Wisconsin Weekly Advocate

WISCONSIN WEEKLY ADVOCATE DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE NEGRO RACE BASE INGRATITUDE. There is a certain family in Milwaukee whose members are noted for their ingratitude. No matter what, or how much you do for them they never thank you. Mother—daughters—sons! all alike. The more one does for them the more they demand and the meaner they treat him. They seem to have absolutely no sense of appreciation. They have been known to live in a man's house all winter without paying one cent of rent and then abuse him if he asks them to move. People have fed them when they were hungry and visited them when they were sick only to find that as soon as their stomachs were fused and they got up on their feet the hand that had administered to their wants was the first one they would bite. They have more gall than a cage of brass monkeys and more nerve than a whole nest of skunks. We are told by a certain lady that she almost kept them from starving one winter besides begging money for them, and that they repaid her by accusing her of undermining them in getting a house and by saying all kinds of mean and contemptible things about her. It is unnecessary for the Advocate to call any names. "By their deeds ye shall know them." REV. ADAMS SPEAKS A Credit to the Race-An Honor to the Pulpit! As is the custom when the Baptist connection holds its annual association meeting, the several churches are afforded the opportunity of hearing some of the "Sons of Thunder." This year the North Wood River association assembled at Evanston, Ill., sent to fill the pulpit of Calvary Baptist church, Milwaukee, one of its most able and scholarly men, in the person of Rev. A. A. Adams of Bloomington, Ill., who as a minister of the gospel fully sustained his relation—penciling the same upon the canvas of our vision with the hand of a master. His morning discourse was indeed wholesome and practical to a point. His theme, "Aspiring to Perfection," could not have been more timely or better delivered. He said in part: "Walking before God is a divine command. Walking is action—is life—a real effervescing, scintillating principle, and to walk before God is a duty, high and exalted, the goal of which is of a truth 'perfection.' No poisonous breath can rise so high, nor asp, nor beast of prey. It is that 'highway' spoken of by the prophet, and tuned to harmony by the later day poet in his song, 'Higher Ground.'" At the evening service the reverend gentleman's theme was, "Self Denial." He said in part: "Serious results for ages have taught the absolute necessity of mastering this great lesson, with no greater success than the present day records. Man, bowing to his appetites and passions, does not share but surrenders to them the throne. Evil desires are totally blind to the best interests of him whom they lead. "In affairs secular as well as spiritual, men needs to know and practice the lesson of self denial, illustrated in a beauty and force that will never be surpassed in the poet's lines: Take the lesson to yourself, Take it! hold it fast! The mill will never grind With the water that has passed! "Who can deny that poverty-pinched churches are the lack of a self-denial by its members? And what is true of an institution is true of a man or woman." A crowded house hung in breathless silence on the truthful utterances of this forceful pulpit orator. At each service his presence was an agreeable argument for a thinking gospel ministry, with a renewed heart and a cultivated brain—a ministry that can dig deep into the mysteries of God and bring forth things both old and new, food suitable for the sheep of his pasture. For such a man the church is crying; and such a man is Rev. A. A. Adams. The collection at both morning and evening services was very handsome and reflects credit on the generosity and Christian liberality of those in the audience. Works Like Magic. A little Ozonized Ox Marrow applied to kinky hair makes it straight, smooth and beautiful, just like magic. It is wonderful how quickly and easily it does the work. It gives the hair life and stops it from breaking off or falling out. Cures dandruff and feeds the roots of the hair, making it grow long and silky. Read what Mr. Joseph J. Wheeler, 14 Simpson street, Dayton, O., says about it in a letter, January 13, 1904: "I am using your Original Ozonized Ox Marrow and find it is superior pomade. It started a new growth of hair on a bald spot and I am sure it will do all you claim." Send us 50 cents and we will mail you a bottle postpaid. Address, Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 76 Wabash avenue, Chicago, Ill. The watched pot is never shy any chips.—Town Topics. CREAM CITY NOTES. We will be glad to publish news of local and race interest if left at the office, 38 Eighth street, before 6 o'clock Wednesday evenings. We would respectfully ask our readers to bestow at least a share of their custom upon those who advertise with us. The various remedies and hair restorers advertised in this paper can be had at the advertised price at the office of this paper. In last week's Saturday Evening Post a most interesting article from the pen of T. J. Dixon appeared, which article has created such a sensation that copies of that publication of that date are at a premium. It will receive due attention by the Advocate in its issue of next week. This article should be carefully read and pondered by discriminating persons of both races. We shall endeavor to point out to our readers the truths and the fallacies of Mr. Dixon's argument. ☆ ☆ ☆ The Advocate hails with satisfaction the news that Milwaukee will ere long be a university center. Marquette college, which has for a long time been recognized by educationists as affording the best training to its pupils (regardless of denominational prejudices) of any scholastic institution in the northwest, feels the necessity of enlarging its borders and extending its sphere of usefulness. That this object will be accomplished successfully, we have, judging from the past splendid record of the college and its alumni, no doubt, and The Advocate wishes the proposed scheme the success it deserves. * * * It is a matter of derisive comment by those of an unfriendly disposition to the Negro race that the members of that race will not stick together. The old question. "Can any good come out of Nazareth?" seems to be indelibly impressed on their minds. A certain young woman who is now languishing in the house of correction might still have been enjoying the blessings of freedom had she not been imbued with this idea. ** Mr. and Mrs. William Moore of Metropolis, Ill., Mrs. Sarah L. Mansfield and Mrs. Annie Hobbs of Paducah, Ky., are the guests this week of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Ross, 192 Sixth street. ★ ★ ★ Last week's Literary society in connection with St. Mark's A. M. E. church took the form of an oratorical contest in which two young men, C. R. Crowder and Vincent Saunders, took part. The judges awarded the laurel wreath to the former as displaying more originality, which decision was received with evident favor by the audience. Refreshments were afterwards dispensed in the church hall. * * * The Literary society in connection with Calvary Baptist church has resolved to close until the second Tuesday of October, which we consider a very wise proceeding of the management. ☆ ☆ ☆ Revs. B. P. Robinson and A. W. Herrin have returned from Evanston, Ill., where they attended the North Wood River Baptist association. They report a highly successful meeting, a full report of which will be given by the delegates Sunday evening next. --- Mrs. Nannie O'Neal, 288 Sixth street, has returned home after a two weeks' visit to Chicago. She brings with her as guest Mrs. E. Y. Thomas of 3001 La Salle street who is much charmed with our beautiful city. * * * Miss Drucilla Jackson Green, who has been a resident here for some time, has returned to her mother's home at Indianapolis. * * * Mrs. B. F. Hanson of Bay City, Mich., and Mrs. E. J. Carruthers] of Grand Rapids, Mich., are the guests of Mrs. J. Nelson Freeman, 4:30 Cedar street. Mrs. Hanson is a sister of Mrs. Freeman. * * * Our readers will regret to know that Mrs. Munroe, wife of Mr. Ed Munroe of Munroe Brothers, the popular restaurateurs of the Turf cafe, 194 Third street, has been seriously ill at her residence on Tenth street. Her cheery face has been missed by her many customers and friends, and all deeply sympathize with and wish her a speedy recovery and assure here of a hearty welcome when she returns to her desk. * * * Mrs. R. H. Wise, a former resident of this city, made her mother and friends a flying visit last week. She was welcomed very cordially by her old friends and neighbors. Most of her time was spent with Mrs. Poindexter and Mrs. Blankinbiker. She also visited with Mrs. Goldstone. She left for home Saturday morning last. Mrs. Phelps of 44 Eighth street has gone to Chicago for a brief visit. * * * Sunday next will be woman's day at St. Mark's A. M. E. church. Mrs. S. S. Merrill and Mrs. A. J. Kane, Milwaukee ladies who have always taken the deepest interest in the race, will be amongst the speakers at the evening service. Rev. Dr. Butler of Minneapolis made a stop-over in Milwaukee last night, and kindly consented to fill a gap in the programme of St. Mark's Literary society. Dr. Butler spoke entertainingly of the special work he is engaged in, social settlement work, and emphasized the necessity for such. It Straightened Her Hair. Dear Sirs: I enclose 50 cents for one bottle of Ozonized Ox Marrow. I have tried it and it is so wonderful for straightening kinky hair. I recommend it to all my friends.-The above letter was written by Mrs. Ennis Colbert, Vanderbilt, Pa., June 22, 1904. Ozonized Ox Marrow will straighten your hair, too, no matter how kinky it is. It also cures dandruff, stops hair falling and makes the hair grow. Never fails. Warranted harmless. Send us 50 cents and we will mail you a bottle postpaid. Address, Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 76 Wabash avenue, Chicago, Ill. Miscellaneous Items. —Evanston has a policeman who stops speeding automobiles by shooting holes in the tires. —Two Munich physicians have, by the aid of the X-ray, succeeded in taking a photograph of the human heart between beats. —Among trees the elm reaches an age of 385 years; the ivy, 450; the chestnut, 600; the cedar, 800; the oak, 1500, and the yew, 2800. —The new Missouri river bridge of the Illinois Central at Omaha is now in use. It is the longest drawbridge in the world and cost $2,000,000. —The word "city" was not used in England until after the Reformation; before which time the metropolis was known as Londonburg. A process has been invented by an Englishman for giving artificial age to wood. He replaces the sap of trees by beat sugar or saccharine. The earliest known circulating library was established in Dumfermline, Scotland, in 1711. Allan Ramsay started one in Edinburgh in 1725. The latest cure for seasickness is to wear red glasses all the time you are on the water. But the pretty American girls will continue to be ill. While speeding on his way to his home in St. Louis, Richard T. Brown, 26 years old, died on a North-Western passenger train near Rogers Park. Cape Horn was so named by Sponten, a Dutch sailor, who first "doubled it" from the name of his birthplace, Hoorne, a village on the Zuyder Zee. -Recent measurements show that the new moon gives off little heat, the maxi num being at full moon, and that the heat is absorbed and re-emitted instead of being directly reflected. -More than 100 blackbirds dropped from a tall tree in Bridgeport, Conn., the other night. The birds had nests in the tree, and it is thought that the wholesale slaughter was due to poisoned corn. —Celery is the cultivated variety of the English weed smallage. It was introduced into kitchen gardens in England about the time of the Reformation, by some Italians, who gave it the Italian name "celleri." —It costs money to live in South Africa. A woman resident in Johannesburg pays $50 a month for her cook and $35 a month to a Hindoo servant. In India she would have had to pay only $5 a month for the Hindoo's services. —The oldest ship in the American navy is the frigate Constellation, which is forty-four days older than the Constitution, familiarly known as Old Ironsides. She was launched September 7, 1797. The Constitution was launched October 21, 1797. —Moving pavements, underground, to connect the east and west ends of New York are contemplated. The scheme provides for two platforms, one moving at the rate of nine miles an hour and the other at four, capable of carrying 47,000 passengers an hour. —Every year in London a number of selected samples of the product of the English mint are tried by jury. This curious institution is called the trial of the Pyx. One of every 2000 of the gold coins struck is set apart for this test, and one from each sixty pounds of silver coins. -It has long been a debated question whether the wolves would return with the increase of the number of deers in northern New England. Certain it is that four were seen at East Middlebury, Vt., last week, and the same ones, or others, have been seen before in the same vicinity. -A novel method of getting rid of black smoke, and at the same time turning it to use, is adopted in some Belgian factories. The smoke is driven by fans into a porous receptacle, over which flows a stream of petroleum or similar liquid. The smoke is thus caught and turned into gas that gives great heat, and can be used for running gas engines. —Swallows and house martins build by sticking together pellets of prepared road mud. Most of the material is obtained from the drying puddles on the high roads. If not mixed with anything else the tendency of these pellets would be to crumble when dry. But the swallow tribe is supplied with a mucous secretion which enables it to gum the particles together. THE SPICE OF LIFE. Precaution. I met her on the wave-washed sands One day not long ago; Ah, me, what eyes! What dainty hands! I loved—or told her so. I met her at another place— On Broadway—yesterweek— And tho' we came right face to face We did not even speak. Ah, well! perhaps 'twas better so— To pass and not to see— Her husband walked with her, you know And my wife was with me. Town Topics A Bad Blunder. Every barrister is well awaro that tact in the management of the judge is a great thing. One day a certain treasury counsel was driving over a well-known bridge on his way to the quarter session. Noticing the chairman of the sessions trudging along in the mud and rain, the barrister instantly stopped the hansom and offered him a lift. The offer was at once accepted, and the pair proceeded to their destination in great amity. As soon as they arrived the learned counsel hurried into the courthouse, as he had an important application to make immediately the chairman had taken his seat. But to his intense surprise and chagrin the application was curtly refused. The barrister was completely nonplussed at the sudden change in the demeanor of the chairman, until the usher, in a husky whisper, supplied the explanation by asking: "Do you know what you've done, sir?" "I haven't the slightest idea. Whatever can it be?" was the reply. "Why, sir, you ran in and left the chairman to pay for your cab!"—Tit-Bits. Of Course Not. She—People do not often marry their first loves. He—No not often. At least, not more than once. Political Ambition "But why," persisted the questioner, "do you want to be a senator? There's little money in it. A man of your ability could make much more at almost anything else." "Sir," replied the aspirant, "you seem to think money is every man's idol." "I beg your pardon. I meant no offense." "I know you didn't." said the other, softening. "In confidence, I'll tell you why I want the senatorship. It will enable me to place about fifty of my poor relations in government jobs, and then I'll be rid of 'em."—Newark News. Misunderstood Customer—I'm rather interested in young Mr. De Riter. I want to get a copy of his novel; have you got it? Clerk—We had a small supply a few days ago, but I'm afraid it's exhausted. Customer—Really? I heard it was weak, but I didn't think it was that bad. Philadelphia Press. The Eccentric Depositor H. A. Fuller, toastmaster at the annual banquet of the Pennsylvania bankers' convention in Wilkesbarre last month, introduced with this story the banker who responded to the toast, "Our Depositors." "A depositor- in a neighboring trust company is an eccentric farmer of middle age. This farmer, though he is wealthy, overdrew his account one day to the tune of $500. "Notification of the overdraft was at once sent to him. "You tell me I have overdrawn my account $500. Well, I know it. So what is the necessity of bothering me about it? Why not trust me as I do you? Do I go to you when I have money in your institution and shout: "You have $500 of mine?" Such statements are superfluous either way."—Buffalo Enquirer. A Question of Temperature. The late Judge Mesick was very fond of tabasco sauce, and in traveling around P the primitive towns of Nevada he carried his private bottle with him. He was in a restaurant one day with his private bottle of tabasco in front of him when a stranger came along and sat down in the adjoining seat. He ordered a steak, and when it was placed in front of him he appropriated the judge's bottle and emptied half the contents over the steak. The judge quickly drew his bowie knife, which he concealed under his napkin, ready for any emergency. In another moment the stranger was out on the curb coughing like a volcano. It took him fifteen minutes to get himself organized. Then he made his way back into the restaurant. "Say, stranger," he said, addressing the judge, "if that pesky stuff fits your peculiar temperament you'll think you've struck a snowbank when you hit the next world."—San Francisco Chronicle. Baker Ethel—That Mrs. Gossip has a motor car tongue. Grace—A what? Ethel—One that's always running people down.—Penny Pictorial. Circulated Some "Have you a library in your town?" asked the New York man. "Oh, yes," replied the westerner. "A circulating one?" "Well, it wasn't intended for that sort of a library, but we had two or three cyclones out our way that circulated it considerably!"—Yonkers Statesman. What She Needed. Mrs. Woodby—Dr. Price-Price insists that I must spend the summer at Newport. He says I need a change. Mr. Woodby—So you do; that's a fact. Mrs. Woodby—Ah! you agree to that? Mr. Woodby—Yes, you need a change—of doctors.—Catholic Standard and Times. Living. An easy chair. A shaded light. Some Old King William At my right; A good cigar. A pretty wife. A healthy income— This is life. —Town Topics. A Female Who Butts. "Now," said the teacher, who had been giving an elementary talk upon architecture, "can any little boy tell me what a 'buttress' is?" "I know," shouted Tommy Smart, "A nanny goat."—Philadelphia Press. His Reason. A mother reads to her two sons. Teacher—Why did the children of Israel build a golden calf? Scholar—'Cos they didn't have gold to make a cow. I guess Giving Her Away Youthfully made-up spinster, over 40, just engaged, proudly introduces her young betrothed to the family gardener. Family Gardener—Ah, Miss Letty, I'm that glad. I've been waiting for this day for the last twenty years!—Judy. Poet and Fool. This story of Alexis Piron, the French poet and epigrammatist, is told by the writer of "French Men of Letters." Piron was unfortunate enough to be arrested one night by a watchman in the streets of Paris, and was taken the fol- NUMBER 26. lowing morning before the lieutenant of police, who haughtily interrogated him concerning his business or profession. "I am a poet," was the reply. "Oh, ho! a poet, are you?" said the official. "I have a brother who is a poet." "Then we are quits," rejoined Piron. "for I have a brother who is a fool."-- King. The Strike. "No, sir! This strike will go on until the cause of the oppressed triumphs. It can't be stopped, it can't be crushed. It is a struggle to the finish." "How would about $350 for your personal needs strike you?" "As I said before, this strike can't be crushed—but I didn't say it couldn't be called off. Where's the money?"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. A Fable. There once lived a girl who was a great theorist. She had theories on housekeeping, diet, education, dress and love, which she took great delight in expounding to her family and friends. Now, it so happened that, during a sojourn in a distant city, she met a very nice young man who became enamored of her and whose affection she was inclined to return. But as she had a pet theory concerning engagements, she withheld a definite answer to his entreaties that she become his wife, and said: "Although I love you, I cannot answer you in the affirmative until your affection for me has undergone a test. From what you have told me of yourself, you have associated but little with girls. How, then, can you be sure that your love for me will endure? Therefore leave me for one month, during which time no communication shall pass between us; associate with other girls as much as possible, and if at the end of that time your heart is still true to me I shall become yours for all time." The young man protested and pleaded with all the ardor of love, but the theorist remained firm in her decision. Finally the lover bade her a reluctant adieu, and was off to keep the compact. The weeks went by and the end of the month came. The theorist, who by this time, it must be confessed, had become exceedingly lonesome for the nice young man, attired herself in her most becoming frock and awaited with fluttering heart his coming. A bounding step was heard on the porch. The theorist sprang to the door. A messenger boy handed her a telegram. It read: "Test successful. Am engaged. Girl said yes at once. Has no theories." Moral—A bird in hand often flies out of the window.—Blanche Goodman in Smart Set. A Levician. He—You love me, I know. She—And how do you know? "Why, I love you; therefore, I'm in love. All the world loves a lover, and you are all in this world to me."—Life. An Unusual Case. Prisoner—Yes, I'll admit I killed my mother-in-law—but I'm sorry I done it! His Lawyer—You are? Then perhaps I can get you off on the grounds of insanity!—Smart Set. Too Large for Grave. For the first time in the history of Brooklyn cemeteries a burial permit was refused by the officials of Holy Cross cemetery on account of the size of a body. Patrick H. McGee died weighing about 400 pounds. It was first found impossible to obtain a coffin large enough to hold his body, and a coffin made to order was found to be too large for a single grave. James McGee, a son, tried to purchase an adjoining burial lot, but was told it was against the rules of the cemetery to allow a single body to occupy two lots. Mr. McGee was anxious to have his father buried beside his mother, but was obliged to go to Flushing, where he purchased four additional graves. Accident to New Vessel A curious accident happened during the launching of a vessel from Doxford's yard at Sunderland, England. The ship is a large turret steamer of nearly 5000 tons burden, and her value is $100,000. After traveling a few feet down the slip, she stuck, and although three tons of additional tallow was placed on the ways, she was unable to move. Finally, a portion of the ship collapsed, and the stern of the great boat was plunged into the muddy bed of the river. Nine powerful tugs were employed in the attempt to release her, but without success. It is feared that the strain will break her back. Post Mortem Victim Alive Louis Viel surprised several physicians and nurses at Mercy hospital. Des Moines, Ia., by suddenly regaining life. Shortly after post mortem on him began Dr. Conklin happened to take hold of the supposedly dead man's heart and pinch it slightly. Almost instantly the organ began to throb at a natural rate. The incisions made were quickly closed. Viel regained consciousness a few hours later and will soon be able to leave the hospital. Persecuted, but Invaluable. The motor-car has come to stay; and it is well that it should. It is not difficult to conceive the convenience to a rural village of the motor-car which in time of emergency brings the skillful doctor at express rate from the nearest town to the succor of a sick villager.—Municipal Journal. - Beetles are called the sextons of the animal world because they are always at work burying the dead bodies of other insects and the smaller animals. - The British army authorities believe that it is khakhi that has stopped recruiting. So they are going to return to the scarlet, reserving the khakhi for active service and the training camps. - Teaching history by displaying successive periods by means of dolls is the clever invention of Leo Claretie, an eminent French educationalist, who is also an ardent advocate of rendering education attractive. - A bench made of oak or similar wood which was buried by an earthquake in India 1000 B. C. has lately been placed in the gardens of Windsor castle. The wood has become almost petrified by its long stay in the earth. Honey is not a first-class source of alcohol, but is said to be superior for the sweetening of liquors and as a means of sweetening imperfectly ripened vintages. It is occasionally employed in giving strength and flavor to ale. The new petroleum fuel reported from Switzerland is in the form of briquettes containing four parts of petroleum to one part of secret material. At 15 cents a gallon for oil the cost of each briquette was about $2\frac{1}{4}$ cents, but on a large scale would be much less. The unusual circumstance of a vicar "calling" his own banns of marriage took place recently at St. Stephen's church, Devonport, where Rev. H. H. Leeper published, "for the first time of asking," the announcement of his forthcoming marriage with Miss Denny, daughter of a late naval officer. Workmen engaged in tearing down the Plough Inn at Little Eatling discovered a secret chamber. It was elaborately furnished in old oak. The house is over 500 years old and at one time belonged to the grandmother of Dick Turpin, the famous highwayman. The chamber is supposed to have been his retreat when closely pursued. A Swedish inventor has patented a process for improving the flavor of raw coffee. Coffee is usually stored for several years before roasting, the standing causing slight chemical changes which improve the flavor. This maturing process may be shortened to a few hours by exposing the new coffee to the action of a powerful magnetic field. One of the most wonderful discoveries in science is the fact that a beam of light produces sound. According to Milling, a beam of sunlight is thrown through a lens on a glass vessel that contains lumpblack, colored silk or worsted, or other substances. A disk, having slits or openings cut in it, is made to revolve swiftly in this beam of light so as to cut it up, thus making alternate flashes of light and shadow. Ga putting the ear to the glass vessel strange sounds are heard so long as the fashing beam is feeling on the vessel. The British museum has in its collection a rare butterfly which was obtained in a remarkable manner. On a steamship bound for Sidney, N. S. W., several men were shooting at a mark with a revolver. As one of them was about to fire he noticed a butterfly hovering over the ship. He shot at it and brought it to the deck, considerably mangleled. The insect was so beautiful that the pieces were collected and sent to an English entomologist. The butterfly proved to be of a species entirely unknown to the scientific world. All the Same. Ex-Representative James Hamilton Lewis told a story at a political gathering in Chicago a few days ago, just after the death of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, which will be interesting in Virginia. Col. Lewis said: "The news is borne upon us that Fitzhugh Lee, soldier and statesman, is dead. 'After life's fitful fever he sleeps well.' It was when he was a candidate for governor against Gen. Mahone, the day following the election, he came down by the way of the University of Virginia and ran amuck of our old janitor. He said: 'Zebe, did you vote for me yesterday?' Zebe said: 'Yes, Massa Fitz, I voted yesterday.' 'I know, but did you vote for me? Now, honor bright, Zebe, tell me the truth.' To which Zebe said: 'Well, boss, the truth is. I'm a member of de church; I can't tell no lie. No. I didn't vote for you, Mass' Fitz, but dey count it for youjes' de same.'"—Washington Post. Mistrusted Him. "Martha," said a Westport woman to her negro cook, "when are you and Abe going to be married?" "Doan' know es Ah'll mahry dat man," replied the cook. "What's the matter now?" she was asked. "Well, ma'am," the cook said, shaking her head, "Ah hear Ab been runnin' 'round wif ernuthah woman. Ah's full ob suspiciousity 'bout dat man."—Kansas City Times. $2100 for a Great Auk. A very fine mounted specimen of the great auk has been sold by Mr. Ward, of Piceadilly, to an American museum for $2100. This bird was formerly in the rare and splendid collection at Hawkstone, Lord Hill's place in Shropshire, which collection was privately sold last year. The highest price previously recorded for a specimen of the great auk is $1650, but a bird and egg together have realized $3000. A Prehistoric Masonic Cave. A cave has been discovered near Roswell, in New Mexico, containing three apartments which show indubitable evidence of having been used for Masonic purposes. One contains emblems of the degree of Entered Apprentice; the second has tokens of the Fellowcraft, and the third those of the degree of Master. Either the Aztecs or a people antedating them must have occupied the spot. Graft Sheep Skin on Girl. The skin of a healthy brown sheep will be grafted on the head of Miss Edna Pitts, the pretty factory girl whose scalp was entirely torn off in an accident at Louisville, Ky. The operation is without precedent, but Dr. A. R. Bizot, who will perform it, believes it will be successful. The entire operation will cover several months. Girl a Snake Hunter Mary Bundru, the 14-year-old daughter of a well known farmer of Shelby, Wis., kills rattlesmakes for the bounty of 50 cents each which is paid by the county. Armed with a gun and a stout hickory stick she fearlessly enters the haunts of the snakes and daily succeeds in dispatching a number, which she brings to the county clerk. Wants Son's Name Changed. F. H. Kemper has petitioned the court at Paris, Ill., to change the name recorded at the birth of his son from William McKinley to Ray. The attending physician, a Republican friend, had made the return as a joke on Kemper, who was an ardent supporter of Bryan. More than 2000 people earn a living in Paris by fortune telling, and their total yearly earnings are estimated at $2,000,000. WAITING I waited for my hopes to bloom, In youth's impassioned time, And for the dearer joys to come, In life's more restful prime; I've seen full many a blooming spring, And blooming summer pass. And heard the birds' sad requiem sing The sweet death of the grass. I waited till my life was filled With love so full and warm. My happy heart seemed rapt and stilled In some deep, peaceful calm; And when at last my Father's hand Struck down my brimming cup. I bowed me at His stern command And meekly gave it up. I waited till my last fair child Went back to God to keep. She looked into my eyes and smiled, Before she went to sleep. And now I sorely want to go, Yet I am patient still - I love the hand that struck the blow, And wait for His sweet will. --Helen M. Burnside. THE MAN WITH THE SCYTHE. He watched the strong, athletic figure as it swung from side to side, with something like admiration in his lazy eyes. "Jove!" he muttered, "the fellow does it in good form. After all, these American peasants—working people, I mean—are superior to our English. If that chap were on horseback now, in a hunting costume, or at a reception in a dress suit, it would really be difficult to tell his class. What a figure he would make on canvas! I believe I'll try it." He left his easel, which had been placed in position for a study of a century-old oak, and went to the fence, raising two fingers as he did so to the young man, who was swinging toward him with the long, regular strokes of the mower. But instead of dropping the scythe and coming forward with hand to forelock, as an English peasant would do, this fellow merely nodded toward the uncut swath ahead without breaking the regularity of his stroke. De Masters frowned a little, then forgot his irritation in watching the lines of the figure as it swung nearer. "Jove!" he muttered again, "an American sovereign of the soil! I'll put him in the foreground of the oak, with his scythe. They shall typify time and age and strength. His fingers had brought up a coin from his pocket—now, almost unconsciously, the coin was permitted to fall back, and a larger one was brought up in its place. It seemed more fitting. The smaller would have done for England. As the fingers came from the pocket with the coin conspicuously in sight there was a last long s-s-s-swish of the scythe, and the young man was standing by the fence wiping his face with his handkerchief. "Now, what is it, sir?" he asked pleasantly. "I did not want to stop back there on account of losing so much time. I'm tasking myself to finish this field today, and it's going to be sharp work. You see, there are a lot of young trees in the field, and we don't like to put in a machine for fear of bruising them; so I'm doing it in the old-fashioned way. You're the English artist, I take it, who is stopping at the house for a few days?" "Yes," quickly, "and that is what I want you for, to pose with your scythe in a study of the old oak." The coin was raised temptingly, but though the mower was looking straight at him, he did not appear to see it. There was no change in the expression of his eyes, no added color to his face. "I shall not want you more than two hours," he said, suggestively, "and this——" "I'm sorry," the young man interrupted quietly; "but the fine weather isn't likely to last, and we must give every moment to the haying. I should like to oblige you, and if you think it worth while to put the picture off until I have leisure, I shall be glad to do what I can. You will excuse me now." "Well, anyway, take this," began De Masters, "and I will——" But the sharp s-s-s-swish, s-s-s-swish of the scythe was now moving back across the field. De Masters balanced the coin doubtfully upon his fingers, thinking to leave it on the fence, but thinking also that the dull eyes might not see it and that the coin would fall off and be lost, finally let it slip back into his pocket. But the man and his scythe had taken hold of his fancy, and he moved the easel to another part of the farm where there was a big rock with a brook twisting around it and some alders leaning over. He would let the oak go for awhile. There was no hurry. His invitation was unlimited. Perhaps the mower would have leisure after the hay was made, and—there was another reason why he was willing to stay on. Kate Reumer was on the veranda when he returned, and the look of approval in her eyes as they rested upon him brought an unusual light into his own. On the other hand, there was something in the thoughtful, unaffected manner of the country girl that appealed to De Masters as had none of the beautiful women he had met on his travels. He placed his easel and unfinished canvas on the veranda, and then dropped down to one of the steps. "No, you needn't look at the picture yet," he said, as her gaze went toward the canvas; "it is only crude outlines, like the limbs showing through a fog. I shall put in the details and finish it tomorrow." "You didn't try the oak, then?" "No, I haven't yet; I have a new idea for it." He was silent for some minutes, then added, with a laugh: "Your peasants—working people. I mean—are different from ours on the other side. Over there I need only to raise my hand—with money in it, of course—and they will come to me at a run. They are always ready to earn two or three honest pennies where their regular work yields but one." She looked at him inquiringly. "I tried the same thing here," he went on, "but the man seemed too dull, or too fond of work. You see, it was a man with a scythe, and I wanted him with the oak." "Did' you offer him money?" "Of course, simply. I could not expect him to come otherwise. But in spite of all my efforts I couldn't make him see the money, and he talked to me just as I am talking to you—on terms of perfect equality. He didn't even touch his hat." A half-smile was parting her lips. "Who was it?" she asked. "Potter, or Smith, or Cibber?" The half-smile broke into a rippling laugh, instantly checked. "I beg your pardon." she said, "but that was Less—Lester Longstreet, I mean." "Anything remarkable about him?" curiously. "Why, no, I don't know as there is, not any more than about a good many of our young peasants in this country who are working their way up. But Lester is a very fine young man. He was left an orphan at 7, and has made every bit of his way since then. He has worked for papa three summers to help pay his college expenses." "Yes. He graduated from Yale in June, and is now earning money to pay for a post-graduate course in medicine and chemistry. Then he is going through a regular medical college, and afterward will study a year in your country. He is only 21 now, so there is plenty of time. When he finishes his study I expect to marry him." Her eyes were shining a little now, and she looked at him frankly, as though half-expecting some word of congratulation, perhaps of commendation for the young mower. His face was averted for an instant, then it turned pale, but equally frank "I thank you for your confidence," he said simply. "I came here with an idea of staying for three days, and have been six already; and I should have to remain till after having to get the picture. I don't believe it would be wise for me to stay so long. I will say good-bye to you now." He bent over her hand a moment, and was gone.—Illustrated Bits. COME WITH FALSE TEETH. Broken Ones May Be Easily Removed or Replaced. A comb with several teeth missing is not only unsilightly, but its usefulness is greatly impaired thereby. The character of the comb's work is of such a nature that it is subjected to considerable hard usage. Its repeated passages through long hair and the efforts made to extricate tangled tresses with its as- COMB WITH REMOVABLE TEETH. sistance is an experience often resulting in damage to the comb, but more disastrous yet in its liability to be knocked from the shelf and in falling to the floor suffer severe damage. A comb with teeth that can be removed and replaced has been recently designed by a New York inventor and who has been given a patent on the same. It consists of a back supplied with a longitudinal recess and a wire hinged to the back at one end. The latter is meant to receive the individual teeth and when closed to hold their butts firmly in the recess. Thus, at any time it will be possible to take out broken teeth or replace them with new ones. WASHING MACHINE ON NEW LINES. Device Designed to Work at the Stationary Tubs. Washing machines are a decided economy in the weekly washing of clothes, but, unfortunately, heretofore these have not been adapted for use with the stationary washtubs with which modern houses are now commonly provided. An arrangement designed for this particular purpose is, however, now offered, the NEW WASHING MACHINE SCHEME. general character of which is indicated by the accompanying illustration. The operator stands upon the footboard with his left foot and places the right foot upon the foot lever, the right hand upon the cross-arm and the left hand upon the dasher rod. Then by vibrating the foot lever against the action of the spring the dasher is caused to descend into and rise out from the tub alternately, lifting the clothes out of the water by suction at each ascent of the dasher, then dropping them, which cycle of operation is repeated indefinitely. Nearly all of the work is done by the foot, the hands being only to guide and control the force. By the Sweat of His Brow. "When I was on the stage," remarked Chief Clerk McDermott of the St. Francis, who eternally delights to recall his many triumphs as a Thespian. "I once played the waves in 'Monte Cristo.' You remember the scene where Edmund Dantes climbs up on the rock, with the billowy, bounding deep surging madly around him? He poses heroically on the rock, looks up at the gallery and says, 'The world is mine.' Well, I played the billowy, bounding deep in that scene. The waves consisted of a piece of green canvas attached to a rocker. I worked the rocker and made the waves roll. Now and then another fellow tossed a bucket of real water up against the rock to add a little realism to the scene. The first night I played that part one of those buckets of water missed the target and caught me in the neck. The stage manager took one look at me when the curtain was rung down. I was dripping wet. 'Fine!' he said. 'Great! You're the first fellow that ever perspired playing that part.' "And I was engaged for the whole season right there and then."—San Francisco Chronicle. A Tale of the Sea Miss Mermaid sat upon a reef, Her golden hair to dry. And as she looked she chanced to see A whale go spouting by. Miss Mermaid was extremely green, And as the water gushed She gave a single frightened glace, Then to he phone she rushed. This is the message that she sent, Of course she feared the worst: "A plumber quick for Mr. Whale: His water pipe has burst!" —McLandburgh Wilson. Tea-Table Salad. "He is not a marrying man, I believe." "He will be before she gets through with him."—Smart Set. "That man over there is one of the most financiers in the country." Imagination Young Doctor—That patient of mine taughts he has appendicitis! The Modern Mother. Mrs. de Fashion—She kicked poor little Fido just for biting the baby.— Punch. Bur What Sights They'd Be! If men could always dress exactly as they would like to in hot weather, all the bathing-suit factories would now be running night and day.—Somerville Journal. A Slow Delivery Wife—Did you notice how full of his subject our pastor was this morning? Husband—Yes; and I also noticed how slow he was in emptying himself of it.— Illustrated Bits. Too Much. Too Much Doctor—You must take a quarter of an hour's walk before every meal. Stout Person—But, doctor, you surely don't want me to walk all day long! Translated for Tales from Fliegende Blaetter. Both Earned. "What did you get for your mother-in-law joke?" "A dollar from the editor and a six weeks' visit from my mother-in-law."— Translated for Tales from Meggendorfer Blaetter. His Point of View. Nurse—See, Charlie, the stork has brought you a nice little brother! brought you a nice little brother! Charlie—Yes, that's the way! Just as I'm getting on in the world competition begins.—Translated for Tales from Fliegende Bleatter. He Changed the Subject. Stockbroker (t future son-in-law)—I've been making inquiries about you—Gayboy—And I about you. "Oh, have you? Then we'll take about something else."—Translated for Tales from Fliegende Blaetter. Just About "Ben to lunch?" asked the first St. Francis guest. "Oh, about $4.85."-San Francisco Chronicle. Bv Proxy. Newman—The idea of saying that Penman doesn't write the books that are published over his name! Why, he keeps two secretaries busy! Criticus—Yes, one writing and the other dictating.—Translated for Tales from Le Figaro. A Perpetual Fună. A Kalamazoo (Mich.) woman's will provides $10,000 for food and baths for tramps. The provision that some of the bequest should be used for baths was probably inserted in order that the fund should never be exhausted.—Buffalo Express. Puzzled. "Ah, your language! Ecet ees so difficult." "What's the matter, Count?" "First, zis novel eet say ze man was unhorsed." "Yes?" "Zen it say he was cowed."—Pittsburg Post. Family Portraits. Dauber—I'm doing a lot of portraits of negroes now. Criticus—On order? "Yes, for an explorer who wants to take them to Africa with him. It's astonishing how much these negroes look alike."—Translated for Tales from L'Illustration. At the Rich Man's Funeral. Funeral Director (noticing mourner in back pew who is sobbing violently)—Come up to a front seat, sir—you are a member of the family, are you not? Mourner—Alas, no! "Then why do you weep so?" "Because I am not."—Translated for Tales from Le Cri du Peuple. Getting Specific. Bifferly—When you and your wife were first married, you used to call each other "birdie." didn't you? McSwat—Yes. Bifferly—Do you still do it? McSwat—Well, I call her a parrot and a magpie, and she usually refers to me as a jay.—Philadelphia Press. A Real Receiver. Receiver in Bankruptcy (drawing up inventory, to his clerk)—Item: One bottle of cheap claret. Clerk (drawing the cork and tasting the wine)—But this is prime Burgundy. (Ten minutes later.) Receiver—Item: One empty bottle.—Translated for Tales from Le Journal Amusant. Definition of Reciprocity "Mistuh Pinkley," said Miss Miami Brown. "what does you understan' is de meanin' of de word reciprocity?" "Well," was the answer, "you take de chicken coop. De chicken inside is layin' foh de man dat owns her; de man is layin' foh me 'cause he knows I's layin' foh de chicken. An' dat's reciprocity." Washington Star. The Retort Courteous. First Artist—Well, old man, how is business? Second Artist—Oh, splendid! Got a commission this morning for a millionaire. Wants his children painted very badly. First Artist (pleasantly)—Well, my boy, you're the very man for the job.— Glasgow Evening Times. Mr. Oldham—As I was trying to say, you are pretty near as old as I am, ain't you? Keeping His Bargain "Your new feller's all right," said Tommy Twaddles to his big sister at the breakfast table. "I'm glad you think so," said Phyllis, with a blush and a glance at her ma. "You bet he is," continued Tommy. "He's a real sport. W'y, he gimme a quarter not to tell what I saw in the parlor last night—an' you bet I won't tell, neither!"—Philadelphia Press. WORSE IN GOOD OLD DAYS. Chicago Educator Takes Hopeful View of Graft Situation. "It was worse than this in the good old days. Graft, tainted money, vulgar commercialism—all flourished in those rare days when George Washington waived the presidential scepter. "That was the age of graft—not this. Today we are comparatively pure. What few blemishes mar our current record can be and will be obliterated." This, in effect, is the belief of Prof. Francis W. Shepardson of the University of Chicago, an authority on United States history and one of the foremost historians of the country. He is the leading man in the history department of the institution, and is said to be slated for the headship of the department, which is now vacant. His views were expressed recently in on address on "Graft" at a gathering of junior and senior students. "Peter Faneuil, as we all know, built Faneuil hall, which we historians have termed the 'cradle of liberty,'" declared Dr. Shepardson. "Now there is on record a letter written by Peter, which shows he was engaged in the liquor business. It shows he was not what we would call an honest liquor merchant. He made his money in an illegal way—namely: by beating the government. This fact is brought out clearly in the letter. Therefore it can be said that Faneuil hall was founded on tainted money. "There is also proof that one of the men who signed the declaration of independence was indicted for smuggling. Just who it was I cannot name now, but it is certain that one of the country's most illustrious men, whose name is almost as familiar as that of George Washington, was guilty of illicit trading. "Throughout the colonies and later in the thirteen original states there were many public men who engaged in practices that were not legal or legitimate. It is a well known fact that ten years after the nation was founded one of our best senators was indicted for accepting a bribe. "Today we hear nothing but graft, graft, graft. There seems to be graft in Milwaukee, St. Louis, Philadelphia, and apparently everywhere. We have heard of the cases of Depew, Mitchell, and Burton. It seems as if this were the age of graft. This is a mistake. Despite the fact that almost every day new examples are brought to light. I firmly believe the country is no worse than it used to be. I doubt if it is as bad as it used to be, comparatively, of course. "Another popular cry of the day seems to be that we are engulfed in an age of commercialism. I hesitate to believe this. It is true that we are commercially inclined, but not yet are we entirely given over to money making. Take, for example, Elihu Root. He gave up probably the best law practice in the country to accept a position in which there is little money. In comparison of the times, I would like to mention his case in along with that of George Washington, who refused to accept remuneration for his services as President. "It is true we are far from being what we should be. But we have a sure future. What defects there are now, I believe, can be remedied. It is up to the present generation of college youths to straighten us out. When they become mature I believe we shall have less to complain of." BRAIN IS REMOVED. London Surgeon Performs Most Daring Operation. There is a great deal of secrecy about the illness of Countess Telfener, Mrs. John Mackay's sister, but now it is known that Sir Victor Hortsey performed on her one of the most wonderful operations ever conceived, much less executed. For twenty years the countess has been a martyr to excruciating neuralgia. She tried every sort of cure in England and on the American continent fruitlessly. During the last six months her continuous pain was beginning to threaten her reason and she agreed to submit to the knife. It was such an appalling process that one of the nurses fainted, but to the great joy of all concerned it was pronounced a success. First of all, a piece of skull was sawed away. Then the whole brain was taken out and the nerve which caused all the pain literally torn away. It was a fearful task and it was with terrible difficulty that the nerve was disentangled from the brain, but Sir Victor's hand never shook the whole time, and with as much calmness as though bandaging a finger he replaced the brain, filled up the hole and sewed up the open scalp wound. Those who saw him declared that when he had finished and the patient pronounced still alive he went white as death. He did not utter a word for some time. Countess Telfener has not had the slightest twinge of the old pain since. Indeed, except for necessary attention and the inconvenience of the outside wound, she is in wonderful health. Snake Stories Now Tabooed. Another great and time-honored institution of the Keystone state has gone out of business, says a Philadelphia dispatch. Monroe and Pike county newspapers hereafter will print no common snake stories. And the editors of the great weeklies of Stroudsburg, Analomink, Paupac, Milford and Canadensis make this announcement over their own signatures. Editor Hermans of Stroudsburg explains: "We want nothing short of tip-notchers and we have decided not to print the common or garden variety of snake stories. Furthermore, we will not print them unless they are true." 32,000,000 Pounds of Plug Tobacco. "I live in a town which is the greatest seat of the plug tobacco industry in the world, the town of Winston-Salem, N. C." said J. C. Buxton of the Old North State. "Last year, as the records will show, there was a production of 32,000,000 pounds of plug tobacco in the factories of Winston-Salem. Doesn't look as if that much plug could be chewed up in a decade, ch? But somebody must get away with it, for the output is constantly increasing."—Washington Post. An Appropriate Tombstone. In the churchyard of Grimston, Norfolk, an anvil may be seen at the head of the grave of a local blacksmith. SOMNAMBULISM'S CLIMAX. Cleveland Woman Walks Mile, Leaves Clothes and Comes Back. Mrs. Sarah Wilkins of Cleveland. O., arose from her bed one night, donned her best clothes, and, walking a mile from her house, undressed and returned home in her undergarments. When she awoke at 6:30 o'clock in the morning she arose to look for the garments she had worn the day before. They were not to be found. Her shoes alone were in their accustomed place. Her gold watch was missing. On a chair lay her undergarments, wrinkleh and covered with mud. "Burglars must have taken the things," she said. But the doors and windows were all locked just as her husband had left them on leaving the house to go to work an hour before. It was not until called an hour later that Mrs. Wilkins learned that her watch and clothing had been found upon the porch of a house at 29 Tracy street. "Of seven brothers and sisters," she said, "all are somnambulists except myself. I can remember nothing after retiring." The Reason Why. Drummond, Wis., Aug. 21.—(Special.)—Whole families in Bayfield county are singing the praises of Dodd's Kidney Pills and the reason why is given in experiences such as that of Mr. T. T. Wold, a well-known citizen here. "I had such pains in my back that I did not know what to do," says Mr. Wold, "and as I came across an advertisement of Dodd's Kidney Pills, I sent for a box. That one box relieved me of all my pains. My wife also used them and found them just what she needed. I recommend Dodd's Kidney Pills as a sure cure for Backache and other Kidney Troubles." Backache is one of the earliest symptoms of Kidney Disease. Dodd's Kidney Pills cure it promptly and permanently and prevent it developing into Raeumatism, Dropsy, Diabetes or Bright's Disease. Has three Sets of Twins Mr. and Mrs. James Haskins of Wausau, Wis., are probably the only couple in Wisconsin that have three pairs of twins. The oldest twins, a boy and a girl, are about 16 years, and the youngest pair, also a boy and a girl, are about 13 years. - Do Your Feet Ache and Burn? Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or new shoes feel easy. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREK. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Lo Roy, N. Y. FRENCHMAN'S SLIDING BOAT. skims Along Surface of the Water at a Good Speed. The fact that a stone can skim the water if its flat surface strikes squarely has recently been put in practice in the construction of a sliding boat by a French inventor, M. de Lambert. The friction which is present when the de Lambert boat slides over the water is very slight, and the power which is necessary in order to make the boat glide is not high. When the boat is at rest it is supported by floats. The boat constructed by M. de Lambert has a total length of 20 feet, with a width of 10 feet between the inclined planes upon which it slides. The boat has parallel floats resembling certain Asiatic canoes. The two floats are very narrow and are united by crosspieces, partly of wood and partly of aluminum, a metal which has been used to a large extent in the construction of the boat because of its slight weight. The motor used is a 12-horse power, but the essential parts of the boat are fixed sliding planes, adjusted under the boat at carefully regulated distances from each other. These planes, which are made of wood, are immersed to a depth of several centimeters when the boat is at rest, and they are inclined at an angle which has been decided upon after wide experimentation. The total weight of the boat is about 1200 pounds, but in order to move this weight it requires a motor of only 12-horse power, while in the case of automobile boats the motors required are 60, 80 and even 100-horse power. M. Bellet says that M. de Lambert's boat has been timed by official chromometers, and that the results have been surprising. When the motor is started the boat commences to move with the planes still submerged, cutting the water horizontally. But this lasts only a short time; the planes show an instantaneous tendency to rise, and they are practically on the water at the end of a few meters. Then the speed quickly increases because of the immense diminution in resistance, and soon the boat is sliding on the water, or, more exactly, on a layer of air resting between the planes and the water, at a speed of fourteen, fifteen or twenty-five miles an hour.—American Inventor. WRONG SORT. Perhaps Plain Old Meat, Potatoes and Bread May Be Against You for a Time. A change to the right kind of food can lift one from a sick bed. A lady in Welden. Ill. says: Last spring I became bed-fast with severe stomach trouble, accompanied by sick headache. I got worse and worse until I became so low I could scarcely retain any food at all, although I tried every kind. I had become completely discouraged, had given up all hope and thought I was doomed to starve to death, till one day my husband trying to find something I could retain brought home some Grape-Nuts. "To my surprise the food agreed with me, digested perfectly and without distress. I began to gain strength at once, my flesh (which had been flabby) grew firmer, my health improved in every way and every day, and in a very few weeks I gained 20 pounds in weight. I liked Grape-Nuts so well that for four months I ate no other food, and always felt as well satisfied after eating as if I had sat down to a fine banquet. "I had no return of the miserable sick stomach nor of the headaches, that I used to have when I ate other food. I am now a well woman, doing all my own work again, and feel that life is worth living. "Grape-Nuts food has been a godsend to my family; it surely saved my life and my two little boys have thriven on it wonderfully." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Get the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in each pkg. GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES. Out in the Fields. Out in the Fields. The little cares that fretted me, I lost them yesterday Among the fields above the sea, Among the winds at play, Among the lowing of the herds, The rustling of the trees, Among the singing of the birds, The humming of the bees. The foolish fears of what might happen Least them all away Frankness Between Husband and Wife. Some one says: "If we were always strictly just, there would be less necessity for being kind." To my mind, almost the greatest requisites to marital happiness are frankness and a strong sense of justice, for they touch almost every phase of the dual life. Where both husband and wife possess a strong individuality, it is unreasonable to expect that there shall be no friction, but if there be frankness and a willingness to look fairly at both sides of the subject, matters cannot well go far wrong. To be really "just" implies that one shall be just in thought as well as in action. From the beginning of my married life I made up my mind never to allow myself to brood over any grievance, but after my resentment had subsided, to ask myself honestly if it were a real grievance or injustice, and if so, to go to my husband and in a calm manner point it out, and allow him a chance to explain or justify his words or actions. To approach a man in a spirit of anger or bitterness seldom has any effect except to increase the existing trouble. On the other hand, the right sort of man cannot but feel increased respect for a wife who, refusing to allow herself to harbor unkind and perhaps unjust thoughts toward him, causes him to feel that, in her opinion, his errors in his treatment of her result from a lack of knowledge of her woman's nature rather than from intentional unkindness. When one has been wounded, it is not an easy thing to conquer one's pride and hurt feelings sufficiently to talk the matter over in a really kind way. It is so much easier to pose as an injured martyr in silence, and brood over an apparent unkindness, than to speak out candidly and in the right spirit. The spoken words may be forgotten by the hearer, but the unkind thoughts, being in one's own heart, are productive of a thousand-fold greater evil, for they undermine the foundation of love itself—for what is love without trust? We should feel a sense of shame in ascribing to one whom we love motives of which we ourselves would not be guilty. How little can we follow the windings of another's thought, or guess the motives that prompt his actions, and yet how ready we are to judge and condemn in silence those to whom our love should make us most loya. True love is such a rare and precious gift that both husband and wife should jealously guard their respect for it, and for each other, even in thought. A wife said sadly to me the other day: "Oh, why did someone not talk to me about these things before? It would have saved me years of repressed bitterness. If I had only opened my heart frankly to my husband all might have been different. As it was, it seemed to me I was giving him his just due by not speaking unkindly of him, never realizing that my bitter thoughts toward him were working us both much greater injury." What qualities do I most admire in my husband? A readiness to be pleased is one of his traits which brings much quiet happiness into our married life. In the management of the home he trusts me entirely, and though he may suggest, he never dictates. He is seldom too busy or tired to listen interestedly to all I may have to tell him. Though he tells me his business vexations, he does not make me suffer on account of them, and is always ready to do the helpful little things that mean so much to a woman. In money matters he takes me into his full confidence and partnership.—Mrs. W. J. L., in Good Housekeeping. The Girl Who Is a Welcome Guest The first duty of every guest is to adapt herself to her surroundings. Get into the spirit of the home where you are being entertained. If the family is in the habit of getting up an hour earlier than you are accustomed to, don't turn over for another nap and get to the breakfast table just as everyone else is finished. This is the time of year when ties are a pest, and keeping the breakfast warm delays the entire day's work. If food is served that you do not care for, try to eat it during your stay. Nothing troubles a hostess more than to have a guest refuse what she offers at table. Find some reading or sewing to occupy your morning hours. This is the time when your hostesses, both mothers and daughters, have household duties to perform. They have reserved the afternoon and evening for your entertainment, and if you are busy at something, they will not feel that they are neglecting you during the morning. Where there is no servant, open your own bed before going to breakfast and soon after this meal return and tidy up the room. Never allow clothes to lie around on chairs, and be careful about laying hair brush and comb on a spotless bureau cover. Two things cause the majority of broken friendships which occur between women during a visit. One is trying to suggest to the hostess any changes, however slight, in her household management. No matter how much you may discover going to waste or where confusion could be avoided by a little system, do not mention this to the woman whose hospitality you are enjoying. She is doing everything in her power to give you a good time, and she will present any such advice, whether it is asked or not. The other cause of hard feeling is argument. Each family has its own fixed views, especially on religion. The home is the place for them to be expressed and talked over. The guest should respect this and keep her opinions and beliefs for her own home. Never enter into a family disagreement. If one sister wants to go picnicking and some other member of the household insists upon staying home to play tennis, remain neutral until your wishes are consulted. Should more ominous discussions arise, it is a guest's duty to leave the room until the storm has blown over, or to remain quietly and appear totally unconcerned. Always go to a house well equipped with little necessities and conveniences. A guest should have her own writing materials. Every member of the family may be asking for the library pen and ink just when you want to write your home letter. A miniature sewing outfit and shoe polish rags, etc., are essential also. Do not go off with other guests on an excursion of your own planning. Your hostess has the first call on your time, and it is her privilege to know just where you are and to have the pleasure of your society when she is at liberty. Make a point always to take your leave when the time is up for which you were invited. There may be other guests following close on your heels, and the continual urging to remain may be simply a means of showing you that the family has enjoyed your visit. Let them feel that they really want you to come again.—Seattle Daily Times. If You Were Your Mother-in-Law. If you were your mother-in-law Would you like to have the child who had always come to you with every bit of joy or sorrow, and of whose tenderest affections you had been the object, suddenly taken from you by an apparently selfish person, who now receives all the confidences and caresses which were once yours? What would you think if, on your first visit to the new home after the honeymoon, the smile of deference which had always greeted you during your courtship should be changed to a quizzical look which plainly said, "What are you doing here, anyway?" Wouldn't your pride be somewhat piqued to see the necktie which you had selected with such care for your beloved son, sported by the janitor or man of all work, when you unexpectedly made your appearance the following week; or to recognize the silk dress worn by her husband's sister at the next afternoon tea you attended, as the material which you had bought for your daughter with money saved to purchase your own summer gown? After spending the best years of your life bringing up your own children how would you enjoy being left in charge of several unruly grandchildren, in the hottest kind of weather, while the father and mother were off for a good time on country porches or at seaside resorts? How would it make you feel, after climbing breathlessly to the attic, anxious lest the sudden storm should beat in the open windows and ruin the downstairs ceiling, to spy an object strangely familiar and discover it to be a crayon portrait of yourself with the face turned toward the wall? Do you think you would care to have all your suggestions about housekeeping, learned from many years' experience, greeted with this remark: "That's all right, mother; but please remember that we are running this establishment?" Is there anything that would seem more unjust than to be constantly reminded that your daughter is not overfond of housekeeping, because you did not keep her in the kitchen all the time before she was married; or that your son is not a Rockefelier because you let him have a romping boyhood instead of putting his nose to the commercial grindstone before he was out of his teens? Would you think it was quite fair when you were reveling in a good, old-fashioned chat with your daughter, if her husband would break in with meaningless accounts of the latest baseball game; or at your son's first real visit to you in many months, to have his wife put in an appearance and carry him off to call on some very indifferent acquaintances? You may be living in a house which the mother-in-law herself has provided, or she may be the means of giving the children their much coveted education, so it will be well worth your patience and time to consider how much this fond mother has given up to the unsympathetic intruder.—Seattle Daily Times. Betty's Twilight Chat. Shall I tell you the subject that makes me put on my complete fighting armor? Money, belonging to husband and wife. There are men who deny that wives are entitled to any part of their earnings, save what they choose to give, but I maintain that the woman who makes a man comfortable, as comfortable as the means at her command allow, earns a nousekeeper's wages at least. There ought not to be two opinions on the subject. Man and wife should share and share alike whatever comes to the family till. They both earn it, mind you, and no woman should feel the least hesitation in demanding her share of it. A recent decision handed down in one of the courts says that a husband is responsible for his wife's debts as long as marital relations are maintained, even when she has an income of her own. The ideal plan is to pay all bills and divide the surplus, allowing both to do what they please with it. I have known women to take the keenest interest in home-making because they were working for a definite purpose, and become marvels of thrift. There was no fault to be found with their homes or wardrobes and sometimes there was a balance at the bank in the wife's name. In more than one case the husband spent every cent of his allowance Some men have an idea that it be littles a man to allow his wife to handle the money, but I know one who proudly displays a good home as the result of his wife's management of his salary after he had proved that he could save nothing. I know another who so delighted in humbling his wife and daughters by keeping them penniless that they were forced to deceit and used to get money from tradesmen who charged it up to merchandise on the monthly bill, which he settled with surprising promptness. I never heard of but one man who placed a well-filled purse at the disposal of his family and invited the members to visit it often. It was never empty and no account of the money was kept. That was Robert Ingersoll, the atheist, a man who made his home a heaven and was dearly loved by his household. I never knew of but one man who gave his wife permission to visit his pockets at her pleasure. I have known many who made liberal weekly or monthly provision for their women, and many more who regarded a woman's need of money as a personal affront. Those are the ones I would like to see dependent, for a little while, upon the generosity of those they stint. Nothing is so convincing as experience. Many a man has had his eyes opened to the burden of housekeeping by being left to shift for himself at home. Men are thoughtless, rather than merciless, and some of them are filled with obstinate old notions about a woman's needs. They are up-to-date in every other matter, however, and sometimes get their eyes opened through a second wife of the new order. It is almost a proverb that number two reaps where number one sowed, and there is foundation enough for it to give second wives the necessary pluck to secure all the advantages that ought to come to them. Personally, I believe that the woman who fails to secure a decently comfortable life lacks tact or is weighted down with sensitiveness. I know that the majority of men and women can be reached by flattery in some form, and to find out the needed species ought to be an interesting study. Certainly there is more sense in spending one's time in this fashion than in many senseless occupations I might name. Boston Traveler. How to Talk to Men. Among our correspondents there are many young girls who complain they do not know how to talk to men. Probably they have been brought up almost exclusively among their own sex and therefore look upon men very much as beings of another sphere, and when they find themselves in masculine society they are at a loss to know how to make themselves agreeable and what to talk about. Their task would be considerably lightened if they realized that men, after all, are nearly akin to themselves, very human, very weak, and possessing to a large degree the same ideas, feelings and sentiments. The most popular girl with men is without self-consciousness, who is capable of talking to them much in the same style as she would to a girl friend. She is not always thinking of herself and the impression she creates, but is kind and sympathetic and interests herself in the special man and his affairs, letting him feel this, and always taking care, however, to avoid excess in this respect, for the masculine ego is prone to take man, things for granted. No real man has ever been influenced by a self-assertive, dogmatic woman, and the girl who really wishes for men friends, and there are few who do not, must remember that the secret of both her power and popularity lies in her gentleness, adaptability, good temper and keen sense of humor. Cultivate the latter as you would a good complexion. The popular girl must always be cheery and ready with her smiles, but by all that is feminine, remember to avoid senseless giggling, which some young women seem to fancy particularly fascinating to the other sex.—Philadelphia Inquirer. The Popular Girl Is Entirely Free from Affectation. A young man writes that he is very much in love with a girl and hopes to marry her. "But," he adds, "she has one very serious drawback, and that is her affection, which causes me much annoyance and embarrassment." Here is a girl who, apparently charming in every other respect, spoils it all by her stilted mannerisms. If she only knew it she would be ten times more attractive by simply being her natural self. Men usually see through affectation of any kind and dislike it extremely. An affected man is as rare as he is unpleasant. Faults men may have in plenty, but affectation is not one of them. Try and bear in mind, girls, that a simple, natural manner is much more to be admired than an affected one. As a rule the affected woman is the one who is not quite sure of herself. one who is not quite sure of herself. She is nervous and feels she may not do the right thing, may make mistakes in etiquette, etc., and in order to reassure herself she adopts a would-be grand manner that deceives no one but herself. The truly well-bred woman has no qualms as to whether she is doing the right thing or not. She does it naturally and without thought as to what impression it makes on others. A friend who has lately returned from Italy had the pleasure while there of meeting the Dowager Queen Margherita, "She is," said this person, "one of the most charmingly natural, unaffected women I ever met, and while talking to her I forgot she was a queen and thought of her simply as a very delightful woman. She laughed and chatted in her pretty, foreign way, a queenly woman, as well as a womanly queen." Don't try to give people the idea that you are a very grand person. Be content with letting them see that you are just a natural, sweet-mannered girl. Believe me, they will much prefer you to be the latter. Be yourself; don't keep wondering what sort of an impression you are making. You can tell perfectly when you are laughing or talking affectedly and pretending to be what you are not.—Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Don't Dream. Girls You have no time to spend in idle day dreams. Get the best out of every moment you live. At the end of each day you should be able to say to yourself. "I have learned something today, my time has not been wasted." There is no sense in saying that no good opportunities come your way. They come, but you don't take advantage of them. While you are dreaming of the great things you will do, someone else gets ahead of you and does them. Be on the alert and don't be afraid to try things. What if you do fail a few times, you will be all the better for trying. No one yet was ever hurt by earnest endeavor, always providing that the endeavor was for what the person considered to be right. Day dreams are very pleasant luxuries, but they don't travel hand in hand with success. Dreaming means sitting with folded hands and waiting. Success will never come to you unless you go to it You must keep your eyes open and take advantage of even the smallest opportunities. It is wonderful how much one can learn by cultivating the habit of observation. As you walk in the street or ride in the car you can pick up a surprising amount of information. Our fellow beings are intensely interesting and they are constantly teaching us something or other. Do not let your knowledge stagnate. Put it to some practical use. If you allow it to grow rusty it will be of no use to you or to anyone else. Remember you have only one life to Remember you have only one life to live on this earth, so make the best of it. Don't mourn the opportunity you lost yesterday. Put all your heart into the one that may come to you today. And bear in mind that to do a small thing well is better than to do a large thing badly. Don't sneer at the small opportunities; they may lead on to great ones. If you want to get on well, dear girls, here is a little bit of advice I would offer you: Keep your eyes open, don't whine and don't neglect the every-day opportunities.—Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Don't Talk About It. If you are not well, don't talk about it. To do so only exaggerates your consciousness of physical discomfort. Also, it casts a shadow of gloom over other people. They grow hesitant about asking you how you feel; it gives them cold chills to be continually told that you are "not very well," or "not so well," or "about the same." Probably you've said these things so often that you say them now as a matter of course. It seems incredible to you by now that you should even feel really well, because you've unconsciously made a habit to be ailing. Do you know that a good deal of this is imagination? If you braced up and told people cheerily that you felt tip-top, nine chances in ten you would feel tip-top pretty soon. You're forget the ailing habit. And, after all, what great difference does it make, to any but your nearest and dearest, if you don't feel well? Suppose you are even hampered by downright physical ills? Your work must be done just the same. It can't be? What nonsense! Of course it can. Consider the men who have conquered desperate ills in order to get their work done—Spencer, Darwin, R. L. Stevenson, John R. Green, Dr. Johnson, Lamb and scores of others. The man who has something to do doesn't have time to complain of not feeling well. So keep your ailments for the sympathy of the one or two who love you best—and have a care that you don't impose too heavily on these. Don't let yourself become a slave to such a miserable little absorber of health and happiness as the perpetual habit of "not feeling well."—Exchange. HIDING THE HORN That of the Talking Machine Cleverly Disposed Of. The horn of the talking machine is a feature of the device which is always hard to dispose of. Because of its shape and size, it cannot be made a decorative part of the apparatus and the manufacturers of these machines have been endeavoring for some time to eliminate the horn or to make some disposition of it by which the whole outfit might be rendered more sightly and convenient to transport. It is an unfortunate fact, however, that inventors working in this direction 1 DISPOSING OF THE HORNS OF THE TALKING MACHINE. have been somewhat baffled by reason of the fact that the horn is a very essential part of the device and further that the effectiveness of the instrument is increased as the size of the horn is made larger, so that the prospect of eliminating the horn is very remote. The next best thing, therefore, is some idea which hides it, and such an arrangement has been recently made the subject of an invention for which a patent was recently granted. In this design the horn is inverted and hidden within the confines of the cabinet which supports the mechanical portions of the talking machine. The mouth of the horn opens at the bottom of the cabinet and a deflector secured below and held between the legs of the cabinet diverts the volume of sound into the room. SAFETY STEERING WHEEL. For the Benefit of the Engineer on Shaky Structures It is the custom in many parts of this country, particularly in the west, for traction engines to make tours of the country, stopping at such places as where its services may be desired and remaining as long as there is work to be done, and then passing along to the next point. In many communities there is work of this character to keep an engine on the move at all times. Completing the work of one ranch or farm, SAFETY STEERING WHEEL. the machine is moved under its own power to an establishment in the neighborhood. In this manner the engine and its operator covers a great deal of ground, and in the course of its perambulations the portable power plant must cross many bridges and similar structures, which might bear the weight of the engine today, but next week prove incapable of supporting it. The operator seated on the machine is thus subjected to constant danger, and in order to make his position safe, one of the men engaged in this work has invented a safety steering wheel, which is shown in the accompanying cut. The feature of the scheme is a jointed and collapsible rod, with the means at one end for securing it to the regular steering wheel of the engine, and the other end supplied with a wheel to facilitate steering. It will be seen how the engineer can, in this manner, walk at a safe distance behind the engine on dangerous ground or when passing over a suspicious bridge structure. A Patient Young Man. Bishop Ellison Capers, in an address at Columbia, S. C., praised the virtue of patience "We may have industry." he said, "sobriety, ambition—all the virtues that make for success; and yet, without patience, we will accomplish nothing. "A young man was overheard on a street corner, the other night, reproaching a young girl. That young man was patient. He had so highly developed this excellent quality that I shall not be surprised some day to see him a millionaire, a college president, or even a bishop. "The young man said, as the young girl drew near him, on the corner: 'What a time you have kept me waiting?" waiting. "The girl tossed her head. "The girl tossed her head. "‘It is only 7 o'clock,’ she said, ‘and I didn't promise to be here till quarter of.’ "The young man smiled a calm and patient smile. "‘Ah, yes,’ he said, ‘but you have mistaken the day. I have been waiting for you since last evening.’"—New York Tribune Once on a time, in far Japan, There lived a busy little man, So merry and so full of fun That people called him In-door Sun. Now In-door Sun made mirrors fine, Like those in your house and in mine, And in these looking-glasses bright His own face saw from morn till night. It made him feel so very sad To see his face look cross and bad, That he began to take great care To keep a sweet smile always there. And soon he found that those he knew, All seemed to like him better, too; For, like the mirrors, every one Began to smile on In-door Sun! -Inez G. Thompson in Little Folks. Barnyard Friends. It was a strange taste of two setter puppies that a friend of mine recently owned. In the same barnyard where they often romped appeared every morning before pasture time, and every night after being let out of pasture, a motherly Jersey cow. Just how the puppies first became attached to the cow nobody seems to have discovered. But it became a matter of much amusement and comment that they followed the larger quadruped to pasture every morning. And a little later the still more astonishing discovery was made that they remained with her throughout the day and escorted her home every night. One night, as the owner of the trio was watching them while they wandered back home, he noted that the puppies were very uneasy and used every endeavor known to their puppyish intellects to hurry the cow home. There was a little patch of blue grass not far from the barnyard, and the Jersey was accustomed to stop there each night, just long enough to bite off a few mouthfuls of the succulent blades, before going into quarters. On this occasion the puppies resented the delay, petulantly barking at their protege and snapping threateningly, but by no means viciously, at her nose as she tried to snipe off the grass. Following to the barn, the master discovered that the cause of the anxiety of the puppies to get there was that they were nearly famished. So great was their devotion to their big friend that they would remain in the pasture, following her every step she took, all day, until they were as hungry as gaunt pigs, rather than leave her for a single half-hour. But the most remarkable of their performances came one morning while they were on their way to pasture. Between the barn and the field extends a railway, which connects an important southern city with one of the great cities of the north by a single line. The engineer of a freight train which was moving up this road noticed some distance up the track the not unusual sight of the old cow and the two puppies on the way to pasture. He had grown to feel acquainted with the strange family and felt deeply interested in them. That made it more disturbing to him when the cow tried to cross the track rather dangerously near to the approaching train, and instead of passing on over when the whistle gave its several shrieks of warning, turned up the road and commenced trying to run away from the engine at an awkward cow trot. The puppies took in the situation at once and ran after her, trying to drive her off the track. They leaped at her nose and barked and snarled, and tried every artifice they could think of to make their big ward do the right thing. But she could not understand. Meanwhile, the train being a light one, the engineer got it well under his control, and amusedly moved along behind this combination of cross purposes to see how the misunderstanding would come out. He allowed the train to approach so close to them that the puppies finally despaired of accomplishing their first purpose, that is, driving the stupid cow from the track, and with one impulse they turned and charged straight upon the approaching engine. And they were so fixed in their purpose to hold it up that the engineer was obliged to come to a sudden standstill, in order to save these brave little creatures from martyrdom to their strange devotion.—Cor. Springfield Republican. Working Among Wild Beasts. The building of the bridge at Victoria Falls and the Cape to Cairo railway has suddenly and necessarily brought a great many people together at this spot, where there were previously no houses, and, indeed, no one but an occasional traveler or hunter. Besides the birds and the butterflies and the fish, the chief living animals were lions and elephants and hippopotamuses and crocodiles and jackals and hyenas. The crocodiles were found to be so numerous—as many as thirty being seen together sometimes—that they have had to be killed in great numbers for the safety of the people at work. One is known to have killed a man and a woman, and was itself only killed after it had seized another man. A native woman was taking water from the river when the crocodile knocked her in with its tail, seized her in its horrid mouth and dragged her away. Her husband was close by but was powerless to save her. He determined to be avenged, however, and for several nights waited in a canoe with a loaded gun. He too disappeared, and it is thought that the crocodile knocked him out of the canoe as it had knocked his wife off the bank and took him into its hole under the bank. A week later it got another man, but instead of taking him into its hole it carried him to an island. Here its victim got hold of the reeds and strong grass, and held on so tightly that the crocodile could not get away with him. Of course, he screamed with all his might, and a gang of men with crowbars went to rescue him. This they succeeded in doing, and also in slaying the dangerous monster. These crocodiles are so ravenous that it is not possible even to keep dogs with safety, and parents living near the river are in constant dread of losing their children. One of the lions killed had also filled up the measure of its iniquity ere it met its doom. The scene of its depredations was a native village some distance north of the falls. The native huts are very siender, being built mainly of reeds. In such a hut a woman was sitting, when the lion pushed aside the door, walked in, and seized her, carrying her away to his lair in the dense bush. Then he had an ox. This was in the enclosure with other cattle and donkeys. The lion, failing to get into the enclosure, so frightened the animals with his attempts that they rushed in a huddled, terrified mass from end to end, and their weight upon the palisading broke it down. They rushed out through the opening, which was just what the lion wanted, for he had now nothing to do but take his choice. After the ox he selected a donkey on his next visit, and then a sheep, and finally another ox. At last the natives became panic-stricken until some white men reassured them, telling them they would sit up all night for the lion and shoot him. The lion came and got away with an- other ox, for the white men, unable to keep awake, had fallen asleep. However, they were able to track him. It was important that having promised to kill the lion they should do so, for that is the secret of the white man's power over the native—never to break his word. So they set off to the thick bush half a mile away, whither the lion's tracks led them. There they came upon him and killed him with one bullet, that entered the right nostril. This was what big game hunters consider a good kill, as the bullet did not disfigure the lion nor injure his skin. Near by was the careass of an ox and a little further in the bush, in a sort of tunnel of impenetrable thorn, were gnawed bones—the remains of some of his former victims. A young hippopotamus, riding on its mother's back when she was shot, was saved and cared for by one of the men. These animals are very dangerous to canoe men, for in returning to the surface to blow they often come up right under the canoe and upset it. Sometimes they give chase to canoes, and then the native paddlers do all they can to reach the bank, unless a white man with a rifle is with them. The baby was thriving very well when last heard of. He escaped from his enclosure once but came back very hungry, as was evident from the ravenous way in which he applied himself to his food.—Little Folks. HATRACK ON BENCH BACK Convenient Arrangement for Assembly Halls and Churches An improvement in devices employed in churches, halls and assembly rooms, wherein the seats are formed with continuous backs, designed for the support of outer garments, coats and like articles of the persons occupying the next seat in the rear, is shown in perspective in the accompanying illustration. The particular claim for the construction indicated is its simplicity, compactness and small cost. Various forms of holders ```markdown ``` for wraps, books, etc., which are made of single pieces of wire bent into convenient shape, are shown, the particular purpose of each being self-evident. Some of the supporting forms are mounted on rods which give a lateral adjustment to accommodate the particular articles of apparel. The number of such members may be increased at will, corresponding to the size of the seat back to which it is attached. The wire employed may be of any required size or finish, and will not detract from the appearance of the conventional equipment. In effect the articles can be manufactured in quantities and applied to seats of any size and the particular form be selected with a view to the special service for which it is intended. MIRROR ON THE EARS. To Enable Woman to Manipulate Her Back Hair. Ordinarily a woman is obliged to hold a handglass in one hand while attempting to arrange her colffume before a mirror or see to the fit of her garment at the back, and hence has but one hand free to perform the adjustments desired. A recent feminine patentee believes her mirror-supporting attachment will solve A woman holding a mirror with a triangle above her head. this difficulty for femininity, enabling the mirror to be used the same as a handglass, and still leave both hands free for attending to her toilet. The mirror is perfectly made from rather thin glass for the sake of lightness and is mounted on a thin metallic back suitably inclosing its edges. Three supporting arms mounted in a socket at the rear of the mirror complete the outfit. Two of the arms are adapted for engagement with the ears, and the other is adapted to rest on the chest of the user. By adjusting the chest rest an upward or downward cant can be given to the mirror, enabling the user to view either the topmost feather of her hat, her collar or even her skirt. Description of Togo. In personal appearance Admiral Togo is short, even for a Japanese; he measures not much more than five feet. Handsome he is not, with his high cheekbones and massige jaws, but his face is not on that account the less interesting; for there is strength in every line of it, keen intelligence, too. A hard, ruthless face it certainly is. He has none of that geniality which often proves a passport to the favor of the multitude. He is almost inhuman in his stony coldness, and there is always the same expression on his face, whether shells are falling around him or whether the air is alive with "Banzais" raised in his honor. His subordinates literally worship him. Horse Is Beer Toper. Jacob Schrader, a teamster of McKeesport, Pa., has a horse that frequents barrooms and drinks beer out of a glass just like a human being. Visitors are entertained by seeing the horse taken into a saloon and treated to a schooner of beer. The act is so popular that the horse usually gets a number of drinks before leaving the bar. THE WISCONSIN WEEKLY ADVOCATE R. B. Montgomery, Editor and Publisher. The Wisconsin Weekly Advocate after three years' residence at 79 Fifth street, has moved its headquarters to 729 St. Paul Ave., where we will receive our guests and trans-act our business in future. Representative Journal Devoted to the Interest of All the People. ADVERTISING RATES. One inch, one year.....$15.00 Two inches, one year.....25.00 Three inches, one year.....35.00 Four inches, one year.....42.00 For larger space, special rates. Locals, 10 cents per line. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One year ..... $2.00 Six months ..... 1.00 Three months ..... .50 Direct all communications to R. B. MONTGOMERY. 38 Eighth Street. HOW TO SEND MONEY.—Post Office Order, Express Order, Draft or Registered Letter. R. B. Montgomery will not be responsible for loss when sent in any other way. TO CONTRIBUTORS: All communications must be sent with the name and address of the sender as an evidence of good faith, but not necessarily for publication. No manuscript returned if not accepted, unless accompanied by stamps. EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS. "I know of the bravery and character of the Negro soldier. He saved my life at Santiago, and I have had occasion to say so in many articles and speeches. The Rough Riders were in a bad position when the Ninth and Tenth cavalry came rushing up the hill carrying everything before them. The Negro soldier has the faculty of coming to the front when he is needed most. In the Civil war he came 400,000 strong, and I believe he saved the Union."—President Roosevelt. A WARNING. We have been informed by friends in Janesville and elsewhere that certain persons of questionable reputation have recently been engaged in a house to house slander concerning The Advocate and its editor, throughout the state generally and more particularly in the cities of Janesville and Beloit. We have placed the matter in the hands of the police department of those cities and we warn these individuals that for any further repetition of these misrepresentations we will invoke the full penalty of the law. The new president of Georgetown university, Rev. David Hillhouse Buel, S. J., is a Yale man of '83. Rev. F. X. McKenney, who has just been appointed president of St. Charles college, at Ellicot county, Md., has been a teacher in that institution since 1890. A Frenchman promises that he will beat Commander Peary to the pole by going in an airship. Perhaps. But will he beat him back with the news for newspaper extras? A statue is to be erected in Paris in honor of Philippe Lebon, who took out a patent in 1801 on the use of gas for lighting purposes, of which he was the inventor. He was murdered in 1804. The late Hermann Nothnagel, the famous surgeon, wrote an essay some years ago, in which he endeavored to prove that the moment of dying, which many people dread, is in most cases perfectly painless. His own death evidently confirmed this doctrine. Hugh O'Beirne, first secretary of the British embassy, who was decorated because of his services in the Dogger Bank congress, has been promoted to a post in the British diplomatic service in Paris. He will leave Lenox as soon as his successor arrives in this country and will go to London. Judge R. R. Kindake of Ohio, in speaking of John F. Stevens, the new chief engineer of the Panama canal, said: "He will surmount all difficulties and build the canal. Stevens has no regard for red tape and is a man who doesn't bother with the little frazzled ends of any proposition." President Jacob Gould Schurmann of Cornell university, has received a diploma appointing him a member for life in the American academy in Rome. This academy was founded in 1894 for the purpose of furthering the advancement of the fine arts and is perhaps the most prominent of its kind in the world. --- A very interesting feature of the annual report of the auditor for the War Department is the statement pertaining to the savings deposits of the enlisted men. For the fiscal year ended June 30. the number of such deposits was 87,-863, aggregating $2,276,540, while the withdrawals, numbering 88,976 aggregated $2,412,247. The interest paid on deposits amounted to $144,979. Among those who received the honorary degree of LL. D. at Trinity college, Dublin, recently, was Mrs. Margaret Byers, the well known head of Victoria college, Belfast. She is the first woman in Ulster to receive such an academic distinction. Her jubilee of fifty years of an active professional life was celebrated in Belfast last month. In addition to her pioneer work in the cause of higher education of women, Mrs. Byers has founded the Victoria homes, for the reclaiming and training of neglected and destitute girls, of which she is honorary secretary. ```markdown ``` TAKE AN ALLEGED THIEF Richard Talbot Is Charged with Burglary at Fond du Lac. WATCH GAVE A CLUE. Prisoner Tried to Dispose of Jewelry in Saloon—Captured at Appleton Junction Fond du Lac, Wis., Aug. 25.—[Special.]—Richard Talbot was arrested at Appleton Junction last night by Detective Shephenson charged with robbing the home of Dr. J. L. Blish. Talbot is reticent, but Chief Nolan is confident that he has the right man. Talbot was arrested in Fond du Lac Monday as a suspect at the North-Western station and released Tuesday morning. The Blish robbery was accomplished about noon while the family were at dinner. Tried to Sell Watch. Later in the afternoon, the chief learned, a stranger answering the description of Talbot went into the saloon of Frank Schmidt, who says the visitor tried to dispose of a Swiss watch. He also had ninety cents in change. This it is believed was taken from the pocket book which was missed Wednesday and found Thursday empty in the yards of The Waite Fuel company. Says He Is a Barber. Talbot gives his home as Chicago and his occupation as a barber. He had nothing on his person except a small stick pin when apprehended. This, however, does not belong to Dr. Blish. Three watches, a necklace and money were taken from the Blish home. A number of other valuables were left undisturbed. Police Worked Hard. Both Detectives Stephenson and Fisher, as well as Chief Nolan, have been working on the case night and day, and as there was considerable mystery about it the interest has been general. PLANTATION IN TROUBLE La Crosse Company with Large Interests in Mexico Encounters Stormy Times. La Crosse, Wis., Aug. 25.—[Special.] —The Mexican Plantation company, with head offices in this city, capitalized at $700,000 and having some 400 shareholders all over the country, is in financial trouble. In 1900 a party of La Crosse men composed of M. Funk, A. P. Funk, E. A. Funk, W. S. Veck, Dr. R. R. Scheattle, Charles E. Seiler and Congressman Esch, bought 2000 acres of land in Mexico. Later in 1901 the syndicate decided to organize a plantation company and did so, taking $325,000 in stock for the land. Some of the directors have made endorsements to the amount of $53,000, the main ones being Henry A. Salzer and A. Platz. They now demand that the notes be paid, refusing to longer carry them. They threaten to foreclose. There is a first mortgage of $25,000 that will have to be cared for also. The company has had hard skirmishing to get enough money to keep running and pay interest. A committee of ten stockholders has been appointed to raise $25,000 on first mortgage bonds, and if this can be done it will carry the company through, as Messrs. Salzer and Platz have agreed to carry their $53,000 indorsement indefinitely. RULES ON PASS LAW. Attorney General Says Some National Guardsmen May Trawel on Free Transportation. Madison, Wis., Aug. 25.—[Special.]— In an unofficial opinion given by the attorney general to A. E. Manchester of Milwaukee, the attorney general holds that the fact that employes of a railroad company were also members of the Wisconsin National guard would not prevent their receiving and using free transportation and this holding also applied to non-commissioned officers, but not to commissioned officers. Mr. Manchester also asked as to notaries of railroads and was informed such officials could use passes when on business of the railroads only. HAD NARROW ESCAPE. Marinette Young People Undergo Exciting Experience in Storm on Lake. Marinette, Wis., Aug. 25.—Seven Marinette young people had a harrowing escape last night which will not soon be forgotten. The five girls and two young men left Lakeside for a sail early in the evening and were caught in a squall and blown to Green island, the sails and masts being blown away. For seven hours the frail boat was at the mercy of the waves, and each moment was expected to capsize. At 3 o'clock in the morning the boat was blown ashore near Wildwood, six miles from the city, and all waded through water waist deep to the shore. LIGHTNING WORKS HAVOC Five Persons Stunned and Horse Killed by Bolt Near Grand Rapid, Wis. Appleton, Wis., Aug. 25.—[Special.]—A bolt of lightning threw Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grosscup and three children from a rig, tore the tire off of the rear wheel of the wagon and threw a heavy draft horse, which was pulling the wagon, against a barb wire fence last night. The accident took place near Grand Rapids. The five were rendered unconscious. The horse was so severely cut by the fence that he will die. The occupants of the wagon escaped without injuries other than being rendered unconscious. YOUNG WIFE MISSING. A Bride of Three Months Disappears and Suicide Is Suspected. Kenosha, Wis., Aug. 25.—[Special.]—Efforts are being made here to find some trace of Mrs. Anna Nelson, 21 years of age, who disappeared from her home near the village of Pleasant Prairie a week ago. It is alleged that the woman left home after quarrelling with her husband and nothing has been heard from her since. She had been married but three months. It is thought possible that Mrs. Nelson has committed suicide. WARNS THEM OF DANGER JUST BEFORE BUILDING AT MARI-NETTE COLLAPSED. Inmates Are Buried in the Ruins, but Are Rescued by the Fire Department. Marinette, Wis., Aug. 25.—[Special.]—The barking of a dog probably saved the lives of James Maher, his wife and two children and Dan Sullivan, his wife and daughter early this morning. They were living in an old house which was on supports 10 feet high and went down with a crash. The people in it had been aroused just a few minutes before it went down by the dog. The house was creaking at that time and they did not have time to leave the building before it collapsed. They were rescued by the fire department and neighbors. Had they been in their beds some of them would surely have been killed, as the building's supports came up through the floors and destroyed the beds and bedroom furniture. The loss is several thousand dollars. For a time it was feared that Mrs. Maher had been buried in the ruins. Several were injured, but not seriously. The building was formerly used as a convent by the Sisters of the Order of Notre Dame. LIST OF COUNTY FAIRS. Fifty-five Are Scheduled at Secretary of State's Office at Madison, for August. September and October. Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 25.—[Special.] —Fifty-five county agricultural fairs are on Wisconsin's list this fall, according to the records in the office of the secretary of state. Two of them, at Tomah and Mineral Point, were held last week. Four are in progress this week, at Sparta, Ashland, Berlin and Darlington. The complete list follows, with dates: Amherst, Sept. 12-15, Lodi, Sept. 12-14. Appleton, Aug. 29 Madison, Sept. 19-22 Sept. 1. Manitowoc, Sept. 5-8. Ashland, Aug. 22-24 Marshfield, Sept. 18- Baraboo, Sept. 19-22. Beaver Dam, Sept. Monomonie, Sept. 19- 25-29. Berlin, Aug. 22-25. Merrill, Sept. 12-15. Black River Falls, Mineral Point, Aug. Sept. 19-22. 15-18. Boscobel, Oct. 4-6. Monroe, Sept. 13-16. Cedarburg, Sept. 21 New London, Sept. 23. 26-29. Chilton, Aug. 31 Oconto, Sept. 5-8. Sept. 2. Phillips, Sept. 26-29. Chippewa Falls, Aug. Platteville, Aug. 29- 28-Sept. 1. Cumberland, Sept. 6-8. Plymouth, Sept 4-7. Darlington, Aug. 22. Portage, Sept. 5-8. 25. Reedsburg, Sept. 5-8. Dodgeville, Sept. 5-8. Richland Center, Elkhorn, Sept. 19-22. Sept. 26-29. Elroy, Aug. 29-Sept.1. Sparta, Aug. 22-25. Evansville, Sept. 5-8. Spring Green, Sept. Fond du Lac, Sept. 20-22. Tomah, Aug. 15-18. Viroqua, Sept. 19-22. Wausau, Sept. 5-8. Wautoma, Sept. 27- Galesville, Aug. 29-33 Gay's Mills, Oct. 10- 13. Hillsboro, Sept. 12-15 Hortonville, Sept. 21- 23 25. West Bend, Sept. 18- 20 Iron River, Sept. 5-7 Jefferson, Sept. 26-29 Kilbourn, Oct. 2-5. La Crosse, Sept. 25 Westfield, Aug. 20 Sept. 1. Weyauwega, Sept. 19- 22. Lancaster, Sept. 5-8. RESORTERS BURN OUT. Dormitory of the Old Mission on Made line Island Is Destroyed by Fire. Ashland, Wis., Aug. 25.—[Special.] The dormitory of the old mission at La Ponite, Madeline island, burned last night. Many of the summer tourists lost all of their clothing and jewelry. The old mission is owned and conducted by Salmon of Beloit and the guests are from all over the country. Conflagration Threatens Merrill. Merrill, Wis., Aug. 25.—[Special.]—A fire loss of about $3000 was the result of a blaze last night which for a time threatened to destroy the Heineman bank block and the principal business portion of this city. The Lemike Drug company and P. Hanscom grocery sustained the heaviest losses. PROBE GRAIN INSPECTION. Wisconsin-Minnesota Controversy Is Referred to United States Attorney General Moody. Superior, Wis., Aug. 25.—It was learned yesterday that George M. Young of North Dakota has taken up the grain inspection matter with United States Attorney General Moody. The state senator asks the attorney general as to the rights of Minnesota inspectors and the railroads to do certain things, and urges him to take vigorous action in the matter if he should find that the provisions of the interstate commerce act are being violated. The reference of the matter to the attorney general comes from the fact that cars of grain consigned from Dakota to Superior have been held up at Duluth and given Minnesota inspection without being ordered for such inspection. DISTRUSTS BANK; MOURNS Marshall, Wis., Farmer Buries Wealth Which Rots in Its Hiding Place. Appleton, Wis., Aug. 25.—[Special.] —Frank Purkiss, a farmer living near Marshall, reports that he is out just $510 because he did not believe in trusting banks with his money. He placed the roll of bills in the ground some time ago and the other day, on examining his hoard, discovered that the paper had nearly turned to dust, having been rotated by the moisture in the ground. It is doubtful whether the government will redeem it. GOOD HARNESS MEET AT OSHKOSH. Big Attendance Marks First Event of New Association. Oshkosh, Wis., Aug. 25.—[Special.]—The first race meeting of the Oshkosh Driving association since its organization was held this afternoon on the club's regulation half-mile oval track. A large attendance and much enthusiasm indicated a revival of interest here in the harness sport. Today's events included a 2:30 trot for $200; 2:24 pace for $600, and a match between Princess Woodford, owned by Masterson of this city, and Olesa, owned by Snow, Fond du Lac. Tomorrow there will be a 2:35 pace for $200; 2:28 pace for $200; free-for-all, for $50, and a special match between Taylor H., owned by John Strange of this city, and Nicholas J., owned by Dr. McCarthy of Fond du Lac. These horses are among the fastest in the state. --- Horseshoe Wishbone Foot WAUSAU LUMBER AND COAL CO. RABBITS EAT UP PRODUCE. Long Island Farmers Complain of Loss of Crops—Hunt Clubs Blamed. Farmers from all parts of Long island bitterly complain against the custom of hunt clubs letting loose jack rabbits. They say their farms are infested with the wildest lot of these animals seen in many years. For two months now they have ravaged the farms of the best products, destroying acres of cauliflowers and other vegetables. A farmer came into town yesterday and said his entire crop of cauliflowers, tomatoes, beets, beans and peas had been almost wholly destroyed by rabbits. Soon, the farmers say, Long island will be overrun like the west. Four years ago the Sportsmen's club of Long island liberated about fifty jackrabbits. They burrowed in the woods adjoining the largest produce farms on the island, and each year have increased alarmingly. The woods afford little to eat at this season of the year. The four years' breeding have scattered themselves through the large farms, leaving nothing but destruction in their wake. The farmers say this is the worst year they have experienced with the rabbits, and crop of all products was unusually heavy.—New York Tribune. WHALE IS CORNERED. Steamer Chases Fish Into Shallow Water; Killed by Fishermen. The steamer Douglas Castle, from Glasgow to Liverpool, had an exciting experience with a whale off Ayr bay. The whale, which was fully seventy-five feet long, was sighted when the steamer was two days out from the Clyde. It was thrashing the sea with its huge tail, and rolling over and over, occasionally spouting a volume of water in the air. A small boat was launched from the steamer; but the descent of a column of water dampened the ardor of the crew, who retreated, followed by the whale. The captain of the steamer then ordered full speed ahead direct at the monster, which, in its frantic efforts to escape, got into shallow water up the bay. Here it became stranded, and could be seen gasping away its life. The steamer was unable to follow any further for want of water, and, although pressed for time, she remained sufficiently long off the bay to observe some Ayr fishermen, who had witnessed the pursuit, hasten down to the shore, launch their craft, and administer the last stroke to the dying whale. Such a capture is extremely rare in this district, the usual haunt of whales being no nearer than the Outer Hebrides. Muscular Lancashire Maids. The maids of Blackburn are making a supreme effort in regard to the development of the race. They have organized a club under the name of The Blackburn and District Ladies' Natural Health society, and they have a membership of about forty. "The society." said the secretary, "aims at the development of a purer and nobler womanhood and manhood." The specific objects of the clubs are: To discourage the wearing of corsets, to discourage the unnecessary physical weakness of women, to promote the con- sideration of the health question, to culti- vate a proper pride regarding the care of the body, to discourage prudery and ignorance regarding vital physical parts, to foster a love for outdoor exercise as a means to develop health and strength, and to discourage the use of tobacco and intoxicants among male friends and acquaintances. All young unmarried girls residing in Blackburn and district are eligible for membership provided they subscribe to the principles of the society. A field has been rented by the club for the purpose of engaging in outdoor sports, and an instructress in gymnastics has been engaged to take the members in hand in the winter months. It is proposed to establish a library of books on all matters appertaining to physical culture, health and hygiene.—London Daily Express. Iron from Old Wreck. One of the most interesting cargoes ever brought to Montreal reached here a couple of days ago when the steamer Oriana, from the southern shores of Africa, steamed in laden with the "remains" of a dozen ships wrecked off the African coast. The Oriana cleared from Port Elizabeth, where her cargo was put aboard; but it was really picked up for many miles along the coast. The many different parts in their badly battered and bent condition likened the collection to a marine graveyard. The fact that the twisted iron was shipped so far indicates how much money there is in rescuing the deserted hulks. It is consigned to a big scrap iron firm here and will be smelted over again. Government Telephone in Canada. The board of commissioners of the Temiskaming & Northern Ontario railway will establish a government-owned telephone system from North Bay to New Liskeard, Canada, a distance of 113 miles, and as the railway is extended northward the telephone system will also be extended the full length. The line will likely be built next summer. Before Starting on Your Travels CALL ON Geo. Burroughs & Sons MANUFACTURERS OF PREMIUM TRUNKS VALISES, SAMPLE CASES, Etc. 124 7 426 East Water St., Milwaukee when you go to buy lumber and building material, but come where you know the grades and prices are right. North Milwaukee, Wis. NOTICE TO ALL actual settlers who buy during the next six months: Lake, Chippewa county, Wisconsin. Two head of blooded stock given either in Chippewa or Gates county States. Terms of payment for the long time at 6 per cent. interest. J. L. GATES LAND CO. 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Almost the only books which, I think, it is a duty to read, are the lives of great contemporaries; one gets thus to have an idea of what is going on in the world, and to realize it from different points of view. New fiction, new poetry, new travels are very hard to peruse diligently. The effort, I confess, of beginning a new novel, of making acquaintance with an unfamiliar scene, of getting the individualities of a fresh group of people into one's head is becoming every year harder for me; but there are still one or two authors of fiction for whom I have a predilection, and whose works I look out for. New poetry demands an even greater effort; and as to travels, they are written so much in the journalistic style, and consist so much of the meals our traveler obtains at wayside stations, of conversations with obviously reticent and even unintelligent persons; they have so many photogravures of places that are --- --- a quarter section of land from us. 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ANNON ER IN HOLD GOODS household Goods WISCONSIN exactly like other places, and of complacent people in grotesque costumes, like superms in a play, that one feels the whole thing to be hopelessly superficial and unreal. The only books of travel worth reading are those where a person has settled deliberately in an unknown place, really lived the life of the people, and penetrated the secret of the landscape and the buildings. "But I think that as one grows older one may take out a license, so to speak, to read less. One may go back to the old restful books, where one knows the characters well, hear the old remarks, survey the same scenes. One may meditate more upon one's stores, stroll about more, just looking at life, seeing the quiet things that are happening, and beaming through one's spectacles. One ought to have amassed, as life goes on and the shadows lengthen, a good deal of material for reflection. 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Please mention your name and address plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO.. 70 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. Agents wanted everywhere. THE BATTLE-FIELDS. OLD SOLDIERS TALK OVER ARMY EXPERIENCES. The Blue and the Gray Review Incidents of the Late War, and in a Graphic and Interesting Manner Tell of Camp, March and Battle. "Never, except on one occasion," said the Lieutenant, "did I think the English way of treating soldiers was better than our own way. When we went to Tampa in 1898 a good many of the restaurants there displayed the sign, 'No soldiers fed here.' As we had full rations and very little money, this did not disturb the boys, but it outraged the sensibilities of a young Englishman in my company. He called my attention to the sign and said no man would dare display such a sign where soldiers were quartered in England. "Instead of proclaiming they would not feed soldiers, the restaurant proprietors in an English town were required not only to feed soldiers but serve them at half the regular price. Listening to the story, the men of the company began to show resentment, particularly toward a pretentious establishment which made a parade of its Cuban proprietorship and the pride thereof in the American soldiers, but all the while displayed the sign, 'No soldiers fed here.' "On the first pay day the men of the artillery company decided to have a feast. The company was formed as if for duty, the orderly sergeant insisting that the cooks take their place in line. Then the company, each man armed and equipped for hot work, marched to the restaurant, took possession, put the proprietors and their employers under guard, and then put its own cooks on duty. These prepared and served a fine supper. "After the supper had been disposed of the company marched out without explanation or remark, and the indignant proprietors made haste to present a formal complaint to the colonel in command of the camp. The colonel was a strict disciplinarian, and he was sure the restaurant men were mistaken. His own men, he said, could not possibly have done such a thing. However, he would order the companies formed for inspection, and if the restaurant keepers could pick out the offenders they would be punished. "Things seemed to be going against the boys when the colonel said blandly to the complainants: 'Of course, you feed soldiers at your establishment?' The 'Spanish-Americans' reluctantly admitted that they did not. The colonel asked, not so blandly: 'You don't show one of those offensive placards, "No soldiers fed here," do you?' They admitted that they did. 'Then,' thundered the colonel, 'get out of this camp as quickly as your legs can carry you. Get out or I will put you all under arrest.' And they got out." "I never saw such a sign in the Civil War," said the Captain. "The Southern hotelkeepers were, as a rule, ready to feed all soldiers who had money. I have often thought, however, that the boys in the Spanish-American war had a very limited experience of the unusual as compared with the experiences of the long service men in the Union army. This was particularly true of the things that happened in the last year of the war, when the men were seasoned to adventure and were thrown largely on their own resources. "The battle of Bentonville came as a surprise to most of Sherman's army, and there were some stirring incidents. But the scene that comes up first in my mind when Bentonville is mentioned is one to make me laugh. On that North Carolina march our brigade or division used pack mules instead of wagons, and the pack train was a picturesque affair, the mules being loaded with all sorts of plunder. In addition to other things, nearly every mule carried at least one live rooster, and some mules two or three roosters. "The roosters had been gathered up on the long march and had become great pets. So it was arranged they should be put in large wooden pails confiscated along the route, and these pails tied to the tops of the packs on the mules. The roosters took kindly to the locomotion, and while the mules were moving were very quiet. But when the train halted the roosters, anticipating release and the freedom of camp, would crow lustily. "This was not so comical when the mules were scattered at camping time among the several companies. But at Bentonville there had been much hurrying and the whole pack train was collected in a sheltered position to await the issue of battle. As the cavalry and artillery moved forward into the fight we passed the pack train. The unusual racket and confusion had kept the roosters quiet, but one old fellow looking over the top of his bucket recognized us as old friends and crowed vigorously. This started another and another until the whole aggregation went in action, every one of a hundred roosters crowing for dear life. "It was ludicrous beyond description. The fun of it took possession of officers and men, and we went into the fight laughing and talking back talk to the roosters. We could hear them crow after we got down to business, and the boys thought it was a good omen and they told some of their prisoners about it. When we went into camp after the battle, the roosters, it seemed to us, crowed louder than ever, and certainly they were greater pets than ever before. "Despite their affection for their pet roosters the boys in good time became so chicken hungry that the roosters began to disappear. A man who would not kill his own rooster would willingly sacrifice the last rooster of his best friend, and it became necessary to closely guard our pets at night. One night I tied my rooster to a long pole and pushed pole and rooster under the house in which I had established headquarters for the night. A little after 12 o'clock I sneezed and there was a vigorous crow right under my head. "That rooster crowed from that hour until daylight every time any one sleeping on the floor moved, and the next day my noisy rooster was the talk of the camp. Even Gen. Kilpatrick sent an orderly to me with his compliments, begging to inform me that he had at his headquarters a rooster that could lick mine and teach him manners. I sent my compliments to Kilpatrick and begged to inform him that my rooster was true blue, and fought only recess chickens. I stuck to my rooster, and not a few of the boys carried their North Carolina roosters in the grand review at Washington."—Chicago Inter Ocean. How Smith and the Captain Traded. Naturally, the reader, if he has ever been, or is now, or if he only has an inclination to be a horse trader, will read this article with the expectation of gaining a new point or information. But our story relates only to a custom of trading in military circles in time of war, and though this particular incident may not have fallen under the observation of the reader, yet, if he has been a soldier, no doubt a parallel case can be called to mind. The narrator of the story was a distinguished Georgian, and as we were more interested in the events than the time and place, that part of the story was lost; yet the incident is vouched for as having actually occurred. John Smith lived on southern soil, yet he was a stanch Union man. His neighbors had all joined issues with the Confederacy, and of course no fraternal feeling existed for any one who stood an avowed antagonist to the principles they believed to be right. Smith was forced to bear insults on every hand. His cattle were killed, and in fact the sentiment prevailed that it was perfectly right to appropriate any property belonging to him, for either public or private use. But though this was contrary to our Union hero's idea of right and wrong, he never complained. Often assassination or a rope in the hands of a mob were insinuations brought to bear upon, his mind to induce him to disavow his convictions. But all this seemed to make him the firmer and the more determined not to complain. But fortune often changes, and in the course of events the occasion presented itself where it seemed the tables were about to turn. A small Union foraging force had made its appearance in the neighborhood, and the defenseless inhabitants were entirely at its mercy. Smith decided now was the time to get even with his persecuting neighbors. So he had his best horse brought from his stable, and, after having it saddled, he set out to meet the Union soldiers. He had not proceeded far before he encountered the man he was looking for, and recognizing an officer in a captain's uniform, he rode boldly forward, and after making a salute, called out: "Good morning, captain." "Good morning, sir! Dismount!" came the reply. Smith did not exactly understand that kind of reception, yet, deciding it was military custom, he unhesitatingly complied. "Unsaddle," was the next command that was given by the captain. "Unsaddle that old nag over there and put your saddle on her, and the one on her on this horse you've been riding." And as he hastily complied with this command, he began to wonder. "Now mount that old horse," was the next order. He mounted. "Now face about." He "faced." "Now move!" But this was past endurance; so while the old horse was already moving forward, Smith, turning in his saddle, called out: "Captain, just let me say one thing." "Well, say it, and say it quick!" "Well, I've been trading horses forty years; but this is the first time I ever traded and didn't have a word to say about it."—J. M. C. in American Tribune. Most Annoying. Mrs. Subbubs—Mrs. Gaddie says she's quite disgusted with that new family that moved in last week. There's some scandal in their family. Mrs. Backlotz—What is it? Mrs. Subbubs—They wouldn't tell her. That's why she's so disgusted with them.—Philadelphia Press. A Feminine Retort. "Here is a sensible writer in the London World who says: 'Most men like women in quite plain, simple clothes.'" "Bah! That's the utterance of some parsimonious husband with a dowdy wife."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Last Word. "Does your wife insist on having the last word?" said the man who asks impertinent questions. "Certainly not," answered Mr. Meekton. 'She doesn't have to insist.'—Washington Star. The pain of a lost love is the price many a woman has paid for a home. HOMES ARE RUINED BY STRONG DRINK. Thousands of Lives, Characters and Fortunes Are Annually Wrecked Along the Gilded Pathway, Having Its Beginning in the Wine Room. There is one man who is having a hard time of it under the new condition of affairs, and that is the drinking man. He cannot look to a corporation for sympathy. The employer wants a steady workman, always ready to do his best, and the result is, the drinking man is being forced more and more to the wall. The drinking man is a problem for the labor unions. He can seldom hold a steady job. He is always appealing to the union to help him secure a situation. Each time the union places him it damages its reputation, as the drinking man is not up to the standard required. What shall the labor unions do with the drinking man? They must not expel him and prevent him from working, as that would be little short of a crime, and they surely would not lower the standard of the workingman to the level of the drinking man who is incapacitated from doing his best because of his diseased appetite for liquor. The employer doesn't want him and won't have him. As long as the labor unions have him, they will have a heavy burden to bear. One of the fundamental principles of labor unions is to help their members who are in sickness and distress. The man with a diseased appetite for liquor is in the most wretched distress that can befall a man, because if not cured he is not only doomed to death of the body, but also to death of the soul. The burden of carrying him in the labor union with his diseased appetite is not only a burden, but also a menace to the progress of the union. The cost of curing the inebriate member would be insignificant compared with the grand results to be obtained. Labor unions engage halls, distribute literature, go to considerable expense for the discussion of economics, but at such gatherings there is one phase of the economic question upon which silence is maintained, and that is the liquor question. This question ought to be the foremost in discussion as to how to solve it rightly. It will do the labor unions little good if they fight to increase the workingman's wage if the workingman turns over to the liquor traffic the increased wage he receives. It is a pleasure to me as a tradesunion man to see the great leaders of organized labor ardent in their espousal of sobriety for the workingman. A few years ago at a great labor convention a resolution was presented to endorse a certain brand of liquor, but it was overwhelmed almost unanimously. It was well said that workingmen should never think of doing anything of the kind as long as they remembered Frances E. Willard and the way she used her voice and pen in behalf of the downtrodden wage-worker. Labor unions ought to set themselves strongly against the liquor evil. Only sober men should be placed in official positions. No intoxicating liquors should be dispensed at meetings or entertainments given under their auspices. The liquor question ought to be discussed as a problem that stands in the way of the better advancement of the workingman. John F. Cunneen, in Connecticut Citizen. Holland's New Liquor Law. The new liquor law of Holland has now come into force. The main provisions are as follows: If anyone applies for a license his name must be published so that those who have anything against him can get a chance to be heard. No place can be opened before all formalities are observed. In cities and parishes with less than 10,000 inhabitants a license can be issued for each 250 of the population; in cities with 10,000 to 50,000, one for each 300, and in larger cities not more than one for each 500 of the population. No license of any kind above this may be issued. No building that belongs to the government, provincial, city or parish governments, can be used for liquor trade. The local authorities may also except certain parts of a community or of a street or a whole street from the liquor trade. License is issued only for one year at a time and can be recalled after that time. It is prohibited to sell liquors to minors, to intoxicated persons, to soldiers in uniform, to use female bartenders or servants to serve in saloons or public houses. All kinds of gambling in those places and all games with cards and dice are prohibited. "Positively we are growing more sober, and there is more to be hoped from the present methods of temperance reform than from their predecessors," says the London St. James' Budget. "Argument on moral grounds, admirable in theory, lacked something of practical persuasion. But now that commerce has taken the question up, and recognized what may be called the cash value of soberness, the temperance reformers are powerfully reinforced." Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.—Benjamin Franklin. Why Suffer from Disease? Robinson's Alfalfa-Nutrient Positively cures Rheumatism, Locomotor-Ataxia, all Stomach, Liver and Kidney Troubles and all Nerve and Blood Diseases. Send us your name and address and we will mail you absolutely free a ten days' trial treatment of this wonderful medicine together with a scientific booklet, "How to Secure Perfect Physical Health." Address ALFALFA-NUTRIENT CO. 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It may happen to the most loving wife and mother to feel more than once her thoughts carried back with yearning to her childhood’s home and the compan- ions of her youth, and she may recall with a sigh the comparative immunity from care that belonged to those early days. lor this reason young girls can- not too soon begin to prepare them- selves for the hours of loneliness life must inevitably bring, and they should resolve from the first that whenever left thus they will spend the time profitably in acquiring useful knowledge, in en- larging their mental horizon so as to be able to suare their husbands’ pursuits and understand their aims, to become their worthy companions in every enter- prise. For this no tremendous display of learning is requisite, that would oft- en rather weary a man than not, in- stead of giving him the sensation of re- pose he seeks. Secrets of Happy Women. One of the friends of my youth, au unmarried woman, whose skill with her needle was unrivaled, always had a book open before her while she worked, and whilst executing some lovely piece of embroidery of such graceful design and in such delicate colors that it looked like a_ water ‘color sketch, she would learn all the finest passages from her author by heart. Thanks to this system, she was able to relate stories without end to the young people she gathered around her, reciting long passages of poetry, and sometimes entire poems, without ever having to refer to a book. Ah. it women could but learn ‘that they are here not to be understood but to understand others, that herein lies a great part of their mission upon earth! But we are doomed to nothing but dis- appointment if ever we expect our own inmost thoughts and feelings to be pene- trated or appreciated by those we live amongst. Men rarely understand the nature of woman; their own sentiments are much less complex and less highly elaborated, and they seldom have time or inclination to study the delicate in- tricate machinery of a woman's soul. A man is generally satisfied, when he returns home tired after the day’s work. to find a comfortable fireside awaiting him; he fancies the simple honest affec- tion he gives his wife ought to content her also, and he certainly will not trou- ble his head about any deeper psycho- logical problem involved. Dignity Covers Wounds. An atmosphere of supreme dignity, something of a sacred halo, invests the persons of those married women whose self-respect impels them to lock within their own breasts the secret of what- ever disappointments and deceptions may have been theirs. Those who lack the necessary self-command, and vent their wrongs in complaints and re- proaches, thereby put themselves in fault, however irreproachable their own lives may be, and might weil in this respect take a lesson from some of their less virtuous but wiser sisters, who gen- erally avoid this error. For it is use- less for a woman to hope that merely by having an immaculate reputation she ean retain her hold on her husband's affection if she wears out his patience with ‘scenes, making herself ridiculous by frantic outbursts of jealousy. In- stead of giving way to tears and up- braidings, she should simply try to show herself more amiable and attractive than other women, so that her husband may have no excuse for seeking elsewhere the pleasures denied him in his own home, but be compelled to hail in it the best and most agreeable spot on earth. It would, of course. be impossible to keep from him all trials, all troubles, since there are certain of these—the anxieties concerning their children, for instance—in which he must have his share; these are the true cares, the great sorrows, which are imposed on both alike; but there are innumerable minor worries, the trivial daily annoyances and vexations, which belong to woman's province alene, and which the true wife will carefully refrain from inflicting on her husband. The sunshine of smiles, the gladness of a perpetual holiday, should always greet iim on his own threshold, and there need be no difficulty about this, if only she who awaits him there would give all her thoughts to higher duties, end bestow less upon her own person. ‘that women are capable of this forgetfulness of self, of this ab- solute devotion to nobler aims, is fuliy proved by the example and in the per- son of nuns and all such as lead a simi- lar life of self-sacrifice. To Obey Is a Solution. Would that women could under ali circumstances bring themselves’ to obey the wise rule of the cloister, which does not permit them even to speak of them- selves! They should all of them remem- ber that their inner life possesses inter- est but for a very small minority. The world at large is often glad to benefit by the results of these inner experiences, to reap the rich harvest sprung from seed sowr in sorrow and pain; but there are few who care to hear anything of the storms and struggles by which the soil was prepared to oring forth such goodly fruit. Women are far too prone to bewail their hard fate, to complain of their hus- bands, lamenting their own hasty choice, and if not railing at the institution of matrimony as altogether a mistake, at all events each deciding that in her own individual case she has been thrown away on one quite unworthy of her. And what bitter and unavaiiing regret is sometimes hers, who in 2 moment of -an- noyance has let fall those hasty words which she would afterwards give so much to recall! How often does it not happen that we see the widow, who found it quite impossible to get on wit! her husband during his lifetime. and never had a good word to say of him then, after his death give way to the deepest despair. and appear absolutely inconsolable at his loss, never tiring of er ett ate ee a at Des ae ee ee Death as a Reminder. Ah! if we did but aceustom ourselyes to live with the thought of death more constantly before us! How gentle, how inmlulgent it must necessarily make us, if on all occasions we reminded our- seives of the ever-present danger, of the end that must sooner or later come to all, if we did but reflect that tomorrow the one we love best may be no longer with us, that our eyes seeking him may find his aceustemed place vacant, our ears strain in vain to catch the echoes of his voice! We should surely be more patient at imaginary and even at real grievances, if we did not in our daily lives carefully put away from us the thought of the inevitable separation that sooner or later must come. But we think too little of what we owe to others, and too much of that which we fancy to be due to ourselves, tili we easily arrive at persuading ourselves that we are neg” lected and slighted and misunderstood and altogether undervalued by our hus- bands. In point of fact, so manifold and so all-engrossing are the ciaims made by her family and her household on a woman’s care and attention. that if she rightly devote herself to these she will have little leisure left to formulate her own counter-claims. At times indeed the burden might seem too great for the fragile shoulders on whieh it rests, and the delicate frame be borne down under it; but there is this marvel about the work that is a labor of love, that it lends wings to those who undertake it. This is so universally true, it constitutes a sort of link or bond between all women worthy of the name, enabling them to understand one another at a glance, de- spite all differences of age or condition, of country or of race. Men are very rarely gifted with the like measure of penetration concerning our sex, indeed, we might venture to say that in some respects they do not understand women at all. And it was probably never in- tended by nature that they should.— Carmen Sviva. TO MEET TROUBLE BRAVELY. Cheery Soul Needed to Battle with Life Problems. It is a grand thing to be courageous, to carry a brave heart that sees the bright side of things and rises supreme above the worries and troubles of life. We all number a few cheery souis of this kind among our friends, and what a comfort they are to live with. There Las come to light one woman who has lost money, position and even contidence in the one who should have been nearest and dearest to her. She has had to slave early and_ late to keep a roof over herself, her husband and her three helpless babies. If ever woman had cause to feel and look discouraged and sour, she has. But in spite of all she wears the sweetest expression ever seen on a wom- an’s face. Every one loves her, every one goes to her for encouragement and mental stimulation. We call her a “soul tonic.” This women is of course unusual in her brightness and courageous way of taking life, but we can all take a chap- tee oue of her book if we put our minds to it. Let us begin with the little things that jar and fret us every day. If we wish to conquer the big troubles we must first tackle the little ones. It takes more perseverance and cour- age to deal with the latter than with the former. For we are praised when we are brave over big things, but no one notices us when we are brave over little ones. Don’t be easily cast down and con clude that just because a few things go wrong you are a blighted being with nothing left to live for. As long as you exist in this wonder- ful, beautiful world, there is 2 great deal worth living for. Put your shoulder to the wheel and say: “I will be bright, I will make tic best of things.” If you wish to achieve any success. in life, the surest way to do is by keeping at whatever your appointed task may b with unflagging interest and energy. If at the end of the day you feel dis couraged at your lack of progress don’t sit down and lament over it; find ou your mistake and try to do better next jay. This all sounds rather iike sermoniz ing, and you may be tempted to ask m« if one can practice what is preached. “One may try, dear girls, but of coursé many slips are made, for sometimes it’s almost iimpossible to feel bright and hopeful when everything seems wrong isn’t it? But when most tempted to whine ané rebel at the way things are going, think of the woman with ner noble courag and saint-like face, and you will be sure to brighten up through very shame ot daring to do anything else. Just remember that “every cloud ha: a silver lining.” Don’t be overpowered by the dar} side; keep at it until you find the brigh one, for “weeping may endure for night, but joy cometh in the morning.””— Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. | Deadly roison Discovered. ainiabet __A poison so subtle in its workings that the inventor dare not put it on the mar- ket less wide-spread death might be the result is in the hands of L. D. Cooley of Kalamazoo, Mich. Although he clzims that it is powerful enough to rida honse of all vermin by a single application, Mr. Cooley fears that the user might perish in applying the poison. Mr. Cooley will not even tell whether his poison is pow- der, liquid or gas: Recent experiments, attested to by reputable business men, show its efficiency. A restaurant was cleared of flies in three hours. In pre- paring the death-dealing matter Mr. Cooley was assisted by the experiment- ing chemists of the University of Mich- igan. Four chemicals were used, each harmless in itself. “I will not put it on sale,” said Mr. Cooley, “for it might become the universal murder agency. It leaves no trace of its use, simply a dead body. Such a thing is too dangerous to permit of general handling.” igen: Intoxicant Acts Queer. Asserting that he crawled under a barn to avoid the gaze of pedestrians, William Cargill when arraigned before the mayor at Waterloo, [a., for intoxication ex- plained his plight in a singular manner. He stated that when he found himself succumbing to the influence of the intoxi- cants he had drunk he sought shelter un- der a barn and then bemoaned his fate by adding that he had to be dug out like a gopher by the chief of police. The latter said that he left the station at the urgent request of passers-by to rout Car- gill from his slumbers and found that the latter was so securely intrenched that the chief was forced to use a shovel and dig to a depth of three feet in the ground in order to extricate Cargill. Aft- or a large excavation had been made Cargill dropped the forepart of his body into the hole and managed to wiggle out. Cargill said that he was fortunate to be alive and cheerfully paid a fine and costs. ———— A New Explosive. A dispatch from Plymouth, England, states that Messrs. Kynoch (Limited), one of the government manufacturers of cordite, claim to have produced an ex- plosive which retains the main constitu- ents of cordite, but which, because of ingredients added, will reduce climatic effect by one-half. Instead of a round cord, as in cordite, a ribbon is the form of manufacture, and it is claimed that this explosive will not corrode the bar. rels so much as the older form, that there is less friction and consequently greater accuracy. Experiments have been made which show that after firing the new explosive the “deposit” does not injure the barrel if left in it for sev- eral hours afterward. A CAUSE OF SONG. I hasn't got a dollar As I goes along the street. I isn’t apprehensive Of a burglar I might meet. I hasn't got no business Foh to fill my soul wif doubt; I hasn't got 2 dollar— An’ dat’s what I's singin’ "bout. Ob, de summer brings de hay stack An’ de winter brings de snow. I sometimes has a quarter, But I seldom has much mo’. The trusts dey couldn't skeer me; I'll nebber git de gout— I hasn't got a dollar— An’ dat’s what I's singin’ ‘bout. New York Every Day. York city. Charles M. Schwab said his coming trip abroad is for the purpose of inves- tigating in Germany a new and secret process for the manufacture of steel. Thousands of letters from persons who are dissatisfied. with the treatment they have received from organizations in which they or their relatives are in- sured are being sent to the legislative committee appointed to investigate tle New York insurance companies, Joseph H. Choate has expressed lis disinclination to serve as advisory cous- sel of the legislative committee which is to investigate the insurance comp:t- nies. He said he is not disposed to ii- terrupt his vacation. His answer is not regerded as final by the committee, how- ever. The ancient three-story and attic house at Elm and Prince streets, N. Y. city. in which President Monroe died July +, 1831, was partially destroyed by fire a short time ago. The fire started in a rag store in the basement. Several weeks ago a_bronze tablet commemor:\t- ing James Monroe’s death there was placed on the house, Father James F. Mella, pastor of St. Edward's Roman Catholic — church. Broeklyn, was awakened by the ringing of the burglar alarm, and found a nezro robbing the church. The negro tried to draw a revolver, but the priest grap- pled with him, and after a desperate fight brought the robber to his knees with a blow from his fist. Help then came and the negro was taken to the sia- tion. _ Towed by a sunfish twenty miles to sea is the experience of W. Scribner of Sag Harbor, Arnold Mulford of Bridgehamp- ton and George Lyneh of Montauk Point. The men were out in a small power launch and managed to get fast to the fish by means of a harpoon. Tlie fish, which weighed all of 500 pounds, immediately started seaward. The men eould not get near enough to lance it. and finally cut loose, as a heavy fog was setting in. - A young woman who was shot on Riv- erside drive and who, since she has been a prisoner patient in Bellevue hospital, has refused to tell who she is or who shot her, has been identified at the hosji- tal as Delia W. Lyttel of Syracuse, N. Y., by Reginald C. Smith, who had known her in Paterson, N. J. Smith told the hospital authorities that the young woman left Syracuse in company with a girl named Graham, whose father is now looking for her, helped by the police of Paterson, George E. Pepper, the labor leadei who conducted the late unsuccessful sub- way and interborough strike, and now a saloonkeeper, was arraigned in Harlem court charged with the awful offense of running across the grass in Central park te drag his S-year-old daughter from in front of an automobile. Park employes warned Pepper to go back. An argu- ment followed, in which the latter's tem- per lived up to his name. It ended in Pepper's being taken to the station charged with violating the park ordi- nances. The treasure box stolen from the home of Herman 8. Cheney at Southbridge, Mass., last February has been returned, with contents intact, as mysteriously as it disappeared. Mr. Cheney nad taken the box, containing $50,000 in cash and securities to the value of about $250,000 from the security vault in Boston and hidden it in his house while preparing a schedule of his property. The box was reported lost, but no details were given out as to the manner of the loss and hone are given as to tie manner of its return. A diamond hunt is going on in the ruins of the Lackawanna railroad ter- minal at Hoboken. There was a vast quantity of baggage in the building at the time of the fire and none of it was saved. Among other things consumed was a trunk said to have contained $15,- 000 worth of diamonds owned by & wealthy New York woman. Private de- tectives are watching the laborers en- gaged in clearing away the debris, but no trace of the diamonds has yet been discovered and the railway officials re- fuse to confirm the story of their loss. Miss Eleanor Fredericks, daughter of Charles Fredericks of Haverford, Pa., armed with a costly Persian rug, played the heroine in an automobile accident. in which Dr. Richard Flaure Woods of Philadelphia came close to being burned alive, and a friend was made uncon- scious by a fall. The young woman, who is something of an athlete, reached under the overturned and burning car. beneath which the physician, his clothes on fire. was held prisoner, dragged him out, and then wrapping the man in the rug, carried him into her home. She was burned about the arms during the rescue. Stringent measures are being taken by the health department to stamp out ty- phoid fever, which has become almost epidemic in some quarters of the south- ern section of Brooklyn. It is said bath- ing in Gravesend bay, from Fort Hamil- ton to Ulmer park, including Bath beach and Bensonhurst, will be prohibit- ed unless there is an immediate decrease in the number of new fever cases. The sanitary inspectors declare that sewege has contaminated the entire bay front at the places mentioned. For the week just ended the health depart- ment reports seventy-two deaths from typhoid in Greater New York. Signor Giuseppe Nicolao, who taught Mme. Adelina Patti and a host of other singers, lies dead in a_ little flat on Eighty-third street, New York. His lack of worldly suecess embittered his declin- ing years, and, blind and poor, he went to his death railing at an unkind fate. He was born eighty years ago inPalermo. and came to this country with a small opera company. The venture was ill- was made a chevalier in reeognition of his discovery of such a voice. It is rumored that Miss Florence Cro- ker, daughter of Richard Croker, has eloped with an Italian in Europe. A New York newspaper published a cable- gram from Aix-les-Bains, saying that resort was stitred up over the elope- ment of “a Miss Florence C—, daugh- ter of a much talked of New York poli- tician.” and Louis M—, connected with one cf the best families of Naples. The story runs that both young people are under 20 and that before eloping they sought the consent of the young woman's mother to wed. Failing to get this, they ran away together to see her father, hoping to get his consent to their marriage. Miss Croker went abroad with her mother some weeks ago, after the funeral of Herbert Croker. Russell Sage, who reeently celebrated his 89th birthday, is reported in financial circles to have told a friend that he ex- pects to reach the age of 100 and that he also expects to see Missouri Pacific stock go to 200 before he dies. This re- mark cireulated upon the floor of the stock exehange caused much amused comment, as it was only a few years ago Mr. Sage denouneed an upward move- ment of the same stock as rank manipu- lation that would hurt the railroad by exciting the anger of the farmer legis lators. Mr. Sage has been noted for long-time predictions in the stock market that came true. When one broker on the exchange heard of Mr. Sage’s prediction about liv- ing to be 100 he remarked tersely: “1 don’t see why Proyidenee snould wait for him to reach par, when he can be got around 89, if economically managed, and can be expeeted to earn carrying charges.” Dr. William D. Crum, the negro collec tor of customs at Charleston, 8. C., is a summer visitor, with his wife, in West Park, N. J. The Crums called on John Schneider, the roller chair man, on the board walk at Asbury Park and wanted to hire a double-seated roller for a ride along the walk. “Will you push it yourself?’ asked the roller chair man. “No,” said Crum; “I want one of your boys to do it.” The Charleston collector was told the boys would’t roll negroes. “1¢ you will allow a placard to be placed on the roller chair announcing your name and the fact that you are dis- tinguished colored people L think I can manage it,” was Schneider's suggestion. To this Crum objected. Schneider re- fused to rent the chair except on the conditions stated. Collector Crum bowed politely and left the board walk. According to 2 statement made by Jo- seph Pool, the veteran New York mag- istrate, more than 7700 women are aban- doned in New York by their husbands in the course of a year. “What is the chief cause of abandonment?” the mag- istrate was asked. “A good many husbands leave their wives on account of other women. There is no doubt about that. And, in quite a good many cases that come before us, gambling on the part of the husband is responsible for the abandonment ef the wife.” According to the city magistrates, about half of all the wives who are abandoned in New York remain self-supporting, although they drag along on miserable pittances. The other half are taken care of either by the city, in its public charitable insti- tutions, or by churches or private insti- tutional charity. The children thus for- saken by their fathers are. in a large number of cases, placed in asylums, from where they are frequently sent to remote parts of the country and are for- ever lost to the parents. A truck load of table and bed linen, silverware, and other property bearing the marks of various hotels was spread cut in Yorkville court, New York city, the other day. It had been taken from the home of William Grogan, who was arrested on complaint of the assistant manager of the Hotel Manhattan. Gro- gan has been “head worker” in the hotel, but threw up his job. The house- keeper said she had seen Grogan carry- ing away bath towels. He had the pass key to all the rooms. The police learned that Grogan and his wife had enter- tained the servants from various hotels. His rooms were furnished with more or less luxury. On the kitchen table was a cover that cost $40. There were hand- some silver spoons, Yorks and knives. In some rooms pieces of velvet carpet lay upon the ordinary ingrain carpet. The dining room closets were filled with expensive chinaware, Lace curtains hung over windows. Fine linen covered the beds and Grogan’s bed bore a lace bedeover and lace fringed pillow shams. Mrs. Selie Weinstock, wife of a plumber living in this city, died a pris- oner on Ellis Island. The doctors say heart disease was the cause, but her hus- band and friends are making a stormy protest over her detention by the mmmi- gration officials and declare that the woman died from a broxen heart. Weinstock came to this country from Russia four years ago. He left his wife and three children with his father. En- gaging in business on the West side, he gradually accumulated money enough to bring them over and also took ont citi- zenship papers recently. Mrs. Weinstock arrived at Ellis Island July 2. Her youngest child had con- tracted measles during the voyage and was immediately sent to the hospital ashore. The other children also were allowed to land, but the mother was held ou a report by the examiners that she had heart disease. The husband went to Ellis Island daily and tried to comfort Mrs. Wein- stock. Meanwhile lawyers were busy and made strong efforts _to secure per- mission for her to land. The matter was finally placed before the bureau in Wash- ington, but no action had been taken when the woman suddenly gave way under the strain and died before her husband could reach the detention pen. Having bgen informed that a band of swindlers posing as wire tappers had netted a large sum by the familiar con- fidence method of pretending to hold Having bgen informed that a band of swindlers posing as wire tappers had netted a large sum by the Baier con- fidence method of pretending to hold back race results going by wire to pool rooms, the police raided a brown stone front house, handsomely furnished, in West Forty-fifth street, New York city. Nine men alleged to be members of the gang were arrested. Eight of the prison- ers held had their pictures in the Rogue’s gallery. The police reserves were called out to take charge of, the building. Officers climbed up the front and entered by the parlor window. Elev- en men were within and they made a wild dash to escape. Two succeeded but the others were held up at the back fence and submitted without a spate On the wall of one room was found a telephone which appeared to have been in use for some months. A telegraph instrument in the corner was merely a blind while the walls were covered with racing charts. All of the prisoners were stylishly dressed. and the majority of them were elderly, gray-haired men who looked like prosperous brokers. They chafed the police and declared they would be set free in short order but were locked up for the night. Many com- plaints have been made by persons swin- died through the wire tapping game, one man having lost $50,000, a few months ago. The Society for Philanthropie Re- the sophisticated Coney island, has for- mally abandoned its task and has irre- yoeably ended its self-appointed duties. The organization numbered among its members twenty of the most prominent society women in Brooklyn. In its ar- ticles of organization it was siated its object was “To correct the evil in- fluences that Coney island exerts over the city’s young men.” In the final report at the last meeting it was stated: We were zealous in the cause, but our efforts Lave been laughed te scorn, revilec, and scoffed at. If there are others who d-- sire to redeem Coney, they are twice wei- come, No more for us. Our nerves are shattered and our pa- tience has been exhausted. We have searched the length and breadth of Coney Island and could find none that desired te accept our advice. Even some young girls whom we approached in a cen cert hall were rade and called us “swell grafters’’ and then had the audacity toe ask us to have a drink or a eigaret or both. One man said te us: “Coney does not need regeneration. AIL ofd places of wick- edness are disappearing before the advance of See Capital owns half the fsland already, and is constantly encroaching upon the other half.” We are of the opinion that our efforts had best be directed in hospital and charitable work, and we hereby end our object of making Coney Island conform with ideals impossible of realization. THE LATTER DAY PLOT. The heroes of the olden tales— ‘The heroes of a while ago— Were knights who sought for holy grails, Were models of the perfect beau. Romance today has not the glow Wherewith the former tales were lit. Do heroes swing the sword? Ab, no. They Iug the jimmy and the kit. No longer do they brave the gales That on the angry ocean blow. Nor port the helm, ner reef the sails While madly tossing to and fro; Today we will not have it so. The hero has a ready wit : By daylight; in the moonlight, though, He Ings the jimmy and the kit. Of hairbreadth ’scapes from frowning jail: Of treading hallways on tiptoe, Of rifling banks and robbing mails, Of finding splendid swag to stow, Of fatal footsteps in the snow We read, and marvel at the grit Of these new heroes that we know— They lug the jimmy and the kit. Good-bye, Three Guardsmen, Ivanhoe! You'll not make a best selling hit. The modern hero is not slow— = He lugs a jimmy and the kit. —W. D. —_——— she shivered through the strand under the black arch of the sky. The mighty, onrushing human tide swept about her unheeding while she hungered. Han- soms clattered up in long procession to the garish fronts of the theaters. Well- groomed men handed out laughter-light, gayly-dressed women, too intent on their pleasures to look into the girl's white, drawn face and see the woe in her eyes. On she walked, shivering, hungry, with body weary for rest, with heart empty of hope. The cold sliced through her clothing and cut into her flesh razor keen. Three weeks ago the play in which she had a small part had come to an end. Now she was in the streets, without money for a lodging, foodless. Numbness crept upon her like a par- alysis. It was difficult for her to keep her limbs in motion. She came to Westminster bridge. Over the parapet she could see the embank- ment lights change the snow into glitter- ing transparencies of silver as the white flakes rustled down into the deep, still water. She siuddered as she ieaned over the parapet and glared dull-eyed into the glistening depths. 4 She thought she heard a “voice call to her out of the water. It seemed to say, “Come! Come now!” ei She rushed down the stone steps. With her heart in a riot she glared into the river, She seemed to hear the whisper again. “Pll come,” she cried, hoarsely. _ It was 2 cry hoarse and poignant. She thought of it only as- an answering whisper. ‘A man rushed out of the gloom from a point not ten yards away. An instant later she felt ‘her shoulders gripped. Haggard, gray-hued features, instinet with young manhood, sought her fright- ened eyes. “No, no,” said the man. “Don’t do that.” His tone was pleading, compas- sionate. “Come away from the river.” Without waiting for an answer he slipped his arm through hers and drew her away. She went with him as one walking in a dream. “It is better to come away,” said the aman in a gentle voice. ‘It is all a mis- take, that, I can see it now. You saved me.” “Saved you?” was the faint question- ing. “Yes; I came, too—just for that. There seemed no other way. The hope had gone. _The despair had come. It had got the grip of me. I’m glad you saved me. Why were you going to do ig?” “I was destitute, shivering with cold and hungry. Do you know what it is to struggle and fall and suffer?” “Do I know what it is?” he repeated, quivering. “I know it right to the mad- ness that makes you give up wishing for life. I’ve borne all. I've suffered all. But for you I would have ended all. When a woman gives up it’s a sign to a man that he can live longer. You've taught me to know myself. That's it.” He led her on. Across the bridge he drew her toward the door of a cook- shop. The steam oozing out from the cooking pans into the outer air was a welcome odor to her. She was so fam- ished now that she could have eaten a crust from the gutter. Yet when her companion tried to pull her through the door she drew her arm away quickly. He stole his hand into his pocket to feel the milled edge of his shilling. He want- ed to make sure it was there. It was the last he had in all the world. “Come along.” he entreated. “You're hungry—and cold. You can't refuse food. And there’s warmth, too. With that great grid, and the gases lit, it must be splendid inside. Come along. I’ve plenty of money.” He tried to maintain the fiction by maintaining the smile. “It’s not true,” she said. Her eyes were dim, hee mouth in a quiver. “You now ‘it’s not true. You're , shivering—just, like ae e turned his face away ghd answered nothing. but ae tenet most roug! into th re ane arte cae, e shop, and there “You're the kindest ma re known,” she said, after a ite nes voice in tears. “Only good men are kind que chivalrous, and ‘merciful to women. ‘ell me your name, will you? I'd like to ay eer I—I want to write it on “Oh, I'm only a man a i T've been round and uae and er again weering out stone steps by walk- ing up and down them. Pigs, bovks, articles, stories—always the same. I'm only Smith—declined witi thanks, some- times without thanks.” His lips quiv- ed a whiie, and strata ae then hardened to a ey came out of the cooks! 2 gether into the cold night. Thee eek not shivering now. For both of them the world looked brighter. The snow had ceased. Here and there above them they could see the stars shining out See hee EOME,, £0 rest ” te ? he ask iv ; sixpence left. ep oie “I don’t know. T can’t ear” _. His question and her own confessioy reminded her again of her utter des:.. tien. “Stay here a moment.” said her coi. panton. 7 He went across the road and down side street. “Its all right.” he <. when he returned. “I've arranged ., erything. She seemed a decent wonia:.” He took her arm and led her to ty. place, where he found her a°lodgins, white square lamp hung over the doc: way outside. Heavy black letters wer. painted on it, “Beds for Women O:1).” they said. = _ At the bottom of the steps, while .,, Ieoked at the lamp, wide staring, |. slipped his last_sixpence into her [jay and closed her fingers over it before sio realized what he did. - “You'll pay fourpence for the badj.” he said. “That will leave you twope... for breakfast. You'll be out of the eo i you see, and that will hearten you: tomorrow. When—when you've o):). ona the river you've conquered eyo; t ine: I feel that now.” . “No, no, I can’t take it.” she crie) trying to foree the coin back inty js hand. He pushed her hand away from jjin gently, firmly. “Please,” he said, “please.” She gulped the sob in her throat. [Ho- sense of self-sacrifice beat up a tempos: in her bosom, whieh-rose’and fell like billow. Big tears dropped scalding). from her lashes. “Don’t distress yourself like that. I’y aman. I've got the worst over. I sii!) get along all right. Don’t lose hear: You'll find a way out, somehow—a jer ter way than the other. Remembe you aren't lonely, There's sometyi else like you—somebody wi:o pities y and is in sympathy with you. and feels all the pain, and struggle. and hearta: of things as you do. And new cond night, little woman, and God bless you She trembled from head to foot.” Ey ery nerve and os of her was in a quiver. Seldom had such a friend con to woman in her need. Now she wos about to lose him. She might uever s him again. She held out her fiand tim- idly, her eyes swimming. “Oh, there—there cant be another man in all the world as kind as you are,” she faltered. “No other man in all the world would have done for me what you have done tonight.” “Many. little woman,” he said. He grasped her hand firmly, “What I done for you is the debt I owe for what you've doue for me. Yon'ye given me my life back again, and life's a splendid thing. Se—so good night.” Still holding her hand, he led her to the top step of the lodging house. “Good. night,” she quivered, looking earnestly at him. The next instant she had rocked through the entrance, her hands pressed against her death white face. He stood till the door closed behind her, Then he drew up his coat collar. and walked briskly through the Iaby- rinth of streets and byways, which grew darker and darker and darker as he walked. Where he slept that night he never told. Onty the stars knew.—Lon- don News. MANY WOMEN AS PRINTERS. Records of United States Census Show Surprising Statistics. In 1900 there were in the newspaper and periodieal offices 73,653 men, earn- ing nearly $45,000,000; and 14,815 wom- en, earning $4,600,000, a ratie of some- thing less than 5 to 1 in favor of tie men. During the decade 1890-11») there waga much greater increase amon< the women than among the men, sus- gesting that competition had led to a search for cheaper labor. © Compre- hensive figures for the percentage of women in book and job offices are entire- ly wanting, but according to estimates of employers and wage earners the pro- portion of women is between two-thirds and one-half of the total. Of the 9015 workers upon the linotype machine, 520 are women. A large proportion of these machines are in newspaper offices, aud partial explanation of the small number of female operators in this class of wor< is found in the necessity for night work on all morning papers. Besides, 1 rush and strain of this business make it little suitable for female labor. In Bo» ton, on two or three evening papers. Women are employed on the linotype it the same wages as men, according union scale, $22.26 for seven and one half hours per day, or forty-two hours per week. This in spite of the faet that the president of the Typographical unio testified before the industrial commis=\ that women had not the mental an! physical endurance to maintain for «0: time the speed made by men. The chief field of competition between men and women in the printing trade is in setting up straight*matter. The wom- en compare well with the men in accu racy of work, but cannot ordinarily do so much as their male competitors in the same line. The secretary of the Typo graphical union says that all employers are agreed that women cannot conipete with men where the same wages are paid. In New York, Philadelphia and Chi- cago their presence in the trade is of no significance. A New York union oilicial considered women inferior in ability ant explained their presence even in smal! numbers by saying that it had become the custom to have a few women in some offices. In Chicago, the nature of the trade is said to preciude the exten- sive employment of women; since news papers, trade journals, job work, and ax enornious amount of catalogue printins constitute the greater part of the busi- ness; most of this is rush work, is made up of other than straight typesettins. and is paid by the time scale, all of which make it unsuitable to women— Detroit News-Tribune. Final Inducement. “Speaking of that lawsuit of which you told us the other day, I have a story of that kind which will beat it,” said the lawyer. “I had a case in a nearby par- ish in which a man was arrested for stealing a cow. He was held over for the grand jury on preliminary hearins and he sent for me. His letter ran some ba, as this: “Dere Sir—I am in Jale and the man sayes I am likely to goe to the pen. I did not steel the cowe and I am purfuct- ly innercent. Pleese gete me out, if it are the last act of yure life. This is not a nice place. Pleese do get me out. I think I can pay you sum day. I did not steel thes cowe. Tell the Judge that. ‘And if You get me off free I am willinz to do all I Can for you. If you do I wi! Give you the cowe. Yours truly. B Smith’ ”"—New Orleans Times-De™ crat. —_—__—_ Golf as Religion. Rev. Dr. George Cady, pastor of °° First Congregational church of 1) buque, Ia., has a golf scheme whieh he will endeavor to put into operation. He proposes to organize a_ society t) °° known as the Christian Golfists. “If you tack religion on almost any °D- terprise the scheme will at once attract a lot of followers,” said Dr. Cady. “From my own experience I believe tat golf has Dr. Dowie and Mrs. Eddy beaten when it comes to produce zenuine and lasting cures. And the beauty of the golf religion is that more than 144- 600 persons can euter the fold.” _ Dr. Cady attributes his excellent phys jeal condition to golf. HERE'S A WAY TO SAVE DOCTOR BILLS. Physicians Give Free Advice by Which Parents May Profit. It's a matter of general interest just now how one's physical condition can be got into shape to best receive the benefits of the summer season. Especially is this true of the children. They have become run down by a winter of unnatural manner of living because of ill-considered food and much time spent indoors. Spring comes with its sunshine, its fresh vegetables and all else invigorating, but the children are in no condition to receive nature's remedies. Many parents call in the family physician. Many other parents take advantage of what the physician told them when he was first called in consultation. All good family physicians say: "Give the children Castoria." Healthy parents know this remedy of old, for they took it themselves as children. It was more than thirty years ago that Castoria made a place for itself in the household. It bore the signature of Charles H. Fletcher then, as it does to-day. The signature is its guarantee, which is accepted in thousands of homes where there are children. children. Much is printed nowadays about big families. Dr. William I. McCann of Omaha. Neb., is the father of one of these much-read-about families. Here is what he says: "As the father of thirteen children I certainly know something about your great medicine, and aside from my own family experience I have, in my years of practice, found Castoria a popular and efficient remedy in almost every home." Charles H. Fletcher has received hundreds of letters from prominent physicians who have the same esteem for Castoria that Dr. McCann has. Not only do these physicians say they use Castoria in their own families, but they prescribe it for their clients. First of all it is a vegetable preparation which assimilates the food and regulates the stomach and bowels. After eating comes sleeping, and Castoria looks out for that, too. It always feverishness and prevents loss of sleep, and this absolutely without the use of opium, morphine or other baneful narcotic. Medical journals are reluctant to discuss proprietary medicines. Hall's Journal of Health, however, says: Our duty is to expose danger and record the means for advancing health. The day for poisoning innocent children through greed or ignorance ought to end. To our knowledge Castoria is a remedy which produces composure and health by regulating the system, not by stupefying it, and our readers are entitled to the information." Cuts Girl's Hair Off Miss Sylvia Burk of Irvington, Ind., was set upon by a stranger and her hair was cut off. The girl said her assailant was dressed in a neat fitting black suit, and wore a silk hat and a gray beard that seemed to be false. Doctor Brigham Says The wonderful power of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound over the diseases of womankind is not because it is a stimulant, not because it is a palliative, but simply because it is the most wonderful tonic and reconstructor ever discovered to act directly upon the generative organs, positively curing disease and restoring health and vigor. Marvelous cures are reported from all parts of the country by women who have been cured, trained nurses who have witnessed cures and physicians who have recognized the virtue of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and are fair enough to give credit where it is due. If physicians dared to be frank and open, hundreds of them would acknowledge that they constantly prescribe Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound in severe cases of female ills, as they know by experience it can be relied upon to effect a cure. The following letter proves it. Dr. S. C. Brigham, of 4 Brigham Park, Fitchburg, Mass., writes: "It gives me great pleasure to say that I have found Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound very efficacious, and often prescribe it in my practice for female difficulties. "My oldest daughter found it very beneficial for uterine trouble some time ago, and my youngest daughter is now taking it for a female weakness, and is surely gaining in health and strength. "I freely advocate it as a most reliable specific in all diseases to which women are subject, and give it honest endorsement." Women who are troubled with painful or irregular menstruation, bloating (or flatulence), leucorrhoea, falling, inflammation or ulceration of the uterus, ovarian troubles, that bearing-down feeling, dizziness, faintness, indigestion, nervous prostration or the blues, should take immediate action to ward off the serious consequences, and be restored to perfect health and strength by taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and then write to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass., for further free advice. No living person has had the benefit of a wider experience in treating female ills. She has guided thousands to health. Every suffering woman should ask for and follow her advice if she wants to be strong and well. PAXTINE TOILET ANTISEPTIC FOR WOMEN troubled with ills peculiar to their sex, used as a douche is marvelously successful. Thoroughly cleanses, kills disease germs, stops discharges, heals inflammation and local soreness. Paxime is in powder form to be dissolved in pure water, and is far more cleansing, healing, germicidal and economical than liquid antiseptics for all TOILET AND WOMEN'S SPECIAL USES For sale at druggists, 50 cents a box. Trial Box and Book of Instructions Free. THE R. PAXTON COMPANY BOSTON, MASS. WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS please say you saw the Advertisement in this paper. PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION INTELLIGENCE OF A GANDER. Led His Owner to the Rescue of an Old Grandmother Goose. "There is a neighbor of mine," says one of our readers, "who keeps a big flock of geese, and I recently discussed with him the degree of intelligence possessed by these birds. As an illustration, he told me the following story: 'That old gander came home alone the other morning in a great hurry. He was evidently in great trouble about something. He rushed up to me and bowed several times, then he said something which I could not understand and, wheeling round, waddled off down the path by which he had just arrived. Presently he stopped to see if I was following, and finding I was not he came back and repeated the performance. This time I followed, to his manifest satisfaction, and he led me to the pond. On the bank all his geese were squatting around the grandmother goose of the family, and she had got a rat trap securely gripping her leg. My appearance was hailed by shrieks of delight from the whole party, and when I liberated the old lady (not much hurt) there was a grand chorus of thanks. The old gander followed me some distance homeward, bowing his acknowledgements all the way.'"—Sporting and Dramatic News. LOST 72 POUNDS Was Fast Drifting Into the Fatal Stages of Kidney Sickness. Dr. Melvin M. Page, Page Optical Co., Erie, Pa., writes: "Taking too many iced drinks in New York in 1895 sent me home with a terrible attack of kidney trouble. I had acute congestion, sharp pain in the back, headaches and attacks of dizziness. My eyes gave out, and with the languor and sleeplessness of the disease upon me I M. wasted from 194 to 122 pounds. At the time I started using Doan's Kidney Pills an abscess was forming on my right kidney. The trouble was quickly checked, however, and the treatment cured me, so that I have been well since 1896 and weigh 188 pounds." Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all druggists. Price 50 cents per box. Baloon Makes Long Trip A balloon about 8 feet in diameter was found on the farm of Joseph Cahoon, a farmer near Folsomville, Ind. A note was found which stated that the balloon was sent up in St. Louis last Sunday and was owned by a Massachusetts observatory, under whose direction the ascension was made. Addressed envelopes, one to St. Louis and the other to the Massachusetts observatory, were found in the balloon, and they were immediately mailed, notifying the addresses that the balloon had been found. Some kind of works resembling those of a clock were found inside the balloon, the object of which is a mystery to the discoverers. The works were still running, sounding forth the click which was the cause of the discovery, the noise attracting the finder to the location. The distance from St. Louis to Boonville is nearly 200 miles. SORE HANDS, SORE FEET. Itching, Burning Palms and Painful Finger Ends--Complete Cure by Cuti- cure. One Night Treatment: Soak the hands or feet on retiring, in a strong, hot, creamy lather of Cuticura Soap. Dry, and anoint freely with Cuticura Ointment, the great skin cure and purest of emollients. Wear, during the night, old, loose kid gloves, or bandage lightly in old, soft cotton or linen. For red, rough and chapped hands, dry, fissured, itching, feverish palms, with brittle, shapeless nails and painful finger ends, this treatment is simply wonderful, a single treatment affording the most grateful relief, and pointing to a speedy, permanent and economical cure. In no other ailment have Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment been more effective. Wild Drive With Dynamite. Gus Banks and W. R. White set busy Lake avenue in Duluth in a panic by driving recklessly through the crowded thoroughfare with 100 pounds of dynamite in the wagon. When a 50-pound package of the explosive fell from the wagon the panic became a stampede, but it didn't explode, and Banks and White were captured. To Destroy Slugs on Roses After much experimenting with insect powders, sprays, etc., I have learned from a florist a very simple and effective means of keeping rose bushes free from slugs. Use plenty of strong Ivory Soap suds around the roots and on the foliage. This will prevent insects and cause the plants to be perfectly healthy. ELEANOR R. PARKER. Alcohol is the English form of the Arabic "alkohl," spirit or essence. In the original the word corresponds exactly with our word "ethereal." "I had Inflammatory Rheumatism, but I am well now, thanks to Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. It's my best friend." Garrett Lansing, Troy, N. Y. —From injuries received when a barrel of cement rolled upon him, John Morgan, 28 years old, died at the county hospital. MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP for Children teething; softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25 cents a bottle. —Boiling tar is to be poured upon certain roads at Llandudno with the object of forming a film which will obviate dust. SICK HEADACHE Positively cured by these Little Pills. They also relieve Distress from Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Too Hearty Eating. A perfect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue, Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. They Purify Vegetable CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature Brent Good REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. CAPT. DAWES A MAJOR. An army promotion was made August 12 in which many Milwaukee and other Wisconsin people are interested. Capt. James W. Dawes, in the pay corps of the United States army, and now serving in the Philippines, was promoted to be major. Maj. Dawes was a resident of Wisconsin many years ago and removed to Nebraska, where he served in the Legislature and was afterwards twice elected governor. Upon the outbreak of the Spanish-American war, President McKinley appointed Gov. Dawes a paymaster with the rank of major of volunteers. In 1901, when the army was reorganized, Maj. Dawes, with a number of others, was appointed a captain and paymaster in the regular army. While serving as governor of Nebraska, about fifteen years ago, Maj. Dawes married a Milwaukee lady, the daughter of the late Maj. W. J. Dawes, U. S. A., retired. ```markdown ``` Promotions have recently come to other former Wisconsin men in the army. In July, 1861 Congressman John T. Potter nominated a Walworth county boy to West Point. He graduated in 1865 and has been in the army ever since. From January, 1904, until the date of his retirement, a few weeks ago, he was chief of artillery with the rank of brigadier general. Just before retirement he was appointed major general, Maj. Gen. John P. Story, and has reflected high honor upon his state. About M. H. MAL JAMES W. DAWES forty-five years ago Brewster Randall and family located at Janesville. One of his sons, George M. was in Pennsylvania when the Civil war began, and at once enlisted as a private in the Fourth regiment. The following fall he was appointed a lieutenant in the regular army, but in 1864 accepted a commission as major of the Fourteenth New York artillery and was discharged from that regiment as lieutenant colonel at the close of the war, returning to the regular army as a captain. He has gone the usual ranks, and reached the rank of major general of the regular army two months ago and will soon take station at St. Louis as commander of the northern division, whose headquarters are in that city. Gen. Randall has visited relatives and friends at Janesville on many occasions, his last visit occurring the first week in August of this year. His sister, Mrs. McKenney, resides there. Gen. Randall has long been looked upon as a model soldier. He will retire for age next October, when Wisconsin will have three major generals on the retired list and one, Maj. Gen. MacArthur, on the active list. Maj. Gen. Thomas H. Ruger was retired for age in 1897, and like Gen. Story, was a West Pointer. Randall and MacArthur are the products of the old volunteer army. 凉 凑 窜 Brig.-Gen. Alexander McKenzie, chief of the engineer corps, is a native of Wisconsin, and Brig.-Gen. J. W. Barlow, retired, went to West Point from Wisconsin and was for some time stationed in Milwaukee. Col. William M. Wallace of the Fifteenth cavalry was born in Wisconsin and served in the Civil war, because of which he will be retired as a brigadier general in the near future. Capt. James A. Cole of the Sixth cavalry has been examined for promotion to major. He was nominated to West Point from Wisconsin in 1880. Capt. E. R. Heiberg was a resident of La Crosse when he went to West Point in 1892. * * * Maj. Hoel S. Bishop, a nephew of the late Congressman Charles A. Eldredge, who went to West Point from Fond du Lac in 1870, will soon reach the rank of lieutenant colonel. He now belongs to the Fifth cavalry. Maj. W. R. Hamilton, son of the late Maj.-Gen. Charles S. Hamilton of Milwaukee, will in the natural course, reach the rank of lieutenant colonel in about two years. His son, Second Lieut. C. S. Hamilton, will soon be promoted to first lieutenant. * * * Col. William T. Duggan of the First infantry, who for some months has been commander of the department of the lakes, with headquarters at Chicago, will retire as a brigadier general a year from next April. Col. Duggan began his military career in Milwaukee with the Zouaves, afterwards commanded by Capt. Joseph B. Oliver. Lieut.-Col. Lorenzo W. Cooke of the Twenty-sixth infantry, who has been stationed in Milwaukee on recruiting services the past two years, will return to his regiment in November. In consequence of his having served as a private through the war, part of the time in the Twenty-seventh Wisconsin and the balance of the time in the Thirteenth regulars, "Uncle Billy" Sherman's regiment, he will retire on or before his sixty-fourth birthday as a brigadier general. Maj. Edward Cheyneweth of the Seventeenth infantry, recently returned from the Philippines. He was appointed to West Point from Wisconsin in 1873 and reached his majority in 1902. He is a brother of the Madison lawyer. Capt. Charles G. Treat of the artillery corps, son of ex-Senator Joseph B. Treat of Monroe, will reach the rank of major within the next few months. For four years or more he was on duty at West Point, where he made an exceptionally fine record. Capt. Lawson M. Fuller, son of the late Col. Fuller of the engineer corps, who was for some time sta- tioned at Appleton, served as chief ordinance officer for a time in the Philippines. Capt. Peter W. Davidson, a former Dodge county boy, and Capt. L. T. Richardson, a native of Sheboygan Falls, both of the Twenty-second infantry, are due to return at an early date from their second tour in the Philippines. Capt. W. H. H. Chapman, a Green Bay boy, grandson of the late Col. William Chapman, who commanded a brigade of regulars in the Civil war, is on duty with his regiment, the Twentieth infantry, in the Philippines, as is Maj. George Palmer of the Twenty-first infantry. Maj. Palmer was a resident of Waukesha and frequently visits there. Capt. Lutz Wahl, a Milwaukeean, is also of the Twenty-first. Capt. H. M. Dichman, son of a former mayor of Oshkosh, is on duty with his regiment, the Twenty-sixth, in Texas. Two brothers, W. A. and L. R. Holbrook, residents of Pepin county, graduated from West Point and both are captains and are serving with the Fifth cavalry. Both have enviable reputations as gentlemen and soldiers. Capt. W. A. served as a major in the Twenty-eighth United States volunteers. Capt. Michael M. McNamee of the Fifteenth cavalry was a Wisconsin boy. He enlisted as a private and won his commission. He, also, was a volunteer major during the Spanish-American war. Maj. Lorenzo T. Davison, now on the retired list and serving with the national guard of Idaho, was a native of Wisconsin. He was also a major of the Porto Rico battalion for a time. First Lieut. J. H. Lewis, who served as a captain in the volunteer regiment in the Spanish-American war, belongs to the Fifth cavalry and is a most promising young officer. He is a son of Capt. Hugh Lewis of Madison. Lieut.-Col. William W. Robinson, chief quartermaster, department of the Dakotas, stationed at St. Paul, is a son of the late Col. W. W. Robinson of the Seventh Wisconsin. He also served as a private in the Seventh Wisconsin the last year of the war, and consequently when he retires will do so with the rank of brigadier general. He will soon become a colonel in the quartermaster's department. He at one time resided at Sparta and later at Chippewa Falls. Chaplain B. W. Perry, now on duty in the Philippines, was a native of Wisconsin and for a long time resided in Columbia county, near Portage. * * * Several young captains and lieutenants of the regular army, natives of Wisconsin or appointed to West Point from this state, are making fine records, stand well at the front in all that goes to make efficient officers. Capt. William Mitchell, son of the late Senator John L. Mitchell, enlisted as a private in the Spanish-American war and after that served as a lieutenant of volunteers in the signal corps, and upon reorganization of the army in 1901 was commissioned second lieutenant in the signal corps and has won his way to a captaincy. There are no more competent, promising officers in the signal corps than Capt. Mitchell. Capt. W. F. Hase, son of Henry Hase of Milwaukee, has experienced rapid promotion since 1898 and is an efficient and popular officer. Capt. William Kelly of the engineer corps, who resided at West Superior, stands high in his department. He, too, was rapidly promoted from second lieutenant in 1899 to captain in 1904. * * * Capt. Warren Dean, a native of Appleton and a nephew of W. H. Patton and President W. M. Patton of the Northwestern Fire Insurance company of Milwaukee, entered the army as a private in 1898. The following year he was commissioned a second lieutenant of regulars and a few months since was advanced to captain. Capt. Amos A. Fries of the engineer corps was born in this state, but years ago removed to Oregon. Capt. Samuel Hof of the ordinance corps and Capt. T. L. Ames of the same corps were born in and appointed from Wisconsin. Capt. Arthur W. Yates of the quartermaster's department, a son of the late Col. Theodore Yates of Milwaukee, is a native of Milwaukee and was commissioned from civil life in 1891. Capt. E. F. McGlachlin of the artillery, in command of a battery in the Philippines, is a native of Fond du Lac, a son of Edward McGlachlin, editor of the Stevens Point Journal. Capt. H. C. Schumm of the artillery corps, is on duty at Fort Leaversworth. He is a Dodge county boy and graduated from West Point. Capt. Edward T. Hartmenn was prominent in the Milwaukee batallion of the National guard fifteen or twenty years ago. He enlisted as a private in 1893 and had won his way to captaincy in 1901. He is serving with the Fifteenth infantry. Capt. L. A. Curtis of the Twenty-second infantry, formerly of Madison, is a son of Col. Charles Curtis, military instructor at the state university. He enlisted as a private in 1898 and was made a captain more than a year ago. Capt. Irving J. Carr of the calvary, formerly resided at Portage. These young captains can safely be matched against any other equal number of officers of their rank and age in the army. --- Among the lieutenants Wisconsin has contributed, and who stand well as soldiers and have made creditable records are: First Lieutenants C. A. Trott and E. J. Bracken of Milwaukee, J. H. Pool, son of Col. D. C. Poole of Madison, George T. Perkins, J. C. Ohnstad, Hunter Kinzie, Richard Smith, A. L. Bump, E. E. Fuller, S. M. Barlow, T. J. Rogers, Douglas MacArthur, John B. Schuman, Charles E. Morton, who was an officer in the Wisconsin National guard and is a son of Cal. Charles Morton of the Seventh cavalry, E. V. Frazier, E. D. Peek, Henry W. Newton, R. F. Woods, C. C. Pulis, W. C. Tremain, and Second Lieutenants Roy W. Holderness, N. H. Davis, A. F. Brewster, John W. MacKie and Leo P. Quinn. These, as well as those named elsewhere in this article, are honoring their state in the regular army. --- Col. Patrick Henry Ray of the Fourth infantry, son of the late Adam E. Ray, who was prominent in the construction of the first division of the St. Paul railroad, and brother of Charles Ray of Milwaukee will retire next May with the rank of brigadier general. Col. Ray entered the Volunteer service as a private in May, 1861, and has been a soldier ever since then. He reached the rank of captain of volunteers in 1864 and entered the regular army as second lieutenant in 1867 and was appointed colonel in 1903. At the opening of the Spanish American war he was made colonel of a volunteer regiment and served in Cuba. Maj. William P. Evans, who went to West Point in 1874 from Grant county, where he was born, has been in the adjutant general's, now military secretary's, department for some years, will become a lieutenant colonel early in 1906. A son of H. Clay Evans, former Wisconsin soldier in the Civil war, congressman and commissioner of pensions, Capt. H. Clay Evans, Jr., died last month. He was a native of Chattanooga, where his father has been a leading business man for many years.—Evening Wisconsin. A Paris Butcher. A street sign that amazes American visitors in Paris reads: "Butchery of Horses, Ass and Mule a Specialty." Sale Ten Million Boxes a Year. THE FAMILY'S FAVORITE MEDICINE Cascarets CANDY CATHARTIC 10c. 25c. 50c. THEY WORK WHILE YOU SLEEP 890 AD Druggists BEST FOR THE BOWELS HOW A FRIENDSHIP GREW The Story Whether Hand Sapollo got a more enthusiastic welcome in homes where Sapollo was an old and tried friend, or where it was a stranger, is a question. Where women had come to rely on Sapollo for rapid, thorough cleaning in every part of the house except the laundry, they commenced without loss of time, to avail of this new prize. Grubby little hands, and stained, workworn older ones, whitened, softened, and smoothed out as if by magic, callous spots disappeared, and complexions cleared. Children ceased their strenuous objections to the scrubbing up process, because it became a Do you want a clear and healthy Skin? pleasure. It freshened up the hands after dish-washing, removing the most disagreeable feature of that necessary task. It was found to keep delicate baby skins from chafing better than salve or powder, and the crowning note in the song of delight came when an adult member of the family used it in a full bath, and realized that a THE FIRST STEP away from self-respect is lack of care in personal cleauliness: the first move in building up a proper pride in man, woman, or child is a visit to the bathtub. You can't be healthy, or pretty, or even good, unless you are clean. Use HAND SAPOLIO. It pleases everyone. Turkish Bath at a cost of one dollar was outdone by a small fraction of the little, ten-cent, velvety cake. But, strange though it may seem, there were people who had not learned to prize Sapollo. To these the advertising of Hand Sapollo came as a surprise. Sapollo, a scouring soap, Sale Ten Million THE FAMILY'S FA CANDY CA 10c 25c, 50c THEY WORK WH BEST FOR T The Biblical Examination Dr. R. J. Baldwin, secretary of the southern education conference, patted a little Mobile colored boy on the head. "This little boy," he said, "failed in an examination last week. It was an examination on the Bible, and the first question the teacher asked was: "How many commandments are there?" "The little boy thought a while and then he answered: "‘A hundred.’ "‘A hundred! No, of course not,’ said the examiner. 'That will do for you.' "And the little boy went out sadly. He had failed. "But he hung about the building, and in a half hour another boy appeared. He was on the way to the examination, too. He asked the boy who had failed what questions had been put to him, and the unhappy failure answered: "‘The teacher wanted to know how many commandments there were. What will you say when he asks you that?’ "‘I'll say ten,’ was the reply. "The boy who had failed laughed loud and long. "Ten!" he cried. 'Well, just try him with your ten. I tried him with a hundred, and he wasn't satisfied.' "—Cincinnati Enquirer. The Change in Empress Eugenie. When she reigned in Paris the Empress Eugenie was the best dressed lady in the world. At one time her wardrobe was estimated to be worth no less than $1,000,000, while her household expenses amounted to about $10,000 a week. Today she spends as little as possible on herself, and dresses invariably in black. A portion of each winter finds her in her villa overlooking the Mediterranean. New Pedagogic Theorv. The newest idea in schools for teaching children to read is to make them tap a typewriter. The novelty of the work makes the scholars take the greatest interest in thus learning the rudiments of education. adapted for the hands, the face, the general toilet? Impossible, it would be horrid. Who ever heard of such a use? Finally a bold shopper carried home a cake. Does it look like kitchen Sapolio? No one is sure, and a cake of that is bought, and comparison made. Behold a family using both the Sapolios for every conceivable purpose, and comparing notes! After easily and quickly cleansing a greasy pan with Sapolio, Jane thought the other would be gritty, and was astonished at the smooth, dainty lather. Another was certain it would harden For the sake of truth, X+K must be the hand of scarcely realize for both the mind of scarcely realize and the mind of scarcely realize the mind of scarcely realize As anyone can see no doubt And leave what must the house please The happy symbol will ease the hands and could scarcely realize how soft and "comfy" they felt after the washing. Then began the excitement of adventure; what would the new soap NOT do? A girl tried a shampoo. Her hair, pretty, soft and silky "went up" perfectly, with none of the unmanage- ableness that generally exists for a full week after the usual process. A man used the delightful lather for shaving, and felt no need for cold cream afterwards. A pimply face was treated to a daily bath ing with the full suds, and promptly be- came clear. Tartar on the teeth yielded to it, and feet that WHY TAKE DAINTY CARE of your mouth and neglect your pores, the myriad mouths of your skin? HAND SAPOLIO does not gloss them over, or chemically dissolve their health-giving oils, yet clears them thoroughly by a method of its own. had a tendency to ward of the skin hardening regained their natural condition, till another family had joined the chorus of friendly acclaim. And so it is everywhere, those who know the "elder brother" welcome the newcomer, for the sake of the first known, and those who meet both for the first time are plunged into a whimsical worry as to which they could better spare if they had to make a choice. TRY HAND SAPOLIO. Its steady use will keep the hands of any busy woman as white, untanned and pretty as if she was under the constant care of a city manicure. It is truly "The Dainty Woman's Friend," in the suburbs or on the farm. Those ugly dark brown streaks on the neck, arising from tight collars, and the line where the sunburn stops, can be wiped out by the velvety lather of HAND SAPOLIO. It is, indeed, "The Dainty Woman's Friend." en Boxes a Year. 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Donald Sage Mackay. Text.—"And there were also with him other little ships."—Mark 4: 36. him other little ships. — Mark I. C. We don't often think of these other little ships that were beating through the storm that night on Galilee. We have, indeed, thought of the disciples turning at last in the panic of despair to the worn and weary Jesus asleep, "Master, carest Thou not that we perish?" But how many of us have appreciated this little touch in Mark's description, "There were also with Him other little ships?" Out yonder, where the mist mantled the tumultuous waters like a wraith of death, there were "other little ships," each fighting its own way for life. There was no Christ aboard, to whom, in the supreme moment of peril they could turn for help. When Christ spoke the word of peace the calm brought safety not only to His immediate followers; it was shared also by "the other little ships." In other words, what the Master did directly for one He did indirectly for a great many others. The blessings of His peace were not confined to the men who had invoked His help. These blessings were diffused across the sulen waters, so that when the storm was over it was not one, but many ships that, with thankful hearts aboard, sailed into the harbor beneath the hill, delivered from the perils of the deep, safe home at last. These other little ships remind us of the unseen comradeships in life. We are not alone in the storms of life. With you, though you may not know it, there are other souls fighting the same kind of battle through sorrow and temptation; and in their courage and endurance you ought to find a certain inspiration. Wonderful is this ministry of the unseen sympathy of life. It is good for us, surely, once in a while, to be reminded of it, and to send across the waters a friendly cry, and hold up, perhaps, a kindly light through the driving mirk. These other little ships remind us also of the unseen fellowship in death. No wonder that the soul shrinks from the loneliness of that journey. Yet again there are the other little ships. Every moment there are other souls passing out into the darkness of that great sea of eternity. And over them is the light of God's love; and it need not be lonely for you and me if in trust on Christ we take that last voyage of human life. When that brave soul, Charles Kingsley, lay dying in one room, and his wife dangerously ill in another, she sent him a message one day, to ask if he thought it cowardly for a poor soul to tremble before the mystery of that unknown world. "Not cowardly," was his response; "but, remember, it is not darkness we are going to, for God is light; not loneliness, for Christ is with us." And what are we, in that last experience of life, but like those other ships who will make port at last because of One who was with them, and before whose presence even the shadows of death melt into radiant light? SCIENCE AND RELIGION. By Sir Oliver Lodge. Text.—"The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth His handiwork."—Psalm xix:1. There is a great deal of misapprehension about the possibility of mind acting upon matter without upsetting the law of conservation of energy. If a living thing produces an effect or moves a body which would not otherwise have been moved, it is sometimes said that the life must be one of the forms of energy, otherwise it could not interact with the material world and produce the energetic effects. My contention is that it does interact with the material world, and that it does not upset the law of conservation of energy. Railway rails always direct the course of the locomotive. How does the rail act? It acts by applying force at right angles to the motion of the body. The gravitation pull of the sun on a planet keeps it moving in its orbit, but does not accelerate or retard it, simply curves it. Energy blows the bellows of the organ, but it is the organist who determines where the energy shall go. By harmonizing that energy in certain directions the organist can produce music formerly conceived by the composer and recorded in manuscript. Life is the director of energy. not energy. So with engineering operations. The bridge is built by the navvies. You might say the energy is in the tin cans in which the navvies bring their breakfast. But the direction of the energy is in the mind of the engineer, or the contractor, or ultimately in the mind of the genius who conceive the work. All men realize that truth is the important thing, and that to take refuge in any shelter less substantial than the truth is but to deceive themselves, and become liable to abject exposure when a storm comes on. Most men are aware that it is a sign of unbalanced judgment to conclude on the strength of a few momentous discov- eries, that the whole structure of religious belief, built up through the ages by the developing human race from fundamental emotions, and instincts, and experiences rests on a sandy foundation or on no foundation at all. Everything in the universe may become intelligible if we go the right way to work. And so we are coming to recognize on the one hand that every system of truth must be intimately connected with the other, and that this connection will constitute a trustworthy support as soon as it is revealed by the extensive foundation of truth now being laid by scientific workers will ultimately support a gorgeous building of aesthetic feeling and religious faith. KNOWLEDGE FROM STILLNESS. By Rev. Frank Cornell. Text—"Be still and know that I am God."—Psalm 46:10. It is by quiet soul communion that we know "what manner of men we are." "How easy we are deceived." The world flatters us and we, measuring ourselves by ourselves, imagine we are of great consequence. We look upon some achievement, some little success, and in the pride of our heart we feel like Nebuchadnezzar when he beheld the magnificence of the royal city and exclaimed, "Is not this great Babylon, that I have built the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?" But a few months away from the haunts of man and the activities of court life so restored the reason of this success intoxicated king that he saw himself in a far different light. The loneliness of the mountain and quietness of the field now led him to say, "And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored Him that liveth forever, whose dominion is an ever lasting dominion, and His Kingdom is from generation to generation." Oh business man, distracted by failure, or intoxicated by success, away to mountain, lake and stream. Go not to the fashionable summer resort, where the melodies of nature are marred by the music of men, but go rather where some primeval forest murmurs perpetual praise. Where some quiet lake, nestled among the mountains reflects the image of the Divine. Find some spot, hemmed in by granite rocks, that have never echoed a discordant note, and in the great audience chamber of God get knowledge, self knowledge that will make thee feel weak at first until thou dost remember that man was made ruler over all the earth, and that he is a child of the Divine Father. And when thou dost hear nature's continual hum of praise, will burst forth in adoration, as did one of yore, who said, "Unto Thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto Thee do we give thanks for that Thy name is near Thy wondrous works declare." Ah, lie down upon the grassy bank if need be, and in this silent temple stay, till the stars look down, through the leafy trees, and from all nature thou dost catch a language not intended for the ear, but for the heart, and in God's very presence "Be still and know." Thus often waiting before Him thou shalt be fitted for a fuller revelation of His divine power and glory, and shalt understand the promise of God through the prophet Joel when he said, "And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out My spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out My spirit." Beloved, enter into the holy stillness and you shall know. SERMONETTES Sacrifice.—When any man stands forth with a conviction and backs up his conviction with sacrifice, the world takes note. There are always the few who instantly rally to his support and make their sacrifice. Outside this inner circle are concentric circles of various people; first, those who are deeply interested and up to a certain degree sacrifice themselves; then those who are interested but who are not willing to make sacrifices; then those who are indifferent; finally those who are opposed.—Rev. H. Melish, Episcopalian, Brooklyn, N. Y. Failing Strength.—The man whose life has been altogether physical, whose interests and desires have been limited to those of the body, may well anticipate with dread and melancholy foreboding the coming of the time of life when physical strength shall have diminished and desire shall have failed. To such a man life under such conditions must mean the loss of all zeal, the departure of all meaning, of all warmth and glow.—Rabbi H. T. Enelow, Hebrew, Louisville, Ky. Short Meter Sermons. He knows little who comprehends all he knows. A short temper has the other kind of a tongue. The itching palm tries to pass itself off for a helping hand. THE HOUSEHOLD Gather the walnuts while young and green and lay in brine strong enough to bear up an egg. Leave in this for a week, changing for fresh brine each day. At the end of the week drain, pierce each walnut with a needle, and throw into cold water. Drain again and pack in jars. Bring to a boil two quarts of vinegar to which have been added a half-cup of sugar, a dozen whole cloves, black peppers and all-spice and six blades of mace. Boil five minutes, then fill the jars of walnuts to overflowing with the boiling liquid and seal. German Breakfast Cake. Keep from the bread dough enough for a large loaf just before the last rising. Add to this dough three eggs, a cup of seeded raisins, a cup of cleaned currants, one and a half teaspoonfuls each of cinnamon, of minced citron, a half pound of butter and a half teaspoonful each of cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix and knead thoroughly. Set aside to rise as you would bread, only adding to the usual time for bread fifteen minutes, as it needs a little longer to become light enough. Bake. Strawberry Gelatine: Take a paper of gelatine and soak it as usual, adding one quart less of water with sugar and the juice of one lemon. Have a quart of strawberries sugared and left standing for about two hours, when crush them and rub them through a sieve and pour over them through the sieve the gelatine. Whip up a pint and a half of cream, stirring it into the gelatine, when put it into a form and set it on ice. You may serve with or without cream. Turkish Rice. Wash very thoroughly a cupful of rice. Dissolve four tablespoonfuls of butter in a saucepan and add to it one cupful of strained tomato, one pint of water, a teaspoonful of salt, a salt-spoonful of pepper and a teaspoonful of onion juice. Turn the rice into the saucepan with this mixture, and when it begins to boil set where it will cook very slowly for an hour. Do not stir the rice, and when done serve at once. "Rocks." Cream one cup of butter with one and a half cups of brown sugar; and three eggs—white and yolks beaten separately; stir in one and a half teaspoonfuls of sugar dissolved in three-quarters of a cup of boiling water; add two and a half cups of flour, and a pound each of chopped sultana raisins and chopped walnuts dredged with flour. Drop on buttered paper and bake in a good oven. Kitchen Measures. These are very useful in the kitchen when you have not got a proper fluid measure. Apothecaries' Fluid Measure.—Sixty drops, one fluid drachm; eight drachms, one ounce; twenty ounces, one pint; eight pints, one gallon; one drachm, one teaspoonful; two drachms, one dessertspoonful; four drachms, one tablespoonful; two ounces, one wineglassful. Fresh Bread and Butter. To keep bread and butter fresh and moist when cut, place it in a cool place, cover closely with a serviette or clean cloth that has been wrung out of cold water, and many hours after it will be as moist as when first cut. It is very convenient to prepare the bread and butter for the afternoon tea in this way. Marblehead Chowder. Fry several slices of pork, and break up a dozen hard crackers; cut fine four or five onions. Take out the pork and lay in half the cracker and half the onions, then lay in the slices of fishcod is preferred—and cover with the rest of the cracker and onion; season with salt and pepper, and cover with boiling water. Cook slowly an hour. Paraffin as a Cleanser. A tablespoon added to the copper will improve the color of kitchen cloths, towels, etc., and the disagreeable odor will depart in the course of rinsing and drying. For a much soiled earthenware sink paraffin is excellent. Rub it on with a flannel cloth, and then wash well with hot water and soda. Corn Ragout. Cut scraps of ham or bacon in small squares, fry brown, add six ripe tomatoes peeled and sliced, and the grains cut from six ears of corn; cover with boiling water, season with red pepper and salt, and cook slowly half an hour. Serve hot with toast or slices of fried bread. Canned Corn and Tomatoes. Boil twenty-four ears of corn until the kernels are tender, then cut from the cob. Boil twenty-four peeled tomatoes, and chop fine. Mix corn and tomatoes, add salt, and boil together hard for two minutes; then pour into jars and seal. Quince Honey. Make a syrup of three pounds of sugar and one pint of water, into which stir two large quinces, peeled and grated. Boil fifteen minutes, and can for winter use upon pancakes and fritters. Canned String Beans. String the beans carefully and cut into inch lengths. Boil in salted water until a fork pierces them easily, and proceed as with green peas. 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