CONDEMNED
Ammonia Baking
Bills have been introduced in the New York, Illinois
and Minnesota Legislatures compelling1 the manufacturer
of such baking powders to brand on the label in bold type,
this powder "Contains ammonia." Physicians and chem
ists condemn the use of ammonia in baking powders as a
crime. Its constant use no matter how small the quantity
deranges the stomach, neutralizing the gastric juice and
destroying the complexion. It is the small quantities taken
every meal that do the mischief.
It is gratifying to know there are pure baking powders
to be had on the market and at no greater cost to the
consumer than some .of these so-called "absolutely pure"
ammonia powders.
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder, the standard pure
cream of tartar powder for forty years. Free from the taint
of either1 ammonia or alum. None so pure None so whole
some. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder is re
ported by all authorities as free from Ammonia,
Alum, or any other adulterant. In fact, the
purity of this ideal powder has never been questioned.
What Sim Coiilil li.
"Do you never get out at nil?" The
crippled girl shook her head. "And are
you uot.ablu to read or write!'"
"No."
"Not even sew a littlef" I persisted.
"Oh, no, ma'am, not'oven that."
I glanced around the small chamber. The
ceiling was low, the furniture was scanty
A single narrow casement admitted a feeble
light ai:d afforded a vista of a dingy, de
serted street. Croping in my mind for
boinu vantage ground on which to place
he.r. and failing, I only ventured helplessly:
"I am sorry to llnd you so hedged in."
"Oil, on forget that 1 can always look
out of the window," the girl made answer,
with a smile of serene content. What u
world of philosophy was in her reply.
Coupled with her unconscious rebuke it
sank deep into my heart. There will le
many in the sweet summer time whose
casements give no view of sea or sky or
mountain.
To such would I in infinite tenderness
bring a little message, beginning with the slender, agile, red haired, sanguine and ap
reflection that ever so small a window is ' parent ly void of conscience. His speech
better than the darkness of a dungeon , was a curious mixture of slang from tho
which does not sound very wise or orig- j slums, figures from the counting houso
inal, hut which would be well to remeni- and technical terms caught from the me-
ber. Kven if there be nothing nleasant to
tee, some rays of sunshine are likely to be
reflected by the blank wall opposite.
Chicago Herald.
Tliu Mini lit the Thriller.
The moment the chief bulfoon of the
niece appeared on the stage hit neighbor
clapped his hands until I thought he would i
split his gloves for he wore gloves and ' olil everything, from a knitting needle to
he chuckled, audi heard-him whisper to j rag baby. At that moment ho was can
hw companion: "There he is. He's im- vasal ng for a new puzzle, but the owner of
mense." And I saw that he was theowner j the invention expected too much, in fact
of a finely adjusted hair trigger laugh. For hoped to sit still and see dollars roll right
the moment the comedian approached a
jest, the very approach fired my neighbor's
gun of oachinuatiou. The completion of
the jest, with its accompaniment of facial
and bodily contortions, incited loud squeals
of joy and other manifestations of delir
ious delight, nut wtien, by accident, a
wittv line occurred, the persou beenied 1
bored and glum.
On examining the audience I found that
he was only one of many, although he was
a most remarkable specimen of his kind.
Hut what one word in our noble language
describes the kind? I cudgeled my bruins
in vain; but after I had sent my boy to bed
I dropped into the club, and my accom
plished young friend, tho publisher, came I
to my aid. "You must coin a word," he
.... .. n i.
sum, "inter tue manner or inns uarrou.
Nothing is simpler. A man guffaws when
he sees the bufToon. Therefore the man
himself is a galloon." 1 think this word
"guffoon" is worthy of adoption. Tuver
uer in Boston Post.
Twenty Million for Turks mul llmilrvunls.
Chicago's system of public recreation
grounds consists of six spacious parks
strung upon a thirty mile chain of park
ways, called boulevards, which, except for
two short gaps, completely encircles tho
city. These parks and driveways are in
general well advanced toward completion,
and as their construction has progressed
they have satisfactorily fulfilled the pur
poses for which I hey were created. Jack
sou, tho largest of the parks, which has
been chosen as the site of the World's fair,
is us yet mainly uuitnproved, but is des
tined to be one day the foremost recreation
ground of Chicago.
The parks proper, with several small
urban grounds under the control of the
West Side park commission, comprise
1.S41 45-100 acres of ground, and fifty-nine
miles of boulevards have been built or laid
out in connection with them. In the
twenty-two years since the beginning of
park construction in Chicago over 20,000,
000 have been expended upon the purchase,
building and maintenance of these parks
uud boulevards. Harper's Weekly,
Ho Took u Middle Courts.
In traveling over the battlefield of An
tleuim J met an aged negro who seemed to
kuow the lay of the ground perfectly well,
ana after a time I inquired, "Were you
here when the light took place!"
t "llight yen sah," hu replied.
"Saw It all thenr"
"Well, sah, not 'autctly, but I saw dedead
folks arter de battle."
"Why didn't you wltnesiUhe movement
of the iroowV
"Well, sali, I wus dull embarrassed u
limp dm day. I Liiuwed Glnerul Iah wm
ilttMU)dlii' on 1 1 m not to whoop fur du Van
seiw, uii' dut UitHtml ,MiOluIau wiw
puiidiii' on in iwt Ui tlnwp iigln 'tun, mi'
ko i dun ttttfH wii wMar ujiSat w d
lituul of it ettUrlwi iM-.'Ut'wn 3l tumid
best way doy tkl, -Uvr hw York
Powder Must Go.
HE WAS A PROMOTER.
frmlt) Tafk of it Curious Oliurnrter Com
mon ICiiongli In New Vnrk.
Sonus hundreds of keen and not over
scrupulous New Yorkers are perpetually
haunted by visions of wealth to bo mads
through petty Inventions. The success of
"pigs in clover" concentrated for a tinia
the whole energy und cleverness of these
men upon puzzles. A dozen new puzzles
were promptly invented, and as many old
ones were revived. There was an iiucon
Jcionable amount of lying done about the
prospects of each invention. Half a dozen
of the speculators were tortured by pros
pective success that stopped short in tho
first week, and twice as many moro per
severed for months, led on by a hope plain
ly enough vain to all save tho unhappy
victims.
A typical man of this class perched him
self on a stool in a dingy second hand book
utore the other day and talked of his trade.
Ho was not twenty-live years old, tall,
chnuical trades with which his precarious
business brought him in contact. Ho was
glib of tongue, quick at repartee and at
times peculiarly happy in rude figures of
speech.
All his talk was spiced with a cynical
wisdom of the world, and beneath the sur
face lurked, half hidden, an intense desire
to Ket money easily and quickly
He had
in at his doorway. "But that ain't my
funeral; it's his cemetery, see? So long as
he pays me five dollars h day for canvassing
I'll work for him."
There was always some jay around town
with 500 looking for a cold cinch. Such
persons expected to get the eartli and put
" fence round it. and all for fWO, lie him
Belf had a little thiugof his own Invention
There was a comfortable living in it for
the next twenty years, and ho had it tight
with a copper fastened patent. He had ad
vertised in a Sunday paper for a partner
with $300, and had received three or 'four
answers, but they all wanted the whole
tiling. Ho didn't intend to sell a good liv
lng for twenty years at any such price.
w invention nau io no witn siiiks.
V.... .1 ii. ruvi luut
Now, there were i'-.OOO.OOO sinks In the
United Suites, anil every one of them was
bound to have that article. It could be
sold cheap and made for little or nothing.
A profit of less than a cent on each meant
wealth. Ho need not keep an office, but
could have his article manufactured in
Brooklyn and receive orders direct at the
factory. There was nothing like a house
hold utensil for selling. Puzzles didn't
last. They plajed out in a few months
and something else had to lie done, but the
world would go right on using his article
i till sinks were no more. New York Ite
( corder.
! WlitU Wo I.Ike.
1 Among the many things that are hard
to understand is the fancy entertained by
so many people that other people will be
Interested to hear at considerable length
what they like to eat and what they do not
like to eat. There seems to be nothing of
very great interest to one's friends in the
fact that One is passionately fond of cab
bage and onions; and yet, next to the
weather, the most frequent subjtstof con
versation is probably the subject of eat
ables. "If there'sauything I dote on," says Mrs.
Chubb, "it's a nice leg of mutton, with a
butter gravy and cuers. And I like"
"But," says Mrs. S-ragg, breaking In,
"is there anything uioie horrid thun
pickled tripe? I cau't liear it."
"My favorite sauce," Mrs. Chubb con
tinues, t'ls fried apple sauce; and scalloped
apples I cau't get enough of."
"IjiwhI" exclaims Mrs. Scragg, "you
don't say so! No kind of fruit agrees with
me. And I don't see how anybody can eat
those miserable things they tall olives."
So they go on for an hour. "Well, I
must bo going." sa Mrs. Serngg, rising
at hut- "Wo'ib had a real pleasant time!"
Throughout the wholM interview Mrs.
Chubb has Immii talking about tlm things
sliu likes, and Mrs. tM-TugK l Imi tulklng
ubout the things sin doe not Ilk Kuoh
one has Immiii fwllowiutf lir own tojiipuru
menu uhiI whila sIm u m-t iu at nil in-
tnrutl In wtuit tltu ilir litut sld slot
lias Umjii grwitly iniwrosud m what khu
)inlf lift
Thfe licit-- ij'iv "f iuiiipiuiiiiM is kiii rt
y lb ImtUt Ut ttMNMI ItHW VUiiYWkalWIt
ttbvul food - V walk ' CuuiUfttiiuu,
UR FLIEGENDE: HOLLAZ.-uErt,
-Maslc, that 1-uathcs ncrnM tho soul
As a dim u ltul Mircnils along.
Where the
strwn:
Where lrndn
.renchcU moonlight Is not
totals nnd stirpes roll;
caminirs strive ami toll
A heart who
llll tneilntik darkness Is ojie song
Where helpless hopes mnko moan, and
throng.
Winced for a vain nml shifting goal.
A ship, whose uniting eonlagc sways
In tune with straining, restless spars.
As through the nights, between the days,
Sho reels, grown hoar with weathered
scars.
In lengiius on leagues of spray and hiRe
Past lieadlands vague U'lieath the stars.
Edward Lucas White hi New York Sun.
THE DOCTOR'S YARN.
I don't suppose that there is in the wide
world a happier wifennd mother thau Iady
Dartmoor. I don't suppose that between
the four seas t litre exist.s u woman who f
prouder and fonderof her husband and her
children, and she has very sufficient excuse
for her pride and her fondues. Dartmoor
is a distinctly handsome man ho is nlso a
distinctly clever man and when the Duke
of Westcountry said that Dartmoor, who
was his son and heir, should marry and
settle he was of course the great, prize, the
"catch," of the season, and ho fell to for
tunate Linda Vomer.
Themoststrikiiig peculiarity about lord
Dartmoor is his thoroughness. When he
goes in for a thing he does go In for It; he
is the sort of man who feels, as the vulgar
old song said, that "he is bound to go the
whole hog or none." Of course ho is a
genius, because he bast lie capacity for tak
ing an infinite amount of trouble, lie dis
tinguished himself at the university not
merely in the schools, but also on the river
nnd in the cricket fields. Then ho traveled
through Central Asia with that very ec
centric personage, Captain Brittles, gen
erally known as Hadji Brittles. the great
orientalist. And then he became private
secretary to Lord Grindstone. Lord Grind
stone was reported to have killed several
private secretaries; but no amount of work
was too severe for young Dartmoor. He
knew perfectly well that his career as the
future head of tho great house of West'
country was necessarily politics.
Lord Dartmoor was a lluent speaker and
n hard worker, anil ho quite understood
that as Lord Grindstone's private secretary
he would be initiated into the business of a
practical politician, mid learn all tho tricks
of the trade. Ho had two years with Ixird
Grindstone. Then he entered tho house as
metnlier for Clodworthy. lie hail attended
far too often, both in the house of com
mons and in another place, as Lord 'Grind
stone's private secretary, not to under
stand all about the forms of the bouse; and
he was a glutton for work, and members
were continually pioposing to "add the
name" of the member for Clodworthy to
this committee and that committee.
Linda Verncr was one of tho belles of
the London season when -she became en
gaged to Lord Dartmoor. That was noth
ing more than her right, because Miss
Verner was really very beautiful. She
was only eighteen, but sho was straight as
a dart, her figure well developed, and her
complexion clear; her hair, which was the
color of the ripened wheat, wits genuine
and plentiful; and us for those tender blue
eyes of hers, as we say in my profession, I
"they accelerated the cardiac action." I I
am not going to describe her in detail; it is
perfectly unnecessary, because you always
seo Ividy Dartmoor's photographs in thu
shop windows, and her portrait by Paris,
H. A., was tho picture at the academy
seven years ago. I was her family doctor.
When she married Lord Dartmoor I
think that-the poor child was a little dis
appointed, because, though it was an abso
lute lore marriage on both sides, yet Dart
moor hud so many irons in the political fire
that ho could not give a proper amount of
attention td his beautiful wife. You seo
he was a member for Clodworthy; he had
just been made an undersecretary of state;
nnd what with the affairs of his constitu
ents, and the a Hairs of the nation, and his
determination to be a great political suc
cess, tho man, though he loved and hon
ored his young and beautiful wife, really
had not time to cherish her or make a fuss,
his business engagements were so very nu
merous. Of course, tho beautiful L.ndy
Dartmoor went, a great deal Into society,
anil she was even ipore admired us Lady
part moor than she had been as Liuda Ver
ner. Captain the Honorable Heglnnld Black
adder, generally known as Adonis Black
adder,' was a professional ladykiller.
Young Blackadder hud lots of money, and
when I say that lie was u sort of Lovelace,
with a dash of Casanova, you can under
stand the sort of man he was. He was re
ceived everywhere because he wus ex
ceedingly well connected, but he was a
distinctly dangerous man and a libertine
by choice. His complexion was of an Ivory
like pallor. Women always admire that;
they forget that it is usually produced, as
in Captain Blackadder's cise, by dissipa
tion and late hours. Women said that "he
waltzed like an angel;" men looked upon
him as a conceited numskull. Ho did
wait, like i angel, and he was a conceited
numskull, and a thorough good kicking
would have done Captain the Honorable
Reginald Blackadder a world of good.
But It is dlfllcult'for mi Injured father, or
even an injured husband, to administer a
thorough good kicking to an ollicer in the
puards who stands six foot one In his socks.
For a year lefnre her marriage Captain
Blackadder had paid Linda Verner marked
attention, but Miss Verner gave him no
encouragement; after her marriage the
captain's attentions became still more
strongly marked. He danced with her as
often as possible, and women liked io dance
witli Iteggle Blackadder. Ho would talk
to her In whispers about unfiling, and
most women felt a profound satisfaction
in monopolizing tho attentions of so bund
some a man as Captain Blackadder. He
played the very strongest card that can 1st
played in the gailie of fascluulioii, and
jiosed as Lady Dartmoor's friend,
Iord Dartmoor did not trouble himself
one jot about the fusciiiatlons of CupUilu
ltluckadder; he merely looked Ukii him as
an usm ail ass who talked well, who danced
well. If he could only havo pretended to
have been a little bit jealous all might have
lx-en well; but Dartmoor had not time for
jealousy, much less for shamming it.
Whun he could escape from the house, if
he had time, which he very seldom ijud, he
would drop In at the ball or car(iet dance,
ut which his wife might Isi cngsgt-d, and
dutifully dritn home w ith her, as a bus
IhuiiI should; but In wa generally so tired,
jMxir fellow, tliai Im drop pud off to sluep
before they B"l Uj 1 It house.
Hum t thu inns iltttt I wait willed in
rofrioiill to si lady Dartmoor, J
hd known 1. r ul hn lifr, you see, nnd I
wib kiiiMl l i uiitlt rtlumi her umtkUt
(loll fiii LO,pUlll it l.f loM of iiipuw-,
llivlu m ml. Mlilu uii lilttl dl)pllou
I .n ui! t - i.i . .n.'i i i.uiign f Mir hi t
i-.ot, (in iwi. i. ,i lmi DurUuiHvr U
I
dined tqjleavc lotidou till tho er.oh was
over At his lordship's desire I rhvt Lndy
Dartmoor every day. At first she was not
inclined to be ' confidential. I Misected
that there was something on her mind, and
I Implored her to give mo her confidence.
After a while she did so. Her grievance
w as that she fancied her hush.. ud neglected
her. In vnin 1 pointed out that a man In
Ixird Dartmoo.r's position, ius the heir to
the dukedom of Westcotintry, as the mem
ber for Clodworthy, as an undersecretary
of staU naturnlly had' his hands pretty
full.
"Dr. Swansdown, he has ceased to love
io," said U-idy Dartmoor. U-idy Dart
moor was getting morbid.
"Uidy Dartnioor, you should make al
lowances," I said. Ijuly Dartmoor de
clined to make allowances and the matter
dropped.
One night I was sent for suddenly to seo
Lady Dartmoor. She was sulToring from
a . sudden attack of brain fever, evidently
brought on by intcuse excitement. There
was a good deal of wild delirium, and Ijuly
Dartmoor had clearly something on her
mind. She hail had a violent lit of hyster
lesat Lady.Doublechin's ball. I sent for
her mother. Mrs. Verner; I warned her not
to leave her daughter's liedslde for an in
stant. "In your daughter's suite, my dear
niadatn," I said, "you must take no notice
whatever of any absurdities she may utter
In her ravings." I directed Hint no one but
the nurse and Mrs. Verner was to enter
Lady Dartmoor's room.
I live in Hurley street. Thero is no gar
den to my house in Hurley street. The fact
of there Wing no garden to my house in
Ilarley street is a great trial to Maria, who
is very fond of flowers, lint, like John Gil
pin's wife, she has a frugal mind. She
does not buy her llowers at the florist's;
she deals with tho barrowmen In the
street. She does not pay in cash; she
"swaps" my old clothes for floral treas
ures. It is no use my remonstrating witli
Marin she will do it.
Two days after the commencement of
Lady Dartmoor's illness my wife rushed
into my consulting room. "Oh, Ananias!"
sho cried (Maria is very fond of me, and
sho will call me by my Christian name),
"look what 1 have found." Then she held
out a magnificent three stone ruby ring.
I recognized the ring at once; it was 1-ndy
Dart moor's.
"Ananias!" cried my wife, "I got rid of
yourold shawl dressing gown today; I bar
tered it for ferns. One of them actually
came out of the pot, it was so dry, poor
thing; and between tho pot and the earth
was this beautiful ring."
1 congratulated Maria, and I took charge
of tho ring. When I called professionally
upon Lady Dartnioor that day her mother,
Mrs. Verner, was very much depressed.
"She has been raving all night nlKiut
CapUiin Blackadder anil her ruby ring,
doctor. She seems perfectly conscious
now, but she does nothing but shed tears,
tloctor, and stare at her left hand. And,"
added .Mrs. Verner dismally, "her ruby
ring is missing, Dr. Swansdown."
Then I went up to see my patient. She
was perfectly sensible, but her mental de
pression was intense and tears wero flow
ing freely from her lovely eyes. I got rid
of Mrs. Verner on some pretext pr other.
Then I stooped, and, pretending to pick it
up from tho floor, I handed her the ruby
ring.
"Oh, Dr. Swansdown," she cried, in a
voice of genuine gratitude, "then it was
all a dream a dreadful, dreadful dream.
I must tell you, doctor," she cried in her
excitement; "I must tell you. Somebody,"
sho said "somebody who shall be name
less has been persuading me for ever so
long that Dartmoor neglects me, and I
dreamt a dreadfully vivid dream, Dr.
Swansdown, and I thought 1 was sure that
my dream was a reality, for 1 had lost
my ring; and I dreaiiit that when I was
sitting out with him in the conservatory
at Ijuly Doublechiti's ball the other night
he asked me to elope with him that night.
At first I indignantly refused. Then I
dreamt that I hesitated; I told him u-
leave me; that if I consented I would put
the ring in a flower pot that held a fern
which was standing behind us; and then 1
dreamt and my dream seemed real, doc
tor that 1 iiimlo up my mind that Dart
moor no longer loved me, and that I placed
my ring in tho llower pot, close to the edge;
uud that just then Dartnioor appeared to
take mo homo. And then I remember
nothing more until late last night. And
then I found the ring was gone; and, oh!
Dr. Svansdown, I loathed myself."
''Calm yourself, calm yourself, my dear
young lady," 1 began, with a genial, pro
fessional smile, "Late hours, my dear
Lady Dartnioor, late hours and ixinilou
Vilr havo much to answer for. It was a
lucky thing, though, that you found your
ring; and now your mind is thoroughly
disabused of the tun monstrous halluci
nation. You must try to dismiss these
ridiculous ideas from your mind. Ah! we
are much better this morning, much bet
ter. Are wo not, Lady Dartmoor?" 1 said,
with a smile thut was childlike and bland,
to Mrs. Werner, who just then entered tho
room,
1 did not tell Ixird Durtmoor how very
nearly the happiness of his young wife's
life hud been wrecked; hut I ordered the
Dartmoors oil1 on a voyage round the
world; and they started within the fort
night In Sir John Binnacle's big steam
yucht, which Dartmoor purchased.
When I got home 1 told Maria that I had
lost the riiliy ring, and I added that 1 did
not believe that they wero rubies,
"Oh, Ananias!" cried Mrs. Swansdown
In her just Indignation, "you are a erfect
fooll"
What became of Captain the Honorable
Heginuld Ulackadderr Why, Jurnuu, the
French deputy, spitted him upon the sands
of Blackenlierghe lecau.so ho was a great
deal too attentive to Mine. Jarnac, and he
died upon the field of honor. Serve him
right, tho lieast ! They manage this sort of
tiling so much better In France. St. James
Budget.
A llluek Silk 1'i-ltli out for Two Dollar..
A black silk M'tiliuut, trimmed hand
homely with black lace, is a luxury that
not every woman cau afford when the
prices of them lango from twenty to thirty
tlollurs, ami even nioie. This Is how one
wus made, and a U-aiity it was at that, for
two dollars.
A young woman started out with ten
dollars to get the long envied urtlcle. She
went from shop to shop; nothing quite
suited her, uud it setmed such au awful
lot to give for the Jliinxy things, with their
poor luco und pinked nifties, thut were set
before her.
So, giving up in despair, she took the
elevated home, and gliding over the Brook
lyu bridge u waft of fresh air blew uu Idea
into her wearied brain. On getting hoiuu
khe found an old rial silk iiuilnrskirt which
she hud intended lo I si knit up into u
wovtiu iMirtlwie. On another die wus an
old bhmk lac IIuuih-. whhjh, with kioiig
lug.piMMiuw uinl tutruliitf, WHkiimdo utmrit
u guod mb uuh i wll I t Im iwt silk shirt w
goiMM Hi rough thu diiiirf protfuk. Tl
two Mem put ioiiili'i , Miel for I wo)lulhtr,
thu sum for du in, sin- Imd u nun h i '
livr muiAi Hutu mo) lit Imd Hutu l"i i- a
duilaii. (.) rk Lmiiii( huu
ALONE.
Mr life puts forth to sea atone:
The skies nre dark above;
Alkrouiid Hiear grnr waters moan I
Alas for vanlMied love!
"O lonely life that presieth on
Across those wa -tes of years.
Where sro tho guiding pilots cone
Whoso Is tho hand that steers?"
Tho pilots they are left behind
L'lxin yon golden strand;
We drift before tho driving wind:
Wo cannot miss tho land
That land to which we hurry on.
Across tho angry years;
IIoihs being dead, and sweet l.ove cone.
There Is no hand tltat steers.
-Philip Hourko Mnrston in New York Truth.
Optical l.iintrrns.
For exclusively parlor ttso a good lantern
may bo obtained for $15, which will give a
picture Cor 8 feet in diameter. Forfcilone
may purchase a sciopticon suitable for use
in small halls and capable of producing a
picture 10 or 12 feet across, A sciopticon
of the highest class, with an oil lamp or
lime jet, would cost $100 or more, nnd
would give a picture 20 feet In diameter at
a distance of 12. feet, A pair of scioptl-
cons used together for dissolving views
form n piece of apparatus known as a sto-
reopticon. Prices of stereopticons rnngo
from f.0 to $.IX), and a triple lantern, used
for fancy elfects, will cost you from $lW)to
$1,000, accotdlng to the needs of your bus!
ness. For hall exhibitions, however, the
low priced lantern does all tho work of a
high class one, anil a pair of good $Co scl-
opticons may he used very effectively in
dissolving.
About lantern screens. A clean white
wall is an ideal surface upon which to pro
ject a lantern imago. Nexttothlsn tightly
drawn muslin sheet without wrinkles,
Paper with a dead finish makes a good
screen, but it is apt to be lacking in dura
lilllty. If it is desired to place tho lantern
behind the screen, ih in tho case of the
screen being in a large doorway, with tho
lantern in one room mid the spectators in
the other, it should be stretched very tight
and thoroughly wet to make It, translucent.
This plan, however, I do not recommend,
as the cloth will not permit all the light to
puss through. Lnt ertainment.
Some Old Oeorclii SiipciHtltlini.
Hero is a contribution in the shape of
fo'k lore gossip as heard among the Geor
gia crackers. It is a survival of tho old
Knglish superstitious.
When it is ebb tide tho slits in a cat's
eyes are horizontal; when it is Hood tido
they are vertical. Kill ti frog and it will
rain hard for three days? If a cock walks
in at tin' door, turns around ami crows, ho
announces a death in tho family. Pota
toes will not thrive unless they are planted
in the dark of the moon, and a child born
at the full of the moon will be a boy.
If you open an umbrella in a house the
only person present will die, and the same
thing will happen if you hang a coat or
hut on a door knob or a door bell. It is
not wise to set. a hen during a certain part
of August, becaqso the life of t(ie world is
at its lowest then. If two persons going
hand In hand meet an obstacle which dl
vides them the one on tho left will go to
Jiell and the one on the right to heaven.
IT you drop a pair of scissors and one
point sticks in the Moor a visitor will come
from the direction toward which the other
leg is extended. A child that has never
seen its father cat) cure whooping coughJ
by blowing down the patient's throat. To
get rid of freckles count them ami put an
equal number of pebbles Into a paper,
Whoever steps on tho paper will get the
freckles. At lama Constitution.
TIn Spec l nil l,l;lit.
"One stormy night in October," said a
well known railroad conductor recontly,
"I was in mortal fear that the (fridges, of
which there are ii good many on the line,
would be washed away by thu swollen
rivers, Fortiihutoly wo passed nearly all
of them safely, but just as wo drew near
the last bridge I happened to ho crossing
from one car to another and noticed a
strange, weird looking blue light dancing
up and down In 1 rout of the train. I don't
know what possessed mo to do it, lyit I
rang the bell and brought the train to a
stop. The engineer, braketuau and I then
set out to discover tho cause of the light,
hut it had entirely disappeared and not a
trace of it was left. We went down tho
track as far as the bridge, and found that
it had been completely washed away by
the stream, which was swollen, only a few
timbers remaining to bear evidence that a
bridge had once spanned the stream. We
were kept there for over two days, until
another bridge could bo built, and, al
though the other trainmen laugh at mo
for it, 1 earnestly believe that that spectral
blue light was placed by a divine Provi
dence to save us from an awful fate." St.
ImuIh Globe-Democrat.
Tim Villus" I.i4iiiillgliter.
In some siirbiirban villages tho lamp
lighter makes his rounds in a sulky. Ho
may not have a greater number of lamps
to- light than his city brother, but it may
I hi that they are further apart, and to get
over the ground In time he must drive. He
does not carry the inclosed torch that Is
commonly used In the city, for he doesn't
need it; driving up under tho lamp, he is,
when standing in the sulky, high enough
ahova the ground to reach the burner, anil
ho light tho gas with a match. New
York Sun.
The ray, or skate fish, has a mouth set
transversely across Us head, the jaws
working with a rolling motion like two
hands set back to back. In the jaws are
three rows of flat teeth, set like a mosaic
pavement, and lielweeu these rolling jaws
the fish crushes oysters ami other mot
lusks like so many nuU.
Probably the liveliest railway junction
in the world Is at Clupham, in Kngland,
where the lOiidnu, Brighton and South
Coast und the liiidou and Southwestern
railways cross. Between 7 o'clock in the
morning and fo at night, 1,000 trains puss
this junction au average of one every fifty
four seconds.
The celebrated Krasiuua, although a na
tive of itotterdam, had suchaii aversion to
fish thut thu smell of It threw him Ipto u
fever. Ambrose Pare had u putleut who
con Id never see uu eel without fainting,
and another who would full Into convul
sions ut thu sight of u carp.
Clouds consist klmply of wuler divided
into minute globules or drops. They differ
In no essential respect from the steam
emitted by a tea kettle, or the mints uud
fog that fill rlrer valleys at kiiurlse. Thrno
form of water are nil produced In tho
same way.
Sir William Wlumeii's method of apply
ing tdmtiU light, iu grow llower ami fruit
by HlBlit or on vlowdy day liiu lnii mil-
ploywt Willi 0M-I tUMttM U btittril II NVkV
Indian ktuainsr in kirp ullve sxpg v)ne
und vllitr dMiii
Woes nt n Marrlpil Man
Two old follows wort' In tin cent be
hind mo in tin; ear They Imd just met
by aceitk'iit. nftor n long wparntion,
mid having discussed the weather, tho
crops and the 1'nritiers' Alliance. tley
fell upon domestic matters.
"You married a Grayling, didn't
yon ?" asked one
"Yes. my first woman was a Gray
ling. Good woman too,"
"Yes, I bet she was good df she wa.
one of old Ilimiii Grayling's girls."
"Well, she wasn't as good to work a.n
some of the other girls. Now wli,eii it
come to picliin' hrosh and helpin' with
tile eleariif slu wasn't much good;
said her back give out. and all that."
"Naw." paid tho other sympathetic
ally. "Yes; but then she wns better th.m
most women 1 didn't do as well tho
last time."
"Is that so? Le's see who did you
ninrry last time?"
"1 married that girl of Hen Hvnns',
yon know the one who used to look
fo healthy She got sick with typhoid
fever right after harvest, two yeans
ago. and lost nil her hair. When sho
got well she was always dingin- at mo
for money to buy a switch. Now,,
tny wife had on a good switch when
she died, and we didn't even put it in
the eotlln with her. Hut do you think,
that livnns woman would put tliethitip;
on her head! No, sir. She said if I
couldn't nITord as tunny hair switches
as 1 could wives I might go to grass.
Just goes on talkin' that way, yon
know."
"Too bad." said tho other inatu
"Sho'M be wanting a new eollln all to
herself, the next thing you know.'"
Chicago Herald.
Charity Mlnuppllril.
The superintendent of a children s
charity institution remarked: "Ah,
there is one lady of fashion in this city
whose goodness of heart is certainly
without a parallel among her set. I
can't tell you her name, because sho
objects strongly to having her kitul
deeds known. She is u true Christian
at work, oven if she does dunce a great
many nights away and own a fortune's
worth of diamonds."
"Does tiie lady give a lot of money
to the institution f" the superintendent
wan tusked.
"Oh, no." he replied, "she doesn't
give money to its. but she labors fonts.
She does indeed. Sho cooks for us con
tinually Kvery day there are pies and
eakes and pudding sent iu to the chil
dren from her, and I have proof that
they are all made by the lady herself.
How she ever llnds time for it all is
more than I can explain. Only a low
moments ago I received here two dozen
custard pies, four suet ptiddingtt and
six sheets of sponge cake, with this
note saying thut she had just baked
them all and hoped tho children would
enjoy them."
"And they Just will enjoy theu,
won't they?" said tho listener. 0
"Well, no." replied tho suicriritenil
ent. "You see. they won't eat them."
"Won't eat them?"
"No, That's the only trouble with
this good, charitable lady. Nootiocan
eat anything she cooks." Now York
Sun.
i
Mlelit lluvii Coin u ;. C. It.
No incident in Disraeli's career is
more pleasant than his offer of u pen
sion and a G. C. II. to Oarlyle. A friend
of Sir William Eraser walked with
Carlylo for two hours on tho day on
which Disraeli's letter arrived. Carlylo
described tfie letter being brought to
him by a treasury messenger, the largo
black seal, his wonder as to what tho
oillcial envelope could contain, and lib
great surprise on reading the olTer, oon-
veyed in language of consiimate tact
and delicucy. Carlylo wild: "The let
ter of .Disraeli was flattering, generous
and iiiiigiiiiiiinious; his overlooking all
that I have said and done against hiru
wtw great."
lie added . "The uccuruto percep
tion of merit In others is one of tho
highest characteristics of a lino intel
lect. 1 should not have given Disraeli
credit for possessing it had it not beeu
brought home so directly to me." 'lio
repeated the words "generoiiB" and
"iiiugiiuiiiiiious" several times. Dis
raeli's letter, by the way, though it en
tirely deserves the praises abovo quoted
for its tact and delicacy, is by no weans
impeachable in grammar, for it ooiir
tains within a dozen lines two Instanced
of the hanging "and which." Pall
Mall Budget.
OiiUIiIb unit Intlilv.
The ingenuity of jx'ople who think
they are ill when they nro not quito
triumphs over any external evidence of
health.
A very stout German workman went
to a physician In thu west nnd com
plained of being very unwell.
"Hut," said the doctor, "If you ure
sick it has not prevented you from get
ting pretty comfortably fat"
"Oh, dot fat!" said the Oeruintu
"Yes, I am fat on de outside, but on
do eetwlde, achl I am bo poor l"
Youth's Companion.
A llruv uud blinplt. "No."
Tho American captain was asked
why, with lib ship In extremity und tho
waves washing men overboard, he hud
suddenly hauled down lit tiny of dU
treas. Ho and hl crow Imd been tluifc
tho llrltbli ktoiiiuur watt lowering ono
of her bonis (It rowniud them) and hud
doubted wliolhur a bout could llvo Iu
that sou. "I mIiI thun Io my men,
'Khull wo lot thou bravo followu tMi
llmirllvw to novo iilirxi' m thoynnlil
No I' '1'Iimji 1 IiuiiIimI down I ho W
Academy,