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ting Runaway Accidents. Jsia they have a very effeotive le ?way of preventing horses ming away, and such acci czar's dominions are very ?are. M thin cord, with a running noose, around the horse's neck at the neok strap, with the other end within easy reach of tho driver, preferably attached to the dash-board, is the re straining device. "When a horse bolts he takes the bit in his teeth, and no amount of strength or skill on the part of the driver can check him, but the moment the cord presses on his windpipe, the horse stops, and with "good horse sense," reconsiders his original intention. Miss MATSON--Did you register? Miss ?suwoman-Certainly not. The clerk at the place of registration wanted me to take off my hat to be 6worn, and there wasn't a single look ing-glass there that I could see to put it on with.- Chicago JRecord. Two at a Birth. In conjunction with the first appearance ot the infant, 1895. will te issued anew Almanac relating to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, pub lished at Pittsburgh, by The Hostetter Com pany, in English. German, French, Welsh. Norwegian, swedish, Holland, Bohemian and Spanish, and obtainable free of all druggists and country dealers. Besides tho matter descriptive of tho Bitters, it ?ill contain ac curate calendar and astronomical calcula tions, illustrations, jokes, verses, statistics and other interesting matter. Maize- has probably more enemies than any other species of grain. A Child E:ijuya The pleasant flavor, gentle action and soothing effects of Syrup of Figs, when in need of a lax ative, and if the father or mother bo costlvoor bilious, the most gratifying results follow it* use, so that it is the best family remedy known and every family should have a bottle. His said that mules fed on corn that has ho smut will lose their hoofs. Dr. Kilmer's SWAMP-ROOT cures all Kidney and Bladder troubles. Pamphlet and Consultation free. Laboratory Binghamton, N. Y. 8100 Reward. SlOO. Theroaderof this paper will be pleased tc learn that thero is at least oae dreaded disease that science has been able- to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Care is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh heine a constitu tional disease, requires a constitutional treat ment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly on tho blood and mucous sur faces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of tho disease, and giving the pa tient strength by building np tho constitution and assisting nature in doing its work, lae proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they oiler Ono Hundred Dollars xor any caso that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & Co.,Tolodo, 0. E3T~Sold by Druggists, 75c. There IH Nothing "Just as Rood" as Ripar-s Tabules for head aches, biliousne-s and all disorders of the stomach and liver. One tabulo gives relief. Karl's Clover Ron. the great blood ptl rifler, -gives freshness and clearness to the complex lot' and cures constipation, 25 cts., 50 cts., SL Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equal a? a Cough medicine.-F. .Al. ABBOTT, 383 Seneca St., Buffalo, N. Y., May 9,1804. Mr?. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for childron foething, softens thc iran?s, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle ff afflicted wll h sore eye* use Dr. Isaac Thomp son's Eye-water.Druggists sell at 25c per bott le. Tellsof Greatly Increased Appetite "It affords mo groat pleasure to tell not only tho condition of my present health but also ! pleasure ia life. Every j member of my family is using Hood's Sarsa S?xa Mary Eclte parilla and with ben Broohlyu, X. Y. oficial resal?s, if I may Judge by my baker's bill each week. Hood's wm Hood's Sarsa parilla ~ures Sarsaparilla is wonder ful for purifying tho blood and aiding diges- _ tion." Mus. MARY ECKE, 145 Alabama Ave., Brooklyn, New York. Hood's Pills cure biliousness. 25 cents TO SINGERS. The girls who put up my Medical Discovery all go to our Warren Street Methodist Church and two of them sing with great pleasure to themselves and others. One of them came to me one day, saying, " Dr. Kennedy, I must jfl^what good the Discovery, is. g in our church.,r Glad to hear that," said I. 44 Well," she went on, " When I was so hoarse last Spring, you said it seemed like INWARD HUMOR and ad vised me to begin at once with the Discovery. I did so and in one month the hoarseness was all goue and my voice had improved so much several of our church mentioned it. Of course I told them you had advised the Dis covery and I was taking it. In fun, one of the girls said, I want to try it too, and the fact is that the whole church, I might say, found out that KENNEDY'S MEDICAL DISCOVERY would cure their throats and pimples and many other troubles." ?.All due to Inward Humor?' said I, and that's what I explain in my little book which I send to any one who asks for it, and my Medical Dis covery is sold in your town. Yours truly, DONALD KENNEDY, Roxbury, Mass. Don't Cheat Your You must have pure, wholesome food, no matter how much of the sham you'll take in other things. Buckwheat Is pure and wholesome? ANO SCHOOL or SHORTHAND Tho Best and Cheapest Bosinoss Coll?ge in America. JTonr PeDmen. Time short. Catalogue imo- Address Sullivan Sc Crichton, Pryor St.. ATLANTA, GA. j VOICES OF THE HUMAN HEART, i - I felt the breath of the expiring year Pass in the moaolng breeze, and to my ! sight Glistened each star, as 'twere a frozen tear, Upon the mate and lonesome faeo of Night. Time, in our breasts, that slumbers not nor sleeps, Mp.rks the faint murmur of eternity, 1 As ever round with rhythmto Impulse sweeps Sweet little eddy Df the Life to be. ? We look, and lo ! afar doth stretch the deep With ebb and flow amid thc storm and calm, Raising its thunderous praises to heaven'? steep, Or chanting to the shore a lowly psalm ; While in the ears that hear, from Utile hearts That shrink and swell as with imprisoned love, Bteal o'er the siilence of their inmost parts, The nearer echoes of a voice above. -Thomas Harkness, In Chambers s Journal, AN AGREEABLE MISTAKE HEN I left the University I had, as in duty bound, to go through my course of military service, and in due time found myself enrolled as a soldier in an infantry regiment then stationed at the town of Tor gau, in Th ur i ngia. The officers were extremely kind to me, and invited me to become a mem ber of the dub they had formed among themselves, so that I was soon quite at home. In tho morning there was the everlasting "Eight, left! right, left!"-at dinner tho soothing per fume of the "Maibohle," and in the evening dreamy repose and excellent cigars in the shady Casino gardens. The civil and military society min ^gled__Xl6elj> contrary to the usual custom, ancTtKe -?egai-^Ferl?- ft?id_suc.h, J landed proprietors as lived in the 1 neighborhood made themselves par- ' ticularly agreeable. . The chief magistrate, old Herr Ham- ] mer, was President of the club. He ' played a good game of bowls, and 3 kept the whole company entertained with his cheerful fund of humor. Of ] course I was presented to him, and he recognized in me the son of bis old ' comrade in University and Volunteer 1 days. He was delighted to see me, and at the dose of the evening he ' took mo across the gardens to the Casino veranda, where his wife and ' daughter were drinking true Thur ingian mocha with a number of other . ladi I was presented to the fair circif. Frau Hammer was still a pr?t- ( ty woman ; 6ho knew my good mother, 3 greeted me with warmth, and begged me with charming friendliness to come i and pay her a visit as soon as my mil- ? itary duties would allow. ( "No stiff evening call, dear Herr 1 Eisenstein, I beg! When you have 3 no better way of spending your even- i ing, then come in and see us and have ? a cup of tei with us." I thanked Frau Hammer for her < friendly invitation, and decided at s once to tike advantage of it. Had I ? not looked into the blue eyes of the who, as the stern captain of our com- ? pany wa3 fond of reminding me, was i in reality my fellow-soldier, and sent him in the afternoon to the Frau i Direktorin with a carefully worded 1 message, saying, if it would not incon- ' venienca her, I would do myself the i honor of calling on her that evening. 1 x\fter much explanation, Gottlieb 1 Feuerstacke at length understood 1 where he was to go and what he had ] to do. In about an hour he returned, ; giggling in an idiotic manner, and in- . iormed me with a scaroely suppressed 1 smile that a visit from me at 8.45 < o'clock would be "extremely agree able." i It struck mo that this was rather a ' late hour to fix for a sociable evening cali; in fact, rather a ceremonious hour; but, no doubt, tho Herr 1 Direktor liked to stand on cej-jmony ' even in so small a matter ?s the pres ? ??{:~~^-&&9g}&~2&*aore of it; but ; when the hour oame for departure, 1 cast a few drops of "new-mown hay" 1 on my pocket handkerchief, placed it ] in the pocket above my beating heart, and wrapped myself in my great m ili- i tary overcoat. Thus armed, I started off to see my < new friends, not quite willing to con- I fess even to myself how much I lonyed i to behold tho fair Agues once more. Torgau is a small place, and soon i enough was I at the house of the chief 1 magistrate. j At its hall-open door was a woman's 1 form, apparently a servant maid. She conducted me into the dimly-lighted vestibule, said softly, with a shy simper, "Good evening," tripped-up- ' stairs and signed to me to follow. The Herr Direktor lived in a flat, it '. seemed, approached by a common staircase, and up this I promptly fol lowed my guide, my heels ringing , clear and loud ou the uutcarpeted flags. "Hush! hush! for heaven's sake !" whispered the servant maid, mys teriously. I confess to a shock of surpriso. I stopped. "Is this not the right hour?" "Yes, yes, but hush!" She placed a warning finger on her mouth. "Good gracious ! Is some one ill in i tho house?" I whispered, in a low voice. "In that case I will come an other evening." "No, no, only be very quiet, Herr Corporal !" And thereupon she seized my hand and drew me up the stairs with many warning signs. I was utterly bewildered and could make neither head nor tail of the bus iness. We were on the upper floor. . With a dexterity that looked suspi ciously like constant habit she caught the door bell in her hand so that its tin kle should not be heard. She certainly showed a wonderful knack in her pro ceeding. She opened the door and before I knew where I was I found myself in the kitchen. Then the bell rang, evidently in the sitting room, whereupon she promptly pushed me still further into the kitchen and left me breathless with amazement to stare ?bout me. A neatly-laid table stood in the mid dle of the room, which was but dimly lightly by two candles stuck in empty bettles. I was still gaping and gasp ing when she returned. "It was nothing I They have not finished yet. They sit BO long at the -P-CT table. The master wanted more ter." Then she reddened np, giggled ly, and, with downcast eyes contin "I am very glad, Herr Corporal see yon. lt is a great honor," there she paused, smoothing dowi folds of her apron. She evidenthj peeted mo to say something. A sudden light broke on my bei cred senses. I understand it The suppressed merriment in Fe stacke had imagined my message for the maid-ser?ant, and not for quality. Was I not serving as a vate soldier like himselt? And not a cook the object of his higl adoration? I could have laughed aloud ! old mad spirit of university < rushed upon me-never even in tl joyous wild times had I met with f arare adventure as this: never, my word of honor ! "How very kind of yon, dear, the way, what is your name?" '.Hannah," she whispered, 1 downcast eyes. "What an adorable name! k nah." I quito forgot all about perils of my position and raised voice to its natural pitch. She on me such an eloquent glance, ploring me without words not tc "chem," as she called the family, wind of my vicinity. Now she glided gently hither thither, collecting and placing or table all manner of dainty fragnu from the dinners of a week past, p iug them in tempting confusion at disposal. Again tho bell rang. Hannah wanted. She obeyed the call at or find presently returning placed bef me with conscience pride a smok omelet, with fine herbs, seasoned w bacon sance. Good Hannah ! What would she io for a corporal? But fate was at hand. The sitti; room door opened-steps were hei in the passage. In another inst the kitchen would be invaded, b thanks to Hannah's promptitude, I langer was averted. With imme: presence of Ad she laid her gre jo?rse hand" ormy lips, blew out t jandles at one breath, opened the do :losed it behind her, mot her mistr in the passage, and conversed qc ?omposedly with her about to-mi row's dinner. I sat motionless in the dark s aeard the whole 1 'menu" gone throuj The cold sausages of which I had j been partaking were to be sent up : the Herr Direkter's breakfast. "Good night, my love. I am goi Dut." It was the voice of the worthy IE himself. His wife replied : "Don't be late to-night. Where i ?rou soing?" "To the Casino. They have roast srftb and fresh maibohle there aight," A pressure of the hand, a kiss a ;he Herr Direktor went downstai: The good housewife had ended h jonsultation with tho cook and ] ramed to the sitting-room. On Sello, tho faithful companion of 1 naster-Bello, the black poodle miffed uneasily at the kitchen door. "Come, Bello, come here, sh jailed his master from half-way do\ ?tairs. Bello did not como, he sniff itill harder. "Getaway! will you?" said Ha her hands at him, ai iway. The faithful ai j trotted downstairs, in, and began to thii rather too much of iojigli4t^wa5r4iig4ly^4i 3 in the middle of a met false position so acute id doing so without d was not so easy, outed that I had n stice to her banque incl woxuu -not hear of my goii iway. "Only one little quarter of an hoi nore," she pleaded. "I must dorr ivashiug-up. The water is hot now Here she paused and looked roguish it me. "If you would help me to di the things, then it.would soon be don [ am free after that, and we cou take a walk somewhere. Ah, pleas* please ! You need not be afraid ; rx voung man may always come to tl loor downstairs ; the mistress allov that. I always made that one of tl :onditions when I take a situation." This privilege did not fill rae wit much joy, especially when I -&QZLZ\ of the drying process "A fiQC&Sppetite to yon, Hanna! Vou have treated me only too well. [ forgot I had been the only partake )f the feast. "Now I must be off." She pouted, casting implorin 'lances at me, and somehow, before mew what sho was about, she had ei reloped me in a brand new apron i protect my uniform. Tho house door opened again, creal ing loud and warningly ; heavy stet -a man's steps-came up the stab sase; the little bell at the entrance c the Herr Direktor'? apartment tinkled. A horrible dread seized m -it was tho Herr Direktor himsell ind, merciful heavens, of course Bello, the irrepressible and suspiciou Bello ! Ho would make straight fo the kitchen, I felt sure. "Is not Herr Eisenstein here?" I turned cold as ice. "Herr Eisenstein !" said a soft, cles voioe, and now I turned burning re with shame. "Herr Eisenstein? Nc ho is not here, papa. How funny Why should Herr Eisenstein beber?? It was the fair Agnes who spoke Agnes of the soft blue eyes. I fe; their limpid gaze resting on me eve through the thick darkness. "Hannah, has the Herr Eisenstei not been hero to-night? Are yo quite sure?" "No, sir, I havo not seen the gentle mau this evening. No one had bee here." "I can't understand it!" said th Director, "I went over to HerrEisei stein's rooms to ask him to come ove with me to the cafe, and his fellow wc standing at the door, and he told m his master was gone out. I asked hil where. "Down to the big street to magistrate's house." "Bello, como here. Come here Bir." But Bello had entirely differcn intentions. The wretch began t scratch and snarl ut the kitcho door. Ho ran back to his mas ter. I heard distinctly tho soun of his nails on tho stone floor. He re turned. I could not sit still anothe moment, my left leg had gone to sleep I moved very, very slightly, but it wa enough fer Bello. Barking furiously he leaped wildly np the door as hig] as tho latch. "What in tho world is in th kitchen?" Before Hannah could interpose he stout form between him and the doo the strong hand of tho master hai flung it wide open, and the light of hi candle fell full on my pale and agito ted countenance. Wife, daughter am maid servant jiresr.ed after him. I draw a veil over the scene. I hea once more tli9 astonished exclamation ol the ladies, the sobs of Hannah, th tritt iant barking of Bello-detesta' ble7 je brute-and find myself out on the staircase alone in the dark night, condemned to everlasting shame and contemt. Bebind me echoed the scornful laughter of Herr Direktor. Next morning Gottlieb Feuerstaoke pondered thoughtfully over a blue kitchen apron that he had found on my sitting room floor. Many years have passed away since that terrible evening. I am a general officer and a star adorns my manly breast. A fow gray hairs have crept like moonlight round my temples; my dear, fair-haired wife has the same soft blue eyes as of old, and she dis cusses household matters every day with good old Hannah. On our mar riage my mother-in-law sent her to us as general servant. Majy and weighty are the consultations on the day's dinner. Very often they cannot settle on anything. "Rudolf, what will you have for to morrow's dinner? One does not know what to order. Do, please, suggest something, dearest!" My countenance assumes a serioiu expression ; I tin uk deeply for a while ? it is an important matter. Then J I open my lips and say, softly : "Savory omelet, with flue herbs and baoon sauce, is as good now as when-" Good old Hannah has already got her apron up to her face and rushes from the room. We eat in due time of that excellent dish whioh I tasted for the first time under the frieudly roof of my father in-law. Hannah gets her share, too, a goodly portion, for now she has no corporal to share it wrf^ her. The children, however, insist on giving many a dainty morsel of tho self-same omelet to Bello, not the original Bello, but tho grandson or great grandson-I forget which-of that in famous, ti aitorous animal.-From the German. WORDS OF WISDOM, Faith always has a shining face. It is much better to suffer than to sin. Every man-made god has a heart of stone. The bright side is not always the right side. Love can be misunderstood, but never over estimated. In coveting another's possessions we are apt to lose our own. It is well to hope for success, but much better to deserve it. No man is good who behaves himself simply because ho has to. Have nothing to do with the thing that bad men are in favor of. The thing most dangerous is the one that does most to make us selfish. The worldly prosperity ot a wicked man is a chariot in which he rides to ruin all the faster.-Ham's Horn. Major-General McCook anti Hie Scout. Several months ago General McCook paid a visit to Sauta Fe with some rail way officials. On arriving at Santa Fe his first inquiry was for one Lucian Stewart. Ho was told that Stewart was in the hospital, awaiting death from old age. "Then he may dio to-night, and I will see him first," the general quietly remarked ***1 " he went was quid 'Stewa inquired time extei Stewart minute, a. eral's han? At last a r countenan "Yes, I re young lie before breaiaast. " Here the two broke into a laugh, the heartiest laugh perhaps the old invalid had enjoyed for a decade. Stewart had been the chief of scouts, when forty years ago McCook was fighti og Apaches on the frontier. The general had not seen him since that war, but showed his deep regard for his old friends by remembering so humble a comrade. The remark of the old scout referred to a time when McCook, then a lieutenant, aud a detail under Colonel St. Vrain were chasing the Apache?. They had struck a hot trail, and hud been on it thirty-six hours without t&od-Eo&risg- tfi-JM?t*4o "preparev ? meal, for every minuto was then pre cious, so close was the trail," Colonel St. Vrain determined to keep on trie marob. Realizing the condition of his men and officers, ho had given per mission for the mer to partake of sueh rations as they could in the saddle, and turning to his lieutenant, he re marked, j "McCook, have a cigar?" "No, thank you, sir," wa3 the quic|k response. "I never smoke befoie breakfast. " i General McCook has been in corA mand of the Department of the Colo rado for twelve months past. T?e new orders do not change his station. Harper's Weekly. An Incident In Pearl Makin?. In a paper by A. J. Gibbous on "Curiosities of Pearls," in tho Gentle man's Magazine, this incident in pearl making is recounted: "An extraor dinary treasure illustrating the sue oessful manner in which these precious gems can sometimes be produced by tho 'strategical process,' was lately shown by the Smithsonian Institution This was a pearl the size of a pigeon's egg, of an exquisite rose ?solor, and the receptacle containing it was the original fresh water mussel in which it had been formed. The nucleus ot this wonderful stono was nothing more nor less than an oval lump of beeswa?? which had been placed and left for a few years between the valves of the mollusk, which had at onco proceeded to coat it with the pink nacre it se creted for lining its shell. The mus sel was kept in an aquarian while en gaged in its lengthy task. It be longs to a species common in American rivers, and it is suggested that the re sult of the experiment opens to every body the possibility of establishing P small pearl factory for himself by keejr ing a tank full of tame mussels an humbugging them into making 'grea pink pearls' for him." Rusty Leather Furniture Dealers say that leather coveref1 furniture should never get vusty if v is genuina, but dealers do not know ip all. Leather furniture does not get rusty. To brighten it up mb it briskl/ with a sponge wrung out of clearij strong soapy water and dry rapidly ir* the sun. Then take a flannel cloth* wet with coal oil, and rub the leathe* briskly and a long time. Leave in th? air for a time, and tho odor will soor1 pass away.-Washington Star. Tho oflloial title of the Chief Execu tive Officer of the United States is sim' ply "The President." There is no au" j J thority for the titl9 "His Excellency,j j applied to the President, 1 BUDGET OE FUN. HUMOROUS SKETCHES FR03I VARIOUS SOURCES. Only Nature's Journeyman-Modern Authorship - Cut Him Dead -Taxation-His Compo sition, Etc., Etc. He said he was a self-made man, And I agreed this point upon ; You see, tho more I saw ot him,. Tho moro I thought him badly done. -Harper's Bazar. MODERH AUTHORSHIP, "Dubby tells me that his career as a literary man is practically ruined." "Yes. His doctor has forbidden his attending five o'clock teas. "-Chi cago Kecord. BY WAT OP REPROACH. Wiggins-"That's a shocking bad hat you're wearing, Jones." Jones-"Yes; "1 put it on to re mind my wife of the enormity of her last milliner's bill. "-Harper's Bazar. ' CDT HIM DEAD. Tom De Witt-"You didn't bow to Mr. Wvckoff." Kitty Winslow-"Oh, 'all flesh is grass,' you know, and I thought that particular piece of grass needed cut ting. "-Detroit Free PresB. ms COMPOSITIONS. "What is Cholly doing for a living QOW?" "Writing." "I didn't know he was literary." "He isn't. He writes home for re mittances. "-Washington Star. TAXATION. "At all events," said the sad-eyed man, "the Government doesn't tax a man when ho takes out a poetic license." "It doesn't!" rejoined a fellow bard. "Youforgetthe postage stamps." -Washington Star. DISAPPOINTED IN SWITZERLAND. He-"Been abroad, I understand? Visited Switzerland? How did you ike it?" Miss Biggleton (from Hlinois)-"I ;vas disappointed in Switzeland-too lilly, you know ; not a bit like Chi :ago."-New York Ledger. STRICT OBEDIENCE. Employer-"How did you break chat vase ?" Office Boy-"I had it in my hand (vhen I heard your bell ring, and Iropped it. You told me yesterday to drop evervthing and answer your bell whenever you rang."--Harper's Bazar. A POOR RELATIONSHIP. Maude-"Do you like Mr. Din ividdie?" Ethel-"Oh, yes, I like him rela tively speaking." Maud-"Relatively speaking 1 What lo you mean by that?" Ethel-"You 6ee, I promised to be i sister to him."-New York Journal. HER CONTRADICTOR! NATURE. "So she told - '.. . . .u?t aiter mature reflection md in view of the quality of the verse, t seems to me-" "Yee, yes-it seems-" repeated the >oet, breathlessly. "As I was saying, it seems to me hat you ought to make an excellent vorkmau at almost any kind of labor." -Chicago Kecord. JOY TURNED TO WOE. Young Suburb (gloomily)-"I'm ifraid our straw-ride party will have 0 bo given up." i Friend-"Mygoodness! No fieam?" "We have a team." I "No wagon?" "Got a wogon." > "No straw, perhaps?" "Plenty of straw." "Then what's the matter?" ! "No fish horns."-Cood Netf?? COULDN'T STAND THE EXPENS? I was ordering my advertisement in 1 Melbourne daily newspaper office me day when a tall, lanky countyman valked in and said he wanted a& "in nemoriam" notice in tho obituary iolumn of the paper. "My ole guv'nor died a year ago," ie explained, "and I should lik?\ a bit )' poetry in tho paper about him- ' "All right," answered the flerk, 'have vou brought it with you?'' "No,"" said tho rustic. "Can t you ix me up a bit?" "Certainly," replied the c'srk. 'Our chargo for 'iu momoriata' no ices is six shillings au inch." A look of intense amazement gassed )ver the countryman's face. "Good gracious," he cried, fl9 he nade for the door, "I cannot ?ffqrd hat-my guv'nor was six feet 1'igh." -Melbourne Argus. A DREADFUL REVENGE. "Do you remember," said Mr. Caw cer to his wife, "that when t?e lJvely Miss Bceson jilted young Mr. Sptidds, ive years ago, to marry Mr. Dijling ?am, the rejected one swore a mighty jath to bo revenged on his BuecS?sfuI .ival?" ? "Yes," replied. Tkrs. "CJawVer'i "I remember '-*? 'well, but such tKeats lever amount to anything." "lu this case they did. Spud?? has il! od fat the ancient grudge he ?e&rs ?illiugham." "He hasn't killed him, has he?" . "Oh, no. His torture is mon lin gering than that, my dear. " "What has he done?" "Dillingham told mo of it hirpolf, and I must spy that the scheme does Spudd credit in its ingenious crvplty. " "But tell mo what it is." "Well, after tho wedding, Sp^ds went and allied himself with a fas?on ible store in tho city, and ever ,inc6 then ho has occupied his time inpre paring tho most perfectly irresisible inscriptions of openings of all s'rts, md sending special invitations to^rs Dillingham to attend them. Thopoor fellow tells mo that he has two ,iort jages on his house now, and exacts io go into irretrievable bankruptcy inmediately after tho next oiling it Spudds's store."-Harper's lazar. Tho Turkish Government is co^id jring a project for the extension af potato cultivation in Angora. lftlJd lovoted to this object is to be v'Xe^pt rom taxation for five years. j The Tuberculosis Scare. Those perturbed souls who hav imagined that the cattle industry is o the brink of destruction through th swiit ravages of "outbreaks" of tha terrible and "dangerously contagious" disease, tuberculosis, will do well toj console themselves, after their flights of fancy, with a few grains of fact.' At the packing centers in this country 2,270,000 animals were slaughtered from May, 1891, to March, 1892, and! only two per cent, were found affected with tuberculosis. ; The industry is not quite on the verge of extinction when only two tenths of one per cent, of 2,500,000 cattle are found more or less affected with this disease. It should be remembered, however, that these were market cattle, and for the most part had not been subjected to tho confinement frequently ac corded dairy herds, so that it is alto gether probable ' that a higher per cent, of affected cattle would be found among herds which have been main tained under conditions favorable to the spread of the disease. But we are not anywhere near a failure of our milk Eupply through the ravages of this disease. Our herds will likely suffer moro from the "rav ages" of "vets" in eearch of jobs than tuberculosis. That this disease is commuuicablo when the conditions are favorable-that is, when a dis eased or enfeebled state of the system permits the germ to find euitable nu triment and grow-does not admit of doubt. That it is a contagious dis ease, as smallpox and cholera are con tagious, is so rankly false and absurd that we are perfectly amazed to sea some scientists assume such position even by implication. Let us have a little sense and muoh less nonsense from the "sorehead" scientists on the subject.-Breeders' Gazette. _ Picturesque Fishermen. When the trawls are taken in, al most every kind of sea fish is found on the hooks, including the shark. The latter species is the plague of the hali but fisherman's life, often carrying off bis lines. There are two varieties that infest the halibut banks, the bluo-dog, tvhich is from six to twelve feet long, ind the ground sham, which is from twelve to twenty feet in length. Tho 'ormer is a very active fish and very powerful, sometimes taking tho bait together with the fish on the hook ; in ?ny ouse it will make a dasperate re ?istance, towing a boat round and round until exhausted. The ground ?hark is sluggish, but when hooked it jomes to the surface, and rolling like i log in the water seldom fails to tangle the fishing lines or chafe them ?part with its rough cuticle. The Host picturesque fishermen on the Dapa Flattery banks aro tho Neah Bay Indians, who come out from the shore in small canoes, although the banks lie ont a distance of fifteen miles. The ?ear used by them is so primitive as to excite the ridicule oi the American ishermen, but with it the Indians ae rare enough fish for their BU&tenance. They have a single line let down from he 6ide of their canoes, at the end of ,vhich is a piece of wood, shaped some :hing like a V, in tho angle of which he bait is secured. About half way ip the V a stick is tied diagonally ion, is exciting the wonder of United States military men. An army officer, ecently in Germany, secured one of he pistols, only a very few of which lave been manufactured, and has ie >orted in very complimentary terms >f the contrivance, which is known as ho Borchardt automatic repeating jistol. The pistol is cocked, reloaded, ind olosed by the recoil of the barrel md breech mechanism. The weapon has an odd appearance, he grip being about tho centre of pravity. ?d?ich makes the balance, held in nie hand, much better than with the oiW-nary revolver. The immunition consists of complete nie sallie cartridges ; the magazine, which lolds eight of these, is planed in the jrip of the pistol ; by means ?'Mhe ma gazine spring they are brought suc jessively in front of the breech lock, vheD, after opening the breech, thia ias reached its furthest point to the ?ear. The closing of the mechanism ;arries th3m into tho chamber of the mrrel,. where they are fired at will by railing the trigger. Tho recoil drives he barrel and breech mechanism to he rear. By a cleverly-arranged mecuaumm ind the utilization of the forces of the ecoil tho shells, on firing, are ejected .nd the parts arc again in a position o fire before the finger has time to re easo the triggor. The army officer Fho was permitted to lire one of these ?istols which had been fired 6000 imes found that all its parts fitted as losely and worked as accurately as rlion first fired. At twenty paces he ired eight shots in two seconds. The ?istol will be tested by the American xperts as soon us one can be obtained. -New York Time3. The Bicycle Mau. "As a vast number of people are idiug bicycles, tho modifications of heir bodies, brought about by the ex rcisc, may become hereditary in the ace," says a prominent New York ihysician. "If tho theory of evolu ion is correct, aud tho bad manner if riding becomos general, the people f tho future will bo very curious in ppearance. Their legs will greatly ncrease in size, and the knees will be developed in a remarkable manner by he great amount of work which the lodaling exorciso puts on them. Their lodies will be very small and curved, nd their arms very long and power ul, but with a diJferent distribution f muscles from the present. Thoir ands will bo large and hooked. Then, erhaps, their noses will be elongated rom tho long continued act through ?any generations of thrusting them arward. The changes iu the oxter ul form of the body will, of course, anse a gTeat many others in the fa.? ;rnal organization." A Stone Blotter. A stone blotting pad being intro- j uced is made of a bibulous stone that ! i said to absorb ink more readily th?n i ny blotting paper in use, says the I hikdelphia Record. It is formed by ^inpressing the sediment deposited j y certain hot springs, which, I aving boon accumulating for ages, j is available in inexhaustible qualiti es." It is highly porous, and will, I ; is said, take up a surprising qm-n- j ty of ink, requiring only oocasional ! ?raping with a kuifo to keep it olean J ad ready for use. No Substii For Royal Bakir is shown by all tests, tical, stronger, purer than all other Baleine is privately acknowl turers, and well knou If some grocers I powder in place of tl the greater profit. Tl of the superiority of th profit the other must to cost less it must inferior materials, and same, give less value LOOK with suspicion upo upon you any bakin "Royal." There is nc Swiftness of Dreams. Ariel could put agirdle round about the world in forty minutes, but he was slow compared to *the most ordinary dream." Many stories are told show ing the different count of time. Lord Brougham relates that he dreamed a dream of long continued action during a short doze while a droning counsel was placed before him. Lord Holland fell asleep while listening to some one reading, dreamed a dream and awoke in time to hear the conclnsion of a sentence, the first words of which were in his ears when he became uncon scious. Dr. Abercrombie relates that a gentleman dreamed that he had en listed for a soldier, joined his regi ment, deserted, had been apprehended, carried back, tried, condemned to be shot, and at last led out for execution. After all the usual preparations he awoke with the report, and found that a noise in an adjoining room had both produced the dream and awakened him. Another dreamed that he had crossed the Atlantic and spent a fort night in America. In embarking, on his return, he fell into the sea, and, having woke with the fright, he found that he had not been asleep ten min nies.-Ex. Lamps On the Steps. Lanterns in front of fashionable New York houses are more elaborate. They have given great scope to the re vival of black iron-work. Several elaborate stoop lanterns have recently been set up in Lexington avenue, and twin sea horses of black iron are a striking feature of a private house in Madison avenue. The best o? such things are extremely expensive, and of a piece with single apartments that cost more than a whole fashionable dwelling of fifty years ago.-New York Sun, big bulky pills were in general use. Like the "blunderbuss" of that decade they were big and clum sy, T)ut ineffec tive. In this cent ury of enlight enment, we have Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pel lets, which cure all liver, tomach and bowel derange ments in the most effective way. Assist Nature a little now and then, with a gentle, cleansing laxative, thereby removing of fending matter from the stomach and bowels, toning up and invigorating the liver and quickening its tardy action, and you thereby remove the cause of a multitude of distresstng^diseases, such as headaches, indigestion/, or dyspepsia, biliousness, pimples, blotches, eruptions, boils, constipation, pile? fistulas and maladies too numerous to mention. If people would pay more attention to properly regulating the action of their bowels, they would have less fre quent occasion to call for their doctor's services to subdue attacks of dangerous diseases. That, of all known agents to accom plish this purpose. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are unequaled, is proven by the fact that once used, they are always in favor. Their secondary effect is to'keeD the bowels open and regular, not to fur ther constipate, as is the case with other pills. 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To give greater be a lower cost powder, and be made with cheaper and . thus, though selling for the to the consumer, n every attempt to palm off g powder in place of the ? substitute for the 4; Royal." Just What Dairymen Want. A glass milk jug has recently been introduced in England which is "tak ing like wild fire." It is a measuring cup, graduated at every pint. Three distinct lines are etched below the measuring marks, showing tho thick ness of cream which should appear in milk of all grades and qualities; the very good milk having a cream grade to the lowest line, and so on up as the quality of the milk depreciates. It is a capital good idea,as every housekeeper can thus accurately judgo of the grade of her particular dairy and of the quantity of water used in rinsing th? milk cans. Pulsometer. A pulsometer has been invented with which, it is claimed, it is possible to tell to a fraction tho exact condition of the heart beat. 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