan Elevat
ed railroad at Fifty-ninth street and
Third avenue. New York. The former
stairway, which bad a landing midway
in the ascent, has been removed and
the straight incline shown in the pho
tograph reproduced herewith substi
tuted. As can be seen, it is divided
longitudinally throughout its entire
length, so that it can be used by both
arriving and departing passengers, the
two classes keeping to the right of each
other in passing, as they would natu
rally do on a simple stairway. Ordinary
steps are provided for those descend
ing, as it was thought unnecessary to
furnish an elevator for this purpose,
says The Electrical World and Engi
neer of New York.
The speed at which the platform runs
Is a little over 100 feet per minute, and
it has a capacity of 3,000 persons per
hour. The surface of the incline con
sists of a series of shallow, longitudi-
IhCLINKn ELEVATOR.
nal, rubber covered ridges, which at
the top pass betwei n the prongs of a
comb shaped larui n.:. on which the as
cending passe::; ■ is hlt standing if
he fails to step forwr.rd when the sta
tion platform is reached. The elevator
is operated by a ?'_• horsepower motor
placed conveniently under the sir.tion
floor, access to which is had through a
trapdoor. Instead of being geared to
the upper drum, as was originally in
tended, the motor is belted to the ele
vator. An idler pulley serves as a belt
tightener. By means of a pawl resting
against the inside of the platform it is
impossible for the elevator to move in
a reverse direction, so that should the
belt slip or any other accident occur
there would be no danger of precipitat
ing the ascending passengers to the
sidewalk. It is claimed that the power
used is very small when the elevator is
not occupied and increases in propor
tion to the number of passengers be
ing carried.
Doe* Cutting; Promote Growth of
Hair?
This question is answered by the
Frankfurter Wochenblatt in this wise:
"It is believed by laymen and profes
sional hairdressers that cutting largely
increases the growth of the hair. This
belief begins with the involuntary com
parison of the hair with a plant. As
grass that is often cut short grows
again and becomes thicker, so, it is be
lieved, the hair should do when it is
cut. This comparison, however, is a
false one. A developed hair is a per
fectly formed mass of horn which has
nothing further to do with the case in
which the hair rests than to receive
from it from below further growth
and to be held firmly by it. In this
mass of horn, as in the nails of the fin
gers and the toes, there is no longer
any sap in circulation. This mass, so
to speak, is a product which cannot be
quickened and strengthened by new
nourishment because the latter cannot
enter it. On the other hand, what hap
pens in a Made of grass is totally dif
ferent. The blade of grass is a net
work of tine ducts in which Is con
stantly circulating the nourishment
which the blade draws from the root.
It presents, in contrast with the dead
body of the hair, a living vegetating ■
substance which has a most intimate !
connection with the condition of its I
root and which dries up infallibly
when it is separated from its root, ;
while the hair will remain unaffected j
for thousands of years after its papilla
has withered away. We need cite only i
one irresistible proof of this—the hair
on the heads of mummies. The root of
the hair as long as it exists can produce j
a new hair when the old hair has fall
en out, while the root of many a plant |
gives existence to one sprout only and j
then, together with it, declines and i
dies. The more a hair is disturbed in I
Its natural growth by continually cut- |
ting off its ends the less rest its papil- j
la, the real producer of the hair, finds.
The papilla, being constantly incited '
to excessive production, wavers finally* I
in its activity, decays and dies. For
this reason a woman with a bald head 1
is never or seldom seen, as the natural
and very slow process of the growth I
of a woman's hair is not disturbed.
The individual hair reaches a definite
length, and after years It falls out of
Itself, and a new hair begins to appear
as soon as the papilla lias had time to
rest itself thoroughly and to prepare '
itself for the process of a new growth. '
These are the reasons which lead to ,
the obviously valid conclusion that cut- :
ting the hair is rather injurious than
useful."
Tip That Won't Tlnrn.
A lampwick with au incombustible
tip has been patented In England, the
main portion of the wick beiug similar
:o those now in use.
lie Wasn't Certain.
"Did you," the landlady archly asked,
"ever taste Belgian hare, Mr. Smyth
ers?"
"I don't know,"the star boarder an
swered. "There was one in my soup at
dinner. What is your cook's nationali
ty ?" —Chicago Times-Herald.
Tlio I*. «*n*on.
He —Well, there's one thing; you never
hear of a man wishing he was a woman.
She—Of course i< t. It might be his
fate to marry some horrid man.—Boston
.Transcript.
Rabbit heads with small horns tire ex
hibited in some Swiss taverns fur the
mystification of tourists. The horns are
affixed to the heads by clever and wag
gish taxidermists.
"Dc man wif er bashful ton TUP, "* re
marked Uncle Ephe. "ain't always got er
slow brain " Colorado Springs Cazette.
EDISON'S PHONOGRAPH
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don't cost as much. It reproduces the music of any instrument —band or orchestra—tells
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Von can tell just as well as a physician
whether your kidneys are diseased or
healthy. The way to do is totakea bot
tle or glass tumbler, and till it with urine.
If there is a sediment —a powderlike
substance—at the bottom after standing
a day and a night, there is something
wrong with the kidneys. Another sure
sign of disease is a desire to urinate often,
and still another sign is pain in the back.
If urine stains linen, there is no doubt
that the kidneys areaflected.
Any and all disease* of the kidneys,
liver, bladder ami of the urinary passag
es and constipation of the bowels are cur
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being the best and surest medicine in
the world for such troubles. It quickly
relieves and cures inability to hold urine
and people, young or old, who take it
are not compelled to get up a number of
times during the night. For puttimr an
end to that scalding pain experienced in
passing urine, nothing is so good as Dr.
David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. It
corrects the bad ellects of whiskey and
beer; is pleseant to the taste, and does
not seam to be medicine at all. Diseas
es of the kidneys and the bladder often
require the use of instruments to push
back the sandy matter so the urine can
be voided. In such cases Favorite Rem
edy should be taken without further de
lay or the disease may prove fatal. It is
sold for one dollar a bottle at all drug
stores. It is well worth many times its
price.
Suiiiplt'H Fru
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as well as circulars giving full directions
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gmfercrs from kidney troubles should
lake advantage once of it at
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
YnmiK Fnicn,
William J. Long, writing in St. Nich
olas about young foxes, says:
Before they are grown they will show
you 20 curious tricks. One den, which I
discovered on a groat, lonely hillside, had
only two cubs, but they were the most
inventive 1 have ever watched. One aft
ernoon, while I watched through a hole in
the wall at the foot of the hill, both cubs
AT THE MOUTH OF THE DEJf WAITING FOR
DINNER. .
came out, and after watching and listen
ing to be sure nobody was about one
curled up in a ball and went rolling
down hill. The other ran after him, scram
bling, barking, worrying his brother as
if he were a woodchuck trying to get
away.
Both ran back in a moment, in a drs
perate fright at finding themselves so far
from their den. They went straight to a
bush, and then I saw for the first time
the keen face of the old mother. She was
lying hidden under the bush, just nose
and eyes showing, watching gravely the
antics of her little ones.
Something—a Hying grasshopper, I
think—flashed by them. Instantly both
crouched and began to creep. I watched
through uiy glass. They stalked the
grasshopper exactly as they would stalk
a rabbit later, creeping from bush to
stone, from stone to tuft of weeds, behind
their game, until within springing dis
tance. They caught him. too, for in a
moment one was crouched with some
thing between his paws, and the mother
came over to see what it was.
Rain Foretold tiy Anlmala.
Shepherds and others who spend much
time in the open air say that we may
always know when it will rain by watch
ing the ways of animals. Thus, if don
keys bray more often than usual or if
they hang their eats downward and for
ward and rub against walls rain will
come on. When cats sneeze and when
also they give up chasing their tails, look
out for rain. It will be rainy if the dogs
eat grass or be drowsy or stupid. Ex
pect rain when sheep turn their backs to
the wind and when the peacocks squawk
a great deal and when pigs carry straw
to their stiles or are very restless and
given to much grunting and when the
mole throws up plenty of soil. Rain will
coine when horses stretch out their necks
and sniff the air. In districts where bats
are found it will rain if they tly into the
houses or cry much, and should oxen lick
their forefeet or turn up their nostrils
and sniff the air or lie on their right
sides we may count confidently upon wet
weather.
Shadovr Pictures.
Here are two illustrations of shadow
pictures which explain themselves. Cut j
A FLYING IiIRD.
them out and paste them in your scrap
book along with other shadow pictures.
—JL^
i i
BUNNY.
so that you will not forget how to make
them.
DRIED UP PASTURES.
WHAT TO DO AFTER LONG AND SE
VERE DROUGHT.
Cirnss I. iiikln Mnr Be Bcncfltrd br
Avallnlilr Nitrogen— How to llnndle
Pasture That Cannot Be Cultivated.
Economical Fertilise™.
Deficient moisture in many eastern
sections has resulted in destroying or
Injuring some of the tender and better
grasses, and In lieu of them weeds
which are able to thrive where there la
a minimum of moisture have in part
taken their places, says Professor Rob
erts of Cornell in The American Agri
culturist. How may these pastures
and meadows be restored cheaply and
most effectively? As soon as fairly
copious rains descend the pastures
which have not been too much Injured
might be sowed with the following
mixture per acre: Two pounds timothy,
one pound orchard grass, one pound
meadow fescue (Festuca elatior) and
one pound redtop. It would not be
economy to sow more seed on pastures
which are already moderately well
covered with plants. Then barrow
thoroughly—that is, two or three times
with a spike toothed Implement hav
ing small sharp teeth. The teeth of
the old harrow should be drawn out
and made thin for half of their length
and sharp, so that they will enter the
ground and break some of the old
grass roots that new ones may be
formed and that the seed may receive
suitable covering. Then roll to press
the dirt on the seed and the exposed
roots. At the same time the seeds are
sowed give the land a dressing of pot
ash and nitrogen, say 50 pounds of mu
riate of potash and 50 pounds of ni
trate of soda as a starter. Double this
If your experience with commercial
fertilizers leads to the belief that a
more liberal application would be more
profitable.
Grass lands are usually greatly bene
fited by available nitrogen, especially
when applied in the spring. But this
plant food is so expensive that we hes
itate to recommend liberal applications
of it to pasture lands where there is so
little income per acre. Early next
spring sow two pounds of alsike and
one pound of white clover seed per
acre and roll. Sell a few of the poorer
cows, those which do not pay for their
keep, and thus relieve the pastures un
til they can recover. If it appears best
not to borrow money with which to
purchase fertilizers, then try to find
during fall and early winter some farm
manures. Any kind will do provided
It can be distributed evenly. Scrape
over the old barnyard, dig the rich
earth out from under the stables, hunt
up the bed of muck and woods mold
and spread them.
Strawy manures, straw and all kinds
of refuse spread thinly at almost any
time of the year will be beneficial.
Purchase a barrel of stone lime, water
slake it and apply to one-fourth of an
acre after the fall seeding and note
results. If the pasture Is very poor
and fairly level and free from stone,
plow and plant a part to corn and a
part to oats. Possibly there may be
time to plow and sow to rye this fall.
Use a part of the rye for early soiling,
plow up a part and sow to oats, plow
under a portion of the rye or the rye
stubbles and plant to corn. From two
to ten times as much roughage should
be secured as would be if the pastures
were grazed.
Many of the pastures are so rough
and stony that they cannot even be
harrowed and rolled to advantage. In
all such cases about all that can be
done profitably Is to sow seeds as al
ready described and leave the fall and
spring rains to beat tliem into the
ground, hoping thereby to secure ger
mination, which may be greatly assist
ed by spreading anj refuse material
thinly after the seeds are sowed. In
addition in some cases the brambles,
brush and coarse weeds may be cut
and used to shade aud protect the
young plants in the poorer portions un
til they get foothold. But I fear most
farmers will not be willing to put any
labor or expend any money on these
rough places, not having faith that
their efforts will be rewarded. Yet I
have unbounded faith, founded on ex
perience, that a little timely attention
and a little grass seed, both judiciously
expended, will greatly change for the
better those pastures which are now
making a heroic struggle for ex'stence.
but which unaided must in the end
yield to the law of the survival of the
hardiest.
Horses' Eyes,
Curious mistakes occasionally arise
in examining a horse's eyes, says the
London Live Stock Journal. Some
years ago a veterinary suigeon record
ed a case In which the horse he was
called upon to examine had been reject
ed by the intending buyer because
there was "something wrong" with the
animal's near eye—an uraccountable
yellow spot which only showed in cer
tain lights. The veterinary surgeon
could detect nothing amiss with either
eye, but knowing the would be pur
chaser was a good and careful judge
made inquiry of the owner concerning
the circumstances under which the
horse's eyes bad been looked at, and
being informed that it was at the sta
ble door to get a good light on the eyes
the veterinary surgeon had the horse
placed as nearly as possible on the spot
mentioned. Then? 1 and only then, he
saw the yellow spot in the near eye.
Convinced by bis previous investiga
tion that there was nothing wrong with
the eye, he looked outside for explana
tions and after experiment proved the
mysterious yellow spot to be neither
more nor less than the reflection of the
manure heap in the yard. When a rug
of gaudy pattern was thrown over the
heap, a minute reproduction of it re
placed the yellow spot in the eye and
showed how the would be purchaser
had been deceived.
He Ought to Know It.
"Do you think that it's a man's duty to
acknowledge always he is in the wrong
when he has a difference of opinion with
his wife?"
"Well," answered Mr. Meekton reflect
ively, "better late than never. But it
really sectns to me he ought to have had
sufficient perception to know that he was
in the wrong before there was any discus
sion of the matter whatever." —Washing-
ton Star.
Inf Dead walked.
In a Liverpool theater some time ago a
melodrama was performed which had a
peculiar grim ending, for no less than
six of the charcters at the close of the
fourth act lay dead upon the stage. Then
it was the curtain's turn. It ought to
have come down, but it stuck badly. The
"dead" became restless. They peeped at
each other, wondering if they would ever
be released from their awkward posi
tions. Then the audience began to titter
It tittered more. Then it laughed out
right.
The situation had become intolerable,
when one of the "dead" arose, solemnly
faced the audience and. raising his hand
beseechingly, said. "Friends, respect the
dead!"
Then he went back and lay with his
friends, and the laughter broke out
afresh. There was nothing for it but
that the "dead" should solemnly walk off
one after the other.— Livernool Post
WEDDED BY EATING.
ODD MARRIAGE CEREMONY OF THE
NAVAJO INDIANS.
A raddinx Instead of a King Used to
Join the Hai>i»y Couple, Who Kat
With Their FinKers From the Same
Dish. Cooked by the Medicine Man.
This quaint story of a wedding among
the Navajo Indians is related by a white
man now working as a missionary with
this tribe. The Navajo reservation takes
in a large strip of country in New Mexico
and Arizona, and the Indians number
nearly 20,000. The missionary writes as
follows:
"A short time ago we were invited to
Ie i i .vudanee at a marriage ceremony
oi cue of the Navajo braves to one of
the fairest daughters of the reservation.
'1 his ceremony was to he performed in
the true Indian custom about four miles
from Fort Defiance at about 7 o'clock in
the evening. We arrived at the desig
nated hut at the api>ointed time, and a
tree was pointed out to us where we could
tie our horses. A considerable number
of Indians were already there. The gov
ernment agent at Fort Defiance and the
blacksmith were also invited, and they
entered the hut a short time after we had
arrived.
" I he squaws were all busily engaged in
baking bread, frying meat and boiling
coffee, for all Navajo ceremonies must be
preceded by a sumptuous feast. A good
meal must be eaten before the medicine
man can administer his 'holy medicine.'
We have often wished that We might
have a phonograph here in order that we
might keep a record of the clear and res
onant voices of the Navajoes. When they
have once started to sing with all their
might and main so that the beads,of per
spiration trickle down their cheeks, they
offer a sight that would put any stranger
on the run. 'I heir howling far surpasses
than of a pack of wolves.
"Fifty braves had gathered on this oc
casion and two chiefs who put on a great
many airs. The cause of the feeling of
superiority with these chiefs is that the
government has appointed them ns judges
to settle all disputes and trivial differ
ences that may arise among the members
of the tribe. On account of this they
have the opinion that they possess a
great deal of wisdom and must be re
spected accordingly. One can readily im
agine that these chiefs are the worst ras
cals among the Indians, except possibly
the medicine men.
"Some of the braves became impatient
when they were compelled to wait a short
time for the supper and went outside to
roast a sheep at their own expense over
a campfire. But we were all soon seated
about the table in the hut and enjoying
our supper immensely. After we had
partaken of the meal a large earthen dish,
was brought forth, and the medicine
man, who then acted in the capacity of
priest, began the making of a pudding.
We ascertained from the Indians at our
side that this was to be the wedding cake.
While seated in the hut the approach of
many horses could be heard. These, we
learned, were from the bridegroom as
pay to his father-in-law for his prospec
tive bride.
"After the pudding was well done, it:
was placed in a basket made for that
special purpose, and the medicine man,
carrying a jug of water and the basket,
headed the procession of the bride and
her friends to a new hut, where the
bridegroom stood in waiting for his fu
ture wife. We followed the procession,
and entered the hut, where we were giv
en reserved seats at the side of the medi
cine man. He commanded the bride aud
groom to he seated next each other.
Then, taking the jug, he poured water on.
the hands of the bride and commanded
her to wash both hands of her future
husband. Thereupon the bridegroom
was commanded to do likewise to the
hands of his bride. This ceremony im
pressed us a great deal, for it shows the
true mutual submission both husband
and wife must be willing to undergo.
"After the hands of both had been
washed the wedding cake, or, rather,
pudding, was placed before the bridal
pair, and after it had been covered with,
holy powder the exact places where they
must eat from it with their fingers was
pointed out to them. Following the com
mand, the young man put his right hand
into the pudding and began eating, the
bride followed his example and began to
eat of the pudding where the impression
of her future husband's fingers were still
to be seen.
"After the bridal pair had made the
circuit of the entire dish, eating as they
went, the medicine man declared the cer
emony complete with the simple word
'kaddih,' and the couple stood before the
assembly as man and wife. It did ap
pear to us as really odd to see a couple
united wi f h the simple ceremony of eat
ing. We wondered why this ceremony
was not accompanied by a song and ask
ed if that was the end of it, whereupon
we received the simple affirmative of
'off.'
"Bread and coffee were then brought to
the party, and all began to eat for the
second time, to the honor of the bridal,
pair. We also partook of the bread,
which really tasted good, but passed the
wedding 'pudding,' which was now given
to the party. The pudding looked tempt
ing and must have tasted good, judging
from the manner in which the Indian
guests reached for it.
"This marriage ceremony is not infre
quent among the Indians, for they believe
in plural marriages, aud some have a
number of wives. Very few white people
have witnessed the ceremony, however,
and possibly few would care to see it the
second time. Divorces are also just as
frequent among the Indians. This is an
evil against which we have to contend."—
Grand ltapids Press.
Mr. Warner's Trlhnte.
Charles Dudley Warner paid women
about the prettiest tribute they have had
since they woke up tc the idea that the
world is full of good things outside of the
kitchen and the schoolroom. Speaking
of the new era of feminine independence
in"The Golden House,"he said, "The
women are beginning to 'take notice' "
just as a mother says of the baby when
it begins to look around and enjoy life.
,3,, catarrh
Nothing but a loeal
remedy or change
climate will cure inII
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Membrane. Restores the Senses of
Taste and Smell. No Mercury. No In
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mail.
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' D„UW RAILROAD,
TIME TABLE.
In Effect September Ist, 1899
GOING WEST
jl'A-sj j j
NEW YORK. p>m . A. m. A.M. p . m
Harday St. Lv. B xo 00< ••••
< ristoplier St..j « 3 U ; iio ooj ••••
Hobokcn y 45 ; jo 16 ••••
Hcranlon Arj 2 ;jo i 152 |
da|lv ! ~ „ 510
A.\| " M. 5
SCKANTOI* 10 00 o6| » if>
lieilevue ' : | ? a i*;
Taylorvilie 'io"» 2 03: *£tsio
Lackawanna 10 23 2ld » "f~.(j jy
Duryea 10 20; 213 ij ti 14
Pittston 10 3.; 217 rj ...
Susquehanna Ave... 1 10 3? 22v 4 ™y 30
West Pittston ■« 5 10 mi 224 * «•» ti w
Wyomiu* 7(I 10 14 229 , (i
forty Fort j ....! 4 13
Bennett j 7 0 ' 10 52 2 Sti *'» «43
Kingston 1 7 1 i 10 60 242 «» „47
Kingston : 7 110 ,-.Bi 2 44 i * f 5 « 50
Plymouth June i 7 1 I 24" * (j stj
Plymouth ; 7 2 11 05 252 4iJ 7 xq
Avon<iale.. i 7 2, 2 .">7 ""* 723
! Nanticoke j 73 1 11 13 302
j Huniock'f j " 3 11 19 3
1 Shickshinny ! 7 5 1130 324 ••••'
i Hick's Ferry i 8 0 fll 43 335 ••••
Beach l aven i 8 1 I 11 48 342 ....
Berwick 8 1 [ll 54 349 ....
! Briar Creek fi 2 J \ 112 3 56 .....
Lime Kidi<e I 6 3 112 09 404 ....:
Espy ! 8 3.j 12 15 411 ....;
1 Bloomshurg 18 4 12 22 4 17:
■ Kupert 8 60| 12 27 423 ....;
Catawissa 866 12 82 429 ....;
Llar.ville »10 12 47 442 ....;
! HJhulasky 4 49 ....j
! Juneron i 9 20j 12 67 454 .... 846
| NOHTHUMBKBLAND 936 110 608 ....9 00
Ar.iA.M. j P. M. P. M. P. M. P.M
GOING EAST.
BTATIOWS. uid ' PAS. I PAS.! PAS. FAB
| !
If«w Yoti p.m: P- m. tt - m a.m. am
Barclay St. Ar. 330 600 j 640
Christopher St... 300 4 60! 835
Hoboken 247 448 8 25
Scranton 10 05 12 55 1 W
a.m. P.m.
daily p.m
a.M. p.M. p.M. P. M. dly
Scranton..... y 42: 12 35 466 635 #O7
Bellevue 938 *SO 6309 02
Taylorvilie 833 *45 6 25)857
Lackawanna 9 3ti 487 5 147
Duryea 923 434 6 848
Pittston 91912 17 429 6 844
Susquehanna Ave., i 91512 14 424 6 830
West Pittston 9'2 421 6 836
Wyoming » Oft 12 08 410 5 0 822
Forty Fort 903 410 4 |8 28
Bennett 900 400 4 0 824
Kingston, 857 12 02 401 15 821
Kingston 855 12 00 492 4 .8 10
Plymouth .I unction 850 1 365 4 4 818
Plymouth 845 11 521 351 441 801
j Avondale 8 40l I 3 4tf 800
Nanticoke 835 11 45 1 342 jjol
Hunlock's 827 j 3 34 |< 46
Shickshinny 815 11 30 ; 3 24, '3B
Hick's Ferry 804 I 3 13' j7 2o
Beaeh Haven 753 ! 3oJ !J 12
. Berwick 7 4 r >i 11 04! 301 70b
Briar Creok 7 28 i 1' 00
Lime Kidge 730 ! 248 \ =>2
Espy 723 10 46 242
Bloomsburg 7 15: 10 41 236 J'jjfJ
Kupert 70» 10 3H 231 j ,•*»
Catawissa 7 U3> 10 32 226 ® ,
Danville 650 10 21 212 i® «
Chulnsky 112 £7
Cameron 6 38 ™ Vr
NOBTH c MBBBL'D. .. 82510 00 1 60j J i),>u
Lv A.M. A.M. Ir. M.!'• M - P.M
Connections at Kupert with Philadelphia &
Heading Kailroad for TamaneDd, Tamaqua,
Willlamsport, Sunbury, Pottsville, etc. At
Northumberland with P and E. Div. P. U. K. for
Harrisburg. Lock Haven, Emporium, Warren
Corry, and Erie.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
TIME TABLE
111 Effect Nov. 25th, 1900^
iA M A.M., PM.P. M ;
Scranton(D&H)lv £ 6 4"> iv 38 2 18 g4 27
Pittston " " 708f1000 § 2 42 452
A. M.I A. M.IP. M. P.M
Wilkesbarre,.. lv § 7 3' j§lo 55 || 3 08 $8 00
Plym'th Ferry '• 112 7 37 flio2 112 3 16 112« 07
Nanticoke •' 7 46! II 101 326 617
Mocanaqua .... " 8 04j 11 32 346 637
Wapwallopen.. " 8 13| 11 42 3 s<i 647
Nescopeck ar 824 11 62 407 700
A. M P. M. P.M.
Pottsville lv § 5 5* SSI2 18 §
Hazleton " 705 200 550
Tomhlcken " 7 2i!j 218 0 10'"
Fern Olen " 729 227 018
Kock (Hen " 785 234 025
Nescopeck ar 800 300 650
Catawissa.. .ar
ATM A. M P. M. P M
Nescopeck lv § 8 24 §ll 52: | 4 07 |7 00
Creasy " 833 12 12 410 709 "
Espy Ferry.... " 112 8 43 12 10 1 4 24 7 20
E. Bloomsburg, " 847 12 14 4 29; 725
Catawissa ar 8 r>f 12 21 4 35: 732
Catawissa lv 856 12 21 4 35j 732
South Danville 9 141 12 38 4 53i 751
Sunbury " 936 j 100 515 815
IA.MJP.M. P. MRM.
Sunbury lv || » 42 } 1 10 jj 5 45 [8 40
Lewisburg.... ar 10 13 145 6 18j
Milton •' lu 08 139 6 14! 904
Williamsport.. " 11 0< 280 710 950
Loek Haven... " 11 5!) 840 807
Keoovo "A.M. 440 900
Kane " 8 25
P.M. P.M.
Ix»ck Haven..lv Jl2 10 i 3 45'
Bellefonte ....ar 10511 4
Tyrone " 215 1 0 00!
Phlllpsburg " 4 413 828
Clearfield.... " 6 37i8 909
Pittsburg.... " 0 55|811 30
I |
A.M. P.M. P.M. P M|
Sunbury lv I 9 601!) 1 55 I 5 25|||8 3lj
Harrisburg.... ar jll 3i ij 3 15 j 6 55) 10 10|
P. M. P. M.IP. M. A M|
Philadelphia.. ar § 3 17 II 6 23 ||lo 20 (4 25 !
Baltimore " § 3 11 l| 8 00 i 9 45j 2 30 !
Washington... " § 4 1(> j, 7 16 jlO 551 4 05:
__ pWJ j j
Sunbury lv § 9 57 j 2 031 :
Lewistown Jc. ar 11 4t 350 j
Pittsburg •' 055 §ll3o| j
A.M. P, M P. M. P M|
Harrisburg.... lv jll 45 II 3 46 || 7 2u §10251
P.M.! A.M.AM
Pittsburg aril 0 55||| 1130]|| 1 50 5 30|
P. M. P M A M A M
Pittsburg lv j 7 10 | 8 30 J 3 00 18 00
A. M AM P M
Harrisburg.... ar 11 55 | 3 40 j 9 30 | 3 10
P M AM
Pittsburg lv ( 8 00
P M
Lewistown Js. " ; 7 30 i 3 10
Sunbury ar i 9 20 i 6 00
P. M. A M A M AM
Washington... lv JlO 40 I 7 45 110 5o
Baltimore '• ill 41 j 450 840 111 45 '
Philadelphia... " Jll 20 j 4 25 J 8 40 112 26|£*|
A. M.I A M A. M. P M
Harrisburg.... lvU 3 3.">]3 755 jll 40 $4 00
Sunbury ar isos|| 9 36 110§ 6 40 [| iti
P. M. A M A M
Pittsburg lv §l2 45 | 2 50 § 8 00
Clearfield.... " 409 928 "
Pbliipsburg.. " 460 10 12:
Tyrone » 715 B8 10 12 30|
Bellefonte.. " 831 932 142 ""
Lock Haven ar 930 10 ;10 2 43!
P. M. A M A M P M
Erie lv | 4 30
Kane " 75S |§ 000
Renovo " 11 15 § 0 45 10 30
Lock Haven.... " 12 03 735 11 25 |3 00
A.M. P M
Williamsport.. " 106|| 8 30 §l2 40 400
Milton •' 158 919 127 4 i>2
Lewisburg " 905 115 447
Sunbury ar 227 940 166 620
A.M. AMP M P M
Sunbury lv § 0 50 | 9 5Si § 2 00 § 6 48
South Danville " 7 13 |] iO 17 221 609
Catawissa. " 733 10 35 230 627
E Bloomsburg.. "1 7 39: 10 43 243 632
Espy Ferry.... " 743 flO 47 :f6 36
Creasy " 753 10 66 2 iW>j 646
Nescopeck " 803 11 05 3 05) 656 "**
j A M A M P. M. P M j
Catawissa lv 7 38 ;
Nescopeck lv §ll 55 g 4 10j§ 7 05
Kock Glen ar 820 12 2lj 4 801 731
Fern (41en "[ 8 83; 12 271 4 42 j 737
Tomhicken " 842 12 85| 4 511 T45
Hazleton " 902 12 f5 512 805
Pottsville " 11 50 220 « ;io 9 o.'>
A Mi A M P Ml P M -
Nescopeck lv 3 8 03, Hll 05 § 8 05'3 855
Wapwallopen. .ar 818 11 20 8 19! 709
Mocanaqua...."! 8 28! 1132 329 721
Nanticoke " 848 11 64 348 742
P M|
Plvm'th Ferry' 112 857 12 02 357 f7 62
Wilksbarre • •• "j 8 "5 12 10| 4 Ooj 800
Pittston(DAH) arj§ 9 S9 1112 49 § 4 52! 8 38
Scranton " "1 10 08 ; 1 18! 520§9 OS .....
§ Weekdays. I Daily. 112 Flag station.
Additional Train leaves Hazleton 5.15 p. m.,
Tomhlcken 5.35 p.m., Fern lilen 5.43 p.m.,
Hock Glen 5.50 p. in., arriving at Catawissa
0.25 p. 111.
Pullman Parlor and Sleeping Cars run on
through trains between Sunbury. Williamsport !
and Krie. between Sunbnry >nii Philadelphia
and Washington and between Harrisburg, Pitts- 1
tmrgand the West.
For further information apply to Ticket AKents
/. li. HUTCMNSOX, J. It. WOOD,
Gail Manager. Oen'l Pa»»'n'r Ag. j
New
Coal Yard!
R - J- Pe gg« Coal
Dealer, has re
moved to his new
COAL YARD.
OFFICE:—No. 344 Ferry
Street (near D. L- & W. R.
R- Crossing )
YARD — IN rear of Office.
Robert J. Pegg,
COAL DEALER.
Telephone No, 158-
PHILADELPHIA &
READING RAILWAY
IN EFFECT OCT. 15, 1900.
TRAINS LEAVE DANVILLE
(weekdays only)
Fcr Philadelphia 11.25 a m.
For New York 11.25 a m,
For Catawissa 11.25 a. in., 6.04 p. m.
For Milton 7.82 a. m., 4.00 p m.
For Williamsport 7.32 a. m., 4.00 p m.
Trains for Baltimore, Washington and the
South leave Twenty-fonrth and Chestnnt
Streets, Philadelphia, weekdays—3.23, 7.14
10.22 a. m., 12.18, 1.33, 3.03, 4.12, 5.03, 7.20, 8.30 p.
m., 12.21 night. Sundays 3.23, 7.14 a. m., 12.16,
1.33, 4.12, 5.03. 7.26, 8.20 p. IE.
ATLANTIC CITY RAILROAD.
Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut Street Whar
and South Street Wharf.
WEEKDAYS—Express 9.00 A. M., 2.00. 4.00, 5.00,
7.15 P. M. Accommodations s.OO A. M„ 5.30
P. M. Sundays—Express 9.00, 10.00 A. M.
Accommodation 8.00 A. M., 5.00 P. M.
Leave ATLANTIC CITY-Weekdays—Express
7.35,9.00,10.15 A. M. 2.50, 5.30, P. M. Accom
modations 8.05, A.M., 4.05 P. M. Sundays
—Express—4.3o, 7.30 P. M. Accommodation
7.15 A. M., 4.05 P. M.
Parlor cars on all express trains.
For CAPE MAY—Weekdays—9.ls a. m., 4.15,
5.00 p m. Sundays- 9.15 am.
For OCEAN CITY -Weekdays—9.ls a. in., 4.15
p ra. Sundays- 9.15 a. in.
For SEA ISLE CITY— Weekdays—9.ls a. m.
5.00 p. m.
NEW YORK AND ATLANTIC CITY
EXPRESS.
Leave NEW YORK (Liberty Street) 3.40 P, M
Leave ATLANTIC CITY, 8.80 A.M.
Detailed time tables at ticket offices.
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