•AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. it afore goin' to th* nortb'ard.”
♦
“Thank ye. air. 'Twa* a mighty
» good game, au’ I am glad, for one. I
►
► was in it. I’ll go furrada. sir, und ae*
GOODMAN’S
FORTE...
►
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into my place here last year and want
ed to l>et 1<*> to 1 that be could drink
a gallon of rum at one sitting. Yes,
sir; be eveu offered 100 to 1, but 1
wouldn’t bet. Then be offered 200 to
1 be could tty. Yes, sir; 200 to 1 be
could fly, aud be didn't have any more
wings than you've got, but I wouldn’t
bet blm. Na sir; that flying game wa*
bls forte, and If I’d bet him be surely
would have flown. That’s dead cer
tain; be would have flown away. Tab*
my advice, aud never bet against a
man’s forte."
Captain Breeze waited no longer. He
went out into tbe night and back to bls
ship.
“Mr. Enlls." said be as be came over
tbe side. “1 ain’t feelin’ well tonight,
so dou’t wake me lu the morniu'. It’s
the fever, l'ui afraid. Yaller Jack la
ragin’ ashore, an' I wouldn’t let tbe
second mate come aboard again. Ye
want to get our stuff out early, an’
don’t ye put a foot on the beach, see?
Don't ye go ashore for no reason.”
"Aye, aye. sir.” answered the mate,
looking' puzzled.
Then Jimmy Breeze went below.
to them line* no»,” drawled tbe *ec-
ond male.
Mr. Goodman quietly slipped the
cards into bl* pocket and. chatting
pleusantly with Mr. Hllvelo. followed
tbe aklpiwr up tbe companion.
The getting sun shone red over the
diataut bills, and through tbe red base
to tbe northward ruse tbe apura of
ship*. Rio lay ahead, and tbe first
part of the long coasting voyage had
been made lu record time. Jimmy
Breeze run bi* vessel into the* auebor-
age and prepared to put hla profitable
passenger* ashore.
“Goodby to ye both." said Breeze to
the Gtxxlman* as they entered tbe
small boat with tbe dago |xi*Hengers.
“Goodby an' good luck. Mr. Hilde
brand. ye go along ashore In that bout
with them passengers ail* aee them
landed sufely.”
“Aye. aye. sir,” drawled tbe second
mute, and he dived below for his coat.
Theu be came on deck and t>x>k bls
place in tbe stern sheets with tbe pas
sengers, while two stout acumen bent
LIFE AT WEST POTNT.
to the ours.
Tbe lx»at shot away for tbe landing, Aa Example of How the Ca4et« Ars
Made to Economise.
and Mr. Enlls set all hands to work
rolling up tbe canvas. Night fell, and
The cadets at tbe Military academy
Captain Breeze cume on deck and at West Point ure not favored as are
peered through tbe gloom for his Ixuit. often tbe students in colleges and uni
He wished to go ashore.
versities who have wealthy parents—
It grew quite late, and the lights that that is, they are not furnished with an
bad flickered along tbe water front of unlimited amount of cash to buy “ex
the city lu-gau to dlsap|x*ur. Finally tras” for rooms, clothes and luxuries.
the sound of ours was beard approach All the cadets stand on the same foot
ing. and the bout came alongside. It ing and receive $500 a year, plus the
contained only the two sailors.
commutation of rations amounting to
“Where’« the second mate?" demand $10t*.S0 a year. However, with proper
ed Jimmy Breeze.
economy this yearly allowance is suffi
"Gone uptown an’ said not to wait. cient for the support of a cadet.
He’s not cornin’ abourd again tonight.”
The army cadet who goes to the Mili
answered one of the men.
tary academy with spendthrift habits
“He ain’t, ain’t lie?” roared the skip soon receives a decided and severe
per. “Which way did he go?” And us check. As an Instance, a cadet some
be spoke be Jumped into tbe small time ago went to the superintendent
bout.
for an order for four shirts, but the
“Slew her around quick an’ give way superintendent peremptorily refused to
strong.”
give his approval. The young man wus
They were soon heading for tbe land sorely In need, and he attempted to
ing.
convince bls superior of the fact. Tbe
It was midnight when Captain Breeze latter took up tbe cadet's account b<x>k
reached town, and be was thirsty.
and perusing it a couple of moments
“Walt here at the landin' for me," threw it back to him, saying, "I have
he ordered us be started up the street no doubt you are In great need of these
for the nearest saloon.
shirts or you would not present this or
"See anything of a tall fellow around der, but you are in debt, and there's no
here?” he asked tbe proprietor.
excuse for you.” The young cadet,
The proprietor shrugged his shoul with tears starting in bis eyes and a
ders und smiled. Tall men were plenty. trembling voire, responded: “But. colo
“I mean a tall fellow with eyes wbat nel, lam almost destitute of changes of
ain’t mates an’ a drawlin’ way of clothing. I have only one shirt to my
speakln'?”
back, and that is a fatigue Jacket,"
Tbe man's face brightened. He smiled Tlie colonel was immovnixle and sim
hopefully as he handed the skip|>er a ply said as he dismissed trie cadet from
hottie of rum and a pitcher of cool wn his presence, “Well, Mr.---- , I would
ter. lie had seen Just such a fellow in advise you to wear that fatigue Jacket
until you get out of debt, but be care
ful that you can pass muster at tbe in
spection.”—New York Tribune.
* vYY* V V V FT V V W V W Y WW VY V*
The second officer nodded, and bl*
restless eye* flashed from one to tbe
other in rapid *ucce*alon.
“1 suppose ye kuow, sir. that there
ain't any aecb thing a* miracle* among
•ech a* ua, bey?”
Mr. Hildebrand nodded again. “I un
derstand ye all right," said be. “What’*
tbe game?" And be pulled out a roll
of brand uew notes of large denomina
tion.
Jimmy Breeze’* eye* glistened. Why
a sailor should come aboard bla ship
with a roll of mouey did not appear to
impress him. He saw the money. That
was enough. Now, what would tbe
others show up?
“1 reckon we’ll make It a dollar
game,” said be, pulling out his pocket
book and producing some old bills.
Mr. Bllvelo objected on tbe ground of
‘ poverty, but was Instantly silenced by
tbe benign Mr. Goodman, who offered
to take hi* note for any reasonable
amount. In fact, be insisted ou lend
ing the dago a crisp hundred dollar
bill, taking bis written promise in re
turn.
Tbe sight of so much money fairly
took the skipper's breath away, and be
insisted on playing a bigger game.
Draw poker was nothing unless there
wus money on the txvard.
Tbe two dago passengers, however,
objected to plunging, and tbe gnme be
gan at a dollar.
“It 1* very unfortunate,” said Mr.
Goodman, “that I forgot to get money
changed before coming aboard. I fear
I shall have to buy a hundred worth
of chips from you to start with.” And
be handed tbe captain a new note.
Jimmy Breeze held himself well in
band. He stacked out tbe chips care
fully and passed them to bls passen
ger.
“How many for ye?” be asked Mr.
Silvelo.
“Oh. flftee Is all I play,” said that
gentleman, passing his note and taking
the change in tbe skipper's dirty bills.
‘‘An’ ye two?” he added to Hernan
des and tbe second mate. They both
took tbe same amount.
“If there’s any one got any objection
to my dealln’, let blm speak out,”
growled Breeze, shuffling the cards and
glancing in a menacing way around
tbe table. No one spoke. 1 lie tossed
off tbe pasteboard* and the game be-
gan in perfect silence.
“I guess I’ll stand pat.” said Mr.
Goodman.
The second mate tossed off three
cards and was followed by the dagoes,
“GI t , Him the Sack.”
all making good.
Two noblemen in the reign of Maxi
Mr. Goodman smiled and moistened
milian II.—one a German, the other a
his lips.
Spaniard
—who had each rendered a
“I supixxse It would lie wrong for me
great service to the emperor, asked the
not to go tbe limit,” said he, passing
hand of his daughter in marriage.
tbe chips out. Jimmy Breeze raised
Maximilian said that, as he esteemed
him. The rest dropped out.
them both alike. It was Impossible to
“Well, captain,” said Mr. Goodman,
choose between them, and therefore
“I don’t want to rob you. but I can
their own prowess must deckle It; but.
play this band to beat You better
being unwilling to risk the loss of ei
drop out. I’ve got you.”
ther by engaging them in deadly com
If there was one thing Jimmy Breeze
bat, he ordered a large sack brought
hated. It was Instructions at cards.
and declared that he who should put
“I don’t want no Information. Play
his rival Into it should have Ids fair
cards,” said be roughly.
Helena. And this whimsical combat
“Will you drop the limit?” asked bls
was actually performed In the presence
passenger, beaming upon him over the
of the imperial court and lasted an
rim of bls glasses.
hour. The unhappy Spanish noblengin
“Bure!” growled Breeze. lie bad felt
was first overcome, and the German
tbe pinhole distinctly and knew Ills op
succeeded In enveloping him In the
ponent held four kings.
sack, took him upon his back and laid
“In that case I’ll make It $500 to
him at the emperor's feet. This comical
play,” said Mr. Goodman.
combat is said to be the origin of the
“An’ I call at that,” said Breeze, com
phrase “(live him the sack" so common
pletely taken aback at tbe figure. II*
Jimmy Breeze backed to the door,
wa* not rich.
company with a florid, smooth faced In the literature of courting.
Mr. Goodman laid down his four man who bad his wife with him.
A Soldier*« Strange Death.
king* and wa* about to rake In tbe pot
"That's them,” said Jimmy Breeze.
I find the following singular incident
when a hoarse guffaw from tbe skip
“Oh, you’ll find him two blocks far
per made him desist.
ther on; big saloon be owns; plenty of in the old Atlanta Intelligencer:
“After the fight near Drewry's bluff
Jimmy Breeze laid down a straight light,” said tbe keeper.
fiUBh.
Jimmy Breeze felt In his pocket for on Monday last a surgeon who was
“I declare that’s too bad,” said Mr. money to pay bls score. There were searching the field for the wounded,
Goodman sadly, pulling out bls purse only large bills. He hesitated a mo that he might administer to their needs,
•nd producing five bills of $100 each. ment and then asked for change. Tbe observed a man In a kneeling position,
“That comes from playing careless at fellow looked at tbe note, bold It u|> to with bls gun to bis shoulder pointed to
tbe beginning.”
the light, smiled and then returned It. the front, his left eye closed and hav
ing all the appearance of life. Upon
Tbe game continued, but there was shaking bls bead.
examination be was found to be dead,
no more plunging. Nothing tbe skip
“N. G.," he muttered.
per could do would draw hla passenger
“What?" roared Breeze. “No good? a ball having passed through his brain
into another wild play.
Course It's good, ye blazin' fool! Gim at the moment when, resting on Ills
left knee, he had taken sight at the
When the steward came In to fix tbe me the change.”
table for the evening meal, the skip
Tbe man'* face fell. He scowled foe. It is very remarkable that, so
per had five one hundred dollar bills to sourly and drew forth a long knife; rigid was the corpse, some force was
put away. To offset this his second then be beckoned to a couple of men required to remove the gun from his
grasp. He proved to be a member of
mate had $150 In smaller notes, snd who were playing dice at a table. Jim
Mr. Goodman had about $50 In coin. my Breeze backed to the door. Hoeing the Twenty-ninth Virginia regiment
The dagoe* were slightly loser*. The they were not hot to attack him. he of Infantry.”—Atlanta Constitution.
•kipper wa* easily ODOTaBMId 6t the Irncked into the street nnd then went
Odd nedaltlon*.
in the direction bls second offlrrr had
game.
“Amusing and ridiculous answers to
In the evening they went about th* gone.
In a few minutes he reached n well examination questions are fairly com
deck watching the dirty green of tbe
shore water and tbe loom of the dis lighted house, from which loud noises mon In graded public schools every
tant laud to tbe westward. Mr. Hilde Issued. He entered the door and found where, I supimse,” said a teacher nt a
brand stood bi* watch out on the poop, himself in a room with long tables, nt public institution for the higher educa
quietly attending to tbe ship, and Jim which men sat drinking nnd playing tion of the colored race, “but an ex
my Breese had no fault to fiiM.
games. At the farther end of the room ample recently handed In by a girl at
least eighteen years of age surpasses
Tbe second and third day passed at ■ green covered roulette sat Mr. Al
without extraordinary event*, the gernon C. Goodman turning the mnglc anything of this kind I have heard yet.
“Being required to define the word
game In tbe cabin living indulged in wheel. Beside him. dealing nut checks
’titlie' and compose a sentence show
lightly between watches. Jimmy Breeze ■nd taking In cash, sat Mr. Hildebrand
ing Its use, her paper read: 'Tithe,
did not want to atrike too soon.
bis new second mate. They both n<x!
Tbe fourth day the land wa* made ded pleasantly to him. but remained I aometlilng that hinds, love, friendship.
"Blest be ttv tithe tiuii. binds.''' t~~
with a gentle breeze truin' Tbe eoutb- seated.
“A scarcely less amusing answer was
ward, and the eklpper knew be would
“Wbat d’ye mean by not rtowln'
make harbor before daylight failed. jp?” demanded the skipper of hl* mate. given by another pupil:
“ ’Upbraid, to braid up. She up-
He played with such discretion that “What d’ve mean by leavin’ me to go
three more Itlll* of $100 each remained with this rascalT’ And be pointed at I braided her hair. To lift up. They
upbraided tueir hero who was dead
to bls credit. Mr. Gtxximan had lost Ar.Vexxiiuan.
Rome of the players around the table with their bayonet*.’ ”
heavily and bad apparently only about
$lo0 In small hill*, formerly owned turned and gazed at the Intruder; oth-
Small, bnt Perfect.
by tbe sklp|*er. The second mate was ■rs looked tsircd. Mr. Goodman rose
In sour paste, vinegar, the melt of a
equally unfortunate aud retained only (nd came forward to the Irate captain.
wbat small notes Mr. Hernandes bad He took him by the arm and led him codfish, or even In water In which de
aside, or, rather, tried to do ao, but cayed vegetables have been infused, the
loat In tbe game.
microscope reveals animalcules (little
“I want to say,” said Captain Breese Jimmy Brees* shook him off.
Mr. Goodman let him swear and rave animals) so small that millions of them
a* th* game ended, “that ye fellows
have played a mighty go<xi game of for some minutes, smiling benignly I would not equal a common grain of
card*. Ye, Mr. Goodman, play* like a upon him, but offering no opposition or wheat in bulk. And yet nature with
man who knows th* game. Ye must contradiction to bls charges of passing singular prodigality has supplied many
counterfeit bills. Finally, when the of these minute creatures with organs
have played often before.”
“Yes,” smiled tbe benign passenger, skipper grew tired, he spoke out In his as complete and perfect as tlmse of a
whale or an elephant. In a single
“I’ve played a game or two in my benevolent tones.
“Your forte Is running a ship and ounce of such matter there are more
time. Flaying used to be my forte.”
“I’m glad to bear ye aay sa" roared knowing men." said he. “Mine is play living creatures than there ure human
tbe skipper. "Sink me If I don't, an’ ing. Never play against a man’s forte. beings on the face of the globe!
I'm glad to hear ye aay ye were used You're sure to lose. See those card* of
Nat the Same.
to tbe game when ye bait so misfortu- your*. No man who make* a forte of
“Come along.” said Mr. Nnpop. fresh
uately. Blast n>e If I wouldn't rather playing would mark them *o plainly.
give them notes back than hear ye say Twon't da Na Mr: nothing as simple from his interview with the jaiCLar.
tbe game were new. Here’« my hand, aa that game will do with a man who “We’ll have to look at flats elsewhere ”
“But why can’t we take this!" de
an* If we have a chance next v’yage ba* ■ forte, and I told you playing wa*
manded Mr*. Nupop. “It'* like heaven
mebbe ye'U get yer money back. We’ll my forte.”
“Ye are a thief an’ a cheat an’ steal- here, and”—
make harbor before dark. Mr. Hilde
“Not much it isn’t, and that'* the
brand. *o we’ll excuse ye. Better get In’a yer forte!" roared the skipper.
“Why. man.” continued Mr. Good trouble. They take children in heav
the towline overhauled forrada, for
we’U tow up an* lie by moat a week man. still smiling, “a stranger camo en.“—Philadelphia Pres*.
Ibk
A HOKSE IN BATTLE
f ORTUNES FOR TWO
*
HOW HE FEEL3 WHEN IN THE MIDST
OF A FIERCE ONSLAUGHT.
A Writer of Horae Storlee Okaerlbe*
the ktiperlescea uf an Arab Char
ger la the Hank* at Btaart’i Cav
alry—The Gallo* te Battle.
The Political Habit.
■till ■ Victim.
“By the way. how i* Featberly get
ting on with bl* pretty wife—the wom
an with the drooping eyelashes?'
“Ye*. Featberly used to say he was
the victim of her drooping eyelashes
before they were married; now he is
the drooping victim of her tongue
Inshr«.”- Kansas City Journal.
•eem* te. I* Ito Wild state, bat Nut
Altar It Hat Svv.a. civilised.
A former Baltimorean who wa* a
close friend of a Philadelphia physician
whose specialty was kidney diseases
relates the following aa the meth-td by
which Russell Sage paid the doctor a
bill:
The physician wa* ou a visit to a
friend in New York. Mr. Sage was
very ill at hl* home from a diseased
kidney. Hearing that the Philadelphia
d<><for was in New York, Mr. Sage re
quested him to cull. The doctor did so.
and withlu ten days Mr. Sage was a
well man. A check, signed by Mr.
Sage, with the amount left blank, wa>
handed the doctor, who declined it
stating that be could not break his In
violable rule of confining Ills practice
Strictly to office work. When he visit
ed ¡>eople who were too poor or physic
ally unable to get to his office be never
accepted pay for bls service*.
During his visits to Mr. Sage's home
the doctor was accompanied by bi*
daughter, a winsome mlsa of ten years.
About a month after the occurrence the
doctor’s little daughter received a tele
gram from a Wall street broker which
read: “By order of Mr. Russell Sage, 1
have bought for your account ----
shares of ---- stock.” As soon a* the
doctor read the dispatch be hurried to
a Philadelphia friend, who wa* a bro
ker, and ordered him to buy---- shares
of the stock mentioned for his (the doc
tor’s) account The stock fluctuated,
and when it was selling at a price
which would pay a g<xxl profit the
broker advised the doctor to sell, but
the doctor did not take the advice.
I .a ter a dispatch came from the New
York broker to the little girl. It read:
“Have sold for your account---- shares
of---- stock." The doctor immediately
unloaded his holdings. These transac
tions were repeated several times and
not only made the doctor a small for
tune, but won for him a reputation a*
a shrewd financier. A final telegram
came from New York for the little girl:
“Have closed out your holdings and
mall you a check for
thousands."
The doctor unloaded and dropped out
of the stock market as suddenly as he
had entered It, much to the mystifica
tion of his broker and friends, who bad
heard of his successes, but never knew
whether to attribute them to a “Henri
etta'’ luck or to careful study of the
stock-dealt In.—Baltimore Sun.
Probubly no one will ever know Just
how a horse feels when going into bat
tle. There is no way of finding out.
So it is likely that no one will dispute
the correctness of the description which
Sewell Ford gives In “Horses Nine,”
published by Scr.biiera.
The horse In question la Pasha, a
half blood Arab hunter that baa been
pressed Into service in Stuart’s Black
Horse cavalry. The story runs:
Early the next morning Pasha was
awakened by the distant growl ot
heavy guns, By daylight he was on
the move, thousands of other horses
with him. Nearer and nearer they
rode to the place where the guns were
growling. Sometimes they were on
roads, sometimes they crossed fields,
and agnln they plunged Into the w<xxl*
where the low branches struck one's
eyes and scratched one’s flanks. At
last they broke clear of the trees to
come suddenly' upon such a scene as
Pasha had never before witnessed.
Fur across the open field be could
see troop on troop of horses coming to
ward him. They seemed to be pour
ing over the crest of a low bill, as If
driven onward by some unseen force
behind. Instantly Pasha heard, rising
from the throats of thousands of rid
era on either side and lx.*hlnd him. that
fierce, wild yell which he had come to
know meant the approach of trouble.
High and shrill and menacing it rnng
as It was taken up and repeated by
those in the rear. Next the bugles be
gun to sound, and in quick obedience
the horses formed in line just on the
edge of the woods, a line which stretch
ed und stretched oil either flank until
one could hardly see where It ended.
From the distant line came no an
swering cry, but Pasha could hear the
bugles blowing, and be could see the
fronts massing. Theu came the order
to charge at a gallop. This set I’asba
to tugging eagerly at the bit. but for
what reason be did not know. He
knew only that he was part of a great
and solid line of men and horses sweep
ing furiously across a field toward that
other line which be bad seen |x>urlng
over the hill crest.
CARRARA QUARRIES.
He could scarcely see at all now.
The thousands of hoofs had raised a
Me* Set Ak.it to Lower the
cloud of dust that not only enveloped How the
Fragoeita of Marble.
the on rushing line, but rolled before
As soon as a great fragment of mar
It. Nor could Pasha hear anything
save the thunderous thud of many ble detached by the blast has stopped
feet. Even the shrieking of the shells rolling It is more or less roughly squar
was drowned. But for the restraining ed into a block weighing, say. forty
bit I’asba would have leaped forward tons.
Then the men set about getting It
and cleared the line. Never hud be
been so stirred. The Inherited mem down. Along certain lines of descent
ory of countless desert raids made by offering the least resistance to a Ixxly
Ills Arab ancestors was doing Its descending by force of gravitation a
work. For what seemed a long time succession of stout posts has is-en
this continued, and then In tbe midst firmly driven Into the loose stones and
of tbe blind und frenzied race there marble waste. The men by means of
loomed out of the thick air, as if it bad crowbars and screw Jacks raise the
block on to a soaped skid of hard
appeared by magic, the opposing line.
Pasha caught a glimpse of something beech wood, of which they have several
which seemed like a heaving wull of at band. Before doing this they se
tossing beads and of foam whitened cure the block by means of three long
necks and shoulders. Here and there three to five Inch hempen cables, with
gleamed red, distended nostrils und which they take turns around the posts
straining eyes. Bending above was an and pay out sufficient rope only to al
other wall—a wall of dusty blue coats, low of the ponderous mass sliding over
of grim faces and of dust powdered the soaped skids by its own weight
hat*. Bristling above all wus a threat and the angle of the incline, but not to
allow of its gaining too much momen
ening crest ot waving blades.
What would happen when the lines tum.
During this descent, besides the men
met? Almost before tbe query was
thought there came the answer. With tailing on to the ropes, two or more
au earth jarring crash they came to men are seated on the block. A man
gether. The lines wavered back from following closely in its wake hands
the shock of impact, and then tbe them up the skid Just passed over,
whole struggle appeared to Pasha to which they resoap and hand down to a
center about him. Of course this was man, who keeps just in front of the
not so. But it was a fact that tbe most moving mass, to put down in its path
conspicuous figure In either line bad «nd so provide a continuous slipway.
been that of tbe cream white charger This last mentioned worker has the
in the very center of tbe Black Horse most perilous task. If one of the cables
part at a critical moment or if a mis
regiment.
take be made in paying out or slack
Dauner la Misbtmaree.
ening them, be must Inevitably be
“I believe that dreams sometimes crushed.
kill,” said a prominent specialist on
It Is a fine sight to see the men at
nervous diseases the other day. “Of the last pinch, near the railhead, hand
course I don't know that they are fa levering the marble over roller* on to
tal, but I have every reason to think the truck. At this stage ail hands are
so. I had a woman patient whom I yelling like demons at their work, but
was treating for a number of complica the moment their burden is safely en
tions, including a weak heart She trained every man flings down bls tool,
could not bear any excitement, nnd I and all bolt for the osteria, or wine
often warned against exposing herself shop.—Pearson’s Magazine.
to sudden fright. She complained of
having nightmare and said she often
Cannel Cwl and “Jet.”
woke up in a state of terrible fright so
Cannel coal 1* a variety of bltumi
weak that she could not call for help. nous coal which burn* with great free
One morning she was found dead in dom, the flame of it affording consid
bed with an expression of abject terror erable light It wa* called “candle
on her face. I have no doubt that she coal” by the English people who first
died from fright produced by a night used it a* it often served a* a sub
mare.
stitute for candles. The name became
"Persons subject to nightmare who corrupted to “cannel” and has so re
have weak hearts should avoid sleep mained. It is more compact than ordi
ing on the back. They should He on nary bituminous coal, and it can be
tbe right side and have the right arm wrought in a lathe and polished. A
extended so they will wake up if they certain variety of it found in York
turn over. Most nightmares are tbe shire, England, 1* manufactured Into a
result of sleeping on the back or the kind of jewelry known a* jet
left side, where the heart Is so com
pressed that it has little room for free
Rarope** and Aaserleaa uystera.
action.”
The oysters of America and Europe
differ greatly. European oysters are
A l/0«t JF*e-
smaller and Eave a coppery taste. Our
Dr. nunter. the famous English phy-j goutbern oyster* are larger than the
6,clan. Invariably received very large norli,ern. They are dredged along tbe
fres for ills services. On one ocenslon coast and
and transferred
transferred to
to oyster beds in
when he was asked by n lady the:creck> clwK to ghore> where they fat-
anvfflrt Ms fc? Be li.-fjiu.ed u.-. that ten. In London oyster salesmen soihe-
he made an Invariable practice of nev-. Umes keep oylter* for a few day* tn
er fixing its amount. “Very well, sir.” water to which oatmeal has been add
the patient promptly answered, "if you ed, for the purpose of rendering them
ennnot fix It I am sure I can't." And,
- ' more delicate and of better flavor,
to tli> doctors consternation, she walk . when out of season-during spawning
«1 out
tilif of flio
M t.t..,
.
..
. ,
■ ...
„
ed
the mntn
room ti'BImnt
without .>»«.1..
paying
him , ' time
. >
—the oyster is soft and milky and
a penny.
not fit to be eaten.
"Miss Roxley,” began tbe young pol
itician. “er—Maude, I love you. I”—
“Oh, this Is so sadden!” slx> exclaim
ed.
“But surely you must have guessed,
I have been calling here so much of
late.”
“Ah. yes; but. since you are a poll
tlcinn. I thought your visits were ’with
out significance.' "—Philadelphia Press
OOES GOLD GROW!
■ War Hnowell Sage Pal* a 1> m -
<ur wk* Heraie* a Fee.
TN* Cook Stays.
Mr*. Newbride— How doe* Mr*. Hen
ry Peck manage to keep that cook of
hero?
Mrs. Oldhand — She threatened to
leave, but Mr*. Peck would not give a
recommendation, and she wouldn’t go
without one, and they are both stub
born.—Judge.
Evtrrata Kxtremely <7****sf*rt**ie.
“What doe* comfortable circumstan
ces mean!”
“Why, you're 'comfortatble* when
you're neither poor nor rich.”—Detroit
Free Pres*.
Sincerity la the basis of all trae
friendship. Without sincerity it la Ilk*
a ship without ballast __
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OARO STOCK
Some reasons for answering this
...Straw and Binder«' Board...
question in the affirmative are given
aa-ST-ÔH-SI Ftrwl Nl reel
by “Popular Mechanics," which warn*
the reader, however, that he must not T*l. Mal* IW I» BAN FRANCISCO.
expect to grow gold eagle* from dol
lar*. Say* the writer:
“It has been found that gold nuggets
under favorable condition* actually in
crease in size. Gold ia known to have
grown on mine timbers which have Do Your Ankle* or LI mho Kwell?
long been immersed in mine water. In
Ar* Your Eye* Puffy? We uro
the California State Mining Bureau
th* Sole Agent* for tlic Only
museum there 1* a specimen of a piece
Thing Known That Cure* the
of Jointed cap and post taken from the
Kidney Dlaeaae* That Cause
Comstock, where it had been under
Dropay. vlx.i Pulton Compound*.
wuter for years, in which gold has
formed in the joint* and pore* of the
wood. Gold I* constantly being formed
It 1* BO* *011 knows that dropax I*
in rock* and vein* and placer*. Just
a dlasoae, but is nuarly always a uyuip-
what it 1* that the baby gold formation Itself
tom ot kidney disease that acwHupa“*»* the
feed* on to effect it* growth ia not •hroalc stages herslotor* Insurable. Hence,
known. If It weie, a new and wonder sp to the discovery ot the Fulton Compounds,
fully lucrative Industry might be born, dropsy «as taeurable. It is now. however,
and all other kind* of farming save the curable is nearly nine tenths ot all cases. Here
growing of gold might temporarily be la an isteresiiitc moor cry. to which we refer by
abandoned. The formation and growth permission
Mrs. Peter Uoyhenli ot MH Fillmore street,
are due to mechanical and chemical ac Ran
Francisco, became alarming y droiwlcsl.
tion. Aa lu the case of the animal or Her physician had Anally to tap Iter every few
•ay*. She wu tapped nearly forty tim>-s and
vegetable the gold ha* existed lu grew worse from day to day Tne physician
•ome other state before assuming it* Bnaliy told her husband that she bad Wight'*
of the Kidneys, that it was In an ad
present form. Waters which percolate pi-case
vanced ohroulo s'ate and beyond medical aid.
through the earth’s crust are said to Her heart also gave her the usual trouble end
was lu such a serious coudl I ion the relstlves
contain substances from which gold is she
were sent for. They put her ou Fulton's Coot
formed. Thus gold, like the animal and pound It stayed on the stomach, the Hrat
that bad done so for a week. The second
vegetable, must have water in order to ihlng
week the dropsy declined a little arid the im-
thrive. The gold in the water is de prorement was then gradvul till her recovery
oompleie. Thia case wa* examined Intc
posited when it meets the proper pre was
by representative* ot the San Frauetseo Htar
cipitant The precipitant may be an aud the Overland Monthly, and the genntnent -i
the case and tbe recovery were fully attested
earth current of electricity, some vege of
in their oolumn*.
table growth or chemical in the rock*.
Mrs. Tbomaa Chrtstol of ggn Twenty-seventh
San Francisco, was also swollen with
It has been claimed that the nuggets Street,
dropsy, as the result or chronic kidney disease,
found in placers are the formations to more than seventy-live pounds beyond het
normal weight, and had to be moved lu sheets
from the waters that percolate through aud
was close to death's door although she had
the gravels, and are not from decom- tour physicians. She wu put ou the Fulton
Three week* showed Improvement
l>osed quart*, as generally supposed. Compound*.
and in six month* she wa* well, aud permits
Those who so contend cite the fact this reference.
If you have dropsy don't temporise. There is
that In the center of nugget* can be
one thing known that wifi cure the chroule
often found a small grain of iron sand. Cnly
idney disease that I* behind it and that Is
This was the nucleus around which the Fulton's Comtround. The Renal Compound for
Bright's and Klduey DiMeases, *1; tor Diabetes,
earth current of electricity created or II.SO.
John J. Fulton Co.. VV Washington
deposited in electroplating. During street, Ssn Francisco, sole compounders Send
pamiblet, Ws are tbe sole ageut* for this
long ages this influence was at work tor
oily.
causing the gold to form around the lit
tle grain of iron ore and then grow to
become a bright, shining nugget of
gold much larger and purer than any
ever found in the veins of ore.”
The mortality among babies during the
I
DROPSY
Save the Baby.
thiee teething years Is something frightful.
The census of 1900 shows that about one in
every •even succumbs.
The cause
Is
apparent.
With
baby’s
bones hardening, the fontanel (opening tn the
A jBdleloaa Ulead •( Black, Whit*, skull) closing up and Its teeth forming, all
these coming at once create a demand for
Gray a«d Chlaese Lies.
bone material that nearly half the little
A distinguished preacher once divid systems are deficient In.
in.
The result 1«
ed lies Into “black lie*, white lies, gray I eevishness. weakness, sweating, fever, dlar-
brain troubles, couvu I s I onf , etc., that
lies and Chinese lies.” The feminine rhoea,
prove terribly fatal. The deaths in 1900 under
fib Is generally a judicious blend of tbe three years were 304.988, to say nothing of
the vast number outside the big cities that
white lie and tbe Chinese He. For the were not reported, and this in the Unitad
benefit of those who have never grad States alone.
When baby begins to sweat, worry or cry
uated in tbe special mendacity tripos it out
in sleep don't wait, and the need U
may be explained that a Chinese lie Is. neither medicine nor narcotics. What the
little system is crying out for Is _more bone
as a rule, purely ornamental, being of material,
Sweetman's Teething Food sup-
the nature of embroidery, which Is in plies it. It has saved the lives uf thousands
of
babies,
They begin to improve within
tended to add beauty and color to tbe
forty-eight hours.
Here is what physician«
plain object ou which It 1* used as think
of it.
2S3< Washington St.,
trimming.
Francisco, June î, 1902.
Tlie Chinese lie is prompted by the Gentlemen—I San
am . prescribing
_ - your food In
very highest and noblest of motives— the multitude of baby •roubles due to im-
dentition. A large percentagc of in-
namely, a desire to give pleasure to peded
Pantile ill« and fatalities are the result of
others, many a plain, dull fact being slow teething. Your food supplies what the
deficient
demand«, and I have had
served up and made quite tasty and surprising system
success with
.’n scores of cases
appetizing by a little judicious garni this diet, given with their regular fo«i, ha«
ture of Chinese—er—embroidery. Di not failed to check the infantile distresses.
Several of the more aeriouH cases would, I
rected into the proper channel, a Chi feel sure, have been fatal without It. It can
nese liar becomes a skillful writer of not be too quickly brought to the attention
the mothers of the country. It Is an ab-
fiction and turns her gift to profitable of
solute necessity.
L. C. MENDEL, M. D.
account. But tbe everyday feminine
THE FEMININE FIB.
amateur, who has not this outlet for
Petaluma, Cai., September 1, 1902.
her tarradiddular talent, turns her at Dear Sirs—I have just tried the teething
food
in
two
ca«e« and In both It wa« a suc
tention to the afternoon tea table and cess. One was
a very serious case, so criti
adds a spice to whatever gossip Is go cal that it was brought to me from another
city for treatment. Fatal results were feared.
ing by a gentle peppering of fibs.
In three days the baby ceased worrying and
Unfortunately this gift of Imagina commenced eating and is now well. Its action
tion is often accompanied by a defec in this case was remarkable. 1 would ad
vise you to put it In every drug store In this
tive memory, whereas to make a g<xxi city.
Yours,
‘ I. M. PROCTOR, M. D.
—er—prevaricator nothing Is so essen
tial as a good memory. Without this Sweetman’s Teething Food will carry baby
the employer of tbe Chinese method is safely and comfortably through the mast dan
period of child life. It renders lanc
almost certain to get found out sooner gerous
ing of the gums unnecessary. It Is the safest
or later—generally sooner—and then plan and a blessing to the baby to not wait
symptom« but to commence giving It the
■he has the mortification of finding that for
fourth or fifth month. Then all the teeth
her little efforts to please quite fall in will come healthfully, without pain, dis
their effect And not only that; but. tress or lancing. It Is an auxiliary to their
diet and easily taken. Price 50 cents
what is more trying still, she even finds regular
(enough for six weeks), sent postpaid on re
that when from lack of material for ceipt of price. Pacific Coast Agents, Inland
fictional purposes she does for once Drug Co., Mills Building, Ban Francisco.
serve up the cold, ungarnlsbed truth
her bearer* hav^so got in the habit of
SCIENCE SIFTINGS.
disbelieving her that her plain state
ment is received with Incredulity. That
Lightning clouds are seldom more
is why any one who alms at distinction than 700 yards ffota the earth.
In tbe fibbing world must carefully cul
Although Jupiter Is 1,387 times big
tivate a good memory and so follow tbe ger than the earth it is only 300 times
Golden Rule to avoid being found out heavier.
—Mod i> Society.
All the blood In a man's body passes
through his heart once in every two
Not Un reason*bl*.
Jim Hendricks, an uncomplaining minutes.
The average straight ahead motion
and fairly industrious citizen of a little
Vermont town, had made the mistake of the stare is now put at twenty-one
In early life of marrying a shiftless miles a second.
woman, hut be never complained. She
The utmost distance from cloud to
wa* the wife of bls yoi . and he earth crossed by a lightning flash is
loved her with the love that excuse*.
about four miles.
“Jennie,” be said one day in hl* af
Microscopes which ordinarily magni
fectionate, apologetic manner, “I wish fy 11,000 times have their power in
you'd sew the button* on my coat creased to 10,000 diameters by Immers
There are two off.”
ing the lens in vasellue oil.
She sighed as people who work sel
A polished metallic surface is always
dom sigh, but a* lazy people always positively electrified with regard to an
■igb when work 1* thrust upon them.
unpolished surface. Sticky substances
In a day or two Jim approached her and those that give off dust are always
when she seemed especially at leisure. positive.
“The last button's off my coat Jennie.
Won’t you sew ’em all on?”
Blamarek aa a Coart Officer.
But she did not. He said nothing and
It wit while a student at Berlin or
wore the coat in silent patience.
a little later that Bismarck served for
TLta ibete came a day w hen La it It a few months as court officer. An
it wa* hi* right to Impose on her again. oft told story of that time will bear
"Jennie, all the buttons are off my repetition here: A witness annoyed
workln' shirt* Won’t you fix ’em?”
Bismarck so much that at last he lost
She Was 111 for a day or two after all patience and threatened to.throw
that, so 'it was a week before he wa* the man out. Then the judge Inter
cruel enough to mention the matter fered.
again. Finally be summoned up all
“The court will itself attend
bla selfishness and said timidly:
the throwing out that is done
“Jennie. 1 know you ain’t well, but said the magistrate, and the taking of
all the button* are off my undershirt, testimony proceeded. Later the wit
and I wish you'd put the button* on ness again becani« .“.bstreporoiis Bis
my coat”
marck Jumped up in a rage, but, be
“On your shirt, do you mean Y’
thinking himself in time, turned hie in
“Nov on the coat; never mind about dignation into a humorous channel.
th* shirts. If 1 could button my coat
"Sir,” he yelled, “if you don't lx>
It would sort of bold me together, and have yourself I shall have bls honor
I'd feel real fixed.”
the judge throw you out of this court
room with his own bands!”
Hew Ret te Get Old.
Once upon a time * young man who
Tact.
had a dread of growing old and baring
“It is difficult to say what tact 1*,“
to give up th* pleasures of youth
preached th* doctrine of good compan Archbishop Langley replied when ask
ed to define It “Here, however, ia an
ionship and Jolly living.
“Eat, drink and be merry,“ be said. Instance of what it 1* not: Only this
“Seek gay companions and let wine morning a clergyman in my diocese
and song keep your blood in motion, wrote to me. Tn consideration of your
and you will never know wbat It is to grace'* many infirmities and failing
power*.’ That was not tactful.”
be old.“
He followed bl* own counsel and
Tbe VtvMtoa* One.
died in his youth.
“The word 'vtvactou*,' “ said the cyn
Moral.—Devotion to appetite prevents
a man from growing old.—New York ical codger, “is th* polite social term
tor ‘gabby.’
Baltimore Herald.
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