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THOS. 1 ADAMS. PROPRIETOR. EDGEE?ELD, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1892. VOL. LVII. NO. 13. TH? BEST VOR liefs hope for the best for the com The birds still ?Ul sing in the blossoms The storm feel the flush of the rai nbc The samo san is shining in splendor Let's hope for the best for the country; The ringing of bells In the olties and de Tbere are stars for the gloom ot the mid The same skies are bending above us Let's hope for the best for the country; The breath of the showering blossoms ti The seed that climbs high to the h ar vea The world's in the light of the glory o # - ************* ************ * * * MES. mm? BY ANNA. *************** *************** Ba GRA NTLEYI vas holding a long, confidential conver sation with hex in timate friend, Mrs. Dinsmore, and the two faces looking into each other i were fall of cha grin. "You remember what a beautifid child Amy iras?" Mrs. Grantley said, "the prettiest of all we saw, and we were-how long, making a selection?" "Dear me! I cannot recolleor," said Mrs. Dinsmore. "We visited every orphan asylum and 'home' we heard'of, I know. Ye?, Amy was a perfect little beauty." "And I was so careful in my direc tion at every school where I have placed her that she should be watohed and prevented from getting freckled or spoiling her complexion in any way. She has beea most faithfully cared for, and now, my dear, when I come home, expecting to find a lovely girl to introduce to society, I au fairlv stunned 1 Amy is positively ugly!" "it is too dreadful !" said Mrs. Dinsmore, with a sympathetic shud der. "Of conree, I must do my duty by her," continued Mrs. Grantley, plain tively, "after giving her the best edu cation money could procure and all the tastes and accomplishments of a lady. I cannot turn the child away for what is really no fault of her own. Of course she would be a beauty if uhe could! Bat it is a bitter disap pointment I" was. Mrs. Grantley was a -yr^--p-?n tho ra. . - ... !.. Iv " * *- - a??bJj. . .:; ri..-. . i thit her own beauty was waaing, she reto cd to gives new charm to her hou-v, a nsw interest to her life, by adopting a child. The first, the most essential, requis ite in ber eyes was beauty ; the next intellect, and with those she also re quired a ohild who was absolutely friendless-one who would have no unpleasant relations claiming ac* quaintance at some future date, how ever remote. It was not easy tu meet all these conditions, bat the child was found at last ; she was very fair, with a bloom like a peach blossom upon each delicate cheek ; she had fair, soft hair that cnrled naturally, blue eyes fall of sweetness and delicate features; her feet and hands were of aristocratic proportions, and her figure slender and graceful. A street waif, she knew of no home beyond the asylum where Mrs. Grantley found her, and had no relative of whom she had ever heard. There wat no difficulty about the mat ter, and Mrs. Grantley adopted the . child, calling her Amy Grantley, and delighting to exhibit her in the dain tiest of costumes to her admiring friends. When Amy was twelve years old, having proved herself an apt scholar wich a good nursery governess, Mrs. Grantley decided to go to Europe. She left her adopted child in i good school, and corresponded with her regularly, seeing with delight that the child's mind and heart expanded and thowed cultivation and sweet, maiden ly beauty as her education advanced. For seven years Amy remained at scbool, a conscientious student, de lighting in music, and showing always a gentle, lovable disposition. In her heart there was one shrine where, next her God, was one object of absolute worship-Mrs. Grantley. She had -never been deceived regard ing her own position, knowing that tc her adopted mother she owed every pleasure and every advantage she eu joyed. Every notion of her life wa: influenced by her gratitude. Loving study for its own sake, she threw fresi energy into every accomplishment tc please her friend, her kind adopt?e mother ; she made music an absorbing pursuit, because Mrs. Grantley lovec music, and her teachers assured he: her strong, pare voice mast give pleas ure to aay true lover of singing. Year after year the strong hope o her life was that Mrs. Grantley woul coon return, and she might in som way repay what she owed her. Th day the summons came to her to mee Mrs. Grantley ia what was to be he future home, the ohild was almost ii with excitement. Educated by a lady who considere it a duty to check any vanity in he pupils, Amy had never given mac thought to her personal appearance When scarlet fever robbed her of he carls and '.eft a straight mass of pale flaxen hair in their place, ?ho though on!/ cf tho temporary baldness as a inconvenience, and the caro of th straight hair less troublesome than tb carla. She did not heed the fact thc the rame fever deprived her of her ci qniuite complexion, and left a sallov colorless one in its place. Per second teeth were uneven, aa not very white, though sonn i an use ul. Sba was graceful in fi gar easy in movement, relined in voi< and tone, -a laJy in every impulse ac action? bat Mrs Grantley's first e. ciaunatioo was ; THE COUNTRY. itry, whatever the powers may be; -?he rivers dash on to the sea; >w, however the thunders may fall; -the same God ls over us all ! there ls joy for the night and the dny; Ils-sweet-singing our sorrows away; Inlght, however the shadows may fall; -the same God ls over us all I nero's spring with her banners unfurled lat are blown by the winds o'er the world; t, and musical voices that call; ? the God that ls over us all ! -Atlanta Constitution. DISAPPOINTMENT. * * ************ ************** * # * * * - ** * SHEILD9. * ? . ***** * ******* * *************** ! "Can this be Amy? flow ugly von haVe grown?" The words were ungracious, the tone still more so, and the sensitive, loving heart felt as if a heavy hand had crushed all sweetness out of life. The cold kiss, the few forced words of wel I come, ad led to her pain, and, lifting stream inf; eyes, she faltered : '1 am so sony I I will try to be good I" like a grioved ohild, harshly reproved for a fault. She did try to a* me for that involutary crime, the loss of her childish beauty, and while Mrs. Grantley mourned over it, spoke often of her bitter disappointment, and vainly tried by every art of dress to recall the lost charms, sho yet felt creeping into her heart day by day a love and respect for this homely girl ehe had never felt foi the beautiful child. Sometimes she sat and thought of Amy with a wondering admiration, as of some strange specimen of humanity that had never before crossed her path. "She is like a flower," she thought, 'that gives out its sweetest fragrance when it is crushed. I have let her see too plainly how she disappoints me, and she is humbly conscious of my chagrin, and yet she is so tenderly loving, so anxious to please me, that I believe I shall end by loving her as well as if she wero beautiful. Leonard Gresham says she is the loveliest wo man in society this winter 1 And yet Bhe ia positively homely!" And Leonard Gresham was not alone in his opinion. To Mrs. Grantley's amazement, Amy was the centre of a circle in sooiety that looked beyond beauty to find attraction. A circlo that hung entranced upon the pure, highly cultivated?^*ceL that was ul ?$r? -i \ fl . ?t?: . j- i h' .?: ; ?.te,? :?r*' " ti v-.'i. s ... . ats p? '.T'i.- ' -li. ? - - . . ,:.>-<: ',.-! ''.ss ?ci. "Tere?TEer byHhe many who sought her, made her heart thrill as did Mrs. Grantley's gradual admissions of her power to win love. Leonard Gresham, a man of whose love any woman might bo proud, sought her for his wifo, and when she gently refused his suit she was far prouder of the adopted mother's pleas ure than of the offer of one of society's most eligible partis. ..My darling, I cannot spare you yeti" were words that echoed gladly in her heart long after they were spoken, with an emphasis that proved they came from the heart. There wero times when Amy won dered if the pain the rejeotion of Leonard Gresham left in her heart was not caused by a deeper love than she had realized Bhe felt when she gave it, but the girl's whole mind was bent upon proving her gratitude to her adopted mother. It was a revelation to Mrs. Grantley to find in so ma ly ways her comfort and happiness increased after she once allowed Amy to manifest her love. It was a long time before this was accom plished, for the girl's sensitive nature shrank from forcing her affection where it wis not needed. But, little by little, the humble offers of service dictated by intense gratitude became daily duties, and the loving heart soon found new avenuep of devotion. Well trained servants took every menial care, but no servant could make Mrs. Grantley's life overflow with new hap piness as Amy's devotion soon did. It reemed as if her heart would break with joy tho first time Mrs. Grantley drew her to her heart, kissed her lips and said, fervently : '..My darling!" No lover ever gave his beloved a moment of pnrer, more rapturous de light than Amy experienced in that hour. For two years after life flowed on in a pleasant stream. Sooiety be came secondary to home. "Dear mamma" became a familiar title ipou Amy's lips, and no mother was evei more fondly loved than Mrs. Grantley by her "darling." Tuen sorrow came in ghastly shape. Mrs. Grantley was attacked by a can> cerous affection that, despite skill ant care, became an incurable disease, loathsome to the sufferer and to the nurre. No hired care could ever have been as tender as that given by Aavy'i love; no paid nurse could have sc fought fatigue or disgust, All day, al night, the most watchful careenfoldec the patient. Every amusement he; state could bear-music, reading chatting, were given with such love a proved them an offering from th heart, and when the suffering was toi great to bear any recreation, Amy wa devoted in nursing and soothing th sufferer. Her touch, firm and ye gentle, never added to the pain, an while she was Blender, she had th strength of per ect health. Mre Grantley insisted upon havi?g trained nurse to assi;-t Amy, but it wa to her adopted daughter she looked fe the many attentions that alleviate su fering. lt was Amy who read precions won' of comfort from the Holy Writ, tc j long neglected in a life of frivolity au ! fashion. It was Amy who lifted In j voice in :-imp!e childlike words < . prax er daily and nightly. >ot many hours before the la struggle lifo makes, Mrs. Grantle was with Mrs. Dinemoxe, and, liftii her hand feebly to meet Amy's, she whispered : '.How little I knew the treasure 1 was taking to my home and heart when I tried to find a pretty child to introduce to society ! God has been very good to mo in giving me such love and care in my : irs of pain." And Amy knew th( hat ohe was no longer in Mrs. Gran. s eyes what she had pften heard -elf called "Mrs. Grantley's gr disappoint ment" It was not until two j irs after the death of her benefactress that once more Leonard Gresham asked her to be his wife, and she gladly consented. "I loved you," she told hjm, frank ly, "when I sent you from me, but I had given my life to my adopted mother, and it was my one aim and duty to repay her for what she had given me, even although I knew that my loss of beauty was one of the bit terest disappointments of her heart. " "It is not always beauty that wine love," Leonard said, tenderly. "No, for without it I have won her heart and yours."-New York Ledger. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Electric light is being introduced in all the cars of tho Swiss JuraSiinplon railway. It has been computed that between 36,000,000 and 37,003,000 babies ar rive each year. Paris policemen aro now supplied with electric dark lanterns with which thoy can see at a distance of 7.50 feet, Rotary snow plows are being used with some success in throwing water off the railway tracks in South Dakota. The Canadian Government has ar ranged a system of cold storage on railways, at ports and on steamers, for tho preservation of perishable goods. The railway metals between London and Edinburgh, a distance of 400 miles, are 210 yards longer in summer than they are in winter, owing to the expansion caused by the extra heat. Scientists cay that the atmosphere surrounding tho globe is gradually di minishing and that in tho course of a few thousand, or perhaps a fow hun dreds of thousands of years the supply will be exhausted. A new steering device for ships con trols the rudder by pneumatic pres sure, the air being forced into a cyl inder ou either side of the rudder post by means of the steering wheel in the pilot house. We need nearly 3000 cubic feet of fresh air per hour for breathing pur poses, but we can do with as little &3 2590.. Children need loss, and there are now building schools to give the ?S> ia??5 rv wo Kesbrt I-.?- eo;r?U*QTt? .1. ;* ,Z'.' :,u \r.<- \ j... . - .: i.r?v.ai!ti.- . ... ? ?."<? aa ?!.* <- if . v ' * . . ' ? . ' ' . ' ... . .. ?se >:t<s ."ititi ?>j*rr;<?i. cr-'' ? . .'? -Sr'&^L* . ; ....cV\- aj .. :<-\ th? appointment of Professor Forbes, the eminent electrician, to make a report with this end in view, and he will commence his studies in the autumn. It is expected that the results will be of high importance to Upper Egypt and the Soudan. Dog That Can Test Metal*. No bank teller, crook or expert in Iowa has a truer instinct for real, genuine cart-wheel silver dollars than has a Pock Rapids dog called Silver Tip. Silver Tip is tan colorod and weighs about ten pound?. All of his two years ot life be bas been the property of Landlord Barber, of the Lyon Hotel, at Book Rapids, but it io only within the last year that his power of immediate^ insight into the nature of metals has become known to his owner, says the Chicago Times Herald. The way Tip manifests bis power, as his owner puts its, is as follows: If one takes a pile of coins the size of au American dollar-say, a trade dollar, a Mexican dollar, a five-franc pieoe and 6ome counterfeit dollars-and put one genuiuo dollar piece in the centre of the pile. Tip will rummage around among them for an instant and then snatch the good coin and proceed to take care of it in approved dog fashion to an accompaniment of growls and bites. Or if ene rolls a coin along the floor Tip can ?ell every time whether it is good stuf" to be chased. Tip never makes a mistake, and there isn't a bit of doubt about hie powers. He has been tested by Chicago business men and by commit tees of Iowa scientists. He gets no human help in his work. The good coin is not marked in any peculiai way for his benefit, nor is it scented, Any one can use his own coin in thc experiment. Nor does Tip's powen depend on signs from his master. Th? latter leaves the room without de tracting from the dog's ability in th< least. Mr. Barber has refused all offers foi the purchase of Tip. To Cleau Books. Grease may be taken out by layinj the page between two sheets of blot ting paper, and passing a hot iroi gently over it. To remove greas from the covers, 6crapo pipe-clay o French chalk over the spot and iroi with a warm iron (net a hot'one] Vellum covers may often be deane by means of soap and water, but i much soiled should be washed with weak solution of salts of lemon. T take out ink stains, place the leave for two minutes in a solution of oxali acid, then in clean cold water for few hours. To restore the consistenc of the paper afterwards, use a bath c "size" and water.-The Housewife. Tho Irony of Fat?. Edward Whymper, the notedmoui tain climber, who is well known c this coast, has carried tho alpenstoc for more than thirty years, and hi scaled the Chimborazo and the Ma terhorn, besides hundreds of lessi peak?, and, although he has had nut berless thrilling adventures, includi; a fall of 000 feet, he never fractured limb or sustained any serious injur ile did, however, tumble down a fl ig] of stairs in England recently ai fractured his collar bone. -San Fra cisco Chronicle. BERRIES IN THE HOJE? TtfE BUSINESS OF RAISINC SMALL FRUITS FOR NORTHERN MARKETSif A Strawberry Euterprise In Louisiana^ How the Karly Berry Como* to Chi cago at Cold-Storajfe Temperatures^ Glimpses of Berry Pickers at "Work Less than a dozen years ago, says a Hammond (La.) letter to the Chicago Record, a little colony of Chicago and Illinois people came down here to joui others from different sections of th?, country in founding a new tow?K Among the number who were activent, giving the place a good start was J. il Merry, of the Illinois Central Railroad^ who offered every reasonable induce^ ment to those who desired to take np their abode in a warmer climate than that of Chicago. Early in its upward growth Ham? mond began supplying Chicago tables -jr A GAN(J OF BE with the most luscious fruit of the? South. Since last Christmas lt has been shipping strawberries to Chicago and is now supplying the Northern', market with the pickings of the cecond crop. The great desideratum at the start was to get the fruit to market qnicklyV: In this matter the corporation which; began fostering the town at the startjj came to the relief of the berry growers ' by inaugurating and finally perfecting ti a refrigerator service that went far] toward filling the requirements* i v J' *?yv .', . into trains were sem nor mw mu. on fast passenger train r diedule. Chi cago to-day is really receiving its strawberries by fast mail, for the train On which the Government transports its North and South mails carries berries by the thousand cases. In the busiest part of the shipping season the company runs a regular strawberry train from the South. Cars are picked up at all points where the fruit is grown, made up into one train and sent through to Chicago at the rate of fifty miles au hour. During the first months of the year a RECEIVING CASES OF ] new service was inaugurated by the American Express Company, which had not been attempted in other years. Heretofore regular trains for herrief had not been put on until the crop wai well along in the season, the outpul being handled by regular freight trains, which, however, made fast time. Recently George F. Nosier, formerly connected with the American company at New Orleans, was made genera agent of the company at Chicago. Hi interested his people in the berry busi ness of his former neighbors, with th< result that a special line of refrig?ralo cars was put into the Southern berr trade. The cars are of the most mod ern type and fruit is packed in then and delivered from them in Chicago a the same temperature. Cars are lei nt such towns as Hammond, Amit City, Tick Faw, Ponehatonla and Inde pen dence. A freight train gather them np and runs them to McCom City, where th9 cars are refilled wit ice and then hooked on the Goveri ment fast mail. Berries picked o Saturday morning may be on Chicag breakfast tables on Monday morning Six. twenty-four pint boxes of berri? weigh 100 pounds and it costs $2 1 transport the six cases 'by express 1 the Chicago market. By freight ti tariff is less. The time by express : twenty-four hours faster. Quite ri cently the express company has foun it necessary to charter a special engii and crew by which a train of strawbe ries exclusively is rushed to Chicago i high speed. There are 250 peoplo living iu < near Hammond who ship from one fifty cases of berries daily. Patclv run from one to five acres, though te: acre fields are not unknown. Ben ai "Baz" Bogers were the pioneer stra; berry growers and shippers at this point. They began fifteen years ago and acquired a fortune in the business. The}' iiad formerly been engaged in breeding goats. They were led by chame to set out some strawberry plants which produced a return com pared with which goatflesh dropped out of night. The venture of the Rogers brothers Was iio-,ed and followed until even poor Billy s back yard range was turned up and set out in plants. Where once the combative William held sway among discarded tinware and hoopskirts a million "Mitchell early's" bloom and yield in the greatest abundance. A Ponchateula woman who ran a large farm bought the goat herd and ehe, in turn, finally disposed of them in favor of strawberry-growing at $4 a case. The acreage here probably exceeds 1500 and it is increasing yearly. A single day's shipment has reached as high as five carloads and nearly the entire output goes to Chicago. IRBY PICKERS. '.. _ . Some of the growers have realized big profits in the berry business. James Gould is said to have made $700 from an acre patch in a single season. Mrs. E. F. Brown, whose place is within a mile of Hammond, told the Eecord; correspondent that she had Cleared $150 from her single acre. This season has been too wet for I strawberries. When shipped wet, in ; which condition they have frequently been sent away, the berries fail to stand [tho trip tc. Chicago, and are little more than an unsightly mass of pomace when [the commission men receive them. It El* ??iii thf.t ih?iu? Ka? i-f. y fi* !:..;..>? Bit?u '<..' sa . '?". ?>.t. i \ . "3 ,;...** nds ? .. .* b*' '. - "?? o-" - ". ' . foliage and flowers of many varieties. The bottles are mostly of the cottage order. These new Southerners dis play a commendable outlay in home improvements, -A 82300 Splinter. * A most remarkable judgment was rendered by a jury in our Circuit Court on Tuesday afternoon. It was the case of Semonis vs. the L. and N. Railroad Company, in which the plain tiff asked for 815,000 damages for in juries received on the defendant's road while helping to carry a piece of tim BERRIES FROM GROWERS. ber to place under the rails while the track was being surfaced near Benson last sumn.er after the washout. Mr. Semonis r,coidentIy stuck a splinter in his right hi.nd near the little finger, which he paid but little attention tc for seven! days, and finally went tc see a doctor in regard to extracting it, The doctor made several incisions and failing to find it began to poultice foi the little stick. This was continued for seventy days, when finally th< splinter ciur.e out of its own accord, leaving the hand in a bad condition, for which he brought suit against th( road for the injury received, and th< jury gave him a verdict for $2500. Franklin (Ky.) Argus. Birds as Ventriloquist?. When yoi are out for a countr; walk, and hijar the. cuckoo's cry, jus endeavor, if he is not already in sight to place him by the sound. "?ou simpl; can't do it! It's been tried dozens o times, and always unsuccessfully. Ani if the cuckoo is calling quito near yoi in a thick wook, you will probably b unable to kell even which side of yo he is. Nc r is the cuckoo the only bir which pos irises this queer power c ventriloquise. The robin, and som( times the thrash will alter their note in such a way as to completely puzzl you whether they are twenty yard away or nearer fifty. Above all tb .'cat-bird," a little gray native < America, will make you fancy a yonn kitten is weakly miaouing in the ron under your feet, while all the time tl little chap is laughing at you from tl to j sumach-bush 100 feet away.-Answer BS li lli France has kept 200,000 tons of co stored at Toulon since 1893, to 1 ready in case war should break out. SANITARY CELLARS. They Should lia Light and Airy, and Well Ventilated-The Proper Furnishings. With the increased knowledge of sanitary laws brought about by the close and systematic study given to the subject in recent years, it has come to be generally recognized that one of the leading sources of danger to health in the home is the cellar. The cellar is the very last part of the house to be seen, and it' seems easy to cut out of the plan a window or two in this place, or take off a foot from the height of the ceiling. But this is not the part of true wisdom. It is better to exer cise economy in fitments and furnish ings above, or leaving some of the up per rooms that are not imperatively needed entirely unfinished. These can readily be completed in after years without impairing the plan of the house. In a general way, however, the cel lar must remain as originally con structed, and for this reason its main features should be above reproach. It must be light and airy, thoroughly ventilated and of suJScient height. The ceiling should never be less than seven feet, and nine feet is far better. A damp cellar is a nuisance, as well as a great source of disease, and every precaution should be taken to guard against this fault. Brick is porous in its nature, but if it must be used the walls should be coated with tar on the outside; with stone walls cement should be mixed with the mortar, in order that moisture may not seep through the interstices Pl^ of Ce 11 ar no dark, inaccessible corners, for these will surely breed disease. If gas is used in the house there should be at least one burner in the cellar, or two if it be a large one. The fixtures should be riding bracket, short and of Btroug pattern. When tho heating apparatus is in the cellar, special ar rangements become necessary; if pos sible the furnace should be shut off by itself in order to prevent the spreading of dust and ashes. It is little less than suicidal to follow the practice sometimes adopted of taking the cold air supply for the furnace directly from the cellar itself. The cold air box, where it passes through the room, should be as nearly air tight as it ii possible to make it. The accompanying design has a eel lar built and laid in accordance wit! the ideas expressed in this article. The ceiling is eight feet in height the walls are of brick, twelve inchei thick, with two windows on each side it is divided into four compartment.' by an eight-inch brick wall, with a hal in the centre opening into steps lead ing to yard. The furnace room cai thus be shut off, keeping all dust anc ashes from the rest of the cellar; th< outside walls are plastered with cement and the cellar floor is laid in concrete SMALLEST TRIPLET E It ls Propelled hy Three Philadelphia ] Fellows Attrac The smallest triplet bicycle in tl tion of the residents of West Philadel Press, is the property of the little A sons of the well-known member of tl built by Nicholas Mershou, a merni tho little fellows. Lester,the oldest, brothers are four years of age. Les This house can he built in the vicinity of New York for $-1250, not including the heating apparatus, which would would cost from $130 to fr 150 accord ding to whether air or hot water was used. Copyright 1897. A Chinese Giant. At Yunan Foo Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Mcllrath, the wheeled correspondents of the Chicago Inter-Ocean, who are cycling through China on a bicycle tour around the world, met Chang, a Chinese giant, who towers seven feet nine inches in the air. Th 3 photo graph taken of the party with the giant in the centre shows his v oa ?erful pro portions, Mr. Mcllrath, although con siderably above the average height of men, being six feet and three-quarters of an inch tall, sinking into insignifi THE GIANT OP ZUNKAN FOO, CHINA. canee by his side. This adventurous pair of cyclists are enjoying some re markable experiences on their tour. A Secret Guard for Grant. lu the Century General Horace Porter tells of the siege of Petersburg in his "Campaigning With Grant." After describing the disastrous ex plosion on tho boat loaded with ord nance stores, General Porter says: This occurrence set the staff to think ing of the various forms of danger to which the general-in-chief was ex posed, and how easily he might be as sassinated; and we resolved that in addition to the ordinary guard mounted at the headquarters camp, we would quietly arrange a detail of "watchers" from the members of the staff, so that one officer would go on duty every night and keep a personal lookout in the vicinity of the general's tent. This was faithfully carried out. It had to be done secretly, for if he had known of it he would without doubt have with a view to his personal protection. A Duel Avoided. The elder Dumas, the eminent French novelist, was not spared the severe criticisms which attack a famous name, but, like all wise men, he was content to treat these attacks with dig nified silence. Not so his son. Exas perated by the particularly severe criticisms of a noted journalist, the young man-then in his college days took upon himself to right the wrongs to his father, and sent two chums to arrange for a duel with the offender. Calmly the journalist listened to what they had to say. When they had concluded he called a servant, direct ing him to tell his son to come to the study. "Gentlemen," said he, "as this ap pears to be an affair of sons, and not of fathers, etiquette would seem to de mand that you should arrange your matter with my sou. He will be here directly, and no doubt will give you the satisfaction you wish." So saying, he left the room, and a moment Inter the journalist's son en tered-a child of three years, in the arms of his nurse.-Harper's Pound Table._ Art for Week Days Only. The picture galleries at South Kens ington Museum present a rather curi ous appearance on Sundays, when a number of the paintings are concealed behind green baize curtains. The ex planation of this phenomenon is that the works so hidden from the public gaze belong to the collection of Mr. Ellison, who, in the deed of gift, ex pressly stipulated that they should not be exhibited on Sundays. ( . - A Cartons Graft. Professor Baily, of Ithaca, N. Y., has succeeded in grafting tomato on potato vines. In this case tho toma toes grew to full size, but the potatoes remained small. JICYCLE IN TH.. WORLD. Youngster* Under Six of Age, and thc Little t Great Attention. ie world now frequently attracts the atten Iphia. The wheel, says the Philadelphi .dams brothers, Lester, Jesse and Eddie ie Kenilworth Wheelmen. The wheel wa ?er of the club, who is greatly attached t is five years and six months old, while hi ter is steersman. Quinine and other fe ver medicines take from 5 to IO days to cure fever. Johnson's Chili and Fever Tonic cures in ONE DA V. The Teeth. Upon the condition of the teeth de pends largely the bodily health. The care of the child'? first teeth is very important. The future of the second 3et depends upon the care of the first. Nature uses the first set as a boee to supply nutriment to the second. No child under eight should loee a tooth. Decayed teeth in the mouth of a child produce digestive troubles, and pro duce an acid which destroys the second teeth. Liquid food should not be given a child after the teeth are large enough for use. Too often soaked biscuits, crackers and the like are used instead of food which requires chewing. In order to preserve the teeth we must use them. The use of more coarse breads would be beneficial. Beware of charcoal and pumice stone. The fo'.lowing formula, used by most den tists, is harmless: One ounce orris root, three ounces precipitate of chalk, one teaspoonful powdered castile soap and one tablespoonful bicarbonate of soda. A pleasant mouth wash ls one-half teaspoonful listerine la cue-half a glass of water. A little bicarbonate of soda placed upon a tender tooth will often bring comfort, or for persistently tender teeth a mouth wash of milk of magne sia and water in equal quantities. New Orleans Picayune. Johnson's Chill and Fe ver Tonic is a ONE-DAY Cure. It cures the most stubborn case of Fever in 24 Hours. What to Do With Wet Boots. When a man arrive* home with wet boots he will usually elthtr stand them in the fireplace or simply throw them, with their aole3 down, anywhere out of the way. The former method does harm to the boots, and the latter to the wearer. ' Boots must not be placed too near a fire. To dry them, they should be set at a distance of about two feet away, with soles toward the fire; they will then dry "gradually. If trees are available, put them In when the boots are about half dry; but it is s:s.v. Piv?? trat a< -v -. . - - ny ??ZAC Chill & Fever Tonic? Because it cures the most stubborn case of Fever in ONE DAY. _ A Contrary Flag." If ever there was anything in the world that went by contraries, it is the , Chinese flag. It will be recalled that I it is one of the gayest of national ban ners. The body of the banner is of*a pale yellow. In the upper left hand corner is a small red sun, and looking at it Is a fierce Chinese dragon. About one thousand years ago, so the story runs, the Chinese made war ?upon tho Japanese. They prepared for a great invasion. As a prophecy of victory they adopted a standard which is that of the present time. They took the Sun of Japan and made it very small. This they put in front of the dragon's mouth to express the idea that the Chinese dragon would devour the Jap anese, lt happened, however, that the Chinese fleet, oonveynig an army of 100,000 men, was wrecked on its way ' to Japan by a great storm, and all bu*, three of the 100,000 perished. The re sult of the recent war has not been any more convincing than the first affair,, that the Chinese fias has been cor rectly conceived.-Pittsburg Dispatch. Johnson's Chill and Fe ver Tonic is a ONE-DAY Cure. It cures the most stubborn case of Fever in 24 Hours. The Turnkey's Experience. Jacob Schaffer, tho turnkey at the County Jail, had a queer experience the other day, according to stories told by his friends. He went to Joliet to assist Jailer Whitman In handling a large number of convicted prisoners. Jake was a stranger within the gates, and in the bustle of business and be wildering succession of new events he in some way became separated from Jailer Whitman. One of the guards promptly took him in charge, under the impression that he was a prisoner. Jacob protested, but it did no good, and he was forced to wait a considerable length of time for the return of Mr. Whitman. All this ls vigorously denied by the turnkey, of course, but jail employes say the fact that his hair has been re cently clipped leeds color to the talc. Jailer Whitman is kind and refuses to be interviewed.-Chicago Journal. Use of Adam's Apple. Adam's apple, if It was once that fruit that brought into the world all our woe, is now a useful organ. It serves as a sort of storage cistern o! the blood for the supply of the biain. When the heart send3 up too much blood Adam's apple intercepts it, or part of it; and when the direct supply from the heart temporarily runs short, Adam's apple give* vip its store.