Russian papers complain that the
Siberian railway, instead of civilizing
the regions through which it passes,
is teaching the natives the art of rob
bing trains, which is greatly in voguo.
The "made in Germany" scare in
England is denounced by some of tho
London papers, on the ground that
while Germany sent 07,500,000 pounds'
worth of goods to England last year,
England sent nearly as much—32,300,-
000 pounds' to Germany.
An administrative regulation which
held good in Prussia for a century aud
more has been abolished. It was the
provision that every official and em
ploye of the State should, before he
could lawfully marry, obtain the con
sent of his superiors to the step.
The eyes of sailors and marines on
French war vessels are reported to
have suffered severely in consequence
of the use of the electric light. Eyes
in which the iris is not heavily charged
with pigment—such as gray or blue
eyes—are found to be more liable to
injury than brown eyes. Two causes
—the intensity of the light and the
action of tho ultra-violet or chemically
active rays—are assigned for the eye
troubles. The use of spectacles that
will intercept the ultra-violet rays—
such as yellow uranium glass—is rec
ommended by oculists. Bark blue
glasses are provided for those who
operate the search lights, but these do
not seem to give iirotection iu all cases.
The city of Cleveland, Ohio, is
making a fight for lower street-rail
way fares which presents some fea
tures of interest. Twenty years ago,
in granting tho street-railway fran
chises, the council reserved to itself
"the right hereafter to increase or
diminish the rate of fare as it may
deem it justifiable and expedient.'
This little joker has enabled the pres
ent council to bring two powerful
street-railway corporations to its feet.
Tho companies want a twenty-five
year extension of their franchises, and
the city is willing to grant extensions
only until 1911 aud on the conditions
that the companies shall sell six
tickets for twenty-five cents and shall
pay five per cent, of their annual gross
receipts into tho city's treasury. It
is probable that the city's proposition
will he accepted.
The New York Times says: In the
report of the Commissioner of Pen
sions one of the tables gives a com
plete list of the names of all the sur
viving widows and daughters of Rev.
olutionary soldiers on the pension rolls
June 30,1797, with their ages and
places of residence of the soldierslvitli
whom they were connected by marriage
or birth. It is not a long list. Hera
ire the names of the soldiers and the
service iu which they were enlisted:
Name of Soldier. Service.
Aldrleb, Caleb ..New Hampshiro-
Uilrroil, Noil! i Massachusetts.
Detts, Hezokiah Connecticut.
Bhadwick, Elihu Now Jersey.
Cloud, William Virginia.
Damon, Noah Massachusetts.
(Veeks, Elijah Massachusetts.
Darling, James North Carolina.
Ilussc, John Massachusetts.
Mayo, Stephen Virginia.
Sauforil, William United States.
Slaughter, Philip Virginia.
Bnead, Bowdoin,..........Virginia.
Thompson, Thadileus New York.
Way, Isaac Connecticut.
Glascock, Robert Virginia.
And here is the list of the surviving
widows and daughters (the latter, in
dicated by a star, having been pen
sioned by a special act), with the
States iu which they reside:
Age. Name. State.
97. .Aldrlch, Lovcy California.
97.. Barrett, Hannah Newell*
Massachusetts.
71 Botts, Juliette.. Connecticut.
92 Chadwick, Susannah* Pennsylvania.
94. .Cloud, Nancy Virginia.
93. .Damon, Esther S Vermont.
79..Hurlburt, Sarah C* Pennsylvania.
93. .Jones, Nancy Tennessee.
.Lyons, Hannah* Massachusetts.
84 .Mayo, Kebccfca Virginia.
Saudford, Eliza* New Jersey,
37 . slaughter, Ann M* Virginia.
81..Snead, Mary Virginia.
76. .Thompson, P.hoda Au
gusta* Connect icu t.
Another table gives the names of
tlie surviving soldiers and sailors of
the war of ISI2 (there aro only seven
of them), with their ages and the
States iu which they now reside:
Ago. Name. State.
105..8r0wn, Hosoa Oregon.
97 .Cronk, Hiram New York.
101. .Glenn, Elijah New Jersey.
94. .Hooper, James Maryland.
91..Lumberson, John... MarylanA.
101. .Smith, Eloazor New Hampshire.
92..Sexton, Isaiah 8...-.Michigan.
Is thero any person whose name is
borne on these lists who will object
to their publication, or any relative or
connection of thom who will desire to
suppress the lists? Are not these lists
a veritable roll of honor to be cher
ished by all who are in any way, how
ever remote, related to those whose
names are inscribed on it?
THE DYING CENTURY.
O! 1 orntiiry, totterlricj to thy rest,
All vainly dost thou beat thy breast;
A now dawn gilds tho mountain crest.
The glory ">f thy wondrous day,
With all its glitter and display.
In twilight shadow dies away.
Almost the poet, In whose rhyme
Thy praise is sung in verse sublime,
Begins his lay "Once on a time."
Btrange fancies fill thy time-worn brain;
Thou dreamost thou art young again,
With battle cr/ on land and main.
And a dread turmoil of unrest
Embroils tho Orient and tho West:
Alarums sound at thy behest.
F.'en Israel's children, in thy throes,
Imagine o'er again their woes;
And many a hope toward Zion goes.
A CHANGE OF PURPOSE. ®f|
By THOMAS P. MONTFORD. §t|
llii ' pit
~ -N. E'-ycw JTE day Silas
) I at Ryan, the pro
'ftjju. •*"** 8 prietorandman-
Wyj I ager of Ryan's
xl Ranch, set his
employes at
K> work, fencing
i" a large body
" J of the best Gov
- eminent laud in
Southern Kau-
H J IJ ' > sas, lie stirred
2! /■ tip a good sized
Y' <&* Yi-uv''"*? hornet's nest,
V" a nd brought the
insects, buzzing
angrily about his head. He had no
shadow of right to the laud, and
naturally the settlers and home-seekevs
resented his cool appropriation of it to
his own use. There were men who
wanted it for homes, and who were
entitled to it under the laws, and these
men looked upon Ryan's conduct as a
base infringement on their rights and
were not sparing in their denunciation
of him and his order.
Near Rynu's Ranch there was a little
town know as Prairie City. It was an
insignificant place, with less than two
hundred population, but it gave pro
mise of great things in the future. Its
inhabitants, £and the settlers on the
prairie about it, believed that in time
Prairie City would become oue of the
leading towns of Kansas. Unfort
unately, however, the hopes of those
people were never to be realized. A
railroad was soon after built through
that part of the country and it missed
Prairie City by just two miles. The
result was a now town on the railroad
and the death of the old one. Prairie
City went the way of hundreds of
other Kansas towns. Its population
took up their possessions, including
their houses, and moved across the
prairie to the railroad.
In Prairie City's halcyon days, how
ever, it boasted of a newspaper, the
Prairie City Eagle. It was not much
of a paper, being small and poorly
printed, but it was quite as good as its
patronage justified. Its subscription
list was extremely limited, and its ad
vertising business was dwarfed to one
column of display matter and a few
lines of pay locals.
The Eagle, as a matter of course,
stood by the town people and tho set
tlers, aud when Ryan set his men to
fencing in the public lauds for grazing
purposes, it came out with a stroug
editorial denouncing him in the sever
est terms. It pronounced his action
dishonest, as he was stealing the peo
ple's rights. It went further and said
that it was the lowest and most con
temptible species of dishonesty, since
iiy it he was stealing the homes from
Joor, struggling men and their wives
Ond children, thereby robbing them
8f a cliancc to earn an honest living.
"It is the duty of tho homeseekers,"
went on, "to protect themselves
against the encroachments of this
greedy cormorant, who, for the sake
of adding to his illgotten wealth,
would starve even the innocent, un
conscious, helpless babe iu its moth
er's arms. It is the duty of the set
ters to band themselves together, to
take the law in their own hands, and
cut the wire that shuts them out of
their own. Tear down the fence,
drive off or kill the usurper's cattle
and give him to understand that if tho
Government won't protect you, you
can and will protect yourselves."
A copy of the paper containing this
editorial fell into Ryan's hands. He
read it and boiled over with wrath and
indignation. Ho was forced to ad
mit that there was much truth in the
article, but it was none tlie more pala
table to him for that. He swore ven
geance against the Eagle and its edi
tor, and vowed that not another issue
of the paper should be published.
At dinner time he read the article to
his employes as they sat at tho table.
They were six in number, recently
emigrated from a ranch down in Texas,
and had a reputation for being the
hardest and most reckless dare-devils
that ever rode the range. When Ryan
had finished reading he said:
"What do you think of that?"
"I think it's blamed big crowing
from a mighty little rooster," one of
the cowboys replied.
"If the settlers want to take thnt
editor's advice and try it on about
cutting the wires,"another said, "just
let them. They'll find before they
get through with it that they've got
into the hottest and most unhealthy
job they ever tackled."
"Then you boys will stand by me?"
Ryan questioned.
"Of course we will," one of them
answered. "We're paid to work for
you, and we've not got any love for
Hitttlers. We'll see that your fence is
not cut and that your cattle are not
bothered."
"That". ight," Ryan said, "but
Tho world Is mad—men shout and cry—
Beholding wonders in the sky,
Bene wing faith in prophecy.
Cld century, we love thee well.
Thy tamo the chronicler will toll
When long forgot thy funeral knell.
For many n noble thought hath sped
To nobler action by thee led,
And many a high-souled word was said.
Now happiness came in thy wake.
Righted was many an old mistake;
An age-worn thirst thy springs did slake.
Rest thee—now hopes begin to play;
They drive thy death-born fears away,
And usher in tho newer day.
R°>st thee, brave requiem shall be thine.
Whoso lustrous deeds will long outshine
The strange vagaries or decline.
—Felix Gerson, in Philadelphia Ledger.
there is something else I want you to
do."
"What is it?"
"I want this paper squelched."
"We'll squelch it."
"I want you to ride over to Prairie
City to-night and clean the thing out
root and branch. Burn the office,
smash up the old press and chase the
editor out of the country."
"We'll do it."
Just after supper that night tho
cowboys loaded their pistols carefully
and buckled tliem about their waists,
I hen they brought out their horses,
saddled and mounted them, and rode
away in the direction of Prairie City
at a mad gallop. Just before they
reached the town they came to a halt.
One of them said:
"Now, boys, we don't want to take
any reckless chances in this business,
so wo had better be a little cautious.
I guess that editor is a spindle-shanked,
goggle-eyed obi rooster from the East,
who'd drop dead at the sight of a
pistol, but still he may be a raiment
of a different color. For all we know
he may turn loose and go to pninping
lead into ns at tho rate of about sixty
bullets a minute. It will be safest to
kiud of slip up on him and take him
unawares."
The others agreed to this proposi
tion, and accordingly they rode quietly
into town, dismounted and tied their
horses, and noiselessly approached the
Eagle office. A light was shining
through a window of the little one
story box building, and by one com
mon impulse the cowboys stole cau
tiously forward to this window with a
view to peeping into the room to see
how tho land lay.
_ On one side of the room they saw a
rickety old typestand containing a half
dozen cases of type. On the other side
stood an old army press, while in the
center there was a zinc-coverod goods
box which answered in the place of an
imposing stone. Up at the end of the
room was a small table at which was
seated a woman.
The woman's elbows rested on the
table and her face lay between her
hands. She was sitting directly in
front of the window, apparently look
ing straight at it, so the cowboys liad
a good, square view of her features.
They saw that she was young arul
pretty, not much more than a child,
and very sad. There was a deeply
troubled expression on her face, and
once they saw her brush tears from her
eyes.
"The editor's wife or daughter, I
reckon," onoof the cowboys whispered.
"Guess so," one of the others re
plied; "and like as not the old whelp's
been abusing her."
"I'm going in and talk to her," the
first speaker announced. "You chaps
wait outside till I come back."
"A good idea," another agreed.
"\1 e want to see a little more into
this business before wo do anything
rasli."
The eowboy walked around to the
door and entered the office. He passed
across the fioor and stopped just be
fore the little table at which the wom
an was sitting. He took off liis hat,
made an awkward bow, and said:
"Good evening, lady. I hope I find
you well."
A shade of fear passed over the
woman's face and a startled look came
to her eyes when she Raw the man's
huge pistols and noted his cowboy at
tire. Still, sho answered calmly and
bravely enough:
"I am quite well, tlmni: you. Is
there anything I can do for you?"
"Why, I don't know. I reckon
maybe I'd like to see the editor of this
paper."
"I am the editor."
"Well, but I want to see the man—
your father, or husband, or whoever
he is."
"There is no man here. I am all
alone."
"You don't mean that you are run
ning this paper all by yourself?"
"Yes, sir, except for the help of a
boy, who manages the press for me."
The cowboy whistled, then stood
staring at the woman in amazement.
At last he ejaculated:
"Well, if that don't .cyump me! A
woman running n paper all alone,
with no men folks to help her! Gee,
but it must be lots of hard work!"
"It is, but I don't mind that. I'd
bo willing to work night and day if I
crtuld just manage some wayjto keep
the paper going."
"You're not figuring on stopping it,
are you?"
"Yes. I'll have to stop it. I can't
get enough money to buy any more
paper. My mother is sick and I have
to buy mediciue ami things for her.
Poor mother! I don't know how I
shall provide for you now."
The girl's voice trembled and her
eyes tilled, with tears. The cowboy
looked on n moment, then paced rapid
ly two or three times across the room,
Finally he said:
"You wait here for me. I'll he
back in a few minutes."
He hurried out to his companions
who were waiting at the door. He
drew them to a safe distance from the
office and then told them all he had
discovered. They heard him to the
end.
"So that woman," one of them said,
"wrote that piece about Ryan."
"She did."
"Then, if wo kick up a fuss with
anybody, it's got to be with held 1 "
"It has."
"In that case I guess we won't kick
up any fuss."
"Not if I can help it. It's all right
enough to pile onto a man and squelch
him, but it's a different thing when it
comes to a poor, lone woman strug
gling bravely to support her sick
mother."
"The paper is going to quit any
how," someone remarked, "so it's all
right to let it alone. It can't do any
more damage."
The man who had come from the
room was silent and thoughtful for a
moment, then he said:
"I reckon the paper's not going to
quit, either. I've got money enough
to tide it over a few weeks, aud—"
"I've got enough to tide it over a
few more weeks," another said, and
he was promptly followed by the
others with like propositions. The
upshot of it all was that a minute
later a roll of money was put into the
girl's hands, and before she had re
covered from her astonishment the
cowboys were on their way back to
the ranch.
"Wonder what Ryan will think?"
one of them remarked as .they rode
along.
"Don't matter what he thinks," an
other replied. "We didn't hire to
him to make war on women."
Thanks to the aid given by the cow
boys, the Eagle lived; and when Prai
rie City moved to the new town the
Eagle went with it, and there it grew
and prospered and in time became a
prominent paper. But its editor never
kuew the true object of the night's
visit that was paid her by the cowboys
of Ryan's Ranch. Whether she would
have thought any the less of them if
she had known is a matter of doubt.
Naturally, Ryan was displeased with
the'action of his employes; the more
especially since the Eagle kept up its
fight on him. But there was nothing
ho could do save submit, since he had
contracted with his employes for a
year, and he could not discharge them
for refusing to do an unlawful act. He
was entirely helpless aud when the
settlers cut his fence and took up
claims on his range he had to quietly
give way to them aud seek grazing
lands elsewhere.—-Detroit Free Press.
Handy I'.i'lit -at IMt. Vernon.
On the posts of one of the old beds
in the mansion at Mount Vernon are
small glass knobs with sockets drilled
into them, which fit little spikes, but
do not fasten on. It is perfectly
natural for visitors to place their
hands upon the knobs, and those who
do immediately perceive that they
can he taken off. The next step is to
sliy them quietly into the pocket and
carry them away as relics of the sa
cred place. Although an attendant is
employed to watch this room there
are so many visitors that it is impos
sible for him to prevent such pilfer
ing, and the glass knobs have to he
replaced two or three times a week
during the busy season, but that costs
very little trouble and expense. A
factory near Pittsburg turns them out
for thirty cents a gross, and Mr.
Dodge is in the habit of ordering a
barrel of them every spring. There
are several thousand of these glass
knobs scattered over the world, in
museums and private collections of
mementoes and historical relics. Many
more are doubtless concealed for reas
ons of conscience and fear of discov
ery, hut the guilty persons need have
no concern. The original knobs thnt
belonged to the bed are safely laid
away in a vault, and if they need more
of the same kind they can order
them from the factory at Pittsburg.—•
William E. Curtis, in the Chicago
Record.
The onice tie Held
A man who for some years ha 3 been
engaged in the service of a large tele
phone corporation in Greater New
York was recently asked by an ac
quaintance to name the title of his
position. The telephone man re
plied somewhat as follows; "I hardly
know myself. Whenever there is
any little task requiring some tact, or
when an unruly customer has to be
pacified, or when u situation requir
ing a little diplomacy arises, or when
any kind of work that no one else
wants to do comes along, your humble
servant is called upon, i have asked
several times to have my position de
fined. The nearest I have to it is
that lam a special agent. I have
about decided to take a title for my
self, and I think it will he 'First Aid
to the Injured.'"—Electrical Review.
A Mortgaged Cat.
There are very few articles that can
not he mortgaged, hut when the clerks
in the County Clerk's office took a
chattle mortgage to file, and, looking
over the list of articles, they found a
cat, they were perfectly dumbfounded.
They say that they have seen many a
strange thing mortgaged, hut nevet
before saw a cat. The mortgage was
given by Charles Arnold to J. Claus,
and it is hard to say what would
be done if the cat ran away.—Cincin
nati Commercial-Tribune.
Short Service Well Pensioned.
Frank Mark, of St. Louis, is the
only pensioner in Missouri wlio is
awarded §IOO a month, yet ho was in
the army only sixteen days and did not
fight a battle. He lost both arms in
cannon practice.
Mixed Feed For FIogH.
I The Dairy Commissioner of the Do-
I minion of Canada says:
! "I have fouud the best results to be
obtained from using such grains (a
. mixture of peas, oats, barley aud corn,
or a mixture of peas, corn and bran)
ground fine and soaked for not less
: than thirty hours before they are fed.
i I think hogs should be kept so as to
'permit, and't'eveu to cause, them to
lake a good deal of exercise until after
j tlioy weigh more than 100 pounds
I ;*ach. In the growing of young j)igs
lit is important that they should re
ceive a daily allowance of skim milk
for six weeks or two months after they
are weaned. Skim milk is the great
i flesh-forming or muscle and bone
! forming food; and if the young pigs
are stunted in these regards at that
; time they cannot be developed into the
i best class of hogs, no matter what
breed they may be of. In my judg
ment, it is highly important that the
j Canadian hogs, in regard to propor
j tiou of lean flesh and firmness, should
I be 'maintained and improved, if the
, best customers for hog products are to
j be secured and retained.
Cut Feed For Horses.
! Almost all farmers practise feeding
i their horses while at work with cut
hay, moistened and mixed with ground
! corn and oats. The hay is much more
; easily digested when cut aud wet, aud
I ihe meal on it causes the horses to
! more thoroughly masticate it, as they
I like the taste. There is also much
' less waste in feeding graiu after it has
| been ground, especially after tho mas-
I tication which is made necessary when
! cut hay is fed with it, and which thor
j oughly mixes saliva with tho food be
fore it goes into the stomach. There
| is economy in steaming cut hay for
! feeding all through the winter, -when
j less meal is required. When tho hay
is steamed, ami corn and oat meal
sprinkled over it, the flavor of the
I meal permeates the cut hay, as it can-
I not when only cold water is used. But
' care should be taken not to give at
; any time more of this cut feed than
| will be eaten, and especially not to al
low poultry to come into the stable
' and soil the mangers and feeding
j boxes, as they surely will if the horse j
| barn is near tho henhouse or poultry
is allowed near it.
The Pie Plant.
We expect that next spring, the ap
ples being scarce and cranberries
high priced, the rhubarb or pie plant
will be in better demand and sell at
a better price than it has for some
| years past. Last spring it was espc
; cially low, as apples were very abun
| dant. Perhaps, also, the abundance
! last year of canned small fruits helped
I to lessen the demand for rhubarb.
' By the way, how many know that
I rhubarb can be put up in glass jars
for winter use, at no expense and
with but little trouble. Cut it up as
if for pies, fill the jars, place them in
tub of cold water deep enough to
cover the jar, which will fill with
water, and put on the rubber bands
! and covers while under water, so that
|no air may enter. Then make covers
I tight. Rkuburb so kept is even bet
ter than when first picked, becoming
j very tender, losing some of its acid,
! I nit none of its rich flavor. Last win-
I ter we kept it until rhubarb came
| again, and how good those pies did
| taste when wo knew that rich people
| were paying twenty cents a pound for
; rhubarb not as good, forced under
' glass. But this is a digression,
j The rhubarb is a gross feeding
! plant. It requires a large amount of
| manure, and cares but little what it is
'if it is strong and abundant. Those
i who have roots of it will do well to
cover them with manure now, whether
I the ground is frozen a little or not,
! and when the ground thaws, even if
next month, fork that manure in
around the crown of the roots. The
more manure the bigger the stalks
will be. No matter if a few roots are
brokeu if the plants are old ones, as
j sometimes, with too many roots, it
i throws up too many stalks aud they
! will be small. In the spring a square
I box with an old half window over it,
or even a covering of cotton cloth
I nailed on top, can be used to give it
j an early start, that it may be brought
to market when worth five or six cents
a pound.
| Last spring some gardeners plowed
I up fields of rhubarb because the price
; was so low they thought it unprofit
able. Others allowed it to stand, but
pulled but little from it, for the same
reason. We think both were unwise.
For the reasons given above, scarcity
of apples, cranberries and canned
berries, we think good rhubarb will
sell well next spring. The stalks
should be pulled often and not too
much at one time. Long growing
without pulling tends to make the
crowns grow above ground, aud the
stalks will not be as long. Goiug to
seed has tho same result. Roots
should be broken up and divided, and
a Hew bed set when it gets so as to
throw up a large number of stalks of
small size.—American Cultivator.
Farm ami Garden Notes.
The Wyandotte class in tho recent
Dairy Show, England, was the largest
of any, numbering 230 entries, whiU
the leghorns numbered 207, and the
famous English table favorite only 101
entries.
Plymouth Rocks numbered IGB at
I the same show which clearly shows that
they have taken well also. "We have
I much to thank England for in the
! poultry line and England has much to
thank us for in the same line.
One advantage of breeding thorough
bred fowls is that wo know just what
the chicks will bo before they are
hatched. We will know just what to
expect from them, and, if we have
bred them any length of time, just
what they will be good for when ma
tured. All others are "chance" birds.
The Wyandotto is about the best
table fowl wo have. It is a good
broiler, good roaster and a good
dressed fowl. It is not quite so rapid
a grower as some other varieties, but
plenty rapid enough, and is fit to kill
at almost any age. It has an excellent
breast and comparatively little offal,
and, withal, is a good layer.
At intervals during the summer
when the bees can not gather honey
the queens cease laying and
the strength of the colony is cur
tailed. A little feed at such times
keeps the queens laying and the col
ony is thus made much stronger than
it would have been otherwise. This
i 3 very important in early summer.
If bees are wintered in ordinary
thin unprotected hives the moisture
arising from them will condense and
freeze to the hive, thereby encircling
the bees with ice. On a warm day
this will melt and run down over the
combs and bees and produce disease.
Protect with clialf hives, thoroughly
made with double walls, and pack with
good dry chaff.
Bees that lack stores for winter
should be fed in autumn, and the
month of September is the proper time
to do it. They should be fed while it
is warm, so that they can seal over
their stores. Tho best winter food
for them is thoroughly sealed honey
of the best class, aud for feeding tho
best of granulated sugar should bo
used. It is a mistake to undertake to
feed bees during the winter.
The broiler season is with us once
more. In fact, those who work on a
large scale already have their houses
partly full or at least many eggs under
incubation; Those who intend to start
for the first time ought to get every
thing in apple-pie order this mouth at
latest and start up the machine or ma
chines tho first of the year, so as to
get, (1) experience in hatching,and (2)
be able to get three or more batches
off before April.
A FAMOUS DUELIST.
New German Ambassador at Washington
Hears Many Scars of Conflict.
Dr. von Kolieben, the new German
Ambassador to the United States, is
one of the best-known diplomats in
Europe. The doctor is also well
known and highly esteemed in Wash
ington, where he filled the post of
German Minister from March, 1802,
to September, 1893. The mission was
then raised to an embassy, and Dr.
von Holleben was replaced by Ambas
sador Saurina-.Teltscli. The new Am
bassador is highly educated and a
most suave man man. He speaks
English with as much fluency as a born
American or Englishman, and during
his stay five years ago won many
friends in Washington society, where
ho was known as one of the few bach
elors of the diplomatic corps. He is
about fifty-five years old and has an
inclination toward the pleasures of
literature.
Dr. von Holleben is probably most
widely known as "the dueling diplo
mat." His face is covered with the
soars of saoer wounds received on tho
field of honor, some while he was a
student at Heidelberg and some since
then. More than that, he comes fresh
from serving as second in one of the
most deadly duels which have taken
place in Europe during recent years.
One of the combatants was killed on
the spot, and the other has since died
of his wounds. The duel took place
at Stuttgart, where Dr. von Holleben
Mas stationed. Both principals were
titled young meu, and the other second
Mas a General in the Prussian army.
Dr. von Holleben was severely criti
cised by the press and public, but his
imperial master evidently sanctioned
his course, for he soon after gave him
a decoration and new has made him
an Ambassador.—San Francisco Chron
icle.
Remarkable New Elements.
M. Czernik, the well-known Russian
chemist, has examined two minerals
from the Caucasus, with very note
worthy results. One of them is a
kind of coal, the ashes of which con
tain u considerable quantity of the
new element helium, along with
several rare and precious earths used
iu the manufacture of inenudeseent
mantels. The other is called cerite,
and consists mainly of the new elu
ment argon. The most remarkable
thing is that these two new elements
have never before been found io
minerals iu a pure state, birt only in
chemical combination with other ele
ments. —New York Post,
Sham Antiques.
A Pompeiian tile selling for $2 is
evolved from a medicine bottle costing
less than a penny, and steel tiles are
melted aud hammered into Venetian
daggers. The final operation is tc
sprinkle them with nitric acid to givi
them au anoient appearance.
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(Order now atid avoid disappointment.)
r. a Postal for our lithographed
carpet Catalogue which shows all colors
with exact distinctness. If carpet sura
ples are wanted, mail us Bc. In stamps.
\ by pay your local dealer 60 per cent,
more than our prices when you can buy
01 the mil 1 r Ihe great household educa
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why enrich your local dealer when j*ou
can buy of the maker? Both cata
logues cost you nothiug, aud we pay
all postage. 3
Julius Hines&Son
BALTIMORE, MD.
Please Mention This Paper,
An electric locomotive in a Canadian
coal mine shows a saving over mules
of $2528 in 200 days, and an electric
pump in the same mine shows a saving
over steam pumps of $1,573 in 970 days.
No Diflcronce.
Physical troubles of a like nature
coming from different causes are often
a puzzle to those who suffer pain as to
their treatment and cure, as in the
case of lumbago from cold or a strain
in some way to the same muscles. The
treatment of such need not differ one
with the other. Both are bad enough,
and should have prompt attention, as
nothing disables so much as lame back
The use of St. Jacobs Oil will settle the
question. Its efficacy is so sure in either
case there is no difference in the treat
ment and no doubt of the cure.
Hats Pond of Hellbenders.
Rats are fond of the flesh of fish. It
is a tidbit that tempts them to gnaw
even through iron to secure. Down at
the aquarium in Battery Park the appe
tite of rats for fish has been a source of
trouble to the keepers.
From day to day they missed fish
from the tanks and were at a loss to
explain what had become of tliem.
Time went on and depredations con
tinued.
Not long ago L. B. Spencer, who is in
charge of the gallery tanks, added a
family of hellbenders to the collection.
Now, hellbenders are esteemed by rats
to be a particular delicacy, and while
the keeper was admiring his ugly
charges a number of wharf rats peeped
from their runaways and licked their
chops in anticipation of a feast. The
keepers, who had been suspicious that
some animal was making away with
their charges, had already placed 14
Inch wire screens, fence-like, around
the tops of the tanks to keep marau
dors out.
Mr. Spencer remembered the screens
used down-stairs, secured one and
placed it around the gallery tanks in
which the hellbenders frolicked. The
rats grinned and sharpened their teeth
Presently the keeper, after seeing that
the hellbenders were comfortable in
their new quarters, left them. Then,
silently and swiftly, the rats swarmed
from theii- corners, mounted the tank
and climbed the screen surrounding it.
dived therefrom for their dinners. Mr
Spencer, returning, caught a glimpse
of a big wharf rat scampering off with
a bit of hellbender In its mouth. The
tank was empty, but the mystery was
explained. Since it appears to be Im
possible to keep the wharf rats which
infest the water frpnt out of the aqua
rium screens of galvanized wire, half-
Inch meshes, have been placed over the
tops of the tanks, and it is believed
that the rats have been circumvented
—New York Commercial Advertiser.
The father of triplets considers three
of a kind belter than two pair.
ONE ENJOYS
Both tho method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to ail and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
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SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
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