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CHI
AFTER DEATH. ,
h tkim the oouch where she lay yesternight.
With awed, pale face, and fleeting, painful
breath,-'
And great, sweet eyes that would not shrink
from Deatbr
Is this the pillow, soft as down, and whitev '
Oa which her dear face lay, turned from the
light?
I downward li'iiu, and lot could almost
swear
I feel the old, soft goldne&sof her hairl
Kind Heavenl if but for one dear time, I might
Acin press trembling lips upon her cheek
. Jier slim, pale throat her whiter brow
her hair
Her tender eyes wherein the love-light
shone! . -
Bat once but once to hear those sweet lips
speak!
I should be glad that she is free from
But oh. this first and awful night alone!
Ella Higginaon in Overland Monthly.:
CoITm la the Eiiit. '
How long coffee was in' use amofeg
astern nations before being introduced
Lato Europe is not known. Aljeziri Air
fammbali, a noted Arabic author, states
that it was first made known about 870
of the .Hegira, and so quickly did coffee
booses and booths multiply throughout
Arabia .that the government several
times made strenuous attempts to sup
press them, fearing they wonld lead the
people into idleness.
Notwithstanding these efforts, the "cof
fee habit" took such a firm hold on the
. people that the beverage was mode and
drank in secret. They even went long
distances into the desert and there pre
pared the seductive concoction without
fear of molestation.
Some pious Mohammedans thought it
might be included among the intoxi
cating beverages forbidden by the Koran,
bnt Alhambnli, in an able pamphlet en
titled "The Support of ' Innocence,"
proved that it was not in the prohibitory
section of that book. As a consequence
the followers of the prophet once more
returned to the delights of coffee. De
troit Free Press.
Que Woman's Bedtime Hours.
A lovely woman who was talking with
a friend one day about the enjoyments,
disappointments and heartaches of child
hood,, said: "The sufferings I endured
when a child were more acute than any
I have known in later years, and the
' pleasantest remembrances ' I have of
those far away times are of the bedtime
hours, when my mother sat by our beds
in that low roofed chamber and taught
us the songs she sung as a child, told
stories, some of which were of her child
hood, while others were conjured up in
her own head. Some of the sweetest
hymns and sacred stories I learned then,
and there ever comes to me when I close
my eyes a faint' picture of my devoted
mother sitting there in the twilight. I
think the only reason that the darkness
had no terrors for me was that it nearly
always came while she was with us.. The
Bound of her voice dispelled all fear; it
was associated with tenderest words,
sweetest lnllabys, softest good nights."
Anna P. Payne in New England Home
stead. Art in Tell lug Lies.
Telling the truth is an art, hat not
nearly bo difficult an art as telling lies.
It is within reach of any man's power,
if he will take time and pains, to relate
tbe thing that Is. It takes a man of im
agination and strong memory to bring
forth the thing that is not. Besides, the
Bar cannot carry his He all over the
world and back to the creation; at some
point or other he must piece it on to the
universal truth, and to do that neatly he
' must be a good workman, bnt this is
only part of the greater question as to j
Xice and virtue generally. Virtue is for
all who love it; in order to become an
accomplished villain a man must have i
natural aptitude, careful training and
immense powers of application, and at
any time the villian may be ruined, as a
villain, by the -unexpected coming to
life of conscience. All the Year Round.
Silver Dollars C?3 Miles High.
The treasury counts its silver by
weighing it, which is part of wisdom, iu
view of the fact t'rtat a man, counting at
the rate of 200 dollar pieces per minute
steadily for eight hours per day. Sun
days included, would be kept busy for
considerably over eleven years.
Piled one upon the other, the $400,0fK),
000 in the treasury would attain a
height of 675 miles, and placed side by
de they would carpet a- room 60 feet
wide and nearly 24 miles long. David
A. Wells in Harper's Weekly.
The Uses of the Sword.
The uses to which the sword has been
put seem to have been almost as varied
as its appearance, when we recall the
anecdote told of Charlemagne, who said,
as he used the pommel of his sword to
put his stamp on treaties, "I sign them
with this end, and with the other I will
take care that they are kept." Kate
Field's Washington.-
Her Hubby's Teachings.
friend Why do yoifget married so
soon after the death of your husband?
Widow My dear, if there was any
one thing that my poor dead and gone
husband insisted upon, in season and
out, it was that I should never put off
till tomorrow what I could do today.
New York Weekly.
It is now suggested that many dwell
ing house fires caused by lamp explo
sions might be averted by keeping some of
the ornamental vases in the rooms filled
with sand, so that it would be always at
hand and ready fpi use in case of need.
"He who discovers a new dish confers
a greater benefit on mankind than he
who discovers a new star," says, a fa
mous writer, and the majority of per
sons would be willing to accept the
statement without dissent.
The artificial honey is becoming a
formidable rival of natural honey. Its
composition is sugar, water, free acid
and a small proportion of mineral salts.
Every Japanese workman is ticketed.
He bears on his . cap and on his back
labels giving his name and business, aa
well as hi3 employer's name.
Abomt Keeeivlag CHIU."'".-"T " '
From tbe receiver's standpoint all gifts.
may be divided into things that we want
and things that we don't want. It takes
no- particular skill or grace to receive
things that we want, but as, in times, of
general giving, like Christmas, the larger
part of the .gifts we get are things that
we don't want, that branch of , receiver -ship.is
worth attention. The two ordi
nary reasons for not wanting things are
tbe vulgar one that they do not strike us
as intrinsically desirable, and the more
complex reason that' we don't want to re
ceive them from the particular giver. A
general remedy applicable to reluctances
due to either of these causes is to keep
strenuously in the mind the happiness of
the giver in giving.
' Remembering that, you are delighted
with a trifle from some one yon love, be
cause it makes yon happy to have been
even passively instrumental in procuring
him the happiness of giving; applying tbe
same principle, yon can accept ever so
costly a gift from some one for whom
yon care little without any irksome sense
of obligation, since of course the giver
had the best of it any way, and: it is a
great deal kinder and more generous to
sacrifice one's personal inclinations and
accept, than to refuse. Remember per
sistently that by receiving with due grace
you secure to another person a desirable
form of happiness. Scribner's. V
Wedded at Last la a Cotton Patch.
About a year ago C. W. Strickland, a
young farmer living about six miles
southwest of Paris, fell in love with Miss
Ida Porter, a charming young lady of the
same neighborhood. The lady's relatives
objected, but the young.folks resolved to
elope. Mr. Strickland got a license, bnt
the issuance of the license was published
in the papers and before a chance came
to use it the relatives of the lady saw it
and sent her away to Missouri.
A few weeks ago she came hack. Her
relatives thought the affair was ended,
but the young folks still loved each other.
There were some private negotiations of
which her relatives did not know. An
other license was procured, but the fact
was not published in the papers. The
same minister was engaged again. Miss
Ida Porter, who did not usually pick cot
ton, suddenly became very industriously
inclined, and concluded to help pick ont
the crop. She went into the field and
began work. Pretty soon her big brother,
not suspecting anything, went to the gin
with a load of cotton, and about the
time he was gone Mr. Strickland and the
preacher came along, and right in the cot
ton patch the ceremony was performed
that made the blushing maiden and the
gallant lover man and wife. G-alvestor
News.
The Zodiacal Light.
The curious phenomenon of the zodi
ncal light may now be seen in the early I
morning skies a little before sunrise. In
this latitude it takes the form of a por
tion of an ellipse whose longest diameter
is.inclined 'somewhat from the perpen
dicular, and may be looked for in that
part of the sky where the sun is about to
appear. Its pearly gray light is caused
by the reflection of the sun's rays from
countless swarms of meteors which re
volve about him at different distances.
It has recently been suggested that these
meteors are the medium by which the
electrical connection between the sun
and the earth is established; in fast, that
they play the same part in the solar sys
tem that the copper wire does in the con
veyance of electric energy from the
dynamo to the electric lamp. New York
Recorder.
Kidding Tesans to a Wedding.
This morning an unusual sight was
seen on Brenham's streets. It was a
horseman gayly decorated with ribbons
of every hue of the rainbow. These rib- '
bona were hung in clusters and festoons
all over the rider and horse. The horse's I
ears and forehead were covered with a I
sort of cap in which were stuck feathers
IT . l" ro5elles
nuunuuuiginuixras.
The rider was Fritz lesepappe, and ;
questions about his startling decorations
elicited the information that he was tbe
inviting agent to a marriage a sort'of
animated wedding card. His brother,
Herman Wiesepappft, and Miss Bertha
Schultz are to be married next Thursday
at the home of the bride, in the Post
Oaks, five or six miles east of here, and
he was summoning the guests. Galves
ton News. .
To Exhibit Aborigines.
Anthropologists all over the world are
said to be aroused by the proposition of
Professor Putnam, of Harvard, to gather
at the World's fair in Chicago living rep
resentatives of every race of . aborig
ines to be found on Jhe American con
tinent, in their own houses and costumes.
Should the proposal be carried out, stu
dents of man from all over the world
will flock to America for the occasion
and seise eagerly this only opportunity
ever offered. The cave dwellers, whose
mode of life Walt McDougall treats with
much historical correctness in fiction,
will then be either demonstrated as ac
tually existing or proved to have died
out. New York World.
. . - In Jail for One Hour. -
' The shortest term of imprisonment
ever given in Massachusetts was im
posed on Lemuel E. Demelen a few days
ago in the United States circuit court in
Boston. The prisoner, - charged with in
terfering with a United States officer in
the discharge of his duty, was fined $100
and imprisoned for one ' hour in the
county jail. Exchange.
The yield of the orange crop in Florida
this year was over 3,000,000 boxes, and
an average box holds 150 oranges. About
half of the crop will be sent by rail to
tbe western states., .
Ifamanabuseshis wife in Butte, Mon.,
half a yard of crape is tacked on liis door
as a reminder that any trouble in the fu
ture will be followed by a call by an
undertaker.
The development of the industries of
the south is shown in the fact that it
now has 1,5200,000 more spindles than it
j had eleven years ago.
-an" Acrobat's Fall.'
An act was given akCordray's audito
rium performance recently that was not '
printed on the programme. Stanley and
Mason do a perilous act in midair on the
trapeze. - There are two bars suspended
by ropes from the ceiling, one large and
one small. Stanley was on the small
trapeze near the ceiling, and Mason on
the lower one. The man on top was
preparing to hang by his legs, let go,
drop, and, falling, catch his partner by
the feet. Stanley, who had a boil on the
inside of his leg, slipped. and felL His
partner could not save him. .
Every eye was riveted on the falling
scrobat and every heart stood still. To
the man himself it seemed an age. Ma
son, who was below, as quick as a flash
measured the distance, and saw . that if
his partner fell in that position nothing
could save his neck from being broken,
so, as Stanley descended,, he gave the
falling man a quick turn, somewhat
broke the fall, and the performer fell to
the floor with a hard sound and struck
on his back. - :
A dozen men rushed up the aisle to
pick- up jfche, man, and for a moment quite
an amount of excitement prevailed. He
was picked up and carried behind the
scenes.
He had fallen twenty-five feet, and his
only injury was a rough shaking np and
a bruised back. Two minutes later
George Stanley appeared before the f oot
! lights and bowed. Seattle Post-Intelli
gencer.
An Eclipse Dinner.
"I have been to an 'eclipse dinner,' "
said a young woman. "There were any
number of them, you know, of course
with the part of Hamlet left out. At the
one at which I assisted three gilt boys
at each end and in the center of the
table held aloft, respectively, in flower
figures, the dates of the last, the present
and the next eclipse, garlands of flowers
passing from one to the other. At every
corner lay a pretty sketch, showing
earth, moon and sun in space and in the
proper positions to produce the eclipse.
"The ices were served in gilt stars.
The host, who is an enthusiast in as
tronomy, had a small telescope mounted
! on the roof for use had the night been
ciear, ana, to oe iranK, l nail crammed
all the afternoon to be equal to the occa
sion. It was love's labor lost, however,
for we did not even go up to the roof,
messengers being dispatched from time
to time to return with the invariable
cloudy report. But it was great f nn,
and everybody laughed when lobster
! cutlets a la totalite were served." New
York Times.
His Intention Misunderstood.
' There is a certain small boy living in
the vicinity of the armory" who has con
cluded that the finding of a pocketbook
is a misfortune.
He picked up one the
other day on the street containing about
ten dollars. Being on his way to the
baker's he generously paid a score of
f 1.25 that was "hung np" there against
the family, and then meandered down
town to invest another dollar in a Buffalo-Bill
gun and ammunition. - But'
when he reached home maternal per
suasion so quickened his conscience that
he again started out in a sorrowful quest
for the owner of tno money, who was
soon discovered. ,
And it is further alleged that this
owner would not abate anything; from
thefull aniOCTt lost and tiat the man
I who sold the little fellow the gnu refused
. to take it back after all the circum
stances had been explained, so that even
' to this day the mention of that pocket
book causes a shadow to creep over the
countenance of that bov. Springfield
'(Mass.) Republican.
Effective Work by a Lawyer.
A very amusing incident occurred at
the city hall a few days ago.
A conple of men, while in a state of
cheerfulness, became boisterous in their
wordy warfare and were taken before
V Judge Cavin
, . . ,, .
hail alao llwn ,, thn ' inn
when it was red, appeared as counsel for
them.
The self constituted attorney had talk
ed but a moment, however, when Judge
Cavin said, "Ifischarge the prisoners and
lock up their attorney."
The order was complied with amid an.
outburst of laughter. Galveston News.
- Mr. Klein's Private Kit in.
The story of a wonderful phenomenon
comes from . Ross vi lie, nineteen miles
west of Topeka, on the Union Pacific.
For nineteen days, it is said, rain fell in
cessantly on the orchard belonging to
H. Klein, a prominent Rossville resident.
This orchard is in the town and is bound
ed on the east by Mr. Klein's residence,
on the other three sides by lines of fences.
The rain did not fall outside of Mr.
Klein's premises, but for nineteen days
there was no intermission in the fall,
and it was only stopped by a cold snap.
. Cor. Chicago Inter Ocean. "
A Ileal Saving Farmer.
There is a farmer iri Massachusetts
who got his corn husked this fall with
out cost. Last spring he sowed a quan
tity of red corn in his field among the
yellow, and then incidentally mentioned
the fact to some of the male pupils of a
neighboring high school. At once they
solicited the privilege of busking- his
corn and furnishing the refreshments
besides, and he granted both. The young
people had a good time and found
enough red ears to satisfy them. Phila
delphia Ledger. - ' '
The i-:ige for blond loclcs has infected
Italy to such an extent that even the'
children's heads , are blossoming out in
golden curls. At this, rate the raven
tresses of Italian song and story will soon
bo a misnomer. '
This country has nearly 2,000,000 acres
devoted to the raising of flax and hemp.
It is proposed to make a grand showing
of these industries at the World's fair.
Steam whaling vessels are oon to try
the waters of the South Pacific, as recent
reports show that whales are again fre
quenting that locality. - ' - ,
. ;-; Never Heard of Kins. ,
Telegraphers' stories are unique some
times,, and they do not hesitate to tell
them to one another. . It is said that the
operators in New Haven, having always
lived there, seldom hear of anything be
yond the limits of the city and their oper
ating rooms. The fact was illustrated
recently when an operator in New York
remarked to the man he was working
with in New Haven . that . Parnell had
just died. '
"Who?" was the inquiry.
"Parnell, was the reply. . '
. After . a short interval, during which,
it is supposed, the New Haven operator
was in conference with somebody, this
message was sent: "If you mean P. T.
Barnrun, we heard that long ago, but no
one knows who Parnell is." Telegraph
Age. . . " '
New Alloy.
' Two new alloys for making boring and
cutting tools have been invented in Eng
land. The metal equals steel in hardness
and temper, and does .not lose its temper,
when heated by friction.' Tbe alloys con
sist of pig iron, ferro-manganese, chromi
um and tungsten in proper, proportions,
melted together in crucibles under stick
charcoal and calcined borax. This com
pound is then reraelted with bar iron and
proportions of nickel, copper and alumin
ium are added. It is then cast in sand
molds. New York Times.
' Stage Coach Dreams.
Losses are presaged by a dream of rid
ing in a stage coach. If you run after
one yon will be out of employment for a
long season. To see one pass will rid
yon of troublesome friends. If you are
in a stage coach and it turns over with
out injuring you, yon will be lucky in
your speculations, but if yon dream that
yon are killed by .the fall yon must ex
pect misfortnnes. New York Herald.
Dimples,
The old ides of 40 years ago was that facial
eruptions were due to a "blood humor," for
which they gave potash. Tens all the old Barsa
parillas contain potash, a most objectionable and
draBtio -mineral, that instead of decreasing,
actually creates more eruptions. Ton have no
ticed this when taking other Sarsaparillaa than
Joy's. It is however now known that the stom
ach, the blood creating power, is the seat of all
vitiating or cleansing operations. A stomach
clogged by indigestion or c onstipation, vitiates
the blood, result pimples. A cleci stomach and
healthful digestion purifies it and they disappear.
Thus Joy's Vegetable Sareaparilln is compounded
alter the modern idea to regulate the bowels and
stimulate the digestion. The effect is immediate
and most satisfactory. ' A short testimonial to
contrast the action of the potash Sarsaparillos
and Joy's mo.lern vegetable preparation. Jlrs.
C. D. 6tuart, of 400 Iiayt." fee., 3. F., writes: " I
have for years had lnilic.-:ioii, I tried a popular
Bsrsaparilla but it actually aw oil more pimples
to break out oa my face. Hearing that Joy's was
a later preparation au J acted differently, I tried
it and the pimples immediately disappeared." -
Joy's
Vegetable
Sarsaparilla
Lars est bottle; most effective, same price.
For Sale by SNIPES Ss K1NERSUY
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OUHED
By using 6. B. Headache and Liver Cure, and S.
B. Cough Cure as directed for colds. They were
used two years ago during the La Grippe epi
demic, and very nattering testimonials of their
power over that disease are at and. Manufact
ured by the S. B. Medicine Mfg. Co., at Dufur,
Oregon. For sale by all dm ggists.
Severe Law.
The English peo
ple look more closely
to the genuineness
. "V?2S5 ol these staples than
X- we do. In fact, they
'.! " K. fJ have a low under
which they moke
seizures and de
stroy adulterated
- l I I.' Mi
products that are
hot whet they are represented to be. Under
(liifi ::ute thousands of pounds of tea have
b?en burned because of their wholesale adul
tcrntion. 'j;-. ..;-,; . w?.-.;
Tea, by the war. Is one of the most notori-"
j ;u!y adulterated articles of commerce. Not '
. a.oiie are the.hright, shiny green teas artifl
c!ily. colored, but tlinu-nnds of pounds.. ol
i,lulK:ti..ittut for ten leaves ara used to swell.
the Lui of clunp teai; ah, sice, and willow
'; !'nye tH!n -these taoit ' commonly used.
.Viui!!, swci't.i'.iM fr. ia' tea warehouses 'are '
.colored and sold as t -a. -Even exhausted tea
leaves gathered from tho U';i-hniaes arc kept,
dried, und SDtuleuvcrtiml find thvirw'uy info
lUdcboip leas. .
'i'lic IIi.'k U y? rrra-:i!t a!'',:npl;s t;x?amp.
hi o;u ly -.o".j: but no tea is too
pivir fi r u--, sad the rcrtJc is 'Jiat probably
p.K;rp-1 te-s ucd by uuy j:utiou are riio&e
C'juisuiinid iu Auicricp.
Ucoch's Tea is prs-ented with the guap
mr.y that it it uuo'lored and unadulterated;
in'fact. the sun-curea iaa leaf pure and sim
ple. Its purity iusjrcs superior strength,
l;i;;t one third les of it VyjinK required for
a '.i Infusion thaa cf i':k :.i tificial teas, and its
frarunce and exquisiie lli'.vor la at once ap
parent.. It will be a revelation to you.. In ,
orde.r that Il3 purity cud quality may be guar-"
anteed, it is sold only in pound package
bearing this trada-mark: -
Pure As -CHifdhood:
Price 60c per pound. For sole ot
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thing, neutral in nothing, it will live only to fight
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