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WHAT IS HAPPINESS? 'Tis aa empty fleeting shade, By imagination mud?; 'Tis a bubole. straw or worse; 'Tis a baby's bobby borne; ''Tis ten thousand pounds a year; 'Tis a title; 'tis ? name; 'Tis a puff of empty fame, Fickle as the b'reecet blow; 'lis a lady's les or No; And when tho description's crowned, Tis just nowhere to be found. - Joseph Brown Ladd. I THE LOST QUARRY. 5 ' - J j BY KOK L. HENDRICK. ^ In the fall of 1880 I was a schoolboy, 14 years of age. in the little hamlet of Towanda, in Butler county, Kansas. It was the headquarters of McGillespie & Evans, buyers "of beef-cattle and hogs, and of the South-Central Kansas Mar ble and Freestone company. This company had had the curious ?xperience of losing one of its quarries by the great flood of the Pecan creek in IS77. The original owner, who alone bad known precisely where to begin operations, had been drowned. The aiarble specimens, on the strength of which he had succeeded in interesting .he company, were of a pink and purple mottled stone, close in texture, free of cleavage, and susceptible of a fine pol sh. None of the directors had been able to find the exact place after the freshet had radically changed the con formation of the valley. So, while they were eogaced in developing other properties, they offered three hundred dollars to any one who should redis cover the quarry for them, and there the matter had rested for three years. McGillespie & Evans, the stock dealers, bought thousands of fat steers and hogs during each season, and after collecting: them In their big corals be side-the^we it water river,-would drive them ten ^nilcs across country to El Dorado, the county seat, where they were shipped by rail to Kansas City, St. Louis or,Chicago. These trips were usually made at night, to avoid the heat of the sun, and were deeply inter esting to the boys of the community. After much pleading, I had been per mitted to accompany"<orie of the drives, and thereafter was regularly engaged as McGillespie's assistant whenever my parents would permit me to go. Usu ally the drive was made on Friday night . In September"*' McGillespie was thrown by a mustang; and had his left leg broken. "His partner, Evans, with Tony, the herdsman, was down in "the Nation," as the Indian Territory was called, buying cattle from the Chero kees. The big coral-was filled almost to overflowing with yellow, black and parti-colored hogs, bought within the past week; and as the price was r?^ ported likely to fall suddenly, it.was necessary to get the hogs to Kansas City at once. In his pain and anxiety McGillespie sent for me, and asked if I could get the hogs safe to El Dorado that night. "Alone?" I asked. "Weel, not exactly, but pretty near, pretty near," cried the old Scotchman, impatiently. "Ye can have Sicker and Susie and young Tony, but none o' th?m'younk?rs from the school. Tve tried 'em,Tm' they'reno mortal use." . Slicker and Susie, the trained dogs of* the firm, half Scotch collie and half wolfhound? were invaluable assist ants.'; Ten-year-old'Tony, the Italian drover's "son, had grown up beside a stock coral; but our force was pitifully weak to manage four hundred hogs. There was not a fence, aside from a lew Osage orange hedges, between To wanda and El Dorado; and the road wes lined with cornfields of from 10 to 200 acres each. McGillespie told me he would pay me twenty-five dollars If I got the drove safe .to El Dorado before sunrise, bub would deduct a dollar for every shoat left by- the wayside. Just ht sundown we opened the cor ral gates.' . Slicker and Susie were on opposite sides of the main street of the hamlet, about one hundred yards in advance. Tony and I skirmished on the rear flanks, and Kitty, the experi enced road marc, walked slowly be hind, dragging a rattling buckboard. In this manner-we made good progress, and to my amazement passed through the settlement, and had gone fully four miles beyond before dark, without the loss of a hog. Then we reached a point where the road skirted Cochrane's one-hundred acre corn field. On the left was an old, ill-cared-for hedge, 40 feet high in places. Here the drove jammed, in spite of the dogs' efforts to keep the leads moving, and some of the hogs were crowded against the hedge and severely pricked by the long, sharp thorns. These hogs set up a fearful squealing,'arid bolted "Over the backs of the others'into.the-corn field, where they went scurrying off, still squealing as they ran. Here was a pretty mess[ By Tony's advice I paid no attention to the fugi tives, but instead hurried the drove past the corn-field and turned them into Cochrane's big corral, which hap pened to be empty. Then, going Dack to the farther edge of the corn-field for the stray hogs, we beat our way through it with the dogs on either flank, and found our quarry grouped In a gulch. They had to be bitten freely about the ears by Slicker before they would start. Then they ran like deer, making a three-mile detour before we finally headed them into an angle of the Coch rane' corral. When we had released the main body the strays mingled with them, and we congratulated ourselves that the worst was over. But it was rfow one o'clock at night; we were already tired, and had made only two-fifths of our juorney. For the next three milei? we had lit tle trouble. But some of the older and fatter hogs "'ere becoming tired. They took to lagging, and our switches had very, little effect in persuading them to move on. Thinking that all were by this time enough to keep to the road, I called in the dogs *o drive from behind, while Tony and I took their places on the flanks. The dogs, by nipping at ears or hams, kept the hogs moving mu.ch better than we could. We- had just reached the Pecan val ley and were almost in sight of El Do rado,?when a dozen young hogs sud denly dashed to the right, passing between me and the creek. Susie would have headed them with ease, but I fell into a gopher's hole, and nearly broke my leg. As I scrambled to my feet.I saw the runaways' back glisten in the moonlight as they dashed into a clump of underbrush a hundred rods away. Just them we heard a voice calling from the bridge. It was John Tobin, the shipping agent of the firm at the station, who had ridden out on the chance of meeting us. Leaving him io help Tony get the drowe into the shipping yards, I bor rowed his pony, whistled for Slicker to follow, and galloped after the runaway Pigs. Without the borowed pony I could never have over taken them, for they displayed wonderful speed and endur ance, and continued to press on at a sharp trot for miles, over an exceed ingly rough country. And the dog was just as necessary to me in the pursuit as the horsa He followed by scent, while in the semi-darkness I would have found it impossible to track the hogs by sight We kept on for nearly an hour, fol lowing the creek bottom. But at the end of that time the fugitives turned toward the low bluffs. Slicker was an eighth of a mile ahead. I was enabled to folow because at intervals he barked, probably whenever the scent was keenest Suddenly he began to bay loudly, and riding up I found the pigs cor nered in a sort of pocket in the bluffs, apparently formed by a washout. At the back there was almost a cave, and in this the hogs were huddled, and rushed savagely at SI?CM r when he en deavored to drive then jut. My patience was at an end. Slipping off the pony, which I left at the down river side of the pocket, I ran toward the cave, encouraging the dog in his at tack, and at the same time fumbling for stones along the side of r*?.e bluff. I gathered a dozen or more, dropping into the pockets of my canvas jacket all I could not hold in my hands. Then I "went for" the pigs, hurling the stones at them and shouting wildly. The onslaught had the desired effect They broke away and ran in a com pact body up. the creek valley. Scrambling on the pony, I followed them vigorously. They were pretty tired when we got back to the road, j where I found Tony and Mr. Tobin awaiting us.. Just at sunrise we turned the last bog Into the stock yard "enclos ure. -- ...... ... There were just five missing, but we concluded they must have been lost back in the Cochrane corn-field. Every thing considered, it had been a fa'rly successful drive. After delivering the drove to Tobin. I recollected that I had not thrown at the hogs all the rocks I had collected. The two that remained I drew from my pocket, intending to throw them away. Then I saw that one of the stones was a fragment of marble, identical with that so long sought for by the quarry company. I- said nothing, but put the fragment back into my pocket Tony and I then started to drive home. We had the good luck to find the five missing hogs by the way. Driv ing them before us, we reached To wanda shortly after noon. McGillies pie cheerfully paid me the twenty-five dollars, of which I gave Tony ten. Then I set off to find niy. Older broth er, Bob. After showing him the frag , ment of marble, I suggested that I had stubbled by chance upon the missing quarry. At two o'clock that afternoon we mounted our ponies and rode rap idly on my trail of the night before to the pocket where thc last hogs had turned at bay. What I had taken for a bluff was a mass of debris piled fully four hun- I dred feet in advance of the true bluffs, which were only about ten feet in height at that point. Thc lost quarry had been buried beneath this debris, but its shoulder now was exposed be low the cave where the pigs had been cornered. With pieces of crooked stick we dug away the earth, and in two m fmies ex posed the long-lost marble ledge. Tak ings a number of specimens with us, we returned to Towan da, and thc company cheerfully paid me the three hundred ( dollars within a fortnight-Youth's Companion. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. In humble life -r is great repose. To live is no' blessing, but to I live well. -He who is his own friends is a friend to all men. That part of life which we really I'ke, is short. It is not goodness to be better than the very worst * Make haste to- live, and consider each day a life. If you Judge, investigate; if you reign, command. Our care should be not to live long, but to live enough. The hour which gives us life, be gins to take it away: It ls better often not to see an in sult than to'avenge it This body is not a home, but an inn, and that only for a short time. If you live according to nature, you never v. Ul b? poor; if, according to the world's caprice, you will never be rich.-The Sayings of Seneca. Some Quaint Kv^nbit ions. Some curious ordinances arc at tached to the occupancy of the Sir John Hawkins almshouse at Chatham, the vacancies in which have jii6t been filled up by the governors. The alms houses were founded in 1592 by the great Elizabethan admiral fo; poor and aged mariners and shipwrights of the loyal navy. Every morning a hand bell was to call the pensioners to prayers, and those who failed to re spond were made to "forfeit 4d. for every default." Also once a quarter the minister was directed tc examine them in the parish church "concerning their ability to say the prayers." Those who failed were given a quarter's grace to learn tne prayers, and if they were then unable or unwilling to re peat them they were to be "expelled forever from the hospital." The charl-' ty continues, but it is now much moro charitable in its demands upon the memory of the aged and infirm.-Lon don Chronicle. Eiiguceinent King* for .Men To Lila Sloane belongs the credit of having Inaugurated a new fashion which will doubtless find many follow ers, both in and out of the 400. Un til now engagements have been sig nalized by the gift of a ring to tho maiden by her swain. Miss Sloane, not content with this, has presented her future husband an engagement rhig, which he now wears in token of the fact that he is no longer a free agent, but under orders. It is a very handsome ring, adorned with a large cabochon sapphire flanked by two fine diamonds, and ia fittel on to the little finger of his left hand. In the future all men who mar ry and who belong to the fashionable set In New York will likewise look for an engagement ring from their fiancee, a species of return for the ring which they give to her]-New York Journal. Worked to Dentil. If there is one word more than an other we long to open the back door of a hearse for, and slide it gently in, it is the word "genial."- Atchisou ' Globe. HOUSEHOLD PETS DANGEROUS. Birds and Animals Are Often tho Medium of Carrying Contagion. "Pet Animals and Disease Distribu tion" is a subject treated interesting ly in "American Medicine," a Phila delphia publication. The article alludes to the publication in New York newspapers of the inter* esting details of a prominent aoclety woman's display of affection fbr ter dying and dead parrot There was even question, it seems, of an expen sive funeral, with many of the acces sories usually accorded to those higher In the scale of being. The parrot is said to have died of a severe throat disease. According to one of the New York papers, owing to the swollen and in flamed condition of the bird's throat it was unable to tall? and seems also to have been unable' to-swallow. Not withstanding thl?f, members of the family aro said to have bestowed many caresses upon the ailing bird. It may be as well to remind foolish individuals whose affections are so perverted that there is a very contag ious disease which attacks especially the throats of parrots and which on a number of occasions has been com municated to human beings with seri ous and even fatal results. This dis ease, called psittacosis, from the Greek word for parrot, was first studied about five years ago in Paris during an epidemic that developed in that city and was for a long time a mystery to attending physicians. Altogether about sixty human be ings were attacked by the disease during one winter and of these about | 40 per cent flied. It is very probable | that pet animals arc ve?iicles for tho j distribution of a good many more dis eases than has been thought Dis ease germs very seldom travel through the air, though this is popularly sup posed to be the usual method of con veyance for microbes. Flies, mos quitoes, birds, pet animals of vari ous' kinds are undoubtedly quite often the medium of contagion. The more t?at ls known of the biol ogy of of disease germs and of the intermediate host between man and man the more is it realized that usu ally living things and not inanimate objects are the carriers of infectious muterial. Some time we will reach a stage of civilization in which lt will be realized that wild extremism in making pets of animals, denaturaliz ing their lives and making them liable to all the ills of humanity besides their own, is a relic of savagery and Is too often a manifestation of that barbaric selfishness of spirit that de lights in slaves. When this bit of unthinking prime vality is done away with we shall have less of the morbid spirit that fosters anti-vivisection and similar movements. AN UNTUTORED IMPRESSION. "I understand," said one savagt. islander, "that the last of the Caribs have about disappeared, owing to the numerous explosions in their vicinity." "Yes," answered the other; "In other words, the Caribs may now be regarded as civilized."-Washington Star. EXTRAORDINARY INDUCEMENTS. Harriet-What shall I say In our advertisement for a cook? Harry-Well, say that we'll take her with us to any summer resort she may prefer.-Detroit Free Press. TYHKE BY THE SEA. Tho Most Delightful Seashore Resort On i li o South Atlantic Coast, Low Bato Excursion Ticket < aro now on nt nil ticket oflleos on tho Central or Georgia Hallway. For full particulars, rntfs sohvdulo*! ete., a*fc the nearest agent. F. J. Robinson, Asst. Q'en'l. Pasa. Agent, tsnvanuah, Ga.; J. C. Halie, Goa. Pus*. Agent, Snvannnh, Ga. The ashes, so calhd, from volcanoes are 6imp!y lava that is finely pulverized. I.urtir? Cnn We?r Shoea One size amalle after using Allen's Foot Ease, a powder foi the feet. It makes tight or now shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweat lng, aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and bunions. At all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Trial package FT.V.K by mail. A'ddress Allen S. Olmsted, Lo Roy, N. Y. A golden opportunity doesn't always glit ter. FITS permanently cured.No fits or nervous ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great NerveUestorer.(2trial bottle and treatlsefroe Dr. P.IL KLINK, Ltd., 931 Arch St., I'hiln., Pa. The airship inventor is usually a flighty individual. E. A. Rood, Toledo, Ohio, says: "Hall's Catarrh Curo eared my wife of catarrh flf- j teen years ago and she has had no return of lt. It's asure cure." Sold by Druggists, 75c. Thc optim: believes that the best years | of hiH life an. head of him. Mn>. YViosiow's Soothing Syrup iorobildren j I eethlng, soften the gums, reduces lnfiamma tiou.anayspajn.cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle ! The shadow of suspicion always bas i something behind it. I do not boliovo Piso's Cure for Consump tion has an equal for coughs and colds-JOHX F. BOYES, Trinity Sprlugs, Iud., Feb. 15,1000. The florist is not addicted to throwing bouquets at himself. ' I have used Ayer's Hair Vigor for thirty years. It is elegant for a hair dressing :nd for keeping the hair from splitiinr at the ends." J. A. Gruenenieider, Grantfork, 111. Hair-splitting splits friendships. If the hair splitting is done on your own head, it loses friends for you, for every hair of your head is a friend. Ayer's Hair Vigor in advance will prevent the B spatting. If the splitting ?j ha: begun, it will stop it. Sl.CC a tolllc. All druggists. If your druggis* cannot supply you, send us one do.'lar und ve will express you a bottle. Uc sure and give the name of your nearest, express office. Address, J. C. AYER CO., Lowell, Mass. Bilious? Dizzy? Headache? Pain back of your eyes? It's your liver! Use Ayer's Pills. Want your moustache or beard a beautiful brown or rich black? Use feta's 50cti.of dfuggi$tlorR. P. Hall & Co , Nashua, N. H .-H, --^W-.^WJ Good Kesolutlonn. These are things I'll Dover do When I'm all grown up, like you, Send my little Kiri to bed When her story-book's half read; Cull her ia to prnctlso scales When she's hunting ladino tralla; Make her keep ua apron oa When she wears her best pink gownj Give her Just oatmoal and broud When the rest have cakes instead) Comb tho snarls out twice a day x When the hair gets rough in play,?* your hair so hard to curl When you were a Utile girl? -Kindergarten ReYleW-. An Itirtlftn Gurnet .A game that is mystifying ami at th? Earae time interesting to play, is mind reading. Any number of people can Join in the fun, but the more there are the better. A ring is formed, RU Join ing hands, and thero must be two sitting next to each other who know the secret of the game. Let us call theso'two Alice and May. Alice, who is. introduced as a "professional mind reader." leaves the room, and those re maining choose, any word, a short one preferably. The object of tho game is for Alice, who is ignorant of the word, to return and guess lt, and this may be done by a simple tittle trick so that it attracts no attention whatever. All ore tolu to close their eyes, and think hard of the Word chosen. Then Alice is called back and sits down in the olrcle, taking hold of her accomplice's hand, as well as that of her neighbor on the other side. Then very quietly May taps Alice's palm with her finders, the taps signifying the let ters, the first tap meaning "a," the second for "b?" and so on. For in stance, supposing the word was cab May would tap Alice's hand three times, c being the third letter in the alphabet, and then pause for an in stant, so that Alice'might understand that was the first letter. Then one tap and a pause, would mean "a," and since "t" is the twentieth letter in the alpha bet, Alice would easily understand twenty taps for "t" Thus any word n.ay be spelled out, and it is always a long time beiore the uninitiated "catch on."-New York Tiiuune. IIon*e Huming. The great house stood lonely ami empty among the trees. "A splendid place for a home," thought Mr. Wren, as he (lew about inside and inspected the rooms with a keen eye. "Just the very place for us to start housekeep ing in," he decided at last, and flew away to tell Mrs. Wren about it Mrs. Wren was delighted when she sa,w it After much thought and trouble, sho picked out a snug corner in one room as just the right place for her nest. So safe and removed from all disagreeable noises. The Wrens moved in at once, and started nest building Ute very same day. Now the reason that there was no ono living in the house was that it had only just been built and the* men had finished work on lt and were leaving it to dry before the owners should move in. And meanwhile Mr. Wren and his wife were havVng a very happy time in their new home, working hard and making and receiving visits among their friends. But one day Mrs. Wren flew home in a great fright from her dally out ing. "What do you think," she gasped, "some human people are. moving into our house. You must go, my dear, at once and tell them to go right away. They have no business here." "I'm afraid they have got business here and we are the ones who ought not to be here," answered Mr. Wren, after he had flown outdoors and taken a peek at the human people. "At any rate, my dear, they have brought boxes and trunks and must intend to stay, so I'm-afraid we must move again. They piclf ' out a nice branch in an old oak ! and sadly said "good by" to the a home. "I shall come around every now and then and see how the house gets along without us," said Mrs. Wren, as she settled down for the first night in the new nest. "I'm sure those hvman people won't keep the house in order-not half so tidy as I did."-Brooklyn Eagle. MeillltnrizlllR H Rooster. I knew a little boy who used to per iorm the trick of mesmerizing a rooster very successfully. He had a bright young rooster, of which he was very fond, and which he often brought into the house. "* He would hold this rooster on his lap, and with a pio:e of chalk draw lines from the tip of hi6 bill to thc bock of its neck, pressing very lightly with the chalk. At first the rooster would appear sleepy, and then would nod Its head very drowsily, and finally to all ap pearances go fast asleep. If put upon the floor the rooster would remain standing, but with its eyes fast closed. Tuen the little boy would bring a light near to thc roos ter's eyes, and lt would stretch Its neck and crow a great many times, as if the sun were just coming up, although its eyes were closed all the time. Then this young mesmerist would lightly tap the rooster's bill and spurs with a lead pencil. The rooster would immediately ruffle his neck feathers, flap his wings, thrust his spurs and go through all the motions of a furious fight He would keep this up until stopped by being lifted from the floor and then set down again. When the little boy would give the r.sual call which summoned the chick ens to their meals the rooster would try his best to pick holes in the floor, thinking he was makin? a fine meal of corn. ' a few pieces of grass were brushed against his face and some but tons dropped upon his toes he would scratch away at a great rate, as if do ing his best to destroy a garden. Does n't it seem surprising that a rooster should have such an Imagination? The rooster was awakened by strok ing the feathers on the top of his head backward and then giving him a slight jolt and setting him upon his feet It is curious that the more he was mesmerized the easier it became and the more things he would do. An? it did not hurt him in the least. He grew BO large and handsome that he wa3 filially sold for a fancy price.-Quincy Optic. The Itoinnn Schoolboy. Somethingjnewjn the form of an ex ercise book forbud""5taig Greek scholars [..as made its appearar?r*^in Germany. Into this "Greek ReadcrT^says the Westminster Gazette, have be?n packed all sorts of delightful and almost un. known specimens of the literature of indent Greece, such as fables, fairy i tales, stories, etc., adapted fbf Obiing people. There affc also examples of the work ?e?e by the pupils of the Graeco Koman scuools rome twenty centuries ago. I he following, for instance, is thc ac count of his daily routine work by a Roman scnoolboy. Ho writes: "I wak: up before sunrise; leave my bed, si: down with my straps and shoes and put on 'my'shoes. Then water for washing ?s""b'ro?ght to me. I wssh first my hands, then my face, take off my night cap, put on my undergarment, anoint and comb my hair, arrange my neck^ cloth, put on a white paper garment and a wrapper. Then I leave fny bed room together with my tutor and my maid? salute my father and mbther ?nd leave the hOus?." Th? mixture bf Spar tan abstinence in leaving horrie Without a breakfast and *>f the ak r ?? Spartaft luxury Of ari attendant, 'tutor and Si?id ?s suggestive. The youth goes on to explalri, wtt?l ? deliciously pedantic air: t reach the school, enter and say 'good morning," my teacher.' He returns the saluta tion-. My slave bands slate, pen box and pencil to me. I sit down in my place and write, and then I cross out wbat I have written. I write from a cr.py and show it to trip teacher. Hs corrects and crosses out what is bad. Then he makes mc read aloud, Mean while, the small boys have to learn tneir letters and spell out syllables-. One of the bigger boys reads to thehl. "Others write "crees, and I gb ih far tt spelling competition-. Theft I decline arid analyze s<ome verses. When I have done all this I go home to breakfast. I change my clothes, and then I eat white bread and olives, cheese, figs and nuts and go drink some cold water. After breakfast I go back to school. I find the reader reading aloud, and he says: 'Now we will begin at the beginning,' " This schoolboy performance goes a long way to show once more that there ls nothing new under thc sun.-New York News. Tho Kittens Cnnie Hnc-k. Our cat was called Kitty Jones to distinguish her from Kitty Smith next door, at least that was ono reason and another was that when she came to us, a tiny ball of a kitten with the di viding line between her bright eyes so distinctly on One side, we called her Tom, and it was only when he found her one one morning cuddling a large family of kittens we decided her name was a misfit, and not having another name convenient, we dubbed her Kitty fi om that moment. She accepted the clfange with an air of utter indiffer ence, being so engaged with lier family that probably she did not notice such a trifling matter And small wonder that he was proud of her babies; there were five of them, two tortoise-shell darlings with tiger lines on their fore head just like their mother's, and the other* were mixed gray and white, cunning, puffy little things, such per ject delights to hold that it required all mamma's authority to Keep us away from the cenar where Mrs. Kitty had ts ken up her residence. But at last there came a -.me v/hen all the little eyes were wide open, and the five began to roamper about thv? cellar, and finally to creep up the back steps. One was always treading on a stray kitten, and mamma decided that they must be sent away. So ene after noon wa coaxed Mrs. Kitty into the house, and shut her up in a Tong dark closet under the rtairs, where she went quietly to sleep. Then Aunt Mary, our old colored house servant, carefully gaitered up the kittens, tucking them snugly in a warm basket, and went on a pilgrim age out in tlie country among her friends, leaving a little furry present of a kitten wherever she paid a vh\it. Now comes the strange part of mv story. Aunt idary was to stay over night, so when she had been gone about two hours we childi en opened the little dcor under the stairs and Mrs. Kitty walked out, blinking and yawning and stretching, as cats do when they've had a nice, long nap. 0? course, as a matter of habit she went straight to the cellar, and we all fol lowed and peeped in to see what she would do. She wasn't a bit disturbed; she just sniffed around a moment, curled herself up in her usual nook and fell to washing her face. We decided that she hadn't a particle of feeling, not even tne very natural feeling of a parent. Mamma was glad that she took it so philosophical^. and Mrs. Kitty in consequence had extra milk for her supper. Bright and early next morning we were roused by a shriek of delight from Reggie, the youngest of us. "Oh, mamma, mamma," he cried, "come and see! Mrs. Kitty has some more kittens just like the others!" We all rushed to the cellar as soon as we could tumble Into our clothes, and sure enough, there, sat Mrs. Kitty surrounded by her reunited family, washing their faces impartially, and purring contentedly.- Aunt Mary ar rived upon the scene a few minutes later, and her eyes nearly popped out of her head with astonishment. But the secret was never discovered, and whether the kitlens found their way home, or Mrs. Kitty went after them will forever remain a mystery.-New York Mail and Express. Why the Tip Wa? I.'efuned. In Europe the tip to the cabmen in excess of his legal fare is a well-estab lished matter of course. These cab men, whether in London, Paris, or Berlin, identify an American at once both by his appearance and by his speech. From an American fare they expect much liberality, and in case of disappointment are prepa.ed to be sar castic and otherwise disagreeable. On one occasion I took a hansom in Lon don for a distance well within the four mile limit. I gave the cabman half a crown. He looked at me with much im pudence and said, "You have made a mistake, slr." I reached for th* coin and, putting it in my pocket, said: "So I have. Much obliged to you." Then I handed him one shilling, his exact fare. He was as angry as a cabman permits himself to be in a country where the police will take the word of him who seems to be a gentleman against that of a cabman every time.-John Giimer Speed, in Lippincott. Tim Trolley Omnllm?. An electric trolley omnibus line is tr. be constructed between Bunnen, Gersau, VitJfnau and Weggis, on tho Lake of Lucerne. The motor omnibus will be fitted with pneumatic tires and will run on Ihc high road without rails, deriving its power from an aerial electric cable. There is but on trol ley omnibus line in existence at pr?s ent. This is between Kor.igstein, Hal ten and Kongsbruner. The omnibuses cm this line carry 21 persons each and have a speed of 12 kilometres. They cnn pass each other on the road with the greatest .?ase.-London News. Some people seem to be so busy that they haven't time to mind their own business. l?ealitlrul SOfti Cuahlo??? For tho woman who has plenty ot time and is skilllul With the needle an attractive form of fancy work is the making of eofa cushions of denim, With applique decoration of cretonne flow ers. The most artistic results c?n he obtained in light and dark colorings if th s materials are selected with care, for some bf the flowers oh the newest cretonnes suggest hand painting, s? beautifully are they printed. "All that is required tb. produce ? mcVt s?tisfac to; y cushion is to apply the floral pat i the denim in buttonhole stitch with black linen floss. 1 ho Ant Nuisance. A friend who has a country house was in despair over a plague of ants. She traced them to a window, thc sill of which was on a level with tho ground, and hit upon this original wa>' of exterminating the pests. She ar ranged a piei'? of wire ' fretting '.ii ? semicircle before the winiiftw ail d' fast ened the ends W the house; she then captured several toads and put them inside the netting and kept them in "durance vile" while their services were needed. I told this to another friend, who successfully tried the same tactics. In the latter ea:* the troublo was in an area window, po the prison walls were already built. The prison ers seemed to enjoy the situation.-1 Good Housekeeping. Th? Carmina. There has been a great change in window drapery in the last score of years. Tho old fashioned shade is used as a bund to shield the sun, as lt should be, and not In any sense aa an ornament to the window. This ia of thin muslin of neb A sash Curtain ls used Almost universally next to some sheer cotton material. These cur tains are often trimmed with hem stitched ruffles of thin Swiss muslin, or with insertions and edgings of em broidered net or of similar dainty ma terials. The elaborate curtains of old patterned from old French draperies are little used today. Sheer hangings of simpler make take their place. A favorite method of draping a pai pf curtains is to hang them diagonally across each other. Hold them close tc the sash by brass rods at the top, drap ing them to the lower corners of the window by white cords and tassels. In sleeping rooms heavy shades impervl ous to the light are generally hung over such curtains. These heavy curtains do not show from the street, and may be drawn down to tho bottom at night shutting out all danger of a bright light falling across the eyes of a sleep er in tho carly morning. These shades also shut out the light of the moon which often disturbs a lischt sleeper Of course, there must be arrangements made for the admission of an abund arce of fresn air to the sleeping apart nients or the sleep, though undisturbed will be unhealthful.-New York Trfb une. FOR MRS. YOUNG WIFE. Some of tho Little Mattera Sho Should Remember. That the application of the Golden Rule in the new home is of first im portance. That the "no credit" system is very safe motto for a young couple to live up to. That necessities should be selected before decorative articles of furniture That it is not wise to provide too many pots, kettles and pans, when fur nishing a kitchen. That it is always decidedly cheaper in the end to buy only good carpets and good furniture. That no matter how small the in come a small sum shoulu be put aside regularly for purchasing a home, or for the proverbial rainy day. That straining after effect, or copy ing after a richer neighbor, is always a source 01 discontent and discom fort That a simple dinner, well served, is decidedly more enjoyable than an elab orate dinner poorly served. That a practical knowledge of this "economy of good cookery" will fie ab solutely necessary for the young house wife, no matter how much-"help" she can afford to keep. That the cellar should be kept clean and whitewashed at least one a year -preferably in the spring. That all bills for marketing should bc paid weekly-or, better still, when the articles are bought. That everything that goes on the table should be of the best quality. That with care and economy a small amount of money will do won ders. That lt is important to be systematic in looking alter the left-overs. That all cold vegetables and scraps of meat may bo used in soups and sal ads and croquets and manv appetizing ways beside the objection.- ,le hash. That in selecting a new home more attention should be paid to the plumb ing than to the white marble steps and vestibule. Broiled Sardines-Drain one can of sardines from their oil; lay them on a broiler, place over the fire, and when ;hey are heated through lay two sar dines on each square of nicely toasted ind buttered bread. White Pound Cake-Cream one cup Df butter; add one cup and a half of sugar, gradually, then, alternately, half a cup of milk and two cups of flour with one level teaspoonful of bak ing powder, and, lastly, the whites of eight eggs, beaten dry. Flavor with one teaspoonful of lemon extract. Rice Omelet-To one cupful of cold rice add one cupful of milk, warm; one tablespoonful of melted butter; one teaspoonful of salt and a little pepper; mix these well together and add them to the beaten eggs; put a little butter in a crying pan and when bot turn in the omelet mixture; let cook slowly; put in the oven for a few minutes; when it is cooked I brough fold in half, turn out on a platier and serve at once. Spinach and Potato Balls-These will be found an enjoyable accompani ment to fish prepared in any way. be sides they utilize left-overs delightful ly. Chop cold boiled spinach and add a cupful to an equal amount of mashed I otatoes. If rightly : masoned in the rooking no additional seasoning will he required. Add awo tablespoonfuls rf cream, one tablespoonful of melted butter, mix thoroughly, form into balls, nip in beaten egg, then in crumbs and fry bro?"1 So-vs: "H Will Build tip Depleted System Rapidly*'? ?too. W. F. Aldricb, Congressmdn from | Alabama, writes from Washington; D. C.: "This is to certify that Per?na, m???fact'urcd by The Perun'? Medi cine Co:, of C?lumb?s, 'o., has been xised in my fam ily wit^f, success. It ts a fa ne tonic and will build up a dcp e ed system rapidly. 1 can rec ommend it to those xrho need a safe vegetable remedy for debility."-W. F. Aldrich. ll. S. Emory, vice-Chancellor and Mas ter of Arms, K. P.'s, of Omaha, Neb., j writes from 213 North Sixteenth street, thc following words of praise for Pcruna ? as a tonic. He says: Catarrh of Stomach, "It iq with pleasure ? recommend Pehina as a tonic of Unusual lhcrit: A large niihi ber ot prominent members of tile mit?rent Order?! with wlijcli i hilve heep ciirin'ecterl have b?en cured hy . the use of Perlina of cases bf. ca tarni of tlie stomach'and head; also iii kidney complaint and weakness of the pel-.ic organs. "It tones up the system, aids digestion, induces sleep, and is well worthy the con fidence of sufferers of the above com plaints."-II. S. Emory. Nervous Debility, Everyone who ia In the least degree *".lh jeet td nervousness; sleeplessness, prostra tion, menial fatigue dr nervous debility in anV torrri) linds the hot weather of June, July and August very hard to bear, if not dangerous. HOY? ORCES! -AND BON TON ?01 STRAIGHT TS Excel and outsell all other corsets on thc market. This ?peaks l?mes for their merits. Ask your dealer about them. Boya. Worcester Corset Co. Worcester, Mass. WESLEYAN FEHAl OLDEST COLLEGE F?ll WOMK One of ibo few high-grade nsttiutlcna in it ed in bandings. All modern couYBitience*. I? ary Courses of a llpli order, nn<1 '"observatory ? Excellent Academy for pupils hot prejwiie.l 1 o;ir?l In tho college BbouM apply .mrly. ns wu I boarding department. Expenses low. Full To and run Information, address J. 1 lina moved from Franklin. Tenn., to M?rfib -i HOYS FOU COLLKOE OU LIFE. Ab ?p.to SOUTHERN DENTi If you. are interested in obtaining a de of full instruction. Addros9 Or. ?? tv. * Work, Shafting, Pulleys, Gearing, Uoxes, Dung, parity, 300 bau s. Lombard Foundry, Mucl Subduing a Bully, The Siberian railroad traverses the greatest wilderness that steam has ever been set to conquer. The tam ing of our Western prairies and i?oud! tains was a small task compared to this subjection of the Siberian wastes. An experience on a train, related by a writer in a Vladivostok paper, re minds one of thc early stage-coach days beyond the Mississippi, and seems even more violent because the participants in the adventure were not rough plainsmen and mountain eers, but a lady and a nobleman. When the train pulled up at Tsltsl kar in Manchuria, a Manchu noble, who had bullied all his fellow passen gers, alighted at the station restau rant, after warning- them that he would decapitate any of them who took his seat. During his absence a smartly dressed young Russian lady entered the car, and despite the alarm ed expostulations of its occupants, calmly appropriated thc seat. When the noble returned he flew Into a passion and advanced threat eningly with his curved saber drawn. But the young woman cooly covered him with a shining revolver. "Do you take us for a pack of cow ardly mandarins?" she exclaimed, and then, pointing to her feet she remark ed, "Here is your place, my hero." The Manchu noble surrendered, and sat at her feet for the rest of tho journey. WANTED A CHANGE OF MENU. "Your honor," sa'd the prisoner, who had been brought in for a pre liminary hearing after six weeks in the county jail, "I want a change of menu." "You mean," said the judge, kindly, "that you want a change of venue. Nov.', the proper course of" "No. I don't mean that. I want a change of menu. That Sheriff seems to havo tried to corner the corned beef supply of the world."-Baltimore American. SUMMER PERILS. "This seventeen-year locust is a very dangerous animal," said the stu dent of horticulture. "Yes," answered the youth with the far-away and dejected look; "but it doesn't do nearly as much Irreparable damage as the seventeen-year-old girl." -Washington Star. in DminrUu Genuine stamped C C C. Never sold In balk. Beware of the dealer who tries to sell "something jost as good." HAMLIN'S WIZARD OIL HEADACHE ALL DRUGGISTS SELL FT. NEW PENSION LAWS FREE Apply to NATHAN BICKFOHD, 014 F St., Wa-di I II Ct o ii, D. C.. DR JOHNSON'S Bi?: ? Bl W 23 <-*..>. A>, T*.r ;?..??* bf . FRIC SAMPLE TH C HOM C R CM COY CO., AUSTELLIlLIK) , ATLASTA, Ul! P^Give the name of this paper when writing to advertlser?-(At. 31, '02) jj Pl SO 'S CUR E FOR . HUi wntRt ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use In time. Sold by druaolsts. CONSUMPTION . f> ALDRICH IONIC, PER?NA jjdn. W..F. Aldrich, The (inly safe courte to take is to keep tl ic blood pure, digestion good, and sleep regular No remedy equals, in all respects, I'cruna for these purposes. If the system is run down and weakened by catarrh, l'e runa renovates and rejuvenates the nerves and brain. A book on the catarrhal diseases of sum mer will be mailed to anv address, upon request, by The Pcr?ntt Medicine Efc.i CfU lu?nbtfet.On?0: .. rtt Thc .1 bovie testimonials dre only two bf ."50,0(10 letters received touching the merita of Peruna as a catarrhal tonic. No more useful remedy to tone up thc system has ever been devised by the medical profes sion. 1* Macon, 5 Georgia. ;x IN THU woniii*. i*S?.n:h. A Quarter ot n million do'larS irtveik climate, Proverbially i 6 ilihfuj. All Utefr nlvaiit iR.-S In Mns'e. Arta:.<l Elocution, tu outer L'ollegn classes. Mini'nts who wish to nive riHiin for only two hundred and flfty In ibo i in begins September 17th 1902. F<>r catalogue IV. KtlllKUTS. A. U.i 1>. !>.. 1'rrsMeiit. Seventeenth Ye?f? touro, Tenn. Magnificent now building. FITS dntii school. W. li. MOON'KV, Principal; ?L COLLEGE, An?.?."' ntal educati9? write for freo ?afcal?gu? 'osier-,bean, GI Inman Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. Tanks, Stacks, Stand, pipes and thooMron ira, Etc. Building Castings-c-at everv day; ev fi]tto mid Holler IVorkai Augusta, Ge: Ilawk-s' fpectac ea un* *nM 07 ten tb'usmd h 0 chant* throughout tho United Slates. Nov-ir pi ddlcil. Non.* cel.nine Without .. H-.-.vkes'" ls afwiped on frani". 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My dyspepsia has disappeared- and where before I could get only a fo.v hours' slee > in tho warm weather, Ripans Tubules also mako my sleep refreshing so that I feel like goin.; to work after resting. At druggists. The Five-Cent ?'ticket is enough for an ordinary occasion. The family bottle, 60 cents, contains a supply for a year. DROPSY 10 DAYS' THEATMENT FREE, llave mado Dropsy and ita COQ plicr.tior.a a speoialty for twenty yoars with tba nost wonderful 8QCCC83. Havocnrcdmanj thoua and oases. M.H.K.0ME1TS SOUS, Box ii Atlanta, Chu HOME STUDY. ia?oKRKiK8: i PENMANSHIP, etc., successfully 1 taught b/mail (or no charges) by' Draufhon's Bus. Colleges Nash-! ville, Su Louis, Atlanta, Montgom ery, Fort Worth, Galveston, Little Rock, Shreveport. May deposit money^In bank till position ls secured. 10,000 students. For Booklet on "Home Study"or college Catalog, ad. Dep. 69. Draughon'sBus. Coll. Nashville,Tenn. 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