The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, July 15, 1892, Image 4
KATY Dlfil
I sent not* to Katy, and wu waiting her
reply;
Bat the carrier want hta ? ?*?! roumU and
alwajf pa wad ma by.
Tba shades w?r? gathering tblokar, and the
ran hung very low,
I waa lying in the hammock and waa swinging
to and fro;
And I aakad myaalf the question, "Did aba
annwr ?- rr i.?r*
And in tba leafy mapla a little Insert hid.
And declared as though ha knew it, "Katydid."
And aha did.
1 finally received It, and I grasped it with a
start.
Did it contain an arrow or dagger to my
heart?
I hastened to my chamber, very nervous, I
confess;
I tore the letter open and beheld tho fond
Address,
But 1 burned to know the answer. Did sho
tell me "Yes?"
And in the leafy maplo a little Insect hid.
And declared as though ho knew it. "Katydid."
And she did.
?Jay Kaye, in Overland Monthly.
TOM'S BARGAIN
SL fjn|wfnfi
room, simply hut. Hegant'y furnished,
right nwny to the kitchen, where everything
shone ngnin. And Torn had got
everything together in eighteen mouths,
too, when the luck had changed and his '
writing nil at once got to he appreciated.
Hut, as Maggie put it, I here was one
trilling drawback, consisting of an ?1
cove in the diawiiig room which would ,
never?no, never look complete without j
a piano.
"And a piano you shall have," Tom
said, looking up heartily from the break- ]
fast bacon. "I hnd a good slice of luck ,
last week which I never expected. You
remember that, long love story I wrote
three years ago, and which I have sent
to pretty well every mngnzlnc in Lon f
Ion. Well, Ned Hartley advised 1110 to (
send it to The Woman's Companion, '
where it was accepted. They paid mo 1
?115 for it,not quit? a half a-crown a page, :
but it's better than nothing. Don't yoq
think 1 could out a decent instrument
for the money'*"
Maggie smiled pleasantly. She was
extremely fond of music and, being a
tnuuuging little soul, e?|U.nly loud of a
bargain. It would la- fat better, she
said, sapiently, for Tom to. keep his eyes
open than to go direct to a maker, by
which he might save at least SJMI ol his
hard-earned money.
"There are lots of them advertised
every day," she observed. "(live mo
the paper and I will show you what I
mean. Now listen to this one."
Ipt)R KAf.E ? A bargain, magnificent
' piano. I>y a well known maker; upright
grand, overstrung, double elieek aetioo,
Nott pedal, steel frame, full caiu|nn, trichord
throughout; the property of a lady
going abroad, cost C7;'? hut a few months
ago; will sacrifice for ?".Y Apply "Huethoven,-'
KM (jinnnershury road, (Ireon
thorpo I'ark, (le.uipstead, or persouHlly any
day this week.
Tom nodded approvingly. An instru
urent costing but a few mouths ago up
ward ot "three-quarters of a century" j
to he disposed of for i third of the
amount struck him as the very thing 1 e
desired. It was a little st ranee. tlmindi
bii outside! would liuvu decided, that su
valuable a property snouiu n ?vc gone so
long hogging, or that the lady going
abroad did not get to see the folly of ad
vcitisiug icgularly at the rati; of LI pel
week.
' 1 tell you what it is," said Tom, "a
Gnniicrsbury road is close I'll just walk
over there after dinner and interview
Mrs. Mfeethoven' personally. It I like
the look of the instrument you can come
over afterwards and try it."
So it was arranged, and Tom retired (o
his writing den, where for three solid
hours the anticipated purchase was forgotten.
There was plenty of work now
lor the young writer and journalist, who
lor the last live years had found it .? terrible
struggle to keep hlmsolf, and tlnd
Maggie, who had until recently boon out
as a governess, with those trifling luxuries
which even the princely salary of a
governess docs not afford. Hut the tide
had turned now, and although Tom
would never Iks a great novelist or
brilliant essayist, he earned a comfortable
income, which by the cud of the
year promises 10 loucn ciosu upon lour |
figures. It serins a lot of money, l#ut I |
know more tlum one of the quiet olios of |
whom the general public have never
heard who are doing quite as well. It
i? so easy to get a living in literature if
you have tli ability and know how to (
set about it?especially know how to set
about it, which, perhaps, in the long !
run is better than ability. Hut this
secret is only learnt by inucb grief and
pain and bitter disappointment.
So I'oiii finished his morning's work,
and, after dining comfortably, wilked
over to (fUnntTslniry road, a pleasant, 1
semi-genteel street, with little houseq J
uli hearing a strong family likeness to
each other and all striviug to look as if
they were semi-detached residences ami '
not the occupants of .? l Oiumoii terrace. '
.No. I ha was, perhaps, a little cle iner
and neater than its neighbors; the door
had been painted within recent memory,
there were extremely white eurtama in
the windows, and n neat little nni 1 took ,
Tom's card alter she had ushered lion
into a tiny drawing-room, the Inrn ture
of which struck liiin as heing new and
< heap. Hut tawdry as his surroiin lings
were. Tom soeedilv fm-ont tlmm i. ?i.?
door opened and n lady entered holding
his card in her hand.
"1 presume you come t<> see me about
the piano," she said.
Tom was a tolerably self-possessed man,
hut he felt at a disadvantage now. Tinspeaker
was the prettiest woman he had
tver seen in nls lite. ??? was young?
not more than tvvenl> wo or three, tall,
with an elegant figure; she had a wonderful
mass of red gold hair piled up in
some bewildering, fascinating fashion;
her features were wonderfully sweet and
regular, and her sorrowful blue eyes,
half bold, wholly shy, went straight to
Tom's heart and enslaved him on the
spot. He was a very sensitive, leoling
< kind of fellow, and when he noted (be
black dress and tiny white rap perched
upon the golden, wavy hair, Tom felt
rfiat lie could do anything for her, or
die happy in the attempt.
''it is ol no consequence," he stain*
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%
m?rM, unconsciously paraphrasing Mr.
Toots. "I did ootue ur?r to too the Instrument,
which I thought of purchasing
if it?that b"?
'If it b satisfactory," the lady said,
with a suule, aud couciu<iiug the speech,
Tom il?em??l it aluuu?t heresy to uttwr.
"It is there, >u you wc. You are, no
doubt, a good j'?dge, aod tu that case
tha piauo speak* for itsulf "
I; uiu, ami pretty loudly, too, as any
ct uuoisseur of the popular form of harmonist
torture would have mad 11* testified.
It was suspiciously new, the varnish
was bright and obtrusive. There
was also some little dlliioulty in rating,
the lid, and when Tom did clumsily nil
his baud over the keys, even he?ignorant
of tnusic as he was?felt startled al
the metallic demon he had aroused.
"It is a great bargain," the lady re
uiarkod, "and, as you see, almost new."
'Torn did see, and hastened eagerly to
pay a fitting tribute to its youth, which
apparently was the only virtue it pos
sensed. And yet the soft hearted fellow,with
those pathetic blue eyes turned
upon him, could not steel himself U
pronounce the Hat which his common
sense dictate'!.
"I will not decide now," he hesitated,
man-like. "You hoc, I am not buying
for myself, hut for a ladv?my sister?,
and 1 should like her to .*eo it first. ff
there is no objection I will call again tomorrow
afternoon."
"My?my husband chose that instru
mont, and he was a well known musician,"
the lady said, almost timidly;
"indeed, did not circumstances compel
me, I would not part with it now, but i
am not so well olT as?"
Mho turned away abruptly, so suddenly
that for a moment Tom wns conscious
of an idiotic desire to take lie? in
he: arms and comfort her. Yet. usually
he was a keen hand at. reading character,
and some inward monitor warned him
even now that. the pretty, child like
widow was merely acting a part. I tut
we arc onlv mortal, and Tom knew too
well what poverty was not to feel for
tin others who siiITci from its blighting
influence.
"I am very soriy?Mrs. Kerr, I think
you said??but I eaunot decide now,"
lio said, almost humbly. "I will bring
mv sister to morrow."
Maggie listened with interest, to the
dory of the interview, but, sister like,
die l?y no menus lilted Tom's encomiums
;oim fi ning the widowed possessor of the
instrument chosen by a well known 11111licillll
"I declare you are quite in love with
her," she said,hall jealously. "It would
be a minimi < it you went to buy a piano
and loiind a wile instead."
"Natural enough,too," Tom returned*
"\Vliy shouldn't I nairyf I should not
be ill the way then nice Ned Hartley !
comes of ail evening.
Il was Moggie's turn to look confused
now. Nc<| Hartley aloresaid, a great
chum of Tom's, and ti dashtug young
joui iialist of some re|.ute,eertaiuly spent
it deal of lino- in Mamie's eninpiny, to
Tom's secret gratification, for Ned was n
^ooil fellow, and well able to afford I lie
itixurv of a wife.
"Wo will %o ami see (lie lady," she
said. "I eau't trust you alone u<jaiu."
Tom assented, although not witliout
certain inisjjivin^s. lieinif, like most of
the cratt, ol a sentimental, emotional
natuie lie did not care to Iniii^ his divinity
under the cold, practical ey e eveu
of his own sister, and as she sat awaiting
the an i val of I he disconsolate widow,
and coolly criticising toe unfortunate
piano, Tom he ; in to scent oinelhiiio
like trouble in the lutuic.
"My dear, the tiling is n secular takein,"
she said, decidedly. "Any one but
you would have known that halt those
advertisements were mere dod.jes?"
"Not tor-i ttini that you advised the
dod ;c to be tried," Tom retorted
Any fultber ccnvcrsation was terminated
by the ciitiauce ol Mrs. Kerr, who
stood in the doorway looking from one.
to (lie oilier. A stray ray of sunshine
touched her lovely hail and sweet, pathetic
face so softly that even M i 'irie,
t lie | > iii< -1 ical, whs lain to admit that
'I'om's oxt ravagances had not been so ex*
oggerated after all.
"I nut sorry to have kept, yon waitill!?,"
she commenced, ' but?"
"It is," Maggie cried, impulsively,
"actually it is, dear Marion."
Dear Marion, thus .accosted, smile I
ro? 11 y, ami returue<l Ma/gie's warm embrace.
"It is an obi school I'riernl of mitre,"
the latter sairl, ineoherently. "Tom,
you have heard me speak of her: What
a memory you have, to he sure! Ami to
think of you being married, ami I never
knew it! Ami a widow also! Lot mc I
see. I have not seen you for four years,
since you left Mrs. Urimihavv's. You
must come and see our house, the dearcat
little place in llampstcad, I call it."
Tom,looking on,thought that although
Mrs. Kerr seemed pleased to see her old
friend, she was strangely ill at ease.
She parried Maggie's questions both hurriedly
and eontusodly; the strange feeing
that she was playing a pnrt struck
aim with a new and uncomfortable
force.
"You must come an 1 stay with us,
tnd if you are leaving here To u .'hall
ind you a customer for the piano,"
Maggie decided, vigorously. "Anyone,
u> long as he dm s not buy it himself.
Your late husband must have been sadly
Inken in. dear; that showy thing is not
wo-th picking up in the street."
Tom never quite knew how it came
ihotit, hut a fortnight l iter Mrs. Kerr
I.>iim-I In:rs?-U i-stabli-he 1 it The Inurels
for 11 few days liefore, n< she said, she
could finally dispose <>t liei furuituro
nii'l i>iii!i<> >i! I ore loiiiil; abroad.
Sim - --in I very pletse-l i-> c.o.ne, and
and yet ut th< same time strangely
) >t 11; it one line -In- was in tin best
and bright oh' of spit its, at nnothei the
he'iut if ill face loo'rc I s.i-l an I sorrowful,
iu l occasionally te u fully also.
< ?n?- evening she knocked timidly ut
t\ie door of Tom's sanctum, nnd, having
taken the sent he offered, looked into his
face and s;?id, in :i tearful voice:
"I have a confession, a shameful confession
to make, and it had hot tor ho
mado now. H hen mv patents both
died last year- I found myself penniless,ir.
-odk-s- and vithoul a situation. I was
^eitsnn desperate whin I win intromited
to a ira-h'-uvu wuose Iiuoiicsk it was, 1
found, to Ini) cheap pi.uin- and sell
llietti it- uii-uspeel hi : r'l o.ini.t- l(m
a har^ati. 1 was a ip>o I hue, un-l I
play< <| an important put for tw > ycuts."
"I have taken cheap In l-pn^s m suMilium
bondm, a piano lias been
bronchi :> <>iii rlvcrltsc ii" it ins-Tt--I io
the li->tt i-iii <i Iy plpeis, ;tu I .veil, yon
can ^Iies- the lest. | fried to deceive
you. What could 1 do, as you were a
stranger to me then!-?but I have suffered.
I would not have ooine here
unless I had been forced to, and you
cannot tell how I hato longed for a Uttle
rest and quiet. My employer was
nary; but I was equally determined,
and besides, I half promised to go back
gain; but 1 cannot go now. If you can
only any that too ~.vuiouioertog
now hard I was pushed I"
Tom murmured a few incoherent
words and the next thing happened was
that hie arms were round her, and she
was crying gently on his breast. 86s
made en ineffectual struggle to free her ell.
but the clasi) was strong and kind.
That is your plaoe,~1? said, flraflyt
"rest there, my darling,"
And with thftSO wnrfla tlnmnn In tin.
ears she struggled no longer.
"I have not finished jet," she Mid,
lifting tho sweet rosj face to his. "Do
you know that I am not even entitled to
that name?I aui not a widow at all?"
"So much the better." Tom said,
cheerfully. "Do you know I half suspected
that there was somsthing wrong
all the time; hut although, inydarlin.-.
I did not buy that very elegant lookin
piano, I am inclined to tbink that afie<
oil I got quite a bargain."
"And, like most bargains dear at anjj
price," Marion laughed happily.
"You would be dear to me at any
price, great or small," Tom replied.*
"Don't forget, sweetheart, that I am
going to marry an heiress, and, what i?
more, a wife who really is liked by her
prospective sister-in-law. I am a fortu
nate man."
"And I"?Marion's blue eyes wcr?
turned upon him full of trust and tenornesa?"and
I am moro than a fortnnato
woman. What will Maggie say?"
And at. that moment Maggie was asking
Ned Lnnglcy a similar question.
SELECT SI ETINMH.
Ttats are nntives of Asia.
Twclvo average tea plants produce one
pound of tea.
IMiysicians' carriages have the right o.
way in the streets of Berlin.
The site nit Boston, Mass., was sold in
IH.'IR by John Blarkstone for $ 15(1.
The test of a "roal good cook" musl
ever be tho making of soups, entrees nml
A boy, while wading in a pond iq 1
Jefferson County, Florida, was struck by
an alligator's tail, and had his log broken
in two placc3.
Class bonds pass as money in parts of
Africa. In Masai, five blue beads will
buy a woman, but ten of them are neccsamy
to buy a cow.
Mrs. E. 11. Kobcrtsou, of Stokes
County, North Curoliui, is cutting her
third set of teeth. She is in her eightyeighth
year of her age.
\ papyrus containing a problem in
buss said to have been solved in tin
time of Hamoses the Croat lias bceu
olTered to the British Museum.
Moro people wore executed in England
during the reign of King ilonry VIII.
tliau ever before or since in the tight
little island, the number reaching 71,
100.
A Knoxvillo (Teun.) man lias capturod
a curiosity in the form of a mocking
bird, or, in reality, two birds grown together
m body, hut separate in heal*
uud song.
Lake Eric, it is said, produces more
llsli to the square mile thau any bo ly of
water iu the world. This because of the
result of the good work done by the
United States Fish Commissioners.
A trained terrier, with a light cord at ^
tuchcd to his neck, runs through under
ground conduits, from one manhole to
another, iu London streets. 'J'lius dec:
i* i... i i : . 11.. > .
iiit wires hiu sureiy ami uunic 11y uuwa
from station to station.
Chinese witnesses have a peculiar
"saucer oath." YVhon put in tho box
they say, "If I do not speak the truth
may my soul hecrucke I ami broken like
this saucer;*' ami Mien they dash tin.'
saucer against the wood-work an I shatter
it.
The hose used in sprinkling the
plums of Paris is a queer contrivance. It
consists of lengths of irou pips, caclj
length mounted ut the end on short
axles having two small wheels and the
lengths joined together by short pieces
of flexible base.
Au autograph manuscript of Charles
Lamb, two folio pages in length, was
sold In London the other day for $250
?just about ono-third of the yearly
salary Lamb earned by bis "dry drudgery
of the desk's dead wood" to wuich l'resi
dent Harrison referred in a recent interview.
In 1010 an awful famine ra god throu gliout
all Europe, an 1 agiin from 1191J to
1195, when complete failures caused terrildosutlcring.
In England and Fra ico
the people ate the t1?sh of ilmu and cits,
ami many cases of cannibalism were recorded.
During the latter three years
thousands upon thousands perished from
starvation.
A two-ycar old girl fell from tho
fourth story of a New York tenement
house one day recently. On the way
down she met witli sundry clothes-lines,
ami was considerably tossed about.
When she landed on the stone flagging
of the court yard, she was picked up unhurt
save for a scratch on her forehead.
Mho fell sixty feet.
All bread is not made from the flour
of the cereals. Along the Columbia
Kivcr, in Oregon, a kind of bread is
made by tlie Indians from a moss that
grows oil the spruce tir tree. This moss
is prepared by placing it in heaps,
sprinkling 11 wttti water iinu permitting
it Ij ferment. Then it is rolled into
balls as big hs a man's head ami baked
in pits.
In excavating some ancient Aztec ruins
in the direction of Chaco C'anon, Now
Mexico, Governor Prince has unearthed
twenty stone idols of a different type
from any before, discovered. They are
circular in shape, forming disks from six
to fifteen inches in diameter, the upper
half containing a deep carved face, and
the lower half rudimentary arms in relief.
The idols are believe 1 to be ?f
liast ><)() years old.
The custom of placing crape on t'i
door of a house where there has been a
recent death bad its origin in the ancient
English herald', eiistoms and dates as
far back, at let- . a- flic year I P'O A.
I). At that per. hatchments or armorial
e i-?i ?i) .vere placed in ireit of
houses when the nobility an I gentry
d cd. These hatchment* were o diamond
soap'-, and contained the family
at ns <|u ?r.eic I and colored with sable.
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HOUSEHOLD AFFA1B8.
Chamois wW cleaned io a weak
solution of m4| hi warn water. Hub
plenty of soft m%> into the leather, and
allow it teenk Ten tw? K cure, Tiavu
iuu II well tm tClfi quite clean, and rinse
it well is a wee% (Solution compoeed of
soda, yellow Pomp ^nd warm water. If
rinsed in water oalj, it beconlee bard
when dry.
WALK* TO ?n HOCSC.
It b comparatively an eaey matter to
make a' walk bom the roadway to the
house olear of Weds. Spread upon it
the first season ^the ashes from the coal
stores, reserving that from the wood
store for the activated land. If grass
or weeds appAr kill them by plentiful
application of salt. Very likely the
fruit trees adjoining will use this salt,
but it will kill the grass sad add to the
beauty of the?place.?Boston Cultivator
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A GOOD fOLISHINO POWDEIt
One of the beet poliehlng powders
that were erer used in my kitchen, writes
a housewife, I discovered quite by accident.
The range was being cleaned out,
and in the fluevndor the oven there was
a quantity of gray dust, a sort of smoke
deposit, as floe as Hour, that was taken
out with a large spoou. In washing the
spoon it was noticed that a mysterious
brilliancy was acquired, and the crcdrt
for this was quickly given to the amoko
dust. Since then wo have always used it
for polishing tinware.?Now York
Journal.
DESSSRT8 FOR 8UMUF.R DATS.
At tho summer soason of tho year, says
tho Now York World, a light pudding
or a cream served with fruit inakos the
host kind of dosscrt. Tluiy may bo usod
for luncheon or made rich enough to
grace a dinnor monu. Tho following
rocipos can be used for either purpose:
Rice Merringue?Boil one-half teacup
of rice till very soft, draiu it dry, beat
the yolks ot four eggs light. Use ouchalf
pint of milk; butter tho size of aa
egg. Urato the rind of ono leinon in
the rico when soaked, add ono teacup of
sugar and a little salt. Bake one-half
hour. Beat the whites of the four eggs,
add three tablespoonfuis of sugar and
the juice of the lemon. Sproad this on
the top and return to the oven uutil
slightly brown. Eat cold.
Bavarian Cream?One quart of cieam,
twotablespoonfuls of sugar, one-half box
of gelatine, one cupful of water, four
eggs (yolks); flavor with vauilla. Soak
the gelatine an hour in the water, whip
a piut of cream to a froth, boil the other
piufc of cream and the sugar. When
slightly cooled stir iu the yolks of tho
eggs, well beaten. When quite cold and
it has begun to thicken stir without cessation
uutil it is very smooth, theu stir 1
in the whipped cream lightly until well
mixed. Place in a mold and set on
ice. Servo with strawberries.
Almond Custard?Blanch and beat
four ouuees *f almonds with a spoonful
of water. Beat a pint of cream flavored
with vauilla and mix with it the yoke oi
four eggs, with as much sugar as will
rnako it pretty sweet; then add the
aluiouds. Stir it all over a slow fire till
it is of a pi'ojjjur thickness, but do not
boll. Pour it into cups or glasses.
Delicate Pudding?Ono cup of strawberry
juice, ouo cup of water, three eggs,
three tahlespoonfuls of corn starch, sugar
and a pinch of salt. Let the water and
juice come to a boil. Mix thecoru starch
with a little water aud salt. Add tht
juice und boil tea miuutes. Beat the
whites of the eggs to a foam, but not
still, aud stir iuto the syrup after taking
from tho stove. Sweeten to taste. Put
into a mould uud serve with soft custard
around it.
Bohemian Cream?Rub a pint, of freshgathered
strawberries through a sieve.
Add six ouuees of powdered sugar and
tho juice of a lomou; dissolve one and a
half ounces of isinglass in one-half pint ot
water, mix all well together aud place
the dish upou the ice, stirring it until it
begins to set. Whip nearly a pint of
cream to a light froth aud stir iuto it
tho strawberries; till tho mold and let
it remain upon the ice until time to
serve. Then plungo it into warm water
for mi instant, wipe it ilry and tsnrn ?yit
the cream on a dish.
Tapioca Creamed Pudding?Two
heaping tablcspooufuls of tapioca, ouehalf
cup sugar, three eggs, a little nutmeg,
one quart of milk, throe tablespooufuls
of sugar, one small tcaspoouful of
vanilla. Soak the tapioca over night in
water onough to cover it. Add the
yolks of the eggs, nutmog and a half
cupful of sugar. Beit well together.
Boil the milk, stir in the mixture and
cook live minutes or more. Spread tho
whites, beaten to a still froth, over the
top, after adding three teaspoon fills of
sugar and the vanilla.
Ainbiossia?Place in a deep glass dish
alternate layers of grated coeoanut,
sliced oranges and sliced pineapple. Begin
with tho oranges and use coeoanut
last, spreading between each layer sifted
sugar. Herve with spongo cake.
Delmonico Pudding?Ono quart of
milk, five eggs, three tahicspoonfuls of
corn starch, sugar to taste. Lot tho
milk come to a boil, beat the yolks of
live eggs and the whites of two with the
sugar, a little salt, add the wclldicatou
corn starch wet with a little of the milk
cold, flavor with vanilla. Scald tho
mixture until quite '.hick, pom it into a
pudding dish and place in the ovou to
glaze over. Heat the whites of the eggs
to a stiff froth, add sugar to make a thin
frosting, flavor it delicately. Spread
over the pudding and bro.vn slightly.
To be eaten cold.
Velvet Cream?Ojc quart milk, t'u so
eggs, one half ' >x Jei.a..ie, one cup
sugar, coo half cup po vdcred su;ar.
Soak the g< aline in part of the milk
half an hour. Put the rest of the milk
011 tho stove in hot water. When tho
milk comes to a boil add the yolks of the
eggs, well beaten, with the cup of sugar
anu tiiv ^ciawiie. *? lien iv oegito
thicken take it ?lf_ and when neat Iv cold
:??]<! the whites of the etrgs, well beaten,
with the liaif cup powdered sugar.
Cherry Custard?Make a custard of a
pint of rich milk and the yolks of live
eggs. Sweeten and flavor. While hot
add one half box gelatine dissolved in
cold water. Set in a in ?ld. I'our
around it in the dish, when served, a
sauce of red cherries. Sweeten, strain
and thicken slightly with cornstarch.
Decorate with cherrie*
U
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
A steel rail lasts, with average wear
about oighteen years.
The rise io the price of camphor ?uu
is due to its exten*'*? < ? ^ manu
laciure of smokeless powder.
A German has invented an iucandes
cent lamp apparatus for showing the in
terior of boilers while under steam.
Waterproof cellulose paper of one auc
two colors is being introduced by i
German firm for tablecloths, book backs
temporary covers for roofs, etc.
A new electric beat alarm consists io
the employment of a column of mercury,
which by ite expansion above a certaic
point completes the circuit and rings ac
alarm.
A novelty in the way of metal ca
roofing is made of corrugated iron 01
steel. This gives great stiffness between
the car linea. The roof is perfectly
water-tight, easily repaired and chea[;
and strong.
A patent has been issued in Germani
for a process of manufacture of a tub
stance to take the place of gum-arabic,
Wheat bran is the substance treated
chemically, resulting in a strongly a<l
i lioaivn mucilage.
Tho Belt Lino Tunnel in Baltimore,
Md., will soon be equipped with three
electric locomotives, capable of developing
1200 horse power each. About two
hundred freight and passenger trains
will be moved through the tunnel a
day.
A machine for the manufacture of
steel and iron pipes is tho iuvention of a
Pennsylvania mechanic. A bar ot steel
at white lieat is fed to the machine and
comes out a perfect piece of pipe. The
size aud thickness can be made as desired.
The vaults of the United Statce SubTreasury
in San Kraucisco, California,
arc boing fitted with wiios for protection
from thieves. The wires are to bo
between every two rows of bricks, and
any attempt to interforc with the cement
or bricks will disturb an electric current
and sound a warning.
To mark steel tools: Warm them
slightly and rub the steel with wax or
hard tallow until a film ga'.hors. Thou
scratch your name on tho wax, cutting
mrougn 10 cne sicoi. a nine nunc acid
poured on the marking will <juickly eat
out the letters. Wipe acid an'i wax oil
with a hot, soft rag, un<l the letters will
be securely etched.
A simple mode of purifying water i3
to sprinklo a tablespoonful of powdero.l
alum into a hogshead of water, stirriug
the water at the same time. This will
precipitate all the impurities to the bottom
ufter being allowed a few hours te
settle, uud will so purify it that it will
be fouud to possess nearly all the freshness
aud clearness of the tinest spriug
water. A pailful containing four gal
Ions may be purified in this manner by
using uo more than a teaspoouful of the
alum.
The Army of Hotel Keepers.
How many hotel keepers do you sap
pose there are in the United States!
Sixty-five thousand. Mow uiuuy of these
do you think are keepers of whut is
known as the high priced, or first class
hotels'! Just uhout sixty-five, or one iu
il thousand. This is what my old friend,
.James II. Ureslin, the veteran proprietor
of the Gilsey,told me on His return from
Detroit,where lie had been attending the
annual meeting of the Hotel Keepers'
Association. There are over a thousand
members of this association. The i?ur
pose of the organization is for mutual
protection .iiiil benefit. One of Its features
is mi insurance plan, by which every
member is assessed $2 on the death of a
member, which is piid to the heirs of
the deceased. The association has already
paid out about a quarter of a million
dollars in this way. ? New York Mail and
Kx press.
Gclliiu Scrape."
T!i*? origin of the expression nbovc
quoted is as follows: In Scotland they
play a gnmo called golf, tho favorite
grounds for such sport boiug the
4,dows," or "links." Tho rabbits frequcut
theso "links," and the hole made
by them is called "a scrapo." Golf is
played with a hard ball of wood or other
substance, which is driven from point
to point with a mallet usually made of
wood, but sometimes of iron. The game
itseit is a cross between our cronuet and
"shinnythus it will In: seen tU:it when
the bull go's into "n so rape" it is very
difficult to get out, un>l the player is in
a correspondingly 5>u<! tlx generally. Such
incidents occur so frequently that tin
books on "golfing" have laid down rules
as to what may be done in the time ol
such nn emergency, "getting into 11
scrape" being tlie golfer's greatest drawback.
From this hiw arisen the
term now in such common use among us,
meaning in a had fix.?St. Louis Kcpub
lie.
vtatb or ohio. city or toldkdo. i _
Lucas Coitntv, 1
Frank J. Cheney makes oath^that he Is th<
aenior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney d
Co., dofng business in tfie City of Toledo
County and State aforesaid, and that said lirn
will j>ay tho sum of $ ion for each and ever]
case of catarrh that cannot be cured by tlx
use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Frank J. Cnrs-ry.
Hwnrn to before rue hihi subscribed in mi
presence, this (it h day of December. A. 1>.. ISSn
, . A. \V. lilJtASON,
i ska i. >
? *-?- ' A'oforj/ fuMlr.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally anf
I acts directly on the blood and mucous surface
I of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
K. >1, CilKNKY ?v Co., Toledo, t>.
\W Sold by Druggists, 7.V.
Machinkrv makers are daily gaining (
activity.
The I.tfdtcn.
The pleasant cITcct and perfect safety sit'
Which ladies mm n e itu- California liquif
laxative, syrup of Figs, under all conditions
makes it t heir favorite remedy. To uct th
true and genuine at i < le |?? >k for the mime o
the California Fig S\ nip Co., printed near lb
bottom ot the nackaee^^^^
Iowa litis forwarded to the Kaetern so?
board ifc>,tXiO tons of corn and flour for tta
relief of starviii" HiKsinnf
Hood's
SarsaparilU
t urrd me ??l^ (ioitre
la tan t.ikim: flood"- Sa
and iheii'mat ism \V In
? _ A. - . walk two block* withm
Mro. Sutherland. fainiii.c. Now lam fn
from it all and liantrulx rciommeie I Hood
SaraapnrillH." Miis Wsa si iiium o
Kalami/oo. Mich.
HOODRPIM.S a l e I he best .if lei linn
I'ilis. They ai-sist digestion and < ure heada?'h
I ~ - ' Utffr ^Sp, ft WW ?" "? ~~~~
. '" *"*? *<- -r'^<
A thousand children are born in LouIon
workhouses yearly.
8in Edwin Amhild baa returned to
i jbpbo.
E owy's Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia, Malar
. BllioQ?ncrisud General Debility. Gives
Strength, aids Irgostion, tones the nervenereal
e? appetite. The best tonio for Nursing
Mothers, weak women and children.
Tub Scotch-Lriab congress at Atlanta,
1 Ua., held an interesting three day* session.
* The Only Oee Kver Prtilih
, CAM TOO HID TU WOHD?
These is el ineh display advertIsement la
this paper, this week, which has no two words
i alike except one word. The same Is true of
each new one appearing each week, from The
1 Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This house places a
l "Crescent" on everything they make and publish.
Look for it. send them the name of the
word and they will return you boos, bxai'tifCL
LtTHOORAPBB Or SAMPLES THEE.
r The Wyoming Experiment Station hai
ix experiment farms in different sections.
Mai-Ahia cured and eradicated from the
r system by Brown's Iron Bitters, which eni
riches the blood, tone3 the nerves, aids digestion.
Acts like a charm on persons iu general
ill health, giving new energy aud strength.
Bteel will soon be down to one cent a
pound.
I 1 have found your Flradvcmtino a sure r tire
1 for headache." A. It. Hanks. Mountain IVak,
Texas. All druggUtw, titty cents.
New Orleans, La., is to have a new
oil rl house and jail to cost *350,000. .
Sick II katyaciik, lassitude, wcaknpss and '
loan of apia-titc caused by mnlariivcnti be im i
mediately cured by Beeeham'n rills.
Pbaiiub wolves are creating havoc among
i atoclc near Elk horn. Wis.
If afflicted with sore cyos use Dr.Iaaac Thomu- <
son's Kjro-wmter.Drugglsta sell at 26o.per bottle ^
MH|iirn Full" F.xrn r?lon, July 'IS. .
The O . II. & IX, whose inaKiiiticent excur- '
aions to Niagara Fall*, Toronto and the Thou 1
mud Islands are always the banner excursions J
oft lie summer season, will run this year's from
t 'im iniiafi, Thursday, July ' !>*. The route will 1
lie via llelroit and Mhhiuuu t'elilral. 'I lie ]
rales from t'im limati to Niagara Falls and return
will lw * ">. Toronto and return will he a (
dollar liitihei. and to thousand Islands and r<
turn V. higher. Niagara Falls and Toroul 1
tickets will In' l;oo<I for live <la\s anil Time
sand Islands tor ten day--. Make \our ariaiiui
Inents to spend your .aeatioii about this linn
and join tliet'., II. ,v II. excursion. Tlicrc yy ill !
lie plenty' of sleeping ears. For further parti< '
lars address any 1II. ,V I), agent or I.. O. M
Cormiek, ti. I'. A T Viretit, ('ineiniiat i. '
- - Natnre should ho
assisted to throw
offimpurltiesorthe
r nnrq^ blood. Nothing j
does it so well, so
MALARIAL promptly, or so
POISON safely as Swift's
Specific.
LIFE HAD NO CHARMS.
For three years I was troubled with malarial
poison, which caused my appetite to fail,
and I was greatly reduced in flesh, and life
lost all its charms. 1 tried mercurial and
potash remedies, but to no effect. I could
oof rv r* i tlwn flpriflpfl tfl f TV lr JUHfJtl
A few bottles of this wonderful ffwt'a
medicine made a complete and permanent
' cure, and I now enjoy better health than ever.
J. A. Rice, Ottawa, Kan.
Our bonk on Blood ?nd Skill Diseases
mailed free.
Bwift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Tuft's Tiny Fills?
ittiulale t li<- torpid liver, fdrrii|;ihnt (A
^ tlio (llgi>?llv? oririwis, rr(jlili?1e t ll?> w
^ howeN, mid are llae<|iinled a aa j?k
liiliou* ntedieiae. Dose hihkII.
' for. OIIHv, .1!! Al 4 I I'arU 1'laee, IV V.
_
"August
Flower"
" I atn Post Master here and keep
a Store. I have kept August Flower
for sale for some time. I think it is
a splendid medicine." E. A. Bond,
P. M., Pavilion Centre, N. Y.
The stomach is the reservoir.
If u fails, everything fails. The
liver, the kidneys, the lungs, tho
heart, the head, the blood, the nerves
all go wrong. If you feel wrong,
look to the stomach first. Put that
right at once by using August
Flower. It assures a good appetite
and a eood digestion. m
DO YOU READ ADVERTISEMENTS?
that's what we want vo find out.
To the llrst '.H wlio mention thl? paper anil n*h
for free pint of our sm.to lot* on fl monthly pay'
nionls 111 ORIFFITH. < hleaiio'a vonilittr taolory
Hubii'-H ho will solid it roeelpt forHIO, ?v?"i
1 on hiiv Into lioroallor PoUtihi of n?; to lliu iioxt Ida
free admission to lIn* World's Fair. Try It!
JAY IllllWUIMi a hi. till) (Niiibtr al CiBBiKr, thlcAgo.
w?th"pA.?P<'oi. WSL and Paints whtcb atf.ln
1 tho hand*. injure Iho Iron, and burn off
The Rising Sun Stove Polish Is llrllllant, Odor. |
less. Durable, aud tlie consumer pavs fur uo tlu
or glass package rrltti every purchase.
i ST LOVELLDIAM
' ^or tatlle? and
\ JBKyJ^7^^? Pneumatic Cusl
/ v JL^/w/ Diamond f fume, S
fliv I tH ' ubiou. A(l|UStr?blo
\ NW" 1 -ffflf | including PoHals
\ stnctJy HIGj
nyb'| "W Send it rent* In il
Rkyrlt l altlaor IKIl?. I?*ue Of fcunft, H
\ JOHN P. LOVELL ARMS CO.,IV!
?
<P1?T1?PDAWJV We teach either ;tu
1 riljCiiTIIAl 111 Ijor^csl Sv'hon! in i
SKNOI A, I '\\ ( 'tttllh?<JII? . < ' '
IT IS A lll'TV Sou orrr your* Iftf
fir nnil iii 11111> 10 iirt ill'' lir-t
ii vnliii* for >oiii' money. Kcoi.n- BID
mi ye in your Iooiwchv by pur- w w i
f cbiininu XV, I.. lion glim Hlioi'n,
which represent ihe beet viiliie A (
for price* Hiki'di iii tliounuini* ^
will teetily. ell y%
V TAKK NO r-I llyTITI'TE. ^
If ,r. .1 ban-f
' BOYS
a>k roR w^l^wioi As^Hor.s.
il ii of fin enle in i our ploci' -ciiil illri-r
miufeil. 1'imiiiki* free. Will fl>e e*ilu?
cbtut* w here 1 b?T* u? agent*. XVrllt for (J
ppi?
You're through,
with Catarrh, finally and completely,
? or you havo $500 in cash.
That's what is promised you, no1
matter how bad your case or of hoar:
long standing, by the proprietors of
Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
Catdrrh can be cured. Not with j
the poisonous, irritating snuffs and
strong, caustic solutions, that simply
palliate for a time, or perhaps, drive
the disease to the lungs ? but with
Dr. Sage's Remedy.
The worst cases yield to its mild,'
soothing, cleansing and healing properties.
"Cold in the llead," needs
but a few applications. Catarrhal
Headache, and all the effects of Ca
tarrh in the Head ? such as offensive
breath, loss or impairment of
the senses of t \u?te. smell and hear-"
ing, watering or weak eyes ? are at
3iicc relieved and cured.
In thousands of cases, where ev-"1
?rything else ha^ failed, Dr. Sage's
Remedy ha9 produced perfect and'
permanent cures. .That gives its
proprietors faith to make the offer. |
It's $500, or a cure. They mean
to pay you, if they can't cure you. <
But they mean to cure you, and
they can.
Vflft"na3ra I'l' TK"Y* TilK KIII'R <>V
F00TINE; Ms sri&KNts:
'..? iiv ilrtiu^l-l- :i i < i i't ii?iimciiirk
ii. v. i.rm.ru .v ? o.. <?mc.
TO $I5SS5
Ll* lug jtwelrj. *atrhc?. laMrwtf , etc. Plate#
.loolt of Jrwrlr ? good t* II'*. on ill ktods #f
wnii gol l,silver or nickel. Noe?|H*iInict-. No (ipltal. Kvtry
tiouso ban ivolt ot ling | latin*. U.C Uil.ho & Co..' olumbui,#.
TMpo'h noiiinly for t'atarrh Is the ||A
H !. I\?sle>t to fvp. tiinl t'lioappst. Hp
ftSM .^nlil l?y thtig^i \i t.r M iit l?> iiiu.ll.
m K. T- llazvltlno, Wurron, Pa. H
BETTER DEAD >.
TIIVM M l VI*
Dutcher's Fly KlUor is certain death. vlles are attracted
to It anil killed at once. They do not live to
getaway. USO It fieolv. destroy their eggs and pr?vent
reproduction. Always ask for liiiklwrT and
let best results.
FRED'K DUTCHER DRUG CO.,
Sr. Alba.ns, Vt.
/** " * vlva n s#t ah"le8*rTvulTtSl
. the HtMiiuv'h. liver and bowels,Z
0 Jt&STfPWi rurlfv th? I.'llitl Ale Bale null of-5
rcctusl The last general family J
g medicine known for RiliouKoeas.S
t('^<2rlll.fy Uonatlpnliioi, liYttpcusia. Koulg
^ MVcoUV?' Hrcath. tleailoelie. ifenitDuru, loss*
yt&tS&SF Appetite. Mrut-il IV preMilon.O
t'einfiil Digestion, 1'inipliw. Hallow*
J* Complexion. Tired Keeling, sod*
every symptom or illse?e.? tosiilliug from Impure*
Mi.oil, or a failure liv the stomach. liver or intestine?J
Jto |>erforui their proper fun'tiou?. Pereomi given to!
Sovi r-cntfugarebenenied by inking a T AK i LK.afterZ
0 each meal Priee.bv mail, I irrosst2; | l?ottlel6c. Ada
a dress the RlPANSCHKMICAbCO .lOBpriiceHt .n.t.z
Agents av snteili kiijiitv percent prult. 2
v. * ** *#
pMOTHERS^
j FRIEND"
1 Makes ChllO^tlSh |
Z Shortens Labor, Z
S Lessens Pain,
^ P ' ?J Iw.s 4lv.i I .ii/linnr Phucirtdnt 9
5 cnuuiscu uy ^
J Booh to 44Mother*99 mailed FH?K. f
BRABFIELD REGULATOR CO. #
2 ATLANTA, GA. *
SOLO BY ALL DRUGGISTS. 2
Uf LIVER
pjs PILLS
no not ?ritb Kon sir***.
V^lSM Horn cur# for SIOK 1IKAD"
?S?HBl At II J .. imp.oicl JigotioN.Conrti*
vwHA pntion.toii.nl cIiidiIh. 1 lirvdronia ? ?
'sKKjPSv v i iiaiio s, i||t> *i
' ,v rffcrl oi Kilf_j
UP.Vt awl hl.'idtlcr. Conquer
5 {>iIiou-i tiervous itlsii
Ol ordorn. KnUbll'ti nat?;
IIIHI I>aii.V A, 1IOK.
ltcuif i f v complexion by ptiiifyinK
Mood, ri'KKI.V V'F.'IfcT'.MILK.
The i|o?o i. i ir. ly ailjuMi .i to suit ft-r, > in" pill rati
*>r?r- In-too inurli. Kuril Vml contain* t2, carried ill nil
pork I like true pencil Itusiiirsn lll.-lll'n gicit
C omriiiciirc. 'IVkin rubier than ?u.-ar. Sold frtty
lirrr. All genuine p.'oda In iir "Cr?'?c? nL"
fceml 2 ft lit stamp. Yon gt >2 I lU*r bonk with sample.
OR. MASTER AEOICINE CO., SI. Louis, Ms.
.-i At) \'M
& 9> 9
OND CYCLES AAPU
Si* styles JTk M, W| NP
Mon ond Solid Tires. EBB \
t#ei Ofop Forging*. Steel
Bill Bearings to all running part:*
So pojinn badillp. WgJ
H OKA UK in Every Pnrt\\-ulnr. \
Lamps for oar IOO-p?ire illiisfr?tr<l m(a-1
Mr*. KeviiWrr*. Sporting ( noil*. rie.l
Ifrs., 147 Washington St., BOSTON. MASS- ?
l^rxxSHORTHAND
i i ii A' 1.1 ?; I v :;i i i , ^ I'.O'M' I \.
, L. DOUGLAS
SHOE BENTLEMEN,
SHOE IH HIE WORLD F^.v THE MONEY.
Kltwcn nliorirnni nm ?'>[ rij>. inm i-nir. r.trmrsa,
Ili-xIKIi . innrncoinforiabJt'.Hlyush ami iliiralilt' tliMl
i ever koIiI at tlm pflcis K<|)iula I'Untoin matin shoe?
I ti> Sf\
? 11 mi fln<*. ,nlf Th" mosl ptyllub,
I iIiii .iIiIi-sikkx i vor .' ! ' nt ilifMc prlrr*. l imy equal
nlioi'Hti "Iiiik front In $1'-.
?llro Mine, ivmn liyf.iini h an.I nil "then who
II t-Miiil li.. ivy ilfi time M?ii 1, (Mt.'ll ii ll Iiho^
II. mill n il keep I iii' fi'rt ill v il'il w linn.
n r* 4'nll, ami SI'.*- V. ?' lit inr mi ii'm Mioe#
.' r ! urn ?i (ii ti'r Ihi* ini nn \ Mi.in 11 \ hi in rimiko.
f. r i l it 'I im In' :i .i'iim f.iIim i>buiv iluil irorl'
iiml tills nut.
I * I ami ViiiMlii* $1.?.^ * i ImnI Shorn ar?
n I (i I.I l.i' ! ' It* iiiiviiii.il'. I III* liiusl M'l'VlcO*
1 j . I .'li.i
?<'? ill! .Si' w I'll. - ' 1{? V? in,| SI .73
if, r I.I- .I'M .1. I I f till. I.est lionrllnoi
! n 'I' I. I" ... v i r> i-i > lull, rum.
.! ami it' i . ! . I 1 i i 11im m id*
ii. .ii-ii in : l I i v. I v. i-li |n i en noin
Mi. i fi v. i' i i . mi .
I 'I'I llN. I..", r . fii it- :li tlliiliriK shin?* With*
. I I' in i. n ni.. fit I i |.|. ' iiii|ii il on lintlom*
iill lli nil ; i I; 11 '1111 111 I n'l.t In |irin>?cu*
v I w l<ir ini'ili ' i" ' v i" 1 i'fa! i-| ri-ti'iirin.
I In I ii I ii l y . "Ill I in-.! hind. m/i- iiiiiI width
i\i? miln to shop iliuli'i-i iiiul ui'iiriiil intra
hulnfut. W. L* |)?u?Ui, Uiocklooi Uuh