DOROTHY'S WEDDING GIFTS.
freaents That Wrra Rrrrlrrd at T
Weddings In Hi Same family,
TVnon, one summer day In it
was told In tlio villus of i-'i'irailaUo that
Dorothy Vance was going to bo mur
ried to Juuies Hogne, all of lier friend
let to work to prepare her u piv.v m.
Every ono was fonJ of good link. l)r.
othy, aiiJ wished to show love fur her.
Moreover, tho whole village knew that
the younjf iH'oplo wero poor, ami hence
tho gifts were iiit-.-iut to bo useful t0
tlu'lll in their beginning of married life.
Dorothy's mother pave lu r u dozen
coarse Knen shoots of her own weaving;
her brother brought two sheep which
he had raised especially for her; the
old carpenter next disjr made her u ta
bio and a wooden bowl for kneading
dough; one fanner's wife knitted her a
shawl, another mittens; a third wove
her a fine tableeloth to ho iscd only on
grand occasions.
Dorothy was very happy In her new
treasures. Not only would each one of
them inako her married lifo more com
fortable and pleasant, but each stinke
to her of long hour of patient labor for
her sake, and of tho deep, tender nlToe
tion which she had won. She turned
them over with a throbbing heart and
vet eyes. As long as she lived her
"wedding gifts" were kept and regarded
with a sacred reverence.
pow, in ioju, iror:iy liogue, a
great-grandchild of this littlo bride, is
preparing for her marriago. Farmlako
1 now a large city ; the Hogues live in
an immense new "colomal manwon"
upon the sito of tho old cabin which
wai the home of their ancestors.
Dorothy is going to marry a man w ho
has a great fortune, and she is said to
have in her own right nearly as much
as he. During the two weeks preeed
higher marriage Imndreds of wedding ' -gifts
pour into the house. She and her husu ifo dl.IK,nd4 0n that of the king,
sisters scan them with sharp critieisms and who killed when ho dies hold till
and sarcastic comments. , his death places of trust and honor.
"A silver coffee set from the Smiths? I Bosides those thus caught every chief
Yes, it's very pretty," is the comment. bal ,0 avt a victim ; but the numlier
"Smith needs nana's baekin? in t,n was chiefly made up of slaves and pris-
bank. That explains his generosity.
This pearl pendant is from Mrs. Johns.
Now I call that ineau! Three of those
Johns girls havo had wedding gifts
- . i tj -
from us each ono worth this pearl
thing,
glass.
These toilet sets 1 II change for
One can't have too much of
that. Here aro Bis grape scissors, mid
i 4i i . .
every one marked so that I cannot '
" , . ..
change them, or even give them away.
How stupid! Belle Boyd set aside all
tho trashy part of her gifts to send as i
weddinu Dresents!" exclaimed Durothv. ;
"She cleared hundreds by that littlo
game."
There is not a touch of feeling or
sentiment for any of the costly offer
ings. Even her father's gift, a dwell-
ing splendidly furnished, bus been the
subject of sharp dispute between Iniu ;
and his daughter. I
The custom, like many others, has !
lost its first high, tender significance, '
, , ill. . .
and degenera ted into an opportunity
for display und barter and sale. A man
or woman who means to keep life simple
and true will thrust all such heartless
observaiices out of it.
Better the brido should go to the altar
without a single gift than loaded with
tokens of sordid calculation and shiun
good will.
When the soul has died out of a cus
tom let it be buried out of sight Like
all other dead things, it has becomo on
offense. Youth's Companion. i tened together with gold wire and the
I skeleton placed in a long building divided
A simple storage Datterj. I into cells, the doorways to which are
, j hung with silk curtains.
Get two half round porous cups, and ; Ton,ltoUrtiv,h,knBOf Ashan
a round ghtss jar largo enough for two ee g0p8 ear,y to tie"umse of the royal
porous cups to stand in upright. Get dl,ad- Every skeleton is taken from its
two plates of sheet lead onc-sixtoenth richly ornamented coffin, where it has
of an inch thick, wide enough to lit the lain burrounded by the tilings which had
half round side of tho porous cups and been most pleasing to it in life, and is
deep enough to come an inch or so placed on a chair to"
. . i ... .,,. As the king enters each cell with a meat
above the top edgoof the cups and jar. 'ink offering to the departed, the
Solder a stout copper wire or a screw ()1,iy8 ti(J fuvorite mt.odies of that
post to each lead plate ut tho top. , p;irticuliir king, and. unawares, the royal
Place the lead plates in tho cups, nnd ytor signs to the executioners, who
fill the cups nearly full with a paste have followed him, and an attendant is
made of red lead mixed with a solution pierced through the cheeks and killed,
of sulphate of soda thin enough to run .the king wasldjig the fJ
... 1 . warm blood. The same work goes on at
Ike a cement. ! the neU ceU, nid so on, the fearful work
The glass jar containing the two cups V fa tw mg,iL T,m band
should be filled to within half an inch ,a ei,na M each victim is slaugh
of the top of tho cu witli sulphuric j Two blasu of the horn mean
acid and water about one part of acid ; i.dt.ati,, death;" three drum tajis, "cut it
to eight of water. The plates should
be marked, so that, in charging, tho
' . it . .i:.
currents may be sent in tho right direc
tion. The cell may be charged uy at
taching it to a series of a dozen sul
phate of copper cells for twenty-four
hours or from a dynamo. A wooden
cover may be Uttcd to tho glass jar,
and evaporation of the fluid should be
replenished by adding water. Two or
more cells of this battery will work
small motors, lamps and induction
coils, and if thoroughly charged will
retain a large volume of electricity for
a considerable time. After beiug once
well charged, four to six cells of sul
phate of copper battery will recharge
it-Journal of the Telegraph.
Wanhlngton'a Handnonifcut Hon.
The most perfect house in Washing
ton and the most beautiful is that of
Mr. Warder, a retired reaper and mow
er manufacturer of Springfield, 0. U
is a Dutch house, with a stone court
and gable roofs. It was built by Rich
ardson, the greatest architect this coun
try has yet produced and the designer
f mnr. r.t tl.i flniwt Tiriv.ltO llOUSCS ill
. . . . . . . " tl,a
wasimigton. He not oniy uesi,"" j u,nj lu0,r soirees, m cuik-h.u -Warder
house, but the furniture which i c;JJing tbeinselves the -Franc-it
contains, and under his direction the J.. wll0 nlake it a
very hangings were select.,! and pat- tend uniavited. various "!'
terns cut The rcstdt is sud to be the j carry off valuabk VWgi
most artistic house in America. JJS in"
fanotlung ostentatious about it and it Uum prew.nt them at
was not so very costly. I am glad to vuaii theatre. Chicago Uer
dd that it is a real home.-Cor. Scran- j
Kn Truth. I
bclti.li Man.
Cultured Dame-Ju.t like a man! You
grab toe fr as aoo:i ai it arrive. k p
ail to youraelr, and tuen bUrae vk tr w
kg iufornieu on matters of public interes-
tlibUnd-Well, my dear. I ll nad t-t 1
aloud, if you man, Let me -"Aiwi.T
per
Oc-n Uorror.
"On. dan't read that."
" Tue Progress of tue Campaiu.
"I dont care for politics."
" 'Istta of the Hour.' "
Neer miud tlmt"
" "Scieace Kolvi a Problem.'"
"1 bate acieare." ,
"lira. Tipupa Pa-ty-Deirriptiou of U
Drwai"
. "Ok. raad Uial-PailadelUu Becori
WHAT MAKES THE SUMMER f
It If not thr lsrk-i piar tnne
Hearing in? mtnt sir witb t snaring cry.
rr ttw oi,utimtai dmcrt nieiud) all um balm
oiiriit
Nut ibis alnoo
V.kt lhiM-t outi4of iuoimer;
But Uir,n,u.of nrwiataj u, llM murmurwi
hum .if flr
And th .mrpor uie erlckit Hidden out of strat
Tlie tielp (o nia. Uw auniuw.
Km km mllj blown.
Nor Boiden hum. n-ming the dinky meed.
hot pn.iKl. Imperial pauUM, oof quora cum
qiuunt oJ rare
Kot Uim- ai-ne
Halm Hie it m.-bu of niinnw:
tut llir couimnu fgro.1 iaktm, Iht myriad war
Me -eu
And slimier granara, prlndos up (Torr hero
ine belp to niaaa U summer.
Ow boarni. roods above;
Tlio lowlirat bead ofttlmea hath rwrnrtl rat;
0 er sour- bird id the pin and te u ibe uy low.
In the aamr love, it u all Hod suranwr;
Well pleasl u ll U wt palM-otly do our heat
Bi lium, II : lie tmv. and low grwo irrirn grow,
You bulp to uuu summer '
-Marietta Itollrr to Queriaa.
AFRICA'S
x SACRIFICES.
evase
til forking Ciintomt Still prao.
tlreil-A Uoyal llurluL
It lain West Africa that the personal
"customs" still survive in all their hor
ror. Again and again an English trader
or traveler has had to look on thine "cus
toms," but the horrors were never fully
described until 1873, when the German
missionaries, Itounat, Kuekne and Itani-
sever, were prisoners in Coomassie at the
nine oi tho
native crown mince's death
M h0tm 1)0 ' even to bo dying the
exm!""'n JfKan to scour the streets
JTZZVS Z
each thrust a knife through the cheek
the blades passing over the tongue and a
handle sticking out on each side. This
t prevent tho poor creature from
"swearing on the life of the king," that
is, swearing that if he dies the king must
die too, in which case, instead of lieiiiK
LII1...I 1.. I.I i ...... .
Tl. : ........ ...i .
uui-io ui tu. lliv w O i;tllllt.s WtlllO
and covered with gold ornaments sat
around the Collin, flapping off the flies.
They were strangled at the funeral. So
were six pages, who, similarly painted
and adorned, sat by the dead man. Thev
,md Known itieir fate some days before,
but none ran away save three wives of .
". , 7"u ,ul "",tu
supplied by cir s. For nine davs the
i.' . :.. , , ; ..
elaughter w-ent on, the people fasting,
with ghaTen leads nud pail)t
red, hut drinking all the more. And
this death wake was to be repeated forty
days after.
I.l.il. ...!... .1 ...
When a king dies the victims are slain
at the rate of 200 a week for three
months. But there have been "greater
customs" than these. A king's mother
died in 1810; her son slaughtered 3,000
people, 2,000 being prisoners just cap-
tured from tho Fantis. To make up the
tale, every big Ashanteo town bad to
give up 100, every smaller town ten
victims.
. A -va bri:i1 19 in A.t ,h,0
bottom of a huge grave are laid the heads
of lifl tU
xiien just before the earth is thrown in
onoofthe bystanders a freeman, if of
gome rank so much the better is sud-
denly duMjcd, n gash made in the back
of hbi neck and he is rolled in upon the
coffin. The idea is to send along with
the crowd of slaves und prisoners some
one who shiill look after them as a
ghostly "major domo."
For a king there remains yet another
"custom.'" At the end of thirty moons
the crave is owned, tho royal bones fas-
, off;" ono leat from a big arum, me
head has fallen." The signal is taken nip
! i ii,or Icinda. and all through the city
by other bands, nnd all through the city
horn blowing and drum beating goes on
unceasingly.
The Asliantecs always say of a drum,
it siieaks,"and every traveler admits
that thev manage to elicit from that un
manageable instrument a most varied
t-awc of sound, inesouniisiuruj ui.,
rhn whole rhvthm a sentence,
reudilv
understood by native listeners. Each
chief has his own "call.' jusi as eacn
Highland clan has its own battle tune.
Of course this constant killing makes he
people callous to suffering and brutal to
their prisoners. Their feeling in regard
to death is not courage, but apathy. 1 he
spectators are as delighted at the revolt
iic "customs" as the Uoman populace
wts at the gladiators' show. Now and
then a victim "is tortured. The mission
aries watched ono who bes.des the knives
through Lis cheeks, had a couple of fork
thJi into his hack. He was then dragged
h fore the kimr, gashed all over the body,
& cioli.d In this plight com
Slled to dance for the amusement of tu.
oyal savage-AllUieYearKound.
Tbitf at the bolrr
Fn nch hostesses llus season have had
. i... . i.., ..raarniif inn of watching who
I W lake lire "" - - D
Tea at Pound-
Tp- worth, cr at Wast costing, fid per
Tea worn, Chinese stores
pound can ot
in thy city.
It is iwd as medicine, and
as seen buying some of it
an American
Ufdar " "Lu, throat dis-
w for heart A
CT l I . Te. k. -Poland Oregoman.
sn
fa eidwbeiprcadiwj s "
Leprosy
aunarauinBuss
ni.marrk In 1S8S.
The following Incident, which oc
curred In WO, Is Mated by Herr von
Sybel hi the fourth vuluineof his book,
'The Founding of the German Empire
by William I." During a dinner at the
Buxon embassy, hi Berlin, Countess
llohenthal, the wife of theambu.sKador, i
said naively to the Russian premier, !
w ho sat next to her, "Do tell me, ex
cellency, is it really true that you want 1
to tight with Austria and take Saxony r"
Prince Bismarck answered, with great '
amiability; "Certainly it is true, dear
est countess. From the very lirst day of
my ministry I have thought of nothing
Use; our cannons are now ready, und
you will soon sct that they are more
powerful than the Austrian artillery." j
"Dreadful!" cried the lady. "But."
she addisl, "as you are in so frank a
humor give lne some friendly advice.
I have two estates. To which shall I j
fly to the one In Bohemia or that I
near Ix'ipzig,'" "If you will listeu to ,
me," answered l'rinco. Bismarck, "you ;
will not go to Bohemia. It is Uwro. mid j
If I um not mistaken, it is exactly in I
the neighborhood of your estate that i
we shall meet the Austrians. You
might experience some terrible adven- j
tuivs. Go to Saxony. Nothing will Imp- j
pen near Ix-ip.ig, and you will not even
be troubled with qiuirtering soldiers,
for your castle of Kuauthelui is near no
line of march."
When theex-chancellor was afterward
anxiously questioned by other diplomat
ists as to this conversation, he win
much amus'd that the mocking repulse
of an indiscreet question should lie
taken seriously. But Herr von Buest,
remembering his long enmity against
the policy of Prussia, really took up the
matter in earnest, sent tho important
news to Vienna, demanded Austria's
protection, and declared that if Aus
tria would arm at once nil the middle
states would stand firmly by her, but
that otherwise they wont 1 turn their
backs on her forever. This communi
cation from Herr von Buest was not
without inlhieiice in the decisions of
the military circle in Vienna. The
troops in Bohemia, Moravia and West
Galicia were strengthened, so that in a
very short time 80,000 men were ready
to invade Silesia from three sides, whilo
before only 25.000 men wero divided
among tho usual garrisons.
Keitiove tlui Wrtnltlea.
We will assume you are old, wrinkled
with the telltale parentheses each side
the mouth and tho line across the top
of the nose by which men say they tell
a woman's age. They will havo to
learn more if they think to know a wo
man's ago hereafter by anything but
the expression of her eyes, which can
not bo counterfeited yet awhile by most
people. And beware of those who can
Imitate the tender, innocent, appealing
look as of n stray seraph, for they come
from the other phu'e direct.
The sixcil'io treatment for wrinkles
must be kept up for six weeks vigor
ously and applied afterward us occa
sions require. At night batho the face
hi hot water, as hot as can be borno,
and steam it till the pores are opened,
when a lino ungent is gently rubbed
Into tho skin, which nourishes and
strengthens; it.
Then tho operator begins tho mas
sage, which is not rubbing so much as
working the parts. She begins by
stroking with the thumbs above the
eyebrows you can't do it yourself
pressing outward perhaps twenty-flve
times. Then sho works all round the
orbit of the eyes ami you huve no idea
how it rests tho tired nerves of sight
Down the temples is the next pass,
then the cheeks aro stroked round,
which Increases their plumpness or their
tendency that way. The lines at the
sido of tho nose nnd mouth are very
gently stroked across and upward, und
the drooping muscle of tho lower cheek
has especial attention and a dasli of
salt and brandy lotion sometimes to re
store its firmness. A skillful operator
will fuss over your face twenty min
utes, and if you don't happen to exact
ly look beautiful immediately you feel
so. Shirley Dare.
Awful to Contemplate.
Mother (to daughter) - Your papa has
fcarued tie name of the young f:utlcman
who o heroically rescued you fro.ii a terrible
death, Clara. lie ii a Mr. l'otta, of Avenue A.
Daughter (with a shiver) Ou, mamma,
think of a Vera de Vcre being saved by a
Pottol Ne York Sua
A Chaara to G. t XVell.
One of Mrs. Ouogin'i neighbors bad the
misfortune to break bis arm, and being a
large, flefciiy man, waa for aome time in con
siderable danger. The attending physician
had gratified the kindly but inquis.tive lira.
Googin's desire to know if Mr. Jenkina were
"danjerotM," by informing licr that his pa
tient would recover if gangrene did not net
in. A few dayaftr Sirs. Googin nut a
friend of the tick man, who lived some dis
tance away, and who inquired if she knew
how Mr. Jeukini waa. "Oh, yet," responded
Mrs. Googln, with the air of importance
which definitely acquired information al
ways iroru totne uncultured; "Dr. Mar
tin told me niraielf that be would c
if oleomrrgiriae did not fci la." Saa Fraa
claco ArcaaL
The llrt of Prcpbert'.
A plant grows In MLxtxca, Mex., which
t,a fiuiiTMi call tiie "herb of ironbecT "
A duee of it produces tli.fp similar in all
rwpecu to the h.vjmoiic atata. The aub
j.'ct answers with ciuf.'d eyes questions
that are put to bim, and is completely
insensible. The pathologic state brings
with it a kind of prophetic gift and
double sight Furthermore be Wees his
viil and is completely under the control
of another. On returning to himself he
remembers nothing of what be has done.
Chicago Junt.
LIGHTS UNDER BUSHELS.
TWa Great tlml nl CnprUt- rlle hi
t)ll' H4ll l'rnlllt
If your faith m your vr. jour con
fldence m yourself, ot your idea or plan
are destroyed or weiil.eiiMi by the Iiini ,
sneer or voice of opMiion it nut'lM. vou
are hiding yourself and rour tic lit undei
the biixliel. Vou will rcmt'iuticr lliul a
large proiortion of the world aro mere
copyists. They do only what others bine
done U'fore them and only what the)
have learned from others. They opvw'
and sneer at every new idea, and after
ward applaud it and use it, when the
man or woman who will net allow their 1
light to be bid under the bul.el force it
into notice and success In days past
the great herd of copyist sneered and
ridiculed the idea of steam its motive
power on land an I sea So they did
with the ehvtric telegraph and the tele
phono. So it will he with hundreds of
new ideas, new inventions and new hw
era to be develops! in the near future
Thm ultra conservative deadweight !
In every business, urt or profession, do 1
not hke cliangtu. They aro wedded lo
their nit They don't want to gel out i
of it To do so makca (hem homesick i
Resides, it hin ts their business. They I
want to jog on in the "good old way" .
in the stagecoach instead ot the railroad.
In the "sailing vaekei" instead of the '
steamer. They oppo the new it
naturally as rats and earwigs opptise the '
entrance of light to their underground
habitations, and for a similar reason. '
The light annoys lliem. It drives them
off It ruins llieir business. They "love
darkness better than light" Hence,
they want your light "under a bushel."
If you allow them to keep youi light
under tint bushel thev will keep you
under it also. They will keep you al
ways In the background. If tho llrst
NajKiloon had not by force of will ridden
over the objections of the veteran marti
nets who opposed his new methods ot
warfare, he would never have triumphed
at Marengo and Austerlitz. If Cyrus W.
Field had not crsistcntly kept his mind
centered on the project of the ocean cable
despite sneer, obstruction nnd failure
after failure, it might not have iieen laid
today. The glow of every new light
upon ths world is always the work of
one man or a very few men against the
many. Three or four men in California,
years ago, built the I'acitio railroad,
they first kindled their hlit in n dingy
Siu-ramento grocery They kept il
lighted and also kept pushing it to the
front while others wero indifferent or
dared not take hold of sueb an uudertak
ing.
Vou had no need to bluster or bully
your light to the front. It is not the
force of physical effort or speech that
will carry it there and keep it there. Il
is the silent force of a persistent determi
natron, bent on ono single aiiiL When
you are temjiorarily overcome and tired
out through the opiositioii of the dead
weights nnd earwigs w ho love darkness,
fall Iwck on yourself and tho power be
hind you. Leave the crowd, leavo all
not in symiKithy with you. Go to your
room, seclude yourself. Sleep, and bo
fore you sleep, demand, pray, desire more
power tocopo with opiosition. It will
surely lie given lo you How, we know
not but you will enter on the contest to
morrow with renewed strength, und the
silent power you gain in this wuy will, of
itself, work results for you.
In the past thousands of "lights" havo,
by this dead weight, run in a rut, live in
a rut and die in a rut sentiment and
crushing out force, been hidden under
bushels anil died out under bushels.
Actors of genuine humor and talent aro
today playing in third rate theatres or
accepting inferior parts in lintt class ones
because they have ullowed sneer or op
position or a more or less failure to drag
their minds into that permanent dis
couraged, disheartened attitude which U
always saying: "What's tho use of try
ing?. Luck's against mo I'm hound to
fail, anyway I" On ihe heels of tins
comes drink, to "drown care."
So it is with thousands of other actors
In all the parts of life. Their own per
manent state of mind is the real and only
force which kwie their "light under the
bushel." They use their own force
against themselves. They exjiciiA it in
talking and complaining lo others. They
have no knowledge or faith in the fact
that a mind decided and determined on a
purpose at all times and in all places a
mind that fights olf the mood of desjiond
ency and discouragement as it would
fight off a mad dog curries and uses the
greatest of all powers to keep its light
shining and keep it ever In tho front
Prentice Mulford In New York Star
ExrliMlveneaa of "SoHMjr."
The number of eople who have real
merit and talent for mx-iety, who are kept
out by the exclusivcness of self consti
tuted tyrants of society, must be very
large; liut if they have tact and learn to
wait, they will find their way The
most certain way to please is to show a
modest indifference to the smiles of the
great (They call it patronage in F.ng
lund. We have no such ugly word here,
nor have beany really "great people" so
cially.) They should not "push. ' There
is, however, always an Ideal exclusive
ness, a society which should only admit
the cultivated, the wise, and ihe good
Every hostess should inquire into the
general characteristics of her guests,
their moral, social and political standing
We use the word political in it largest
sense. In spito of all we can do, objec
tionablo men and women do get into the
most carefully guarded society; and we
have as yet no such inviolnbla insight
that we can rates Dives and Lazarus be
fore their death os they are siud to la
rated afterward. Mrs. M. E. W. Slier
wood.
The Old. Old Toulon.
(She had received with manifestations
of delight the gift of a baby brother, and
called bim with pretty joy "tiinnin
brosser." After awhile it was noticed
her ardor had cooled, jealousy was In
serting its entering wedge. One day the
mother and a vuitor sat sewing and chat
ting, liaby lay nappms on tlio visitor
lap and Uov-Ludwaa playing near by
Unnoticed, she drew closer, up went bet
dimpled hand and down it came on Ihe
tiny slee)er a clnK. me momer sprung
to her, caught nnd shook her "Naught)
little girl, lo treat your dear baby brothel
so; bow could you do il( "lunnin
brosser, " soLU-d lWbud. " 'sliirbwJ tu
dis mornin", and l'e b-n c'oss and
s'eepy ever since 'cauneo'hiin." Detroit
Free Press.
Kie at VVrlllli(l.
The throwing of nco at weddings l
evidently a In -allien custom. S4 in India
and some other countries to llda day rue
ia showered on lheei-cUiit youlh when
be goes to the house to gt his brido.
Hire is the emblem of fruitfulncna. Chi
cago Herald.
Study of Natural liuaorf.
Mamma Dot keep away from that
cat; it will scratch you. Don't you see
bow angrily it Is swinging Its tail I Let
the cat alone and play with the dog.
Little Dot But doggie Is wagging bis
tail, too. Omaha World.
HINTS TO FLY CASTERS.
Renin llnaul t'lilnle A limit ll.ilt rUhlng
That l-'vrrv itgli'r shnnM ktmiv.
Twodisciphwof 1'liele liuili htisul on
the forward deck of a li.itvlay stn-et
ferryboat, eying Inquisitively each
others creel, due w.is luvi'iilrvd in
the most approved f.k-hion niol Imre lie
neath his lisliing pnnipluTimliu uiimis
takalile syus of the well to ilo business
man, while the other was clud in the
garb ofuii l'.rie conductor iiml carriisl
besides his creel i light rod.
The bond of fellowship ami mutual
admiration which cxi-U lx-twccn all
good fl.ohcrmcu soon brought the two
together. A eoniiarisoii of the con
tents of their creels followed, and the
railroader bad a ba-sket fill of xvkltsl
beauties, whereas all the business until
could produce were two four inch
babies.
"Wliciv did you get them f" askcsl
the latter eagerly.
The conductor named his stream and
the questioner exclaimed: "That's tho
place I fished. What on earth did you
use lliesf"
"No; the water is too high and I
used worms."
"That's what I used," exclaimed the
business man, "but I'm not very famil
iar with worm fishing, nnd prolmMy
flint's the reason I didn't stiotvod."
It was tlie reason and few II y fish
ermen know how to catch trout with
bait It is by no means us e;iy as they
think. In his brief trip iutkfvs the har
bor the business man for the first time
learned the rudiments of bait fishing,
and it has since been of incalculable
benefit, for often the trout will rise to
tiotliingcl.se.
The best kind of worms nro those of
medium sire. They should ho kept
while fishing hi a small box, with free
access to tho air and just enough dirt
to keep them ludf covered. The lunik
should never lie entirely covered, us
some claim, but only a third, ami the
worm should bo so put on that its two
ends aro frw and can movo freely in
tho water. Tho worm should lie so
managed that it is under the nurface of
the water, nnd to accomplish this often
a spilt shot or two may advantageous
ly be put on the gut a fix it or two
above the hook.
I,ot the lino run under nil the old
logs nnd under tho banks, nnd many a
fat trout will be the reward. Ilo just
as careful in bait fishing aUuit not let
ting tho trout see you as you urn In II y
fishing.
In angling with n grnsshopricr, grub
or almost uny insect you can cost just
as if you wero tly fishing. (Jrusshop-
pcrs can be. found in any Held, and old
tree stumps will always furnish un
abundance of grulis, while along tho
banks of tho brook, In the bushes and
under rocks are to bo secured the vari
ous other insects that trout feed upon.
Take care to put them on so ns least to
disfigure thorn. Whenever everything
else fails a big gnisshopsr will often
tempt the monarch of a pool that dis
dains the gaudy fly or luscious worm.
To mako such bait more tempting
twitch it ueross the surfucu of a pool,
thus making the bait appear as If mak
ing frantio efforts to escapo from its
watery grave.
The small minnows and fry fish with
which somo streams abound lnuy be
used to great advantage in large creeks.
They need not bo kept alive, though
they must bo kept fresh. Tut them on
the hook with great respect for their
small bodies and so that they will lloat
freely nnd no if alive in the water,
Unlike in worm fishing, when it is best
to givo your fish a little time, striken hi
bisect fishing, quick and firmly, or the
trout steals your bait and swims off
uucuught to devour his dainty hi some
lurking holo. New York Herald.
Making- ftliMt Tin.
Tlio only plant at which sheet tin Is
being manufactured hi North or Mouth
America is in operation ut tho United
States Iron und Tin Plato works at
Delimiter Station, Third ward, Me
Koesport. Tho fact that this) country
has for the hurt ten or twelve yeurs
been paying nearly 130,000,000 annually
to foreign countries, and that not a
sheet of tin was being inado on this
continent, urged tho (Inn, particularly
Mr. Crorieineyer, one of the member,
to make strenuous effort toward secur
ing a protective tariff sufficiently high
to enable them to compete with the
labor of foreign manufacturing cities.
They havo put in a much improved
process by Leyshon ii Hons, of Tipton,
England. Tho gentleman mid one of
his sons have been In McKeenport per
sonally superintending the Introduction
of the plant, which has been placed in
successful operation. The proeos here
tofore used consisted of live oirations,
two dippings In grease and three in tin.
Uy tho new process the name results are
obtained in one operation by inserting
a sheet in a solution of tin suid palm
oil. The cost of manufacture is won
derfully cheapened, and tho quality of
the product is said to bo excellent,
either for sheet or turn work.
Tho greater part of the tin Imported
to this country comes from Mouth
Wales, where the largest nulls in the
world aro located. There aro mills in
France, Ituly, Germany and Russia,
but they make scarcely more than Is
used for home consumption. The im
port hi 18hU Is estimated nt 6,000, 000
boxes, and it is worth 3 a bo. Pitt
burg Dispatch.
Making. Fireproof Scenery.
Tepper, of Berlin, is credited with the
invention of a nieierud for scenery which
is incombustible, with none of the disad
vantages of processes heretofore tried.
He applies to very One wire cloth a fire
proof insoluble yellow plaster, quite fluid
at first but it soon becomes firm. To
this the painters apply Uieir pigment
The plaster is not heavy, and is so tough
and flexible lliat drop scenes coated with
it can be rolled upon small poles without
cracking. Boston Transcript.
A Klra ef Toothache.
A Chicago bonk clerk obtained a leave
of absence on Uie plea of toothache.
When he faded to return the bank of
ficials went to the root of the matter, and
found that his plus was tooth in, so lo
speak, and bis accounts too abort. N or
rietown Llexald.
60N0.
Ott. grnrn1 Isit not o i trxl ter made,
warn imuit ot Dunmn ipkIh hh uiada,
Or eiysM niri an- rv wnM wito Jutfl,
Or cm an.l rutii no oain and ninv
Wtwre niuuii( ntuM whiter falls
a Ml uum um urowih ou Kanlo aalla
Coin ool tnai wf
On. tiiim tMit It. aura quiet visa
Rjr rill, bv tnwa. innHUli laiik'lml craa,
Tliruiun on,nanil uva nrf iuuall Is beam
Hut leave ajni or twiiorliig umL
Wlier-iiiilurir cirta. htrr ram ,lmpadrl
Wbaix niiuiv tru nit- naiaksra up
Otv. oouif tiiai r
"U II a " la Cbicaifo Journal
.'owiinlleo lit the Sillt'lite.
Hardy do have n suicide from
nolle motives, though a suicide 1 1 1 r 1 1 If",
in u rule, dikes the ground that souielioiv
he is a hero. Here n.;;iln is a delusion
iimouiiting idiao-t to insinity. ami yet
falling short of it. What 'to the de
stroyer of bis own life seems a pathetic
sacrifice looks to the world mom like a
freak of vanity, self pity or chagrin.
The retched murderer, in the inevitable
manifesto which he i.viii In-fore bis act,
assumes that he biuisell is the one that is
rhielly to U pitied, whereas, in niot
cuseh. he forfeits all claim to sympathy
by u base desertion oj duty, and nil the
goi-ft out to the victim of his cowurdiiv.
As cowardice in some one of its myriad
form is almost the sole motive to sui
cide, this crime is essentially contempti
ble, nnd, therefore, any svrel impulse
to take refuge in it should lie sternly re
jifted by the true man or woman. Life
often looks forbidding and dark, but
smly a craven will surrender, own if no
other heiirt will bleed but his own. And
what aggravated cowardice that is
w hich, rather than oppose trouble, slink
away just when tho need is the greatest!
This is to di-MTt ill the face of the ellel.iy
a crime justly held to ho the most
heinous u soldier can commit New
Yoik Commercial Advertiser.
4'iiruy Mrtirnttt.
In Trinity college, Dublin, Is still pre
served the skeleton of Cornelius Me
tiratli, who after hi death, at the age
of 1, was found to measure 7 feet X
Inches in height. When 1 J yours of age
lie was attacked by violent ahis, which
were at first supxod to le rheumatic,
but which wero afterward surmised to
be growing pains, for during ono year
ho grew from the height of S fivt
to that of G feet 8 nnd 3-1 Inch
es. A boy 10 yearn of ago of that
extraordinary size naturally uttnu-ted
n great deid of utteulion, and u crowd
of men. women and children ulwnvs
followed him whenever he showed him
self in tho stns'ts of Cork. His hand is
described us nbout the si.o of nu ordi
nary shoulder of mutton; tho lasts on
which his shoes wero lnitdo measured
fifteen inches In length; but for all his
bulk he was very moderate in eating
and drinking. Ail tho Your Round.
II nd Rutin of 4U Vrgita,
When it comes to genuine euros Ijii
Vegas can show up some pretty tall
stories. Most of the cure are nllecletl
by the mud baths, which are a novel
feultiro. Tht (mlient is plastered over
from head to foot with extremely hot
mud, made by mixing prairie loam with
the hot mineral water The nose, month,
eyes and ears nre left uncovered. lie is
then placed in a tub of tho mud and left
there half an bout, after which his dirty
coating Is scniied oil A shower bulb of
the hot wntet follows, ihen a plungo in a
tank of it; after w hich comes the mas
sage of a pmfcKsionnl, half an hour's
siesta the patient, sleeping, wrapped in
a sheet, in a room the temperature of
which is ulinut US degs. and after tins
another rubbing. If rheumatism sur
vives this treatment long the patient's
only hos9 for relief Ut in suicide. At
lanta Constitution.
II Dim n by Thrlr Oddities,
If you have ever visiunl an asylum for
the deaf and dumb you have noticed that
the patients at once name all vuutora by
some peculiarity. II there be a slighi
facial contortion or a peculiarity of mo
tion it is instantly caught by the crowd,
represented in sign language, and so you
are henceforth designated by them.
Their names are much like those given
by Indians to children "Tho Man with
One Eve Glass," "The Man Who ibis a
Molo Under His Eyo," "The Man Who
Sfjuita. " They know you by your dif
ferencea. we are working on the same
plan when we tlescrilic our great men
and leaders. We know them by their
oddities. Grant Is, In history, the man
who smoked and who kept silence. A
uian widi no dosignalive points will
never lie accepted as a leader, M. Mau
rice, M. D.
Mongolian lleauty In Amerlaao Drees.
A Chinese ludy In approved modern
fashionable dress attracted a great di-al
of Interested uttention in Broadway the
other morning. To any one overuikuig
her tho figure was that of a medium
sized girl dressed with exceptional elo-
gance and taste. She wore s silk dress
of a dainty green lint cut end slashed
and trimmed after the kitesi Parisian
ideas, and a heavy black beaded passo
meutcrie cntie over hei shapely shoulder
gave a wonderful apnuranc of neatnins
to her unquestionably slim wiusl. tier
coiffure was stylish and tiecoiiiing, and
she wore a chip straw hat of the latest
shae and of a delicate gruy color, flub
orutely and effectively trimmed. New
York World.
Taking Too Murb Quinine.
Tim niiininn habit ia eiiminff strenirth
every day. Dizziness, that rou hear in
numerable eople complaining of In these
days, can 1 traced to cxcn in the use
of quinine. The good etlecta, that it is
nearly ulwnys certain of, are lost by ex
c.-uJch ihwa. Too much Quinine will
also produce congestion of the eaj and
vibration or Uie auditory nerve, i in
growing habit of taking quinine for
neuralgia and other like ailments, with
out consulting a physician, is altogether
rcpreheiihiblo, and may lead to very sen
mim nuiiltji M.mv r.jiMHS nf dittf nctia are
products! by overdose and long continued
use or the drug. i nysician to vjtooe
UemocraU Making Silk from Wild Heaps
Nay em ura Sakusuboro, a druggist, of
Ilikone, In Ond, Jupan, alter many
rears of eroeriment and patient re
search, has succeeded In converting
wild hemp Into a substance possessing
all the cwential Qualities of silk. Noth
ing 1 said ' about tiie process, but it Is
asserted that a trud ot the thread has
been made at the silk weaving estab
lishment in Kioto and other factories
with excellent results hi every case.
The plant In question grows wild on
moors and hillsides. Iu fiber Is strong
and glossy, In no wise Inferior to silk
when properly rpejeA Exchange.
SOUTH BAY DUCK SHOOTING.
4 U ij In a 'ltrta-y," a lib Ono In Ilaad.
Hii.iiilniis Itlrda.
Tliern I a fascination to many sports
men in lioting duck from a South bay
Uui. rv, though a more crainicd and un
comfortable m -Hitii m cunnol be found
thnn ihnt nsiuinil by the gunner. The
Imt'ery coiim.iIb of a (six aUiut eighuwn
inches ilei' and long enough to admit
the iiiii-tretcbisl body of a man. A rub
ber cent is the rulxtitute for a mattress
and n sanding serves for the pillow.
From the imx extemlson each sido a fiat,
ralthl.e m-reen C(mwd of wood and
and brown cuuv.ts, which serves to float
ihe lx nu I I leak the force of the waves
is thev 'Lull up ngiiinst it. By means of
Heights the Imx is sunk in the water and
iron ilii-oy ducks hold it in place. A
biiniln-d d.i-ovs ure scattered about the
box in a natural manner. The gunner
then lies ihmn fiat in the box, with bis
shells on one side and his gun on the
other With a parting instruction to be
sure nnd kiv tho head well down the
baiiery man sails sway, leaving the gun
ner alone on the sea.
To the man first trying the sport the
situation is n peculiar one, nnd the sensa
tion the same. All alone, surrounded by
the little thick of decoys, and the wavea
pounding up w ith a swash against the
guards to the Isn, he feels somewhat in
secure As lie lies Hat In the fox his)
ho.lv and head nre Mow the level of the
water Sometimes, if the wind is blow,
ing preity strong, a wave will breakover
into the isix. tickling his face with briny
drop ami sending cold streams of liquid
town bis Utck If he is a sixirtsman he
will only laugh nl this and take a pull at
bis whisky flask to prevent catching
cold Sometimes the waves run so high
that the gunner is compelled to bail out
his (mix or it will become a fi.-di pond in
the wvv The sun heating down on his
face will nil. ten it in about ten minute.
Meanwlalu the sail boat is ticking across
Ihe bay lo stir up the ducks A bunch of
them is aroused, and as the birds go
skimming along the water they spy the
decoys, und. thinking they are a flock of
brethren iicuccfully feetlhiK, shots) their
course toward them As they sail up to
the decoys they soon perceive they are
dcivivcd und whisl away. Just as they
come nlHHit is a good time to tire, and if
Ihe gunner is exiert while they are get
ting awav bo ban time to slip In another
shell and fill the back of the rear duck
with cold lead If any of the ducks fall
the gunner stands up in the buttery,
which is a signal for the sailboat men to
come up nnd gather in the fowls that
have been shot.
Then the gunner stretches himself out
again and waits for another flock. If
the thicks are thick and not In a auspi
cious mood he will not have to remain so
long beforo nuolher set will be along and
more blazing nwny Is In, order. Some
favorable morning there is a constant
booming of guns on the hay, and big '
houtlouils of ducks are brought in. It
is not uncommon in the autumn for one
man lo shoot fifty to eighty ducks from
a battery. The next day he may not got
live.
In the season about five batteries a
day start out from I'utchogue. The skip-
icr always has a man to help him sail
lis cut'noiii. and at Is a race to secure the
liest ground Often In making the best
run across the buy tho "cap'n" only gets
in first to find the ground already seized
by the ambitious huntsman who has gone
out the night before, slept In the cat boot
and ut sunrise is ready in his battery.
The early morning Is the best time, as at
dawn tiie ducks liegln to feed and are
out in great numbers. Every sailboat
man is a "cap n and must scrupulously
be nddressisl as such. His assistant lis
the mate. There is no crow. The South
buy boatmen are honest good hearted
men, always ready to get aa much as
they can out of the sportsmen, but work
ing hard to drum up the gome for him.
He will charge f 10 a day for the use of
the battery, nud will throw in the meals.
In the cabin of the catbont the mate
cooks ham and eggs, steak, potatoes and
collee, and serves it hot If the sports
man likes oysters, he will throw over his
rake and bring up half a bushel to 'open
on the spot. If one is not having much
success with the ducks It is a good plan
to allow the "enp'n" to lie In the bat
tery fur a tinio, for he Is Invariably a
crack shot and will till up the quota
needed in short order.
Brunt and broadhtlls are the most
abundant of the family In the Great
South buy in spring. The bmadbills are
a plump duck, with short bills. They
are swift flyers, and It is hke shooting at
a bumble bee to draw on one as he comes
by. In the full block ducks and red
heads come In the bay. Shell ducks are
also plentiful. Shell ducks and coots are
good Bhooting, but not worth eating.
Tho broudbills are great divers, and
often, when wounded, will lead the skip
iera a Umi chase. Un diving they are
pretty sure to come up to the windward,
and a gxsl d'stunce off. Often the ducks
como in the bay In great quantities, and
set up In the water like big rows of ten
pins. When started Uicy rise with the
noise of a whirlwind In the forest The
boobies nre a small species of duck that
sometimes come In the bay. They get
their name from their aptness at losing
their heads. A shot Into a flock of boo
bies will sometimes so disconcert them
that they will fly around in a circle and
allow tho gunner to take his time in
shooting them down. They are great
chutten-rs, and keep the bay noisy with
their cries. New York Times.
Tyelix" for Arm 7 t?sCk
The recent experiments In employment
of "eycluf" of various sorts for army use
In the spring military exercises In Eng
land seem to demonstrate the futility of
expecting lhat class of machinery to be
of much practisid value for this service.
The ascents of long hills had to be made
by the cyclist volunteers slowly and with
toil on fool, because the machines could
not be ridden; a carriage to be ridden
and worked by four men, and to carry a
Maxim gun, broke down utterly; the
"Centipede," or flying sapper, a machine
on eight wheels, carrying Intrenching
tools, engineering appliances and men,
broke in two and had to be abandoned,
and there were numerous minor acci
dents in only two days' trials. So long
as the operations of war cannot be con
tlned to mco, smooth asphalted floors,
and conducted daintily, these machines
are not likely to be worth much among
possible military appliances. New York
Sun.
Gwnlua.
"Do you know that deLghtfol Mr. Ever
ard the one who took such high honors at
col lse some years ago! He is a brilliant
fellow, and can cenv charmingly on alp
mit any subject"
"No, 1 dont know him. Is bs a lawyerf
"Lawyer! How can you ask such a thing!
Mr. Everard is much too refined a man U
make hi living out of oth people's quar
rels. No, indued! He h-eeds bones and
dogs." Life.
Great cities sra torn ha thai mark-
I wasted nervous energy in the mad rush
for wcalin and social preferment, & ft,
F.ikina.
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