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Beware of Fruit Skins. Fruit skins carry germs and aro no moro intended for humen sustenance than potato skins, melon rinds or pea pods. The bloom of the peach is a luxuriant growth of microbes, that of grape only less so, and when these rkins are taken into the stomach they find more favorable conditions foi their lively and rapid development, which cause the decay of the fruit be fore it is possible to digest it. This it tho reason many persons think they cannot eat raw fruit. If they would in all cases discard the skin they could derive only good from the fruit itself. Naturo provides the skin for tho pro tection of tho fruit from the multitude of germs which are ever ready to at taok it, as is evidenced when tho 6kin is bruised or broken in any way. The microbes at once begin their work of decay, and the fruit is unfit for food. Children are chief offenders in respect to this rulo and should be carefully watched and frequently cautioned. A daintiness as to the condition of fruit should be cultivated to prevent its be ing eaten unripe or too old or on the verge of decay. Remember that it is sweet and ripe fruit, in prime condi tion only, that is recommended. Philadelphia Times. Reminiscent. "This breaks the record, father," said Lamech, throwing himself down under the shade of a fig tree. "It's tho hottost day this country ever saw. " "Hot, my son?" exclaimed Methus elah. "Ho"t? This isn't anything. I remember one day 937 years ago-or was it 938-" Bnt Lamech had fled, and the sound of Noah snoring inside the tent grew clear and distinct again.-Chicago Tribune. .Old Heads anil Yoting IlcnrtN You comet ima see conjoined in elderly in? dividual*, bot seldom behold rn old maa or woman ?is exempt from intimities as in youth. 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God in His mercy receive, forgive thom! Only the uew days aro our own. To-day is ours and to-lay alone. Hero aro tho skies all burnished brightly; Hero is thc spent earth all reborn; Hero are the tired limbs springing lightly Io faco the sun and to shnro with thc morn In tho chrism of dow and the cool of dawn. Every day is a fresh beginning, Listen, my sou!, to tho glad refrain, And, spite of old sorrow and oidor sinning, And puzzles forecasted and possible paiu, Take heart with the day and begin ngain! -Susan Coolidge. Leonard's Fine Youri ? Men, PROUD man was Abel Leonard proud of his house and every thing in it,proud of his elegant a cc o ni p 1 is he d daughter, proud of his long-estab lished and profit able business. He had been heard to boast that he had in his concern the three finest young men in the city. There was his own son, Charley-he was certainly a fine young man, and his father was more than a little proud of him. Then there was Evan Jones, the head bookkeeper, and thirdly-a sort of head clerk and general manager, who made himself felt everywhere, and of whom even his employer was half inclined to stand in awe-Walter Sterne. Sterne had many peculiar ways of his own. Ho owned thc very respect able hous9 he lived in, and neverthe less he was accustomed to make the fact that ho supported his mother, who was also his housekeeper, an ex cuse for all sorts of unnecessary econ omies ; though not only Abel Leon ard, but his fellow clerks, were well awaro that Walter's bank account had been steadily climbing upward from tho very hour, ten years ago, that bc had entered the establishment. Aud yet Sterne was a welcome visitor at the house of his employer; for he could bo entertaining in many ways. Three very fine young men were these, and undoubtedly Abel Leonard was justified in being proud of them ; but the time had come, in the natural course of human events, when the old gentleman must necessarily be puz zled. For forty years he had had no partner in business, and for half that time he had accustomed himself to look upon his daughter Belle as a girl ; but now two important facts were slowly dawning upon him. Ono wa?, that he must speedily assign the charge of his business to younger and more activo management ; and tho other was, that two of his very fine young men were rival iug each other in well-directed efforts to establish oven a nearer connection with him self than that of partner in business. Abel Leonard had always pretended to keep a sharp eye after his books and balances, but of late years this" had been little moro than a pretense, un til, now that he seriously contemplated a change in his arrangements, he once more made a pratical reality of his formal examinations. Perhaps tho old gentleman was not as quick at ligures as he had once been. and there were eomo accounts that puzzled him sadly. At ali events he went over them aga<n and again. Still ho called no one to his asistance, though, as Charlie was cashier,. Evau Jones head bookkeeper, and it wis Walter Sterne's duty to go over things after them, he could have very eaeily had everything explained. To be sure, Walter had been absent for two or three days, just before tho worst of the puzzle came. That uigbt Leonard went hoine with a clouded brow, and a good deal less of pride than usual in his heavy step. "There can be no doubt of it; there's a deficit in thc cash account, and it was well covered up, too ; false entries and false footings, aud what not ; but they could not deceive old Abel. I wonder how long this has beeu going on ?" And then, as somebody whispered to him, there came the thought of Wal ter St erne's comfortable bauk account, so large for a young man with his salary and expenses. "I hope not," said Abel. "I won der what Belle thinks of him?" After dinner that evening Abel called his daughter into the library and un folded his terrible news. So absorbed was ho that he hardly noticed Bello's sudden change of color when he dimly hinted his suspicions. "But, father, may you not bo mis taken?" "No, not about thc deficit." "But who could havo taken the money?" "Any two of them could, if they worked together, or may bc one of them could have done it alon-.'. They have chances every now and then, but Walter has the most." She could say little more, but the wholo thing seemed impossible. "Walter will be back to-night," said thc old gentleman, "and I will Bay nothiug about it till he has had a look at tho books." Thc next day old Leonard sent down word that ho was ill, ni?d did not make his appearance ou that day, or the day following, so that thc three fine young men had it all their own way. The second evening Sterne came up to the house to make one of his frequent calls. He WHS received as usual, made a good report of the business, but he seemed to have something heavy on his mind. What it was ho did not mention in his brief interview with his employer, nor did the latter, muf fled up in flannels, mako any allusion to his own portcutions discovery. Alter the tull; with tho old gentleman, lhere followed au interesting cull in the parlor, aud never before had Belle seemed so subdued in her manner or so sweetly engaging. To such an ex tent did her manner and the half pleading expression of her face work upon the already pretty well formed determination of her youug friend that the secret, which for a long time had been only half a secret, forced its way to his lipsiu a rush. Belle bowed her face upon her hands for a moment, and then raised it, pale as marble. "Mr. Sterne, you must give me time for consideration. If you will call again to-morrow evening I will give you your answer." Walter's fellow clerk was destined to receive a very similar reply to a very similar question, only that Evan was nnt off somewhat indefinitely. Still later that same evening, two very fine young men wero walking down Broadway, arm-in-arm, when one naid to the other: "Evan, I oan't go to the old gentle man for more money just now-have yon any?" "Nota cent. Yon know how un lucky we've been of late." "Can't you raise some?" "Don't think I can. I've donc a good deal for you already." 1 Tes ; but. that will be all right when you marry Belie." "Yes; you must help me, then.'* "Why don't you propose?" "I did that very thing to-night" "You don't say ! What luck ?" "Good, I should think; only she hos put me off for a week." "?b, that's nothing. You couldn't have expected au answer off-hand." "Not from so proud a girl as Belle Leonard. Still, you can help rae." "I will. Don't be afraid ; I'm not anxious for Sterno as a brother-in law." "Ho, ha, don't worry about that." And they separated ; but tho next morning, no sooner did Jones reach the store than Walter called him aside for a private consultation. Whatever was its nature, evon the countenance of Walter Sterne was un ablo to conceal au expression of as tonishment and consternation. "But why did you not tell mo at once?" he asked. "1 knew your cast-iron ways, and I was afraid you would tell the old gen tlemon, and that wouldn't do, you know." "Tell him? Never! Wo must keep him ignorant at any cost." "But how will we do it?" "Ob, leave that to mo. I'll go over the books at once. There won't bo the slightest danger. " Walter Sterne was unusually busy with his accounts that day, and in the afternoon, late, Abel Leonard came dowu in a carriage. He tumbled tho books over, as usual, but had little to say, and he really looked sick when he started for home. The ride was not a loug one, but it seemed to have shaken all the pride ont of the fat littlo merchant. As ho entered the hall he was met by Bolle. "Father?" "The very worst, Belle!" "How do you mean?" "The footings and entries aro cor rected, and thc cash is all straight again." "Bat how is that the worst?" "The corrections are all in Walter Sterne's own hand." "Oh, father, isn't it terriblo!" "Indeed it is. And I loved that young mau almo3t like a 6on. I'd have trusted him with all I was worth." "And, to tell the truth, both father and daughter were thoroughly miser able. Belle especially looked forward with a nervous horror to the fast ap proaching hour for Walter's call. At last the expected feet were on the doorstap, and never had lie looked so near tho ideal of a "fine young man." There was eveu a look of pride and elation on his face as he entered tho parlor, but his counte nance fell as he cast hiB eyes on the faco that came forward to meet him. "Miss Leonard?" "Mr. Sterno-" And for a few moments neither of them could say moro. Their embar rassment was, to say the least, changed in nature by tho sudden entry of Abel Leonard. "Walter Sterne, I will save Bello the trouble of giving you her answer. Docs not your own conscience tell you what it ought to bo?" "My conscience? I cannot compre hend you." "Then I will say that I have ex amined the books. I saw them before you made thu corrections. I may alec add that I have extorted an unwilling confession from Jones-not that he has dono wrong iu auything but his desire to shield you. It will not be necessary for you to como to the office to-morrow." While the old gcutloman had boon speaking Walter had boen thiuking, and ho replied in a husky voice : "Mr. Leonard, I see into what a snare I have fallen, but I soo also that I cannot at once lift myself ont of it. I will only say now that I have been honest with you, and more thau hon est. There is not one stain on my conduct." And so saying, he strode out of thc room, leaving a deeper im pression behind him than he was awaro of. As for Belle, sho throw herself upon a sofa in tho back par lor, and all but sobbed herself to sleep. Perhaps au hour, perhaps moro, passed by, when she was nwakened by voices conversing near her in low tones in the darkness. "No, you can't, Charley ; that was the very money I let yon have. I told him you helped yourself to it, and he made it good to straighten the books and clear you. It was only by bad luck that tho old gentleman pried it out, and it's too late to help it. He'll forgive Walter in a day or so. Then, you know, it fixes the other thing." Thus far Charley had said very lit tle that Belle could hear, but now his voico was raised a little. "Jones, do you think I'll shield myself, or you either, at tho expense of a man that would do so geuorous a thing as that? No, not by-" "rlurrah for you, Charley!" almost screamed Bcllo.as she sprang from tho sofa tmd threw her arms around his neck. "? kuew that Walter was not dishonest ! Go and bring him back here. Never mind how late it is. Go!" By tho time sb o ceased speaking there came a loud bang from tho front door as it shut behind the retreating form of Evau .TOUCH. Charley went, as ho was bidden; and if Abel Leonard uover again boasted of his "three lino youug men," he had, in after years, much to say about "my son-in-law. Mr. Sterne." Mystery ot the Diamond's Origin. Whore tho diamond comes from no body knows. You can no moro pre dict tho oxistenco of diamonds than you can thc existence of genius, although, to be sure, all diamond fields to a cer tain extent, resemble each other, and all arc found only iu warm climates. Nor can you toll whero tho diamond goes to on combustion. Buru it, and it leaves no ash, tho llamo is exterior like that of a cork, and when it has blazed itself out, there remains not even so much is would dust the auteu na* of a butterfly.-New York Dis WOIIDS OF WISDOM. ?T ? " "i; i Solitude is the salt of thought. . ? Poverty is pulverized prosperity. : Diplomacy is not a soienco, but an irt. Good advice is harder to take than bad. Love is an infinite capacity for suf fering. The worry of thc day is a bad bed fellow. Babies are tho best educators of women. A man's affection is regulated by his digestion. Talk moves fast when tho burden of thought is light. Lovo is simplo in sentiment and complex in action. Women talk better than men becauso they have more practice. The beauty of paiu is not in thc thing itself, but the way it is borne. What an admirable receipt for hap piness to know how to do without thinge. It is because a woman doesn't know what to do with a secret, that she can't keep it. Thc mero accident of relationship docs not give ono tho right to bo in sulting. Circumstances are the rulers of tho weak ; they are but thc instruments of the wise. A lawyer is a man who indies bia living by attending to other people's business. Gold in an Old Express OJUce. The history of a mining enterprise that is now going on iu tho heart of Lewiston, Idaho, is au interesting one. Two young mon who wero out of a joh for a while last fall rented a building .which had been used as an express of fice m tho days when gold was more plentiful than now. These boys con tracted to repair tho old building:, lay new floors and make certain excava- j tions for the use of the premises till spring. In tho building wero double floors, both of which had dono good servico and had been worn out by busy feet and big boots. The first floor was re movod and given away for kindling wood. The old rough floor that had done duty in tho 'oOs was rotten. It could not be removed in largo sections, but every bit of board was handled care fully, the dust swept, np and saved. This dust was taken to the river "and washed. It yielded fino gold at the rate of SI to every square foot of sur face. All tho. corners and niches were scraped out and clean up, resulting in tho collection of somo nice nugget? and specimens, welcome reminders of tho good old days. After all tho crovices and other re ceptacles in the wooden structure wero scraped and brushed out, tho ground under thefloor was sacked and washed. Some of thc dirt yielded as high as $1 to tho pau. In the old historic buildint:^iere are many evidences of pionecr^rodi gality. Thora wero coins of gold and silver, all beariug date as early as 1861. There aro old waybills showing names of our old-timers as consignors and express agents.-Spokane (Wash.) 3pokesman-Rovicw. The Great Wall ol China. Authorities differ as to the exaot late when the great wall of China was built, but the consensus of opinion appears to be that it was begun, at least, in thc reign of the Emperor Che-Hwaug-le, the founder of thc Tsiu dynasty, who ascended the throne tu 231 B. C., and died 210 B. C. There does not seem to be any reason for doubting its actual existence. It is truo that tho late Carter Harrison, of Chicago, when visiting China in 1886, wrote home that he was^aclinod to look upon it as a myth. Subse quently a paragraph went the round oi the papers, copied from the London limes of August 5, 1S37, which at tempted to show on tho authority of Abbe Larrien that tho great wall "does not and uover did exist," that there are, indeed, "square towers of earth faced with brick at considerable distance from each other, but these were never joined together by any wall as originally intended." This paragraph called out a livoly contro versy which was settled in lavor of j tho wall. Among others, ll. S. Ashbco i wrote to Notes and Queries insisting that he himself had seen tho great wall, that ho had climbed upou it,and, though he had never measnrcd it nor traveled along it for any great length, he could bear ocular evidence that it extended from tho point where he | stood upon it in a straight line, un broken save in places where it had been allowed to fall into decay, as far as the eye could reach in either di rection. "While crossing the Gulf of Liao-Tong I plainly saw, from tho I deok of the steamer, whero tho great woll started from the sea. Further, in the same part of China, but uuoon nected with tho great wall, I observed the square towers iu question."-New J York Herald. Her Face au Inspiration. There is a faco which I "meet fre quently on the street. It is not par ticularly a beautiful face, but it is so bright and so happy that tho atmos phere always seems clearer after it J has passed. Its owner is evidently a working girl, for each morning she takes a car at a certain corner, ond she carries a lunch. And I feel like congratulating the firm which has captured that ray of sunshino to light np somo dingy office or beam across some droary dry goods counter at tho impatient customers. I am sure she is worth her woight in gold.to her em ployer. Her faco but puts in contrast the multitude of gloomy, weary, worried, sorrow stricken countenances one sees passing up aud down tho city streets, j and leads one to wonder why there ! aro not moro of these exceptions." Il ; it is possible to cultivate such a dis- 1 position as shinos ont through a pair of laughing eyes, there's a deal of ' blame attached to those people whose J faces have tho effect of an August1 thundercloud ou tho commuuity. New York Press. A Collection ol r'am-.ms Violins. The death of tho lato Mrs. R. D Huwley, of Hartford, Conn., will, it ii j thought, lead to tbs dispersion of th? famous collection of violins made bj j the late Mr. Hawley, and the peopU ofthat city are wondering what wil j become of tho notable instruments. They include some of the finest Cre mona instruments, several genuino Amiti violins, two or three of Stradi varius's make, moro than two centuries old, and tho famous "King Joseph" violin, used by a pupil ul Stradiva rius. Mrs. Hawley had been urged by friends to leave tho coiled ion to Ilia Connectait Historical Society, but il appear- Liant she did not do it. BUDGET OF FUN. ! UU3IOROUS SKETCHES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. j A Wily Youth-Ruthless-Success-A Good Investment-A Misappre hension-The New Drag on, Etc., Etc. 'Aro you a bollovor in trusts?" ho asked, I As tiley sat in tho parlor bright; And watched thc flamy of a fancy lamp That flooded thu room with light. "I am not/'sho said; then said he, 'Tm glad; For tho trust will h.ivo to ?o; And we'll settlo tho hush of tho oil (rust now, I By turning tho Jam? down low." -Brooklyn Eayle. IUD HI3 CARRIAGE. Butler - "I may be poor, but there was a time when I rode in a carriage. " Cook-'Tes, and your mother pushed it."-New York Herald. RUTHLESS. "Coolly believes in himself thor oughly," Baie! ono girl. "Yes," responded tho other; "he's so credulous."-"WashingtonStar. EMANCIPATED. Mrs. Ricketts--"What do you think of Mrs. Dickey ?" Mrs. Snooper-"Sho is ono of thc manliest littlo women I know." Judge. SUCCESS. Friend-"You've done very woll, haven't you, doctor?" Doctor-"Very well. I can almost afford to tell 6ora3 of my patients that there is nothing thc matter with thom. " -Puck. FAMILIAR PnRASE EXPLAINED. Robinson-"Well, old Chap, haw did you sleep last night?" Smith (who had dined out) -"Like a top. AB soon as my hoad touched tho pillow, it went round and round !" -Punch. A GOOD INVESTMENT. Customer-"I like that umbrella stand, bat I don't think it is worth three dollars." Salesman-"Why, madam, thc very first umbrella that is left in it may be worth more than that."-Puck. A MIS'PPREHENSION. "Now, sir, wha. do you mean by telling pcoplo that I had a reputation as a barroom fighter? I have- been a persistent foo of tho ramshopi for years. " "Yes. That is what I said. "-In dianapolis Journal. TnE NEW DRAGON. The fairy prince bowed him low. "Sweet lady." quoth he," I have slain tho dragon that did thee be leaguer." "Poor Auntie!" sighed tho fairy princess. And so they were raarrioJ.-Puck. wrnsm> ne DREW TnE LINE. Mr. Skinner-"Now, Patrick, I want you to roll down tho lawn, and the children may stay in the yard and watch you." The Now Man-of-all-Work-"I'd hav' yez understand, sir, that I'm no acrobat ; an' if ets a circus yez want for tho chil'ern, ye'll hnv' to hire a new mon." -Harper's Weekly. SO IT WOULD SEEM. Bridget-"Oi say, Pat, why do thoy havo so mauy young gvoomsmon and groomsladies at thc fashiouablo wed dings in hoigh lifo, Oiwaut to know?" Pat (astonished)-"Yea don't know thot, Bridget Muldoon! Share it is 30 thot if the groom don't show up thur'll bo somebody for thc bride to bo married to, onyhow."-Judge. WHY HE COULUN'T TELL. I Adelaido-"Don't you think Mis3 Van Waffles is a very handsome young woman?" Poppington- "Woll-cr-ically,I have Dot boon able to form au opiuiou." Adelaido -"Why, you have mot her i dozen timos." Poppington-"Yes, but sho was al ways chewiug gurn. "-Brooklyn Er.glo. MAKING REAL F?0SBESS, Cycliss-"You must bo an export rider by this time." Pedall-"Suro thing! Knocked a man down at a crossing to-day." Cycliss-"Well? ? don't sec the point." Pedall-"That's easy. If I hadn't been an export rider I would have lost my nerve and dismounted."-Chicago Record. I'ULLT EQUIPPED. "Mr. Skiggs," said tho editor of tho literary weekly, "do you know any thing about navigation?" "N-no, sir," replied the subordin ate, with 6ome trepidation; "not the simplest rudiments." "Good!" exclaimed the editor, de lighted. "You may write me n thrill ing sea story of sis. columns for next week."-Texas Siftings. TIRED OF ENGLISH. Husband-"You once told mo that you studied French, Italian and Spanish while at school. Can you sneak any of them now?" "Cultured Wife-"All of them. Why?" Husband--"I wish you'd do your talking in one or the other of them until I got through with this news paper."-New York Weekly. THE JUSTNESS OF POSTERITY. "If it hadn't boen for you," ob served tho shndo ot Napoleon, accost ing tho shade of tho Duke of Welling ton, "tho world might have been mine." "That is true," the shade of tho Iron Duke complacently replied. "I must confess that I was too many for you. " "And yet," tho Emperor contiuuod, "look here." Together they leaned over the cloudy battlements. "Observe," Napoleon said, with a broad, downward sweep of his arm ; "thousandsof books, millions of maga zines, portraits my own mother wouldn't recognize-the whole world talking Napoleon." "Ani what of rae?" the Duke said. "Well," Napoleon patronizing re turned, "now and then you are men tioned. lu a footnote, maybe." Reflectively stroking his high shouldered proboscis the Duke of Wellington turned sadly away. "And to think," ho muttered bit terly, "that I 'should bc responsible for thin man's greatness. Waterlouloo I was!"-Rockland Tribune. Iceland, with 30,000 square miles, lacks only 1000 of being as large as Kentucky. A Colony for Lnna1i.es. When a patient arrives in Gheel, in Flanders, ho is lodged, in the first in stance, at the asyl patronal, a large bniiding which was erected in 1858, and serves as the headquarters of the colony. There his condition is care fully studied by tho resident doctore. If he is found to be suffering from suicidal or homicidal mania, he is promptly sent back to his friends, for those are forms of madness with which the Gbeeloi6 do not attempt to cope. Tho length of time tho innocents &tay in the asyl depends entirely on their condition, for they are always boarded out as soon as ever, in tho opinion of tho doctors, this can be done with safety. It is rarely found necessary to detain them thoro more than a few weeks. The greatest caro is taken to insure that each one of them is placod in a family where his surroundings will bo congenial to his tastes. The nourriciers, as the Gheelois who take charge of the innocents nro called, are now all under tho direct super vision of tho doctors, who eeo that they do their duty to their charges and that they give them proper food and treat them with kindness. They aro carefully classified, for most of them are specialists, with particular skill in dealing with some one form of insanity. Some of them aro ?persone in quito comfortable circumstances, who provide their pensionnaires with a certain amount of luxury, while others have nothing much to offer theirs beyond a seat by a kitchen lire and plain, wholesome fare. Thc charges for board, lodging, etc., range from about $1200 a year to $120, but u certaiu number of patients are there on nominal terms. A nourricier, as a rule, receives only one innocent into his family; some of them, however, have two or three. If, as happens sometimes, though not very o?ton, a patient does not "take" to his nour ricier-if he does uot seem to feel at home in his house and to be ou frieudly terms with nil tho members of tho family-ho is at onco removed else where.-The Cornhill Magazine. Houses in Great lilies* Tho following computation of the comparative dcDsity of the pojmlntiou of the world is interesting in connec tion with tho recent investigations regarding tenement-houses in New York, which, as will bo seen, is tho most crowded city in thc world : In nil the countries of Europe, in the United States aud in the Domin ion of Canada, there are, so far as re cent authentic figures show, 70,000, 000 houses. There are 342,000 houses, some of thom unsubstantial affairs, in the city of Tokio, Japan, ono for every five people, so that tko Japanoso metropolis does not suffer from over crowd in sr. New York has 115,000 houses, aver aging eighteen residents to each. London, the greatest accumulation of inhabitants in tho world, has 000,000 houses, or seven residents in each on an average. The average number of residents in a house in Paris is twen ty-five, which is nbont fifty por ceut. greater than in New York. Thc ma jority of public buildings in Paris aro utilized for purposes of residence, es pecially upou tho top doors, whereas in New York scores of the buildings in every street down-town are given over exclusively to business purposes. In the square mile or more of the terri tory between Wall and Spruce streets and between Broadway and the East River, thore were nt tho recent eloe tion only 430 yotora, representing a total population of 1750. In all computations of city popula tion by houses, Philadelphia ranks as a shining example of a big town which has plenty of elbow room to expand in. Philadelphia, with a popu lation iu excess ot 1,000,000, has 187, 000 houses. It is less densely popu lated thau Loudon, but not much less so.-Architecture and Building. Habits ol the First Americans. lu James Mooney's "Tho Sionau Tribos of the East" (publication of the Bureau of Ethnology) tho ways of thc Indians of Virginia and thc Caro linas are described. "For oonnting they used pebbles or bandies of short reeds or straws. Heaps ot' stones in dicated thc number ot persons killed oil a battlefield." It h is been before presented in this column how primi tive meu kept conut. If mon were going into a fight, it is quito possible that the chief might havo told every one of his followers to put a pebble in u certaiu place and to remove it if ho came out of tho action. Ot course tho dead aud wounded were umbio to do this, aud so might au estimate be made of tho "dead, wounded and missing." Going back still further, one might be led to supposa that the Cairm might have originate! in this way. Mr. Mooney quotes, too, Byrd, au carly white explorer of Virginia, and Byrd describes tho Iudiau process cf making lire by rubbing together two dry sticks of papaw wood. Tho ceremonial in tho malting of n virgin fire was carried out rigorously. The wood used had never before served, and it was deemed a sacrilego to take lire which had already been burning. - I IL? - Sad Fate of a "Uso ucrV" Faintly. A dispatch from Guthrie, Oklahama, says a sad sequel to thc wild rush into thc Kickapoo reservation was viewed in this city Wednesday, when a man named Valchester, from Southeastern Kansas, drove through the city en route to his old home, having in his j wagon a collin containing the body of j his wife and child, who were killed in thc rush for claims at the recent open- ! ing. In the first wild rush Valchss tcr'ii wagon, struck a stone, partly overturned, aud threw out tho woinau and little one, who wero trampled to death by a score or more horses. No man ever made a sadder journey than this poor man on his way to his old home with all he possessed and all he loved. He had made a struggle for a now home, ?nd just as it came in sight death claimed his wife and child, killed in tho mad fight for land.-New York Mail and Express. Curious Origi l ol the IVoril "Dago." Thc slung term of "Dago," now ap plied to persons of Italian birth or origin, was first usod iu Louisiana and applied to Spauiards. San Diego was the patron saint of Spain, and the fre quency with which Spaniards called upon his ?amo caused thom to bo termed "Diegoes," the expression be ing afterward broadened to includo Portuguese and Ittdiaus, and finally being limited to the latter nationality. Freaks ol Lightning. Freaks of lightniug aro past ex planation. Last week a bolt struck au Indiana school house an I burne 1 the j teacher's hair. In Louisiana the same day tho lightning struck a pig, killed and .skinned it. "All tho butcher had to do wus to ont the animal up for sale," says the newspaper account of it. There was probably enough lie in these stories to take the hair off as they stand.-Detroit Free Press, The Growth of Our Country. Harper's "Weekly, in discussing tho material growth of the country be tween 1873 and 1894, gives there fig ures: "In 1873 the net deposits in the national banks of the United States were 8673,400,000; in 1894 they were $2,019,300,000. In 1873 this country exported cotton goods to the value of $2,947,528. In 1894 its exports of cotton in quantity had multiplied more than four-fold, and their value had increased to $14,340,886. In 1873 the country produced 264,314,148 gal lons of crude petroleum, and in 1894 its production had increased to 2,033, 331,972 gallons. In 1873 the total product of cane sugar in this country was 134,832,493 pounds; in 1894 it was 610,825,618 pounds. Io 1873 our wool product was 158,000,000 pounds; in 1894 it was 298,057,384 pounds. In 1873 we manufactured 2,401,202 tons of pig iron; in 1894 we made 7,124, 502 pounds. To Ebouize Wood. To make woods, such as cherry, ma hogany, etc., look like ebony, tho fol lowing directions are given by the Boston Journal of Commerce: To im itate black ebony, first wot tho woods with a solution of logwood and cop peras, boiled together and laid on hot. For this purpose two ounces of log wood chq)e,with one and a half ounces of copperas to a quart of water, will be required. When the work has become dry wet the surface again with a mix turo of vinegar and steel filings. This mixturo may be made by dissolving two ounces of steel filings in one-half pint of vinegar. When the work has become dry again sandpaper down un til quite smooth. Then oil and fill it with powdered drop-black mixed in the filler. Work to beebonized should be smooth and freo from holes, etc. Tho work may receive a light coat of quick-drying varnish,and then be rub bed with finely pulverized pumice stone and linseed oil until very smooth. -Exchange. Fun at No Cost at AIL She (about to leavo town)-And, Ccorge, you won't lose any money ploying poker whilo I'm gone? George-Sure not! I'm going to teach young Jingles and Freshly how to play.-?byraewte Post. Highest of all in Leavening Poi Depew on the South. Tho great opportunities of our conn try aro in the south. Tho flood of immigration which bas been pouring into this country for fifty years has sought the west, the northwest and the Pacific coast. In these southern states we find,a8 nowhere else in the country, tho original stock which fought at Cow pens and King's mountain and York town. The composite of all races which has developed tho continent from the great lakes to the Pacific has set a s tand ard of progress difficult to surpass. They had the advantage of virgin soil and uninhabited regions in which to locate and build their Commonwealths and found their cities. The intelligent patriotism of the southern people in the last quarter of a century has over come difficulties which soemed insur mountable. A recognition of the as similating and elevating power of edu cation has created the New South with its hospitable invitation and boundless resources. The young men of the south have no call to tempt fortune in tho crowded cities of the north or the east. At their doors and within their own states are their missions and their carees. - Chauncey M. Dcpcw. Making Himself Useful. A woman residing in a flat ordered a piece of ice from the grocery. The youth who brought it was a German. He put it on tho dumb waiter in the basement to bo hoisted up. She pulled away. "Gracious!" sho exclaimed. "How heavy this ice ?6? Tho grocer must hove given mo good weight." By great exertion she succeeded iu gotiing tho dumb waiter up. To her astonishment she found the boy seated on tho ice. With what breath she had left she demanded : "What did von make me pull you up here for?" "Why," replied the boy, "Ithought the cake would be too heavy for you to lift, so came up to help you off with it."-Xhoc and Leather Reporter. All Smiths There. They tell a story in Dalton, Ga., of a recent revival meeting in ono of the rural districts of Whitfield county. In the middlo of tho services the preacher said : "Will Brother Smith please lead in prayer?" Seven men arose and began praying at once. This embarassed tho preacher and ho said hurriedly : "I mean Brother John Smith !" At thia announcement one sat down and five more got up and began pray ing. Tho preacher saw his mistake, said nothing and let the eleven pray it out among themselves. Old Rip Van Winkle went up into the Catskill mountains to take a little nap- of twenty years or so, and when he wakened, he found that the "cruel war was over," the monthly magazines had "fought it over" the second time and "blown up" all the officers that had particip* lcd in it This much is history, and it is al o an his torical fact that, it took the same length of time, for Dr. Pierce's Golden M? .heal Dis covery to become the most celebrated, as it is the most effective, Liver, Blood and Lung Remedy of the age. In purifying the blood and m all manner of pimples, blotches, eruptions, and other skin and scalp diseases, scrofulous sores and swell ings, and kindred ailments, the "Golden Medical Discovery" manifests the most , positive curative properties. The One C of farming gradually exhausts the lai high percentage of Potash is used larger bank account can only then bi Write for our " Farmers' Guide, is brim full of useful information for ! will make and save you money. Ac GERMAN 1 Ho Will Not Brown Himself/ (From Oie Troy% X. F., Times.) B. W. Edwards, of ??nslngburgli. '.nw pros? troted by sunstroke during tho war nud lt bas entailed on bim peculiar and serious consequences. At the present writing Mr. E. ls a prominent officer o? Post Lyon, G. A. E., Cohoes, and a past aid do camp on the staff of the commander-in-chief of Albany Co. In the interview with a reporter ho said: "I was wounded and sent to the hospital at Winchestor. They sent me, together with others, to Washington-a ridb of about 100 miles. Having no room In tho box cars we were placed face up on tho bottom of flat care. The sun beat down upon our unpro tected heads. When I reached Washington I wa* insensible and wa3 unconscious for tea days while in the hospital. An abscess gath ered in my ear and brolre; it has been gath ering and breaking ever since. Tho result of this 100 mlle ride and sunstroke was heart disease, nervous prostration, insomnia and rheumatism; a completely shattered system which gave me no rest night or day. Asa last resort I took some Fink Pills and they helped me to a wonderful degree. My rheu matism is gene, my heart failure, dyspepsia and constipation are about gone, and the ab scess in my ear has stopped discharging and my head feels as clear as a bell, when before it felt as though it would burst, and my once shattered nervous sys! em is now nearly sound. Look at those fingers," Mr. Edwards said. "do they look as if there was any rheu matism there/" Ho moved his Angers rapid ly and freely and strode about the room liko a young boy. "Ayear ngo ihose Angers were (marled at the joints and so stiff that I could not hold a pen. My knees would swell up and I could not straighten mv legs out. My joints would squeak when ? moved them. Tbat ia the living Iruth. "When I came to think that I was going to be crippled with rheumatism, together with (he rest of my ailment?, I tell you life seemed not woith living. I suffered from despondency. I cannot begin to tell you," sala Mr. Edwards, as he drew a long breath, "what my icellng is at present. 1 Ibink ir you lifted ten years rigbt off my lifo and left me prime and vigorous at forty-seven, I could feel no better. I was an old man and could only drag myself painfully about the house. Kow I cnn walk off without any trouble. That in itself," continued Mr. Edwards, "would be sufficient to give me cause for rtjoicing, but when you come to consider that I am no longer what you might call nervous, and that my heart is ap parently nearly healthy, and that I can sloop nights, you may realizo why I may appear to speak in extravagant praise of Pink Pills. These pills quiet my nerves, take that awful depression from my head and at the samo time enrich my blood. There seemed to be no circulation in my lower limbs a year ago, my legs being cold and clammy at times. Now tho circulation there is ns full and as brisk as at any other part of my body. I used to bo so light-headed and dizzy iront my nervous disorder that I frequently fell while crossing the floor of my house. Spring is coming und I nover felt better in my life, and I am looking forward to a busy season of work." ver.-Latest U. S. Gov't Report How to Mall Stamps, Etc. How many people know how to moil a stamp in a letter? Nine peoplo ont of ten stick it so carefully down that the recipient always loses his temper, and generally the stamp, in tho effort to release it. It ie really more exas perating than when the sender forgets altogether thc stomp ho should have inclosed, for then, at least, it. is not wasted. Even the most extravagant of ns seldom hove sonls above Boving a stamp, for it is, strangely, far dearer to ns than the cents its represents. Tho tenth person sends it loose, which is well enough, providing it does not slip oat unseen and vanish, as these totally depraved small things hovo a habit of doing. Tho proper woy is a simple one. Cut with a sharp pon knife two parallel slits at tho top of your letter and slip in your Btamps, which will thus travel as safely os if in o special paper cn6e. Perhaps you hove been in a country village, where money orders and postal notes are un known, and for some reason it becomes necessary to send change in o letter. Cut a piece of light enrboard tho size of the envelope, and from this cut cir culer pieces thc size of your coins. Insert thc coins and paste a slip of po per across one or both sides.-Dcm~ oreH's Magazine. Why Yon should U?c Hindcrcorn*. If lakes ont iliecornj, and then you h ave corn fun, Mir? ly a good exchange. 15c. at druggists. The Greatest fledical Discovery of the Age. KENNEDY'S Medical Jiscovery. DONALO KENNEDY, OF R0X3URY, MASS.. 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