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i-KEEDOM.
W hy sock to force your rules on mo,
And why should I sot bounds for you?
Tho joys I liml you may not seo
Along the pathways I pursue?
Let me be free to so my way.
And you find joy as best you can,
As long as we may truly say
We work uo wrong to any man.
lie happy, and let me be glad.
You in your way and I in mine;
And let the mad world deem us mad,
And let the little dogs go whine!
Lot mo be happy in my way.
And you find joy as best you can;
lie tragic, if you please, or gay,
So that you wrong not any man.
?S. E. Kisor.
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9 BX DAVID KER. j
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Two children?a boy about 10 years
old and a girl somewhat younger?
were playing hide and seek among
broken pillars and heaps of fallen
stones down in the dark cellars of a
ruined house in the Hindu fort of
Fati-Ghur, in northern India.
It was a gloomy place?black, lonesome,
dreary?and just the spot where
you might expect a wildcat or a poisonous
snake to pop out upon you at
any moment; but Harry and Nellie
. did not seem to mind it a bit, and
went scampering and laughing
through the dim archways and dark
v.V_ ghostly vaults as merrily as if they
had been in a kindergarten.
It was certainly a very strange
N place to choose for a playground, and
it was stranger still that they should
be playing and laughing at all, with
the shadow of death deepening day
by day over themselves^ their fathers
and the whole garrison of the fort.
War was raging throughout the entire
district, and all around Fati-Ghur
lay encamped a great host of fierce
? Hindu warriors, vowing never to
leave the place until the had taken
the place and killed every living thing
within its walls.
Three times had the besiegers made
a furious attack on the fort, but each
time they had been beaten off with
heavy loss, and did not seem inclined
IP to try it again.
jg But all day long?and sometimes at
night?they kept banging away at
the walls with their cannon and music^
. kets, till no one could look over the
?? battlements for fear of being shot
dead, and the sick and wounded men
of the garrison were quite worn out
pr with this ceaseless din.
Worse, still, food was beginning to
run short, and they would soon be
forced to surrender or starve to death
unless some one came to the rescue;
and there seemed to be little hope for
that, for it would have taken a large
army, as well as a brave one, to cut
through the forest of white turbans
V. and colored robes and dark, fierce
p faces and glittering weapons that
hemmed in the doomed fortress on
8|?$."': every side. .[
^ "And we've helped to defend the
fort, too," said Harry to Nellie as they
paused to rest, after running them?
selves quite out of breath, "I heard
Capt. Markham say so myself, while I
was helping a woman to scrape lint
for those soldiers that were wounded
jjg;' last night."
I "And I've torn up a whole lot of
rags for bandages/' replied Nellie
proudly; "and I'm going to tear up a
? lot more this afternoon. I do wish,
though, they'd give over fighting. I'm
so tired of those guns banging away
all night long, and it's so horrid seeing
the poor soldiers brought in all
|b> . cut and bleeding. There's poor Sergeant
Bennet, who made all those
pretty toys for me, has got such a
terrible hurt all along one side of his
head, where a bullet hit him the
other day; and it's so sore that he
can't sleep a bit."
"Never mind," answered Harry, assuming
quite a fatherly air, in virtue
of his being six months the older
of the two; "just you wait two or
f three days more, and then you'll see
General Rose and his men come up
from the other side of the river and
send all these black fellows flying."
"But I heard papa say yesterday,"
said Nellie, with a rather grave look
on her round, rosy little {ace, "that
General Ro&e has only a few hundred
men with him just now; and surely
they can't fight a whole army at
once."
"Can't they?" cried Harry, disdainfully.
"Didn't Lord Clive thrash 60?
000 of them at Plassey, with only 3000
men of his.own? And didn't the Duke
of Wellington send the rajah's whole
army scampering with c^^'two regiments?
Just you wait/ jSjtee, that's
?n t cor lot'c came.
ail* A W r- --? ?
You go and hiaspAncT I'll hunt for
you."
Away went Nellie instantly right
into the gloomiest and loneliest part
of the ruins, bent upon discovering
some place where even Harry himself
would not be able to find her.
Fearlessly she picked her way in
almost total darkness thipugh one
black and dismal vault after another
?for the roughest soldier in the gar
rison was not braver than our little
golden-haired Nellie?and at length
she came to a spot where two great
masses of masonry had fallen in such
a way as to lean against each other,
forming a kind of low arch very much
like the mouth of a cavern.
"Harry will never find me here, said
she to herself, triumphantly, as she
crept into the hole; and finding it
not large enough to let her stand upright,
she lay down upon the ground
and remained as quiet as a mouse,
chuckling inwardly to think how puzzled
Harry would be when he came
to look for her.
But scarcely had her ear touched |
the earth when she became aware of
|
a strange, dull sound deep down below
her, like the measured beat of
oars or the noise which would be made
by some one thumping hard against a
padded door.
What could it be? It was certainly
not Harry, and there was no one else
t . down there except herself; but the
sound could not be merely her fancy
?she was quite sure that she did hear
it, and what was more it seemed to
be growing louder and coming nearer.
Then, for the first time, little Nellie
began to feel frightened. Even in the
course of her short life she had been
in the East Indian jungles so manytigers
and crocodiles and huge snakes
and other terrible creatures that it
seemed quite natural to her that some
Ww . ^ unknown and fearful monster should
-have its underground den beneath the
fort and should now be at work to
dfg its way out and devour them all.
Nellie scrambled headlong out of
ber hiding place?never heeding how
sorely her poor little arms and face
were bruised by the rough stones?
and darted out of the vault in such
haste as almost to knock down Harry
whor.1 she encountered just at the ontrance.
"Oh, Harry," she panted, "there's i
monster living there under th*
ground, and it's trying to claw its wai
out and eat us!"
The boy looked puzzled, as well h?
mighty and at first seemed more in
clined to laugh than to be scared. But
he became serious enough when Nellie
too* rim back to the spot and they
both heard the mysterious noise plainer
than ever.
"I'll tell you what," said he, with
an air of decision. "I'll just go straight
to papa and tell him about this. II
there's anything wrong he ought to bt
told at once, for he's commandant ol
the fort, you know."
And away they both flew to the old
pnlrmol's nnartprs as fast as thpir fppt
could carry them.
The commandant, who had quite
enough to think of just then, for he
was in the very midst of an inspection
of the failing provisions and a calculation
how long they could be made to
last, frowned slightly at the intrusion
of the children, and was going to order
them out again. But the instant
he heard Harry's first mention of the
mysterious sound, the colonel's stern,
weather beaten face changed visibly
and looked so grave that Nellie felt
quite convinced that there was really
an underground monster beneath the
fort, which was trying to get ouj. and
eat them all up; and she was more
certain of it than ever when she heard
the colonel making Harry describe
as exactly as possible the precise spot
where the strange noise had been
heard.
"Have you told any one else about
this, my boy?" asked he, after hearing
all that there was to be told.
"No; I thought I had better report
direct to you, as commandant of the
garrison," replied Harry, doing his
best to speak in military fashion.
"Quite right," said his father, with
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a grim smiie. "i m very giaa you uiu.
Now( I'll tell you what to do. Take
| Nellie with you and go and help your
mother to make bandages for v our
wounded men, and mind you, don't
say a word about this to her or any
one else till I give you leave."
Away w;nt the two children, still
rather puzzled, but feeling sure that
"it would all come right somehow,"
for they both had unbounded confidence
in Harry's father, whom they
secretly believed to be the greatest
soldier alive.
It was drawing toward evening
when the colonel came back pale and
wearly, and with a broad bandage
across his forehead, but looking very
well 'satisfied for all that.
"You've saved us all, my little sentinels!"
cried'he, laying one broad,
brown hand on Harry's shoulder and
stroking Nellie's golden curls with the
other. "These Hindu rascals were
trying to dig a mine under the fort
and blow us all up together, but we've
stopped their little game for once, and
I don't think they'll have time to try
it again."
He was right, for on the very next
day the enemy broke up their camp
and retreated, and they had hardly
disappeared on one side when the bayonets
of Gen. Rose's soldiers came
glittering over the crest of a low ridge
on the other.?Golden Days.
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
People who say nothing can offend
as deeply as people who say too much.
There is only one thing which wins
a battle, and that is straight shooting.
The slightest sorrow for sin is sufficient
if it produces amendment, and
the greatest is insufficient if it does
not
Every now and then a man's mind is
stretched by a new idea of sensation,
and ever shrinks back to its former dimensions.
There are seasons when to be
still demands immeasurably higher
strength than to act. Composure is
often the highest result of power.
You might as well expect one wave
of the sea to be precisely the same as
the next wave of the sea as to expect
that there would be no change of circumstances.
The most satisfying thing in life is
love and sympathy; but these, like
fame, must come spontaneously and
indirectly, if they come at all, and not
be sought as a specific end or direct
aim in themselves.
Call it happiness or call it blessedness,
the life whose end is righteousness
is a life which satisfies, and
which one is> not willing but glad to
live; its ways are ways of pleasantness
and all its paths are peace.
The man who has so little knowledge
of human nature as to seek happiness
by changing anything but his
owr. dispositions will waste his life in
fruitless efforts and multiply me
griefs which he purposes to remove.
The past looks large as it reaches
behind us. The future seems great
enough to hold everything we desire.
But after all, we never have a single
day except the present one to really
do, or decide anything in. Today is
our opportunity.
How Altitudes Affect l'eople.
"Altitudes affect people in many
ways," said a western railroad man,
who nearly every day crosses a portion
of the line of that road in Wyoming,
where the altitude is over 8000
feet. "We seldom have any serious
cases," he continued, "but we often
have our hands full. Men and women
I faint on getting too high in the air,
and we have to work with them pretty
hard. They turn blue, bleed at the
nose and gasp for breath. Our usual
plan is to dash cold water in the faces
of the victims and rub their arms, feet
and hands. Occasionally the altitude
affects a man's mind. The other day
we had a school teacher get on with
us. As we climbed higher and higher
he began to act strangely. Soon
he was in the baggage car talking
strangely and declaring that a man
was trying to kill him. We worked
with him to the best or our aDinty, ana
thought he had partly recovered. At
Green River, Wyo., he got off the traiu
as if to get a breath of fresh air, but
as he appeared to have returned tc
full possession of his mind the conductor
and others of the train crew didn't
watch him. They missed him when
the train had gone eastward some
| distance and sent word back by wire
j to look out for the fellow. By the
I time the telegram reached the town
j however, the man had gone off tc
! Green river, jumped in and drowned
; bimself. All this came about because
I the altitude had made the man light!
headed, and he was not responsible
fry: his actions."?Washington Star.
More Hor*e* Thnn People In Argentina
With a population of 4,780,000, the
Argentine Republic possesses 5,081,00(
horses. It is the only country in the
, world that has a horse for every inhabitant.
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' The l'?ef?lne*s of Kobe*.
; The robe as an institution is cer
| tainly gaining ground, and it is now j
;. possible to buy cloth robes, the skirts
j much corded or tucked, and the bod- ,
I ice material prepared with a certain !
1 J amount of cording or tucking to j
' match. These are a boon to the worn- j
! an who keeps a maid and to the ;
( ( amateur dressmaker, to whom the j
. j cording would be the most difficult j
i item. Very useful little gowns can be
made from such robes.
,
[ Viiiltin? Co*tnme.
A charming afternoon gown has the
new corselet" skirt made in silver gray
i crepe de chine cloth, trimmed with
guipure lace. The underbodice is of
pale mauve mousseline de soie *nd
guipure lace. The straps over the |
shoulder are ornamented with largo j
, gold buttons of quaint design. With I
(his goes a picture hat of tuscan crin- !
, oline trimmed with shaded stocks in J
natural tints and large tulle bow at j
the side, the brim lined with tulle to
match.
Her Intercut in Children.
The interest in children shown by j
the Duchess of Cornwall and York
in her tour around the world is very
marked. She has taken pains to visit
whenever possible, the institutions I
devoted to little folks. At Singapore j
a group of Chinese children presented j
a beautiful bouquet to the duke and ;
duchess upon their arrival at the pa- j
goda. The children were dressed in '
j costly silk, befitting their high rank
J
j with embroidery or snvcr aim |
and rich decorations of jewelry.
The Veil That Flap*.
There may be some reason for women's
wearing the flapping veil now
j affected by fashion's devotee, but no j
I person was ever yet found who could i
explain its use beyond that of wiping j
j the face of the person next in the
J street car. It doesn't keep on the hat.
I for it is too loose, and no veil hanging
like the sail of a boat run up
, in the wind could ever hold the hair
down. It doesn't keep the face clean
for all the dust in creation can sweep
underneath, and its wiggles and ser
pontine course are calculated to wear
out the steadiest nerves. All this,
however, doesn't prevent the dear
I things from wearing them, and noth|
ing but a change in fashion will.?
: New York Telegram.
A One-cent Tie Itnkor.
I A Pennsylvania woman has a corj
ner in the most remarkable market in
the world. She has solved the intri|
cate problem of making and selling
' pies for a cent and is becoming rich
] at it She does nothing but bake the
I rionnv rUoc onrl php Mnnnt SUTJOlv the
FV44 4*; ^*VM, ^ *T A ?
i demand.
Her pio bakery is located along- j
side one of the public school buildings
in a prominent city In the state, and
every morning pupils, not only from
' this school, but from all other schools
in the city, flock to her establishment
for the pies. She is kept busy night
and day.
The secret of her success^ she asserts,
lies in her ability to make an
enormous amount of material. For
j instance, from one pound of raisins
j she can make 25 pies. No other perj
son has been able to make more than
15 pies from one pound of raisins.?
; Phifadelphia North American.
Two Talented Sisters.
Lady Duff Gordon is one of the
handsomest as well as one of the most
talented of English women. She was
formerly Mrs. Wallace, and married
her present husband in 1900. Clever
and enterprising, she decided to join
the army of women workers, and
started in business as a dressmaker.
Good taste, gt>od manners and good
luck assisted the plucky little lady,
and her small shop soon developed
into a maison with a rich ultra-smart
set of customers. Lady Duff GorI
Jon's own appearance is quite Parisian.
Lady Duff Gordon's sister, Mrs.
Clayton Glyn, has lately made her
mark as a successful authoress, having
written that much talked of novel,
"The Visits of Elizabeth." Mrs. Glyn
is a good amateur actress, and often
appears in tableaux vivants, etc. She
is a very pretty, fair wom?n, with
really remarkable hair of a wonderful
auburn color.?Philadelphia Inquirer.
All norK nnu lan nay,
The all work and no play woman
soon becomes scarcely more than a
machine, a machine that too often
runs without the wheels being
' greased?in a hard, grinding, squeaking
way, requiring much more
strength and time than if a little lubrication
had been given in the shape
of occasional pleasant moments
snatched by the way.
There is one thing certain; it is
better to try and be content with little,
doing without some things that
we may have a great desire for, than
to so wear ourselves out body and
spirit, in their attainment that we
lose the power of enjoyment, too tired
to care for anything.
So the wise wiman, though, like the
woman in the Bible, she rises "while
it is yet night," she makes sure of a
j little time every day?perhaps not
more than a half hour?which is her
very own, and with which stranger or
friend "Intermeddleth not."?Philadelphia
Times.
Laundered Summer Gowns.
Ginghams, when they can be had
in good colorings, are excellent at the
; sea shore. The silk ginghams and
' mercerized cottons are smart, and can
be found in so many different colorings
and at such reasonable prices as |
to maKe lurn guuu uncai-ujciHs. it
' would be better, however, to have a
| silk skirt for any one of these gowns,
' or one skirt to do duty for several
' gofrns, as silk will keep its stiffness
and stability much longer than a lawn
' or muslin skirt. Swiss muslins so
1 soon lose their coloring and stiff!
ness that they are not good invest:
ments^ either, for the sea shore, but
' again are possible if lined with silk.
' But this at once makes them very ex'
pensive gowns, for the dotted mus1
lins in the new designs and of fine
! quality are never cheap. ' Mousseline
de soie and batiste gowns can only
' be worn on dry days and the latter
i material should always be chosen in
preference to the former.?Harper's
Bazar.
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) I'spfnl Fancy Work.
J Clever workers who want pretty
fancy work with which to beguile the
wet days sp?nt at home should buy
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. ?
The climate of Western Australia if
said to be most agreeable, for even if
the midday sun is hot, a cool breeze ^
generally springs up towards evening,
making the air almost chilly at night.
The mnriorn lnno-.Mnpp rifle, it is
boleros, collars or trimmings in j
either black or white lace, selecting a
bold design, and then with small tin- |
sel cord outline all the larger de- i
signs and fill in the centres of circles
or flowers with three or four loops, j
dike a miniature rosette. These
items will be useful in the summer j
and are costly to buy.
Insertions for trimming gowns may j
be treated in the same fashion. A !
combination of gold cord and cream i
or ecru lace is charming for cream, !
biscuit or black gowns, or black lace
treated with silver cord is effective
over white satin for a black dress or
on pale colors. Applique motifs of
lisso or grenadine can also be made
by stamping the fabric with transfers
on the wrong side, placing the design j
over white cloth and then outlining
the edges with chenille or tinsel cord i
and working out the design in massed
jet beads and tiny rosettes of tinsel.? j
Washington Star.
Proper Vanity.
It is in every woman's power to j
make herself attractive and, more i
than that, it is her duty to make herself
as beautiful as possible. She j
owes it to society, society demands
it and has a right to.
A woman who pays no attention to j
herself and her personal appearance J
will never make an impression. An j
attractive woman will in every case !
precede her. Don't get the idea that j
it is wrong or that it is vanity. No j
woman can afford to be without this, |
which is her greatest power. It gives j
her influence, something that all per- i
sons like to possess, says an observer j
in the Pittsburg Press. Every woman :
should cultivate her beauty, but she* ,
should not allow pride to enter her J
heart because of it. Nature is kind
and will abundantly reward those
who make free use of her gifts. She
has bestowed some mark of beauty j
upon every one. Each of us is a sin- !
gle individual endowed with something
that no other has, for whilo j
mother nature is kind, yet she is par- j
tial and she is fond of variety, con- j
sequcntly she has not given two per- j
sons exactly the same mark.
Every woman should exercise both
body and soul; strength of the one :
m^ans strength of the other. Let her i
grow strong physically and spiritually,
grow in intelligence, grow in
virtue, grow in charity, grow in sym- j
pathy, grow in affection, in fact, grow \
in everything that 'will add to her j
personal appearance.
?
The Care of Gloves*
In warm weather gloves grow shabby
very quickly. When the hand per- j
spires freelyt as it always does in !
summer, it is almost impossible to j
keep even the nicest gloves looking \
well for any length of time, unless
the hands are dipped and rubbed into j
fine oatmeal just before the gloves j
are slipped on. The meal will absorb \
the perspiration that is the cause of
the gloves becoming stiff and discol- j
vored, and keep the hands, at least for .
a time, quite dry. Instead of the oat- ;
meal fuller's earth may be employed. !
When the gloves are removed, a lit- j
tie French chalk, fuller's earth, violet
powder or oatmeal should be
sprinkled into them, into the fingers, !
as well as the palms of the gloves; j
this will prevent discoloration.
Gloves should never be folded up or i
they will wrinkle and fit badly ever i
after. They ought to be laid away j
quite flat with all the fingers pulled I
out carefully.
When trying on a new glove, have i
plenty of time, for if it is put on care- i
fully and correctly the first time, it
will last longer and look better during ?
its entire wearing life. The hand |
should neither be cold nor too damp. :
A hot hand will most likely be damp
?if so, oatmeal or fuller's earth will j
correct this, and the hand just comfortably
warm and perfectly dry i
should be carefully inserted into the ,
glove, finger by finger, the thumb j
last. In removing a glove turn the j
wrist portion over the hand, then j
loosen the glove from the base of the !
fingers^ not from the nail ends.
When white gloves are slightly :
soiled they may be cleansed by rubbing
the soiled part with a piece of india !
rubber or with a handful of baked !
flour; pipeclay, magnesia and benzine
are also excellent?the latter, howev- j
er, should be used most carefully, j
never where there is gas or very !
strong light or heat.?American
Queen.
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A touch of black is very chic, even !
on muslin dresses.
Linen gowns are being trimmed l
with figured pique.
White silk roses with black velvet
leaves make a lovely trimming on a j
white straw hat faced with black.
Parasols of miroir silk with inch- '
wide fan tucks around the edge are j
very chic with carved handles of j
ivory.
A boa of gold tissue, edged with j
narrow ruching of white mousseline i
de soie, or tiny ostrich plumes, is one
of the dainty effects of the season.
Among the fads of the hour in jew- {
elry is the floral brooch. It is most j
effective when the fruit or flowers of
the pin match the gown in color.
Medallions in imitation of old
French needlework are introduced into |
some of the new laces; little landscape
designs and Watteau shepherdesses
adorn these medallions.
The linen batiste collar with lace
applications is favored especially by
Parisian dress designers. It is large,
drooping well over the shoulder, and
appears on almost all the gowns.
The latest fad with regard to lin- j
eerie is to have it embroidered with j
a blossom corresponding to one's name |
instead of initial or monogram. If a j
flower Dame is not one's fortunate j
possession any blossom desired may j
be chosen as a mark.
Boas of every conceivable kind are j
worn this season. These are made ;
of feathers, and flower petals, mousselinet
n-^t and lace, it hardly matters !
which, so long as they are full and
fluffy enough to ruin quite the pretty
contour of the neck and shoulders.
The outing season brings to thfl
front the natty little white duck hats.
I One of these inexpensive cotton hats !
has a small brocaded buffalo on the I
front. The crown is soft, in alpine j
shape, while the trimming is of stif- <
fer material and about three inches i
wide.
Black gowns trimmed with white
lace are preferred by the French woman
to the ordinary combination of
white gown and black lace, and some
handsome French models have been
designed of black mousseline de sole
and organdy with white laoe garniI
ture.
asserted by a physician who has i J
served in the army, will tend to de- j f<
velop near-sighted soldiers. The g
strain upon the eyes in trying to dis- j T
tinguish an object a good mile away , n
is to great.
? ! *'
According to the distinguished j T
French anthropologistst Gabriel and ; 11
and Adrien de Mortillet, there was a ti
junction between Europe and America I
by the way of the British Isles, the ! c
Fai oes, Iceland and Greenland in i T
what is known as the Chellan epoch, ! n
which is supposed to have ended a b
hundred and fifty or sixty thousand i o
years ago. T
i T1
At a recent meeting of naturalists | ^
at Chicago Mr. H. H. Donaldson de- i 0
scribed experiments with frogs, tend- P
ing to show that those animals rapid- j
ly absorb water through the pore? of
the skin. He emphasized the fact that : a
frogs never take water by the mouth, j "
On being exposed for several hours to j f
jry air, the frogs experimented with j 'r
lost 14 percent of their weight, but j
this was nearly all regained within 24 ;
hours, when they were placed in a ; a
dish containing water only one centi- ! c
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racier in uepiu. ,
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It is a fa~t not generally known that < ^
nearly all of the common lizards ; ^
change color like the chameleon, but ;
the change is less rapid. The ordin- j ary
feuce lizard will be black after re- j maining
upon black soil for about I ^
half a minute, but upon an old-fash- ^
ioned rail fence the animal soon as- !
smfies the motley gray hue of a '
weather-worn rail. Upon a green leaf :
the same lizard will take on a de- j g
cidedly greenish tint. The change of j ^
color, both in the chameleon and the j
common lizards, appears to he na- ! .j
ture's subterfuge for the protection o?
the animal. j
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The best test for rubles and emer- j ^
aids, says Dr. Immanuel Fricdlaender j \
of Berlin, is microscopic examination, j
Nearly every ruby and all emeralds s
have many defects which are so char- j f(
ncteristic that the expert can recog- i f
nize them, and which cannot be pro- : u
duced in artificial stones. True em- j q
eralds have minute enclosures of ; a
liquids and curious dendrites. Sap- i p
phires also show peculiar unlike for- | t,
mations. A magnifying power of 100 ! f,
diameters suffices to reveal the char- jj
acteristic defects. For diamonds a J a
good test is that of hardness. A genuine
diamond cannot be scratched by | ^
a file or by quartz, and a ruby should : t<
stand a similar test; but emerald is i ^
not mjich harder than quartz and | e
cracks easily. j ?
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hai/iuo di iCTCB np PARIS. i C
nrinr\inw r ? w
I a
A Now French Process?Herniating the 1 p
linking:. j .
i vPlaster
of paris is made by baking d
lumps of gypsum, which contain a ' t!
certain amount of water in combina- | I
tion with the other materials. It Is | a
the replacing of this missing fluid i p
subsequently that leads to a harden- I b
ing of the plaster. The water enters j b
into a chemical union with the dry 1 h
powder and thus disappears. ! a
According to "The Scientific Arnqpi- j c
can," the French chemist Le Chatelier !
has discovered that when the gypsum t
is baked at a temperature below 160 n
degrees centigrade (320 Fahrenheit) j t
a quarter of the water remains be- : p
hind. The temperature should be ' r
raised at least to 165. Moreover,
some means should be employed to 1 a
exclude the smoke and other impuri- ! h
ties which get into plaster that is j
prepared In one of the usual ways. ; t
Until recently, a thoroughly white j e
plaster Involved so much labor as to ; c
be rather costly. Accordingly, a num- ! g
ber of new furnaces have been in- i a
vented which shall produce an article : t
that is both clean and cheap. "The j
Scientific American" declares: J s
The Perin furnace is one of the best j c
of these, and has the advantage of | i:
needing but little hand work and of i g
pushing the dehydration of hot gases; a
besides, as it makes eight furnacefuls 1
in 24 hours, the production is rapid, j t
and one of its main advantages is a ; i
great economy of combustible. ' It j
consists of a heating furnace and a 1
baking chamber; the furnace, heated ! g
by coke or other smokeless combusti- j f
ble, communicates by a conduit with j l
the chamber, which is formed of alt
metallic cylinder revolving about its j (
axis upon mechanically operated rol- I ?
lers, and contains the pulverized gyp- j
sum, which rolls upon itself by the
continuous movement of the drum, so j
that its particles are successively ex- |
posed to the hot gases which traverse J
it. Above the drum is the charging j
bin, in which the gypsum is heated t
previous to its introduction, being j i
surrounded by a series of tubes which ! <
are heated by the discharge gases, j c
When one charge is baked, it is let i t
fall into a lower chamber by a trap, j j
and a new supply fed in from the j }
charging hopper. The latter is kept j >
supplied from the grinding mills by | ]
a bucket conveyor. A company is be- j y
ing formed to work this process, with ! 1
a capital of $300,000. j ;
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To Care for a Watch. i j
I 1
A well known watchmaker says that ! (
if people only followed the directions j i
given below he would have very little I ;
in the way of watch repairs. J ]
Wind the watch in the morning and i <
not at night, as directly after winding j i
it works best and can thus better j i
stand the constant movements of its j |
wearer during he day.
Wind it slowly, holding it quite j
still in the hand, and carefully avoid- !
ing jerks. ! z
Keep it as nearly as possible in the j t
same position?that is, if worn in the i j
pocket during the day, do not lay it ,
down quite flat at night. ! t
Avoid sudden changes of tempera- i ,
ture; do not wear it in a warm pocket i (
all day and hang it on a cold wall at |
night. j '
Clean the pocket m which is it kept , <
frequently or dust is certainly sure j \
to get into it. j ,
Have it cleaned once every year. ! |
even though it is going well. .
AVa* It a Compliment? J
It was at the end of her first week 1
in the new school, she having been
transferred from down town, that the i
teacher asked little Wilhelmina how ;
she liked the new school. The little !
one's face brightened up as she an- 1
swered.
"Oh. I like it first rate, and I like
you, too."
"That's very nice; but why do you I
like me?" queried the teacher.
"Oh, you see," said the little pupil, j ]
"I always did like a bossy teacher."? | 5
New York Times. |
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?URE FOOD
LAW VIOLATED.
nteresting Facta Concerning the Roasting
of Coffee Brought Oht by Scientific
Experts?Presence of Bacteria,
Toledo, August 10th?The jury in
udge Meck's court In this city has
jund James Whito, a local grocer,
uilty of selling adulterated coffee,
he prosecution -was based on a packge
of Arlosa coffee.
The State of Ohio, through the Pure
ood Commission, prosecuted White,
he case was on trial for nearly a
lonth, and attracted national attenon.
The manufacturers of Arlosa coffee
onducted the defense for Grocer
Vhite. Attorneys of eminence
rero retained to defend him,
ut after a short consultation a verdict
f guilty was returned by the jury,
'he State of Ohio considers this Na big
lctory. Pure Food Commissioner
ilackburn has been waging a warfare
n spurious food articles and the deartment
has been successful.
The complaint of the State of Ohio
as that Ariosa coffee was coated with
substance which concealed defects
l the coffee and made it appear better
aan it Is. The State charged this coatig
or glazing was a favorable medium
ir the propagation of bacteria.
Prof. G. A. Kirchmaier, of this city,
well-known chemist, was the prinIpal
witness for the State. He tesfied
that he had made scientific exminations
of samples of Ariosa
urchased from Grocer White in
Se open market, and found that
ach berry contained an average
f 300 bacteria. Mr. Kirchmaier
arther testified that other cofics
he examined contained few bacsria
or none at all. He declared that
le glazed coffee was not a wholesome
iod product.
Chemist Schmidt, of Cincinnati, coroborated
the testimony of Prof,
kirchmaier. The State did not present
urther testimony.
The defense secured some of
[10 most eminent ^hemists and
dentists in the United States
) give testimony in their behalf. Prof.
I. W. Wiley, of the United States
Lgricultural Department; Prof.
raughn, of Ann Arbor University;
'rofs. Bleile and Webber, of the Ohio
tate University, were called to de
CUU iVilUOU. AS L 1X litj Ui^uv ? VU^V
1 examination of the method of manfacturlng.
He told of the 19,00,000
eggs used yearly in the prepartion
of this glazing. On this point,
3 cross-examination, the State's atorney
deftly drew frofn him the inormation
that these eggs might he
ept in cold storage for a year or two
t a time.
The experts who heard Dr. Wiley's
estimony were pleased to listen
3 so famous a chemist. The
octor at one point in his testimony
xplalned very clearly how it is that
he egg put into the coffee pot by
he housewife settles the coffee: He
aid that the heat coagulates the egg,
nd as It sinks to the bottom of the
ot it carries the fine particles of
offee with it, and thus clarifies the
rink. It is the act of coagulation in
he coffee pot that does the work,
sater on in his cross examination, he
dmitted that when the egg was
>ut on Ariosa coffee at the factory it
ecame coagulated, and as egg cannot
>e coagulated but once, that the coatag
on coffee was practically no value,
s a "settler" when it reached the
offee pot.
Professor Wiley acknowledged that
he glazing might be a favorable
aedium for the propagation of baceria,
although he would not testify
lositively either way because he was
:ot a bacteriologist.
Professor Vaughn, of Ann Arbor,
Jso a witness for the defense, said
le found bacteria on Ariosa coffee.
Professor Bleile, another witness for
he defense, testified he found any
lumber of lively bacteria on Ariosa
offee he examined, and agreed that
;lazed coffee surely was a more favorible
medium for the propagation of
>acteria than uuglazed coffee.
Pure Food Commissioner Blackburn
ays: "The State is very much elated
>ver its victory. We are now considerng
the advisability of Informing every
,rrocer In the State of Ohio that it is
in infraction of the laws to sell
Irlosa, and at the same .time give
varning to consumers that the coffee
s an adulterated food article."
The verdict of the jury in this case
s of national Importance because a
freat many other States have pure
ood laws like that of Ohio, and it
s natural to suppose that similar acion
will be taken by other Pure Food
Commissioners to prevent the sale of
;lazed coffees.
Dog Cleared Track For Train,
It is a matter of history that a sheplerd
dog was an important aid in operiting
the trains that ran on the first
ailroad built in the territory of Washngton.
When Dorsey S. Baker constructed
a strap railroad from Wallulq,
>n the Columbia river, to Walla Walla,
he trading center of the inland empire,
lorses and cattle covered the "thousand
lills" and blockaded the valleys through
vhich the pioneer line ran. A dog was
<ept on the engine to clear the track
vhen brutes became so numerous as to
iring the train to a standstill. There
ire many early settlers living in the
.lorthwest who tell the story of the usefulness
of this little shepherd dog in
-.norstinor trains on the Dr. Baker rail
.rjst.. - road.
The dog was used several years
ind was known by all the miners ol
Idaho and Montana who traveled that
ivay. While doing duty on the track
in front of the engine one day, the faith,
iul animal was run over?P.ortland OreIonian.
A Democratic Monarch.
King Oscar of Sweden and Norway Is
i democratic ruler. He loses no opporunity
of ingratiating himself with his
jeople. The newspapers of Stockholm
ecently had a local celebration called
he "Press Week," during the course of
ivhich they issued a handsome illustrated
daily calied "Ariel." In the first number
was the following from King Oscar:
'Sweden is one of the countries where
^institutional liberty has the oldest and
rhe deepest roots. In particular, the liberty
of the press is now fully guaranteed,
but with its love and independence
this country has always united veneration
for the law and loyalty. Its history
proves this, and the few exceptions
onlv serve to prove the truth of this
fact."
Of More Importance.
"Enjoyed your party, Bobby?"
"Yes, ma."
"Well, what little girls did you danc<
with."
"Oh, I didn't dance; I had thre<
fights down there with Willie Richard
on. and I licked him every time."?
Tit-Bits.
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Furniture Made of Match Boxes.
A hotel keeper out west is said to posi
sess the most curious articles of furni'
ture in the world. For many years he
collected match boxes and as soon as he
had obtained several thousand hp began
j to construct furniture out of them.
First he made a large writing desk,
then a cigar stand, then a sideboard,
then a fire screen and finally a score or
so of small decorative pieces for the
walls and mantelpiece. What is most
surprising about his work is that the
boxes, though empty and ordinarily of
the most flimsy structure, have been arranged
by him in such a manner that^.
they have a wonderful appearance of
i solidity and strength, and indeed those
who have examined the furniture say
that it is quite as strong as though it
had been made of ordinary wood. Fur;
thermore, the boxes have been sov ingen'
iously joined together that they seem to
i form one whole piece, and not until afi
ter a minute examination cah any trace ;
1 be found of their original sire and shape.
These unique pieces of furniture are
naturally attracting much attention, and
' if tjie hotel keeper cared to dispose of
i them he could obtain a much higher
price than is paid for ordinary furniture.?New
York Herald.
Doos Cooking Spoil Food?
Prof. B. Tyler, of Indianapolis, says
; that human life would average three or
i four times longer than it does if people
i would reject the senseless practice of
! cooking their food. Animals and fowl j
: live much longer in proportion to the !
' period of full development than man. J
"Man, for some unknown reason, eats
dead cells (cooked cells) to replace the j
dead cells that have been separated from!
the body. In cooking food all the acids
! and gases so necessary for the conser- j
vation and preservation of ideal health,'
; escape with the steam, and the food re- j
j tains a greater supply of ash, lime and j
! other such substances than nature re- j
quires for the amount of food taken into
: the system."
Credit Where Due.
'Tou have been very successful this
year," said the theatrical manager's
friend.
"Yes," replied the manager. *'I
I fv?t?ii- Yviir 1 hoI/tt cforo fnp
lljaiiiv uij i uvaj obMAw *v* w?.. ?.
Philadelphia Press.
Still more Counterfeiting'.
The Secret Service lias unearthed another
band of counterfeiter? and secured a large
quantity of bogus bills, which are so cleverly
executed that the average person would never
*u?pect them of being spurious. Things of
:reat value ere always selected for imitation,
notably Hcu tetter's Stomach Bitten, which
has many imitators bttf no equals for disorlen
like indigestion, dyspepsia, constipation,
nervousness and general debility. Always go
o reliable druggieta who have the reputation
of giving what you ask for.
The number of sheep in Australasia decreased
from 124,000,000 in 1891 to 90,000,j
000 in 1900.
r,2t<}{?- can Wear Shoe*
ne sue smaller after using Allen's Poot>.sc.
a po vder for the feet. It makes tight
>r n w .-shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweatnv,
aching U st. ingrowing nails, corns and
unionr. At all druggists and shoe stores,
%r. Trial package F/.EE by mail. Address
Aim S. Olmsted, Le Boy, X. Y.
The dyer doesn't like to be referred to
as a dead one.
j
Friends by the Thousand.
Thousands of women owe their health to.
! Dickey's Female Tonic. It cures painful and
l difficult menstruation. weak back, ulceration
I of womb, and all female diseases.
T4n t-h hp.-irts are ant to crow harder
soft heads to grow softerT .
Set advt. of Smithdeal's Bcbikkss College
An apt quotation is sometimes better
than an onginal remark.
Sweat and fruit acids will not discolorgoods
dyed with Pun*ax Fadeless Dyes. Sold by
i all druggists. A
Philadelphia resident recently contracted
for the building of 222 houses, to
cost about $730,000.
The coffee plant is a variety of the cinchona
family.
106 Reward* tlOO*
The readers of this paper wQl be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded dja!
ease that science has been able to cure in all
its stages, and that is Catarrh. Sail's Catarrh
I Cure is the only positive cure now known to
I the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
disease, requires a constitutional
I treatment. Hall's Catarrh Core is taken inter- {
I nally, acting directly upon the blood and ma|
coos surfaces of the system, thereby destroy;
ing the foundation of the disease, and giving
! the patient strength by building np the constitution
and assisting nature in dolnw its
work. The proprietors have so muoh faith in
its curative powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials. Address
F. J. Cheeky A Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 7oc.
Hall's Family Pills are the beet.
In prehistoric times the rhinoceros
flourished in California, while large lions
.and tigers lived in the jungles.
Beat For ?be Bowels.
No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. Cascabets help nature,
cure you without a gripe or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health baok. Cascahets
Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up
in metal boxes, every tablet has C.C.C.
stamped on it. Beware of imitations.
In China liquids are sold by weight and
grain by measure.
FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervousness
after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treaties free
Dr. B. H. Kld*e, Ltd., 881 Arch 8t., Pbfla. Pa
In Germany and Switzerland stoves are
a part of the house.
Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces Inflammation,
allays pain, enres wind colic. 28c a bottle
London is to have an automatic ham
sandwich machine.
I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
has unequal for coughs and colds.?Jonx
F. Botes, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15,1900.
An ounce of diplomacy is worth a
pound of .blunder.
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"The Saaes that aiade WestPalat |
MclLHENNY'S TABASCO.
Use CERTAIN gCUBE^a
for theTEETE
Haw Sin S0Z0D0HT UQOID .
Ntw Patent Box S020DMT POVDI
i i mum m<i MWOBt
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At the Stores or by Mail, postpaid, for it
A Dentist's Opinion: "
mouthwash, and for the care i
gums, I cordially recommend t
dentifrice for children's use." [
?j HALL A RUCK
nDHDGV new discovert: r <
1 L/ aV O 1 qaick relief and earn wont
5 case*- liook of tettunoniala and IO dure' treatment
. { Free. Dr. B. B. QXBZV ISOWS. Fox I. Atlanta. 0*.
, w I Thtrapsoa'a Ey> Witir
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My Hair
" I bad a very severe sidkness
that took off all my hair. I pur*
chased a bottle or Ayer*s Hair
Vigor and it brought all my hair
back again."
W. D. Quinn, Marseilles, IU.
One thing is certain,? '
Ayer's Hair Vigor makes
the hair grow. This is
because it is a hair food 4
It feeds the hair-and the
hairgrowS; that's all there
is to It. it siops iaiimg *
of the hair, too, and always
restores color to
gray hair.
SLMaksM* A114n?ML
If your druggist cannot supply you,
send a* ona dollar and ve will sagnrsss
yon a bottle. Be snre and rirs tbe QSBt
of your nearest express office. Address, <-.l
J. C. AYKR CO., Lowell, Mass.
Constipation |
Does your head ache? Pain /|8|f
back of your eyes? Bad
taste in your mouth? It's
your liver! AyeFs Pills are
liver pills. They cure consti- ^ ^
pation, headache, dyspepsia.
23 c. All dragflsts. *
Wantyour moustacheor beaxdii beaatifSi" . ' IkB
brown or rich black? Then W?
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE Mr,
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i ?ompounded daily by the smdents. btudents 1
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that of a theoretical natare. There is a greater ''is
I demand for oar graduates than we can supply.
; Address I?K. fli.o. K. PAIXK, Payne's
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