Mnino mil rondo ato Riving mors of the crossing-tending jobs to women. The rocont storms in Florida ore nid to lmvq completely destroyed sbont 1,000,000 acres of limtinr niut I ho monetary loss to the stnto will roach 81,00,000. .The Charleston (H. C.) Nows nnd Conrlcr notos tbn shipment of a car load of "palmetto extract" to Chicago, which it notes "in the first palmetto root extract to be used outside Florida and Georgia for making lent her. " Katnnra, tho Japanese Gnvornnr Gonnral of Formosa, intends to for bid the use of opium by nil resident Chinese under eighteen years of nr. It ia fenred that n stricter law would lead to tho emigration of nil tho wealthy Chinese merchants. Science laughs ot tho ordinary al lurements of Ion'. One of tho clever est women botuniata in tho country, the wlfo of A scientific man and collcgo professor of Now York, says that her husband fell in lovo with her nt a timu when oho was in tbn moat uiipleimniit ituge of tho disease known an ivy poisoning. "And what a night I huh," ibe odds, Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, once known aa Boccher's churoh and now is lluv, Dr. Lyman Abbott', bus a bioyolo rack, aud encourngea young people to oome to Sunday school, which is held iu the afternoon, on their wheel "What we want to do," says the Superintendent, "is to koep f oting perilous out of tho paiks on Sunday aud draw thorn to Sunday ichool." Despite innumerable explanations ind domonntrationii, tho question con tinues to be asked whether 180!) or 1900 will bo the closing year of the century, observes the New York Trib une, ltefeienco to tho rnlo by which the Gregorian calendar was established hould be suflloient to sottlo tho mat ter. It states explicitly that tho num ber in a date is the uuinber of tho current year. The nineteenth cen tury, therefore, will end with Decem ber 31, 1900, and the twontiuth cen tury will begin with Juuunry 1, 1901. In spite of prohibitory laws, duel ling is much in vogue in Italy, so as, indeed, actually to flguro in tho vital statistics as a cause of death. Be tween 1879 and 1893 .no less than 3, 444 duels were fought, 3,070 of them being with sabres. A total of 4,475 wounds were inflicted, no less than cvouty ot them causing death. It is significant that the greatest tin rubor takes pluoa in hot weather, and tho least in winter. There is evidently somo relationship botwoon tho state of the weather aud that of the blood, or the temper. Boerbohra Tree, tho English actor, has evolved an ingenious theory to ex plain why it is that heavy tragedy has almost disappeared from the stage,ar.d even light comedy is Dot too success ful with the "variety show," says the New York Times. It is, he suggosts, merely a matter of tho dinner hour and digestion. When people ata their principal meal at midday, they could go to the theatre several hours later with thoir stomachs at rest and their brains demanding employment Now passing. direotly from the cliniug table to the playhouse, they instinotively shun anything provocative of mental exertion, "What is tragedy?" asks Mr. Tree, aud answers: "An empty stomaob. What is comedy? A full one." The trials of alleged Cuban filibus ters that have oconrred from time to time in various courts of the Uuited States form, ia their strict adherence to the letter of the law, an amusing contrast with the trials of Cretan fili busters that have lately taken place in Athens. According to the Hestia of that oity, five officers of the Greek army were recently arraigned before the military tribunal charged with aiding filibustering expeditions des tined fur Crete, one of the officers Second Lieutenant Kalomenopoulo, was also charged with deserting in order to serve against the Turks iu the island. Tho Attorney-General de manded that the prisoners be found guilty in aooord with the evidenoe given; but the oonrt without rising rendered the opposite verdict, and thereby established a remarkable pre cedent, the spirit of wbioh seems to be that it is patriotio in a Greek to light for Crete, and that patriotism nay disregard all law and disoipline, A procession of a thousand persons aeoompsoied the liberated soldiers through the streets, while cries of "Loug live Crete I Loug live Crete I" Xot the air. Wmmm to m ii "frw -rft; An Impromptu Pino Cutter. 1IY OI'.IITIIt'llK KI.OISR IIP.AtjKU. Beth would always remember tho Christmas holidays that bail jimt passed. They woro as full of lights and shadows to her as a painting of one of tho old inaMnra, Tho present days wero otnployod in the fashioning of dainty garment", in a preparation for a wedding not far instant. itn every stitoli wont a thought of the piny woods nhoro she had found what she felt to bo ber life's happiness. She had gono to visit a friend in South Georgia, whoso cultured homo lay just on the outskirts of a small villag'.1. She had returned fill I of wonder that a few short weeks could bol l sneli joy. The first portion of her visit was Spent in idly enjoying all tho delight ful languor created by tho cliinato; thou alio roused herself, and, in a whole-hoarted way.joinod in tho plans formed for hor ontortaitiineut. Such novel affairs these appeared to her, fresh from her conventional city home. One evening there was an oyster roast iu a great yard. Beth sat upon a pilo of niljioeut lumber, and ato with decided relish tho oysters brought to hor in quick succession by her rus tic admirers. Tho largo logs burned with n cheerful glow, ami allowed no closed oyster shell to remain long on ita warm bo I without rovimliug its inmost scorels. Thuro wero dancos characteristic of tho surroundings, and tho rough tiddler's notes lent a light ness to hor foot which tbo most select city orchestra failed to impart. It was all delightful. That which pleased hor most of all was to drive through tho piny woods and over the sandy road for hours at a timo. The tall pines whispered softly their gladness that here at least no ioa kin- ruled over the trees and tho flowers. The white soil glistened with the sun's rays, as it its broad bosom woro dookod with precious Btocos. A few weeks after Beth's arrival in Jesnp, having expressed a desire to visit a turpentine farm, her friend Mrs. Leigh plannod a winter picnic to the most intorostiug still in tho stir roundiug couutry. It was o'wned ami oporated by two brothers, Ralph and Horbort Landell, who, fivo years be foro, had oomo from North Carolina. Both brothers woro unmarried. Tbo elder was forty years of age, and an interval ot twelvo years lay between his and tho younger brother's age. Tho Landella wore old friends of Mrs. Leigh, and they entered into the scheme for her guest's enjoyment with much ploasuro. ' Ou the appointed day quite a crowd of young people went ont on this pic nio frolic. It fell to Ilorbort's lot to be Beth's guido over tbo interesting portion ot tbo farm, after tho party had dined in the kitchen-dining-room of tho little log bouse. He showed ber the hands busy at work cutting deep gashes in the trunks of tho pines so that in the approaching spring the sap wonld collect for its useful pur pose. The workmen plied their chop ping to an accompaniment of weird song, tho melody of which vied In sweetness with tbo notes of a neigh boring mocking-bird. The immense turpentine still lay near by, silent. The huge, serpent-like oopper pipes served at present only as tunnels to facilitate the travel of the varied fami lies of creeping things ever on the move. Before many months, how ever, all this wonld be changed, There wonld be instead the whir of the machinery and the hum of life. Heat applied "to the boiler wonld cause the pine sap to bubble and boil and two new substances would appear the oondensed vapor forming the sal able turpentine, and the residue the rosin. Herbert informed Beth that after this was accomplished he and his brother and the bands were kept ex tremoly busy, packing aud shipping the barrels of their goods to different points. She grew thoroughly later ested ia the work. Hie day was one which brought a ol.ingo into lleth's life. , As a rosnlt, II' rbert Landed became a frequent visitor to tho home ot tho Leigh. The blight Imago of the city girl had stolen into bis heart mid refused to depart. Beth was not indifferent to the limn whoso deep volco and clear gray eyes uiicoiisniously revealed to her every day how dear she was to hitn. A few weeks after tho day at the turpentine farm, their engagement was an open secret. Only one thing clouded Beth's joy. J for lover's elder brother, Jtilph, did not approve his clmlco. Tho brother wero quite de voted to each other, ntid the younger relied greatly upon tho other for ad vice iu all mutters. The ilifTorouoo in their ngrs had strengthened this re liance. When Herbert joyfully told his brother of Ida engagement and waited for tho expected congratula tion, ho was disappointed that instead camo only words of disapproval. "Hno is a gay oity girl, Herbert, anil not tho kind for you," ho said, as ho turned away. "You forget, Hilph," the other re torted, "that I was roared iu it oity, ami do not always expect to spend my life among tar, pitch and turpen tine." "I know all that," K.ilpli replied; "but there aro years yet of this lifo for you. A fashionable oity girl will never be satisfied even with a yoar of it, Heverul years may develop hor now sunshiny disposition into one that will not keep yours sweet. Mark well what I say, my boy, and puns before it is too late." Nothing could indium llalphoven to call upon his prospoctive sister-in-law. Of course, this state ot nfTtirs cau-od happy-hearted Beth milch sor row, which was shared by her lover. She was always gracious in her man ners when alio happened to meet tho elder Mr. Lmdoll. Ho never unbuilt from a rigid politeness. AH this only nnido hor tho more resolved to win his friendship before sho should leavo for hor homo. Intent on this, and with all tbn enjoyment which lovo gives, tho days slipped by until sho had been away from homo for two mouths. Both was accustomed often to drive alouo. Mrs. L;igh could not always accompany her, and thus it came about that her otherwiso unoccupied time was spent behind old Charley, the gentle family horse. Ouo Sunday afternoon Mrs. Leigh asked her to bo tho benror of somo delicacy to a sick friond who lived a mile or ho beyond tho Lin loll farm. The distance was too groat for walk ing, so the horse aud buggy wero brought out for her uso. Tho glorious wealth of suusbiuu appealed strougly to hor as she was driven lazily in tho midst of all the glistening bounty. Her route lay pant her lover's homo; and as she ueared it she recollected that he hud told her both Itilph and himself iutoudod going that day to tho nearest village. Sbd was rather glad, for she preferred encountering him anywhere else than here. , Beth's visit to the sick woman con sumed about one hour of her time; then thi turned the horse's head homeward. How delightful was tho spicy aroma wbioh tho breeze swept to her from tho statoly piuesl Oblivi ous of timo aud distunce, so iutonso whs her enjoyment of her quiet eur rouudmgs, she was suddenly aroused from her reverius by the familiar land marks which told her she was again approaching tho Landell farm. She stopped the horse for a moment bet tor to enjoy the peaoefitl picture. A hush lay over the whole place. In the distance she could just see the work men's cabins where, uo doubt, their inhabitants wsre at this time indulg ing in their usual Sunday afternoon lumbers, the reward of the week's bsrd labor. The silence wss only broken by the occasional yelpings of the hounds. But what was that flash of light Beth suddenly spied, ss it leaped among the thickly scattered pines? She sprsng from the buggy, quickly tied Ctiurley, and basteued to the spot which had attraoted her with its brightness. She turned cold with terror when she saw a tall pine tree already kindling in flame. She did not stop to think bow it hud hap pened) she only realized that the flumes were resobing out their hungry tongues in seurob of other food, aud soon the forest of valuable trees wonld be ablaze, and the Landed still would be destroyed. It would take too long tor her to arouse the workman. Then, what must be done? Looking around she spied an axe which one of the hands had cnrelessty forgotten. In a moment, throning off her lint. Beth seized it and began chopping at the base of the burning tree. If sho could ont it down then she could put out the flames with water from the spring which aim know was near by. A large till bucket was always kept there with which to water tho horses. Her swift and determined blows wero accom plishing tho desired effect. Tho slen der trunk of the tree was becoming inoro frail in its support as the sharp axe sent the chips flying in every di rection. At length it Hwayed, aud, leaping out of tho way, the excited gil l saw tho doomed pilio fall with a crash. Thnro was no linn lo bo lost. Tho flumes, as if afraid of losing their prey, leaped higher and higher. Beth rushed to tho spring, and quickly re turned with the bucket of wnter, which she emptied upon the lire. This sho did again aud again, and soon only a harmless, smoldering mass remained of tbo latidy blazing tree. With Hushed faco aud dishovoled hair tho young woman stood viewing her work, while Charley, near by, was quietly munching grass, ss if nothing had happened. Just at that moment a buggy camo iu sight It carried tho Landull brothers returning from thoir drive. At wight of the bare-headed girl they hastened to hor, and i in me diately saw what had taken plane. Both then related tho particulars, and was overwhelmed with thanks aud praise from both men. "1 will drivo Charley back for you," said Jforliert, as sho prepared to de part. "Tho little hands that man aged to chop down a trco must cer tainly be allowed to rest for a while." "That girl's a brick, Horbert," ex claimed lbilph upon bis return ; "and I'm glad you've been lucky enough to win hor." Thus it was that Both won the friendship of her lover's brother. She will always be grateful to the littlo boy who, sho afterward learned, bad mischievously set fire to the pluo troe that moinorablo Sunday afternoon. Now York Indopendout, Ale a Barrel of Eirgs a liny. "Do you like eggs?" was the qucs tiou tbut stirred up a "4'J-or" to make somo talk in a Buugor store tho other day. He was an old man and he straightened up to something like the height of his priino as ho answered: "I hud a surfeit of them once. 'Twas toward fifty yoars when I was on tho way homo from California. Wo loft the isthmus on a good brig bound for New York, but ran into a coral reef in the Curibeau son and were wrecked. It was a patch of sand just out of tho water, but you ought to see tho flocks of son fowl that nestled on it I They had to move out of tho way to givo us room to stay thoro, and that was about nil they would do. Their uosts were every where, and there woro eggs in abun dance. We ato about a barrel of them every day during tho twelve days we were there. Somo of ns got off in a boat aud went to Sun Juan, in Nio nriigun, where we got a vessel to go after those we loft on the reef. That vessol wus commanded by William Luwrenoo, of Bath, who was killed by a man named Wilkinson, while he was a poliooman there. He tried to get to the reef, but bad wen hor stove ns np so we had to set in for Nsw Orleans, where we found the rest of the men rosouod by another vessel. But eggs" the old man's face took on a peculiar expression. Lew itton (Me.) JourusL Curious rase of Manslaughter. Tbn bud habit that is of utmost uni versal prevalence with the managers of musio balls of not opening the doors until a few minutes before the per formance, thus indirectly induoing a dangerous headlong rush of the crowd that has been oolleotiug outaide for an boor or more, has had a futul result in Sydney. The most popular musio ball in that oity is the Tivoli. On the Sat urday prior to the departure of tbelsst Austrian mail, the rnsh into tbo top gallery was so great that a man named Gill wa precipitated over the railings. Ha fell into the stalls right on the bead of a Mr. Alfred Neauder. who .wisi promptly removed to the Sidney Hon- pital, where it was found that be bad received a fracture of the spine. Gill esoaped with a few slight bruises, but the Coroner's Jury fonnd bim guilty of mauslaughter,and be bas been com mitted for trial. The verdict was op posed to tho charge of the Coroner. who said that Gill could not possibly have foreseen that he would have fallen over the railings of the gallery into the stalls. London Westminster Gazette, ' , GINSIiNGJDIGGlNG. An Important Industry With tho Indians of Michigan, Peculiarities or the Root Which tho Chinese Reverence. Grand Traverse County, Michigan, claims tho distinction of being tho home of an industry of considerable Importance which Is but littlo known. This industry consists of gathering ginseng for exportation to China, where it is almost held in sacred rev erence, tho celestials believing it to be a euro for about all tho ills which nflliel humanity. The Traverse City Herald dys that from tho middle of July until late in October the Indians, as well as ninny white residents, devote their time to hunting for the ginseng roots, which aro to bo found only iu tbn dense for osts and which will nut stand cultiva tion or thrive in the openings. These hunters dry tho roots and bring them in bags to the local druggists, who In turn ship them to the jobbers, by whom they are forwarded to the Chin eso markets. The dried roots bring from 82.75 to S3 a pound and tho green ones bring an avsrago of eighty cents a pound A considerable sum of money is paid out for them at Tra vorse City evory season. Tho best quality of ginseng root is found in northern Michigan, although the root is to bo found in other sections of the Uuilod Slates. An examination of the best roots show that in shapo they resemble the human body. The Indians have giv en them tho home "A-ne-sbe-uit-ba-ael-wang," which means "the littlo In dians." The Indians have many super stitions about this root, believing, amongotlier thingR.that unless an offer ing of some kind is made) to it, it will, if dug.exert si it evil infliiotioo and even bring on war. Iu order to appease this evil spirit they always scatter a little tobacco in tho hole from which tho root is dug as an inducement for it to grow again aud also to avert any evil iufluetico which it might otherwiso exeroise. Under no cironmstsnaes csu the Indians be induced to uso tho root themselves for medicinul pur poses, although they havo faith in tho curing properties of mauy other kinds of roots aud herbs. It is not generally known that the uamo "ginseng" is the anglioized form of the Chinese "gen sn:f," al though it bas a foreign sound. The Chinese are the only pnoplo who have any nse for the root, and they, too, aro full of superstitions concerning it. All classes of the Chineso use it, it being the most favored potion of tho highest mandarin as well as the lowliest coolie. Theybelievo that if they carry it with them on long jour neys, it will give thorn strength, and health, and keep them from all mis fortune. Tuey believe that in what ever form water appears in the body it is governed by the veins and ginseng so tones them up that they keep the other organs in a normal state of sat uration and tbo animal spirits flow freely. They also believe that tho nearer the root resembles the human form the more efficacious it is. They soy that the genuine root will have two offshoots near the crown to represent the arms, while about tho middle it will bifurcate to represent tho legs. It is the opinion of all the celestials that they never get the genuine root, as that grows only in the garden of tho gods, and their druggists tell them that only earth-grown imitations can be procured. The roots, they say. have the powor of concealing them selves from the eyes of the enrions, and a few of them, whose natures are entirely pare, can at night see the halo of spiritual essence which it puts forth ; thus locating it, they can un earth it at daybreak. This pretty ides wonld doubtless be dissipated it they could ouce see tbo Indians of northern Micbigsn bustling through the forests and digging the suored roots by the bushel. A Mammoth Pulley. The largest two-piece pulley in this oouotry is in one of the grest iron work establishments at Pittsburg. It was made in 1893, and is looked npon ss a marvel in the wheel casting line. None of tbo great casting works of the country would undertake the contrsot for making the gigsntio wheel and the necessary apparatus to accompany it. so the firm desiring it (although it was out of its line of business) finally did tbe job itself. As it is now the wheel is twenty-four feet ia diameter, bus a faoe forty -eight inches wide and weighs 54,000 pounds. The whole pulley, olamps,side pieces, bolts.hooka. etc., weigh 61,000 pounds. St, Louis Hepuldio. Llfo Saved h flail; Water. No case In the history of Hahne mann Hospital has ever interested the doctors and nurses so muoli as the re markablo one of Charles Challcrton, who was struck In the side by tbe shaft of a cab at Broad and Filbert streots, He was taken to the hospital in a grave condition, aud rapidly be came so much worse that, fearing he had been internally Injured, Pr. Northrop made an incision and found tbn spleen badly lorn in two places. Whilo this was being done, tbe patient was rapidly sinking, and, as a last resort, altliongli tho case was regarded as almost hopeless, threo and one-half quarts of warm salty Water was injected into tho veins through the arm and leg to take the place of tho exoeediiigly large quantity of blood that whs lost. This infusion lias been used boforo in Mich cases, where tho loss of blood lias been great, for, wero it not done, tho heart, having nothing to pump, would soon censo beating. Tho injured spleen was carefully and antisnptioilly packed In gauze to stop its blending, and Cliatterton was pined in bod, with but littlo hope of bis recovery. But hn lived through tho night, and, although slightly stronger tho next day, was still so low that there was scarcely any hope that he would survivo tho injury and shock. As Cliatterton still continued to im prove in tho faoo of suoli odds, tbo doctors began to tako more interest in his esse. He was givon blood-making foods and two subs'quent infusions of salt water. The treatment seemed to sgroo with him particularly well, for it ia raid he is now fairly on the road to recovery. I'hiladelphia Lodger. (iiiesslnir Advertisements. Look over your old nowspapors and cnt out any advertisements whio'i are so printed tbut the picture csn be used without any of tho printing to tell what is advertised Get abont twenty different kinds, two of ench kind. Take one of caoh kind and out off nil tho reading, so there will be nothing to show what the picture advertises, and number them on the back. Whonthe company have gathered, provido each guest with slip of paper and a pencil ; thou pass around tho pictures, whioh are numbered, and request each player to gues what tho picturo advertises and write down his gin ss with tho number of tbe pic ture on his paper. Wheu the picturoa hsve all been tho rounds and beon gnossed on, ask tho players each to writn his name on his paper. Colleot the pspers and mark tbe guesses which are wrong, thou count ni ami see who has made the greatest number ofoor rect guosses. Award him the first prizo, which may bo anything your fancy suggests. For tho booby prize, tako tho advertisements you have not used and make a scrap book. Make the loaves of bright colored cambric, ' pink tbe edges and paste tbe advertise ments. Give this to the one who made tho most mistakes in guessing, with tho remark that if he will study this littlo book carefully he will do better next time at guessing advertisements. N'uw England Homestead. Peculiar Defect In Eyesight "I know boy who has a peculiar defect in his eyesight," said A. C. Lawrcnosof lUppnliuunoo' county, Virginia, at tho Howard. "Hia name is Eddie Howe, and the story can be substsniiated by almost any citizen of my county, as the case is well known in that locality. From birth the boy was supposed to be practically blind, and he wrs fivo or six years old before the discovery was made tbut, while be could not sjo in daylight, every thing being blurred, aud hia eyes unable to bear tbe glare, he could see well at night When tho boy was five or six years old bis father bought a pair of red-top boots for him and took them into bis son's room in the dark, expecting to leave them and have the boy surprised when he felt them, bnt Eddie ssid, "Ob, futher, what pretty boots, and oopper toes, too." As tbe father could net see the boots, it was so dark, be bea to investigate and found that the boy oould sea. The next morning tbe lad was blind again, and tine therts, a grest mauy oculists have been con sulted. None of them have been able to care the defect or even to deter mine whst caused tbe peculiar condi tion. Washington Star. Yaecinated With Condensed Milk. During a sinall-pox scare in Johan nesburg, South Africa, an enterpris ing fellow deolured that be was doe tor, and with a ean of condensed milk and a needle, vaccinated aboaul,5J0 people, charging each of them fir billings for bis services.
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