fliscellany.
AN OLD TIME CANDY PULL.
When the wintry stars are winkin
Winkin' at the brink o' night,
An the pale cold moon is sinkin'
Sinkin' slowly out o' sight;
Then a blinkin thro my glasses.
My heart gets swellin' full,
An' I mind the lads an' lassie
At an old time candy pull.
Thar was Mandy Jones, the Parson's gal,
Land Bakes! how my heart jumps!
An' Tommy Brown, as stout a pal
As ever took life's thumps;
An' Betsy Smith an' Jimmony Hill, '-
An" Sam an Mary Dowd,
Whose daddy owned the ol grist mill
An' Tots more of the crowd 1
I mind we met at old Dowd's place
His kitchen was the best
An the music o' the ol' mill race
Kept time to quip an jest;
Then when the 'lasses was biled down, J
I tell you it was fun
To pull it to a golden brown (
Till it was proper done!
Then how we danced the 'Giny Red, "ft
Chock full o' snap an' spunk
All hands around now toe an' heel!
Each lassie with a hunk
O' yellow Masses candy i
Betwixt her laughin' lips x
Es? bedtime! Dear me, Mandy!
Don't it beat all how time slips?
TWO WIVES.
"It's grown chilly, hasn't It?"
"Oh, yes," said Aenes Lawton, with a
areastic laugh. Sue was huddling in
her dapper street gear before the pen
non of crackling flame on her friend's
hearth. "It's blown horribly chilly,
Marlon for me!"
"Another quarrel, I suppose, with
your husband ?'
"A quarrel this time that ends every
thing. I'm going to my mother in Bos
ton." "Don't, my dear."
Marlon Kingsland spoke thus In tones
tranquil and low. She was swaying
herself softly in a rocking chair, and
he had folded her arms in a leisurely
- way. She was a large, blonde woman
not handsome, but with a beautiful
figure and a face full of sweet gravity.
"Oh, you've always said that," replied
young Mrs. Lawton, frowning at the
fire. "But now I mean to disobey your
counseL"
"Very well, Agnes; as you please..
Remember I've always said one thing.
Your husband loves you devotedly"
"Ah, that's the very point, Marlon!
He loves me, but not devotedly. He"
: and here Mrs. Lawton lowered her face
and drew out the next words in a
dogged, dragging undertone "he Is not
faithful."
The oscillations of Mrs. KIngsland's
rocking chair quickened the least little
bit "What husband is?"
j "Tours."
I "Oh, Trent yes! I wasn't thinking of
him." She colored, biting her lips.
"What is the present trouble, Agnes?
Tell me."
"It's very simple, I found a note In
Fred's I mean Mr. . La wton'a overcoat
pocket"
"My dear Agnes, what were you
doing there?"
j "Doing there T
"You were spying Jealously spying,"
said Marlon nlUi uer usual caitu. 'Ad
mit Jt"
"You're cruder than usual, Marlon.
I was a fool to come here. Mamma will
sympathize, however. I shall take the
3 o'clock train for Boston."
"Was the note very dreadful?"
"Oh, it told Its own story. " And, as
you're aware, this is not the first
time"
"That you've gone through your hus
band's pockets? I know. And the sig
nature?" "Initials."
"I see. And a very violent quarrel
. followed."
"The most violent we have ever had.
And the last we shall ever have."
Marlon Kingsland stopped rocking.
"Agnes," she said, breaking a pause, "I
don't know a husband who in public Is
more respectful, more attentive, more
positively gallant to his wife than
yours."
"In public!" bristled the other. "What
'does that mean?"
"It means a great deal more than
many a wife gets many a wife of our
acquaintance whom I've beard you
openly pity In my hearing. Now an
swer me frankly. Might not that letter
which you found and read have Im
plied a flirtation, a passing sentiment,
rather than the very lurid and scandal
ous interpretation you put upon It I
say, might it not? Think for a moment
before you answer."
Agnes tossed her head, decked In a
tiny bonnet of tangled pansies.
"Well, perhaps," she presently con
ceded, with distinct reluctance.
"Perhaps," repeated Marlon. "Now
that Is at least an admission. It puts
Frederick In a more pardonable light
But It does not excuse you from being
most rashly Indiscreet"
"Oh," fumed Agnes, "I do so detest
that kind of philosophy!"
"We women can cultivate none that
Is sounder." "We women, Marion!
How would you feel, pray. If your
Trent"
"Never mind my Trent, dear. Let us
talk generalities' for a few minutes.
There's hardly a household that hasn't
Its Bluebeard's chamber."
"Except yours. And so you can af
ford" "Generalities, please, Agnes, Just for
a little while. There are Fatimas who
do pry, and there are Fatimas who
don't The latter have by far the best
time of it that Is, when their Blue
beards treat them fondly and cour
teously. Discretion Is a wonderful
safeguard to conjugal contentment
The moral obligation with men should
. be as strong as It is with women. I
freely grant you that But society does
not grant It and In the lives of our
great-great-great-grandchildren It will
not practically employ any such system
of ethics unless I miserably err. It Is
a system talked about, written about
and. If at some day it will be actively
- exploited, on that day everybody who
now lives will lie. as I firmly believe,
In graves whose deepest cut headstones
nave grown undecipherable blurs. The
new woman may dream her dreams
' and even realize a few of them. But
after all, it is still a man's world, and
a man's world for many centuries it
must remain. .Fatlma will reap noth
ing by her curiosity except nnhappl
ness. So many of them live and die
In blissful Ignorance. And it Is so much
better that they should. Men are men,
and the leopard does not change his
spots. Why not let well enough alone?
A wife can tend and water her jealousy
and her suspicion precisely as If they
were two different specimens of fern
In a favorite Jardiniere. Of course
marital neglect 111 treatment, rudeness,
are all autre chose. But I have often
taken a thonehtnl survey, Agnes, of
rp.p.9T9Tj mucn
the same as yours, my dear. ' We often
meet at the same teas, dinners, dances.
We know the same set the smart seti.I
suppose one would call Jt and 'ifiost of
our men friends are married, like our-'
selves. And I've repeatedly asked my
self, judging as much by what they
don't say as by what they do say, if a
vast amount of family torture may not
be avoided by the simple process of
Fatima refraining from all Interfer
ence with Bluebeard's key bunch."
Here Agnes sprang from her seat by
the fire and looked tearfully. Impetu
ously round the tasteful sitting-room of
her friend.
- "Oh, Marion," she cried, "you tell me
you are talking generalities, but to me
they are the most piercing personali
ties! And why? Because I'm not only
jealous of him I'm jealous of you!
From your serene heights of perfect
married happiness, the wife of a man
who worships you, as all the world
knows, who is a model of every virtue
under the sun and who probably never
looks at a woman without thinking how
far she falls below you, his ideal, it is
easy enough to preach discretion and
circumspection. You have the key to
all your apartments. You're a Fatlma
with a Bluebeard who doesn't know
the meaning of a locked door." Here
Agnes laughed in a sort of hysteric way
and pointed to a near chair. "That's
one of his overcoats now." While
speaking she slipped across the room
and lifted a mass of dark broadcloth,
holding it aloft
"Why, yes," said Marion, raising her
quiet brows In surprise. "He came
back this morning after leaving for
downtown and ordered a thicker one of
Strayne because of the changed weath
er. Strayne must have left it there.
He's a good servant enough, but he has
his careless moods."
Agnes, with another odd laugh, thrust
her hand Into one' of the pockets.
"You've no fear of finding anything,
you irritatingly happy Marlon. You
are" ,
Suddenly she paused. She had drawn
forth a lilac tinted envelope which had
been raggedly torn open at one of its
sides.
"A woman's hand, Marlon," she ex
claimed, "or I've never seen one! And
the date of arrival four days back. It
smells of violets too. Well, really I"
"Agnes!" .
Marion went forward and took the
note from her friend's grasp with un
characteristic speed. She was pale al
ready, but she grew' paler as she
scanned the superscription and then
raised the envelope to her nostrils.
She loved her husband Intensely and
knew that he returned her love. Not
the slightest incident of her life had she
ever kept concealed from him, and she j
had always felt confident that on his
own side there was a like absolution of
confidence and candor. It stabbed her i
to the soul as she thought now that no
forgetfulness had prevented him from
telling her of this note. They led fash
ionable lives, but they led them to
gether. For all that they might some
times pass hours apart, their constant
intimacy and comradery were beyond
dispute. N
For a few seconds she stood perfectly
still, holding the letter. Then she went
to the overcoat which Agnes iad just
replaced upon the chair and slipped the
letter back into one of Its side pockets.
"Bluebeard's chamber," she said,
with a smile, but it was a smile quite
dim and joyless. " And then she raised
one finger and put It against her lips
In a gesure that not only eymboled
silence, but enjoined It
Agnes watched her in astonishment.
She knew that there was never any
pose about her friend; that what Mar
ion seriously did and said were done
and said from a sincerity at daggers
drawn with sham.
"And you'll never even ask . him
whom it's from?" Agnes exclaimed.
"Never."
"But you suspect"
"No matter what I suspect"
' "And you'll never let him know you
saw it and didn't open It?"
"Never." -
"But this thing, Marlon, will . come
between yon and him. It may ruin
your future happiness."
"That can't be helped. If It's what I
think it Is" here her placid voice broke
a little "then letting him know would
do more harm than good."
"But perhaps It Is the merest trifle
after all," said Agnes, she herself now
generously turning consoler despite her
own sorrows; "some request for finan
cial aid or a loan of money from some
woman whom we both know."
- "Perhaps," returned Marion musing
ly. And then it passed through her
mind: "He would have told me if it
had been that. He tells me everything
or so till now Fve believed."
"Ah, good morning, Agnes," a voice
suddenly said in the half-open door
way. "Having a gossipy powwow with
my wife, eh? You didn't expect to see
me here at this hour, did you? You
thought I was too much of a poor, hard
working Wall street ' drudge, didn't
you-? And yo were quite right I
am."
"Trent" faltered Marlon.
She had instantly seen that her hus
band was a trifle paler than usual, and
that some agitation, which he struggled
to hide, controlled him. His eyes, wan
dering quickly yet covertly about the
room, lit on the overcoat
"Ah," he said, "it's here." And then
he caught the garment up and thrust a
hand into , one of Its pockets. Mean
while he was talking with speed and
now addressed his wife without looking
at her.
"The fact Is, Marlon, I remembered
when half way down town in the ele
vated that I'd left an important busi
ness letter In this cont. Strayne has
just told me that he forgot to take the
coat upstairs stupid fellow so I hur
ried downstairs again to get it Ah,
here's the letter I want!"
Marlon saw, if her friend did not see,
the gleam of a lilac tinted envelope as
It was swept into a breast pocket of the
overcoat which adorned the person of
Mr. Trent Kingsland.
And this gentleman, a little flushed
after his late pallor, said a few words
of genial farewell to Agnes, made a
few buoyant waves of the hand toward
his wife and gracefully disappeared.
The two women looked at one an
other In silence.
"Marion," said Agnes, In a voice vi
brant with feeling, "ne came back to
get that letter. And he was very con
cerned about It, was he not?"
"Very."
Agnes hastened to her friend's side.
"Marion, do you mean that you'll never
say a word to him, even now?"
"No, I shall never say a word to him,
even now."
Agnes looked steadily at the floor, as
if in deep meditation. Then she caught
one of Marlon's hands in both, of her
own.
"But will suffer."
"Yes, I shall suffer."
"And give no sign?
"And give no sign."
Agnes stooped and kissed the hand
she was holding. After a slight inter-i
val she said somewhat brokenly: "Mar
lon, I I don't think I'll take the 3
o'clock train to Boston after all" Col
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Change of Heart.
Socialistic Mob "Bring tim out!
Hang him I Down mit monopoly 1"
Inventor (putting his bead out of the
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Mob Spokesman "You moost die!
Ye hear yon invent a machine vat do
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Inventor "This machine of mine is
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' It is not the best watchdog that barks the
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THE FARM AND HOME
MATTERS OF INTERESTED FARM
ER AND HOUSEWIFE.
Bow Beans and Potatoes Should Pe
P 10 ted Hints on the Care of Horses
Sue Mark of a Good Gardener
- Su'phur for Sheep Scab.
Planting Beans and Potatoes.
Therule to plant beans with tbe eye
dowhjnay answer with very late plant
ing, but is not to be recommended while
the soil Is cool and moist early in
spring. The bean Is very Impatient of
wet or cold, and is more likely to rot
with its eye turned down than when
the eye is turned toward light, air an-1
warmth. - On the other hand, potatoes
which somebody bas advised to be
planted with the cut side down ought
always to be planted exactly the other
way. Tbe potato likes cool and moist
soil, and its roots grow all the stronger
while tbe shoot starts from under the
cut piece, and then turns upward to the
light Twenty years or more ago we
made a careful experiment In planting
potatoes, having four rows, two of
which were planted cut side up and the
other' two the reverse. The rows were
close together, and the potatoes which
had to start and turn in the soil before
coming to tbe surface had all the sea
son stronger vines and in the fall yield
ed more marketable potatoes than did
the other. The vines also kept green
longer, because the roots starting under
the potato set got firmer hold on tho
soil than when they started near the
surface. American Cultivator. .
Care of Horses.
The annoying sores made by the har
ness can be almost entirely prevented
by Intelligent care. The pressure of
the harness and collar upon parts not
accustomed to it, if long continued, so
compresses the blood vessels that the
normal flow of blood Is checked, the
vessel walls are bruised and partially
"paralyzed, and the muscles are also
bruised and weakened. It Is an excel
lent plan to have an old cloth attach
ed to the harness to use to wipe the per
spiration from the shoulder. On re
moving the harness bathe with cold wa
ter the parts upon which the harness
has rested heavily. This contracts the
muscles and tends to prevent inflam
mation and swelling of the parts.
Should an injury appear bathe the
part with cold water, or apply Ice so
long as there Is any Inflammation or fe
ver. Pads kept wet with cold water
are beneficial. After the fever has sub
sided use warm water to hasten the re
pair of the parts. Whenever the skin
is broken from any cause, bathe with
a two or five per cent, solution of creo
line. It should be used where the skin
Is badly bruised, as It prevents Infec
tion of the parts. Agriculturist
Keeping tip Fertility.
One of the surest marks of a good
gardener la that he always Is on the
lookout to have on hand an ample sup
ply of fertilizing matter for the soil.
How reasonable that is, and yet strange
to say one meets with persons who,
Judging only by their acts, seem to
think that plants do not need food.
They need it quite as much as do ani
mals; both grow from that on which
they feed. It Is true all cultivated soil
contains some plant food In the shape
of vegetable humus, deposited there in
one way or another, in the past But'
tbe good gardener looks upon present
fertility as a sort of revenue, and sees
to it that enough manure is applied to
the soil each year to meet the needs of
the current crops. " '
It would be a lesson to some amateur
gardeners to visit the successful mar
ket gardens of our large cities and see
how, year after, year, thick coats of
manure, thirty or forty tons to the acre,
are applied. American Gardening.
Dormant Knddine.
Prof. Price says the method of dor
mant budding, as practiced at the Tex
as station, consists of cutting a slip
of bark, with some wood attached,
down the tree about one Inch, leaving
It attached at the lower end. About'
half of this slip is then cut off, leaving
the other half still attached to the tree.
Cut off a bud, leaving some wood also
attached to It to prevent injury, and
then carefully place it between the slip
-and tree, so that It will fit nicely, and
the cambium of the bud and tree come
In contact.-. Tie tight with some mate
rial,. such as raffia. In. five or six days
the bud will be found to have knit firm
ly. Treat them as those budded in the
usual way.
I'raneht Horaea 01 the Road.
The strength, of the draught horse
enables him to make good time for a
Short sprint, despite tbe excess of
weight he carries. But unless on soft
dirt roads fast driving of draught
horses should not be attempted, be
cause the excess of weight makes the
pounding of the horsts feat on the hard
surface all the more severe. It is well
known that heavy horses are quite apt
to have defective feet. This we believe
to be 'the cause. Kept to their appro
priate pace on the road and on the farm
draught horses will live and do good
service years after they are 20 years
old. It Is nervous worry that shortens
life, rather than hard, muscular toil,
bath in horses and In men. Exchange.
Fattening Pica in Winter.
There Is very rarely much profit In
keeping pigs through the winter, and in
the meantime fitting them for sale for
spring porkers. The trouble Is in keep
ing the pig warm enough to make the
best use of his food, and secondly I. In
giving" -him the material to" make
growth as well as fat. Milk is scarcer In
winter than atjany.other time'of year.
In fact, it cannot be had on most farms.
Yet by cooking some fine, wheat-mid
dlings, to which a" tablespoonful of lin
seed meal for each quart of. porridge
has been added, a very satisfactory
substitute for skim milk may be made.
It will be really richer in.-nutritive val
ue than is skim milk, and If pigs so fed
have warm quarters, they will thrive
Just as well as they will In summer. "
Specific for Sheep Scab.
Hot baths made by putting sulphur
in water are a specific for scab in sheep:
It is very infectious, and any sheep
having It should be kept by Itself. The
bath will need to be repeated at Inter
vals of one or two' days," for at least
three times. In order to destroy germs
that were not advanced enough for the
first application to kill The Austra
lian sheep growers have succeeded in
eradicating scab from that country.
Now every sheep brought to Australia
has to submit to the bath once to de
stroy possible germs that have not be
come visible. "S.
.. Sweet Corn.
Then is a popular idea that sweet
corn is richer than common field corn.
In fact, they are chemically Just the
same, the carbon In the sweet corn ap
pearing as sugar and starch and in the
field corn as starch -alone. The sweet
corn Is most palatable, therefore prob
ably most digestible. As the sweet
corn -will not yield in either stalks or
grain m much &a field corn, It would
seem to be a good plan to grow field;
corn for the main feed and enough'
sweet com to use as a change, or when
the appetite for starchy food has been
cloyed. But oats or wheat middlings
would be better for this even than
would sweet corn.
The Barn Cistern.
Every barn will shed from Its roof
enough water for all the stock that
can be .kept on the feed It contains or
the cattle It will shelter. If this water
is duly conducted Into a cistern In the
barn basement and filtered, before us
ing, it is much the best water the stock
can have for drink. In the basement
the "water will never be down to freez
ing temperature, which is an important
matter, as every degree of cold has to
be warmed to animal heat by the car
bonaceous food that the animal has di
gested. If it is a milch cow that has
Its water thus warmed, It detracts lust
so much from, the butter fats which
the milk will contain. That is about
as expensive warmth, even at low
prices for butter, as the farmer ever
pays for. -
Good Clover Hay.
Clover hay Is much better appreci
ated than it used to be. While most
horsemen in cities are still shy oC it,
the farmers know as they always have
done that in nutritious value It far
surpasses timothy or other grasses. ' It
contains more nitrogenous nutrition
than the grasses. This is what makes
it hard to cure without turning dark
colored, but the lateclover crop, which
is always nearly black when got Into
the barn. Is for sheep, cows and calves
the best hay of alL
Farm Notes.
A Wisconsin farmer, who had some
Canada thistles on his farm, says he ex
terminated them by cutting them off
an inch under ground and giving them
a dose of common salt
A sheep should be caught by the hind
leg or by placing the arm under its neck
and never by the wool. To carry the
sheep, stand at its left, pass right arm
over, with hand resting under brjsket
just back of fore legs, lift and grasp left
hind leg with left hand as you lift
When snow is on the ground rabbits
have a hard time securing food and will
eat anything that will prevent starva
tion. It Is then that they girdle trees
and do damage which is not within the
power of the farmer to repair. Smear
ing the trunk with blood or wrapping
the trees with tarred paper or mosquito
netting two feet from the ground serves
as a protection.
On many farms early lambs have al
ready appeared, and the object should
be to force them in growth as much as
possible. One of the best foods for
them, as soon as they are old enough to
eat, is ground oats. The ewes should
be fed not only grain and hay, but also
carrots, turnips and other succulent
food, so as to induce a full supply of
milk.
The piles of stalks and straw which
go to waste can be made to do good
service in providing shelter if it is not
considered fit for feeding. With a few
posts and poles the stalks and straw
will furnish a warm refuge for animals
that cannot be accommodated in the
barn or stable. With plenty of straw on
the ground, under the covering so form
ed, no better place could be arranged
for sheep, and with care in making the.
roof only a heavy storm will cause It to
leak.
When putting down drain tile it is bet
ter to take time and do it properly than
to slight the work, as any defect after
the tile is covered cannot be remedied
without incurring an extra expense,
and an obstruction Is not easily located.
The tile should be so laid that the Joints
will not be displaced and the bed on
which the tile rests should be firm. If
the work is done intelligently, and In a
mannerto provide perfect drainage, the
tile should do service for many years
without getting out of order.
Saved by a Hatchet.
Golden Days tells a story of a pros
pector In Alaska, who, in company with
eight other men, was walking across a
great ice-field. At one place a thin
sheet of ice hid from view a crack about
three feet wide.
The party approached the crevasse
diagonally, the prospector in advance,
when suddenly be and the next man In
the line slipped through the thin coat
ing of ice and disappeared in the chasm
below. Their cries narrowly prevented'
some of the others from' meeting a simi
lar fate.
The second man carried a gun, and as
he held on to It, the weapon lodged
crossways In the crevice, and enabled
him to be rescued; but the prospector
went down at least seventy-five, feet,
and was tightly jammed between the
walls of ice.
He could not be seen, but his voice
could be distinctly heard directing the
movements of his rescuers. Blankets
were torn into strips and tied into a
rope. This was lowered to the Impris
oned man, who fastened one end around
his body. When the rope was pulled,
however, it was found that he was
Jammed in so tightly that be could not
be moved without tearing him asun
der. -.' : ' . ' -. .'
The rescuers were in a quandary, but
the Imprisoned man ".suggested that
they lower him a- hatchet, and 'when
this was done he chopped himself loose
in short order. Altogether he was thir
ty minutes in the icy toinb, and it was a
week before he recovered from the
Shock. 1 - " v
. Indisputable Evidence.
The man Off the bench was a typical
magistrate of the cactus district. He
was even a greater terror than usual
to evil doers becausesufferirig 'the re
actionary . consequences of -voer stim
ulation. When the first dilapidated pris
oner was brought before him, the rug
ged representative of the blind goddess
showed his teetn!''
"What's th' fehirge agin this sneakin'
lookin' coyote'?"' snarled the Court.
- "Whoopin', yellin' an shootin'-on th'
street," responded tbe officer. "He's
Slippery Ike." - -'.; ..
"He looks it. What have you to say
for yourself, Slippery?"
"I war Jest leavln' th Blue Bottle,
Jedge, when I spies Buck Killmore
across th street, with both guns lookin
my way. He'd swore to roun' me upj,
an' shot- twice afore L cound unlimber.
Then I cuts loose an' makes a runnin'
fight agin nim an' his gang." -
"Two years fur perjury," roared his
Honor. ' " . ' ' ' ' : "
"But look here, Jedge, I " . . , -
?Shet up, or I'll make it . If ur" life.'
You're th' rankest liar I ever see on th'
witness stand. If Buck had pulled on'
you jes' once, there would be no more
shootin' needed fur ter finish yer. Two
years fur perjury goes." Detroit Free
Press. ' - " -'r '
What a Question.
His New Mamma-in-Law I ' trust,
my dear son, that you never indulge
in the pernicious habit of going out
between the acts for a drink of intoxi
cants? - : m
The Bridegroom Why,, my dear
mamma, you didn't think I had it
brought In, did you? Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
VOLCANO IN SALT LAKE.
It Causes the Waters to Beat's and Boi
as Though Over a Furnace. -
Salt Lake, March 8. What appears
to be a genuine volcano has burst forth
in the Great Salt Lake a short distance
south of Promontory station,' on the
Central Pacific road. The phenomenon
recently appeared in the shape of a
small cloud hovering over the water
about a mile from shore. It gradually
increased in dimensions and shot up so
high in the air that it is now visible a
great distanoe, and the water in tbe
vicinity boils and seeths and the spray
is thrown in the air for hundreds of
feet. . The volcano is situated in the
big arm of the lake, on the west side of
a range of mountains and is distinctly
visible from Brigham City.
The phenomenon is accounted for by
the fact that for six months there have
been felt several slight shocks of earth
quake in these regions, and it is sup
posed the fire and ' lava which have
been confined in the subterranean
depths have now found an outlet and
are spending their force.
A number of people have witnessed
the phenomenon, which causes great,
anxiety in the vicinity.
City X-eBjislatlon.
First City Father "Mr. President,
it is high time the city adopted some
effective method of clearing snow from
'the streets, and "
Second Member (cathching a chance
for a free, excursion) "I .understand
they have greatly improved appliances
in Chicago"
Third Member "I move a commit
tee be appointed to 0 to Chicago and
study" .
Fourth Member "It's awful cold
in Chicago this time of year. "
Fifth Member "I move to amend
by striking out the word 'Chioago' and
substitute 'Jacksonville, Florida." .
He Took the Honey.
New Clerk (anxious to show his sa
gacity) "This silver dollar you just
took in is counterfeit."
Proprietor (nervously) "I was Wait
ing on the ministers' wife." -
"But you don't . take counterfeit"
money from women just because they
happen to be ministers' wives, do you?"
"No, of course not."
"Didn't you see that was -counterfeit?"
-
"Consarn it! young man, if you must
know, that's the dollar I dropped into
the contribution box last Sunday."
Care of Property.
Small Boy "Papa, will you lend me
your knife?"
Papa "Lend yon my knife?' It
isnt'a week since I bought you a new
knife. What have you done with it?
Lost it?" , , "
"Oh, no; I've got it yet
"Then why don't you use it?"
"Yon said I should take good care of
it, and I want to take up tacks. "
The very small eyes of the bats (dis
tinctly nocturnal) is due to the partial
replacement of " sight by their very
highly developed sense of feeling. ;
Passing beside a stall, a liveryman of
Hopkinsville, Ky., lost a part of one
ear which a horse reached out and
seized with its teeth.
A Second Experience.
There Will Be No Doubt as to What
Physicians Will Be Called in Future
By Mrs. Hurlhurt.
From the Republican, Fresno, Cal.
An interesting case comes from
Kingsburg,' in Fresno county, Califor
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own story, and as she is a lady who is
well and favorably known and' wel,
worthy of credence, it will be found in
teresting: "While I was living in Fresno City
in 1893," Mrs. Hurlburt said, ."short
ly after the birth'of what was then my
youngest child, I began, to lose all
strength and vitality, and was in a very
serious condition. , Dr. Hayden of
Fresno, had been attending me, but his
efforts to help me proved unavailing,
and I was gradually growing worse,
though I tried all the doctors and
remedies within reach.. One day I
heard of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for
Pale People, and I also read an adver
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per, and made up my mind to give
them a trial as a dernier resorta- --I. at
once procured a supply, and took them
acording to rule until I had used four
boxes. ' By that time I was so much
improved in every way that I could do
my own housework and was in exu
berant spirits at my returned health. I
felt splendidly until . one year - arid- -a
half ago when another baby was born,
and I was taken just as before, and.
brought very low' again. The attend
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this time would result seriously,- but
he was not able to help me, so I again
turned to Dr. Williams' remedy,
and after taking two boxes was. up
and about my work again. I shall
always keep Pink Pills in my house
from this time on, and shall tarn to
to them alone for medical comfort in
the time of illness. (Signed)
"MATTIE HTJRLBTJBT. "
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. Two' wood sawyers at Prescott, Ariz,;
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