fliscellany.
A LIFE STORY.
He is too young to know it now,
But some da; be will know.
Eugene Field.
Above her little sufferer's bed.
With all a mother's grace,
She stroked the curly, throbbing head
And smoothed the fevered face.
"He does not know my love, my fears,
My toil of heart and hand;
But some day in the after years,
Some day he'll understand;
Some day he'll know
I loved him so,
Some day he'll understand."
A wild lad plays his thoughtless part
As fits his childhood's lot,
And tramples on his mother's heart
Ofttimes and knows it not.
He plays among his noisy mates,
Nor knows his truest friend;
His mother sighs, as still she waits,
"Some 'day he'll comprehend;
The day will be
When he will se'e.
Some day he'll comprehend."
The strong youth plays his strenuous part;
His mother waits alone.
And soon he finds another heart
The mate unto his own.
She gives him up in joy and woe,
He takes his young Bride's hand;
His mother murmurs, "Will he know
And ever understand?
When will he know
I love him so;
When will he understand?"
The strong man fights his battling days,
The fight is hard and grim.
His mother's plain, old-fashioned ways
Have little charm for him.
The dimness falls around her years,
The shadows, 'round her stand,
She mourns in loneliness and tears,
"He'll never understand.
He'll never know
I loved him so;
He'll never understand."
A bearded man of serious years
Bends down above the dead,
And rains the tribute of his tears
Over an old, gray head.
He stands the open grave above,
Amid the mourning bands;
And now he knows his mother's love
And now he understands.
Now doth he know
She loved him so,
And now he understands.
Sam Walter Foss, in New York Sun.
A BOLD, BAD BURGLAR
"Isn't it perfectly dreadful? It seems
there is no place secure from them. The
- papers contain nothing but burglaries,
robberies and hold-ups. I am almost
afraid to look under the bed at night."
Blanche Warden turned the rings on
her fingers nervously as she spoke. She
- was Sot a timid girl, but the final test
of bravery had never come to her.
"What would you do in case a burg
lar entered your room, Mr. Dulano?"
she asked, addressing one of her call
ers. "Exactly what I did last night," the
gentleman replied.
"You surely didn't have a burglar
last night T Blanche cried.
"And why not? I am keeping the
affair quiet because I have a clew that
Is being followed up. Of course it will
be safe to mention it here," Dulano
Tvmllfkd
"To be sure. Do tell us about it,"
the girl said, eagerly.
"It must have been about 2:30 o'clock
this morning when I was aroused by
someone turning a key In the-door that
communicates with the adjoining room.
KTl'm pretty stupid when I first awaken,
: but I was soon aroused to full con
sciousness by something cold against
my temple."
"Oh, how dreadful!" Blanche cried,
shivering. ,
.. "That wasn't the dreadful part," Du
lano laughed. "The part I object most
to is what followed. The fellow held
bis gun calmly with one hand while he
went through my clothes and helped
himself to my -watch, my diamond
ecarf pin and all my ready money."
"At what time did you say that oc
curred?" Arthur Forrest asked.
"Well, I didn't have any watch to tell
me the exact time, but after I had lain
' awake some three or four minutes the
chimes on Pilgrim Church sounded the
three-quarter hour and after an equal
ly long time the clock struck 3," Du
lano replied, with a comical drawl.
"Guess it was watches he was after.
He got mine at about the same time.
Wonder If he visited any of the other
fellows at our house?" Forrest said.
"What! the burglar was In your
room, too, Arth Mr. Forrest?" Blanche
cried.
"Yes, but he had the kindness to let
me sleep until he got what he wanted.
He awakened me as he went through
the window," the young man replied.
"Oh, please don't tell me any more,
Blanche exclaimed. "You will have
me so frightened. And I have to stay
In this great house with no one but the
; servants. v You know poor Leona is
- very ill and papa and mamma were
called to Chicago to-day, so I am
alone," Miss Warden said with some
uneasiness.
' "Really, Blanche, it isn't safe for you
to stay here alone," Arthur said, se
riously.
"Oh, I'm not afraid. I'U put the jew
els and plate in the big chest in the
wine cellar and sleep with a revolver
under my pillow. It would be real fun
to have a burglar come," Blanche re
plied, laughing.
Then they dismissed that terror-in
spiring theme from their conversation,
but Arthur continued restless and un
easy. He stood at the window and
sang. As Dulano turned the music for
her, he whispered softly:
"Slip Into the library for a moment.
I have something important to say to
you." Then he Baid aloud: "I think I
shall take a smoke in the library, if I
may be excused."
When he had left the room Blanche
walked over to the deep bay window
and laid her hand gently on Arthur's
arm. "What makes you so silent this
evening, dear?" she asked tenderly.
"Oh, Blanche, I hate that Dulano. I
suppose I am jealous, but I wish you
wouldn't have him hanging around
here," be exclaimed, while his. hand
some face crimsoned.
"But, Arthur, you brought him here
before you ever spoke of love to me.
. Surely, you are not afraid of him now
that you have my promise?" the girl
said seriously.
"No, dearest, I do not doubt you. I
felt sorry for him a stranger there at
the boarding-house. And, besides, I
wanted him to meet the sweetest wom
an In St Louis," he whispered, as he
pressed just the suggestion of a kiss
on her cheek.
"By the way, I'll go and hunt up that
Harper for you, dear," ehe said, with
an effort at spontaneity that was not
- altogether a success. Then she left the
- drawing-room, walked half way up the
stairs, descended softly and slipped In-
'to the library. Dulano was at her side
Jo an instant
"I'm sorry you spoke of the Jewels
and things," he said. "I have reason
to think Forrest is the burglar. He has
been losing heavily at cards lately, and
is In danger of losing his position at the
bank," he whispered hurriedly. . -
At the mention of Arthur's name
Blanche would have cried out but the
man placed his fingers deftly over her
lips. As soon as the speech was ended
she fled to her room, hunted up the
magazine and returned to the drawing
room. The two men were glaring at each
other .in angry silence when she en
tered. "This call promises to be a game of
freezeout so I guess I will leave and
give you a chance to help Miss Warden
put away the silver," Mr. Dulano said
in a faintly sarcastic tone to Forrest.
"If Miss Warden desires my help I
shall certainly remain," Arthur said,
angrily.
- "I shall require no assistance what
ever," the girl said, haughtily, and the
two men departed together. For some
minutes she sat in the dressing-room,
sad and sore. Arthur Forrest, a gam
bler, perhaps a burglar! No, it could
not be. And yet why had he been so
moody of late? Her heart was sore,
and, with no thought of the valuables
in the house, she dragged herself to
bed. The night wore on and sleep came
not The clock was Just striking the
hour of 3 when the door opened slow
ly, and she could see the shadowy out
line of a man. For a moment she was
paralyzed with terror. The scream that
started from her heart lost Itself some
where in her throat A thousand aw
ful fancies chased each other through
her mind as the man advanced to the
bed. Then she thought of the revolver
that she had intended to put under her
pillow. Alas, it was peacefully repos
ing on the dressing-table In her father's
room. The man was tall and wore a
black mask. He must be the same one
who had visited Mr. Dulano and Ar
thur the night before. Perhaps it was
Arthur. At the thought of her lover
the blood went coursing through her
body, and, to her astonishment she
found that she was calm.
'Are you awake?" the burglar whis
pered, and his voice sounded strangely
familiar.
"Yes," she said faintly.
"Then get up. Don't be afraid. I am
not going to harm you. I only want
the family jewels. Take me to where
they are kept," he whispered again.
At the sound of that voice the last
vestige of fear left her. Indignation
and outraged feeling smothered every
other emotion in her heart She would
prove this lover of hers. Without a
moment's' hesitation she arose from her
bed, glanced indifferently at the glit
tering barrel of the revolver In the
burglar's hand and walked over to the
table, where she lit her little emer
gency lamp.
"Follow me; I am at your mercy, but
I trust you as a gentleman even though
you are a burglar," she said In frigid
tones.
Then she led the way through the
corridor and down the back stairway to
the laundry and cellars. Blanche, In
her Indignation, knew not that the
granitoid floor was cold beneath her
little bare feet When she had almost
reached the wine- cellar she remem
bered that the key was on her father's
keyring, and was probably at that time
in Chicago. An idea struck her.
'Here; you hold the lamp while I
climb up and get the key," said she, in
dicating a niche In the wall. The man's
eyes followed her glance, and he was
lost. As quick as thought she blew out
the lamp, hurled it in resounding frag
ments on the floor and sprang upon the
burglar like a tiger. The revolver was
hors without a struggle, and the man
was her prisoner.
"Are you Arthur Forrest? Speak or
I'll blow your brains out!" she cried.
"My God, spare me, Blanche! I'm
Arthur," the man whispered.
She covered him with the revolver,
while she backed across the laundry.
When she had gained the stairs she
bolted the door securely and fled trem
blingly to the hall above. At the li
brary door she halted, and a low cry
escaped her lips as she caught sight of
another man In the open window.
"Blanche, my danling, are you safe?".
Arthur Forrest cried, as he beheld her
white-robed figure.
"How- did you escape? I thought the ,
outer door was locked," she said, as shfr'
repelled his touch.
-"Escape!" the young man cried, In. as
tonishment "I have been following
him since midnight One of my men,
who was left here to guard the house,
tells me that he entered this window
ten minutes ago. The fellow was
afraid to follow alone. I have tracked
him from Broadway and twice he evad
ed me. Where is he, darling?" .
"Who who is it you are looking for?"
the girl gasped.
" "Wallace Dulano. The officers are
here to arrest him. Is he still in the
house?" Arthur asked, eagerly.
"There is no way of escape except up
the pantry stairs," Blanche replied.
Then, while Arthur led the officers in
she slipped away to her room and
donned her dressing gown and slip
pers. In a few minutes she Joined her
fiance in the reception halL The gas
was burning brightly now and she
could hear the heavy treadVof men as
they took their prisoner from her Im
promptu jail.
"You are a brave little woman," Ar
thur said fondly as be led her to a
divan.
"No; I am a miserable coward, but
I am a proud woman, and when a wom
an thinks she has been wronged fire
and storm cannot stop her," Blanche
said, humbly.
"What do you mean by that dear
est?" the lover asked.
"Oh, Arthur, he lied to me and I be
lieved him. He told me that you were
the burglar and I thought you were
using even my love to further your own
wicked ends. That Is why I had cour
age to walk downstairs at the end of '' a
revolver. Can you ever forgive me for
cherishing such an ignoble thought?"
she cried as she buried her face on his
breast ;
"Yes, my darling," the young man
said, tenderly. "But I have stolen
something that is of infinitely more
value than your plate and jewels.. I
have stolen this noble heart and I am
willing to admit that I am a bold, bad
burglar." Ottawa Free Press.
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THE FARM AND HOME
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FARM
ER AND HOUSEWIFE.
Cheese Considered a Healthfnl Article
of Food Three Horses Can Often lie
Profitably Used Have Variety in
Pasture General Farm Gleanings.
- Haklng Cbeese at Home.
Until within a comparatively recent
time, all the cbeese made In this coun
try has ' been of home manufacture.
The method usually was where only
two, three or four cows were kept,; to
use two messes of milk, skimming that
twelve hours old, at which time proba
bly one-half of its butter fats, and
those containing least caseine matter.
would have risen to the surface, and
mixing this with the new milk of
either night or morning, this was heat
ed to 140 degrees or 150 degrees, and
as it cooled rennet was added. This
was usually from a calf's stomach
whose digestive juices, dried and fine
ly powdered, when put into the milk
quickly coagulated It. If the stomach
of, calves could, not be had those of
pigs were equally good, as each con
tained the pepsin, whose use was to
partially digest the milk. In Holland
there was general use of hydrochloric
acid, which answered the same pur
pose. Thus while milk and especially
scalded milk is hard to digest, 'the
cbeese made from it is generally con
sidered an aid -to the digestion of other
substances eaten with or before it.
Hence it is regarded as a healthful ar
ticle of food, especially for those with
weak stomachs. American Cultivator.
Drac sting with Tbree Horses,
There are many farm operations
where three horses can be profitably
used. While the work of plowing, espe
cially in spring, is comparatively light.
If grass land or stubble has to be
plowed in the fall for wheat, three
horses will do enough more work .. to
make it advisable to use them. If
horse labor is cheaper than hand labor,
as It surely is, to enable one man to use
three horses Instead of two increases
the advantage. But the work of drag
ging, especially with the spring tooth
harrows which tear up the soil, is bet
ter done with three horses than with
two. - :'
Variety in Pasture.
In seeding land to grass it would be
much better if greater variety of plants
were grown. Some kinds succeed bet
ter than others under special condi
tions of soil, so that the greater variety
eown, the better the land is likely to be
covered and the larger the quantity of
feed produced. But the advantage of
much greater paiatableness of pasture
or hay which contains a variety of
grasses is even more important. As an
aid to make all hay more eagerly eaten.
some sweet-scented vernal grass seed
ought to be sown. It will be eaten close
to the soil by every kind of stock, .and
when left for hay the aroma from it
will penetrate the whole mass and in
crease its feeding value.
Cherries".
The Early Richmond is the prime fa
vorite. It is a rapid grower, healthy,
vigorous and always fruitful. When
planted on different slopes the time for
picking this one variety may be extend
ed over twenty days. The cherry is
not as freely planted as it should be.
It perhaps gives better satisfaction for
the cost involved than any other fruit
Suitable varieties like Early Richmond,
Montmorenci, English Morello and
Wragg. planted on average soil and
freely and frequently cultivated, will
bear in three years, and in the sixth
year will ordinarily yield forty or fifty
quarts to each tree. The Early Rich
mond and Montmorenci are the stroug
or growers and ultimately yield the
most bushels per tree because they
have the largest number of branches
and grow to a larger size and can set
and carry more fruit than the English
Morello, and when in full bearing at
the age of nine or ten years the maxi
mum crop of the Early Richmond is
about three and a half bushels per
tree, that of the English Morello about
two bushels per tree. With fair care
these trees will live and do well until
the age of 18 or 20 years, and may be
destroyed sooner by neglect and lack
of cultivation and the result of severe
drouth without cultivatioa Green's
Fruit Grower.
Flower Keds.
Lav vour Dlans. so there will be no
V - -
I delay when the time comes for plant
ing, says an exchange. There is no in
vestment you can make that will bring
a larger proportionate return of pleas
ure than a small sum devoted to flower
seed. It is a good time, while the men
have leisure, to prepare the beds, If
the ground Is poor and the subsoil com
pact it will pay to dig it out at least two
spades deep and fill In good soil. When
it Is done once It Is done forever, and
an occasional top dressing is all It will
need while you live. The men and
teams have leisure now; this -work can
be done wherever the ground Is not
frozen. If the soil is fairly good throw
out a spade deep, and then take out
another spade deep and haul it away.
i "placing with good surface soil from
the woods or fields, mixing in some
Band, If needed, and some old manure,
or chip dirt from wood pile. A bed pre
pared in this way, if the water does not
stand in it, will produce a vigorous
growth and abundant bloom in most
garden flowers, and well repay the
labor. Some few kinds do. best la poor
soil, or in special locations, but - the
great majority thrive best in a deep,
rich, moist, but not wet loam. When
such a bed is once prepared it needs
only an occasional top dressing to keep
It In fine condition forever. Farmers'
Review. 7
f uccess'ul Kctr F..rmjrc,
Egg farming,, when properly carried
on, has proven to be one of the most
profitable branches of the poultry. In
dustry. The writer has in mind a
young farmer who runs a fruit, truck
and egg farm, and in a recent conversa
tion with him, learned that the income
from his egg farm supported his fam
ily, while that from fruit and vegeta
bles was put in bank. Five acres are
devoted to poultry, on which are kept
500 hens, divided between the Brown
Leghorn and Black Hamburg. The five
acres are sub-divided Into ten yards.
giving 50 hens to the yard. These hens
average 125 eggs per year apiece, mak
ing 5,208 dozen, which bring an average
price of 15 cents, making' $781.20. De
ducting $500 for food, leaves a profit
of $281.20.' Southern farmers do hot
pay enough attention to their poultry.
A number of the Northerners ;who have
come South recently have taken up the
poultry business and arc pushing - in
dustriously. A. B. Cook, hi American
Agriculturist ' -
Feed In ; for Flavor.
- A New York station bulletin says that,
at the station dairy it has generally
been customary to feed once a day some
dry fodder, preferably clover hay. and
allage twice with grain. Feeding of
orn silage did not produce any in
ferior quality of milk so far as chemical
composition would indicate, and no ob
jectionable flavor was noticed. If rad
ical changes In the ration were made
gradually and not suddenly, and no
spoiled or moldy silage allowed to
reach - the cow. It is probable there
would be little complaint of any un
pleasant flavor from silage. Of course,
milk should not be exposed long In a
stable filled with odors of t lage or any
others objectionable. -t the Kansas
station the occasional taint noticed in
the milk when silage was fed was en
tirely avoided by feeding the silage Im
mediately after instead of before milk
ing. .
The Idaho Pear.
The Idaho pear Is a pear of great
hardiness and will grow where scarce
ly any other pear- will. The editor of
the Plowman visited the originator of
the pear tw years ago. The pear in
shape Is more like an apple than a pear.
It is above medium size, and Is of good
flavor. It Is not an extra keeper, but
it is a fine pear for as late as say the
first of November. As grown In the
East, or Middle West, it Is described
as being of medium to large-in size
9, 10 and 11 inches In circumference,
of Duchesse shape, though rounder.
flesh finer grained than that variety,
quite as good as the leading market
pears, flesh fine-grained, buttery and
melting, with a "very good" flavor.
Western Plowman.
Destroying Potato Ecab.
It has long been known that flour
of sulphur applied to anything was a
good germilcde. The experience or a
practical farmer, as told by Horace F.
Wilcox. In the New York Tribune,
shows how this knowledge saved his
potato crop from destruction, tnougn
planted on land where, a year Derore,
tb- potato scab had entirely destroyed
it. He first cut the potatoes, and while
in the pail with the sut surface fresh,
he nut a Dint of sulphur on top of the
heap, allowing it to sift down so that
all got some of the sulphur. The crop
wr.s entirely free from scab, ana many
of the cut pieces, used for seed, were
yet yellow with sulphur in the hills
when the crop was dug.
Horticultural Notes.
Plant fruit first for the family and
then for the market.
Get that rotten apple out of the pile
in the cellar if yqu have to sort the
whole pile.
Keep the house plants In health. An
occasional smoking with tobacco will
do them good. -" ,
Frozen fruits and roots are not as
valuable as when they are not frozen,
are they? Keep them from freezing,
then. ' 9
We Insist that on a farm that Is near
a market more money can be made
from gardening than from general
farming. Western Plowman.
GTeaninKS.
No inexpensive thing will insure
quality in butter as a quantity of dry
earth to use freely about the stable. It
absorbs odors as well as liquids. -
When hogs die from cholera, the
safest plan is to burn rather than bury
the carcass .and all that has been In
contact with it. Fire is a certain puri
fier. If a cow loses her appetite, treat her
as you do yourself (If you are sensi
ble), give her a change of diet. By
the way, a warm bran mash Is an ex
cellent "change of diet." -
Chicks hatched in September and Oc
tober will be better for market than
those hatched in spring. But for show
purposes and to look at and admire,
hatch early before the peach blooms
appear.
An overfed steer now sells in most
markets about as slowly as a half-fat
one. What is really wanted is the
well-fatted steer. The public Will not
now buy any over-fat meat. The neat,
level, well-shaped, fine bone animal
sells best at present.
The Intelligent poultry raiser, like
the dairyman, never fails in business.
There is-always a market for his pro
duct, and the conditions are such that
he can keep up production despite the
hard times; the constant Income does
the business.
It is not cold, but wet weather that
doubles up the sheep. Dry cold Is a
tonic for them, .but when the thick
woolen coat becomes soaked with
water, and-then the cold wind strikes
them, look away to the east for buz
zards. Therefore make shelters for,
sheep, that are always accessible.
Many farmers purchase farming
tools without any assurance that they
will meet the requirements of soil and
crop, the purchase price being, In many
cases, virtually thrown away. This Is
not business. Judicious men do not let
the craze for something new to thus
get away with their judgment.
Turkeys are the nearest self-sustaining
of all domestic fowls. Give them
room enough out doors and they will
keep fat the year round. But It Is pru
dent to teach them that "there is no
place like home," and that there Is al
ways a little corn there later in the
evening. Turkeys need a little looking
after or they may "take np with some
other fellow." If there were no thieves
outside of the penitentiary there would
be more profit In raising turkeys.
Broad Tires the Thine.
A writer In the Indianapolis Journal,
In an article on "Broad vs. Narrow
Tires," argues strongly for the former,
saying, in part:
"Without one single dissenting voice,
the students off bad economics say that
the greatest road destroyer Is the nar
row-tired wagon. It cuts like a knife.
and no matter how carefully the sur
face is graded and leveled a rut Is
bound to follow its use. It finds every
soft spot and cuts until a fine reservoir
Is formed to hold the rains. On. the
contrary, the wide tire not only keeps
gravel but also dirt roads smooth and
in good condition. The amount of bear
ing surface presented to the road pre
vents any material cutting, but, oh the
contrary; acts as a roller, soothing out
rough spots and solidifying the smooth
ones. When the frost Is coming out of
the ground in the spring the narrow
tire gets In its work of cutting the sur
face and forming ruts to start the sea
son wfQr, while the wide tire Is In Itself
a roaaaiaker, .smootning and packing
the upheaved surface. The wide tire Is
also easier on the team.' A'much-'hea'vier
load may be hauled with the.eajire pow
er on wide than on narrow tires, over
any road In the State outside the larger
cities;: The same Is true on the farm
In t.he. fields." vtr
." ' " Why Fhe Decided. '
Kittle Which will you accept, Frank
Waite or Charlie Pruyn?
Maud Well, I prefer Charlie, tout I
think 1 .will accept Frtyik.
Kittle For his money? jnti-i
Maud No; for his asking New
York World. l: -
Womanly Intuition. -
"I don't know," cried the excited fern-
lulu? TUltc IU luc ui4 .ucoo, nuciuci
i- yon are my husband or a burglar, but
'I'm going to 1 1- on the safe side and
' shoot." London Figaro.
Gladstone Still a Dreiser.
Mr. Gladstone is now very deaf, but,
in spite of increasing decrepitude, he
dresses as jauntily as of yore, is never
seen without a flower in his coat, and
can hurl defiance at the "great assas
sin" as forcefully as if he was 40 years
younger. Somebody who saw the
right honorable gentleman as he was
departing for Cannes not many weeks
ago writes that he reminded her of an
ancient oak tree, with a pink blossom
ing on its hoary trunk.
Raising; the Backs of Pews.
A device for heightening the backs of
pews when the same are too low has
been patented by a church-goer of Sandy
Lake, Pa. It consists of brackets be
ing .grooved to receive the end of a
panel, and having a recess in the sides
of the upper part of the bracket to re
ceive the top rail. Clamps in the cen
ter of the panel strenghten the attach
ment, which can : be rendered as orna'
mental as may be desired. -
Legislation In Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin senate has passed a
bill providing that no foreign corpora
tion which is a member of a trust be
permitted to enforce any contract in
the state. It also adopted an amend
ment to the general election law to al
low the gold Democrats a place on the
ticket and to enable them to retain
their party organization. The house
rejected a bill for the taxation of
church property.
The Hide In Evidence.
A Chicago man who sued a street car
company for $5,000 damages for killing
his $2,000 St. Bernard dog, which was
said to be one of the largest in Amer
ica, brought into court as one of his
exhibits a handsome rug- made of the
skin and the head of' his dog. The
jury were seemingly greatly impressed
by its appearance, but gave a verdict
for the company.
War Vessels Now Being Built.
There are now in process of building
for the British navy eighty-nine ves
sels; for the French, thirty-three; for
the Russian, thirty-nine; for the Ger
man, nineteen, and for the Italian,
thirteen. Of these vessels which are
being built by Great Britain, forty
eight are torpedo boats, while of the
others powers Italy is the only one that
is building any, and she only one.
A Custom of the Rothschilds.
It is the custom in the Rothschild
family to purchase six pearls, each
costing 100, at the birth of each girl
baby. Upon each birthday six more
pearls are added to the original nest
egg, so that -when the young woman
makes her debut into society a casket
of magnificent gems is presented, to
her. '
Canada's Fopnlation.
The Canadian department of agricul
ture estimates the population of the
Dominion to be 5,125,438, a gain of
rather less than 300,000 since the cen
sus of 1891. In 1890 there were two
states of the Union that exceeded Can
ada in population New York, with
5,997,853 inhabitants, and Pennsylva
nia, with 5,258,014.
Rival Seaports
Hamburg has passed Liverpool with
in the last few years in the tonnage of
its foreign commerce. Liverpool still
is far ahead in the matter of coastwise
trade by sea, and, owing to that fact,
the total tonnage of shipping entering
and clearing in a year is greater in the
English city.
Leprosy Congress.
The German government is sending
out invitations to an international con
gress on leprosy, at which Dr. Koch,
the eminent bacteriologist, will pre
side. Sweden, Denmark, Norway and
Eussia have already intimated their
intention of being officially repre
sented. '
Some Things That Never Sleep.
Naturalists have discovered that
there are several species of fish which
never sleep, and that many species of
flies are awake from the time they are
hatched until they die. There are
'some dogs and cats, also, that appar
ently never sleep that is, at night.
Veteran of the Clans. .
Sir R. Menzies, the hereditary chief
of the Clan Menzies, is the oldest
Highland chief of any clan now living.
He is in his eightieth year, and wears
a kilt winter and summer continuously.
He stands 6 feet 3 inches in height.
Ruined by the Famine. '
Among the greatest sufferers from
the Indian famine are the jewelers in
Delhi, whose business is ruined, as
hardly any marriages take place, and
everybody wants to sell ornaments in
stead of buying. -
A single bee, with its industry, en
ergy and the innumerable journeys it
has to perform, will not collect much
more than a teaspoonful of honey in a
single season.
During the first weeks of 1896 the
number of cases of rabies in dogs re
ported in England was 423, more than
one-fourth of them being in London.
Gladness Comes
Wi
ith a better understanding1 of the
transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper ei
forts gentle efforts pleasantefforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that so many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi
tion of the svstem, which -the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly removes. ThaOs why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, and is
every where esteemed bo highly by all
who value good health., Its beneficial,
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without debilitating the
organs on which it acts. - It is therefore
all important, in . order to get its bene
ficial effects, to note when ' yon pur
chase, that you have the genuine arti
cle, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system Is regular, laxatives or
other remedies are then not needed. If
afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere, Syrup of
Rgs stands highest and is most largely
Jted and gives most general satisfaction.
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Paine's Celery Compound.
Within the past year, among the
thousands of hearty testimonials to the
wonderful curative powers of Paine's
celery compound that have been re
ceived by Wells, Richardson & Com
panyamong the thousands of grateful
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from members of the national houee of
representatives.
All were willing that their experi
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rightly that they might thus do good to
others.
In these columns have already been
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Congressmen Meredith, Bell, Grout and
Powers, Now comes a letter from
Congressman Robert Neill of Arkan
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"My home is at Batesville, Ark.
During the last spring and summer my
eldest daughter, then 17 years of age,
was in very poor health, suffering from
general debility, nervous prostration
and frequent slight fevers. She had
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latter part of September last, while
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about four pounds, and am more cheerful and In better humor than I was
before. By using your Belt another month or two X hope to be cured entirely."
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