fDINGEROUS FISHES.
THEY ARE NOt ALL CONFINED TO
THE SEAS THAT ARE SALTY.
Vk Alligator Jr la Omm Fre.h W
. e Bpeelea That la Feared In Ihe
I loath 'A Mratarlona Mnnetcr That
I lahaalta m Michigan Lake.
1 So far m any ilniifter from ttie gnmo
to concerned, frenh water Ashing lint
laya been looked tipon ns about na
aafe as any aport In tlio world, and the
frsah water flab hna gone on record na
harmleis and nonrealslant. Hut there
are Instances now and then when the
flan turns the tables. The Inhabitant
of Oaceola county, Mich., who live In
the neighborhood of Lake Ueorge, an
Inland water about three miles long,
are almost superstltlously afraid of n
certain fish that Inhabits that hike. No
one knows what sort of flsli It Is, and
opinion locally Is divided as to whether
It Is giant muskellunge or a stur
geon. Spearing parties had now and then
reported seeing a very large flsli with
out being able to strike It, but no one
gave credence to the tales until one
night several years ago, when a party
of sportsmen from Chicago went ou the
lake spearing In charge of an old resi
dent named Armstrong.
Armstrong was the only one that re
turned to tell the story. Mo said the
party was spearing In shallow water
when they saw nn enormous llsh thnt
resembled nn overgrown inVkcrcl. Two
of the Chicago men were standing In
the bow, and at first supposed tho fish
to be a log. Then one saw his mistake
and struck with nil his might. The flsli
gave a dart that made the boat Jump
as though a steam engine were pulling
It If the man had let go of the spear,
all would have been well, but he hung
on, and the Abu gave a mighty flop to
right angles with the boat. The man
still held to the spear, with the result
that the boat capsized, and the men
found themselves standing In mud and
water up to their waists.
The light went out when the boat up
set, and, the night being dark and
cloudy, not one of the party had any
Idea of the direction to be pursued In
reaching shore. The shallow water oc
cupies a large part of the lake, and
they could wander In any direction
without being able to tell whether or
not they were nenrlng shore. Arm
strong said afterward that nothing
could equal the awfulness of the expe
rience that followed. They made their
way In one direction after another and
wandered round and round, going half
way to tbclr knees In mud at evory
atep.
To make matters worse a cold,
steady, drizzling rain began to fall.
They were soon numb to the marrow.
Then one of the sportsmen dropped
without a word, and no one went to his
belp. Little by little the three that re
mained were separated. Armstrong
says be himself became unconscious
after a time and remembers noth
ing that happened until be was roused
by feeling solid ground beneath bis
A -. .1 .1 1 . I . . A I . ......
iki nuu uuuiUK umi iuu wiiict mia
more shallow than It bad been. lie
kept on and fell upon the shore. Then
on hands and knees he crawled to
camp and gave the alnrm. Search was
at once made for bis companions, nnd
their bodies were recovered. Since thnt
time the big fish with a scar on his
back bas twice or thrice been seen by
spearing parties, but they have passed
It by.
There Is one species of fish In the
south that Is feared only little less
than Its salt water contemporary the
shark. This Is the alligator gar. It
grows to enormous size and bas a bill
bard and bony and much broader than
the bill of the common gar of northern
waters. One who goes out upon the
lakes of Louisiana and Arkansas will
sea them Jumping and splashlug like
enormous trout. Their usual food con
slats of fish, and they not only make
endless trouble for those who go fish
ing with minnows, but have been
known to round up and tear to pieces
bass which the sportsman bas hooked.
Bathing In the lakes Is considered dan
gerous. A negro was sitting In the stern of a
boat on a lake near Ilelenn, Ark., let
ting bis feet hang over the stern, when
a gar grabbed him by one leg. The
man bung to the boat until rescued,
but his leg was horribly gashed. The
fish bave been known to attack In like
manner negroes who went swimming
In the Mississippi below New Orleans.
One spring the writer was visiting a
rice plantation on the "lower coast" of
the , Mississippi when an old negress
came walling to the bouse and said her
five-year-old boy was dead. lie bad
been playing at the edge of a bayou
and was lying on the bank extending
his arms Into the water when a gar
came with a rush and, grabbing th
youngster by the arm, pulled him Into
the water. A young negro with a shot
gun was standing near watching for
nceDiras. He ran to the bank. The
fish found It bad undertaken a bigger
task than It could well mannge, aud a
wild struggle was In progress between
Ibe gar and the dying child. The negro
shot the flsb, but the child died before
it could be taken from the water. New
zork Times.
Tfca Rlarkt of Defenee.
In the course of a trial an English
udf Is reported to bave said: "The
laws of Qod and man both give the
party an opportunity to make his flo-
Cense, If be bas any. I remember to
bave beard It observed by a very learn,
cd man upon such an occasion that
vea Ood himself did not pass sen
tence upon Adam before be was called
upon to make bis defense. 'Adam,'
amy Ood, "where art tbouT last thou
atea of tbe tree whereof I com maud
mi the tbat tbou sbouldest not en If
JLnd the same question was put to Kve
MEMORY'S PRANKS
YVtir no Wa Remember Certain
Thing and Forget Other.!
The vagaries of memory are some of
the most Interesting of those connected
with the buinnn mind nnd body. Why
do we forget certain things and re
member others T Myrlnds of these Ir
rrgularltlcs are ns yet tinneeountcd
for. Perhaps not even the cleverest
metnphystclau will ever account fur
them.
l'rofossor .tames reminds us how
something which we hnvc tried In vain
to reeall will afterward, when we have
given up the attempt, "saunter Into
the mind," as Umcrson says, as Inno
cently us if It bad never been sum
moned. Again, bygone experiences will revive
after years of oblivion, often ns the
result of some cerebral disease or acci
dent. Such a case Is the one quoted by
Coleridge of a young womnu In tier
many who could neither rend nor write,
but who was said to be uossesjed of a
devil because, In a fever, she wus heard
raving In l.atln, Greek nnd In nn ob
scure rnbblnlenl dialect of Hebrew.
Whole pages of her talk were written
down aud were found to consist of
sentences Intelligible In themselves, but
not having the slightest connection
with one nnother. To sny that she was
possessed of a devil was the easiest
way of accounting for the matter.
At last the mystery was cleared tip
by a pbyslulnn, who traced back the
gill's history until he learned that nt
the age of nine she was taken to live
at the house of an old pastor, a great
Hebrew scholar, nnd that she remain
ed there until the pastor's death. It
hud been for years the old man's cus
tom to walk up and down a pnssago
near the kitchen nnd rend to himself
lu a loud voice.
Ills bonks were examined, and among
them ninny of the passages taken down
nt the young woman's bedside were
Identified. Tho theory of demoniacal
possession was abandoned. Youth's
Couipnnlon.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Mix stove blacking with a little am
monia to prevent It burning off.
A teakettle should never be allowed
to stand on the side of the Ore with a
small quantity of wnter In It.
A rose potpourri Is made by packing
fresh rose petals In salt, a layer of the
petals, then a layer of salt, and keep
ing them covered for six months.
A convenient substitute for a cork
screw when the latter Is not nt band
may bo found In the use of a common
screw with an attached string to pull
the cork.
For Ink stains on furniture add six
drops of niter to a tenspoonful of water
nnd apply It to the stain with a feath
er. If the stain does not yield to the
first application, make It stronger and
repent tho process.
Stains on silverware require prompt
attention, otherwise It will take a long
time to remove them. Sulphuric acid
will remove the stain left by medicine.
Dip the spoon In the acid, repeating
the process until the stain has disap
peared; then wash In very hot water.
Dltntlns Tea,
Few housekeepers remember, as they
should, that when It Is necessary to
dlluto strong tea It should be done with
wnter at the bolllug point. The poor
flavor of ten, made strong at first aud
then reduced, such as Is too often serv
ed nt receptions aud "nt homes," Is
usually caused by the addition of hot,
not boiling, wnter to tho first Infusion.
A lesson lu this matter may be bad
from the Russians, who serve the most
delicious tea In tho world, and who pre
pare It first very strong, maklug It al
most an essence of tea. This Is diluted
to tho strength wished, with water
kept boiling In the snniovnr. This
water Is not allowed to boll aud rcboll,
but Is renewed as needed. Freshly
boiled water Is Insisted upon by all
connoisseurs In tcamaklng. .
Celling and Ventilation.
Uootns with low ceilings or with ceil
ings even with the window tops are
susceptible of more perfect ventllntlon
than those with high celling. In such
rooms tbe leukage at the wtudows,
which la constantly going on, keeps the
nlr In motion throughout the room,
whereas If the celling Is higher only the
lower part of tbe air Is moved, and an
Inverted lake of foul and hot air Is left
flontlng in the space above tuu window
tops. This lake, under the law of dif
fusion of gases, keeps actively at work,
fouling the fresh currents circulating
beneath It
Longevity of Irlah Peasant.
It Is curious to notice the great num
ber of centenarians whose deuths are
recorded In the oUlclal returns of Irish
rural districts. As an Instance of the
longevity of tbe Irish peasant It may
be pointed out that the death of per
sons upward of sixty years of nge reg
istered In Counaught last year amouut
ed to over 00 per cent of the entire
deaths of the province.
He Knew Wall Street.
Upson Dowues There's a man over
there who owes all bis wealth to bis
deep knowledge of tbe ways of Wall
street
Wluan Luce-Went In and won bis
pile, eht
Upson Downes No; stayed out and
kept what be had. New York Times.
Pineapples come Into bearing In Ha
waii when tbe plants are four mouths
old aud bear In abundance for years.
Lettuce csn be planted at any time,
and It develops quickly. Tbe same u
true of celery.
The fellow who never bas anything
of Importance to say always manages
to say It Philadelphia Record.
SPRINGS IN THE SEA
FRESH WATER STREAMS THAT BURST
FROM THE OCEAN'S BED.
The Origin nf the t'nilergrnnnd IHt
ra Thnt HaVe an Ontlet I'nder tbe
Persian Unit Una Never lleen 8ntla
faclorllr Explained.
Along tho shallow bottom of tho
ocean, not very far from the laud, n
number of opening have been discov
ered In various parts of the world
through which water as pure and fresh
ns that of any bubbling spring mingles
with the salt wnter of the sea. Anoth
er remarkable class of fresh wnter
springs Is those that sink out of sight
or perhaps never conio to the surface,
but follow hidden channels under the
land nnd under the sen until they filial
ly come to the open nlr on an Island,
ltoth of these types of underground
rivers nre perhaps most remarkably Il
lustrated near and on Itnhreln Island,
In the l'erslau gulf, a place thnt Is also
tinted 'as uue of the chief sources of
pearls.
llahreln Island, the largest of the
group of Islands bearing that name, Is
about twenty tulles off the coast of
Arabia In the Persian gulf. As the Is
land has almost no rainfall It Is n
dead level of sandy desert relieved only
by palm groves nnd patches of vegeta
tion where water springs to the sur
face from the mysterious underground
channels. In many places the water
does not reach the surface, but Is found
by sinking wells, the wnter being rais
ed to the surface by donkeys and bul
locks and poured Into tho channels
from which the ditto palms and other
crops are Irrigated. These springs can
not possibly be derived from the Island,
nnd It Is no more likely that they come
from the sandy wastes of neighboring
Arabia. The Arabian shore as tar as
enn be seen is low and devoid of wnter
except nt Kl-Kutif where similar
springs are found.
Arabs say that these streams come
straight from the tfuphratcs river
through nn underground channel by
which tho great river, lu part, Hows be
neath the l'erslau gulf. Geologists,
however, have dismissed this theory.
Though the origin of the springs has
not yet been satisfactorily explained,
the most favored theory Is that they
come from the well watered slopes of
the Persian mountains fur to tho north.
If this theory Is correct, It means that
the rainfall sinks into the earth's crust
until It reaches Impermeable rock
strata along which It Is carried for a
great distance to the south out under
the sen until the rock, sloping upwind,
agulu brings the wnter near the sur
face ou llahreln Island. Homo of the
wells that mo thus supplied aro enor
mous, and oue of them, tho Adnrl,
serves for the Irrigation of many miles
of date pnlins through a canal of an
cient construction. The Adnrl well Is
one of the great sights of Itnhreln, be
ing a deep basin of water 22 by 40
yards lu size. The fact thnt It comes
from a far higher source Is shown by .
the force with which It enters the well.
Divers, driven back by the strong cur- '
rent, are unable to reach the bottom. I
There being no wells within miles of
some of the const towns of Hnhreln,
they obtain water from springs that
lisuc from the bottom of the gulf not
far from the shore. These springs of
courso have the same origin as the
wells. Divers, with goatskins under
their arms, dive through the snlt water ,
and till the skins with the cold, fresh
liquid at the bottom. The water ob
tained In this wny usually contains
a slight admixture of salt wnter, so
that the mixture Is Just a little brack
ish. At some of theso openings nt the
sea bottom the bend of water entering
tho sea Is so' strong that when hollow
bamboos arc pushed dowu Into It the
water rises through the tubes, deliver
ing the fresh wnter directly Into ves
sels that arc held by men and women
who are sitting In the boats that
brought them from tho laud. The
force of some of the streams as they
come from tho earth Is so considerable
that It pushes back the salt water, and
the spring Is not mixed with the set.
wnter for quite a space around the
place of entrance.
It has been practically determined
within the past few years that the wa
ters of a stnnll river In West Africa
which disappeared In a fresh wnter
swamp that has no vlslblo outlet llml
their wny by nn underground channel
Into the Atlnntlc and mingle with tho
sea through an opening In tho bottom
thnt has been discovered a few miles
from Cape Verde. A channel has been
found on the sea floor which, appar
ently, wns cut by some fresh wnter
stream. During ionio soundings thnt
were ninde In 1805 for the purpose of
finding and raising a broken cable the
vessel engaged in the work was sur
rounded by swamp vegetation thnt was
continually rising to the surface. It
was evidently brought through the un
lerground chnuncl from tho swamp.
The breaking of a cable off the mouth
of the Bovuma river In East Africa
bas been attributed to the destructive
action of a strong current of sweet
wnter entering tbe sea level several
miles from the lund. Another remark
ablo example of a submarine river is
found to tbe north of the city of Arlcn
on the Tnclfic conBt of South America.
A river from the Andes tbat Is grad
ually swallowed up tu the sand has
been found to make Its way Invisibly
Into the boo. with which It unites some
miles from the land. New York Sun.
llraln Weight.
It Is stated by an authority that the
weight of a man's bralu has uothlug to
do with his mental power. It Is a ques
tion of cllinnte, not of Intellect. The
colder the climate, the greater the size
of tbe, brain. The largest bends of nil
are those of the ,Chugntshi I, who live
very far north, and next come tbo
beads of tbe Lappa.
Learning- the Game.
Vhen that grant plainsman ,T. Tt.
Illckok, better known as "Wild Hill."
(nine east on what he called n "led In it
trail to learn something," he stopped
one Hiitiirda.v nllit nt a hotel In Port
land, Me.
When he went to his room to seek
rest, bo found thnt tho adjoining' room
was occupied by n company of fashion
able and rich young spurts of Poi'tlniid
who, It did not take him long to dis
cover, were playing an Interesting
pnine of potter for high stnkes. In vnln
tllil ho try to sleep. He could not do
so. nnd nfter nn hour nrose, dressed
lihmvlf mid knocked on tho door.
rniltiiitly nil was silent; but ho In
quired politely thnt ns they would not
let him sleep would they let him come
In and watch the game?
They iIM mi and were Impressed with
the appearance of the man and asked
If be would Join them.
"I will If you will post me; but, ynu
liiiow. I'm a tenderfoot cast," ho re
plied. They were willing to "post" hfni,
and. plrcylng awkwardly, making blun
ders nnd nsklm; questions, but seem
ingly greatly Interested, he continued
to play until daylight, when he put his
winnings, some $1,000. In his pocket.
"I tlinnk you. gentlemen," he said,
"and I'm rnther glad you would not let
me sleep. I'll be here until tomorrow,
so keep me nwake some more."
Put tbi players did lint appear iigatn.
Iictrolt l'reo Press.
nnrrmvlru llnlilla of Poets.
On T;iii..v. urn's habit of falling t
recognize clearly his own burrowing
from tlio claiislrnl poets, Mr. I.ang ob
serves thnt the imcts have always had
a kind of regal Indifference to their
own lighter productions. .Mr. I.ang
says; "Scott did not care; no, not when
he found that he bad unwittingly taken
a line from a poem by the valet of a
friend, lu the preface to a lltllo col
lection of verses from the novels he
frankly declares that he cannot pretend
to be certain which nre of his owu com
position nnd which nre not.
"To t:il:i nn example from the level
at tiio foot cf Pnrnnssus, I oneo read.
In nn AuerVnn paper, some Hues at
tributed to Mr. Austin Dohson. 'Not
bad for Dib.on,' I said freely to a
friend, r.r.t It wns proved on me that
the rhymca were my own! A bard who
forgets Ids own verses may be par
doned for remembering those of other
people and mistaking a half line of
somebody else's for his own. I dnre
sny that Tcutiysoii did this occasion
ally, but be could hardly say that 'the
sun sets' without being licensed of uu
cousclomi borrowing."
Greek and Itnmnn Stovea.
Warm n;i (Jrccco and Itomc and
Egypt nre, stoves were made there In
the dim nnd misty vistas of the past.
It was not Just the pattern used nt
present, but was a metal basin In
which charcoal was burned. It sat In
the middle of the room, nnd ns the re
sulting smoke wns of the slightest no
opening lu the roof or elsewhere was
necessary. The same Implement, still
called by Its old Greek name of lira
sler. Is now employed In many portions
of continental Knrope, Where It Is util
ized for heating as well ns cooking.
Put the progressive Homaiis Im
proved on that and ninde a hypucnust
It was the genu of the present fur
nace. It was made under the house In
a little cellar prepared for It, and the
heat v.as conducted to the rooms nnd
baths I'.U'ouxh crevices left In the floor
aud lower portions of tho wall. Later
Hues were provided, conducting bent
to any portion of tho house. In some
of the old Itoman villas lu England the
remains of these old tluiu furnaces nre
still found.
Origin of the Clearing House,
In 177." the bankers of London rented
a home in Lombard street nnd fitted It
with tables a' id desks for the use of
their clerks ns n place where bills,
notes, drafts and other commercial pa
per might be exchanged without the
trouble of personal visits of employees
to all tho metropolitan banks. Trans
fer tickets were used, nnd by means of
this simple plan transactions Involving
many millions were settled without a
penny changing hands. The ISaiik of
England and every other Important
bank lu Loudon nre members of the
Clearing House association. The first
clearing house lu tho United States
wns established by thu associated
banks of New York In 1S53.
Her llt-rvreuce.
Mrs. Hiram And have you any ref
erences? Applicant No, mum; 01 tored 'em
up!
Mrs. nirnm (lu surprise) Tore thorn
up? How foolish!
Applicant Yes wudn't , think so,
mum. If yea hnd seen 'em. From
"Itccollcctious of Mrs. Minnie E. Leo."
An Indian llellef.
There is a belief prevalent In India
that if a man bo sleeping, no matter
Where, nnd a Shrsh Nng come nnd sit
beside bliu. with a hoed spread over
the sleeper's face, the Intter Is sure to
be a sou of fortune. Popular tradition
osslgus the same reason to tho rise of
Ualda All of Mysore from a common
soldier.
A We Drop,
Sundy And will ye tak' a drap
whisky afore ye gang ha mo, Tarawa!
Tnmmiis Ah. weel. Just wee d rap
pie. Sandy Then say when, luddle.
Taiuions Nay, nion; the glass will
sny when. London King.
A Thoroughbred.
She Is It true thnt when you pro
posed to me you dldu't kuow whether
1 was worth a penny?-.
He Absolutely. But I always was
willing to take chances. Detroit Free
Press. ,
Atf OVERWORKED PHRASE.
The F.ire..lnn "lie Tnnk HI 1,1 fe In
III llnnd."
"The expression 'he took bis life In
bis hands' always struck mu ns being
very foolish," said a bright young gen.
tleiuiin, "and 1 have often wondered
w hy bo nviay persons persist In using
It when they wnnt to speak of extraor
dinary dangers. Now. extraordinary
danger Is one thing nnd the simple,
commonplace tiling of taking one's own
life In one's hands Is an entirely differ
ent thing.
"I work In n big building. There aro
a slcaui engine and a mammoth holler
In the basement. Whenever I enter
that building, If they are ruuulng the
engine In the basement I take my life
In my hands. I get on the elevator on
the fifth fit ji ; I tnke my life In my
hands. I jo out of town; tho car
may tumble over a trestle somewhere.
I walk along the street; n sign may
fall on me. I make my way across the
thoroughfare; who knows but whnt
n street car or a vehicle of some sort
may not run me down? I cross the riv
er; may I not suddenly find myself In
the swirling stream nnd sinking for
the last time? If I walk along the
street, mny not a brick or a loosened
cornice come crashing down upon me?
There are a row and a shot or two on
the comer; mny not a stray bullet wing
me? And so on.
"Pessimism? No. Logic. That's all.
It Just shows the difference between
taking one's own life In one's hand
mid the matter of confronting extraor
dinary danger. These risks are ordi
nary, plain, old, everydny risks. The
fireman who dashes Into a burning
building to rescue n child, the fellow
who grabs the bridle of n runaway
horse, the hero who will plunge Into
the river to save some person who Is
about to drown these are the persons
who confront what I would call ex
traordinary dangers, and the worn
platitude of snylng of one of these 'he
took his life In his hands' would not
fit the case because there would be In
the net nn element of heroism which
would place it much above the com
mon place." New Orleans Times-Democrat.
HOYT'S JOKE ON M'KEE.
How the I'lnrwrluht Had Dlt of
Fun With III Manager.
On ono occasion Mnnnger McKea
wns watching a performance from a
box. when? he was seated with some
friends.
During the first act an usher enmo
to him with the Information that a
gentleman was waiting nt tho door to
seo him on most important business.
"Tell him I can't come out I'm very
busy." wns the answer.
The usher returned In a moment to
say that the man Insisted on seeing
Mr. MeKce, who again sent out word
that It was Impossible to see him.
Tho mau outside theu sent In tho
message that he wns nn author and
had a play that he wished McKee to
reail Immediately.
This Incensed the manager, who said
to tho usher:
"Toll thnt fool out there thnt this Is
no time to bring a piny to be read.
Get him out of tbe place I won't see
him. I won't read his play."
A few minutes later tho usher camo
back and Informed McKee that the
man utterly refused to go without see
ing him, and that he must be granted
an Interview, also that he was quite
sure that tbe mnnnger would not only
read Ids p!ay, but he would also pro
duce It nnd added that he would bet
$1,000 that Hoyt & McKee would be
only too glad to get the play.
At that McKee became furiously
angry, aud, excusing himself to his
party, left tho box with tbo Intention
of personally Inviting the persistent
author to begouc.
"Where's that Idiot who Insists on
seeing me?" ho asked of the treasurer
ut the box olllcc. Theu the treasurer
pointed to a man standing In tbe shad
ow with a roll of manuscript under
bin nrin.
It was Hoyt, with bis newly finished
play, which he handed to McKee, who
said to those present:
"It's ou me whnt'll you bave, boys?"
New York Clipper.
Odor That Permeate Foodatnn,
A tish dealer lu oue of the most styl
ish parts of New York was deeply hurt
and badly worried ono day by tho com
plaint of oue of his big customers that
a line salmon which he hud sent to the
house for a big dinner bad proved to
be entirely uneatable wheu served ow
ing to a most penetrating taste of creo
sote that pervaded It The flsb dealor
realized, although the charge was not
uiade directly, that he was more than
suspected of having sold a stale flsb
that hnd been washed or brushed with
an antiseptic preparation to bide Its
condition. He knew that tbe salmon
hud been perfectly fresh when be sold
It, and for days he puzzled In vain over
the problem. But suddenly be remem
bered that ou the day the flsb was sent
out a tank wagon full of creosote bad
stopped before bis place and tbat bis
cart Into which the fish was being
placed, was directly alongside of tbe
powerful stuff. That appears to bare
been enough to permeate tbe delicate
flesh of the fish. New York Press.
Wooea Morphea With Plotnre,
"I have found a cure," said a physi
cian, "for a person who Isn't chronical
ly allllcted with Insomnia, but who
temporarily canuot sleep. It Is a curi
ous thing that the picture of a person
yawning will almost invariably Induce
sleep.
"Try It yourself some time If you
come across such a photograph. For
the life of you you can't belp yawning,
after a moment, and persistent gaslng
nt the sleepy bead will almost Inevita
bly send you to tbs couch for a nap.-
New York Times.
Where II Forgot nlmaelf,
"We are seven," laughingly quoted
the man who wns an applicant for life
Insurance when asked to give the num
ber of children In his father's family.
"And their name?' asked the exam
ining surgeon.
"Well, there's Albert Addle, Henry,
Laura, William and Dora and nnd"
The snrgeoti looked surprised, and
the applicant looked foolish.
Then he began again, "There's Albert
and Addle, and Henry and Laura, and
Wllllnm nnd Dora, and and"
The surgeon announced thnt these
were only six. The applicant acknowl
edged the corn nnd went over the list
again nnd ngaln, Invariably balking
after the sixth name. Then a bright of
fice boy looked up from bis work, with
a grin, and snld:
"Sny, haven't you left yourself out of
the count 7"
. The surgeon seemed relieved, tbe ap
plicant seemed more foolish tbnn ever,
aud the olllee boy grinned on at bis
work.
"Tbat certainly was one time," final
ly commented the applicant "tbat I
completely forgot myself." New York
Times.
Applee the Diet For the Sedentary.
Apples nre very wholesome and di
gestible. They contain considerable
potassium nnd sodium salts, magnesi
um, a little Iron and about 85 per cent
of wnler. Apples, being rich In pectin,
form rendlly Into Jelly. Tbey also con
tain free organic acids as well as salts,
such a mnlatea. citrates and tartrates.
They nre quite laxative, more so If tak
en late at night or early In the morn
ing with a glnss of water. Tbelr nutri
tive value Is not much, as they are
largely composed of water. For In
valids apples are best when bnked and
cnten either plain or served with cream.
Ledger Monthly.
A Drop of Wnler. "
A gallon of distilled wnter weighs
8.83!) pounds, and there being four
quarts tn the gnllon and two pints to
the quart, nnd 10 fluid ounces to the
pint, nnd two tnblespoonfuls to the fluid
ounce, nnd four teaspoonfuls to the ta
blespoon, nnd 45 drop to tbe teaspoon,
a drop of wnter weighs 0.00018057
nound. sllchtly more.
A Pnlbrtle flrreavement.
Miss Singer I snw In the paper tbat
there Is to be an entertainment for a
"musical orphanage!" Pray, what mny
a muslcnl orphnnnge be?
Mr. Kcnltall-I can't say positively,
you know, hut I tmnglne It must be a
child deprived of Its native air. Har
per's I'.a.ar.
Mennt Well, bnt Made nim IterTon.
Mr. FIJJIt-Plenso don't send that
messenger boy who stutters 'up to my
bouse again.
Telegraph Manager What did he do?
Mr. FIJJIt-Nothlng. But I gave LI in
a 25 cent tip. nnd he bung around all
afternoon trying to say "Thanks."
Coliimbus 0.i State Journal.
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H. W. EASON & CO.'S
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i j All $18 heavy Suits and Overcoats - $15.
II All $15 heavy Suits and Overcoats , ' 12.
ii All $12 and 12.50 h'vy Suits and Overcoats, 10.
U All $10 heavy Suits and Overcoats 8.
t All $8 heavy Suits and Overcoats 6.50.
i All $7 and 7.50 h'vy Suits and Overcoats, 6.00.
I All $6 hetvy Suits and Overcoats 4.50.
. All $5 heavy Suits and Overcoats 3.75.
All $3.90 to 4.50 h'vy Suits and Overcoats, 3.00.
We still offer a cut in price of
Mittens, Lumberman's Rubbers, Etc.
SUITS MADE TO MEASURE
At this store. See our new samples of cloth and notice the
j Low Prices.
Si H. W. EASON 8c CO.
f; Next Door to Postoffice. Reynoldsville, Penn'a.
Sleighs
Sleighs
Sleighs
Robes
Blankets
THIS is the kind of weather
you neeri them. Call and
Examine our Stock.
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'im-hI 1 HIHTH. A Ions prnctice, thorough
kn.wletl:ff, the up-to-tlutu methods for tHt
Iiih tti ilit, thu urrora of refraction or mus
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Kt Imperial Hotel,
FTeynoldnvllle, February 13, .
Amurlciin Hotel, Rrookvillo, Feb. U and US.
0. C. GIBSON, Optician.
Suits at Reduced Prices.
all Heavy Underwear, Gloves,
HAVE YOU SEEN our fine
line of Sleighs, Fur and
Plush Blankets?
and
Ghirnes
RIGHT.