JIM AND JOE.
Tea. there waa Jim, and sore's you're bora
There never was a better fellow:
When things went wrong he didnt growl.
Nor curse his lack, nor groan, nor bellow;
But racking 'long the same old way
He'd light his pipe and go to smokin,
Till things camo round all right again. '
With Jim still laughln and a-Jokin.
Then there was Joe; with him, yon see.
Not bin was ever coin squarely.
He'd swear the world was near its end
XTause some one hadnt traded fairly;
Good men were just about played out.
The devil's reign was drawing nearer;
Somehow just why he could not tell
t The world was growin queer and queerer.
Well, as it happened, Jim was poor.
And, as it happened. Joe was wealthy: .
Jim, be was rather small and weak
Joe was a giant, strong and healthy:
Vet when it came to sheer content,
And light'nin some one else's trouble
By smilin o'er his own. why Jim
Could just beat Joseph more than double.
Browne Perriman in Yankee Blade.
i fainting Lace.
Has the lace trimming of the dressing
table assumed a questionable tinge? If
washed, it will still have the "done
over" look. Rip it off, thoroughly shape
and brush, then press it a little to flat
ten. Now stretch it firmly upon, a board
or table, with several thicknesses of
newspaper beneath it. Use a half inch
wide bristle brush and put on paint
made from dye freely. The paper will
absorb the extra moisture. If dyed all
one .even tint it is very quick work.
When the lace is nearly dry, press it
with a hot iron over a padded board, as
though it were embroidery.
Any of the thin laces, especially Valen
ciennes, can be painted in several daintv
tints, thus bringing out the pattern ef
fectively and in a very novel manner,
care being used in selecting harmonious
colors. The small tasseled fringe which
comes in cotton for edging curtains and
draperies can be treated in the same
manner with the dyes. Any cotton or
silk goods take and retain them easily,
and they will not overrun the outlines
of the design. But on linen they are a
little apt to "spread." Mrs. M. B. Ram
sey in .Good Housekeeping.
Family I
"A pleasant smile and voice at - the
morning meal, a neat costume with a
knot of becoming ribbon at the throat: a
good dinner tastefully and promptly
served, a song or an agreeable book in
the) evening after tea," and a lot of other
stuff like the above appears quite regu
larly in the papers as advice to marriod
women relative to retaining the love of
their husbands. I call it "stuff" because
I do not believe the results aimed at can
be brought about in any such way. It
is an attempt to teach a thing which
cannot be taught. If the affection ex
ists it is not going to be wiped out by
delayed dinners, wash day attire, sick
headaches and no music or books, and
that is all there is to it, barring an oc
casional row which sets the household
blood moving vigorously and with good
results. Cor. Detroit Free Press.
Points of the Compass Anions; Pueblos.
Among the Pueblo Indians six points
of the compass are recognized, and each
has its color. North is yellow, west is
blue, south is red, east is white; the upper
regions are many colored and the lower
regions are black. All the prey gods are
represented by their images in these six
colors.
For example, there is the yellow moan
tarn lion of the north, the blue mountain
lion of the west, the red mountain lion
tftr trlA firtnt.ri nn fin An T.ilrAnnDa 4- ia
with the other beasts, and thus a very
considerable number of deities is formed.
All of them must receive worshipful at
tention lest they get angry and revenge
themselves for the neglect. Washington
Star.
An Apology. '
Once, in the house of commons, Mr.
Labouchere referred to the conduct of
some political opponent as being "un
worthy of a pettifogging attorney," and,
being called npon by the speaker to with
draw this unparliamentary expression,
did so, declaring that he was glad of
having an opportunity of retracting it.
"as it was a great injustice to the attor
ney. San Francisco Argonaut.
Products of Mexico.
Although the soil of Mexico and its
tropical location are both favorable to
agriculture, the lack of energy of its
working population, combined with the
lack of a sufficient water supply, neu
tralizes its geographical location, and
the production ,of corn,' beans, coffee
sugar and other , kinds of products are
barely sufficient to supply the home de
mand. New York Times.
Reading tlie Foture.
Apples are in mnch . favor in Hallow
een tests. : A maiden may find ont at
least the first letter of the name of her
future husband by peeling a pippin, tak
ing the paring by one end in her fingers,
swinging it three times over her head
and then - letting it drop. The paring
will surely fall in the shape of the initial
of his name. New York Herald.
Professor Kohlbranch, who has been
making some carious experiments with
lightning, finds that the amount of elec
tricity in an ordinarv flash so small that
it would require thirty-seven flashes to
keep a common incandescent lamp bant
ing one hour. v
To our neighbors across the Rio Grande
November is as dear a month as July is
to as, for on its sixth day, in 1818, 'the
Mexicans proclaimed their independence
. .of the crown of Spain, and formed the
second greatest republic of the western
hemisphere.
Among the Egyptians coffee was
favorite drink, but was allowed only
twice a week, in campaigns especially
assembled for the purpose, the greatest
solemnity being observed on such occa
sions.
- A mixture of . powdered aluminium
and chloride of potash will give a bril
liant flash light. It gives no smoke, and
is thus far better than magnesium for
photographic purposes.
lilE FIRST CRUSADE
REMARKABLE ARMY THAT.
TO CAPTURE THE HOLY
WENT
LAND.
Tit minds of Innocent Lives Sacrificed
niiM af (cnorant Enthusiasm Wlien
tut-lliget Kuigbta Took Part, Victory
Caiu; Men Who l-d.
Peter the Hermit was a monk of Pi
curdy, who hud made a pilgrimage to
Jerusalem. While there he had wit
nessed the sufferings of those who tried
to preserve the true faith among the
hordes of barbarians who had swarmed
npon and now possessed the lands of
Asia Minor. He saw the shocking prof
anations of the sacred places of the Holy
City, and his heart burned within him
to release it from its oppression. At
nighttime dreams came to him from
which it was pointed out to him that his
mission was to rouse the nations of En
rope to a holy war.
Fired with this ambition, he made his
way back to France.' The reports of his
powerful preaching spread, and greater
numbers flock each day to hear him.
Finally, in November of 1095, such a
company is gathered as probably has
never been seen together before.
The plain of LaLimagne, in Auvergne,
was covered with white tents, id which
were lodged 30,000 people, 4,000 priests
and 400 bishops and abbots were there,
while also there was there one man who
was mightier than all of them. Urban
II, pope of Rome, to whom all western
Europe did homage.' .
A lofty stand had been erected in the
open air, for no building would accom
modate the throng. Upon this sat the
pope, and beside him stood the hermit,
holding aloft the cross. With burning
words and tearful eves he described the i
shameful 6ights he had witnessed in
Jerusalem, and called for volunteers to
go with him to wrest the Holy City from
the infidel.
His appeal was seconded by Urban,
who promised all who fought that if
they won the land they conquered should
be theirs; while if they died a place in
heaven should surely be their reward.
The cross was held out to them and they
were invited to come forward and take
it to wear npon their persons as the badge
of their devotion.
Adhimar de Monteri, bishop of Puy,
was the first to come forward, and thou
sands poured after him.
The excitement spread and all Europe
resounded with the preparations for this
undertaking. Peter, with excess of zeal
iiu auauiute tacit ui wisuom, gamerea a
multitude of peasant men, women and
children, unarmed and unprovided with
the sustenance for the march which he
undertook to lead in person to Jerusa
lem across the mountainous parts of
central Europe.
Extorting food from the people among
whom they passed, and set npon by
them in revenge, the pilgrims fell in
every road, cut down by sickness, star- j
ran back to their deserted homes, until
in Hungary Peter found himself alone.
Meanwhile a very different army had
been gathering on all sides, made np of
the very flower of chivalry of all the
European nations."
Godfrey de Bouillon, duke of Lor
raine, the Count of Tonlaun, Barmond,
Tancred, Felei de la Flichs and many
another warrior whose name stands high
in history led their armies to join the !
host. I
William Rnf us was now king of Eng- ;
laud, a man so avaricious and unscrupu
lous that he never hesitated to take by
force any nossession of his nobles that
was left unguarded. Under such a mas- j
ter it is not strange that the English no
bles were loath to leave their castles for
so long a journey, and hence few Eng
lish names have 'figured in the first cru
sade.
Impetuous, improvident, trustful Rob
ert . of Normandy, however, who never
could remember evil of his brother the
next day 'after he had most cruelly
abused him, now turns to William for
aid. His generous heart burning to re
lieve the sufferings of the ': Holy Land
leads him to sacrifice every future pros
pect for the purpose of obtaining the
means of gratifying the present impulse.
He mortgages his duchy of Normandy
to his brother William Rufns, king of
England, and with his money thus ob
tained fits out his portion; Of the holy
armv.
The science of navigation was in that
age too crude to lie able to -provide
means of transit for so large an army
by water, and the whole force, 500,000
infantry and. 100,000 . cavalry, marched
by land across central Europe and over
the Hellespont into Asia Minor.
liie pitiless sun, tne mnty soil, a
strange climate, lack of food, want, of
water, all fought on the side of the Turk
against the- Crusaders, and the path of
the devoted army was marked by a trail
of graves. - '. '- -. . . ' ."
. . At Nicea, at Antioch, and in other
places the contending armies met. As a
general thing the Crusaders were victo
rious, and on a January morning in 1098
the advancing army, Tancred in the
lead, ascending a hill, looked for the
first time npon the city of Jerusalem.
General and soldier, prince and
peasant, fell prostrate upon the ground.
Some wept for . joy at the sight; .others
with sorrow, because above the temple
and the sepulcher the crescent of Mo
hammed glistened in the sun. ' '
The siege which followed lasted for
months, and when at last the city was
taken the few inside whom the assaults
had spared fell by the swords of the con
querors. In making arrangements for govern
ing the city the conquerors decided to
elect one of their number king, aud the
crown was offered to Robert of Nor
mandy, who declined it. . Afterward
Godfrey de Bouillon, who seems to have
been an irreproachable knigbt. was
chosen to this high place with its caiws,
but would not take this title ' nor the
crown. He made a most successful
ruler until his death, only one year
later. -'-..
Thus ended the first Crusade. Boston
Courier.
Wanted to See the Soldiers. '
A wealthy New York lady who has
traveled much abroad, but who knows
very little about her own country, was
in Washington a few days ago for the
first time. She was taken to the White
Bouse ' by an influential friend, and
through his intercession the .private
apartments of the house were opened up
to her, and she had an exceptional op-
; portumty to inspect the numerous beau
! ties of the dignified but modest mansion.
! As she was being helped into her car
i riage on departing, a 'shade of disap
i pointment was detected in her face,
r "Well, what do yon think of - it?" her
! friend inquired.
t "I must confess' to a very keen disap
j pointment," was the reply. "The rooms
j are all very prettily decorated, and some
; of them are dignified and impressive,
j but I am sorry not -to have seen the
I military."
: It appeared on further . inquiry that
; this nn-Americanized New Yorker had
i fully expected ' to find the president's
i mansion surrounded by a military guard
in full uniform, and she was vehement
in her assertions that the German way
was "ever so much better than
New York Recorder.
ours."
Man's Duty to Man.
The father may think to hide certain
parts of his character from his child, not
wishing him to imitate them, and may
give him precepts that he has never fol
lowed, bnt the child absorbs what ha
fancies is concealed and forgets the
words which contradict it. Commands
and exhortations may produce or re
strain certain acts, but they are power
less to inspire emotions or create desires.
Often they have a reverse effect.
To give every one his due, to refrain
from taking unfair advantange, or in
any way enriching one's self at the ex-
pense of another, are supposed to be du
ties which are simply to be inculcated
and obeyed, yet how is the desire of
gain, so intense in many minds, to be
made to yield when it conflicts with
these duties? Chiefly by crediting with
in the breast a stronger desire for justice
and integrity. The love of rectitude,
the faith in honor, the desire to- deal
fairly and squarely-with all men, must
be aroused and strengthened before any
one can be thoroughly and truly just.
And the same is trne with regard to
every good quality. Philadelphia Led
ger. The Dear Innocents.
Some Detroit ladies, not more than a
thousand miles from a barrel of salt in
rront 0
Woodward avenue grocery
store, recently organized a debating club
for the development and benefit of the
rights of women. It was their first ex
perience, the dear things, so they ap
pointed a committee to go down town
and get the needed stationery, etc. When
the polite and affable clerk had about
finished selecting the articles they had
put down in a memorandum book, he
inquired of the spokeswoman of the
Darty
"You will want a 'Oushing's Manual,'
won't you?
"A what?" she asked sharply.
j "A 'Cushing's Manual,' madam," he
i answered, moving out of range. -i
"No, sir," she said, with severity,,
; "thiB society is exclusively., for ladies,
and if we want anything at all in that
line it will be a womannal, sir. How
much do we owe you?" Detroit Free
Press.
Bowed Forty Miles for Amusement.
Willis Holly, Mayor Grant's secretary,
used to amuse himself by rowing1 around
Staten Island whenever he got a holiday
from his arduous newspaper work a few
years ago. He did not row very fast,
but he always made a complete circuit
of the island. I think the distance is
about forty miles; at any rate, I know
that Mr. Holly had to rise before day
light in order to get home with the cows
in the evening. It is a feat that he used
to speak of with a proud, beaming eye,
and I never wondered at it. I must say,
however, that in the course of seven or
eight years' consideration of the subject,
I have never been able to understand
exactly why a man should care to row
around Staten Island. Blakely Hall in
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Water In Utah's Great Lake.
Salt Lake is by no means a saturated
solution of salt, yet it is five or six times
as rich in salts as the ocean, and nearly
as strong as the Dead sea. In summer
it contains between 20 and 22 per cent,
of salt, the saturation point -not being
reached until the salt forms a little over
a third of the liquid. There are all
through the great basin numerous saline
lakes and ponds, but none of the size
and importance of this in Utah. Not
infrequently they are shallow and en
tirely disappear during the dryness and
heats of summer, leaving to mark their
sites only a stretch of some acres or it
may be miles of clay or mud, entirely
covered with salt. Goldthwaite's Geo
graphical Magazine. "
. Weight of Paper Money.
' In the treasury here one day the ques
tion came up as to the weight of a dollar
bill. Scales of perfect accuracy were
brought into requisition, and the sur
prising discovery was made that twenty
seven one dollar notes weighed exactly
as much as a twenty dollar gold piece.
The latter - just balances 540 grains.
However, the bills weighed were per
fectly crisp and new. Trial made with
soiled notes, such as come in every day
for redemption, showed that twenty
seven of rht-m 1 weighed considerably
more th:
paper d
world ci.
that after
wenty dollar coin. Every
i its way through the
nccumulates dirt, so
. -se it is perceptibly
heavier. Wasii
ii..
Letter.
, Two Men.
Paterfamilias (furiously) You scoun
drel! Why did you eKJe with my
daughter? - .
'..' New Son-in-law To avoid the insuf
ferable fuss and nonsense of a society
wedding. ' ' '
' Paterfamilias " (beamingly) r Thank
heaven, my daughter got a sensible hus
band anyhow! New York Weekly. "
BRAVE MAIN E WOMEN.
THEY DO
TACK A
NOT
BEAR
HESITATE
WITHOUT
TO AT-
GUNS.
Armed with s Pitchfork and an A - . vo .
Female Inhabitants of a Lumbc. Dis
trict Slay an Enormous Creature Which
Had Killed Two Steers. ,
"I read about Mrs. Lewis killing the
two bucks in the Adirondacks, and about
Mrs. Becky Latimer's deer hunting ex
ploits in Pennsylvania," said a New
Yorker who has. been hunting up in
Maine, "and now I would like to read
about the way . some women np in the
pine forests have of showing their grit
and skill when it comes to dealing with
certain wild animals. " -
"A family named McDonald lives way
back in the wilderness of. the Molns
river. It consists of the husband, Rod
erick McDonald, his wifo and his sister,
both young women. They have a snug
little farm in there, and keep a few cat
tle. : Their most valuable possession in
that line was a yoke of steers. One day
McDonald was obliged to go to one of
the settlements several' miles away, and
his business was to keep him over night.
His wife and sister were left alone to
look after things during his absence.
Just before dark a great bellowing was
heard among the cattle in the barnyard.
The sounds were of such an unusual
character that the two women became
satisfied that they were cries of terror.
Mrs. McDonald, asmed with a pitchfork,
and her sister, carrying an ax, hurried
to the barnyard.
"There they found an enormous bear,
standing defiantly between the prostrate
bodies of the two steers, each of which
he had felled to the ground and killed.
The other cattle were huddled in terror
in a corner of the yard. The bear
growled and snarled and showed his
teetn as the women approached, but, in
spite of his terrible front and threaten
ing attitude, the sight of the steers lying
dead On the- ground was more than the
plucky young women could stand, and
tney rusneu with desperate intent on the
snarling bear.
THEY KILLED THE BEAR.
Mrs; McDonald charged with her
pitchfork and thrust its sharp, long tinesthe magazines. medical ones for the
deep into the bear's neck. The beaf
gave a howl of pain, and striking the
nancue or tne pitc&rorfc a powerful blow
with one forepaw he wrenched it from
Mrs. McDonald's hands and sent it
ing across the barnyard. While the bea:
was doing that Miss McDonald pitched
into him with
the ax, and at the first
blow disabled one of his terrible forelegs.
The bear turned on her and she rained
blows thick and fast upon him as she
backed slowly - away. Mrs. McDonald
quickly regained possession of the pitch
fork and renewed her attack on the bear.
"Between the attacks of the. two de
termined and plucky women the bear
was so badly harassed that he made an
effort to escape from the field, but the
women pressed him too closely. The
battle was not of long duration, for the
lusty blows.of the axe in the girl's hands
and the deep and painful stabs inflicted
by Mrs. McDonald with her pitchfork
soon had their effect on the bear, big
and tough as he was, and in ten minutes
after the fight began he was stretched
dead by the side of his victims, the two
steers. ' The two nervy women had their
clothing nearly stripped from them by
tne ciaws or tne bear, but beyond a few
scratches they, were not injured..
'They were not on the scene in time
to save the valued steers, but their pluck
in avenging the death of the cattle
aroused so much enthusiasm and ad
miration at the settlement that a purse
was raised among the lumbermen and
hunters,' with which'- another yoke xt
steers was bought and presented to Mrs.
McDonald and her brave little sister. .
ANOTHER' WOMAN'S BEAR.
"In that same Molus river wilderness,
but nearer the headwaters, lives during
the summer and sometimes as late as the
middle of November, if the weather is
not too severe, a family named Baker.
They are Boston people, but on account
of the health of: one of the family, who
is benefited by the spruce and pine air of
the region, tbey pend most of the year
in their commodious cabin in the Molus
woods. . -
"Baker's wife is a pretty woman of
about thirty, and has learned to handle
the rifle like an old woodsman. She in
sisted on making one of a party that had
formed .to rout out and kill a big bear
that had been located in a swamp a mile
or so from the cabin. She was stationed
by the guide at a spot where in his judg
ment the bear would not be likely to
come out when the dogs got after him,
as he had no faith in a woman's ability
to' stand and shoot at a bear as it
bounced into sight out of a thicket. - - -;
fHis judgment was right,' for when
the dogs got on the track - of the bear
Mrs. Baker heard them taking a course
that would fetch bruin out of the swamp
at a place where she would be unable to
see it or get a shot. But she wasn't there
to be fooled, and she started on a run
for the spot where the bear was evidently
headed for, and she got there before any
one. else did. The bear, a tremendous
big fellow, as black as ink, broke through
the thick brush on the edge of the swamp,
and was putting in his best licks across
the opening for cover on the other side.
But he never reached cover.- Mrs. Baker
put one rifle ball close behind his left
shoulder and another through his loins.
When the guide, Mr, Baker and another
member of the party came tearing to
the spot, Mrs.' Baker was sitting on the
carcass of the bear as. cool as a cucum
ber, and with mock disgust exclaimed :
' 'You're a nioe lot of hunters, I :
claret- If it hadn't been for me this
bear would have been a mile away in
the woods before you stupid things knew
what had become of it!'" New - York
Sun. .
Differed with the Speaker.
The - Minister I now come' to that
great rite, the Passover, and '
Drowsy Railroad Official (awaking
suddenly) I tell you you have no right
to a pass over this road. Sam, show, this
man to the door. Pittsburgh Bulletin.
A WOMAN DOCTOR'S BROUGHAM.
It Is Nothing More Nor Less Than a Pri
vate Traveling Dressing Boons.
A busy woman doctor in Brooklyn.
whose practice is so extensive that it
keeps her driving over the city's ill paved
streets for many hours every day, has
had made for her a brougham which
combines about as many comforts as is
possible to pack into so confined a space.
To begin with, under the seat is a cana-
cious drawer, divided into compartments.
to noia tnose surgical instruments which
a doctor must carry.
In the same drawer is fonnd room for
two or three small handbags containing
an assortment of medicines. There is
also space for a small portable electric
battery in its polished wood case. These
are all hidden away, however, when the
drawer is shut, and so do not mar by
their painful soggestiveness the snugly
comfortable appearance of the rest of the
interior.
There is nothing out of the way about
this, of course. The novel features are
all in the front of the brougham facing
the occupant. The most "striking' is a
pretty clock, by which the doctor times
her visits and the speed of her coach
man. It is screwed to the wall, so to
speak, at a convenient height. Under
neath it is a silver plated flower holder,
ror the doctor has lost none of her essen
tially feminine tastes because she has
learned how to saw your leg off.
Then in a little pocket in the lining of
the carriage is a manicure set, for a doc
tor's hands should always be a joy to
look at. even when they belong to a
man. In another pocket is a brush and
comb and some hairpins. This doctor's
hair is thick and long and a little un
ruly, being generally charged with elec
tricity from her intensely energetic
spirit. In another pocket is a whisk, for
the roads are mostly dusty in Brooklyn j
and the doctor's costumes have inspired
many a young woman to acquire a pro
fession. Another fold hides a scent
bottle. Sickrooms are often poorly ven
tilated. There is a mirror, of course, that can
be hnng on a hook just below the clock
and then returned to its pocket. A fan
peeps out there, a glove buttoner here
and a bigger pocket than all has gener
ally one or two of the latest numbers of
doctor's own perusal as she bowls along,
and more entertaining ones for her
friends. For this doctor is seldom seen
driving about alone.
She generally has some of her patients
or her friends with her, and when con
versation flags, or the guest is waiting
in the brougham while the doctor is
calling on a patient, the. magazine keeps
the time from dragging. Even her
coachman gets the benefit of this feature,
and he may often be seen, looking more
comfortable than "correct," leaning
back upon his box with a copy of a re
cent publication in his hand. New York
Tribune. -
- Strange Oversight.
. It is dangerous as well as wicked to do
wrong in the presence of children. An
observant little boy was in a street car
the other day, and followed every move
ment of the conductor with the greatest
interest. -A
very stout woman boarded the car
and sat down next to the small boy. She
took a ticket out of her purse, but when
tne conductor came along he somehow
failed to notice her. He passed and re
passed her several times, and finally,
with a nervous glance around, she re
placed the ticket in her purse. '
This was too much for the small boy,
who had all the while kept his eye on
her, and the next time the conductor
came along he exclaimed:
"You didn't get her money, mister. I
don't see how you missed her. She's the
fattest lady in the car. - Anybody could
see her."
This complimentary allusion to the
woman's weight caused a blush to play
over ner broad race, and she quickly
produced a ticket, while all the other
passengers smiled. Pittsburg Dispatch.
November Sn American History.
A most notable November in our his
tory was that one in 1765, the first day
of which was observed throughout the
thirteen colonies as a period of mourn
ing, . on account of the going ' into
effect of the ' hated stamp act. It in
creased the burden of taxation upon
those who had no voice in their own gov
ernment and aroused them to such a
sense of injustice that ten years later they
rebelled and the war of the Revolution
was begun. On the first day of Novem-.
ber, therefore, the church bells were sol
emnly tolled, flags floated at half mast
and business was everywhere sus
pended. All over the land such men as
Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, James
Qtis and John Adams addressed patriotic
speeches to throngs of their country
men and fired their hearts with thoughts
of a glorious independence. Kirk Mon
roe in Harper's Young People.
A Salt Made of Xtatslcins.
A thrifty Welshman at one time ex
hibited himself publicly in England at
tired in a costume composed from top to
toe of ratskins, which he had spent three
years and a half in collecting. The dress
was made entirely by himself. It con
sisted of hat, neckerchief," coat, waist
coat, trousers, tippet, gaiters and shoes.
The number of rats required to complete
the suit was 670. Most curious of the
garments was the tippet, composed en
tirely of rats' tails. At one time a batch
of several thousand ratskins was im
ported from France into England for
manufacturing purposes, bnt they were
found too small and too fine in texture
to be neefuL. Washington Star. ' ; - - -
The Aroaatle Clove Tree.
A peculiarity of the clove tree is that
every part of it is aromatic, though the
greatest strength is in the bud. Besides
the buds, the stems are gathered and
form an article of commerce command
ing one-fifth the price of cloves, and
having about the same percentage of
strength. To this is due the fact that
ground cloves can be purchased in the
home market at a lower price than whole
cloves Exchange.
The First Iron Ship.
The first iron ship has more reputed
birthplaces than Homer. Both the Clyde
and the Mersey claim pre-eminence in
this respect. Sir E. J. Robison, of Edin
burgh, designed an iron vessel in 1816,
which was not launched till three years
later; and it is said that an iron boat
was worked on the Severn even as far
back as 1787. Steel was not used in the
construction of merchant ships' hulls
until i859. Old salts were not alone in
their belief that wood was meant by
Providence to float, but iron to go to the
bottom. A, naval constructor of some
repute once said, "Don't talk to me of
iron ships; they are contrary to nature."
Now none but small craft are built of
wood in this country. Chambers' Jour
nal. How Modern Greeks Vote.
Iu Greece at the present day the bal
lot is a little lead ball. There is a box
for each candidate, divided into two
compartments. A clerk goes from box
to box with the voter, carrying a bowl
ful of these balls. At each box the voter
takes one, puts his hand into a funnel,
out of sight, and drops his ball into the
yes or no compartment, making a vote
for or against the candidate. If be -wishes
to vote for more than one party
mere is notmng to prevent him. New
York Evening Sun.
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An Enigma to Men.
Most men think that the ways of that
woman is past finding out who rails
against the male sex for chewing ten
cent plugs of tobacco and expectorating
on -the pavement, yet who goes herself
and deliberately wipes up that same
pavement with a twenty-five or fifty
dollar gown that her father or husband
earned by the sweat of his brow. Al
bany Sun.
CO
STIPATION.
Afflicts half the American people yet there is
only one preparation or Earsaparilla that acts on
the bowels and reaches tills Important trouble,
and that Is Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla. It re
lieves it in 24 hours, and au occasional doso
prevents return. "Vcrcferby permission toC.B.
Elkington, 125 Locust Avenue, San Francisco:
J. H. Brown, Petaluma; II. S. Winn, Geary Court,
San Francisco, and hundreds of others who have
used it in constipation. One letter is a sample of
hundreds. Elkington, writes: "I have been for
years subject to bilious Headaches and constipa
tion. Have been so bad for a year back have
had to take a physic every other night or else I
would have a headache. After taking one bottle
of J. V. S. , I am in splendid shape. It has done
wonderful things for me. People similarly
troubled should try 15 and be convinced."
Joy's s
Vegetable
arsaparilla
Most modern, in m -rVc--tiv-, largest bottle.
ic price, f 1.00. i c Cur to.CKv
For Sale by SNIPES &. K1NERSLY
THE DALLES. OREGON. ,.-,
PEOPLE
Say the S. B. Cough Cure is the best
thing they ever saw. We are not
flattered for we known Real Merit will,
Wix. All we ask is an honest tiial.
For sale by all druggists.
S. B. Medicine Mfg. Co.,
' Dnfur. Oregon .
A Severe Law.
The English peo
ple look more closely
'to the genuineness
of these staples than
we da In fact, they
have a law under
' which they make
seizures and - de
stroy adulterated
products that are
not what they are represented to be. Under
this statute thousands of pounds of tea have
been burned because of their wholesale adul
teration. Tea, by the way, is one of tho most notori
ously adulterated articles of commerce. Not
alone are the bright, shiny green teas artifi
cially colored, but thousands of pounds of
substitute fur tea leaves ere used to swell
the bulk of cheap teas; ash, sloe, aud willow
leaves being those most commonly used.
Again, sweeping? fr .m tea warehouses are '
; colored and sold as tea. ' Even exhausted tea
leaves gathered from the tca-honses are kept,
. dried, and madcovemud find their v.ay into
theclicap leas.
The English govrrTiment attempts to stamp
this out -by K-o:iCsa;i u; but no tea is too'
poor for u-, and the re-ulf. is, that probably
the poor-t leas used "by a:iy natlou are those
consumed iu America
Beech's Tea is presented with the guar
anty that it is uucolorcd and unadulterated;
in fact, the sun-eurea tea leaf pure and sim
ple. Its purity insures superior strength,
about one third less of i: being required for
an infusion than of the artificial teas, and Its
fragrance end exquisite flavor is at once ap
parent. It will be a revelation to. you. In
order that its purity and quality may be guar
anteed, it is sold only in. pound packages
bearing this trade-mark :
dhood.
N
: -IT.
REAL MERIT
BEECJjL TEA
To re As m
Price 60c per pound. For sale at
lieslie Butlexr'n
THE DAILES, OKFGO. -