Bandon recorder., November 28, 1901, Image 3

By P Y. Black,
Author o/ "The Lo»t Sensation,” “Ser-
Wont of the Guard," "UUi Hcarte
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Spud's face gloomed.
"I’m foud of a good time on pay day,
doctor, with the boys, but since this
here miserable racket I’ve sworn off.
What t’ell? My righteous example
ain’t no good. He breaks out in spells,
and there ain't no knowin when Sam­
my's goln to break out. That’s the
worst. Some day he'll do It at the
wrong time, when I ain’t around, and
then It'll break the old man’s heart.”
He looked at the now sleeping officer
In despair.
"Wish he’d get shot before it be­
comes known," lie muttered fiercely.
"Doctor, tie boys will do anything
ye ask. Doctor, this Is for me. Don’t
gh e it away. Cure him. He’s a good
sort.”
The Kid bummed gently:
"That I may die and not disgrace
Its ancient chivalry.”
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“Did the senator drink hard. Murphy,
wheu be was trailing in politics in that
sweet land you're so foud of—the
ward ?”
"Why, sure, sir. they all did,” said
Spud, “but he took It like a man.”
“And Ills father, 1 suppose,” said the
Kill grimly, "took It like a man, and
his nnd this poor devil is the result.
Murphy, my lad, when you say your
prayers or tell your beads or whatever
you do, pray that drinking may agalu
become fashionable—In the Interests
of Lieutenant Owen. And in the menu
time, before he wakes and gets the
blues, you had better corral his car­
tridges.”
"1 doue that,” said Spud, "though It
might be better that way too.”
“No, Murphy,” sold the Kid. "Thnt
would be a bad expose. Soldiers must
All other people with bullets, but
should scrupulously respect their owu
persons.”
The Kid respected Private Spud's
anxiety to save the unhappy lieutenant
from dismissal, lie watched over
Oweu’s “attack of malaria" personally,
so that even that critical outbreak of
the maniac passed unnoticed by the
adjutant or men. lu a week Owen wns
back with the troop, grayer and thin­
ner, quieter anil graver than ever, but
with the same nervous courteousness
which made his troopers as also his
comrades regard him with a pitying
liking.
The little doctor and Owen had a
long private talk, and It 1» to be sup­
posed the Kid ilabblod <n nostra out­
side the regular pharmacy of the facul­
ty, for he and Owen took together four
weeks’ leave of absence, aud the doc­
tor brought the lieutenant back to
Spud looking better than ever be had
since the craving had burst upon him.
'Take him. Murphy.” said the Kid
confidently, "and you can let him have
tlie run of the pistol cartridges.”
“The blessln of the ward is on ye.”
sahl Spud, with great Joy. nnd tbere-
after permitted himself to mingle ns
freely as in former days with tlie
troop, to take Ills regular break at the
post trader's and to discuss the glories
of the ward ami of the Owen family as
magnlloqiiently as before. Again the
old saloon keeper received a letter from
bis son. which he showed to the sena­
tor. and again was the old lawmtik-
er’s heart borne up within him. ns he
dreamed of glory—real glory, not of
the political order, whose hollowness
be knew—for bis boy.
For war was In the air. the Maine
went down, anil then war came.
That was six months after the Kid
had brought Owen back to duty. Dur­
ing the last three of these the soul of
Murphy had been possessed with
doubt, Something was wrong with Ills
charge. Just what he could not say.
It was not the old trouble—not once
hail the unholy thirst consumed the of-
fleer—that seemed ludeed to have left
hint through the little doctor's radical
cure, whatever It may have been. A
something of alteration was in the
eye and step of the lieutenant. Now
he was listless; he look no part iu so­
cial gatherings; lie avoided any more
duty than was absolutely necessary.
Before, when uot incapacitated by his
vice, he had been a burning student,
indefatigable in helpi'.g his troop to
star rank in the regiment, Books no
longer Interested him nor drills, He
cared not whether Ills men were
Spud
marksmen or sharpshooters.
took jieart of grace and wrote to the
Kid. who had been sent to another
station, nnd the Kid replied, n little
anxiously, but hopefully.
"In changing his Inherent nature In
one direction." said he, “it Is possible
that other traits may have beeu weak­
ened. but It Is probable he will be Ills
busy self again In time. So long as the
gli nt object was attained by my cure I
really don't care much about the rest."
Rut Spud did. The troop was crazy
with delight at getting the route for
Cuba. Owen disguised his own feelings
from every one. but not from the
watchful attendant.
"Hully gee." Spud moaned, “be—he
don't want to go!"
The dog robber raged, and. It Is to be
feared that when In attendance ou Ills
master In the seclusion of the latter's
qunrtei's. things passed which had bet­
ter fitted thi' long gone days when they
were only big boy aud little boy on tlie
block, nnd Solid had forced the child to
fight or be thrnsbed. It resulted In
Owen's thrusting aside his llstlessness
for a time and moving around will
some enthusiasm in the preparation«
for departure. The dog robber, howev
er. was grievously Imblttered In heart
as lu> watched tlie lieutenant's condi
tlon.
“By gee," said he, “I asked him tv
cure him of drink, but not to take nil
the spirit out of him. What Cell! A
coward's worse than t'other thing."
Then It came about that on a very
hot day in the nfternoon a ship strange
iu those waters crept closely In to the
Cabnii coast. She steamed slowly
•long, her bulwarks lined with watch­
ful nrt.ied men. whose wide, gray enm
pnign hats topped her sides. The sil­
ver bench stretched, a shining ribbon,
along tlie edge of the sen. nnd great
clouds of surf sparkled In the sun ns
the waves broke on the coral reefs a
little cut from tba ihore. The land
within lay n •: i, l< ii of the gods, as
green, as fruitful, to all seeming a«
peaceful. A net of Jungle, of trailing,
thorny vines and tropical bush, with
bamboos and banyans and clumps of
cocoa palms, reached back from the
beach, rising gently until some tulles
inland the dark ridges of the MIL,
loomed in the horizon.
No sound came from the land, no foe
showed himself as the ship drifted
gently in and then lay still some hun­
dreds of yards from shore
Swiftly
from her sides two longls.atr were
lowered, and each was tilled with men
with carbine, ammunition belt and pla-
tol.
"Lieutenant I’auks will take charge
of boat No. 1, Lieutenant Owen of No.
2." said th" commanding officer. "You
nave you“ instructions, gentlemen.
Good luck to you. In an hour or two I
shall expect you back with the Infor­
mation and the scouts."
Boat No. 1 was lying ready anil im­
patient when Mr. 1‘auks Hwung him-
aelf In the stern.
"Give way, men," said he. “See if
we can’t beat the other bout ashore.
"Now then,” he added to the Cuban at
the tiller, "look out for the reef. I’d as
soon get there dry as wet.”
"Where is No. 2?” a soldier queried
as they shot forward.
"Lieutenant Owen,” said the com­
manding officer Impatiently, “what la
the matter? Your men are all In the
boat.”
A voice from the steru of the boat
spoke up gently, sedate and respectful
ns need be, yet with a curious note In
It.
“The things is all with me, lieuten­
ant. There's nothin left behind." it
said.
Owen started at Spud's rebuke, a re­
buke only to bis ears, and in his turn
swung over and seated himself in the
stern close to bis attendant.
“Give way,” be said, but there was
no jolly appeal to his squad to beat the
others. The men looked fretful as
they noted the start the others had.
"Them fellows have the luck,” one
growled. "They will be first ashore.”
Spud had a corner of bis eye on Ow­
en's face. In the crowded small boat
their shoulders touched. The officer’s
face was gray, his form trembled.
“This is black ruin,” thought Spud;
“black ruin and disgrace for him and
the ward. If 1—If I dared!”
Be watched the men furtively. One
man uudged another, and both looked
at Owen aud sneered, Spud ground
bis teeth and marked them for future
slaughter.
"They know; they see it,” be In-
wardly groaned, “aud we'll be eternal-
ly disgraced. Oil, Sammy, Sammy, If
only I could give ye a Jolly good hldin
to wake ye up!”
He slipped a band to a ldp pocket
aud half drew something from it, but
shoved it back again with great dis-
tress of face.
"Wliat’s to be done? D—n the kid
doctor! Shall I burst the cure or— Oh,
this Is the devil sure!”
The other boat was drawing away
ahead, for their officer was cheering
the oarsmen on. He waved from Ids
place iu the stern a baud to Owen
and cried back gayly. "You’re not In it,
Owen."
The men looked at Owen. He made
no response. There was a certain hon­
or In being first to set foot on the
shore, but the soldiers saw disgustedly
thnt their officer did not desire It. Dan­
ger wns there, and be—he funked It.
That was the sudden tbouglit that
sprang to each man's mind, and they
looked blackly on him.
Spud moved in the boat, stauding up
so that he liid the lieutenant while he
stooped on some pretense. He held
out a black bottle and whispered an­
grily:
“Drink, Sammy, drink, and God for­
give us both!”
The lieutcnnnt looked at him in sud­
den horror. It was as though one’s
guardian angel, who had watched for
long, should abandon his task and as­
sume a demon's form.
"You—you want me to?”
“Drink nnd say nothin," said poor
Spud, “for If fightin’s to be done that
kid doctor’s ruined ye for It. Drink!”
And be drank quickly and deeply.
He handed the bottle back to Spud,
who slipped It away. In a minute
Owen’s face flushed, and his eye
brightened. He stood up and spoke to
the men aud hade the rowers pull. He
was more like himself, and their faces
brightened.
“Pull boys,” he said, "and we'll beat
those fellows for all their start. Mur­
phy.” he whispered as he sat down
again, “give me that bottle.”
Spud moaned, but the first step was
taken. He passed It over, nnd ngaln
the officer drank, and this time he kept
the flask. Over the blue waters they
skimmed. The reef was near.
“Two to one In V’s we beat you.
Owen!” sang I’auks.
“Done. Give way, men!” Owen
cried, and the men laughed, Spud
brightened up. The poison was wsrk-
Ing. He knew what the doctor would
say, but hade the morrow begone!
Enough to live bravely through the
day. At the reef a false turn at the
tiller capsized I’auks' boat, and Owen
gained and pnsseil them. They cleared
the surf. They rnn high on the white
shore. They formed as skirmishers 20
yards apart and plunged Into the Jun­
gle without waiting for the other boat.
These were almost Immediately after
them, however, yet Owen had time to
I’auks was his senior and called out to
him:
"Owen, they are in force and must
lie iu rifle pits. We should draw back
to the Inuits for further orders until
the gunboat shells them out. What du
you say?"
Owen was bidden from view for a
moment. When he appeared again, be
had tlnished the fateful bottle and
thrown It and discretion away.
"Nonsense!” he cried. "They are on
ty Spaniards anyway. At them, boya!
Cease tiring! Forward! Double time!
Comtnenee tiring!”
The men obeyed, cheering, and gain­
ed 20 yards by the rush, when they
went down again and peppered away.
Again Owen commanded, and again
they rushed. Now they gained a rise
i'nd saw ahead of them a little way
»aw the mounds of a row of rifle pits.
"Owen!" yelled I’auks. “It is mail-
Fess to take them with our force. They
must lie shelled."
A blistering volley of Mauser bullets
streamed from behind the earthworks
mid drowned Owen’s reply. The men,
lying down, escaped Injury, and at
once Owen's voice was again at them
iu a frenzy
"t'urs«* ’em! Forward! Commence
firing!”
I’auks was overborne! The spirit of
Owen had permeated the men. They
were laughing and swearing and cheer­
ing and making a grand series of rush
os. with every now and again a gap of
more than the ordered 20 yards in the
line, The daring tiling had its imine-
dlate effect. A Spaniard bounced up
from back of tlie rifle pits and dashed
into the farther Jungle. Another and
XX heat nn<l Malt l.ed In tlie Manu­
facture or land).
A manufacturing plant in New Jer­
sey. formerly used a a uiaullla p:i ¡•< r
mill. Is non operated by a corporation
engaged in the unique industry of mak
Ing coiifi."lions from wheat and malt,
about tlie last materials lu the world
one would expect to find iu candy.
lu the earlier stages of the process
the grain is fanned, ground and mixed
In proper proportions. Then It is cook­
ed to a mash, from which a thin sirup
Is squeezed by hydraulic presses aud
conducted to a great iron evaporator.
Theuce the sirup Is carried lu pipes to
a vacuum pan. Here It is vigorously
stirred and further evaporated. Tlie
thickened sirup Is drawn off into huge,
shallow tin pans, where It is cooled
aud hardened. Plain or flavored with
peppermint, the mass Is a rich golden
brown m color. Combined with choco­
late It Is dark as the familiar caramel
in the candy shops.
When a batch of goods is needed for
the market, the stock in the pans is
broken into pieces and put into a boiler
surrounded by a steam Jacket, It Is
reduced by heat Io the consistency of
taffy at an old fashioned candy pull.
Skilled workmen shape the mass Into
long strips thnt lie like golden snake-
on a board tabla.
They nre fed to a cutting machine, a
noisy little monster with an insatiable
appetite for sweets, You could almost
cover the machine with a hat. yet It
turns out malt creamlets nearly as fast
as a Maxim gun hurls a storm of bill-
lets. The boys who carry the cream
lets from the machine to the tables
where they are wrapped have little
time for meditation. Chautauqua Iler
aid.
EDITOR STOREY'S NOTION.
Theory on Which lie Remitted
Fine and llulied 11 Salary.
The don robber was felled by the saber.
another followed. Owen saw what his
men's cool fire bad done and their
steady advance against greatly in-
trenched odds. I’auks could not con­
trol the men. They wen* laughingly
cheerlog Owen as they loaded and
tired. Some one sang out:
"lie's all right!” “Who's "til right?"
“Owen!”
"Oh. the sidewalks of New Yolk!
That there should be so much devil
ment iu a pint of whisky!”
The Spaniards were flustered evi­
dently. Such work was unexpected.
A strip of nearly clear ground some till
yards broad separated the demoniacal
Americans from them, and the Spanish
tire faltered and flickered, It was too
late to go back. I’auks was borne
away by the excitement.
“Now. boys, forward!
Owen yelled, and the men.
yell, rose ami followed him. The Span­
iards broke ami scrambled any way at
all out of their pits and ran. Owen
was away ahead of his men. Half
way across n Mauser bullet struck him.
but he plunged on with a crazy cry.
Spud was after like another bullet.
The lieutenant rushed ahead blindly
Otte officer of tlie Spaniards, mad with
rage, was defending the trench almost
by himself. At him Owen ran. pistol
and sword In bund. His foot slipped,
and he fell nt the officer’s feet, who,
madly furious, raised a cavalry saber
to dispatch his foe. Spud saw mid
gasped. "God forgive me. his life will
he on my head!"
The dog robber ran forward at the
charge and was felled by the saber,
failing hack upon Owen. In a moment
more it was all over, and the Ameri­
cans held the position.
I’auks was bewildered. "It was mad­
ness." said lie; "but, by Jings, It was
glorious! Are you hurt, Owen?"
Owen looked up mistily. He was
bleeding from a bad wound In the
shoulder and was sick. The effects of
the poison were pnssiug off.
"1 don't know.” be said. "What •
what has happened?"
"You're stunned, old mau.” said
I’auks. "but. I say. I didn't think you
had it In you. That was tine. Do you
kuow (his man saved your life? I saw
it all He ran clean In and caught tlie
saber. Let's look. It’s your servant.
Isn’t It?"
Owen looked, aud Murphy feebly
opened Ills eyes and looked back at Ills
old net of the block. Tlie dog robber
glanced round with n faint grin of tri­
umph.
"The old ward breeds men." be said,
"and don't don't none of ye guys for­
get It.”
Owen took Ills hand.
"Is it laid. Spud?" he whispered.
"It's taps." Murphy whispered back,
with it squeeze of the hand.
"Is ye
hurt much?”
I guess so. I think nty shoulder's
«mashed all to pieces.”
"Then it’s nil right—all right.” said
■ ’pud faintly
“Ye'll leave the army
with heaps of glory- retired for
wounds ami and they can't say ye
stop and In the shelter of a bush gulp was a eownrd. Sammy The ward will
down another drink. The blood dash­ bust itself with shoutin.”
ed through his veins. Blood I tilled his
“But you. Spud!" cried Owen In great
eyes. He was a new tnau from the distress.
listless craven an hour ago. Danger,
"That's all right.” said Spud, now
certain fighting, was before him, and vi ry feebly "Tell my old mau to set
was '<■111 up for the gang They won’t for
he knew and welcomed it. Spud
I
by him and was astonished. If the get me. Sammy!"
doctor had been there, the Kid could
"Yes.”
have told the dog robber that bls mas­
“See tin* kid doctor again nnd- get -
ter bad been returned nervously to a another—of- them cures,
1 —thought
boyish condition, and the liquor would —the—world-of ye. Sammy."
act on hint ns It would on a boy who
had never touched It liefore. But Spud
Easy or ImpoRsIble.
wns almost scared, so red were Owen’s
A remark Imputed to Victor litigo In
checks, so full of vivacity Ills manner reply to n young mini who asked him
as he led his men, now following him If It was illlll 'tilt to write poetry la
with cheerful amazement. In the Jun­ both witty nml true, but It Is more
gle the two boat loads Joined and com­ witty than true.
pleted a skirmish line of some 5o men
••T My dear sir." the ¡met is anid to
They panted onward. Crash! From have replied, "It Is . ither easy or Im­
In front of them came a sudden volley possible!”
“Down!” yelled I’auks. “Down and
steady! Return the fire lying!"
In a ton of Deml sen water there are
Down they went, and the Spanish
187 pounds of salt. Bed sen 93. Med­
bullets flew over their "heads. They
iterranean 85. Atlantic 81, English
fired back nt the puffs of smoke, but
channel 72, Black a*'«
Baltic 18 and
Owen stood up. waving his sword.
Caspian sea 11.
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CONFECTIONS FROM GRAIN.
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"1 was slushing copy on old Storey's
Chicago Times many years ago," said
one of the ; :|ests nt a reunion dinner.
“We had a < oiTvspondent in an Illinois
town who simply would not schedule
his matter, but as he generally sent
good sluff we let him run on, slushing
his stull' Io suit the exigencies of the
night. Besides. his stuff always sug­
gested good headlines, mid that was
one of Storey's hobbies.
“On one txeas! n the correspondent
sent up about 700 words which went
Into 100, with nothing over. On the loo
words I constructed a headline which
was right tip to the mark. The next
day 1 war Instructed to tell the man
who made out the clieeks for the coun­
try correspondents to knock $5 off I lie
correspondent's pay.
“When he received his cheek, he
wrote to Mr. Storey saying that under
ordinary clrelimstanees lie wouldn't
kick about the deduction, but In thiH
particular Instance lie did because the
fool headline over the item made by a
fool telegraph editor had infuriated the
man whose name wns mentioned In the
dispatch ami brought on a tight be-
tween him and the correspondent, the
the corre­
result of which
lile police
spondeut was ti
court.
"Mr. Storey wiik :t very .lust man
when you got at Iiiin the right way.
He InstiHieti <1 I lie i ashler Io send I he
correspondent the amouut of the tine
and raised my salary because t he head-
line 1 wrote had caused a row. '1 hat
was bis way of encouraging u head-
line writer.”—New York Sun.
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Spiritualistic shite writing, if cleverly
dune, ulway.s makes a marked Impres­
sion on a innglchin's audience because
It utterly battles their efforts to detect
the trick. They see u small cabinet
suspended above the stage by means
of cords or ribbons. It lias an open
front and is empty. The magician
turns it around so that every part of
it may be seen and taps it iuside utid
out with his waml to show that it Is
hollow.
On n stand near by he has a small
east I, a common school slate, a bottle
of india ink with a quill pen in it and
a few sheets of ordinary white writing
paper. All these he passes around
among tin* audience for examination.
Then lie fixes a sheet of the paper to
the slate by means of wafers, places
the slate on the easel and the easel iu
the cabinet, together with the bottle of
Ink, the latter having the pen still in it.
Having allowed tlie audience to see
the articles Ums arranged iu the cabi­
net. he throws a large silk handker­
chief over it. Mysterious sounds are
immediately heard, and the cabinet
shakes as if some living thing had en­
tered it. When the sounds and the
slinking eensc, lie removes the hand­
kerchief. showing an Inscription writ­
ten in bold black letters ou tlie paper
nnd tlie pen not in the ink bottle, but
lying on the bottom of the cabluet. He
then removes the paper from the slate
and passes it around for examination,
when the writing is immedhitely recog-
nlzed ns having been doue with India
Ink.
Tin* explanation of the trick Is sltn-
pie. The writing was done In advance
by the performer, the fluid used being
a solution of sulphuric acid of tlie pur­
est quality. To make tlie solutlou 50
drops of the concentrated acid are add­
ed to one ounce of filtered water. Writ­
ing doue with this solution is Invisible
until exposed to heat. When so ex­
posed. it comes out perfectly black,
looking exactly like dried India Ink.
Tlie heat is applied by means of an
electric current runniug over wire with
which the slate Is wound. The cords
by w hich the cabinet Is suspended con­
ceal copper wires, which conduct the
current to the slate. Black silk threads
suitably attached enable the performer
to make the sounds in the cabinet, to
cause the cabinet to shake and to Jerk
the pen out of the ink bottle.
Several sheets of paper are prepared
iu advance, encli with a different In­
scription, the performer telling one in­
scription from another by secretly
marked pin pricks.—New York Herald.
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The follow ing I ■ the re< ipe of the fa­
mous John (Tuimliei Illi of Washington
for boiling a ham:
"To boil n ham it hl Cluimberliu. the
night before put the ham iu a tub of
cold water, fleshy part downward, skin
part up. Next morning put the ham in
a large kettle or pot of cold water to
boll. Let the water get hot gradually
nnd continue to cook the ham iu it slow
boil, scarcely more than a simmer. At
the end of live hours take the ham out,
throw" the water out of the pot ami till
It w ith fresh cold witter. Put the bam
back Immediately and let It simmer or
boil slowly five hours more. Then mid.
Recording to the size of your purse, a
gallon of i illegal" or a gallon of claret
or burgundy or champagne; then sim­
mer or boil for three hours more. Then
take the hum off, skin it and put iu a
cool place. Next mornlug trim It nnd
eat when you me ready.
"To prevent the ham from tearing or
the waler suddenly boiling too fust it
is always safe to sew a piece of cotton
cloth tightly around the hum so as to
lit us close ns a glove. This will keep
the mint firm and guard against the
neglect of the cook lit letting the water
boil too fast."—New York Herald.
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SAN FRANCISCO.
THE CUSTER
I I IL. UUV I L| I
orNingie.at low
rates, Country
patronage solicited, and no pains will be spared
io make them comfortabh? during their visit.
IMMI Market Ht. and U EIH h St., corner
Stockton, san Franolaco.
,Telephone Red .3(M
MRS. RANFT, Prop.
BAM MARTIS
For S3 yours with
C. E. Whitney & Co.
CHAB. CAMM
For 3 years with
C. E. Whitney A Go.
NEW COMMISSION HOUSE
MARTIN, CÀMM & CO.
lgl-l '.*3 linvls^st., Sun Francisco.
General Commission and
Produce.
Specialty, Butter, Egg« and (’lieew.
Your conHignmeuts solicited.
A ('lexer Woman's Answer.
"Do you not consider your husband
tlie most graceless sinner In existence?”
This question was asked the wife of
a gay Lot I .irlo by a rival for Ills affec­
tions while playing a game called "can­
dor.”
The stillness became Intense and
every pair of eyes grew rounder as
those present looked from one woman
.All the world knows that coffee 1 t
Cities Without SlnmM.
to the other. It was the husband's
Keeping nt It.
excessive use is injurious. And yet
Berlin has nolle of the horrible ureas
voice
that
broke
the
silence.
There is a very old but very good
the coffee lover cannot stand taste­
which disgrace London and so ninny
"Your question is out of order, Bea­
less cereals. There has to this time
other English towns. Even in the poor­ story about a boy who was engaged trice,” he said quietly. “It is a rule
been no happy medium between.
est quarters tlie dwellings are good, one winter day in putting a ton of coal laid down in courts of law that a wo­
Cafó Bland IIII h the void with the
the streets well paved, clean and com­ Into a cellar. Ills only implement was man is not required to testify ugainst
liest elements of both. It is richer
paratively wide. It also has no shuns a small tire shovel. Noticing this, a her husband."
than straight coffee, and many will
benevolent
old
gentleman
expressed
in the English sense of tlie word.
not be easily convinced that it is
In ti e contusion that followed as the
surprise
and
commiseration.
not all C'-ffee. But we guarantee
Kioto, in Japan, and Sevastopol, in
game broke up the man sought Ids
"My
son,"
said
the
gentleman,
“
you
till-' Cafo Bland contains less than
Russia, hotli lioa.-i an absence of slums
wife's side.
"What should you have
fifty per cent eotl'ee, which is scien-
mid paupers. In England the largest surely do not expect to put In all tlint replied to the query of tin1 lair Beatrice
titieally blended with nutritious
manufacturing town which Is free from coal with that little shovel?"
If
I
had
not
ionic
to
your
rescue
so
fruit« and grains, thus not only
"Oh, yes, I do,” replied the boy cheer­
iliis reproach Is probably Huddersfield,
displacing over fifty tier eent of the
fully. "All I have to do is to keep at neatly?” he demanded.
nnd after that would come l.eitmlng
caft'ein, but neutralizing that which
“1 should have said you were u shi­
ton Spa and London by tlie Sea. -Pear­ It.”
remains and still retaining the rich
There is a lesson In this story for ner. yes, but a graceful rather than a
son's Weekly.
coff'ee flavor. To those who suffer
graceless one.' Lippincott's.
young and old, and it Is exemplified lu
with the heart, to dyspeptics and
the Ilves of the great men of the world.
.
There they Were.
to nervous |>eople Cafe liland is
Slow lint Inexorable Just Hu».
especially recommended as a heal th-
“1 am here, gentlemen,” explained the It Is a mistake to suppose that the best
Iii
October,
H mm >. Pietro Ginconi and
f il and delicious lieverage, so satis­
pickpocket to his fellow prisoners, "ns work of tlie world Is done by people of Marie Bonelli were tried nt Home on
fying that only the member of the
the result of a moment of abstraction.” great strength nnd many opportunities. a charge of sextuple murder by poi­
family making the change in the
"And I am here.'' said the incendiary, "Keeping at it" is the secret of success. soning committed 31 years before. In
coffee knows there lias lieen one.
“because of mt unfortunate habit of —Exchange.
England Eugene Aram was hanged for
More healthful, richer and less ex­
milking light of tilings.” "And I," said
pensive than straight coffee. Better
the murder of Clarke 11 years after the
Left
Handed
Medicine,
the forger, " on account of n simple
tn every res|iect. 25 cents per !t>.
offense.
A
man
named
Horne
was
ex
­
An Atchison druggist tells this story
desire to make a name for myself."
Your grister will get it for you
ecu ted for the murder of ills child In
Ask for
"Ami I.” added the burglar, “through and declares that it Is true: He had the eighteenth century no less than 35
nothing but taking advantage of an tonsilitis, but did not send for n doc­ years after the offense. There is also
ipenitig which offered in a large mer- tor. ns he knew he would be all right the well known case of Governor Wall,
■antile establishment In town."—Kan- hs soon ns the swelling "broke.” But who was executed in 1802 for a mur­
his wife was worried and Insisted ou
-as City Independent.
sending for a doctor. When tlie doc­ der committed In 1782. Sherwurd was
tor arrived. he looked through Ills medi­ hanged nt Norwich for tlie murder of
SI<*<*i>ioK Room«,
cine case, and said he had nothing his wife after a lapse of 20 years.
Iu all sleeping apartments where ear
Bitt Sir Fitzjames Stephens recalls
pet Is used. In the Interest of lienltli. nn suitable for the patient; that the medi­
what is the most remarkable case of
uncovered painted margin should en­ cine he had was for the right side,
all. He prosecuted as counsel for the
tirely surround the room so as to pre­ whereas the swelling In the throat was
crown In 1803 a man who was charged
on
the
left
side.
Then
he
hurried
away
vent the accumulation of dust, possibly
with stealing a leaf from a parish reg
containing dangerous microbes In the to get Ids left bunded medicine.—Atchi Ister 00 years before that Is, In ISO3. “Pronounced caf-fay—accent on last syllable.
cracks.
If this border is regularly son Globe.
In this case the prisoner was acquitted
washed with water containing ii disin­
The niarovcry of Electricity.
Never Wanted to Be at Home.
fectant, it will also aid materially In
The Strrnath of a Shark.
Children rub together bits of amber
“Oil, you men, you men! When you
purifying the room.
Given special advantages, such ns picked up from the ground and find
used to call on me before we were mar­
ried. It was all you could do to tear that of holding the end of a stout rope thnt when rubbed these small pieces of
Not Overelated.
nt the other extremity of which Is a wnxllke substance nre excited to at­
"I suppose," said the effusive lady yourself from me at midnight. Now you
book fixed in a shark's mouth, man tract pnrtlcles of light substances, like
are
never
so
happy
as
when
you
are
who was visiting tlie Meektons. "that
may, with the assistance of a number straws anti feathers. Could anything
your wife is sure that site hns tlie liest away from home.”
Mr. Griffin—But you seem to forget, of his fellows, have the best of ilie be inorc elementary or seemingly fur­
husband that ever lived.”
shark. But alone and in tin* water the ther removed from the mighty mechan­
“Yes, answered Meekton, with soiue- Fannie, that I was away from home in
advantage Is wholly and absolutely the ical developments of the electrical
those
courting
days
when
It
was
so
thing like u sigli. "But at the same
other way, and the strongest swimmer powers which now surround us? Yet
hard
to
tear
myself
away.
—
Boston
time I don't believe she thluks that is
nnd lite bravest heart fail when the that simple frictional play was the
saying much for me.” — Washington Transcript.
tyrant of the sea seeks to make his nc starting point of all we now possess
Star.
Relieves.
electrically. It lay by as a child's
qualitative.
"That must be a pretty bad tooth­
The shark Is a creature gifted with sport for ages lay by for Sir Isaac
Advice From Way Up.
Newton himself to look at, removed
•‘Understand tne,” said the balloon to ache to swell your face like that. Why great strength, a savage temper, dog
god perseverance and exceptional pow- only to a box with a glass lid contain­
the parachute, ‘1 wouldn’t for the don't you see a dentist?"
"I did call on your friend. Dr. Full- er of Jaw. The lion and tiger may ing paper figures, which would move
world encourage drinking habits In the
young and innocent, but at the Maine etn, yesterday, and experienced great mangle, the crocodile may lacerate, the when the glass surface was excited by
bulldog may hold fast—the shark alone friction. A little later, and the flat
time I don’t think n drop would hurt relief.”
“You must lie mistaken. I’tlllem Ims uf living creatures possesses the power glass surface became a tube, a globe, a
you in the least.”
been out of town for a week.”
of nipping ou a human limb at a ( Iran globe revolving on a frame, a machine,
Whereupon the parachute dropped.
"I know. I felt relieved when 1 found bite.
nn electrical battery, and so steadily
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
that out.”—Philadelphia Press.
onward until, each step marked by a
person
In Illinois the foreign white
Expensive Tastes Satisfied.
gentle advancement upon advance­
und the native white persons of for
Nell I didn't think ('holly would ever
No E.tabH.hed Credit.
ment, lightning and thunder them­
make up his mind to get married, lie
Credit Man—Sorry, sir, but we can- eign parentage represent a little over selves were the Inventions of man as
had such expensive tastes.
not open an account witlt you becmise on<' half the entire population. 40 per well as of nature.
cent In Idaho. 18 to 20 per cent In Dvla
Belle That accounts for It. He «ays of your financial standing.
bls wife is tlie dearest girl in the world.
All Cork.
Itubbton— What's the matter with it? ware and the District of Columbia,
—Philadelphia Record.
“There goes a man with two cork
Credit Man—Why, you’ve always paid over 8 per cent In Florida and less
tlmn 2 per cent In Georgia.
legs. You’d never think it, would you?"
cash.—Brooklyn Life.
To uuh World.
“Go away! Didn't I just ace him
llonr to XVn.h (.tided China.
"I tell you." snid the curbstone
running across the street like a deer to
Simplicity Itself.
Never
put
soda
In
the
water
iu
which
moralist, "tills Is n tough world.”
ratch that street car? He couldn't do
“There are only txvo points In 8UC-
you wash china thnt has any gilding on
"That's so." the busy tnnn took time cess."
that with cork legs, could be?”
It. Soda Injures tlie gliding. Instead
to reply, "ami very few of us will get
“Certainly, if, as happens to be the
“What are they?"
use soap, which nnswers Just ns well
out of It allve.”—Philadelphia Tele
case, he was born in Cork.- ' ,
“Work nnd keep other people from and hns no ill effects.
graph.
work I uiz rou.”~ uuicago Herald.
Most
Healthful Coffee
In the World.
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