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SAVED THE TRAIN.
KANE CREEK -was a railroad tremulous wail. Instantly Polly dart
crossin,s on the S. & C. Rail- ed outside and flew up the track. Al
road, about two miles from the ready the express should have thun
divisional terminal at Mercer. It was dered past the station, but she could
in the midst of a scrubby pine forest, ; see its headlight a hundred yards or
with a sandy road crooking out from j more away.
the trees on one side and into the trees i With a hundred terrifying questions
on the other. There were only two or : flashing through her mind. Tolly ran
three houses, a little general store with on through the gloom. When she was
a porch like the visor of a military cap, almost within range of the big head-
and a schoolhouse, all arranged in a
scraggy row along the railroad track.
The dusty red depot was an oasis in
the midst of a tinder desert, with a
great many telegraph wires singing
overhead.
A dozen trains whirled through Kane '
Creek every day with only a shriek of
greeting and a "whipping wake of fine '
sand. Only two of them paid the slight
est attention to the girl in a blue ging
ham dress who stood in the little ob
servation window,
the way freight
One of them was
which stopped at
Kane every time it came along while
the conductor handed the girl a lu utile
of yellow papers and received another
like it in return. The other was the
night express, westward bound, from
St. Paul, and running at forty miles an
hour. It was a splendid train ten
cars, with the finest engine on the road.
big No. 60G. As its glaring eye flashed
around the bend in the direction
of
Mercer the girl in the gingham di
often thought of the great train as a
powerful and ferocious beast suoning
and roaring westward on a race with
the sun, and she knew the hand that
trained it. When the train was a mile
away there were always two blasts of
the whistle. Every one in Kane
thought they meant simply "Wake up,
look out!" for that is what all loconio-
tives say at every crossing, but the girl
in the gingham dress heard "Hello,
Tolly!" and darted out on the platform
and waved her handkerchief. As the j
great train thundered nearer a hand
was thrust from the engineer's win
dow, and, although it was usually dark,
she could see the flutter of something
white, anil oftentimes as the engine
darted past the station she heard the
blurred sound of a voice and caught a
glimpse of a grimy face and a blue jean
Jacket, and then she went back to her
place in the little station with a sigh of
contentment.
For it was a moment of great joy to
-SPolly MarlliAv,;' n her father's en
gine went TOraTtgh. TPoKy was' the sta
tion agent at Kane Creek. Any one
could have told that a woman presided
in the little depot, for was there not al- .
ways a bouquet in the window and
dainty pictures surrounding the grimy
time tables on the walls and a kitten
curling upon the doorstep? At 17 Tolly
has gone in as assistant to learn teleg
raphy, and when Clark, the agent, was
called to Mercer the company had left
the independent girl in charge. She
and her father lived in one of the
wooden houses a stone's throw back
from the depot, and since Tolly's moth
er died they had been everything to
each other.
Engineer Marshall was a big, silent
man, and his companions, some of
them, thought him gruff and ill-tern
pered. but to Tolly he was always as ;
tender as a kitten. Often when she
was a little girl he took her with him
to Mercer on his engine, and while she
sat on his black leacther seat at the
cab window, clinging on with both
hands, he explained to her how the big ,
black creature under them was started
and stopped; what this brass crank
was for, and how, when the engine
squeaked here or squaeked there, a lit
itle oil was needed in this cup or in that
crevice, and Tolly had learned to know
an engine as well as she knew the neat
little pantry in the nous? at home. In
deed, she had more than once managed
the levers and throttle, although it was
,very heavy work for a girl to do.
Jt was one night late in the fall that
Polly Marshall had need of all her
knowledge of engines. She was sitting
at her desk in the little observation
window, a shaded light throwing its
rays down on her telegraph instru- '
ments and the sounding key clicking !
sleepily. Suddenly she was startled
by the call of. her number. Instantly
her fingers sought the keys, and she
gave the answer that signified that she
was all attention.
"Took out for " clicked the sound
er, and then it suddenly ceased, and
try as she would Tolly could get no
further communication from the sta
tion next to the eastward. What could
the trouble be? Tolly sprang to her
feet, remembering that the night ex
press of which her father was the en
gineer was the next train due. Could
anything be the matter? She ran out
on the dark platform to see that her
lights were all In place and that the
switches were properly 6et, so that the
express would slip past the station
without an accident. Then 6he went
back and called up Mercer.
"Can't you get Tinckney?" she asked.
Tinckney was the station which had
sent her the warning dispatch so mys
terious interrupted. She knew the ope
rator at Pinckney well. Every night
he told her of the approach of her fath
er's train an whether or not it had
left his station on time.
"Tinckney quiet. Can't get answer,"
was the report of the wires. "What's'
the trouble?"
Tolly answered as well as she could,
and Mercer made another attempt to
arouse Tinckney.
Her father's train was now due. It
should be whistling cheerily at the
lower bend. Polly stepped out on the
platform and peered up the track. Yes
there was the familiar headlight. She
would have known it among a hun
dred. Then came the whistle, "Hello,
Polly:" and Polly ran back into her
office much relieved, and sat down to
warn Mercer. At that instant she heard
a peculiar cracking sound that sent
her heart quivering deep in her bosom.
Then there was the shrill scream of the
locomotive whistle, suddenly interrupt
ed as if the hand that had drawn the
lever had been struck from its place.
Polly knew It was a cry of distress.
jt seemed to say "Help!" In a long,
light, she saw half a dozen armed men
swarming around the engine, she heard
fierce oaths, and then the engine start
ed up again. She saw in an instant
that it had been cut free from the train.
In the cab window, where her father
usually stood, there was a big, unfa-
miliar figure managing the lever and
throttle. Terrified Polly sprang to one
side into a clump of bushes. As the
locomotive passed her on its way up
the track she saw that the man in the
cab wore a black mask on his face, and
then she knew what had happened.
She understood why Pinckney had
tried to warn her and failed. Robbers
had held up the train and were pre
paring to rob the express car.
For a moment Tolly was torn with
doubt and terror. Had they shot her
father? She knew that he never would
submit to have his train captured with-
out a struggle. Should she go to him?
Then she remembered her station and
the telegraph, and, .without a moment's
delay, she was flying down the track
toward the depot. She would send for
help to Mercer, but squarely in front of
the little depot the locomotive stopped,
and the black masked man sprang from
the cab window and darted across the
platform. Hardly thinking what she
was doing, Tolly ran up on the other
side the fireman's side of the englne-
and, raising herself up, peered into the
cab. She had half expected to see her
father's dead body lying on the floor.
for she had heard much about the ter-
rible doings of train robbers.
Through the cab window she could
see the robber sitting at her own little
desk in the depot sending a message.
It flashed over her all at once that he
was wiring Mercer that the express
was delayed, thus preventing any
alarm. The robber had pushed up his
mask, and she saw him plainly.
At that moment three shots rang out,
clear and istinct, from the detached
train. The man at the telegraph In
strument sprang to his feet and ran to
a side window in the waiting room and
looked up the track.
Now was her chance. Hardly think-
I ink what she did Tolly sprang to the
engineer's cab, threw back the reverse
lever and opened the throttle steadily.
The big steel wheels began to turn,
very slowly at first. . Farther and far
ther the throttle opened and faster and
faster turned the wheels, and yet they
did not go half fast enough to suit
Tolly, who was now glancing fearfully
over her shoulder.
Suddenly the depot door was thrown
open, and she saw the robber darting
up the track. He had a pistol in his
hand. He was pointing it at her and
shouting for her to stop, but the engine
was now going at good speed, and, run
as he would, the robber could hot catch
it, but he stopped and fired, the bullet
ripping through the cab over Tolly's
head.
The engine was now tearing down
the track at full speed. Tolly knew
that it must be fired or it would not go
far, and so, leaving the throttle open,
she sprang to the coal pit, flung open
the firehole, and with the heavy shovel
in her small white hands threw in load
after load of coal. When she returned
to her place she could see the first sig
nal light of Mercer already blinking
into view. She pulled down on the
whistle cord and the engine shrieked
its distress.
Five minutes later Folly strained at
the heavy reverse lever, turned hard
on the airbrake and brought the great
iron horse to a sudden standstill. How
sue ever managed to stammer the story
slie never knew, but in a few minutes
tne engine was headed back with a
half dozen armed men aboard of her.
Behind them came another load of men
on a switch engine and two men were
racing up the street of Mercer calling
the alarm.
They heard the firing before they
reached Kane Creek, but it ceased soon
afterward. The robbers had gone.
They had taken with them much plun
der from the passengers, but they bad
not been able to get into the express
safe, although they were at work drill
ing it open when relief came.
From the time that the engine
stopped Folly- was missing. When the
rescued and excited passengers and ex
press messengers began to crowd
around and inquire, the Mercer men
remembered her. A party of them went
. out to find the girl who had brought
I help to the beleaguered train.
In a little clump of bushes they heard
a man moaning, and an instant later
. they saw Tolly kneeling in the sand
with her father's head in her lap, cry
ing bitterly, and they gathered up the
brave engineer and his daughter and
I carried them down to the train, cheer
ing all the way.
Engineer Marshall was not badly
i hurt, and he was able to be in Mercer
when the general manager of the road
thanked the blushiug Tolby officially
and offered her a new and better posi
tion in Mercer, and, of course, all the
passengers ana express messengers
i,eard aDOut Polly's brave deed and
said a great many pleasant things
about her, but Polly, being a sensible
girl, only blushed and 6ald that she had
to do it, and that any other girl would
have done the same under like circum
stances. Which no one believed, of
course.
Later, when the robbers were cap
tured, Polly was able to Identify one of
them positively 4be one who had run
the engine and through him the en
tire party was convicted and sentenced
to the penitentiary. Brooklyn Standard-Union.
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TOPICS FOR FARMERS
A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.
The Farmer's Wife Is Paid a Well
Deserved Tribute How to Destroy
Lice on Cattle Cost of Eggs Farmer
Hoys and the Bicycle.
The Farmer's Wife.
Mrs. Nobie Trentis, of Kansas, paid
a weU-deserved tribute to. the farmers'
(vives the other day when she said:
"The farmer's wife is a woman of
.thought. Her way of life is favorable
to.thought, to reflection. Far from the
madding crowd, she is away from its
distraction, its noises, the sight of its
.tins and its mysteries. In her life there
sre whole loug. still days when there is
no sound louder than her feet upon the
floor, the ticking of the clock, the song
ofvthe lone bird in the dooryard tree.
During these quiet hours she thinks
and thinks. While she goes along at
work, without a false step or motion,
she thinks of many things and she
thinks of good things.
"While men's minds are filled it may
b: with ambitions to be attained in du
bious ways, and of strife and trick and
circumvention, and covetousness, ha
tred, malice and all uncharitableness,
this woman. is thinking of better things
of her home and her husband and her
children and thinking, too, how they
may in some way be helped and bene
fited. When she thinks of the house in
which she lives, it is to plan improve
ments to it, to wish at any rate that it
were a better house or more comforta
ble place, not for herself alone, Dut for
all the family. When she thinks about
the children It is to plan for their good,
how they may be better clad and nur
tured. She often wishes there were a
better school in the district. The moth
er is frequently the reader of the fam
ily, and she is the best Christian in the
house and she thinks of another and a
better world than this where she shall
eternally abide, and where everything
that is wrong here shall be made rirht.
To the dream of that world she would
if she could conform this world, and we
should all strive to make this world in
which we live as this good woman
thinks it should be."
Destroying Lice on Cattle.
Aloes in fine powder is a specific for
the destruction of lice on all animals,
and as it has no poisonous properties,
its intense bitterness being what kills,
it can be freely applied, and as it is to
be used in a dry state its application is
as safe in cold as well as in warm
weather, consequently it is free from
all objections urged against other reme
dies. Use with a fine pepper box, dust
ing and rubbing it in all over, then
curry out inside of a week. Or, take a
pound of fresh lard, a fourth of a pint
of kerosene oil and 4 ounces of sul
phur powder or flowers of sulphur; mix
them thoroughly. With this mixture
rub the animal's head, also the spine
and upon the shoulders and brisket and
under t a thighs and wherever the ver
min is seen. Repeat the operation once
a week until the lice disappear, which
will not be long. Or, take quassia
chips, steep in water and wash the
animal thoroughly. One application
will kill the lice, and in case of nits that
are not hatched, the second application,
put on a few, days after, will entirely
rid the stock of the vermin. American
Horse Book.
The Cost of Eggs.
If eggs are high in winter, It is be
cause they cost more in that season.
As has been frequently affirmed in
these columns, eggs cost but little or
nothing in summer, If the hens are on
a range, and will then pay, even if
prices are low. If eggs are 35 cents a
dozen, .the "real food" material costs
the consumer about 25 cents a pound;
but when eggs are 15 cents a dozen, the
consumer gets about 24 pounds of food
material for 25 cents. But in both cases
the farmer sends away the same pro
portion of material from his farm; and,
whether the hen picks the food up her
self or is given her share by her owner,
the loss of that much value from the
farm occurs. But again, the hen on
the range utilizes materials that the
farmer cannot sell. A dainty young
weed, a piece of bone, Insects, seeds,
grass and refuse thrown away are all
made to do service by the hens convert
ing them into eggs. It will pay In win
ter to save food by keeping the hens
warm. If they are not well sheltered
more corn will be necessary to heat
their bodies. Shelter is not really food,
but it generally serves to economize in
Its use for preventing the waste of corn
in the form of heat. Mirror and
Farmer.
The Farmer Boy Awheel,
From Mercer County comes the dis
concerting news that the farmers are
conspiring to rid themselves of hired
men who ride the bicycle. The farm
ers, we are told, reason that "any
young man who rushes his day's work
through so that he can take a thirty
mile spin in the evening and on moon
light nights be gone nearly all night,
with likely a century run Into the bar
gain on Sunday, is not worth his board
on a farm."
When it is considered that heretofore
agriculturists everywhere have been
sorely harassed with the problem how
to keep the boys on the farm, it is
much to be deplored that at the first
sign that this problem Is solvable they
should begin to set their faces against
its solution. The claim that the rural
wheelman who looks forward to a spin
in the evening is, for that reason, un
fitted for his work, is wrong on its
face. As a matter of fact, the con
verse is generally true. The wheel
man, who sees an invigorating even
ing's sport ahead of him when his day's
work is done, has manifestly more
cause to content with his lot and
therefore to throw his whole heart in
to his labor than the spiritless fellow
who finds no means of varying the
monotony of existence. This holds
good in the case of clerks and profes
sional men as well as in that of farm
hands. Let the boys ride wheels if
they want to, and one-half the difficul
ty of keeping them on the farm and
getting the maximum of work out of
them during legitimate working hours
Will be overcome. Tittsburg Leader.
To Prevent Scab on Potatoes.
Since scab in potatoes detracts so
much from the profit in potatoes, it is
a good thing that there is an effective
way of preventing it. A correspond
ent of the American Agriculturist says
he docs it with corrosive sublimate. I
have practiced it, he says, for two
years with perfect success. I put fif
teen gallons of soft water in a large
tub, then add two ounces of corrosive
sublimate to boiling water in an earth
en hand basin, stirring occasionally
with a clean stick until completely dis
solved. This is stirred into the tub of
water, which is then filled with seed
potatoes. These, if dirty, are first
washed and then drained. The pota
toes are soaked in the solution an hour
and a half, the latter is then drained off
through a wooden faucet Into another
tub, the potatoes poured out on the
barn floor to dry, the tub filled with a
fresh lot of potatoes and the diluted
solution poured back on them. When
dried off, the seed is cut as usual. The
process is repeated until all the seed
potatoes are treated. The result was,
wholly successful, both years the crop:
being free from scab, whereas some
early potatoes planted without treat
ment were very scabby. The chemical
is a very active corrosive poison, and.
therefore, precautions are necessary.
instruction in noau.i.ii.
The opportunities for instruction in
building different kinds of roads af
forded occasionally at fairs and insti
tutes, and by sample sections that have
been laid under government auspices,
have been very valuable, and have
aroused the people somewhat to a
realization of importance of regular in
struction on this subject. The Wor
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cester (Mass.) Gazette suggests that it
would be well if the State spent a por
tion of the enormous sum appropriated
annually for the highway system in
holding Institutes of Instruction for
highway supervisors, commissioners,
selectmen, and all others who have to
do with road-building. It thinks the
trouble with the highway builder usu
ally is that he does not consider his
business a profession, and needs to
learn from the experience of others.
"By establishing a school for construc
tion in road-building, the State could
do a greater service to the public than
by using the amount sucn a scnooi
would cost in building macadam roads
through the country."
Harrowing Fall Grain in the Spring.
Some years ago I was obliged to run
a pulverizing harrow clod crusher and
leveler across a field that had been
sown with wheat. The harrow had
to be taken to a distant field that had
been sown with wheat. The harrow
had to be taken to a distant field for
spring work, and as it was unavoid
able I run it across the field. I thought
the wheat would be killed, but it was
not, but on the contrary the path of the
harrow was soon as green again as the
rest of the field, and in a short time
became conspicuously greener, and the
mark of the harrow was visible until
harvest, when the straw was some
inches taller, and much more heavily
filled with grain. This accidental ex
perience led me the next year to har
row all my winter grain in the spring,
with the same desirable result. Henry-
Stewart.
Alfalfa for Hogs.
Wherever alfalfa can be raised, the
best, as well as the cheapest, pork and
bacon can be produced, for alfalfa
gives growth to the muscle, making
the lean meat that is the best and sells
the best. And while growing In the
alfalfa fields the hogs get the exercise
needed for healthy development. The
alfalfa can be raised in very many por
tions of Texas and wherever it will
grow it may be made a highly profit
able crop and one that will get out of
the swine industry its biggest possible
results. Texas Stock and Farm Jour-;
nal.
Horticultural Notes.
If you have a fruit tree that grows
rampantly and does not bear, though
quite large enough, try a little root
pruning before the leaves appear. The
second summer after such pruning it
will fruit.
Mock oranges are in much repute for
the lovely flowers and the sweet odor
of the same. But there are several
kinds in nurseries which are not sweet
scented, and when ordering see that
the sweet one is asked for.
For an evergreen to cover graves and
for other cemetery purposes, either the
common periwinkle, the English ivy or
the new memorial rose, Wichuriana,
would be found very useful. English
ivy does well in such a place.
Anjou is an exceedingly large .ind
good pear, and one largely planted for
profit. In Tennsylvania it is an autumn
pear; in New York early winter, and
further North It keeps well until mid
winter. It is a sure bearer, and one
tiiat should not be missed In any collec
tion. When a tree or plant is sick it does
not want manure, yet very often flor
ists and gardeners place manure about
them. A tree apparently healthy yet
making no growth is very likely in need
ot food and it should have the food,
not the sick one.
For shady places the common box
bush is one of the best evergreens, as
the green of its foliage is much deeper
when in the shade. And all evergreens,
are good for the purpose, but they must
not be set where the drip from trees
will fall on them much.
Spl ndor of a Russian Royal Palace
No Western imagination can" easily
conceive an idea of the splendor with
which the Russdau rulers are habitual
ly surrounded. Chairs and tables of
solid silver, ivory thrones ablaze with
brilliants and sapphires, walls of am
ber and floors of mother-of-pearl
these things sound like an Eastern fa
ble; but the Czar has them all.
At Moscow, in the great palace with
in the sacred Kremlin walls, there are
not only crowns, orbs and scepters cov
ered with diamonds, but also saddle,
stirrups and sets of harness covered
with similar gems. There are hundreds
of swords, daggers and scimitars, the
sheaths of which are literally masses
of pearls, rubies and turquoises.
Rare tapestries, marvelous china
from Sevres and Japan, flawless gems
from Asia, priceless antique MSS. and
jeweled book-covers these are a few
of the objects scattered about the
Czar's twelve palaces, with royal prodi
gality. The Queen's Gold Plate.
The gold plate which Is sent up from
Windsor Castle to Buckingham Palace
for state concerts numbers about ten
thousand pieces. It comes from the
gold pantry, which is an iron room sit
uated on the ground floor under the
royal apartments. The clerk of the
pantry gives it out packed in huge Iron
boxes, and invariably demands a re
ceipt for it. It is carried by special
train, under escort of a guard of sol
diers, and delivered to the butler at
Buckingham Palace. He gives a re
ceipt for it, and is responsible for it
while It remains at the Palace. The
same formalities are observed in taking
it back. The total value of plate in
this department is nearly ten million
dollars.
Plants Easily Acclimated.
In New Zealand no fewer than 500
species of plants have been Introduced
and acclimatised since the colonization
of the islands. The presence of these
plants there is ascribed directly or indi
rectly, to the presence of civilized man.
They have followed him, and, curiously
enough, have driven before them some
of the plants indigenous to the soil.
Most of the invaders are small species,
yet they have prevailed over larger and
more vigorous native species.
We never greatly admired a man of
whom it was said he was great to cut
up and act f unuv.
The League's Work in 1897.
Considerable has been said concern
ing the part which the League of Amer
ican Wheelmen has taken in the good
roads movement throughout the coun
try. As the national officers have to
work through the fifty or more local di
visions, the work of the latter must be
taken as that of the league. The New
York State division devoted most of
its time during the session of the Legis
lature of 18!7 in fighting, for the pas
sage of tlie Higby-Armstrong bill,
which was defeated, but will be
brought up again. The work of the
New York City consulate and the Good
Roads Association of Brooklyn is well
known and has resulted in many niiles
of asphalt and macadam roads in Tenn
sylvania, the wheelmen succeeded this
year in having a good roads bill passed.
Bills were introduced with more or less
success in Maine, Vermont, New Hamp
shire, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Oregon,
California all the direct result of agi
tation by wheelmen. The bill for the
appointment of a national highway
commission was due to the efforts of
wheelmen.
Besides this pioneer work, the divis
ions have devoted considerable energy,
successfully, to the building of cycle
paths, hoping in this way to show the
worth and necessity of good roadways.
Cycle paths have been built in Indian
apolis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Roch
ester, Niagara, Long Island, Florida,
Portland and Chicago, and in this city
the cycle speedway through Broux and
Felham Bay parkways will be built
before next spring. An arrangement
has been made between Tresident Tot
ter of the League of American Wheel
men and Gen. Roy Stone of the bureau
of good roads of the Agricultural De
partment at Washington to have 1,000,
000 pamphlets sent all over the country
showing the need of good roads. Last
February at Albany the National As
sembly of the League of American
Wheelmen set aside one day for the
discussion of road improvements,
which was attended and addressed by
prominent advocates of good roads.
The league has spent over $500,000 di
rectly and indirectly in this cause. The
Totter Good Roads Library, conducted
by the league, has been translated into
six different languages, and distributed
in European countries, and its distribu
tion in the United States has been wide
spread. Like all reforms, that of good
roads has been slow, but the above out
line shows how the work with which
the League of American Wheelmen is
in sympathy has been done. New York
Tost.
Narrow Wagon Tires,
In the framing of road laws there is
something else to be considered quite as
important as the encouragement of
cheap roads, and that is the decided
discouragement of narrow wagon tires,
says Engineering "News. It is evidently
the worst type of economic folly to ex
pend large sums in constructing good
roads and then to permit these roads to
be used, or rather abused, by vehicles
vhich often concentrate from two to
five tons on tires only two inches wide.
The destruction of the roadbed is in
evitable in time, however well it is
built, and the maintenance account is
enormously increased. New Jersey Is
taking decided steps in this connection
by providing for a rebate of taxes up to
$1 per wheel for wagons having tires
over four inches in width and by lately
permitting cities and towns to pass or
dinances absolutely prohibiting the use
of their streets by narrow tires sup
porting heavy loads.
Narrow tires are wrong in principle,
even when used on dirt roads. In ex
periments made on the. United States
road exhibit at the Atlanta exposition
it was shown that just twice as much
power was required to haul a load over
a wet clay road cut up by two inch tires
as to pull the same load over the same
road rolled and consolidated by four to
five inch tires.
Foreign countries, where good roads
are the.rule and not the exception, rec
ognize the value of broad tires in the
transport of heavy loads and make their
use compulsory. French market wag
ons, for example, have tires ranging in
width from three to ten inches, accord
ing to load, and the tires are usually
from four to six inches wide.
A general rule laid down in Ontario,
Canada, is that for wagons without
springs no tire should be less than 2
inches wide for a load of 500 to 1,000
pounds on each wheel, and not less than
6 inches wide for loads of 2.000 to 3,00G
pounds on each wheel. The French
practice of making the front axle short
er than the rear one, so that the two
sets of wheels may not follow in the
same track, is another excellent provis
ion, as it converts the broad tired wag
on into an efficient road roller.
When Klephants Have Toothache.
It is not easy to tell when an elephant
has got a toothache, but ft is best to
keep out of his way when you do know
it. A London surgeon, who had been
for many years in India, says he would
sooner risk a railway accident than
meet an elephant with a toothache.
It appears that a toothache affects
an elephant in a more severe manner
than It does any other animal. Ele
phants have very sensitive nerves, and
a touch of toothache often brings on
madness.
Providing you are able to chain down
an elephant and draw out the offend
ing tooth, the brute is certain to be af
fectionate to you afterward. Here is
an instance:
An elephant in Bengal, India, became
affected with toothache, but the keep
ers managed to secure it while a dentist
drew a decayed tooth the cause of the
trouble. After a time the elephant
seemed to understand that the dentist
was trying to do something for his
pain, and he gave every evidence of
appreciating the attention. When the
operation was over he frisked round
the dentist like a young lamb.
A Good Bee Do;.
Dan W. Scott, if Tine Grove, has a
wonder in the way of a bee dog. Any
one who has ever lived or visited in the
country knows what a nest of bumble
bees amount to when stirred up, and
the man who could face a regiment of
soldiers in battle, or the dog that would
attack a grizzly bear, could not always
stand his ground when exposed to,, the
fire of a well-regulated bumble-bee
camp. However, Mr. Scott's shaggy
shepherd dog is an exception to the gen
eral rule of dogs. He not only never
retreats, but does not desist until he has
killed every bee at home, and all that
come in range. He kills the bees by
snapping them. Lexington, Ky., Her
ald. No party is a success unless the, boy
in the neighborhood creep up tQ-.$he
wiaaows anu iuo in. iu4
Spring Medicine
These two words emphasize a necessity
and indicate a remedy.
SPRING the season when the blood
is most impure as a result of the win
ter's closer confinement, higher living,
slower action of the kidneys and liver;
when humors of all kinds, boils, pim
ples and eruptions are most .liable to
appear; when the weak, languid condi
tion of the whole bodily structure de
mands and welcomes help.
MEDICINE that to which the mil
lions turn at this season Hood's Sarsa
parilla. The original and only prepara
tion especially adapted to the present
needs of the human family; that which
makes the blood pure and clean, as
shown by its thousands of wonderful
cures of dreadful blood diseases; creates
an appetite and cures dyspepsia, as
shown by its "magic touch" in all
stomach troubles; steadies and strength
ens the nerves, as proved by people
formerly nervous, now calm and self
possessed, thanks to
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is America's Greatest Medicine because it cures when all others fail. Be sure to get Hood's.
Lubricant! for Bicycles.
A writer in The India Rubber World
calls attention of bicyclists to the fact
that animal oils are very destructive to
rubber products, such as bicycle tires.
It makes no difference how good the
compound may be; a little spot of ani
mal grease in contact with the tire
injures the rubber. A careful exami
nation of many bicycle oils shows that
they are partially of animal origin.
Mineral oils are not nearly so apt to
injure the rubber. In fact, many of
them are not injurious at all, when ap
plied in small quantities, while many
vegetable oils are in a measure helpful
to rubber.
Mm. Gadgki'g Hair.
All that beautiful hair that Mme.
Gadski displays as Elsa, Senta, Eva,
8ieglinde, Elizabeth and the rest, says
Harper's Bazaar, is her own. It is a
glorious mane, in color a light coppery
brown, slightly waving and of extraor
dinary length and thickness. In pri
vate life the prima donna wears it
brushed back from her forehead and
coiled at the middle of the back of her
head. A few plain tortoise-shell pins
hold it in place. No headdress or
fancy pins or bowknots or other bric-a-brac
disfigure it.
DOJi'T BE FOUNDERED.
We blanket a horse in the warmest
weather after a hard drive if he is to stand
in his stall. We take violent exercise and
do hard manual labor, and very many take
! no precaution against sudden cooling off.
! In case of the horse, he chills, he will be
I foundered. In case of men and women
j who are forgetful of the consequences, they
; will suffer soreness and stiffness from head
to foot. If we are thus forgetful, we need
not be so of the fact that St. Jacobs Oil, used
in a case of the kind, is one of the best and
surest cures. A good rubbing relaxes the
stiffened muscles "and puts the joints to
work again in good order. In this season
of sports none who enjoy them ought to be
without a bottle of the Oil.
Sufferers from neuralgia are warned
; by a medical writer not to drink tea,
but to partake freely of coffee, into
I which the juice of a lemon has been
squeezed.
THE MODERN GENERATION OF MEN
Physically men are better today than ever
before Our college youth are, as a general
thing magnificent specimens. The constitu
tionally weak and nervous, though they may
never 'become athletes, can greatly increase
their strength and restore tranquility to the
nervous system Dy tne emcient aia oi nostet
ter's S'.omach Bitters which also removes ma-
: larial kidney, dyspeptic and bilious trouble.
T'te United States government ex
1 hibit at the exposition will excel by all
' odds that made at any former exposi
tion. SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES.
Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet.
It cures painful, swollen smarting feet and
instantly takes the sting out of corns and
bunions. It's the greatest comfort discov
ery of the age. Allen's Foot-Ease makes
tight-fitting or new shoes feel easy. It is a
certain cure for chilblains, sweating, damp,
callous and hot, tired aching feet. We
have over 10,000 testimonials of cures. Try
it today. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores. Bv mail for 25c. in stamps. Tria
package FREE. Address Allen S. Olm
sted, Le Roy, N. Y.,
Common salt that is used daily in
our food is needed in the body. It
aids digestion and the assimilation of
the food, and helps in the composition
of many of. the tissues.
Iron Trade' to Be Extended.
In Warsaw iron of local manufacture
cost $55 a ton and English tradesmen,
confident that they can lay down their
own produci at Warsaw. 's door, duty
paid, for a like sum, and banking on
its presumed better quality, are prepar
ing to enter the market with rails, rail
way material, machinery and other
like manufactures.
One Bank Failure.
San Marino, the little republic in the
Appenines, has proved that it is up to
date by having a bank failure and ar
resting all the directors for fraud.
A Wonderful Statement
From Mrs. J. S. McGIllas, of 113 Kllbnm
Avenue, Rockford, 111
"I was dreadfully ill the doctors
aid they could cure me, but failed
to do so.
"I gave up
In despair
and took to
my bed. I
had dread
ful pains iu
my heart,
fainting
spells,
sparks be
fore my
eyes, and
sometimes
I would
get so blind
I could not
see for several minutes. I could not
stand very" long without feeling sick
and vomiting.
I also had female weakness, inflam
mation of ovaries, painful menstru
ation, displacement of the womb, itch
ing of the external parts, and ulceration
of the womb. I have had all these
complaints.
"Tlie pains I had to stand were some
thing dreadful. My husband told me
to try a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's
medicine, which I did, and after tak
ing it for a while, was cured."
Only those who have been relieved of
great suffering can fully appreciate the
gratitude with which the testimonials
overflow written in favor of Hoods's
Sarsaparilla. Just read this:
"C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.:
"Gentlemen After an illness of two
years during which time I underwent
I several surgical operations, I at last be
gan to improve; but my improvement
J was so slow that I became discouraged
i and it seemed as though I would never
Milking Cows by Machinery.
By means of a newly-designed ap
paratus all the cows in a dairy can be
milked at once, a vacuum tank being
connected by pipes with air-tight pails
near each animal, with flexible rubber
tubes for attachment to the teats to
draw the milk into the pails as soon as
the valves in the pipes are opened to
apply the suction of the vacuum tank.
2x1
Schillings Best baking
.powder ought to sell for
twice as much as the next
best. Km
A goldfish will will die in 90 min
utes if placed in water which contains
one per cent of alcohol. In water
which contains 20 per cent of alcohol
it will die instantly.
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.
We are asserting in the courts our right to the
exclusive use of the word " CASTORIA," 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 does now bear the
fac simile 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
Cbas. H. Fletcher is President.
March 8, 1807. SAMUEL PITCHER. M.D.
A Brooklyn thief has been sent to
the penitentiary nine years for stealing
two bicycles. The court evidently
rides.
HOME PRODUCTS AND PURE FOOD.
All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
glucose. "Tea Garden Vrip$" is made from
Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is for sale
by first-class grocers, in cans only. Manufac
tured by the Pacific Coast Syrup Co. All gen
uine "Tea Garden Drivs" have the manufac
turer's name lithographed on every can.
Iceland's geysers never shoot their
water higher than 100 feet, while some
of our Yellowstone geysers go more
than three times as high.
CITV Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousnes
rllO after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Hester er. Send for fREK SS.OO trial
bottle and treatise. DR. B. H. BBBL Ltd.. 930
Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa.
A machine for reigstering the strokes
made by the oarsmen in a rowboat was
recently exhibited in London.
Piso's Cure for Consumption is the onlv
cougli medicine used in my house. D. (J.
Albright, Mitrlinburg. Pa., Dec. 11, '95.
A London police court has decided
that Bibles and prayer books are neces
saries of life.
After being swindled by all others, send ue stamp
for particulars of King Solomon's Treasure, the
ONLY renewer of manly strength. MASON
CHEMICAL CO., P. O. Box "47, Philadelphia. Pa.
The population of New South Wales
last year was 96,640, a gain of about
20,000 in one year.
Very Honest.
"Papa," said Johnny, "I am a very
honest little boy, and I proved it to
day." "Tell me about it, Johnny," asked
his father, proudly taking his son on
: bis knee.
"I went to the store," answered
(johnny, "and the groceryman went
; into a back room and left me all alone
I near a barrel of apples. I could have
stolen them all, but I thought I would
j be honest, so only took two." N. Y.
j World.
Feeding on a Desert.
The American consul at Aden.
, Arabia, gives an account in the last
volume of Consular Reports of a curi
ous herd of sheep in Somaliland, which
is a desert country. These sheep sub
sist on prickly mimosa, a kind of desert
scrub bush, seemingly the most unpal-
! stable of food. Their striking peculiar
ity, as described by the" consul, is a
large lump of pure fat growing right at
I the root of the tail. A medium-sized
lump of this fat weighs about four
! pounds, and it varies from one and one-
half to six pounds. People who have
studied the nature and habits of these
sheep say that, like the camel, which
is able to subsist for days without food
from the strength derived from the tis
sues of his hump, this blackhead
j sheep can subsist on the strength with
! out any other sustenance. The prin
: cipal market for the skins is New York.
, It has been proven by trial that the
; sheep are able to stand a considerable
! change of climate. A few years ago
' four sheep were acclimated at the Zoo
i logical Garden at Frankfort, Germany,
where their progeny now number about
! 30. There are vast stretches of desert
! land in Arizona and elsewhere in the
: West where cactus plants grow in pro
- fusion, but as yet no domesticated ani
1 mals have been successfully raised in
that region. It has been proposed more
1 than once to import camels, but these
animals are not likely to prove service
able. The Somaliland sheep, however,
if accilmated in that desert region, to
gether with the plant he subsists upon,
might prove a valuable addition to our
list of domestic animals. It is no
doubt the thought of the consul that
such an experiment should be tried.
A man residing in Strafford, Vt.,
named one of his children Freedom be
cause he was born on a Fourth of July,
and another Blizzard because he first
saw What light there was on Maroh 19,
1888.
get strong again. I was very much run
down and it did not seem as though I
had any appetite and I did not care to
live. One day I met a friend who had
taken Hood's Sarsaparilla and I was
advised to try it. After I had taken a
few doses I
Began to Feel Better
and had a better appetite. I gained
from two to three pounds a week and
grew stronger every day. I took two or
three bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla,
and am now as strong as I ever was in
my life, and I praise Hood's Sarsapa
rilla for bringing me back to health. "
Emily Billinger, 10 Grand avenue,
South, Portland, Or.
"The members of our family have
derived much benefit from the use ol
Hood's Sarsaparilla. My father was
severely troubled with humor, but it
readily yielded to Hood's Sarsaparilla."
Mrs. I. M. White, Salem, Or.
The Medicine For You
Because of what it has done for oth
ers; because you ought this spring to
take that which will do you the most
good.
Automatic Car Brake.
A new automatic car stopper has a
gate hanging under the front of the car
which tips back when it strikes a
raised body and releases a pair of brake
shoes, which are flat on tie under side
to fit the rails and curved on the upper
side to engage the wheels, causing them
tn run on to the shoes and stop the car.
HOWS THIS?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney
for the past 15 years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and fin
ancially able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
West & Trcax,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
W aiding, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces 01
the system. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all
druggists. Testimonials free.
Hall's Family Pills r.rc the best.
Mougfleline Sleeves.
Dresses of various fashion, material
and style agree in this one point:
They have sleeves close fitting for the
entire length of finely shirred mous
seline de soie. For a dinner dress or
evening gown these sleeves are often
unlined. But for a luncheon gown or
other toilet they can be made as warm
as necessary with the silk lining. The
black mousseline sleeves are charming
on satin cloth or velvet frocks.
An Ideal Route to Klondike.
Some of the foreign newspapers,
Austrlian among them, exhibit a re
markably clear knowledge of the Klon
dike country. The following account
of the proper way of reaching the Klon
dike is taken from an Australian news
paper: "The real starting point for the
Klondike is Spokane. There the
traveler takes a canoe, by which he
voyages to Vancouver, B. C. At the
latter point he takes a sailing vessel di
rect to Dawson City."
The above item came from Australia,
and for several months it has been
traveling around in the humorous col
umns of American newspapers.
Zena King, of Fairland, Mich.,
kicked at a hog and missed it and broke
his leg against a post.
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and ref reshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend 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 druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Kt- MEW YORK. M.t-
WHEAT
Make money by succesf ul
speculation in Chicago. We
buy and sell whe&t on mar
gins. Fortunes, h&vp )t-.'n
made on a small Deginuing by trading in fu
tures. Write for full particulars. Best of ref
erence given. Several years' experience on the
Chicago Board of Trade, and a thorough know
ledge of the business. Bend for our free refer
ence book. DOWNING, HOPKINS 4 Co.,
Chicago Board of Trade Brokers. Offices in
Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Wash.
YOUR LIVER
Is it Wrong?
Get it Right.
Keep it Right.
Moore's Revealed Remedy will do it. Three
doses will make you feel better. Get it from
your druggist or any wholesale drug house , or
trom Stewart & Holmes Drug Co., Seattle.
Runes m tXeSS!!!?
Plain or with Cutter. The best needle in the mar
ket. Used by all sack sewers. For sale by all gen
eral merchandise stores, or by
WILL & FINCK CO.,
820 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal.
INDIAN
f A DC 1847-56.
1 Write for infor
mation lmportnt to HiirTlvora and vldows of
Indian war veterans. TARER fc WHITMAN CO.,
Pension and Patent Attorneys, Washington, D. C.
IM1 FIRMS For sale oncrop payment. 12.00 per
.ulfn intirno a(Te eesa, balance crop yearly
until paid for. J. Mulhall, Sioux City, la.
RODS
fbr tracing and locating Gold or Silver
Ore, lost or bnried treasures. M. 1.
FOWLER,Box 38TSouthington,Oojm1
SKIRT SUPPORTERS.
No annoying safety pin attachment to
break or unfasten. Works automatically.
Absolutely Prevents Skirts from Sagging:
Simple and effective. Will sell readily where
ever shown. Agents wanted everywhere. For
terms, etc., address
SIMMONS' SUIT SUPPIRTERS
819 Market St., Room 25. San Francisco, Cal.
N. P. H. V. Mo. 14, '8.
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