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9^ P my prayer. K I have no longhty prayer to make When I approach my bed, [V And when through God's grace, I awake, W Again to fare ahead! Hp My prayer I say H Through all the day? ; F The words are few t And simple, too: I "God, let my faith in thee f And in thy people he , , Forever strong and true!" This is the simple prayer I pray? If it be answered, I i Alone shall find the way And confidently die. ?S. E. Kiser, in the Chicago TimesHerald. ? ?? RJ | . . THE . . | T (J J1 r l I Lime Lace Bauer. $ Mdlle. Noemi Verdier, a lacemaker iof Valenciennes, was as good as she was * pretty and her modesty and simplicity Commanded the respect of all. Left an orphan at 13 years of age she lived with her brother, three ' years her senior, who, having suddenly become the head of the house, labored for his little sister and himself at cabinet making. The two lived happily together; but the years passed and the time of military service came. Louis was obliged to go. The separation was terrible to those two children, who loved each I other so much. I Left alone in the little lodgings, thus suddenly become too large for her, [ Noemi with bleeding heart applied ' herself to her work and wrought mar Ijt vets rrom uie cax ileitis. [ Every Saturday she carried back her |. work and when she returned home dif Tided her earnings in two parts. Must t she not send a small subsidy to her ? soldier, who was thinking of her there in his far-away garrison? On his side Louis believed in his t regiment as he did in Valenciennes; * > that is to say, like an honest man, and so, at the end of the second year of his absence he was able to announce one ' beautiful morning that he had been promoted to be sergeant You can imagine how happy Noemi - was! How her heart throbbed with joy! . Oh, how proud she was of her dear brother! But her happiness was short * In a few weeks came a letter. The ^war-cloud had burst all at once; armed Prance rushed to the frontier of the | East The .dreadful war began. From the letters of her beloved Louis she learned the successive defeats of the French army, Woerth, Rozen: YiUe, Saint-Private, Gravelott?, Sedan. - Then silence followed?no more let; ters, no more news, nothing. Noemi, who never read the papers, ) hastened now to the office of the Guet? teur de Valenciennes and of the Echo * de la Fonticre, seeking there some little ray of hope. She listened to the ( talk on the street, she mingled with the groups of people commenting on the news, she gave ear to the painful accounts of the war and she learned, , with a sinking heart, that her brother's . regiment had met with severe losses, sjt Meanwhile the wounded soldiers were sent, through Hirsan and Avesnes, to the towns and cities on the ; northern frontier. Every day fresh convoys arrived in Valenciennes. H All the hospitals were full, and Still !ame. Then private ambulances organized everywhere, churches .ctories opened their doors to the unate wounded soldiers, morning the report was circuthat a convoy of wounded from irother's regiment had arrived ; the night die poor girl a glimmer of hope ran from one to the other, askthe nurses, bending over every at the hope of the morning vanit once she remembered that the >fore they had opened in Sainta hospital intended especially 5 officers. Was there any possi:hat an unknown sergeant might een brought there? Surely not notwithstanding, she found ;h to go thither, rmy surgeon came toward her. at do you wish mademoiselle?" monsieur! Pardon! I am look my brother, Sergeant Louis r. i mean Lieutenant Louis VerAnd pointing with his finger the long row of mattresses on >r, 'there he is in the sixth bed." le poor girl it seemed as if the rani8hed from beneath her feet oked back an exclamation of tered forward a few steps and 1 outburst of infinite happiness >efore the bed of Lieutenant , who, with his head wrapped l, was lying in a heavy stupor, ts! Louis! It is I," she ex[, trembling,with clapped hands, Igfc-Jf ready to fall. At this appeal the wounded man reK; covered his consciousness, opened his g eyes and perceived his sister, but not being able to raise his head he stretched forth both his hands, which |r she seized in hers and covered with tears. In the meantime the surgeon approached, and, half unwillingly, led her - away. "You must not cause him%any emoR tion, or we cannot guarantee anything, ?sapristi! Your brother'* wound is doing well; he will recover, tnat is certain, if you do not undo our work." "Oh, monsieur le docteur " "Never mind monsieur le docteur. ^ This is enough for today. Come back II tomorrow morning, but now go home." F'; "Do you see, my dear Louis," said the happy Noemi to him a few days later, ||T sitting by the bedside of her brother, f "yesterday the merchant for whom I jj, work ordered of me a piece of magnificent lace for a wealthy English house. f- _ I began to work on it last night and I hope to finish it in ten days. For this work they will pay me a very high g; price. Do you know what I am going to do with the money?" "Speak, my darling,' answered the young officer. "The surgeon says that you will soon i be able to get up. I am going to take ; v you home to our little nest and take T care of you day and night. You shall see how happy we will be and how quickly "you will be well." "Dear, dear sister! Oh, what a good idea and how I shall hasten to get . strong, so as to be able to go with you." One morning, when she jame iu. rv (- diant with gladness, her brother bade her speak low and pointed with his . eyes to a new wounded officer, whom they had brought in and placed on a mattress beside his own. The wounded man was fc!. de Lauterac d'Ambroyse. lieutenant "aux chasseurs a piea" end liad been struck in the shoulder by a bombshell. "Poor young man!" said Noemi, compassionately. "He has no sister to take care of him." And she became interested in this man, whose death e- . - seemed certain. In the meantime the days went by and Louis' convalescence progresed rapidly. Had he not promised to hurry? On the morning of the tenth ' day Noemi arrived, joy in her face, bringing a precious package wrapped in tissue paper. She, too, had kept her word; her j marvellous work was finished and she brought it to show her brother before carrying it to the merchant who ordered it, and in her joy at being able to take her brother home she forgot about the poor, wounded man lying beside her. "See how beautful it is!" she said, displaying the delicate masterpiece upon the bed?proud of it, not because of j it's overwhelming difficulties, but because it enabled her to realize her most ardent wish, to bring her dear i convalescent into their little nest in the little street, into the small lodgings where happiness would come back at the return of her beloved brother. And they were both happy. With hands clasped^ tteey contemplated the delicate lace. All at once a piercing shriek drew them from their ecstasy. In making an effort to rise M. de Lauterac d'Ambroyse had disarranged his bandages, the wound reopened, and the unfortunate man fell back on his bed covered with blood. At the scream the surgeon was on the spot and in a twinkling had removed the bandage. "Quck, quick! Some lint!' he cried. "Hurry, hurry!" And while the nurses, beside themselves at the cries of the patient, ? * -3 ? ? ? ""V WfVrtf tr?o r* of >JVCry WllflC iV/' nuat Tvao u i, hand, the stream of blood kept flowing and the anxious surgeon multiplied his appeals. The brother and sister, motionless, pale with fright, exchanged one glance. Noemi seized her precious lace, tore it in pieces, and gave it to the major, who applied it to the wound. The hemorrhage was stopped Louis and Noemi, trembling with emotion, looked at each other."Dear sister, thanks ." That was all that Louis could say. "It will make but a few days' delay," lisped the young girt. keeping back the tears just ready to flow. "1 wili begin my work again.' Lieutenant de Lauterac d'Ambroyse is today colonel; he is the father cf three children; one a big, pretty girl, almost as behutiful and sweet as her mother, whose name she wears, Noemi; and two fine-looking boys, who are "terrors,' as their uncle assures us, the brave commadant Louis Vernier.?Wavcrly Magazine. ILLINOIS' VANISHED CAPITAL The Town of Swept Away by the MiiuiMippi. One hundred years before Ilinois became a territory and 111 years before it became a state there was a town at Kagkaskia, says the Chicago Inter Ocean. Fifty years before there was a white settlement at St. Louis or any military post at Pittsburg, and 96 years before the founda tions were laid for Fort Dearborn, at Chicago, Kaskaskia was a thriving village. As early as 1710 there were in the town three miles for grinding corn. As early as 1765 the town contained 65 families cf whites. In 1771, five years before the Revolutionary War, it contained 80 houses and had a population of 500 whites and 500 negroes. In 1809 it was made the capital of Illinois Territory. It was the capital of the state from 1818 until 1821, and was the seat of Randolph county until 1847. The first brick house built west of Pittsburg was constructed in Kaskaskia. For over half a century Kaskaskia was the metropolis of the Upper Mississippi valley and was the focus of commerce in the Northwest Territory. On Thursday the last vestige of this historic settlement was swept away by the Mississippi river. The work of destruction that began with the great flood of 1844 was completed, and the home of the early Illinois governors?the first state capital?ceased to exist. Its destruction was complete. Not a stone was left to mark the place. unicago, mat wab uuut m a ?>v> amy, is the second city in America. New Orleans, located in what was believed an unsafe and unhealthy district, is the commercial metropolis of the southwest. But Kaskaskia, which was set on a spot chosen from the boundless variety of the virgin west, is merely a memory. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. Ambition is hut avarice on stilts and masked.?Landor. Every moment of worry weakens the soul for its daily combat?Anna Robertson Brown. Civilization is ever a running fight with the ape and the tiger that lurk in man.?John Fiske. There is a mercy which is weakness, and even treason against the common good.?George Eliot Dress covers the mortal body and adorns it, but style is the vehicle of the spirit.?Sydney Smith. By all that we morally admire, we are practically bound. To discern an excellence is to receive a trust?James 1 Marti neau. Wp are all inventors, each sailing on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate.?Emerson. We can live so nobly, not in despite of the great sorrows and bereavements, but because of them, that our lives shall be a gospel, though we can never write or frame one with our lips.? Robert Collyer. No man, woman or child can tell what may grow out of their present fidelity. Perhaps it may be our chief judgment in the other world to learn how much has grown out of our unfaithfulness.?W. H. Channing.. Observation*. Youth loves light and laughter; maturity alone has use for the subtleties of half-lights and pathos. Invective is the weapon of the illiteiate; inuendo of malice; silence of power. If you can do nothing better for your contemporaries than to teach them the value or a gooa laugn. , A childish old man is not half so ! woeful a sight as an aged youth. How awed would the original "Colo- ! aial Dames be to meet their august iescendants! | One must visit a studio reception in i Paris to know, what the human curio is like. Epistolary decadence in the feminine world is not to be deplored, considering how much woe it saves. A man cheapens himself who permits a girl to snub him twice. It consoles some to think that once at least they may ride in a carriage, even if it be en route to the cemetery, i ?Philadelphia Record. I - - ' w:'vSs&s GAMBLER RAN AMUCK Professional Card Sharp Breaks Up Game With Big Pistol THREE DEATHS QUICKLY RESULT Sheriff Undertakes to Arrest Murderer and Is Killed, But 51ays Hie Mor, Rofnro Hvinor* i ii*7 4>:uii t^vivi v 1/^1115* Three men were killed at Abbeville, S. C., Saturday night, including the sheriff of the county. About 10 oclock several men were having a social game of cards in the office of the Miller hotel. One of them was William Kyle, of Ludlow, Mass., who had been superintending the building of a cotton mill at. Abbeville, and was to leave for his heme Sunday. John Densby, a notorious gambler, who had killed Feveral men and was recently tried and acquitted for the murder of a negro, came into the room and began cursing Kyle. Densby was drinking and is said to have quarreled with tho Massachusetts man some days ago. lie applied a vile epithet to Kyle. The latter got up and remoustrated, but made no show of violunna l^ontKr droir a urmi IWUVVt ^VW' VJ V4? w .. H ^ .revolver. A bystander gathered his right arm. Densby shifted the pistol to the left and shot Kyle through the abdomen. The murderer theu backed out of th.e room, declaring he would shoot any one attempting to follow him. He went to the home of his father-in-law, Tom Van Cresswell. Two policemen persned him, but were held off by Densby, who threatened to kill them if they advauced. The policemen dodged into a nearby house and telephoned for assistance. Sheriff B. L. Kennedy, with several citizens, responded. The house was surrounded, the policemen guarding the windows and Kennedy going to the front door. He summoned Deusby to surrender. The i desperado opened the door, came out aud closed it. Then saying: "Well, we will all go to hell together," he began shooting, the sheriff's party re- l spoudiug promptly. Both Kennedy and Densby emptied their pistols. The sheriff was struck near the heart and in return sent a bullet through Deosby's chest. Another struck Densby in the leg. The sheriff fell on the spot, but Densby walked fifty yards and had reloaded his pistol when the policemen seize 1 and handcnffed him. He did not speak after being shot and died in an hour. The sheriff lived bnt a few minutes and Kyle died at 2 o'clock Sunday uuvtuvv/u? Densby leaves a wife and one child. He was for several years United States deputy marshal. He was a noted gambler and had been the terror of the towu for years. The sheriff also leaves a wife and one shild. He was thirtyfive years old, and in the recent election was elected on the first ballot over several competitors. Kyle was an unmarried man forty years old. FUSIOXISTS IGNORED CALL. Mlddle-of-the-Road Populists Hold a Conference In St. Louis. A conference of Middle-of-the-Road Populists met in St. Louis, Mo., Saturday in response to a call issued by J. A. Parker, of Kentucky, chairman of the national committee of that party. About ninety members of the national committee were present in person or represented by proxy. W. Carlton Barker and Ignatius Donnelly, candidates for president and vice-presdent in the recent election, were no^ preseat. Chairman Parker, who opened the meeting with a short address, in the course of which he said that the conference was called for the purpose of considering the future policy of the raiddle-of-the roaders, who stand for no compromise. He believed in the divorcement from both the old parties and declared that the fight should be carried forward without any compromise. Mr. Parker said he had issued the call to representatives of all branches of the DODulist oartv. but that the "fusiouists" had ignored it entirely. ZINC DEPOSITS ARK FOUND. Shafts Are To lie Snnk nnd TFerk B?(qq, at Once Near Knoxvill*. Tenn. Another extensive deposit of zinc has heed found near Knoxville, Tenn., on the farm of Captain Frank M. Smith. A company has leased the property. Shafts will be sunk 300 feet. The ore is said to be richer than any found in the Joplin, Mo., district. George Currans, of M^ttoona, HI., has leased extensive zinc properties at New Market, Tenn., and will develop it without delay. Koad to Be Extended. The charter of the Calvert, Waco and Brazos Valley Railroad has been amended so as to permit of the projection of the line south through Texas to Houston and north to Fort Worth, representing 287 miles of road. The capital stock is $283,000. Minister Buck Coming Home. After an absence of nearly four years from Georgia, Colonel A. E. Buck, leader of the Republican party of the state of Georgia, but more lately United States minister to Japan, is on his way home. Parker Rye NONE PURER, MAMn nnTTnn m/NC DE1ICK. pw OU) V 'gag/ I ASK FOR IT AT ALL DISPENSARIES y u<lin Divan rilloww. Brocades and velvets as sofa pillowcovers have had a long day. But thej are giving place this season to covering of fine muslin, beautifully workec in raised hand embroidery and bordered with hemstitched frills. The pil1 A C?ATV?O hrifrhl IU ? ?> Ul C 111 OL TV llll rwiuu * *o tinted silk which harmonizes with prevailing tones of the room. 1 lnwor* In the Sickroom. A great deal of nonsense has beer talked in regard to the injurious effect of flowers in the sick room, Flowers with a strong odor are disagreeable to many people in health,anc are much more so when their nerves have become supersensitive by illness The presence of flowers with a delicate odor, or of those without fragrance is generally beneficial. Certain colors are said to act favorably on the nervous system. Red blossoms are said to be stimulating, and delicate blue ones to be soothing. The presence ol growing plants is generally disapproved of by physicians because it has been found that the earth in which thej are grown often throws out malaria] germs. x Do Yonr Own Marketing. In nothing more than marketing does the old truism, " If you want anything done well do it yourself," apply. The woman who buys her own provisions is iViA r?{fnri f i in TL'OVfl UIIOvlUCO SJL ouuauv/u XU AUVSAV. < *?J k than one. The butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker all try to please the patron who knows whafc she wants and refuses to be pleased with anything short of it. A little woman was heard to say to a reliable butcher the other day : " I have just moved into the neighborhood, and want a butcher that I can trust to give me the worth of my money, and to advise me about the best and most economical cuts ol meat I do not want to pay for fancj cuts,but I want the best of everything." "That," said the butcher, as the woman left, is the kind of customer that an honest man likes. But woe betide the dishonest dealer who tries to get the better of her. ?he is toe wise to be fooleu." A Lotion for Chapped Hands. A lotion which will keep the hands free from chapping in the coldest weather is the following. It can be put up at home by purchasing half a pint ol rosewater, the same amount of glycerine, and three ounces of critic acid. Mi* the ingredients together in a quart bottle, and pour a few drops over the hands after washing dishes or ut^ug coarse laundry soap, or after exposing the wet hands in the cold. Dry the lotion into the hands. When the hands have become chapped, heal them with either almond cream or camphor ice. To make camphor ice, melt three-quarters of an ounce of spermaceti and one ounce 01 gum camphor broken into bits in foui ounces of almond oil by putting the ingredients in a cup set in a pan of boiling water. Stir the mixture repeatedly until the camphor, as well as the spermaceti, is finally dissolved, and then strain the camphor ice into little jars of the proper size. ALD RSC/PES Vitos Muffins (new)?One cup ol steamed vitos, one cup of flour, one scant half-cup of sweet cream, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, whites ol four eggs, and one-half saltspoonful ol salt Bake in hot oven 20 minutes, Use whites left from maple crtam. Pickled Cauliflower?Boil the cauliflower in salted water (do not let it gel too soft); then drain and break intc small tufts ; put them into a widenecked quart bottle, with six or eight bay leaves, the same "of tarragon, s dozen peppercorns and a inch of bruised horseradish ; pour over hot, strong vinegar, and cork up. Fried Parsley?Fried parsley is at attractive garnish for croquettes, fist cutlets, sweetbreads, etc. The fresh bright, green curled parsley should b( used. Put it, perfectly dry, into ? frying basket, and immerse it for 3( seconds in a kettle of deep fat, whicl is hot enough to brown a piece ol bread in 60 seconds. Let it drain or brown paper. Compote of Oranges?To prepare i compote of oranges, pare, slice and re move the seeds from six large orangei Put these in alternate layers of tw< tablespoonfuls of water in a large dish and stand in a cool place for thre< hours. At the end of that time, draii off the syrup from the fruit and put i1 in a saucepan. Add to it the juice o: one lenjon, and boil the mixture slowlj for ten minutes. When it Is cool turi it over the fruit Apple Dowdy?Line the bottom am sides of a buttered pudding dish witl slices of buttered bread with crust re moved ; fill the dish with peeled ant sliced tart apples and a tablespoonfu of shaved candied ginger. Mix a half cupful each of water and molasses to gether, and pour over the apples sprinkle over this a half a cupful o brown sugar, and cover with more but tered bread ; place a tin plate on, ant bake in a moderate oven two hours loosen the edges with a knife and turi onto a dish. Serve hot, with whippet cream sweetened. Good, and inexpen sive. Not Exactly Whnt She Meant. A Blarney Cattle story involving j pretty little Irish girl is being told ii Dublin. Several visitors were explor ing the famous castle, and on reachin/ the top became somewhat nervous ow ing to the great height. Presently i young man appeared and, being i stranger, asked to have the real Blar ney stone pointed out to mm mat m might follow the ancient custom an< kiss the ancient relic. This process o kissing the stone is a rather dangerou: one, and the young woman, in he nervous state, not caring to have th< feat attempted in her presence, ex claimed: "Oh! please don't kiss th< stone while I am here." The stranger it is hinted, politely acceded to her re quest, but not exactly iathe way sh< meant Tlie Englinh Idea. Prince Edward of York and hi orother. Prince Albert it is said, hay ba5des royal occasionally in their nurs ery over their toys. One day the Duch ess of York was going to have then punished when the duke interposed "Oh, let them fight it out," he said "they will make the better men for it*' Makes Hair Grow Perhaps your mother had thin hair, but that is no reason why you must go through life " with half-starved Hair. If you want long, thick hair, feed it. 1 Feed it with Ayer's Hair Vigor, the only genuine hair food you " can buy. Your hair will grow thick and long, and will be soft and , glossy. Ayer's Hair Vigor, always restores color to gray hair; it 1 keeps the scalp clean and healthy, and stops falling of ) the hair. 1 One dollar a bottle. ; [ If your druggist cannot supply you, send us $1.00 and we will express a bottle to you, all charges prepaid. Be cure and give us I your nearest express office. J. C. Aybr Co., Lowell, Mass. 5 Send for our beautiful illustrated book on r The Hair. Free. 1 A FREAK OF NATURE. A Dam in the West Which is Made of 1 Soda. ' Probably few people ever heard of 1 a soda dam, but such a freak of na1 ture really exists in an unfrequented ' part of the great west A. O. Wright, ^ of the Indian service, who travels ex* tensively through that section of the > countrv west of the Missouri River, In speaking of strange things he has ' encountered in his tours alluded to ! the soda dam. Asked what he meant ' by a soda dam, he said: "In Box Canyon, just above the hot | springs of the Jemez River, Arizona, ; Is a dam extending from one wall' of the gorge to the other. This dam is [ nothing more nor less than a "massive wall of pure soda, rising to a height of 100 feet, and probably 600 feet from end to end. Nature's forces, of course, 1 started their work of construction ' away back in the dim and distant past, j 1 when deposits of soda contained in the j water thrown off by the springs were ! made at the base of what hj^s since developed into one of the natural won1 ders of the west. Those deposits must have been made with remarkable ' rapidity. "Just ten years ago the Jemez River rose to an unprecedented height, and : under the abnormal pressure of the ? torrent a lower section of the dam gave f way, leaving a breach in the wall of ? soda about twenty feet high. When ? the water subsided the lake formed by the dam was. of course, destroyed, leaving the upper eighty feet of the dam high and dry. ^ "I passed through that section of ' 'Arizona this last summer, and ptir\ posely visited the soda dam. I was most astonished to see that the twenty-foot breach had been nearly filled in. The soda from the springs had made fresh deposits, and gradually patched up the hole made in 1890. At the present rate the preach 1 will be entirely closed in another year 1 anda the lake will assume ife former proportions. "Previous to the break in the dam, the lake above was fully 600 feet wide, and extended up the canyon for at least three-quarters of a mile. Scientists who have examined the dam are of the opinion that it will never attain a height much above 100 feet, for the ? deposits in the water seem to sink in j that great depth before the brink is . reached. As they fall, however, they will tend to strengthen the base of the ? dam, and will gradually decrease the depth of the lake at its lower end."? Washington Star. J SLOT MACHINES FOR MARBLES. Ingenious Yankee Boys Wh*Ae*..Ctaifl&a t Cood Trade. i Even the schoolroom has been in vaded by the slot machine. An In! genious contrivance arranged on the principle of a slot machine has been l the means within the last two weeks i of creating a corner on marbles in cer, tain St. Joseph schools. The heavy ? holders of that "commodity" are the i owners of the marble slot machines. ) This device is one that any boy with i the aid of a few tools can construct C One manner of construction is this: A i cigar box, from which the lid has been removed, is nailed to an inch board cut t to the size of the box. The box is . then divided into two compastments j by a thin paivtion made of the lid, j through which the slot machine maker has bored three holes large enough to j admit a marble cf ordinary size. In x one of these compartments is arranged I a triangle of shingle nails, driven at f' even distances from each other, and r so placed that a marble will roll l through betw een them. Another opening is made in the top of the cigar j box, through which the marble is x dropped. The nails are so arranged that the j marble strikes one when it is dropped j into the upper slot. The force of contact throws it up against the next nail, - ' * * i-i ana tnus 11 travels turuugu uie inuugie of nails in a sinuous course toward f the partition containing the three holes. If it drops through the centre I hole the boy who is playing the machine wins. His own marble is rej turned to him and he receives another j in addition. If it drops through either of the other holes he loses, and the slot machine keeps the marble. As the whole contrivance is in plain sight of the boy who plays the machine, there ^ is no opportunity for juggling the mar1 bles in their course. The chances to win or lose are, apparently, about j even. The slot machine has proven immensely popular at many of the ^ schools, and some of the teachers have ^ forbidden its use on the ground that it teaches boys gambling.?St Joseph e (Mo.) News. ? fnrn ?. Col?l In One Dar. f Take Laxative Broho Quikime Tablets. All S druggists refund the money If it falls to cure. P i?. W. Grove's signature is ou each box. i-'tc. e ' Diffusion of Culture. "The Boston girl I was engaged to picked me ? up on grammar before a week passed over our h-ads." "You got off easy. The one I knew corrected " -ray English while I was proposing to her." 8 ? - . wfaTV^i'e iThsmpjon's Eyi Water ? bflfl | hbbh BtmWjilfSi k3H . : ?C.v" ' . , . uf.Xaaamts - ? DEVELOPING THE DAIRY CALF. [: The calf destined for the dairy j should never be fed a ration -which will make it put on fat. If the ilesh--gro\v1ng habit is acquired by the young growing animal, it is retained afterward and the animal is injured for dairy purposes. F. W. Hodson, formeT superintendent of the Ontario Farmers' Institutes, recommends to remove the calf from its dam as soon-as dropped and to put In a separate pen, where it must be thoroughly rubbed dry with a cloth. Some prefer to let the cowclean the calf, but he confers it doubtful if any good is served thereby, and in the case of a heifer with her first calf, the longer the calf is left with her the more troublesome she is likely to be, especially as regai'ds holding up her milk. Teaching the ca'f to drink is not d troublesome process when it is removed early from the dam. Always give the calf the colostrum, or first milk* an'd let It have the dam's milk for a week. Feed frequently andxin small quantities, never more than two quarts per feed. Feed the milk at r. temperature j of from 90 to 9S degrees. At the end j of the week, begin to substitute j skim-milk. There is no better substi- j tute for the butter fat removed in j skimming the milk than flaxseed oif linseed meal. Take a quart of flaxseed, soak for five or six hours in six or eight quarts of water and boil for an hour. Give half a teacupful oT this jelly at each feed and increase as the calf grows. An English dairy farmer gives tho following as his method of feeding calves: He makes a porridge of four quarts of corn m^al, two quarts of ground buckwheat, four quarts of wheat bran and two handfuls of linseed meal. Each calf receives a heaping tablespoonful fot each meal, which is made into a porridge with water and added to one quart of sweet milk, iu which a pinch of salt is put The grain is gradually increased each week. As regards this ration, it may be said that skim-milk could well be substituted as more economical than new milk, and also that the feeding of corn meal and ground buckwheat would have a tendency to induce flesb-'orming habits in a the animal.?American Agriculturist. C London's Disorderly Element The London policeman sometimes belongs to the army reserve, and a 1 large number have been withdrawn j. for service in South Africa, promoting, it is thought, in some degree the curious * and malignant outbreak of ruffianism t expressing itself in murder, robbery and various forms of outrage from which London is now suffering. A r number of unusual remedies are pro- \ posed, one being that all homicides ^ shall be hanged, no matter how young they may be, and another that flogging shall be Introduced on a sliding scale, ^ graduated to fit the crime and applied . while the latter Is fresh in the culprit's 1 memory. Such an expedient promptly ^ arrested an epidemic of garroting which broke out there a generation and more ago, and as an emergency measure probably retains Its old effi- a ciency. London's disorderly elements J are always abundant, though in general a few whacks on the head from the local "copper" are sufficient, to t keep them from pernicious activity. ^ But it Is evident that the ranks of the ? latter ought not to be reduced on any ' urgency or roreign or omer service. * C Brevity. ^ "Why Is brevity considered the soul of wit?" asked the man who asks foolish questions. ^ "Because," answered the man who makes foolish answers, "when a man B is short he is much more likely to be o acute. Nothing stimulates mental ac- b; tivlty like needing the money." tl ai The Twentieth Century. ir We now stand at th?? threshold of the tc twentieth century, and the nineteenth is a p thing of the past. It will, however, be 13 known as the century of Invention and dis- tt covery, and among some of the greatest of tc these, we can truthfully mention Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the celebrated remedy for n all ailments arising from a weak or dis- f< ordered stomach, such as dyspepsia, indi- t< gestlon, flatulency, constipation and biliousness. 8< tl I Great Invention. ti ' Tammany machine Is a great labor- ^ saving Invention." ?"Yes, Indeed! It saves many a heeler from si having to go to work."?Puck. Q, The Beit Prescription for Chill* and Fever Is a bottle of GhOVk's TASTBf.sgs n (.MI.LTONIC. It is simply iron and quinine In jc m tnsieless form. No cure?no pay. l'rloe5Jo. tl Utilization of the Sensational. Q "Arabella Is dreadfully lazy." f< "How do you know?" "She reads only novels that will make her P hair curl." g, Putnam Fadeless Dye produces the fastest and brightest colors of any known dye stuff. Sold by all druggists. <His Annual Kencae. ^ "My wife asserts that she saves my life at least once evety year." b "How's that ?" ? "She won't let me go hunting." ^ Best For the Bowels, ^ No matter what alls you, headaohs to a I eanoar, you will never get well until your I bowels are put right. Cascabxts help > nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, Q !?roduce easy natural movements, cost you kust 10 oents to stArt getting your health aek. Oascarbts Candy Cathartic, the fgenuine, put up in metal boxes, every tab* * et has 0.0.0. stamped on It. Beware of * Imitations. B The Pressure. c Kate?Dell Daniels must be hard pressed .. for a bean to take up with Charlie Crowders. -13 Mate?Rather she is hard pressed by a beau j in taking up with him. x Indigestion Is a bad companion. Get rid of It by chewing a bar of Adams' Pep- 6 sin Tutti Frutti after each meal. c F Getting Even. [ "Miss Bunk avenged herself on me for neg- ( lectlng her Invitation." "How?" "She told everybody that I was old enough to be a trifle forgetful." . Plso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used ^ for all affections of throat and lungs.?Wx. r 0. Kndslky, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10,1&C0. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the - * ??J ? -* oni1 Th#r? la rntc r>n? aiseaseu puruuu ui wvvw -.? way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in- " flamed condition of the mucous lining of the ( Eustachian Tube. When ihis tube Is Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or lmper- * feet hearing, and when It is entirely closed f Deafness Is the result, and unless the inflam- matlon can be taken out and this tube restored a to Its normal condition, hearing will be de- r stroyed forever. Nine cases out of ton are ? caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in- g flamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for _ circulars, free. . F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0. I Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. I Business Grasp. ] "What 1 Fifty cents for putting in this load of \ coal? You charged only 25 cents the last time." 1 "Yes'm, but coal has rlz." D iSHiSiBBlBUaw ? ??? ??mmmmmmmittm?i^ THE DISCOVERER OP " Lydia E. Piakbam's Vegetable Componod The Great Woman's Remedy for Woman's Ills. 1 '' ^ No other medicine in the world has received suth widespread nd unaualified endorsement ^ ^ No other medicine has such a record of cures of female troubles * v >r such hosts of grateful friends. Do not be persuaded that any other medicine is just as good.1 \ny dealer who asks you to buy something else when you go into tis store purposely to buy Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, V tas no interest in your case. He is merely trying to sell you somehing on which he can make a larger profit. He does not care . - <0^ whether you get well or not, so long as he can make a little more noney out of your sickness. If he wished you well he would | rithout hesitation hand you the medicine you ask for, and which he 3 mows is the best woman's medicine in the world. - :M Follow the record of this medicine, and remember that these housands of cures of women whose letters are constantly printed n this paper were not brought about by " something else," but by lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,^ The Or oat Womaafm Remedy foe Woman's itts* Those women who refuse to accept anything else are rewarded "') , hundred thousand times, for they get what they want?a cura iloral ? Stick to the medicine that you ktfOW is Best When a medicine has been successful in restoring ;o health more man a minion wu iicn, vuu unuivi, veil say without trying it, " 1 do not believe it will lelp me." If you are ill, do not hesitate to get a hot;le of Lydia E. Rinkham's Vegetable Compound at >nce, and write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., for special advice. It is free and helpful. High School Education. ID Secretary Hill, of the Massachusetts 9 B oard of Education, Is much pleased ver the justification of a step taken ? y him five years ago, whca he placed I |j PlgtgS of SOUD. IOC. I -M le normal schools a distinct grade I w , bove the high schools, his purpose belg to improve the quality of the f- > .-/iS aching force in the public schools. I A lOrCt. can ot UBfly SlTOWw ;efore that time it had been permit- I SOttfl makes >d to graduates of grammar schools I x?P y00 evcr ^ > enter the normal schools, but the & - If there was a way to make sow ..,-jM ew requirements obliged applicants I better, we would learn it?but \ )r admission to the normal schools there isn't. ) have had the equivalent of a high- I Oxtail Mallawttwny :hool education. No other State In I TmH* ' MockTfftfe ft .T:Jm ie Union had such a system at that I GWckea GflOfo me, it is said, and it was feared I Vainf-iUr y some that applications for admis- I TOIMtO ? c jk ion would fall off and the supply I Ready-Made ooups. f teachers would decline. Just the I One can will make you a convert .V J averse has happened. Under the I (ftkv u^j^nj l lahv ftfamt ?11? t\f Qdmiflflinns I ^ # ew policy LUC uuuiuu V* t I sixty per cent, greater than under I Writ* VS^oS iSiS?toE*."""" J . ae former policy, showing that the ^ len and women who hare to teach " ' ?r a profession appreciate the higher ^ < the &tate ^ All the states having completed andy eclared the offioial count of the vote | ran h? ?r president, the exact result can now ^ - * e stated: l?^c^V\ ^STOWO IcKinley, Republican 7,217,677 wif h/w* " ^ Iryan, Democrat, 6,357,853 ^ WlinOfll : ^ Vooley, Prohibitionist.... 207,868 Potash. )ebs, Social Democrat.... 94,55$ ^rqjfovm. jfr e , Jarker, People's 50,188 vBj^^ oupply lalloney, Socialist Labor.. 83,450 enough Pot* Total 13,967,299 profits wiD^to nlnralit. 859,824 , ^ - r y _ IcKinley's majority 468,055 |A,\J' * large;-wuuum. The total vote is thus shown to be ^ # X Pa^cIi .Dly 43,921 greater than in 1896. Mr. rOtiSb ypUT ^ IcKinley's vote is 112,898 more than CTOp will i)C t was four years ago, and Mr. Bryan's '.. r,,i t . ? ote is 145,072 less. TT. n. SCTUDPy. ^ Mr. McKinley's plurality is 256,310 ,Tester than in 1896, and his majority GERMAN KALI WORKS, % >vor all is 181,327 greater. The largest 03NanaoSu,NewYock. ilurality ever given to and presiden- k fiwnMSfflS. i A manufacturer of artificial limbs ^^^DUILIJEnd ' q London estimates that 300.000 Eng- Mil I v||Ppl |L\ ishmen have lost one or both legs. A?D?""I , TT oV \ Castings, Steel Beams, Columns and Chan. - nel Bolts, Bods, Weights, TankA, Towers, Ao. M . ia asurest eon for Steel Wire and Manila Bope, Hoisting Engines Dr. BullAnd Pnmpe, Jacks, Derricks, Crabs, Chain and LOMBARD IRON WORKS5 SUPPLr CO. AUGUSTA, OA SALESMEN TRAVEL FREE ELECTRIC KT OFFER ollowing states in 1901: Two In Ga., two In VIT8TCJIBATSFtfiUtABflM Ua.. one In S. C? one In Fla., two In Tenn., uywowahMM,?# nd two fn La. Expcrt?uce not necessary, but oSjjBaSMffuB^Si oust bo hustlers. Steady empioymoui. mm ood opportunities for promotion. Address, tlitiinf. lvlng reference, h mtr?ff wy.ljf THE C. A. 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