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fliscellany.
A RAY OF SUNSHINE.
Five little baby fingers,
Outstretched in eager glee;
Five little rosebud fingers,
A pretty sight to see.
Opening and shotting in rapt
Grasping a sunbeam bright.
Striving in vain to capture
The ray of sparkling light.
I glanced at the face above them.
So happy and full of play; v
Blue eyes as bright and sparkling
As the dancing sunbeam's ray;
And a prayer arose, unbidden.
That my child might always find
The rays that are often hidden
By the world's rough stones and wind.
If we could always gather
The sunbeams in our way.
The rays of hope and mirth and lov.
That shine on our darkest day,
Our faces would grow brighter,
Our hearts grow warm and glad.
Our burdens all seem lighter,
And life not half so bad.
Detroit Free Press.
THE LIGHTHOUSE
MYSTEEY.
"My man, do yon want a berth?"
said he.
"Aye, aye, cappen," said I. "1 want
one badly. I'm half starred and half
frozen."
He made no answer, but Just a sign
to follow him, and he stalked away
and I pegged after him. He kept close
along the shore as we walked, and for
a while he said nothing. At last, bow
ever, he turned and pointed seaward,
"You see that?" said he.
He indicated a lighthouse on a lonely
rock.
"I'm the keeper," said bev. "I want
you to cook my meals and keep my
bachelor's hall for me. Now and then
I shall want you to row in and buy
provisions. The work won't be bard.
I think the pay will suit you. Do you
know why I chese you?"
"No, cappen," said I.
"Because I saw that hope was at an
end with you," he said. "It's only a
man who. had come to that who could
live with me in a lighthouse."
"I was on a desert island once," said
I. "After that I shan't be afraid of a
lighthouse."
I'd been in a lighthouse before; It was
no new thing to me, but after I'd been
there a few hours I wondered what my
master hired me for. It was like
being pensioned off; there was nothing
to do. But, mark ye, when It came
night, and the wind began to moan
about the lighthouse, and the lamps
were lit and all outside was black as
pitch, and all the sound we heard was
the swash, swash of the waves, my mas
ter mixed some grog and called me to
sit along with him. That looked so
ciable, but I can't say be did. He sat
glowering over his glass for a while,
and opening his mout as if to speak,
and shutting it again. Then said he:
"What's your name?"
; "Ben Dare," said I. -
"Would you mind calling yourself
Brace?" he asked.
"I've no reason to be ashamed of my
name," said I.
"Look here," said he. "I am a gen
tleman born and bred. 1 never camu to
earning my bread before. I'm ashamed
of it This is what 1 mean. If any
strangers come out here and ask for
William Brace, why, you can say you
are the man. You claim to be light
house keeper. It's easy. I don't sup
pose much company will call, but I
choose not to see them. If they do.
That's what I hired you or."
"Well, it's shamming," said L "but
after all, what does any one care what
my name is, and what shall I call
you?"
"Call me nothing," said he. "Call
me captain, as you did when I met you,
but never speak of me to any one."
Gentleman or no, he wasn't lazy. He
didn't care how he worked. The lamps
were as bright as jewels. There wasn't
a speck of dirt in the whole tower.
But let any boat come nigh us, away
be went and hid himself, and cam.'
out with a white, scared face and a
shaking hand. At night he was afraid
to go up to the lamps alone, and he'd
look over his shoulder and turn white
as we stood there together. At last
be took a new turn. He sat staring at
a corner for a while. Then he spoke
to me in a low voice:
: "Brace, do you believe In ghosts?"
"I ha'n't considered the question," I
answered.
"Well," said he, softer than before,
'look Into that corner," and be point
ed. 1 looked.
"Don't you sec anything?" he asked,
j "No," said I.. "No, cappen."
"Ah," he muttered; "very well, very
well; I'm glad you don't."
But that wasn't nothing to what hap
pened the very next night We slept
Jn two bunks nigh each other, and
naturally when he woke up with a
yell I woke too. He was shrieking and
vhaking and wringing his hands.
"The woman! the woman!" he said.
"She Btood here Just now, all red with
blood. It dripped down the white ruf
fles. It dripped on her bands. Stop
ber! stop her! She has gone to cull
them. Stop her! stop her!"
"Where did she go?" I asked.
He stared at me with wide-open
eyes, all the whites showing, below
and above.
"She couldn't have been hero," said
be. "It was a dream."
"Lord love you a nightmare," said
I.
So we went to sleep again. But I
hf-ard of the woman so often after that
that I grew used to ber. The cappen.
as I called him, got to be worse arid
worse every day. I wanted - to go"
ashore and fetch the doctor, but be
would not hear to it. He raved If I
tried to leave iim.
At last there came a hot, hot night
lu June It was burning not all d.iy
qthI a dead calm at night About dark
tLt t-appen went to slep, and I went
and sat where I could see the water
and the lights ashore. It w.is so cli-nr
that I could hear the sailors in a Span
ish ship moored not far" a way singing
In their foreign lingo. And I was sort
of quiet and dreamy like, wiieu tome
f'ing happened that waked n-e Jiighty
wide and sudden. Something was
standing on the steps below me, some
thing white. Something came toward
me. It was a little slender figure, with
long hair all about its shoulders. I
couldn't see its face. I don't think I
really saw it plainly at all. But it
went past me softly while I looked,
and I knew it was a woman In a white
ruffled gown, and that she had gone to
the room where my master lay. I shook
too hard for a moment to move; but as
soon as I could I started np te go to
him. Just then a voice cried:
"Lighthouse, ahoy!"
' I answered "Aye, aye," and stopped
a bit Duty first of all things with a
pallor; - ..' r-
We were sitting on the front steps.- I loved him passionately and in concealed it,
I fear. We were talking in a desultory fashion, which is inevitable among people
of undeclared intentions who see each other very frequently. I know that I felt
terribly nervous, trembling almost, and weak. Suddenly he blurted out the old
commonplace question: "Do you think that we will be friends always?" "Friend
ship, love, hate, indifference, some one of these the future certainly holds for ns!"
I said. "Let it be love," he answered softly, as be reached out and took my hand.
The word marriage never occurred between ns that evening, but when he left me
our understanding of each other was complete. Five years elapsed before an
other lover came. This time he was SO years of age, but mature in manner, the re
sult of business cares. He came to see me often, but not at close intervals, and I
had not yet come to regard him as more than an entertaining friend. One night we
went to the theater, and came home. As I gave him my hand at the door he
thanked me gallantly, saying: "Yon have made me very happy to-night" "A
most pleasant task, I assure yon," I replied. "Would yon care to assume it per
manently?" he asked straighforwardly, and I said: "If it would please yon, yes."
He kissed my hand and left saying he would return the following night I floated
upstairs in ecstasy and lay down that night with the most satisfied feeling I have
ever experienced ia my life. But he died, dear old fellow, and left me to tea and
cats.
Girls often, when discussing those among them who have been "out" a long time,
without getting a husband, ask the question : "Can you tell me why it is that she
Is still unmarried? She seems to have had so many chances." Out of the plenti
tude of my experience let me offer a little advice. In the first place, do not be
over-anxious, a fault to which 1 imagine many are prone. Don't flush your game
too easily, or it is apt to get away. An old rule is to make the charm of your
personality so penetrate his whole existence that life without you will become a
blank. Just how lo accomplish this most desirable result is another question. It
can't be done by rules, and comes by nature of a dispensation which those who
possess it are not aware of. A more practical rule is to be perfectly open, per
fectly natural. These are a woman's most alluring qualities in a true -man's eye.
If the young man is willing but timid, you will only frighten him still more by
attempting to make up the deficiency by an over-display of affection. All he
needs is a little assistance. If he is not timid, but cursed with elusiveness, the qual
ity of falling "out" of love gracefullypursue him relentlessly if you can do it with
out alarming him or attracting the attention of others. St Louis Republic
A boat lay at the foot of the steps,
and four men jumped out of it
"We want William Brace, keeper of
this lighthouse," said one, a big man
in a linen overcoat.
"I'm one that answers to that name,"
says I.
He swung a lantern over my head.
"Search the place, my men," 6aid
ho.
There was no nse saying anything,
but I did try to stop them.
"I've got a sick friend aloft," says I.
"Don't disturb him. I'm afraid the
woman will ekeer him, anyhow, he's
60 low." .
"What woman?" said he.
. "The one that came aboard with you,
sir," Bald L
"No woman came with us," he snarl
ed. "Stand aside. Men, do your duty."
They went up stairs. I followed. I
saw them walk into the cappen's room.
I heard them cry out' and stand still.
When I got to the door they stood in
a row looking down on the bed. I look
ed, too. Man nor woman couldn't
frighten the cappen more. He was
dead.
"What had he doner I asked the
officer. -
"Killed his wife," said he, "that's all.
No doubt she deserved it; but it's not
allowed by law when they do."
"God help him," said L
Taken at Bis Word.
When William Hyde, who afterward
became postmaster of St Louis during
Cleveland's first term, was managing
editor of the Republican, in that city,
he threw down the gauntlet in an edi
torial on some question of local import
ance. It was immediately accepted by
Editor McCullagh of the Globe-Democrat,
and a warm debate was precipi
tated between the two able editors. The
intensity of feeling grew apace, and, as
often happens in controversies of that
kind, drifted into one of scathing abuse
between the editors. It was fun for the
readers of the rival papers, but dis
agreeable to the friends of the partici
pants, who expected that serious trou
ble would result, both men being cour
ageous and daring.
Finally the vltrollc paragraphs of
Editor McCullagh stung the other ed
itor with such force that he dispatched
a personal communication to McCul
lagh, telling the latter that the city of
St Louis was not large enough for both
of them to live in at the same time, and
that one or the other had to leave the
city immediately, and since he himself
did not contemplate an early departure
McCullagh should govern himself ac
cordingly. -
The cool and calculating editor of the
Globe-Dcmoerat replied by the same
messenger that he would answer the
communication the next morning in the
editorial columns of his paper. And,
true to his word, .the editorial appeared
over the siscc.tUi.-e of "Mack," his war
nom cie pl'ixne. Vfce editorial, which
was doullr-:eadc-.1, declared that he had
received c comicuatcation from Mr.
Hyde tho day previous. In which the
latter had fetated that the city was not
large enough to hold them both at the
same time, aod that Hyde or McCul
lagh must leave town. Following this
came a lavish expression of deep re
gret on the part of the Globe-Democrat
In having to announce the sudden and
untimely departure of Editor Hyde of
the Republican; that Mr. Hyde was a
man who In his long residence in St
Louis had earned the esteem and re
spect of all who knew him, and that In
his leave-taking the city would suffer a
distinct and irreparable loss. The ed
itorial then concluded with a long bi
ographical sketch of Editor Hyde, as If
he had died on the previous day. The
satire was even more-pungent than had
been the editorial paragraphs previous
ly published. It was effective, too, for
it ended the controversy, and both ed
itors pursued the even tenor of their
way within a stone's throw of each
other without further trouble. Chicago
Times-Herald.
Genu Nettleton'. Joke.
"Gen. George H. Nettleton, who died
at Kansas City the other day," said an
old-time acquaintance, "was one of the
quietest practical Jokers I ever knew.
A good many years ago, when Gen,
Nettleton was the manager of the Han
nibal and St Joseph Railroad, he sent
a telegram that attracted more atten
tion than any other message ever sent
aver the line. One day In the early
-summer Gen. James Craig, then the
president of the road, went to Chicago
on his private car accompanied by Mrs.
Craig and a party of ladies. Gen. Net
tleton wired ahead to all the important
towns that Brigham Young was on his
way east with a crowd of his wives.
At every station crowds gathered about
the car, and when the train reached
Hannibal the throng was immense. It
took Gen. Craig a long time to take In
the situation. It was with difficulty that
he made the newspaper reporters In
Chicago understand that it was one of
Nettleton's Jokes. When they did un
derstand it they wrote up the Joke quite
as extensively as they would have writ
ten up the Item they thought they had."
The Sunday Republic. - :
A Hog'a Expensive Meal.
It Is said that - more remarkable
things happen in Southern France than
in any other part of the world, chiefly
on account of the wonderful imagina
tions that the people there have. But
now and then these remarkable things
are not dependent on the Imaginations
of the inhabitants; one of them has re
cently come out through a lawsuit at
Narbonne, the proceedings of which
are reported in the Paris papers.
The complainant in the case made '
oath that he was one day dining on the j
"terrace," or open-air space fronting j
on the sidewalk where French people !
are wont to take their meals in sum- j
mer. He had just begun to eat his j
soup when it occurred to him to count j
some money that he had a short time '
before received. In counting it, he ac
cidentally let fall a hundred-franc
bank-note into his 60up.
Instantly he fished it out of the plate
with his fork, and sent the soup away;
but the bank-note was saturated, and
he laid it down on the tablecloth to dry;
He was going on with his meal when
a little gust of wind, blew the bill off
the table. Its owner Jumped after it,
but a wandering dog which had been
hungrily watching the meal was quick
er than he, and seized it. The taste of
the soup on the paper made it an edi
ble thing to the animal, and it was
swallowed in an instant.
And then the man who owned the
bill, was, though bursting with rage,
reduced to the humiliation and insin
cerity of saying, "Good doggie! Come
here, nice doggie," and to the employ
ment of siniles and wheedling ways,
in order to get near enough to the ani
mal to read the name engraved on his
collar. But he succeeded; and when
he had made a note of the name, he as
sisted the "good doggie's" rapid depar
ture. - -
Next he brought asuit against tlJe
man who owned the dog for the resti
tution of the one hundred francs; and
the court at Narbonne, after hearing
the evidence and the pleas at great
length, decided that the owner of the
dog must pay the other man, the money.
Quaint English Customs.
There Is scarcely a manor in En
gland where some-vqueer old custom :
dating back to the feudal times does 1
not survive, recalling the former pres-
tige and glory of the "lords of the !
manor." Thus at Broughton, on each.
Palm Sunday since time Immemorial,
the so-called "gad whip" manorial ser
vice takes place. The lord of the man
or, leaving his p-w in the chancel, ad-,
vances to the steps thereof and cracks
a heavy carriage whip three times,
while the rector is reading the first les
son. At the beginning of the second
lesson he approaches the parson with
the whip in his hand and a purse with i
gold pieces tied to the end of the lash.
This he waves thrice in the air and !
then holds the whip so that the purse
hangs directly over the priest's head,
until the conclusion of the chapter,
when the priest takes possession of the
purse and reverently places It on the
altar. Volumes might be written about
these queer manorial customs, the ori
gin of most of them being lost in antiq
uity. " - ' - v --T
Sow Elections.
In olden times the mayors of Leices
ter, Eng., were elected by a sow. The
candidates sat In a semi-circle," each 1
with his hat full of beans in his lap,
and he was elected mayor from, whose
hat the sow ate first ::. - .
The really happy women in the world
are those so situated that they are La
dependent of a man or a hired girl,"
AK OCISIDK POCK8T.
A kangaroo wears an outside pocket in
his overalls. ; It is a sort of apartment ar
rangement in which he carries around his
whole family, but this is really suggestive
as to the use of outside pockets in the over
alls of working men, who, in machine
shops and factories, are subjected to sud
den hurts and severe bruises. If a bottle
of St. Jacobs Oil were stored away in some
of these outside pockets, handy and ready
for use when some of the sudden hurts
and bruises take-place there -would be
hardly any loss of time in the cure of the
worst of them. For the worst bruises it is
known to be the best remedy, curing the
tenderness and soreness of the- spot very
promptly, while in the process of curing,
the discoloration disappears and the affect
ed parts are fully restored. -
A bout Pepper.
"It has always amused me," re
marked a botanical expert, "to hear
people talking of their preference for
black pepper over white, and the vari
ous explanations they give for the same.
Little do they know that both black and
white pepper grow npon the same
shrub. Over the pepper seed grows a
black covering. The seed itself is
white, or nearly so. To make black
pepper the seed and its external cover
ing are ground np, while the white pep
per is the seed alone ground np. AVhite
pepper is milder than black, the greater
part of the pungency being in the cover
ing. A pepper made of the coverings
alone would be such, to use a slang
term, hot stuff that it would burn the
mouth. The black covering of the "pep
per seed contains the. oil." Chicago
Inter Ocean
They Didn't.
Sunday-School Teacher Now, boys,
speak right up and answer promptly.
Who carried off the gates of Gaza? .
Every Boy (promptly and in chorus)
Twan't me, I didn't touch them.
Household Words.
- " "A Theory.
Johnny Papa?
Papa Well?
Johnny When yon say a thing will
happen in the long run, does that mean
in a century run? Brooklyn Life.
Like An-Old Clock.
SET BACK TWENTY YEARS.
Dr. Williams the Instrument.
From the Republican, Fresno, Cat
A case reported from Fresno county is
that of a well-known former resident of
Kingsburg, though now residing at
Selma.
Mr. J. M. Purves is an old gentle
man of 70, who, during his long resi
dence in Kingsburg, was beloved alike,
by young and old, and he is equally en
deared to the people of his new home.
It . was about July 15, 1896, that a
reporter of the Republican met Mr.
Purves, and was astonished to see such
improvement in his appearance. He
looked ten years younger and much
stouter than when he moved away from
Kingsburg for the benefit of his health,
and he was congratulated on his im
proved appearance.
"I was all run down when I moved
away," Mr. Purves said; "something
like an old clock that is worn out, but
I have undergone such repairs as I
think will keep me in running order
for many years to come if no accident
occurs." "
"AVhat was the agent that wrought
he change, Mr. Purves," the reporter
asked. "Was it Pink Pills? they seem
to be doing all the healing in Fresno
county." " . .
"Pink Pills are the very things that
have built me . up," Mr. Purves an
swered. "I happened to read one oi
the advertisements of their healing
qualities, and then read several more,
and somehow there was" something in
the way the testimonials read' that as
sured me they were true. One in the
San Francisco Examiner especially.im
pressed me, and I sent at once and
bought some of the pills. I took them
as directed, and I do not think I need
tell you what tney have done for me.
I am quite recovered fnd set back in
the journey of life at least twenty years.
I have done more work-since I have
taken them than for a long, long time
before. Indeed I may say since long
before you were born.
"I took only two boxes in all, but I
shall always keep them by me as long
as I live, in case of relapse."
(Signed) J. M. PURVES.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain , in
a condensed form, all the elements
necessary to give new life and richness
to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are also a specific for
troubles peculiar to females, such as
suppressions, irregularities, and all
forms of weakness. They build up the
blood and restore the glow of health to
pale and sallow cheeks. In men they
effect a radical cure in all cases arising
from mental worry, overwork or ex
cesses of whatever nature. Pink Pills
are sold in boxes (never in loose bulk)
at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2. 50,
and may be had of all druggists, or di
rect by mail from Dr. Williams' Medi
cine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. .
Diplomacy.
Sis Father If you marry old Stubbs
daughter you shan't have a cent of my
money. . . -
" The Son Bnt, father, if I don't
marry, her "I can't get a cent of old
Stubbs' money. -
-His Father (with a grudge to satisfy)
My own boy 1 Marry her and render
that old skinflint penniless. --Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telegraph. : -
TWINS IN SIZE, SHAPE AND AC
TIVITY. This is what those Important little organs,
the kidneys, are when healthy. In disorder
they may differ in all three particulars. Dis
ease usually destroys them successively, not
simultaneously, and one may be active while
the other la semi-paralyzed. Give to both a
healthful impulse, without exciting them,
with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which fore
stalls such dreadful maladies as Bright's dis
ease and diabetes. Use the Bitters, also, for
malarial, bilious, rheumatic, nervous, bowel
and kidney trouble.
The Princess Henry of Battenburg,
still deeply mourns the death of her
husband. - It was with difficulty that
she could be induced to remain at Bal
moral during the visit of the Czar.
;;' Over ninety-five per cent of the ves
sels which passed through the Suez
canal during 1895 used the electric
light, so as to be able to continue the
trip through the great waterway during
the night ' -
The best way to buy any
thing is to borrow it first "
Get a package of Schil
ling's Best tea of your
grocer. He pays you your
money back if you don't
like it. - ; .
That's our way of lend
ing. A Schilling & Company
Sail Kcncisco . . 13
THE FARM AND HOME
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FARM
ER AND HOUSEWIFE.
Deep Plowlnsr Not Necessary to Sot
Eod-How to Grow Potatoes Success
fully Competent Farm Help Al
ways in Demand Agricultural Notes
, : Breaking Heavy Pod.
Very deep plowing is not necessary
or even advisable to rot sod. Three or
four Inch furrow turned while moist
in early spring will rot more quickly
and perfectly than the same furrow
turned deeper. But an Iowa farmer
thinks he has found a still better way.
That Is to plow two furrows, first
throwing the. sod to a depth of four
Inches, and following in the same, fur
row with a. stirring plow, which thor
oughly breaks up the soil below the
sod. and then throws five or six inches
of this soil over it. On land thus pre
pared he got a large crop of corn with
out a weed, and the next year the fur
row to the entire depth of the soil
stirred was as mellow as an ash heap,
and without a trace of sod.. In this
case probably the under soil was vege
table mould and rich, and the season
was also a moist one. We have seen
many heavy sods made unproductive
for two or three years by "turning up
too much clay subsoil with the sod.
Sometimes, In & dry season, a spring
turned sod will be found unrotted at
the bottom of a deep furrow, when
clayey subsoil has been thrown over
It In such cases no crop could )e
grown until the old sod, entirely killed,
though not rotted, was turned to the
surface and exposed to air. ' It then de
composes very rapidly, but the deep
plowing means a year's loss of time.
Growing Potatoes.
A successful potato grower gives his
method of growing potatoes as follows:
Prepare the ground in the fall.-- Late
In March spread potatoes in a warm
place until well sprouted. When the
ground is sufficiently dry, work . it;
when warm enough make furrows two
and one-half feet apart with a horse
hoe. Cut potatoes with one or two eyes
to the piece, drop them "sixteen inches
apart, using care to have pieces with
eyes up, spouts being unbroken. Then
kick over a little dirt and strew phos
phate around the seed, covering with
a horse hoe not too deep. When five
or six Inches high cultivate continuing
this every week or so until the tops
are too large. Corn may be planted ue
tween the rows after the last hoeing.
After potatoes are dug, go ahead with
the cultivation of the corn. The result
will be satisfactory. .
Learn to Farm Well.
The farm Is about the only place
where a complete trade can be learned.
The mechanic learns now only a por
tion of a trade, but the farm laborer
must know something about a great
many things and how to do the work
properly. It may be claimed that there
is plenty of , room on farms for com
petent help and at good wages. There
are but few farmers who would not
willingly advance the wages of one who
knows what to do and is attentive to all
the details without requiring the super
vision of the employer, and the farm
hand has an opportunity in "scientific"
farming as well as the farmer, as It
will open the door to a position for him
at any time.
Encl'sh Bacon.
The bacon, which Is one of the most
popular nursery dishes in English
households, is quite different from that
usually eaten here. It Is not smoked
and is home cured, sweet and delicious.
.It Is sliced very thin, cooked very quick
ly to be just done through, and Is eaten
hot, but not dried up on slices of bread.
English physicians consider this the
best of food for growing children, and
as valuable as cod-liver oil In tissue
building. A typical nursery breakfast
In a well-to-do English household is oat
meal porridge with rashers of bacon,
marmalade and cambric tea and coffee
made "with rich milk and very little
sugar. - -
Butter Making Is Profitable.
' A ton of butter sold from the farm de
prives the soil of about 50 cents' worth
of fertility, while a ton of wheat costs
the farmer ten times that sum. When
the farmer sells an article that does not
take a large proportion of fertility from
the soil he is Just as much the gainer as
though he had got his price for the
same, as the plant food in the soil is al
ways prepared and stored as so much
raw material for producing the next
crop. In fact, when a farmer sells the
fertility of his soil he Is really selling
the farm itself, as he Is compelled to
supply In some form to the farm that
which he takes from it to be sent to
market
Fruit Notes.
Large crops are not always the most
profitable. Consumers desire large,
strong fruit of a good quality rather
than inferior grades. ' -
A low tree is least affected .by the
winds and will grow better. ' Young
trees can be pruned to any desired
6hape"by Judicious pruning. -
If the young orchard is well culti
vated until it is well established it Trill
pay a much better profit and for a
longer number of years than if left un
cultivated. Cuttings of quick growing herba
ceous plants, like heliotrope, verbena,
phlox, geraniums, root quickly, chrys
anthemums soonest of all.
With grapes ground bone may be
placed in direct contact with the roots
without injury, but any other fertilizer
should be thoroughly mixed with the
soil. ';
If, as Is claimed, the character
of the soil has much to do with the
keeping quality of apples, this should
be kept in mind in selecting the site for
the orchard.
"-' Oilds and Knda. -If
you find your icing is apt to run,
sprinkle the cake lightly with flour.
Salt fish arc most quickly and best
freshened by soaking in sour milk.
- If you heat your knife slightly you
can cut hot bread as smoothly as cold.
Soda Is an excellent article for clean
ing tinware. Apply damp with a cloth;
then rub dry.
; A lump of gum camphor placed in
your clothes press will keep steel or
naments from tarnishing.
A . little borax in baby's batn will
prevent the skin from chafing, and be
Is less liable to have rash.
If your hall is narrow, place a mirror
opposite the parlor door. This helps
out by reflection the very narrow space
usually given to this part of the house.
A scorch mark, If not too heavy, may
bo removed by moistening with water
and laying in the sun. Repeat the
moistening two or three times, and the
mark will disappear.
As a change from the more ordinary
methods 'of ' r.'.'.V.zlng- chicken, .cut the
meat Into neat pieces, dip each into a
little melted butter, season with salt
and pepper, dip in beaten eg then In
breadcrumbs, and fry until evenly
browned. ;
Sunlight fs a capital sanitary agent
and promotes health and cheerfulness.
Therefore, light should be admitted In
large quantities into sick rooms, except
in extraordinary cases. The light,
however, should be softened and sub
dued, not glaring.
To restore the elasticity of the seats
of a cane chair, turn over the chair
and with hot water and a sponge, wash
the cane work so. that it may .be thor
oughly soaked. If the canework Is
badly soiled, use a little soap. Dry in
the air, and it will be as good as new.
An Inexpensive and simple plum pud
ding is made with rice as Us founda
tion. A cup of ground rice flour, chop
ped suet, sugar seeded raisins . and
milk mixed together thoroughly and a
tablespoonful of vinegar and a:Hea
spoonful of soda added. The mixture
is then boiled three hours and served
with a lemon or wine sauce. ; "
A cake of magnesia and. a clothes
brush are a frugal woman's ' best
friends.. After brushing a dusty gown,
and then with magnesia rubbing both
sides of any soiled spots, it should .be
hung away for a day or two, and then
brushed again. The spots will -be
found to have disappeared. Care taken
with .dainty gowns is the secret of
dressing well on a limited allowance.
NO LONGER IMPREGNABLE,
Modern Guns Bender Gibraltar Less
Valuable, than Formerly. ;
An article of exceptional interest,.
evidently written by a Spanish military
officer, appears in a current number of
the Memorial de Artilleria, ; showing
that the extended range of modern ;ar
tillery has' completely revolutionized
the conditions which have hitherto ena-.
bled Gibraltar to protect its own arsen
al and dock yard and to afford 'safety
for vessels at anchor under the guns ol
the fortress.
When Gibraltar was taken by the
English in 1704 the greatest range foi
artillery fire was only " about 3,000
yards, so that a fleet under- the bat
teries of Gibraltar was secure against
attack from the Spanish coast. "
It is now pointed out that with a com
paratively small expenditure of money
by the Spanish Government batteries
constructed in the Bay "of Algeciras,
upon the ridge of mountains known as
the Queen of Spain's chair, would ac
tually command Gibraltar at a distance
of 9,000 yards and would be capable of
demolishing the whole length of the
fortifications from the galleries to Eu
ropa point These Spanish batteries
would also threaten the entry of ships
of war to' the Moles. The plan would
merely involve the mounting of some
forty heavy guns of from 4.7-Inch to
12-inch caliber and a similar number of
howitzers. .
At the present moment the strategical
points on this part of the Spanish coast
are entirely unfortified, and ' with
Spain's present embarrassments ' In
Cuba and the Philippines it is not like
ly, as the Broad Arrow points out, that
the Madrid Government will take Im
mediate action in the matter. But that
these batteries may be constructed
some day or other is far from Improb
able, and in view of the great import
ance to England of Gibraltar as a naval
base and the renewed expenditure upon
Its combined arsenal and dockyard,. the
subject is beginning to attract the seri
ous attention of naval and military au
thorities. New Tork Herald. - '
.Alaskan Curiosities. .
Prof. "L. L. Dyche, of the University
of Kansas,, returned from Alaska oh
the City of Topeka, and left last night
by way of California for his home.
Prof. Dyche went to Cook's Inlet espe
cially in search of natural history speci
mens. - He ascended to the source of
the Knlk River with an organized ex
pedition, which was a success, although
the obstacles to be overcome were ap
palling. The native boatman stripped
naked and with ropes pulled the boat
up the turbulent river. Prof. ' Dyche
obtained specimens of a new mountain
sheep, twelve Immense mooseheads,
caribou, sea otter, birds and other small
animals. On July 17 Prof. Dyche saw
eight Inches of snow fall, and on Aug.
11 six inches fell. He saw three smok
ing mountains and experienced an
earthquake. He found large coal
ledges, but the coal was so soft that It
could be whittled with a knife.. Prof.
Dyche said -.
"That country is one-half made. It
will be a good country when It Is fin
ished. The glaciers are slowly doing
their work; the mountains are smok
ing and the rivers are vomiting out
quantities of quicksand. It Is a new
country. Let it alone, and some day it
will be a good country."
Prof. Dyche met Princess Tom, a
famous Yakutat princess, wealthy be
yond all other Alaska Indians. She has
$15,000 In gold twenties. On her right
arm she wears five bracelets, each ham
mered out of a gold twenty, and on her
left arm she wears ten bracelets, each
made from a $10 gold piece. She has
hundreds of blankets, sea otter skins,
etc., and owns a schooner and two
sloops. She is 65 years old and has Just
obtained ber fifth husband, a man 20
years old, for whom she paid 500 blank
ets. The Thlingit women manage the
households and bold the purse. The re
lationships are traced . back : through
the mother's side. It is, in fact, almost
a savage realization of Lytton's "Com
ing Race.'" Correspondence St,' Louis
Globe-Democrat
Noise Making.
A means for preventing the - noise
made by trains in passing over iron
bridges has been devised by a German
engineer. , He puts a decking of 2&-Incb
planks between the cross girders, rest
ing on 3-Inch timbers laid .on the bot
tom flanges. On the planks a double
layer of felt Is laid, which is fixed to
the vertical web of the cross girder. At
the connections with the girder a tim
ber cover Joint is placed on felt, and
two hooked bolts connect the whole
firmly to the bottom flange. Four Inches
of slag gravel cover the decking, which
Is Inclined toward the center of the
bridge for drainage purposes. A layer
of felt is laid between the planks and
the timbers they rest upon, and the
Ironwork in contact with decking and
ballast is asphalted. The decking
weighs COO pounds per yard for a bridge
eleven feet .wide, and costs lld. a
square foot. It"ls water-tight, and has
proved very satisfactory In preventing
noise. ' -
Kntsr-rainlnsr.
; "Minnie has been in to see me to-day,"
said a little 5-year-old, "and she behav
ed like a lady."
"And I hope you did, too," said her
mother. -' ...
"Yes, indeed, I did; I turned somer
sets for her on the bed." New York
Tribune. .-
Mending.
To mend boles in the milk pans make
the bole larger by inserting a fork tine,
which will make the edges rough so it
will hold a shot in place, then pound
flat with hammer, resting the pan on a
flat Iron, u .
NEVER FAILS TO CUR E.
Astonishing Record of the Great Paine's
Celery Compound.
Paine'a' celery compound has never
yet failed to cure.
Where all other medical- treatment
has failed to relieve Paine's celery com
pound has succeeded time and time
again. ' "
John W. Boyd, of Mishawaka, Ind.,
says of his own case: -
"Last winter I was taken down with
a very severe attack of nervous and
muscular rheumatism, so bad that I
could not lie down, sit up, or stand,
without the most excruciating pain. I
was all the time under the care of two
of the best physicians of the place, but
I did not improve. I took different
rheumatic cures and used an electric
battery a half hour each day for ten
days, without any relief.
"Finally I concluded to try Paine's
celery compound, and to my surprise af
ter using onehalf of a bottle I was able to
get out and vote on election day, and
before I used the whole bottle I went to
work, and have worked every day since.
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Ihe Cheerful Idiot.
"At this moment and at other mo- ,
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- "I suppose so," said Mrs. Hashcroft." j
- "-And yet women will persist in wast
ing it by making pudding out of it. j
mease pass tne prunes. xnuianapono
Journal. .
HOME PRODUCTS AND PURE FOOD.
All Eastern Svrut). so-called,, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is made irom
flucose. "Tea Garden thript"- Is made from
ugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is for sale
by first-class grocers, in cans only. Manufac
tured by the Pacific Coast Syrup Co. All gen
uine "Tea Garden Dript" have the manufac
turer's Dame lithographed on every can. -
, . i
Piso's Cure for Consumption is our only
medicine for coughs and colds. Mrs. C.
Beltz, 439 8th ave., Denver, Col., Nov. 8, '95. (
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machines exclusiTely em
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FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE SICK or
"dust Don't Feel Wall,"
SSpRLIYER pills
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Only One for a Dose.
Bold bj Druggists at 28o. a box
Samples mailed frae. Addraas
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I have gained twenty pounds in weight
and am feeling first rate.
"My wife has also been taking it for
nervousness, and thinks that there is
nothing like it. We both recommend
it to all of our acquaintances, and you
are at liberty to use this letter as you
see fit, for it truly worked wonders in
my case."
And Paine's celery compound is
working just such wonders in every
state, county, city and village of the
country today.
The reader must know some one who
has tried it. Ask that person if he or
she was not at once benefited 1
Don't let a dealer palm off anything
else on yon, however; for there is as
much diffrence between Paine's celery
compound and all the ordinary sareapa
rillas, tonics, nervines and compounds
as there is between an electric motor
and a boy's windmill.
There is power to cure in Paine's
celery compound.
FOR USING f
Because it is absolutely pure. t
Because it is net made by the so-called Dutch Process in J
which chemicals are used. . t
Because beans of the finest quality are used. t
Because it is made by a method which preserves unimpaired I
the exquisite natural flavor and odor of the beans. I
Because it is the most economical, costing less than one cent t
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FERRY'S SEEDS
Don't riik the loss of time, labor and tronnd
P7pianiiDSBeaBoi uukuvwu ijui-
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unreliable seeds. FERRV't tCCOt
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will send free, upon application, a
copv of the "ALLIANCE," the organ
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iiucago. v e ouy anu
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beginning by trading in futures. Write lor
full particulars. Best of reference given. Sev
eral years' experience on the Chicago Board of
Trade, and a thorough knowledge of the busi
ness. Downing, Hopkins fe Co., Chicago Board
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j SURE CURE for PILES
I .tatting and Blind, Bleeding or Protmlio)t PIIm jlvM at t
DR. BO-8AN-KO'S PILE REMEDY. u,iu.
las, anortw tuaiors. A peHi' cure. Circular, .eni free. Prise
too, amaauuee mall. IIH HIWAHKII. Palls-, ra.
T) UPTUltK and 1'ILKS cured; no pay until
l cured;" send for book. Das. Mansfield dk
Fobtkrfi blo, 838 Market St., San Francisco.
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Best Cough fcJTOn. Tastes ttood. Use
in time. Eo:q dt aroiyiara.
N.P.N.TJ. No. 690. S.F.N.TJ. No. 70?
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