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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1901)
Jbe Doctor's f)ilemma By Hesba CIIAPTKlt XXIV. I. Olivia Foster, take up tlio thread of the story the woful, wonry narrative of my wanderings after teaviug my '"" friends. , , . Once more I found myself in London. I had more acquaintance with almost ev ery great city on the Continent. hortu tiately. Tardlf had given me the address of n hoarding house, or rather a small family hotel, where lie had stayed two or three times, and I drove there at once. I went to several poverties agilieios, which were advertising for teachers in the dally papers. When a fortnight h.id passed with no opening for me. 1 felt It necessary to leave the hoarding house which had heen my temporary home. Waudering ahont the least fashionable suburbs, where lodgings would cost least. 1 found a bedroom in the third story of a house in a tolerably respectable street. In this feverish solitude one day drag ged itself after another with awful mo notony. As they passed by, the only change they brought was that the sultry heat grew ever cooler, and the long days shorter. Think what a dreary life for a young girl! I was as fond of companion ship, anil needed love as much as any girl. Was it strange that my thoughts dwelt somewhat dangerously upon the pleasaut, peaceful days in Sark? Now and then, when I ventured out Into the streets, a panic would seiie me, n dread unutterably great, that I might meet my husband amidst the crowd. 1 did not even know that he was In I-ou-dou: he had always spoken of it as a place he detested. Ills habits made the free, unconventional life upon the Con tinent more agreeable to him. How he was living now, what he was doing. where he was, were so many enigmas to me; and I did not care to run any risK In finding out the answers to them. Twice I passed the Hank of Australia, where T-..r- nrnlmhlv I could have learned if he was In the same city as myself; but I dared not do It, and as soon as I know how to avoid that street, I never passed along it. I had been allowed to leave my address with the clerk of a large general agency In the city. Towards tho close of Oc tober I received a note from him, desir ing me to call at the otllce at two o'clock the following afternoon, without fail. I had a long time to wait. The otlicc clock pointed to half-past three before I caught the clerk's eye, and saw him beckon me up to the counter. I had thrown back my veil, for here I was perfectly safe from recognition. At the other end of tho couuter stood a young man in con sultation with a clerk. He looked ear nestly at me, but I was sure he could not know me. "Miss Ellen Martineau?" said the clerk. That was my mother's name, nnd I had adopted It for my own, feeling as if 1 had some right to it. "Yes," I answered. "Would you object to go Into n French school as governess?" he inquired. "Not in the least," I said eagerly. "And pay a small premium?" he add ed. "How much?" I asked, my spirits fall ing again. "A mere trifle," he said; "about ten pounds or so for twelve months. You would perfect yourtelf in French, you know; and you would gain a referee for the future." "I must think about it," I replied. "Well, there Is the address of a lady who can give you all the particulars," he said, handing me a written paper. I left the olllce heavy hearted. Ten pounds would be more than the half of the little store left to me. Yet, would it not be wiser to secure a refuge and shel ter for twelve months than run the risk of not finding any other situation? I walked slowly along the street towards the busier thoroughfares, with my head bent down and my mind busy, when sud denly a heavy hand was laid upon my arm, grasping it with crushing force, and a harsh, thick voice shouted trlumpnaut ly in my ear: "I've caught you at last!'" It was like the bitterness of death, that chill and terror sweeping over me. My husband's hot breath was upon my cheek, and his eyes were looking closely into mine. Uut before I could speak his grasp was torn away from me, and he was sent whirling into tho mlddlo of the road. I turned, almost in equal terror, to sec who hud thrust himself between us, It was a stranger whom I had noticed in the agency otllce. Uut his face was now dark with passion, and as my hus band staggered back again towards us, his hand was ready to thrust him away a second time. "She's my wife," he stammered, trying to get past the stranger to me. Iiy this time a knot of spectators had formed about us, and a policeman had como up. Tho stranger drew my arm through his. and faced them defiantly. "He's a drunken vagabond!" he said "ho has just como out of thoso spirit vaults. This young lady is no more his wife than she Is mine, and I know no more of her than that she has just come away from Itldley's otllce, where she has beeu looking after a situation. Good heavens! cannot a lady walk through tho BtrectB of Loudon without being Insult ed by n drunken scoundrel llko that?" "Will you give him In charge, sir?" asked the policeman, while Richard Fos ter was making vain efforts to speak co- horeutly, nnd explain his claim upon me. I clung to tho friendly arm that had come to my aid, sick and almost speechless with fenr. "Don t, I whispered; "oh! take mo awnv oulckly." Ho cleared a passage for us both with a vigor and decision that there was no re sisting. I glanced ''back for an instant, and saw my husband struggling with tho policeman. Ho looueu utterly limine a gay, prosperous, wealthy man, with n woll-fllled purse, such ns he hud used to appear. Ho was shabby And poor enough now for the policeman t ho very hard on him, and to prevent him from follow (,. ,,. Tho stranger kept my hand firmly on Ills anil, and almost carried mo Juto Fleet street, whero In a minute Strctton or two wo were quite lost in the throng, and I was safe from all pursuit. "I do not know how to thank yon." I sal I, falterlujtly. "You are trembling still!" he replied. "How lucky it was that I followed jou directly out of Itldley's! If I ever come across that scoundrel again 1 shall know hint, you may be sure. My name Is Jlm Senior. Perhaps you have heard of my father. Dr. Senior of Rrook street?" "No," replied, "I know nobody in Loir don." "That's bad," he said. "1 wish I was lane Senior Instead of John Senior; I do indeed. Do you feel better now. Miss Martineau V" "How do you kuow my name?" I list ed. "The clerk at Itldley's called you Miss Ellen Martineau." he answered. "My hearing is very good, and I was not deep ly engrossed In my business. I hoard and Mir a good deal whilst I was there." He called an empty cab that was pass ing by. We shook hands warmly. There was no time for loitering; so I told hltn the name of the Miburb where I was living, and he repented it to the cabman. "All right." he said, speaking through the window, "the fare is paid and I've takeu cabby's number. If he tries to cheat you. let me know; Dr. John Senior. Rrook street. I hope that situation will be a good one, and very pleasant. Good by." "Good-by," I cried, leaning forward and looking at his face till the crowd came between us, and I lot sight of It. I felt safer when the labnmii set me down at the house where I lodged, nnd I ran upstairs to my little room. I kin- "SENT WHIRLING INTO THE died the fire. Then 1 sat down on my box before it, thinking. Yes; 1 must leave London. I must take this situation, the only one open to me. In a school in France. 1 should at least be assured of a home for twelve months; and, ns the clerk had said, I should per fect myself in French and gain a ref eree. I should be earning n character in fact. The sooner I tied from London again the better, now that I knew my husband was somewhere in it. I unfold ed the paper on which was written the name of tho lady to whom I was to ap ply. Mrs. Wilkinson, 19 Itellringcr street. I ran down to the sitting room, to nsk my landlady where It was, and told her, In my new hopefulness, that I had heard of a situation in France. Hell ringer street was less than a mile away. I could be there before seven o'clock, not too late perhaps for Mrs. Wilkinson to give me an interview. No. 10 was not difficult to find, and I pulled the bell handle with a gentle and quiet pull. A slight, thin child in rusty mourning opened it, with the chain across, and asked In a timid voice who I was. "Does Mrs. Wilkinson live here?" I asked. "Yes," said the child. "Who is there?" I heard a voice call ing shrilly from within. "I am como about a school in France," I said to the child. "Oh, I'll let you in," she nnswered eag erly; "the will see you about that, I'm sure. I'm to go with you, if you go." She let down tho chain, and opened the door. There was a dim light burning in the hall, which looked shabby and poverty stricken. I had only time to take a vague general Impression, before the little girl conducted mo to a room on the ground floor. "I'm to go If you go," she said again; "and, oh! I do so hope you will agree to go." "I think I shall," I answered, "I daren't bo sure," she replied, nod ding her head with an air of sagacity; "there have been four or five governesses here, und noue of them would go. You'd have to take me with you; and, oh! It Is such a lovely, beautiful place. See! here is a picture of It." Sho ran eagerly to a side table, on which lay a book or two, ouo of which sho opened, and reached out u photo graph, which had been laid there for se curity. It was clear, sharply defined. At the left hand stood u handsome house, with windows covered with lace cur talus, and provided with outer Venetian shutters. In the center stood a large square garden, with fountains, and ar bors and statues: and behind this stood a long building of two stories, ami a steep roof witli dormer windows, every case ment of which was provided, like tho house In the front, with rich lace cur tains nnd Venetian shutters. Tho wholo place was clearly in good order und good taste, aud looked llko a very pleasant homo. Isn't It n lovely place?" nsked tho chllil beside me. with u deen sign of long iaz. "Yes," I sAldf "I should llko to go." 1 had had time to tuuko all these ob servations beroro tho owner of tho for eign voice, which I had heard nt the door, enme In. At the llrst glaneo 1 knew her to be n Frenchwoman. Her black eyes were steady and cold, an I her general expression one of watchful Hess. "I have not the honor of knowing you," she said politely. "I come from Itldley's Agency olllce." I answered, "about n situation as Eng lish teacher In a school in France," "It Is a groat chance," she said, "my friend, Madame Perrler, is very goo I. very amiable for her teachers. She is like a sister for them. The terms aie very high, very high for Franco; but there Is absolutely every comfort. I sup pose you could Introduce a few English pmdls." "No." I answered, "I am afraid I could not. I am sure I could not." "That of course must be consldere I In the premium." she continued; "If yu could have Introduced, say, six pupils the premium would be low. I do li"t think my friend would take one penny less than twenty pounds for the first year, and ten for the second." The tears started to my eyes, I had felt so sure of going If I would pay ten pounds, that l was quite unprepared Tor this disappointment. There was stilt toy diamond ring left; but how to dispose of it. for anything like its value, I did not know. "What were you prepared to give-'" asked Mrs. Wilkinson, whilst I hesitat ed. "The clerk at Itldley's olllce told me the premium would be ten pounds." I an swered; "I do not see how I can gbe more." "Well." she said, after musing n little. "It is time this child went. She has been here a month, waiting for somebody to take her down to Nblreau. I will ugr-'c with you. and will explain to Madame Perrler. How soon could you go?" "I should like to go to-morrow," I re plied, feeling that the sooner I quitted London the better. Mrs. Wilkinson's steady eyes fastened upon me again with sharp curiosity." "Have you references, miss?" she asked. MIDDLE OF THE ROAD." "No," I faltered, my hopes sinking again before this old difficulty. "It will be necessary, then," she said, "for you to give the money to me, and I will forward It to Madame Perrler. Pardon, miss, but you perceive I could not send a teacher to them unless I knew that she could pay the money down." I did not waver any longer. The pros pect seemed too promising for me to lose it by any irresolution. I drew out my purse, nnd laid down two out of the three fire-pound notes left me. She gave me a formal receipt in the names of Emile and Louise Perrler, anil her solcr face woro an expression of satisfaction. "There! it is, done," she said. "You will take lessons, any lessons you please, from tho professors who attend the school. It is a grand chance, miss, a grand chance. Let us say you go tho day after to-morrow; the child will be quite ready.- She is going for four years to that splendid place, a place for ladies of the highest degree." At that moment an imperious knock sounded upon the outer door, ami the lit tle girl ran to answer It, leaving tho door of our room open. A voice which I knew well, a voice which made my heart stand still and my veins curdle, spoke in sharp, loud tones in the hall. "Is Mr. Foster come home yet?" were the words the terrible voice uttered, quite close to me It seemed; so close that I shrank bock shivering, as If every sylla ble struck a separate blow. All my senses were awake; I could hear every sound in the hall, each step that came nearer and nearer. Wus she about to enter the room where I was sitting? She stood still for half a mlnuto as if uncertain whut to do. "Ho is upstairs," said tho child's voice, "Ho told me he was ill when I opened the door for him." "Whero is Mrs. Wilkinson?" she ask ed. "Sho is here," said the child, "but there's a lady with her." Then the womun's footsteps went on up the staircase. I listened to them climbing up ono step after another, my brain throbbing with each sound, and I heard a door opened and closed. Mrs, Wilkinson had gone to the door, und looked out into tho hall, us if expecting other questions to bo nsked. She had not seen my panic of despair. I must get away before I lost tho tiso of my senses, for I felt giddy nnd faint. (To be continued.) American Supremacy. First Loudon Hurglnr Eh, Jimmy, wot you doln' nrouud here? Wy olu't you ut work. Second Hurglat Aw, Pin nil right. I'm wultiu'. "Wultln' for what?" "For my now Yankee tools to arrive." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Lowest of Known Titles. Tho lowest tides, whore any exist nt nil, tiro nt Pnnunin, where two feet Is the uvwajro rise and full. Ahum of tltn Check Helm Tho accompanying UltiMlrittlotiH nre taken from leallot Issued by the Iln tnnue Education Committee at Provi dence. It. I. Thin committee Is call ing attention to some of the 'iiy In which our tin niest tc animals are abused. A good denl of this utilise is thollglitloss-tliat TOltTfllK. Is, the owner or driver does not desire to torture the animal. He either does not know any better, or else does whnt others about him have been doing for years. There are many ways lu which the tight, overdrawn eheck-reln annoys or Injures the horse. The picture show ing the wrong way of "cheeking well Illustrates the trouble. Ill fact, the pic tures are a whole story In themselves. The leallot mentioned makes a strong argument apilnst the tight cheek, quot ing some of tho most noted breeders, drivers and horsemen against It. Here nre two samples tlio first from Win. Prltebard. president of the ltoynl vet erinary College. London: The continued pressure of tin lilt or the benrlng-reln (check-rein) deadens the surrounding portion of the mouth with which It Is In contact, thus pro ducing a partially In sensible condition of It a condition most lll-sulted to receive a sudden Impression, ns a check from the driver. In the event COMfOltT. of the horse stumbling from any cause; I would, therefore, say that. Instead of preventing horses from falling, the bearing-rein is calculated to render falling more frequent. Other not un common results of the use of tills In strument of torture are distortion of the windpipe to such a degree ns to impede tho respiration ever afterward. excoriation of the mouth nnd lips, paralysis of the muscles of the face. etc. Another writer says: "Tying one part of an animal's body to another does not necessarily keep hltn on his feet. It Is the pull from the nrm of the driver that makes the horse regnlti him self when he stumbles. One might ns well say that tying n man's head back to a belt at his waist would prevent him from falliug If he stumbled lu a To Kill ii-ect. It mnv not bo generally known thn: skim milk or buttermilk readily mixes with kerosene, running uu emulsion which destroys Insects without danger or injury to animals or plants on which thev might be that might result out the use of pure oil nnd water, says the American Cultivator. We first learned of this from using tills mixture for the scale Insect, or mite, which causes scnlv Icl'h on fowls. We found that one or two dippings or washings with it would cure the worst ease of scaly leg anil leave the skill as smooth as when first hatched. We never lind occasion to try It for lousy animals, for we nev er hail one. but we do not hesitate to recommend It, nnd we have lately seen Its use advised for ticks on sheep. using n gill of kerosene to one gnllon of milk. We did not make our mixture so strong of kerosene ns tlint. but per haps the larger tick may need n strong er application than uu Insect so small ns to be scarcely visible to the naked eye. About Hell I ox Annies. If annles nre sold to commission men or fruit dealers It Is best to consult them us to the time and maimer of picking, grading and packing, says Farmers' Tribune. They nre familiar with the wants of the trade and know best how to meet Its demands. A large crop of good winter apples can some- times be disposed of to the best nilvnii time by selling In the orchard for a lump sum. This obviates the work ami worry of marketing, mid holding sucli a perishable crop for higher prices Is risky business. It Is 'not apt to pay unless one Is a good judge or tne mar ket and the fruit Is well stored. Where the ntmles nre sold on the trees one should bo able to correctly estimate the quantity of npples on a tree nnd know the highest price which they will com mand on the market. Hut however the crop Is sold, It Is well for the orchard- 1st to have the picking tinder tils con trol, as trees ore often Injured, limbs broken, etc. I-lliie'y.n III Homes. Stimulants and tonics should be -'Ivfii from the start In cases of Influ enza. Give one dram dose of acetanl- lid and one ounce of alcohol In water ni'i.i'v t lii-no rnnr nr sir hours, accord ing to height of fever, and when fover drops to 102 degrees or less givo a (Irani of quinine three times dally dissolved In two drams of tincture of Iron, then mixed with a pint of thin oatmeal gruel. In the feed mix from tho start from twenty to thirty groins of mix vomica Irrespective of the other medi cines 'and Increaso the doso gradually If tho animal Is weak and staggers. Af fected nnlmnls should bo kept In com fortable stalls or box stalls where they can havo good caro nnd feeding'. Two Hundred V.utt Hens. How can bo produced hens that will lay -00 eggs per annum? Hy scientific breeding, ns for u good butter cow or ft cow milker, or for a good trotter or high Jumping horse. Experiments have boon ninda to Increaso tho number of rows of com on tho cob with suceesH. Thu same muhod Is applicable lo poul try breeding. Wo will start with n ben 1 1 tn t lays Kit) eggs. Homo of her chicks will lay KM) per year. From these wo will pick out layers and so on until -'()) or better are the result. At the miiiiio time It Is Just us essential lo breed out of males from proline layers, as It Is thu females; In fact. It Is more so. If wo look after (lie breeding of the females only we will Introduce on the mule sldo blood which Is lacking In prollcleney. ami thus cheek every attenipi In prog ress. It Is Just as essential thai tho male should be from the hen which lays 175 eggs ami from n mule Hint was bred from a lieu (hat laid 1.10 eggs, as It Is that the hen should be from one that laid 175 eggs ami whose mother laid 150 cggs.-l'oultry Herald. 'liir lleet C'iiltiir. We hnve not been an mlvocato of sugar-beet growing because we have believed that a good farmer can grow other crops on good laud with less la bor that will bring more money, but we havo not tried to Injure the busi ness, as a German paper would do when It says. "Plow In the spring, re gardless of mud and water. Slop every drain that may be carrying tho water away from the beet fields. Full plow ing Is to reialu the moisture. Spring plowing must aim to secure every bit of moisture for the beet field." We have grown some sugar beets, not for thu factory, hut for slock feeding, anil we would say to any one growing for either purpose do not plow or sow the sird until the ground Is dry and firm. To plow "rognrdless of mud and water" will Insure a smalt crop of beets that nre scarcely worth feeding to the cow or pigs. Fall plowing should be done to relieve the land of moisture and not to retain It. mid thus It should be, when It Is possible, up aud down the side hills Instead of around them, that the water may be drained off by the bot tom of the furrow, below the enrib that Is turned over. As we never visited Germany we will not say the advice Is not good there, but we know of no part of the United States where we think It would be (food. Hut we will give a little bit of whnt we think Is better ndvlce. If you grow sugar beets do not sell them nt SI or $5 a ton. when you have cattle or hogs to feed them to, unless you can get back nil the pomace, made from them. New England Home stead. Ration fir Mlleli Cow-. It Is generally understood that tho aveiage cow ought to have between two and three pounds of digestible protein dally as a part of the ration. One often finds one or more cows lu a herd that will do well on a ration con taining less i bun two pounds of pro tein, ami on the other baud some of tho herd need considerable more protein. Wheat bran of good quality Is gener ally conceded to be an Ideal product to feed with corn and other grains, al though we may obtain much more pro tein nnd considerable mineral matter from feeding cotton-seed meal, but this may not lie fed lu large quanti ties. Gluten meal supplies protein In other sections, wlitle In still other sec tions' dependence for protein Is placed almost wholly on cowpen hay and al falfa, with small feeds of cotton seed meal, the liny of the cowpeas and al falfa being ground. The essential thing Is to obtain the best quality of protein for one's herd nt the smallest possible expense. Exchange. Testlnir - red. The result of tests iiindo by compe tent men with samplils of seeds sent to the Hurfnlo Exposition proves two things: First, the necessity for care on the part of farmers In buying seeds only from reputable seedsmen, and, second, the desirability of testing nil seeds during the winter, that thu loss of both seed and crop may be avoided. In the tests referred to the percentage of good seed was very low lu tho ma jority of eases. Willi some samples the good seed was found lo be only about 20 per cent of the whole. In ono test of orchard grass sold at 5.1 per hundred pounds, the good seed was only 10.5 per cent of the whole, mak ing the real cost of the good seed $:iS.K) pei hundred pounds. It Is true the original ptlco of per hundred pounds Is low, but tho result ought to huvo been better even then. W'nslilie nrvl Worklnix Ilutter. After drawing off the buttermilk wash twice or until tho wash water runs off clear. Then work In salt to suit thu taste of your trade ami set away forthree or four hours, then rework and pack or stamp. The Interval between salting and stamping allows thu salt thoroughly to permeate the whole mass, nnd tho second working also In sures a uniform mixing of the salt as well us working out any excess of water. Never work butter when It Is wai'in enough to be salvy. Thcro aro two watchwords for tho buttermnker. They nro cleanliness and uniformity, and aro worth remembering If you tiro looking for tradu aud reputation. Improvement In Hoirs, Tho hog has been Improved In the Inst twenty years to such an extent that he Is able to mature earlier and produce a larger amount of grain and growth from tho snnio quantity of food. Tho Improved pig shows tho great feed ing capabilities and earlier maturing; finalities that have beon bred Into him. No time Is lost. Pigs can bo marketed ns quickly ns n crop of grain. Kansas Fanner. Tree Protectors, Treo guards and other protectors nro now In order. A strip of wlro Hy screening Is about tho best thing wo know of, nnd It will remnln on tho trees for several years. Exchange, HQ3EVELT ON THE OOUOArt, Ho Write About tils IIhIiUn mid Char iieterUllcs at tho lllu Cut. Fables aside, thu cougar Is n very In teresting creature, says Theodore Roosevelt In Hcrlbncr's. It Is found from tho cold, desolate plains of Pata gonia lo north or tho Canadian Hue, and lives alike among tho snow-clad peaks of tho Andes and lu thu steaming for ests of the Amazon. Doubtless careriil Investigation will disclose several vary ing rorms In an tiulmal found over such Immense tracts of country and living miller such utterly diverse conditions. Hut lu lis essential habits and traits the big, slinking, nearly mileolored eat seems to be much the sumo everywhere, whether living lu mountain, open plain or forest, under nrello cold or tropic heat. When the settlements become thick It retires to dense forest, dark swamp or Inaccessible mountain gorge, and moves about only nt night, lu wilder regions It not Infrequently roams dur ing the day aud ventures freely Into the open. I eer are Its customary prey when they aro plentiful, bucks, does and fawns being killed Indifferently. Usually the deer Is killed almost In stantaneously, but occasionally there Is quite a seuille, In which the cougar may get bruised, though, as far as I kimw, never seriously. It Is also a dreaded enemy of sheep, pigs, en Ives, ami os poelnlly colls, and when prosed by htm ger it big male cougar will kill a full grown horse or cow, moose or wapiti It Is the special enemy of mountain sln--p In hs.sn. while hunting while goals north of Clarke's fork of the Columbia lu a region where couiciir were common. I found them preying as freely uu the goats as on the deer. It rarely -airb antelope, but Is quick lu seize rnhblK other small beasts, and even poicu pines. No it ii 1 inn 1. not even the wolf, is n rarely sis-n or w dlllleult lo get without dogs. On the other haiul, no otln-r wild beast of Its sle and power Is mi my to kill by tile altl of don. There are many cnutrmllcttous In Its character. Like the AtiicrlcHli wolf, It Is certainly i much afraid of man: yet It hubltii.ill.v follows the trail of the hunter, or s.,n lary traveler, dogging his footstep'.. Itself always unseen. I have had thin happen to me personally. When bun cry It will seine and carry off any dog. yel It will sometimes go up it tree ulon pursued by a single small dog. wholly unable to do It the least harm. It Is small wonder thai the average frontier settler should grow to regard almost with superstition the grent furtive iiu which he never sees, but of whose pre sence he Is ever aware ami of whose prowess slnsler proof Is sometimes af forded by the deaths not alone of his lesser stock, hut even of his milch cow or saddle horse. The cougar Is as large, as powerful and as formidably tinned us the Indian panther and quite as widl able to attack man; yet the Instances of Its having done so nre exceedingly rare. The vast majority of the tales to this effect are undoubtedly Inventions. Hut It Is foolish lo deny Hint such at tacks on human lielugs ever occur. RECENT INVbNTIONS. A new ty for tho children Is a bowl lug alley, In which the pins are set nt one end of a long wooden gallery, with a spring gun to propel the balls against the plus. The back of a newly designed brush Is provided with a receptacle for the comb, with a Hush lid sliding into grooves lo cover It and a mirror Is set In the bottom of the compartment. Alt Aitslrollau has patented n neck tie which has a number of buttonholes worked lu the neckliniid at short ins tances apart, one of which Is fastened to the collar button when the tie Is ad Justed. A Michigan man has patcMcd a hiiiidy euffliolder lu winch a wire rod Is lilted wlllt a spring flump at out end for attachment lo the shirt sleeve, with the other end twisted Into a spiral to be Inserted Into the cuff buttonhole. Hand saws are prevented from stick ing In the piece of wooil which Is being cut out by a new oiler which Is set in a recess In the handle and discharge a small quantity of oil on the blade aud Into tin' slot at each downward eut. La ups will not explode or take fire wiieu overturned If u new attachment Is used consist lug of a weighted or spring lever lu the bottom of :1m lump, to drop downward as soon as tl u lamp base Is lipped from the table, a chain being fastened to the lever to operate an extinguisher on the top of ihe wick lube. In a new baby carriage the sides and ends of the body are formed of small metal strips pivoted together at the ends to fold up, with tho bottom aud truck made lu sections, which nro hinged together, the whole ciirrlage being contained In' a space about as large across us tho wheels when It Is folded. It Could Nut I to. Little Ham stood on the mitlti fleck of the ark, crying bitterly. "What Is tho matter, my sou?" In quired Noah, pausing lu his effort to Induce the pterodactyl to censo annoy ing the Ichthyosaurus, "I been all through the nnlmul quar ters and 1 don't see any red lemonade stands or peanuts nnd I think, your old circus Is no good," walled the youth. How lu tho world did Hnm know any thing about cltctis, though? Halilnioro American, Production of llornx, Tho United Slates produces as much boruy is tho rest of tho world com blued. It limy bo sweet to dlo for one's coun try, but tho u vertigo man doesn't euro for sweet things.