Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, August 28, 1901, Image 5
THE TEMPTED. .
Pleasure cried: "Come hither, pray!"
"Stay," said Spotless Duty, "stay!"
Pleasure cried: "I may not wait.
Follow now or never;
Once I beckon, once I smile,
And I pass forever."
" Duty watched him as he fled
Down, {he way where Pleasure led
Watched and sighed and said: 'TU
wait,
;vv" Pleasure is but fleeting.
. I am constant-1 will smile
Whoa he comes retreating."
Pleasure left him on a day
; Fled, and hid herself away;
Then he gravely said: "i'll tura
Back again to Duty"
But a wrinkled hag stood where
Once was maiden beauty.
-S. E. Kiser.
I A CASE OF \
I! "SCATTEfi-BRM" I
.. *The trouble with Billy is he's scat
ter-brained."
As Mr. Lemmon said this he filled a
. dipper at the pump and approached the
teakettle. The tin lld was upside down
and very hot He gave it a hasty flip
which landed it in the midst of the ap
ple sauce simmering close by, and
poured in the water triumphantly.
"Like to got scalded that time," he
said, fishing out the teakettle lld. "It
wont hurt the sauce, will it?"
"I don't believe it wilL The dip
peru "meir, Nathan, if you leave it on
the stove empty."
"That's so." Mr. Lemmon reset .*
the .lipper and made a fresh onslaught
' tm the pump.
"Billy means -well, if he would only
keep his mind on the main thing," he
went on. "He's anxious to help. I
haven't told you what he did yester
. 'day. I sent him to the toolbox for
more nails. There was plenty of 'em
there, but he took a notion that it
would be a good thing if he was to
sort over the whole box, and emptied
everything out on the ground. I come
to see what he was doing to keep him
ao long, and there he was, swimmin'
in tacks. Much as ever I can get
things straightened out again."
Mrs. Lemmon laughed. She laughed
easily. She was distinctly a genial
person.
. *T can't think where he gets it from,"
added Mr. Lemmon.
"He gets it from his father," an
_j3w?red Mrs. Lemmon unexpectedly.
^'Why, you don't say-" Mr. Lem
mon turned around to see what she
meant.
"Certain I do. You're filling the ket
tle too full, Nathan; it's spilling over.
Yes, you're both absent-minded. He
can't get over it all in a minute. We
must guide him some. Now, if you'll
bring the horse around, I'll be ready
to go as soon as the apple sauce is off
the stove."
"Dear me, they're as helpless as kit
tens about some things," she thought
affectionately, tying the strings of her
Sunday bonnet in a firm, square bow.
She looked out of the window at Bil
ly, a freckled-faced boy of 10, who was
tramping np and down beside the old
: horse. ""Mrs. Lemmon was Billy's step
mother, and "he had decided opinions
" about her.
?*She takes my part," BlUy said. "She
takes pa's part, too. I. dont know,
who's side she's on-everybody's, I
'?Ma, say, can I drive?" he asked, as
sha came out,
"Course ! expect you to drive. When
a young man takes me to town; he
* has to do the driving."
Billy clambered into the wagon with
an important air. Mrs. Lemmon stood
^waJUng.
"The.-et's another thing a young
man's got to do that takes me to ride,"
she said, after a minute.
"What?"
.Turn the wheel out so I can get in."
"I forgot," Billy turned out sharply.
"Take care-take care! Yo.u'll be
over on the other side the road!" cau
tioned his father, coming up to the
fence, anxiously. It was not the gen
eral custom to see one's wife off every
time sire went to the village. Mr.
Lemmon did not know why he did it
It was because she brought an ele
ment of fun into the business. He
felt excited, like Billy.
"No, we're all right. Well, goodby!"
. Mr. Lemmon looked after his wife's
erect, comely figure. "I guess they'll
get where they say they will as long
as she's in the wagon," he thought.
"He was dreadful pleased to have the
reins. She understands boys."
The place looked lonely to Mr. Lem
' ?OL as he went back to the chicken
cow he was making. It was a^ good
sized coop, with a door in the front
for the hens to go in and out. "He had
laid the floor and nailed on three sides
the day before, and he regarded ^it
with satisfaction. "She'll say it's a
good job," he thought.
"Queer how she come to say what
she did about Billy," he continued.
"I've told him, I don't know how many
times, to just put his mind right on
it-nail it right in. That's what Billy
needs-"
And then for a time there were no
sounds about the place but the sharp
tap! tap! of the hammer.
It was dark when Mrs. Lemmon and
Billy drove into the yard. Mr. Lem
mon did not come ont to take the
horse, '
"Pa said he might have to go down
to the meadow before we got back,"
said Billy.
"You and I will have to unharness,
laen. Quick, now! I'm going to make
you some waffles for supper"
"Can I grate some maple sugar to
eat on 'em, ma?"
"Certainly. No, Billy, you don't
want to undo all the straps, only just
what's necessary."
"1 get mixed up, ma."
"Well, get unmixed, then," said his
Stepmother, good-naturedly.
It was strange that Mr. Lemmon
should leave the door wide open if he
was going down to the meadow. She
shut it and laid ber bundles on the
table. Just then they heard a peculiar
sound: Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat!
"What was that?" she exclaimed.
; She and Billy looked at each other,
startled..
Rat-u-tat! Rat-a-tat-tat!
Mrs. Lemmon flung open the cellar I
door. ^'Nathan, are you there?" she |
called.
"Ma-a! ' came a feeble voice from the
distance.
"It's outside," said Mrs. Lemmon.
"i'm afraM he's hurt. Take this can
dle, Billy, and run on ahead."
Billy loped across the yard. She fol
lowed with the lamp. "What's the
gatter?" sh:; called, alarmed, for Billy
was capering up and down beside some
whitish object, the candle lighting up
his round face like a hobgoblin's.
"Ma! Pa's in the chicken-coop!"
There could be no manner of doubt
of it His hammer resounded on the
walls, and his muffled voice called
crossly: "Let me out! let me out!"
Billy got on the ground and looked
through the door. "? see him!" he
cried, excited.
"Nathan Hale Lemmon, how come
you there?" cried his wife?
"I should think you could see for
yourself!"
She had seen in a flash, and leaning
against the partition, she laughed till
the tears came.
"You've been-you've been-on, ohT
-you've been and nailed that front
on from the inside, and then-^-^ou
couldn't get out through the door un
less you was a chicken, which you're
not-oh, my! my, my!"
"He! he!" snickered Billy.
"But why don't you knock in a board
and get ouf?"
"Went the wrong way. Couldn't get
any purchase," said the muffled voice
"0 Nathan, I shall give up!"
"Well, when yon get through laugh
ing; maybe you'll do something. I've
been hollerin' here most all the after
noon."
"You poor man, you! Really, I feel
weak! There, Billy, you stop! Run
and bring the hatchet. Don't cut your?
self."
It took but a few well directed blows
with the back of the hatchet to loosen
a couple of boards. Through the nar
row opening Mr. Lemmon squeezed
out He was one of the mildest of
men, but when you have been shut up
all the afternoon in a hen-coop of your
own making, you may be forgiven for
being a little provoked.
It was a grand supper Mrs. Lemmon
gave them, half an hour later, a sup
per fit for the minister, and no allu
sions made to late unpleasant experi
ences! Right in the midst of it, all
three happened to look up at once; and
then there was a fresh explosion. Mr.
Lemmon helped himself to the last
waffle. "Well, 'twas rather funny
when you come to think of it," he as
sented, with a laugh.
That was all; only nowadays, when
he worries over Billy's scatter-brains,
his wife says, soothingly:
"Now, pa, you remember that chick
en-coop."-Youth's Companion.
NEW METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION.
Will tho Pipe Line Be U?ed for Other Tnr
pones Than Oil Distribution?
One of the developments of the com
ing century, worthy of at least passing
thought, is the extent to which pneu
matic tube principle will be employed
to expedite transportation which i3
now entirely dependent on steam loco
motives.
For example, the long lines of load
ed coal cars go from the mines to
the seaboard, and come back empty
to the mines. If the weight of a car
is 25 percent of the gross load, there
is in this instance more than 50 per
cent loss or non-paying freight, the
empty train requiring about as much
power to haul it up into the interior as
was expended in taking it to the ship
ping port
It does not seem altogether unrea
sonable, therefore, to think that just
as the miles of tank cars loaded with
oil, which were seen in former years,
have disappeared, and that commodity
is now sent hundreds of miles through
pipe lines, so may coal, grain, an
ore be. sent speeding through tubes to
central depots for beal distribution^
t^jmj^^^?iijTco^ trnofigprtal(wf
In fact, just such pipe Une conveni
ence was tried experimentally some
thing like 10 to 12 years ago by the
late W. C. Andrews of New York, the
coal for that purpose being ground
into powder, mixed with water in suffi
ciently large proportion, and carried
through the pipes in semi-liquid form.
At the delivery end of the pipe line
there were to be settling chambers for
the mixture, enabling the water to be
drained off and the coal paste, if we
may so term it, to be pressed into
cakes and dried for consumption.
The project, however, did not extend
beyond a brief experimental career.
In woolen mills, on the other hand,
it is a common thing to blow wool
from one building to another through
pipes by means of fans, and in pot
teries, too, clay paste is frequently
carried from one point to another
through pipes. There is, thus, a fair
ly good beginning for pipe-line engi
neering with solids.-Cassier'8 M?ga*
zine.
PEARLS OF THOUGHT. *
The reward of a thing well done ia
to have done it
Idleness is both a great sin and the
cause of many more.
Our deeds determine us, as much a3
we determine our deeds.
Some men take a lifetime to provo
how much wisdom they lack.
A morai wrapped up in sugar goes
down certainly, but it may be feared
that it only goes down because of the
sugar.
It is only the critic ancV the philoso
pher who can penetrate Into all states
of being, and realize their life from
within.
There are seasons when to be still
demands immeasurably higher
strength than to act Composure is
often the highest result of power.
The art of putting men in the right
places is the highest in the science of
government, but that of finding places
for the discontented the most diffi
cult
It is the compensation of the hum
ble that the fountain of their blood is
made sweet by denial, swift by plain
fare, and strong by living close to
nature's -heart
The habit of blaming others when
things go wrong is an insidious' and
dangerous one. Far more is it to the
purpose to inquire within whether the
fault, or much of it, may not Ho at
heme,.
He who is everybody's friend is gen
erally nobody's. The character which
can shape itself to fit in every niche
is like an India rubber ballt too mal
leable to stay long anywhere or have
much inside except air.
An He Trobnbly Meant lt.
Harris-I saw Bulger just now. He
says he was so glad that he was out
of debt at last.
Farren-'Out of debt! Why he owes
me $15.
Harris-He probably meant that he
was out of debts that he had got to
pay.-Boston Transcript
Il In Kellnncp.
"Do you really believe in your pro
fession of faith healing?"
"It depends*," said the man who is
advertising occult powers, "on wheth
er you mean as a medical aid or a
financial Investment." - Washington
SUr,
HOT WEATHER PHILOSOPHY.
As Expounded by the Man in the Linen
"In the summer I make it a rule
never-yes, never-to talk about hot
weather, and to think about it as little
as possible," ?aid the man in the linen
suit, "and I find I am able to keep com
paratively cool, and I certainly get more
enjoyment out of the long months of
summer than do my neighbors. I never
greet my friend with the query, 'Ii
it warm enough for you?" and when
they put the question to me I treat it
as a joke, change the subject and think
of something else. I never look at a
thermometer on the street or anywhere
else, arid I never permit one in my of
fice.
"I hold that thinking about the
weather makes a man hotter, or he
thinks he is hotter, and, after all, imagi
nation cuts a big figure in standing
any weather that might be sent along;
If a man meets a thermometer staring
him in the face ?t every strtet corner
and in every .nore of office into Which
he goes, and finds one thermometer re
cords 98 degrees, another 97, ahd a
third 97 1-2, he naturally wonders which
is right, and keeps his eyes out for
another thermometer, to compare its
readings with the others. First thing
you know thc man gets the therrrtdmetcr
and thc hot weather habit, rle looks at
the thermometer to learn how warm it
is, and no matter how comfortable he
may feel he gets hot and uncomfortable
when he secs a high temperature record,
and he gets hotter, or thinks he does,
which ic- the same in the end, every time
he sees the mercury rise in the glass.
"On thc other hand, the man who
keeps quiet and does not think about
the weather is never worried about the
weather."-New Orleans Times-Demo
crat.
Bargain Counter Overrun.
Fargen-I hear your wife was over
come by the heat.
Bargen-Yes, and she's not over lt
yet.
Fargen-How did lt happen?
Bargen-She was out shopping for
next year's'Christel- presents.-Phil
adelphia Press.
A Fortune to Be Given Away.
A noted philanthropist has doojded to give
away hi? fer tu ne to charities and no doubt
mach good will be accomplished. Thero ii
another agency that has also accomplished
muon good, namely, Hos tc teer'a Stomach Bit
ters, the medicine'with fifty year? of cure3
back of lt. It promotes appetite, insures di
gestion, curas dyspepsia, regulates the liver
and keeps the bowals regular, also pro* en s
belching, heartburn or flatulency. Don't fail
to try it, but be sure you get tho genuitio.
President Garfield was shot on Satur
day, July 2, 1881, and died on Monday,
September 19, 1881.
Best For inc Bowel*.
No matter what ails you, headache to a
canoer, you will never got well until your
bowels are put right. CASCARETB help naturo,
cure you without a gripo or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you jUBt ?0
cents to start getting your health'back, CAS
CAREIS Candy Cathartic, tho genuine, put up
in metal boxes, evory tablet has C. C\C.
Btamped on it. Bewero of imitations.
Etymologists, declaro that the sugar
cane has 227 varieties of insect ?nemieSi
SPO advertisement fi EE-M Catarrh Curo In
another column - tho boBt remedy made. ?
The largest locomotive works in th?
world are in Philadelphia.
All goods are alike to PUTNAM FADELESS
Dws. aa they color all fibers at o?ejjr-"
Sold by all druggists.
Two electric Tapfg&in railroads have
been cons^uetj^ operate on the French
s'operfWS^Tyrenees.
The favorite flower of the fortune hunt
er is* marigold.
How*? 7 li Ia?
Wo offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY ? Co., Toledbj 0.
We, the undersigned, have known F, ?.
Cheney for the last 15 years, attd bellefo him
perfectly honorable in all business trausac
t. jos and financially able to Carry out any
obligation made by their firm.
WEST <fc TBUAX Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
WAXDINO, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the syBtem. Testimonials sent frooi
Price, 75o. per bottle Sold by all Druggist
Hall's Family Pills are the best-.
The man who says he would share his
last dollar with you somehow br other
never gets down to his last dollar.
Ladle* Can Wear Shoe*
One size smaller After using Allen's Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet? It makes tight
or new Bhoes eany? Curen swollen, hot, swear
ing, aching feet, ingrowing nails, cbrnB and
bunions. At all druggists and shoe stores,
25c. Trial package Flt EE by mall. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
Every woman who marries feels that to
a certain degree she is a reformer.
Children Take lt.
When your child's eyes got soro uso Jno. R.
Dlekoy'e Old Hellabln Eyo-water. ltollovs nt
once. Don't barn-feels good. Dickey Drug
Co., Bristol, Tenn.
Sugar exists in the sap of leaves of
nearly 200 different kinds of trees.
"I was given up to dit with
quick consumption. I then began
to use Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I
improved at once, and am now in
perfect health."-Chas. E. Hart
man, Gibbstown, N. Y.
It's too risky, playing
with your cough.
The first thing you
know it will bo down
deep in your lungs and
the play will be over. Be
gin early with Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral and stop
the cough.
Three sixes : 25c, 50c, tl- All druggists.
Consult yonr doctor. If ho says take lt,
then do as ho say*. If he tells 70a not
to take lt, thon don't take lt. He knows.
Leave lt with him. We are willing.
J. C. AYEK CO., Lowell, Mais.
A Bad Breath
A bad breath means a bad
stomach, a bad digestion, a
bad liver. Ayer's Pills are
liver pills. They cure con-,
stipation, biliousness, dys
pepsia, sick headache.
25c AU druggists.
Want your moustache or hoard a beautiful
brown or rich black? Then imo
, BUCKINGHAM'S DYE???AeT
# ?0 CTS. or DnuaaisTt, ot R. P. H.U A CO.. KUMU>, W.H.
Mention this Paper
ANU-Thlrtr-two-1901.
MUchlef?
Wonder who is Mischief!
Bothers me nil day,
TARS me in the dardett
Where I go to play.
Fought Td pick some f owers;
Fought I'd pick 'cm all. .
"Careful, dear, there's Mischief^
Heard my mamba call-.
Peeked 'round 'inbng the posiesj
Touidh't see ohp flog,
'Cept ?de little birdie;
Desi a goin' to sing.
Never tould see Mischief,
. Always hides away,, .
But my mamma sees him
Many times a day.
Bays he's in the gantry,
Sees him on the Shelf
Where j. climb for tookies;
Says he is an elf.
Prob'ly he's a Brownie,
Tired of being good,
Wish he'd stay in Elf-land;
I-dest-wish-be- would.
-Chicago Record-Herald,
Something About Iceberg*.
Navigators of the North Atlante
have to be constantly on watch during
the summer months, for the icebergs
that come down from Greenland and
other Arctic regions. Some vessels
are fitted with apparatus that gives
Immediate warning of the vicinity of
one, but where there is no s?ch ap
paratus, the temperature of the Water
ls taken at intervals, for an iceberg
will make a vast extent of sea cold.
An . iceberg is nothing but part of a
glacier that has been detatched by
the action of water, Washing and beat
ing against lt. Some o' them are of
enormous size, lt is generally accept1
ed by scientific mfcn that dflly one
eighth of the berg appears ?b&ve the
water. If, therefore, the part that is
visible rises 50 feet above the surface?
the part under water wouid measure
3o0 feet. No wonder the sea captains
have a holy horror of them.
Mt! sir Dos Was a S II bb at ar i ii tl.
A little white dog that sits on the
music box of a blind man id Minne
apolis, hhd permits ""people tb drop
pennies in a basket tied around his
neck by ? ribboh, oh last Fourth of
July refused to attend t". business;
He snarled and showed hls{fceeth when
any attempt was made tb ;put on his
Uniform. The little fellow frisked and
gambolled, tugged &t hisA-cfialn. bit
the stump tails of his str(ay cbinpan
ions and generally ihisconduct?d him
self.
The blind man says that the dog
has never been asked to w^ork on Sun
day. He thinks that Sunday ought
to bo a day of rest for blind . men and
djgs as well as more fortunate be
ings, so every Sunday the dogs gets
an extra fine breakfast, consisting of
boiled liver, and full liberty to d? pre
cisely as he pleases. Thus thej$&&m.
cxirly dog has coin? to rejjgfgHsupday
as a full holld^ajglftffg^knows when
the daycppfl?r?rQUn(j? beCause on that
"master puts on a white shirt
his best hat The blind man is
patriotic, and so. on the.. Fourth he
wore his white shirt and best hat
hence th? ?'<??.:.'<
that it was - .. >
Workr^Our Du;
-.-- ATDo?fwIth
There are dolls an.
oi?? Oles, a Pen?sylv?i.v. r;\
ber bossession bne whlc. i.
?rfed as valuable as any j h
try? It has c???ed flo end of c. :. jnt
l? the locality where she jivt , be
cause of the hair on the doll's head.
if any of our girl" readers were to
make a demand oh their faners for
several locks of hair, to give realism
to the headgear of a doll,', they would
probably be denied the bobn. as some
fathers have no hair to spare, while
others, haunted by signs of approach
ing baldness; are net anxious to make
? sacrifice fdr ? member of the nur
sery.
The hair of Naomi's doll 'actually
came from the head of her father.
It happened in this way: Twenty-one
years ago Mr. Oles was the proud pos
sessor of silken locks with, a natural
tendency to curl. As he grew older
his mother thought it was not becom
ing that a boy of his age should wear
such pendants, and it was with much
persuasion that "she finally induced
him to have his hair cut When the
barber had shorn him of his locks
the mother secured them and placed
them away for safekeeping.
Recently she had a doll's wig made
ot the hair, and having had. It placed
upon a pretty doll, the grandmother
presented it to Naomi. The little girl
is extremely proud of her gift, and
seems to thoroughly realize'the value
ot this doll with natural hair so pecu
liarly secured. Naomi's present is the
envy of all thc little girl friends in
the vicinity nf her home.-Young
People's Magazine.
Tabitha's Generosity.
There is a close bond of sympathy
and affection between Alice Searles,
a five-year-old St Louis girl, and her
cat, Tabitha. They were both born on
the same day. One of the first things
alice can remember about her baby
hood is Tabitha. Ever since the lit
tle girl could toddle around, the cat
has been her playmate, as she has no
brothers and sisters. Alice and Tab
itha have slept together, and what ls
more unusual, they have eaten to
gether.
When Alice had her first high-chair
and sat at the table with grown folks,
Tabitha teased to be given a place
at the table also. Alice insisted on
Tabitha's right to a place, and so the
:at was placed in a high-chair by the
3ide of her mistress. A napkin was
placed under Tabitha's chin, and a
plate of fish was ?et before her. Tab
itha behaved splendidly. In a dainty
way she helped herself to the fish,
and quite won the favor of the family,
much to the delight of Alice.
From that time Tabitha was given
a seat repeatedly at the table, and
she was as prompt at her meals as
1er little mistress. She learned to
know the sound of the dinner bell as
well as any one in the house. Tabitha
^specially enjoyed dinner on Fridays,
for the family was accustomed to
iiave fish on that,d??y, and If there
?vas any dish thftfthe cat loved it was
lah. r
One day it's led to a remarkable
?appening. ThV dinner bell had rung
ind all the family-were in their seats
?xcept TJ?-Mth*. who,se place was va
cant The dinner proceeded, and tke
lessert had boon reached, when the
?at came bouncing into tnt.-, room with
wo mice in her mouth. Bef?fe^-ae,
me could stop her she jumped into"! z
1er chair, and put ono mouse on her \ j
date, depositing the other on Alice'*
date. Tabitha's generosity was no?
?recisely what older people call good
orm, but evidently she meant lt kind
y, and the entire proceeding was so
[ueer that the members of the family,
ncluding Alice, broke Into full, round
aughs. Of course the mice were re>
noved from tae t&Me. at which Tabi
tha luuked grieved. She seemed sd
lorrowful about the loss of her niie?
hat Alice's parents decided to for
rive her for her breach jf etiquett?
ind call the score ever..-Young Ped
de's Magazine.
Damon and Pythla?.
Damon and Pythias were twd little
:hickens who lived In a large farni;
:ard with a great many other chick
ins just like themselves. Their
nother, aa every good mother hen
thould do, taught them well how to
lunt for tiny worms and insects, to
?at, by kicking up the gravel and
mocking aside little heaps of dust
vith their bills. But the time they
iked best of all was when the farmer
jrought out ?ri old milk pan full of
noist cornmeal, and then they tum
)led over one another like little fat
)uffballs, always managing to fall into
;he pan in their excitement, and stay
ng there till it was wholly empty.
One day in the early summer, when
;he long, sunny afternoons began to
rrow uncomfortably hot, Dolly came
o spend the summer at the farm.
Vow, Dolly wanted to have a chicken
vhich was all her own, and picking
mt the downiest yellow one she
jought it for five cents and kept it
mart from the rest. "Whenever it
lttered its "peep, peep," she felt sure
t was hungry, and gave lt cornmeal.
That seemed very kind treatment,
iurely, but when ?t the close of the
iecond day she found the poor little
hing lying stiff and cold, and another
md yet another whom she tried to
idopt came to the same sad ending,
she decided that farmers did know
nore than little girls, after all, and
t was not good for chickens to be
ilways eating. Dolly had hardly made
ip her mind to this when she discov
ered Damon and Phythias. Damon
md Pythias were always together;
ndeed, they seemed to be such good
friends that the farmer's city cousin
lad given them their queer names in
lonor of two famous friends who lived
ong ago and were very fond of each
rther. When Dolly first saw the two
ill the other chickens were standing
ibout thinking of their night's rest
md feeling as sleepy as could be, but
Damon and Phythias had jumped up 1
saucily on their mother's back and
vere carefully balancing themselves
:here. They were a pretty pair, for
Damon was jet black and Phythias
:reamy white. Dolly pulled out her
small purse at once and paid for them
)n the spot. From that time on a
lew life began for Damon and
Pythias.
On rainy days they were taken in
ioors, where they delighted to patter
wound, and when Damon discovered
i rag carpet mat he tried to kiel: it
ip as he did the sand, and looked at
t with an astonished air heeaus? JCafr^
deks from his tinyl^^^awsT or
fte^^?sm^e^L%ta\l^ to root
Vt^f?o?\ Soon they both began to
ecognize their names, and would nur
y to their mistress when she called.
Vhen Dolly went on short walks
tround the farm it cam3 to be under
tood that the two chickens would
ollow her about, and they became so
iffectionate that they could not bear
n have her out of their sight. When
r; i in . forefinger at them and
. you can't go," they seemed
jtand her words, and gave
. ,? "p~eeps"~that" lengthened into
squawks if they were left alone,
rriendly as they had always been
aey grew jealous after a time, and
trould stand with the tips of their
.ills together, absolutely rigid for half
i" minute, glaring fiercely at each
>ther. The quarrels never lasted long,
or soon a buzzing fly would pass
iverhead, which one chicken was sure
o hop into the air and catch, while
he other would coolly walk away,
["his seems to be the chicken fashion
if ending quarrels.
As the days went by Damon and
'ythlas grew too plump for the box
if cotton wool in which they slept,
.nd a large cage, with a perch in it
or each, was prepared for them,
tegularly at 6 o'clock the chickens
talked into the house and went to
oost, each on his own perch.
When the summer was over and
)olly returned to her city'home she
arried her strange pets with her In
heir cosey cage, and they soon he
arne used to their new life.-New
iew York Tribune.
Mncon* Lining find Music.
It's mean to tell tHs joke, but lt is
oo good to keep. A popular society
natron has a daughter who has a beau
iul voice and is a very pretty girl.
5he has never taken singing lessons,
ind some of the singers have been
onsulted by her as regards their
erms. One of these instructors has
alked a lot to the mother about giv
ng her girl lessons, and assured her
hat he was the fellow to develop that
roice until it woqld be a "peach."
ie argued the matter over and over
igain every time he saw the lady and
inally she said: "I wish my daughter
o learn to sing, Professor High Notes,
mt she is not well. She i6 suffering
onstantly from a sort of indiges
ten, and I don't think she feels well
nough to take the lessons."
"Pooh, pooh, my dear madam," re
died the professor. "Nonsense! With
ny teaching and ten cents' worth of
ream of tartar she will be cured at
ince."
And yet that obstinate mamma has
lot struck the trade. Maybe the
laughter has objected to the ten
:ents' worth of cream of tartar.
louisville Times.
Advice to .Molliern.
She-I can't make out how lt is that
d"rs. Wise has fish for nearly every
neal. It can't be for economy's sake,
or she must be fairly well off.
He-She has a large family of un
narried daughters, you know.
She-Now, don't be nasty, and say
omething about girls and their
trains; that's so old.
He-Oh, no, I hadn't the slightest In
tention of doing so.
She-Well, can't you tell me?
He-I don't know, I'm sure, unless
t's because fish are rich in phos
?horus.
She- I don't see what that has to do
vlth it
He-Perhaps not, but still it's good
or making matches.-London King.
Tho Bill All Right.
"My dear sir, lt strikes me that this
s a pretty round bill."
"Yes, I have sent it around often
mough to make is appear so, and now
hope to get it squared."-Baltimore
ewlsh Comment.
The Word " Gazette."
It ls doubtful whether the word ga
ctte 1B from "gazza," meaning mag?
ile, or from "pazcttn," a small colo.
Decorative Key Bonni*.
?Cey boards are among the latest
popular decorativ? fads and have a
certaih utility. ? panel of polished
wood has ? cross piece of the same at
the tipper fcnd. in which are small
hboits,f to hold the keys. , On the sur
face bf the panel ? larg? key is paint
ed, bearing a painted ribbon. Over
each hook there is a special design to
designate the door or drawer to which
that key belongs. Some of these are
comic, others sentimental. Latch keys
are illustrated by silhouttes showing
forgotten latch keys, unsteady hands,
etc. There are often two cross boards
with hooks for large keys below and
small keys above. Floral designs
are favorites;
Ll kn tho Old Haircloth Trunk.
The shoe box, which at first ap
peared covered with chintz or cre
tonne, has become a recognized neces
sity for the dressing room or bed
chamber, and is now seen in a va
riety of materials and decorations.
A particularly attractive one is the
size and shape of the old fashioned
haircloth trunk, and is covered with
coarse moss green burlaps. Brass
headed tacks finish the edges, and
every corner has a large metal orna
ment, shading from bronze to- brass
color. The centre of the lid is deco
rated with an ornament made of four
of these corners fitted together. A
big key plate finishes the front of the
box.-New York Tribune.
A Summer Dining Room.
The idea that a dining room should
be treated in a somewhat heavy and
subdued style dies hard. Thus it is
that a white and yellow dining room
ls still something of a novelty. When
its windows give on a green and shady
prospect the effect of the yellow din
ing room is really quite enchanting.
An apartment of this description in
a cottage on Long Island has the walls
panelled to within seven inches of the
tops of the doors, and all the wood
work is painted ivory white. Above
the panelling is a stenciled frieze in
shades of daffodil, orange and chest
aut.
The rug ?3 in shades of brown and
dull, soft blues. The l.led fireplace
is in yellowish Lrown. The chair
seats are of chestnut-brown leather.
The window hangings are of daffodil
yellow and white.
To Wash Wann. S II ed a Gloves.
Wash-suede gloves are a comfort,
especially in hot weather. They look
almost as well, and are much less ex
pensive to wear than light-colored
gloves of nonrgaaKble kid; ~
rfn? following simple directions for
washing them may be useful to the
woman thus inclined to economize:
Wash in clear, lukewarm water, ap
plying castile soap to the gloves and
rubbing them through the hands. Con
tinue this process until the gloves j
are clean and soft; then rinse them
thoroughly in clear, cold water and
wring them between clean white
cloths.
After blowing the fingers open hang
the gloves up where they will dry
slowly, and when partially dry put
thom on tho hands and work them
until they are dry and Soft.
By following these directions close
ly you will find your gloves as clean
and soft as when new,
Gns Stove "Don'ts."
- Don't buy a small gas stove unless
your family consists of two persons.
A four-hole stove, with a top about
24 inches square, is so serviceable
that it pays whether a family be large
br small. Such a stove costs only $12.
See that the stove you buy has an at
tachment for lighting the oven from '
the outside. It ir. much superior to j
and safer than tiie old method of
reaching in with a .match.
Don't try to bake beans, beef a la
mode or such dishes as need long
hours of slow cooking, in a gas stove,
it is cheaper to bdy them. Never pu?
two dishes such as pie and molasses
cookies to bake at the same time.
They need a very different heat, and
the cookies would be burned black
long before the pie was ready. You
can simmer corned beef or soup as
Blowly on a gas stove as on the back
of a coal range. Every good gas stove
has a simmerer. It consumes the
smallest imaginable amount of gas
and can be left untended safely for
hours half turned to cook the soup
stock or to keep a double boiler at
steam heat. Don't burn gas when the
flame is rec", or when it blows. Turn
it out, let thc; gr ; flow a few seconds
and relight. The flame must burn
blue to do good service; if it ls red
the cooking utensils will get smoked
black.-Good Housekeeping.
Orange Float-Boil one quart of
water with the juice and pulp of two
lemons; when boiling add one and
one-half teacupfuls of sugar. Dis- j
solve five tablespoonfuls of corn
starch In one teacupful of cold water, I
stir into the boiling syrup and stir all |
the time for five minutes; when cold ;
pour over six sliced oranges and add
the beaten whites of two eggs, flavored |
with a half teaspoonful of vanilla and
sweetened with a tablespoonful of su- !
gar.
English Preserves-The juice and
yellow peel of three oranges, removing ;
all the white; five pounds of goose- |
berries, one and one-half pounds of
seeded raisins and four pounds of su- !
gar. Top and stem the gooseberries I
and put them, with the raisins and
orange peel, into a meat chorper and ?
grind fine. Add the juice and sugar
and stew gently about 40 minutes,
stirring frequently. Put into small
jars or tumblers, and when cold pour
over melted paraffine.
Fruit Custard-A delicious fruit cus
tard may be made by boiling one quart
of milk in a double boiler. Beat two
eggs very light and stir into them
four tablespoonfuls of sugar and ono
tablespoonful of flour. Add to this
a little cold milk, then stir it gradually
into the boiling milk, stirring until it
thickens, set it away to cool. When
cool, flavor w'th vanilla. Hnve ready \
in sauce dishto strawberries or sliced j
oranges or any fruit in season, and '
pour tho custard over it. This is a
very ?Imple and palatable dessert,
ON THE GRAND STAND.
She.-And that is what you call a
rooter? Goodness 1 What a jolly chap 1
He.-What is the matter?
She.-George, I'd learn all about base
ball at once if I thought it would make
me as happy as that I-Puck.
HTS RETORT,
Waiter (suavely).-YesV, that's th*
exact amount of your bill j but-cr-h'm 1
-you have forgotten the Waiter, Blr,
Guest (savagely).-Well, I didn't cat
the walter, did I ?-Puck.
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A century ago Glasgow had ? population
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. There are too many people who enjoy
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Mrs. ?Winslow's Soothing Syrup for ohildraa
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The greatest railroad in the world ls in
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Piso'a Curo cannot be too highly spoken of
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The number of emigrants who left Ger
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