The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, October 07, 1892, Image 4
* " " "**" MELODY '
Whm thalaad wu whit* with moonlight
And tba air *u awaat with May,
I wu ao glad that Lot* would laat
i \ k Poprwer and a day.
Now the land ia whita with winter.
And dead Lot* laid away.
I gm ao glad Lite cannot laat
Rorarer pndaday.
?Anala R. AJdrteh. in tba Canturr.
INDOUBLE BONDS
i
I
? 1. *?. WPLBY, I
teurtfS] TjS wa think path apt I'm
Tl found aomathing at
B Mr*. Rip'e*'"
RCC?nt did n?t
V* B contradict hor
rsi iPi rnunn InrloAr1! r?.
mark? though her
M V B words had that apni?
9m*. V* jwarance.
"Yes," continued
the first speaker, holding u|\a letter
just couie by the morning post; "sco
this I It is from Mr. Richard Allison,
whose advertisement I answered the day
before yesterday. He asks mo to call at
Room 7, No. 10H Koolkcr street, at 9
o'clock this morning, if I have leisure.
If I havo leisure I l'vo had nothing else
to do for tho past month. I must do
what I can to make a good improssion,
you know."
"You couldn't help doing that," said
Mrs. Riploy, and she looked with a iittio
sigh after tho graceful girliaji figure in
its suit of sombre black, as it disappeared
through the door.
"Poor child, f do hopo she won't, bo
disappointed," sho added fervently;
"there's not mnny brought up as she's
been would bo willing to work and do
for themselves after always having
everyth"ng dono for them," sho added,
taking up her work again with an earnest
wish for the success of the orphan
girl who, though sho had known her hut
u few weeks, had, by her lovely facoand
.. lw.r .,,,,1 fill,.,!
penile nuiuuuip, .....
her with nu almost motherly anxiety for
her wolfnre.
An h?.ui Inter Millie Thorndyke was
looking at No. 108 Koclkor street, a tall
brick building seeming very widoawako
with its numerous windows and liberal
displny of signboards and official shingles.
At each side of thu door was a thin marble
slab with a list of names of tho inmates
of the building. In inappropriate
numerical place she found that of her
possible employer, over tho words,
"lteal Estate."
Mr. Allison's office?outside of which
she presently pained with a fluttering of
the heart and a shortness of breath due
wholly to excitement?was on the third
flight, in a cozy comer at tho end ol a
long, narrow hallway. At the moment
tho temptation to flee became almost irrosistablo,
Imt knowing hesitation would
be her ru:n, she drew a long breath, and
pushing open the door, crossed tho
threshold. It was a large, clean, airy
room, well furnished and carpeted, and
it looked more inviting than she had expected.
From behind n desk?ol tho
kind known as "roll-top"?caino a
scratching sound, which, with a little
tuft of hair visible over tho top, showed
.. /.snnnA *\f fIm mwuntnnf
IUU IJlKtuvv " "x-x,..,
scratching ceased, and tno couiiecmou
became apparent between the iult of
linir and u beaj, the owner whereof
straightened back in his chair an<i
wheeled about so that she could see
hiin.
She thought hiiu about thirty yco#s
old, though the full brown beard he
wore so becomingly in/vlo it dillicuH to
tell his age with accuracy. Having assured
herself ho was Mr. Allison, she
timidly made known her erruud.
"All, yes," ho returned; "sit dewu.
Miss Thorndyke."
lie wis not e. man of words. Hs
asked few questions, contenting himself
with learning she was a stranger in towu,
had lost both father and mother?the
former within six months?and kuev?
nothing, from experience, of the dutiei
attending the place for which she hau
applied.
"Vou may come on trial, and see liivvi
we like each other," ho said, nud, to ho,great
relief, the important matter was
settled, for a time at least.
"I think we shall get on," he said at
the end of the first week, and she had
taken that as permission to stay.
Gradually the newness of her surround
ings wore otT, ami she settled dowt
among them as naturally as the great
sate or the desks, one of which was now
devoted to her especial use.
She could not Hatter herself, however,
ou often holding a much more important
place in the thoughts of their common
master thau these bulky pieces of
office furniture. 8ho thought him the
most unsociable man she had ever met;
but he was also the busiest, and conacquently
could not have much time for
unnecessary talk.
It did not take loug to see she was in
no way a confidential clerk, or that Mr,
Allison hnd a great deal of business at
whose nature she could only guess; almost
every morning he was out for several
hours, and he had frcqueut callers
with whom lie held long ami close conversations
on affairs which, in her mind,
at least, were invested with great importance.
One gentleman in particular she began
to notice, from his almost daily appearance
ami iiie intimacy she saw
growing up between him and Mr. Allison.
He \\'i nt by the u ime of Morton,
but she could not allay a doubt of hiright
to be so called.
His bold though brief look of admira
?: ii.? d_.i a:_~L^ v.~ i i i ... i i
IIV1I H1U 111 H lUUU lit; nil 1 SUl'll llfl Jl l'l
prejudiced her against him, and sincr
then her disgust at hiiu h id been steadily
increasing, although from causes the
most indefinable.
Froiu various bits of their talks,
picked up at different times, she sur
mired that Mr. Morton was trying b
engage Mr. Allison in a heavy specula
tiou, to which he inclined favorably,
Further than this she knew little, bul
she wished earnestly fyr something tc
happen and dissuncre him froiu such r
step.
She had speculated a great deal abou'
his home life, and wondered how mucl
he relaxed his impenetrable reserve whei
at bis own fireside. She knew scarce!'
anything about liiin except that he live
at Lindeudale, about ten miles out o
v town, whence he came everyday on tii
x 'i.iin, and her early suspicion that he wa
yX^ unmarried had heen confirmed hy
\ i-lirase from the lips of a lady caller, wh
\ ml playfully twitted him on the way
V>; crusty old bachelorhood.
i x
r*r ' * ?
Ono morning Mr. Morton entered the
office io some haste.
"It's all arranged," abe heard bitn oar,
"and I find I must leave at once, i
ave your certificate filled out, ant I
Relieve you said the funds were ready.
You can give ttiein to me to <Jay, i suppose.
"
No, I cannot," returned Mr. Allison,
who was at. *>- Ucvp iu tne contents
of a private drawer at the safe.
4'They arc not in town, and I must first
oil some Government bomls now iu the
safe deposit vaults at Boston. I will try
and bnvo the money for you in the ooursc
of forty-eight hours."
Morton inado no reply, but Millie
tbanced to look up just then, and shewn*
much startled at the reflection of
lis face, presented by a mirror hanging
>n the opposite wall.
IMainly Mr. Allison's words had not
ileased him, for the expression on his
Jark features vividly illustrated rago
tnd disappointment.
When Mr. Allison sat down sgain
Morton had fully recovered himsolf to all
vutward appearance, and after a little
nnre conversation in too low a tone for
her to understand it, ho went away.
In the afternoon Mr. Allison astonished
his clerk by asking if t>he thought sho
;ould tako sole charge of the office for a
day or two. He was going to Boston at
live o'clock, and could not tell iust when
lie should return.
Had sho darod sho would havo tried
to dis&uado him from going, for ahe was
iuro tho result of his journey would bo
:o put u largo part of his property in
Morton*H hands. 8ho did not speak
(hen, but sho was so uneasy sho determined
to watch for uu opportunity of
doing ho.
By ami by he happened to look up
md set; her eyes resting on him, with an
expression which caused him to leave his
Icsit ami como to her side.
"Wlml ib it, Mil? M i?.s Thorndykc?" I
.1c naked in a tone sho had never heard
hiin use l>< fore; "you have something to
say to me."
"I?I -yes," hIic stammered, and then
stopped short. She had not yet oversome
a hahit of Hushing up whenever he
addressed her?a hahit not nt all unbecoming
in his eyes, though it was
painfully confining to her.
While he was waiting for her to recover
herself the ollico door opened, at
which he stepped hack with an air of
annoyance, and, turning, confronted
Morton. Millie's chauco was lost, for
Morton stayed until train time, and tlio
two gentlemen went out together.
"I will leavo the safo for you to
lock," said Mr. Allison, in giving his
(iual direction?. "You know how?shut
the door hard to, turn the handlo that
works the bolts until it is square across,
and then turn the knob two or threo
times toward the left."
After he was gone she reproached herself
more than ever that she had not
-poken the warning that had been at her
tongue's end. It coul I have done no
harm, and would at least have put him
on his guard. I hit regrets wero useless,
and she could only hope, rather forlornly,
that all might turn out well.
Hcing in a somewhat disturbed state
of mind, and having no work to do, she
tried to compose herself with a now
boi<k lolt in (lie office hy Mr. Ailisoti,
nml she found it so interesting sho was
loth to lay it down at 5 o'clock, the hour
ready before 0:30, and her <|uarlcrs at
present were comfortable and quiet, sho
determined to stay a while longer, tir.st
taking care to lock the door that sho
might he secure from interruption.
As she was about to settle down she
thougnt of the safe. She never before
had had occasion to lock a safe door,
and she carefully followed Mr. Allison's
directions.
"Oil, how heavy I" she exclaimed,
tugging at the ponderous weight, as she
diew it hack for a long swing, "lie
said 1 must shut it hard to," and exerting
all her strength, she elosed the door
with a bang. Then she shot the boles
ard turne 1 the knob until a significant
little cliek told her all was secure.
"I here; now everything is fast," slu
said.
Ami so it was, even more so than slu
thought, for in turning away a quick
tug at her gown caused her to look
down, when she saw with dismay she
had shut into the safe a part of ouo o:
the folds of her skirt.
One or two ineffectual pulls showee
that the iron monster could not he made
to give up its grip until its jaws wore
forced apart?in other words until the
door was opened?which, us sho neither
knew the combination nor had the necessary
strength, was of course out of tin
question.
Had her gown been an old ono she
might have freed herself by tearing th<
cloth, hut, it being a new and verj
pretty garment, she was unwilling hasti
ly to offer it violence. She thought o
calling for help, yet what would i
serve?
While she was trying to devise soim
means of drawing herself out of her dilemma,
she heard a sound of approach
ing footsteps, which stopped outside tlx
door, and were followed hy the lattlc o
a kev in the kevhole.
Then she romembeio 1 with eonsternn
tion that she had locked the door am
the key was in the lock to the cxclusior
of any other.
41 Was ever anything so stupid?" sh<
exclaimed. "1 have watkei into a com
plcte t; in I . ni t got out ali i no out
?!>c e in get in."
l'lie person outside having probahl;
gneiii: I the i >ii >!i of his noua Inisnon,
. now kocke 1 <>n tin: door an I t-ked whe
was within. To her unb ?un le 1 surprise
and relit ! she recognize 1 the voice of
Mr. Allison.
, Hut how could she let liitn in- One
w iy presented itself to her?it seemed
, the only one, She did not hesituti
long. A few move uents of her niinbh
tinge.'', tlie bonds fell away and six !
quickly crossed the room.
, "Mr. Allison," she c.alle 1, "I am go
ing to u!ilock tho <loor 110 v, IniL you
must not come in for :i minute."
Then, turning the key, she hurried
back to the safe, an 1 reversing tho little
' operation she. had just gone through,
was agaih a prisoner. When Mf Allison
entered he looke 1 at her with much
t surprise, as well ho might; bu* In
1 eoinprehemle 1 the situtiou even bjfuru
1 she begun to explain,
f "How careless of me to leav-- so un
' wieldy an ulT lir for you to manage!" In
' exeliime-1, self rcgioachlully. "II nl
e not come back I should never have for
,s given myself, though 1 scarcely thou'hi
n it fortunate when I foun I I must los?
o my train on account, of the k- . i > m*
s box in the safe deposit vaults, winch ,
forgot to fake with me."
While he wm speaking she morel :
aside out of his way, aal n half-dozen
rapid turoa of tbo little knob oaabled
hiin to throw back the bolts.
"I hope I shall never do anything
quite so foolish as that again," said
Millie, with a nervous little laugh, as she
withdrew her imprisoned skirt, au<?
smoothed the creased fold.
"IT JVy u>?( snould chance to meet
with similar misfortune, may I be neat
at hand to come to the rescue," he returned,
smiling.
At 9:15, so he told her, he intended t<
take the next train for Boston, thougl
he seemed in no harry to get away evi
denfly preferring the society of his clerk
to a lonely wait nt the railway station.
To her rurprisc he took pains tomak<
himself agreeable, and she was compelled
to admit he could be very agreeable
when he chose. The littlo incident thai
had just occurred had suddenly changed
their relations to each other nnd advanced
them to something like intimacy.
Who was very glad of this, for she hail
determined to free her mind about
Morton at any cost, aud now sho felt
only a small part of hor former reluctance.
' Mr. Allison." she began at tho firs!
/pportunity, "before you went out you
isktd if I had anything to say to you.
I had and did not dare say it."
"Indeed, Miss Thorndyko! Am I,
;hen, tho object of go much dread?"
?* - '? '' <?natwA?a/l Isw-tlrstsrv
" \/ll| UU| Ol'y DHU r?U9**OIVUf
iown at tho carpet, not quite able to
neot his cye3 just then, "only I feared
jrou might think mo impertinent or
ifllcious."
"Not in tho least, that, would be iin- ,
possible," ho assured her.
"I want to know if you think?that
is, if you arc quite sure?Mr. Morton is
wholly trustworthy?"
He waa surprised. Ho looked at her
twice before replying.
"Your question implies you think
him otherwise. Ho caino to mo highly
recommended, and ho is the agent of a
company in which some of tho heaviest
business men in Now York uro closely
interested. Why do you doubt
him?"
For roply sho told him what sue had
seen in Mortou's behavior that morning
to excite her suspicions. IIo listened
attentively, and she saw hor words were
making an impression.
"From parts of your conversation I
could not avoid hearing," she said in
conclusion. "I have inferred you mean
to give some money into his churge. It
is because I feel so suro ho ought not to
bo trusted with it that I speak."
Hefore she could say more somo ono
camo down the passageway outside and
presently opened tho ofllco door. Mr.
Allison started up, and received from the
hoy who entered a telegraphic message.
As he read it a curious look catno ovci
his face, and in a moment ho handed it
to her without a word. It was dated in
New York and ran thus:
Ktop negotiations wi'.h Morton; have discovered
crooko lu'jss. M. L. & Co.
fcdie couM well afford a feeling ol
satisfaction as she read these words, and
there might liave been n little of the "I
told you so" in tho look she gave him as
she returuod him tho paper.
' Yes," ho said iu answer to tho look;
honor where honor is due, always. 1
JlCllCllUCiUUf auvi' iu aid ou*v>>4
IU3 the half of ray fortune, for which I
am very thankful to you. I did not
guess I had engaged a clerk who would
watch so well over my interests, and soo
what I was blind to. Such devotion
deserves much better reward than I can
offer.
"Miss Thorndykc?Millie," ho pursued,
changing to a more serious toue
and speaking with market hesitation,
"may I ask if you would deign to?to
(ill a more important position thau you
havo held??that?of?of?equui partner?"
lie had bocu long enough in saying it,
but there was no mis taking his meaning.
Millie was too much astonislnW to speak.
"At least, I may bclicvo iny case nol
quite hopeless?" ho ventured, after waiting
in vain for a word.
When sho found courage to meet tho
handsome bluo eyes looking down ut her
so tenderly, the last of her doubts wa<
swept away; then sho knew her love now
awakening to a fuller life, had been borD
long before; and he, reading from tin
detplis of her heart what words coulo.
uot have told half so eloquently, claspet
with his strong arms the treasure he m
longer feared to call his owu.?llo-dor
Globe.
Mr. Armour and His Clerk.
Philip D. Armour, the millionaire porl
packer of Chicago makes it a practici
every year to make the clerks in hi
otlico the present of a good business suit
of clothes. There is an unvvrirten la *
that this suit shall not exceed in cosi
forty dollars, for which sum, it is rightlj
considered, a very handsome everyday
out tit can be purchased. Hut one ne\'
clerk, upon being told to go to a tailor,
make his selection and have the bill sen
to Mr. Armour, detenniuc 1 not to b:
hampered by any forty dollar limit. Ib
accordingly ordered a suit co3tint
eighty-tivo dollars. In due time the bil
was presented to Mr. Armour. II*
called for the young man who ha 1 con
tracted it, acd that worthy appeared, i
contideut smile overspreading hi- face
lie had no thought of impending
danger.
"You're Mr. So and so?"' inquired Mr
Armour, with great apparent usability.
Yes, sir."
"You had the suit made?"
"Yes, sir."
"Kits you well, eh?" very blandly.
'Exceedingly well, sir," replied the
clerk, rather surprise 1 by this line of
questioning.
41IV..II " \l.. \ jln.nln i.
that "-torn, cru*hin r manner of his, "I'vi
seen a ijrert many ho.;s m my day, bui
you a.o the 0110 I have ever
came acro-s."
j An<i that day the clerk with th<
! eighty-five dollar suit h-^iti to nuut n
i new job. ? New York Ne.vs.
Itloichi'.nr by Electricity.
A method of electrolytic bleaching rocently
introduced in Germany ditTors
Irom others in that the textile or other
materials to he bleached is passed between
rolls serving as anode and cathode
respectively., the electrolyte boing used
for the purpose of saturation the fabric
itself. Thus several pairs of rollers inay
be use 1, the anode and cathode hoing
alternately the upper, s > that both sides
ol the stutl are subjected to the action
of tin* products o| eh etrolvsis.?Huston
Transcript
4 ?
Gray is the dlgiiy color.
Round waists art milch worn.
Velvet dresses <4% la fashion now.
Sleeves are larger and fuller than ever.
The craze for short hair has spent ittelf.
Green is to be more fashionable than
jsual.
Thcrs n-e 300,000 women engaged in
mdustnal pursuits in Meisachusetts.
The very latest trains for elegant even*
Ing wear are square-cut and not pointed.
Miss Lawson, a young sculptor of
Ciucincati, Ohio, has sold her statue,
' The Mermaid," for $6000.
It i3 estimated that there is a dally
display sf $5,000,000 worth of diamonds
at S:itategn during the season.
r.ulu Pnnnnnhv mav be said to be the
moat interesting aud clever woman connected
with Queen Victoria's court.
Loudou furriers announce the furs for
tho coming ftaason to l>e unpluckud otter,
the three kinclvof fox, sealskin, aud
Russian sable.
Tho new imperial crown of Queen
Victoria has its entire surface completely
covered with jewels, several of which
arc famous in history.
A bed quilt with 3000 piecos in it,
nn?l upon which a Coopor.sburg (Peun.)
woman had labored for years, was sold
at her death for 9l'<25.
Coat basques cut off at the waist and
prolonged in coat tails at tho back are
being inado up in heavy and serviceable
material for street wear.
Would you have dark lashes and brows
and yet keep all pasty cosmotict at arm's
length? Try walnut juico, applying it
with a tine camel's hair brush.
It is said that Queen Victoria cherishes
a large numocr of dolls, chiefly
wooden aud of Dutch mako, which she
herself dressod when she was a girl.
Olivo Thome Miller, the authoress,
knows as much about ornithology as a
professor. She devotes six months of
cvory year to the study of birds and bird
life.
Mrs. Julia Stark Evan?, of Ilumpton,
Iowa, though tho wife of an active lawyer
and the mother of five children, is
studying for graduation at tho State
Uuiversity.
The waists of some of tho now dresses
seam to be made entirely of trimming.
They are piecemeals of garniture, and
many of them are quite too fussy and
nnfnKn t<n krt nifKnr nrftfio nrn 1 ?Ar?rsmin?r_
"" f~-v ** O" I
It is sai<1 by thoso in authority that
tho fashionable coat of tho future will
bo tho long rcdiugote, cut double
breasted, with wide Directoiro reveres,
big buttons, and a doublo or triplo
cape.
Much of the money which Mrs. Custer,
widow of tho General, roilized by
her sevonty-two readings la3t winter has
tl UV30 I dhuut */C ? *?? tavrva iiaVJ
her husband.
One of the old insurance companies in
Philadelphia makes a specialty of insuring
women's lives on several plans, and
has women phjsicians, D.s. Anna
Hrootnall and Clara Marshall, to act as
women examiners.
Women with oval faces, and, unfortunately,
many with less classical contour,
have adopted the fashion of rolling the
hair close to the head and twisting 8
ribbon in and out of the coils to tie iu
two pointed euds on top.
Tho pretty fashion of flower-hung
necklaces which has been carried out
with enamelled blossoms hung cn a
slender gold chain, is gorgeously reproduced
now by Parisian jewelers in
diamonds and precious stones.
Mrs. L. L. Polk, widow of tho lute
Presideut of the Natioual Alliance, continues
the publication of tho Progressive
Farmer at lialoigh, N. U., in her own
name. Tho Farmer is published in the
interests of tho People's Party.
E nilia Baz.in, the Spanish authoress,
runs a monthly review to which sho is
tho only contributer. Each edition contains
a disquisition on tho principal
topics of the day. a review of tho most
notable books of the month, and a story.
The bell-skirt remuius, but it is short,
just clearing tiic ground, an 1 is either
plain or trimmed, according to taste.
But however plain tho skirt may be, the
waist fully makes up for any lack of garniture
ou the lower portion of tho costume.
In one consignment recently a feathor
dealer in London received G'lOO birds of
paradise, .'100,000 birds of various kinds
from the East Indie*, and 400,000 humming
birds. In threo months another
dealer imported 350,398 birds from tho
East Iudies.
The accordion-plaited blouse is a new
and popular factor in the f.cld . There
is no lining except in the littlo round
yoke, from which the plaited fuiuers
falls longer than tho waist line, and is
caught up beneath a folded belt finished
with a io?cttc on one side.
A pretty and popular way of making
up China silks in Pompadour patterns is
in Louis Quinze style, with a long, slender
coat back and full blouse fiont that
teaches just below the waist lino, whore
the folds arc held by a girdle or soft sash
run t V* aasAI? r?!l n i\AUif ml ltil/%1/ lii
Tlio jingling, nerve destroying chatelaine
is to be worn again this year. Quite
a li'.tlo medicine case or surgeon's equipment
is now appended to tho silver or
gold bow. There is a book, whose leaves
are ot court plaster, a silver il i>'< of salts,
a tiuy cruet an 1 a scissors, knife aad
memorandum bank!
Miss Zelia Nuttull. of San Frane'soo
Cal., is making a mark as an anthropologist.
Just now she is in Dres len, Germany,
where she has a line collection of
books ou M? xico. Her apartments are
furnished an 1 decorated in Mexican style,
ami she is wonderfully well iuforme I in
Aztec history and arts.
Eminent specialists arc declaring that
insanity, diseases of the eyes and nervous
prostration are largely trucaable to
the tight-lilting narrow-toe 1 shoes now
so fashionable. There are certain nerves
in flic fee which seem to he abnormally
sensitive to the pressure of n irro-v shoes,
and untold 9utiering results from wearidu
them
FISH REGARDED ASA POOD
TITERS ASS ONI THOUIAVO TA?
BIBTIS8 TO OKOOSS PIOK.
The Myth ADoat Its Belli * B???S:.v?a:.'.nnsr
? Lew Nutr?ttT?
Titan Fleali?Its Ileal Value.
1 I f UE housekeeper in each familj
N I f will do well to remember tlx
I fact that there are 1000 differ
? ent species of edible fish in thii
country. Not that she need expect U
be called upon to choose from this bewildering
lot each time she goes to the
fish market, but only because the mention
of possible fish in suoh large quantities
as this makes the mere fact of selection
for dinner a more important and
awe-inspiring achievement.
Professor Atwater, : i the recent report
issued by the Fish Commission, has
settled the number of edible fish at no
less than that, and Professor Atwater's
authority is not to be disputed.
The food value of fish is a matter of
great interest to anybody who eats fish.
It would bo worth while to trace back
the legend about the value of fish as s
Krain inAfl and rlisnnvor if nAsaiKlw
uimu ivvu ???V4 Miwvf vi) it pwoii/iV)
whether the originator of the idea ate
flab in large quantities, for the idea ia 9
brilliant fraud.
In the first place v.here is no proof ol
the fact that fish contains phosphorous in
larger quantities than any meat does. In
fact, the analysis of fish has provod that
it docs not. And, in tho second place,
there is no proof that phosphorus is any
more of a brain food than any other
substance.
Tho real value of tho commoner kinds
of fish as food is about as follows: In all
fish there is a larger per cent, of watei
and a less per cent, of fnt than there is ii
a liko quantity of the flesh of fowl ano
domestic nnimal3. Thero is therefor*
less nutritive uiutcriui, pound for pound,
in fish thun in flesh.
In tho flesh of tho flounder there is
sixteen per cent, of nutntivo materia!
and eighteen per cent, in the fresh cod.
In the fatter fish, tho herring, the shad,
the whitefish, the mackerel and others,
the per cent, of nutrition is somewhat
higher and near the value of beef, which
ranges from twenty-five to thirty-three
per cent.
Curiously enough dried and salt fish
are more nutritious than tho same fish
whon fresh. Bait codfish contains twenty-eight
per cent.of nutrition, salt mackerel
forty-seven and dedicated codfish as
high as eighty-two per cent. Part of
this increase in nutrition per pound is to
be accounted for by the fact that thr
waste materials. the honp. skin and re
fuse, are more or less removed from dried
and salt fish; the removal of the moisture
also has considerable influence.
Because of the presence of so much
water tho juicy shellfish, such as oysters,
clams, lobsters and crabs, have a low
per cent, of nutrition?the oyster being
rated as low as from seven to ten per
cent., with the lobster about 011 a par at
eighteen. Nearly all of the oyster?as
much as 87.3 per cent.?15 water, in a
quart of oysters the solid portion
weighing but two to five ounces. This,
of course, makes oysters a costly food,
since, in order to bo properly nourished
by oysters, one would need not only to
buy, but to eat them iu extremely large
quantities.
|n'u|;b'i vtouoi\ VIS 'i/ut/ at&Ouilb if
given quantity contaius of tiiree things
--proteiu, carbo-hydrates and fats. Of
these three the protein, containing
nitrogen, seems to be the most essential
to human well-being.
The American fault in eatiug is eating
00 much fat and carbo-hydrates?and
lot enough protein. "This," said Pro"essor
Atwiiter receutly, "is a natural
result of our agricultural conditions,
which have led to the production of
large quantities of maize, which is relatively
deficient iu protein and of excessively
fat beef and pork. Our agricultural
production is iu this seuse, oue
sided."?New York World.
The Nation's railroads earned $87,
000,000 duriug Mnv.
Denmark has a system of benevolence
by which the honest poor of sixty years
of age arc insured against want. It is
on the presumption that tlioy have always
paid taxes.
four |{iiiIronilt (It ei lntiketl.
"StI-H!!</,. I|*nt four railroads. one 11 l>ell line,
and laao luel- til |ii|i.-.lines, nine miles from
1 Inenui*. sir old h?\ l-eeii nam looked," said
.Ilia A. baa iuuiiis .V (' ... avlieli I Ilea- laid nut Hitman
<d li ninth. I'mir Im-tiu ies loei>t?d. house ;
and sini-. s s|>runo tt|> at oni-e.? I'lthnuo New--.
Coal aold for a ton in Hartford,
Conn., iu 1*28.
tC. P. Walt hall A Co., Druggist s.HorRe f'uvf,
Ky..wiv: "llall's Catarrh Cure cures every
Otic thai takes it." Sohl l>y Druggists, T.'ic.
When a fly lights on a piacu of sticky
paper he realize that ho is bettor o.T.
? llin^haniton lea lor.
The Only On* Ever PrlntrtL
caw roc riWD tiiii word?
These Is a 3 inch display ad vert laement In
this paper, this week, which has no two words
ali e except one word. The samo Is true of
eaeli new one appearing each wcok, from The
Dr. Hatter Medicine Co. Thl* bouse plsc<s? a
"CTceeent" on overylhlng they make and ruibli-h.
1,00k for it, send them the nmne of the
word and they will retttrn yoa u<>OC, bcautirut.
i.iritoottArns ors?""v,2
No Chinese has been naturalized for
thirlccn yeans.
j
Our Baby
Was a hennty.falr,plump
f) 'CajiJ*, end healthy. Put when
two years old Scroftila.
fEVr . Humor spread over her
^PWRA.Iiead. neck and forehead
down Into her eyes, one
Emiiiii ! rederleli. prreat enre.itching* and
burning. Hood's Snrsaparilln gave her new
lifoar.d appetite. Then the h'ttnor subsided,
the Itching and burning ceased, and
the son s entirely healed up. She is now perfectly
well." I. \V. FitRltritirK, Danforth St.
near Crescent Ave., Cypress Hills, Prooklyn.
IIood'H Pills cure all Liver Ills, billons,
uesa, nausea, sick headache, indigent Ion.
CHOLERA
Its Origin and History;
PREVENTION
AND CURE.
An interesting Pamphlet mailed to any ad'
dreRft on receipt of Ftainn,
Dr. L H. HARRIS. Pittsburgh, Pa.
onrw DTipw?h.Mtl?rla.
Biliousness and General Debt lit)'. Glees
Strength, aidit Digest Ion. tone* the nerves?
creates app*tlts. The bent tonic for Nursing
If others, wenh women and children.
The stooping bicycle rider maj be suppose
i to bo on pleasure
transcript.
Oca Out Riumi Era vim enres weak or
Inflamed eyes, or (rtnolMM tlda without pain.
3 cent*. J'NM R. Picnr.T Drug Co.. Prist -I. Va.
For a full crop on the farm commend
us to the old hen. ?Lowell Courier.
When Plata re
Needs assistance It may be beet to render It
promptly, but one should remember to use
even the most perfect remedies only when
needed. The beet and most simple and gentle
remedy is the Syrup of Figs manufactured by
the California Fig Sjrrup Co.
The iiian who brags much on his goodness
will bear a good deal of watching.
?Ham's lioro.
"I.irE is a battle field 'on which we flpht for
fame." To preserve health In this flgnt uee
Heeohanrs Fills, !ff> rents n box.
It doesn't take a bit of meanness out
of a rascal to polish hio?.?Ram's Horn.
Mai.aria cured and eradicated fr m tho
system by Brown's Iro t Bitter*, wtilch < nrichostho
blood, toner tbe ncrwa. ?ids digestion.
Acts like a charm on persons in general
ill health, giving now energy and strength.
Every man's ldoal woman is oue wno
would believe ho caught wht!os in tho
river if ho told her so.?Atchison Globo.
If afflicted with sore eyes nso Dr. Isaac Thompson's
Eye-water.Druggists sell at 2&o.per bottle
CURES RISING
.. BREAST
"MOTHER'S FRIEND" MWSK
ollcrcd chiid-bearing woman. I have been a
mid-wife for many years, and in each casq
where "Mother's Friend" hail been used it has
accomplished wonders and relieved much
suffering. It is tho best Temedy for rising of
the breast known, and worth the prico for that
alone. Mna. M. M. Bhtstkr,
Montgomery, Ala.
I can tell aM expectant mothers if they will
use a few hoffk-s of Mother's Friend tiiey will
go through tlio ordeal without nny pain and
suffering. Mrh. May Bhamiam.
Argusville, N. D.
ITaetl Mother's Friend liefore birth of my
eighth child. Will never cease Its praise.
Mas. J. P. Mookb, Colusa, Cat.
Bent by express, charges prepaid, on receipt
of price, $1.50 per bottle.
BRADF1ELD REGULATOR CO.,
Bold by all druggists. Atlanta, Oa,
tvtw tv?irTCOi--^ eEvttmr
ME
Bile Beans
Small,
Quaranrerd to cure Bilious Attacks, BIckHeadache
ami Conatlpatlon. 40 In each
bottle. Price 25c. For sale by druggists.
I'lcturo "7, 17, 70" and sample dose free.
J. F. SMITH A CO., ProprMort, MEW YORK.
RKK9 ERADICATES BLOOD PON
SON AND BLOOD TAINT.
Ceveral bottles of Swift's Specific (S.S.S.)
0 entirely cleanied my system of contagious
blood poison of the very worst type.
Wm. S. Loomis, Shieveport, La.
ULKjl CURES SCROFULA EVEN
CS&fiSl IN ITS WORST FORMS.
T HAn scrofi'i a in list, and c!ean?ed my
1 system en?iiely fiom it by tailing seven
bottles of S. S. S. 1 have not had any symptoms
since. C. W. Wiu ox.
Spaitanburg, S. C.
fflra HASCURED HUNDREDS OF
CAGES OF SKIN CANCER.
Treatise on fllood and Skin Diseases mailed
tree. SWIFT Si'tciru < >. Atlanta. Ga.
The hypophosphites of
lime and soda combined with
cod-liver oil in Scott's Emulsion
improve the appetite,
promote digestion, and increase
the weight.
They are thought by some
to be food ; but this is not
proved. They arc tonics;
this is admitted by all.
Cod-liver oil is mainly a
food, but also a tonic.
In Scott's Emulsion the
cod-liver oil and hypophosphites
are so combined as to
get the full advantage of both.
Let us send you a book on
CAREFUI. LIVINO \ frCC.
Scot i A Wownr, Cli-i.nsts, t t? South 51 h Av taut,
He Yerk.
w
^ #1 A'W'g^e P*'li-'ltots the <-|i>r of tlir> FVcf
I 111 J I I ill P* -Ti'l Armpits and cure* !!ir fft'nr
" =" msr or mouoy refunded. * W.
I lit 1>I II;;ji>l-01M11II. Send for testimonials. ||.
V. M l) I I .II iV I'D., Sivnnton. !)' !?,
FROM 5c. to $50 rosi, Vl'V: |VAT.~.
ST \ II l*S. Send ili'iiTliiltoii 10 |i. c. Kent on.
I.oiik |i.-.ii |i I'jillf.. nn I In' will make you an offer.
Piso'H Remedy fbr Catarrh la the
first. Easiest to t'so, and Cheapest. [flj
Hold by druggists or sent by mall.^^E
50c. E. T. Ilazcltlne, Warren, Pa. H
I'AI'TION.? ilewnre of d'-nlrrssah
lllinllni riioe* without W.I,. Uonila* I
name n nd 1I10 price otninped on bottom. I
Hurl] Miilml It iii loan nro fraudulent on* i
subject in prosecutionhy law for ob? ~ '
mining money tin* jO lib .
mh dcr false pretences. li"
'iai Inp v/sd, ilxo nod (run/ Y>
' 'J
~~ %
w
iBttaaafsCTEfll
IttflL&fsaa
IUj* hand*. liif'irr (lie iron, and bum off. I
The KUIn? Sun Stora FolUb U PrIUtent. Odor- I ^
J*ta Durabta, and the con*uu?ar par* lor no tin I
or claw packaro wHIi erery jnirctouo. I "
"August
Flower"
ii-S A ? a O a _ . m
I am nappy to state to you ana
to suffering humanity, that my wife
has used your wonderful remedy,
August Flower, for sick headache
and palpitation of the heart, with
satisfactory results. For several years
she lias been a great sufferer, has
been under the treatment of eminent
physicians in this city and Boston,
and found little relief. She was induced
to try August Flower, which
gave immedaite iclief. We cannot
say to much for it." I?. C. Frost,
SpriugOcld, Mass. ?
LUXURIES?LEAKSViLLE BLANKETS.
HouwlU'c|'fi*r.*i n? . f 3. CnrollwT* Pride, 7 lb.,
f 0 per pull. I*tt*?villc Mount .Icons?Or?y, Brown
nu<1 BHi-k?'/Sc., 4 Oc. and title. per janl. Kersey
Ornv, ,1'j l.'ic. Brown. Il?c. a yard; aery good.
Wool Yiirn. nil colon. 3r. n hank. If your dealer
doe* not keep these goods order :?f .1. >\ . St'OTT
4c CO., Special Belling Apis . iircrnsbafti N. C.
BEAUTIFY YOUR HOMES
WITH
JAPANESE GOLD PAINT ^
STAR ENAMEL,
ii'ndv mixed ; anybody
K" .4. tijjHHBjwl inn apply them; proiluce
i | wonderful effects for
i decorating chalra, tables,
1 1 .1 1 'SSflCwaJ piili, bathtubs', vnaes,
LP j wlckcrwnrc; in faet.nny?
tiling and everything;
! 'iir. enrh.
t&RSTEKDORHR BROS 11 Tlila Gold Paint la tho
** I' "lost talHIan' In tho tnarket;
the Knnmel pro/
>,E < duces n washable, porVSfgT <v^r'HA-'4r
VE ; 1 olaln llnlsh. If your
'*u-V >(61 Murekee|>er iloea not.
. UBv AS 1 handle fame enclose 50e.
' ^lSpf!'jAi/*'1tSF ( and ive will express,
rWyllf, v/ 7l 1 charge* prepaid. I Box
f WiJUninUA llT Japanese Gold Paint and
e'Afl ''H'l J 1 ( M' While Kuamel, or
.- lawp n 1 ,4 j ? of either. These gooda
HlA~,j are not niallahle and exMBjHfiSBMW
11 < B j pleas chaises too high to
|p? i fBtfiagggThi?
t'nt ix ' t m i .. v. i.; | i! St.. t'ltlengo, III. -
??f LIVER
PILLS
WklE no WOT UKIPF. NOU Slt'KEIt.
8nre euro (t SICK UK\DACHK,
impair. I digestion,conatU
petwn.teipid pli'iuls.'fht y arouse
w vital organ", remote tiam-'ca. Uls*
55 tineas Mapirsl i iffrt on Kul_I
U?-V- nail Irliitlrlrr, t'onnurr
bilious ntTTona <1 ixBonu^^y
Complexion" Tiy1 prVnfyfnfe
blood. Purely Ykoetaiiif.
The dose Is nlrely adjust, ,1 toMiUr.vr. t>? one pill can
never Ik too much." Eacli val rotiLilii, t.", ran it >1 In vest
pooket. like lcatl peneit IlltsllK'SS knoll's greet
convenience. Taken easier Pan rttpar. Hold every,
where. All genuine good, bear "''lenc, > t."
8eiul 2-c?nt stamp. You get .'>"2 page hcoU v.'lUrampn
OR. HARTER WF.OiCINE CO..S! Louis. Mt*
5i t U l?
IF YOU
OWN
CHICKENS
YOU WANTO \ -\x THEIR
THEM TOA JL WAY
en If you merely keep them as a diversion, la ac?
1er to handle Fowls judtolntinty, you must kno\
something about tliecv. To meet tbla want wear*
selling a Itook giving the experience / nH|u RB.
of a practical poultry rnlr*r for I Will J tOvr
twenty-rtvo jenre. It waa rvrlttea by amau who pat
all hie mind, and time, and money to making a suorenaof
Chicken raising-not as a pastime, but as a
business?and If you will profit br his twenty-five
years'work, you can sa?e masy Chtoks aaanallp.
. . k!lillifm lgsm.s-.t^S
" Hatilr.g CHrkt'i-."
and make jour Fowls eitn dollar* for you.
point Is, (bat you inu t br able ( > delect trouble la
the I'ohIii v Hard n- Mn n us It nri"': r?, iin.l know
llPtrliU'lsrli II. 'Mils I "uk wl'l tc.v li ) !?.
IS tel * bow io ?l"lo< t >u.| iiirixC i iihc. to fAo,l foy
eggs sit.I Li t. for fa*toeing. which fowls to save fo*
brrcil'UK |>ur| o*Of. and ?'orytlilus. Indeed, you
Should kcow oti this subject In ntuko It |uo!)ltible.
Bciil postpaid for twenty O.i touts la lc. or Jo.
etomi s
Book Publishing House,
1:15 Ltossnn I r . N. Y. City.
AT. L. DOUGLAS C
3Q |S B" FOR
VUVla GENTLEMEN.
tennlno sewed shop that Mill not rip t HuoCalf,
less, smooth iusldo, flexible, moro comfortable, stylists
durablo than any other shoo over sold nt tbo price.
Is custom made shoes costing from JI to #5.
i only S.'I.OO Shoe muito with livo complete
I, securely seweu at tho outsldo edge (ns 6hown In cut),
I) Riven double tho wear of client) welt shoes sold at the
no price, for sucheaslly rip, having only one eole sewed
a narrow strip of leather on tho edge, and when once
>rn through aro worthless,
he two eoleeoftheW.1,. POI't.'f.AS 9.'?.00Shoe
rnen worn through can bo repaired ; many t lines at
ioociiar/,Miner will uever rlpor loosen fi?m tho upper*
ki urrhnipra of footwear <1<iriig to eeono
fiuxo, should coh?M?t the puporlor mmllttcf
of shoos, and not bu Inniiciiood
to buy cheap wilt FliooaaoM :.t ?Tfn,
>?. uaving only nj>pr lrnnco to rnmnif nil
\lBL ^ Uiem. W. I,. l)OK;i,,\.'* ,W-n'a
4 on it * ? ? 111, iiaiij
I'lilli-r .nil Km ji^
?^lS3 i Inn'Vsr !?,'.| j vj', ^
niVof thoVnnipVilih ^ *
Mltir* < mmmI ercbunii where f ? * )
^i*&,w/i:is.v.i^'Kci,i?.Sriiaj ,.