a Rn RS TE
ARIA
Rh) Ld i CHAN BMA 3M
ansett, 1. I, standing |
bi bench
®| gang. As be was about thls duty the
| murdered man's chum, little Hheridan
the murderer calmly ro
elgar from his mouth and
: placed it on the seaffold's rail. Then
| be crossed his bands behind his baek.
The clgar and the man's lite went
| out together,
A PLUCKY POLICEMAN,
Fifteen years ago there was a polices |
2 man in New York named Sheridan. |
He bad a side partner ns extragrdinar |
ny big as he was Hitle.
The big man sae day interfered with
Li the doings of a notorious East Side |
ipang known ns Short Tails. and he |
i was murdered In broad daylight on
"| hin post for hls pains.
“1 taln of the precinct heard of the mur
®lder he declared that the Short Talls
, would be broken up and imprisoned,
When the cap. |
PROTECTING TREES,
Tt 4a estimated that the cost of pros
testing trees to prevent disease, by the
Loe of Earn
{spraying way also increase the profit
fon fruit, by Inducing better quality.
BE
i
:
« 1 Ro he get about forming a platoon of |
police to take Into the haunts of the
Ting | strolled in
[1 | yellod.
| on the roofs of the tenements to Sirow
At us when we march into thelr street,
Tha Amazan-
ware inve baonts
i wis n command of Bert
1 mily, while Captain Jesse,
Edwards, was In the third
baats ped to the sonthwest,
te, unconscious of lis |
wins moving slang In the ways
Hr were close tn tha whale
gon ded. The men's spirits
Lie Accordingly. A few
awever. the whale
ew yanket at the onrs with
art Foe It Revie] | an if the
ded and ro.
ren mutes. When |
“They murdered him, did they he
“And they've got bricks plled
have they? And they're standing on
the street corners looking for a fight,
are they? Well, they'll get all they
| want—and I'll give it to ‘em™
‘Without cloh or firearny of any kind,
| Bhierldan dashed out of the station
| house and ran Inte the heart of the
{ Bhort Talle’ stamping ground.
nizing a group of thelr leaders on &
sirest corner, he walked up to them, |
| knocked down every one of them, | will be lend two or three Inchios
grabbed two of the more uotorious by
re | thelr cont collars apd. torning his back
| on the crowd, marched them toward
the station house,
On the way there another Short Tall
"| made a dieparaging remark about the
murdered policeman, Quick as a flash
Hitls Shoridan orders his two prisons
era to halt, knocked the third Ehort |
Tall down, dragged blm over to whers |
the other two wore meekly standing |
#tond the third prisoner In Hoe and
without farther ade, drove them into | :
| stances, lke
of the couslateney of eresin. The bark
the sintlon hones
Recog- |
Cthidr new wood cut back to six or eight
Shorldan reached thers Just as the |
platoon was fssued forth, He quickly |
handed his prisoners over to the doors |
man, Solned the platoon, and in the
general round-up that followed took
a lesding part and arrested a dozen
Bhort Talls, :
A ORES NERVE.
Frits Werner was a German fores-
ter. One day a stag gored him frighe
fully tn the abdomen,
As tha Infuristed animal pulled out
Bis antlers, hpckod tway and prenared
for a second charge, the Infared man
propped himself on an elbow and
fired Just ns the slag was closing in
oft him. The aulinal fell doad and the
aman Minted away.
When he recoversd consciousness bho
found that he ecotld not attract atten.
tion by shouting, He realized that he
was om of the beaten paths and that |
ot | DMesy he drageed Mimi 0 8 fre
, bit the Bdwardses
un and they rowed shout
When they finally i
ie bell was rung,
: he was 0 fost Tong,” groaned
ont win be maintained
¢ beach to-morrow morning. in|
that the whale will be kind
me back and be killed. Om
> shot him dead, fought
Ee pusue and fled.
from | the gallows. A
pinent In New York City
| to the task of trying to
resulted n failure, and
¢ the date sat for the
allied on the murderer
: him that nothing more
» sal the man, “hat they'll
g fo ow to-morrow.” :
ihe condemned man, add-
ent later: “But there's a
Tie in town Who' $ been
ER j nuented place he wonld surely din So
ia th t an ‘posnitity of
ho began dragging himself through the
forest In the direction of his employ.
rs bouse, threes miles away.
He started on his journey at noon:
nt 8 o'clock the next morning the oo
eupants of the bouse were aroused by
the explosion of a gun nearby. In
vestipnting they found the forester, in
a dead falpt and nearly dead from
loss of blood, Iving on the lawn. By
bis side was a smoking gun.
When the Injured man got so that
ut | Do could speak and tell his story, his
master asked him:
“But why di! you deg that heavy
gun ail the way”
“I knew that I eonlin't shont when
I Ald reach an Inhabiiabla place” was
the reply, “so I brought Bt along to
attract attention I didn’t think of i
nut 1 had evawled for half a mile
- then I erawlod back and got 1
NRA Aa Sl a
Marks of the Cninlogrer.
A number of persots who rocoive
| Books from the puble Hbrarkes are
puzzied at the mysterfons marks on the
{title page. Rome Booka have ouly one
or two marks, others dave a dozen
Oecnsionally it ts a Jotter of the alpha.
bet with twe small Sgures close to It
Sometimes it Ix a letter underscored
vader the name of the book, or onder
{ the name of the author, or both, Very
frequently it is an outline in short
{band, whieh many readers ean de
telpher, but are In entire ignorance as
{10 its meaning. These are the marks
of the chief cataloguer of the library,
and are intended only as guldeposts to
her assistants. They convey informa
tion as to classification. other books in
the library on the same suhject. num- |
ber wf times the book 1s called for, and
various Items that are useful when the
time comes to make out an annual re-
port. Most chief entaloguers are wom
en, and nearly every one has a system
of her own. Cataloguing and Indexing
have grown to be a business in them-
galves, just as moch as stenography
and typewriting. It Is mostly in the
hands of women, and the yay is about
the game. New York Times,
The Driest Npot on Ear h.
The reputation of being the driest
Bpot on earth Is claimed by many spots
in many climes. The latest clatmant 9
Payia, in Peru, a place about five de-
r | grees sotth of the equator on the coast |
i that has risen forty feet in historie
times. Professor David G. Falrfield,
toe recent visitor, reports having reached
there In February just after a rain of
Hiore than twenty-four hours, the first
for eight years. The average interval
between two showers is seven years
Sea fogs are common. Of about nine
"| species of plants noticed seven were
annnanls and their seeds must have re
mained dormant in the ground for
‘eight years. In spite of the lack of
long rooted Peruvian cotton is
dried-up river bed, fur
t yield subsistence ed
Liverpool Post
aud candor worm.
{ plant tool.
PRUNING VINES.
The winter fa the thee to prans
grape vines, and It should pot be ©
laved, as they cannot be cut back with
safety ntier spring opens. Vines put
{out last epring tay be cut back to
thres eyes and older vines may have
buils,
TIE HEDGE PLANTS
The bidlge plants along the roadside
should receive an application of fer-
tiligor tn the spring and be also peally
trimmed. Hedges are froguently much
regleciail and die oul, no attempts be
Ing wade to prevent them from josect
attacks or supply them with plant
food ns a conupensation for the enor |
: | garies with two telephones and 8 hate
[ tery. The selenium varies in resist
| ance under the action of the varying
> “light. The luminous beam from the
In storing {rult or vegetables in the |
Ceellar, the Letter plan ix to have boxes
mous growth made evary season
oi
STORING FRUIT.
or bing, and arrfinge them so that taoey
nhove the bottion amd the same dis
tanes from the wall. Tiys gives a cold |
* alr epace all around thes, and will ald |
minterially fh keeping thom st a more |
wid : tesmslul over such long distance.
even tappperature, while at the saine
tirge the pak of Injury by (ost le cone
glderatiy Jessaned,
PRUNING TREER,
In proning trees sll stems half an
fool of mare in Qameter should be
covernd with some wilerpronf snl
rafiine wax or sheilae,
snd onter wood will thus be preserved,
and the wound will In a sefsan oF 80
ba coversd with new bark. 1 this
precaution be not taken the end of the
branch will decay from exposuse Ww
wind, rain, heat and enid.
SROWING BLACKBERRIDS.
1: & pow eontended that #1 $8 8 nde
take to oul blackberry canoes hLadk Ln
low, as they will give better crops
allowed more cane. They should be
given better euitivation than le wsaally
bestowed, One point to observe 1s that
if the old canes have not bes out out
sul buried there will be daguige ftom
borers. Blackberries will thrive on all
kinds of soll but to secure gomd crop
fertilizer should be suppiled early in
the spring and the cines thinned out In
the rows where they ame 00 close
log athen
BEPRAYING APPLE TRESS
When to spray apple tress depends
apon the plirpodes desivadl Use Dorf
deans wixture when the buds are
Eweliing and If eacker worms are
abundant spray also when the blowsotns |
ure ahout to oren. After the blomsars |
fall spray again with Bordeasx sds
ture, alse Yaris green, repeating both
applications a woek or ten days later,
In about ten days or two wmoeka 6
otha application pay be msde of Dor.
guanx faixinre. These remedies of
ud mh,
preventives are for scabs
coddling moth, tent caterpillar, curculio
A OE.
EVERGREEN HEDGES
Evergreen hedges are ornamental
al usefel The desire to sconre 8
guick hades Induces close setting of
the plants, whieh causes thin to eyowd
Iu alter years, na well as struggle for
first, allowing not less than a yard of
space between plants ns they will fill
ho epaep as they advance In growth. |
one | The enemy of bedges i the basket
worm, and the “baskets” should be
picked off and burned. Ther are really
moons snd can be easily found
Spray the hedge with Parts green (wo
ur three tomes during the evason
A PORTABLE IRRIGATORL
A portable Irrigator especially adapted
for treating the roots of a plant with
fertilizing lguid Is bere shown, the
ent being taken from the Scientist
Amerivan, The general shape of the
frrigator ix similar to that of & piich-
fork, the tines and handle of which are
hollow. A piston ia adapted to be
operated within the hollow handle,
serving as a pump to draw the fertiliz-
Ing Uquid from a supply pipe entering
at the top of the fork head and to force
{t out through the openings in the tines,
In operation the tines are burled Into
the ground with their lower ends in
proximity to the roots to he treatsd.
The liquid can then be forced out in
a fine spray at the polat where it will
| do the most good
are heard as if they
Jig mixtures, 1s less than |
fenefitith or a cont per tree, and the
Give plenty of romp at
‘Wool and Colton
More About W reless Telephony,
The principles at the bass of wire
{less telephoning are well known IL
is sufficient to recall that if the varia-
tions of current produced by A tole
phonic transmitter are suitably treatise}
mitted to 8 direct current feeding
an arc lamp the words pho
nouticad into the transmitier
originated
fn the are. This phenomenon Is due
to changes In the volume of the are
consequent apom changes of tempera.
‘ture caused by the variations of the
dansity of the sufent. The chanses
of temperature of the ait aise came
changes in the emission of light from
it, nnd these Inter changes are utilized
in the transmission of wireless tale. |
phonic messages. The Burtuationa in
| the amlasion of the Hight are very rajid
and cannot be seen by the eve. Mr
Rohmer bas lately gent such messages
over a distance of more than four mies
by day and by night. (in the day
Alms the appartus must be soreefed
; from the direct rays of ths sun, nat- |
urallyy. To direct the beam Mr, Rub-
mer uses a 1l-Inch parabolic mirror,
The arc lamp employed requires 4 0 6
amperes of current for a distascs of 1
to 2 kilometres, 8 to 10 amperes for 3
to 4 kilometres, 12 to 16 amperes lor
& to 7 kilometres. The receiver cun-
‘sts of a paraboile mirror like the
transmitter, in whose optical axis thore
Is a cylindrical selenium element in
transmitter determines thess varia-
tions of resistasice corresponding to the
microphonic currents of the transmit.
iter. Rimilar variations are produced
iin ths receiver and the spoken sounds |
are thus reproduced. The process
+ here described was tried by De Graham
Bell lo Washington, who was not suc
The Day of influenza. :
To eneere or Bot to sneeze? Thal ia
the question. Then wae sneezes and it
changes to an exclamation
is doing it. Headache, hones ashe,
coughs, colds and the pestilence of grip
in upon the face of the and, In
Prookiyn Hills the worthy burgler
sneezes an early carfew from his frant
porch and the sound is mistaken for
blasting in the tunnel. And when the
shades of night draw down, he sneeres
neross the Geld to his neighbor "Coma |
over this evening; we're having a litle
snack befors going to bed. Got some
hot mustard and quinine, and sone
hing in & bottle” Then far into the
night the rich mellifoous sneezes chorus
rises from that Gouse This la & hunt @
blow to the warnings of the doctors |
who assert that grip is a seriots mag
ter, and Bot to be sneezed at.
Lawmakers Want Passes.
3
3
Everyone |
of Osake military arsenal of Japan.
weakness peculiar to eldideun
One of the most complete slectrin
power plants recently installed is that
dais aan dd
Ask Your Desler Tar Allen's Foot-Euss,
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Hot Calious Arhing, fwenting Faot and Ine
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hoe stores 20 sentx. Bamele mained Pans, |
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Ahout 150,100 different kinds of beetlon
have been discovered thus far by the 1 -
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Brats oy Owen, Cory oT 01200, 1 on
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Frama J, Cupsey, aks osth that helsila. :
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= inte ard State ab sresald, and that saig
fein will poy the i @ of AXE RONDIRS BOTs
LARS for anal ahd svaryoase sl savas bad |B
cannot ba cord by the uss of Hails
Carasiy Coay,
Frawa J. Ununwny.
Bwara to betors me and subserited (a my |
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Hall's Family Pils are the best.
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Aye? < Cherry P
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R. N. Mana, Fal Mills,
Try years of cu
and such testimony as
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Ayer's Cherry Pec
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We know it's the g
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The Ehronie borrower seldom pays . 0
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Mr Preasayr, Oger 1 recclrnd the
sample of Daan’
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Kidneys and Dladder so severs It caused 4 |
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They cure incontinence ssd urisary!
oa
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Aged people find Down's Eidndy Pilly 0 :
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Members of the Montana Legislature |
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that State jssued passes to them good
only for £0 days, the teres of the ses
sion, when seach for the toost part does
itis traveling
Miss Menard cured after dec i
tors fulled to help her.
“Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege:
er
table Compound cured me :
doctors had failed, and 1 wan
other girls to know about it. Dur
ing menstruation I suffered mest
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The medicine the doctor gave me
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I was thoroughly discouraged. The
doctor wanted me to stop work, bu
of course, I could not do that
finally began to take Lydia IB.
Pinkham’s Vegetable C ‘ompound
and felt better after taking the fmt
bottle, and after taking six bottls
I was entirely cured, and am now
in perfect health, and I am so grate-
ful for it.” — Miss Groraie Mexann,
537 EK. 159nd St, New York City. -
| GE00D foefult If Soiginat of abooe letter pA
| punaisemess enneot be provesed.
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| all other means have falled.
Vienna is threatened with a strike of
(chimney sweeps
A OC AS Sa
FITS permanently aured. No its or nervowy.
ness alter first duy's use of Dr, Kilne's Grand
Nerve Restorer. $2 triad bostieand treatise from
Diy, LH. Kriwe, had. Wl Arel Ht, Phila. Ba
A reformer is generally a man who tries
to convert others to hia way of thinking,
Mrs, Winslow's SoothingSyrap tor ehiidren
teething soften the gums, redutes inflamma
ton ,allays pain, otires wi wind evils. 3be. abot
You can't meade s g us by | the len
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Piso's Cnrs cannot be too hghlysnokenit |
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The man who agrees with "nobody thinks
everybody else is wrong.
Purxax FADEL
_ -# baring,
Some people do. & care what ba se
tome 0 don an i en TT :
(Avenue, ye Mianeapols, Mina. Jan. 6, 1900, 1
Dyes color Bulk, 1
Presanss if od
§ Another on the
A Strange Bequest.
made ab original will,
town ou
the following maaner:
goiety are {0 draw ids
in a small busines or trails,
Pd oS pH prs ross
News Mit Device Tesind,
TOD way ta
Steel Hoop Cunpany.
reneater”
the hat fron from aoe set of rolls {6
roas wire rod mil
labor of two men is dispensed with at |
cach train of rolis
A Bruges philanthropist has fost
He has left Lhe §g
wil, which is to be divided tn}
The som is th |
be separated Into seven parts this be.
ing the number of parishes in Brugey,
Ban h of these portions must be aguin |
pbdivided Into sums of $2580, for whieh ©
the poor on the books of the charitable
The amount ||
fa to be spent In welling the wingers uh
A new devi es in the rolling of hoop
+1 at Monessen, Pa. lo tha
2 of the American
It is called 20
and automatically handle
Pras iple of the contin. | !
By Its use the
| EE Tames ir
Is the greatest remedy in the world for all bodily
Aches an
for which an external remedy may be used.
Price, 23¢. and Sie.
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