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About The West. (Florence, Lane County, Or.) 1890-1921 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1898)
T A N D A R D O F J iX C E L L E N C E . M n an tn laaar W li. B ic b ly A p p r c o U te d B e a lly Oo- d C o o k lo c . No Gripe When you take Hood’s Pills. The big. oldJash- A« a rule the mountaineer at Ken looed. sugar-coated pills, which tear you all to tucky ie not a gastronomic connoisseur, pieces, are not in it with Hood's, busy io take and the visitor at bis table is quite as likely to hear dried apples referred to fruit” as be is to tlud auy otb^r kiud of fruit ou the table. Occasionally, however, one of them is sufficiently lot- aud easy to operate. Is true tuuate to get away from bis fastnesses, o' Howl's l’ills. which are end living temporarily down iu the up to date in every resiiect. blue grass has un opportunity toacquiro Safe, certain and sure. All ■ some virtues not otberwiso obtainable. druggists. 'JUS. C. I. Howl A Co.. Lowell. Muss. It was such u cue 1 caught up with oue The only Pills to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla. H u re. uubrnrable torment moruiug iu June-along the ridge of the T H E G REAT DESERT. rnMtive m ind id wom en to i Cumberland.«. ' M u m b l e m ethod* o f the " I’m looking for a place, ” I said Pow er o f th e W in d , on T hat B arren W aete lealin g with d iseases of after a few preliminaries, “ where I cun o f Sai via. better way ” than these rtop for a week or so while I look up With a feeling that my words will lationa ” and “ local ap tome timber I havo in this neighbor ?arry little weight with those who tli which som e women jthough thousands are hood. Do you know of auy?” think otherwise, I venture to suggest “ There uiu’a much uv that sort :hat the Sahara is uot exactly what it the knowledge. T h ey, Piercers Favorite Prex Ground here,” lie replied, “ exccptin U n failin g rem edy which you go to Mount Pleasant, an I reckon ,s commonly assumed to be, and yet in many ways it is uot very different. ItB ¡pPWenknesses at their very a ay m arvelous “ Prescription ”• that’s too for. But hoi’ ou,” ho broke first sands, when approached from the *Mutc health to the internal iu with a sudden thought, “ thar’s the dde of El-Kantara, are giant rocks, b s w eakening drains and ul Widjler Tackett. She axed me yistidy uurued brown uud red under tlie glow hip*»*, give« elastic strength igaiiients, vitality to the to see some uv you folks at the mill aud >f the southern sun, standing out in S ra ^ ra p k te w omanly vigor tell ’em she had a place to sleep and eat t.ild pinnacles from the gently uudu- y Ion. two or three men ef they wuzn’t too i iating surface. This is uot the desert ^ftifier and regulator o f pertickler." | that is ordinarily pictured by the mind itica l ,'period in their “ Is it a pretty good plage?” 1 in —that fiat, endless expanse which fades the tim e when they until the “ change quired thoughtlessly. ’ off unmoved aud unbroken to the limits _ _ one m edicine which The young man's face flushed. ' :jf vision—but it is tho desert, ueverthe- krrhood safe and alm ost free “ Well, I reckon,” ho said with some lass, just as much as the mountain ■ 1 a t 7 P a rk Avenue. Chicago. Ills.. emphasis. “ She’s goiu to be my moth- ! mows of the far north are a part of the tS -T krc. writes: “ I. m yself, suffered treat arctic “ sea of ice.” Beyond, how „e i r o n fem ale w eakness and seemed cr-in-law come next September." “ Oh, I beg your |s»r<lon,” I hastened ever, is the great plain itself, its sw ell In to n decline. T oo k several bottles F a v o rite Prescription ' and it saved me to oxplain. “ I only asked to know if ing undulations hardly relieving to tho great deal o f suffering. I now enjov p e r health hen * a tid w ill ever praise the wonderful she had good eatiug. Some of that we eye the appearance of absolute flatness ----- o f y o u r medicine. get iu private houses even in tho cities, be*t popular medical book in the you know, is uot the best iu the world.’’ I which the picture offers. Tho truth is, tho Sahara presents «erld is Dr. R. V. Pierce’s woo page illu "Cities be denied," he said with a itself in a double aspect, that of the flat j ite d Com m on Sena* Medical Adviser ill be went free, paper-bound, for 21 fine feeling. “ Yer ain’t never tried the aud sandy plain aud that of the rooky -cent stam ps, io t>av th e cost o f m a il i n g Widder Tackett's pie yet, mister, an ,'v Address the Doctor at Buffalo N Y , yer want to keep still till ycr do. ridge or mountain, the Hammada. It is I -*<l 31 stam ps for cloth-bound copy the Ilaramada that is more particularly Ain't nothin like it nowhere, no matter dreaded by the caravans, for among what kind uv u pie she sets afore yer. their wind swept crags there are few It’s all ue plusihus uuum, an no mis oases, aud only the blowing sands aud take. Why, I'm telliu you that I sot a relentless sun are the campaiiions of down to one uv her pics last week, doru cf I reconiumber what kiud it wuz, ef the footsore pilgrim. Iu many parts of I ever knowed, uu I wuz eatiu right the flat desert traveling is moderately easy, for over long distances the surface into it like a hot shovel goiu into a snow pile, un Bill Rogors acrost the has become coated into a hard, slimy tublu frum mo called me a liar, an 1 ' crust—a solid basement rock, oue may never said u deru word to him tell I call it. Along our route of travel there had plum o’t my pie aud got my teeth were uo sand dunes of any magnitude, CIFIC COAST picked. Deru my buttons ef I did, colo the highest perhaps scarcely exceed ing 15 or 20 feet, but I was informed by nel. ” I did uot like to inquire further into the distinguished French explorer, M. tho mystery of what happened to Mr. Foureand, who was then stopping at Rogers after th ' t taste of the pie Biskra, that beyond Tuggnrt they riso to the prodigious height of from 1,200 was safely bout XT qy informant, but I made a fair gut^T ■ went on to see to 1,400 feet. This speaks even more the Widow Tacketr'V*fceruing board eloquently for the power of tho winds do tlie high tossed sands of coral and lodging fur one i m for one week. I than ishiridkkiFopular Science Monthly. — Washington Stur. Hood’s _ I I — III Ji ■ ■■W > ^7 I* 7 RONICLE A l L_Y STO RY OF A H AT. K A Teallog tlie S e c r e t o f I ts T w o T r ip . A ro n m l m T ah lo. y in tbs Country, ^SO * B 2jF»ta<t?) to a n y p a rt of the U n ited :<ta and Ifc x lc o . , g h U ilft V U R O N ld ls K . the b rtftoU at T)i>I«ie W »«kl»O <'ew >p»p»r In lb» v r u l a r i i ^ ^ y i •y|un,iii,, or alxteen xnd G eneral ln/u c- V^ y < n l t k e n t A g ric u ltu ra l and |& r n a n t. Thin la one of the 4 »V In a n y paper on thia w r itte n la baaed on ex- ✓ XSat State«, not on Raatern ” , th «lr own localltiea. fY S EN T FREE. C h iu lld lN T . n \a w ith the grrg tre t •«Ited States. B has no equal »n the raclflo I In a b ility , enterprise and , »K B Telegraphic Reports ara It reliable, Its Izx*al N a v a the <Stjand Its E d ito rials from the • ¿I Huntrr. * •fi hajrfclw aya been, and al- - e r .d champion of the w a t Ion a , cliques, eor- l < n y kind. It w ill ho ^ • ■ u t r a l tn nothing. * , ’’ u iia p ? tales. Oiralnlon thsrn :xlo> V \ N Jie pH K it World HI i >Id. t« 4 »-e» th e W ap f »r O n e v « a r , « m »p an 4 paper. A number of literary men were at one time gathered in a well kimwu chop- house in New York. The conversation was of course brilliant, and therepnrteo sparkled with mirth and wit. During u lull iu tho talk the door slowly opened, and an old southern darky, grizzled with ago, poked his head in aud then slowly tlrow his body in after him. waiter sturted to eject him, whou ono of the gentlemen cried: "Wait a moment. Let's see what the old boy wants. ” The darky bobbod up to tho table where this gentleman sat and held out his hat. Throwing a wink to his neigh bors, tho gentleman took the hat and. making a show of placing something into it, puRHod it ou to the next man, who did likewise. The hut made a tour of tho room, to the puzzled wonder of tho darky. The last to receive it sol emnly handed It hack with a polito bow, saying: “ There, sir, don't you think you havo something to lo thankful for?” The old darky looked solemnly around tho compuny uud, mechanically taking the hat, he said: “ Ucn'mon, I'ze indeed glad dnt I got ebon do hat barkt” The reply was so thoroughly enjoyed by thu company that the darky loft the place a much richer nmu than when ho had entered it.—Kansas City World. W h y 11» F a ile d . A Wellington Chiuese trader known as William Joo Gett, formerly h Chi- nene interpreter, failed some time ago. Hero is an extract from his “ statement of the causes of bankruptcy, ” which, written iu red ink. covered four pages of foolscap. After detailing his trading experiences the Celestial writes:— "I see my troubles endless to come. I can't, get iny money to puy. 1 am help less. During lust threo years over !iil creditors support my business. During last two mouths not a one let me have a pcuuy on tick. Fish never can live iu a dry pond witliont water. Engiueeon't movo along without well supply of coal. Boy can't fly hiskite without tail ou it. Housekeeper pour nut all tea to tho cup no refilled water—how silt) give you more tea you roqnire? All empty out just tho wny like my business.''— Sydney Mali. Ilu n a n a F lu u r. , ’ dw /(«V«drtor •* F. fhronWHa. ÍA Y nilM'imil, CAL : AT ANV PRICk i aatitrnt ar« |n!4 ln | 10« 1» la V»U».I vate« kaap tS »ri ■»««! ¡ » e.eittd F’"« i f i t U t r r p h«ar«atr( »nt CALL COMPANV, W. I4lh Sfriet. W<w York fuxen or»n ra .* The next dietetic fad is going tn be banana flour Muiiufncturcrs are experi menting in this directiou and promise n o i i u a meal that will keep as long ns wheat flour ami waits n lunch more nutritious bread. As ulrcady tho craze for whole wheat flour is passing, this new albumen will undoubtedly meet u quick welcome when it conies. The use of tho b u lim ia has developed its great value as nu article of food, ami the great army of batuinu consumers are pre pared to accept eagerly its further de velopment.—Now York Bost. Osar. It is natural for a rich man to become familiar with a professional man he lures and to address his physician us “ My dear doctor. ” But to his solicitor he would uot say “ My dear lawyer I" although the legal man's fee would be quite us good.—New Orleans Picayune. THE LA S T MAN SHAVED. A n E x p la n a tio n by th o B a rb er T h a t D id N o t Q u iet Hi» N erve». There were five of us hunting and fishing iu tho Queensland bush when one rainy day a stranger appeared. Ho said he was a tramp barber, aud as itoiio of ns had been shaved for a fort night we gave him half a day's work. About four hours after ho had left us a band of six men rode up, aud tho leader inquired if wo had seen a tall, roughly dressed man pass that way. We told him of tho harbor, and lie looked from mau to man and exclaimed: "Good gracious, but you are all freshly shaved 1” “ Yes, wo gave the barber n job.” “ And ho shaved each cne of you?’’ “ Ho did, and did it well." “ Boys, do you hear that?” shouted tho mau as he turned to his companions. " Whut of it?" asked one of our party. "Why, he went iusatie yesterday and cut a man's throat iu his barber's chair over at Unadilla, and we're after him to put him in an asylum. ” They rode uwny at a gallop and next morning returned to our caiup with tho mau, who had been cuptured after a hard fight and was tied ou his horse. Ho seemrd to remember us when ho wns given a drink of water, and ns he haudvd the cup back ho quietly ob served : “ 1 say, gentlemen, please excuse me. I meant tQ finish off the last man who got shaved, hut 1 got to thinking of something else,and it slipped my mind. ” —Cape Times. A n la ln n il o f F lo w e r s. Tito Scilly islands may very justly be termed flower islands, for a large part of their surface is given up to tlie cultivation of flowers, mid tlio great majority of their people spend their lives iu attending to the plants, from which nil tho wealth of tlie islands is drawn. Tlie inhabitants have had other occu pations before they settled down to flower growing. At ono time they were wreckers, and at a later period they went into n more legitimate business aud devoted themselves to tho raisiug of early potatoes. Thero was money to be uiudo out of them, snd the islands pros pered until prosperity lioro its usual fruit in tho shape of competition. Tho Channel islanders took to growing pota toes, and the potato trade of the Scilly islauds was killed. Thereupon the is- luuders iictook themselves to flower growing, giving tho greater part of their attention to the narcissi, iu St. Mary’s alone nearly a quarter of the cultivated area of the islnud is devoted to flowers,—Youth's Companion T h e H o n e y m o o n T rain . By sueli a name does the 5:30 p. in. trmu from Sydney to the Blue moun tains go liy. The Blue nicuutaius are to Australia what Switzerland is to Eng land. the place where "the fashion ables” go to find “ cooltli" throughout the summer mouths. It is also the haunt of tho newly married, and tho traiu hardly leaves one day a week without having several happy couples ou board—hence its mime To railway men it is known ns “ the fish train,'' the driver's name being Herring, that of tho fireman Bike, while the guard has that of the lowly but honest Cockle.—London Standard. » Chita»«, and fc San Francisca. K C ohan C oatnm . T h e K a » ( p lla r h r lo r . ti A Ina l'u b lish ad < ¡Colorad Platea [ Patterns, Faab agatina In »rery } *or a In ri «r pan« per »ear. Iu Cuba a btnuved family keep tho “ What do you regard as the great windows of tbvir house sbnt aud dark enemy of home happiness?” asked tho ened for t il mouths They destroy the dear girl in sweet thonghtleasn» ss. taluu of the clothing ou the dead and “ Matrimony,'' said the savage I hack the cofliti before burial This is dor, aud all tlie married women mu done ibut there nuiv be nothing iu the tho youngest young mau glared at him fruve woith thieving —Cincinnati Enquirer. T h e !»lgu. W A.XTKn— »m K K A I T IU a TW ' KTH Y rKKA thia ‘■Ink to niniuiL'e our baalnvm h i th«- »id iienrhjr comitiva. It t« m aini) < lt c< i»in1i,c i v « l K a l a r r »tiniqiit 1‘tir ‘Vflnltr. 1 m »11 a(!«,♦•. in Ä j h l y l?v Kvivn ut. . ’ lue \ “ Ma, th minister is coming " “ What make you think so? Did you see him?" “ No. but I saw y pa take the parrot nnd lock it up in itulle. --1: -t, u Traveler f t ! Í * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * PAKSOXS ’nVO FEATS. * A HARO STROKE ANO A REMARKABLE * RIDE DURING THE CIVIL WAR. * * C ut a Man’» H e a d O ff W ith a Sab er T w o H u n d red M ile» l o E ig h te e n U ourn. * O th er In stan ce» o f D e c a p ita tio n I n B a t * tle . * It is claimed by authoritieaon the art * of war tbut the greatest blow of the campaign between Greece aud Tupkey was struck by Colonel Mahmoud Bey, who witli oue swift stroke of his sword completely severed a Greek officer’s F ir s t K leph am t I d A m r r le a . H E S A V E D T H E M IL K . bead from his body. These same author It is not generally known that a former ities generously admit that this trick citizen of Owensboro brought across the mav have been quite common iu ancient f t K e q a ir e d O e a la e to D o I t, b a t H e W a* oceuu the first elephant that was over in E q u a l to tlie O cca sio n . times, when stalwart meu swung heavy “ Talking about cows," said Andf America. The name of the gentleman battlcaxes, hut they ugree thut it is was Moses Smith, who atone time own practically unknown iu modern war Hcuuersou, “ I really think that I had ed a vast body of laud from the mouth oue of the most peculiur experiences fare. of Bauthcr creek up tho river, embrac History is silent on 1 be subject. There with the animals iu question that ever ing nearly all the present farms iu tho is uot a plethora of literature beuring befell a citizen of west Texas. It was neighborhood of Sorgho. Mr. Smith was on its accomplishment. Tho origiuul of soon after I went to El Paso, sonio ten at Baris with his brother and had all such stories is, cf course, ‘‘Tho Ad- years ago, and beforo I had got familiar “ more money than he knew what to do ventures of Jack the Giant Killer, With the vagaries of the El Paso cli- w ith." Ho told his brother that he in which, for obvious reasons, does not tended taking something to America taate. help I ho subject, fc'eott describes a sim ” 1 had settled on a very pretty ranch that the people had never seen. "You ilar episode in ‘‘Tlio Talisman,” but some miles out of the progressive fron hud better buy an elephant, ” said the tho best decapitation story, from an tier city aud was doing nicely until I jocular brother, and that was wliat artistic point cf view, is found iu tho decided to go into the butter business. Moses did. memoirs of Captuiu John Smith. The I sent east for a dozen film Jersey cows Ho picked oat the biggest animal ho doughty captain vouches for the veracity and began operations. Well, the cows conld find uud paid an enormous price of the details, though that is uo good came ou, and I hustled the butter busi- for it. He brought it to New York, reason why wo should uot use the cus uc«ss from tlio jump. Things progressed where it was a nine days' wonder, tut tomary pinch of salt. According to his nicely for a mouth, when the weather the ownor soon found that ho had some truthful chronicle, lio overcame iu tour grew very warm and tho atmosphere thing worse than the proverbial white nament the three champions cf the very dry Tho Rio Grando dwindled elephant ou his hands. He tried to sell Turkish army, decapitating each ono until a roach could havo waded across. it, but could find no buyer aud nt last with a single blow of his heavy sword. Every bit of moisture disappeared, but undertook to give it away, in which he A writer who is evidently informed was equally unsuccessful. Finally ho ou tlio subject clnims that Mahmoud this did not affect me, because 1 had a fouud a man who agreed to pay him Bey could not have accomplished the fine artesian well ou the ranch and J100 for it, and this individual put it feat of decapitation with nu ordinary plenty of water I observed, however, on exhibition. He was so successful that my cows were losing milk day by saber aud argerts that Hie Turk’s yata ghan was “ loaded” with quicksilver. day, until at last they were perfectly that he went into the show business and made a fortune out of Mr. Smith's fol ; Tho yataghan, he explains, is a short dry. 1 was astounded, for they liad sword, shaped something like u butcher’s plenty of feed aud lots of water from ly. Colonel Frank McKeruan of Adair cleaver, with uu apparently hollow tube the well. I couldn't understand it and ville is a grandson of Mr. Smith, who lived to a grout age at his home in this running along the back from hilt to determined to investigate. "I got up an hour before daylight and county.—Owensboro (K y.) Inquirer. point. This tube carries a charge of quicksilver. When the sword is luid up examined the cows, aud, to my aston S atan a t C am p M e e tin g . right, this quicksilver rests at tho hilt. ishment, I found tho udders of the cows We w ill call him Bishop Simmons. As a blow is struck tho liquid metal is heavy with milk. 1 did not milk the hurled down tho grooved cbaunel, lend tho animals, but simply watched and During the afternoon tho younger min ing deadly additional weight to the waited developments. Day dawned aud isters had listened to him with venera the cows lazily meandered into tho pas tion and respect, mid when their turn blow. Tho cseertica trade that this is tlie ture, and I followed. Tho sun came up, camo they found him a dignified and solo iustanco of its kiud iu the history and with the sun came the terrible dry careful listener. The afternoon was delightful and the ! of 100 years is not borne out by facts. ness, but it didn't fcaze me in tho least The same feat was performed during What knocked mo out was tho sight of camp meeting service was a long oue. the civil war, not with a “ loaded” yata my cows' udders. They were growing Tho good bishop was a keen lover of tho ghan, but with an ordinary United smaller nnd smaller as 1 looked until weed, nnd after the meeting had closed States army saber. The mau who wield tlioy were as flaccid as a punctured tire. he strolled off for a smoke. At a littlo ed tho sword in this episode, Colonel E. Then I tumbled. The dryness of tho at distance he found au abrupt ledgo en ' Bloss Parsons, died recently in Roches mosphere simply evaporated tho milk tirely out of tho view of tho camp grounds, aud going down around to the ter. Colonel Parsons was one of the through the walls of the udder. "What did Ido? Why, I varnished foot of this ho lit his cigar and prepared wealthiest aDd best known meu in New i York state, and though he had never tho milking apparatus of tho beasts and for a quiet lialf hour. As it chanced, soon after ono of tho related tho 6tcry the delails were fouud the milk couldn't ooze through the among his private papers after his death. flesh. That stopped it .”—New Orleans younger ministers took a walk from the grounds, aud finally camo to the top of Tlio incident was illustrated and de Times Democrat. tho same ledge, and, looking down, saw scribed in Harper’s Weekly at the time. A SENSE OF HUM O R. the bishop. It was iu 1864. Colonel Parsons, who For tho space of a moment or two he wns noted as a horseman, wns attached to General Sheridan's staff. Whilertc- I t I s a P r e c io u s G ift a u d H e lp s t o I»ight> stood with a gloam iu his eye, and then, e n L ife ’s W ay. stooping down, ho said iu a sort of tri ounoitering one day with a squad of I regard a sense of humor as ono of umphant tone: troopers under General Davis they were “ Ah, Father Simmons, I ’ve caught surprised by a detachment of Confeder the most precious gifts that can be ate cavalry. A pitched battle ensued, vouchsafed to a human being. He is not yon burning incense to tho devil.” Tho bishop took oat his cigar and aud Parsons, who was iu tho rear, saw necessarily a hotter man for having it, a rebel officer level a revolver at Gen but lio is a happier ono. It renders him turned about till be had swung the indifferent to good or bad fortune. It speaker fully into view, and thou added eral Davis’ head. Jabbing tho spurs in to liis horse, lie swung his saber above enables him to enjoy his own discomfi slowly in a deep voice: “ But I didn’t know he was so near. ” his head, and, dashing ty just as the ture. Blessed with this sense he is never —Current Literature. officer fired, ho made a terrific full arm sweep. The Confederate’s head unduly elated or cast down. No oue A n E x a m p le o f O’C o n n e ll’s W it. leaped from the shonldeis as swiftly as can ruffle his temper. No abuse disturbs Daniel O'Connell, though brilliant if it had been revered by a guillotiuo. his equanimity. Bores do not bore him. Tho feat is more remarkatlo When it is Humbugs do not humbug him. Solemn and witty, was daringly vulgar when considered that Parsons wus a slim, airs do not impose on him. Sentimental ho set out to nttack an opponent At a beardless fe'.low of 21. Iu comparison gush does not influence him. The follies Dublin election be started to assail Re Mahmoud Pey'a siuglo slash with his of the moment havo uo hold ou him. corder Sbaw, who was a very dignified yataghan loses much cf its importance. Titles and decorations ore but childish and handsome man, by declaring him Colonel Parsons wns brevetted gener baubles iu his eyes. Brejudice does.not a fellow whose visage would frighten a al for distinguished services during the warp his judgment. Ho is never in con horse from his outs. The lord mayor, war, but characteristic modesty forbade ceit or out of conceit with himself. He who presided, remarked on these ameni the use of that title when ho returned abhors all dogmatism. The world is a ties nnd said it might be supposed such to civilian life. Not only did ho per stage on which actors strut and fret for I a critic, like Hamlet's father, was en forin the only authentic feat of decapi his edification uud amusement, and he dowed with Hyperion curls and the tation during tilh civil war, but he was pursues tho even current of his way, in front of Jovo himself, instead of a the hero of a remarkable ride. A few vulnerable, doing wliat is right and wrinkled brow aud a scratch wig. As days beforo the battle of Gettysburg proper according to his lights, but ut for himself, he would uot be unwilling was fought General Meade had an im terly indifferent whether wliat he docs to compete with tho demagogue before portant message to scud to General Units approval or disapproval from oth a jury of ladies if they could only seo Harding, 100 miles distant. As the ers. him ns nature made him without the If Hamlet had had any sense of hu aid of the barber. O'Connell strode to route was through a country swnrming with rebels, the message was written mor, he would not have been a nuisance the front of tho platform, snatched off on tissuo paper, that it might be swal to himself and to all surrounding bun. his wig and pointing to his naked head lowed in case tho carrier was captured. —Loudon Truth. covered with a stubble of gray hair, Tlie commander was in doubt regarding cried, "Ladies, I demand yonr instant S p e u d ln g M on ey. a suitable messenger. He summoned judgment!” Of course ho had the laugh I General Davis to headquarters. It is an excellent thing to give chil and the best of tho enconuter.—Sun “ General, who is < he hardest rider, dren as soon ns they urrive at about 12 Francisco Wave. as well ns the most trustworthy man, in years, or oven before, a little allowance A n U n e x p la in e d P o in t. the service?” asked Meade. for spending money nnd an account "Colonel Parsons, sir," was the book. Show them bow to keep au ac Peter Lombard points a moral In tho prompt reply. count of small expenditures nnd make English Church Times with this story: “ Send him to me nt once. ” “ Mrs. Prondie, tho excellent wife of it a condition that tlicy do so if they It was G o'clock cn n Monday night wish to receivo their allowance. There the bishop of Copeminster, down in the when General Meado gavo the young is uo instruction more necessary to chil midlands, does admirable work by go officer his instructions. He was to rido dren than instruction in the wiso man ing among tho poor people aud talking with all haste to General Harding’s agement of money. Children should lie to them out of her own experiences anil headquarters aud return nt once with taught early what true economy is nnd giving them wholesome ndvice. She did an nnswer. to exercise their judgment— not their 1 so the other day at Mndbnry, uearCopo- The messenger retired. Two hundred fancy—iu making purchases. A little miuster. Next day the rector’s daughtor miles were to bo covered. The roads instruction now, and experience if need at Mndbnry said to one of tho audience were heavy, and they led through the be. of the genuine discomforts of extrav of tho previous evening, ’Well, Mrs. enemy's country. agance may save them from much suf- Toddle, what did you think of Mrs. Exactly at noon on the following day feriug in after years. — New York Broudie’s address?’ ‘Oh, it was very Colonel Partons entered General Ledger. good; but, you see, sho only went half Meade's tout. The latter’s face grew w ay.’ ‘Whatever do you,mean, Mrs. He Hart C h an frd. purple with rage, uud lie ripped out a Toddle?’ said the young woman. ‘ Well, A widow onco called upon an artist string of oaths. misa, sho didn’t tell us what she does "Is this the wny you obey orders?” and asked him to paint a portrait of her whea Mr. Broudio comes home druuk. ho thundered. "What are you hanging husbaud. "When can he sit?’’ inquired We should like a little advice ou that around camp for? You ought to be with the artist. “ Ho can't sit nt a ll,” said ’ere point. ’ ” the widow, “ he’s dead." "Then yon General Harding by tiiis time.” B p W asn 't Lpft. “ I have just returned from General w ill have to turuish me with his photo Biggs—Quite a rivalry between Tom graph,'' said the artist. “ Ho never had Harding, sir.” “ Yon lie I” exclaimed the exasperated his picture taken,” said the widow and Fred. Griggs— Yes, I understand they are Nevertheless the artist undertook the genefnl. Parson's face paled, and lie dug tho job, and when he had finished tho work both seeking tho hand of Miss Triffett. Biggs—They both culled nt her house units in his hands to restrain himself. ho asked ’’ s widow to come aud see it. “ I s a fine picture," said she, “ aud the other evening nnd at once began "General Mer.dc, ” he said in a voice that ill concealed his anger, “ if you you'll please send it to my homo— but the exciting game of trying to outsit were not my commanding ofdeer, I bow the old man has changed." -Bos each other. Tom had to give it up final ly and left Fred in possession. would kuock you down for that insult.” ton Herald. Griggs—So Fred got the best of it? Without the formality of a salute he H e Sow th e P la y . | Riggs—That’s the question. It wns a turned ou his beel and left the tent. They were giving “ She Stoops to rainy night, and Tom did not take Meade nflciwatd made un ample apol Conquer" iu a small provincial towu away the poorest umbrella when be left ogy Colonel Parsons killed two horses and A penniless individual, anxious to see the house. —Boston Transcript. went himself without a particle of food. the play, stalked past the ticket office Cnrrlp» HI» H a tc h r t In H is B o o t irg . Fur AH hours lie was not out of the sad- in a carelcs«. independent sort of way In sonio places men carry bowie When stoppoil and asked by what right A Cwefnl M nle, he went in without p it y in g , he replied: knives aud guus in their boot legs. One "By wliat right I I am Oliver Gold may meet iu Fulton fish market in this "Tom. that old sway backed mewl o' vourn uni t uo good under a saddle, is smith. tUe nutiior of the piece they ui-e city a mau carrying a hatchet in his going to perform!” he?" boot leg, but the hatchet is for peaceful "Ah. beg pardon, sir. " said the check purposoa It is an implement much used "Nope; too slow au clum sy.” taker, tnakiug a bow iu the market for opening and for nail "Ner iu th’ buggy er wtiggiu?" "Nope; too awkward fer that.” Aud Goldsmith walked in to see his ing np Ilexes and barrels in which fish play.—Loudon Answers. are packed, and the boot leg seems to be "Ner at pniliti ov the plow?” the handiest place to carry it. —New "Nope; wauts ter graze too much.’’ York Sun. W h y la It F vpt T h a a t ‘.'Whut yon keepin him fer. then?" "Waal, you see, we ain’t got no The whole crowd of meu raved of her Mroe tip '’•"vrqvoloor o-^arnged fan clock at our house, nu that ole mewl beauty painting and also collected flue speci b in v s nt dinnertime jc t ex shore ex the Sbe was divine, they said, iuenrapar mens of the work. Ureuae, Watteau yearth founts over. Yassar, I've been ably divine, ami gloriously ewiui if ul aud other great arti«ts did oat disdain i-allid to dinner by that luewl’s bray So «be was. just as they had said. to leud their talents to the art. These fer tho last five years an I'm alius rig h t, But one tnan did uot tbiuk sa ' pictures were dime mostly on vellum or plum on time.” — Atlanta Journal Her brother aUrtic chicken ¿kin. * EXERCISE FOR BABY. A PHYSICIAN’S VIEWS'bN THIS VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. In d n p n rp o f Reprp»»e<l A c tiv ity o n th » G r o w th s n d D o v o lo p in o n t o f I n fa n t» . T h is A u th o r ity D o cto r« » FopttlvpJy F o r F r e e d o m o f M o v em en t. “ Infantile Athletics” was tho subject cf a paper read at a meeting of the sec tion ou pediatrics of the New York Acudemy of Medicine by Dr. Henry Ling Taylor. “ When oue considers tho important physiological effects of muscular activ ity," said Dr. Taylor, "it is apparent tbut the human organism is imperfectly adapted to a sluggish or sedentary ex istence. Medical practice, at least in the cities, is lurgely inudo up of disor ders which are distinctly traceable to the neglect of proper exerciso. Primi tive man, being obliged to hunt uud fight in order to exist, was of necessity athletic, and now that the struggle has in a measure been shifted from brawn to brain, men still find it advantageous to train their muscles in sports uud games. When the important relation of muscular uctivityto nutrition, respira tion, circulation aud elimination is re called, this wholesome instinct easily finds its vindication. Every muscular muss is in an important sense a supple mentary heart aud a supplementary kidney. The lnngs are never thorough ly ventilated, except through vigorous exercise. Moreover, the nervous and muscular elements are so intimately related as to form practically but one system. Education und progress come through motor and sensory experience— that is, largely through ronscnlar activ ity. Growth itself is influenced by exer cise. "Dr. H. G. Beyer of the United State» Naval academy has shown thut not only do those cadets who take systematic gymnastic training largely exceed thoso who do uot iu average gain iu weight, long capacity and strength, but that tbeir average gain iu height during tbs four years is greater by over an inch. Tho cadets range in ugo from 16 to 21 years, and it is probable that appropri ate exerciso wonld huvo similar if not greater effect in children. “ It is even more trno of the infant than of the adult that tho kind nnd de gree of habitual muscular activity w ill largely determine tho structure of the body and the tono of the mind and char acter It is more true because the in fant is more incomplete und more plas tic. Tho newborn babe is, us it were, but half made. Its organs are imma ture, its activities restricted, aud they w ill never attain full and harmonious the Btimulns development exceptj significance of use. It is u o t' months or that exerciso is bcj3 more beforo birth, aud' faut uppears upon tho scene w i a kick aud a cry. Though among thilmost helpless of nature’s children, the infant come« with considerable training and some re- markablo muscular endowments, as, for instance, tho well known ubility to sup port itself by grasping a horizontal rod«'' Iu waking hours the small limbs prao- tic« constant aud vigorous movuEeuts, superficially aimed, but important in producing tissue changes fundamental to nutrition, os w ell as in furnishing sensory and motor experience necessary to mental nnd bodily growth, develop ment and power. “ At 3 months of ago tho baby finds its bands and begins to reach ont for and hold objects; at 8 or 9 months it creeps; at 12 or 14 it walks, and so progresses from simple to complex pur posive movements and to such adjust ments as put it in more comfortable uud intimato relation with its surroundings. "Since tho iufant has such ample en dowments and spontaneous impulses to wholesome activity, our first and most important care innst be to avoid uudno interference or repression. It is interest ing to observe what pains some uncivi lized mothers tako that tho wrappings and appliances ueedfnl to protect the baby shall Dot prevent freedom of move ment. In describing Indian infancy and tho nso cf tho portablo cradle Mrs. Fletcher says: ‘It is a mistaken notion that tho child is kept up all the time. Every dny tho baby is bathed and placed ou a robe or blanket to kick and crow to its heart’s content, but when the family cares oall tho mother away he is put into the cradle, witli his arms free to play with the niuny bright beads that hang from the hook which encircles the head of this little portablo bed. ’ " What n refreshing contrast to the insipid experiences of onr overdraped, cvercoddled youngsters. Still, rough ex- ercl|es are not required for civilized ba bies,’ They w ill attend to their own gymnastics, if not prevented. It is evi dent that the movements of the trunk aud limbs should uot be impeded with wrappings. Baby’s activity should have free play. At the start we are confront ed with the oouventioual bellyband; if tightly adjusted, it must exert injuri ous pressure; if too loosely adjusted, it gets displaced and rolls iuto a contract ing string. When adjusted with u prop- »r degree of suoguess, it tuny lie inuocn- (us, but do its benefits outweigh its dis-f advantages? The clothing shonld loose and simple, fitting in successive ' layers, so that all can be put on a t o » "When it comes to a i t i f ’ for the baby, there ar? among ns that seem cm him. Monotonous jarry trotting are niidvairal When the idea is ™ good, hearty cry i^J expander, there this form of pareJ will usually be trotted for tlie sn'l than for its ow f course undesirable.1 or other physical j should be treated, ovcrindulgruoe, th,: be tempered wit, should uot «op w itt^ , if