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I REMEMBER tbat multitudes of
birds were singing, buttercups and
daisies were In bloom, and the
misty globes of dandelions had gone to
leed for I picked some to blow away
at one breath for luck. So It must have
been on a June morning, In the year
185, that I went over to play with
the Sherman boys, and thereby met
With a memorable adventure.
Finding the boys at leisure, a game of
"1-epy" or as we had it, perhaps by
Inheritance from our English ances
tors, "hi-spy" was presently arranged.
We were "counted out" by our favorite
formula, "Wire, brier, limber lock, six
geese In a flock," and It fell to Tom's
lot to blind.
Before his loud announcement of the
first ten of the hundred which he was
so rapidly counting that there was but
a continuous mumble between the tens
Jim, Billy and I scattered In search
of hiding-places. I was at no loss to
find one, for I knew every nook and
corner of the premises; and as neither
of the others went that way, I tiptoed
up the stairs that led to the hayloft
over the stable. This place afforded a
good outlook to the "gool," as well as a
good hiding-place.
As I waded through the hay to the
darkest corner, the figure of a man
started up before me, nearly taking the
breath out of me, so sudden and unex
pected was the apparition. He seemed
no less startled than I. and when, in
the dim light, I made him out to be a
negro, I guessed that he was a fugitive
slave before his dialect made it appar
ent, as he whispered, anxiously, "Say,
chile, Is dis yere Mars' Abum Thome's
place?"
That was the name of my father,
who was a zealous abolitionist, and
whose house was well known by
friends of the "cause," and suspected
by enemies, to be a station of the Un
derground Railroad, concerning whose
dusky passengers, often seen by us be
tween their mysterious coming and go
ing, my sister and I early learned to
keep our own counsel.
It struck me at once that this fugitive
could scarcely have made a greater mis
take than In coming to the Sherman
barn. Only a little while before I had
heard neighbor Sherman declare to my
father that It was as clearly his duty
to give up a runaway slave as to deliver
a stray horse to its owner.
So I answered my Interlocutor In a
tone as cautious and more alarmed
than his own, "No, no! It's the next
house. But thee can't go there now!
Sherman's folks'll see thee! Thee must
He down an' let me cover thee up with
hay, an' don't stir till I come for thee
after dark. I'm Abraham Thome's
boy," I said, seeing that he hesitated a
little.
Thereupon he lay down, saying as he
did so, "I'se willin' 'nough to rest, but
I'se powerful hongry, chile."
I carefully covered him with hay,
hoping there was a good chance of his
being safe from further discovery, for
the horses were turned out to grass,
and no one was "likely to visit the loft
for hay.
I had barely time to smooth off the
covering before Tom Sherman sang
out "One hun-derd!" and the wornlng,
"One, two., thrtff?, loo'cjutf jyr .me!"
I st wed myself wbere he would be
sure ti find me before lie could stumble
on the hiding-place of the negro. Tom
spied the other boys, and I got a safe
run to the "gool," so that he had no oc
casion to search the loft. Hence I felt
easy concerning the man for the pres
ent, except that I was at my wit's end
for means to relieve his hunger, and
grew so abstracted over the problem
that I attracted the attention of my
companions.
"What makes you look so down In the
mouth, Tommy?" Bill Sherman asked.
"Oh, nothln'," I answered, evasively;
and then a happy thought struck me.
"Only I'm so hungry, I b'lieve I've got
to go home and get something to eat.
I guess I didn't eat as much breakfast
as I'd ought to this morning."
The explanation might pass with
those who had not witnessed my per-
formance, but it was not needed by my
playmates, for at the suggestion of j
hunger, each became aware of his own
pangs-it being now near 10 o'clock. j
"Hurrah for something featP' cried
Tom. "Come on!" and he led the way j
to the kitchen door, where an appeal
for relief was promptly responded to 1
by good, motherly Mrs. Sherman, with j
a double slice of bread and butter and
a doughnut for each of us.
I made a pretense of eating, not with-
!meff,rt JefralnlnS from the real-
Ity till Jim Sherman began to count
and the rest of us to scatter to cover. ;
Then I crept no selessly up the stairs
and gave all my lunch to the negro. It
made me hungry to see him eat, and 1
felt that I was making a great sacrifice
for the "cause" in which my father was
so earnestly engaged.
"I wish thee'd come to our house in
stead of here," I whispered to the ne-
gro, as he sat up under the tent of lmv I
... A le"L ol uay
ravenously bolting the bread and but
ter.
"Tell ye what, honey," he answered,
after a struggle to swallow a large
mouthful, "from what de folks tol' me
where I was stayin' yist'day, dis yere
was de place, nigh as I could make out
In de dim o' de mawnin' dis yere was
de place."
"Well, we can't help it now. All thee
can do Is to keep still till night."
Then Jim shouted warning, and I
heard him coming cautiously up the
stairs before my man was down and
covered up again. But covered he was
before Jim found me, and we rushed
pell-mell for the "gool."
When the game was ended I went
home, hungry enough, but quite un
able to enjoy my dinner, for fear of the
discovery of the runaway. I told my
father of him at the first opportunity,
and he was as anxious as I, as his
countenance showed.
"I wouldn't have neighbor Sherman
find him for anything, but thee did the !
best that could be done, my son, and
there's nothing for it hut to wait till
dark."
The commendation comforted me,
and I proved myself a valuable trench
erman at supper.
After nightfall I stole across the fields
to neighbor Sherman's, and all being
quiet about the premises, I at once
made my way to the loft, where I fouud
my man just on the point of setting
forth alone, so Impatient was he of a
longer stay In the dangerous precincts.
We had crept cautiously downstair
and around the barn, not drawing a
free breath till we got It between us
and the house, when we heard a team
driven rapidly to the door, and voices
in low, earnest conversation. Then
some one ran rapidly up the stairs to
the loft, and presently returned; where
upon the team was driven away in
greater haste than it had come.
I did not understand it at all, and
only felt sure that we had started none
too soon. It was bright starlight, so
we skulked along fences, which led us
a roundabout way, till we came near
our house, waiting among the pear
trees of the garden.
The kitchen door was open, my father
standing in It, in silhouette against the
candle-light, speaking in an earnest
tone to two men who stood a little out
side the threshold. Other figures stood
at Intervals around the house, very
steadfast and alert, except one who
seemed to be looking In our direction.
"I tell you there's no one but my own
family In my house," I heard my father
say.
One of the men replied, "That's all
very well, Mr. Thome, but I can't take
your word for It, when there's a nigger
in the case. We shall have to search
the house."
Then, with a terror that seemed to
melt my leg-bones and take my heart
ofmy body, I realized that our house
was beleaguered by slave-hunters. The
two men at the door pushed in past my
father, while the others stood more
alert. The man who was looking our
way moved toward us as directly as if
he saw us, though the negro and I, by a
common Impulse, crawled quickly be
hind the trunks of two pear-trees a few
feet apart.
On he came unerringly, until he was
right between us, and I made out dis
tinctly the tall, muscular form and red
bearded face of our neighbor Sherman.
I expected to see him pounce upon the
crouching figure of my companion like
a tiger on his prey, and wondered if a
sudden attack In the rear by a 12-year-old
boy could be of any avail.
He turned neither to the right nor to
the left as he passed between us, nor
paused as he whispered with sharp dis
tinctness, "Go back to my barn and lay
low till I tell ye!"
A few paces beyond us he turned
about and passed between us again, re
peating the whispered injunction, and
going back to the house, took post there,
loudly enjoining vigilance upon the
others.
The negro crawled away In range of
his tree, on his hands and knees, as
stealthily as a cat, and I followed as
nearly as I could in like manner, till we
gained the cover of a fence, looking
back from which we saw the light shin-
DON YOU TELL ME NUFFIS
lng from successive window's as
searching parrj- sit -err from root'
r-eota, vrt.'.'e the fi,rni-es of the hi . sgers
were dissolved and blotted out in the
gloom.
We' made our way back to the Sher
man place with cautious haste, now
startled by a ground-nesting bird burst
ing up from the grass before us, now
making wide detours to avoid some dim
object, which proved to be a harmless
cow or stump, till at last we reached
the left and lay down upon the hay,
with a welcome sense of security in
the place which I had lately deemed so
dangerous.
Then as we rested and by degrees re
covered natural breathing, my com
panion explained in whispers the mys
tery of neighbor Sherman's behavior.
" 'Long in the arternoon I was layin'
kivered in de fodder a-wishin' mighty
hard for night an' suffin' for to eat
an' I heard somebody come a-trom-
piing up de stairs, an he begin pokin'
de fodder, an' me des nat'aly shakin'
wid fear, ontwel fust I knowed he hove
de fodder clean off'n me. A mons'ous
big, f eree-lookln man he was, wid a
red baird-same man he was that came
to we-nns ober yander, an' he holler at
me, 'What you doln' here? You's a
runaway nigger, dat's what you isr
"When I try for to speak, he say,
'Don' you tell me nuffln'. I don' wan'
to hear a word out 'n yo' head. Yon
had anything to eat since you ben
yere?' an' I tor him how you done fotch
me a little speck, in de mawnin', an' he
went an' fotch me a heap o' whittles,
an. he toP me to lay gtm under de fod.
der ontwl de dark come nn' n' r1n
to de nex' house an' not come back
yere no mo', 'cause he ain't gwlne for
to have no runaway niggers roun' his
place. Deen he kiver me in de fodder,
an' dat de las' I seen him ontwll he
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t. ' . ..
a m.trhtv curious man. dat he s"
I quite agreed in his opinion of neigh
bor Sterman, since he was acting in so
unexpected a manner.
We lay quietly for an hour before we
heard a cautious step ascending the
stairs, and then neighbor Sherman's
guarded voice, "If there's anybody
here, they can go over to Thome's now.
The coast Is clear."
With that he went downstairs, and
we presently followed, and went over
to our house, where all was quiet after
the futile search.
On the following night my father car
ried the fugitive to the next 'station
I northward, and we saw no more of h:m,
I but heard that he reached Canada with
j out further adventure.
A few days later I happened to hear
j my father thanking neighbor Sherman
very warmly for what he had done,
j and the response of the latter was:
"Sho! Abr'am, don't never say a
. word about it. I wouldn't for all the
world nave lt get out 'at 1 harbred a
runaway nigger. Why, they wouldn't
never call on me agin to help ketch
'em." Youth's Companion.
The Largest Loaves of Bread.
The largest loaves of bread baked
In the world are those of France and
Italy. The "pipe" bread of Italy is
baked in loaves two or three feet long,
while in France the loaves are made
in the shape of very long rolls four or
five feet in length, and In many cases
even six feet. The bread of Paris is
distributed almost exclusively by wo
men, who go to the various bakehouses
at 5:30 a. m. and spend about an hour
polishing up the loaves. After the
loaves are thoroughly cleaned of dust
and grit, the "bread porter" proceeds
on the round of her customers. Those
who live In apartments or flats find
their loaves leaning agalnstthe door.
Fotters are not the only people who
make family jars.
U A . . . T f.
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
THINGS PERTAINING TO
FARM AND HOME.
THE
Suggestions on Making Palatable and
Nutritious Ensilage-Most Farmers
Cnltivate Too Much Land Stock Show
Preference for Salted Hay -Notes,
The dairyman who owns a silo usu
ally needs very little advice on the
points Involved In making palatable
and nutritious ensilage, but suggestions
are always welcome, and the following
from the American Cultivator is worth
considering:
There is not the need that used to be
supposed of doing the work of cutting
In a single day, so that fermentation
could not begin until after the top was
covered with some weight to press the
silage together. The effect of fermenta
tion Is to liberate carbonic acid gas.
This is heavier than the common air,
and therefore remains In the silo unless
there is a hole near the bottom to send
In a current of fresh air. The greatest
care should be taken to see that insects
or mice have not drilled holes through
the woodwork of the silo during the
time it has been unoccupied. If such
holes can be found they should be cov
ered and closed with cement.
The shorter the silage is cut the better
It will keep, because short silage packs
Itself closely and incloses little air. It
Is the amount of which the silage holds
at the beginning that determines how
much it shall ferment. If the amount
Is small the silage will come out sweet.
The richness of the silage has much to
do with Its sweetness or sourness. Corn
that Is nearing maturity, but without
drying of the leaf, makes the best sil
age. It has more sugar and starch, and
these, so soon as they ferment, are turn
ediuto carbonic acid gas, and thus stop
any further fermentation. On the oth
er hand, green corn that is nowhere
near mature, and has little sweetness,
makes a very poor silage, and is mostly
very sour. So, too, Is silage made from
putting In whole cornstalks. These
cannot be packed closely, and the result
Is that many of the stalks will be al
most rotten when taken from the silo.
Cnltivate Fewer Acres.
I am surprised at the small crops of
grain, grass, potatoes, - etc., that are
grown on many farms. The lack of
sufficient good stable manure is largely
responsible for this. A few years ago
a company was formed and a large
strawboard factory built at the county
seat of my county. Since then every
farmer within a radius of ten miles of
this establishment-fortunate enough to
have any straw has sold it at the very
low figures of from $1 to $2 per ton.
With the money received for the straw
some cheap grade commercial fertilizer
Is purchased. As a consequence the
soils of the farms are becoming thinner
each year from a lack of sufficient hu
mus to make it lively and friable. It is
very poor practice to sell straw from
the farm. Keep enough stock to work
over all the straw and rough feed into
manure and then judiciously apply It to
the fields. The labor will be more than
doubly paid for by increased crops.
Another trouble with a great many
farmers is their greed for too many
acres. How common it Is to hear a man
boasting of the number of acres of corn
or whent he is putting out, but when the
harvest comes he usually lias about
ww-tfelrtl kwa -ncrcs-tJoaa at se-e-diug
time. It Is an old tdage that "tillage
is maaure." We have this proven by
6eelng a field that has had an extra
amount of work put upon it before sow
ing It to wheat. The crop will be much
larger than on a field only half prepar
ed. If we expect to keep our farms in
a state of fertility that will enable us to
grow paying crops we must concentrate
our work upon fewer acres and have
them well fertilized. It pays much bet
ter to raise a given number of bushels
of wheat from ten acres than to raise
the same number from twenty. By
doubling the producing capacity of an
acre half of the land can be in grass,
thus giving it a chance to recuperate.
M. C. Thomas, in Orange Judd Farmer.
Favors Salting Hay.
The farmer who guides himself by
what he reads about salting clover hay
will probably become confused, says a
writer in the Stockman. One authority
says never salt It it is dangerous to do
so. Another no less confidently assures
us that it should be salted; he has al
ways done so, likewise has his father.
Plainly when doctors differ the indi
vidual may use his reason about the
matter, and If possible decide for him
self. The objections against salt Is that
It is deliquescent and therefore an In
crease of moisture is to be expected
from its use. After many years of ob
servation and experience we have con
cluded that for us salting clover hay is
very desirable. We have endeavored
to arrive at this conclusion intelligently
by repeating tests both In the mow and
stack. The clover which is sufficiently
cured to keep without salting will not
Buffer from heat if salt Is applied. While
It Is true that salt is deliquescent, yet
It is altogether probable that this draw
back Is balanced by the preserving
quality, for why should salt cease to
preserve hay when it Is applied to oth
er commodities for this purpose? Yet
we can admit, if necessary which our
observation does not warrant that salt
ing does not materially preserve the
hay, and still claim our case. The pref
erence of the stock for the salted hay is
apparently a sufficient guide.
Suppose the individual had to partake
of his food unsalted, would he not make
an objection? Neither would he be rec
onciled to this if his salt came in daily
or weekly installments.
Winter Protection for Strawberries.
There is no question but some good
protection is almost essential to the
strawberry plants, but authorities dis
agree about the bc3t to be adopted.
While some advocate manure, others
object to it, and recommend straw,
leaves, litter or anything of this nature.
The chief objection to manure seems
to be that seed weeds are apt to be
sown with It on the strawberry bed.
But If one's manure is as good as it
ought to be weed seeds ought not to be
spread in this way. Moreover, only
well-rotted manure is fit fair this work,
and the weed seeds will generally have
died out before manure reaches this
stage. The value of the manure in en
riching the plants is often, overlooked
by those who prefer other things for
protection. All through the winter the
strength of the manure Is soaking Into
the soil, and by spring when the pro
tection is removed the plants are fertil
ized richly and ready to spring into im
mediate and rapid growth.
But if one has no suitable manur
hand, the next best thing is proba'.
forest leaves, collected in the .woods,
and mixed with just enough straw to
keep them In place. A few twigs of the j
trees gathered with the leaves will be
of value. These spread over them will
help to keep them from being blown
about by the wind.
Straw is good as a protection, bin
sawdust is not so easily handled. The
rain makes the sawdust cling to trig
plants so that It sometimes proves quite
a nuisance. Potato vines can often be
utilized for protection of strawberries,
especially in connection with a few
leaves. The two mixed together make
a cheap and effective covering. Wis
consin Agriculturist
Warm the Milk.
In winter It Is often a difficult matter
to churn cream and extract its butter
fats. Warming the milk to 140 degrees
Is an effective remedy for this. It will
also enable the dairyman to get a great
er amount of cream from the same milk
than he otherwise would. But the milk
should not be allowed to become much
warmer than 140 degrees or it will
make the butter soft. As the warmed
m'lk is cooled pretty much all the cream
will rise at once. It should be skimmed
before the top hardens into a crust, as
it speedily wllL WThen put away to
await churning In the winter season,
cream should be stirred once a day, so
as to mix all its parts together and pre
vent mold forming on the surface.
Some Poultry Do Nota.
Do not keep 1,000 fowls In quarters
built for but 500. Do not try to be a
fancier before you are a common poul
try man. Do not try to teach others
until you know something yourself. Do
not change to a new variety until you
have fully worked the old one. Do not
study the art of cure until you have
mastered the art of prevention. Do not
fail to remember that health In the hen
nery Is brought about by cleanliness.
Do not be led away by reports of oth
ers' good success; try to beat it your
self. Do not boast and think you know
it all. Do not fail to read of the experi
ences of others and try to profit by
their loss. Do not trust alone to hired
help, but try to do some of the work
yourself.
American Butter in England.
The butter product of the United
States bids fair to become a rival of the
Denmark product in England. This is
possible from the shrinkage of space
brought about by present-day condi
tions, making possible the transporta
tion and delivery of butter In the Eng
lish market fifteen days after making.
Under these conditions Insuring the
sweetness of the product being unim
paired, and notwithstanding the hesi
tancy of the English merchants to en
gage in the butter trade with the Uni
ted States, the product of this country
promises to obtain a firm foothold and
to command the highest prices abroad.
Training Poultry,
To build a comfortable poultry house
will not prevent the fowls from roosting
on the tree limbs in winter unless they
are taught that the house is for their
accommodation. This is done by catch
ing them at night and placing them in
the house, where they must be confined
for a week, at the end of which time
they will have forgotten their former
roosting places and when given their
liberty will return at night in their new
quarters.
Keeping Kggs.
Did you know there is nothing better
than last year's oats in which to pack
eggs for winter use? It is not safe to
use new oats; they must be a year old.
I know of nothing more clean, conveni
ent and sure.
I kept eggs tbus packed in early fall
until Easter one year, and the box was
moved thirty miles over rough roads in
midwinter. Farm and Fireside.
HkUir m Hands f can
AtoonMrW man
rather than the rule. There are many
men who can plow and perform general
farm work In a routine manner, but the
man who understands what is required,
and who needs not be told what to do,
is indispensable. Intelligence is neces
sary to make a good farm hand, and the
best men get high wages.
Farm Notes.
It Is estimated that the cost of pro
tecting trees to prevent disease, by the
use of spraying mixtures, is less than
one-fifth of a cent per tree, and the
spraying may also Increase the profit
on fruit.
Sulphur Is injurious when given in
the food during damp weather to ani
mals or poultry. For hens that are
shedding their feathers it is beneficial if
added to the food in small quantities
twice a week. It is also excellent for
hens that are laying.
The largest profit for butter Is In win
ter If it is of the best quality, because
it can then be kept to better advantage
and more easily shipped to distant mar
kets. The cost will depend on how
much ensilage was stored this fall.
The honeysuckle Is a hardy plant, and
In a few years forms a thick covering to
a veranda or lattice frame. The com
mon morning glory is another climbing
plant which should not be overlooked,
as It grows from seed and reaches a
great height the first year.
A difference of only lc per pound re
ceived for a steer may amount to $10 or
$12 for the entire animal. To fatten the
steers is to not only Increase their
weight, but also to add quality. Profits
are small on all goods, but the largest
profits are received only for the best.
While it may be better to cut out the
old wood from blackberries in winter,
after the ground is frozen, it will be an
advantage at this time to plow under
the crab grass and weeds as so much
green material. But few blackberry
fields are manured, yet no crop re
sponds more readily to good treatment
than blackberries.
Steers of the beef-producing breeds
have large frames which can hold an
abundance of meat. The more meat the
farmer can crowd on a frame the larg
er his profit, and he, therefore, should
not object to his steers being heavy
feeders, as they will make their gain
in a shorter time than if dainty.
'The Oldest Metallic Object?.
Dr. J. H. Gladstone, discussing at the
Royal institution the question of the
metals used by the great nations of an
tiquity, said recently that gold was
probably the first metal known to man,
because lt is generally found native.
The oldest metallic objects to which we
can assign a probable date were found
in a royal tomb at Nagada, in Egypt,
supposed to have been that of King
Menus. In one of the chambers were
some bits of gold and a bead, a button,
and a fine wire of nearly pure copper.
If the tomb has been properly Identi
fied, these objects are at least sixty
three hundred years old. Nearly all the
ancient gold that has been examined
contains enough silver to give It a light
color. It was gathered by the ancients
in the bed of the Pactolus and other
streams of Asia Minor.
Certainly.
Mistress Bridget these are ewers.
I hope you'll not call them Jugs any
more.
Bridget Thank yez, mum. Sure, and
is these others mine, too?--Jewelers'
Weekly. : .
It's enough to discourage the fool
killer when he looks around and sees
how far behind he is with his wcVk.
Feel the lnfluer.ee.
Cold and heat alike aggravate neural
gia, because the nerves feel the cold
dnol aandiliifatn hut narVAfl ara
Hliu ilea, oi-nciij rtijj u n v ... . w .
sensitive to treatment and feel the in
fluence of St Jacobs Oil, which cures
the affluent promptly.
Condensed eggs are prepared in Pas
san, Bavaria. First he eggs are dried,
then reduced to a fine powder, which
is placed in air-tight cans. Thus a
most nutritiious food is compressed in
to smallest possible space.
Sharp Pains
Darting from one point to another, stiff and
swollen joints, inflammation, intense suf
fering, are characteristics of rheumatism.
All these disagreeable symptoms are cured
by Hood's Sarsaparilla which purifies the
blood and neutralizes the acid which is the
cause of rheumatism. Why should you con
tinue to suffer when others are being re
lieved of all symptoms of rheumatism by
Hood's Sarsaparilla
America's Greatest Medicine. Price, $1.
Hood's Pills cure all Liver Ills. 25 cents.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The Danish flag is the oldest in exist
ence, dating back to 1219 or therea
bouts. A church at Seidhtz, in Bohemia,
contains a chandelier made of human
bones.
India has an anomaly in the shape of
a fly which attacks and devours large
spiders.
Indiana's cement belt covers about
20 square miles. Seventeen miles are
in operation.
It is reported that rats climb the
orange trees of southern Italy and suck
the blood oranges.
It has been found that if the per
centage of carbon or silicon in steel be
increased the electrial resistance also
rises.
In paper making these chemicals are
used: Milk of lime, chloride of lime,
hyposulphite of soda, china clay, lime
or talc.
Sumatra kerosene is at present a for
midable competitor in the Russian
market. The supply seems to be
unlimited.
How fast can a bee fly? A hive on
the roof of a train was carried at the
rate of 30 miles an hour before Che bees
' were left behind.
The Best Seeds Absolutely Necessary.
We cannot too strongly nor too often
urge the supreme importance of planting
seeds that are perfectly pure and fresh.
Seeds that are offered at cheap prices are
almost invariably of doubtful origin and
uncertain age, sure to cause the planter
disappointment and loss. The thoughtful
planter's only surety lies in buying s.eeds
sent out by a conscientious and trust
worthy house- A vast number of Amer
ican gardeners have (and have had for
vears) the utmost confidence in seeds that
eai the name, D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit,
Mich. The present generation of planters
can hardly remember the time when
Ferry's Seeds were not on sale eyerywhere
each year and as regularly planted by
thousands with the greatest faith in the
unvarying quality of the seeds and in the
integrity of the firm that grew them. Every
glanter, whether already a buyer of Ferry's
eeds or not, should send for Ferry's Seed
Annual for 1899. It is mailed free" to any
one who writes for it.
Last year the United States exported
866 locomotives, valued at about
$3,000,009. sewing machines to the
value of $2,500,000 and typewriters
worth $1,500,000.
No household is complete without a bot
tie of the famous Jesse Moore 'Whiskey. It
is a ttare and tt'hoJ.some stiiuiiairi rec
ommended by ail physicians. Don't ne
glect this necessity.
An unusual accident befell Mr. J.
Thompson at Portland, Me. He jumped
from a moving train and the shock
caused a rupture of his windpipe, re
sulting in death.
TRY ALLEN'9' FOOT-EASE,
A powder to be shaken into the shoes.
At this season your feet feel swollen, ner
vous and uncomfortable. If you have
smarting feet or tight shoes, try Allen's
Foot-Ease. It rests and comforts ; makes
walking easy. Cures swollen and sweating
feet, blisters and callous spots. Relieves
corns and bunions of all pain and is a cer
tain cure for Chilblains, Sweating, damp
or frosted feet. We have over thirty thou
sand testimonials. Try it today. Sold by
all druggists and shoo stores for 25c. Trial
package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olm
sted, Lc Roy, N. Y.
"The only thing we can do now,"
says Dupuy de Lome, speaking for
Spain, "is to repent and reform."
Such things are quite possible, even to
Spain, when she can't do anything else.
A LIVING WITNESS.
Mrs. Hoffman Describes How She
Wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for
Advice, and Is Now WelL
Dear Mrs. Pinkham: Before using
your Vegetable Compound I was a
great sufferer. I have been sick for
months, was troubled with severe pain
in both sides of abdomen, sore feeling
in lower part of bow
els, also suffered
with dizziness,
headache, and
could not sleep.
I wrote you a
letter describ
ing my case and
asking your
advice." You
replied tell
ing me just
what to do. I
followed your direc
tions, and cannot praise your medicine
enough for what it has done for me.
Many thanks to yon for your advice.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has cured me, and I will recom
mend it to my friends. Mrs. Florence
E. Hoffman, 512 Roland St., Canton, O.
The condition described by Mrs Hoff
man will appeal to many women, yet
lots of sick women struggle on with
their daily tasks disregarding the
urgent warnings until overtaken by
actual collapse.
The present Mrs- Pinkham's experi
ence in treating female ills is unparal
leled, for years she worked side by side
with Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, and for
sometimes past has had sole charge
of the correspondence department of
her great business, treating by letter
as many as a hundred thousand ailing
women during a single year.
FERRYS
were famous years ago their fame
I grows every year as tbe seeds
I most K U raiieu on uo BIWBJB i
tfan tuut. For sale bv leading 1
dealers everywhere. Five cents i
per paper ana aiways wonu ju
insist on oaring mem. xvuu ,
no rtofc buy e r r s.
1899 Seed Annual is iree.
.0. M. rKRH i lui
Detroit, MICH.
bs. r.URFS WHrRF All USE FAILS. P3
Cough SrruD. Tastes Good. Use I
Id time. Sold by druggists.
FREAK LIGHTNING.
Went Through a House Without Find
ing the Family.
During the severe storm Tuesday tbe
home of C. H. Redlidge, In California,
Wicomico .County, was struck by
lightning. The bolt struck a big locust
tree in the yard, jumped from that to
the peak of the house and burned or
melted some nails In the wood. Prom
there It went down the attic window
post, which was splintered, went
through tbe plastering In five small
holes. It looked as though the holes
were made by a gun. It set the lace
curtains on fire and partly burned a
feather bed. The bolt seemed to part
here, part going out front and part
going back. The part going front dam
aged the shutters, ripped otf the plaster
ing, followed some nails over the door
head and melted the wire on a screen
door, and went into the ground under
the front steps. The part that weat the
back way doubled again before it en
tered the ground, one part taking one
side, tearing out a window frame, fol
lowing a tin valley down a doorway,
ripping off plastering and laths and
then Into the ground. The part that
took the other side ran along a parti
tion, ripping off laths and plastering
down the back stairway and through a
tin safe or cupboard. In this cupboard
was a glass spoon vase, with silver
spoons in it. The spoons were ttacken
ed and some of them were melted
where they touched each other. In the
same cupboard were knives and forks.
These were melted and stuck where
they came in contact with each other.
From the cupboard It went through the
corner of the house, tearing off the
plastering and weather boarding and
ripping open the corner posts. The
family, strange to say, were not hurt
in the least, nor did any one feel any
shock. Baltimore Sun.
A Preference.
Once in a great while Mr. Blynklns
develops an Impression that he is
wiser than his wife. This state of mini
Is only occasional, owing to the com
pleteness of demonstrations to the con
trary which almost Invariably follow
lt. The baby had been crying. All her
efforts to sooth lt had been in vain,
and finally Mr. Blynkins laid down the
book whose reading hie had Interrupted
two or three times a page to cast
blameful glances, and said:
"Julia, are you aware we pay rent
for only a portion of this building?
Does lt occur to you that while we
have a right to fill this flat as full of
noise as we choose, we are not morally
Justified In causing noise to overflow
and pervade the entire structure?"
"It's the baby that's crying," she
suggested.
"You are not adopting the method
likeliest to quiet the child. You have
been humming to It, but what the
child needs Is music Give him to me
and I'll show you what I mean."
He took the child and proceeded to
chant a lullaby. The little one stopped
crying and stared at him.
"There," said Mr. Blynklns, as he
reached the end of a verse; "what he
wanted was music, real music. He
wasn't to be fooled with any make
believing humming. Of course, the
fact that I used to sing in a glee club
and had my voice cultivated may make
a difference, too."
He had not gotten very far Into the
next stanza when there came a ring
at the bell.
He gave the baby to his wife while
b&epevsi tiie daawt A girl of fourteen
or flfteea said:
"We're the people who have Just
moved Into the flat above. There's a
sick lady with us, and she says if it's
all the same to you, would you mind
letting the baby cry instead of singing
to it?"
German Thrift,
An American In Munich writes to a
New York paper concerning "German
thrift,' 'with examples of petty econ
omies he has seen In Germany, and
that strike Americans as extraordin
ary. He tells of a stout German gentle
man who came Into the lobby of one
of the picture galleries of Munich one
day last summer puffing a cigar. After
depositing his hat and umbrella, he
looked around uneasily. Big signs on
the entrance doors to the gallery warn
ed him tbat no smoking was allowed.
Finally his face lighted up as he strode
over to one corner and deposited his
half-finished cigar In a sort of metal
rack fastened to the wall. "So!" he
exclaimed with a sigh of relief, and
marched in to see the pictures. Almost
at the same moment, another German,
having "done" the pictures, approach
ed the rack in question, and, having
scrutinized its contents, selected a
stump of a cigar as his particular prop
erty, and proceeded to light It before
getting on his hat and coat This pro
vision for saving the stumps of cigars
was a novelty to the American, and he
examined it with some curiosity. A
sign, "Cigarre Ablade," placed above
it in large letters, announced its pur
posea "leaving place" or "depositing
place" for cigars. The rack was of met
al, and fashioned something like a
miniature wire-rack; there was a spe
cial groove for each cigar, but no par
ticular mark or number by which one
could identify one stump from another,
and no particular reason why the first
comer should not help himself to the
best and biggest cigar of the lot These
cigar repositories are common all over
Germany In galleries, museums, and
other places where smoking Is not al
lowed. Rata.
They appear to be turning snakes to
good account in Brazil, for rats have
become so abundant that a domestic
snake, the giboya, which has about the
circumference' of the arm, is sold in the
market-place In Rio Janeiro to be kept
In the house as a protection against ro
dents. It would seem that the serpent
pursues its prey more for the pleasure
there is in it than from a sense of hun
ger, since It Is said it rarely eats the
rats caught. Similar in its habits and
attachments to the domestic cat of
more northern latitudes, the giboya
will, lt is said, find Its way back to the
house of Its master, even If transport
ed to a considerable distance.
Making Use of Him.
Mr. Pendragon weighs 240 pounds.
He called on Miss Flyrte the other
evening.
"Oh, Mr. Pendragon," she said, "I am
so glad to see you. Would you mind
sitting In this big chair. I put a port
folio of autumn leaves underneath the
cushion yesterday."
And later in the evening Mr. Pendra
gon suggested that she should help him
press them. Somerville Journal.
Foretelling tbe Weather.
A curious barometer Is used in Ger
many and Switzerland. It is a jar of
water, with a frog and a little step-ladder
in It. When the frog comes out of
the water and sits on the steps, a rain
storm will soon occur.
About all that a married man goes
through that a single man misses, la
the experience of b;'ng the center Ag
ar In a family group photograph.
To Prevent Freezing.
Some interesting things have come
to light in the history of the tunnel
boring for the Jungfrau railway in
Switzerland. Blasting gelatine was
used in this work, which freezes at a
temperature of about 40 degrees Fahr
enheit. It is an exceedingly danger
ous substance to handle, being unlike
dynamite in this respect, and so the
contractors engaged in this woik are
keeping their explosives in a sort of
safe heated by electricity, bo that the
danger of the gelatine freezing is en
tirely obviated. In this connection is
a proposition to extend this idea to the
thawing out of dynamite by some elec
trical application, as dynamite is com
monly frozen for safe handling.
The World's Supply of Wheat.
An English expert claims that the
wheat producing soil of the world is un
equal to the strain that will be put upon
it. Even now when the food supply s
ample, thousands die because their dis
ordered stomachs fail to digest the food
they take. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
strengthen and tone up the stomach and
digestive organs.
Light From Sugar.
Tfise flashes of bluish white light seen
in the dark when pieces of sugar are
rubbed together have been studied by
Mr. John Burke, an English physioist.
By rotating a loaf of Sugar on a lathe
against a hammer he has obtained al
most continuous luminosity, enabling
him to observe and photograph the
spectrum. The light appears to be a
result of. some change in the crystals,
and not due to heating or to chemical
action between the sugar and air, as
was supposed.
Makes the Spot Vanish.
A slight rap may cause a brnise, or a
slight blow a black one, sore and ten
der. But it is easy to cure a bruise by
tbe use of St. Jacobs Oil, and make the
spot vanish and tbe soreness heal.
Interlocking Bricks.
A resident of Tornoto, Canada, has
i n tt n f Or! a iL'iT'inn K v 1 1-1 Ir VI? 1 -. 1 r V O
: claims will save cities considerable ex
; pense if it comes up to expectations.
It consists of a system of interlocking
j brick, by which the stones dovetail into
. each other, the economy resulting
from its use being that concrete might
be superseded as necessary to make a
smooth pavement, but the bricks could
be simply laid on tbe foundation.
Experiments with plant seeds sub
jected to exterme cold have shown that
the power of germination is not de
stroyed but merely suspended by the
iold.
Schillings
Best
money-back tea and
baking powder at
Your Grocers
A curious butterfly exists in India.
The male has the left wing yellow
and the right one red; the female has
these colors reversed.
If you want the best wind mill, pumps,
tanks, plows, wagons, bells of all sizes
boilers, engines, or general machinery, see
or write JOHN POOLE, foot of Morrison
street, Portland, Oregon.
Subtnaiine volcanoes are constantly
Being" discovered, and area times,
owing to their sudden appearance, a
great danger to navigation.
When coming to San Francisco go to
Brooklyn Hotel, 208-212 Bush street.
American or European plan. Room and
board $1.00 to $1.50 per day ; rooms 50 cents
to $1.00 per day; single meals 25 cents.
Free coach. Chas. Montgomery.
A swordfish weighing 2,070 pounds
was lately brought to the market at
Taejing. It was 30 feet long, the sword
alone weighing 40 pounds.
To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund money if it fuils to
cure. 25c.
Concerning Excuses.
If you always tell the truth you
will never have to fix up excuses.
FITS
Permanently Cured. IS o fits or nervousnes
after first 'lav's use of Tlr. KlIne'R iiraui
Nerve Bestorer. Bead for CRICK SC.OO trial
bottle and treatise. DR. R. H. KT.INJt, .Ltd., 930
irch street, Philadelphia. Pa,
If there is no other way in which a
woman can be complimented, tell her
that she is a great problem.
Piso's Cure for Consumption has been a
family medicine with us since 1865. J. R.
Madison, 2409 42d Ave., Chicago, 111.
A man never knows how well posted
bis wife is on church affairs until she
entertains her minister at supper.
HOW'S THIS?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case of Catarrh that can not be enred by Hall's
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. cnENEY & CO., Props;, Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known F.J. Cheney
for the past 15 vears, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and fin
ancially able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
W'kst & TbtjaX,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Walking, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is takenlnternally , actinf
directly on the blood and mucous suriaces 01
the system. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all
dxugpists. Testimonials free.
Hall's Family Fills -re the best.
According to a census taken bv the
Maine bureau of statistics there are 1
1,577,252 hens in that state.
WILLAMET
MANUFACTURERS OF
ENGINES, BOILERS
Saw Mill and Mining Machinery.
Dealers in Flour Mill and Grain Cleaning Machinery and Supplies. Repair
ing Promptly Attended to.
WORK THE BEST. PRICES THE LOWEST.
American
Type
r
Founders
Company
IF m IRE RUPTURED
Don't neglect yourself; it is the
perfect fitting truss applied in
season which effects a cure; the
Imperfect never; 2,000 styles to
select from enables us to guar
antee a tit, or no cnarge; li your
druggist does not Keep them
write ns for directions for self
measurement; correspondence
confidential and trusses sent se
cure from observation, to any
address; money refunded if not
satisfactory. V. H. Woodard
& Co., Expert Truss Fitters, 108
Second St., Portland, Or.
PERSONS WORTH
KNOWING ABOUT
Captain Parker, proprietor of the
Parker house, Astoria, was in the city
last week, and repot ts himself cured of
catarrh Dy Dr. Darrin seven years ago.
He says the cure is permanent.
Ex-Sheiiff A. T. Sclioeim' wife, of
51 Third street, Portland, has been
troubled with deafness foi a long time.
Her good genius prompted her to try
Dr. Darrin's Electrical cure. She was
cured. Her daughter, Nina, was cured
by Dr. Darrin seven years ago of rheu
matism, loss of appetite and general de
bility. J. A. Lindsley, news agent on the
O. R. & N., residence Mt. Tabor, Or., is
very enthusiastic over the cure of con
sumption, bronchitis and catarrh, per
formed by Dr. Darrin eight years ago.
He gained 20 pounds, and has kept it
ever since. Mr. Lindsley has great
cause for rejoicing.
Mrs. P. Hayes' daughter, Twentieth
street, Portland, is happy in the cure
of a large goitre (large neck), of years'
standing. She was restored by Dr.
Darrin's electrical treatment many
years ago. Mrs. T. B. Hatfield's son,
214 Eleventh street, Portland, was cured
six years ago by Dr. Darrin. His
trouble was discharging ears and deaf
ness. Dr. Darrin gives free examination
to all and when necessary gives medicine
in connection with electricity. The poor
treated free from 10 to 11 daily, except
medicines. Those willing to pay, 10
to 5; evening, 7 to 8, Sundays, 10 to
12. Deafness, catarrh, eye, nose and
throat, heart, liver, stomach, lung
troubles, errors of youth, blood taints,
gleet, im potency, varicocele, hydrocele,
and stricture a specialty. All chronic
male and female and private diseases
treated at reasonable rates. No cases
published except by permission of the
patient. All business relations with
Dr. Darrin strictly confidential. Let
ters of inquiry answered. Ciroulars and
question blanks sent free. Batteries
and belts furnished when necessary.
Patients when writing please mention
this paper. Offices, 265 Morrison
street, Portland.
A deposit of eaith strontian has been
found on Put-in-Bay island in Lake
Erie. It is many acres in extent. The
nitrate of strontia is of pure white
color.
Will Get Down to It.
It is certainly tiue that as deeply
imbedded as the sciatic nerve is, St.
Jacobs Oil will get down to it and cure
it. lt is a proof of how penetrating
and efficacious are its wonderful cura
tive powers.
A steady diet of Boston baked beans
caused a Boston lion to fall upon its
keener and paitially devour him. The
implied reflection on the source of Bos
ton's greatness was resented by banish
ing the ungrateful animal.
Dewev was satisfied to nnlv take nn
" i
both ends of the Manila episode. The
Spaniards ought to congratulate them
selves that he did not conclude to take
a play in the middle of the game.
Massachusdetts claims to have more
different kinds of native trees than any
kingdom in Europe, the number ex
ceeding 50, among them being nine
large oaks.
f "A Perfect Type of the Highest Order of
Excellence in Manufacture. ' '
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.Costs Less Bail QUE CENT a Cap..
Be sure that you get the Genuine Article,
l maae at uuKtncicK. mAss. oy
WALTER BAKER & CO. Ltd.
Established 1780.
YOUR LIVER
Is it Wrong?
Get it Right
Keep it Right
Moore's Revealed Remedy will Jo it. Three
doses will make yon ieel better. Get it from
your druggist or any wholesale drug house, or
from Stewart fc Holmes Drug Co.. Seattle.
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