The Corvallis gazette., November 12, 1897, Image 4

fliscellany.
THE JOURNEY.
J think of death a some delightful Jour
ney That I shall take when all my tasks are
done;
Though life has given me a heaping meas
ure Of all best gifts, and many a cup of
. plaesnre,
Still better things await me further on.
This little earth is such a merry planet,
, The distances beyond it so supreme,
I have no doubt that all the mighty spaces
Between us and the stars are filled with
faces
More beautiful than any artist's dream.
I like to think that I shall yet behold
them,
When from this waiting room my soul
has soared.
Earth Is a wayside station, where we
wander,
Until from out the silent darkness yonder
Death swings his lantern, and cries,
"All aboard!"
I think death's train sweeps through the
solar system
And passes suns and moons that dwarf
our own,
And close beside us we shall find our
dearest,
The spirit friends on earth we held the
nearest,
And In the shining distance God's great
throne.
(Whatever disappointment may befall me
In plans or pleasures In this world of
doubt,
I know that life at worst can but delay
me,
But no malicious fate has power to stay
me '
From that grand journey on the Great
f Death route.
Baltimore American.
BY A BRACELET.
IiLi the anger
had died out of
his voice, the
half-smoked
pipe had drop
ped from his
fingers upon the
sand, and his
head was bow
ed despondent
ly. The girl
seated on the
upturned boat
clasped her
hands behind
her neck, and
s w a n g back,
watching him
furtively.
"I'm sorry I spoke as I did just now,
Kitty," he said, with a plaintive gesture
of conciliation. "You're only Jokln',
ain't you? I guess I ain't half good
enough for you; but you ain't goln to
throw me overboard, are you? The
pictur was grand, and no mistake; an'
you looked just like yourself. It ain't
the pictur'; it's it's "
He broke off short and glanced at the
little circle of gold that spanned the
girl's white wrist. With a quick move
ment she drew down the sleeve of her
pink blouse, covering It from sight
"You've good cause for It, Jem," she
said. "Perhaps you didn't mean all you
said, an' I hope you didn't, lad, for
'twas no way to speak o' your betters.
Did I ever promise to marry you, or
anyone else? Can't I take a present
from anyone without bein' spoke to as
if I'd committed murder or robbery or
summat worse? Well?"
"I guess you can do what you like,
Itty," he said, sadly; "an' nobody least
of all me has no right to say a word."
"That's good. Maybe, for the futur
you'll know your place. Good night.'
He watched the little figure In pink
hurrying over the Bands till it dwindled
and disappeared among the shadows of
the gabled street, and then drew out a
boat to row across the bay. By and by
there was a shout, and he glanced over
his shoulder and apathetically backed
the oars.
"Can't you look where you're going,
you dolt? Do you want to run me
down?"
I guess I'll set you swlmmln' if
you're not civil," he said, squaring his
shoulders. "Mebbe you think we've no
blood in our veins because we live
rough, an' don't dress fine an' ain't able
to earn much money. I guess if you an
me quarrel you'll be the sorriest; so
stand clear! Good night!"
The young man In the tweed suit
stood up, heedless of the heavy pollock
tugging at his line, and started after
.the retreating boat.
"The Impudent hound!" he blurted
out Then, as he cleverly played the
fish, and drew It In, till It lay gasping
under tne tnwart, he laughed softly.
"Another of the girl's admirers, I sup
pose, ne said.
In the morning Jem and Ted Trew
lowe came down the village street to
gether. Jem carried a coll of rope and
a pointed iron bar the stock-in-trade
of his hazardous profession, that of
egg hunter.
The boat was headed for the gray-
whits column across the bay, the
.Witches' Pillar. They scrambled up
the rift In the cliff, and reached the
- breezy uplands. The Iron bar was drlv
en deep into the soil, and five minutes
later the figure of a man swung high
over the sea, terrifying the birds, and
looming black against the lighter back'
ground of the cliff.
Little Trewlowe sat steadying the
waylng rope, his heels firmly wedged
In the holes he had cut to keep them
from slipping, and his black cutty grip
ped tight between his clenched teeth.
There was a frightened look in his eyes,
for Jem had seemed so queer and so
little like himself.
Suddenly the rope slackened, and
then grew taut again with a fierce jerk
that started the bar a full inch and
seared his hands. Then It swayed
limply against the cliff edge, and
faint cry from below sent his heart into
his throat
He peered over the brink with almost
sightless eyes, and called again. The
rope streaked down, slackened and
limp. He fancied he saw a dim blurr
of bubbles scarring the smooth surface
of the distant water and his head reel
ed.
With trembling fingers he knotted
the rope firmly to the bar, and throwing
off his coat swung himself over the
brink.
The sun climbed the sky and slid
down lazily behind the Witches' Pillar,
. decking the sky with gold and the big
eye of the far-off lighthouse started
dazzling through the gloom. The boats
came in one by one.
Long after the light in the west had
melted into a hazy gray, Kitty sat and
mused in the cottage porch. When the
shadows drew in the lighthouse unclos
ed Its ponderous eye and glared at her
for a moment like some huge beast as
It circled round, cleaving the darkness.
"I think I'll just run down an see
. Mrs. Trewlowe, dad," she said, shakily,
looking through the open door. 5
Jen's little cottage, with its screen f
tall fuchsias, stood silent and deserted.
The frenzied beat Of her knuckles on
the door echoed back to her mockingly
through the two tiny rooms. f
A panting woman,' , with a' dingy
shawl thrown over her head, met her
half way down. Some Instinct intangi
ble and undefined, seemed to tell each
what she wished, yet dreaded to learn;
for no words were spoken, no questions
asked. Their hands met in unspoken
sympathy, and hand in hand they de
scended the hill. "
They paused on the bluff, straining
their eyes In hopes of seeing a dark
speck crawl out under the shadow of
the cliffs. A boat was moving outward
toward the deeps where the conger lay,
and the girl's heart grew bitter against
its occupant and the tiny band of gold
upon her Wrist seemed -to scorch her
flesh. -,- , .
When they stood below the creaking
sign of the Merry Mariners the woman
hung back, and looked at her plteously.
"I'll go In," said Kitty, touching tne
woman on the arm.
There was a sudden hush as the
white-faced girl tottered In and gave a
hurried glance around.
"Is is he here?" she gasped. I i
mean
An old hag, seated In the far corner
of the room, bared her toothless gums
and ttered a cracked laugh. '-:
'.'No, he hain't dearie. I seed him
goln' congerfishln' in his swell clothes.
P'raps, if I axed him prettily, he d put
me In a pictur, too! Eh, dearie? He!
'I mean Jem Jem Holt my Jem,"
as she panted, catching her breath.
Ted Trewlowe an' him went nestin'
on the Pillar this mornln. Ted ain't
back, an my Jem ain't back, an Jem
and Ted Trewlowe my Jem is is "
She broke down, covering her face
with her hands. The men laid aside
their pipes and went out softly, whis
pering among themselves.
The sad-eyed woman was waiting for
her, and together they hastened to the
beach and launched old Andrew's boat
The others were far across the bay al
ready. '
The oars splashed sluggishly, and the
boat sped on through the creeping dusk.
At last the girl peered over her shoulder
and stood up, covering her mouth with
her hands.
"Hallo!"
An answering cry In a man's deep
tones echoed across the water, and she
bent to the oars once more. Then she
drew back her arm and tossed some
thing into the air something that glis
tened with a yellowish tinkle at the
artist's feet
It was a narrow chain of gold, em
bellished with a heart-shaped pendant
his gift returned. a
The nose of the boat veered round
and they headed up the bay. The wom
an still rocked herself, sobbing softly,
but Kitty's cheeks were dry, though
her breath came and went in uncertain
gasps.
A hoarse cheer swelled . up through
the night and set their hearts singing.
Kitty's head went down on her hands,
and tears came at last as the heavy
burden of agonized suspense fell from
her. One by one the boys tolled across
the light and were soaked up by the
darkness under "the' Farcombe shore.
Kitty roused herself and followed.
There was a chattering crowd of men
and women outside the Merry Marin
ers, but they fell aside to let her pass,
and they thronged the doorway curi
ously. The room inside was packed,
and little Trewlowe, very pale and
shaky, was jerkingly narrating the ad.
venture between the sips of his brandy
and water. But Kitty saw no one but
Jem.
He sat in the middle of the room, the
ashen hue of his face, showing clearly
through the grime, his hands bruised
and bleeding, and his clothes torn to
shreds. They had cut away the left
sleeve of his coat and the brawny vil
lage doctor was setting the splintered
bone of his arm.
In a moment she was kneeling beside
him, heedless of them all, with her
arms clasped round his neck and her
cheek pressed to his.
'O, Jem!" she whispered. "Jem!
Jeni!"
By and by they went down the road
together In the darkness, Jem's unin
jured arm circling the girl's waist and
her bead resting on his shoulder.
"It was mighty lonesome up there.
lassie," he said softly, "an' I was think-
in' of you mostly. Little Ted couldn't
get back, an couldn't get to me neith
er; so I guess I had plenty o' time to
think. I'll work hard for you, darlln';
but I guess I shan't be able to buy you
no w
She drew down his big hand -and
pressed It against her slim wrist.
"Hush, Jem!" she said. "It's gone
I've given it back to him."
Tru to His Brina-injc-Cp.
A writer In the Independent has dis
covered something rare a donkey boy
in Cairo with a sense of the ideal. Most
boys of his profession are a good-na
tured lot but few are the vices they
cannot teach. Little Hassan, on the
contrary, seems to have principles, and
is quietly stanch In his adherence to
them,
Once he refused a cigarette, says the
traveler, and in my surprise I almost
lost my balance.
"What! Not smoke, Hassan?" said
I. "I thought all the donkey boys
smoked,
"I don't" said Hassan, who looked
about eleven, was short, very, brown,
very scantily dressed, quite dirty, had
only one eye and trotted behind the
donkey with rounded . shoulders and
head craned forward. "I don't ' If I
did, my family would beat me, and
quite right too."
"But who are you, and who are your
family?" I asked. -v r
"Ah!" he said, proudly, "we are
Sudaense. In the Sudan, we are strict
To smoke, to use wine, to drink coffee,
not to pray these are shameful things;
and if a man does anything impure,
they hang him to a tree with his face
toward the sun." . ...
Not from Heaven.
Thirty years ago a "steamer which
was about to make its. first passage
from one Southern city to another was
the scene of an evening reception, at
which a calliope played an Important
part .--..-.
It was the first instrument of the sort
which had ever been heard In that re
gion, and as Its peculiar,' far-reaching
nnaB Anatoil mi CtTl t Vl O OY'OTl 1 Tl IT air t llr-
breasts of a large part of the colored
noDulation were filled -with alarm.
Many were'the conjectures as to the
source from which the unearthly sound
proceeded.
One old darky stood listening in si
lence for some time in his doorway,
not far from the scene of the festivi
ties... At last he spoke in encouraging
tones to the frightened group gathered
near the little house.
"I tell you what" he said, slowly; "I
don' b'lleve dat am Gabriel a-playing
on his tromp; but if it am Gabriel, he's
playing Wait for de Wagon,' sure's dii
chile's got ears!" --v-- -i.?"-
Sin may be ugly but It Understand
the art of beauty culture. - -
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
THINGS PERTAINING TO
THE
. FARM AND HOME.
Proper Shelter for Stock-Caring; for
Cabbage Advantages of a Covered
Barnyard-Methodof WashingButter
Harvesting Weedy Potatoes - Notes.
Shelter for Stock.
One of the most important and oft-
neglected matters for fall considera
tion on farms where a few swine are
kept Is that of a proper shelter for
them during the Inclement weather of
late fall and during the winter season.
This Is a question into which both hu
manity and profit enter. Nests made
In heating manure piles and at the base
of straw stacks furnish warmth, but
are very Injurious to the health of the
animals; while low, dusty' shelters un
der buildings breed vermin and disease
and should be avoided. Dry, floored
pens raised from the ground so the
wind can blow under are very uncom
fortable In cold weather, and the ani
mals will not thrive therein until the
wind is excluded below. Every farmer
.knows how to construct comfortable
shelters, but it Is too often neglected,
and the pigs not only permitted but
compelled to "rough It," often under
the most unfavorable conditions.
Cabbage in Winter.
The old plan of burying, or putting
cabbage in trenches during winter, or
for winter use, has become obsolete.
and a more simple and easy plan has
been adopted. Where cabbage Is grown
on a large scale .for shipping purposes,
the best plan is to lift the cabbage and
stack them two tiers deep and as close
ly as they can be placed in an orchard,
or wood if convenient and cover with
leaves to the depth of two or three
inches, the leaves to be kept in place
by a slight covering of earth, says
American Gardening. In this way the
heads will keep perfectly "sound all
winter, and they can be easily taken
up as wanted for shipping. For fam
ily use cabbages can be kept in the
same way, only ,it will not be neces
sary to make the second layer. It Is
quite Important to keep them a little
below the freezing point It has been
suggested to. keep them in some con
venient building, but this plan has al
ways resulted In failure, as the dry at
mosphere Is fatal; cabbage must be
kept moist and cool, the slightest wilt
ing renders It unfit for the table.
A Covered Barnyard.
The barnyards during the winter are
often so wet and filthy that the animals
are uncomfortable, which difficulty Is
sought to be remedied by the use of
cornstalks and other materials as ab
sorbents.. The barnyard can be ren
dered dry by having it higher than the
level of the surrounding ground, but
In the arrangement of the barnyard
for the comfort of stock the next point
Is bow to preserve the manure from
loss by rains, heat cold, etc The only
remedy Is a covered barnyard, but that
Is expensive, though farmers would
find that the saving of food, better pro
tection to stock in summer and winter,
and the saving of manure would repay
any outlay in that respect as any kind
of roof that would turn water from the
barnyard would answer the purpose.
Washing Batter.
In washing butter either extreme is
to be avoided. To wash it even in
granular form, until the water runs
off clear, will give us a butter that will
not decay or turn strong so soon as that
not washed so thoroughly, but It
washes out much of the flavor. On the
other hand, while the flavor is enhanced
by not washing, the buttermilk left In
after working will tend to putrefac
tion; for, as we all know, there is noth
ing which more quickly spoils and be
comes ill-smelling than buttermilk. To
work out all the buttermilk breaks the
grain, makes the butter salvy. Of
course, we do not want to do this, so
we will wash it In granular form
through two or three waters (depending
upon quantity of water used, and also
upon temperature of butter), work In
the salt until thoroughly Incorporated,
and call it finished. Jersey Bulletin.
' Harvesting Weedy Potatoes.
That sins of neglect will follow a man
until be is duly punished Is never more
conclusively proven than when the neg
lected potato field comes to be harvest
ed. Not only Is the crop greatly les
sened, but the labor of harvesting has
been Increased. As a matter of fact
the farmer who can and does keep his
potatoes free from weeds saves labor
by the operation. Sooner or later the
weeds have to be uprooted. It costs
less to do this while they are small. If
done then, the yield of .marketable
tubers Is so much Increased, and the ex
pense of harvesting Is decreased so.
that It really costs less to harvest a large
crop kept free from weeds than to har
vest a crop failure made so because
overrun with weeds.
.'Weaning Young Lambs.
It is always best to wean lambs from
their dams Derore cold weather or
droughts injure the pasturage. But
however good the feed, some grain
should be added to keep the calf thrifty
and in good condition to enter the win
ter. Oats are the best grain to feed to
lambs or sheep, and when at pasture a
gill a day is sufficient, as It is not de
sirable to fatten them. Much of the
future value of the sheep depends on
how It goes through the first winter.
It should be kept growing, and It Is
also making a fleece to be shorn In the
spring. Both of these operations re
quire rich food with a large proportion
of nitrogenous nutrition. Oats or beans
will, supply this. When lambs are to
be fattened add corn meal with bran
and a very little linseed meal. The
latter is especially good to increase the
wool growth, and some may safely be
given with oats and wheat bran to
lambs that are to be kept for breed
ing, i -
Making Small Cheeae. " '
A great deal of inquiry has been
made for some means by which fami
lies ' with perhaps only two or three
cows could make full-cream cheese of
their milk whenever they might for
any reason choose to do so. Families
want cheese as well as butter. - Some
times butter is very low, and again the
weather Is too warm for the ordinary
farmer to make a good quality of but
ter, because he has not the necessary
conveniences for keeping milk - and
cream at the proper temperature. At
such times and under such circum
stances If the milk could easily be
made into a good quality of cheese at
home, it would be a matter, of much
Importance, nominally In the North,
but especially in the South, where, as
a rule. Ice la not to be had to aid in
butter-making.
The Pennsylvania Agricultural Col
lege has been working on the line of
making small cheese to meet the exi
gency of these conditions. - They have
been making a cheese of about seven
pounds weight This makes a cheese
of good slue for handling and for fam
ily use. It is reported that Prof. Hay
ward, of that Institution, says there
baa been a ready sal for all that hm
been made In that riclnlty, and more
could have been sold. The price re
ceived is thirteen cents a pound, equal
to twenty -six cents for butter. ..-It -is
not stated whether a bulletin has been
Issued detailing the process, but if not
most likely one will be ere long. Prac
tical Farmer.
Potatoes Under Straw.
An Indiana farmer who has been
quite successful In growing potatoes
explains his method of doing it some
thing like the following: He breaks up
his ground deep and works int3 the
soil well-rotted compost: The surface
Is made level and smooth and the pota
toes are dropped on top of the soil In
straight lines. -The whole Is then cov
ered with six to eight Inches of 8traw.
During the season ashes are liberally
sprinkled over them twice; the result
Is tubers of the finest kind. We have
no doubt whatever of the success of
such a plan and of the production of
fine tubers, but we venture to suggest
that the piece was not large in extent.
When potatoes are grown by acres, any
thoughtful farmer can . see that the
amount of straw required would be im
mense. No doubt for garden purposes,
where smooth tubers are desired, this
course would give them, but no better
than to plant furrows, covering with a
layer of straw and then of earth which
would require very much less straw.
The matter of expense sometimes gov
erns farm ' operations. Germantown
Telegraph.
Onions from Seed.
To grow onions from seed the prac
tlce now is to sow the seed in hotbeds
or cold frames In winter, in order to
get sets, which saves the cost of-sets.
Maggots do not injure the onions
grown from seta as seriously as they do
from seeds. A fly deposits eggs on the
sides of the young shoots, the maggots
from the eggs going down into the
bulbs and destroying them. When sets
are used they grow rapidly and get
ahead of the maggots. -. Seed can be
sown almost any time, the sets can be
transpalnted In the spring. After the
seeds have started the young onions
should not be kept too warm, as It is
not necessary for the sets to be of
large size.
The Lettuce Seed Crop.
Always in saving lettuce seed, choose
that which has most leaves, and which
has grown without interruption . from
the seed, v The practice in many fam-
Hies Is to pluck the leaves three or four
times, and when at last the leaves be
gin to be tough, let the plant send up
its seed stalks. Usually the largest
crop of seed will come from the plant
that has the fewest leaves. But It will
not be worth planting. Grown as let
tuce for seed should be without dis
turbing a leaf, each plant will produce
very few seed. Yet seed from this
nearly seedless lettuce Is worth any
amount of the seed which Is produced
In the usual way.
. Farm Notes.
Those who are congratulating the
farmers on the higher price for wheat
have overlooked the fact that potatoes
are bringing three times as much as
they did two years ago, and the potato
crop is no small one In this country.
The quality and size of fruit on old
bushes Is much Improved by severe
pruning or thinning of fruit and this
applies equally well to all tree fruits.
The demand of the times is for quality
In everything, rather than quantity,
and this certainly applies to fruit grow
ing. . .
To destroy weeds In pavements and
garcjen walks make a strong brine with
salt and boiling water. Apply with a
watering can. A moderate quantity of
salt stimulates the growth of all vegeta
tion; it is, therefore, a mistake to sup
pose that a sprinkling of salt will ex
terminate weeds. '
-. The best way to treat clover in the
fall is to spread manure over the field.
The frosts and rains will pulverize the
manure and the covering will protect
the roots, the soluble matter going below
to assist In giving the -lover a good
start . and vigorous growth - in the
spring, Increasing the yield and bene
fiting the land.
To keep bees in the winter the hive
must be under shelter and protected
against the cold. At the same time the
hive must not be kept too warm, as the
bees give off considerable animal heat
in the hive, and may thus be tempted to
come out should the weather be mod
erata, perishing with cold before they
can return. Enough honey should, be
left In the hive to supply them until
spring.
Fall plowing Is frequently, resorted
to when the late summer and fall have
been very dry and the ground Is hard.
TLe winter may bring but little rain,
not enough before the spring planting
season to thoroughly soak the ground,
but if the land has been plowed it will
absorb and retain more moisture than
if left unplowed for the water to run
off from the hard and packed surface.
T. H. Hale, the great peach grower,
says that in setting out peach trees you
want a thoroughly prepared soil, medium-sized
trees; neither a very large nor
a very small one; that the roots want
pretty close pruning, and they- want
good, clean-out pruning not such as the
nurserymen give them with their ma
chines, but a careful cutting; and if
you cut very closely you will get far
more rapid and sure growth. .
When barreling apples press them In
so that no apple can move from its po
sition. If the apples are sound they
will not be injured by slight pressure.
It Is when the skin of an apple is brok
en that It begins to decay, but if in
dented and the skin is not punctured an
apple will keep in a cool place during
the whole winter, and if closely packed
a barrel of apples may be shipped any
distance. '
Pis; that Likes Fowls.
Harry Maglll, a farmer who lives on
Pigeon Swamp road, near Bristol, is
the owner of one of the most remark
able pigs on record. Piggy is S months
old and Is a retriever of the most pro
nounced type. He will find birds shot
in a manner equal to the best setter or
pointer dog and do many other things
such as sportsmen delight to . see.
Piggy, however, will chase, catch and
devour, live- chickens with an avidity
never equaled by the most voracious
fox or weasel ever heard of. .. When he
selects a victim in the'Bhape of a barn
yard fowl for his meal he starts In hot
pursuit and never gives up the chase
until he has bis victim within his jaws.
Mr. Maglll stands ready to match his
pig against any other pig In the coun
try as a retriever, but does not guar
antee that the porker will not make a
meal of the game. Philadelphia Rec
ord. New Instrument of Death.
For use In time of war a new explo
sive shell is forged with longitudinal
grooves on Its Inner surface to insure
Its bursting lengthwise after firing,
thus scattering the shot Inside at right
angles with the direction of the shell
When a woman's bliss lies In her Ig
norance it Is folly for her to read the
letters she finds In her husband's
pockets.
Points to Ponder. '
The muddler and rougher the road
the farther the farmer is from market
If you use the roads, for any purpose
you are interested in having them good
all the time.-
It will pay you to go five miles to see
a stone crusher at work, and learn how
easy it is to build and repair the roads
with one.-
Cyclists and Road Improvements. .
In private conversation, in the period
icals of the day and, now and then, In
formal memorials or resolutions adopt
ed by large bodies of cyclists, the influ
ence of the wheelmen and their sisters,
cousins and aunts is exerted In behalf
of better thoroughfares. It is a con
stant though varied pressure worth
much more than spasmodic and short
lived movements. Cleveland Leader.
Railroads and Country Roads.
The building of good country roads is
a matter of more importance than the
building of more railroads. In fact
the railroads themselves have made
better country roads an absolute ne
cessity, for the two systems depend on
each other. The complete development
of one Involves the completer develop
ment of the other. It Is to be presumed
that the public understands this in a
vague and indefinable way. The ques
tion, therefore, for the public to con
sider is not the necessity but the profit
ableness of good country roads. Will
It pay to begin and carry on to comple
tion the "work of permanent improve
ment? - This was the question asked
when the people were asked to contrib
ute to the local railway enterprise, and
It is eminently a fair one. With respect
to good country roads this Inquiry may
be partly answered by an appeal to the
common sense of those who are Inter
ested. Will It pay the farmer to be
able to do the work of two and three
horses with one? Will it pay him to be
able In one day with two horses to do
the work that formerly required four
horses and two days to do? Atlanta
Constitution. . --
California's Wide Tire Iaw.
An act passed by the California Leg
islature, and which goes Into effect Jan
uary 1, 1900, might be read with profit.
by the law-makers of other States, and
its essential provisions enacted Into
law elsewhere. The act provides that
all vehicles must be equipped as fol
lows:
"Two and three-fourths-inch steel or
thimble-skein axle, . one and seven-
eightljs-inch tubular steel or iron axle,
not less than three-inch tire; one and
one-half -inch steel or iron axle,
two and one-eighth-inch tubular
steel or Iron axle, . not less
than three and one-half -inch tire;
three-inch steel or thimble-skein, one
and five-eighths-inch steel or Iron axle,
two and three-eighths-inch tubular steel
or Iron axle, not less than four-inch
tire; three and one-fourth-Inch steel or
thimble-skein, one and three-fourths or
one and seven-eighths-inch steel or iron
axle, two and flve-eighths-Inch-':abular
steel or iron axle, not less tha 'four
and one-half -Inch tire; three and one-half-inch
steel or thimble-skein, two
Inch steel or iron axle,, two and seven
eighths tubular steel or iron axlev not
less than five-inch tire; three and three-fourths-inch
steel or thimble-skein, two
and one-fourth steel or iron axle, three
or three and one-eighth-inch tubular
steel or iron axle, not less than five and
one-half-inch tire; four inches and
larger steel or thlmble-skeln, two and
one-half-lnch, and larger, steel or iron
axle, three and one-fourth-inch, and
larger, tubular Bteel'or iron axle net
less than six-inch. tire. Other styles of
axles shall have tires of same width as
those of equal carrying capacity above
specified. All intermediate sizes shall
have tires of the same width as the
next larger size above specified."
Any one selling any vehicle or using
It upon any of the State's highways not
equipped as provided, or who brings
into the State such vehicle for sale. Is
amenable to a fine of from $25 to $500,
or to imprisonment for from 25 days tc
9 months.
Bathing in England.
The London Telegraph describes a
fashionable watering place in England,
where the bathing beach is half girdled
by the blue waters of four bays, each
In close proximity, and overlooked by
the houses and terraces above. It Is
the regular resort of many thousands
of respectable people, who go In bafB
ing In the most delightful fashion and
abandon, without fear and without re
proach. There are no bathhouses,: no
tents, no costumes, no Indecency, no
blushes, no prudes, no opera glasses,
hundreds of women .on the beach,
dozens already in the water, and no
piles of sand-soiled clothing.
A ring of a dozen stout and matronly
women here and there, standing close
together, facing outward, while inside
a blue and white and pink fluttering for
a few. moments,, then the ring, with
teet close to the lapping wavelets, opens
seaward, and out runs, In absolute
nudity, a young .Venus of ' anything
from 14 to 25 summers. A dream of
beauty in the flashing sunshine, a few
steps, a gasp and a splash, and the
white' foam clasps her in its arms.
There she is, up to her armpits in the
merry sea, disporting herself with
other friends already there. ' And here
Is where Puritan England goes to learn
lessons in what It calls true modesty.
Boston Herald.
America's Ha rpin Industry. .
It was not until 1878 that the manu
facture of hairpins began In the United
States. Previous to that time those
used In this country were brought from
England or France. Now the trade is
such a large one that It takes 50.000
j packages, each containing twenty-four
pins, to supply the wholesale demand
daily In New York alone.
A Valuable Gem.
The Austrian Government has a Hun
garian opal 3 inches long and 2 inch
es thick. It weighs 17 ounces, and is
worth $300,000. The fire opal rt a hya
cinth red to a honey yellow, with fire
like reflections of bright light is valued
at from $5 to $10 per karat.
To Brighten Cot Glass. :--.'
Cut glass which has grown dull can
be greatly brightened and will look al
most equal to new If washed with di
luted hydrochloric acid and afterwards
rubbed with moistened chalk of wuH
ing. Lou.' .villa Dl-ateh,
SURCHARGED STAMPS.
Irregular Profits of Public Officers in
Dealing with Collectors.
Three years ago the Times drew at
tention to the subject! of surcharged
stamp in a lengthy article, says Cham
bers' Journal. Lord Blpon had caused a
circular to be sent from the colonial
office in order to put down the abuses
connected with the sale of "surcharg
ed stamps," which, had proved a temp
tation to postmasters and treasurers
and other publle officers, by making ir
regular profits in dealing with stamp
collectors and others;" The remedy for
this state of matters is to keep a suf
ficient supply of stamps on hand, and
then there would be no necessity to
practice "surcharging."
It appears that when in certain cases
It became known that a stamp was get
ting scarce agents of the stamp dealer
would at once buy up the stock and ask
for more. The colonial postoffice, in or
der to get over the delay Involved In
procuring fresh supplies, would print
on dearer stamps than those which
were exhausted the price of those which
were asked for. : For instance, a three
penny stamp becomes a half -penny one
and a four-penny stamp a two-penny
one. A stamp thus altered in value is
said to be "surcharged" and a rush Is
made for this by the dealer. These
find their way Into collections at 50 or
100 per cent, over their value. A Paris
dealer Is said to have kept a sum of
f 1,000 "placed" at different postoffices
with instructions to local postmasters
to send on specimens to that value
whenever a new stamp or a fresh sur
charge was made. A London dealer
one day received a remittance for
12s. 6&. in half -penny postage stamps
from some one in Fiji who was in debt
to him for that amount. The stamps,
being all surcharged, were sold for
about 15.
It will be remembered that the repub
lic of Liberia, on the west coast of Afri
ca, not having ready cash to pay the ex
penses of its delegate to the Chicago
exhibition, gave him a supply of post:
age stamps to sell to the best advan
tage. It appears that this negro repub
lic depends largely on the sale of
stamps for paying its way, and the
stamps, beautifully engraved in Lon
don, are largely sold to stamp collec
torsWhen the North Borneo Company
Issued a finely engraved stamp in 1894,
in six weeks th e wholesale dealers
turned over 2,000 worth of them. One
dealer went In for 800 worth, another
400, and two for 1,200 between them
Hartz Mountain Canaries.
Milwaukee supplies the United States
with the bulk of the Hartz Mountain
canaries, and there is no great crime in
the deception, for the Milwaukee bird
is really an Improvement on the im
ported article, having Just as fine a
voice and being much hardier.
Experience has shown that the im
ported singer loses the power of trans
mitting his voice to the young after
passing through an American winter.
This is the cas also, It is said, with
Tyrolean singers who come to this
country, their voices losing the peculiar
yodling quality when they have been
here a year. The native canary is
hardier than the Imported one, and,
with proper training, Is every bit as
good a singer."
Before they are mated the hen birds
are kept in separate cages in the music
room, carefully fed and made to listen
to the music of the singers and the ma
chine used in training their voices. In
this way the hen is enabled to transmit
the best musical quality to her off
spring. The music room is a large one,
with a south exposure, and is kept with
the same scrupulous neatness as the
breeding room. In the corner of this
room Is the bird organ, and with it the
little birds are given their vocal train
ing. .
AVhen the machine Is started the
notes emitted are wonderfully like the
song of the untutored canary. These
notes are known to bird trainers by the
term pf eiff en. Gradually the whistle
strikes onto a different line. It is an
Improvement over the pfeiffen, and is
called the klingel rolle. A higher step
still ls called the klingel, and a .still
higher step hohl klingel. Lastly eomes
what is called hoi rollen, and a bird
whose voice has been developed up to
that point is worth $50 in the market
any day. Milwaukee Sentinel.
Queerest of Introductions.
"Speaking of introductions," said the
much-traveled, man in the smoker, "re
minds me of "the queerest one I ever
saw or ever heard of, and In which I
was one of the principals. I was cross
ing from Nova Scotia to Boston on a
schooner loaded with plaster, a chance
that came to me In a country port
where I was staying for my health,
As the boat saved me sixty miles of
stage coach riding to the town of Hali
fax, where the nearest steamer travel
was to be found, I took passage and
for ten days was tossed about on a sea
I voyage that by steamer consumes thir
: ty-six hours.
"There was another passenger a
tourist like myself and the captain
made several desperate efforts to get
' us acquainted, he knowing us both, but
! at each attempt, before he could pro
' nounce our names, he was either called
on deck or the ship gave a lurch and
the introduction did not take place.
"But one day, when it was so rough
outside that we stayed in our bunks in
j the captain's cabin, and the wind was
blowing great guns, the skipper, who
had come below for something, stopped
, to say: 'You two gentlemen ought to
be made acquainted. Mr. Smith, Mr,
Brown; Mr. Brown, Mr. Smith. -
."That is the down-East method of In
troducing people, and as our. names
were mentioned we each turned in oui
bunks to salute the other, the bunks be
ing on exactly opposite sides of the
cabin.
"But at that moment each one of us
shot from his bunk as if from the
mouth of a cannon, and as we passed
at that rate of speed we caught each
other's hand and shook It with a will,
and had just time to acknowledge the
captain's politeness by saying as wt
flew past:
" 'Glad to know you, Mr. Smith.'
"'Delighted to meet you, Mr
Brown. " Chicago Times-Herald. '
Has Twenty Dressmakers.
It is well known that the Germai
Empress Is an Ideal housekeeper' at
well as an ideal wife and mother. Ilei
I dread of waste goes so far that the
; suits of her elder children are cut down
to fit the younger boys and her own
court dresses are altered again and
again, so as not to be recognized when
they are worn at any court functions.
Yet It Is also reported that, an army of
twelve .dressmakers is always at work
for the Empress and that it is increased
to over thirty whenever the Empress
is about to start on a journey. New
gowns would, after all, be less expen
sive, since the great Berlin artist in
dresses who makes the court costumes
for her majesty charges only about $75
for making a gown of state.
Which. Is greater, a railroad engl
Deer's responsibility or a passenger
riskT ; - "
A SENSATION.
That the world is coming to an end sud
denly at a given time is not what is re
ferred to. '. There are different kinds of sen
sations, as very many people know who
feel sharp twinges of pain in the big nerve
of the thigh. Sciatica is a very painful
sensation, ana tne torment of it makes one
think something is come to an end. But
just at the tirst sensation or twinge is the
best time to use St. Jacobs Oil. The less
pain the more easily it is cured, aud the
Oil prevents its development by soothing
toil. UCIVC. At BUY Binge lfc WU1 CUTC
Sanitary Reform of Bombay.
The Indian government has formulat
ed an important scheme tor the sanitary
reformation of Bombay City. The
control of government and municipal
lands will be vested in a nominated
body, which will be empowered to lay
new streets through crowded localities
sod to erect dwellings at low rents for
the poor. The scheme involves an ad
dition to the- municipal fates of not
more than 2 per cent.
SLAIN BY POISON.
Not the poison that the covert assassin ad
ministers in the drink, the food, or some other
guise, but the poison of malaria shortens th
lives of m riads. There is a safe and certa.
antidote. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, whtc
not only fortifies the system against malaria,
but roots out its seeds when they have germin
ated. Dyspepsia, . constipation, rheumatic,
liver and k dney trouble are conquered by the
Bitters.
A Minneapolis genealogist reckons
up four billions of persons between
William the Conqueror and one of his
descendants now living.
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A daguerrotype of Louis Philippe,
taken in 1840 by Daguerre himself, has
been presented to the Camavalet mu
seum in Paris.
- AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.
We are asserting in the courts our right to the
exclusive use of the word " CASTOK1A," and
"wrCHER'SCASTORlA," as our Trade Mark.
I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of " PITCHER'S CASTORIA,"
the same that has borne and does now bear the
fac-simjle signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on
every wrapper. This is the original " PITCHER'S
CASTORIA " which has been used in the homes
of the mothers of America for over thirty years.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you have always bought, and has the
signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to use
my name except The Centaur Company of which
Chas. H. Fletcher is President.
March 8, 1&97. SAMUEL PITCHER, HJX
A St. Louis paper is marvelling over
the case of a septuagenarian whose
white hair turned black in a single
night recently.
HOME PRODUCTS AND PUKE FOOD.
All Eastern Srrup, so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
srlucose. "Tea Garden Drips" is made from
Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is for sale
bv first-class srrocers, in cans only. Manufac
tured by the Pacific Coast Syrup Co. All gen
uine "Tea Garden Drips" have the manufac
turer's name lithographed on every can.
It is said that the flesh on the fore
quarters of the beaver resembles that of
land animals, while that on the hind
quarters has a fishy taste.
"King Solomon's Treasure," only Aphrodislacal
Tonic known. (See Dictionary.) $5.00 a box, 3
weeks' treatment. Mason Chemical Co., P. O. Box
747, Philadelphia, Pa.
"Ancient" coins, many of which an
tedate the Christian era, are made in
large quantities in London, and find
sale all over the world.
I believe Piso's Cure is the only medicine
that will cure consumption. Anna M.
Ross, Willianisport, Pa., Nov. 12, '95.
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WHY SO MANY REGULAB
PHYSICIANS FAIL .
To Cure Female Sis Some Tru
Reasons Why Mrs. Pinkham
is More Successful Than
the Family Doctors.
A woman is sick; some disease pecu
liar to her sex is fast developing in her
system. She goes to her family physi
cian and tells him a story, but not tkt
whole story. -
She holds something back, loses her
head, becomes agitated, forgets what
she wants to say, and finally conceals
what she ought to have told, and thus
completely mystifies the doctor.'
Is it any wonder, therefore, that the
doctor fails to cure the disease? Still,
we cannot blame the woman, for it is
very embarrassing to detail some of
the symptoms of her suffering, even to
her family physician.
It was for this reason that years
ago Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass.,
determined to step in and help her
sex. ..Having had considerable ex
perience in treating female ills with
her Vegetable Compound, she encour
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was easy for her ailing sisters to pour
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Mrs. Pinkham last year. Such are tha
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There are 71,000 more women than
men in the state of Massachusetts, and
this excess is all in persons over 14.
HOW'S THIS ?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for anj
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall'i
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