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A lull toIoh, that |wr romance had
Whispered down to her heart, and, oon
unttd,
She gore op herself to hie lot.
\W J A, |? , *.
For. dream ae wo mar, the condition*
Per which we have languidly yearned
Ace eooo lost In the solid fruitions
Which faith and strong purpoee hare
, earned.
Left makes Me own world for the hum*
We,
Which may well beahearen on earth.
In whoee beam* all our fantaslee crum
ble
' When a wife's palace-hall Is the
. hearth.
Now and then a regret for old fancies
May eause a shy tear-drop to swell.
Make her sing about helmets and
laqoes.
Or pound thf piano a spell;
But a kiss from the good man, or, may
be, ?
K light, eager step at the door.
Or a full-throated summons from baby
Will content with the real restore.
?New York Weekly.
A GLEVEB GAFTDBK
By "THE CAPTAIN."
"Take care of it. Hush."
"All right, sir. Good morning."
Randall put on his bat. and passing
through the bank, took his way into
the town with ?11,000 under his
charge.
He waa frequently employed in the
execution of such tranaactiona as the
preaent between his uncle's bank and
the other banks. On reaching hia des
tination he marched up to that portion
of the bank oounter which waa appro
priated to such business transactions.
The elderly and precise clerk who oc
cupied the high stool on the opposite
site of the counter waa almost ahaken
out of hia propriety by Hugh's start
and confused exclamation, aa. after
searching valnjy in the depth of his
pockets for the precious notes, the fact
dawned upon him that they were gone,
unmistakably gone.
"What's the matter, Mr. Hugh? What
la it?" was repeated more than once be
fore bis scattered senses were recall
ed and then the query was only met
by another, and one which, alas! was
not to be so easily answered.
"What am I to do?" were the words
which he at last stammered out.
He returned in a most crestfallen
condition, as fast ?? a hansom cab
could carry him. to the room which he
hod left so complacently less than an
hour before.
Once in possession of the facts of the
loss. Mr. Randall's views instantly
ahaped themselves 4nto the definite
form of "the police station."
He and his uncle were ushered Into
the inspector's presence. The examin
ation?which. Indeed, elicited little
else?being ended, an ominous silence
ensued, broken after a few minutes by
the Inspector, who ejaculated. "I have
your man!"
Further explanation put them In pos
aeaalon of the fact that a celebrated de
tective was at the moment in the po
lice station itself, having come down
from London In the course of an inves
tigation In which he was engaged.
Mr. Taplln soon added his presence
to the council of war, and the story of
the loss was gone over with him.
The detective was not one of the
people who carry on all their mental
processes outside their heads, and a si
lence fell on the whole party for sev
eral minutes, during which, with amaz
ing rapidity of thought, he laid his
schemes, the first step in which was to
visit the poet office Just before the
bags were mads up.
In accordance with the detective's
directions, the registered letters were
spread out before them.
As he bent over the letters. Hugh
saw a flush of pleasure In the grey eye
as It rested on an envelope addressed,
in a scrawling hand, to
MRS. O. HOPKINS.
. 19 P street,
? ' Harwich.
* The detective Juat laid one finger on
ft, turned to Hugh, and said, with an
emphasis which carried weight with
It: ' '
"Your money Is In that lettor. or It's
gone lteyoad our reach. You must como
to Harwich with me tonight."
A few hours later the two were
shooting along the line on their way to
Harwich.
The curtain next rises upon a trio
passing along the streets of Harwich.
This trio consisted of our two friends
and the postman in whose beat P
atreet was posted.
All hope of seeing the money had
faded from Hugh's mind ngaln and
again; but his heart baat faster than
usual as they turned Into the dingy
looking street, and by the time they
reached the door of No. 19 It was
beating like a sledgehammer.
The double knock was quickly an
swered an^ when the door opened It
diacloaed a rather showy looking wo
man. Mr. Taplln stood back, Just
hidden from her alght, but in the quiet
of the dull street every word came dis
tinctly through the frosty morning sir,
"Registered letter. 'Mrs, O. Hop
kins.' Can she sign the paper?"
Then the anawer:
I "I am Mrs. Hopkins. Give it here."
? In accordance with his ordsrs, the
tatoa place, oOrttt't Mat cry o(
"Ifa an ? with ?)"
ttonU. Tto
let? tto _
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mutered. "Am ttan m sHwaahlBi la
tto tower fee left Ike
Hugh hear* the Arm eta
?dee oalllag sTSSlW of tto
? slatternly naald-orall-work aa
la aa eMail
it at the sight of two straage
aad to tor charge Mr. Tap*
11a Mt tor mlelieea while to ea?
Hack aaearad tt?aelfM of the Mea*
tltjr aa4 uoapUaaiw of the aotee.
Mrs. Hopklde coca mepTeqd- wtf
fldeatly to poar oat a flood of tears
aad bewildered lamentations, bat with
calm patience tto detective at length
drew from her'the facte which he need
ed.
"Ah!" eh cried, bitterly, "to told ae
to would make oar fortune this time,
and I should have plenty tha*. He
dreak everything he made before, the
wretch, and left aw tore In this miser
able hole. But I'll be revenged on him
yet!"
As they left tto room, when Ifr. Tap
had made each arrangements as
suited bis good will and pleasure, he
desired Hugh to look at a photograph
hanging In a frame over the chimney
piece, and no eooner were they in the
street than Hugh beheld lmulng from
Mr. Taplln*s pocket book the duplicate
of the carte.
"That's the man," observed Mr. Tap
lin at last, with a ring of triumph even
In his calm voice, "after whom I came
down to your parts. Strange, now.
Isn't It? That was a little matter
which took place weeks ago, and we
were altogether off the scent. Well, we
get a new track early this week, and
I went down believing. If I caught my
bird anywhere, it would be there. Then
your business turned up, snd, like a
flash, it crossed my mind that In find
ing out the one I should be carrying on
the work 1 came after. 1 knew
enough of the fellow I was after to be
pretty sure that if your notes were in
his hands, they would either come here
on their way to the Continent or go
direct to America. When 1 saw 'Mrs.
Hopkins' I was as sure as thst 1
was a living man that the money was
there, for I knew 'Hopkins' was one of
my man's aliases."
And so Hugh Randall went homo
again, not grudging his hundred mile
Journey, inasmuch asv he csrried with
him ?11.000?but not In his coat
pocket.?New York News.
The "Msde-Up" Woman.
A very pretty subject for discussion
has been opened up by the assertion
of a lady novelist that the made-up
woman invariably reigns supreme
despite the rulings of moralists and
the prevalent superstition that the;
sweet, gentle woman who is neat in
her dress and nothing more is really
man's ideal. That virtue is literally
its own reward in such cases is the
substance of the lady novelist's at
tack.
Certainly clothes alone will not give
a plain or an unpleasant woman the
advantage over one whose wardrobe
is demode, if the latter have beauty
and grace, for it is possible to recall
many instances where the family gov
erness or the vicar's daughter has
scored over a veritable bevy of fault
lessly dressed women. Still, on the
whole, perhaps, it is safer for every
woman to make the best effort she
can to enhance such charms as she
may possess and to simulate them as
artistically* as she can when nature
has not been liberal.
Beauty unadorned may and often
does have a very good chance, but
when by no manner of means can
beauty be claimed, even in unadorned
fashion, then assuredly it is decidedly
risky, and ono might almost say un
dutiful to one's neighbor, not to seek
artificiality's artful aid. No woman
with the slightest self-respect would
go about toothless or bald; she would
assuredly expect if she did that the
"faked woman" would triumph over
her. And if she is Justified and in
deed compelled by the laws of de
cency to supply dental and hirsute de
ficiencies, why should not a woman
who is pallid, Inclined to wrinkles,
small eyed or of Indifferent figure sim
ilarly Improve herself?
The Experiment Failed.
Mr. Appleby had read somewhere
that a judicious planting of old files In
the exposed parts of one's garden
would protest It from the depreda
tions of chickens. He decided to give
the plan a trial.
By visits to all the carpenter and
blacksmith shops he succeeded in get
ting a larre collection of old flies.
These he placed Just below the sur
face of the ground in his garden, with
special reference to the snots where
an old hen and chickens belonging to
his next-door neighbor had been doing
the most damage.
A few days later one of hlR friends
who know of his plan, met him. ano
asked him how It had succeeded.
"For several days 1 was a good deal
encouraged," said Mr. Appleby.
"They didn't seem to know what was
the matter with the garden. Then all
at once they began to do more mis
chief with the growing plants than
over before. I watched that old hen,
and after a day or two I caught her.
She was sharpening her bill on the
files!"?Youth's Companion.
A Love Letter 3500 Years Old.
In the British Museum Is a love let/
ter to an Egyptian princess 3500 year*
old and Inscribed on a brick. What
must the court have looked like dur
Ing a breach of promise case In those
days? *
rated upon. With all that laa
Tlttt CM MS pniwry
of lltflfMt writ
worth dour fctHpltoi
The bindery dlrWoa to so coaapfe
trtol tbIm to tbo mechanic, the lowr
of machinery and the trained eye of
the artist that It to quite naturally
one of the most *sought departments
of the printing oAce work. #
The work of the bindery to aspi
rated Into departments also, and
doubtless none to mors Interesting to
tbo student of Industrial life than that
done in the flnlihtu room It to cer
tnlnly one of the busiest rooms In the
big new building, and to the most up
to-da^e and largest book tntollni room
in the world. It 1s locatsd now on
the fourth floor of the new building,
and 1s not yet tally equipped to the
extent of plans In contemplation.
Finishing to really the most Import
ant and artistic branch of the bind
ery work. Here the finest kind of
tooling and lettering nnd line work Is
done by hand on Levnot, Morocco and
Russia leathers, and also nil the blank
books used In the governmentafoflloos
throughout the country. Probably the
largest portion of these blank book*
go to the various branches of the
treasury department, yet the extension
of the tanctlons of Uncle Ssm's big
government to the Islands of the Pa
cific has largely Increased the demand
for blank books to other departments
besides the treasury. There are 60
men employed In the finishing depart
ment and they belong to the most
skilled and educated class qf artisans
in the government service. Your
Ubcle Samuel has secured his trained
force of workingmen from the very
best private workshcps of the country
and Inquiry among them reveals that
they hall from nearly every state In
the Union.
The work of the finishing depart
ment is that which the name Implies.
Here the line binding in leathers and
best grades of cloth Is done and the
books come in from the forwarding
division, where they are prepared for
the binder or finisher. One sees piled
up many line volumes frcm the Con
gressional library and departmental
libraries under processes of binding.
it is estimated that fully 7800 books
of the very best dark gold leaf are
used by the letterers in finishing dur
ing a year. This is the real thing,
too. A system of checking is used on
material and tools employed. The
workman receives so many bocks of
gold leaf or so much leather, and it
must be duly accounted for. When
closing time arrives material and tools
are put under lock and key. This is
a procedure that is mutually agree
able, because the workmen are par
ticular people engaged in particular
work .and they are only too glad to
work for your Uncle Sam. who, bless
your heart, is particularity itself.
Now, if the visitor will watch the
man who is using the gold leaf to do
his lettering of the fine books, he will
notice that he has a three-sided paste
bcerd frame placed in front of him.
which psrtly incloses the cloth pad
upon which.he lays his gold leaf. The
frame is to keep any draught of air
from blowing away the leaf or disturb
ing It. When the leaf or any portion
of it is laid upon the book where the
lettering Is to be made a piece of cot
ton twine drawn tight across the face
of the leaf makes a temporary line
for a guide upon which the lettering
is done. Brass type Is used, for the
type must be heated before it can be
used, and, as you will readily per
ceive, If you have ever melted and
molded old type into fish-line slugs or
bullets when a boy. the ordinary metal
would never stand the degree of heat
necessary to make the lettering per
fect.
After the lettering or lining is done
with the gold leaf you will notice that
the workman picks up what looks like
a small ball of putty.
It is not the glazier's well known
material but It is a ball of sort, crude
rubber, whese adhesive qualities are
best adapted to picking up and retain
ing all the waste particles of gold.
Dut soft: was the words waste used?
It was a case of lapsus calami. There
is no such word as "waste" in the
use of gold-leaf in the bindery divi
sion. Hero the rubbers are collected
when they are well filled with gold
waste and sent to the refineries, where
It |s extracted and Uncle Sam given
due credit. The government receives
a considerable sum of mc-ney each year
from this apparently inconsequent
source.
By way of parenthesis, It is stated
that in another section of the bind
ery division where the Job binding for
the government is executed a gocd
alzed force of young women is em
ployed handling the gold leaf. Here
arc machines and methods thafcfrill
be made subjects for later refeflftce.
The prlhtefy is certainly a palace of
wonders! i
One of tne main requisites for fin
ishing and lettering books is good
light. It is an*absolute necessity. The
large new rcom of this department
most admirably meets this require
ment with 1? double rooms .affording
ample northern and southern light.
I?ng work tables occupy both sides of
tho room near the windows, and there
is, besides light, plenty of room to
work and good air. A lavatory and
closet at one end of the room would
be a credit to any of the finest hostel
rles of the city and is superior to
many. It Is natural that there is an
air of neatness and order about the
room, because of the workmen are
neat themselves.
Here, tco, where one can see genius
with tools and artistic Intelligence and
taste to a marked degree, the time
saving machine has entered and taken
Its place alongside of brains and
tfc> took. To*
P?ttln?
yon woald call eor
_ fl( tho book, la aa
boar or two tkaa a nu cm lo la a
day. But tka ?oimiaa that will at
tmet you tad bold yoor attention
? ' la tha eillag mcUmi la
HO of tho atreot. It to a
It to tl* cnaUoa of a aaa
who sold fee coal* do It whaa every
dyrto.
of ^rdb^ard ttat tom'ito't^kZdZ
tor the bock of tha book pta lato the
, . .? ? "" ? ww? otwry
body else who bad for yeon used prim
itive methods said no. The two nto<?.
machine. Tbo cloth, cat to oorroct
measure for tbo book's back, goea lato
tba machine at tbo aaaae time. It
paaaea around a cylinder covered wttb
????? A mecbaalcal device equipped
wltb tubes raloes the two ptoceo of
cardboard by suction.
They are lifted aad placed on the
cloth, and. carried along to another
human-like appliance which pmsson
aad crimpe the corner* with a neat
ness aad accuracy that doubly discount
any band operator. Each machine re-,
qnlrea two me noperators. and It will
<)<> a day'a work not only equal to a
half-dozen hand laborers, but of su
perior workmanship. -.
There are 26 cabinets filled with all
?tytoa of brass type, two workmen
sharing a cabinet. * Slues are used for
lettering the names of senators and
rppresuntntlves on their books, and the
work can be done very quickly. What
Is a slug? Why, It Is a word or name
made In one solid piece of metal.
There Is another machine, operated
by one man and occupying a small
corner to Itself, which does its wcrk
r.ulckly and cleaaly. It cuts the in
side edge of the pages for the index
letters. There are three of theae ma
cnlnee, but two of these are usually
sufficient to keep up with that kind
of work.?Washington Star.
EARLY DAY HUNT IN OHIO.
In the "Bag" Were 17 Wolvea; 21
Bears, 300 beer and a Few
Foxes and Raccoons.
Doubtless the moot successful hunt
ever conducted in Ohio took place on
Dec. 24, 1818, in Medina county. It
is known in the annals as the "Great
Hinckley Hunt," and It was certainly
great from any point of view. Hinck
ley Is the northeast township of Me
dina county, snd the centre of the
township Is only about fifteen miles
in the air line from Cleveland. In
the time of the great hunt It was a
heavily wooded district, and was es
pecially well stocked with game. All
of the settlers In and near the woods
bad guns as effective as any of that
day.
Bears raided the pig pens at times,
and wolves were a great obstacle to
keeping sheep. Partly to stop these
losses and fscilltate farming, and in
part, no doubt, for love of sport, the
most elaborate prepartions were
made to clear the wild beasts out of
the great forest In Hinckley township.
Captains of companies were appointed
by th.e committee In charge or chosen
by common consent, and the coming
of the hunt was well advertised for
many miles around. Men and boys
from Cleveland joined in the "beat."
and more distant (owns were repre
sented. After all the firearms with
in reach had been put In more or less
reliable hands, wessons were impro
vised by mounting bayonets and
butcher knives on poles snd using ax
es and hatchets for work at close
quarters.
Many of the hunters reached the
edge of the woods the night before
the grand raid on the home of the
wolves and bears, camping out for the
night. At sunrise about 600 men and
boys were ready for action, and the
signal to start wss passed clear
around the forest, some six miles
square, in 40 seconds. The lines of
advancing hunters, deployed like
skirmishers In battle, made a great
noise with horns, shells and voices,
and they gradually penned the game
In the woods closer and closer to the
centre of the narrowing circle.
The final slaughter at the centre of
the forest was great. Most of the
large animals surrounded were killed,
and when the hunt ended, late In the'
afternoon, the "bag" was no less than
17 wolves, 21 bears, 300 deer and a
few foxes, raccoons and wild turkeys.
Many of the hunters remained in the
woods all night, camping by the
scene of the flnsl round up, and the
occasion was one of much festivity.
Only one man wss hurt by glanclog
buckshot, and he wss not much In
jured.?Cleveland leader.
Honest.
This story,Is being told bv a well
known man of affairs In Now York,
one of whoie hobbles It Is to observe
human nature In the street cars: He
met recently in one of his trips about
town an acquaintance who. like him
self. chose to ride In public rather
than private conveyances.
"I was riding In the Flftynlnth
street cross-town car day before yes
terday," said the acquaintance, "and
the conductor gave me by mistake a
twenty-dollar gold niece instead of a
nickel?my proper change."
"Is that so!" exclaimed the other.
"And did you return it to him?"
The acquaintance hesitated. "Well
?to be honest." he said. "I didn't"
Harper's Weekly.
Grstituds.
Mr. Sklnalong?t hope, dear, that
you will be happy now that undo has
left us a fortune.
Mrs. Sklnalong?Yes. but don't you
suppose we can break the will? He
has left a thousand dollars to char.
Ity??Detroit Free Press.
The harbor of Valparaiso, the Im
portant port of Chllo, Is only an open
loadBtoad, In which 152 ships have
been wrecked through storms causing
them to drag their anchors.
?f WMkle
A story vhkk
OftL. to iMtoMMt of WUkto
After $t una II
?t two
to
It to earsfnily
OoL Jot
secared ud tor a htif a ?fry ton
retained tto ^ Indian I?I
Seeoad. tkat Preaklia aoald
hava stolm It, while under tto toft*
of laudanum, and th? knvt re
hls theft. a 7Mr later, while
to the Km of soldier* of for
stranger things have actually
than the theft oT a great
from tho hood of aa Idol.
Now and actual occurrence coot to
prove that tho laudaaum In eldest to
trod need by Collins Into kk faaoua
?tonr wm not a wild flight of tho oov
ollst's lmaglaatkm.
Tho Oakland story la to tho effect
that a painter fall from a scaffold and
was aorloualy Injured. He was
ptooed under an aneathetlc and oper
ated upon. In hla unoonadouaneeo he
babbled coot I no ally of a fortune of
$108,000 which awaited him to Bng
land. When the man regained con
ackmaneaa and the surgeons joked
him of the supposed wild dreams which
the aneathetlc had caused.* the man'a
brain completely cleared from the
shadow which had Ions buns over It
and he proved that the fortune did ac
tually await him. {Subsequent devel
opments ahow the man'a atory to be
aubatantlally true.
It wsa something like 32 years ago
that WUkle Colllna used thla very
Idea aa the chief mystery of hla fa
moua atory. Readera of "The Moon
atone" will recall that Collins. quotes
scientific works In his novel to prove
his theories. He tella of a London
porter who was Intrusted with a valu
able package to deliver, who became
Intoxicated, and on sobering could
not remember where bad left the
package. The next time he was
drunk, however, he remembered the
entire affair and secured the package
where he had left It.
Collins then adapted this incident
to his own needs. Franklin Blake, un
used to laudanum, was given a heavy
dose, and while under the intoxicat
ing effects of the drug went to the
room of Rachel Vandiver and stole
the Moonstone. Next day, when the
sedative effect8 of the drug had
paased away. Blake had no knowl
edge of hla night'a action. Collins
keeps Blake in this ignorance for a
year, and then gives him an Inkling
of the truth. The experiment is tried
of reproducing the surroundings as
nearly aa poaaible as they had been
when Moonstone disappeared, and un
der the influence of another dose of
laudanum Blake repeats his visit.
The Oakland story differs in some
particulars from the CoUins incident,
but the dominating idea is the same.
For almost two decades "The Moon
stone" has been looked upon as one
of the best examples of imaginative
writing extant. But Collins is in a
fair way to follow Jules Verne.
Imaginary fiction has a peculiar hab
it of becoming practical fact almost
before the scoffing is over.?Des
Moines Register.
Retort That Cost a Lawyer $50.
The appointment of Judge Stafford
of Vermont to the district bench to
succeed Judge Prltchard, who has
been named aR circuit judge, calls
forth this story from Representative
Foster of that state:
"When Chief Justice Chase, a man
of great abilities and marked charac
teristics, was presiding in one of the
country courts of Vermont, an appeal
case from a justice's court camo up
before him so small and contemptible
in its origin that he ordered it stricken
from the docket. The case was where
a turkey had trespassed upon the gar
den of a neighbor and got shot for his
depredations. The owner brought suit
to recover damages, and, falling before
the justice, had appealed the case.
Judge Chase was angry, and when he
ordered the case from the docket,
said:
" 'The lawyer who consented to ap
peal this case ought to be thrown from
the window of the court room. Why
didn't he have the case referred to
some of the honest neighbors for set
tlement?'
" 'Because, your honor/ retorted the
attorney, getting hot under the collar.
?It was our intention not to let honest
people have anything to do with It.'
"True, this was a neat retort, but it
cost the lawyer Just an even $60 for
contempt of court."?Louisville Times.
So-Callsd Prophecies.
Any man of a lively fancy, who
knows enough of human nature to
realize its abiding needs, can enum
erate future discoveries by the doz
en with fair chance that perhaps one
in a thousand may be realized within
a century. To the same class belong
the curious anticipations by native
tribes, which generally take the form
of news known, when by ?no conceiv
able means could information have
reached them by ordinary channels.
The present writer believes that this
phenomenon, which some have ex
plained by telepathy, Is simply a form
of anticipation. The native Is an In
veterate guesser. and since his tongue
never ceases and his Invention Is ac
tive, he makes enough attempts to be
fairly certain of stumbling now and
then on the truth.?London Spectator.
Roses Old at the World.
Rose cultures beginning goo?
back beyond records. The flower Is
mentioned in the earliest Coptic man
uscripts. India's traditions take the
rose to tho times of the gods on earth.
Egypt had roses, wild and tame, be
fore the Roman occupation mado it,
in a way, Rome's commercial roso
garden; yet, cttrlmtsly enough, there
is no reference to tho flowor In paint
ing. sculpture or hieroglyphics. Jap
an. In our time, parallels Egypt. Ros
es flourish there, but do not serve as
a motif for artists. There is this
further likeness?neither Egypt, nor
Japan has s rose song or a love song
proper.?Chicago Journal.
MAIIU Or THOOBMT.
te M aoaahlp without nlW
always Ujn the Mum ?b
Wtk com oat M?1 Audit
?tw? Is mot always a foo4
When angels sine they do aot hav?
to wait for cultivated
Nothing la aon unpractical than
the neglect of the spiritual.
He cannot trust God tor his past who
Is trembling as to his future.
Many a courtship begun la Jest hss
ended In a divorce la earnest.
To torsive your enemy Is one thins;
to lire him your keys Is another.
JAPE LOVE THEIR BATHE.
Everybody In the Land of the Chrys
anthemum Likee to Bo Clean.
Prom time Immemorial the bath tab
has been nn honorable Institution In
Japan. Instead of a cold dip In the
nxfrnlng, the Jape take thler baths
hot In the afternoon, at about I
o'clock, and. beslanlns at 100 do
frees, the tendency Is to rnlso the
temperature as one becomes acclim
ated, so to speak. One. traveler tells
of the Kawarayn bathers, who stay In
the tub several weeks at a time with
stones in their laps to keep their bod
ies from floating while they nre
asleep.
The ususl thins 1* to hnve the tub
on the lnwn with a charcoal Are be
neath It. so that one cen get Into the
wnter at 80 desreea and alt in It until
It reaches 100 desrees. At this point
a "srtflln." which is to say a new
chum, a sreenhorn or n tenderfoot,
uaually has to sot out, for It becomes
literally too hot for him. But, after a
year or two of practice, ho can man
ase 115 or 120 desrees. The Japs
themselves can enjoy a bath even at
128 desrees.
A traveler tells an amusing tale of
how he visited a Japanese friend on at
home day, and accepted the offer of a
bath on the lawn. He sot in when
the water was tepid and enjoyed'it Im
mensely up to 90 something. Just
as he was thinking of getting out, his
friend's wife and daughter put in an
appearance and began to wash rice
at a well near by. Now the regula
tion bathing dress of Japan is like a
footless stocking without, a leg. or a
bunghole with a barrel round It. and
our traveler hadn't it with him at the
time. He endured another Ave degrees
and then, with death by boiling star
ing him in the face, he was forced out
with an involuntary yell that attract
ed much attention.
The fact Is that in Japan everybody
bathes in purls naturallbus. It is
their way. and It is not till a Euro
pean has lived among them for years
that he or she realized that after all
there is nothing very terrible about
it.?Modern Society.
Marked Kansas-Nebraaka Boundary.
An iron column marking the south
eastern corner of Nebraska has been
found after Its location and even its
existence had been forgotten, by John
Wright. The column was set by sur
veyors about 1854, and Its site is now
overgrown with briers and weeds and
was only located after a diligent
search. The position of the mono
ment discloses that, the Missouri riv
er has changed its course almost
throe miles since the time the sur
veyors did the work.
Mr. Wright was sent out to locate
It and by following the state line he
Anally found It. It is set In a rock
base, which, though badly weathered,
is still above ground. In raised let
ters on the south side of the column
is the word Kansas, on the north side
Nebraska, on the west. 1864. on the
oast 48 degrees north latitude. While
it was set about three miles from the
river, It is now only about forty yards
away. It is about eight miles south
cast of Rulo. ,
The Aeld notes show that It weight
Is 800 pounds, and that It was carried
across the river In a skiff by an old
Indian who ran a ferry at that early
day."?Nebraska State Journal.
Bovine Fire Alarm.
Fire broke out In the rear of Tra
chler's restaurant. Loss not over
$200, mostly from water. One of our
citizens who has liberally used his
tongue and pen in denunciation of the
old "fog horn" alarm, resulting In Its
removal from the present electric
alarms, knew nothing of the general
alarm being rung in until Mrs. Cobb's
calf, which had In some way become
loose, running up and down the
streets with a megaphone voice, gave
one vocal blast with a B-r-r-r-r direct
ly under Whit's window, which
brought him out of bed to see the
crowds rushing by. Following the
pfocesslon he heard tho alarm ring
ing and subsequently heard the calf
at hlB heels, but he declares he never
would have heard It had It not been
for the quadruped, and at the next
precinct meeting will have an article
Inserted in warrant to abolish the
electric system and employ the afore
said vocalist.?Granite State Free
Press.
Japs Carry Tans in Battle.
The cool and deliberate actions of
the Japanese may In part be due to
the fans they enrry, writes Corre
spondent Palmer in Collier's Weekly.
After descrlbng n fierce morning bat
tle Mr. Palmer tells of their use of
fans as follows: "Some Infantry re
serves nearby were fannini; them
selves. To a Russian wl.o had not
fasted their flre these 'Makakl' might
have seemed quite effeminate.
"The 'ars which the little men use
to cool themselves on the march are
presents from the emperor. On them
Is Inscribed In the handwriting of the
commander-in-chief of the army, Mar
quis Oyama, the words: 'Do your best
for your country.'
"On a hot day a fan may beat up a
breeze in front a soldier's n<>B0 which
will save him from succumbing."
Oovornor-Oenoral Tsen of Canton Is
aald to have urged the empress of
China five times to declare war against
Russia, and to have sent telegraphic
messages to all the leading mandar
ins In the empire to support him.
\FARM TOPICS.
BHUTTO. TBI BOO.
The hag la vary Muitlw to cold and
hoeld be wall iMMrei whan the ma
mi be WW NTm. Ha frill try t?
keep vara by bemwiag lato hla litter,
and when boss are li brg> number*
tbej will crowd together, or upon each
other, for the mm pwpM. Thla la
iajirtooa, as it to opposed to a tupply
of per* sir. "*?
?'* TO PRBVBKT VRRMIN. S ..
'? hurtful of sawdust sprinkled with
carbolic add aad thrown ftn a neat bom
will preteol Tennis. If Mwdnat. s?
treated to acattered lu the atalla and ow
the doors of atablee, lies and Insect*
of all kind* will be lees trooMeaome.
Grade petiolea? will be found excel
lent aa a llntoaent for seres and will
atao aselst h hwf*"! win awnjr. .
TO EXTSRlflNATB PLEAS. *1
Tleaa become pest* on some Iocs
ttans. An excellent mode of exter
minating tbem Is to ose the weft
known keroeene eMkhn, drat adding
to every gallon of the emntolon a gill*
of crude carbolic scld, and then ten
gallons of water, applying with a
sprayer. Add the add at the time of
mixing the soap sml kerosene. It is
I slso sn Excellent wssh for lice on cat
tle. Apply the mixture on the build
lugs and ground with a sprayer.
THE HEAVIEST TAX. 4
The heaviest tsx s farmer pays fa
tbe one be Inflicts upon himself by,
economising in room In tbc stables.
He keeps too many animals in propor
tion to spsce, and tlicy do not thrive.
In conncctlon with this Is the tsx palct
in food by keeping stock in quarters
tbat are not warm. Iu tbe -winter
season the snimsl in warmed by the
food, and the greater the exposure to
cold tbe more food required. Warm
shelter saves food and also prevents
the chilling of young animals and the
checking of their growth at an early
age.
TEACHING A COLT.
Here is a good method to (each a
wild colt, or any horse unaccustomed
to being tied iu r. stall. Put a halter
on the animal and fasten a rope some
ten or twelve feet long to it. Wore a
hole large enough for the rope to pass
through in the side of the manger near
est the horse, fasten a board on front
of mangor about four feet from tlio
floor, pass the rope through bole iu
side of a manger and over the boards
in front of manger. Tie a weight of
about flfty-flve pounds on end of rope;
now give the horse just so much rope
that when it passes back farther than
the distance you wish to let 1L have,
it will be compelled to lift the weight.
Animal will soon yield to this gentle
mode and cannot break anything, as
rope will let him hack as far as the
stall permits.
I.IGllT IN ST A III.MS. V?
Sunshine is just as essential to horses
and other farm animals as it is to
human beings. l>o not lose sight of
this fact when building stables and
pens. This is too often done, antl
stables for both horses and cattle are
too dark. The eyes of horses are not
infrequently injured by being kept In
dark stables. Our houses, as a rule,
are much better lighted than our sta
ples, yet we all know how uncomforta
ble it is to go out of a well lighted
house into the glare ol* sunshine, espe
pially if there Is now on the ground.
The effect is even worse on horses
and cows. Aside from any special
effect on the eyes, light and sunshine
in stables are of vast importance to
the general health and thrift of farm
stock, and they should always be con
structed with a view of admitting as
much as possible of both. lu old
barns and stables where the. stock
quarters are dark, and, as a necessary
consequence, damp, it would be a good
idea to put In some windows to admit
light and sunshine into them. The
present is a good time to attend to
this, and the considerate person will
do it.?Thomas W. l.Ioyd, iu the Trlb*
une Farmer.
? WATER FOH SW1NK.
One of the best preventives of hog
cholera is a clean range and a clean
pen. If the hogs or pigs on the range
have made a hole in which to wallow,
change the quarters flt once. Give
them a place on a heavy sod under
some trees if possible and see that
they have plenty of fresh, clean
water from the well daily, Do not
permit them to drink front a stream,
for they will be befoul every stream
they can get to, and suffer tlio conse
quences of their own tilth. If kept,
so that they must be watered from a
trough, have the trough arranged so
that they cannot get their feet Into
It, nml it should be built also so that
the surplus water can be let out.
through a hole lu the end. A stout
plug will easily arrompiish this. A
good plan In watering swine during
the summer is to add a little charcoal
to the water to remove any impurities
there may be in it. We consider it
practically impossible to have the
water for swine too pure or too dean,
and never offer them water which we
f would not willingly drink. In reed
ing vegetables and apples to swine we
never give them more than they will
eat tip clean, and in this way we not
only keep them in ??hm1 condition but
prevent any fouling of ihe pen or the
range. A clean hog ts a healthy hog,
and a healthy hog takes on weight
rapidly, hence is the profitable hog.-*
Indianapolis News. ,
I'ltcli-Blend*.
Trsls have been made In Vienna
with pitch-blende which was taken
from the ground as long ago as 1807.
ISM and 1M.YI, and the strength and
quality of the radium in these samples
has been found to be ideiitleal with
that in a portion of pitch-blende only
newly extruded?a fact which further
proves that the powers of radium incur
no diminution with time. The aliovo
experiments were carried out in the
m In era logical museum quite recently,
-Fall Mall Gazette,