Dm Days Is im Iw 18,891. '
As mailt rmdm well know, don dys
Include Urn period from July I to Aug.
11, and take their name from Slnu,
known is the "Dog Star." Sirius is the
mcwt brilliant of the filed Mara, and in at
the head of the constellation Cania Major,
or Great Dog. Thii star, during to
period which we refer to as dug days,
niea with the iron or within the same
hour Owing to this, the astronomers
ay that the dog atar rises "heliaoaUy"
from July 8 to Ang, 11.
The Egyptian, who worshiped the
dog aa a aacred beast, as did several
othera of the ancienta, attributed the ex
treme beat of summer to the tnllnenoeof
the Canis Major constellation; the pres
ent Egyptians, however, knew nothing
of this myth, with the exception of the
not known ae the Copts. But with other
nations it is different With many the
superstition has been perpetuated and
handed down to generation after genera
tion nntil the present time, when the
most intelligent people of the realm
ieak of dog days as a season of baleful
glares and breeaea.
But in the far future this will all be
changed. By a regular shifting of the
point where the sun crosses the eqnator,
which ia caused Of what is termed the
"procession of the equinoxes," the time
will come, in about 11,000 years, when
this evil designiug Great Dug constella
tion will only rise with the sun in mid
winter. Wonderful, indeed, is great
Dame Nature, which causes the bugs
planets to swing to and fro like gigantie
)iendulnina strong on invisible wires,
bringing the seasons in regular rotation
with Unerring certainty. St Louis Re
public. '
lr. Molnl4rs Smoking Trwa.
Among the people of Norcross Dr. Mo
Daniel, in bis yard, grows an ordinary
mulberry tree.
Mrs. McDaniel, while sitting on the
veranda, saw a puff of smoke emerge
from one of the limbs. She rubbed her
eyes to see if it was not an optical delu-
. mon, but when she looked again she saw
another puff of smoke spring from an
other limb.
She called to ber husband that the
tree was on fire. The doctor came out
and was no leas astonished than his wife,
for the whole tree was puffing smoke, tt
came out in jets from the limbs like a
boy smoking a cigarette. The doctor
climbed into the tree, but could see
nothing unusual about it, not a place in
" the bark being broken. The smoke was
mziug from the bark and could be plain
ly seen as it flouted off on the breete.
There was no odor to it whatever, but it
was white in color and looked like to
bacco smoke.
Dr. McDaniel called in his neighbors,
and they too were mystiiied. Soon the
news of the smoking tree spread, and
opla from all over town flocked to the
doctor's fauma. From 4 o'clock until t
the tree continued to emit puffs of smoke
while a crowd of about 100 people
watched it Atlanta Journal '
Collage hwngs aa Titer Really Are.
The Weld Ulee club ought to begin to
make itself beard now, The nights are
getting quits) balmy, and all the yard
dwellers ait in their open windows long
ing to howl "Morel More!" when tbe
sweet strains of "The Mulligan Musket
eers," "Lixette," etc., float through the
yard- .
New member should be elected to the
W. (i. C A few men who can hold the
ir and don't care about singing tenor
would be great acquisitions. There ia I
one man now who persists in singing
first tenor in every song, and it would be
very painful if he'diiln't happen to strike
the right notos occasionally, entirely by
accident. , Such Uuugs will happen,
though.
If somebody would learn the words to
something be would oonfur a favor, be
cause there is a certain qneerness in
thirty or forty voioe all saying, "Poro-pom-pom-pom-poin.
" These songs with
out words are very pusaei you really
ought to learn a few verses for them.
Harvard Lauipoou.
Elsie's Numerous Oraudparents.
Elsie iJliase, daughter of Charles and
Clara Chase, of Yarmouth, has more
grandfathers und grandmothers than any
child in Massachusetts, all of whom are
now living I give below the names:
Edward and Mary Chase, grandfather
and grandmother.
Charles and Emma Ellis, grandfather
and grandmother.
Charles and James Ellis, great-grandfather
and groitt-gmndtuother.
Jerry anil Cordelia Chase, great-grandfather
and great-grandmother.
Matthews and Kuth B. (Jray, great
grandfather and great-grandmother.
Adeline Niokersou, great-greal-grand-mother.
'
Jerry Walker, great-great-grandfather,
. '
This is very remarkable, six grand
fathers and six grandmothers, and all
living, making a collection that has no
equal in this uonutry. Cape Cod Item.
, Booking Passengers. . :
A railway clerk will "book" 800 pas
sengers an hour. In the days when be
had really to book thoui, to write their
names lu a book, be would Itave,
thought the 800 a good day's work. The
saving of lulxjr lias been enormous, and,
unlike moat inventions, the ticket re
main much its it was at first It it
still numbered and dated, as it was
then, and its only changes have been
in color inn! the words printed on It.
London Tit Hiu.
K.r Barbing .
A friend whom 1 bare missed for many month)
Came bark lo me this morning. 1 was ears.
W ben first I wakened, something good woeJ4
comei '
Ths skr was fnll of pmmUwa. The earth
Heomed ready for what heaven might bestow,
And U forewarned anil watchful of eaeb sign,
Wan standing at my window when 1 beard
A oomlAg, not of footsteps, but of wings,
And tliers be was, nr dear red breasted friend!
Oh, how my heart and eyes went ont to hunt
My bean with Joy, my eyes to see if a
Looked travel worn or weary with his fllghtt
But with the same old Jaunty air 1 loved.
Be fluttered weariness from off bis wings.
And turned and looked Inquiringly at ms.
It was so sweet to wetoome him oooe moist
To know that he wss faithful, and that I
Might now look forward to the oertatnty
Of seeing all the promises falUllodi .
Esob leaflese tree a beta wore of green;
A lresdy flowery May had oome, and Jons
Was waiting with ber train o'er yonder bilh
I saw It all, while yet tbe earth was bare,
Because my little friend wss bere and knew
It all was oomlng, and would have me know.
Then be baoame so glad he sang, and 1
1 bowed my bead and shed some happy tears.
Mary A. Mason In Boston TransoripL
- Chlvalreas Devotion,
At the most extensive aquarium in
England, the Brighton Zoo, the female
lobster recently cast her shell She
screwed herself up together on the toes
and tail and suddenly bent her body.
Snap went the shell in its center, and the
case of the back came away in one piece.
Tbe claws were ber next care, and she
worked away at them for a long time.
It was a proceeding of extreme deli
cacy, considering that all the flesh of tbe
great claw bad to be passed through tbe
small base. During the operation one
claw came off altogether, and thia must
have seemed to tbe lobster lady a serious
misfortune, as it will not grow to its full
size again nntil the second year. The
tail and legs gave very little trouble, and
the body, when thus undressed, proved
to be of a pale blue.
The shell casting over, the lobster sank
on tbe sand, and this action seemed a
signal for tbe attack of every creature in
the tank. ' -
The defenseless victim bade fair to suc
cumb to the fury of ber enemies, when
tbe male lobster suddenly came to the
rescue. Standing over his helpless bet
ter half, be fought ber assailants relent
lessly. Day and night did be watch over
her, until ber shell was sufficiently hard
ened to protect ber in fighting ber own
battles.
When thia happy moment arrived be
deliberately picked up the old claw,
broke rt in his nippers, and ate the meat
Be then dug a bole in the sand, placed in
it tbe broken bits of shell, buried them,
and piled a number of small stones above
the grave. Vouth'a Companion.
Aa Interesting Will Case
An interesting case and one of peculiar
complication was disposed of by the
court in Allentown recently. When the
wife of tbe late Peter Maury, of West
Bethlehem, died two or three years ago,
she left a will bequeathing all her prop
erty, real or personal, to her husband,
and it was stipulated that after his death
the estate should revert to "our heirs,"
to quote tbe language of the document
Maury married a second wife, and a
few weeks after the ceremony be waa
taken sick with a fever and died.
Bis widow brought suit against the
heirs, Frank and Ueorge Maury and
Mrs. 0. Benner, for a dower right in the
property, which was one-third of the
estate for life. The main question dis
cussed before the court was whether the
Interest of Peter Maury in the estate
s an absolute one or a life one only.
J udge Albright i ook the latter view of tbe
affair and rendered a decision in favor
of the heirs, oue of whom lives in Texas,
Tbe property is valuable and is situated
in West Bethlehem. Before bis death
Maury gave his wife a check for $500 or
$00 which be huif in bank. Philadel
phia Lodger. ,
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A New Way of Getting Poatage Stamps,
The postal authorities appear to re
gard the need for additional conven
iences in tbe way of stamp distribution
as real, for they have licensed a syndi
cate to attach to a selected number of
pillar boxes, experimentally, an ingen
ious piece of tuecnanism working upon
the "penuy-in-tbe-slot" principle. By
two movements of the baud the delivery
is obtained of a small envelope contain
ing a memorandum book full of useful
postal information, with blank leaves
which might serve for letter paper, and
in the covet of the book is securely in.
sorted a penny stamp. The syndicate
looks for its profit not to the commission
on the sale of the stamps, but to the in
come from advertisements inserted in
the books. London Telegraph.
The mad king of Bavaria sometimes
smokes as many as 100 cigarettes a day.
For each cigarette he uses an entire box
of matches, touching off the others to see
them burn after he has used one to se
cure a light with. lie has a new suit of
black broadcloth made for him twic
very week, but he never uses a hand
kerchief, towel or napkin. lis refuses to
go near water and never bathes.
An old apple woman known as "Kitty"
has just died in Lroudon at the age of one
hundred and four. She kept a little stand
near St. James' ball, where she often
sold oandy to Lord Nelson and apples to
Pitt and Fox.
it is proposed, if permitted, to intro
duce into the Loudon streets tbe steam
carriages which have proved a success
in I'lu is. They are said to be more under
tbe control of tbe driver than is a horse.
THE WESTERN flKTTTEH'l CHOSXN
8FK01V10,
With everr advenes of emlvrstlon into the far
Went a new demand la erealcMi for Hoatltter's
Stomach Hitters. Newly peopled regions are fre-
Snently loss salubrious than older settled looall
m on account of the miasma whtcb rlaca from
recently cleared land, particularly along the
banks of rivers thai ale subject to freshets. The
aitrtcultural or mining emfaraiit aoon loams,
when he does not already know, that the Hittcra
afford the only aura protection against malaria
hum muse cuflmaen w uie sumiscn, liver aim
bowela, towhlch climatic ohans.es, exposure and
unaccustomed orunhealthy water or diet subject
him. Consequently he place an estimate upon
thia great houachnld specific and preventive
oomtnonaitraut with lis intrinsic merit, and la
careful to keep on hand s restorative and pro
moter of health so implicitly to be relied upon
la time ot need.
A Rival of Napoleon. Not to he outdone by
Napoleon Bonaparte, the American bog has
Grossed the Alps.-
ALL REFORMERS
la Art, Religion or Botenoe fllaoe the
wona negan
Have at some time been called bigots, fa
natics, renegades. And a neopie have
stoned a prophet to whose memory the
next generation has raised a monument for
the greatness of his deeds.
Pkohohish. Wash.. Aug. 19. 1801.
Dr.J.EnariuJrirdan.ilenttU. Wuih. 1)eas
DocToai Will have to write vou that 1 ain
surprised to find myself so greatly improved
in so little time,snd am pleased to say thst
1 oould not give your medicines too great
praise. My nealth was gone. I felt that
meaicines couiu oo me no gooa. x was
hopeless of ever recovering. 1 thought too
late to try your medicines, but with death
staring me in the face I determined to do
so. 1 am nleased that 1 did it. for at this
date I hsve received tenfold tbe price of the
meaicines. li i snouia say one aunurea
fold, it would not he overvaluing tbe dif
ference in my health. I feel like another
man. Yours respectfully,
James H. Htsoh.
East Homo, Wash., Ang. IS, 1W1.
Dr. J. tiuatnf. Jordan. Seattle. Wanh Dkashis:
It ha been aome lime since I have written to
vou
'ou, but 1 have been getUufr along so well that I
did not think it necessary, lnaveutopped taking
if!
ly
tne ireauncui now, ana i Dencve t am enim-r
well. Your medicine have done' what you told
lie they would do they hare made anew woniBn
of me. I now feel like myself attain, after suf
fering tor eight years with catarrh of the head
and bronchi, ana that very painful thing neu
ruleia of the stomach. I took three months'
medicine, both my husband and myself feel aa
though we cannot he thankful enough U you for
what you have done for me. 1 hope that every
one who is suffering as 1 was will hear of Dr.
Jordan and Mb moat valuable medicines. Yours
moat respectfully, Ms. 0. AasurraoNo.
Dr. Jo da i's office is at the residence of
ex-Mayoi esler, Third and James streets,
oeattie. vvasn.
Consultations and prescriptions absolute-
Send for free book explaining the Histo-
genetic syBtein.
Cautiob, The Hlstogeiietic Medicines
are sold ia but one sgenoy in each town.
ine utoei arounu me nottie Dears me 101
lowimr inacrintion: "Dr. J. Ktlffene Jor
dan, Histogenetio Medicine." Every other
aevioe is s iraua.
In the Reatsursut. Mr. KeederWhat's that
awful thumping out thereT Waiter Dat'e de
ouok, Yo' ordered s tenderloin alsk, didn't
yo' aah!
BBONCHtTie.For Hoarseness and Bore
Throat "ifnww'i Bronchial Trocftei" are a
specific
Don't You Believe It. The man who fights
tor a girl generally quarrels with ber as soon ss
be get ber.
I july or gentleman wanted to represent associ
ation of portrait painters. Permanent position.
For particulars address Leonardo Association,
101 West Uat, Sew York Cltv.
3
LOST TliVSE.
Newton; 111.
PROM 1863 to 1885
. about 23 years
I suffered with
rheumatism of the
hip. I was cured by
the use of
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IMITATORS AMI IMI-OSTOHtt.
The uneqnaled success of Am.cock's Po- 1
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stimulated unscrupulous parties to put
forth imitations, which they endeavor to
sell on the reputation of Aucoct's. It is
sn absurdltv to sneak of them in the aame
category as thegenulne and original porous
piaster, i neir pretensions are uiilouncled,
their vaunted merit unsupported by facts,
their alleged superiority to or equality with
Allcook a a false pretense.
The ablest medical practitioners and
chemists and thousands of grateful pa
tients unite in declsring Ai.lcock's Poaous
rnASTiaa tne oen external remedy Known.
Bald-headed eentleman In nit fto lad in
dress circle) Madam, I respect your emotion,
out yon are weeping on my head.
The Bsnk of England receives and pays
out gold by weight, and as every plug of
Star tobacco is carefully weighed to see
thst it is a full sixteen-ounce pound before
being packed in the box, it would seem
that the manufacturers of Star Plug are de
termined to give consumers a sixteen-ounce
plug-
WILEY B. ALLEN A CO.,
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trol and management of the Hlemway Pianos. All
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OMR I5JCJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
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Liver and liowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
tehee and fevers and cures habitua
constipation permanently. For Bale
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The Specific A No. I.
farm, without fell, all cwp of sUonurr
hwu itud Ulvot, no mutter vt liuw lung
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litwfailwl, aoid liv all Di iigttlsts.
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AGENTS WANTED ON SALARY
or ttt)iniiBton. to huadie tbafifW IHU'iiti.itinilcal
Ink KruHinK 1'oitril. Agf nta making k5t per week.
Jiouroii Kraiwril'fg To., iUaCrotiatj, Wis. Boi 831.
iftf lTiuai.B71iiifour(Uvsou in vKltK-tnc Cornets
priuts, bMUul I)rBrlUnanlBroadway,N.Y.
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A Pure Cream of Tartar Powdnr.
Superior to every other known.
Used in Millions of Homes
40 Years the Standard,
Delicious Cake snd Pastry, Light Flaky
Biscuit, Griddle Cakes, Palatable
snd Wholesome, .
Mo other baking powder does such work.
The most popular brand of
smoking tobacco in the United
States. It is made from to
bacco at least three years old.
Its rich mellow smoke, has
never been equaled.
Seal of North Carolina is now packed
in Patent Cloth Pnuehes, aa well aa in foil.
rLEXlBLEfc-
And "Best"
J'i
Mulish Diamottd ttrand in and nM win.
Ihssr ktnfJ. Rtfuit StibititutionM A ixii.ifineaa.
DRIED FRUIT
Will be plenty and cheap this year. New Anncora,
PKM'HSB. NBCTARINBS. APPLES. CHBSSIia. HLil-lf.
aUHKlH I1UW UUCTltig. YI9 ()
s quote-
Aoricots, fine.......
.T.e.io.iE
Peaches, choice ,...,..,
Nectarines, extra,.,
a, 10, 12
7, a, 10
10, is
8, 4
s. a,
7, a. a
13, IS
ho, as
Applet, bright
Apples, aldea dried m
Grapes, iSga, good
rtattlns, 1890, prib,...
Prunes, iBoa, good n,
fil ickberrfes, 1891, fins..,,
Gherriea, pitted, idol.
Figs, 1891, black Cal
sis...
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Other fruits In viriitv. The itvtv an for flue oualiivt
dark. old. or inferior lots we offer lower. Small discount
to Hotels, Boarding Houmi, Dealen, and otltei large
buyers, Canned goods art lower; set next naper. t
offer a generat variety of gooda for family us
at clow prices, and want a share of your tradfe Aah
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Planting, send for Price List.
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