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Royal Bockirheatn.
For o<>??riaou# it h"" bCou i'uo CUB
torn t<? mix the batter for buekwhea
cakes w it-lx yeast or emptyings, retain
ing a portion of the batter left ove:
from one morning to raise the cake
for the following day.
If kept too warm, or not nfte<
promptly, this batter becomes exces
sively sour and objectionable. Back
wheat cakes raised by this means ar<
moan ofloti oaiip nr Konvv titan lirrVl
J - "O"
and sweet. If eaten doily they die
trees the stomach and cause skin erup
tione and itching.
Instead of the old-fashioned way wi
have been making buckwheat cake
this winter with Royal Baking Pow
der, mixing the batter fresh daily, an<
find the result wonderfully eatisfac
tory. They are uniformly light an<
sweet, more palatable and wholesome
and can be eaten continuously withou
the slightest digestive inconvenience.
Besides they are mixed and baked in i
moment, requiring no time to rise.
Following is the receipt used:
Two cups of pure buckwheat flou
(not "prepared" or mixed), one cuj
of w heat flour, two tablespoons of Roya
Baking Powder and one-half teaspoon
fnl of salt, all sifted well together. Mi:
with milk into a thin batter and bak
at once on a hot griddle. n?ec prOp
erly tested from this receipt, no othe
buckwheat will find its way to yoni
tame.?jjomestio uoo**ry.
A Wharf n Mile Long.
The new wharf just completed a
Santa Monica. C?!., for *vidth, lengii
and cost is unsurpassed on the coast.
It reaches out into the Pacific Oceat
nearly a mile, being4093 feet in length
It is 131 feet in width and has sevei
tracks. It affords wharf room suffi
cient for eight ships, each drawing
twenty-eight feet, that being more
than the draught of most of the larges'
freight ships in the world. Santr
Monica is a charming little city of 100(
inhabitants, situated on the oceai
beach in Los Angeles County, sixteei
miles from Los Angeles. So delight
ful is the climate and the temperatun
of the sea that an ocean bath can b<
enjoyed almost every day in the year
winter as well as summer.
The shortest distance across the con
tinent, connecting the ocean commerci
of the Orient and the Occident, ii
from New Orleans or Galveston t<
. Santa Monica, it beingmiles nenvm
llian to t^au I' rancisco. This fact hni
been taken advantage of by the South
ern Pacific Company in the construe
tion of the immense wharf, as Santi
Monica's beach sloped so gently thn
ships could not make a landing, lb
the use of the new whnrf the lnrges
ships can now receive or discharge car
goes directly from or to cure, thui
greatly lessening the distance botweei
China, Japan, Great Britain and En
rope, and consequently decreasing tin
cost of transportation.
Btarting from tho shore on a curv<
the approach goes straight ont to deej
water, then turns northward mnkiuf
an E shaped structure. The appronel
to tho wharf is 3100 feet long, twenty
oight feet wide, and contains 101 bent*
sixteon feet apart. Two tracks nr<
laid upon this, and there is also a walk
way ten feet wide.?Chicago Tribune
Don't Fold Your betters to theOueoo
A useful piece of information t<?aii*.
of those suffering from that dreadfu
inflictioneaeoethesKeribendi, and who,
in consequence feel themselves int
pelled to write to Queen Victoria, wil
do well to bear in mind is that tluu
must on no account fold the nam r 01
which they have written. No com
mnnication whicli bears evidence o
having beeu creased will ever fall inl<
Her Majesty's own hands. The prop i
method is to write on thick, gloss;
white paper and to dispatch the mis
ive in an envelope which tits it. Am
folded communication never renohe
the Queen, for the simple reason tlia
he won't look at it. All such letter
re opened by the mistress of tin
robes, and as a rule their content
Berer get beyond her, or if the lottei
is of importance it is returned l<> tin
writer with directions how to for.vari
it.?London Letter.
IOC flu*. \\ 11 m I'm in T?n \rir?.
'l ien r -miii k iIiIp yit'1-1 was reported l>v
j* rank <'lose, Minnesota. on I wo acres ?I >!:?*
vel spring Wheat. Speaking of this wheat
this new sort lakes the rake. It is the greatest
cropping spring wheat in the world. Farmer
who tried it tlie past season tielieve seventt
Ave to one hundred bushels ran lie grown
from one acre, and are going to get this yield
for IWI. At sip* h yield wheat pays at !*>e a
bushel. Sal/.er is the largest grower of vege
table and farm seed in the world.
It yill' \t III.) I'T THIS <>I'T ANII MF.NI> IT will
7c postage to the John A. .Sal/.er Heed Co., I,?
Crosse. Wis., you will get free theii mammotl
catalogue ami a package of above sprint
wheat. A
Tnts counliy's coko trade in Mexico li
growing very rapidly.
GOOD QUALITIES
Possessed hv Mood's Sarsaparilla
are aim isl Ivy md mention. 1 ?t
of all, it it'll' li" lint Itluod, t his
strengthen!!!; the nerves, it re,nl.'ites
tlie digestive or* ins, invignrutcs
tlie kidneys and liter, totes
and builds nn the entire t ys' n.
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HEATHER BELL.
w?r ryzz ...O Uk? the buiuar oa Vhe Norland
j hills H-blow,
And her curving lips of laughter like a berry
f in the snow,
Jn a snood of crimson gleaming
Lo, her lock* of umber dwell,
I And I'm dreaming,
Dreaming,
Dreaming,
Of my bonnle Heather-belL
t With footfall light a* thistle-down 9he Cometh
ere I ken ;
Her smile Is like the breaking of the raoondawn
in the glen.
9 A myriad fancies teeming
a Feed the tin me I cannot quell j
And I'm dreaming,
1 Dreaming,
Dreaming,
1 Of mv bonnio Heather-bell,
i
^ Her voice is like the thrush's piping carols
in the corn ; I
^ Its tender echoes haunt me thro' the nighttide
till the morn , ,
Oh. her dimples shyly beaming, i
They have charmed me with a
j spell;
j And I'm dreaming.
Dreaming,
s Dreaming, 1
e Of my bonnle Heather-bell. i
?rcK, m Ai!.~.iiia Constitution. j '
; THE MASKED ROBBER. 1
1
BY MATILDA A. WOODCOCK.
EW YEAR EVE had J
t ^ lyllfc: HR?in come, and. as ,
' &S usual, a large party j
! %r of 1,8 YounK people 1
i ' ! if/j Mere invited to see
?f *'1P ol<1 veRr ]
1 al m,v nuc'?*8 country
w jsr seat.. Right jolly
' f were the last hours j
> # 8 ?f the old year made
t under that hospita- ,
t y hie roof, and the
) large rooms rang with merry laughter
i when one of the party was unwittingly
i caught "beneath the mistletoe bough. " ,
Having wearied of dancing and ,
0 games, we gathered in the large, old- ,
n fashioned hall?another of our time- 1
, honored customs ?and then, in front |
of the great open fireplace, piled high ,
with blazing hickory logs, we passed the j
9 last hours of the old year in story-tell- ,
s ing. One of the most remarkable of j
> these stories was told by my aunt, and ,
- I shrill Cuuooer to repi-.d it as nearly
4 as possible in her own words:
There is always one story which \
comes to me on New Year Eve and j
t seems peculiarly appropriate to that (
t time, although it is not a joyful one. ,
r When I was sixteen, my mother ,
t died, and soon after her death my ]
father sold our old home, and removed ]
4 to a large farm. 1 had been born in (
1 the city, and until that time had alWRVK
lived there I L-?o?lv felt tl.e
) change from the gay metropolis to the ,
solitude of the country, but fortunate- ,
* ly T was fond of rending and was also
> a grent lover of nature, so that in a (
j measure 1 was compensated for the
t life which I had left. I saw little of ]
the outside world ; therefore the most (
* trivial things became of interest to j
? me. j
One afternoon in June, when we
had been living on the farm two years, ,
I was sitting on the porch .
reading a novel and crying ,
over the sad fate of the heroine, .
when suddenly iny attention was at- t
1 traeted by the sound of wheels. I ,
, looked up quickly from my hook and
saw a buggy rapidly approaching our i
1 house. My curiosity was at om-e
arou?ed, and my disappointment nnd
surprise were great when 1 found that,
instead of a stranger driving behind
the thoroughbred little mare, Lake,
? one of our rough farmhands, held the
r reins. Presently lie dr? v- up beside
the porch, and his errand was made !
known in n few words. There had .
> been a runaway about a mile from us,
s a ml the gentleman who was driving
t had been thrown from his carriage \ t
i and soriimslv ininrfd f.nLo 4).*. I
> man fall and went immediately to his
< rescue. ITe managed to get him to a
r barn near by and, after capturing the
i horse and buggy, botli of which wore
I unharmed, had driven over to m
what could be dono. It would be hcveral
hours before a doctor could be
brought to him, and he was Buffering
so much pain that Lake did not like
t > leave him so long alone.
lust then my father came up, and,
having heard hake's story, said that
i the mail should he brought at once to
our house, and ordered one of the
men h'. harness l?*,o of the horses to
the farm wagon. A mattress was then
laid on it and off they started, leaving
me at home to put things in readiness
fur the injured man.
i Our pretty spare room, with its
' fresh matting and Swiss eurtuins, was
1 the one which f selected for him. It
: was on the groiind-Hoor, and would
there tore i>e more convenient than any
? nther. Our guest, who gave liis name
lis John Graham. soon arrived and
was carried earefvd'y to his chamber,
h and before very 1??nthe doctor came,
i Having sat the t?rokeri limbs, forone
of his legs and one of his nrina were
broken,?and iipidied some cooling
wash to the bruises, lie left the patient
to our cure.
It was many weeks before he was
able to move from his bed, but between
tie' doctor's skill and our caretnl
nursing be slowly regained his
strength. Remember, iny dears, in
those days vour white-headed old aunt,
was young en I romantic, ami a man
far lass fascinating rind handsome than
John (iridium under such circumstances
inighl have turned my silly
head. I confess to you that my head
was wholly turned, my heart entirely
given away to this stranger. For
i weeks I was hands and feet to him.
I Never ?i wish whs uttered by him that, I
' were it in my power, f <li?l not gratify.
He was very fond of roses, ami early
every morning f would gather the
ehoieesf from our garden for John's
room. I was perfectly delighted when
hp one day told me that iny "cheeks
put the roses to shame. '* It was the
first coiapiimeni he ha<l ever paid me,
find for days the thought of it made
me absurdly happy,
v At last I Celt that John loved me. I
" fifvi moved that his eyes did not b?l
r low every moth !i, and how the light
ennie into his eye* wlmn f returned t<?
! hiio otter some short, ahsenee! This
was mv first lov , and by it my dull
{ monotonous lit 01 eined changed into
! a I'aradiac.
The weekB glided by. Johu had re
.
covered and won Id soon leave ue, vet
he had not spoken of hie love; but
after n while the worda came. We
were Hitting on the porch in the moonlight,
in the name place from which I
hid neeu him carried iu on that
eventful day when he waa hurt.
My father's consent to our engage*
ment was soon gained, na John's past
life, so far as he could discover, waa
irreproachable, and his worldly prospects
were good. Everything went on
happily for the first few months, and
it seemed that in our case love was to
run a smooth course. I must not forget
to tell you about my engagement
ring. It was one which had boen
handed down through several generations
to John. He had always worn
it on his little finger. It was a serpent
of silver, its head being formed
of an enormous ruby and the tail of
Binall diamonds. Inside the ring was
written, "Time reveals all things."
On the day of our engagement John
look it from his finger and placed it
,.n mi.. mill. IL. J- . llfll U
i/?i iinur wiiii iwuri B ; ommm
aught part ub, love, though years roll
between, the Right of this ring will
bring me to protect you."
At last my cup of happiness was
full, but it was destined to be emptied
to the dregs. I need not go
over those months of misery,
when John Graham came to
nee me with his brain stupefied by
liquor, and tell how T tried to bring
him hack, and how he would try and
fail again.
At last, it came to my father's knowledge,
and in one of his fits of fury at
I he weakness and loathsomeness of my
iover, he literally kicked John out of
the house. It is enough for me to say
that things went from bad to worse. I
could love John no longer, after he
had sunk so low, and at last?it was
on a New Year Eve, like this?our engagement
was broken. I returned the
ring, but John sent it back to me,
1'iriyiiig nit? iu KtTji II-, iif* n hymuoi
of a love that had once been true."
After this, my health gradually gave
way, ami our physician advised my
father to take me to Europe, which he
did. We travelled several years and
everything was done to divert and
amuse me. At first. I prayed to die,
hut I was young, very young, and as
the timo passed by, life again became
sweet to me. Another love came to
me, far sweeter aud stronger than that
old, wild passion of my girlhood, and
in your uncle, my dears, I found the
l)Orf?et !uvf <ii WOluniillOOli.
I had been married a number of
years and was the mother of three
children when your uncle was obliged
to go to California to look after some
mines in which he had a large interest.
As he expected to be there for a
oiisiderahle time, we all went with
liini, and decided to rent a furnished
liouse in the suburbs of L?. The
>iip we fancied most was large, and
3lily one story high. It was handsomely
furnished and had r. great
many acres of ground around it. At
first, I objected to taking it on account
if the lonely location, but the numerous
attractions which it possessed soon
overcame this one fault, and before
long we were comfort-inly settled in
Ditr new quarters. We had been living
there only a year, when one evening?this
also was on New Year Kve
?your uncle came home as usual, and
tfter he had been in the house a few
minutes, he received a dispatch which
necessitated his starting off immediately,
to l?e gone for two or
three days. It was the first time
since our marriage that we had heen
separated, and that nigh4 1 did feel a
little nervous. I wont to the nursery
and looked at my children, sleeping
peacefully, and then, taking a hook, I
rend until I was so weary that I went
to lied.
My bedroom was large and had four
windows. Two of them opened on the
pin/.za, and two on a beautiful green
terrace. My dressing-table stood between
the piazza-windows, and on it
was my jewel-casket, containing all my
diamonds, and several other valuable
articles of jewelry. Usually, 1 kept
this locked in an iron safe, but that
evening I had taken it out, in order to
get a pin for my husband to have
mended in li . and i bad torgotten
t?> jmt it back. After I was safely in
bed, J remembered my casket, but coneluded
that no harm could possibly
come to it in just tliat'one night, and
thought I would put it away
in the morning. I do not
know how long 1 had been asleep,
when I was awakened by hearing a
slight noise. 0,? >n ,1- niy eyes, 1 saw
by the ligh' a dark lantern the figure
<>'* ; (all mau standing by my
dr -.nig table. My first impulse was
to < ream, and then came t he thought,
"!?' 1 do that, he will kill me!" Hudileulv
the man turned, and 1 could see
that he was masked. Then I shut my
eyes and feigned sleep. Htealthily he
walked to the bed where I was lying,
and, bending over, looked at me, for
what seemed, in my agony, to be
hours.
"(), Ood !" ' thought, "if he would
only kill me now!" But no! ?he
moved eoftlv from my bed, and again
walked to the dressing-table. 1 could
hear him take my jewels, one by one,
from the easkef, and lay them gently
down. At last, the box was emptied,
and yet he did not move, but stood ns
it hound by t spell. I felt rather thnii
heard that lie was once more coming
toward me. Certainly this time he
would take my I'ff, and 1 prayed (Sod
it might ho don / iptiokly ; but, no! I
must suffer stib nore. Me knelt down
and put his face so close to mine that
! could feel his hot breath. I was like
one petrified. My blood seemed
frozen in my veins, and had the cold
steel been pressed to my throat,T should
not have felt a single pang. My whole
being seemed held by some terrible
power. At last, he arose from his
knees and, going to one of the windows,
blew n whistle three times. This
is all that I remember. My consciousness
must have forsaken me.
When t again opened my eyes, the
bright light was streaming through
the blinds. At first. 1 hail only a va
cue remembrance - f what seemed to
,ne n dreadful nightmare, hnt grade
ally the whole sceno of the night, be
lore eamo clearly to my mind and a
terror seized mo. My children wore
niv Orst thought. f sprang ipuekly
from m\ l?od, I u foil heivily to the
floor in n deal fnint. The strain had
proved too much for me. lor day a I
I iv unoonaoionM, only fooling u luirn!!
i i piio; it. my head; hut tli'oiivli
J.'s mercy I was given Imek to my
Inoi'oaud ami childrou--for uot a hair
I \
f
of ttit h^l? biirii*" hc?-d? had
been touched on that horrible night.
The enlQeot of the masked robber
was never'mentioned until mj health
was fully restored. One day I was in
my boudoV, idly lonnging, when my
husband oame in and, seating himself
on the sofa by my Bide, took a small
piece of (nrper from his poeket-bo9k.
It looked like the fly-leaf of a book,
and was covered with writing in 'lead
pencil. He handed it to me, saying,
"I think, little woman, you are strong
enough to read this."
It eras as follows:
"I have come here to-hight with a
baud of robbers intending to steal and,
if necessary, to murder. While taking
the jewels from your casket, I came
across a ring. That ring saved you.
I looked upon your face and a flood
of recollections came over me. You
need never fear. I love you atill.
Bed as I am. the thought of your pure
soul has never left me, and although I
tm a robber, the memory of you has
kept my hands clean from blood. I
shall always keep watch over you,?
shall always protect you. J. G."
So the mystery was solved, and the
robber, who had robbed me of nothing
wus my old lover. Your uncle tried to
search him out ii, * :l, .win
not until many years after that,
having* " invited to spend n
few days with some relatives of my
husband's, in the western part of New
York State, I again heard of John
Graham.
One morning, at my cousin's suggestion,
we walked over to the
picturesque old churchyard. We
strolled in and out among the graves;
stopping now and then to rend the
quaint inscriptions. A simple gray
stone, on which was hanging a small
wreath of immortelles, attracted my
IlUVlUf, J Hl??JjpeU Ul WUttl IIll^Ul
might, be written on it, nnd then 1
read the name "John Graham. Died
on the Eve of New Year Day, 18?.
Beloved of the people. God rest his
soul." T asked my cousin if she knew
who this John Graham was? And she
told me that some twenty years before
a man with a peddler'a pack had come
into the town. His wares were good,
and he sold a great many. As he traveled
from house to house, staying, as
was tho custom in those times, first
with one family, then with another,
he became very popular, and was induced
to take his small capita'
nnd open a stoic. xle
gave his name as John Gray, and
he was so self-denying, and didso many
deeds of charity, that the country folk
almost canonized him as a saint.
Their shrewd minds soon discovered
in him no common peddler, and when
at his death an old envelope was found
next his heart, with the name John
Graham in a woman's hand,and inside,
a lock of yellow hair, carefully folded
in paper, on the outside of which is
written, "My guiding star," the curiosity
of the good people was at its
height. Your uncle and I could have
solved the problem, but we carefully
guarded the secret, and to this day
the village gossips wonder who "John
Graham" could have been. J have
heverjcnown how he happened to fall
into w;h ft state of degradation as to
becoirj a robber, but I firmly believe
that by his after life he made full
atonement for his sins. A New Year
Eve never passes but that I think of
John Graham,-- and you will not wonder
that it is so, for it was a fateful
time in his sad life. 1 felt as though
it were almost a supernatural coincidence
that it should have been also
the time of his death.--Romance.
THE LABOR WORLD.
There are 125 clerks' unions.
A weaver In Germany receive* sixty cents
a day.
Fio-packers in Asia Minor, if skillful, car
make twenty cents a day.
A convection eh in Venwiiela can enrn
from #12 to f 16 per month.
Heven miei.ion persons are employed in the
cultivation of the vine in France.
The Meriden (Conn.) Cutlery Company has
out wages five to twenty-five per cent.
The textile congress of France has decide 5
to ndopt n standard list of prices, as in Eng
land.
Inmates of the state Prison at Providence.
It. I are making hoop; for the Brazilian soldiers.
A Nashville (Tenn.) labor lender wint*
the unions to employ lawyers to prosequipeople
who violate labor laws.
An agricultural laborer in India i? suppose
1 to receive tlve cents a day, but in general
his wages are not so large.
The average farm laborer in Amerle,doesn't
mnke $250 a year and a large pro
portion live on less than $150 a year.
Mossrr (Conu.1 mills have shut down, But
no rent will be charged operatives in th
company's houses so long as tlie factory if
idle
The Portland (Me.") Central Labor 1'nioc.
wants a law lo prevent the employment
children iin<1cr foniteen. an I an Employ ; ?'
Liability net.
When h boss In Luxemburg noe-ls an e:.
ploy^ lie fills out a lilank ami for Hv < cent-'
th? ni'Ws is posted in all the post offices it
Wurtemburg.
Under tho English Employers' Liability
bill, wuich has passoil soooml rending. th
bossos will have to pny damages to ni?n injured
in thoir employ.
Iohn Burns and other men prominent in
English labor oirolos are to oo:ne to tliii
country.to confer with their brethren In the
cause on this side of th<> Atlantic.
' 'he Inte General MaltzefV, of Persia. \\s *
reported to tie one of th" heaviest emp'oye.y
of lie'p In the world. In his twenty-niii*.
mines he cave work to .15.000 workmen.
Hii.i.hboro. New Mexico, a new mini:
cnmp. boasts of having u? unompioye I m-<
Work is offered to all miners who go th?i?
The -'old ore runs from +45 to *104 ir ton.
The Master Workman of the Cooks' A
Bernbiy, K. of L, at Omaha is a colore I
man. and the Worthy Foreman is a white
man. The Treasurer is white, ami tim Secretary
colored.
I!. 15. Fhky. of flic I'nited Iron Workers. >'s
in Pittsburg working up an emiyr.t' t.-n
movement to the co-operative colony at
polobampo, Mexico. It is said that 520,000
people could prosper there.
In llollnnd women ami persons of*eith>r
sex llll'lfr IIIB llfff HI sixiei-n nn* ii'ny mnii"den
to begin work earlier than R a. in., or t ?
continue nt work after 7 p. m., nor oiin their
work exceed eleven hours n dny in nil.
A srnitviol good (ortnnn Iihh come to ti
Pho'Dlxville (Penn.> Iron Company in tee
shape of a contract for RO,000,000 pounds c*
iron for the construction of n railroad bridge
more thnn two miles long over the Mississippi
near New Orleans. The contract, it is
said, will keen ?h? works hnsy foi iwo
years.
Farm* More Soinriit For.
It in n?te"i in the country town* flint
thf-rf ik inoro <t.o|H)tnil Tor r>u'"iM (lf> m
He vein! yenrn pn?t ??11 I hoMiu^n < re
p> ov inoA-trontfer. One''ni iiith luim-r
is menv^ ,sd hh Inning recently *ohl
for ovef ftitOtlO the fnrm he p?i<l
for in IP(|2, Reniitei ttiin H'tv.'.iii'o lie
pot n Hiiw n i'rii|ifi'niii it ? I. \vi>to11
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r?.xl 1 a * i- n? ? ?
ni. uoioara tunnei is muss long.
Petrifying hnmin fleeh is a lost art. i
Coin* were at one time made of *
leather.
The Czar of Russia's typewriter is
his wife.
I
The most freqnent crime in California
is burglary.
Iron and steel are mode by native
tribes in the interior of Afrioa.
It is estimated that the world's cucumbers
are worth $8,000,000 annually.
Real agate marbles are made from
agate found in Ober stein, near the
Rhine.
A cat with "eight well-formed legs"
is owned by Edward Franklin, of
Athens, Qa.
The largest locomotive was built four
years ago for the Northern Pacific,
225,000 pounds weight.
The Greeks consume annually to
nooli inliaKilortf fi tro r\/\nn/1a /># en/vs?>
and one pound of coffee.
The higheat natural bridge is at
Rockbridge, Va., 200 feet from the
water to the bottom of the aroh.
Engineers on the first locomotives
were equipped with tin horns, with
which they warned people from the
tracks.
If ancient history is to be taken as
an authority, Phayllus of Orotona
could dear fifty-six feet at one "standing
broad jump."
At Cannae, where the Romans sustained
the worst defeat they ever experienced,
there were 146,000 men on
the field, of whom 52,000 were killed.
A large elephant had to be killed at
Stuttgart, Germany, on account of his
temper. A single bullet from a small
bore rifle delivered in the forehead
dropped him dead.
Toronto, Canada, has an office called
the department of negleoted children,
which is superintended by J. J. Kelso,
whose duty it is to find suitable homes
for unprotected children.
i ue largest nugget ot gold iounct in
Mexico within the memory of white
men was picked up by a Mexican at
Planchas placers, Sonora.in the spring
of 1H92. It weighed fourteen and onehalf
pounds.
The estimated population of Meooa
ia oVimit 60 O00, "tvliiio the Uutuber of
pilgrims massed together there last
year from all parts of the Moslem
world was variously estimated at from
200,000 to 300,000.
Application was made at the New
York Postoffice the other day for
mourning stamps, and the applicant
expressed great disappointment when
lie was told that the Government did
not keep any in stock.
Iteveuue officers have oaptured, in
North Georgia, the smallest still on
record. It is complete, with cap, tubs,
and nil appurtcnauces, and is not over
eight inches high. Strange to say, a
colored man weighing 225 pounds was
arrested for running it.
The average number of students in
11>reH?ling-rooni of the British Museum
is 051 each day. The attendance
in the library and scnlpture gallery
I 1 1 A 1. * It 1 1 '?
uits tierii less i iiin yenr uian usual, dui
the nnraber of visitors to the museum
shows an increase of 50,000 over last
year.
While making some excavations be
neath a church in the Prussian towi
of Angerburg, the workmen made *
horrible discovery?a small walled-ir
space in which they found a humar
skeleton, n broken chair, and the re
mains of a helmet and a pair of boots.
The walls bore marks as of tinger-nai'
scratches, and there was other evidence
that some person had been walled ir
alive.
He Lives on Monkey Diet.
A recent session of the Missouri
Valley Horticultural Society at Kansas
City was addressed by W. S. Manning,
of London, whose card is inscribed,
"Fellow of the Royal Botanic
Society and Hon. Secretary and Lecturer
of the Natural Food Society to
promote Food Reform Based on Science."
Mr. Manning's hobby is, as his
card indicates, "food reform." He
advocates that tho human family
should live solely on a diet of fruits
and nuts, and he practices what he
preaches. He said in his addr is that
lor eight years past he had not swallowed
a drop of liquid refreshment of
any kind nor a morsel of cooked food.
He had subsisted solely on fruits and
nuts.
"My breakfast this morning consisted
of a half pound of California
figs, two oranges and two bananas
mashed up together, followed by a
tomato salad and a handful of nuts.
This meal was eaten raw, as all my
meals are."
"What did you have for dinner?"
asked a member of the society.
"I have not yet eaten dinner, i eat
but two meals a day. My dinner will
come between (? and 10 oclock this
evening, and will be a repetition ol
the break fast."
Mr. Manning claims that an exclu
sivediet of fruits and nuts contains all
the nutriment that the human body
needs, and he claims also that the body
fed on such a diet cannot be sick. Mr.
Manning is not a crank. He is described
by the Kansas City Times as
an intelligent, well educated, florid
faced robust man. He lias proved b
his own sat intact ion by experience thit
the reform of which he is the apostle
is a , ;ood iliing.
rai?lii 1*0 <?i n risMnj? Frog.
A curioua denizen of l?o (loop, captured
by Landlord Stephen 1>. Jtarnen
and liiH men while Ah!) in# in the Kill
von Knil. linn boon on exhibition at
Bergen Point, N. J. Jt? mouth ia
nearly wide on the bond, which in
very broad. I<? body >* narrow compared
with the head, and tnpera gradually
to the tail. It is an inhabitant
of the bottom of the acn. where it buriown
in tho inud. It i? "nppoMd ir
ii-- n-i - !?i ? - I
riniic Mimiit'l or nes WllMlll I'OnOll Ol
its great jaws l?y moans of two long
nn<l taaeoierl tentacles, whioli it slowly
waves to ami fro. From this belief
the ioni?'.ti r is ltnown as the "angler,"
or *' li - 1m i ^ trog."??Sau Finuoisoo
Chronicle.
Ttr.uoling ami cropping the ear*- nn \
nose wevo common piilo-htnenta Ir
Kn gland until the beginning ui the
hist century, i
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A NEGRO OUTRAGE.
AN OI.D STORY RETOLD.
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tu TIOTIK IB NOW 83 YXAKS OLD AND
LIVING H THE LODISX HOME.
WABHtNOTON, D. O.
(From ffis Washington Post.)
mm yearn ago, when negro outrages In
his city were more frequent than now. there
iccurred a case of assault in broad daylight
>n our streets, which, at the time, was noted
n the city press, but which has now been
orgotten. While your reporter was out at
he Louise Home yesterday ho had a conversation
with tho victim of that assault,
ifrs. Ann Atkinson. 8he Is new 83 years
>ld. She repeated the story to me and
leemed overjoyed at her recovery
"I was nornlu King George County, Va.,
m a plantation about twenty miles from
fredericksburg, in February, 1810. Eight
rears ago I was attacked by a negro who
nade a grab for a little satchel I was
arrylng on iny arm. In the strugglo which
ollowed the man knocked me down and
Iragged me along the pavements for a
llstance of 30 feet. After securing the
latchel he ran off and I was picked up and
arried to the Home. An ugly gash over my
eft eye was sewed up and my left arm,
tvhich w.-.c dislocated, w.?5 am. as a result of
ray experience, congestion of the brain and
nervous prostration followed. f?o nervous
was I that I could not bear even the noises
>f the Home, and I was removed to a quiet
ipot in the country whero I subsequently regained
a portion of my former health. The
shock to my nervous system, however, had
weakened my former excellent constitution.
mil its elTects began to tell upon me in my
Sally life. The pLyslcians attaohed to the
Horn* did all tuny cou'.d to relieve me. I
look to sudden staggering an I walked, accompanied
by severe pains in mv limbs. In
addition to this I had sinking spells with palpitation
of tiie heart and shortness of the
breath,Which not only alarmed me but caused
me much annoyance. Severe pains in my
Imck appeared, and altogether this old frame
was in a pitiable condition. In the meantime
Ihe physicians were treating me with powerful
nervo tonics. About this time I noticed
severe pains in my right arm, whioh extended
from the shoulder to below the elbow
and then worked back again into the neck,
threatening my head. These I recongnized
hb rheumatism.
"I read in the Episcopal Recorder, a religious
paper published in Philadelphia, of
tho marvelous cure of a person by Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills for Pale People who had
ray symptoms to a dot. I sent ror two boxes
which were furnished promptly. From the
start I began taking them according to directions
and almost immediately experienced
relief. Before the bottom of the second
box was reached I was almost entirely
' ured. However, like Rory O'More, I believed
in odd numbers and I sent for the
<hlr.1 !? tl?1_ ?
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rnci.maiism disappeared and my right arm
was fret* from pain while I could use it to
write at any or all times. The dizziness and
palpitation of the heart were gone and I was
a well woman again. Since taking the last
box I have not had an ache nor a pain. 1
freely assert that these wonderful rink Pills
for PhIo People, and nothing else, effected
this marvelous cure, and I am grateful for
the rrovidontial manner by which my attention
was directed towards them." .
Louise Home, 1
Washington May 20, '98. )
District or Columbia. \
City of Washington, |
Personally appeared before me this day
Mrs. Ann Atkinson, who, being sworn, deposes
and says that the above statements are
correct in all details, Ann Atkinson.
E R. Conneh, lr/ttifs?.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
'201 h day of May, A. D., 1893.
Frank B. Marlow,
Notary Public. D. C.
An analysis of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
shows that they contain, in a condensed
form, all the elements necessary to give new
life and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves. They are an unfailing specific
for such diseases as locomotor ataxia,
partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sciatica,
neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache,
thil pffppfr iif 1ft crinnft nolnUnHnn nf
... o - "i r ~ T f??
the heart, pale ami sallow complexion, all
forms of weakness either In male or female,
and all diseases resulting from vitiated humors
in the blood. Pink Tills are sold by
all dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt
of price (50 cents a box, or six boxes
for $2.50? they are never sold in bulk or by
the 1001, by addressing Dr. Williams' Medt ine
Co.', Schenectady, N. Y., or Brookville.
Ontario.
Two Uilis Alike.
Young Henry Miller, of New York,
got a bonanza when ho was paid ofl
the other day. IliR wages were given
to him in the shnpe of eight new $G
bills. He put them in his pocket, and
some time afterward, when he took
them out to examine t.hem he <lin.
covered t tint two of them were exactly
alike. The numbers of both
were the same. This gives them great
value from a collector's point of view..
The bills were printed by the Government
and issued by the Southern
National Bank of New York. The
Government number on each is R
170,321. The bank number is 3359,
and the consecutive bank number
10,883. When the exact similarity of
the bills was noticed it was supposed
that one was a counterfeit. Close
examination showed it was not. The
signatures on both bills are genuine.
Plainly there whr an error. Mr.
Miller Rnys that several banks have
offered him a large sum of money for
the bills, and that the Southern
National Bank told him he could fix
his own price and they would pur
chase. He says he will hold the bills.
?New OrJpansPicayune.
A Rice Elevator.
The National Rice Manufacturing
Company, of New Orleans, has completed
the first rice elevator. The new
process ot Handling rice will greatly
reduce the expense. The elevator in
fitted with delicate machinery, which
cleans, weighs and automatically sorts
the rice into aix different grades.?
New York Dispatch.
WtLliOMt WORDS TO WOMEnT
Many limes women call on their family physicians,
snlTering, as they imagine, one irom
. dyspepsia, nnothei
from lcmi disease,
Af nnollier from livei
\ /rf^jKi^tetiL. V~ or Sidney disease,
\L another with pain
if vKr^-rVr\/y here or there, and
ilh 'n ttiia way they all
l? J ^ present to thelt
Jfc { Jr -'vl easy-going ?loetor,
Jmfo- - ; ,?Sif eeparnte discus- s,
crlbc^ assuming
si/raptum* mused
by some womb disorder. The sutrerliiff patient
gets no better, but probably worre, by
reneon of the delay, wronir trentment and
consequent complications. A proper medicine,
like Dr. Plcrcc'n Favorite Prescription,
directed to the cnuie would have promptly
cured {lie djst err.
Mrs. IIakuy Tatf-an, of Reynold*. Jtfler*or\
Co., A'rt., writes: "For two years I was n
sufferer. A port of this time bad to be carried
from my bed. Was racked with pain, had
hysteria, was very nervous, no appetite and
completely discouraged. A few bottles of
rnvorit" rrrncrlptlon i ;; r?*rTec!
curt*. Sold by nil ilonlprn In mcdlclnci.
IhrllT, Corn. Clover Tlmot
Roeee end Ptenta. * pi
for (J.flO. II pkfn. let
lIMetlMbaih. from one t
end retalofrue free upon r<
15c. Our yreei
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Btat* or Ohio, Citt or Tolbdo, i m
Lucas county. ( " *
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is the
enlor partner of the firm of F. J. Cbknit A
Co., doing business In the Cite of Toledo,,
County and State aforesaid, and that said Arm
will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
i for each aud every case of Cttarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh
I Cure. Frank J. Ctiknet.
Kwom to before me and subscribed tn nyr
presence* ibis 6th day of December, A. D. IIpL
. ?A. WTOlkason,
' ?,? * Notary Piibtie.
Hall's Catarrn v,nre is taken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucons surfaces of
the system. Bend for testimonials, free.
F. J. Chsnet & Co., Toledo. O. .
Sold by Druggists, 75o. J
A barbel of Missouri apples is worth more
money than the same quantity of Florida
oranges.
If your Back Aches, or you are all worn out,
good for nothing, it Is general debility.
Brown's Iron Bitters will cure you, mike you
6trong, cleanse your liver, and give you a good
appetite?tones the nerves.
A HorsE has been opened In Chicago where
poor girls may obtain board and lodging
free until May. ?
Japanese Tooth Powder, Oeniiltie.
A largo l ox mailed for 10 eents. Lapp Drug
Co., Philadelphia, l'a.
A comparison of French exports shows a
great decrease In the year past.
i Coughs and Hoarseness. The irritation
I which induces coughing immediately relieved
I by use of "Brown's Bronchial Troches." Sold
only in coxes.
Thk South African gold mines are Increasing
greatly In productiveness.
For Impure or thin Blood, Weakness. Malaria,
Neuralgia. Indigestion and Biliousness,
take Brown's Iron Bitter*?It gives strength,
makir.r old D?rsons feel vA?a; and young
persons strong; pieasant to lake.
Illinois railroads paid dividends last year
of *28,712,961, against *25,327,515 in 1892.
Beccham's Bills correct had effects of overeating.
BeechauBs?no others. Scents a box.
I ' KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improvement ana
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly usea. The many, who live better
than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the world's best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to nenlth of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup 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
ana permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of ti^unedical
profession, because it acts on tnNJCidneys,
Liver and Bowels without weakening
them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all druggists
in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
nvcvpi imy Buusmuie n nut-reu.
"riOTHEWS
\ FRIEND" /
is ft scientifically prepared Liniment
and harmless; every ingredient is of
! recognised value nnd in constant use
by the medical profe^gfl; U-sbQgt?- !
ens I>abor, Lessena^p .inji^inishes
Danger to life of . **..llCT^md Child.
Book 'To Mothers" mailed free, containing
valuable information and
voluntary testimonials.
Sent by express, charges prepaid, on receipt
of price, $1.60 per bottle.
BRAOFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta. 6a.
Sold by all druggists.
WORLD'S
TWO MEDALS
A one Diploma for Beaoty,
rencth nnd CtieapneM.Over
fAtu) of these vehicles have
been sold direct to the people
Send at once (or our complet
.iinlocue c Kj of ei ery kind ?
? cMcIc tutriiean.nlso hot"
i a or.do. fitu. pf tesilmot.lals. thev ate free
'JJ-IANCE CARRIAGE CO., CINCINNATI. O.
II inn I I'o inert thr Dieaenl fla id
tlAKII Timer on For mere wo
linilU will sell ti em direct forcabh
T I 111 r O pood Vertlltzer* at the fol
, I IIYIto ,owest whole"J'
CCDTII 17CDC Fertilisers for com, cotrrn
I III/r|i?ytoiiand ceanut* atSIJI.5?.
a.ii i ikiabiiv Fertilisers for trucking
Send two ti-reni |<to| r and potatoes at Sl4. !
MllMI MtlH|l fW Fertilisers tot tobacco, J
circular. InMA trail Itltlvir IMi I
W. s. Powell A Co.. Pertlllaer Mfr*. tfaltlmore. Md. 1
attrn /^>- w, l. r.nrnrw ? shob
custom work, costing from
I Cryintltul $t J1'", value for the money ,
l tnUII'trl i,, ,i, xvorld, Name tnd price
I .'WFrr. mMemped on the bottom. Every ? \ la
1 LL/n i< ir w.u.T.intcd. Tike no suhstl- sL
/ Jp^fiCdKlCSj>^L. tide Jiee local papers for full
M o*er...uj>Tro ^k- descent ion tff'our complete
4Jr^T6HnATtRp(?A ifor ladies and ger.- s
l Vvk"<,mfn or scnd If /'
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I *11 ui^^. t ' 11 -+ &* structtons
frt#Sdr*" iutiT stui^ ~ iiowtoor.
derbv inatl. Povlapo lire Von < in pet the best
bargains of dealers who push our shots.
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P Greatest of Family Games
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i p America, [i '
, The most entertaining and instructive
i ^ fame of the century. It delightfully >
^ teaches American geography, while ft .
f Is to young and olu as fascinating yr
. ^ as whist, (.an be played by any num. 4 . m .
ber of players. Sent by mail, postage ^ W
' a Pr*Pai{', for fifteen'2-cent stamps. The #
I J* Trade Company, Boston, Mast. ^ 1
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l TH BUMS VfHfRE Alt HSf f*H3. Tg ?1
mm Beet < ouKh Hrrup. Tastes Good. UseH
_ftl Jn time. Bold t)T <1t-"ir?rlsta
I of farm fcod TUtUbl* M?h In the wortdrwhStTwSi
hy, OruM, etc , In nnormoua gnaiillttna. I Nt
[p. oarlleet Vegetable Mdi, enough for a garden, jtoM H
? Vegetable aepda. Mr. Hej. our Oreal Northern uth H
>u?h town I PM you ever bear the lllref Pk> ofthlaOata
-celpt of Sr In atanipe. 10 Kai in Seed aaniptea. I0r. With
t catalogue 130 itgea. for 6e [Kvatage. Wnte today.