The latest investigations by
the United States and Cana
dian Governments show the
Royal Baking Powder supe
rior to all others in purity and
leavening strength.
Statements by other manufacturers to
the contrary have been declared by the
official authorities falsifications of the
official reports.
ROYAL UaKINQ POWDER CO.,
lutorvlow With nolle.
"I beg to be excused. I don't belong
to this roundup. I'm off my reserva
tion." That wan the peculiar reply s very
stylish and remarkably handsome young
woman made when a society reporter
truck ber for a description of gowns,
Which must have been "fetching" in
deed with that girl's splendid brunette
beauty Inside of them.
"Oh, well, most everybody is strange
here now," was the society reporter's
cheerful response. "We are very anx
ious to have all the notable people"
"That's it. I'm not a 'notable,' " said
the brisk young woman. "Dad's not an
officeholder nor an oflice seeker. He's
just a plain, everyday cattle baron, and
we're not In It this trip. We're stam
peded." "Stampeded!"
"Si, we don't feed with these kind of
cattle, you know. Our crowd is 'R.j
these people all belong to the 'D.' dash
range, and they've turned off the water,
burned all the grass, cut all our fences
and stampeded us in great shape. Four
years from now if you happen to.be
around here you will find the national
range in the hands of the old bosses
again, and I'll have no objection to giv
ing you a description of my harness.
Just now I'm a stray ar l object to being
bunched with this outfit."
The objections mast have been intelli
gible to the society reporter, for they
were accepted, and the daughter of the
"plain, everyday cattle baron" was ex
cused from being "branded" as mixing
with a breed of political "cattle" by
which she declared hIiu hud been "stam
peded." Washington Star.
m Badge of Office.
Sylvanus Cobb, Jr., the author of
countless tales of romance and adven
ture, was a printer by trade, and on one
occasion especially his printer's rule
served him a good turn. At 17 years of
age h had entered the navy, where his
duties were arduous and monotonous.
Be was serving on the sloop of war Fair
Geld when it was cruising along the Af
rican coast, and one day, desperately
tired of bis duties, he stood leaning
against a gun, his old composing rule in
bis hand.
"What's thatr asked an abrupt voice,
nd turning with a start young Cobb
saw that the captain was watching him.
"It's a printer's rule, sir," was the re
ply. "Are you a printert"
"That's my profession, sir."
"Do you know anything about proof
reading? Could you take a manuscript
and punctuate and arrange it so that a
printer would know just how to put it
in type?'
"I could once, sir, and I think I have
not forgotten."
"What are yon doing now?"
"I am on duty here, in charge of your
oabin, sir, and of the ship's time."
"Yes, I know. Mr. Dodd," he called
to the officer of the deck, "will you have
this man relieved? As soon as you are
at liberty," he added, addressing the
young man, "report to me in my cabin."
The youth did so and was given a
mass of notes referring to various voy
ages and travels in foreign lands to be
sorted and arranged for the printer.
This work occupied him during the en
tire voyage. Thus he had found, thanks
to his printer's rule, the easiest berth on
board the ship. Youth's Companion.
What Mi". Lucy Stoue II u Seen.
Mrs. Lucy Stone, in enumerating at a
woman's Hub the gains to women she
had hui'seil eien accomplished, men
tioned the right to free speech, the right
to education, the right to all occupa
tions and professions, and a very great
amelioration in the laws. She contrast
ed the old time, when an irate man at a
Massachusetts town meeting had Buid:
"The public money to educate shesl Nev
erl" with tho present, when the great
nni versifies of Chicago, Yale and Johns
Hopkins are opened to women, besideu
their own school and colleges
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1M WALL ST., NEW-YORK. i
The Bltlk of One Bare Cow
Robert Eansborougb of Cliillicothe,
0., is the owner of the "eighth wonder
of the world," a cow thut rives coal black
milk. The cow is a mixture of Jersey
and Durham and was raised on the
Hansborougb furm, as was also her moth
er and many sisters, none of whom ex-
hibited any peculiarity in the color of
their milk. Mollie, as this phenomenal
creature is called, has reared five or six
calves, all of which have lived and grown
fat on the black milk.
The milk produces a fair amount of
cream. This cream is a trine liguter in
color than the milk itself, and when
churned makes a kind of butter that re
sembles a thick mixture of coal tar.
Paradoxical as it may seem, this butter
is as palatable as though of a golden yel
low, and it is said to be highly relished
by the whole Hansborougb. family.
At first, when the peculiar color of
Mollie s milk was discovered by the per
son to whom was allotted the task of
"breaking the cow in," the family was
afraid to use it in any way. When they
saw that the culf was waxing fat on the
liquid tar, the younger members of the
family overcame their prejudices, and
within a few days the milk was being
nsed just the same as if it had been of
the regulation color.
Chemists of New York, Washington
and Richmond have analyzed both the
milk and the butter, but declare that
they can detect nothing that in any wny
accounts for its color. Cor. Chicago
Mail
Willing to Fay.
When the subject of doctors' fees Is men
tioned, a well known physician likes to tell
the story of a young man who was very ill
and very poor, to whom be gave unremit
ting care and finally nursed buck to health.
Before be bad recovered his strength be
dragged himself feebly to the doctor's of
fice and endeavored to express bis grati
tude, which was not greater than bis grief
that he bod nothing but thauks with which
to repay the debt.
"Unless," said the young man hesitat
ingly, "you would be willing to accept pay
ment in my way."
What is your way F Inquired the doo-
tor, with some amusement.
"I am a musician by profession," rcj
plied the young man. "I teach the flute,
and I should like to give you some lessons
upon it."
"Ah I" exclaimed the doctor thoughtful
ly, "so you are a flute player. I'll tell you,"
be said whimsically, "I am too busy a mun
lo take lessons on the flute, but suppose
you make yourself comfortable here in the
office while I go my rounds and blow out
the amount you think you owe me."
The young man, who appears to have
been of a literal turn of mind, actually took
his beloved flute from its bag and was
about to begin the payment when he
caught the doctor's expr"sion and saw that
the suggestion wos made in joke.
"Ho seemed so oppressed with gratitude
and anxious to do something," says the
doctor, in telling the story, "that I let him
play at an entertainment for some poor
children not long after, and if flute playing
bos any value he certainly blew out the en
tire amount of his iudebtness on that occa
sion and seemed to be greatly relieved."
Youth's Companion.
OuJil Discovery by Magnet.
"I was one of the first to discover gold In
the Ember district of New South Wales,"
said Harold Meyer, a wealthy citizen of
Australia, who is stopping at the Llndell.
"The fact that gold existed there was not
known until lr-84, when I announced my
discovery by staking my claim and begin
ning operations. My discovery was purely
accidental. It was rather interesting also,
you'll agree. I own a largo cattle ranch In
the Ember district, a very fertile territory,
to say the least. For my own accommoda
tion I dug a well, and some nine feet down
I struck quite a small stream, that fed the
well most excellently. One day, some two
months after the well bad been finished, 1
accidentally dropped a magnet Into it. 1
tried in a dozen different ways to secure it
again, but to no purpose. Finally I gave
the matter up in disgust. Some three
weeks later I visited Sydney, and while
there thought to secure a magnet.
"When I reached home, 1 Immediately
prepared to recover tho old one. I lowered
my purchase, fastened to a cord, down into
the well and slowly moved It about. After
three-quarters of an hour of such desultory
fishing I felt that I had a double load of
something and pulled up. It was my mag
net, hut apparently woefully changed. It
was covered completely with shining par
tides that I could not immediately explain.
Upon examination I found that they were
gold. I repeated the experiment, and in 24
hours the magnet made quite a showing.
Of course I began investigating various por
tions of the land and soon found that I bad
a rich tract." St. Louis U lobe-Democrat.
Is Migration an Instinct?
Cats and dogs travel almost incredible
distances to their homes over a route never
traversed but once, und that once often
with eyes blinded. If nature has planted!
in them an instinct so nearly resembling
the governing cause of migration among ;
birds, why may we not look to instinct as 1
tne cause or tne annual nigntr iney ny :
direct from one perch to another without
hesitation or delay, and often the young
birds precede the old ones. Their habit has
been tbe cause of many beautiful poems,
and poet and moralist alike have found an
inspiration in their yearly journeys. And,
In fact, even tJ tbe most prosaio imagina
tion there is something In their mysterious
goings and comings which apeaka to the
soul.
We are unmistakably taught by them
that there is a power higher and stronger
than any we have known as a part of this
earth a power which is not latent and un
used, or when discovered used and con
trolled by man, as the power of electricity
and steam, but a power in active operation
controlling and compelling obedience.
Mrs. J. B. Soutbworth in Albany Journal.
Anxious to Sell m Belle.
An Interested soeker after knowledge
writes as follows to the editor of the New
York Advertiser: "I saw in some news
paper the other day the statement that
it was necessary now to keep a guard at
tbe cottage recently occupied by the
Cleveland in Lakewood, S. J., to pre
vent admiring visitors from carrying
away tbe palings and bits of tbe cottage.
On the basis of this sort of adoration
what would a pair of Cleveland's cast-
off fishing troasers be worth? I have the
remains of a pair which I captured last
stumner."
A BOY'S Mlf RECORD
It Is Black Enough to Blight
His Whole Life.
A YOUNG NArOLEOX.OF FISAXCE.
uaeeu Turned Ills Dead, and He Went la
For Speculation, Forgery, Anon, Hob
bery and liven Attempted Harder and
Train Wrecking.
A homo and the llfo of a boautiful
young girl wrecked, tils own father driven
to Insanity, nn attempt to slaughter a
Irainload of punscngors, nliio incendiary
Arcs, Involving a loss of closo on to $100,
000, thrco cold MootR-d plots to murder
three different mun of high standing In
the community, nn astonishingly bold at
tempt to broak into and rob a bunk, for
geries and the utterancoof worthless checks
so many in number that tho returns are
not even now all In this Is the wake of
desolation and villainy which Kdward R.
Folsom has left behind him In tho town
of llnimnomlsport, N. Y., whore ho was
born and reared.
Tho older Folsom, who, according to a
correspondent of tho Now York World, hoi
boon worried and driven out of Ills mind by
his son's villainy, lived all Ms life on a farm
closo In touch with lliimmomlsport,antl the
boy Kdward hod mora than tho ordinary
educational advantages of a fanner's son.
Ho not only went to the Hammondsport
public, schools, but his father also sent
blin for a tlmo to an excellent colloge
down near 1'enn Ynn. In thovlllugoof
lrainmondsport tho doors of tho best fam
ilies woro open to him. A year ago last
December, in company with another youth
named Benham, Folsom opened a small
grocery store. Folsom raised his share of
tho money through tho kindness of his
father. The old gentleman, who hod
boundless confidence in him, made ovor to
him a llttlo placo tho old man owned.
With that In his possession Edward mort-
EDWAHD R FOLSOM.
gaged It and so raised tho money to start
the grocery bus! ncss. Tho grocery bus! nesi
thrived. ' Tho firm mado money from the
start. Tho sangulno Folsom in pnrtlculai
was enthusiastic Ho had a handsome
person, and his first uso of the unwonted
llow of money into his pockets was to de
voto a largo portion of it to costly raiment
and flno linen. Ho bccamoqulto a dazzling
Beau liriinimel In tho villugo streets.
Ho went In for horses and bought and
exchanged them right nnd left. Ho talked
of vast enterprises that ho was going to
put through. Ho clearly bad gathered the
Impression that ho was a Napoleon ol
finance. To put It In a word, tho little
success ho mndoat tho start in the grocery
business quite turned tho boy's houd and
filled it with who knows what fantastio
visions of oriental splendor.
Ho captivated tho heart of Sarah Keelcr,
ono of tho prettiest girls of tho villngo,
and oloped with ber after her father bad
forbidden her to rocolve his attentions,
Then began a career of crlmo the enor
mity of which was only rovcaled a short
time ago when one William J. Daniels,
nn accomplice, wnsarrcsted. It scorns that
young Folsom bad mortgagor all his prop
erty several times ovor, hud forged numer
ous notes and had committed arson, aud
even attempted murder In order to cover
his tracks.
Daniels broke down undor arrest, and
in bis formal deposition charged Folsom
with having planned with Daniels tho as
sassination of J. O. Scbring, a lawyer. It
was arranged that Daniels should go to
Souring in tho night, tell him that Folsom
was In trouble and wanted him. On tho
way to Folsom 's house Daniels nnd Haz
ard wero to waylay Souring und murder
him. Thou they wero to tuko tho keys
from bis pockets, go to his olllco, socuro
papers that Folsom wanted destroyed and
set lire to tho building, which also would
burn tho clerk's olllco, in which woro tho
other documents Folsom wanted de
stroyed. Daniels also deposed that Folsom had
planned with him to waylay II. C. Alns
worth, tho banker, on his way homo, rillo
his pocket of tho bank keys und then go
and rob tho bank. Daniels Bald that his
heart had failed him in this, as It had in
tho case of Sebrlng, and that bo had gono
and warned Mr. Alnsworth of tho plot to
murder him.
Still another plot to which Daniels do
posed was ono to waylay and murder Mr.
Hunt, the justice of tho peace whoso of
fice was In that of Souring, take from him
tho keys and get tho papers Folsom was
so anxious to destroy.
On another occasion, Daniels testified,
It was planned toluru Sebrlng to Folsoni's
wnrehousoaml there murder him. Sebrlng,
as a matter of fact, went to the warehouse,
In accordance with the plot, and was led by
Folsom to a remote part of tho building,
but neither Daniels nor Hazard would at
tack him.
As to tho train wrecking, Daniels sworo
that Folsom had gono to Corning on pur
poso to como back oil tho train with a
heavy accident insurance ticket in his
pocket; that Daniels, and Hazard wero to
throw the train from tho track, and that
shortly oftur tho accident occurred, nnd
when all tho people of tho town wero away
en the secno, tho Halsey block was to bo
fired and those records which Folsom so
much wanted out of tho way at last do
itroyed. Extraordinary as this story was,
it was fully confirmed in important par
ticulars by other witnesses.
When Folsom was arrested, he tried tc
out his throat, but tho wound was not se
rious. Ho now reposes In tho county jail
st Hath, while his heartbroken wifo has
returned to ber wronged and
ludignant
father.
Flowers For the Hair.
Natural flowers, one is delighted to
think, are again the most fashionable
ornament for the hair. There can in
deed be nothing more charming in every
wny than a fresh, sweet flower for the
adornment of any woman's dress. One
thing only ui connection with this grace
ful fashion strikes one as preposterous.
Whenever the announcement is made
that "fresh flowers are coming in again,"
one also reads that such and snch flow
ers are most fashionable. What non
sense this is, to be sure!
You choose flowers, and, above all,
flowers which you intend to wear in
your hair or on your dress, chiefly for
the sake of their shape and color un
less indeed yon are independent enough
and sufficiently sentimental to choose
the flower which for some reason ori
other is dearer to you than all the oth- j
era. For instance, pansies may or may
not be numbered among the select few ;
which are "fashionable," but there is not
a flower that looks more lovely in light
brown hair than a pansy of purplish vel- (
ret, or in auburn bair that pansy of van-;
ous shades of burnished gold which has
hpnntfiA en nnrmlnr nf LitA. Kv York
Commercial Advertiser.
I
IDEAL LIFE IN A CLUB.
What Membership la Metropolitan Se
clal Organisation Means,
By uulou of financial and social forces,
club conditions have been created that to
Individuals would be absolutely Impossi
ble. All one baa to do to secure their pc
feet fulfillment In his particular case la to
pay bis dues and observe the few slu.pl'
rules that underlie his ihsoob. By hla choice
of a club It I assumed that the conditions
there are those he mostdeslres. If he finds
himself mistaken, he Is at liberty to shake
off the shackles at a small cost and try
over again elsewhere.
After admission, which secures to him
congenial environment, be takes hla ow
pace and forms his own associations. Aft
er that hla life la as near happiness as It U
possible for material Influence to bring
mortal. Ono In possession of a perfect
home may still make sensible and propel
use of the club, while for tho one having no
home It is a place of refuge and a palace of
peace. By an entrance fee of a few dollars
and a trifling annual payment a man may
enjoy tbo privileges of an Institution whose
income and exm-ndltures are enormous.
Even under a wasteful management, one
baa the privilege or living in a bouse worth
many thousands of dollars in a way that
seems impossible in a private bouse.
Each one boa the same right as the other.
Tho bouse practically belongs to the mem
ber. Hundreds of perfectly trained serv
ants or various grades are employed wilu
out thought on the part of a member.
These, prohibited from accepting fees, serv
all alike In view of the generous wages paid
and the voluutary subscription which at
holiday times is distributed among them.
Tho whole management Is so arranged that
all runs as if by clockwork. Cleaning
sweeping, etc, are done out of sight of mem
bers. All appliances are first class and of
the best description. Nothing is ever out
of repair, there is no dust or dirt anywhere,
and some oue is always witbin call.
Letters are stamped us received to the ex
act minute by an automatic clock. While
life strife is rigorously excluded. It invisi
bly pulsates in the very heart of the club.
There are telephone connections, telegraph
reporters for stocks, carriages within call
furnished at moderate charges and free
from suspicion of extortion, aud barber at
tentions which are confined to members of
tbo "household." There are dining rooms
where the most perfect service is furnished
at moderate rates, aud private rooms where
one may give entertainments of such char
acter as he may choose to pay for. There
Is a library with hundreds of volumes, such
as one might Bclect for private use, and a
reading room where all papersdally,
weekly, monthly, quarterly and in all lan
guages may be found, as woll as an abun
dance of stationery. In payment of any ex
tra debts incurred one simply signs a check
when be is furnished with vouchers for all
be bos ordered. Everything is looked after.
Then there is special entertainment from
time to time.
Good breeding, correct behavior and
strict courtesy are the club atmosphere.
No matter bow extended the membership
limit may be, there Is no interference, as
each uses the privilege ouly occasionally,
Soma use it only during the summer
months, whon their families are out of
town; some drop in but to get a glance at
the papers some visit but seldom, while
others make tbe bouse their regular head
quarters. There Is always a view from the
windows and some one interesting with
whom to converse. Tbe club furnishes a
good place to make business or social ap
pointments. While all messngcB are
promptly and safely cared for, addresses
are guarded from intruders, and once one
passes through tbe doors be is absolutely
safe from interruptions. In most clubs
the billiard table, card table, bowlingnlley,
pool and chessrooms add to without tak
ing anything from tbe desirability of the
place. New York Club.
An Intelligent Animal.
A country physician says thut he was
driving, lute one dark night, over a strange
road. A violent ruin bad been falling, and
tho highway was badly washed. Presently
his horse, a Vermont Morgan, made a leap
and crushed through what seemed to be the
upper branches of a treo, taking the gig
with him. Half a mile further on he made
another jump, there came a crash and shiv
er, the gig reeled over another tree, poised
for a moment on one wheel and righted
itself as the horse resumed his trot.
By this time tbe doctor knew he must be
near a river with high banks, for be could
hear the wuter roaring on tbe rocks below,
Now the horse came to a dead stop and re
fused to cross the bridge. The doctor
urged him forward, and he took a few
steps, only to move buck in bis tracks.
This was twice repeated. Finally, vexed
at such uuusuul obstinacy, the doctor
struck him with tho whip. The horse
squealed with disgust, shook his head, ad
vanced us before aud backed again.
Now, at lust thedoctorulightcd and went
forwaiil to reconuoiter. This was what he
saw: The tlooring or tne bridge bad been
completely swept awny by tbe Hood. Noth
ing was left hut the sleepers running from
bunk to bank, and it was on oue of these
thut the horse hod walked out as fur as be
could with safety to the gig und its occu
punt.
The obstructions which the roudster had
jumped were brush fences put up to stop
travel on the highway until the bridge
could he repaired. "Koud, Truck aud Sta
ble."
Trousseau's Heroic End.
Trousseau became aware that ho was the
victim of a cancer, an "uutodiasuosis,"
which Dieulufoy was sorrowfully compelled
to ufilrm.
Ho weut on, however, though eaten up
by cares of muny kinds, with uuabatcd
cheerfulness, seeing his patients in the
morning and receiving Ins guests iu tbe
evening und saying nothing of his disease.
hen forced to take to bis bed, be contin
ued to receive visitors, to whom he spoke
In the tone of one suffering from slight in
disposition. When rucked with pain, he
would say to the professional brethren who
attended him, "Let us have a little intel
lectual gymnastics," and would straight
way start a discussion ou some medical
subject.
One of the very last acts of Ins life was to
gctNelaton to obtain a distinction fora
provincial confrere for whom he had a re
gard. A truly heroic death, made beauti
ful by a self sacrillcing and enduring cour
age under prolonged mental and bodily an
guish, beside which the mere pluck of the
"combatant" shows poor indeed. British
Medical Journal.
Tulate Deformity and Mentality.
At the meeting of tho City Medical so
ciety a highly interesting and profitable
discussion was hud on the subject of
"Tho Diagnostic Value of Deformed Pal
ate Arches." Under this formidable ti
tle is concealed a subject of deep popu
lar interest. The plain English of it is
after this sort, "How far may deformity
in the palatal arch be regarded as an in
dication of mental deformity?"
It appeared that tins subject, which
has heretofore been tho study of special
ists largely, is one worthy of wider in
vestigation; that deformity in tho palate
may usually be taken as an indication of
insufficient development of the bruin or
skull.
Statistics were read showing that pal
atal deformity of this sort exists in about
8 per cent of healthy, mentally normal
persons, in 45 per cent of insane, in 68
per cent each of drinkers and inebriates,
60 per cent of blind and of deaf mutes
and 73 per cent of criminals in prison.
Hartford Post.
Her Charitable View of It,
Mammy Church is an old negress who
Washes for a living, und who iu the de
livery of her patrons' goods has a good
deal of hobbling around to do in all sorts
of weather. The past winter overtaxed
her patience, and the climax of her com
plainings was reached on Washington's
birthday, when the tremendous storm of
that day evoked the exclamation: "Neb
ber see de like er dis winter sence I wnx
bo'nl Hit do erpear ter me dat de Lor
done gittin ol an childish." Boston
Conner.
DUELSOFTJIEDEEPSEA
The Swordfish Is a Very Trucu
lent Fellow.
ALWAYS LOOKING FOB TROUBLE.
He la a Veritable Privateer and Wields a
Trenchant Illade Can Stab a Whale or
Scuttle a Ship With Equal Eaie Fear
lew la Itattle.
A short tlmo ago the attention of the
passengers on a steamer off tho southern
Callfornlan coast was attracted by what
Was evidently a fight between two sea
monsters. What appeared to be a moun
tain of foam first caught their attention.
Then nn enormous tail was seen tossed in
to tho air. Then tho mousUir breached
and rolled over and ovor, beating the wa
ter into foam with resounding blows that
could bo heard a mile or mora with the
wind. Nothing but tho great blank mass
could bo aeon, aud for 20 minutes the
strange sight continued, to tho wondor
mcnt of tbo voyagers. It tho steamer oould
novo approached, tboy would bare wit
nessed a most unequal strugglo between a
largo wbalo and a foe of insignificant slse.
Beneath the wator several swordfish wore
literally prodding the largo animal to
death, running their sharp swords into its
unwieldy furm until the creature was In a
perfect fury and could only fling its buge
tall about In Impotent rage.
Such incidents aro by no means rare at
sea, and tho presence of tho swordfish as
the cause of the trouble is often disputed,
but in nlneoasosoutof ton It Is tho offend
er, says a writer In the San Francisco
Chronicle. The unrelenting and ferocious
nature of the swordfish Is not generally
known, but it may bo set down as among
tho most dreaded of all fishes. It may be
sold that tho fish Is utterly without fear
and will, like a Cape buffalo or a rhinoc
eros, ohnrgo anything that offonds the eye.
The combats with Its own kind ore most
interesting and may he compared to two
expert swordsmen who bavo rushed to the
contest, not with foils, but wltn rapiers,
and fence for blood. Such a oontest was
obsorved in California waters not long
ago. Somo flshorraen notlcod two big fish
leaping out of the wator and dashing
along at tho surface. Soon tbey saw that
thoy wore swordfish. The season was
A DEEP SEA DUEL.
when the fish are supposed to be pairing
and the males aro unusually ferocious.
Thoy had mado sovoral rushes, and when
observed wore at closo quartors striking
each other powerful sido blows like cavalry
men. This was unsatisfactory, and final
ly thoy separated and darted at each other
like arrows, tho water hissing as their
sharp doisal fins out through it They
evidently struck head on, one missing,
while the sword of the other struok just
below the eye and plowed a deep furrow
in tbe fish, pnrtly disabling It, so that it
turned and attempted to escape. But its
adversary, now thoroughly aroused, also
turned, nnd with a rush drove his sword
oomplotely through its body, and despite
Its struggles held It fast, only wrenching
his woapon loose when his enemy stopped
swimming. This one lungo had finished
tho battle, and the vlotor loft the field.
Tbo vanquished, floating on the surface,
was picked up by the fishermen.
The writer later observed the wounds,
which gave amplo evldonoe of the ferocity
of the attack. The force with which a
swordfish strikes has been variously estl
matod, but that it is equal to that whloh
drives a 24 pound shot from a howitzer oan
bo believed from viewing the results.
In the waters of California nt least three
kinds of swordflshes can be seen Xiphlus
gladlus, Tetrnpturus albidus and Hlsto
pliorus glndlus. The fish engaged In the
battlo describod were of the kind first
named. It Is tho ordinary swordfish found
on both sides of tho Atlantio, In appear
ance trim and shipshape a veritable pri
vateer. It Is a piratical cousin of tbo
mnckerel. Tho striking feature is tho
sword, which is a continuation of the up
per jaw into n sharp, bony sword. The
jaws aro toothless, tbo lowor one being
hurd or horny. Tho eyes ore largo and
prominent, tho tall slcklo shaped aud pow
erful, aud tho whole appearance of tho fish
denotes speed and activity.
It attains a length or from o to B foot,
and when working at full spoedcan pierce
any ship of wooden hull sheathed with cop
per. Many remarkable Instnncos of this
aro known, and there is hardly a week in
tho your but something of the kind is re
corded by shipping agents.
Ono of tho most remarkable cases on
record Is that of the ship Dreadnaught.
One day at sea the crow folt a sudden
shock, and soon after that the ship sprang
a leak and wns obliged to put into port.
It was found, when she was drydocked,
that a largo swordfish had struck her. The
sword had penetrated the copper, then tho
thick oak hull, passing through the thick
pine sheathing and finally entering tbe
bead of a barrel standing in a convenient
place. The sword was broken off short,
purtly plugging tho wound.
Tho ship Wanderer was struck in tne
south Atlantio in the same way, and the
pumps had to bo manned. When she was
docked, the telltale sword was found.
Somo years ago a fisherman was rowing
bis boat along the shore of Stntcn Island
whon ho was suddenly thrown from his
scat by a violent blow. Ho rccovored him
self In time to find that the blade of a
swordfish had boon thrust up almost di
rectly beneath him, so near, in fact, that
it oumo near piercing his body. Tho fish
wriggled out, and tho demoralized flshor
uinn stopped tho holo as well as ho could
and pulled for shore. These instances
and thoy aro but fow of many show that
tho fish are simply actuated by rage or
by a constitutionally savage disposition.
Undoubtedly they attack any enemy on
lght without provocation.
Laying llrlck In Cold Weather.
"Never saw them lay hot brick in hot
mortar with tbe thermometer lOdegrees he
low zerof" said a prominent New York law
yer at Willard's. "It was a revelation to
me too. On my way home from a western
trip I stopped at Duluth. The thermome
ter registered the figure I have named, but
building was going on just the same on a
dozen brick buildings, one of which was an
office buildiuu to cost 300,000. In the east
we shut up shop in tbe building line in
freezing weather 'because frozen mortar
loses its temper and is worthless. But out
there it remains below the freezing point
As they use it it sets before freezing aud
when set it's all right
"The bricklayers on a building work as
close together as possible, wearing protec
tors on their bands, Beside them are little
furnaces and metal lined mortar tubs be
neath which are fires. The bricks and mor
tar are heated hot and laid. A brick, you
know, will retain heat for a long while."
Washington Star.
A Plebeian.
Little Dot Lucy I-ocket wauted me to
go get 'quainted with that new little girl,
but I wouldn't, 'cause that little girl isn't
nsed to good a'ciety.
Mamma Why do you think aor
Little Dot She can't screw ber nose up a
bit Good News.
II A It D TIMKS.
It Is not merely the fact that a million
men are said to lie out of work, with conse
quent loss of time, place and money, that
makes the times seem so tough, but there
are other aitKravatloni superadded, grow
ing out of the willful neglect of so many,
that make the times seem hard. Indeed,
If better times were at band and good
places open to all that are now Idle, there
are thousands who would he totally unlit
to go to work by reason of the neglect of
some infirmity whloh totally unfits them
to accept a proffered ohance. What better
onooritinitv oould there be to set thei
physical condition In good shape than the
enforced idleness gives them. To do so is
making profit out of misfortune; not to do
so is making bard times so much harder.
It Is poor lugio to make anything bad grow
worse, and it is no economy at all to save
expense by sacrificing health. A man
wants brawn, musoie and brain in as near
ly a perlect condition as is possible to uui
a victory in the battle of life, it is mostly
from a beginning in little things that the
greater ones accumulate and linallv over
whelm us. There is hardly one man who
isoora wun ins muscles, irom tne smiled
meohanio down to t 'Ose who labor with
the nick and shovel, but has some bodily
ailment neglected. What costly trilling it
is, looked at from results. For examnle
the bones, joints, ligaments, tendons and
muscles are all under constant strain from
the nature and demands of their work,
Aolies and pains must ensue. These, neg
lected, soon reach the chronlo stage of
stillened limbs from contracted muscles,
How many old mechanics have bent backs
and backaches we know. This is simply a
oondition of neglected lumbago, whluh had
it been treated in time oouiu nave oeer
cured in ten minutes by Ht. Jacobs Oil
This is also true of all the minor uchos and
pains. Ho certain a cure ought certainly to
be in every workingman's house to make
bard times lighter.
The Scar ou Senator lllll'i Pace.
Senator Hill is seldom accused of ro
mantic tendencies, but judged by the
story of a mark be bears the New York
statesman has a wide streak of chivalry
when it is once reached. Mr. Hill has
on the left side of his face, close under
bis ear, a long, narrow scar. In some
lights it is quite plain, then again it is
hardly to be seen. When its owner wasan
no country lawyer, be had to prosecute a
well known man in the same town who
dissipated the fortune of his ward and
had in addition inflicted other wrongs
npon the girl. When the case reached
Mr. Hill's attention, it aroused his wrath
as well as his professional zeal. During
the trial he scored the offender most un
mercifully and after an especially scath
ing speech went to his office. The en
raged offender followed him, entered the
office and before tho lawyer could even
turn had slashed him vigorously with a
knife, making the scar, which the sena
tor will carry to his grave. Kate Field i
Washington.
A Itace on Stilts.
A race on wooden legs from Bordeanx
to Biarritz and back, a distance of 803
miles, was begun yesterday. Eighty-one
stilt runners, entered for this race, left
the Hotel de la Uironde at 8 o clock yes
terday morning, being "played off" by a
brass band. They were accompanied
by a party of bicyclists, whose duty was
to see that fair play was observed.
Among tho racers was the Arcachon
baker, Silvain Dornon, who traveled on
stilts, or claimed to have done so, from
Paris to Moscow. A quarter of an hour
after the stilt racers had set out from
Bordeaux a party of 18 women and young
girls, also mounted on stilts, left Bor
deaux for Cerans, having undertaken to
run there and back, a distance of 50
miles, In the day. Cor. London News.
A Suggestion About an Innovation.
The old French chateaux are serving
as models for some of the beautiful
country palaces of rich Americans. One
not far from New York has, in true pro
vincial style, the stables at one end of the
long range of buildings which widens at
the other into a noble banqueting ball,
"All of which may be very 'old
French,' " said a woman recently a guest
there, "and there is no evidence of the
nnion of the two portions of the estab
lishment, but I could not help feeling
that there was a chance, speaking broad
ly, of the fly in the dining room having
very recently loft the stalls of tbe
horses." New York Times.
HAUNTED I
A haunted house in these nractlcnl and nnro-
mantic days Is something1 of a mritv. but an in
dividual haunted with Ihe idea tharh'sallment
Is Incurable Is a personaire frequently met, with.
Disbelief In the ability of medicine to cute Is
only a mild form of monomania, although In
tome coxes relented failures to oMstn relief
Irom many muerent sources would almost eeem
to Justify the doubt llostetter's Htomach Bit
ters has Cemonslraleii Its ability to overcome
dyhpepsfa, constipation, liver and k'dncy
trouble, malnr'al complaints and nervousness,
sud in recorded achievements in the curative
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one troubled with either of the above aliments,
even although his previous efforts to obtain re
medial aid have been fruitless. Ui d with per
sistence, the Bitters will conquer the most ob
stinate cases.
Abut the time a man forareta to kiss hla bride
cood-bje he also nealecta to fill the wood box
belore starting to woi K.
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Spring Medicine, for at this season there is
great danger to health in the varying tem
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the prevalence of fevers and other serious
diseases. All these may be avoided if the
blood is kept pure, the digestion good, and
the bodily health vigorous, by taking Hood's
Hood's
Sarsa
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Cures
"My little boy
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neck. It was so near the throat, that he
could not have stood it much longer with
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A Curious Marriage Ceremony.
Borne Interesting notes have been contrib
uted to a north llorneo newspaper by Mr.
C'reugh, the governor of Ilritlsh North Dor
neo, respecting a recent visit mado by him
to the island of liiingiiey. There he found
a trilie of Dusuns differing widely In lan
guage, religion and customs from other
tribes bearing that name. Marriages are
performed Iu the forest in the presence of
two families. There la no public gathering
or feast The rite consists in transferring
l drop of blood from a small Incision mode
with a wooden knife in tho calf of the man's
leg to a similar cut in tho woman's leg.
After marriage tho man takes the bride to
ber home, where be resides In future us a
member of the family.
Itosumiind'a Itcasoii,
Our little daughter is just beginning to
learn about tiod mid his all powerfuluess,
ami today at table she startled me by giv
ing me one of the arguments I had used
upon her. I gave her bread with Jelly upon
it, and she ate the jelly off and left tho
bread, whereupon 1 told her not to do that,
but to bito through I he bread, She looked
tridght nt mo and said, ".Mamma, God
says to mo, 'Rosamond, eat the jolly off the
top.' "Cor. New York Tribune.
A Cut's Costly Meal
Professor Hhitiiiihiii. the groat magi
cian, now in Omaha, is making arrange
ments here to bring a very remarkable
suit iu the United Suites court for west
ern Iowa. It is uguinst the umnugor and
owners of the Heuvoy Operu House of
Sioux City. The suit will bo for flO.000
damages for the hiss of three trained
doves belonging to the wizard, and which
were killed by u cat belonging to tho
opera house eoplo. Mr. Herrmann feels
the loasof the remarkable birds very seri
ously. OinuliH World-Herald.
UORRIS' SHOE STRING3.
On Dorrls' feet
Are I ho snialleit of twos,
Kut surely aomii elf
Has enchanted her shoos,
For, wherever we go,
Walk, row or ride.
In church or at tennis.
Her shoes come untied.
At times it Is trying,
But what can I do
When poor Dorrls murmurs,
"Oil. bother that shoe!"
Bo down I must flop
In the dust and dirt
To tie up tho shoe
Of that dear little flirt
These- precious girl tyrantsl
We can nut rebel.
For even their ribbons
Aro tilled Willi their spell.
Eince old fa-liloned aprons
No longor they uso,
They lie a poor man
To the strings of their shoes.
Vassar Miscellany.
A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY.
Every man ought to have one, but a long
step toward that is tbe possession of All
cock's Porous Plasters. It is certain that
they prolong life by relieving the strain
that comes from continued suffering.
Manv a man can endure a sham disease
better than he oan the wear and tear of
nains. little in themselves, yet constant in
their strain upon the system,
A we:ik back, stillness of the joints, sore
ness of the muscles seem to many un
worthy of special nolioe. Yet they do not
a little to exhaust the powers of physical
endurance. Allcock's Poaous Plasters
relieve them at onoe, and no wise man will
fail to use them on the first sign of pain.
It is a very small premium that be bus to
pav.
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Oregon Wool Socks, 3 pairs for 50 cents.
White Laundried Shirts, 50 cent?.
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FAMOUS,"
A Swell Cauily Full.
The snowy winter has made "candy
pulls" possible even in the city. One
held a fow weeks ago was quito a formal
fuuetiou. The young women wero asked
to wear cheesecloth uprons, which wore
almost overdresses in thoir ampleur,
They woro mado of a soft, creamy varie
ty, tho skirls very full mid long and
edged with loco, us wero the big scjiinro
bibs that pinned ugaiiist tho conmgo with
bows. Hloovelets to druw over tho wrists
were an added protection half way up
the arm. Tho men found in the dress
ing room white linen Masonic aprons
with white sleevelets and tissue cook's
caps. Tho candy was boiled in a largo
porcelain kcttlo, und u confectionor's as
sistant was on hand to seo that it was
proporly cooked und prepared for tho
pulling.
At his suggestion cornstarch wns used
instead of but tor to put on the hands,
which wits found to be more efficient
and cleaner. Big, beautiful now tin
pans filled with clutn snow were sot out
on the dining room table, which was first
protected by u rubber covering.
After the candy was pulled tho confec
tioner's youm; man broke it up in small
pieces, which ho packed In greased paper
in pretty 1 i I Liu boxes provided for tho
pnrposo. These at the end of the even
ing were given to tho guests to carry
away, each receiving the candy of his
own pulling. Meanwhile tho' company
had doffed aprons mid cups und wero
finishing tho oveniug with a dauco nnd
tho discussion of n menu which did not
include molasses cunily among its dain
ties. Her Point of View in Now York
Times.
A Prospenut . .m. 1-ouI Club.
One of the princijiiil clubs of St. Louis
includes In its constitution a bylaw
which provides "thut tho members'
wives, daughters mid lady friends shall
have the right to enjoy the privileges of
the club," aud by this provision is the
organization distinctive among its kind.
So generous is the sentiment that one
readily forgives the "lady friends" of its
wording. The plan to admit women to
the club was at first ridiculed, then bit
terly opposed and finally accepted with
the proviso that if found detrimental to
the interests of the club the women
would meet the fate of the Chinese.
But the results have shown thut what
was considered to be a doubtful experi
ment bos been the means of building up
an institution the like of which is not to
found in the country, so the members
claim. It is the boast of the officers thut
no woman dwells in the city so pious
that she would not wish to he known as
a friend of the club, nor one of the boys
that does not consider it nn honor to be
connected with the clul). Thoy have a
membership of 7."0, n clubhouse vultied
at fSOO.OOO, a fine library and accommo
dations for 1,000 guests, nnd the rutmo is
the Mercantile club. Exchange.
8TATB or Onto, ClTT OF ToLKIJO,!
Lucas Oocintv. I "
Frank J. ciienev makes oa'h llist he Is tho
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