THE SACRED THIRTIETH DAY OF MAY.
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When Columbia Chants , the Praises and Decorates the Graves of Her
Dead Heroes. .
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ATURE was in
her gentlest mood.
The sunset was
gorgeous, the air
clear and light.and
the pretty cottage
wmmiW; Tt-- ioou;-d
. nolnce. yet its
occupant sat at the
vine-covered win
dow, sad, tearful
and depressed.
The morrow was
Decoration Iny.
ht was for
KUU
her always an occasion of """"she
Mingled with memories of the here , sne
faithfully mourned, however, fM""
fresh and therefore more poignant griii,
and when she arose and went out into xue
little garden the sacred, tender emotions
that always hallowed this season were
clouded by the intrusion of a trouble
scarcely her own.
In the near cemetery rested her hus
banda patriot who had turned the tide
of a great battle by his heroism, and who
for twenty years after the war was the
pride of the little community in which he
lived. How faithfully she mourned him
the carefully nurtured flowers always
gathered on the eve of the coming memo
rial day, as now, told to every neighbor,
who, with her, revered the memory of a
true man and a brave soldier.
"Poor Barry!" she murmured, lifting
her tear-filled eyes, and glancing anxious
ly down the road. "It will break uis
heart when he knows when he knows!"
When he knows what? Widow Mor
ton looked across $he valley to where a
stately summer home reared its turrets,
as if to silently answer the question.
The place had been occupied by a
stranger since February, a wealthy city
banker, who had brought his only child,
a daughter of 18, and his servants thither
early in the year, tired of the city season.
Be had come down to Lupton only occa-
I.OVE CONQUERS ALL.
ionally during the past three months, but
winsome Eleanor Morse had been there n'.l
the time, and had become the favorite of
the village.
The favorite of Barry, her Barry, Wid
ow Morton's Barry, as well! The widow
had trembled when she first noted the evi
dences of their sincere attachment. But
how could she have the heart to dim the
bright joy in Barry's eye; how could she
point out to him the insurmountable bar
rier of wealth that would oppose his love
some day! And now the end had come.
Banker Morse had learned that his daugh
ter had given her heart to a struggling
young village physician. She, Mrs. Mor
ton, had learned that afternoon of an
angry scene at the mansion, in which ihe
pnrse-frt-oud Morse had told his child he
would rather see her dead than the wife
of a nameless, penniless country doctor,
and they were packing np now to leave
Lupton forever.
"Madam, can you direct me I am look
ing for the home of Dr. Morton?"
The widow looked up. Then her heart
began to tremble. She knew the speaker,
though be did not know her the great
in an from the city.
She saw in his nervous, suppressed man
ner the anger that was ready to Hash ,
forth at slight provocation, She snefsed
his mission he had come to parry bitur
words with the young man who had
stolen his daughter's heart.
"I am his mother, sir," she said simply.
"Will j on not come in and wait for hiif''"
The banker twirled his great w
chain furiously, reflected impatiently,
nodded with curtness. Then as she
showed him into the neat sitting room and
placed her flowers on a table, and a sword
and a yelt above it told their own story,
a token of sudden interest came into the
visitor's eyes. - ,
'Tou you are a soldier's widow, mad
am?" he insinuated, almost reverently.
, "Yes, there is my hero!"
She was heart full, and, pointing lo a
picture on tbe wall, she left the rooo,
mm
weeping
heoanse she knew this proud man
had
come to crush her Barry's heart.
"That!" echoed the banker, arising,
pale and startled, "that!" but the widow
was gone, and did not hear him.
Like a man in a dream he sat for fully
ten minutes staring at the picture. Then,
trembling, rapt, he arose and scanned the
framed record of John Morton's war ser
vice. "Chattanooga," he read. "That pic-
rose!'
and he took a small, faded, ragged
counterpart from his pocketbook and com
pared tb.e'Bi. "The same man after all
these years!
When Widow Morton re-entered that
room thortly afterwards, to her infinite
surprise she found it untenanted, her vis
itor gone.
She had not the heart to tell what she
had learned of Eleanor Morse, to tell of
her mysterious visitor to Barry that day.
The next, as they sat by John Morton's
grave in the beautiful Lupton cemetery,
after they had placed the flowers upon the
mound revered, she was about to speak of
it, when, glancing up, she saw approach
ingthe man who had visited her so
strangely the day previously.
He bowed to her gravely. He lifted his
hat, he placed beside her own simple flow
ers on her husband's grave an exquisite
.wreath of roses.
1 And- then he sat down beside them. His
eyes were full of tears. Memory and fidel
ity had broken down all his pride, and in
that moment the widow comprehended
that her darling boy would never know
how nearly be had lost the woman he
loved.
A soldier had saved Richard Morse's
life at Chattanooga at the risk of his own
nobly, heroically. There had been a
hurried exchange of photographs, a prom
ise never to forget, a quick alarm, scat
tered forces, and the two parted never to
meet Again in life.
But Richard Morse had never forgot
ten, and gratitude sealed the lips of pride
and sanctioned the appeal of love on that
bright, beautiful Memorial Day.
Memorial Day of '76.
A brief sketch of how the centennial
Memorial Day of 1876 was kept by the
House of Representatives at Washington
may be of interest. It was the enterprise
of Mrs. McLean Kimball, the widow of
the "first man to scale the walls of Chap
nltepec" in the Mexican war, and who
lost his life in the civil war, Lieut. Col.
Kimball. With an enthusiasm worthy
the widow of a hero, and of ancestors
who fought gloriously in the Stuart rebel
lion, the old Scotch McLeans, Mrs. Kim
ball decided that it was due to the heroes
of America that they should be honored
at the nation's headquarters. Securing
the services of the pupils of the Franklin
school, Mrs. Kimball made her plans very
quietly, and early on the morning of May
SO, 1876, she marched to the capitol with
thirteen little girls dressed in the national
colors representing the thirteen original
States and with one small boy dressed in
sailor costume, who walked in advance,
bearing the Stars and Stripes. There in
a room placed at her disposal, Mrs. Kim
ball and her little band spent the morn
ing in making wreaths and decorations
from the flowers previously given to
them, a liberal supply coming from the
conservatories of the White-House. They
next carried these to the old hall of rep
resentatives, where they decorated the
statues of the sons of the republic, fol
lowed by a large gathering of friends and
strangers who watched every movement
in reverent silence. Thence they passed
to the House of Representatives, where
the famous portraits of Lafayette and
Washington adorn the wall. Mrs. Kim
ball there fastened a magnificent star of
roses sent from the White House over
the head of Washington, while over La
fayette she suspended a basket of blue
and white fleur de lis, also a gift from
the President's family.
This graceful recognition of the centen
nial heroes was carried on at the same
time that the later comrades were receiv
ing their ovations in the silent shades of
Arlington, at the Soldiers' Home, and in
other cemeteries.
Pure and Undented Patriotism.
Patriotism, pure and undefined, Is one
of the noblest sentiments that can inspire
a human heart, and no page of history
chronicles more sacrifices, more unselfish
effort and more lofty and determined en
deavor than characterized the period of
that bitter anJ uneon,promiHjng struggle,
Tbe hredta liart 0f it has never been
told, and only in the books of the record
ing angels above are many of the entries
to the credit of those who gave lip every
thing that they held dear that the honor
of the American nation might be npbeld:
:md upon the historical battle grounds of
the disputed territory, as well aa upon the
scattered grave all through the entire
Union, it is fitting and proper that gar
lands be laid and that patriotic tears may
fall. -
No Oath Needed.
It is a pleasing sight, albeit a sad one,
to see the veterans of battle and cam
paigns keeping time to the music by which
they once marched to fight for tbe Stars
and Stripes. Then tboss mas were la the
weeping over a tender memory,
fire and flush of first youth; now they em
phasize their speech with a crutch. A
story is told of a man who was in court
as a witness in a case at litigation, and
who was ordered by the judge to ho d up
his hand and be sworn. He held up his
left hand. :
"Hold np your right hand!" roared the i
judge.
"I can't, your honor," said the man. i
"Fine him for contempt of court, and
send him to jail until his fine is paid!"
"All right, your honor, but there isn't
any hand to my right arm. It lie's buried
at Shiloh. I am a soldier!"
"Remit his fine. He needn't be sworn.
Now,( tell us what you know about this
case," said the judge, wiping his eyes
suspiciously hard.
LAY HIM LOW.
, LOSE his eyes; hia
work is done.
What to him is
friend or foeman.
Rise of moon or set
of sun.
Hand of man or kiss
of woman I
Lay him low. lay him low.
In the clover or tbe snow.
What eares he? He cannot know.
Lay him low.
As a man he fought his fight.
Proved his truth by his endeavor.
Let him sleep in solemn night.
Sleep forever and forever.
Lay him low, lay him low,
In the clover or the snow.
What cares be? He cannot know.
Lay him low.
Fold him to bis country's stars.
Roll the drum and fire the volley.
What to him are all our wars?
Wbat but death bemocklng folly T
La) him low, lay him low.
In tbe clover or the snow.
What cares he? He cannot know.
Lay him low.
Leave him to God's watching eye.
Trust him to the hand that made him,
Mortal love weeps Idly by,
God alone has power to aid him. .
Lay him low, lay him low.
In the clover or the snow.
Wbat cares he? He cannot know.
Lay him low.
WE HAVE SWEET TEETH.
How the Little Warblera Are Lar d
to Their Doom la Tennessee. !
Although the production of beet su- '
gar in the United State has never ful- !
filled the high hopes Claus Spreckels :
once had of that Industry, yet the stat- 1
istics issued by the Department of Ag-1
rlculture show that it is by no means
to be despised. The increase in pro
duction, If nothing else, commands at
tention. In 1895-96 tbe United States '
produced 30.000 tons of beet sugar and
in 1896-97 it produced 40,000 tons. If
the beet root sugar of Europe were left :
out of the calculation the United States
would be to-day the second sugar pro
ducing country of the world and Java
would be the first. Last year the Uni-
ted States produced 315,000 tons of
sugar and Java 495,000 tons. Poor Cuba
used to be the world's great source of j
supply for cane sugar. In 1894-95 Cuba
produced 1,040,000 tons; last year she
produced only 100,000 tons. So great is '
the production of beet root sugar in
Europe, however, that It has been able
to supply without effort the remarkable J
deficiency in the world's sugar crop!
caused by the Cuban war. In 1896-97 i
no less than 4,960,000 tons of beet root
sugar were produced in Europe, Ger
many alone producing 1,800,000 tons. '
I-ast year the people of the -United
States ate up no less than 1,960,086 tons 1
of sugar. Americans have the sweetest
teeth of any people in the world, ex
cept the English. The consumption of
sugar in the United States averages
62.6 pounds per capita and In England
86 pounds. In Servia there Is the
smallest consumption per capita, each
person averaging only four pounds a
year.
. The sugar cane was Introduced Into
America soon after the discovery, and
its cultivation rapidly spread over all
those parts of the New World adapted
to it growth, -: st
There is no end of flavor
in Schillings Best tea made
right
There is not even begin
ning of flavor in average
tea, make it how you will.
At grocers' in packages.
a Schilling 9l Company
- - No More Indian Soldiers.
The last of the Indian companies of
tbe United States army, stationed at
Fort Sill, O. T., ia to be disbanded.
Thia marks the end of the effort to
make efficient soldiers out of the war
like aborigines of the frontier. .At first
the experiment bade fair to be success
ful. Several companies, both of cavalry
and infantry, were organized in com
mand of white officers who had mani
fested particular friendliness for the
Indians. The young braves liked the
jaunty uniforms, and promptly mas
tered the intricacies of military evolu
tions. They became men of mark in
their tribes. But soon the rigid dis
cipline and the enforced absence from
their homes and families became irk
some. They began to neglect their
duties and to appear first indifferent,
then sullen and mutinous. One by one
the Indian troops and companies have
been- disbanded until there remained
only the command at Fort Sill, com
posed of fifty of Gefonimo's Apache
warriors. Though they will j cease to
be regular soldiers of the United States,
these Indians will not leave the mili
tary service. They will probably be
retained, as other former soldiers have
been, as scouts, in which capacity the
red braves have had ample experience
in our Indian wars, and, indeed, have
proven themselves indispensabile auxil
iaries. Boston Journal.
Ants With Human Habits.
The German traveler Von Ihering
has discovered in Brazil a species of
ants which have regular summer and
winter resorts. In winter they live on
the ground, in summer in big nests con
structed on trees, in order to escape' the
danger of inundation when the snow
melts and the rivers rise. '
No More Hot Boxes.
One of the most wonderful of recent
inventions ia a roller bearing for car
wheels which does away with the use
of lubricants. There will be ho more
hot boxes. One wheel has had a test
of 170,000 miles in tbe West without
the application of a drop of oil.
Some English reporters now . take
notes at night by the light of a tiny
incandescent lamp attached to the
waistcoat. .
A doctor says that probably half the
deafness prevalent at the present time
is the result of children having their
ears boxed.
There are three times as many mus
cles in the tail of a dog as there are in
the human hand and wrist,
Berlin now has electric street cars
with storage batteries that need to be
charged but once a day.
Europe has four times as many cities
as it had in 1831, and the United
States 14 times as many.
Watercolor drawings will, it is said,
last 400 years if they are protected from
direct sunlight.
Northern papers are just awakening
to the fact that Mississippi is fattening
a few cattle for the Chicago markets.
A caterpillar is so greedy that in one
month it usually devours six thousand
times its own weight in food.
Nordau, the prophet of degeneracy,
declares that America is the land of
the future. -.
Gladness Gomes
With a better understanding of the
. transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper ef
forts gentle efforts pleasant efforts
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.. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed so 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 sets. It is therefore
all important, in order to get its bene?
ficial effects, to note when you pur
chase, that you have the genuine arti
cle, whioh is manufactured by the Call--f
ornia 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
Figs stands highest and is most largely
Jssid and gives most general satisfaction.
Used everywhere. SI bottle; six for &
Club together and send for six bottles for 5
if your dealer does not have it and we will pay
express. Address Oregon Blood Purifier, Port
land, Or. -
BASE BALL GOODS
We carry the most complete line of Gymnasium
and Athletic Goods on the Coast.
SUITS AND UNIFORMS MADE TO ORDER.
Bend for Our Athletic Catalogue.
WILL & FINCK CO.,
818-820 Market St., San Francisco, Cal.
WHEAT
Make money by suc
cessful speculation in
Chicago. We buy and
sell wheat there on mar-
pins. Fortunes have been maae on a small
beginning by trading in futures. Write ior
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 & Co., Chicago Board
of Trade Brokers. Offices in Portland, Oregon,
Spokane and Seattle, Wash. '
ETJPTCRB and PILES cured; no pay un
til cured; send for book. Dbs. Mansfield
ii Poetekfield, 338 Market St., San Francisco.
j
Cough Byron. Tastes Goad. Vm
In Maria. Bold pyaronrista.
N.P.N.U. No. 703 &P.N.U..NfV 780
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M Haass
THE FARM AND HOME
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FARM
ER AND HOUSEWIFE.
Remarkable Decrease In the Number
of Meat Animals Proper Use of
" Farm Implements Grease Will De
stroy the Hotn Fly.
Decrease in Live Etock.
The annual report of the Department
of Agriculture showing the number of
head of live stock In the country on
Jan. 1, 1897, exhibits a remarkable de
crease in all meat animals. The supply
of "other cattle" is placed at 30,502,-
000, a smaller number than in any
year since 1885. The number of sheep
is stated to be 36,119,000, which is low
er than at any time since 1878. The
number of swine is placed at 40,600,'
000, which Is lower than at any time
since Jan. 1. 1881. The total number
of meat animals of all kinds Is placed
at 123,896,000. The number has not
been so low since Jan. 1, 1881. The
number of milk cows is placed at 15,
942,000, a shortage of 195,586 as com
pared with a year ago, but it Is a small
er number than there has been in tbe
country since Jan. 1, 1889. The big
year in milk cows was 1S95, when they
numbered 18,504,529. The big year
In "other cattle" was 1892, when they
numbered 30,651,239; 1884 was the big
year in sheep, when the number was
50,636,626; 1892 was the big hog year,
the number then being 52,398,019. This
was also tbe big year in meat animals
of all kinds, when tbe aggregate was
151,403,974.
Right Use of Implements.
The right use of the plow, the sub-
soller, the roller, the drag and the har
row is oue of the fine problems of the
farm, the Southern Cultivator properly
remarks. Intelligent practice upon all
these points must vary according to
locality and season. -And after all, we
do not mean to convey the Idea that It
Is ever possible for the farmer to know
absolutely the right, thing to do, but a
keen and intelligent observation will
tell him about what is right nine times
out of ten, and that is quite a leverage
upon ordinary farm practice. The farm
er ought always to keep this fact in
view, that sure prosperity Is ever
awaiting tbe man who is a notch ahead
of the rank and file of his fellows in
his every-day practice. Try to be pre
pared for any conditions, favorable or
unfavorable, and make tbe most of
them.
Grease to Destroy Horn Fly.
The horn fly, unknown ' to cattle
breeders until within a few years, is
now widely spread, and its attacks
need to be counteracted in every locali
ty. The best preventive Is to apply
grease pretty thoroughly around the
head and horns where the bulk of them
will congregate, and then sponge the
animal along its back, sides and legs
with kerosene emulsion. Enough of
the grease will remain after tbe water
has dried away to repel the fly. It
breeds in the fresh excrement of cat
tle, and if this Is broken to pieces so
that it quickly dries, many of the eggs
will fail to hatch, or at least will not
reach maturity as a fly.
' A New Butter Packaee.
A description is given, in an Austra
lian paper, of a package which is said
to do away with the necessity of cold
storage of butter. The butter is first
packed in a box made of ordinary
glass, the corners being fastened with
gummed paper. A layer of plaster of
paris about one inch thick is placed
over the glass box, and the brick is
then wrapped in a paper especially pre
pared for the purpose. As the gypsum
is a non-conductor of heat, it Is claim
ed that butter so packed is not Injured
by any changes of temperature. But
ter packed In this manner in Melbourne
was sent to South Africa, tibout 700
miles, and arrived in the same condi
tion as when shipped. The cost of this
method of packing is said not to ex
ceed 2 cents per pound of butter. The
butter Is sent- as common freight,
which results In a great saving of ex
pense. Kansas Farmer.
Minor Dairying; Matters.
There are small matters, or minor de
tails, connected with dairying which at
tract no attention. The manner iu
which a cow Is milked may influence
her yitfd. At the Wisconsin Experi
ment Station milking one teat at a time
and weighing the milk drawn from
each teat was tested, and " the order
in which the teats were milked was
changed at each milking until each
teat bad Its turn of being milked first
and last. It was found that the teat
that was milked last gave less milk
than the others. The claim Is that the
gland had been excited to action and
the milking delayed, which gave the
result as mentioned.
Best Feed Corn.
Every spring offers of seed corn are
made for which extraordinary claims
are mentioned, as much as 200 bushels
per acre being given as the result of
tests with such varieties. It is best not
to use new varieties of such corn ex
cept with a packet of a few seeds, as
corn that produces well in some sec
tions will fail elsewhere. The best seed
corn to use is the variety known to be
well adapted to your land until by ex
periment something better Is found.
Corn that will thrive on heavy soils
may not give good results on sandy
land, hence the importance of being
very careful In the variety selected.
Time to Sell Lambs. .
The time to sell young lambs is when
they weigh about fifty pounds each,
live weight. They will lose from twelve
to sixteen pounds when killed and
dressed., Those who have had no ex
perience in marketing choice young
lambs should employ an expert at first,
as the manner of preparing for market
largely affects the price. If the lambs
are not fat keep them a while longer
and feed them an abundance, using
eornmeal and ground oats largely.
Early lambs may bring from $5 to $8,
according to quality.
Pruning Trees.
Early summer Is a good time to prune
trees, provided the pruner Is a person
of good judgment. Weak, half-dead
branches should be cut out. This ad
mits more light and air to the healthier
leaves and branches, which are ren
dered more healthy and vigorous by not
having to congregate with the poorer
class. Meeban's Monthly.
f nn flower Oil.
The chemist of the Agricultural De
partment, in Washington, thinks that
the oil made of sunflower seed, which
he says Is a perfect substitute for olive
oil, is the coming salad oiL
klm Milk for Pics.
Warm skira or new milk is the most
perfect feed' for pigs, and when this
cannot be had the nearer to it the food
can be made the better the result will
be. Middlings made Into a thin slop
steamed if convenient) and a little oil
meal added, is probably tbe best sub
stitute for milk. -It promotes growth
of bone and muscle. Corn meal por
ridge with a good proportion of on
meal, Is a good ration, except that tbr
corn may prove too fattening.
Farm Notes.
Don't have any idle ground. Weeds
take more nitrogen from the soil than
a grain crop.
The old adage, "Don't put your eggs
all In one basket," is applicable to tbe
farm. Don't depend on on crop.
In perfectly ripe cream, 52 degrees Is
the point of best separation, and be
cause it Is warmer often causes failure.
Those who raise large numbers of
chicks find that the early ones thrive
better than those hatched late. Tbe
cause Is due to the fact that tbe late
hatched chicks are attacked by lice
during the warm days and do not grow.
Fifteen minutes of soaking the seed
in warm water will not only assist oats
to germinate, but will effejna.lv pre
vent smut. Numerous chemical reme
dies for smut are recommended, but
none are so simple, so inexpensive or
so effective as tbe warm water.
The best watermelons are grown
when the underdrainage is good. Make
tbe hills now and fill in with manure,
first digging small pits, using the
coarse manure, which will more readi
ly permit the water to go down from
the surface. Plant the seed In May.
Parsnips are highly relished by all
kinds of stock and can remain in the
ground during the winter. They pro
duce from 400 to 1,000 bushels per acre,
according to soil and cultivation. If
only a small plot Is devoted to them
they will be found a welcome audition
to the stock rations in winter by afford
ing a greater variety.
Many grass fields have been render
ed unprofitable by .inexperienced per
son's, who have attempted to sow the
seed by band. An even distribution of
seed is one of the most important mat
ters connected with a grass crop, and
only those who have had long practice
should attempt to sow a field to grass
without the use of an implement for
that purpose, as there are several
makes of broadcast seed sowers.
In the Hawaiian islands, where
pumpkins and other like plants have
been introduced, and where they have
no bees or other insects of that kind to
do all the flower fertilizing, it is done
by the natives. These plants were
found to flower profusely, though bear
ing no fruit, and when they finally solv
ed the mystery they found it necessary
to carry by hand the pollen from
one plant to the pistils of another.
Little Cat Amber Now.
. "Is that real amber?" asked the man
as he held up a pipe before the dealer.
Tbe pipe was a handome briarwood
one and it had a clear amber mouth
piece nearly three inches long. The
price mark' was three dollars and a
half.
"Yes, it's real amber," said the deal
er. "That is, it's as real as any amber
you can get nowadays in a pipe. It Is
not cut from a piece of amber, but is
made by a melting process. Ninety
per cent, of that mouthpiece Is amber.
The other ten per cent, is a composi
tion used to harden it and make it
stick together.
"Some years ago amber was plenty,
and a pipe like that would have a
mouthpiece of amber cut from a block
and never melted. But the amber
mines have practically given out, and
you can't get any more big pieces.
"A piece of cut amber as long as
that on the pipe you have there would
be worth from twelve to fifteen , dol
lars, and It wouldn't be a bit better
than the manufactured amber. It
wouldn't be so durable and would not
feel any better between the teeth."
"I was in England a year ago," said
a man who had listened to the conver
sation, "and one of the largest pipe
manufacturers said that there had not
been a piece of amber as long as three
inches in the market for five years."
"That's so," said the pipe seller.
"You may get a pipe with a genuine
cut amber mouthpiece in some stores
in New York, but if you look up its
.record you will find it was made eight
or ten years ago and has been in stock.
This composition is used to-day in ex
pensive meerschaum as well as in
briarwoods."
The Talk of Cats.
Cats differ as much as human beings
In the quality of their voices and their
talkativeness, and, as far as my obser
vation goes, the finest bred have the
least to say. Princess and her immedi
ate descendants were talkers; they
also mewed for what they wanted, and
in response to a question; and they
ask many questions, the drift of which
we could not always catch, with un
mistakable Interrogation in the tone.
She and M'liss, who was a chatterbox
after her kind, bad a habit of making
conversational sounds in their throats
as many dogs have, especially when
much petted; they would keep up this
sotto voce communication for ten or
fifteen minutes, much to our perplex
ity, though It sometimes evidently ex
pressed affection or a wish for sympa
thy. They had great variety of inflec
tions in talking to their kittens, and ,
many of them were tender, and even
musical, like the chirp of a bird. J
M'liss had a cheerful mew, particu-
larly In bidding one good-morning, but ,
some cats have always a tone of com- j
plaint. Most or mine acknowledged
any little service, such as bringing food
or opening a door, by a mew of grati
tude. Creation of Silver.
The formation of silver mines is one
of the most Interesting processes of na
ture. It must be remembered that the
earth's crust is full of water, which
percolates everywhere through the
rocks, making solutions of elements ob
tained from them. These solutions
take up small particles of precious
metal which they find here and there.
Sometimes the solutions In question are
hot, the water having got so far down
as to be set boiling by the internal heat
of the globe. Then they rush upward,
picking up the bits of metalas they go.
Naturally heat assists.the performance
of this operation. Now and then the
streams thus formed pass through
cracks or cavities in the rocks, where
they deposit their lodes of silver. This
is kept up for a great length of time
perhaps thousands of years-untll the
pocket is filled up. Crannies permeat
ing the stony mass in every direction
may become filled with the precious
metal, or occasionally a chamber may
be stored full of It
Reads in Miasjonri.
According to the statement of the
President of the Missouri Good Roads
Association the people of that State
spent $490,000 during 1886 for road im
provement, while it cost them just
$600,000 for road supervisors. In other
words, It cost the State $1,090,000 dur
ing tbe year for $490,000 worth of road
Improvement.
Still Orowlnar.
Aunt Miranda I suppose you , saw
Mary's girl when you were down to the
city. Has she grown much since they
moved away from Basawood Corners?
- Uncle Jedekiah Grown! Why, she's
growln yet You won't believe it, but
-her newest dress only reaches to hex
shoulders. Brooklyn Life. . :
WARMTH FOB COMFORT.
An old cat loves a sunny corner and a
long nap, and this is natural and wise. The
genial warmth of the sun lulls to rest, and
while asleep, it may be curative to the cat's
few ailments. Soreness and stiffness come
upon us suddenly and put tbe machinery
of the body out of gear. St. Jacobs Oil
eoes suddenly to work uoon the trouble.
and with its warmth, like warmth to the
old cat. it lulls the pain to sleep, drives out
the cold, softens the stiffened muscles,
lubricates the machinery, and in a short
time puts the whole body in good working
order. Soreness and stiffness are not much
to cure by the use of St. Jacobs Oil but, if
neglected, they take the lorni of rheuma
tism which gives a great deal more pain.
Strengthening Cherbourg.
It is stated that 1,000,000 francs are
shortly to be expended upon new de
fense works on the isle of Pelee. at
Cherbourg. "
A DANGEROUS LETHABOT.
The forerunner of a train of evils, which too
often culminate fatally, is inactivity, or leth
argy of the kidneys. Not only is Bright's dis
ease, diabetes, gravel, or some other dangerous
Integral disease of the organs themselves, to be
apprehended, but dropsical diffusions from the
biood, rheumatism and gout are all traceable
to the non-removal from the blood by the kid
neys of pertain impurities. Hostetter's Stom
ach Bitters depurates the blood, renders the
snaneys active ana prevents tneir disease.
According to the deductions of a well
known astronomer, we receive as much
light from the sun as could be emitted
by 680,000 moons.
BOHE PRODUCTS AND PURE FOOD.
All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
glucose. "Tea Garden Dript" is made from
ugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is for sale
by first-class grocers, in cans only. Manufac
tured by tbe Pacific Coast Syrup Co. All gen
uine "Tea Garden Dript" have the manufac
turer's name lithographed on every can.
The banks of Newfoundland are
formed by the sand, ice and stone
brought from the north by the ice
bergs. Stats of Ohio, City of Toledo, i
Lccas Cotott. i ss
Fbank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is the
senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney fc Co.,
doing business in the city of Toledo, Countv
and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS -for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use of Hall's Catabbh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in mv
presence, thia 6th day of December, A. D. ltsDS.
iZC77l A- w- GLEASON,
iill Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Bold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Philadelphia has a greater mileage
of electrio railways than the whole of
Germany, according to the electric
world.
I believe my prompt use of Piso's Cure
prevented quick consumption. Mrs. Lu
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Great Britain is coming more and
more to the opinion that Russia's occu
pation of Constantinople is inevitable.
Take now Oregon Blood Purifier and
keep well this summer.
Legal Status of Dogs.
The owner of a valuable Newfound
land dog in New Orleans sought dam
ages from a railroad company for killing
it. The case turned on the validity of
an act of the Louisiana legislature,
recognizing dogs as personal property
only when placed on the assessment
rolls. Tbe supreme court sustains the
law and refuses damages, since the dog
was not assessed, incidentally defining
tbe law in regard to dogs in general as
follows: "The very fact that they are
without protection of the criminal laws
shows that property in dogs is of an
imperfect or qualified nature, and that
they stand, as it were, between animals
ferae naturae, in which, until subdued,
there is no property, and domestic ani
mals, in which the right of property is
complete. They are not considered as
being upon the same plane with horses,
cattle, sheep and other domestic ani
mals, but rather in the category of cats,,
monkeys, parrots, singing birds and
similar animals kept for pleasure, curi
osity or caprice. Unlike domestic ani
mals, they are useful neither as beasts
of burden, for draft, nor for food."
About twenty-two acres of land are
necessary to support one man on flesh
meat.
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