Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Art Duty. '.'Ban gie ton's id eus on art tariff are a trifle inconsistent." "How so?" "He thinks painted figures which bring the fewest clothes over should pay the highest tax.-Chicago Keoord. An Appeal for Assistance. The man who la charitable to himself will 11s fm :o tho mute appeal for assistance made by his stomach, or his liver, in the shape of divers dyspeptic quilma and uneasy sensations in the restons of the gland that secretes his bile. Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters, ray dear air, or madam --as the case may be--ts what you require. Hasten to uso if you are troubled with heart burn, wind in the stomach, or note that your ?Un or tho whites of your eyes are taking a sal low hue. In time of war you should prepare for tho cemetery. No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents. Over 400.000 cured. Why not let No-To-Bac i cguiute or remove your desire for tobacco? Saves money, makes health and manhood. Cure guaranteed. SO cents and tl.00, at aU druggists._ The rood which leads to wealth ls full of blind lanes. Ponder Over lt. A prominent building owner, with years of exp?rience, gave the following instruc tions to his arohitect: "I have had my ex perience with kalsomine and other goods claimed to bo just as good as Alabastine. I want you to specify the durable Alabastine. on all my walls: do not put on any other manufacturers' dope, if they furnish lt for nothing. Alabastine is right, and when I oease to use lt I shall cease to have confi dence in myself or my own judgment" During the Blxty years of Queen Victoria's reign the English debt has been reduced nearly a billion douars. Hall's Citar: h Cure ls a liquid and is taken Internally, and acts directly upon the blood and msfluns surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. Sold by Druggists, 75c. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Props., Toledo, O. JUST try a 10c. box of Cascarete, the finest Uver and bowel regulator ever made. ARE YOU SICK? Consult a Skilled Specialist of Fifteen Years' experience. Cancers removed in 10 days, without pain. Diseases of the Blood, Skin, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder, such aa Dropsy, Fits, Catarrh, Asthma, Rheumatism and private Diseases speedily and Permanently cured. Female troubles relieved, reatment sent to your home for $5 per month. Guarantee. DR. O. HENLEY SNIDER. Onices and Dispensary, 5 to 9 N. Boulevard, Atlanta, Qa. Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's' Great Nerve Restorer. S2 trial bottle and treatise free. DB. R. H. KLINE, Ltd., 981 Arch St., Phlla., Pa. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma tion,, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle. For Whooping Cough, Piso's Cure is a suc cessful remedy.-M. P. DIETER, 67 Throop Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 14, '94. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp son's Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle. WHEN bilious or cosnve, eat a Casca rot, candy cathartic; cure guaranteed; 10c., 23c. Painful Eruptions "My bister was afflicted with ?ruptions around her ears which kept getting woree and apreadiug until they became very painful. We made up our minds wo must do something for her, and we procured a bottle of Hood's Sarsa * parilla. She continued taking it until she waa entirely cured." NADIA DUNNING, Concord, . Wisconsin. Remember Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the One True Blood Purifier. $1, six for $5. ilaaJ'a Dill? are prompt, efficient and ItVtfll S 1 IIIS easy in euu<;t. 23 cenf?. FLASHES OF FUN. "Give her air! Give her air!' "What's the matter? Has a woman fainted?" "No; her -bicycle tire has flattened."- Philadelphia North Amer ican. "I saw a man today who had : hands play the piano/* .'^fAft^S?l iog! ^Wei'^-^tr?r^?rl^down in our flat who has no voice and who sings!" -Yonkers Statesman. "Bobby cried dreadfully when we got out into the country." "What was the matter with him?" He said the wild flowers weren't as thick as they were in the pictures."-Chicago Rec ord. "Has Mr, Hustleton done anything _to distinguish himself since he re ceived his appointment?" "Certainly not. It may take him six months or a year to get thoroughly rested after his exertions to get the place."-Wash ington Star. Watts-Don't you think that the man who knows when to stop talking is about as wise as they get? Potts About, but not quite. The greatest brain is in the possession of the man who knows when not to begin.-In dianapolis Journal. He-He that courts and runs away will Jive to court another day. She But he that courts and does not wed may find himself in court instead. -Comic Cuts. "My dear," said Mrs. Brightgirl, "you ought to be thankful for one thing." "What's that?" asked the husband. "That the theater season is just about over as Easter comes in." -Cincinnati Tribune. Miss Wiggins-Do you really think that woman is superstitious about Fri day? Mr. Higgins-Certainly. If Rob inson Crusoe had been a woman that black valet would have been called Thursday.- Judge. Tramp-Have you anything, madam, to spare for a poor wayfarer this morning? Madam-Yes. You can go right out to the woodshed and indulge in tho cold chops and cuts to your heart's content.-Boston Courier. BUCKINGHAM'S DYE For thc Whiskers, Mustache, ard Eyebrows. In one preparation. Easy to apply at home. Colors brown or black. The Gentlemen's favorite, because satisfactory. B. P. IIA 1.1. * Co., Proprietor*, Nuhut, N. H. Sold by til Druggist!. ?OL 77f TT ~ cf Hires Rootbeer on a sweltering hot day is highly essen tial to comfort aud health. It cools the blood, reduces your temperature, tones the stomach. HIRES Rootbeer should bc in every home, in every office, in every work shop. A temperance drink, more health ful than ice water, more delightful and satisfying than any other beverage pro duced. Mid* only by tb? Cbtrles E. W.ttt Co., rbluAilpbls. A pock ait mi" i fallaai. Seid iv ?ryvUlt. HAPPY DAYS AM? Every qaaint, expeotant quiver Of the willows lu the vale. Every curve along the river, Every note borne on the gale. Every glimpso of flashing fountains, Every wild rose on the hill, Every sunset on the mountains, I recall and love them still. Oft I tread those pleasant places, Dwell upon those tender themes, Seo again those smiling faces Welcoming me ia my dreams; ?u 1 those blissful memories haunt me When with disappointment ?.'rossed, And my tolls aa 1 troubles taunt me With the joy3 that I have lost! H E Englishman turned to his American friend, and calling his at tention toa guinea that hung from his watch chain, said : ..What do yon find on that?" The other ex amined the coin olosely, and upon one side of the medallion saw en graved in exceedingly small bnt dis tinct letters this inscription, "Write P. O. Box 1001, London." Looking at his host he said : "What does that mean ? Is there a story con nected with it?" The Englishman laughed. "Yes, a story in five chapters. Come here;" and he led the way into his library. 'There are the chapters," he continued, opening a desk and pro ducing five envelopes, each containing a letter; "and I am going to ask you to read them, for I am sure they will interest you. Boiore you begin, however, 1 will give you the preface to the tale, or otherwise you would not uuderatand it. In 1876, when I was but a boy, I was sent to Australia to look after my father's sheep busi ness. Much of tbs time I was obliged to Li in the bush, and when thero tho hours oiten hung heavily upon my hands. One frightfully hot Sunday I lay gasping for air under a thorn tree noar my cabin when I noticed some thing glittering in the dust of the roadway not twenty yards distant. After speculating upon what it might be for perhaps an hour, I mustered sufficient energy to rise from my ham mock and investigate. It was this coin, but without the inscription you have noted. Beturning to my siesta I began to wonder how it came there, for not a soul had passed that way for more than a month, except my own men ; and neither they nor I had any gold. My wonder grew upon itself until nt last it occurred to me how strange a story such a piece of money could tell if it could relate its adven tures, and from that idea it was but a step lo the inscription and a trial of my fantastic notion. The first time I visited Sydney, I took the coin to a jeweler and had him engrave it as you have seen. . -I^'put the London P. O. boxeen, for London is known thew?pkP'around, and 1001 is hpflfnm&fSy? has been my box, "TTfiether in Australia or at home. No sooner was -he gold prepared than I started it on its journeyings; for I paid it to the very jeweler who marked it. Now you may read the letters." "But," said his friend, "how does it come that you have the guinea now, if yon parted with it twenty years ago in Australia?" "Ah," replied the other, with a smile, "that may be termed the sequel to the story of the letters. Bead those and then 1 will add that also." The first was written upon heavy paper, in Spanish with the following translation attached : H. 8. M. Sloop of War, Infanta. MELBOURNE, Mob. Otb, 1880. Respected Sin-I have recently received an Euglah gold piece which be:irs the fol lowing words: "WriteP. 0. Box 1001, Lon don." The same was paid to mo some days since by a Malay fruit trader while we were at Batavia, Java. Not observing the engrav ing until thu Malay had Wt the ship I am unable to state whero bo obtained the money. We ?re about to leave for Barcelona, and should I have opportunity to visit London during my stay ashore I shall do myself tho honor to personally exhibit the wandering guinea to Box 1001. With great respect, I am, Sir, XAVIOS CABDENZA, Lieut. H. S. M. N. "This comos mxt," said the Eng lishman ; "you may wonder at its date, and yet yon can probably imagine the tragedy that intervenes;" and he handed a rather dingy sheet to the Amerioan. The writing was coarse and un formed bnt evidently in a man's hand, in the German language translated as follows : PBETOBIA, TRANSVAAL, S. A., June Htb, 1882. I have in my possession a guinea, attached to a piece of gold chain, which I think was a witch chain. It is marked Write P. O. Box 1001, London, and so I do. I have had the coin somo throe months and received lt from a Namaqua nativo with whom I w;is trading for ivory on the Molopo River. He wa? a chief and wore tho tbing around his neck. We were together several days, and wheu I saw tbe gold piece was a guinea I was curious enough to ask him where he got ir. lie said ono of his men took it in war from an Angra, or West Coast man. I pre sume that follow got it from some wrock or even from some dead or dying sailor on tho shore. If the piece is of any particular value as a keepsake I will send lt to London upon request. Write me here. STEIN HCFELAND, j Tho American looked up. "Poor Cardenza! Evidently his ship was lost and tho savages robbed his body." The Englishman bowed. "When I received this letter I made search through the marine records, for I was then at home, and found that in May, 1880. the Spanish sloop of war Infanta was lost off South Africa and no one saved. The lieutenant's body probably washed ashore in the long ground swell which rolls in upon that coast in the spring, and tho Angra man despoiled it of watch, ohain and pendant. Only the guinea will ever be beard of again." "Did you writo Hufoland?" queried his friend. "Yes, out of ourtesy, thanking him, and telling him where the coin had started and how it had probably reached him, and asking him not to return it, but to set it on its travels again in the regular course of business. I had no reply to my letter and doubt whether the Boer ever reoeived it. Something more than a year later this third chapter arrived." He handed the American a large, square envelope of rongh paper, bear ing the strange postmark, "Irkutc," Mack or Sunt," and the sheet within was headed "Yakutsk." The letter was in English. To the Unknown: Except to drink vodka, attend Groek church and gamble there re mains nothing for a Christian (?) to do in this "heel of the world" but write. Two days si nee, when paying for some furs which I had bought from Tunguso Indians, one of tbem gav? me in ohnnge an English guinea, Happening to examine it later x discovered ' engraved lo small letters near the head, DNG THE MILLS. O.'ten when 1 think of all those Scenes my heart with sadness MU. And regretful I recall those Happy days amone; the hills; Inspirations fair unnumbered Smiled upon those hills sereu o, Maay a dream of pleasure slumbered Ia those peaceful valleys green. What are fame and proud position When tho hsart ls ill at ease? Where the good of high ambition Wien compared to such as these? Ever I recall ia vain those Rambles by tho laughing rills, Anl In my dreams I live again those Hcppy days among the hills! -M. IL Folsom, in Atlanta Constitution, "Write P. 0. Box 1001, Loudon." As an American I have all a Yankee's curiosity, und therefore am writing. I must Insist, however, upon a reply. My personal knowledge of this coln begins only as stated; but when I saw the inscription 1 hunted up tho native and dragged from him by bribe and irrigation all that he knew of tho sime. He hud received it months before from a Rus sian official, recently arrived from8t. Peters burg, whom he mot on the Lena River. Where that man got it is only to be con jectured. I shall probably spend it, set it in motion again soon; but I would be pleased to hear why it bears this strange re quest. I am a United Slates naval officer sent lo this far land by my Government to aid ia the search for the crew of the lost Jeanette. Very respectf ullv, Jons IL HABLOW. The American 1 inghed. "Qnite a characteristic letter. You surely wrote Mr. Harlow?" "Ob, yes," replied the other, "and have still an epistolary acquaintance with him, maintained in a desultory manner ever since. He is now in "Washington, in your country, I think. He has promised to visit me should he ever get to England on leave. Of course how the guinea reached Russia from South Atina I shall never know. Here is the fourth letter." "LORETO, LOWEB CAL., D.c. 25. I860. "For a month I hive anticipated the time wh m I should bj strong ?nou^h to write P. 0. B>x 1001, Lon toa. Daar old, smoky, foggy London! If you only know how strong i* the lovo that wraps nn Eiiirlish man's henri ?bout for bis Gi eat City, espe cially when .far from the pince of his olrth. you will be able to estimate how such love and longing is iucreasad when the English man lies for week3 on bis back In a cot bed, with a fortyoaliber hole through ono lung. No 1-that's my chnm-3ays I have slept with the 'home gui?en' clasped ia my hand night after night. Well, I may have done so. lt is tho Hrst thin^ tba: ha? cjmo direct from dear old England to ire in three- long years and I doubt If ever 1 sea anything so nour my beloved heme again. lam one of the ne'er-do-wells who has. drifted up and down the oarth, never content, never at rest, until, perchance, Dut lo rest as I have been, by au enemy's shot from bohiud a mosquito bush. This little coin was paid me for gold dust Oie wild night ncross the Gulf in Guayamos, Mexico, throe moattr? ago, and all hough guineas don't grow on trees in this blazing desert, I have clung to it. "Write me, Box 1001-write me for hu manity's sake! Theyt-.'tl me I'm goiDg to got well, but I know better. The catch_nt my heart and tho hole in my lung doifTmean life, but something else. And perhaps it is just as well. Tho world h,-? not been the better for me; it will not bo much the worse without me-rbu't my soul is hungry for a let ter. A big yellow envelope, with my nnmo in round baud on the outsld<\ My friends do not know whore I nm, and if I am to dio it is better so. Even my dearest sister, who never gave me up, has lost me; for I have been ashamed to tell her how low I had fallen. Bat, Box 1001, you only know that I have your guinea, and you don't know all my foolish and my evil deeds. Write me, here; for I shall never go a wu j. 'AUTHUR JAMESON." "Yen see how long a time had passed since the third letter," said the Eng lishman; "six years. I had all but forgotton my golden wanderer when this came ; but you may know that I wrote at once and at length to pooi Jameson, dying amid the horrible wastes of Lower California, I even wrote twice ; but no answer came, and I conclnded that his course was run. Sometimes I remembered the fellow, pitying his loneliness if living; but as time passed the recollection slowly faded from my mind, when, two years ago, the fifth and last of tho scries came to hand." The American took the letter. It was written in a lady's hand, post marked "Cranbrook, Kent, England," dated May 10th, 1892, and ran as fol lows: "Dear Sir: Almost ten years ago my brother Arthur, then a boy of only seven teen, ran away from homo. For a time ho usod to write me and I most glndly replied, for he was my only brother, four years older than myself, und greatly loved. He was never quito successful, but always hopeful; and finally reached the State of California, where I heard from him in the summer of 1837. I wrote him as usual; but his replies were few and far between, and after some months cease J altogether. In 1838 our fath er died, and I bagged my brother to come homp. 1 do not know if he had my letter, but, like all the rest, this sad one ni <o re mained unanswered. Sometimes I asked upon the wrapper that the letter should bo returned if not delivered. A few came back, while others did not appear, so that I was therefore left in doubt and could not tell whether my dear ono lived or not; nor, if he lived, where. "Alter 1839 I gave up writing, but not hope; but until three days ago I have never had word of Arthur nor known of his fate. Only dny bfifoM yesterday I received a box from China addressed to me,containing all my letters and som? little keepsakes of my dear brother. There was also a note from a friend uud companion of his, Ned Bacon, whioh told me of my boy's death in Lower Cali fornia more than two years agc. "I have been looking over and reading the old letters, and.dear 8ir, I found two writfen by vou to Arthur wr.^nhe was so ill, after he had told you that ha hal tho marked guinea. Tho coin itself was in the chest, and I now havo it nnd would like much to keep it as a sacred memento of my poor brother. I have written you all this b<*-&use of your kind, kind letters to tho wnnderer, and to thank you from the bottom of my heart, both for my mother and myself, for your great sym Eathy and moro than friendly words to our oy. Even when you wrote him he was dy ing, alono in a strange land. "Tne guinea is now at rest with mo. un less you desire it. Should you ever be in Kent my mother wou ld be greatly pleased to see you. "Again, expressing our warmest thanks for your kindness to our beloved one, I am, very sincerely yours. JESSIE JAMESON*. The American returned the lotter to his friend. "How strange it all is, or was," said he, in a thoughtful tone; "starting from Anstralia the little coin was in Africa, Siberia, North America, and, finally, England, within the twenty years of its journeyings. But, " con tinued he, with interest, "this lady, Miss Jameson, desired to keep the gold. Did she afterward give it to you?" "Ah," replied ?the host, smiling; "that is tho sequel to the story of the letters, and, like many sequels, the best part of it-Jessie is now my wife."-New York Independent. A Fores t on Ice. One of the largest forests in the world stands on ice. It is sitnate be tween Ural and the Okhotsk sea. A well was recently dng in this region, when it was found that a depth of 340 feet the ground was still frozen. Horseshoeing Introduced, King William I introduced horse shoeing into England and ?ix horse shoes are on the coat of arms of the man to whom William gave ? vast es tate for oaring for hil noises in this BUDGET OF FM. HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. A Tip to George-An Experiment Suggested-The Parties Respon sible- raking No Chances-How to Rivet Attention, Etc, Etc. King of Athens, ere you fight Listen to a lowly wight. Get those pictures that the new Journalism labels you; Scatter broadcast every freak Likeness, and within a week. Frightened Turks, with mannor meek, Will sa'ute you, gracious Greek. King of Athens, ere you scrap Take the tip that's here on tap. -Baltimore News. TAKING NO CHANCES. "It's very strange lie committed suicide because I refused him. " "Perhaps he was afraid you might j change your mind."-Life. CAUGHT ON THE FLY. Jack-"The woman I marry must j be beaut-"ai, accomplished and amia- | bio; dhort, faultless." . .-rie-"Oh, Jaok ! This is so sud den." THE PARTIES RESPONSIBLE. Jessie-"I wonder why small men nearly always marry large women?" Natte-"Bettor ask the large wo men ; they probably know all about it."-Truth. AN EXPERIMENT SUGGESTED. "They say people who live together get to look alike. " "Is that so? Well, just in the in terest of science, let's try it."-Chi-' cago Record. DIDN'T HAVE TO MOVE. Forrester-"You live in a quiet part of the town, do you not?" Lancaster-"Not now." Forrester-"Moved ?" Lancaster-"No. Got twins." HOW TO HI VET ATTENTION. She-"Did you have any trouble ic getting papa to listen to you?" He-"Not a bit. I began by tell ing him I knew of a pinn whereby he could save money."-Cincinnati En quirer. BEADY TO GIVE SATISFACTION. Mrs. Harduppe-"Tho . butcher is outside and says he won't leave until he knows the color of your money." Harduppe-"Oh, certainly. Tell him I'm glad to accommodate him, and that it's an invisible green." ANOTHER VETERAN. First Veteran-"So you fought all through the war, did you?" Second Veteran-"Yes." First Veteran-"I didn't know yon were in the war." Second Vcteran-"NeitLer was J. I was at home with my wife." COULD BUY HIM CHEAP. Daughter-"Father, I wish to marry the Count." Father-"But.- from tho reports I ! hear, the fellow isn't worth much." Daughter-"Then, father, if he isn't worth much, you certainly could afford to buy him for me 1"-Puck. QUITE A DIFFERENCE. Wheeler -"How long will it take rae to reach New York on this road, sir?" Farmer-"Wall, Jules Verne says it's been done in eighty days, but if j ou turn around and go the other way you kin do it ia about two hours." New York Journal. THE WOODS ARE FULL OF THEM. Weary Waggles-"Please give a square meal to a man who has lost a job through lack of material to work with." Farmer-"What wa3 the nature of your job?" Weary Waggles-"I am a thinker, and I ran out of thoughts. A GOOD THING TO BET ON. "Why," the young man asked, "do you think that Miss Ashley will never be the wife of anyone but Harry Einkeley?" "Because." said the fair widow, "her parents are both strongly op posed to her having anything to do with him."-Cleveland Leader. AT THE zoo. Little Elsie (looking at the giraffe at the Zoo)-"Oh mamma! They have made that poor thing stand in the sun, haven't they?" Mamma-"Why clo you say that, my dear?" Little Elsie-"Look at all his freokles."-Philadelphia Times. A GLITTERING INDUCEMENT. Mr. Hojack-"I see that Mrs. Caw ker is riding a wheel." Mr. Tomdik-"Yeti. Did you hear how she came to get it?" "No." "She told her husband that she would rather ride than talk. He bought the wheel the very next day." -New York Journal, HIS MODEST REQUEST. Ragged Reube-"I don't care to ask ye for alms, fair lady. No, I merely j seeks de aid of yer skilful needle. May 11 ely on yer assistance?" Housewife-"Certainly, my poor man. What can I do for you with my needle?" 1 Ragged Reube-"I has here a but ton, mum, and I hopes ye will be kind enough to sew a shirt on it fer me." 1 AS GOOD AS A BOARDING HOUSE. Colonel Peppers-"You were lost on the desert for three weeks once, ? i Professor?" I Professor-"Yes." I, Colonel Peppers-"How did you I manage for food?" Professor-"Splendidly Therewere 1 lots of wind currents, you know, and ' these, mixed with tho sand, made me imagine 1 was eating prunes."-New York Journal. CLAIRVOYANCE UP TO DATE, | '? "Aro you the celebrated Mme. Rou? I i lette?" he asked, after ho had climbed four flights of stairs, and was admitted i into the mysterious interior. . "Yes," replied the bizarre-looking : per - on ago who had reoeived him. i "The great clairvoyant?" i "Yes." "And yon foretell the future?" "It is so." "And read the mind?" "Verily." "And unfold the past?" "lido." ^ ; "Then," said tho-visitor, eagerly, as he took a large wad out of his pocket, "please tell me what it was my wife asked rae to bring her home to night." ? -Life, - AGRICULTURAL TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE CO FARM AND GARDEN. OATS FOR THEE BOOTS. In planting trees put in one peck oi oats n ; tho roots before filling in the dirt. They will draw moisture for the roots nntil the treo has started to grow. 'EEO FOB BONE AND MUSCLE. In f eeding all yoong animals thrifty crowt i is much more important than to fatl en them. Many people suppose that 1 be only way to lessen fat is to restrict diet nntil near, starvation point. But they find by trial that if tho fond given contains tho fat-form ing nu trition, restricting its amount raakes what is given KO much better digest? d that the fattening process goes ( n as before. A far surer and better way to accomplish what is wished is to givo food plentifully, but not of the kind that builds up fat, and espech Hy to gives what makes bone and mi scle. It is for this roason that wheat iran and wheat middlings are BO val lable for feeding. They will not fat en if fed moderately with hay, straw lind roois, and they will keep young lock thriftily growing.-Amer ican Ci ltivator. I LAX AS A. SOIL EXHAUSTEB. The om moa belief that flax is a wonder ful exhauster of soil has been abandoned to a certain extent at some of tho experiment stations. It is worlhy of note, however, that in for eign co intrics where ilax is grown ex tensive, y, intervals of five to nine years a. e-allowed to elapse between two crops, and in some cases fifteen to eightce.i years before flax is again grown in the same soil. In the system of rota ion, clover is regarded as a very esicntial crop, some flax growers claiming it should precede the flax, with nc intervening crop. A rocont Oregon experiment station bulletin present? the following rotation as one oi the b 3st : One, wbeat ; 2, oats and barley; 3, clover and grasses; 4, clo ver and grasses ; 5, corn and potatoes ; 6, flax; The object of the cultivated crops is to clean tho ground of weeda -New I ngland Homestead. EX TBA FEEDING TWIN LAMBS. Not lo lg ago a farmer remarked that he did n it seo much advantage in hav ing ewes that bred twins. The extra lamb, h ) remarked, took part of the food nee lcd for ono after the second week, a id caused both to be second clase, nr. .1 perhaps not worth more than on ; in prime condition. No doubt this estimate was correct so far as his e; periencc went, but it simply showed t lat the farmer was not alive to tho Of portunitic3 which twin lambs gave hie i. All lambs should bo fed something besides their mother's milk after the r are two weeks old. In the case of ;win lambs this is especially necetsarj. At first the feed should be of the sii iplest character and not of a kind to ' einpt the appetite. A small wisp of c over hay, all the better if of aecond-giowth clover, is enough to begin wit a. When this is eaten greed ily, as it probably will be, and after a few days i gill of whole oats per day, given ha f at morning and half at night. 1 o this may be added after awhile a \ easpoonfui and ultimately a tablespoo ifni of oil meal per day. When thi i is eaten without injury add to the cl< ver hay ration all the lamb will cat cl ian. In this way, with the audition of its mother's - milk, two lambs fro n a ewe can be grown with better res lits than one lamb can which depends i mly on its mother's milk and what hay t eau pick up while running with its ( am. What is moro, twin lambs thi .s reared will make thrifty sheep, aud will be good feeders all their livcfc because at no time has their digestion been injured by being starved or stinted in their food. PLAN", YODB THEES IN AUTUMN. All fruit trees, except the peach and all the smt ll fruits except the black cap raspberry are best planted in the autumn, (ind the earlier after the leaves fall the better. The advan tages of fa 1 planting may be summed up as follows: 1. Nurse rymen have fuller and bet ter stocks of trees in the autumn when the eales begin. The best are sold first, und later orders are filled with tho i laterial which remains on hand. Sometimes it is impossible to have au order for certain varieties filled in th'i spring, all of that stock being sold. There is frequently ob served a mi.rkod superiority in stock received in tho fall. 2. If tre< s aro properly planted in the early autumn almost every one is sure to live and thrive the next sea son, while of those planted in the spring a considerable per cent, will die the first year. The explanation is that during the warm days of autumn the trees be :ome established in their new locatio is. Having no leaves they do not nted moisture as they do in thc spring. Tl e earth becomes com padec?, abo it the roots, which form cailusscs ov it the cut and torn ends, and even bc a;in to emit small rootlets before the i inter sets in, so that on the earliest warm days of spring the young orchi rd is ready to start off to make a full growth.. 3. Another reason for fall planting is that the n irserymenthen have more timo to di( and pack the trees, and there is less liability of errors, which are very pi ovoking when discovered after the ii pso of eight or ten years when the tree begins to fruit. The planter, too, aas more time to properly do the wor c of planting, so that all orchards plaited in the autumn have a better chance of succeeding. Strictly first-class trees and vines Bhould alwai s be purchased. Other qualities ma;' live, but they will gener ally come t) bearing so far behind first-class ste ck that more will be lost than is gail ed. To illustrate this : 3ome years s go the writer purchased a thousand tiird-class currant bushes. They nearly all grew, but failed to fruit the sea nd and third years with any degree < f profit, so that the loss was considerable. So with pear and apple troes )f the second-class more will die and the remainder will be longer in coming into bearing. Nurserymei often advocate tho planting of very young trees. This will do if the trees are to have garden culture, but where trees are to bo planted in an orchard and will receive only ordinary caro tho larger tree, threo or four years old, will stand much tho bet .er chance of living and early fruiting. AlwayB order straight, thrifty, clean and healthy stock from the nursery, and insist that it be guaranteed f eo from all insect and fungus diseasjs. Alter tho ti ees are planted pull the earth up arov nd each ono to support it against tb a winter winds. In ex ceptionally vindy places it may be ad visado to stake each tree, but orchards shou ld not bo planted in Huch locations, for the fruit will stand but little, ohanco JI reinaiuing upon the trees to mat irity.- New York Trib* une. POPULAR SCIENCE. As com?is nosr thc sun their velocity ilways increases. Glowworms aro much moro brilliant when a storm is coming than at othei seasons. To aid in filing saw teeth straight a Dew fileholder has a frame with two parallel guides, between whioh tho filo is fastened to make it run true. Under forced draught the new Brit ish first-class battleship Jupiter made an average of 18.4 knots in her four hour trial, nearly a knot more than the contract speed. Microscopical investigation is said to prove that the pores of wood invite the passage of moisture in the direction of the timber's growth, but repel it in the opposite direction. Newton calculated the velooity of the comet of 1860 to be 880,000 miles an hour. Brydoune rated the speed of the comet he saw in 1770 at two and a half millions of miles an honr. A thermometer was left near a stove in a sleeping room at Dusseldorf re cently and the fumes from the mer cury poisoned two children so that their lives were saved with difficulty. 3o eays the British Medical Journal. Gold or bismuth is extracted from various mineral ?nixtures by melted lead in the process of two Swedish metallurgists, Olm and Loftrand, and tl method is claimed to be so effec tive that even very poor ores are made to yield a profit. Percival Lowell in an interesting paper on "Venus in the Light of Be cent Discoveries," show how his ob servations at Flagstaff, Arizona, have led to the conclusion that the planet Venus always presents the same side to the san, and is, therefore, lifeless. Some iron tonics of the pharma copoeia are useless,others are harmful. It has been suggested that the iron should be obtained in an assimilable form from vegetables, and the idea has now been extended by a French chemist, M. Gabriel Viaud, who pro poses to feed the vegetables with iron to prepare them specially for vegetables having any required proportion of iron. The red dover, when introduced in to Australia, grew most luxuriantly, and flowered, but produced no seed. The reason for this was the absence of bumble bees-the bumblo bee being the one that does the fertilizing, al most exclusively, in the red clover. Bees were introduced, and the clover seeded in profusion consequently. Exactly the same was the case with the apple. _' A Baby Saved by a Pnppy, A story of the remarkable care effected in thc case of ..n infant child of William McGinty has caused much comment at Long Branch, N, J. Mc Ginty is a prominent member of ;he American Volunteers. The McGinty baby became seriously ill, and as the usual remedies failed to do any gocd and the little one lost flesh and strength rapidly, physicians were sum mone 1. They said the child's heart was weak and that there was no hope of its recovery. The father was in despair and was willing to grasp afc any suggestion which promised the slightest hope of success. Finally a neighbor urged McGinty to place a pnppy in the baby's crib at night. "And what then ?" asked the mys tified father. "Just leave the puppy there," said the adviser. "That's all." The baby will gain in strength' The pnppy will lose." The experiment was made at once. After two days the baby was percepti bly stronger. On tho third day th< improvement was marked, and the dog displayed symptoms of restlessness and weakness. It lost flesh; the baby gained in weight. As the days passed a little color crept into the child's cheeks and they began to regain the roundness they hadlost The dog continued to grow thinner and weaker. At the end of ten days the child had apparently re gained its natural health and strength, and the puppy was removed from the crib. The father feared that a relapse might follow ; but there was no sign of it, and to-day his child is seeming ly in the best of health. The pnppy, instead of regaining its strength after being separated from the baby for whose health it had been sacrificed, grow gradually weaker, and. last Fri night, in spite of unremitting care, it died.-St. Louis Republic. Making Commercial Diamonds. Chemists have recently and in pub lio made actual diamonds, comparable in every respect, 6ave one, that of size, with nature's most valued product. But the crystals so manufactured have, whilo true diamonds, been so micro scopic in proportions as to be of no commercial value. Now, however, United States Consul Germain at Zu rich reports to the State Department that a Mr. E. Moyatfc claims to have discovered a process by which dia monds of larger dimensions may be produced. In principio his process is similar to the one already used-that is,to crystallize carbon out of iron and Bteel by means of high pressure and high temperature, Yet thero is an improvement in tho technical oper ation. Pulverized coal, iron chips and liquid carbonio acid are enclosed in a strong steel tube, hermetically sealed and subject to an elcotric current be tv. cen two terminals in the ends of tho tube. Thc iron liquefies, is saturated by part of the pulverized coal, and nt the same time tho liquid carbonic acid evaporates, thereby creating enormous pressure on the liquid iron and coal. This process considerably increases the dissolution of the coal in the liquid iron. While the mixture is cooling tho carbon crystallizes partly in the form of real diamonds and partly in the form of similar stones. These crystals are released from the ingot by dissolving tho iron in diluted muriatio aoid. The mixture by this method re mains under high pressure during the Dpeiation of the electric current. New Orleans Picayune. Mechanism of thc Human Body The human body is an epitome in nature of all mechanics, all hydraulics, all architecture, all machinery of j every kind. There are more than three hundred nnd ten mechanical move ments known to meohanics to-day, and all of these aro but modifications ol those found in tho human body. Herc aro found all the bars, levers, joints, pulleys, pumps, pipes, wheels and axles, ball and socket movements, beams, girders, trasses, buffers, arches, columns, cables and supports known to science. At every point man's best mechanical work can be shown to be but adaptations of processes of thc human body, a revelation of first prin ciples used in nature.-Ladies' Home Journal. The territory drained by the Ami son ami its tributaries is equal in ex tent to two-thirds of the Europeas continent. Information Abont Greece. It bas a population of 2,187,208. It is called "Hellas ' by its people. The mean temperature of Greece is Gi degrees Fahrenheit. No part of Greece is forty miles from the sea nor ten miles from the hills. About one-half of the population are agriculturists and shepherds. ' It has an area of 24,977 square miles. It is the only country in the world whose armies are provided with the Gras guns and paper-covered cart ridges. The Greek flag is a white cross on a blue ground-the Bavarian colors and the Greek cross. Greece is more thickly populated than any other country in Europe, with the exception of Sweden and Prussia. It has few rivers and many hills. None of the former are navigable, and many of the latter are fortified. Only about 70,000 of the inhabi tants speak any language other than Greekj-and only about 20,000 profess any religion other than the orthodox. Getting Rid or Weight. First Bicycle Crank-No, I never carry an extra ounce of weight on my wheel, not even a tool-bag. Second Ditto-But suppose you break down on the road and have no tools? First B. C.-Oh, that's easily ar ranged. I carry my tools in my pocket.-New "?ork Tribune. Grateful For Benefits. "You might put there," said the ru ral citizen to the editor who was writ ing an obituary on the death of the citizen's wife, "that we'll never hear her voice no more." "All right. Anything else?" "Nothin', 'ceptin' that we thanks the Lord for His blessings."-Ex change. _ That Everlasting Irritating Itch. That describes Tetter, Eczema and other skin diseases. 50 cents will cure them-stop tho Itch at once. 60 cents pays for a box of Tetterlne at drug stores or postpaid for 00 cents In stamps from J. T. Shuptriue, Savannah, Oa. CASCARETS stlmulato liver, kldueys and bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grlpo; 10c. St. Vitus* Dance. Ono bottle Dr. Fenner'! Specific cures. Circular, Fredonla, N. Y. THE "GKOWN-UP" DAUGHTER'S DUTY TO HER MOTHER. You can only have one mother ; therefore, when her step is growing slow and her mind gloomy with forebodings, and you can see that her whole nervous system is upset, it is your filial duty and privilege to attend to her in time ! Mother is approaching the most critical period of her life. The change of life, that is what mother is dreading, and no wonder, for it is full of peril to all but the strongest women. There are some special and very wearing sj'mpt?ms from which mother suffers, but ??he will not speak of them to any one. Help out; she doesn't know what to do i for herself ! Shall I advise you ? First, send to the nearest drugstore and get a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound, and sec that mother takes it regularly, then write to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass., giving all the symp toms aud you will receive a prompt reply telling mother what to do for her self. In the meantime the Vegetable Compound will make life much easier for her. It tones up the nervous s\'stem, invigorates the body, and the '. blues" vanish before it as dark ness flees from the sunlight. You can get it at any reliable druggist's. Mrs. Louis?TRONG,HarrisHill,ErieCo.,N.Y.,says: "I have been troubled with falling of the womb for years, was advised to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I took thirteen bottles and received great benefit. ' When the time for change of life came I suf fered a great deal with faintness and palpitation of the heart. I got one bottle of the Vegetable Com pound and one of Blood Purifier and was relieved again. I was thereby enabled to pass through that serious period very comfortably." AM DY CATHARTI C inoAT rprUT V firilBIVPOTTti to core any eise of constipation, fascarrts are the Ideal Laxa. ?ADuUhUluhl uU??Hfl i??U tire, never erip or gripe, but rento easy natural results. Sam. pie and booklet free^ Ad. STERLING KRMEDT ?2??? ?S? mJtSm ?"me J ?al REASONS FOR USING Walter Baker &0.'s. Breakfast Cocoa. Because it is absolutely pure. Because it is not made by the so-called Dutch Process in which chemicals are used. Because beans of the finest quality are used. Because it is made by a method which preserves unimpaired the exquisite natural flavor and odor of the beans. Because it is the most economical, costing less than one cent a cup. Be sure that you get the genuine article made by WALTER BAKER & CO. Ltd., Dorchester, Mass. Established 17S0. Improvements patented 1*90 hi the U. S., Canalla and Europa. FTUE PROOF-Proof against sparks, cinders, buming brands, etc. STRONG-A heavy canvas foundation. Uti HT-Weighs ont 85 lbs. per 100 sq. rt. when laid complete FLEXIBLE-Con taina no coal tar, and retains tnd?nnltelv i\s leather-like pliability an* tong^nw. EASILY API"LIED-Requires no kettle or other expensive apparatus. Can be laid by any intel ligent workman. SEND FOR SAMPLES AND DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLET. H. W. JOHNS MFC. CO., IOO WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK. 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