; Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report i ABSOLUTELY PURE THE EMPTY HOUSE. . The ancient apple tree that standi ' . ' ' ' Beside the black, decaying eaves Once more has both her crooked hands Half full of Maytime flowers and leaves. But the old gray house where the gold haired ' - children -. . - .. Blossomed out from window and door At the early kiss of the warm May sunshine ,. The old gray house will bloom no more. In that old apple tree again Their loving nest the bluebirds fill; They warble to the mild spring rain. With musio soft the mornings thrill, , But the old gray house with her vacant win dows, - Whore never a rosy cheek Is pressed, ' , Where all Is silence and void and shadow, Ho birds come back, to her empty nest. Irene Putnam In Good Housekeeping. WHAT FIREMEN FIND. Ihey Pick Up Cnrtous Articles Sometimes. A Touching Incident. "Well, sir, " said a stalwart looking fireman the otherday, "we fellows don't have much time for looking about for finds when a house is burning and per haps people's lives are at stake, yet we do come across things occasionally. -i "A brothen wearer of the brass helmet nsed to tell how he was once at. a fire art ri a t i rr nn frir, a tin in malrlnor nia . way through the house positively saw DanK notes Duraiug away ukh bu mauy pipe light He picked np as many as he possibly could, stuffed them in his pook ets and went on wjth his work. After 'the conflagration had ceased the man 1 1 fA. 1 . . 1 1 1 J wm) was ieir in cnarge pmea up amuug tue embers an old iasmouea pepper oox dollars, and a further search brought i . . . i mm to a uumuer 01 rare uiu suver spoons. , ; ", ' , "I have myself found two or three checkbooks, and once a set of false teeth, which I popped in my pocket and soon after was able to return to the owner, , without a doubt. , I once brought.out a genuine Stradivarius a violin worth several hundreds of dollars while dia monds' and other jewelry have been saved in plenty. ' f ' "Indeed there are a thousand and one ' ttntirra a firomtin flnria and cgvDB thnncrh " perhaps that which gave me the greatest : satisfaction was an old rag doll, jit was a touching little incident and quite true. '"'''It happened at a big fire, and in the midst of the excitement; whioh I as sure you few people realize the word went forth that a little child was 'up Btaira I don't want to boastvbnt away I went. I found her on the second floor, asleep in her little crib, with this old doll by her side. I caught the child in my arms and she awoke. She looked up in my face and seemed to understand that I was saving ber froVn'the flames. " "Dolly I Dolly I she cried., "The next instant aye, quicker than it takes to tell you I "had the old rag doll, and my pals told me that if any artist could only have painted us as we appeared me with the youngster in my arms, and she cuddling np her treasure why, there wouldn't have been anoth er picture in the land to touch it I " Boston Traveller. . i' : Didn't Understand Twins. ' . " A festival in the family drew home ward the scattered kindred. The boys, twins, had been lone Darted, and mean while one had married and in his wid- owerhood reared his little son. now 7 years old. To him,, by name Bobby, newly arrived in tne nouse, enters tne nncle whom he had never seen, so per fect a corroboration of his father that .Bobby runs to him at once, clings' to him and hugs his knees. A moment lat er, when his father really came and the laughing company were on the brink of uummuuD uiiu Bxpimiutiun, ui poor in tie man, giving him one mortally shocked glance, fell to the floor, sob-1 bins?, ."Don't want two papas!" ' ' The resident puppy, familiar with the bachelor brother, had almost as disturb ing an experience, tie siarea ana starea at Bobby's father, upon their introduc tion, sniffed at his garments, wavered and stared again.' Then he leaped upon his own friend and next npon the image and echo of him bewildered, and finally backed into the corner, after making a brave stand against the supernatural, his insulted eye npon both men, barking and growling and indulging generally in the -doggerel ' for thunder. Chap Book., ' The children of foreigners, as a rule, use English in preference to the lan guage of their parents,, especially after they begin to go to school. The words "Emerald Isle, " as applied to Ireland, were first used by Dr. Dren- can in aCpoem entitled "Erin. ' Fair Sailing through life for the person who keeps in health. With -a torpid liver and the irajlure blood that follows it, "you are an easy prey to all 9orts of ailments. That "used-up "-feeling is the first warning that your liver isn't doing its work, i That is the time to take Dr. Pierce's Gold en Medical Discovery. A9 an appetizing, restorative tonic, to repel disease and build up the needed flesh and strength, there's nothing to equal it It rouses every organ into healthful action, purifies and enriches the blood, braces up the whole system, and restores health and vigor. - , - . mm K8 WONDERFUL NERVE. A Man Who Looked on Calmly While tike Surgeons Gut Off His Foot. .' Thomas E. Byrnes, a molder, had a portion of his right foot crushed by be ing run over by a Lake Roland car yes terday morning, which necessitated the amputation of about one-half of the loot. During the amputation Byrnes gave one of the most stolid exhibitions of nerve and impassiveness to pain ever witness' ed. Drs. B. F. Blake and Geer made preparations to put their patient under the innuenoe of chloroform for this pur pose, but when Byrnes was informed of what they were about to do he amazed them by telling them to go ahead with the cutting, but that he didn't want a narcotic The physioians feared he couldn't stand it, robust as he is, and plainly told him so, but Byrnes was firm and said he would get through it all right Then the surgeons proceeded as gen tly as possible. The pain must have been terrible. Just imagine taking a knife and sinking it down into the flesh, sever' ing bones and jointsl "It's enough to make one shudder, " said a bystander, a surgeon, too, accustomed to the horrors of a surgioal hospital. But Byrnes never even winced. He sat in the chair with folded arms, braced himself against the back of the seat and watched the move ments of the knife. There was no moan, no rolling of the eyes, no twitching absolutely no indication of the terrible pain except the pallor of his face. The operation over, Byrnes thanked the sur geons, who seemed to be far more con oerned and anxious that the job come to an end than the heroio patient Bal timore American. ' . ... DUCKED IN SACKS. But the Saltan's Affection Made the Opera- tlon a Mild One. , ' Odd stories are coming from Constan tinople in connection with the recent earthquakes. One has been told of Gjus uf Block, physician to the sultan. The earthquake damaged the part of the palace in which he lives, and suddenly two favorite wives of the sultan were preoipitated through the ceiling into the doctor's room. All three fled from the building before it collapsed and found the sultan himself in the court yard. .'.- The stern practice of Islam left the sultan no choice but to tie up his two wives in sacks and plunge them into the Bosporus, they having been gazed upon by a profane giaour. Fortunately the sultan cherished affection for both of them, and' having consulted the grand mufti he saw his way to have them pun ished symbolically. They were put into sacks whioh were properly sewed up and duly taken to sequestered spots on the banks of the Bosporus, and in the presence of a number of praying imams gently dipped into the soft, blue waters, after which the women were deemed to be purified. They were then removed to a new home and, restored to their con jugal rights. London Truth. " Wonderful Fecundity of Flowers. ' " A single seed of the common sweet pea of the Emily Henderson variety has been known to produce a stalk yielding 2,000 flowers per month during the flowering season, which generally lasts from June lo to Oct 1. A record of the floWers cut from it row of these peas 60 feet in length, plants or vines standing at a distance of nine inches apart, shows that the first flowers were pluoked on June 11 and the last on Oct. 20. Even though badly matted which made close cutting almost impossible and allowed many thousand to go' to seed the 60 foot row exhibits the following remark' able reoord: Flowers removed during June, 20,000; July, 17,500; August, 26,000; September, 6,400; October (up to the evening of the 19th), 8,500; total, 78,400. As noted, a large num ber went to seed, besides the buds that were . smothered out on account of the vines being so badly matted. There is scaroely a doubt but that the row would have yielded above 100,000 flowers dur ing the season had conditions been more favorable. St Louis Republic k ; Packing Ice In Snow. When I first began to put np ice, we were told to pound it up to pack be tween the cakes. " That was very good. Then we were told to pour water over it and freeze it all solid. This I did once, but never shall again. It made hard work in getting it out No shape or size to it When cut perfectly square, 'all of one size, it will pack so olosely that it needs no chinking, but that is seldom done. The last few years I have packed in snow. When a layer is in, throw on snow, take a broom and sweep the cracks full, leaving some on the sur face for the next layer. . When done, cover the whole with sawdust so thick that it will not melt Every block willJ come out just as it went in, with no trouble to loosen it. Some pack sawdust between the cakes. This I do not Mike. It freezes to the ice and is hard to get off without cutting. Lay the cakes so the space between them will be large at the top; then cram in snow, and you will be more than pleased with the re sult. Country Gentleman. r ' - Neatness and Health. ''. Cleanliness is the safeguard of health. People who are not cLan catch all man ner of unpleasant things. The history of plagues is the history of unsanitary conditions. When the cholera'shows its hideous claws, the authorities begin at once to clean up the foul neighborhoods. Mortality is frail, but its preservation is neatness. New York World. FLOOD OF THE NILE. THE GREATEST EVENT OF ALL THE ' YEAR .AT CAIRO. ;' Impressive Ceremonies at the Cutting of : the Bank to Allow the Water to Flow Into the Canal The Ancient Kilometer ' on the Island of Koda. -' The tourist who only comes to Egypt to shon "winter and foul weather" knows nothing of the majestio glories of the Nile flood. ". The ancient Nilometer at the south end of the island of Boda, just above Cairo, is one of the most interest ing sights of the' place. The water en ters from the river by a culvert into a . well about 18 feet square, with a gradu ated stone pillar in the center. On each side of the well is a recess about 6 feet wide and 8 feet deep, surmounted by a pointed arch, over which is carved in relief a Kufio inscription, and a similar inscription is carried all around the well, Consisting of verses of the Koran. A staircase goes down the well, from the steps of which the initiated may read the height of the. water on the pil lar, but they are few in number, and the hereditary sheikh of the Nilometer, whose duty it is to keep the record, is a person of some' importance The Nil ometer dates from A. D. 861, and I be lieve in. the archives of Cairo may' be found the daily record for 1,000 yeara I need hardly tell you that when our English engineers took the river in hand we established a number of gauges at Wadi-Halia, Assuan, Cairo and many other points on more scientific principles than the venerable Nilometer of the Boda island. ; , , , ; i After' the river has begun to rise its height is daily chanted through the Cairo streets until it reaohes 16 cubits on the gauge At this point the Khalig el Masri, the old canal that flows through the heart of Cairo, is opened up to this point it is dry, and full or empty it is little more than a sanitary abomination at present, but in former days it occu pied an important place, and when the Nile water , was high enough to flow down its bed it was looked on that the flood had fairly set in, and that the kind ly fruits of the earth might be duly ex pected..' ' - ; ;. ., The head of this canal is on the right bank of the river, just south of Cairo. The water enters a channel some 80 feet wide, with a high wall on its left and a sloping ' bank on its right or southern flank. The water then flows under the pointed arch of an old stone bridge' The bed of the canal is cleared so that it would flow in at a gauge of about, 14 cubits, but an earthen bank is thrown across it about four feet higher. .' There is no more interesting ceremony in Egypt than the annual cutting Of the khalig, as the opening ceremony is called. It takes place between Aug. 5 and 15. Days before preparations are made for the festival. Tents with innu merable lamps are placed along the wall on the, one side Frames for all manner of fireworks are erected on the sand bank on the other side. AU the notables are there in full uniform or in canonicals. The khedive himself or his representa tive, the Sheikh ul Islam, the. highest dignitary of the Mohammedan faith; the Sheikh el Bekri, the Sheikh el Sadat, all the learned scribes of the.great uni versity of the Azhar, the cabinet minis ters and undersecretaries, the Birder of the army and his staff, the judges and the financiers. The Egyptian troops era turned out, salutes are fired, and about 8 o'clock in the warm summer night the classes all assemble under the gayly lighted tents, the masses crowd round the frames for the fireworks, the street is lined with harem carriages full of closely veiled figures, though it is not much that they can see from their broughams. Out in the river just opposite the canal's mouth is moored an old hulk of a certain sea going outline, which has been towed up. from Bulak during the day and is an emblem of the time when the great re public of. Venice sent an envoy to wit ness the ceremony. This boat is full of lamps, and fireworks too. As the night deepens the excitement increases. The populace on the bridge and opposito bank are shouting, yelling and dancing wildly round the flreworka On the other side are the gay uniforms and lighted tents, from which we can look over the wall down on the dark wa ter, where you see brown figures plung ing in and, waist deep, digging with their hoes at the embankment that blocks the canal's mouth.' Long before midnight the fireworks have gone out and left the splendid stars to themselves ; the grandees have all gone to bed, but the people keep up the revelry, and in the morning, by 7:80, every one has come back. Then but little of the bank is left uncut, and a few more strokes of the big hoes will do it, and the brown skins and brown water reflect the bright sunlight from above. Then the Sheik hul Islam solemnly thanks the Almighty, i Allah the all powerful, the all merciful He implores his blessing on the flood, and at a signal the bank is cut, the wa ters rush in, and with them a crowd of swimmers. A bag of silver piasters is scattered among them, and the ceremony is at an end. Nature Always on Time. Washington had many admirable traits worthy of imitation, and one of them was rigid punctuality. This was well illustrated by an incident during his visit to Boston 100 years age Having appointed 8 'O'clock in the morning as the hour at which he should set out for Salem, he mounted his horse just as the Old South clock wad striking that hour. The company.of cavalry which was to escort him did not arrive till after bis departure and did not overtake him till he had reached Charles river bridge. Exchange.: ' t Concealment No JLonger Necessary. Mrs. Oldun Why, my dear, you look ten years older since you were married. Mrs. Youngun And I am. You know have been only 22 for the past ten years. Detroit Free Press. . ;.'. . Urnmmul and Byron Byron, while walking along Piccadil ly one bright summer morning, encoun tered Beau Brummel, who was return ing fro his tailor's. f . , "How are you, Brummel?" said the poet ' . .'"Pretty well, thank you," returned the beau. "I've been reading 'Don Juan."' v '! ': y " Yes?" said Byron, with a smile "There is some clever rhyme in it " "So?" observed Byron, with affected surprise ' ; "And some pretty good versification. " "Ah?" Returned the poet . "Why don't you try your hand at poe try, Byron?" asked Brummel.1 The two never spoke to each other again. ' ' ' - -" . Followed Orders. " "Confound it!" exclaimed Jackson. "What a stupid feljowthat jeweler is J '"How so?" inquired his friend. : "Why, I told him the other day that I wanted engraved on the engagement ring the letters 'from A. to Z. ' 'from Arthur to Zenobia, ' you know and the Idiot went to work and put in the whole alphabet I" Elmira Telegram. ';. SMALL BEGINNINGS Make great endings sometimes., Ailments that we are apt to consider trivial often grow, through neglect, into atrocious maladies, dau- ferous iu themselves and productive of others, t Is the disregard of the earlier indications of 111 health which leads to the establishment of all sorts of maladies on a chronic basis. More over, there are certain disorders Incident to the season. Bach as ' malaria and rheumatism, againfct which it Is always desirable to fortlty the system after exposure to the conditions which produce (hem. Cold, damp and miasma are surely counteracted by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. After you have Incurred risk from these influences, a wlueglassful or two of Hos tetter's Stomach Bitti-rs directly afterward should be swallowed. For malaria, dyspepsia, liver complaint, kidney and bladder trouble, nervousness and debility it is the must deserv edly popular . of remedies and preventives. A wineglassful before meals promotes appetite. Tom Are you going to the seashore this Slim mer, Dick? Dick Well, I don't know; it will be cheaper to sit on my porch and see the bloomer girls go by. , , DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CUBED By local applications, as they cannot reach, the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure Deafnesa, and that is by , constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an' inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its nor mal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in flammed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. ' F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O... Sold by Druggists, 75c. ...-, "Doau'put In yoh time perducln' advice," said Uncle Eben. "De mahket foh it am mighty po'. Ef er man teks it foh ntiffln, he amli'ble ter aok like he done yo' a favor." Piso's Cure for Consumption relieves the most obstinate coughs. Rev, D. Buch muklleb, Lexington, Mo., Feb. 24, 1891. Tbt Gikkia for breakfast. 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