The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, July 15, 1892, Image 4
KATY DIE*.
I Bent a note to Katy, and waa waiting her
reply;
But the carrier went his several rounds and
always passed tne by.
The shades were gathering thicker, and the
sun hung very low,
1 was lying in the hammock and was swinging
to and fro;
And I asked myself the question, "Did she
answer me or not"
And in the leafy maple a little insect hid.
And declared as though he knew it, Katydid."
And she did.
1 Anally 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 norvous, J
confess;
I tore the letter open and beheld the fond
address,
but I hume-l to know the answer. Did sho
tell mo "Yes*"'
And in the leafy maple a little insect hid.
And declared as though ho knew it. "Katydid."
And she did.
?Jay Knye, in Overland Monthly.
TOM'S BARGAIN.
' neat little drawing
room, pimply but elcgant'y furnished,
riirllt nwiv to the kitchen, where nvner.
thing shone again. And Torn had got
everything together in eighteen months,
too, when the luck had changed and his
writing all at once got to be appreciated.
Hut, as Maggie put it, there was one
trilling drawback, consisting of an al
cove in the drawing room which would
never?no, never look complete without
a piano.
"And a piano you shall have," Tom
said, looking up heartily from the breakfast
bacon. "I had a good slice of luck
last week which I never expected. You
remember that long lovo story I wroto
three years ago, and which I have sent
to pretty well every magazine in London.
Well, Ned Hartley advised mo to
scud it to The Woman's Companion,
where it was accepted. They paid mo
?.33 for it,uot quit* a lialf-a crowu a page,
but it's better than nothing. Don't you
think I could get a decent instrument
for the money?"
Maggie smiled pleasantly. She was
extremely fond of music aud, beiug a
managing little soul, equally foud of a
bargain. It would be fai better, she
emu, tiijui'iuiy, ior iom 10. Keep ins eyea
open than to go direct to a maker, by
which he might save at least ? 10 of his
hard-earned money.
"Tbcio are lots of them advertised
every day," she observed. "Give me
the paper and I will show you what I
mean. Now listen to this one."
I fun SALE ? A bargain, magnificent
f piano. I'V a well known maker; upright
grand, overstrung, double cheek action,
Sott pedal, steel frame, full catupasi, trichord
throughout; the property of a lady
going abroad; eo>t ?75 hut a few months
ago; will sacrifice for Apply "Beethoven,"
1!M Gunnersbury road, Greenthorpo
Park, Hempstead, or personally any
day this week.
Tom nodded approviugly. Au instrument
costing but a few mouths ago upward
ot "three-quarters of a century"
to be disposed of for a third of the
amount stiuck him as the very thing l?
desired. It was a little strange, though,
au outsider would have decided, that se
valuable a property snomn n ivo gone so
long begging, or that the I'ady going
abroad did not get to see the folly of advertising
regularly at the rate of ?1 per
week.
"I tell you what it is," said Tom, "as
Gunuersbury road is close I'll just walk
over there after dinner and interview
Mrs. 'Beethoven' personally. If 1 like
tile look of the instrument mil nan nnrv...
over afterwards and try it."
So it was arranged, and Tom retired to
his writing den, where for three solid
hours the anticipated purchase was forgotten.
There was plenty of work now
for the young writer and journalist, who
tor the last tivc ycar9 had found it a terrible
struggle to keep himself, and find
Maggie, who had until recently boon out
as a governess, with those trifling luxuries
which even the princely salary of a
governess does not afford. But the tide
had turned now, and although Tom
would never Ihj a great novelist or
brilliant essayist, he earned a comfortable
income, which by the end of the
year promised to touch close upon four
figures. It seems a lot of money, but I
know more than one of the quiet ones of
whom flic general public have never
heard who aro doing quite as well. It
is so easy to gel a living in literature if
you have the 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. But this
secret is only learnt by much grief aud
pain and hitter disappointment.
So Foni finished his morning's work,
and, after dining comfortably, wilked
over to Gunnersbury road, a pleasant,
semi genteel street, with little houses,
ail bearing a strong family likeness to
each other and all striving to look as if
they were semi-detached residences and
not the occupants of a common terrace.
No. I (d5 was, perhaps, a little cleaner
and neater than its neighbors; the door
had been painted within recent memory,
there were extremely white curtains in
the windows, and a neat little maid took
Tom's card after she had ushered li>m
into a tiny 'Irawing-room, the furniture
of which struck hiin as lining new and
cheap. But tawdry as his surroundings
were, Tom speedily forgot them as the
door opened and a lady entered holding
his card in her hand.
"I presume you come to see me about
the piano," she said.
Tom was a tolerably self-possessed inan,
but he felt at a disadvantage now. The
speaker was the prettiest woman he had
ever seen in iits lite, nne was vouncr?
not more than twent> two or throe, 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, feeling
kind of fellow, and when he noted (he
black dress and tiny white rap perched
upon the golden, wavy hair, Tom felt
that he could do anything for her, or
die happy in the attempt.
I"Ui? of oo consequence," be Stan.
i I
morea, unconsciously paraphrasing Mr. c
Toots. "I did come over to see the in- 1
strutnent, which I thou 'ht of purchasing ?
if it?that is"? " <
"If it is satisfactory," the lady said, i
with a suiile, aud concluding the speech i
Tom deemed it almost heresy to uttur. t
"It is thero, as you see. You are, no (
doubt, a good judge, and in that caso <
the piano speaks for ttsolf." i
It did, ami pretty loudly, too, as any
ccnnoiaseur of the popular form of har- ,
nionial torture would have readily testi- ,
lied. It was suspiciously new, the var- ,
nish was bright and obtrusive. There ,
was also some little difficulty in rising. c
the lid, and when Tom did clumsily ruf
hU hand over the keys, even he?igno- 4
rant of music as he was?felt startled at
the metallic demon he had aroused. e
"It is a great bargain," the lady remarked,
"aud, as you see, almost new." li
Tom did see, and hastened eagerly to y
pay a fitting tribute to its youth, which tl
apparently was the only virtue it pos
sessed. And yet the soft hearted fellow,with
those pathetic blue eyes turned c
upon hira, could not steel himself t? V
pronounce the tiat which his common a
sense dictated.
"I will not decide now," he hesitated, 1
man like. "You see. 1 am not buvins 9
for tnysclf, hut for a lady?my sister?
and 1 should like her to ?eo it first. If
there is no objection I will call again tomorrow
afternoon."
"My?my husband chose that instrument,
and he was a well known inu?
sician," the lady said, almost timidly; j
"indeed, did not circumstaaces compel
me, I would not part with it now; but i
am not so well of! as?"
She turned away abruptly, so sud- ^
denly that for a moment Tom was con- }
scious of an idiotic desire to take her in ,
his arras and comfort her. Yet usually
he was a keen hand at reading character, j
and some inward monitor warned him
even now that the pretty, child-like
widow was merely actiug a part. But
we are otilv mortal, and Tom knew too
well what poverty was not to feci for
the others who suiter from its blighting
influence.
"I am very sorry?Mrs. Kerr, I think
you said??but 1 caunot decide now,"
he said, almost humbly. "I will bring
my sister to morrow."
*# + *****
Maggie listened with interest to the
story of the interview, but, sister like,
she by no menus liked Tom's encomiums !
concerning the widowed possessor of the
instrument chosen by a well known mu- ?
sician. ?
"I declare you are quite in love with '
her," she said.half jealously. "It would
be a romance if you went to buy a piano j
and found a wile instead." 1
"Natural enough,too," Tom returned- t
"Why shouldn't L irarry? I should not
be in the way then when Ned Hartley (
comes of an eveuing." ?
It was Maggie's turn to look confused <
now. Ned Hartley aforesaid, a great
chum of Tom's, nud a dashiug young
journalist of some refute,cortainly spent
a deal of time in Maggie's compnuy, to
Tom's secret gratification,for Ned was a
good fellow, and well able to afford the
luxury of a wife. ?
"We will go and see the lady," she 1
said. "I can't trust you alone agaiu." '
Tom nsseuted, although not without 4certain
misgivings. Being, like most of
the craft, of a seutiiueutal, emotional fl
nature he did not care to bring his di- ^
viuity under the cold, practical eye even, fi
of his own sister, and as she sat await-' a
ing the arrival of the disconsolate widow,
and coolly criticising the unfortunate f]
piano, Tom begin to scent something v
like trouble in the future. r
"My dear, the thing i3 a regular take- I
in," she said, decidedly. "Any one but
vni 1 WAiilt'l linvp known Hint: 11:11 f Hin><?. I a.
advertisements were mere dodges?"
"Not forgettiug that you advised the t
dodge to be tried," Tom retorted. t
Any fulther conversation was tcrini- j
uateil by the entrance of Mrs. Kerr, who
stood in the doorway looking t'roui one (
to the other. A stray ray of sunshine (
touched her lovely hair and sweet, pathetic
face so softly that even Maggie, (
the practical, was fain to admit that
Tom's extravagances had not been so exr
aggerated after all.
*41 am sorry to have kept you waiting,"
she commenced, "but?"
"It is," Magpie cried, impulsively,
"actually it is. dear Marion."
Dear Marion, thus accosted, smiled
redly, and returned Maggie's warm eim- i
brace.
"It is an old school friend of mine,"
the latter said, incoherently. "Tom, i
you have heard mo speak of her? What
a memory you have, to be sure! And to i
think of you boing married, and I never i
knew it 1 And a widow also! Let me
see. I have not seen you for four years,
since you left Mrs. Orimshaw's. Vou
must come and see our house, tho dearest
little place in Ilampstead, I call it."
Tdlil loftkinfrnn timnnrhf frltnf oI?1.a..?L
? *.-?? ...VIUMI^II
Mra. Korr seemed pleased to see her old
friend, she whs strangely ill Ht caso.
She parried Maggio's questions both hurriedly
aud confusedly; tho strange feeling
that she was playing a part struck
him with a new and uncomfortable
force.
"You must como and stay with us, ]
and if you are leaving here To n shall ,
And you a customer for tho piano," j
Maggie decided, vigorously. "Anyone,
so long as he does not buy it himscll. (
Your late husband must have been sadly j
taken in, dear; that showy thing is not j
worth picking up in the street."
Tom never uuitc knew how it came
t
about, but a fortnight later Mrs. Kerr
found horself established at Tho Laurels j
for a few days before, as she said, sho
could Anally dispose ot her furniture
and piano oeloro going abroad.
Sho seemed very pleased to coine, and
and yet at the same time strangely
loth; at onetime sho was in the best
and brightest of spirits, at another the
beautiful face looked sad and sorrowful,
and occasionally tearfully also.
One evening she knocked timidly at
the door of Tom's sanctum, and, having
taken the scat he offered, looked into hi?
face and said, in a tearful voice;
4,I havo a confession, a shameful confession
to make, and it had better bo
made now. When my parents botln
died last years I found mysolf penniless,friendless
and without a situation. I was
get ten# desperate when I was introduced
to a trade?innn wiiose business it was, I
found, to buy cheap pianos and sell
them to unsuspecting customers eager for
a bargan. I was a goo I lure, and I
played an important, part for two years."
"I havo taken cheap lolgiugs in suHiirban
London, a piano has been
brought in our advertiscn? it inserted in
the London daily papers, an I ? well, yon
can guess the rest. I tried to deceive
you. W hat could I do, as you were a
itranger to me then!?-but I have sufered.
I would not have coino here
lulcss I had boon forced to, and you
:anuot tell how I have longed for a little
cat and quiet. My employer was
ingry; but I was equally determined,
ind besides, I half promised to go back
tguin; but 1 cannot go now. If you can
>nly say that you forgive mo, remomberng
how hard I was pushed 1"
Tom murmured a fow incoherent
words and the uoxt thing happened was
that bis arms were round her, and she
was crying gently on his breast. She
nade an ineffectual struggle to free herlelf.
but the clasi) was strong and kind.
"That is your place," he said, flrrnly;
'rest there, my darling,"
And with these words ringing in her
ars she struggled no longer.
"I have not finished yet," she said,
if ting the sweet rosy face to his. "Do
ou know that I am not even entitlod to
hat name?I am not a widow at all?"
"So much the better." Tom said,
heerfully. "Do you know I half susccted
that there was somsthing wrong
11 the time; but although, my darlin.-.
did not buy that very elegant lookiu
tiano, I am inclined to think that afie
11 I got quite a bargain."
"And, like most bargains dear at any
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 ii
more, a wife who really is liked by her
prospective sister-in-law. I am a fortunate
man."
"And I"?Marion's blue eyes were
turned upon him full of trust and tenerne?8?"and
I am more than a fortunate
woman. What will Maggie say?"
And at that moment Maggie was asking
Ned Laugley a similar qucstior.
SELECT SIFTINuS.
Rats are natives of Asia.
Twelve average tea plants produce one
pound of tea.
Physicians' carriages have the right o.
way in the streets of Berlin.
The site OH Boston, Mass., was sold in
1635 by John Blackstono for $150.
The test of a "real good cook" rnusl
ever be the making of soups, entrees and
sauces.
A boy, while wading in a pond iq
Jefferson County, Florida, was struck by
in alligator's tail, and had his leg broken
n two place3.
Qlass beads pass as money in parts of
Africa. In Masai, five blue beads will
juy a woman, but ten of them arcneccslary
to buy a cow.
Mrs. E. II. Robertson, of Stokes
bounty, North Caroliua, is cutting her
:hird set of teeth. She is iu her eightyiighth
year of her age.
A papyrus containing a problem iu
chess said to have been solved in tht
time of Rameses the Great has been
offered to tho British Museum.
More people were executed in England
during tho reign of King Henry VIII.
diuu ever before or since in tho tight
;?i. i? u:? ft
imiw ioiuuu| nuo uumvwi luauuiug I
100.
A Knoxville (Tenn.) man has captured
i curiosity in the form of a mooring
>ird, or, in reality, two birds grown together
ill body, but separate in head j
,nd song.
Lake Erie, it is said, produces rnoro
ish to the square mile thau any bo iy of
vater in the world. This because of the
esult of the good work doue by the
Jnited States Fish Commissioners.
A trained terrier, with a light cord at^
ached to his neck, runs through under
ground conduits, from one manhole to
mother, in London streets. 'J'hus elecric
wires are safely and hurriedly draw a
from station to station.
Chinese witnesses have a peculiar
'saucer oath." When put in the box
they say, "If I do not speak the truth
may my soul be cracked ami broken like
this saucer;" and then they dash the
saucer against the wood-work and shatter
it.
The hose usod in sprinkling the
plazas of Paris is a queer contrivauce. It
consists of lengths of iron pipe, cacl)
length mounted at the end on short
axles having two small wheels and the
lengths joined together by short pieces
of flexible hose.
An uutograph manuscript of Charles
Lamb, two folio page* in length, was
sold in London the other day for $250
?just about ono-third of the yearly
Balary Lamb earned by his "dry drudgery
of the desk's dead wood" to which President
Harrison rcfcrreJ in a recent interview.
In 1016 an awful famine raged throughout
all Europe, and again from 1193 to
1195, when complete fuilures caused terriblo
suffering. In England nnd Franco
the people ate the flesh of dogs and c its,
and many cases of cuunibalism were recorded.
During the latter throe years
thousands upon thousauds perished from
starvation.
A two-year-old girl fell from the,
fourth story of a New York tenement
house ono day recently. On the way
1own she met with sundry clotbes-liuos,
and was considerably tossed about.
When she landed on the stone flagging
in tno court-yarn, suo wsis picked up unhurt
save for a scratch on her forehoad.
She fell sixty feet.
All bread is not raado from the flout
of the ceroals. Along the Columbia
River, in Oregon, a kind of bread is
made by the Indians from a moss that
grows on the spruce flr tree. This moss
is prepared by placiag it in heaps,
sprinkling il with water and permitting
it to ferment. Then it is rolled into
balls as big as a man's head and baked
in pits.
In excavating some ancient Aztec ruins
iu the direction of Chace Canon, 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. tSie upper
half containing a deep carved face, and
the lower half rudimentary arms in relief.
The idols aro believed to be at
least 600 years old.
The custom of niacins crane on tin
door of n house where there lies been a
recent death had its origin in the ancient
English heraldic customs aud dates as
far hack, at leas1, as the year 1100 A.
I). At that |>er. hatchments or armorial
eisign- were placet! in front of
houses when the nobility and gentry
died. These hatchments were o.' diamond
shape, and contained the family
ar.ns quartered and colored with sable.
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HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
"t*_ .Ml
to CtMUg CHAMOIS SKIN.
Chamois may' be cleaned in a weak
solution of sods in warm water. Kub
plenty of soft soap into the leather, and
allow it to soak fay two hours. Then
rub it well till (tin quite clean, and rinse
it well in a weak solution composed of
soda, yellow soap and warm water. If
rinsed in water only, it becontea hard
when dry.?Nenpf York Recorder.
WAX*! TO THE KOC8B.
It is comparatively an easy matter to
make a' walk from the roadway to the
house dear of -weeds. Spread upon it
the first season ^the ashes from the coal
stoves, reserving that from the wood
stove for the cultivated land. If grass
or weeds apptV. kill them by plentiful
application of salt. Very likely the
fruit trees adjoining will use this salt,
but it will kill the grass and add to the
beauty of the'v place.?Boston Cultivat0r"
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GOOD tOLIBHINO POWDER.
Ono of the bast polishing powders
that were ever used in my kitchen, writes
a housewife, I disooverod quite by accident.
The range was boing cleaned out,
and in tho flue under the oven there was
a quantity of gray dust, a sort of smoke
deposit, as fine as flour, that was takon
out with a large spoon. In washiug the
spoon it was noticed that a mysterious
brilliancy was acquired, and the credit
for this was quickly given to the smoke
dust. Since thon wo have always used it
for polishing tinware.?New York
Journal.
DESSERTS FOR SUMMER DATS.
At the summer season of tho year, says
the New York World, a light pudding
or a cream served with fruit makos tho
best kind of dossert. Thoy may bo usod
for luncheon or made rich enough to
grace a dinner monu. Tho following
recipes can be used for either purpose:
Rico Merringue?Boil one-half teacup
of rice till very soft, drain it dry, beat
the yolks ot four eggs light. Use onehalf
pint of milk; butter the size of au
egg. Grate the rind of ono lemon 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 tablespoonfuls of sugar and
the juice of the lemon. Spread this on
the top and return to the oven until
slightly brown. > Eat cold.
Bavarian Crerfrn?One quart of cteam,
two tablespoonfuls of sugar, one-half box
of gelatine, ono cupful of water, four
eggs (yolks); Savor with vanilla. Soak
the gelatine an hour in the wator, whip
a pint of cream to a froth, boil the other
pint of cream and the sugar. When
slightly cooled stir in tho yolks of tho
eggs, woll beaten. When quite cold and
it has begun to thicken stir without cessation
until it is very smooth, then stir
in the whipped cream lightly until woll
mixed. Placo in a mold and set on
ice. Servo with strawberries.
Almond Custard?Blanch and beat
four ouuccs almonds with a spoonful
of water. Beat a pint of cream flavored
with vanilla and mix with it the yoke oi
four eggs, with as much sugar as will
make it pretty sweet; then add the
almonds. Stir'jit all over a slow tiro till
it is of a provoT thioknoas, but do not
boil. Pour it into.cups or glasses.
Delicate Pudding?One cup of strawberry
juice, one cup of water, three eggs,
three tablespoonfuls of corn starch, 6ugar
and a pinch of salt. Let the water and
juice come to a boil. Mix the corn starch
with a little water and salt. Add tlit
juice and boil ten minutes. Boat the
whites of the eggs to a foam, but not
stitf, and stir into the syrup after taking
from the stove. Swectcu to taste. Put
into a mould and serve with soft custard
around it.
Bohemian Cream?Rub a pint of freshgathered
strawberries through a sieve.
Add six ounces of powdered sugar aud
the juice of a lemon; dissolve one and a
half ounces of isinglass in one-half pint ot
water, mix all well together and place
the dish upon the ice, stirring it until it
?nJKluo w ft uip nuuriy a pint Ol
cream to a light froth and stir into it
the strawberries; till tho mold and lot
it remain upon the ice until time to
servo. Then plunge it into warm water
for an instant, wipe it dry and turn tyti
the cream on a dish.
Tapioca Creamed Pudding?Two
heaping tablospoonfuls of tapioca, onehalf
cup sugar, three eggs, a little nutmeg,
ono quart of milk, three tablespooufuls
of sugar, one small teaspoonful of
vanilla. Soak the tapioca over night in
water enough to cover it. Add the
yolks of tho eggs, uutmeg and a half
cupful of sugar. Beit well together.
Boil tho milk, stir iu tho mixture and
cook five minutes or more. Spread the
whites, beaten to a still frotb, over the
top, after adding three tcaspoonfuls of
sugar and the vAnilla.
Ainbrossia?Place in a deep glass dish
alternato layers of grated cocoauut,
sliced oranges and sliced pineapple. Begin
with the oranges and use cocoauut
last, spreading between each layer sifted
sugar. Servo with spongo cake.
Delmonico Pudding?Ono quart of
milk, Ave eggs, throe tablespnonfuls of
corn starch, sugar to taste. Let the
milk come to a boil, beat the yolks of
five eggs and the whites of two with the
sugar, a little ealt, add tho well-beaten
corn starch wet with a little of the milk
cold, flavor with vanilla. Scald the
mixture until quite Chick, pour it into a
pudding dish and place in tho oven to
glaze over. Beat the whites of the eggs
to a stiff frotb, add sugar to make a thin
frosting, flavor it delicatoly. Spread
over the pudding and brown slightly.
To be eaten cold.
Velvet Cream?Oue quart milk, tVoe
eggs, one-half box goutuie, one cup
sugar, coe-haif cup powdered su<ar.
Soak the gelatine in part of the milk
half an hour. Put the rest of the milk
on the stove la hot water. When the
milk comes to a boil add the yolks of the
eggs, well beaten, with the cup of sugar
anu toe guiatiucr. it lien it ireyiiia to
thicken take it off, and when noarly cold
add tho whites of tho eggs, well beaten,
with the half cup powdered sugar.
Cherry Custard-? Hake a custard of a
pint of rich milk and the yolks of live
eggs. Sweeten and flavor. While hot
add one-half box gelatino dissolved in
cold wnter. Set In n mold. Pour
around it in the dish, when served, a
sauce of red chorrie#. Sweeten, strain
and thicken slightly with cornstarch.
Decorate with cherries
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SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
A steel rail lasts, with average wear,
about oighteen years.
The rise iu the price of camphor ?um
is due to its extensive use in the uunu>
facture of smokeless powder.
A German has invented an incandescent
lamp apparatus for showing the interior
of boilers while under steam.
Waterproof cellulose paper of one and
two colors is being introduced by a
German firm for tablecloths, Lookbacks,
temporary covers for roofs, etc.
A new electric heat alarm consists in
the employment of a column of mercury,
which by its expansion above a certain
point completes the circuit and rings an
| alarm.
A novelty in the way of metal car
roofing is made of corrugated iron or
steel. This gives great stiffness between
the car lines. The roof is perfectly
| water-tight, easily repaired aud cheap
and strong.
A patent has been issued in Germany
for a process of manufacture of a tubstance
to take the place of gum-arabic.
Wheat bran is the substance treated
chemically, resulting in a strongly adhesive
mucilage.
The 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 heat is fed to the machine and
comes out a perfect pieco of pipe. The
size and thickness can be made as desired.
The vaults of the Uuitod States Sub- |
Treasury in San Fraucisco, California,
are being fitted with wires for protoc- |
tion from thieves. Tho wires are to bo
between every two rows of bricks, and
any attempt to interfore with the cement
or bricks will disturb uu electric current
and sound a warning.
Trt mftrlr afnnl fr?r*lo Worm #VkA*?*
_ _ WVVWI VUUIU IT 1*1 U1 VUVUi I
slightly and rub the steel with wax or
hard tallow until a film gathers. Then
scratch your name on the wax, cutting
through to the steel. A little nitric acid |
poured on the markiug will quickly cat
out the letters. Wipe ncid and wax off
with a hot, soft rag, and the letters will
be securely etched.
A simple mode of purifying water is
to sprinkle a tablespoonful of powdero.1
alum into a hogshead of water, stirring
the water at the same time. This will
precipitate all the impurities to the bottom
after being allowed a few hours to
settle, and will so purify it that it will
be found to possess nearly all the freshness
and clearness of the finest spring
water. A pailful containing four gallons
may be purified in this manner by
using no more than a tcaspoonful of the
alum.
Tlie Army of Hotel Keepers.
How many hotel keepers do you sappose
there are in the United States!
Sixty-five thousand, iiow uiauy of these
do you think are keepers of what is
known as the high priced, or first class
hotels! Just about sixty-five^ or one in
a thousand. This is what my old friend,
James II. llreslin, he veteran proprietor
of the Gilsey,told me on his return from
Detroit,where he had been attending the
annual meeting of tho Hotel Keepers'
Association. There are over a thousand
members of this association. The purpose
of the organization is for mutual
protection and benefit. One of Its features
is au insurance plan, by which every
member is assessed $2 on the death of a
member, which is paid to the heirs of
the deceased. The association has already
paid out about a quarter of a million
dollars 111 this way.?New York Mail and
Express.
Getting Into "n Scrape."
The origin of the expression above
quoted is as follows: In Scotlaud they
play a game called golf, the favorite
J.
gruuuuo mi nuuii bjujic uuiuy wiu
"dowa," or "links." The rabbits frequent
theso "links," and tho hole made
by them is called "a scrape." 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
itself is a cross between our croquet and
"shinny;" thus it will be sccu that wheu
tho ball gets into "a scrape" it is very
difficult to get out, aud the player is in
a correspondingly bad tlx generally. Such
incidents occur so frequently that tho
books on "golfing" have laid down rules
as to what may be done in the time of.
such an emergency, "getting into a
scrape" being tno golfer's greatost drawback.
From this has arisen the
term now iu such common use among us,
meaning in a had fix.?St. Louis Republic.
Wate or Ohio, oitt or tmaix), i
Dcoas County, I
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is the
senior partner of the Arm of F. J. Cheney A
Co., dofng business In the City of Toledo,
County aDd State aforesaid, and that said IIrm
will pay the sum of $100 for each and every
ease of catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Frank J. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and suberribod In my
preeence. Uiis Gth day of December, A. D., ISM.
i ?, A. \V. urbason,
1 ska t, >
''?- ' Notary fubfie.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and
I acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Heud for teetlmonials. free.
F. J. Chunky a Co., Toledo, o.
Mr- 8old by Druggists. 75c.
i>t AuniNXHT matters are aaiiT gaining 11
activity.
The J.edle*.
Thepleaeant effect and perfect safety with
which ladies may use the California liquid
laxative, Hyrup of Figs, under all condition-*,
makes it their favorite remedy. To get th?
true and genuine arl cle lo >k for the name ol
the California Fig Syrup Co., printed ne.ar th*
bottom of the nackage^^^
Iowa b?a forwarded to the Baatern sea
board 82,000 tons of corn and flour for th
relief of starving Ru aslant*
E Hood's
Sarsaparillr
Cured ine of Ooitre >
swellings in the ne*-l
which I had from Iftyear
old till I waa H2. When
began taking Hood's Sni
a. parllla 1 wax feeling a
discouraged with goitr
and rheumatism. Whoi
I caught cold I could no
i w_ _ .. , _, walk two hlockH withou
wr?. Sutherland, fainting. Now I am fre
from it all and I can truly recommend Hood*
flVMUMtrlllii,." Mux. Anna Sitthrki.ant
Kalamazoo, Mich,
t HOOD'S PILLS are the beet after-dlnne
Fills. They assist digestion and cure headache
. ( '
A thousand children are born in LouIon
workhouses yearly.
Bib Edwin Arnold has returned to
'Japan.
B own's Iron Bitters euro# Dyspepsla-Molari.t,
Biliousness,and Oouoral Debility. Gives
Stivugtb, aids VT(tost ion, tones the nervenerea)
en appetite. The best tonlo for Nursing
Mothers, weak women and children.
Tub Sootoh-Irish congress at Atlanta,
(Ju., held an Interesting three days' session.
Vhe Only One Kver PrtnteA
CAN TOD RID TUB WORD?
These is a 3 Inch display advert Uement In
this pej>er, this week, which has no two words
alike except one word. The same Is true of
each new one appearing each week, from The
Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This house place# a
Creecent" on everything they make and publish.
Look for It. send them the name of the
word and they will return you book, ukautirtJL
LITHOOBAf HS or UMPIBI fKlC.
Tub Wyoming Experiment Station has
six experiment farms in different sections.
Malaria cured and eradicated from the
svstem by Brown's Iron Bitters, which enriches
the blood, tones the nerves, aids digestion.
Acts like a charm on persons in general
ill health, giving new energy and strength.
Steel will soon be down to one cent a
pound.
, ! 'm}c y??r Bradycrotlne n sure euro
TV,a? h- ? }{ Mountain I'cak,
Texas. All druggists, fifty cents.
Nkw Orleans, La., is to have a new
courthouse and jail to cost f350,000.
Sick Headache, lassitude, weakness and
loss of appetite caused by malaria*can be iin
mediately cured by Beecham's Pills.
Prairie wolves are creating havoc among
- took near Elkhorn, Wis.
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr.Isaac Thompson's
Eyo-water.Druggists sell at 26o.per bottle
Niagara Kails Kxrarslon, July *JN.
Tbo O.. H. & J)., whose magnitieent excursions
to Niagara Kails, Toronto and the Thou
sand Islands are always the banner excursions
of the summer season, will run this year's from
Cincinnati, Thursday, .Inly 'J*. The route will
1h? via Detroit ami Michigan Central. The
rates from Cincinnati to Niagara Kalis and return
will he95. Toronto and return will boa
dollar higher, and to TSiousmikI Islands and r<
turn $f> higher. Niagara Kails and Toronto
tickets will Is- good for live da.\s ami Thou
sand Wiamls lor ten days. Make your arraiigi
incuts to spend >onv .'ncatiou about Ibis time
and join the C., II. .V 1). excursion. There will
lie plenty of sleeping cars. For furtherpartlci lars
address anv C.. 11. & D. agent or FT. t>. M(
i 11 11 i '. L II ni.T I . />E < .1 ?.
Nature should be
ass,8^d ^ throw
off Impurities of the
CURES blood* Nothing
____ ni?| does 80 well, so
MALARIAL promptly, or so
POISON safely as Swift's
Specific.
LIFE HAD NO CHARMS.
For three years I was troubled with mala*
rial poison, which caused my appetite to fail,
and 1 was greatly reduced in flesh, and life
lost all its charms. I tried mercurial and
potash remedies, but to no effecLlcould
getno relief. I then decided to try MSBSRS
A few bottles of this wonderful EHBtiSfli
medicine made a complete and permanent
cure, and I now enjoy better health than ever,
J. A. Rice, Ottawa, Kan.
Our book on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Go.
mm
Tuft's Tiny Pills?
Mil him late the tor pid liver, ntrniRl tic 11 A
^^tli? <llR<>Mtivff organs, rreiilnti' I liew
bowel*. 11111I am liiietiuftltMl ? an nuti-^^
liilioiiH iiieillrtiie. I>iih? Hiitall.
Jiftr. Oftteo, 30 & 41 I'ark I'lm-e, N. V .
? ?
'August
Flower"
'' I am Post Master here and keep
a Store. I have kept August Flower
for sale for6ome time. I think it is
a splendid medicine." E. A. Bond,
P. M., Pavilion Centre, N. Y.
The stomach is the reservoir.
If ii 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
rlower, it assures a good appetite
and a eood digestion. a
DO YOU READ ADVERTISKMENTS?
THAT'S WHAT W1 WANT *0 MHO OtJT.
To the first 'JO who mention thl* paper and nsk
for free pint of our 91 AO Iota on fi monthly pny*
menu In GRIFFITH. I hlt wo'i conlni faclnry
Suburb we will send n receipt for VIO, good
on wny lot* herealtor nought of us; to the next 10a
IVfr wdmlnlonlu (ho World's Fair. Try It)
Ml BWIUOUH A CO. SO* Chaator ( (nwm, Chirac**
5tfth"^asFes, "inalu^s.
the hamli. Injure Ihe Iron, and burn off. |
The Rising Sun Stove Polish Is Vrllllant, Odor-1
less. Durable, and the consumer pays lor oo tin I
or class package with every purchase.
For Ladle* am
^ /mtoir Pn#umat,??u
iKAVi^R XDiamond Frame,
l 1 Tubing, Ad^u?t?b
A head ? cents la
1^1 SI>,H. ui.1.1*. raas. lopae of Uaaa,
Tj JOHN P. LOVELL ARMSCQ.,
i . ___
TPT 1?PT) APUV We tench either n
lMlMlMlfll Large(,t School in
SEN 01 A, new Catalogue. C
IT 18 A DUTY you awe year* RAM
elf and family to act tho heat RAM
vrJis far yaar money. Kroi.o*
lie la yaar footwear by pur- Rf
f caaelng W. I., Douglaa Hhoes, _ " 9
waici repreifii i*? ned mine
fmr prices asked, tkeasands lL J
will testify. m J
W TAKE NO 8VBHT1TIITB.
If not far sale In year nine* send dlr
?. wanted. Postage ftree. Will aire excli
9k?a|4 w^srt I k?Tf ?t tftilf. Writ# <M
copXICW^^ * ^ '
You're through
with Catarrh, finally and completely,
?or you havo $500 in cash.
That's what is promised you. no'
matter how bad your case or of now j
long standing, by the proprietors of; ~
Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. |(
Catd'rrh 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 Head, neeas
but a few applications. Catarrhal
Headache, and all tho effects of Catarrh
in the Head?such as offensive
breath, loss or impairment of
tho senses of t^ste, smell and hear-"
ing, watering or weak eyes?are at
once relieved and cured.
In thousands of cases, where ev-1
erything else has failed, Dr. Sage's
Remedy has produced perfect and!
permanent cures. .That gives its1
Iiroprietors faith to make the offer. |
It's $500, or a cure. They mean
to pay you, if they can't cure you. i *
But they mean to cure you, and1 m
they can.
PAATItir i>k-ti<?"?yh tiik nmrn of
li iii i imp i hi. ivct or a riiipita aim
r UU I llWfU ih.- I>l-rn?r. Prh-o
W*\ Ilv ariiurinlk I s-ni| (?r li'ntlmonlth.
n. v. i.rm.ru a ? ?., Mwnntea, <>M?.
TO $15
All lug Jewelry, watches, tableware, etc. Plate*
.local of Jewelry good a? new, en all klode ef
Betn with coll,stiver or nickel. No experience. Notipltal. Every
house has ecoia Dtrliog plating. II.C.Dklso it Co..Columbae,#?
7lao'a Romivty for Catarrh la the H||
n-M. failcsl to Csp. nnil flioapest. J
Sold by 1I1 iiKKiMd or M'lil l?yinallT^^J
50c. K. T Ilaiclttne, Warren, Pa. H
BETTER DEAD ^
THAN ALIVE. v
Dutcher'a Fly Killer li certuiu death. files are attracted
to It and killed at ottce. Titer do not lire to
get away. Cae it freely, destroy their eggs and prorent
reproduction. Always ask for DUtcher'e and
get best results.
FRED'K DUTCHES DKUO CO.,
ST. albsss, VT.
a eurify the blood are safe sjideri
a factual. The best Keneral family J
e/^O Pj^^^/iurdlctne known for BiUousnsei.#
?f^^'2il,l.cy Couitlpntlon, Dyspepsia, Foul*
WUV^ Breath, Tleadnehe, Heartburn. Loaf
* wBl^BSr of Appetite. Mental Oppression.#
t sinful Digest inn. Plmplea, Sallow#
* Complexion. Tired Feeling. and*
Jevery symptom or dunuw resulting from Imniist
? blood, era failure by the stomaeb. liver or tntaaUMnz
2to iwrform their proper funrtlons. IVrsonsgiven lor
2ot< r-eatlug are benefited by Inking a TAHT'LlCaftarZ
a each meal. Price.bv nial), IgrosstSt 1 bottleIJo. Ad-1
i dress TftB RIPAlfflCHUllCALCO .10RprnccSt.Jf.T.X
? Agents Wanted* EIUIITY prr i?Dlj*r*lk^J
rtsMwssMtstsssccefssstatseesw ;
F*MOTHERS'!
! FRIEND"
i I Makes Child Birth Ea?y^
! I Shortens Labor,
Lessens Pain,
] ; Endorsed by the Leading Physician*, j |
1 Booh to "Mothm" mailed FRMK. ]|
' BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ;;
I ! ATLANTA, OA.
! ! SOLD BY ALL DRUaOISTS. 1
fiafLIVER
fell! PILLS
DO NOT GRIPE NOR RICXU.
Bar* cur* for SICK 11K A D*
ACRE, impaired jlge?lioa,e*Dat*patton,
torpid glitnda. They aeons 'ear
j- vital organs, rcmuri nausea, <11* J
linear. Magical effect on Klct11
nova and bladder. Conoirt
5 bilious nervous tils :
A A orders. Establish oatS
W VJ uralpAlLT AOTtOH.
Urnutlfr roinploxlon by purlfyin#
blood. PURRLV VkoktaiilB.
Tltr dots lr nicely adjnrlrd to suit ease, at <sn? pill ran
sever he too intirh. Earli vial eontalna fj, earned In veal
poeV' l like Irat pencil. ItilHlnoKH miiir'a (real
convenience. Taken easier than sugar. Sold everywhere.
All genuine goods bear "Crercent"
I bend 8 cent stamp. Yon g-t >3 peg* book with rare pi*.
SR. MASTER MEOICINE CO., St. Lonlt. Ms.
Two. *-*8 "
iOMP CYCLES 7acS
hlonan*So*'dT*rss. ^9 if
Sleei Drop Forginga, Staal T U l^\
Is Ball Bearings to all running parta
Suspension Saddlt.
1H GRA.DK in Every Pnrtwulmr. I \.
aUmpi for oar 100-jpage Illustrated rafs-l UH
HI ilea, Kevolvera, Hportlsg liooda, efe. ] I
M#atA II? Ul.aU A Oa OAOYAU Ureses 1^^^
k^TS^ ZiSHORTHAND
ouch A* LrorNM- i i, UKOIWIA.
. L. DOUGLAS
SHOE GENTLEMEN,
T SHOE IN THE WORLD f W THE MONEY. **?
M*?0 ahoe, that mill mot rtp, flue calf, ?Minl?L
Ik, flexible, more comfortable,etyllab and durable Ibai
oe ever told at the price. Equal* ouitom made abo?0
i $4 to |S.
05 llnud.eewed, Ane?alf ?hoe*. The mo*t atyllak,
ind durable shoe* ever aoM at Uienc price*. They equal
<1 ahoeaooatlDR from 08 to 013.
Police Hhao, worn "by farmer* And all other* wha
it a Rood heavy calf, three tulcil, exten*lnu edge iboR
i In, and will keep Ibe feet dry and warm.
Hue f'nlf, *9.9% and $4 WorklnRmeu'a HbOM
I Rive more wear for the money than any other maka* M
inn for rervlce. The Increasing sale* abow that work* ^
a found thla out,
511 I'J and Youth*' 91*95 Heheol Shoe* ar*
worn by the boya everywhere. The moat aervleo*
ild at I hone pi tee*.
c CI ?:i llund-Hewrd, {.50, 09 and ft .TO
l-v bluxa for Itlienea nro inndeof the I,eat Doa*
tor flneCalf, aa d<olr. il. Tuey ore very atyllab, oon*.
able and durable. 1 b? rijualn custom mad*
ra rootlnr from $1 t*?t<l. Iodic* wl.owtob loecoaa*
e In tlirlr footwear < r? IIudlnit thla out.
A L'T I ON . ? He ?varo of ?1 ealera aubatltut In* aboea with*
W. I,. DoiirIim' namo and theiirb o stamped on bottom,
h aiiballtntlnna are fraudulent ami aubject to promos*
1 by law for obtaining money under false preteDne*.
eel ta Factory, elating Itlad, alze and trldtk
tTnff