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m * twilight. TV sun is low, the tide is high. The sk.v as red as woman's lips. Shows red in the river's reflected glow, I Save the silver line where the oarsman dips; Strang*, subtle hour, that no spell can stay, A link 'twixt tomorrow and yesterday. ?Louise Ijams Lander. A. A AAA A AA AAAAAA 1 ?THE? ? | 1 REYOLTOF HOSES, f; ^ By Hop? Darin;. ^ VVWW-W'WWWVTW Not the Moses of sacred historyjust plain Moses Smith, farmer, aged (JO; tall, with stooping shoulders; face furrowed with wrinkles, that is, the part visible above his grizzled beard; eyes gray and sleepy, ye with a kindly light in their faded depths. Sarah Ann, his wife, was also tall but straight, carrying her head stiffly erect Her blue eyes were very vide open; her brtwn hair, in which were only a few silver threads, was always smooth, and her thin red lips had a i fashion of closing that Moses well Jinp derstood. For 30 years they had dwelt together. In all these years Mrs. Smith had commanded Moses and Moses had P obeyed. There had been bnt few occa| sions on which he had advanced [If 'opinions of his own. But this fair , morning, when the sun was, in countless dewdrops, multiplying bis own < : brightness, and the south wind wooed |? the rosebuds into perfect bloom, ' Moses Smith determined to have for once, at least, his own way. f Two weeks before he had heard his ?|g;~ wife say to a neighbor,? ; , "Anybody can wind Moses ronnd V-**i. -*r * VI. _u>k,iAeg. true [ises uiew uis hcuucw, > ?? it his wife knew it, for did H him of it every day? But it with another! That was He had pondered the matlays, and his mind was fully to this day assert himself, his breakfast of toast, fried ham, coffee and molasses his usual silent .way. As from the table Mrs. Smith you to churn right away, re it gets so hot." int. Ill be back from the " and he slouched off at his aith entered, the pantry, ap door that led to the celjscending, saw that the jar was ready for the churn, rent about heru?ual morning a short time she heard her voice at the kitchen door, ilr cream ready V se It is. But you hain't got tiave. I jest drawed three N * . ** ' '' \I oses Smith, I hain't heard it into the woodhouse." you didn't I'm going to finder the apple tree." :s an ominous silence. Mis. Smith persisted in using an old fashioned dash churn. In warm * E weather this chum was placed in a tub of cold water, drawn with a windlass from the stone-lined well by the ^ httehen door. .A few steps from the fe well stood a gnarled old apple tree, t whose spreading branches made a ; canopy of breezy shade.' Moses had M ' many tinfeT hinted a desire to do the churning here instead of in the woodhouse, but his wife always forbade. "Ton bring that tub of water into ~ the woodhodse. The churn Is out ; there, all ready, and you see to it you ? don't spatter the cream when you | She weftt np-stairs, opened the windows of her sleeping room and put the bed to air. She also tidied her careful, ly kept sitting-room. When she went | r ' again to the kitchen, she stood for an r Instant transfixed with astonishment H by the picture framed by the< open P Under the apple tree stood her husband. his straw hat laid aside, while ;both hands grasped the chum dasher, slowly propelling it up and down. "Moses Smith T'Sarah Ann pushed open the s^-een arid advanced to his - "Yes. As to what I meant by bring5 In* the cream out here, I meant to chum it thaf s alL" "Well, you won't do it here. You carry that churn straight into the woodhouse. I don't see what does make yon act so like a fool, Moses Smith" "I hain't aetin' like a fool Sary Ann. I can churn jest as well out here. It's a real pleasure to listen to the mother ?||k robin over Render and to see the stmshine peepirf through the leaves." MHumpii!it>oetry and work don't go BEE well together. Why don't yon do as I tell yon T II Mr. Smith dropped both hands from ^7 the churn dasher, drew himself up & as straight as was possible after stoop{ > lug so many years, and said distinct "Cause I don't want to." "I don't care what you want" Mrs. Smith returned angrily. "I tell yon Bj|y % ' not to phurn another .stroke here. I "Sary Ann," Moses leaned one arm ? . reflectively against the tree; "I don't pf care a mite whether I churn or not, . but if I .do it will be right here and Jar*' nowhere else." $3*_. . 3 . For a mnmpnt cho was enooAhlace "Fd like to know what you mean," | she gasped. "The idea of talking m like " ' "Never mind. The question 'pears to be, shall I churn or not? I tell you plain, if I do, it will be right here." What did it mean? And he had twice interrupted her! Mrs. Smith was not vanquished, but she was so confused that a truce seemed the best , thing she could think of. . "Do as you like," she said shortly, j walking away and slamming the door ; behind her. Moses took her at her word. An j hour later she found that, after finish- j ing the churning, he had carried the i churn and contents to the place where j she usually worked the butter. She j was still undecided what to think of J her husband's daring. However, j things seemed otherwise much as ever, for it was not until they were seated at the dinner table that Moses z again asserted himself. *'Why don't you take it. then?" pushing the plate toward him. The plate held two crusts. Moses shook his head. , . "That's too dry. You know my teeth ^ir poor. You can feed that to thp chickens, and I'll take some of the new j\>u baked today." M??3es thereupon rose and walked to th? pantry. Here on a table lay half a dozen loaves, fresh from the oven. He took up a brown crusted one and a knife. "Moses Smith! Air yon crazy? Don't you hear me? I say, you needn't cut that loaf of bread. This bread's good enough." It was too late. Already the sharp knife had severed two slices from the loaf. "What do you mean?" the woman shrieked. "What do you mean, Moses Smith?" "Xow see here, Sary Ann, I'll tell you what I mean. I mean to have some new bread, that's all," and back to the table he strode, bread in hand. Mrs. Smith did not return to the table. Her husband saw little of her the remainder of the day. She retired early, and when Moses came up to bed she was asleep, apparently. The next morning Mrs. Smith had regained the use of her tongue and ignoring Moses' declaration of independence, scolded heartily about everything else. Moses bore it in silence, retreating to the barn as soon as possible. It was Saturday. On the afternoon of that day the Smiths usually drove to Ovid, three miles distant, with farm produce. This particular afternoon Mrs. Smith arrayed herself in her best cashmere and Sunday bonnet. "I'm going to the missionary meeting at Sister Swin's," she announced, as Moses lifted the jar of butter into the back of the buggy. "Here is a basket of cottage cheese. You can drive round on Maple stteet and sell it out. Be sure you go to the back doors, and they'll give you five cents for two balls. There's just GO balls?a dollar and a halfs worth. I want the money to make out 10 dollars I'm going to lend Widow Green. She'll pay me 50 cents for the use of it three months. Now don't step on my dress," as he clumsily took his place at her side. "Fifty cents for three months." Moses slapped the fat horse with the lines. "That'll be two dollars for a year. Two dollars for ten dollars. Let me see?why, Sary Ann, that's 20 per cent" "What if it is?" There was a brief pause, then Moses began again. "Bat, Sary Ann, Widder Green is awful poor. Why don't you lend her the money for nofhin'? It's to finish payin' for her sewin' machine, and there's only you and me, and we've got two thousand dollars ahead, 'sides the farm." "If you can't talk sense, do keep stilL Lend it for nothin'. Indeed! Be sure you understand 'bout the cheese." "See here, Sar^Ann, I shan't peddle out your cheese for any such purpose. You can do it or I'll take it to the store. But I don't do such work, while you air to missionary meetin', to get the money fur you to grind down the poor with, that's all." Moses deposited his vrife at Mrs. Swin's gate and clrove off, making no reply to the command she hurriedly whispered as she saw her hostess at the door. Surely he would not fail her this time. He would do the errand, for Moses disliked waste. She was sure that it would be all right, notwithstanding his queer freaks of yes- j terday. So she dismissed the subject ! from her mind, and three hours later I found him waiting for her in the appointed place. She clambered to her seat and they started home in silence. "Have a good meetin'?" he ventured at last "Yes, we did," was her testy reply. They were within half a mile of ; home when Moses dropped a handful of change in her lap. "Money for your cheese," he said quietly. She counted it twice. "There's only 75 cents. Where's the rest?" 'That's all there is," he declared j doggedly. "I told yon I shouldn't j peddle it out Golden took 45 bails, j three for five cents, at the store. I I give old Mrs. Blake five balls, and that j Morley girl, who is tryin' so hard to j support her little brothers, the rest j They both belong to our church, you know." No reply. *When they reached the house, as Mrs. Smith stepped upon the j ground ^he looked into her husband's face. "Once for all, I ask you what do you mean, Moses Smith?" "Well, now, Sary Ann, I don't mind tellin' you I never promised to obey you, but I've done it fur 30 year. I'm through now, that's all." Without a word she walked into the house. When Moses entered an hour later he found his favorite cream i biscuits and fresh gingerbread for supper. Mrs. Smith talked, told her husband about the missionary meeting, and ended by asking him if he would step over to Mrs. Green's for her. "Tell her I will have that ten dollars for the first of the week; and tell her I shan't be in any hurry for it, and to never mind any interest." Moses made no reply, but hastened on his errand.?Waverly Magazine. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. Search others for their virtues, and thyself for thy vices.?Fuller. Trust that man in nothing who has not a conscience in everything.? Sterne. To the noble mind, rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.? Shakespeare. Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.?J ohnson. Every evil to which'we succumb is a benefactor: we gain strength of the temptation we resist.?Emerson. 'Tis now the summer of your youth. Time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has watched them.?Moore. It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time.?Emerson. The truest help we can offer to an afflicted man is, not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best strength that he may be able to bear the burden.?Phillip Brooks. This, this should be our ceaseless work; to crush the enemy within ourselves; daily to get a braver hold on him: and win some ground upon the better path.?Thomas A. Kempis. Petty cares need great affections to prevent them from disturbing our temi>ers. Small, insistent and troublesome tasks require large ends and aims, that they may be diligently and ; f.-.lthfully peformed?Henry W. Crossj key. - ?. ^ - -V; SCIENCE NOTES. Sea birds, and especially gulls, cluster near the coast on cliffs in foggy weather, and their cries warn seamen of the proximity of land. A Swiss genius has invented a pith cloak weighing about one pound which will hold up a fully equipped soldier on the surface of the water. Successful experiments were made recently on the Lake of Zurich. The cloak is provided with waterproof pockets in which food and drink may be car- : ried as well as blue lights in case the ' wearer is shipwrecked in the night i Nature at times grafts a branch into 1 another or into the trunk of the tree, | probably when friction wears off the bark down tn the rrrowinsr laver, so that union is possible. In all grafting, it is essential that the inner lever of the bark come into contact with that of the stock in which the graft is made, though it be only on one side of the graft, as in cleft or split grafting. When turned out at pasture all horses except those which are crippled by disease or injury, lie down at night with their legs folded beneath their bodies. Some of the short-limbed and thick jointed animals, such as the elephant, hippopotaums and rhinoceros, find a difficulty in bending their legs under them after the manner of their more slender kindred. Hence they sleep upon their sides in a piglike attitude. . Meteors may be observed practically the whole year round, except when clouds or moonlight interferes; yet one month ranks pre-eminently as the meteor month?the month of August. It is only in recent years that our knowledge of these natural fireworks i has made any real advance. By the t labors of a very few observers, one of j wnom, mr. uennzng, may do sam iu c have outweighed all others put togeth- t er in the value and number of his re- t suits, we know of many hundreds of radiant points, and they have been 1 shown to be not mere distempers of * the air, but bodies of a truly planetary j nature, traveling round the sun, in orbits as defined as that of the earth it- ( self. j ? 1 t Lord Rayleigh, in discussing our ^ ability to tell the direction from which t sound proceeds, calls attention to an r interesting difference between th^eyes < and ears with regard to the size of the waves that strike them. The average i wave length of light is about one ten- ^ thousandth of the diameter of the pu- i pil of the eye. On the other hand, "the ? waves of sound issuing from a man's t mouth," says Lord Rayleigh, "are < about eight feet long, whereas the di- ? ameter of the passage of the ear is quite small and could not well have 8 been made a large multiple of eight e feet." One consequence of the minute- 1 ness of light waves in comparison with the size of the eyes is that the lenses ( of the eyes are able to concentrate rays 6 of light upon the retina with great * i efficiency. _ g The Evolution of the Corset. r A lamentable spectacle was present- B ed by the barbarous corsets on view t at the Paris exhibition composed of iron and pieces of canvas, shapeless c and without grace, which imprisoned the delicate forms of queens of fash- a Ion of bygone periods. The corset t had its origin in Italy and was in- * ! frrvm that cmintrv into 0 ? ?? ? I France . by Catherine de Medicis. f i Alary Stuart and Diane de Poictiers ^ ! did not however, follow the fashion. 1 But it was admitted by all the ladies e of the French court that it was ini dispensable to the beauty of the fe! male figure and was therefore adopted ! by them. . ! j The corset in those days was in its I infancy, an<\ It assumed more of the i rough character of a knight's cuirass, j The frame was entirely of iron, and c the velvet which decorated the ex- s terior hid a frightful and cumbersome i machine. In contradistinction to these t Is the modern corset made of light, * pretty materials embroidered, berib- ] ' boned and decked with lace like a * bride's bouquet ( ] Dampness and Health. The influence of damp weather upon . ! the sensitive man is remarkable, says the Medical Brief. If there is a sore i spot anywhere it hurts worse. Latent weakness of any of the organs is ; brought out by congestion and irregularity of function. Suppressed coughs < ; start into activity. Neuralgic nerves speak out. Old chronic rheumatism renews its life. Corns are aggravated, j The pulse is slow, the heart weak, | i the blood vessels lack tone, the muscles j are flabby. The venous and lymphatic t I systems become engorged. The mind ( is languid and clouded. There is a < [ general depression of vitality. I ;? Damp weather favors the develop' ment of septic and typhoid states. Sick ? people should be protected from J its influence as much as 1 ; possible by building open fires in the sick room, clothing them : in flannels, rubbing them, increasing , the food supply, and giving drugs of a stimulating and supporting character 1 temporarily, such as strychnine, qui- ( i nine, etc. ] Instrnment for Dehorning Cattle. Dehorning cattle has brought a new j instrument into the equipment of a range. It is a steel apparatus with 1 . handles about three feet long, and rl- j together weighing 13 pounds. It has two sharp knives, one stationary and ( one movable, and resembles a tree pruning fork. When the handles are apart the knives are open and will encircle the largest cattle horns. When the handles are pinched together the knives close, and in a twinkling the horns are severed clean and smooth. A gang of five men will dehorn o50 cattle in a day. Carload lots of cattle horns are shipped from Aii^ona and New Mexico frequently-. Manufacturers of buttons, glue, combs and phosphate a^e the main buv.rs of cattle horns. The shippers pac the cattlemen from two to two and one-half cents a pound for 'hem. Death of Dictons* Doable. The funeral of Charles Dickens' double, as Mr. John Baird of Chatham was described when the great novelist resided at Gad's Hill, took place at Giilingbam, says the Westminister Gazette, amid many manifestations of respect. The late Mr. Baird who was in his 91st year, had bien chairman of the local water works company for nearly half a century. His likeness to Charles Dickens, both in features and physique, was most remaikable. and caused many amusing mistakes in the Ufa time of the novelist c SENATE RATIFIES TREATY. Vote Was Fifty-five to Eighteen, Six More Than the Requisite Two-Thirds. A Washington special says: The Hay-Pauncefote treaty as amended under the direction of the committee on foreign affairs was ratified by the senate Thursday afternooon by a vote of fifty-five to eighteen, which is six more than the requisite two-thirds of those voting.' The text of the treaty as amended states its object as f,to facilitate the construction of a ship canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and to that end to remove any objection which may arise out of the convention of April 19, 1850, commonly called the Ulavton-Buiwer treatv. to the con ? - y W ' struction of sucli canal under the auspices of the government of the United States, without impairing the general principle of neutralization established in article 8 of that convention." Its provisions follow;. The treaty, in its amended shape, will be forwarded through the regular channels to the British government for its approval. The most interesting vote was that upon the Butler amendment to strike out the fortifications clause, and on this twenty-nine senators voted in the affirmative and forty-five in the negative. This vote of twenty-nine was the highest vote polled by those who sought to further amend the treaty. "Article 1. It is agreed that the ;anal may be constructed under the auspices of the government of the United States, either directly at its own cost, or by gift or loan of money ;o individuals or corporations or through subscription to or purchase of stock or shares, and that, subject to the provisions of the present conven:ion, the said government shall have and eojoy all the rights incident to such construction as well as the exclusive right of providing for the regulation and management of the canal. "Art. 2. The high contracting paries desiring to preserve and maintain the 'general principle' of neutralization established in article 8 of the Ulayton-Bulwer convention, which i.: 1 i? jouvoiiwuu la uoicuy eupmaoucu, idopt, as the basis of snch neutraliza;ion, the following rules, substantially is embodied in the convention between jreat Britain and certain other powers, signed at Constantinople October 19, 1888, for the free navigation of the Suez maritime canal, that is to say: 44 41. The canal shall be free and open n time of war as in time of peace, to the vessels of commerce and of war to nil jations, on terms of entire equality, 10 that there shall be no discriminaion against* any nation or its citizens >r subjects in respect of the conditions >r charges of traffic or otherwise. 44 42. The canal shall never be blockided, nor shall any right of war be exercised nor any act of hostility be comnitted within it. 44 43. Vessels of war of a belligerent shall not revictnal nor take any itores in the canal except so far as nay be strictly 'necessary, and the ransit of such vessels through the calal shall be effected with the least pos;ible delay, in accordance with the egulations in force and with only inch intermission as may result from he necessities of the service.' " (Rules 4, 5, 6 and 7 relate to matters >f minor importance.) "Art. 3. The present convention hall be ratified by the president of he United States, by and with the addce and consent of the senate thereof, tnd by her Britannic majesty; and the atification shall be exchanged at Vashington or at London within six nonths from the date thereof, or larlier possible. John Hay. <4pat7NCEFOTK. " WARSHIPS TO VENEZUELA. 7nit?<l States Minister Looinis May Need "Backing: Up" In That Quarter. On representations from interested arties the state department has requested the navy department to have in American vessel remain for a time n Venezuelan waters to give support o any representations that United States Minister Loomis may have to nake to the Venezuelan government n fcn nsnhnlt ** **""" ?o ?r soncessions ' in that country. The placing of a wftrship to his support is believed to be with the purpose of terminating v some of the many vexations delays which are often experienced in the tribunals of South American countries. GLOOM IN ENGLAND. Dntlook In Sonth Africa Wont Than .Since Boer War Started. A London special says: The outlook n South Africa is blacker than it has Deen since the Boor war started. Reports are being circulated in the clubs idling of a widespread rebellion in Uape Colony. This, it is said, is the :auseof Lord Salisbury gloomy speech ast Tuesday. The situa tion is regarded with deepest al arm, and it is feared that Lord kitchener's supplies are in danger of ,>eing cut off. PROTEST AGAINST FRANCHISES. Chattanooga Citizen*. File a Sensational Bill In Chancery Court. A bill was filed in chancery at Chattanooga, Tcnn., Wednesday by prominent citizens and taxpayers, afc:acking what ia known as the Wilcox franchise ordinance, passed by the ^oard of aldermen several weeks ago, ;U which it was attempted to grant lertain gentlemen in the city exclusive 'ranchises to all underground conduitprivileges. as well as for a telephone ;xchange. Parker Rye NONE PURER, NONE BETTER. ?^j| OLDSTYl| ASK FOR IT AT ALL dispensaries! BIGGEST SALVAGE ON RECORD. The Story of the St. Paul Aground With $1,250,000 of Cold. When the big American line steamship St. Paul ran aground in a dense fog on the Jersey beach near the lower end of Long Branch, before daylight on January 25, 1896, Captain Clark, Lloyd's agent in New York, got word of it at 4 o'clock in the mornine. He cabled Instantly to London, and Lloyds was in possession of the news at 8.3U A. M. The St. Paul had been indulging in a spurt of speed with the swift Cunarder Campania, which in moderate weather is nearly a knot faster than the American ship; she got far out of her course, missing the Fire Island light, and drove up on the sands of the Jersey coast. She was held in the embrace of the shelving befich for ten days. The Campania was also reported to have touched bottom by an observant life saver patrolling the beach. Her commander and her agents declared that this was not so, 1 A ?? /??mA rrlfK 1 n UUl bile UUUUUL/lCUiJ LOUJC nuum i IV I. of folks along the shore. In the cargo of the St Paul were one and a quarter millions In gold consigned to a firm In New York. Arrangements were made with the Merritt-Chapman Wrecking Company to have the stranded liner hauled off. She and her cargo, Including the gold, were heavily insured. After it was found that it was going to be very difficult to float the big ship, the consignees of the gold, who needed it in their business, appealed to Captain Clark as Lloyd's agent to have it landed. It remained aboard the vessel three days; the fact of it being there rendered the underwriters liable for a heavlef tax in the event of the vessel being floated. Naturally, the American line did not make any strenuous efforts to have the bullion discharged, and Just as naturally Lloyd's were anxious to get it off as quickly as possible; for in the event of a storm arising and causing the destruction of the ship, the gold would have added so much more to the loss of the underwriters. Captain Clark chartered a steamer and offered to take charge of the gold and land it. There upon the captain obtained a promise that the gold would be landed Immediately. Thus the underwriters were relieved of the further risk and expense of floating the stranded ship. The gold was transferred to the lighter Haggerty down a sagging shute suggestive stretch of canvas In bags, kegs and boxes. Twelve men armed with revolvers guarded the treasure as it was transferred from a pier tp a truck and taken to. a vault In Wall street. The award of $166,000 for salvage service In the case of the St Paul was the largest ever obtained In an Admiralty Court. The St Paul was aground ten days. It was SAld that she had not a plate bent or a rivet storted.?S. A. Ward In Alnslee's. The Bump of Mathematics. A subject that is exciting considerable discussion In European scientific circles just now is "Where is the bump of mathematics seated?" Gall placed It at the highest and outer part of the orbital edge. Moebius agreed with him, from the fact that a portrait of his grandfather (a noted geometrlcan) exhibited this development. This view receives additional weight from the fact that a distinctive feature of the female skull is the poor develoDment of the orbital edge and Holy City. The story of the dangers to which Captain Burton was exposed when in disguise he entered the temple consecrated to the memory of Mahomet and gazed upon the Kaaba has not yet lost its picturesque and absorbing interest. It is thought probable that American locomotive engines will be used on the projected line, as ttey are used on so many other railroads outside of the United States. Could anything more incongruous and startling be imagined than the thought that the shriek of the whistle of an engine constructed on the banks of the Delaware may in a few years startle the echoes of Mecca and Medina ? Was ever vision of the Prophet himself more amazing and suggestive! the additional fact that men whose heads resemble women's in this respect are usually as poor at figures as are the majority of women. The masks of Goethe and Beethoven are cited as illustrations of this fact. Moebius, however, goes further and located the mathematical seat in the third frontal circumvolution. This circumvolution, prominent in man, is missing in animals, but the back part of it being known to belong to articulate speech, and as animals are equally deficient in speech and mathematical ability, Moebius claims that Its absence in animals and its presence in man point to it logically as the seat of the faculty in-question. This, however, remains to be proved, and as the opportunties for autopsies on distinguished mathematicians are extremely rare It may be long before the question is satisfactorily settled. In the meantime our phrenological friends may find It a frulthil theme foi study and discussion.?Health Magazine. Cycle Paths In New Zealand, Cyclists In New Zealand are strenuously agitating to have cycling paths laid down along the principal thoroughfares in the colony, especially in the vicinity of cities. Many of the roads of the colony are roughly made and in some instances only partially formed and the majority of them are indifferent roads for cycling. The scheme of the cyclists Is that all cycles and cycle owners should be taxed, the'proceeds to be utilized in laying down cinder tracks. A bill legalizing this proposal and creating cycle boards to collect the tax and form and main tain the cycle paths has been drafted and will be presented to parliament whenever it has received the full sanction and approval of the cyclists. Meanwhile the cyclists in some of the principal cities are combining to improve existing roads by voluntary subscriptions. Should the taxation scheme go through New Zealand should soon be reticulated with cycling tracks as the cyclists are a numerous body in the colony and a small cycle tax would result in the raising of a considerable sum of money. Railroad for Pilgrims. It is now proposed to build a railroad between Damascus and Mecca, the chief use of which will be to carry Mahometan pilgrims to and from the Arabian city which is so much revered among the devout believers in the Evoran. Earlier in the century it was death for any foreigner if he were caught within the boundaries of the THE CASEIN INDUSTRY. New Use For Buttermilk-Transformed i Into Buttons and Glue. The most malignant opponent of i trusts can scarcely take exception to the one which in the last ten years haa developed the casein Industry of this country Into one of tf?e best investments for both the farmer and the manufacturer. It is not bo long ago that buttermilk was such a drug on the market that it was regarded as a food for pigs or as a waste substance to be thrown away. This has been changed, and, where formerly the dairyman obtained nothing for the liquid. he now converts it into casein, either in his own dairy or in a factory owned by the Casein Trust. Casein is an albumenose substance, best known to the average citizen in the form of cheese. It contains as much nitrogen as meat, more than eggs, and much I J more than fish. Its food value is j | therefore very high. Thus far this j feature has not been utilized in the United States, all of our own casein being used for other industries, but vast quantities go to France and Germany, where they are transformed into artificial foods. The manufacture is now up in the millions of pounds, and is increasing annually. Some is converted into buttons. This is done by mixing the casein with fine clay and other inorganic materials made into a paste, rolled, stamped and baked. It makes a light, glossy and handsome button, and is .much stronger than the one made of chinaware alone. In the matter of small buttons and studs, it can be made iridescent or colored to suit the public fancjt Thus far in our own land casein has been put to low utilitarian purposes. By chemical treatment it is changed into a very strong glue, which is used in making veneers. Several great cooperages out West now make barrel heads of these veneers, and save one or two pounds of weight, and at the same time get a stronger and handsomer barrel head. These veneers are also employed for chair seats, car seats, sounding boards and piano cases. A second use is as constituent of paper pulp. Casein is snow white, and, when mixed with wood pulp, straw pulp and similar bodies, gives a whiter and clearer product, and also one that is less brittle and more durable. This mixed pulp is made into paper for newspapers, writing papers, "wall paper and paper bags. The white boxes which the more enterprising shoe dealers and i department stores now affect are re- I suits of this industry. v Casein mingled with lime makes a liquid covering intermediate between whitewash and paint, which possesses a handsome gloss, and Is very much cheaper than the latter. The lime reacts upon it and makes it both waterDroof and. to a certain extent fire proof. As a finish for fine leather goods it Is now employed in at least fifty of the leading works of the country. It is particularly adapted for fine kids, goat skins, dog skins, calf, and sheep skins. It Is also used as a finish for. the outside of lead pencils, penholders, and other wooden wares.?New York Post . i A New Barometer. At the recent meeting of the British Association, A. 8. Davis, or Leeds, showed a most interesting barometer. A glass tube ten inches long and an inch in diameter ends in a bulb below and reaches above into a mercury basin. The mercury flows down the tube, compressing the air. When not in use the barometer, with its stand, is kept upside down. It is inverted for use, I and a reading quickly taken when the column has come to a standstill. When the ordinary barometer rises this one falls. The tube is water-jacketed, and a calcium chloride tube is inserted to dry the small quantity of air.sucked in. The readings are said to be very accurate, though the range of each instrument is small.?Scientific Ameri: can. Fire a Shot 20 Miles. The United States will fire a thousand pound shot twenty miles which will be a . record-breaker for the distance.. The gun from wbloh It is to be fired will be a marvel 1 I of American ingenuity, and workmanship. 1 Another martel of American ingenuity is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. For fifty years It has been the only medicine' to cure constipation, indigestion, dyspepsia, biliousness and by its direct action on the kidneys prevents rheumatism. . ' ' . > ' An Unprejudiced Welcome. Come, Oora Paul Kruger, o'er the sea: Our country's great and wide and free; Some folk will give you empathy And those who don't trill let you be. The Beet Prescription for Chills end Fevsr Is a bottle of Gboti's Tast*l*ss Chill Tonic. It Is simply iron and quinine in h issieless form. No cure?no pay. Price 30c. Bis Stock In Trade. "A writer of historical novels has to show a lot of history, d esn't he?" "Not at all. but be can't get along without a lively imagination." Best For the Bowels* No matter what alls yon, headache to a oatfcer, you will never get well until your bowels are put rignt. Cascarets help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost yon just 10 eents to start getting your health oaok. Casca&ets Candy Cathartlo, the fgenuine, put up in metal boxes, every tabet has C.C.O. stamped on It. Beware of imitations. Tragedy. She?If you had no idea when we could get mai rled why did you propoee t > me? " 1 o tell the tru'h, darling, I had no Idea yon would accept me." How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars ReWard for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. ChSNky A CO.. Toledo, O. We, the unde signed, have known F J. Che, ney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfec ly honorable In all business transactions and financially able to carry out amy obligation made by their firm. West A Trcax, m holesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Waldino, Kinnan A Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price, 75c. per bottle Sold by all Diugglsts. Hall's Family l'llls are the beet. No Barrier. "I shouldn't think you would care to be engaged to such an elderly man." Why not? It doesn't interfere with my other engagements." Plso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for cou ?hs and colds.?N. W. Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. A Peculiar Case. "Bobbins left a fine record; he was everybody e friend." - - al?ha. 1? "168, and Q6 WBSII t iu siiuc. Jlr*. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for chlldreu leetblnp. softens the gums, reduces Inflammation. allays pain, cures wind colic. 26c. a bottle. Conscious Guilt. Asklt?I* loafer a lazy man? Tellit-Lazy? Why. he has killed so much time he is ashamed to look a cloch In the face. i 1 , Lm Perforated Watch Pocket! Writing from Roseland, N. C., a subscriber says: "For the last year or two I have had In mind the benefit to be derived from a pocket for carrying a watch either In waistcoat or trousers, which had perforation in the bottom, for the purpose of letting all dust, particles of sand, lint or dirt of any kind pass through. Scarcely any one, on taking a watch from the pocket and turning the latter inside out, can fall to find a greater or less quantity of such dirt. This is not good for the watch, as comparatively few watch cases are absolutely dust proof. Carrying a watch in such a lot of dirt and dust is sure to result in some of the dirt working through the case."? New York Tribune. Views. Owing chiefly to their blindness, men hold many and varied views.? Detroit Journal. It is confidently asserted that the large decrease in infant mortality in this country during the past decade has been brought about in no small measure by the universal use of Castoria?it being in almost every Vl/MT1?? The Wife's Gentle Beminder. Jf you (rive a man a list, Les9 his memory fail to prick him, Put it In his pocket?hist! Pin it in so the pin will stick him. I ' To Care a Cold in One Day. Take Laxatitx Bromo Qcihinr Tablbts. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. A Scientist at Work. "How did you com? to be a professional beg. gar?" "1 ain't no professional beggar. I'm emplyedtogllup statistics on how many heart, less people they is in this town." Don't drink too much water when cycling. Adams' Pepsin Tutti Frutti is an excellent substitute. What He Did. Kentnckiatt?He called me a liar. sir. New Yorker- And what did you do? Kentuckian? I went to the funeral. Tvtkax Fadxlxss Drrsdonot spot, streak or give your goods an unevenly dyed appearance. Sold by all druggists. 1 His Banishment. She?rd never have married you If I'd hate known you would become deaf. He?I should have never become deaf If I hadn't married you. Carter's Ink has a good deep color and it does not strain the eyes, cartel's dbesnt fade. Right In Bit Line. 'She always said she was going to marry a military man." "Oh, well, the one she got la pretty good at 'soldiering,' "?Phlladephla Bulletins. IQ FOR GOUT, TORP jB No medicine in tin Mineral Laxativ* Vai covered snare than 3C h |\ nation in the wodd. | Hnnj Recommended bj jflx\ physicians, from whoa l(91 best Natural Laxative t*?J Its Action Is Speed; Every Druggist as ?1/ for the full name, Awlt " Hnnyadi Jdnos." 3ole importer, Firm ot A FREE\WINCH i I Oar 160 page j | 8HOJL 1; uiustnted cats,; ; I 1 1 Amis 1 1 the wllifting combimfk < 1 . J [ thtttftp. Alldtlmi ! FREE<! WINCHESTER REPE < i mm. mm mm ( ( 180 Wncnsmi A vs., IIMMIIMMOMiniOMMH King Richard in a Kitchen* "Actorafof the old school did not have the gorgeous stage settings of the present," said Mr. George Gardiner, the veteran stage manager, the other night, as he gazed at the stage in Ford's opera house, while 111 a reminiscent mood. "I remember once we were playing Southern towns With Ed will XKWUJ, K11U WSlllCU Ul put. VII 'Richard II.' No special scenery was carried for this, and I was told to look oyer the stock at the theatre to see if there was any that could be use<L The second scene called for the en* trance of the king and all his couriers into a royal hall. I picked out a set of scenery that I thought would do for the palace, but cautioned the stage hands not to get it on wrong side out. Well, the first scene was finished and when the stage was disclosed for the second there was the typical old kitchen scene, the one with hams hanging from the rafters, a candlestick on the mantel, and all that I was horrified and asked Mr. Booth if we should change it by ringing down the curtain. He said no, he would go on, but he cautioned the other prayers to 'keep your eyes on me; don't under any consideration, look behind you at the scenery.' "Well, the scene went off, and afterward, when I asked some of those in the front of the house, they made no comment and I was convinced that in the intensity of the acting they had not noticed that the king was in the kitchen, instead of the palace."?Baltimore Sun. Moved by Etectrie Power. A house in Wellsville, Ohio; was recently moved by electric power taken from a trolley line. The house wds being moved along the street where there was an electric car line. Two cars were hitched to the house by a rope, and it was quickly pulled to its new destination. Dr. Bull's Cough Cures a cough or cold at once. ^ Conquers croup, bronchitis, JVil 111, grippe and consumption. 35c J a riTlinr. w rKfcfc! ? Vfl SPOUTING GOODS sMk RAWLIR6S SPORTIS H GOODS COMPANY, 6SO Locust St.) ST. LOUIS) Mo. JtartiM this Papsff'"w^%g]gig'r"Mr* ^ ' .* . : . \-cjX Quickly Cures Colds i ti 1 " * u i. m ?T Neglected colds always lead to something serious. They run into chronic bronchitis "V? which pulls down your general health; or they end in genuine consumption widb all its uncertain results. Don't wait, but take Ayer's Cherry Pectoral *? *?# <ic ennti 9q rnti H^orin fa J4. UO VJW4* WW ^ WW Cough, A few doees will cure you then. But it cures old colds, too, only it takes a little more time. We refer to such * diseases as bronchitis, asthma, whooping-cough, consumption, and hard winter coughs. i i M ~ Three sizes: 25c, 505^$1.00. All dnf> gists. J. C. 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