...PAYING
TILLMAN GRANT had
come to the end of his
tether and he knew it. He
made no fuss about the
matter, and any of his
freinds who met him that
evening could not have
told from his manner that
anything was wrong.
Grant had taken big
chances to increase his
fortune and now he real
ized that the jig was up,
exposure might come in
a week, or it might be de
layed for a month, but it was sure to
come, unless he had 1,000 in hard cash,
and that amount he knew he could not
get. Of course if exposure could have
been staved off for some years every
thing might come out all right; old
Monckton might die and young Monck
ton come into the business.
Old Monckton, Grant's employer, was
a hard-hearted skinflint who would
. have no mercy when investigation
showed that his assistant was a de
faulter. He was hard, even to his own
son, and it wasn't likely that he would
show mercy to one who was no relative
of his.
On the other hand Stillman Grant,
who was a calculating young fellow,
had many times helped young Monck
ton when in trouble of a monetary na
ture. He did this not because he liked
the young man particularly, but be
cause he was his employer's son and
would some time come into the busi
ness. Young Monckton owedsGrant money,
but even if he paid it all that night it
was not enough to cover the defalca
tion, and so was useless.
Grant had taken the money, not In
any momentary weakness, but because
he calculated he could make himself a
rich man by the use of it. These cal
culations turned out to be erroneous,
and for months Grant had been exercis
ing his ingenuity to stave off exposure.
He had not deluded himself with any
false views as to what would happen
when exposure came
He had nude
up his mind. There should be no trial
with imprisonment at the end of it. He
knew an easier way out of the difficulty
iian that. He had bought a quantity
of morphine which he knew, when the
time came totake it, would insure him
a swift and tolerably easy death. He
knew that six or seven, or perhaps ten
years' imprisonment was the penalty
for his offense and he had no desire or
Intention of facing such a punishment.
He walked that night to his rooms
everlooking the Thames embankment.
He went to a cupboard and spent some
time in choosing with particular care a
bottle of wine he intended to drink. He
poured out a small draught of the bev
erage and taking the paper of morphine
he opened it carefully and sprinkled
the white contents on the surface of
the wine. He watched it as it slowly
settled and finally disappeared iu the
liquid; then he poured another glass of
wine and drank it off. There was no
hurry about drinking the poisoned cup; '
he had all the night before him, so he
drew his comfortable arm-chair up to
the fire and sat down wondering who
would find his dead body in the morn
ing. At last taking up the poisoned
glass he paused for a moment with it
In his hand, thinking he heard a step
on the stair. The next minute his sur
prise was a certainty as someone
rapped at his door. Hastily putting
down the glass, he shcuted, "Come in,"
forgetting the door was locked; then
he rose hurriedly, drew the bolt back
and opened the door.
"Hullo. Charley," Grant said when
he saw who it was. The son of his em
ployer entered with a radiant look on
his face.
"Well, Stillman, I have come to se
cure my debt to you. I have made up
my mind that you shall not suffer by
my having borrowed money from you."
"Oh, that's all right," said Grant
carelessly, "I don't need the money."
"No. I know you don't need it." said
Monckton, "but it struck me that if
HE WATCHED IT AS IT SLOWLY SFTTI.ED
anything happened to me my father
would never acknowledge the debt aud
you would be out of just that much."
"It doesn't really matter, you know,"
said Stillman Grant in the same uncon
cerned voice. "I shall always be happy
to lend you money when you need it
and I have it."
"Thanks, old fellow, I know that,"
said Young Monckton. "You are as
generous as ihe old man is stingy. Nev
ertheless, I got a windfall the other day
Irud the minute I received the money I
thought of you."
"Ah," said Grant, with his e.ver,
brightening somewhat. "How much
was it?"
"Five hundred pounds in one lump,"
answered the other.
"Oh." said Grant in a disappointed
tone.
"You don't congratulate me." cried
young Monckton. "Five hundred
pounds are not to be scoffed ft."
"No," replied Grant; ".still 500 isn't
a fortune, you know."
"It isn't, but it might be turned into
a tidy sum of money. Nov.- iet me tell
you what I have done. Grant. I know
i nor fit- able to uav rou that sum
'
Of money; if I became a partner in theveiit:ou.
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A DEBT...
business it might be different, so I took
part of the 500 and insured my life
for 2,000, making it payable to you at
my death. If I live I will evenutally
come into the business and then you
will get back the money you- have lent
me with handsome interest; bu if I
am cut off in one of my sprees, which
is more than likely, then you will get
back all your money with interest at
several thousand per cent."
As the young man said this he drew
from an inner pocket what Grant saw
was evidently an insurance policy.
"There you are, my boy, with the first
year's premium paid," said Monckton,
as he threw the policy on the table.
"I'll leave it with you, because you are
a steady, sober fellow. If I can't pay
the next premium when it falls due
you'll pay it for me and charge it up to
COME, I'l.L SHOW TOT7 OUT.
the account I already owe you. You
see, my friend, you are quite safe as
far as your money is concerned, wheth
er I become a st.nd, respectable and
rich man of business, or whether I am
cut off in the flower of my youth."
Grant lay back :f his chair with his
eves partially closed as he picked up
and examined the document. He saw
it was all right and perfectly legal. At
last he said, in a low tone and with de
liberation: "I think you might have
spent your money much more profit
ably, Monckton, than in paying a year's-
premium on your life. Bless me! you
will live till you are 90."-"
"I hope so," sal the young man,
"but meanwhile you take care of that
document, and if the time ever, comes
that there is money collectable on it
you are the man wh'o is to have it. As
you see, I have made the policy solely
to you."
"Thanks, old man," said 'Grant, as he
placed the policy on ihe table. -
"Well," said Monckton, "I must be
off. Won't you come out and take a
drink?" "' . '
"I fhink not," said Grant; "I'm busy
to-night, but if yoa wish a drink, have
n rvlnca rf tcine with mp."
Sj don-t mind f x do.
AIrin,.i.rf,n
said young.
Grant pushed towards his the glass
of wine in which he had sprinkled the
morphine, then he poured out wine for
himself in another glass. "Here's to
you," he said, drinking.
I Young Monckton drank off the wine
and smacked his lips after. "That has
a curious taste, Grant," he said; "what
is it?"
"Oh, It is a special brand I drink
! when I am not sleeping well. You will
find it very soothing." .. .
"Well, good night, Stillman, old fel
' low."
i "Good night to you, Monckton, and
pleasant dreams."
I "Oh, I'm not going to dreams yet
awhile," said Monckton. "A few of us
are to have some games at the Raquet
Club."
' "Ah," said Grant, "that's a long dis
tance from here. Better have a han-
I som. Come, I'll see you out."
They walked down the stair together
and at the door young Monckton said:
i "Yes, I think I will have a hansom. I
feel rather drowsy."
"Oh, you'll be all right when you get
into the fresh air, ' rejoined Grant. The
young man staggered slightly, as if he
were intoxicated. The other watched
him go down the street and hail a cab.
"Poor devil," said Grant to himself,
as he turned away. "He was an un
lucky chap to come in at that moment
on that particular errand. There is a
time for everything, and that was not
the time for insurance policies. I sup
pose that, not having premeditated the
m4urder, I have left some loose clew
that will enable the police to trace the
thing to me. Still I shall be no worse
off than I was an hour ago, and after
! all, nothing matters very much. Bet a
fiver I'll be caught."
1 But lie wasn't. The medical men
said the young fellow had died of a dis
ease with a long name, and then the
insurance compapy claimed it had been
defrauded by the fact of his having the
malady concealed from them. Thus
was the honest mau defrauded out of
I his insurance money, and he was
' nabbed by the police fortius defalca
tions before he -could purchase more
poison. In one of her Majesty's pris
ons he now regrets the fate of his
friend. Detroit Free Tress.
P rfumery .rum Flowers.
Heretofore perfumery has been de
tached from flowers by soaking them
iu lard. A Parisian named. Passy has
now found a way of gathering the
fragrance by simply soaking the flow
ers in water, a process which can be
repeated several times without de
stroying the flowers.'
The hotel clerk who puts on a brill
iant front Is not the only pebble. A
great many newspaper men use paste
too.
The druggist would rather sell a
pound of cure than an ounce of pre-
SAWING UP A LOG.
How Planks Are Cut in a Great West
ern Sawmill.
W. S. Harwood contributes "The
Story of a Pine Board" to the St. Nich
olas. After telling of the cutting down
of the tree, and its progress from the
forest to the mill, Mr. Harwood says:
- Up from the yellowish-brown depths
of the slow-moving river, flowing so
steadily on its way to the sea, comes a
huge, dark-brown thing with a shining,
dripping coat. It Is our log, entering
upon its last stage. It passes at once
up a' long incline called the "slit" a
trsnch of wood about eight inches deep
and two feet wide at the top, so hol
lowed out that the largest log will lie
in it securely as it is being drawn up
the incline by the stout chains with
which the slit is equipped. Projecting
pieces of steel on this chain serve to
keep the log steady, its great weight
causing it to sink upon these pieces of
steel, which are like sharp teeth. A
workman, standing at the side of the
slit, by means of a lever throws up two
powerful steel-pointed arms which lift
the logs out of the slit and throw them
upon tables, from which they are roll
ed down to the? carriage which leads
to the saws. When the log reaches the
carriage it is thrown upon the frame
work by the "nigger" a long, ratchet
ed timber or piece of steel. This frai V
work is like a section of an ordinary
flat-car running on a regular railroad
track. Two men stand on the moving
carriage, and at a signal from the head
sawyer, who directs the cutting of the
log, regulate the thickness of the-plank
or board by the levers of the carriage.
When the log has been adjusted it
rapidly advances to the saw, and in a
very few seconds its water-soaked
sides have been trimmed by the sharp
teeth. The carriage flies back to the
starting place with the swiftness of the
wind; and it is enough to make one
shudder to see it go. You expect ev.ery
instant that one of the men will be
thrown off and terribly injured. They
learn to balance themselves, however,
though there are frequent accidents.
One instant of inattention on the part
of the head sawyer, who regulates the
speed of the carriage by his lever,
would send the carriage flying back to
the end of the mill with tremendous
force, and probably kill both of the
men. One of the men on the carriage,
called the "setter," fixes the width of
the board to be sawed, on signal from
the head sawyer; the other man is the
second sawyer.
As I stood one day in one of these
mills, watching the men flying forth
and back on the narrow carriage, and
almost expecting that one or both of
them would be thrown off i the swift
ness of their flight, I took out my watch
and timed them; and I found that they
traveled on an average, on this little
railroad not more than twenty feet
long, one hundred and sixty-eight thou
sand feet a .day, or about thirty -one
miles.
Stuns by Cactus Plants.
Several men employed about' Horti
cultural Hall, in Fairmount Park, are
nursing very sore hands, and one of
them is just sure that he is out of dan
ger from blood poisoning from stings
received in handling prickly cactus
plants. All summer the tall, . slender
cacti have stood with soldierly erect
ness in a bed at the east end of the hall.
When frost threatened the head gar
dener gave orders for their removal in
to winter quarters, and the men having
the job went about it without the usual
precaution of wearing buckskin gloves.
They were stung in many places- by1
the needles that bristled from the
stalks, but as the pain at the time was
not great, they kapt at work until , all
the cacti had been housed. A few hours
later their hands began to puff up, and
soon swelled to ungainly proportions,
as the poison of the stings took effect.
They suffered intensely for several
days, and even now, after a weekas
elapsed, have to use their bands in a
very gingerly manner indeed. Phila
delphia Record.
M king Combs.
The cheapest combs are made from
hoofs, but are subjected to costly and
ingenious processes of manufacture. A
circular saw cuts the horns in assorted
sizes, the tips being used for the han
dles of knives and umbrellas. Very
high degrees of temperature are nec
essary as the hoofs and horns ha:e to
be heated to make the fiber soft. When
the pieces are cut they are placed be
tween screwblocks and pressed flat.
Acids are frequently used for staining
an imitation of turquoise-shell, and this
cannot be detected by a casual observ
er. The rough surfaces of the comb are
smoothed by wheels covered by walrus
skin. Polishing is the last process,
which is done by wheels covered with
leather of different degrees of softness.
Elgin Courant.
The Kr I jjtf "
Great Britain is now building eighty
nine war vessels; France is a close sec
ond, with eighty-three; Russia is now
working on thirty-nine peacemakers.
Italy on thirteen and Germany on nine
teen, but the late large appropriation
for the German navy will greatly en
large the Kaiser's operations. Explo
sive bullets have been long excluded
from civilized warfare as barbarous,
but sensitive Britain is chuckling over
a new missile designed to convert
heathen Afridis and Africans from the
error of their ways, which simply
means murder, expanding from a clean,
round 'hole at the point of entrance to
a ragged chasm three or four inches in
diameter.
Woman Engineer.
The ouly woman engineer in the Unit
ed States, so it is claimed, is Mrs. Annie
Shanivan of Tulare, Cal., who, by all
accounts, is a real Tom Groghan. She
runs a planing mill at Mountain Home,
and the mountaineers thorougnly re
spect her. They call her "our new
woman."
An Unfortunate Offer.
Adolphus Dudington (pleadingly) -Don't
be cruel and hard-hearted, col
nnpl. Give me vour daughter's hand.
! and I promise she shall never be sep-
arated from her family.
Col. Bluntly That's precisely why I
object to the marriage. Detroit Free
! Press.
M ight Be True.
Doctor There is one thing in the
scriptures that puzzles me. and that is
to what the longevity of the ancients
cau be attributed. Have you any the
ory to offer?
Minister It may have been owing to
the fact that there were no physicians
in those days.
x A New Envelope.
An envelope for carrying merchan
dise through the malls is so construct
ed with reversible flaps and a stiffening
strip attached to the closing flap that
the inside of the envelope may become
the outside, and the same envelope
used to return merchandise in the same
manner in which it was forwarded.
We always have a kindly feeling to
ward a dog that has no pedigree. Some
how, a dog with a pedigree always
seems to look down on, us. ,
TOPICS FOR FARMERS
A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.
Potash Fertilizers as Protection
Against Frost Profits in Sheep-Raising
Value of the Silo Watering
Stock in Winter General Notes.
Protection Against Frost.
It has been noticed that the liberal
application of potash fertilizers, espe
cially the crude salts, lessens to a cer
tain extent the injuries which the crop
may suffer from frost. This is an
item of considerable importance, espe
cially in the case of tobacco, which is
often greatly injured by frostf in early
autumn. The cause of the protection
which kainit, for instance, offers to
plants against frosts is found tn two
sources. In the first place, on account
of the hygroscopic nature of the salt,
the moisture of the soil is more securely
held, and there is less rapid evapora
tion. One of the prime conditions of
the formation of frost is a rapid evap
oration and consequent cooling of the
surface of the soil. Anything which
prevents this, of course, tends to dimin
ish the intensity of the frost. In the
second case, the presence of a potash
fertilizer produces a more luxuriant
vegetation, and thus secures a more
perfect cover of the soil, affording in
this manner a less rapid evaporation.
These two causes combined undoubted
ly have a tendency to diminish the
danger from frost to which a crop may
be exposed. Portland Transcript.
Profits in Sheep.
The profits on our sheep are gov
erned by the cost of production, by the
use of the fodders and straw, the coarse
feed, which will not bring anything in
the markets, especially corn-fodder,
and by the cheapness of grain. We
can make the fleece pay the keeping
of the sheep for one year, on good,
fine-wooled sheep and from these cal
culations it would leave the owner the
lambs and manure for his profit. One
hundred merino sheep, given abun
dance of bedding, will, between De
cember 1 and May 1, igake at least
forty two-horse loads of manure. I
scarcely need to say that both the sum
mer and winter manure of the sheep is
far nore valuable than that of the
horse or cow. Its manure on high
priced land that requires fertilizers
cannot be estimated at less than fifty
cents per head per annum, and I should
be inclined to put it still higher. The
profit increases just as the market
value of land and the cost of keeping
increases. The Western grower gets
the lam' and about one-half of the
'fleece as the profit on each sheep. In
diana Farmer.
Value of the Silo.
On any farm where corn does well,
more cows can be kept on a given num
ber of acres by using a silo than with
out one. Corn produces more cow food
per acre than any other of the ordinary
crops raised. When it is made into
silage there is less waste than when
dry-cured. Cows eat the whole plant,
ears, butts and all, and do not leave the
coarse stalks, as when field-cured. The
ears of corn are soft and easily masti
cated and digested; so there is very lit
tle waste of grain. So the silo saves a
great amount of work in husking and
grinding corn, which is necessary when
it is dry, to get it in proper condition
for the cow to get the full benefit of it.
Anotherthing: If ope has a silo, the
harvesting, cutting into short lengths
and storing the fodder in condition to
feed is all done at one wholesale job
early in the season, when the days are
long and the weather good. Hoard's
Dairyman.
Watering the Stock.
A good well of soft water is neces
sary, especially ror cows giving iniiK.
The water should be pumped directly
into the trough of a morning; after the
stock have all been watered, let the
rest of the water out. The cattle should
be watered twice a day. Water fresh
ly pumped from a well about twenty
feet in depth, will be about the temper
ature of 00 degrees; this water is pleas
ant for the cows to drink, and they will
drink a large quantity of it. Let the
water out of the trough after the cattle
have finished drinking, especially of an
evening, and with a board cover the
trough over. This takes but a few min
utes, and it prevents ice amrsnow from
filling up the trough. This is one way
of keeping up the milk supply and
keeping the stock in sound health
Horses, sheep and hogs need water fre
quently, but if the water is ice cold they
will drink but little of it Baltimore
American.
Methods of Preserving Kggs.
In the consular reports for December
an interesting account is given of ex
periments made in Berlin to test va
rious methods of preserving eggs. All
were treated on July 1 and opened at
the end of the following February. Salt
water, salicylic acid, rubbing with salt,
covering with bran, etc., did not pre
vent the eggs from spoiling. But eggs
varnished with vaseline were all good
at the end of February, and so were
those preserved in lime water and
those preserved in a solution of water
glass. The lime water sometimes gives
the eggs a bad taste, the solution of
water glass causes the egg shell to
break easily on immersion in boiling
water aud putting the vaseline on eggs
takes too much time.
The Hot Shoe Bvil.
Fitting the shoe hot, so frequently
practiced, cannot be too strongly con
demned, as the sensitive structures be
neath the horny wall are seriously in
jured, the pores in the horny tissue
closed, and the secretion of the hoof
seriously interfered with until the hoof
finally becomes brittle and easily
broken. The majority of shoeing smiths
argue that it requires too much time to
obtain a perfectly plane-bearing sur
face on the both the foot and shoe with
the tools intended for that purpose:
that the shoe can be made to bear all
around alike much easier and quicker
by placing it on the foot hot until the
foot is charred wherever touched by
the hot shoe. No doubt this is the most
rapid way of fitting shoes, but when
we take into consideration the harih'
done by such practice we find that
nothing has been gained, but that
much of the value of the horse has been
lost: for of what value is a horse with
out a sound foot? It is also imjKiriant
that shoes should be reset every four
or six weeks. With the above precau
tions the horse's foot may be kept rea
sonably sound. Massachusetts Plough
man. Hoss in Small Lots.
It Is neither profitable nor always en
tirely safe to keep great numbers of
hogs together. Besides the liability to
disease getting among them, there Is
always a certainty that the stronger
will crowd the weaker from their feed
ing places, so that the inequality in size
will increase Instead of decrease. In
every litter there are always one or two
weakling that were barn runts, and
unless given a better chance thaD their
fellows, they will always remain runts.
The best way to manage this Is when
the pigs are "seven or eight weeks old,
take out the stronger ones and wean
them, giving them plenty of the best
food that can be got to make growth.
Then the runts left to suckle the sow
alone will in two or three weeks more
take a start that may make them as
good as the others, so that in later life
all can be fed together. No other feed,,
without the -sow's milk, will do this,
though such other feed should be given
and the pigs be encouraged to eat all
they can be made to eat. American
Cultivator.
Artificial Dusk Hatching.
This is a great feature in the local
native industries of Formosa. This is
how it is managed: A long, low shed is
built, mostly of wattles and mud,
which has a thick thatched roof. All
around the inside walls are arranged
rough wood troughs, which are filled
up with grain and roasted paddyhusk,
on which the eggs are placed as fast
as -they can be procured. In the sum
mer particular precautions are taken,
but in the winter the eggs are covered
over with quilted coverlets, and far
more care is taken to exclude cold
draughts than is ever dreamt of in a
native dwelling house. The grain,
which is sprinkled with a little warm
water, sets up fermentation, and that
with the help of the warm paddy
husk, which is continually being
changed, hatches the eggs in about
thirty days. By this simple and inex
pensive proeess the breeder is enabled
to sell young ducklings at about a pen
ny each.
Retaining Moisture.
The farmer who has a little rill, ra
vine or draw running through his farm
along which a line of shrubbery has
grown up, when cleaning up his land,
offended by the sight of this, is careful
to clear It away, lest he be charged
with negligence and unthrif tiness. The
consequence is that when the rain falls
the water is carried off rapidly, taking
more or less of the soil with it. The
warm sun coming out, soon dries up
and evaporates the moisture. This is
a great error. Every one of these ought
to be carefully preserved by retaining
the shrubbery, if already there, or
planting it, if already taken away or
wanting. Want of proper care in this
respect more than counteracts the ben
eficial effect of all the trees that are
planted. Another method of assisting
in retaining moisture is by forming
ponds, and surrounding them with
shrubbery and trees. This might and
ought to be carried on to an hundred
fold greaaer extent than is at present
done. Western Ploughman.
Straw for Fattening Stock. "
In all grain-growing districts straw is
plentiful, and where it is used as feed
it is reckoned, and rightly, as food of
very inferior nutrition. The idea of
using it to feed fattening stock is said
to have originated with Joseph J. Me
chi, a London alderman, who a gener
ation ago made his name famous by his
writings in agricultural topics. ;He
largely imported linseed meal for fat
tening beeves. But he found that if
cut hay was used to extend the ration,
only a small amount of the linseed meal
could be eaten without cloying the ani
mals. If clover was used still less of
the oil meal could be eaten. But when
he used cut straw which has not pro
teids,' a good deal of meal could be eat
en with relish, and the animals fat
tened faster. But when he fed Indian
corn meal with cut straw, less of the
corn meal would be eaten thjin when
fed with cut hay. This vindicates the
practice of American farmers, who
feed much Indian corn, and compara
tively little oil meal.
Value of a Bone Mill.
The bone-cutter is as necessary to
the poultryman as his feed mill. It
enables him to use an excellent and
cheap food, and gives him a profit
where he might otherwise be compelled
to suffer a loss. - It is claimed that a
bone-cutter pays for itself in eggs, and
really costs nothing. Bones are now
one of the staple articles of food for
poultry, and no ratio should have them
omitted. They are food, grit and lime,
all combined in one, and the hens will
leave all other foods to receive the cut
bone. If cut fine, even chicks and
ducklings will relish such excellent
food, while turkeys grow rapidly on
it. To meet with success requires the
use of the best materials, and green
bone beats all other substances as food
for poultry. Poultry World.
Keeping Grade Fowls.
The grade fowl is all right for poultry
keepers who keep fowls for eggs or for
sale as poultry, without trying to be
gin as breeders for sale alive. The
grade can never be depended upon, and
the grade roosters should be killed off
every year, and only the pullets kept
When it is desired to replenish the
flock a full-bred cock of one or the other
of the breeds from which the cross is
made should be used. If a third breed
Is introduced into the strain the
progeny will be mongrels, and good
for nothing for any purpose. Most
farmers try to experiment with too
many breeds. More than two will re
sult in practical ruin to their flocks.
Kansis Judge Coins a Word.
They were discussing various things
in the clerk of the Supreme Court's
office the other day; that Is, a party of
judges were.
Finally the talk drifted on to the
subject of coining words and phrases.
Mr. Justice Allen made the remark:
"I coined a new word the other day.
It Is a good -one, I think, and perfectly
natural, but I have been unable to find
It in any dictionary. The word is 'en
forcibility.' "
The lawyers present studied awhile
and finally all agreed that the word
would be very useful and fit certain
cases exactly.
Chief Justice Doster declared that he
once used a word that exactly describ
ed a certain case, and It seemed to him
that It was by far the best term to ap
ply. The word he used was "obten
tlon," meaning the act of obtaining.
Judge Doster finally discovered the
word in a rare old work on Interstate
law. Topeka Capital.
Tbe Thermometer Button.
Have you a thernibmeter button ? It
Is the latest thing out and consists of
I a tiny spiral of glass tubing contain
ing the quicksilver, which is fastened
: to a small metal disk or button that
may be worn on the lappel. A circular
j scale locates the mercury with refer
i ence to the heat. So when any one
wants to know whether it is hot enough
for you, all you need do Is to point to
the button.
Misunderstood.
He asked the maiden to fly with him,
But ah, what did she do?.
She merely said: "Are you one of
Those crazy inventors, too?"
The world will never get anybetter
until children are an Improvement on
their parents.
A cheap watch is usually in sympa
thy with the elghtbonr movement.
Steel Boadways a Success.
For the first time there has been car
ried Into practical operation a plan for
the Improvement of public roads that
has heretofore been regarded merely
as an interesting theory that would
never rise to the region of fact. The
plan is to lay steel tracks along our
roads so that the wheels of wagons
may run on a smooth surface instead
of on the rough and soggy path, over
which for the greater part of the year
horses are compelled to flounder drag
ging heavy loads. The results of one
series of experiments, made by Mr.
Abel Bliss, of New Lenox, 111., are in
teresting, as will be seen from the fol
lowing signed statement of Mr. Bliss,
written for the Cincinnati Enquirer:
"I have laid about 100 feet of steel
road in the public highway near my
home at New Lenox, 111. The road was
first graded in proper shape. The rails
are of steel, one quarter of an inch
thick, eight inches wide, with a down
ward flange of three inches on either
side, and a nupward flange of one inch
on the outer edge to keep the wheels
on. These rails were laid on the crown
of he grade and pressed into the soil
to the depth of the flange, or until the
soil supported the rail. The downward
flanges prevent the soil from being
pressed away from the rail, and hold
it there, making a firm foundation, so
that no ties are necessary on which to
rest the rails. These rails are made
continuous by the fastening of the ends
together with fish plates.
"When I mentioned my idea of this
roadway, it was suggested that the
rails would sink under heavy loads in
wet weather, and soon become cov
ered with mud. Others suggested that
they would tip to one side, becoming
useless, and also that unless they were
laid on ties they would spread and get
out of line. This track was laid to
satisfy myself on these and other
points. During a wet period mud holes
were made at the ends of the track
by the wheels dropping always in the
same place. This very severe test,
however, did not affect the rails except
at the end. On a continuous line of
track severe and uncommon usage
would not in any way have injured or
changed the rails, hence I should not
expect this roadway would need any
repairs after a wet period. The earth
between the rails is removed to a depth
of five inches and the excavation filled
with gravel for the horses' tread. This
road has now been in use for 18
months, and has been tested with all
kinds of traffic, including traction en
gines.' I have never seen a horse slip
on the rails, but they might occasional
ly do so. A horse is most likely to slip
when pulling hard, which he will not
be obliged to do on this road, and there
is little occasion for a horse to tread"
on the rails, as there is room enough
between them.
"A mile of road requires about 60
tons of steel, which can be produced in
quantities for ?1,800 or less. One cubic
yard of gravel is required to the rod.
"For this roadway I make' the fol
lowing claims:
.. "1. It saves power. A vehicle may
run on it with the least possible draft.
It Is estimated by engineers that the
required draft is one fifth of that on
gravel and one twentieth of that on the
average dirt road.
"2. It saves wear and tear to wagons.
A vehicle is always on a level, smooth
surface, and is not subjected to irregu
lar strains, as when one side of it is
much lower, than the other, causing
two wheels to carry most of the load,
or when a wheel drops into a rut. A
town will save enough in vehicles alone
to pay a large portion of the cost of the
rjpad.
"3. It saves time. With a load of two
or three tons a team will trot as easily
on level ground as it will walk on a
gravel or dirt road.
"4. It is a perfect bicycle road, and
will be greatly appreciated by wheel
men. "5. It is extremely durable and the
repairs will be nominal.
"6. The dust which is so annoying
on a gravel or dirt road is caused large
ly by the grinding of the wheels. On
this road there can be no such grind
ing. "7. It is a motor cycle road, and a
speed of 20 miles an hour can be ob
tained with safety.
"In conclusion, the universal use of
this road will increase the value of the
farm; it.will beautify the street, be
cause when we cease to rut the road
grass will take the place of weeds. It
will make possible the free delivery of
mail in rural districts by bicycle or
other swift vehicle. Traveling will be
as safe at night "as in the day. because
the team will keep the road.
"ABEL BLISS."
Mire. Andrew Jackson M tie Them.
Mr. Edward Dawson of Cincinnati
has a rare relic, which he values very
highly. It Is a suit of clothing, "home
spun," made by Mrs. Andrew Jackson
for his grandfather, Moses Dawson, a
stanch Democrat and a warm friend
of Gen. Jackson. Mr. Dawson fre
quently visited the Hermitage. On one
of his visits to Gen. Jackson Mr. Daw
son admired a suit of clothing of home
spun cloth that Gen. Jackson wore.
"They are the result of home indus
try," remarked Gen. Jackson, "and Mrs.
Jackson made them. I have no doubt
she will make you a suit."
Mrs. Jackson made the suit while
Mr. Dawson was their guest. On his
return Mr. Dawson spent several days
in Nashville, where he contracted a
cold. After he returned home he, de
sirous of exhibiting his suit, attended
several Democratic meeetings and wore
the clothing. He neglected his cold,
and it grew worse, and developed into
pneumonia, and he died shortly after
ward. Nashville Banner.
Wages of Columbus' Crew.
A curious discovery has been made
tn the archives of the Spanish navy
the "bills of payment of the crews who
composed the caravels of Christopher
Columbus. The sailors, according to
their class, received from 10 to 12
francs a month, Including their food.
TLe captains of the three large caravels
had each 80 francs a month. As for
Columbus himself, who had the title
of admiral, he was paid 1,600 francs a
year.
Where Languages Abound.
Dr. Samuel G. Brlnon, the archaeolo
gist, said in a recent lecture that in
North and South America no fewer
than 120 or 130 absolutely distinct
languages exist
Soap from Grasshoppers.
A Spanish Inventor renders from
grasshoppers a fatty substance which
is declared to make tbe finest soap yet
produced.
TBI FULLNESS THEREOF.
Among the discomforts of life and the
fullness thereof, reaching to every family,
there is that which can so easily mitigate or
entirely cure, the wonder is why we endure
and suffer so much. From big pains to
little aches, which are the wear and tear of
the physical Structure of man, there are
always remedies good, better and best. The
choice should always be for the best as the
surest and the cheapest. In chronic or
acute sufferiug with rheumatisni,neuralgia,
sciatica or lumbago, or with the minor ail
ments of sprains and bruises, or of soreness
and stiffness, the efficacy of St. Jacobs Oil
and the fullness thereof"in so many com
plete and perfect cures make it stand out as
the best remedy for pain. Wiiy then should
we stand on the order of going for it and
not go at once? In numberless cases the
aggravations of discomforts and pains are
from delay. Why should we suffer? "
Poe has immortalized the raven,
Whittier the robin and Longfellow the
snow bird that sung to the monk Felix.
THE CUBAN SCARE.
Although the diplomatic entanglement with
Spain over Cuba is to some extent influencing
the stock market, Wall street expects no seri
ous complications. Nevertheless serious com
plication with other maladies may be expected
to follow an attack of biliousness which is not
checked at the outset. The most effectual
means to this end is Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters, an admirable remedy, moreover, for dys
pepsia, malaria, kidney trouble, constipation f
and nervousness. ,
Among the natives of Mexico there
are, according to Lumholtz, about 150.- '
000 survivors of the Aztec race.
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS. !
We are asserting in the courts our right to the
exclusive use of the word ' CASTOKIA," and
' PITCHER'S CASTORIA," as our Trade Mark.
I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of ' PITCHER'S CASTORIA,"
the same that has borne and docs now bear the
fac simile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on
every wrapper. This is the original " PITCHER'S
CASTORIA " which lias been used in the homes
Of the mothers of A-.nerica for over thirty years.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is
ihe kind you have always bought, and has the
signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER ou 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, 1S07. SAMUEL PITCHER, M.D.
I know that my life was saved by Piso's
Pure for Consumption. .Tohn A. Miller,
Au Sable, Michigan, April 21, 1895.
State or Ohio, City of Toledo, j
Lucas Cofkty. )
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co.,
doing business in the City of Toledo, County
and State aforesaid, and that the said firm will
piv the sum of OSK HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and everv case of Catahrh that cannot be
cured bv the use of Hall's Catarrh Cvpe.
- FRANK J. CHLNEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 186.
A. W. GLEASON,
j seal j Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous .surfaces
of the svstem. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best. .
After being swindled by all others, send us stamp
for particulars of King Solomon's Treasure, the
ONLY' renewer of manly strength. MASON
CHEMICAL CO., P. O. Box 747, Philadelphia, Pa.
A Boston genius has invented a fire
machine that will squirt out fires witli
sand instead of water.
BEWAKE OF MORPHINE.
Special forms of suffering lead many
a woman to acquire the morphine
habit. One of these forms of suffering
is a dull, r rsistent pain in the side,
accompanied by heat and throbbing..
MB8. Lucy Peabley, Derby Center, Vi. ,
says: 1 was very
miserable; was soi
weak that I could
hardly get around
the house, could do
nothing without
feeling tired out.
"My monthly
periods had stopped
and I was
so tired
and nerv
ous all of
the time. I
was trou
bled very much with falling of the
womb and. bearing-down pains. A
friend advised me to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ; I have
taken five bottles, and think it is the
best medicine I ever used. Now I can
work, and feel like myself. I used to
be troubled greatly with my head, but
I have had no bad headaches or palpi
tation of the heart, womb trouble or
bearing-down pains, since I commenced
to take Mrs. Pinkham's medicine. I
gladly recommend the "Vegetable Com
pound to every suffering woman. The
use of one bottle will prove what it
can do." -
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HOMK PRODUCTS AND PCKE FOOD.
All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
glucose. ''Ten (iarden Urivt is made from
Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is for sale
by first-cjassjrrucers. in cans only. Manufac
tured bv the Pn.iFic Coast Syrup Co. All gen
uine 'tea Gttrdeu Jrin-" have the manufac
turer's name lithographed on every can.
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on tjhe Kidneys,
Liver and Bowel, cl arises the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrupy Figs is the
only remedy of its lMd ever pro
duced, pleasing to the laste and ac
ceptable to tbe stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beiieficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualitiesfcommend it
to all and have made It the most
popular remedy known.'
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable dr.iggist wbo
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
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No more rheumatism; no more lame back,
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The cause of all disease and weakness is over
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Electric Belt. It i ours clec ririty into the body
for hours at a tme. building up vitality and
restoring all the organs to thi ir natural healthy
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