CLEANING POSTALS.
Process to Remove Printing from Un
canceled Curds.
An advertisement lias appeared In
come of the daily papers, in which a
cash payment has l>een offered for un
canceled printed postal cards. This
was all that was stated, and as It seem
ed to be out of the general run of ad
vertisements, a call was made on the ,
advertiser to find out the object of this j
offer.
It seems that many business houses
have occasion to have a large number
of postal cards printed, to advertise
some special line o.f goods or for the
use of some traveling man. For some
reason or other the conditions may
change, so that perhaps only half of the
cards are used. Being printed, they !
cannot be used in any other way, and
the result is that In nine cases out of
ten they are consigned to the waste i
basket, as the Government does not re- i
deem uncanceled postal curds as it does
stamped envelopes.
A process has been discovered by
which all of the printed matter may be
removed from the card, leaving it In
the same condition as when bought at
the postofflce. A charge of % cent per
card is made for this work, or in other
words, a man sends 500 cards to be
"made over." The man who does the j
work charges $2.50 for his services, 1
and the customer saves $2.50, as the j
printed cards were of no use to him.
The process by which this work Is ac
complished is not patented, as the in- j
ventor is fearful that after the ingre
dients become known, some one else
may change them enough to escape an
Infringement, but at the same time ob
tain the same result. The solution is
made at night, after the factory hands
have gone home, and is given them the
next day to use. The scheme has been
In operation for six months only, but
the inventor has letters from all parts
of the country from prominent busi
ness houses, that have Vikon advantage ;
of this offer to save 50 cents on the dol- j
lar, and he feels sure he has got a busi
ness that, after it has become known, :
will prove a good paying investment.— I
Boston Transcript.
Her iSeginntug.
Tom—How do you like that novel I
brought you yesterday?
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don't care to finish it.
Tom—Mow much have you read?
Alice—One chapter.
Tom—Then you really haven't got
Into the story. The first chapter's
merely a soil of an Introduction.
Alice—But the first chapter isn't the
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THRILLING INCIDENTS AND DARINC
DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA.
A Driver's Presentiment—lt Proved True,
Hiid Came in Time to Save the Over
laud Stage and Passengers—Fierce
Fight With a Mississippi Panther.
"A few very old people remember
Jim Call, who was an overland stage
driver way baek in the fifties," said
Ansel Newman, of Washington, who
revisited New Mexico recently after au
absence of thirty years. "Jim Call
was a first class mau who had held tho
reins for three years on the overland,
which was a pretty good while for a
driver to keep alive in those, days.
His route was the last stretch east of
Las Vegas at the time I speak of, and
on a June morning I was sitting be
side him on the box as the stage rolled
westward, due to reach Las Vegas that
evening at t) o'clock. There was a full
load of passengers—ten men and two
women, as I remember—and three
men besides myself were on the out
side.
"X had known Jim Call for years
and I noticed that he was abstracted
and silent this day. He attended
carefully to his driving and said little
to mo until we stopped at noon at a
stage station for dinner. After we
had eaten and while tho horses were
being hitched up he spoke to ma of
what was in his mind.
" 'l've got the queerest notion about
tlio next station—the Red River
Station' he said with a sort of shame
faced air, for an overland stage driver
hated worst of anything to confess to
a feeling of apprehension. 'l've been
looking for Indians every time I drove
up there for the last three trips, I've
dreamed about 'em nights—that I was
driving up to the station, with Fred
richs, the keeper, waiting for me hold
ing the relay horses by the heads—
and then when I'd got to where I'd
seen him standing there was nothing
but Indians—had ones, in war paint
and hostile. This is in confidence,
and not to bo repeated—but do you
believe there's any truth in dreams;
that there's such a thing as foreknow
ing something that is going to come
about that you don't know by your
reason or any one's information?'
"'I reckon not, Jim.'l answered,
'and so far as dreams signify I've al
ways beard that they go by contraries.
Look at your dreams through this and
see if they don't take on a brighter
color;' aud I passod him my whisky
flask.
"Call nodded to me, took a moder
ate pull at the flask and passed it back
to me. The effect of the whisky was
to make him a trifle more cheerful,
but he looked grave and anxious as
we approached the Red River station,
which came into view while we were
two miles away. There was some
thing a little odd in the appearance of
the place. The relay horses evident
ly had been driven to the corral, for
they were not grazing anywhere in
view, but Friedrichs, the station keep
er, who at our coming should have
appeared leading them out in harness,
was nowhere to be seen. Tho driver
was silent and watchful as we drew
near the station, holding the horses
carefully in hand, and even I began to
feel something omuious in the utter
silence and loneliness of the place.
"The stage had crossed a gulch
that led round the rear of the corral
to the river, and was about 200 yards
from the station when a little dog
came out of the hollow and made for
the stage, running as if badly fright
ened. Call pulled up the horsts.
" 'That's Friedrieh's dog,' ho said.
'There's something wrong at the sta
tion. or he'd never act this Wily., I'll
got on the safe side of the gulch again
before I try to find out.'
"The dog was cowering under the
stage, looking fearfully back as Call
swung the horses round. Hardly had
he turned their heads when from be
hind the station and corral twenty-five
or thirty Indians streamed out into
view, armed with bows, with a gun or
two among them, and ran for the stage.
At the same time as many more that
had been concealed in the gulch sprang
to their feet and ran to head us oft'.
Call knew his business, aud he put
tho stage and horses across the gulch
in a hurry, but there was not thirty
yards between us and the nearest In
dians as we camo up on the further
bank, aud the arrows were flying thick.
A half dozen arrows struck tho coach,
and a passenger got one in the arm,
but fortunately none of the horses was
disabled. We had a ride and three or
four revolvers among us, which we set
to going, and we had the pleasure of
seeing one Indian go down flat on his
face before tbe horses pulled us out of
danger. We went back to the station
where we had had dinner, and from
there a courier was despatched to Las
Vegas with tidings of what had hap
pened, and next morning an escort of
citizens arrived to guard the stage
through. No Indians were to be seen
along the route.
' 'At the Red River station Fried
richs, the keeper, and his helper were
found dead and mutilated, aud the
horses had been stolen. The Indians,
Picarilla Apaches, had surprised and
killed them aud then prepared to take
in the stage on its arrival. On its ap
pearance half of the baud waited be
hind the corral, while the others stole
along the gulch to cut off its retreat.
There is little doubt that' flioir plan
would ,havo succeeded had it not been
for the unusual suspicion ami watoh
fulness of the stage driver, inspired
by his unaccountable presentiment of
what actually camo to pass at the sta
tion."—New York Sun.
Fierce I'tjjTit With a Panther.
On a visit to New Orleans some
mouths later, I mot Major Fontaine,
says a writer iu Wie Chicago Times-
Herald. We wert. going through the
most fertile but snarcely settled sec
tion of country knowu as the Missis
•Ippi delta. Passing the plantation
which once belonged to General W.
S. Hancock, and the colony of six or
seven hundred colored people founded
by one of the former slaves of Jeffer
son Davis, he pointed out the window
in the direction of a stream glistening
like molten silver in the moonlight,
and said: "Just over there, two years
ago, there occurred one of the tough
est tights between a colored man and
a panther that ever happened, I will
wager." The train was not moving so
swiftly as to prevent my getting a view
of the country—heavily wooded, level
and weird in its loneliness and shadows,
and one could readily believe it the
habitat of the fiercest of animals.
"The colored mau was doing somo
work for me," continued Major Fon
taine, "and had gone some distance
from the campjto get a drink of water.
He said that as he lay down to drink
from the stream, having no drinking
vessel with him, he thought he heard
a noise in a tree whose branches
spread just above him. He gave only
a passing glance upward, however,
and began slakiug his thirst. As he
finished and started to rise from his
reoumbect position something sudden
ly fell upon his back and shoulders
with such weight as to mash him to
the earth again. The weight also fell
with a thumping sound to one side,
buf not before cutting several terrible
gashes on his back. He had had some
experience, aud soon realized that he
was attacked by a panther. It had
evidently sprung from a considerable
distance and at an angle, this account
ing for the breaking of its hold, though
its claws aud teeth had entered his
flesh.
"The man was a powerful fellow,
and, like his race when mad, knew no
more about fear than the creature at
tacking him. He hadn't even a knife
about him, but notwithstanding he
jumped upright and faced the panther,
which, with blazing eyes aud crouch
ing form, was preparing for another
plunge. He stood facing it for per
haps a dozen seconds, when the
panther leaped directly at his throat.
The colored man, standing with one foot
a little behind the other to servo as a
brace, threw forward his left arm.
This saved his throat, as it was closed
oil by the animal. The pain was so
acute that he could not restrain a yell
of anguish, which was heard by me at
the camp. With his right hand he
grasped the animal by the throat in
the hope of choking it to death; but
this not accomplishing his purpose as
soon as lie had hoped he pressed it
close as ho could against his breast
and fell forward, holding it so as to
receive his weight.
"When I heard the fellow's yell I
gathered my gun and a large butcher
knife in the camp and started forward
to help him. I reached him while he
and his fierce antagonist wero strug
gling on the ground for the mastery.
About half the body of the panther
was from under the man, while its head
was still fastened underneath. I buried
the knife two or three times in the ex
posed portion, and it was not long before
it gradually relaxed its struggles and
straightened out, done for. I think the
colored man would have finally tri
umphed, but this is by no means cer
tain, as ho was terribly weakened
when I reached him. If he had
formed an idea that all the blood on
that spot was his own I am sure he
would have given up—for if there is
one thing that can demoralize a colored
man, strange to say, it is the sight of his
own gore. He was several weeks re
covering, as something like blood poi
son set in. The panther was about
the largest I have ever seen:"
A Battle With a Bear.
A writer in Outing gives the follow
ing account of a battle with a bear iu
a Southern cane-brake:
"Guns were useless in that almost
impassable jungle. It was war to the
knife, now. The heat became stifling.
No breath of wind could force its way
through those close-growiug stems,
and, perspiration poured from us as
in a Turkish bath, The rapidity with
which the old alio forced
wounded as she was, and hampered
with dogs, was wonderful; and her es
cape would have been almost certain,
had not laom, who, by vigorous wield
ing of his cane-knife,had kept close to
her, found a chance to bring his
weapon down ujmn her shoulder. The
terrible blade split the flesh to the
bone, and for a moment she fell. As
we rushed nx"> she received another
bullet, this time from me, and fired
when I was too excited to bo really
conscious of what I was about. Even
then the magnificent courage and vi
tality of the bens'; did not seem to be
abated, until Walter rushed forward
and plunged his hunting-knife deep in
to the shaggy body. It was a death
blow; but as the bear toppled back
ward she struck with her left paw, and
with one sweep tore through the mus
cles of his arm to the bone. He sank
down, nearly fainting, and as fast as wo
could struggle through the cane, Isom
and I half led, half carried him out of
the stifling heat, and back to the clear
space around the hackberry-treo, leav
ing the dogs to vent their fury on the
j helpless form of their enemy."
That Lack Nourishment.
"Many children at school," said a
student of children, "appear to bo
stupid when they are* only badly
nourished. They may have plenty to
eat without a sufficient amount of
nourishment. Study will not hurt u
healthy child. Good, hard thinking
helps the. circulation of the blood."—
New York Times.
A Cyclist's Speed For an Hour.
(Cyclist's private opinion, ten miles;
cyclist's opinion for his friends, eigh
teen miles; police constable's private
opinion, twelve miles; police consta
bls's opinion for the magistrate, twen
ty-four miles; cyclometer's opinion,
thirty miles; old lady's opinion, who
was knocked down, forty miles; actual
speed, eight miles.—Pick Mo-Up.
(A Man Hater's Funeral.
There is a woman residing near
Brushy Fork, southwest of this city,
who has beeu au irreconcilable man
hater for forty-eight years. She is a
spinster leading a hermit's life, and
has a comfortable sum of money se
creted in her home.
Since being disappointed in love
forty-eight years ago she has never
spoken to a man. She is seldom seen
in town, and her trading is done with
female clerks.
She has recently made a will and
purchased a cemetery lot. Explicit
directions have been given that no
man shall preach her funeral sermon
nor act as pall-bearers. A woman
Bball drive the hearse and women low
er the coffin and fill the grave. No
men are to be allowed in the funeral
procession. She has willed a sura of
money in trust to pay all expenses.—
Rockport telegram to the Chicago
Tribune.
YUIO'H Japanese "Co-Ed."
An innovation in the "co-ed" de
partment of Yale has just appeared.
Miss Yoshi Yamaguchi aud her broth
er, Leiiclii Yamaguchi, have come
from Tokio to Yale to complete their
education. Both have studied at the
Doshisha University, one of the lead
ing colleges of Japan.
Miss Yoshi has just arrived and in
tends to make a specialty of English and
music. She will study under Profes
sor Cook and Professor Parker. The
little Japanese lady is staying at her
sister's home in Washington street.
Mr. Yamaguchi is rooming at West
Divinity. He expects to be here for
four or five years to study economics
in the classes of Professors Hadley
and Sumner.
The first appearance of the little
Japaneso lady on the Yule campus al
most created a panic among the un
dergraduates, who dodged behind cor
ners to get a glimpse of the latest ad
vent of the new woman. Sho wears
her native costume, which the students
describe as like a pair of black pajam
as. Her raven black hair is fixed
close to her head and is very glossy.
She has bright red cheeks and is short
iu stature. Her manners are refined
and pleasant.—Philadelphia Press.
Beauty ami Bangles.
Five or six years ago bangles were
worn and now the craze is on again.
Get out all you have, polish them up
and put them on. Never mind what
kind they maybe—coin bangles, snake
bangles, chains with lock and key.
Some girls had them welded on aud
wore them night and day, much to
their own discomfort. But they did
not mind a little thing like that if it
were only stylish. Now it is the
fashion.
All the girls returning from Europe
wear many bangles. In the shop
windows one may see the plain, heavy
Bilver and gold bands, such as are
worn in India, as well as the broad
leather band, with small watches set
in them, and known as "watch ban
gles."
Bracelets one never sees, they nre
unfashionable, but sooner or later
they will have their day once more.
One of the new ideas in this line is a
bracelet worn high up on the arm,
with a little clasp on .each side, one to
hold the long glove and one to catch
the puff that answers for a sleeve in
the prevailing evening dress. Theso
nro only made to order, and aro often
richly set with gems. They nre not
kept in stock, as every woman has
some pretty conceit of her own, and
will frequently bring hor own design
for clasp, selecting, of course, her
own jewel for the setting. As that is
a charming place to show off a pretty
bit of jewelry, set with gems, those
that have been mado were quite hand
some, while they wero also desirable
for holding in place the shoulder
length glove, which has a trick of
slipping down out of place.
Truth About "Mary Anderson."
A friend and neighbor of Mary
Anderson (now Mrs. Navarro), who is
living in tlio quaint old town of Broad
way, England, which I described in a
lotter to the Chicago Record last sum
mer, tells me that there is no truth
in the yarn that lias been going the.
rounds of the newspapers about the
operatio ambition of that beautiful
woman, writes W. E. Curtis. The
story is that, her ambition for dramatic
honors having been satiated, she
aspires to the operatio stage, and is
taking lessons from a prominent com
poser in London with a view to an ap
pearance iu Italian opera next year.
Every yarn Ims its foundation, of
course, but all there is to this one was
Mrs. Navarro's appearance on the con
cert stage about two months ago at a
benefit given for a young lady friend.
The latter was in sad circumstances,
and Mrs. Navarro, who does not pre
tend to be a musical artist, but sings
a ballad sweetly, consented to appear,
because she was told that her fame
was sure to make tho concert a suc
cess, and the predictions in that
respect were fully roalizod. All Lon
don went wild over her singing, and
the roceijits at tho box office were so
large as to place the beneficiary be
yond all possible distress. Miss
Anderson sang twice, selecting two
simple and familiar English songs
which are suitable to her voice, but
not such as would have been selected
by a professional. The only instruc
tions she received were a few sugges
tions from the young lady who played
her accompaniments. She is not tak
ing lessons, she has no operatic aspira
tions, and she will not appear in public
again, excel.) t perhaps upon some such
occasion.
Gossip.
Miss Columba Rivera is the firs)
woman physician to be appointed on
the staff of a Mexican hospital.
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Horton, of Bos
ton, is a collector of dolls, and now
hns 250, brought from every part of
the world.
An exhibition of bookbinding by
women has been opened in London.
It' is interesting as it is the first of
its kind ever held.
A Bucksport (Me.) woman, who will
go to the Klondike in male attire,
worked for years to pay off a mort
gage, passing everywhere as a man.
Women are being trained in agri
culture by the State of Minnesota,
which has just opened a school for
the purpose, that will accommodate
sixty students.
Miss Marie Audubon, the great
granddaughter of tho naturalist, has
spent twenty-five years translating
from the French the journals of her
illustrious ancestor.
A sentinel having addressed the
Empress of Germany as "Frau
lein," the Emperor has ordered a
portrait of Her Majesty to be hung up
in all the barracks of Germany.
Miss Jennie Wertheimer, of Cincin
nati, has invented a commercial paper
which excludes the possibility of forg
ing names or otherwise tampering
with its face value. The invention
has been sold to a New York firm for
825,000.
The newspapers of Virginia are ask
ing a pension for Mrs. Semple, tho
only living daughter of President
Tyler, and cousin to President Mon
roe, William Henry Harrison and Ben
jamin Harrison. Mrs. Semplo is now
an inmate of an old woman's home
and is nearly blind.
Two young Englishwomen, Miss
Grace Fairweather and Miss Ella Col
lins, have recently appeared in Lou
don as professional billiard players.
Miss Collins is the daughter of a well
known retired expert at billiards,
and has a sister who promises to be
even a better player than herself.
Mrs. Anson Jones, now very old,
is the President of the Daughters of
the Republic of Texas, who are en
deavoring to levive and cherish the
memory of incidents connected with
the early history of the Lone Star
State. Mrs. Jones is the widow of the
last President of the Republic of
Texas.
Lady Mercus Beresford had a recent
exhibition of cats at the Crystal Palace
cat show. It is said that sho hns tho
most remarkable collection of tabbies
in the world. All the cats are named,
and know when they are called. They
are devoted to their indulgent mis
tress, who has a man specially to care
for them.
The Duohess of Cleveland, who is
on her way to India, before coming
to England gave directions that the
Abbot's or Great Hall of Battle Abbey,
which is not shown to visitors when
the family is in residence, should be
open to inspection during her absence.
The splendid tapestry on the walls
of the ancient hall is a great attrac
tion.
Fashion Notes.
Narrow satin and velvet ribbon,
gathered to form frills, appear on win
ter gowns.
Black belts are correct with any
gown, though black may not appear
elsewhere.
Long cloth ulsters are much in
vogue among smart women. They
must be cut by au expert baud, how
ever.
An especially striking importation
is a jacket of green cloth, having a
grayish tint, trimmed with black vel
vet and silver buttons.
Lace appliques are on many im
ported garments, from a fur cape,
where the velvet yoke has applique
figures, to tiny velvet jackets worn
with low gowns.
Pretty French nightdresses are in
handkerchief designs. The sleeves
are made from handkerchiefs, the
hemstitched corners falling in points
at the waists, and other corners make
points at the yoke.
Handkerchiefs, for those who have
dainty tastes and a desire to be fash
ionable in all tho little accessories of
dress, are very plaiu, beautifully flue
and sheer in quality aud finished with
one, two or three rows of hemstitch
ing and tho finest of embroidered in
itials in the corner.
The golf girl who dresses according
to hygienic principles can have her
lucky four-leafed olovor even if she
does not wear a round elastic with a
clasp. The side elastics have the
clover charms at the clasp half way
down tho side, as they are worn
in men's suspenders.
A beautiful Paris hat recently seen
showed a fluted brim of wood-browu
velvet, the crown being of turquoise
bluo satin antique, going up into a
couple of points at the left. The brim
rolled ou this side, and underneath,
next the hair, vyas a.puff of blue satin.
Two wide brown quill feathers curved
from the loft side over the crown.
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Prono to Doubt,
"Women tire naturally Incredulous,"
remarked the whist player.
"That's contrary to the common im
pression."'
"I don't care; It's true. You never
can make one believe you the first
time you tell her what are trumps."—
Washington Star.
Best Routa to Klondiko.
The Quickest and cheapest route 19 via St.
Paul or Minneapolis, the Northern Pacific
Railway, Taiya (I)yea) and Chilkoot Rail in
Tramway, or via Skagway and wagon road
to summit of White Pans. The lines over
these Passes we are assured will he in opera
tion in February. Ik'.lK, by which time the
worst storms will be over and the snow puck*
ed down fit for traveling.
The ice goes out of the upper Yukon basin
takes May I,lth to June Ist or simultaneously
with the opening of the Stikeen River :KKJ
miles south, but you can reach the Salmon,
Polly, Stewart and Klondike? country from
three weeks to a loouth earlier by properly
equipping your party and sledding your out
fits, Lake Lindeman to open river at fool
of Lake Lo Berge, lUO miles, thus avoiding
possible portages at Miles Canon and White
Horse Rapid.
Send two cents postage to Obas. S. Fee, St.
Paul, Minn., for latest illustrated Alaska
map. The Northern Pacific is the. only rail
way running its trains (all equipped with
Dining Cars, Standard Tourist and free Col
onist sleepers ) through to Tacoma, Seattle
and Portland.
As the pioneer line in Alaska passenger
traffic, the Northern Pacific will gi". • the
latest authentic information as to reliable
routes of travel.
Sonic Slipshod English.
Oarlessness In grammar and rhet
oric is not by an means confined to
the uneducated.
"I will try and do you no harm," says
one of the leading characters In "Mar
eella." And again, "You will try and
make him alter his mind." "I will go
and see her soon," is another example
of making "and" take the place of
"to."
The use of the verb In the plural num
ber after "neither" Is a frequent error:
"Neither of the girls are going."
"Neither of them were really gay."
The adjective "real" is often made to
do duty as an adverb by careless speak
ers: "We had a real nice time." "Oh,
that's a real good hook."
To say "the mother Insisted on May
going," Instead of "May's going," is as
far from right as to say, "they depend
on him going." Yet 6ome of our beet
writers are guilty of this omission d
the possessive case.
"Funny," In the sense of singular
peculiar, Is a word that is often beaiy
In connection with very serious mai
ters: "It Is funny that no notice waA
given of the funeral." "It Is funny that
none of them wore crape."—Harper'!
Bazar.
There are believed to be stars in ex
istence beyond the reach of any tele
scope yet constructed.
A woman is very apt to regard her
friends as so many debts to be cheeif
fully and promptly met.
ON® ®NJOYS
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 tho Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head,
aches and fevers and cures habitur(
constipation. Svrnp of Figs is tfc(
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 agrocablo substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 5b
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.
CALIFORNIA FIO SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE. KT. NEW YORK, N.T.
Best Cough Syrnp. Tasuia Good. Use |g|
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