Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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6qoX OF Tm FLO ,We are coming, we are coming O'er the field and o'er the fen,' In the forest, in the glen, Where the sunbeams dance and gleam, By the brooklet's silvery stream, O'er the hill and down the river, Where the trembling willows shiver, 4We are coming, we are coming -To thy heart, 0, spring, again I ..We are coming, we are coming Seattering sweetness all the way ! ilere a tendril, there a spray, Vads uplifted to the sun, Blossoms opening one by one, Whispering of the dawning golden, Breatbing still the mystery olden. .;We are ooming, we are coming, rag"; zA4rom oat deoay I - ...liza A. Fletcher. -HER TRAP. The telephone rang briskly in Mrs. goward Bascomb's pleasant home, and stepping to it, she received this message from her husband: * xr"Hello! Is that you, Lottie? I've concluded to leave for New York this noon., The boy is on the way to the hbouse for my grip. . You kno* what I'll need for a week or ten days' ab sence. Get your sister to stay with you for company. Good-bye, dear, s'long. Take care of yourself." fr Then he rung off, and Mrs.* Bas. comb went in search of the satchel, which she packed with a deft hand. She was a young woman, sensible, Rell balanced, and nothing ever dis turbed or annoyed her to the extent of making her fidgety or nervous. 9Being in robust health, she hardly knew what nerves meant. Sne was self-reliant, but domestic, and ab sorbed in her home life, which com. prised her world. She had perfect faith in her husband, or else pre tended to have, and cheated herself comtortably with the delusion. And she never crossed any bridges until she came to them. She knew that ber husband had intended going to lew York on the following day, and did not wonder or ponder over his change of plans. % When the messenger came for the satchel she sent it carefulty packed, ust as she knew her husband wanted t. She added nothing to its usual contents, and subtracted nothinz. Yes, stay. She did take out his seven-shooter, every chamber of which was loaded, and laid it on the table under the mirror in the back parlor. . "Howdy has one revolver with him. That will have to do him this trip. 1 like to have one handy in case I should need it." it She smiled and smiled again with out being a villain. The idea of need 4ng firearms seemed so incongruous und absurd. 0- In the afternoon she went up to her home to "borrow her sister," as she expressed it. But Miss Madgie had gone away with some young friends, and was engaged to spend the night at the lhouse ot a schoolmate. So Mrs. Bascomob returned home alone. Two men stood in the doorway of an unused flight of offce stairs and read an evening paper. They were much occupied In dis eussing one item among the personal news. It was this: "The Rubber Horseshoe Company Is an assured fact. Mr. Howard Bas comb drew $16,000 from the M. & M. Bank to-day, the investment of the branch company formed here, and will leave for New York to-morrow. A capital of $80,000 is assured." "DLo y' see?" ejaculated the younger and smaller of the two men. "Drew 316,000 in spondulicks. Goes home t~ in his vest pocket, blow me et ybe uot, pard.. S'posin';.it's a d cheek?" en there'll be a reward offered it back-see?" mt, g'roun' to th' banik an' find which and whether it were," sug td the older man. "Bank clussed," remarked Jim ntentiously. y, "S'pose it air. Did yer expect to send In yer card to the cashier, or the president? Get aroun' an' interview thb' janitor. /Represent yerself as sister Bascomnb's confidential bizness an, cai-n't yer?" JIm started off at once without alting to give his "pard" anv-'g.E s ~ wa:-gone an ~our, but when ~ returned he was treighted with Intelligence. .. "Bills, " he chuckled, "five hundred and one thousand dollar bills-whew! An' he'll sleep with them about his1 bonorable pusson to-night--mebbe." "Does yer know the house?" asked the other man, after a spell of silence. : "I don't, pard. But I've looked it up in the d'rector, and it's as handy as a mitten on ycr nose. Let's go and get somethin' wet to improve our minds. It's 'tween us this time -you outside, me in- savey?" '' The rascals, who, In appearance at least, might have passed for honest men, walked out of the doorway and parted company, to avoid the eagle eye of theipolice, which would have recognized in their duality a con spiracy against law and order. M hen Mrs. Bascomnb returned from her visit it was dark. She had staid to supper, and as the girl opened the door she saw that she was somewhat excited. "What is it, Kitty?" she asked. rather gravely, because the girl was in' "ed to se flustrateri easily. "Oh, miem, what was the name of the girl as lived here belore I came?" she responded with a counter Ques tion. -"Her name? Sarah something, I cannot remember just now-Why?" "Oh, there was a youmr man here Looking for his sister, busl her name was Annie Donovan. lHe said he hadn't seen her in ten years, and she was grown up now, and he talked butchfully abou;t her. It would bring the tears tiil your eyes, ma'am,Lto hey heard him." "Kitty. I -wouldn't gossip with strage men if I were you. it isn't safe. lie probably was a tramnp, and all that story about his sister was just made up out of whole cloth. .What else did ho want?" 'Nothing, ma'ami, and I didn't let him inside the kitchen door. He warn't no tramp~an' I'm sure he weie tellin' the truth." .. \ rs Bacm did not prolgng ih argument, but busied herself until bedtime with some household duties, which were really in the line of pleas ures to her womanly nature. Then she saw that the house was locked up, sent Kitty to bed, and went into her front parlor, which was lighted and cosy,just as if the master of the house were at home. "I must send father's message to Howard," she soliloquized, and seat- I ing herself at the pretty little desk which had been one of her wedding presents. she wrote a postal card. After giving the business message from her father, she added one for hesself. When the card was ad dressed she went to the window and looked out, wondering why she had not thought to write it earlier in tho evening. There was a mail box diagonally across the street on tho corner. I1'l1 just run across and mail it. I'll leave the door open-it won't take a moment." Taking a wrap from the hat-tree in the hall, she threw it about her, saw that no one was passing, and slipped out. It took her only a moment to drop that card in the box and run back to the house. The door was ajar as she had left it, no one was on the street; but in that one moment It was past midnight. Mrs. Bas comb was reading a very Interesting novel. She was surprised when the clock struck the half hour, and laid her book down. Not that she *felt sleepy, but she had just determined that she would sleep downstairs in the new folding-bed in the back par lor. There were portieres between, the rooms, but these were drawn back and hung limp on either side. The "bed" was a large handsome bookcase, with bric-a-brac on-its toD shelf. Mrs. Bascomb let it down and admired it from all sides. It took up all the space between the walls, ex cept just room enough for her to pass to the little table under the mirror, where Howard's revolver lay. She now pushed this further back and laid her watch and chain-her wedding pres. ent from her father-her diamond graduation ring, and her purse which she took out of the pocket of her dress, on the table in a shining heap. "I wonder if he married the tall, thin one, or the shorts homely one,", she said to herself, and, going out into the parlor, pickea up the book again, and was soon deep in the plot. A noise roused her. She looked at I the folding doors leading into the hall. They were locked, she knew. Then she turned her eyes toward the,: back parlor. "It's the new folding bed getting used to being open," she thought, conscious of a slight exhilaration in the region of her heart. Then she glanced at a mirror, in which she saw the full-length-figure of a mau standing back of .the portieres. 1 have heard it said, or read some where, that every man is ready to protect a woman from every other man exc-- pt himself. At that mo ment Lottie Bascomib would rather have seen a tiger standing ready to devour her. Her next surprise was at his manner of address: "Good evening, ma'am," and he stepped from the portiere andestood before her. "You needn't be fright ened, 1 ain't goia' to hurt you." "What do you want?" Her voice did not even tremble. "I want the money yer husband brought home that-he's goin' to take to New York to-morrow." "I don't know what money vou mean, but my husband is on his way Ito Ne a' York now. lie left to-day noon." She had risen from her chair and* started forward to reach the revolver. But she could not outwit the disap. pointed and enraged burglar. Hspag to intercept her, and struck his foot against the folding bed, throwing himself across it in his attempt to retain his balance. There was a grinding, whirring sound and a complete disappearance or one of the principals in this affair. On that same night'a belated citi zen hurrying home was accosted from the lower window of a house he was* passing in the residence portion of the' "Sir, oh, sir!" He stopped, for it was a WC~ voice, pichdf kfiiey. "W 7 please find the policeman dhsbeat and send him here In stantly?" "Can I be of any assistance?"1 "No. it's a burglar, and I have him safe." The policeman arrived, and with him the passer-by she had accosted, whose services were not required, however. The policeman went to the telephone and summoned help. Meanwhile he took up a position where earlier in the evening the fold mg-bed had stood. It was now shut up, and looked merely a massive bookcase again. When the patrol wagon arrived, this desk became an object of immec naate interest. une Dlue-coated omT-1 cial was stationed on either side and two at the foot. Mrs. Bascomb and 1 the now awakened Kitty were de tailed at a little distance. "Now:" said the sergeant, and ho manipulated the desk as Mrs. Bas comb had shown him how to do, a moment before. It came down on the run,~- and there, limp, and half-smothered, was< the trapped burglar, his forehead cut an bleeding from a chance incision as the bed had shut up with him in an explosive embrace. "So Clever Jim, you're at it again. t Here you are," said one of the police men as he snapped the bracelets on I his wrist. "You're pal's not in it , this time," as he handed him over to t two of the force. . "That's hiui," said Kitty, "that's t the man that was lookin' for a girl as he said was his sister. Oh, the vil. He was taken away, tried and con' icted and sent up for five years, but he never opened his mouth as to his method of getting into the house. It is quite safe to infer that Mrs. Bas omb never resorted again to that ery common practice of ladies who mail late letters, of leaving the house door ajar. And the folding 2 bed will remain a desk to the end of1 its days, unless It should again be used as a burglar-trap. -Utica Globe. Needles are a legal tender currency i A frica FAR Tt is not necessary for -abbage to start the plants in a hotbed. fake a place out doors as rich and nellovr as possible, sow ther-iseed in rills rather thinly, and cover nights ;o keep in the heat. . It is very im 3ortant to make a rapid but stocky growth. - This may be done by putting iitrate of soda in the drill row and ,ransplanting each plant once if not nore times before finally settiing it out where it is to make a head. Plants hus treated are worth double those rown closely crowded in the matt.J ed.-Boston Cultivator. GEOWINDG POTATOES. To grow potatoes, select the best soil you can get, avoiding ground that is liable to overflow, clear off all the trash, and if the ground is not very rich apply a good dressing of well otted manure and then plow as deep is you can. Then harrow until the ;oil is in good condition. Then as soon is danger of frost is past plant foi 3arly crop. First of June plant peach. blows. When ready to plant take a plow and run deep furrows three and ne-half feet apart. Cut your potatoes in pieces, one or two eyes to the piece, rop eighteen inches apart in these rurrows, one piece in a place. Then take a hoe and cover, putting an inch Af soil over each piece. Cultivate as aoon as the plants are well up and keep alling in the furrows, and you will not be troubled with weeds in the rowe and will not need to do any hand weeding. Cultivate once a week till they bloom.--New York Observer, , T= COW'S CUD. rne cow's cud is a quantity of the food that is brought up from the first stomach after the food has been swal owed and the animal is resting and has time to remasticate it more com pletely. Between the first and second stomachs there is a receptacle about ave inches long and the size of the gullet. A portion of the food is pressed into this part of the gullet and is brought up into the throat and mouth, where it is chewed slcwly. - This food nay be seen ascending the gullet when lhe cow is ruminating. The cud is not my distinct thing, as some suppose, hat may be lost, but is simply a por tion of the food which comes from the dtomach in the way described. When cow is said to lose her cud, nothing s lost or dropped, but by reason of Lndigestion the action of the stomach s suspended, and it is restored as soon s the trouble is removed by any simple medicine. The most effective is a dose of a pint of raw linseed oil or nelted lard.-New York 'Times. FEBTC-ZEES AND Cow-PEAS. The manner of properly treating and &pplying fertilizers is yearly receiving nore consideration among farmers. 3n this subject the Georgia Experi ent Station tells Southern farmers hat the best results can only be ob ained from concentrated fertilizers by asing them on the best lands, and not by scattering them at the rate of 100 3r 200 pounds to the acre over a large, vorn-out plantation. Nor should the nistake be made of applying large amounts of concentrated fertilizers on vorn-out land. The larger the appli ation the more important it becomes that the land should be in the best pos ible condition, such as it would have been left in by a good crop of small rain, with thorough and deep plow ng and harrowing. The practice of sowing cow-peas is trongly urged for renovating the soil and for hay. Nitrogen is the most im portant element of plant food because it is indispensable to the plant and is deficient in all worn or partially ex hausted soils. It is the most uniformly effective element of a fertilizer for all grains, grasses and cotton. While the most expensive, if bought in the mar ket, it may be drawn from the air by cultivating such plants as clover, pea nuts, vetches, burrclover, lucerne and especially the cow-pea, which, if prop erly utilized, will be more valuable to the Southern farmer than red clover has been to the farmers of the North and West.-New Yorlk World.- -- ~LCTRIC1Tr IN AGIULTURE. Attention has recently been directed o the application of electricity to farm ng operations, and the designing and ntroduction of suitable dynamo-elec ,r machinery for this purpose would 1 doubt be profitable both to the nanufacturers and the farmers. Early n 1892, an electric power system was nstalled at the farm of the Agricultural xperiment Station, Auburn, Ala., the urrent being brought from the college aboratory by a line three-quarters of mile in length, conducted by the stu lents themselves. A ten horse power notor was used for ginning and press ng cotton, thrashing grain, cutting up 'ed stuff, etc., and gave entire satis 'action. In every community where here is water power, electricity could >e economically generated and used not >nly for the above mentioned purposes, ut also to run saws, planing machines, umps, lathes, grindstones, cider resses, sorghum mills, churns, sewing aachins-in short, for everything re-, tuiring power. What farmer would Lot welcome the exchange of smoky amps for electric lights? The arc light ay also prove useful in market gar ening, some recent experiments made n France having shown that it has a arked effect in stimulating plant 70owth when sunlight is not to be had. Vhere sufficient water power is not vailable, windmills might be used in onnection with a system of storage latteries. Such a utilization of the rasted energies of nature would put off he coming of the coal famine that reatens future generations.-Invenl ive Age. CT/IvATION OF wrrnows. Inquiries are received concerning he culture and marketing of willows or baskets and other goods. Notwith tanding the basket willow does well in his country, five-sixths of the quan ity consumed is imported from for ign countries. The prevailing opinion that only low and is suitable for willow cultivation cay be the cause of so little attention >eing given to it. Low land is best, >ut high land is good. It is certainly ar better than land where there are tagnant pools or too much water. rows twelve inches apart. e ro should be three feet apart and a culti oator and hand hoe used to keep down ihe weeds. The plants are cuttings from two to three year old willows which are cut one foot long, measuring three-eighths to one-half inch in thickness. With a stick or iron rod holes are made in the ground and a cutting introduced so that one or two buds remain above the ground.. The first oear only a few bprouts will spring from each cuttmg. Every year in March the switches are cut close to the stem before the sap shoots into the plants. The switches are tied in bundles about ten inches in diameter and placed in two or three inches of water, remaining there until tne latter part of April until the sap has risen and small leaves and sprouts have appeared. This sap loosens the bark which can be removed very easily by being drawn through a wooden fork similar to a clothes pin. Willows must be dried in the open air. They are then bundled to weigh about fifty pounds per bundle. About 80,000 willow cuttings are necessary to plant an acre. The willow reaches the greatest production in the third year, and with proper care and good fertiliz ing it will continue to yield good re sults for many years. Dry peeled willows are worth five to eight cents a pound, and green willows with the bark on them are worth $14 to $18 per ton.-Farm, Field and Fire side. FARM AND GARDEN NOTEs. :Pigs should suckle till ten weeks old. The sock enjoy summer as well as winter comforts. Have a syringe handy when the foal puts in an appearance. Are there wast places in the pasture? Give them a coat of manure. '; There are family traits and like nesses in sheep as much as "humans." No, no ! "Everybody can't be a good shepherd; they ain't made that way." Salt and wood ashes in reach of hogs are beneficial. Good for horses also. Never refuse a good cash offer when you have anything of the horse kind to sell. Many a man is a success as a wool grower and can't tell why to save his life. Feed oil and cotton-seed cake. It is best for sheep, for the farm and for you. One thing can be relied upon about sheep manure-there are no weed seed in it. A few short, sharp brushes develop speed much faster than miles of slow work. Lve some pasture held in case you need it further on when dry weather comes. The neglect given the chicks now annot be overcome with good care by and by. Make your flock what your wife is rhe best, prettiest, and the envy of everybody. Health, comfort, neatness are the things to be sought when building a >oultry house. Is your experience that cooked or oaked corn is better than dry, hard corn for hogs? SLittle chicks enjoy fresh water to irink. Give them some, even though ou provide milk for them. Soft coal cinders and charcoal from pood or cobs shouldbe among the "ap jaetizers" kept on the hog's bill of fare daily. The aluminum sulky, weighing from eighteen to twenty-five pounds, is said to be coming along with the two-minute trotter. Minnesota has passed ~a law making it a criminal offense to dock a horse's. tail according to the hackney sendess and cruel fashion. 'If you are raising.sicks for the eggs they will lay do.I'C'keep the cockerels till fal, .t'~Yhem as soon a large nfiugh for broilers. Because bright timothy hay and oats ire the best feed for horses it does nott follow that they would not like a change from it sometimes, or that they wou*ld tot do better for such a change, Riemembering Dreams. Dreams come because the mind does not aleep when the body sleeps, and the power of memory remains awake to receive the impressions made on it by the dream. It has been argued that a dream is wholly due to the memory; assuming that to be the case, it is only natural that one should remember a dream. as the I memory would be the only mental I power concerned in the phenomenon of dreamimr. But it is not certain 1 that a person remembers all his dreams. Certainly, if Descartes' the or is correct that a person dreams whenever he sleeps, he does not re member all that he dreams; and Descartes is upheld by the weight of opinon among philosophers, as well ais by many eminent physicians and physioogists. As to dreaming when oneC is sound asleep, if we accept the suggetion that a person dreams whenever he is asleep, we must admit e must dream when he is sound asleep as well as when his sleep is light and titful. Physiologists have abandoned the idea that dreaming is an incident to the transition stage between sleening and waking, and seem to agree that dreams may Co ni even when the dreamer is sound4 asleep. Mr. Alfred Maury, an En glish physiologist, made many ex periments, and the general result fa vors the belief that a person may be subected to a dream at any time dur- 1 ing sleep-waking-sleeping, sleening, or sleeping-waking, and as well when sound asleep as when his sleep is broken. The Spanish Versiod. In a recent Spanish book of travel, -Costumbres Yankees: Viajes por la I A merica del Norte," by JTose Sanche2 Fomoano, is the following account of1 the origin of Boston common: "A great philanthropist, named Common, had the happy idea of presenting the children of Boston with a leafy grovE of great trees." Primitive geographers taught that: the earth is a cnbe.' 171oid' ara parilla ttnre. Hood's Sra arilla is the remedy Vhieh most certainly C W ures. It quickly tones be stomach and makes one "real hungry." Be ure to get M' od's and only Hood's Sarsaparilla. Hood's Pills are purely vegetable. 25c. The Sicilian Peasant. In some parts of the island the ad ent of a baby girl is looked upon as uch a misfortune that a small black lag is hung out of the window to )roclaim the sad event. The reason s not far to seek, says the National Review. Having to be maintained >y the household as long as they are inniarried, and having to dower their iridezrooms with a "dot," girls are nprofitable. Boys, on the other iand, are soon self-supporting, and hey inciease the family wealth hen the time comes to brine home , wife by the amount of the young ady's fortune. Nevertheless, the rls, although kept in such strict se lusion that one hardly ever meets ;hem walking about, are said to be :indly treated. At the age of fifteen )r sixteen they are disposed of in narriage according to an arrange nent, purely financial, between the amilies concerned. Judging by appearance one would hink that the Sicilian peasantry are n the last stage of poverty. This is o a great extent the case, but one nust not be altogether guided by out ward signs, for however well off they nay be they seldom make any change n their way of living. They all live )y preference in the towns. Even hose who are employed in the coun ry during the week build mud hovels or that time and flock back to the ;owns on Saturdays. The women have no national dress nd no distinctive characteristic be ond the love of brignt colors, which eems inborn in all Southern natures. rhe men, on the contrary, are pictur squely clad in black and white >lack trousers to the knee, slit some ,welve inches up the outside seam, ,o let out a bulging white undergar nent, sheeDskin leggins strapped on with thongs and moccasins; a white ;hlrt, open at the neclk, with full white sleeves gathered in at the wrist, md over this a black sleeveless vest; , black cloth cap hanging over the ar. The time-honored superstition f the "evil eye" is still so widely pread throughout the island, even .mong the upper classes, that no one who does not wear a charm is consid red safe. Cure for Insomnia. Mrs. Chatter-Your husband is looking so much better now, Mrs. barp. Has he been cured of his in onia? Mrs. Sharp-Oh, 3-es. Quite tectually. Mrs, Chatter-How was e eu.ed, pray? Mrs. Sharp-Well, ou know, tbey have teen rebuilding he enterior of our church and i had he old pew brought around to set ut in the bedroom. He finds it just as onducive to repose as ev'er.-Yonk ers Gazette. ____ An Odd Dream. She-Oh, Henry, I had such a readful dream last n'ght. I dreamed [ saw your first wife sittng in youi lap and you smiling upon her. He I'at's the oddest dream I ever heard f. She-How, dear? lie-Why, she weighed 250 pounds!-Life. Made the Enemy Enn. Tommy-Did you do much lighting furing the war, pa? Pa-I did my hare of it, Tommy. Tommy-Did. you make the enemy run? Pa-You're. right, I did, Tommy. Tommy-Did' Lhey ketch you, pa?-Boston Cour~i; THE LADIES. The pleasant effect and perfect safetyI pith which ladies may use the Califor ia liquid laxative Syrup of Figs, Lnder all conditions, makes it their avorite remedy. To get the true and enuine article, look for the name of e Catifornia Fig Syrup Co., printed Lear the bottom of the package. A Chinese botanist has succeeded in ausing a diminutive oak tree to grow a thimble whose depth was three ~uarters of an inch and diameter half .n inch. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is a constitutional Cure. Price 75c. Peking, China, has an estimated iopulation of 1,300,C00 and 15,000 olice, who signal from station to tation, by yelling, until the news eaches headquarters. D. Kilmer's S w a XP-BQO oT cure all Kidney and Bladder trouble. Pamphlet and Consultation free Laboratory BinzhamtOa. N. Y. Abel Wharton, of Haydock's Run, Iiss, has a parrot which is known to e at least seventy years old. It speaks 'rench in the morning, English at ioontime and unknown patois in e evening. Karl's Clover Root, the great blood purifier, ives freshness and t'learness to the com plexion nd cures constii.ation 25 cts. 50 cts.. 51. e most expensive private yacht in he world is called the "Polar Star," ,nd is owned by the Czar of Russia. t cost five million dollars to build .nd equip. After Breakfast o purify, vitalize and enrich the blood, and Ie nerve, bodily and digestive strength, tako ood's Sarsaparilla. Continue the medicine al er every meal for a month or two. Hood's Pills cure constipation. 25c. I affieted with soreeyes use Dr. Isaac Tihomp - o's Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c. pet bottle' A contrivance for turning sheets of usic has been perfected by a San ranciscan. It is operated by the foot f the pianist. A wrAe who has fished much, can eadily detect a lie in a Ush story. Powdered charcoal, if laid thick on -burn, causes the immediate abate. nent of pain. A superficial burn can ... e healed ini about an hzour. made at many other places. A ity to miners and excavatoefa.rr ally, it is also an aid to crime and has given a name-dynamiter-to a class of revolutionists, but now there are materials for murderous bombs as much more destructive than dyna mite as it is than gunpowder. The pioneer dynamite factory at Isleton, Switzerland, is still in opera tion, and skill with long experience has reduced the danger to a miv mum. in a large upright revolving cylinder of lead, cooled by a series of surrounding cold water -pipes, the acids and the glycerine are thoroughly mixed, being admitted in due propo, tions by other pipes from above. The compound liquid, yellowish oily mat ter, is conveyed to the kneaaing pans in another department, and there mixed with a fine siliceous sand and farinaceous meal, after which it is perfect dynamite power. The cartridges, however, are made of another form of it called "ex plosive gum." This contains 'some extra ingredients, and is a sort of paste. One of the elements is gun cotton highly charged with nitrate, The most delicate work at Iselton is done by three women sitting at a table. One works a small bronze molder-that is a small cylinaer the diameter or which is that of the intended cartridge. As the com pressed powder, which, being of an oily consistence, now assumes com parative solidity, issues from this tube or cylinder in the shape of a sausage or of macaroni it is cut by the woman on the left hand into equal lengths of about three inches. Each piece is then carefully taken up by the third woman, who wraps it in oiled cartridge paper, which she fastens, closing both ends and cover. ing it to exclude moisture. The tre mendous little instrument is now complete. To Soften Stiff Shoes. It is claimed that the following treatment will make pliable the stiil shoes that have been put aside to dry after a thorough wetting: First, wipe off gently with a soft cloth all surface water and mud, then, while still wet, rub well with paradline oil, usng fiannel for the purpose. ,et them aside till partiallv dry, when a second treatment with oil is aavisa ble. They may then be deposited in a conveniently warm place where they will dry gradually and thorough ly. Before applying French kid dressing, give them a final rubbing with the flannel, still slightly damp ened with paraffine, and the boots will be soft and flexible as a new kid, and be very little affected by their bath in the rain. jagson says it's always foot up 01 shut up with~ the ledger. -Elmira Ga. zette. Money talks; but if it speaks the truth, it must plead guilty to a good many crimes. Boxmng the compass is niot counted as one of the "spars" of a ship. -Bos ton Transcript._ PENSION lvasbig""' DC, pIOPic s us YminrrsesionEn*. a wrinlst ar,5a4iudicatinlgiaims,. attyined. KODER'S PASSLLS.T . c CoaI,~fr'e . L~drmejthac~zsbiuadpomi nImold ton HIGHEST AWARD 10OVELL DIAl California Midw AT SAN FRA ) 157JY/R fAMILY ~LftDEAR 74 MINERAL WM2 CSAL! A0i IT Afi~LEA ASK TOMR ERQIR? "Well Done Outlives Memory Will S SAP' maad , are enred is. REDUCED TO A SKELETON Ms Mini MmZa of Sardi s tem oll M . must die. my lungs * ~ ton. My people corn mned to give me yotw SMedidal Discovery and I oon began 'to Smen&: itwas not Inn before I became enough to take b" of my household 4 MRS. WILY .mo y eCE oves. REND F0 MJ.CAT L W ---.NOT YOUECI&KN~ $3 $HAEPOSUEA3oS S$2.$0SB SEND FM~ CATALOGUE *WLDOUGLAS9 BROcICrON, 1AS. You can ave aoney by wearing the W. L. Douglas 13.00 Shoe. Because, we are the largest masnufacturers of this grade of shoes In the world, ad guaratee value by stamping the name and price *a bottom. which protect you against hgh the middleman's profts Our shoMs eqwi work in style, easy tting and wearing 9 We have them sold everywhere at lower the value given than any other make. Tak stitute. If your dealer cannot supply yu, CREAT EASTERN Furniture & Mattress Mfg. Also Upholsterers and 1226-RIDGE .AVE.-l Bet. Green & Spring Garden Ss., Ph ino hy not purc your ]obr Suits Carpets, Bedding. M SStands, Side Boards, Tables,Cb tors, Baby Carriages, Etc., ot ;te direct. Get new goods. it pAys. 7 di Call and be convinced. A few prices: 13 picoes, Oak Suit, tress thrown in 324.7-5. Parlor wards. Bookers, S1.50; Chairs, 45c. I Set af Pillows and Bolster, $1. Sbades and Parlor Suits to order. Goods shiuped all over the co FOR FIF MRS. WI SOOTHIN has been used by Mi for their children w Fifty Years. It soothes gmallays all pslu, is he est remlady for Twenty-uve -"L i COLLARS a Ieverie. L'oL wel. Fi well, basnic cr andair orr cu by maifr 6 -7Klb cetmible Colar C. 7Kmyat, Ltostonl or T7 Franklin a. New York. EWiS' 98 % L maeN. SAk thLy, wteoben A ld, he co.. inn20rmixp tsit ouno NCISC&ISCAL. A ND GOLDMARDAI: 'F 5PSiN 3r P fili AELPMfIA, PA. 7TOJ#Y/i1[ f Death." Even Your hine if You Use OLIC