HIS CHRISTMAS SURPRISE.
■ ow * W all fitrsst I m p lo , • Woo Re
worded lor T « r . of Foith-
M A R K IN O _ O F F F IE L D S .
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H u 4 r C e a t H v e a e e T h a t H a s Waves
B e te r e
OeeeetW e*.
A seed d r ill w ith a m a rk e r is very de
sirable. b u t w here o n ly sm all q u a n ti
ties arc planted, a stake an d lin e m u s t
be depended upon. T h e g re a t tro u b le
w ith a lin e is t h a t a lt e r h avin g m arked
a ro w by I t an d s h ifte d th e Iasi end lo r
the next row , yo u m u st w alk back, d o
in g n o th in g the w h o le le n g th o l th e
ro w . w h eth er lo u g o r ab ort, to a h ilt th e
firs t end. T h is y e a r 1 b it on th e fo llo w
in g co ntrivance, w h ich 1 have never
seen described, and H Is a g re a t help.
Besides th e lin e, w ith a reel (a ) on ona
oor aasawra, boot ««sis—to diol
Q uxkly oo they have oomo th o / i
w. w hen tko t e s asoM orisc lh
Iks otcharJ «oor la white w ith s
- M . A WcWollo Bowe Is
CARDLAND,
T h e O aasee T h a t W e r e T U r e h l a «ha
B ls h t a e n t h C en tu ry .
After U>e adveutof the
house o f H a n -
o ver the fa v o rite games a t court w ere
«
" q u a d rille ,” nu Im provem ent o f "om
bre.” and “couuncree.” T h e galue and .
loaaes o t th e kin g s a n ' queeua w ere, aa !
a rule, restricted to IvO guineas, b u t on
T w e lft h N ig h t U wna custom ary fo r
thousands to change bauds. O n one
occasion In d y C ow per, a la d y In w a it
ing, refused fo r th e sake o f her c h il
dren to ta ke p a rt In the gam e, na none ,
ant do w n to th e ta b le w ith le M th an
,
A ll n e c e ssa ry o p e ra tio n s m
w ritin g , billing o r Statistical w o r k
£20«.
"
A bo ut th e y e a r 1T40 n rage lo r
“ w h isk.” o r w h is t, set In, b u t n t first
It was considered too wise n ga m e to r
ladles to Join In. H u m e , th e h isto rian,
never w ent to bed w ith o u t his w h ist,
an d even the g re a t Johnson regretted
th a t be had not learned to piny c a rd s
l a 1742 “ H o r r y ” W alp ole finds It abso
lu te ly necessary to lea n t " w h is k .” ,
"h a v in g w a ite d In vatn lo r Its being
le ft off.” W e find him In an o th er l e t - ,
te r th re aten in g to bu ild an a lt a r to
" P a m ” to com m em orate the escape o f i
bte c h arm in g Duchess o f G ra fto n , who, j
a r e a c c o m p lis h e d fro m th e k e y -
b o a r d o f th e lig h t ru n n in g , e a s y
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hearts.
A fresh attempt was made In 1789 to ■
rem edy the sta te o f g a m b lin g In E n g
land by passing a n act w hich provided
tlia t “an y person keeping a bouse qr I
o th e r place to gome la fo rfe its £200, .
h a lf to the prosecutor ajid lie i f to tbe t
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tsa» ■ «s ■ a> fo
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poor
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gl ■ M
ladles o f title . M ordtngtoo an d Cassells.
Who keep open bouses fo r ra m b lin g ,
r lr'm c tl th e ir p rivilege o f |> * e » r » b)
order t o In tim id a te tbe prva e .vratwve_
•rom doing th e ir d u ty an d suppr -w ing
the public gam in g houses by it e - m .-
^he“ k i
I/
H Z ! At
TOUCH
▲LUM
■ n e tt
and look in the glass—you will see the effect—
You can't help puckering—it makes you pucker
to think of tasting it
By the use of so called cheap Baking
Powders you lake this puckering, injurious Alum
right into your- system -^you injure d ig estion,
and ruin your stomach.
AVOID ALVM
Say plainly-
fcoyal is made from pure, refined Grape Cream of Tartar-Costs more
than Alam but you have the profit of quality, the profit of good health.
DOCTORS
Nothing h »i ever equalled tL
Nothing can erer turps«» it.
Dr. King’s
New Discovery
rorCSJ«.^-^-
A Perfect
Care i
Tor All Throat am
I.ung Trouble«.
M x ^ y b s e k I f „ f a ll s .
oe '
T r ia l S o « *« * n -«
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rf U « a h * ! » U h t an d
ba,,ed ou‘ th i’
linen l: Is I » « « a r e too slow .” " I t does k>
» « file « « of kid-
n t ) trouble; toe
frequent desks to
R « e h or pain la
L
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oonvtnc.ng proe. that the kMneys and blad-
I t r srs out o l ordur.
3 r ’ 1 3,
i /
your tongue to
pre ta lo n . T h is m eant h i t discharge
lo r ta ilin g eliiclcnep.
H e fa irly to t
tered In to the sanctum , a y ttlfu l figure
of Dante fear.
• h it down, M r B la n k ," -» aid
the
pres id en t " I have om itted yo ur name
la the lis t of C hristm as rew ards fo r
fa i.h fu l service, and I regret th at
th e bank w ill ha e to find another
m an to u ll your position a lte r to -m o r
row. Compose yourself. M r. tears ate
undignified In th ia ohiee. Yon should
know b e lter a fte r b e .n z here to r so
long a te rm ot service. D o n 't go. I
te v e a lew word« m ore to say before
you leave. T n e w e * v p »
to re tire you on f u l l p a y fo r tb e rest
o f yo ur life, and the year's salary w ill
be paid to you In ad vanes. T h is docs
I t appears, bad been p layin g cards la !
Borne when sbo ought to have been a t
a c a rd in a l’s reception, w h ere T in floor
fe ll la and a ll the monslgnoreo w ere
p recipitated lb to th e ce lla r!
. ,
Cards were so very much In evidence
fo bis tim e th a t even In v ita tio n s were
fre q u e n tly Issued and notes w ritte n u p - ,
on th e backs o f p la y in g cards, w hich
on th a t account were usually plain,
w ith o u t an y design. T b e eh cvn ller’a
fam ous o rd e r to re tre a t n t C ulloden
w a s w ritte n on th e b a rk o f th e ulno o f
a d i o n M o d e l 1 0 ( V is ib le )
IP YOU
l a » io rg » Now Y o rk boaiaaas I m U -
tu tlu o U w ra waa an em ploye whose
C hristm as ¿ i ll had tae savin« «race ol
In d ivid u a l aotouautatluo.
Uo w m a
bookkeeper, nearly M years In har
ness. and ho had boon ov«r t e a * ad la
fo rm e r years a t taiaeos la W a ll otroot,
except lo r a au siu n iarj and u o u r y ln «
110 «old piece, ao ja t h e D e tro it »'roe
Press. Several d a y * before Christina«
las t y e ar lbs » 4 « Ixxarue agitated
w ith rum ors e l a a unprecedented noo<l
o f good fortune. T n e w d bookkeeper
tried to keep calm , but his hopes ran
rio t, and the day before C hristm as
found him la a B arvour Hurry.
He
■aw his fallow employee called in to
th e cashier's odlce one by cue, each re
tu rn in g w ith a Sealed envelope. T h e
bookkeeper w alled fo r his « « lm c m ,
but I t camo not. «ay* th e W o rld C _
W ork. E v e n t h e o ffic e boy em erged,
b itin g new gold pieces to test them ,
and th e ro ll was cemptate an hour be
fo re th e bookkeeper euaununed cour-
i age to tend In an In q u iry whether ■
m istake hau teen made In the cas» o.
M r. B la n k , and w hetnar an envelope
had been overlooked.
T h e answer
w a y .” said tb e crestfallen pol
I as be to ld tb y th ie f be could
' w hich perm ission the th ie f I
1 U n e
a v a ilin g hlroaelf. L a te r
ctm srln. th e policem an fo un d t
i
BOt ljeeB previously ai
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4» cmUcrV in thl ineaiedgo as j
often -ip re » * d . l' »t D r. Kilmer's Swamp- I
Root, tb« gr«a; s.dney remedy fulfill» every
wish 1» curing rheumatism. ?*in In tha
foe,-., kidney" liver, t isdJrr a n i e-.'ery part
jftfif: urluqry JBr Bgg. B b B ire c 't h tfbiiiiv-
o h o U *fii'.;r aed soaW'ng p»m In passing
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S
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ZL’diitore
service to tb e lr cred it are no t sprin
kled very p le n tifu lly
through
W a ll
s tr e e t”
THE YULETIDE IN AUSTRIA.
Ifo Celebration I s Fietnreeque Among
the Mon-Merman Population
,
at tbe Matlon.
Y u le tld a . an ke p t by th e non-Germ an
population o f A u s tria , te very ptetur-
•eque. On C hristm as day the rotes
In QaUffis firs t atten d mass, - » a t th en •
alt down to tbe fa m ily supper. ,J ^ ie
chief dish on tb e table contains ro o -
seerated eggs, which the la th e r dis
tributee. , A fte r eating , a ll eyes are
dosed and a ll heads bowed down to
th a n by n a y o th e r act ru le.
I t w ill be an exceptional -nee w h an
some w dlintr crop cannot be u-ed to a
goad « d vab teg r d u rin g th e sum m er.
W heu the cabbage, lo m atoeeoi sweet
p o tato plants have g row n lo n g and
sp in d lin g se t. th em deeper in to th e
soli; dow n to th e firs t le a f is u sually a
good p lan .
I f th e fu ll n u m b er o f stock is k e p t
th a t th e pastures w lllV n rr y d u rin g th e
best p e rt c f th e g ro w in g season, some
so ilin g crop m ust be g ro w n to h elp
o u t w hen the pasture« f a ll.'
One ndvantage w ith a ll fa rm prod
ucts and «lo cks is th a t I f prices fa ll I t
is c e rta in th a t th e lo w er q u a lity drops
first and most, and usually is m oat d if
fic u lt to sell. T h e re Is alw ays a sale
fo r th e product» o f n b e tte r q u a lity .—
I
A t th e ba“ dw #tc5 *
Spanish tra d itio n s located tb e *
E l Dorado, “ tb e gilded man,
trn ta fe 'w h o s e country w as so
gojd ,j0 , , th a t be had bis body
wHh
au d ip r )n k ied Wltb «old ev-
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j a
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ladder la then descending from heaven
lo ea rth , and down the ladder . th e
.„ g a la e r r coming to b'eee tb e w o r-
ahlpere and
to carry aw ay th e ir
e a rth ly trouble« to heaven.
A m ong
tbe Cxechs the legend ru n * th a t be
w h o most stric tly lasts oo rihrtetm ae
eve w ill see the H o ly C hild In
his
dream s th a t n lg h C - ln the evening the
reel oetebration be-«,las.
AH
lig hts
are th en extinguished in th e house;
no fire, no lig h t is visible
T b e c h il
dren crowd together In fe ar snd re
m ain pcrlectly ailant, as o therw ise
they kn o w they w ill receive none o t
the presents brought by the C hrist.
C hild and laid a t the entrance of th e
hobse.
FIND M ISSING LINK IN SEA
A n » a y n t l s n W ,.ix t» v .
O n e o f th e g re a te s t w o nder» c i aa-
cie n t E g y p t was th e a rtific ia l body o f
w a te r nailed L a k o Mocrts. A ocording
A remarkable little deniaen ot
to n e ro d o tn s “ th e m easure o f Its
olrcum ferenoe was th irty -th r e e h u n tbe deep wliicli Itelonga to the iu
dred furlo ng s, w h ich is eq u al to t h e e n tercntiuR border and lying be
located th la
is mnrvetou»
m arvelous b
rin g has
oevre
4... .? . t . .- . ; m
i-1
i b a , rr.il,i
betng
lias u
e te r tire le n g th o f E g y p t a lo n g th e sea-
«—
nivht
Ih
tr.iid and
« M ihe
the extra-
extra loeated
tween vertebra te« nnd Inverte
s '..
t Is aeon be *a explored by a w h ite m an.
’ cooHt»*
T h e excavatio n, w h ich w a *
brate«,
is Hie Inneelet. l.ongeon
ea'ti'-d
It stands the htgt.cst for its won-
m ade In th e tim e o f K in g M oeria fthe
je rta l cvre» of o x dt««t dMreastoc Ca ere,
M cm non o f th e G reeks and Rom ans), kidered a Unit. « i» « ° * regarded,
if you.need a medicine y iu should b*v« the
T » say th a t e re ry roan baa hla price waa of v a ry in g depths, an d Ita ce n te r an n u n c n e .ir ly ¡ e la t e d t o t h e r e ; !
te to de n y th e pxUfenCe o f th e grea t was occupie*! b y tw o pyram id », the ■quirt«- Among it» nianyTJFew'
You
.’ / f e a * ;
men who have died fo r th e ir fa ith and apexes o f w h ich w ere th ree hundred
iatilies m the ab«euce of any di«
»«tofolfof / W l Lw ig tf
th e ir coun try. Xon«en*e: "Tla the last fe et h ig h e r th a n th e surface o f th e
t n i a ¡»OH that »dis,
plea o f a kn ave and levnee out o f the w a te r
T h o w a te r fo r th is g ig a n tic tinct liead; the poaltion of tie
more about It. both ««nt!
mnuih on the under «iit lnee of tie
m outh o f a foel. T h e «te rlln g strength a r tific ia l reservoir was obtained from
ihaol'Jtely'fre« fcymatl.
th e N ile th ro u g h a ca n al, w h ich eta anterior end of Hie body , ami I la
sd ,k«a Dr. Khmer &
m onth« o f th e y e a r had an in flo w and
Lx«., ¡¡injtuunfen. N. Y ,
ring of tenlaeler. wllh which tin
th e o th e r six an o u tflirw , corresponding
» « readme I1*!« l«Mro
to high am i lo w w a te r In th e riv e r. ojteniiig of the month is rurround
T h e catfiff g ra d u a lly fille d w ith «and ett
Many kind« of laueelel« are
and th e la k e has long »Inoe ovaporated, now known, all »live one of which,
h o t th e bottom is s till one o f th e moot conform more or less closely to.
fe rtile tra c ts In E g y p t
Oafoe«*» rathe». _ tore It up.
the general type- The execplio»*
O ulsor liv e d through the moat even»-
X e lt - T h e Idea! W h y ? '
is-a «Jieeica long represented by n
fn t periods o f modern 1 rance. H e was
B v if o -H e headed It "I-lm
A n in c o rrig ib le d ru n k a rd w as being single «,ieciineii taken during the’
tiorn In 1787 am id tb A m u tte rin g » o f the
p -,w .-_ p tr ti« d e lp h la It
tre a te d In th e T eno n hospital, Paris, acient¡tie cruise of 11. M. K . Cha!
reyp tntlou G n lto t s parent» w ere m ar-
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fo r h a llucination ». One evenin g one o f
r ir it by » proscribed l»rote«t«nt pestor,
A n«ese«<l« no»l.
longer in the open «ea. Hut lecenl-
th e nurtres was passing th ro u g h th e d ls -
an d b is ' b irth wa» n e re r leg a lly regie- t . JobB , ,
domestic Iu t
seeting-room w h e re th e re w ere ly in g ly a number ol other» have bffW
tofod. H I» fa th e r, w h o w »e an a d r o M |J tb e u u iv illc ro a tr o n .
tw o o r th re e em p ty coffins, an d, w a lk in g found, nerving to «bo* that it ia a
cAfe< uwetl Yilx ta len t fo r public •p e a **
,.j|e
cíase lo one o t th em , a hand w as th ru s t diatihrt type. It» mouth is on out
lu g la the Intereat» o f the persecuted
“ V p «. |]e *a been »11 day
o a t fro m u n d e r th o lid and c a u g h t the
J»rote»t»nt» and became a m arked i»j|n
Mn
(o « m a ra ttlesr
side of the body, tio rc I* no ring
g ir l b y her dress, an d a voice from
A fte r liv in g (o r «everul weeks la dan- #
fo r the b » b y ! " - A t
of ♦entnete» fringing the mouth
w
ith
in
called
o
a
t:
“
I
any,
w
h
e
re
are
ger o f hl» l-fe he era» •< last arrested, gtltntlon.
you going to b u ry me?” T h e g irl o|wning. hd J there are aeveral
u n w illin g ly enor.gh. by a gendnrme w ho
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screamed w ith te rro r, an d fled th ro u g h other oddities in itk makeup,
k n ew and resp ected hltu.
p r » f e m l » M l J e a l» s
th e passage, c a llin g fo r help, n a i f th e
-S h a ll 1 let you escapeT s *M tfo
- p , . C o m e d ia n -1 though
The prince of Monaco, n devotee
house camo d o w n around h e r, and
mnq.
M ias Poser were to be n>
w hen th ey heard h e r story th ey laughed of deep aea cariosities, baa found
“ A re you m arried ?" replied M . Gul- w eek. Is It postponed,
and chided he r; b u ta h e m ain tain ed th e luminoos abrimpa living at g r e a t
fo t
¡ T h e B e a r y - G s d . M r! «
t r u t h o f I t so pe re iate n tly th a t th e y r e great depth» where all ia dark.
... - \ « s . T have tw o cidldi 'n "
w a n ts ber nam e to appear t
paired In a body to th e cham ber i f h o r
“ A nd so have 1.” rep’ led th e prisoner.
the w « jd ln « announre
rors. W hen th e y opened th e door th ey
“tout yon w ould have to pay fo r roe. c| m n g e . _________________
saw to th e ir g re a t am asem ent s m sn
s ittin g u p iu a coffin. I t waa th e d ru n k
l * t os go on.”
T h e y w an t on, and M . O nlsot died on
« •» • a-yh.w .
ard , w h o by sonic m eans hod m ade his
the scaffold a fe w days la te r. A t th is
B a r o n -A roan can t taka
tim e Francois, the fu tu re statesm an, w ith him w hen lie dies,
who w as th e eld er o f tire tw o children,
E g b e rt—O h. I don’t knov
was six an d a h a lf year» old an d a h frie n d w ho ow ed me «10 dk
w ays preserved th e recollection o f go- | m e m he s taken th a t w
tng to see hla fa th e r In prison, o r srhat r ig h t - Y o n k e r s B talw uuaa.