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I ?S??1hh9^ HLjCS j xju W /* p(THEVAUEY. son was lighting n*T hodae >1 no-clad bill, iv bird was rufllad aa It perched w\ adow *111, ns chased tor ths kitten on the vwept garden walk, 1 the dainty head a dahlia rod >n its slender stalk. e bird at the rose tree, unheedc cares to-day; I the thousand thhun t the future brings ? such as they. household Ingle oen I*.? >?ng clouds lnt#rPMt - ? ? "?/wi_k 4l ww uuw? lurougn ino MJHt hole, and a shadow tho house en K shrouds; ftfl And I know I must quit my mountain, and j go down to tho vale below, ft For my houso is chill On tho windy hill, TThon tho autumn tempests blow. H. mind Is forover drawing an Instructive pnrnllol Twlxt temporal things that porlsh and eternal things thnt dwoll? When billows and waves surround mo, and waters my soul o'rflow, I descend In hope I From the mountain top y-Hptic sheltering vale below. Jj j go down to tho Valley of Hllenee, whore tho worldly aro never mot 5 f I know there Is "balm and healing" thoro for oyos t hat with tears are wot; And I And, In Its sweet *?nin?inn ? ?(|ouilU solneo for nil my nnrn, IKor thnt vnlloy puro, With itn sholtorsure, T s tho beautiful Vnloof Prayor. ?Chambers's Journal. HINCKLEY'S'OMECTHNS. EY EMMA A. OPTF.n. W<^DN?T h?je ing hii hands nt tlio Rink. Joan Carhou, bin niooe, was ringing clothes out of tho bluing water. "SVhut in it now?" alio asked, looking rtraight at him, with 11 keen twinklo in her l?ig, brown, heavy-fringed eyes. llor chocks wore as pink iih wild roses. "It's his now thrashing JK# machine, ain't it? Wnl, I have hoard > v- 'twas a regular daisy 1" Joan disapproved of nlan^, but a Kansas ranch is a favorable place for IUO OlllllVUUOU Ol it. "1 don't know nothing about his thrashing machine. What 1 know is, I know Andrew Wilkorson, when I was livm' in the south part o' Indiany, twenty years ago, r.r.d I uin't going to have nothing at all to do with a man that wan celebrated all over the country for being a cheating, lying, onprincipled, no-aooount scalawag 1" "Well," said Jean, squeezing out a ^^Bt?tbcloth, "you'vo b'en Haying that, pappy, ever siuoo they moved here, and I hain't oven disputed you." Ho was all tho "pappy" sho had over known. "I won't neighbor with 'em I" "Wal, you needn't. Onlv. noomR to mo you havo theso spoils of Bwearing you won't havo nothing to do with I him just when he's got something now, er be'n elected town trustee, er raised an extra big crop of something. I helive it riles you to think ho's getting I along k<? good," a mischiovious dimple I dOYfUOpiug itself at the eornor of her \l ripe mouth. "I really believe, paprv Mr. Hinckly rattled tho wash-basin. llo could uevor scold Jean, however great her guy impertinence. But he upoko with sternness. "I don't want nothin' to do with 'oin." ho repeated. "Nor I don't want you to have 1 There's a young feller in the family; I've seen him once or twice. .1 wouldn't have you have no truck with him, nor know him, not for all I got in the world?not the son of a man like Andrew Wilkorson. Blood tolls. If you over boo him, to uuy of tho corn-huskings er merry-makings, you give him tho solid-goby. Now, I mean it!" "You've b'on saying that for thirteen months, too, pappy," said JeoA, laughing. But hot laugh was odd. Hho faced her uncle bravely, but her cheeks had lost thoir pinkness suddenly, and her breath came for a moment in little gasps. Mr. Hinckley woro spectacles, and was not particularly observant, anyhow. When Joan carried a baskefiul of clothes out to tho line, ho gazed uftcr her, proudly and securely. "The smartest gal in tho country and tho handsomest!" he reflected, with commendable moderation. "It's got to be a lino foller thatgitshcr away from 'pappy!' " Mr. Hinckley had to drive to the village that afternoon, to try and scare up a deccnter hired man than lli Adamc, whoso laziness appeared to bo ft positive disease. He was thinking abgorbedly of many things as ho drove along--Andrew Wilkerson's heinous failings twing for the moment wholly out of his mind. "Hi, there 1" a teamster shouted. "Turn out, can't you?" "Turn out yourself, ScthSimpson," said "Mr. Hinckley. They were old friends, and they grinned at each other. But Mr. Hinckley's three-year-old "colt" had no liking for the great empty hay rack upon the rude seat ol which Seth Simpson sat. She reared quickly and violently. "You fool of a horse!" said her driver good-humoredly. "Keep in the road!" He jerked her back, but she jumped again. Mr. Hinckley was bending forward, with a strong gra??? nnon the lines, pmi one of the protruding poles of the rack struck him forcibly on the forehead. The lines fell from his hands, and he felt of his head in a daze of pain and alarm, and foil forward just as Heth Simpson reached und caught him. ^ J A TolnminotiB voice vu sounding la hi* confused ear* when hi* wMW fa- ' turned to him. "?o, sir < gov BoOtcs Cwlllsr." It aid, decisively. "He'* the only feller round here that know* tlpe difffelronoe between a toothache and a oa*e of I cholory morbus. "Ooodnesa, Andrew, qnit your joking 1" a jroman's pleasant voios beseech ed. "Tain't no time for joke*. Bnt yon had better get Doctor OolHh*t loosened and Wjt'1 *" c?H*r A big iienvv hl'lr jftC|? H" wet "m--AD,irow w-,::rzn "to-' liko that. I ..J.'.' "f1"" jj'iii... he ' ,;ovh:rr'i ?l?i-!:'?ti-t I,',, Jxz ? avuuu V "Andrews," hui?1 his wifo, "if you can't talk any lower, you'll havo to go out in the kitchen. Ho ain't jest the man to have round anybody that'H nick, Mr. Hinckley," h)io Haiti to the sufferer, "hut ho ineaiiH well." Thereupon Andrew gave a loud laugh. Mr. Hinckley rained liimHolf and leaned on Imh olhow. He felt ill nt ease, dintlirhed, half angry. "Andrew hcnt up for your tiioce, Mr. Hinckley," ?aid Mm. Wilkernou. "We didn't know just when you could he moved, and we thought hIicM want to know?" "Um! yoH. I'm much obliged. I ruchh I can he moved; guesH there ..ii.'t iiroku," Mr. Ilinekley ronpoiided. He was eyeing Andrew WilkerHon without warmth. "You've changed oonsider'hlo ninco wo know each other up in ludiany, hain't you?" ho queried. "Indiany?" Andrew WilkerHon repeated, in hearty toncH. "Oh, yon. yon, to-he-nuro 1 So've you." "You'rethicker Met." "Wal, yes, guesH I ho. You're hold* ing your yearn well, Mr. Hinckley? splendid." "Hotter lay down ag'in, hadn't you ?" SOIll !!1S WHO. "I guess I'm holding my years," Mr. Hinekley rejoinod, linmollit'iod. "I've got it good straight. honest life heliind mo, niiyhow. 1 never done no injury to no man." "CourHO not course not!" said Mr. Wilkurson, in a soothing manner, which nettled his enforced guoHt. "I've tried to forgot that little transaction we had, Andrew Wilkerson," said Mr. Hinckley. "Sinet we've boon neighbors here I've tried to forget it. Ihit 1 can't rcely forgot being cheated out of a hundred and twenty-one dollars ami a half clear T?* ?>!?<? v " "Want it fifty-one cents?" Mr. Wilkerson demanded, bursting into a great roar of laughter. "Heo here, I wanter know what you're driving at. I thought you was loony?out of your head?when you begun, but I sfe you ain't. What are you trying to get at? I never see you before I canto Here, in all my born days." ' Ain't you Andrew Wilkerson, ol IndianyV" "I'm Andrew Wilkerson, but 1 ain't of Indiany, by a long shot ! I come from Michigan always lived flier'? tier I ain't ashamed of it." "Andrew," his wife remonstrated, "if you get him excited " "I ain't excited," sanl Mr. Hinckley, lying down, weakly. "I felt, minute 1 laid eyes on you, that I'd b'ou making a mistake all this time. I've got cousider'blo to apologize for, Mr. Wilkerson. I ain't ever had a good square look at you before, and I thought the hull time you was a feller that, wa'nt much better 'n a ?'n a?" "Coyote," said Mr. Wilkerson. "Will, seeing I ain't that feller, 1 aiif't going to worry about it. Ner you needn't apologize none. If I'd thought a feller'd clean me out of a hundred and twenty dollars and fifty-one cents ?wa'nt it?? I'd h'on mad. Wal, uovf, wo hain't h'en verv neighborly, but I kind O* think vonr usil and n?v in title up f?>r it pretty mueh?" "Andrew !" said Mrs. WilkerHon. Hut u (Hidden rush iiinl tlutter of s blue gown iiml inetihereiit little murmuring* interrupted the talk. loan Meat over her uncle, her arms around him. "Oh, puppy," she cried, "you nin'i killed? Oh, pappy, I was Hcnrod to death when Wilbur ooine and told me!" " Told you I guessed he wan't hurt mueh," h?ii?l a tall young man behind her. Upon this young man Mr. Hinckley's eyes were tixed. ile was a line looking fellow, ami Jean had called him Wilbur. Mr. llinekloy felt that some explanation was due him trom somebody, but he made his own explanation first. "Jean," he said, "he ain't the man. Ho ain't from Indiany, Jean. I've wronged him." "Oh, pnppv !" Jean sobbed. "Nor I hain't done right by you. I've known Wilbur almost ever sineo he'* been here. We got acquainted at the Fisk girls' daiwc, tnd we've seen each other lots since, and ? and, pappy?" "And we're going to get married before next spring, 1 reckon," said Wilbur, with a tlush of pride and content. His father gave a rolling laugh. "What, you minx," he eried ?"you agreed marry a son of Andrew Wilkerson, of Indiany?" "Yes, I did," said Jean, her bright face hidden on her uncle's arm. "I thought till this minute that you ivhh tbfl in** 11 pappy thought you was. Hut I?I liked Wilbur so, mid I trusted him, and I didn't euro who his father was, and I wouldn't ask him about it, either, and make him think I eared if his father was a rascal." "You're the right kind!" said Andrew Wilkersou, almost in a shout. "You're the gal for mo?and for my boy !" "She's the gal for the best man on top of the earth," said Air. Hinekley, stroking her hair. "No, no, Jean, I ain't, hurt much. t'H dance e.t your wedding, but yon don't go 'way after it and leave your pnppv. 1 can't spare .'on. 1 guess there's plenty of room jn my ranch for yon and the man that can make you happy, hoth of yon." "I'm so glad of that, pappy J" Jean whispered, joyfully. * 1,^1. ?STwi* .Mr. H??g^a. wtl? ?topy~* ?* ?. A l? I ^BTwirts^ss?54/ ? ? |L|- 4500 A top ?*w^ln^Ml!1"*' povvd* u worth t^?y 7J. h91J pj^ia : &?oJSSj? ^fiitnid that people eat twent/p^ cent, moro breed when the weather is cold than when it is mild. Paris now gets its water supply from nix great springs. It travels through eighty-three miles of aqueducts. The Mediterranean has been com* monly supposed to be a sea without tides; but, as a matter of fact, at Venice there is a tide in tho spring of from one to two feet. Tlin nave onimolo "' XIk 1 ..........in VI HOIIU AIDITICB, according to Professor A. 8. Packard, of Brown University, comprise 172 species of blind creatures, nearly all of which arc mostly white in color. The campus at Yalo College is now lighted by eloctrio light. Thia is anid to be the first time in the hiatory of tho collego that lights of any kind have been displayed on the campus. The pain oauaed by tho bite of n moaquito ia caused by a fluid poiaon injected by the insect into the wound in ordorto make the blood thin enough to flow through the mosquito's throat. In calculating "oxaot time" at the National Observatory at Washington, the astronomers do not, as ia generally supposed, use tho sun as a basis of their calculations. Bucli deductions are made only from the relative nosition of the * Mixed stars." The largest sun spot ever noted by astronomers appeared in tho fall ot 18<?7. It was 2H0,0()0 miles long and 11)0,000 miles wide. Four hundred planets the size of the earth, could have been laid side by side in that "spot" without touching each other. A disease known as peach fever is common among the employes in the fruit packing and canning establish* merits of Maryland and Delaware. The more experienced workers seem to become proof against the irritant after some years in the business. There is no evidence to show that the disorder is contagious. Neither the turtle, tortoise nor toad is provided with teeth. There is a belief that a turtle can bite oflf a linger, Imf 111.. .1. *l.: 1 n '..V WMV vtlllliu V?ll UU IIUHIIII^ U I 1 III* kiml. Its jaws are very strong nnd tlio horny membranetlint runs around tho jaw, where, in other animals tooth aro found, is so lnird and lough that tho turtle onn crush tho hones of tho hand to a |>nl|>, hut as for luting ott' 11 linger, tho feat is an impossibility. A Costly Walk. Tt has boon loft to a St. Louis business man to construct a gravel walk, neither long nor strikingly beautiful, that is a modern if comparatively bumble rival of the glistening highways of (lotion and fable, for it represents St5.IKK) hard < <??)? I'M war <1 1'. Kinsella, Vice-president of the Hanlcy-KinHclla Co (Toe Company, is the proud possessor of this unique walk. It is composed of several tons of Brazilian pebbles that came to him in an ordinary business way during tho past few years. This lirm are heavy importers of Brazilian colTee. llefore the berries are ready to be roasted for the market the sacks are opened and the contents carefully examined for twigs, leaves and other impurities, the latter generally taking the shape of small pebbles about the si/.e of a eotl'ee berry. These came with such regularity and in such quantities that long ago tho idea they were accidentally in the sacks was abandoned, and the conclusion reluctantly reached that they were purposely plaeed in the bags to mako weight. The daily discoveries of these Brazilian pebbles will till an ordinary water bucket. The importers pay for coffee. Two years ago Mr. Kinsella concluded to utilize this apparent evidence of dishonesty of tho far away cotfco packer, and 1 uid the nccumulation of pebbles carted out to his handsome residence, on the West Pino street boulovard, No. '1323, where they were used to make h handsome garden walk. The pebbles represent a weight that in eo(Foe would be worth $15,000. The gravel path is each month being added to, and it is but a question of time when Mr. Kinsella will have the most expensive piece of garden path in tho world.?St. Louis (llobe-Demoerat. Fight Between Two Bucks. Few people are aware of tho desperate character of a tight between two ferocious deer. At Harbin Springs recently two two-year-old bucks met in an inclosure and for about half an hour the tight was most furious. They tore up the earth and gored each other iu a frightful manner. During a part of the time, and while the combat was the hottest, the air was tilled with dust while they struggled for advantage. A short distance away stood a doe and a fawn surveying with an expression of interest and wonder a contest which was to decide which would rule the family. All doubts were soon set at rest, as one of tho bucks made a tremendous lunge that landed his opponent fifteen feet away; this lie followed up with a rush that pinned the other against the fence, from which he shortly afterward escaped, only to be caught again by his angry foe an I tossed into a spring and gored until lie bellowed, which was a sign of surrender. The light was exciting while II UIMCU, 1111(1 WIIS WllllCMCd hv tile guests of tin- Springs nnd ?|ti11? ? number from town who were visiting there. ? Miiidlctoii (Ca).) iiidependent. Close Dealing. A woman sold a pig to a butcher the other day and he killed it on the premises. Now it is a superstition with some butchers that to cut off a pig's tail insures the preservation of the ineat. The pig's littlo tail was cut off. But the woman was on the watch. She picked up the tail and gave it to the butcher to be weighed, saying: "I want pay for the whole of him." But the butcher got even with her. The reckoning came to half a cent, j probably because of the addition of the tail. She wanted the haif Cent, of course; she always does. So the butcher placed a cent on the block, cut it in two with his cleaver, and gave her the half cent ?Portland (Me.) 1'reas. 1 At A ^ 4 if *.? r. m* SnOOTttQ WitH FERRETS. tbanmro ncm to Dzrra ba? bmivbolc THXn holm. Folate About Mauling and Working tho Croatarea and ChoOiIng the (iroilnd td M Cduredi 7T LTbOUdH thete are a goodly /\ limber of hnnters who think y^y. tO?kgeam of nport does not ^ until tho snow is on the gronzMXhe; can get after the ralv bit, and by |he aid of tho ferret, drive him forth to(get a good funning shot without aU the tiresome tramping, I i r. 1 e - - ? aioug ma scent ol a rabbit in search of food* of tan to get no nearer to the quarry than several hundred yards. Truly tb.S ferrotov has tho best of it when ha knows his business and has a good ferret that knows his equally well. The great trouble is that ho few of our ferrets do know thoir busineHH, or, to use a common phrase, "one end of it.** The fault of this lien in the owner of the ferret, and is easily remedied, for there is no animal moro easily trained, or more useful when trained, thnn .the well-bred ferret. I was talking td a man the other day who breeds ferrets and makes quite a business of ty, keeping them on a farm, and having them divided ofT in yards and hut< lies, just as if they were pri/.o rabbits. I wanted to buy a couple of yot ng buok ferrets for the coming season, and asked him if ho had any bred from parents that had been properly trainod? Ho replied: i "When I first! oommencod this busi- , ness 1 had ferrtets on hand that were 1 trained like bird dogs, and, of course, i 1 vuluod thorn accordingly. Do vou I think tnero was any demand for them? Well, there was not, and when I asked i or .$20 for a perfectly trained for- ( ret people thought I was crazy. So I | gave it up, and now havo neither I trained for rota nor ferrets roared and I bred from trained stock. It docs not t pay." ?? 1 was surprised at this, and picked ' out a pair to do my own training, I ready for the first tracking snow. As < from this'it would appear that a great 1 many people who use these animals do ' lini iiiiihicutanil flu* nilvnufono* /? ' ...... ..*7 , gained from a trained one, I may as ( well inako it plk'n beforo I go any 1 further. I thtwk all will allow that there are few things more annoying to < the hunter then to have the ferret < "lie up" whenWML.into a hole, result- I ing in the losnwflbprt while you wait ? his pleasure ahj?*5pming out, or if he ' iH loft, the los5^^-"tho ferret, value, I say, 310. Thnrt^only the first evil. ' the others are wlf&u ho will not work ' at all, refusing prtreistently to go into an earth, or whoa ho enters, and fiudH ' a rahbit, he will kill and eat it instead < of dragging it out, and lias no idea of answering tlio voice or call of his mas- 1 tor. lu Germany, France and Eng- ? laud the ferret i? taught all of this, .] and there is, with few* exceptions, no 1 bother and no delay to sport. ? Obtain a young animal, and see that he is healthy, has clean feet, with no scabs on them or anv siorn of there . having boon any, for this is a sign of "hutch ret" and will make tho little fellow sensitive to hard weather, and apt to shirk. Take, him homo and havo for his homo a moderately warm, dry, clean hutch, and mind that it is kept so. This is the most important item of them all. Then commence the training process, which is done through the medium of food. When you go to bod food him, make a curious squeaking soiuitl like a rat squealing, produced by pressing tho touguo against, tho side of tho teeth and Htrongly sucking the air through tho interstices. Any boy will give you a lesson. Do this whenever ho iH fed, ho as to impress upon tho mind that the sound is counwted with food, and half the training is done. Then begin to handle him. Make -up your mind to the fact that when yon put your hand down X1"1 witl think it is some thing to eat, afrtsLwill raiHo up to l"nose" it, and tmt if you draw tho 1 hand away in a sudden manner lio will ! be <iuicker than you, and will seizo it, giving you a pretty bad bite; but that f if you keep the hand moving steadily and fairly down, in a fearless manner, ' the forret will find out his mistake ami not bite. This is one of the hardest lessons tho trainer has to learn, as \ they are bloodthirsty looking little 1 cattle, and ;t. requires some courage to do this the first time or two. Having overcome this difficulty, handle iho , ferret at all times and all seasons. You cannot overdo it, and after a time * you will take quite a fancy to the little thing. I never carry a ferret bag, but carry them loose in my pocket, which is fitted with a flap and button. ' Having progressed so far, take the ferret out in tho open, anil take liim hungry, so that when you make tho call he will be keen to come to you, when ho must be rewarded with a < piece of meat or liver. If he docs *kis 1 well, advance him to the hedgerow or brush, and get him so that he will < come to you whenever you make the > call. c When tho hunting commences, be ? careful and liavo the ferrets well fed the night previous, but not the morn- ' ing you go out, unless it is very cold, ^ when a very little milk may be given. 4 I'lns will insure better work. Arriving J hi iin; eitnn, ciuicr located oeiorc hand, or by the hound dog, take tho ' ferret nn<l placo htm m the entrance; ' if it lie tenanted he will immediately < go down, if not he will go in a little ' way ami conic out. Then pick him 1 up and try elsewhere. If ho stays in, ^ an ear placed to the ground will locate 1 any disturbance, and toll you if the ) rabbit is pinned. If there is no bolt 1 in a reasonable time, and the ferret, ? remains in the earth, stoop down and ' make the feed-call, and if properly trained the ferret will come to you, and his jaws will tell you if he has ' found and killed a rabbit, bv the blood on them. Always reward him ' with meat or liver until ho is an old [ hand at tho ImaiWess. You will then ( have a ferret that will be the envy of the neighborhood. Sometimes the f best animals will take a fit and "lay j up,' that is to say, they will refuse to ^ come out, and in such a ease the best way is to make a nest of grass or leaves at one end, and bank both ends up with a sod of grass. The next morn- ( ing, or pi ss dy as you return, the j ferret will be found curled up on the bed waiting for his master. The tpiestion of mu/./.ling a ferret iil ways a lively matter of argument. , Moat of the muxzlee need ere totally unfitted for use, end one might ea rea sonably expect e race home to rni with e plowing ooliar around hie neck m to Axoect a ferrAt to do with one of the made-to-sell monstrositiea on hia no*?. A muzzle ahould consist of firelight* aoft leather straps, whioh are put together bo one formi the ring of the snout, the others lying one along the nose, one under the chin, one around the noae near the eyes and the last encircling the neck close behind the cars. If you cannot make ono yourself take the little fellow to a harness maker and get him interested in the matter, and he will turn out a muzzle that will fit like a lady's glore, and the ferret will work comfortably and well. Remember alWflVH that the animal ia n)v>vin? a "natural instinct when lie limits and that your aim is to assist him as much as you can. As to working them with bells T am not so prejudiced. If the grass o undergrowth is thick ono must either have bells or very great watchfulness, as it ruins a ferret to let him run around loose, even for a very few minutes, and that is what he will do if he gets out of an earth without boing scon. The objection to bolls is that he sound travels a long way through tho ground, and if there are any other passages with rabbits in them they will all "git up and git" while the hunter is occupied with ono. If they are used they should bo of tho tiniest model of sleigh bell procurable, and should bo slung on to a very light strap, care being taken in putting the collar on that the bells are so arranged that the buckle comes under the chin, and the hells one each side and ono in the Tildd'e of Iho of tho UCCll. If tlio hells hang under the chin they are in the way and half the time they jiinuot sound, while if properly disposed on the collar the weight ot tlia buckle will keep them on tho back of tho neck, where they will do most ?ood. As most rabbits boltod from earth ire shot withiu a twenty-yard rnuge, .he gun must either bo a cylinder bore ;r must he so loaded as to produce ivh.at is called "scatter" shooting, and vhat is more it must be a hard-hitting ?un, for tho furry fellow takos a lot >f killing, and frequently gets awav ivith quite a load of shot on board. L'lie orthodox load is ono ounce and a piarter of No. ft Rhot and throo lraohms and a half of powder, using diick wads over the powder ; but many food men prefer No. 4 Rhot, and unhesitatingly uso wood or smokeless howder in the second barrel, if not in >oth. This is very important on a uisty morning, when smoko from ilack powdor hangs around. Arrangononts to include fair rabbit shooting tnd board may be obtained as low as wolvo dollars per week, and a personal risit will arrantro for any number o? >dd days 011 about the same terms. Itabbit shooting obtained this way eats tranqiing unknown ground out uf sight.?New York Recorder. k Curious Worm. "when Her Majesty's ship Cliaiicnger was engaged in making that celebrated (erics of soundings, and whilo measurements of ocean depths wore being bakeu in tho viciuity of the Ladrono Islands, tho dredger brought a curious ipecimon of the worm family to the mrface. The creature was about the size of a lialf-inoh rope, nearly twentykhreo inches in length, and striped ?nd banded with all the primary colors, [t had a hooked, hornlike proboscis, inrell equipped with powerful teeth, jacli hooking downward. Tho horny ?eak was used expressly for capturing food, and was only 3* inches in length. Exactly what a true representative of ho worm species would do with n "captured" edible may seem a mystery ;o the average reader, but our rainjow-colored sub-marine curiosity had ise for just such provisions. Wlien;ver a periwinkle's egg case or a fresh ot of frog spawn floated his way he nstant.ly seized upon it with his irmored beak and quickly "turned limsclf wrong side out," completely mveloping his dinner. This proced iro revealed a remarkable state of itVairs. The "dinner hook" was the niufl at both ends, the body of the vorm fastening around it at tho midlie, and the color ot tho "inside" of .ho worm was the samo as the "outlido"?that is, if anyone could tell vhich was which. For want of a betier name the specimen was labeled Vermes vice versa.?St. Louis Republic. TIIE III(?!lF.ST AWARD. tJoyal linking Powder lias all the Honors In Strength and Value 2() per cent, above Its Nearest <'oinpet itor. The Royal Raking Powder lias tho mviable record of having received the lighest award for articles of its class ?greatest strength, purest ingrelients, most perfectly combined? vherover exhibited in competion with ithers. In the exhibitions of former rear", at tho Centennial, at Pari.:, Vienna and at the various State and Industrial fairs, where it lias been ovlibited, judges have invariably awardid the Royal Baking Powder the highest honors. At the recent World's Fair the <xiniinntion for the bakiiur now.lor i wards wore directed by the chief hcinist. of the Agricultural Departnent at Washington. The chief oheinst's otlicial report of the tests of tho Hiking powders, which was made for lie Hpeeitk* purpose of ascertaining .vliifli was the best, shows the leavenng strength of the I toy si to be H50 Millie inches of carbonic eras per ounce if powder. Of the eream*of tartar mking powders exhibited, the next lighest in strength tested contained nit 13:1 cubic inches of leavening gas. rhe other powders gave an average of III. The Uoyal, therefore, was found if twenty per cent, greater leavening itrcugth tnaii its nearest competitor, ind forty-four per cent, above tho iverage of all the other tests. Its mpcriority in other respects, however, n the quality of the food it makes as :o fineness, delicacy and wholesome* icss, could not be meaaurod by tigIt is these h'gh qualities, known and ippreeiated by the women of the country for so many years, that have <uiseil the sales of the Koyal Baking I'owder, as shown by statistics, to exceed the sale of all other baking powIcru combined. r W?yi of a Captive Wildest. Everybody has heard of Nic Arend's 1 wildcat. The cat was given Hid sone 1 months ago, and ever sinoe has been f uu tiu r*i vi tne lano. xne * cook, a colored woman, at Nio's place ' feeds the cat, which has manifested a > great fondneaa for her. When ahe ap1 preaches the cage he pnrrs in the most pleasant manner, but if anybody else 1 oomes about him he immediately ' growls and shows his wicked looking fangs. The cat is perfectly satisfied ' with his home. Two or three times his cage door has been accidentally 1 loft open, but he never even walked ^ outside to see what the rest of the world looked like. However, whenever It occurred that the cage door was left open, Nic always missed a chicken. The other day he saw the cat catch one. He simply crouched down by the door and waited until the chicken, oblivious of danger, came along, and then he shot out his paw and had the chicken by tho head. After he catches and kills the fowl he picks all the feathers off it almost as carefully as a cook, and uses his mouth in the operation while holding the bird between his paws.?Florida Times-Union. Tho largest pnrk in the United States iH the Yellowstone. It is sixtylive miles north and south, tiity-Kve east and west, contains J)o73 rqnrro mues, ana le-aowr rasi sbofe tho ten level. Brown County, "nnsns, hns n man wlio can husk un<l cril> 135 bushels of ooru in ten hours. Oai?u?:tt Etueuton, n Missouri minor, recently sent out a lump of coal weighing 2140 nounds. Ladles needing a tonic, or children who want building up, should take Brown's Iron Hitters. It is pleasant to take, cures Malar a Indigestion. Hiliousness and Liver Complaints, makes the Hlood rich and pure. Li.ott)'r reports lOtM vessels lost in intra, of which 249 wore Hritish and 120 American. iri<>\i's 'flits i Wu ofTer One Hundred I) i.lars Tlewarl i' : any rase of Catarrh tauicaau t, be cured by Hall's fas iter i t 'ur . F. .I.Ciikni.v %'l- Co., T'rops., ToV d >, O. We, tho nndu*sigii.-d, hi?\u 1; own F. ,1. t lie noy for i it > last 15 year ;, nml t-elivvu i nn i' fectl ,* lionoraldc in nil bndne s transact I uit nn I linar.e ally a'd to carry out any c.dilution inado h.v the r tin . West & Tuuax, Wholesale Druggii.tr-, Tele V. Ohio. w.vi.ni ??, kin a:; m vuvi.v, v'h lc. m. 1 irug; iris, Toledo, o i '. Ila l'a Catarrh Cue i i (1 -kc i I item ill v, r.r t In ; d.reclty unci 1 hi lojci l i .ue .uaa.tr taccs of t lie 5\. l.'IK. i'ri a, 7-V. p 1: tie. .-ad1 liy al! Druggist/.. ithnunir rren. If your Hack Ache, or you are all worn out, food for nothing, it is general debility. Brown's Iron It Iters will euro you, make you trong, cleanse your livi r, and give you a good AlllH'tilf ! >11HS I llM 114*1* VI* 4. The clgnr trade, which is saM to bo a Rood Index to tho financial situation, is ltnprov- J lug. A wonderful stomach corrector?Beecham's 4 Pills. Hecc-ham's? no others. ^5 cents a box. l\si: llita.vn'.s UtoN.inu, 'PnornKS for Coughs Colds and all other Throat. Troubles. ?" I'rc-'jinlnently the bosl."?/lev. Henry Ward *bt a''let. Sextrb unions will try eo-operntive house keeping. Now i Is tho Timo to Take a ) Fall Medicine j To purity your blootl and build up your strength so as to prevent Pneumonia, Diphtherh, the Grip and fevers from getting a hold 011 you. I too l's S irs ip.irilla possesses just the qualities which make it the ideal Fall Medicine. Be sure to get Hood's,because Hood's nr> Cures . llood'n I'i I In arc |>r.?n|>t and efficient, yet easy j Inaction. Sold Ity all druKglHtti. 2o cents. j jVii I A remedy which, 1 *<?>, !f used by Wives \ <W?*V/V fl Rhc i.ttocxperienoo I fljvi/r '/ "l0 r'.infnl ?rde;?l J )r\>9\ '7 ".) attendant npen J / \ Y S'v'; Child-birth, proves J fl 'r^yA rn hjfalllMe sped- J NV^Vy'?T? liso tortures oi coil- ( II n f / liucment, leii.'fnlnK J III I Vv - J?7v t'ledongci.sthoi'eof ( if F| A \\ '< ^y jA to both mother and i // |l \ \\Sy^ /Hi child, bold by all < /.' J', ? \ druggists. Setitby ; V /1| l\ \ express on receipt < price, $1.50 per J bottle, charges prc^ paid. i BRAOFIELD REGULATOR CO.. Atlanta. GA \ r\ PAW PAYING thin/ for Aio'nts Is our PHOTO- ! I 'iaV UKAIII FAMILY UECORDS, other Plo- i WAnW I (ures nod Frames. Address, Dept. 34, < I'. P. 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ONliY 00 CI A notes or po.?t-?^e 'tamps of miy ileno'iiiiiuti0 BOOK PUBLISHING HOUSE. 13 ^ ^ V N. 1 ns'ff KNOWLEDGE! Brings comfort and Improvement tnd tends to Dersonal enjoyment when rigiiily up-a. The many, who iire belter tlmu others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's besi products to Uie needs ol physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Svaup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleasant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect Laxative; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevera and permanently curing constipation. It has ^iven satisfaction to millions and^^ met with the approval of tha profession, because it acta on the neys, Liver and Dowels without wei ening them and it Is perfectly free froin *' ' every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all druggists in 50e and $1 bottles, but it is manufactured by tlio California Fig Syrup (Jo. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syriip 6f Figs, .1 1 ,,,-H U - r 1 M 111 ? * _..v* ^v.a-g VOll IU.VI. HCM, ,v- % accept any substitute if offered. 'August Flower" 44 For two years I suffered terribly witli stomach trouble, and was for all that time under treatment by a physician. He finall>\ after trying everything, said my stomach was worn out, and that I would have to cease eating solid foodi On the recommendation of a hidttd I procured a bottle of An gust Flower. Itufcemed to do me good at once. I gained strength and flesh rapidly. I feel now like a new man, and consider that August Flower has cured me." Jas. E. Dederick, Saugerties, N.Y.? ^ A l< A II I i S blNT.il K.N fcurM I'll.KHi wore* " c.imMi cured ? r money returned; by mall In 50c. A II boxes; elrcr.iv.rs. 3. 3. 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