this poo. fool | brought Into tlie world clergyman's daughter, and 1 recognised
wauu to uiarry a low down girl over it. even though I did uot quite see why
there lu the hollow, without a second they had come to Strathboro for this
gown to het back and no more ralslug purpose.
than one of my heifers.”
Jimmy began explaining at once. He
Jimmy did not stir
gave un array of reasons for bis pres
"If he could get himself up to tell me ence here, of which I seemed to be of
(Copyright, 1900, by Th« Century comp«ny.J
so, he’s likely told everybody else first. fered my choice. He did not want any
Idleness I .got In me it curiosity to You ueedu't say nothing I don't want of the preachers around his home to
see Ellen I id. so one day I asked jim to know what you know or what you Incur his mother’s eumity by perform
don't, but I want to tell you—you are ing the ceremony; he and Ellen felt
my to take me to visit her.
“I'll be proud to do It." he replied, young and foolish that you've done a like coming to see me; they thought a
without explaining whom his pride tight cruel thing If you’ve given Idin little Journey would be nice, and he de
complimented. When he next went to encouragement In Ids folly, or if you sired my brother's advice about some
mill. 1 went along and was put down at ever do. I can't believe he ever would matter of business.
Ellen put in that they did uot want
the door of the little log bouse below have named such a thing to me If
somebody like you hadn't give him me to Incur Cousin Betsey’s wrath
the hill.
either; they had come to see me, but
“There’s no need of lettin her know some sustainment.”
I felt a guilty thud in my breast as they’d go to the house of the preacher
you are comln," .Jimmy had told me.
“for she and the house is always as those lumluous pale eyes fixed them I should recommend.
They hnd. as I said, the air of people
spick and as span as all the comp’ny in selves upon me. 1 had not meant to
give encouragement, but I saw now about to be married, but with a curious
the world could make ’em."
The bouse stood an eighth of a mile that Cousin Betsey was probably right reversal of parts. Jimmy was full of
back from the road, and a wagon track and that my liking for Ellen had help the cheerfulness of a storm tossed
led up to and away from It In a wide ed Jimmy to the courage shown in this traveler who lias found port, while
semicircle worthy a drive before a pal declaration. He hail un Immense re poor Ellen';» bearlug expressed the
awestruck
sense of
responsibility
ace. It was all unfenced, the wild gard for my opinion.
"James," she said, "look at me,” Jim which generally oppresses the brlde-
greenness pressing up to the doorway.
As we approached a tall, broad shoul my raised a haggard, pain dazed face.
dered young woman came to the low. “James, I'm going to say before Adeline
open door. I had time to take a good what I've told you I'd do If you won't
give up this—girl. Will you give her
look at her, and it wus a pleasant ex up?"
ercise. She stood with one hand on
Jimmy half gasped. “Mother,” he
her ldp. in an attitude of such sim
began, then stopped; a dead silence. Its
plicity rtud ease as the rustic obtains
tensity was painful, like a physical sen
only in his most uncorrupted estate.
ration. "Mother, if you’d just know
Iler smooth, dark hair was parted nnd
her, If’—
brought down behind iter ears Into a
"I knew her father and mother be
knot of eminent decency; her features
fore her, before you was born. My
were good, strong, rather large and
father kept her grandfather from
were set off by a tine ruddy complex
starving to death. More’s the pity, since
ion. She came out to the wagon as we
It brings this shame upon me now.
stopped and put up her hand to Jimmy.
Iler mother was a nameless brat. 1
“Howdy,” she said not smiling, but
know her enough.”
fixing her gray eyes upon him with
“No'tn, no’tn; you don’t. Ellen's not
what was like maternal tenderness.
them. She’d make the best wife”—
“Howdy. Miss Ellen,” Jimmy an
"Much you know or care about her
swered. equally grave. "This is my
making a good wife. You can't take
cousin. Miss Addiugton Miss Tod.
me iu. You're in love with her."
Cousin Adeline.”
"No’tn; no, maw. I’m not that be
“I wanted to stop off and stay with
witched”—
you, if I might, while Ji.niny goes to
"Will you or won't you give her up?”
mill.”
Jimmy staggered to his feet and to "II he marrie» that 'jtrl he tn no tun <>
"I’m pleased to see you,” said Ellen
mine.”
the door.
Tod. “Walt, ami 1'11 bring a chair for
"Mother, mother,” he repeated slowly groom. 1 seated them in the dining
you"—a chair to help me alight.
under bls breath as If it were a sort of room at such a lunch as Aunt ’Merky
Jimmy was right as to the spickness
was able, in her phrase, to “scare up"
prayer.
and spanness of Ellen and her house.
and went Into a place apart to com
"Stop,” she said.
“Adeline"—she
Her lunate superiority was shown lu
took me by the arm—“I say to you that muñe with my own mind.
her dress, which was of that standard
My brother nnd his wife were away.
If lie marries that girl he Is no son of
dark purple calico which knows no
mine, and I’ll never treat him as one, I was alone In authority. How could
north, no south, and It was made with
I turn out these waifs to get married
dead or alive.”,
out a furbelow anywhere. It was a
Tlie door closed behind Jimmy, and In the desolation of a strange parson
model of the chief garment of modern
Cousin Betsey sank into a chair and age parlor when I felt sure that a
womatt reduced to Its simplest ele
let her hands fall as they would, one in touching gravitation toward sympathy
ments. but It was beautifully clean
her lap and oue at her side. I knelt be was all that had brought them so far?
and was perfect in Its way, even the
side her and tried to stanch my tears. Here was a chance to play a little part
unrelieved band around tlie neck being
Cousin Betsey had all a man's prefer In a romance, to manage, to be Impor
becoming to so handsome a column.
ence for an unemotional atmosphere, tant and benevolent.
That touchstone of the southern house
1 became Infected with the passion
nnd the first thing she said was to tell
keeper, the hearth, was swept so dean
ate reasonableness characteristic of all
me to bring her knitting.
that its scoured stones attracted the
“Oh, why. why,” I said, "did you say the principals In the affair. I said:
eye. and the big bed in one corner of
“Brother Arthur Is away; lie’ll not
such a terrible tiling?”
the room was radiant in brilllnnt
“I said It because I thought It would have to bear any of the responsibility.
patch work. After I entered Ellen re
stop him if anything would.” she an They are going to get married anyhow.
turned a moment to the wagon and
swered, with a firm mouth, though her Cousin Betsey can’t hurt me. and, aft
shook hands with tlie departing Jim
fingers were a little shaky as she han er all. Jimmy Is quite right about It.
my. who was to return In a couple of dled her needles.
Ellen will make him a beautiful wife.
hours. For that time Ellen and I were
Go to. 1 will be a patroness!”
' "But If it doesn’t?”
left to each other’s uninterrupted so
After the ceremony—besides the
“If It doesn't, he knows what to look
ciety, for her father was away nt
servants In the doorway only the most
for."
work, and she and be composed tlie
“Cousin Betsey, I’ve seen her. She sentimental old lady In the village and
family. She was a charming hostess,
seems nice. I believe she would be a myself witnessed It—Ellen had a little
full of hospitality and with an effort good wife”—
experience which I trust has never
less gift of silence almost equal to
“Adeline, get up! I don't want to been repeated. She broke down from
Jimmy’s own.
hear any more foolishness. I’m the her usual caretaking, all sustaining,
Site took my hat. allowed me to sit
one that's likely to know who'll make maternal self Into a frightened, help
In the back doorway, which looked out
a good wife for my son If It's u good less woman who wanted to be com
Into the near woods, and brought me a wife you are both so bent on. I’ve forted by somebody stronger than her
glass of.cool buttermilk from the buck taken care of him a good many years.” self. She dropped down upon the sofa
et St) file spring. My soul was satisfied
“Don’t you love him? Don’t you and began to cry softly upon Jimmy s
when she got out a Idg spinning wheel want him to be happy?”
shoulder. Poor Jimmy felt then that
and went to work. I woudered if slie
“Of course I do. That’s why I’ve matrimony was Indeed a strange estate
spun when Jimmy came ami was In done what I could to stop tills thing.”
whose mysteries developed with In
dined to think that no woman could
The needles were clicking well by credible promptness ami In the most
be ignorant of the charming mstlietlc this time.
unexpected ways. He looked so piti
possibilities of the occupation. I could
“But If he marries, and you do as fully bullied nnd bewildered that Ellen
Imagine Jimmy sinking Into a deep and yon say, you'll make him miserable.”
when she saw his face straightened up
deeper daze of pleasure as he watched
"I'll do what 1 say. I've liajj to say Into her more characteristic phase and
It for his good, anil I’d have to do It slipped her baud into his to comfort
not to be a liar. Howsouiever, there’s Idin. It was not a traditional bridal
no use living through the thing before scene, but It seemed to me a very natu
It happens. I don't seem to see Jimmy ral and touching one.
There was nothing for Jimmy to do
getting himself up to go and disobey
me. He’d never have the spunk.” And of course but to sink to the station of a
Cousin Betsey, with that almost appall renter. He went In on shares with his
ing good sense so characteristic of her, father-in-law that year and lived in the
insisted on returning to the serene tone neat little cabin I had visited.
My brother recently passed through
of everyday life. She treated Jimmy
for the 24 hours that I was still with that part of the county, and he reports
them lu exactly her usual manner, that Betsey has taken the surprising
which was placidly kind, so far as it but simple course of treating Jimmy as
was anything, though It took less ac she might treat any poor neighbor
count of him as an Individual entity whom she had long known, even let
than probably even the humblest of us ting him land on good though not un
businesslike terms, but never breaking
in Ids place would have preferred.
Jimmy was much depressed, but he either the letter or the spirit of her
was in awe of his mother and felt vow. Amos thinks this suits both moth
bound to pull himself together and re er and son admirably. As for Jimmy,
spond to her attitude as far as possible. he says he has more confidence of
It was an evident relief to hint when manner than of old despite his social
lie and I were once more started on fall and that he wears such a look of
horseback for the station, nnd he was contentment as any other woman in
at liberty in tlie woods to be as misera Cousin Betsey’s place would sorely re
ble as he liked. He longed to have me sent.
After a four years’ experience of El
do something for him, he did not know
the swift, light moving figure passing what—say something, suggest some len as a wife the one conviction of Jim-
to nnd fro while tlie big wheel whirled. thing—nnd he turned his doglike brown mv's life seems instifled.
I tried to get up tlie courage to talk to eyes upon me with a heartbreaking
Merer Y, nmiea Hereeir,
her about Jimmy, but I couldn't. She force of nppenl In them. But I was too
Benevolent Old I.ady (to little girl)—
was too big mid grown up; she made conscious of the gravity of the situa My little dear, do you wash your face
me feel too small nnd light minded. tion to venture a word upon It. While ami hands every morning?
She actually smiled at me. however, we were waiting, however, on the lit
“No, mum."
when the wagon returned. I felt now tle platform, with the falling leaves
“Good gracious!
That's perfectly
as If a handshaking all around were fluttering around us, he broke forth:
dreadful. Do you wash your face In
justified, for It seemed ns If 1 bad
"Cousin Adeline, you can see what a the middle of the day?”
spent n pleasant, dreamy, drowsy life good wife Ellen would make for me,
“No. mum.”
time In that buck door.
can't you? You needn't say anything—I
“Dear me! When do you wash your
”1 ain't very lively company; 1 never know you do; any one has got to that self?”
was.” Ellen said ns 1 put on my hat, knows her. It ain't that I'm in love
“I never washes.”
scarcely apologetically, but ns If the with her, like maw said. But I don't
“Horrible! It is shocking how de
fact were tin undeniable drawback. see how I can let Ellen go. I don’t see praved the lower classes are! I must
She took Jimm.v some buttermilk—he how > —in "
organize a society to see that children
1 longed to probe his consciousness to
did not leave the wagon--and I delayed
are properly washed. Tell me, little
see if any perception of obligation to
my appearance while he drnnk It.
one. do you really never wash your
"I don't know ns I’ll ever see you Ell. n could be aroused to re-enforce bls self?”
again," she said, as she gravely gave abiding sense of the necessity of Ellen
“No, mum. Mamma washes me every
me her hand, "but I'm glad you come, to Idin, so It was just as well that the morning.”
rickety
little
engine
came
meandering
and I wish you well. Take care of your
self.” she said as we started. Including ii round tie corner just then. Lenve
Collectors Needed.
me in the kindly gaze she turned on takings and responses to the cordial,
Weary Waddleton—De wurld owes
hospitable greetings of the conductor us fellers a llvln.
Jimmy.
1 did see her again, but before the occupied all the time I felt Justified In
Willie Wontwork—Dat's right, but
second meeting Cousin Betsey had delaying the other passengers, and I Its orful slow pay. Wot our perfeshun
learned of her as a possible daughter- left without committing any new In needs Is a collection agency.—Ohio
in-law. I came In from a tramp the discretions.
State Journal.
One day In the following April 1 was
day before I left, and found mother
In
the
old
flower
garden,
wholly
ab
son ch*»'* ’ a terrible nnd - ‘"nt-
The first royal speech transmitted by
ous Interview. Poor Jimmy was sit sorbed In the care of the camomile bed, telegraph was that delivered by the
ting In his mother's room with his bow when one of the servants came out to late Queen Victoria when she opened
ed bend supported in Ids bands nnd his me. saying that there was "some parliament on Nov. 15, 1837. The speed
every line expressing crushed suffer mighty cur’us ’pearln comp’ny up to de of transmission was 55 words • min
ing. but withal hardly so limp as might house” and that they asked for mo.
ute.
I did not, to tell the truth, think of
have been expected. The little master
•tone n Helle*.
ful mother stood with her knotted Jimmy nnd Ellen, but when I found
Husband - What do you do wbeD you
them
the
moment
my
eyes
fell
on
them
hands on the back of a chair in front of
till your thumb with a hammer? You
her, gazing nt her boy with a touch of It seemed as If I had been expecting
fnn't swear
bewilderment In her pale, stern, law- them nil along. They hnd refused to go
Wife—No: br.t I can think with all
Into the house nnd wore wnltlng for me
yerllke fnee.
li.v might nnd main what n perfectly
on
the
bnck
"gallery.
”
As
1
came
up
1 started back from the door 1 had
their horses were just being led off to I irrld. mean. Inconsiderate, selfish
opened.
I rute you are not to drive the nails
"Come In, Adeline," sh^sald; “come the stables. The look of people about
rourself.—New York Weekly.
In. Like as not It's no news to you that to be married was upon them. I am a
WASP STINGS.
DEPTH OF A RAINFALL.
People M Iio lime Hied From tlie hit-
fecls ot Them.
Th*- Metliotl l>> Which It I* U’l'urftle-
ly Mi-axuml
In an article oil the stings of wasps
i British medical Journal cites the two
following cases which bate come un
Jer its notice: A strong, healthy girl of
was stung on the neck by a wasp
and fainted, on regaining conscious
Hess she complained of u general feel
iug of numbness ami partial blindness
■ ml vomited. She suffered severe nb
dominal pain. She recovered In tlie
course of a few hours. Two months
later she was stung again, tills time ou
the hand. Iler face became flushed,
■he again complained of numbness and
blindness, suddenly became very pale,
fainted and died 25 minutes after she
was stung.
Another case was that of a girl of 22
years, who was stung by a wasp be
hind the angle of the Jaw. Tlie sting
was at once extracted and ammonia
applied. In a few minutes she com
plained of faintness and would have
fallen If she had not tieen supported.
Her fact1 assumed an expression of
great anxiety, and a few minutes later
she was tossing on tlie lieil .complain
ing of a horrible feeling of choking
and of agonizing pain In tlie chest and
abdomen. Brandy gave no relief. There
was nausea, but no vomiting.
She
rapidly became Insensible and died 15
minutes after receiving the sting. The
most probable explanation of such
cases seems to lie in what is known as
Idiosyncrasy that is. abnormal sensi
tiveness in particular Individuals to
certain toxic agents. It is well known
that drugs vary much in action on dif
ferent people. What Is a safe dose for
one Is dangerously large for another.
The Inability of some people to eat
strawberries or shellfish Is another In
stance of the same phenomenon. The
active agent of bee stings is generally
believed to be formic acid. It therefore
seems very desirable that we should
have more accurate Information re
garding the action of this drug on dif
ferent species of the lower animals
ami through them on man himself.
Chicago Chronicle.
Probably one question Hint has piut-
zletl the lay mind Is bow tlie depth of a
rainfall may lw accurately determined.
The way it is doue is this:
A tunnel whose larger aperture rep
resents a surface of l'Nt square Im lies
Is placed In a position where It may
catch the direct fall of the mln. with
the rim "of the funnel extending per
haps an ludi or more beyond the plat
form to which it may be fixed. This
Is for the pur|M>se of preventing any
rain from being washed Into the funnel
and increasing the true fall. From this
funnel the water rusts to a tube which
bears au exact and carefully determlu
ed ratio to the area of tlie funnel's
mouth, say one-tenth.
If. therefore, the tube shows water to
tlie depth of an Indi, It is clear that one
tenth of an lutti of rain has fallen. Tlie
tube Is provided with a carefully grad
uated scale so that the fall may be
readily seen.
Three Inches of rain
would show a depth of 30 incites in a
tula* one-tenth the size of the receiving
aperture, and the decimals of an Indi
could be quickly notisi by observing the
scale.
If placed on the roof of a building,
the apparatus should be kept away
from the edges to prevent any peeullai
slant of the wind carrying Into the tun
nd a larger propoition of rain than
would fall Into it under normal condì
tlons. The larger the aperture of the
receiving funnel is made the more tie
curate will be tlie results obtained.
A curious fad that lias been not 'd in
connection witli rainfalls is that gitiges
p'aced on roof - usually gather less wa
ter than ilmse placed on tlie ground
Tlds is ac counted for on the theory that
tlie rain in falling absorbs some cd' the*
moisture of tlie air. and the greater dis
tance* it falls tlie larger will lie* tlie
bulk of the* individual drops. — New
York Herald.
KNEW THE NOON HOUR.
A Tnlr of Horse« 'Chat Stopped When
the Whistle* Blew,
A pair of intelligent horses attracted
tlie attention of a large crowd on Nas
sau street at noon one day last week.
They were attached to a heavily load
ed lee wagon coming down tlie steep
grade between Cedar street and Maid
en lane and were holding hack the
wagon with a noticeuble effort. When
they were half way down, tlie whistles
blew for 12 o'clock.
Suddenly tlie
horses drew in toward tlie curb and
began to plant their hind feet well for
ward to stop the wagon.
Tlie driver made no effort to cheek
them, and their hard work at once at
tracted notice. Pedestrians looked at
the horses and then nt tlie driver, who
had a broad grin on Ills face. By hard
work the wagon was stopped. Tlie
driver sat still nnd watched his ani
mals. • One of them immediately be
gan rubbing Ills head against tlie neck
of the other and with nods and pushes
succeeded In rubbing his bridle off.
Then the other horse took his turn at
rubbing, and his bridle came off.
Fully 200 persons had watched this,
and when It was completed the driver
got down from bls seat and swung a
bag of oats over the nose of each ani
mal. They stood there and nte their
midday meal. The driver was pntient
and proud of Ills team. He petted them
and talked to them nnd when they
were through drove off whistling.
"Talk about the laboring man drop
ping Ills shovel at the sound of the
noon whistle.” said one man—“that
bents anything I ever saw. No one
hereafter need try to convince me of
the Intelligence of the horse. That Ice
wagon team settles It.”— New York
Sun.
RoKnlDh Ravena.
The raven of southern Europe Is a
bold fellow—not unlike Ids cousin, the
crow. Some notices of the bird, given
by an English traveler In Corsica, offer
amusing proof of tlds.
A youth whom I employed to curry
my camera could never look on ravens
with any equanimity, for lie had suf
fered much from their thievish Im
pudence when sent to the bush to
gather firewood.
On one occasion he lost Ids dinner, a
loaf of brend wrapped In a napkin, al
though he was working close to the
spot where he hnd laid It and bad turn
ed bls back for only a minute.
But tlie most unpardonable Insult he
hnd ever received happened on a day
when lie was out gathering wood. As
he was stooping down to bind a bun
dle of fagots a raven suddenly swoop
ed from behind, lifted the cap from Ids
bend and flew away with It to n lofty
crag, from which she uttered croaks
of triumph.
The cap was subsequently seen Hued
with straw nnd serving for n nest.
A Chiropodist'« Advice.
A chiropodist advises that foot com
fort is much enhanced if nil callous
places on the feet are made perfectly
smooth. This can be done easily and
the feet kept In excellent condition by
using n fine pumice stone every morn
ing after the bath. The pumice stone
should, of course, be wet, and If rubbed
daily over the points on the feet that
have hardened or shown a tendency to
linrden the places enn be made nnd
kept smooth. After n corn has been
removed, too, n light nibbing daily
of the place where It has been will
often prevent Its return.
Not Satisfactory.
"No,” said the doctor, “I haven't vot
ed yet, and I ntn not going to vote. I
nui not feeling well today. Isn't that
a valid excuse?”
“Not nt nil.” responded the professor
severely; “that's an Invalid excuse.”—
Chicago Tribune.
Forever Dry.
There Is n youngster In Girard col
lege who combines the poetic Instinct
with a keen sense of humor. He Is
not a close student—In fact, he regards
books ns Instruments of torture. Ono
of the professors picked up a textbook
belonging to him the other day nnd
found on the fly leaf this bit of verse,
which no doubt expressed the stu
dent's opinion of It:
Should there be another flood.
For refuge hither fly.
And ahould the whole world be submerged
Thia book would »till be dry
THE DEER’S HORNS.
Tlie» Present cell the Phennmenn ot
Anlninl nnd V exetalile Growth.
r
*
3
Mail Orders...
Haviug originated the system of st udiug out catalogues from which to obtain
orders by mail some twruty years ago, and having continued to perfect the service
ever since, in every respect, u« iHdieve we need no introduction to most buyers
ou this Coast, and to w hom we refer us to the audvantuges of the systeni.
We claim to treat persons we never see the
same as though at our counters.
Tierce fourths of our trade* In out of town orders. Wei can't afford to neglect or
luipoeiH ou it. our frl. i .Is Iu th,, interior set the I. st «.* huv.- to offer and will
coutinue to our <■ roet-ry ixkh I» unit Prices nr, t iiimitelial.le.
COMPLETE PRICE LISTS I OR Fill ASKING.
2B D epartments .
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•r
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2S Market St., San Francisco, Cal
An I ne-outb Mode of llurtnl.
ft is expected In the near future ot
anges will be* grown In Washington as
palatable as those* of Florida. The trees
are* now bearing, but the* fruit will not
be ripe until fall, so the real flavor can
not be* determined. The experiment litis
bee ii carried on by II. J. Weber, nn ex
pert in plant breeding, who obtained
hybrid from 12 of tlie hardiest oranges
known In tin* world, anel the prosjiects
nre promising.
BLftKf,
lm pu riera and Dealers In
Of nil the modes of Initial ever prac
Book, N«w»t
Writing »nd
ticed by creatures in tin* shape of hu MOFFITT
W rapping...
man beings tlie method of the Queen«
& TOWNE
CARD 8TOOK
land nomads In certainly tlie most un
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couth. After drying the corpse in tlie
5Ö-Ö7-TV-H . Flrwt St.
sun ami knocking out its teeth for
T bl . main 109.
SAN FRANCISC O.
keepsakes they deposit It on a frame
work of rough poles ami bury It under
SAM MARTIN
CHAS. CAMM
a few armsful of rushes ami old kan
33 years with
For 8 v• ars wi th
garoo skins, leaving the* bush wolves C. For
E. Whitney & Co.
C E. Whitney À Co.
to sing its requiem.
No member of tlie dead man's tribe
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will settle within a mile of his grave
for fear of being haunted by the
spooks making the burial place their
midnight rendezvous. Tlie metaphys
ical opinions of tin* Australian aborig
121-193 lhivln st., San Francisco.
ines prove indeed that savages ean be
afflicted with an abundance of super
General Commission and
naturalism without betraying a trace
Produce.
of anything deserving the name of re
ligious sentiment.
Specialty, Butter. Egg« »«<1 Cheese.
They believe In evil spirits whistling
Your consignments solicited.
in the blasts of the storm wind and try
to exorcise them by spitting in the di
rection of the sky. but for the concep
tions of tin* deity, of future existence,
of repentance, atonement and con
seletioee their language Ims not even a
definite word. From somewhere in tin*
kind of t licit* forefathers eastern Asia,
perhaps they have Imported n notion
faintly resembling tin Buddhist doc
trine of metempsychosis and believe
that animals may be reborn ns men
All the world knows that coffee in
and men as hitman beings of n superior
excessive use is injurious. And yet
tlie cotice lover cannot stand taste
rank.
less cereals. There has to this time
been no happy medium between
Ilnrr’« Self Control.
Cafó Bland fills the void with the
Aaron Burr was by nature and train
liest elements of Isith. It is richer
ing a man of extraordinary self con
than straight coflee, and many will
trol. lie allowed no circumstances to
not I m * easily convinced that it is
throw bini off his balance. An tinee
not all eollee. But we guarantee
dote told by Unfits Choate to the late
that Café Bland contains less than
Richard 11. Dann, recorded in Mr.
fifty per cent cotl'ee, which is scien-
tifleally lilemled with nutritious
Dana's “Diary." illustrates tlie callous
fruits and grains, thus not only
niss wliieli aided Burr so greatly In
displacing over fifty per cent of the
emit rolling himseif. Several ye;:: < alter
caliein, but neutralizing that which
the death of I l.*i nillton. killed ly Furr
remains and still retaining the rich
in a duel. Burr visited Boston, and Mr
eollee flavor. To those who Buffer
Devereux of Salem paid him some at
with the heart, to dyspeptics and
tentions. Tin* visitor was tal.cn to the
to nervous jieople Cafó Bland is
Boston atln neuin. where, while t! e
especial! v recommended asa health
two men were walking through tlie il
fill and delicious beverage, so satis
fying that only the member of the
lery of sculpture. Mr. Devereux Imp
family making the change in the
pened to catch sight of a bust of Ham
coffee knows there has lieen one.
llton.
Mort* healthful, richer and less ex
Tlie thought flashed across Ills mind
pensive I han straight coffee. Better
that Burr might not care to lie con
in every respect. 25 cents per lt>.
fronted with tlie sight of tlie features
Your grocer will get it for you
of the man lie Imd slain, lint no. Burr
Ask for
was undisturbed. He also espied tin*
bust. and. although Mr. Devereux had
Instinctively turned away, lie walked
tip to it nnd aid in a loud tone: “Ah!
Here Is Ilamilt at!" Then, passing Ills
lingers along <utain lines of the face,
lie added. "There was the poetry!”
Hamilton's contemporaries gave 1dm
credit for possessing a poetic mind.
MARTIN, CAMM & CO.
Why and how Is the deer so peculiar
ly unlike any other of the bovine* race,
tin* horn differing so materially from
all the horned cattle in Its composition,
growth, maturity aud decline? It pre
sents all the phenomena of animal and
veg* table growth It sprouts from the
brain without tiny prolongation of the
frontal Itone
it rises and breaks
through the sinews and takes root on
the leone, growing the* same as a vege
table It is nourished by and secretes
albumen upon the surface nnd disposes
of the* librlne tlie same as an animal.
It Is clothed witli n skin and hairy
con) very different from that on the
rest of the body. This covering and
hair possess a property unknown In
other animal bodies—that of being a
styptic to stanch Its own blood when
wounded. It carries marks of the age
on tlie buck by putting out an extra
branch eacli year, which shows tin ad
ditional power each year to produce
them. And this power does not exist
In the* female. So this difference Is
more* distinctly marked than In any
other class of animals Again, the horn
possesses properties unknown in nn.v
other animal matter. It is entirely In
odorous. capable of resisting putrefac
tion nnd almost Impervious to the ef
fects of the atmosphere.
And still water at 300 degrees F. will
dissolve these* horns readily, even
though they are not soluble* In alcohol
and resist the action of adds and alka-
Iles. It Is the only vegeto animal sub
stance* that we know of that docs not
perpetuate Itself by procreation.
The male* ami tlie* female are sustain
Flattery Front the Mirror.
eel by the same nutrition nnd elements,
Does your mirror do you justice?
anel the male* only produces horns. Tills
You may think not. Or perhaps you
phenomenon is quite as much of n curl
would like It to flatter you just a little.
oslty as the nbsence of the horn In the
If so, you can nrratige It so the glass
buck after shedding.
will reflect lit a more complimentary
manner than usual. If you do, you on
The Dramatic In Life.
ly have to know the milliner's oldest
The undying interest which is taken secret, and tlie tiling is done.
in tlie theater is explaineel by the very
Did you ever notice the softest drap
profounel line* with which Shakespeare
ery of pure white hung about a mirror?
began a very silly speech. “All the*
That is the trick. After your mirror of
world's a stage.” People as a rule
faultless glass Is thoroughly polished
take* no Interest In anything that !a ::*•» frame It in pure white gauze, with the
Iramatically (or. as in the* case of poli
mateiut’ gathered in tlie center nt the
tics.
melodramatically)
formulated. top and falling wavelike on either side.
Any creed to be popular must be dra
Then notice the effect. Tlie true tints
matically stnted. Therefore the gees- of tin* complexion will Is* then* it little
pels are preferred to the epistles.
emphasized.
The expression of tlie
.Eseep's fables are* remembereel because
countenance, the light of the eye, the
they are the truth about things states!
color of the hair, will be accurately re
Iramatically anel morally.—F. G. Ber
flected, all softened anti made more
nard Shaw.
harmonious tluin your mirror showed
them before flu* gauze was used. You
An Armless Wonder.
may believe that that subtle bit of
Bulwer In Ills "Artificial Change*
white materially makes the glass tell
ling" makes mention of one* John Sim
ons. a native of Berkshire. England, nearer tlie truth than it did without it.
born without arms or hands, who could
TIioimlitN on MnrrinKc.
write with his mouth, thread a needle,
A little girl in Ireland was asked
tie* a knot, shuffle, cut anel deni a pack
what was tlie sacrament of matrimony.
of cards, etc. This wonderful person
She said, "It's a stale of torment Into
age was exblblteel In London In 1(153
which souls enter to prepare them for
another and a better world." “That."
She Grave Herself Awny.
Judge* Davis wa# erne? day In Ills pri said tin* curate, “Is purgatory. But her
vate* office when lie* was president of down to the bottom of the class."
the* senate anel noting vice president. “Leave her alone,” said the parish
priest. “For anything you or I know
A woman came Into the room to set
to the contrary, she may be perfectly
lilin
He* turned tine) said. "Well, tnnel
right."
am. evh.'tt can I do for you?” She wa.**
"('onrtlng." said an Irishman, “is like
neatly dressed in I lack, with nn air of
extreme poverty She tohl a wretched dying. Sure, a man must do it for him
tale* of sorrow anti suffering, winding self." E. J. Hardy's "Concerning Mar
up Avlth tin* climax that she anti Iter riage.”
little family were actually starving anti
V nrlcnai* Veins.
had not tasted food for two tlays Tito
An exchange gives tlie following cure
fudge seemed deeply moved
He ex
enseal himself for not attending to the for varicose veins, contributed by a
■use for tlie moment, as the Semite* was person who was cured by it in less
than three weeks: Feel a potato; grate
nearly ready to open
He looked at ills watch witli an air It tine; place It on a white cloth long
>f vexation, its If It were not going, enough to well cover the ulcer. Warm
and said, "Can any one tell me what It a little ami apply In the morning
Renew nt noon; also at night before
time It is?" Ills visitor pulled out a
gold watch ami told him tlie time. Tlie retiring. Let It remain all night. But
lodge* saiel "Can It I k * true that your on three new poultices next day Just
.-Idlelren have been without fooel for the same and continue to do so until
iwo elays when you have n golel watch the ulcer Is entirely healed. Wash the
In the* house?” Tlie woman saw the ulcer every lime the poultice Is re
point of tin* judge's question and called newed.
out. “You tire a hateful old thing!" and
flounced out of the room. She was a
professional dead beat
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7
Connt« HI« Toe«.
lie—They say a good pugilist must
lenrn how to handle his feet ns well ns
his hands.
She—Then I wonder If the baby will
be n pugilist. He handles his feet al)
day.—Chicago News.
An effort is lietng made to establish
in one of the Scotch universities a
chair for the study of the Scotch Ian
gunge nnd literature. The old Scottish
tongue as written by James V is al
most unintelligible to the modern
Scotchman.
Most
Healthful Coffee
In the World.
Pronounced cat-fay—accent on last syllable
Sort of Tnl.le 11,* Wanted,
The following conversation was over
heard beiween a Joiner ami Ills custom
er a snort ti- re ago:
Jollier Blease. sir, I've brought the*
table you ordered me to make.
Customer Well, put it down here,
my man, and let's sec what sort of u
job you've made of it.
The man set it down In the middle of
tin* room, ami the customer examined
It with tlie all* of a critic.
Customer Why, my man, then* Is
L'<*.”> a crack tilled up witli putty.
Joiner Yes. sir. AYeJJ, sir, I know
about that, but It won't be notlwd
will'll It sets lull'd.
Customer (coming across some more
putty) But here's some more, my mnn.
What is tin* meaning of this?
Joiner Well, sir, you see. a little bit
of wood chipped off the corner, nnd I
Just put a little putty there to fill up.
It won't do no barm, sir. when It's set
hard.
Customer (tinding some more putty
patches! Look hero, my mnn. this
won’t do. Why, here’s a big lump right
In tlie middle of this leg. What can
you say about that ?
Joiner (scratching Ills head nnd try
ing linrd to find some excuse by which
to retrieve Ids honor* Well, sir, that's
nn harm whatever, am! the putty when
It sets tiard will be tinner nnd harder
than the wood. So, you see, it will be
all the better If you wait a bit, sir.
Customer (sarcastically)—Here, my
good man. just take this table home
nnd bring me one made of putty alto
gether. I want a good strong one, and
yon can fill up the cracks with wood.—
Lomlon Tit-Bits.
Fri*«tinon*« Tnrn Came.
Mr. Ferguson, back from Europe,
told Ills adventures nt tlie Porphyry,
lie had been warned ngnlnst the cap
tain of tlie Bulgonia, who was a fine
example of the traditional old sea dog
«hose brutality and profanity were
considered as tlie efflorescence of sea
manship. Ferguson was at first death
ly sick, lint lie managed to stay ou
deck lie snw the captain cotnhtg, and
be hailed him: "Good morulng. sir..
Isn't it pretty rough?” To which the
enptain answered: “Rough? Why In
mischief shouldn't It be rough the first
day out. you blankety blank?” etc.
Ferguson went below. The next day.
again on deck, lie saw the captain
watching hint. Ferguson had learned
his lesson. The enptain broke the si
lence. "Well, sir. you nre looking better
today." Ferguson roared out. "Why In
mischief shouldn't I be better the sec
ond day out. you blankety blank?” etc.
The enptain put out his hand, “Cornel
Into the cabin and have a drink. anJ
won't you sit at my table?”—BoatM
Journal.