THE FROZEN J ROSE t>v M. J. PHILLIPS O.io ' l'. I*. ' Kasiment Mania «;.!»•.i. mi was sixteen years old wUeu !fi<* Spanish American war broke out, 1 a more unit nt little patriot ■lUi not live in Huutersville. It waa natural ih.a vlic should |.»vc her coun try. Iler i.ul.i r .->ntl grandfather had ■ought for the 1 nion in tin* vivil war, ami < the bright April nioniiug lu IS!iK when the Huutersville rifles marched aw.iy iu j•»;11 the balance of the it u ueut i tin* * title rendezvous, her lirahiT, -riiivi' 1 tir«years her enior. wiim in its furthermore, lioyd MH irrou also wore the blue ami at lirst duty sergeant stepped off blithely at j iu- lieatl of I lie sturdy eol uiuu of fours. Me* 'ni roH ami Mai -m had fas'ii friends i: i .. ,1.1.i- ill their lives. Their mutual liking was trembling on ilie lerjje something ileeper and more enduring when the declaration of war swept the young man away to ihe camp where the state troops were fitted for the coming campaign. Mui'arrou, who hail hcen elerk in Brown- hulling store, was a tine, manly young fellow and a natural sol dier Hi* liked tin- pomp and circum stance of war, the drilling. the music, the thrilling pins.' at "retreat," when every head was bared in reverence while the colors were slowly lowered and the hand swung into "The Star Spangled Manner" lie liked the stir riug note- of "revfiile" and the tin conscious patlio> h! "taps," which made one think of home and of his prayers rejoiced that he was in this bra v.* gay world of tents and of it He 1 bought of Marcia often, with a tilting 112 the pulses. The air ras ;le* whi li 'if - tinetiines constructed «cri' always limit for two. and tho cor nerstone >• tin- fditiee was always "after the r. nr." But Met'arnui was destined never to sec i"uba Ihe titles had been at the rendezvous two months, arming, equip ping and drdling for actual service. The da* the n-fptm nt was to take tha oath as sol- i!■» he I"«iit«•»I States, to *rvi' 112 tv.o ;. ars unless sooner discharged h" received a telegram an noum ng ! iflt his father, a railway cindu u>:. had been killed In a wreck. The hour which followed was filled with keenest agony. Grief for his fa JL | •. I | bA* HI j Mil sit INK t.irrt.K riUCBK ' ..T AH 111- m KAILS. tfcerV i.'. i wis mingi-d with sorrow •canv v lis, poignant that he must give t.p his pla e in ihe ranks. His mother and h u.- i: were now at • folyiely a!" ie in tli • v I! health w».« not I' ■ ! e ! e wa - u.'i tg.i 1 t l <ointed one »'»>'. • ' ' n' won At ill. very i the i.i • rsville rifles look tin* <Mi i M«-' trr. !i though with them in - striped front the train at his has: ity a civilian. A lew i on> u tderstood and ad mired hi. ttie iimi'M' so <'i'Hpi«'Dt of moral .s.'ii • whi< i In- had adopted. » i,p "ii «' >t counterbal mn* 111 »* wtes'rs ot n my who regarded ; tin y-r us t it' a »vnrd Ilrowu, I pr>< ■ ■ * tie- Mo'i' vas a sensible man Hj*terta did not pass rs patriot ism with bin l»'<.piie the clamoring of th who insisti-d that Mef'arron for running awa> from the enemy's bullet* should In* driven from town he ti*\e the Imv his old place. The . ion I in time pMMd Sanei !U'!gTti««nt • <" v most persons they were wn.»ic in brandim: Md'armn as a pMM \\"h»Mi it sadly de- udil'sl returiutl from t'tiba after t • w.ii th< soldiers had nothing but K<»> I words foi the man who had lieen tl>"M- >d'vi'lv he won haek nW i' i.in the iiffwtiiw and es t«-> of | - i -n*>ii He had with a! t ■ iiiembranci's his nio ' .-i \ ;t)| ;1 gratitude thiit wa- ii|t • it of his naerl and " .'U ire hnrt be»»n lifteil fnnil fh<"r hollo »r>' • 112 »em| in h«'r erstwhile |<lav in»! a i 'iielt t lie did not M>|t« | mi..i ijfrl abhorre<i cowan! 1 i» it Itelieve that tli« l«>i ! I I D her '"impanion >wM It ii. it and over again ►he ; ! • 112 that he was *tm -if i.i .. md manly; tha' t > . tMH'ause his lolls. |»-I|l|. 1!, I » was the •U ' • ' \ t I bile she hated Iter-" If 1 • i di a 'wiiTj cr'-pt lit • nei reason a she could i - <Ha»ci lh Hive fi AIH "arr iii which had ««n th«- vi-rs <>! ills, losing Itself to Ih-i iiiaidiii soul iias arrested by tie- |*-r*ist«nt distrust It was like a ros.-hiid fl ißell s |1 eas about to Utl f<4 ; iii gloriiMts ido iin and fragrance, It did not de» a>, and t i-oiild not d»- >elo|. 'lhe !• > grip < ;n'«-k«s| one as 1| pr»o • iH»««l the otltei I h«* girl had ad mirers in pli-niy. for she was light hearted and •<1 to lo>k upon. Vet line- Iliad'■ any Ullpl'essioli. for the Kleadfnsit ln'iirt <ouid loxe lint once; ■ tie Kit'iii hold but a singl*- rose Mi<- knew that Mei'arron's loxe was l»*rs hers alone, and that with him, i■«». ttieie m vet would !><• any one else. They met • .{iienth as friends, but «-v« t in his ~\«-s wa- tin* dumb, uticon * ioUs hop. sh». dansl nit encourage; in her eyes the «juer\ he eould not an »wer She »at b,v tile window of her home one afteruo Hi in < rly w inter watehlng the lirsi miow t ill of the season. Lit tle drtit* were forming here and there »>n the dusty pavement. The boys of tin* aeighinrleMMl, radiant with health and animal sjnrits. welcomed the snow Wjth Wild relukun** They were ilanoiiitf in a circle on ih> tracks of the electric line. Her heart gave u little tlirob McCarrou ap peared, striding aloir- i > -reward. He se»med to enjoy breasting the wiud. His head was up and h'< broad shoul ders back. A smile on his line lace, lie a moment to watch the bins at their play. The early darknes> 01 winter, al ready beginning to thicken, and the shouts of joyous young America pre vented sight or sound of a heavy car until it was almost upon the merry circle. ' Then the boys tied in panic, all but one little lad. who -lipped on the ♦smooth wet bricks ami surawled h* lp less across the rail The motoruiau banged the gong and twisted the brake frantically, but the momentum of the car still carried it forward at cruel speed. With a sudden sick horror and yet with a thrill of joy. too, Marcia, strain ing her eyes through the gloom, saw McCarron dart from the walk into the street, saw him brush the little ligure clear of the rails and then go down himself beneath the rush of the car. She must have fainted in her chair, for the next site remembered the room was full of men and Met 'arroil, dusty, I bruised and senseless, lay on the couch beside her Old l»r. Oiddings in tones of professional cheerfulness was speak ing to her father "T'nconscious jyst now, of course, but he's not dangerous ly hurt. A broken leg is the worst of bis injuries 1 never saw a nobler act, and I'm more than happy it isn't going to cost him his life." The frozen rose of love in Mama's heart had Imrst its icy bonds of doubt at Met arron's brave dee-1 and bloomed in splendor on the instant. She dropped 011 her knees by the couch and kissed McCarron's blood stained lips. Quickened into life by the caress, his eyelids fluttered. Apened. lie fixed a glance of wonder, then comprehension, on the girl "This has given me your pity. Maury, at last." he whispered. The feeble tones expressing so much of contentment and affection and the old dear name of childhood Rinsed the ready tears to overflow. "Not pity, Boyd," she answered, "not pity, dear heart, but love!" Tlit* Knr Trade. The fur trade of North America has always been largely conducted 011 the principle of barter, writes liuncan Mac Arthur in the New England Mag azine. The transactions with the In dians are carried on in a very simple manner. When a hunter brings in his collection of furs to any trading post, which lie usually does twice a year, ia October and March, he is taken t > the trading ro>m, where the -i. 11 11 charge carefully examines, classifies and values each skin, and when the whole pack is gone over lie hands the Indian a number of tallies. <»r . .. il pieces of wood or metal, each reprc seiitlng the value of a "made beaver," and the whole reprc-.. nting the value of the entire catch. The Indian then proceeds to the storeroom and selects such articles as he requires—blankets, capots. guns, knives, tea, t >bucco, etc.— in payment for which he hands back his tallies until they are ail gme and his purchasing powers are exhausted. He then departs, auother hunter takes his place and is dealt with in a similar manner, and so on until all the furs In possession of the whole band of In dians have passed Into the hands <,f the trader. Formerly it was etist unary to give a good hunter a "drain" and some small presents in appreciation of his Ind ustrv (•rent Grlrf aii«l I!ea<l Shaving. Among the ancients shaving the head was a very common mode of express lug great grief or sorrow. Sometimes it was done by the priest or some other religious functionary formally cutting off the hair, sometimes by violently plucking it out by the roots, in ex treme cases among men the beard as well as the hair was either cut off or plucked out. The idea seems to have lieeti that mourners should divest them selves of that which under ordinary cir cumstances was considered most beau tiful, ornamental and becoming. Lu clan (and he is not the only one who gives points on this queer mourning custom* says that the Egyptians ex pressed their intense M>rrow by cutting off the hair upon the death of their god Apis and that the Syrians acted In the same manner at the death »112 Adonis. Olynipiadorus remarks concerning Job t. 20. that the ancients among whom long hair was regarded as an ornament cut It off in times 11 112 mourning, but that those who commonly wore it short suf fered it upon such occasions to grow lone A FEARFUL PEST. The F>ro«'toan MoM|alt«p« That X'HUII In *cii ml inn \ In. Hunters find the mosquitoes a terri ble pest in parts of northern Scandina via One writes: "The warmth of the bun is rousing our deadly enemies, tha mosquitoes, Into active warfare. At tacked as we are by a few score of viciously piping skirmishers from the mighty host, we have l»efore advancing to look to the joints of our harness and don our gauntlets; then in descending the long slope toward our bivouac the scores of the foe are gradually multi plied to hundreds, the hundreds to thousands, the thousands to myriads, till we are at length enveiojM'd in a dense i j ind of wiifged fiends. The horses are a distressing sight. From nose to tall from lio.it' to withers, their Ulif'irtm .ate 111 m 1 ies . re covered with what might be taken at « casual glance for gray blanket clothing, but which is really a textile mass of seething insect life, so closely set that yut could not anywhere put the point of your finger on the bare hl;le "For such small ere iinn s mosquitoes eshih.t an as| Miislii g amount of cliar actci and d ab iiiial intelligence. They dash throcgh smoke, creep under veil or v risthaml like a ferret mt 1 a rabbit 1".: Mid i hen 1 he,\ can neither dash no n»e| || 11 i• t«• their I uie with the ctui:iiug "i.l i d Indian. We wore -tout dog .in giuves, articles with wh It th<y on id have had no previous '.lilitan e, at I i.'t they would fol low each rhei y hundreds in single tile up an ! i.ow the seams, trying ev ■ v.. slitch. .1' tin' hope of detecting a '•11 I the s Ime writer concludes: "The pro ilrtn pi it e|f. Why are these vermin - h>r ' i-y bloodthirsty and so perfect Iv f0r..1 I for sucking blood? It is one of tl > y t 111 \ 1 erie- of nature. On the 1111 iih - .led stretches of Fin mark they liii.sf as a rule exist on veg etable • ! ct. the el ii' es of blood BO rarely occur." 1 hi in'tii-i* lime* In 111 1 iti. Oh. Clin- n. x ... •• if 1 de |i i" . 1 cotton— Het vim l.* nil. t. rgotten— Kotik tw.i \ took awai F' r i!»» Chiis'm l - timj in Inxie! Pon't * 112 it.* v Mb# r fair or murky— I!lg fat ii" -iim e.i - KoMitin' turkey— I 00k riwa . , t.OO l< a u F"r <!" <"hri m 11 :m- 1 I■ xn • —Ft 11 St.tnlon la AtJ-eitu Constitution. ZEKE SHARP'S COMPROMISE By A. A. PATRICK I ' lit. I'.ufi, (>j K. t'. I'arceliH I'— == \I. -. Mtr..hiia Milk* was a widow— iliat is to -ay. Mi*. Bilks had suffered 1 demise from tin* effects of a too hearty me" 1 o peach eohbler, thus l. avii :: I. - jiHise, Miranda, and his liule Miranda, to live as best they might off liis none too generous estate, which same was comprised of an ax, a hoc. i spade, a pair of soleless shoe- and a pan* of trousers, with sun dry repairing# fore and aft. Mrs. Bilk- therefore did nut desert j lie.* calling, itut continued to bend over | tbe washiub and rub and serub from ' morning until night. And so the years slipped av\ . bringing Mrs. Miranda to middle age nd erowniug Miss Mi randa with die c c.vcr of sweet sixteen. I use Hie v it*;l "dower" advisedly, | for ii wa- :il•»11 this time that Miss Miranda was thinking seriously of | u.• i*i*ii■. ;* :i<l nothing under the sun i ha ! she just sweet sixteen. The I real a use of !i»>r cogi tat ions on so im- j p irtaul a alter v. as to be found in j the > -.ill i out /eke Sliarp, a mild j n i t'd. C.i .. u siwidower with sis { cii I •! 7. \ was n>t burdened with j h [r&rT 11 ■- > ■iJfjjjffli*j * "Tor SIKIItI Wol'liD 1 iLI. THE I'LACE,'* | co% i IM Kt> /.I KE. intellect. it v> a seven supposed by his | neighitors that in* was entirciy innocent j of having any of that great force hid- [ den about h:- anatomy. This, h ver. mattered not, for he j paid eouri io Miss Miranda with an I assiduity that was marvelous. Indeed j it was often only after clear and em- j pha<; •• intiii i nns from Mrs. Hilks, : who lookt«d up.>n his attentions to her ' daughter iih extreme scorn, that he j look ! bus.-if off. I'ar - a- ii. tli nigh, from Mr. Sharp's : intentions to he tliscardetl and forgot- j ten in such a manner, for he invariably i returiieti ilm iic.i day to renew his : wooing* \\ ith increased fervor. 'This state of affairs continued for some time. At last Mr<. B.lk-, grew suspicious. There was a lurking fear in her mind that the association of /eke and Miss Miranda was more congenial than she hail believed, or. for that matter, more than they had cared to reveal. To verify these suspicions Mrs. ltiiks ensconced herself behind a tloor near where the couple sat in order that she might the better catch the drift of their conversation. What da* heard satistied her lieyond question that she had sur miscd correctly. With much dispatch, therefore, she set aside the washtub, doused the tire under the kettle with water and, donuing her best frock, liur- ' ried to the otlice of the county clerk, J where, with a long pointed linger, she j warned that gentleman not to be "giv in' of an\ licenses to Miranda Hilks an' that rapscallion /eke Sharp." Then she returned home in a very complacent humor with herself for hav ing forestalled the elopers. She was hardly prepared, though, for the conse quent developments, and it was with much .-.urprise that she herself received a \ isit fi'.i'n /.eke Sharp. /eke tapi c. i lightly on the front door. Mrs. ltiiks answered the knock and coldly informed him that "Miran dy wasn't to home." "It be yon I wuz a wantin' to see, anyways," responded /eke in a feeble voice. At this piece of news Mrs. Hilks' eyes widened perceptibly as she re garded her caller for a moment. It wasn't necessary, however, for her to iuvite him in, for /eke was already In and seated "I shore wuz sorry, Miz Hilks, 'cause you wouldn't let me an' Mirandy have them licenses" And /eke sighed wearily "License-: be fudged!" snapped Mrs. Hilks. "Things air a corn in' to a purty pass when a man wants to lope off with a gal 'lain't more'n sixteen an* ain't never baked bread net* stitched a stitch, much less tended to a house Jam' full o' chilicm, like you already got. Seems t i nie you'd a picked a wo man a little Higher yer own age an' one what knows how ter do somethin'." Here Mrs Bilk* smoothed out a gar incut on the honing board, took up an iron and worked industriously as she waited for /-ke *t> reply. "That's jes' what I come to see yotl about." replic I the meek man "You kn-'W if on I, •ait- wiu. set me an' Mi ■ i t dow.i lo Hot lift\ ilie an' i i lb ii -. .\i ..i \ s a goud gal, im' I think a heap oi her. but -lie's so yoitng in' deli ije t.ke I'm afcard she'd Dot set much store by the chilicm, an' you know | want s uneltody that'll be a mother to 'em. I th Might o' you lots o' time- Mi*/. I. Iks, 'c.iuse you're so chip on;* an' hallux 'bout the house, but I didn't s'pose you'll care t• • take the s[km. :1 ility." "I gu s you never axed me," retort s' I Mr Hilks. * You shore would till the place," con tinued /eke. "You're not more'n thirty live" "Jes* thirty-four, an' I guess they B i'l many wimmen that can git urouu* ns spry an' do as much work as me nel ther." Hashed Mrs i'.ilks proudly. "If you wouldn't mind." went on /eke. "we might as well hitch up an* try it >iiblo harness a while any wa\ * ••Now you're a talkiu' sens .." declar ed tli wil tw. "an' they ain't no use a wn tin' time if we're goiu' to git mar ried. | reckon that house an' them « h ll lcrn air i t eelln' attention bad 'nough I >:re Mirandy 'II ride a high hoss when - tinds we're spliced." Mrs I'.ilks Mushed to the roots of her hair. Again the work was put aside, agaiu Uif host frock was donned, and again the willow visited the county clerk's oilier, this time accompanied by Mr. Zeke Sharp. It was the latter who ap plied lor the license for "Ezekiai Sharp an' Miz Mi randy Hi Iks." The clerk glanced at Mrs. Bilks and smiled. That lady blushed and hung her head, by which he inferred that she had with drawn her former objections, and he wrote out the license in which the la dy's name apj»eared as Miss Miranda Bilks. If Mrs. Bilks had high hopes of be -1 ing married a second time they were -oon to be dashed to the ground, for on emerging from the office who should lhe < ouple encounter Ihi t NI is s Miranda. "Here's them licenses!" shouted Zeke, as lie caught the girl by the arm. Mrs. Biik< stared at them In surprise. A moment later she came near fainting with amazement when the two sud | denly vanished around a corner. She i wheeled about and dashed into the ! clerk's otlice again, where a stormy in j terview took place. "I'll have the law on you, sir!" she | railed. "I told you not to be a-givln' them licenses to Mirandy an' that scal- I awag! lie told you miz, an' you writ i 'em fer her, you tarnal scoundrel, you!" "He said Miss Miranda," protested i the clerk as lie dodged behind a table. Not far away the decamping parties j were standing before a minister, who | had commanded them to "join right j hands." "You lie!" •'•learned the widow. "He | said miz!" And she made a dive after i the retreating official. Not far away the minister said. "I pronounce you man and wife." j As Zeke and his bride descended the front steps of the parst/bage they must have heard sounds, which same em anated from the office, where the irate Mrs. Kilks was strenuously endeavor ing to lay I • r hands en the clerk who j made it mistake. | ! The « rillc »>.i tin- II «-u r tli. It may lie argued from a story in | I Lord Edmoiid 1 itzmaurice's "Life" of the second l.ari Cranville that a wife with a seeing e\e can size up her hus band ■ jiilt>• as accurately as an astute 'politician. When Sydney Herbert, the I tirst Lord Herbert of Lea, resigned the war <>: lii • in lsr,i. i'aluierston, then premier, ti .< ! upon the scholarly Sir George < ciiewall Lewis to succeed him. Lady Tli •■•esa Lewis immediately ex pressed her >i!l»t of her husband's tit ness for tli' office, but I'almerston's messenger . - icd the point, saying the duties would not be military, but civil, 112 "He would have to look after the j accounts." I "lie can nevei make up his own!" i declared Lady There-a "He will look after the commissa- i rlat," contained l'aluierstou's mouth- | piece, wli!i a • Hi*::nee. "Hi' caitn.it irder his iiwn dinner!" "He will ■ iitrol the clothing depart ment." w i h • I hopefulness. "If in\ .• :tiUM's did not give the orders to !ii lor h<* would be with out a coal! r.tliner-t i carried the day, however, and t'ornc : ii Lewis reluctantly ac- j cepted tin- tffice. Not long after the underserr.- arj found him in a club, trying pre nimbly to inform himself up m his cut.i- He was reading a work on (lie military tactics of Lycao niaus. | T in- Melon IUIIII'I < ounl. Tlie nit in • rs of Ueneral Marbot upon j tlio lir-1 l-'reuclj empire relate that on j the occa-ion of a very formal dlstribu tion of rew rds made by Napoleon be fore lt.itis!i-in an old grenadier came j forward a.id demanded somewhat sharply, to the stouishmcnt of all. a 1 cross of tli" I.' gion of Honor. "Hut what have you done?" said Na poleon "Why. sire." aid the soldier, "it was I who, in the desert of Yafa. when It ! was terribly Ii t and you were parched with thirst, brought you a watermel on." ''Thank you," said Napoleon, "but a watermelou t'..r a general is not worth ! a cross of the Legion of Honor." The grenadier flew into a violent ' rage. "Well, then," be shouted, "I sup- j pose that th<» seven wounds that 1 got at Areola and it Lodi and at Austerlitz and at I'ri" l!aiid go for nothing, eh? , My eleven campaigns In Italy, in Egypt, in \ustria, in I'russia and In j Poland you lon't ount, 1 suppose?" "Tut. tut. tut!" exclaimed the emper or "How you do get excited when you come t > tli i sential point of the whole matter! i i ike you now a chevalier of the l.egiot ■f Honor for your wounds nnd your ■ ■ iuij■ i but don't tell me any more about your watermelon!" nulMtV MS A KOOD. It I* NOu I'lnli In k nnd Snvm Work For the IliKi'illtv UrKiinn. Honey, which is described as "one of nature's best foods," is the subject of a report by the Ontario department of agriculture. In this it is pointed out that it is only within the past few cen turies that sugar has become known and only within the last generation that retined sugars have become so low in price that they may be commonly used in the poorest families. Former ly honey was the principal sweet, and It was highly valued Il.utKi years before the lirst sugar relinery was built. "It would add greatly to the health of the present generation." it is declared, "if honey • lid lie at least partially r«- Ktored to its former place as a common article of diet." Exces.-ive use of sugar brings in its train a long list of ills When sugar Is taken Into the stomach it cannot be assimilated until lirst changed by di gestion into grape sugar. Only too often the overtaxed stomach fails prop erly to perform this digestion, and then come sour stuiuach and various phases of ind gestiou and dyspepsia. In the laboratory of the hive the honey has been fully prepared by the bees for prompt assimilation without taxing ei ther stomach or the kidneys, so that In eating honey the digestive machin ery Is saved work and health is main tained. Moreover, the same report says that "In ii my eases it v ill be a real econo my to Its, .: the butter bill by letting houev in pari take it-, place. One pound of homo will no as far as i pound of butte ami • both articles be of the same quality the honey will cos' the !e s Money is strongly recommended tot* children, while for persons of all tg a pleasant and wholesome drink is called 'Oerntan honey tea.' '1 his Is iii, j- ■ . : a teactipful «>f hot t t'mm one to two teaspoonfuls 'I i • ! a Sprnln. . d treatment for ft t* ■ oi h ii I iii baths for ttr t( 1: ;, 1 1 1 till' e I IIICS it tla.V. I'ol ' I, ' ij ;-h massage for fifteen ply mugly a rubber . i e. up to as high as patient walk. Ballet a i; • i ; melliotl with such sue ee t t ire seldom incapacitated for vvt u I "ei 'hatt a week. Medical ltecoril. STOCKHOLM. rile I'll .V OF U 'I'LLOUNiI 11)1 INIHIMIM UIID Hock) Ili-cIK, I r >lll Sweden's capita] an enthusias tic "tHps: ••The sky has an al most Italian radiance as the sua shines Clear and bright on the glittering levels o!' the lag i m that div ide the new town from the old. Across the water, on which a ileet of white ferryboats ply, rises the broad front of the palace, the stem outline ol which is relieved by the russet glow which time has lent to the brickwork. In front of the palace runs a broad quay crowded with shipping, behind which one mav catch peeps of narrow, v.in.ng streets, with sloping Toot's and painted houses beut with age. The square front of the palace rises above the red and gray roofs, seeming' t » command the old city. On my right the waters narrow to a swift rushing stream, over which a stately bridge has been thrown, uniting the palace with the pictureV|in> pile of the opera house, or, rule ~ with the broad square in which it stands. I>ehind the opera house lie broad streets of mod ern houses, in which there are unex pected glimpses of waterways crowded with shipping. "Stockholm is built on a series of is lands formed by I.ake Malaren. It Is, indeed, the city of a thousand islands and rocky reefs, which are sown broad cast many miles beyond the mainland, where the lake and river join the sea. j The steamers -which ply up and down the lake afford endless excursions. Seaward you may sail a day among the Islands until you reach the long, low reefs on which the Haltic beats. "In spite of their cold climate the Swedes delight in the open air. After j the indoor life of English or Amer- | lean cities it is a great pleasure to take | one's meals out of doors, although It \ may sometimes be necessary to dine ! wrapped in an overcoat. We have ; Been people dining in the Ti voli gardens ! | beneath awnings and umbrellas in the j j rain. This habit may explain the health ! j tmd vigor of the Swedes." VARIETY IN CHEWING. Gam ami 'fobarrn Ire Not tb«- Only Materials I'tillzed. Gum chicle, which forms the basis of 1 most American chewing gums, is by no means the only chewing material, | though chewing gum has spread over | a large portiau of the world. Among the old fashioned the gum of j the spruce tree is still in greater favor, I : aud druggists near the great spruce j i belts drive a thriving trade in the brown ! lumps. Although the chicle comes from the i tropics, it is seldom used as a chewing i gum there, tmctired rubber being the j fashion. In Peru "cuca," or cocoa leaves, i'onn the staple chew, the plant j being a powi rful stimulant, since from I its leaves cocaine is extracted. In the east the he-el nut is chewed in prefer- j t-ncc. the nut being prepared with lime, j To i? inilll he accorded the place of tirst pr iiiitieiice. since because of the congestion of population practically ' one tenth of the human race give it j their preference. One of the oddest chews is the leaden ! bullet which the I'.nglish soldier used to chew I. fore the introduction of the j jacketed bullets now in use. Tlicy de- ' dared that it lessened their thirst and to some cvtent deadened their hunger on long marches. And then there is tobacco. ODD THINGS ABOUT WORDS, Wlm ii li.f V» on! ••Lunch" Wita I'irnt I n< il If >S«-ai£it n A "lunch," etyinologienlly, is just a lump. In the sixteenth century a "lunch of bacon" meant merely a slice or hunk of it So Hurus speaks of bread and cheese "dealt about in lunches," and Scott records that "little lietijie w.is ramming a huge luncheon of pic crust hit i his mouth." While in modern times "lunch" is an abbrevia tion from "luncheon." the latter was s originally au elongation of "hin<;h." A j philologist shows how the old "110011 j sheuk," 11 in drink, came to mean noon j eatlug, and to appear as '•nunshcou," \ and the development thereafter of "luncheon" 112 »m "lunch" was very natural. Curious changes of words sometimes take plfce between two languages. Thus English has borrowed the French "poseur" and has given to Franco j "snob" in trade. Frenchmen have a i way of taking a polysyllabic word and ' using h: If of it. Thus of "steeple- j chase they have appropriated tint "steeple," and now the French sports man speaks of "mounting a steeple'' when he means to ride a race over the customary obstacles. A smoking jack et is with hini a "smoking" and a sleep ing car Is a "sleeping." Very DiflVn'nt Trial*. Tess Aren't you going to choir re hearsal tonigut V .less \o. Teas — You'd better We're going to give that new hymn a trial, less—Can't. I am going tn give a new him a trial my self. Harrali. or huzzah. is the oldest and j most eriinii'Mi exclamation In all lan- [ gtiage< KSLLTHE COUCH I AND CURE THS LUNGS J H Dr. King's New Oiscowery /CONSUMPTION prico FORI UUGHS and 50c & 51.00 B Free Trial. | Surest and Quickest Cure for all R THROAT and LUNG TBOUB- g LES, or MONEY BACK. ——KBWMWII II—W m—l iiifif! A Reliable TO SHOP Tor att kind of Tin Roofing Spouting and Ceneral Joh Work. Stoves. Heaters, Ranatea, Furnaces. «to. PIIIIKN Tllli LOURST! UIiILITV TUB BEST! JOHN HIXSOiN NO. 116 E FRONT ST. I THE TOY INVENTOR. II 112» llar«l«'st TUMU IS to (utch the I j» f»i*y of the I'lililli!. The small inventor is an important I factor in the mechanical toy business, and he earns all of (lie living lie gets in thinking ii]) devices. 1 i«? is most con cerned with the small mechanical toys, and, in addition to the prime requisite if putting forth something novel, he must get -■>!;h thing which costs as Ut ile .1-- J »o>- -ilile .i in I which catches the l.in y of ilie iiniltitiiilf. This last point I-- one whi h most difficult to cover. N > siiidctit of the subject has ever yet i <•> . aide i i.i >eov<T or deduce the i-.n ie iu '.lch the public taste moves, .nd it i- 'i;l hit or miss as to whether a figure which walks on its hands, an , airship w ih \iug.s or an acrobat who orks by gra ity will be the best Nell- Then. when the invention has been ' i-vf-d. the inventor has still the li.ii'in of linding the maker who will buy it an 1 pay a fair price. The in ventor ai 1 maker are In much the ( --"me positio.i a> the writer and pub lisher; both go through the same men- ! ' tal turmoil as to the timeliness of the I j output an I both take the same risks The inventor who has been in the ; busitie - - long learns at last the best ! places at which to offer his wares and lias more or less of an idea of what ' ought to bring liiin. and once he I hi- acquired thTs knowledge his entire 1 energy is devoted to keeping up with demand for newness. Something r.bsoiuteiy different from anything else , previously offered is in general better than an improvement of an old Idea, and that is why iu mechanical toys the I same device is seldom seen two seasons I iu succession. Philadelphia Hecord. CHOCOLATE. ♦ \\:is II l.uxury IN Thin Country In • in- KiKliteentli Century. The first newspaper notice that an nounced the sale of cocoa and chocolate I in America read: "Amos Track, at his house a little be ! iw the Bell tavern In Danvers, makes ! sells chocolate which lie will war i- >t t<» be good and takes cocoa to I (■ Tho-e who may piease to favor i him with their custom may depend up ■ ■ii being well served, and at a very • Leap rate." This notice appeared in the Essex ! <!a/,ette of Massachusetts on the 18tli I of June, 1771. five years before the i signing of the Declaration of Independ ence. Despite Mr. Trask's assurance that his rate was cheap, chocolate was very expensive and beyond the purse of any but the wealthy folk. Wouldn't they be surprised to see how generally chocolate is sold these days in packages as cheap as a penny? When the Spanish soldier Cortes con- j quered Mexico in 1510 he found the people very fond of a drink called "cliocolatl." This was served to the ruler Montezuma in a cup of solid gold. When the Spaniards went home they introduced this drink into their coun try. but it remained very expensive. The secret of its preparation was never allowed to get out of Spain. Now It Is the cheapest article of food and drink we have. \ fjtorj of i;«l*vin Forrest. Edwin Forrest, the- great actor, was ' at Columbus. ().. on one of his tours. I It was In the railroad station at mid night Ii v. ,s c ild. bleak, biting weath er. and the old fellow hobbled up and down the platform, but there was maj esty even in Ids very hobble. An un dertaker's v - u pulled up at the sta tion and a corpse was removed from it The baggageman carelessly hustled the body i ;o his drav and wheeled it »!own tin- platform. As he halted, old Forrest br >ke out into the most hor rible cursing, and with his tonguo lash ed the baggageman for his careless handling of the human clay. Then he turned, approached the corpse and | broke into th - oration of Mark Antony i over the body of Caesar. No one was there but the frightened baggageman j . 'id a handful of actors. The great actor's voice rose and fell aud the sub tle tears and resolute thunder of the oration awoke the echoes of the station 1 as a grand organ in a majestic cathe dral. He i .-ad every line of the oration and said iu an aside speech as a climax: "There, take that, you poor clay in the j cottiu. I'll be dead myself iuside a year." And he was The Home Paper I of Danyille. : I I Of course you read . I 111 MI : \ 1 'if 1 ; 11 J i fi | THE HEOPLE'S I " POPULAR 1 APER. i ! Everybody Reads !t. . | Publisher Rvery iVlor Except Sunday . j No. II B. ng St.i i ; i Subscript ion o cj: r Week. I DARING OF LIONS. Int'i<lPi>t» »«> l'rove Tliut Hie lirutea Are Not Cowardly, j It lias been said many times that | I lions are cowardly brutes, but of the aiany lion-' with which I have had per son:!! dealings, expectedly and unex pectedly, the epithet cowardly Is the last 1 h ,'iild consider appropriate in describing them. I have been charged by a and he eerttiinly did not look cowardly. I have couie face to face, a! a distance of some twenty feet, with a family party of half a dozen, fortu nately !'is! ! fed. They stood, with quiet dignity, locking at us. and then slowly mo- cd away, stopping every few yards to stand ami look again. There was neither fi-ar nor meanness in their ap pearan-e or behavior. I have seen lions stalking game, and I hav< ii.y elf been stalked by them. If I could b t ve encouraged myself •with tile eou\i'tion of their cowardliness when 1 was the quarry and they the hunter:, d would have put a different asp. Eton the situation. We were at this time living in a station over seven ty iu. i ; from the nearest connecting link wiili the outside world, and when man eat tig lions took possession of the one road which led to this link things became serious. A large troop was reported, and the natives lnaiiiiained that this troop ran along in the grass parallel with the caravan road (a path some ten inches wide), and. having selected the most edible men l ev of i!i<> caravan, jumped upon liim like a fin. ii.and, seizing him, disappeared as qi''- kly as they came. - Our mail runners, attached to whom were a eouple of native police armed with ritle v-ere everal times attack ed. I-'inally. .r- the wail party was camping -e- irght. fortunately for it, with a native caravan, the lions be came so b dd that, in spite of fires, they sprang m: i n dive and carried him off into 13: • 1 »«■!>. Mrs. S. L. Hinde in Blackwood's Magazine. ASPARAGUS. Ma Helntioii tu the Fumou* Aftpliodel of the Kurly AKCH, As a tickler of the palate asparagus has come down the ages with all the weight of (ireek and Roman approval. Plato ate it by the plateful, and Aris tophanes. the humorist, regarded it as a great aid a digesting the crank phi losophers oi the day I< is an odd fact that this culinary plant is closely related to the famous asphodel, which was supposed by the ancients t . be the leading tlower in the gardens of the eiysium. the Greek pur gatory or paradise. A part of the quaintness of this lies in the fact that the roots po-sess purgative qualities. | Tlx routs and fruit <>f both were for merly much used in medicine for this purpose. According to the superstition of the Romans, the manes of the dead fed on , (hero >ts of the aspho lei. They planted it. therefore, iu and around the ceine terie. : hence to this day it covers with its beautiful golden blossoms as pro fu elv as dandelions th« %pulian hills and valleys, and the sheep feed on it greedily. It belongs to the same natural order of perennials, and the only difference j between the asparagus and the as | phodel appears to be in the fruit and j the color of the flowers. So abundant Is the wild asparagus in the steppes of Russia that cattle eat it like grass, Just as Italian sheep devour its botanical cousin. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. How soon we learn that the average man's hark is about al' there 1s to him. When people say anything good about you. ever notice what a few are pres ent? We all of us claim to be natural, but I we all of us know that the only time I when we are not putting on is when | we are asleep. j Somehow the hundred dollars some ' other man has always looks larger and 1 as if it should go further than thehun j dred dollars you have. | There are not many sights more de -1 pressing than to meet a farmer's wag on on a country road going out from town with a coffin in it. When a man says he got up nine times with the baby six nights in suc cession it means that one night he woke up and heard his wife got up.— Atchison Globe. 112 . WB rat 10 do all Us of Printing 112; i .J An i Kl! LI'S Nil ll Ml Please. I us mm. A. well pr. tasty, Bill or * • W / ter Head, Pop* h/A Ticket, Circt. t Program, Sic: :• VIH „ , LyA ment or Card (y ) an advertisemen for your business, a satisfaction to you li Type, lei Presses, ~ Best Paper, * SHIM ffoit, A ' ProiptDOss \ll you can ask 4 A jtrial will make yoii our customer. We respectfull" asl that trial. ■ ~ 9*9 No. n H. Wahonmjr St.. ID-A-HSrTrIT .XjEi.
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