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1844 TRL-W.EEKLY EDJTIOl WNNSBORO, ESTABLISHED 1844. TUE AVERA09 MAN. When it comes to a question of trust ing Yourseif to the risks of the road, 'hen the thing is the sharing of bur dens, The liftIng the heft of a load, In the hour of peril or trial, In the hour you may meet as you can. You may safely depend on the wis dom And skill of the average man. 'Tis tfhe average man and no other Who does his plain duty each day, Ths small thing his wiage is for doing. On the commonpla ce bit of the way. 'Tis the average man, may God bless him. Who pilots us, still in the van, Over laud, over sea, as we travel, Just the plain, hdy, everage man. So on through the days of existence, All mingling in shadow and shine, We may count on the every-day hero, Whom haply the gods may divine, But who wears the swarth grime of his calling, And labors and earns as he can, And stands at the last with the no blest, The commonplace, average man. -Margaret E. Sangster, in Harper's Weekly. LOVE SACRIFICE. A Cuban Romance. Tat-tat-tat sound.d in a dreary monotone from the drums, and slow ly, in single file, the miserable prison ersF came into view. Ragged, dirty, unkempt, footsore, panting from the blazing August sky, they w.ere truly a pitiable sight, though they held up their heads defiantly, and smiled de risively at the insulting epithets and grimaces -which the lower classes heaped upon them, especially in the iceinity of any officer's residence. The better classes -of tlr Havanese showed their sympathy In striking con trast to the jeers and jibes of the - baser sort-the men, by their sullen, Indignant looks; the women, by fre quent sobs and tears and smothered exclamations. The time was 1851. directly after te capture of Crittenden, Lopez's brave.lieutenant, in his Ill-starred ex pedition to Cuba. He and his Spartan Innnt were these forlorn prisoners. When they reached the Calle de ]a .amparilla, one of the narrow streets the citythe guards suddenly halt ',eficolumn and reverently btared beads. A funeral procession Sas approaching from the .opposite direction; and the line 'was pushed close towards the houses jutting on -ftie narrow footway, scarcely worth lie name of a sidewalk. A youth arong the foremost fris oners, who. evidently, had not the fortitude of his older companions, judging by his bowed head and deep dejection, now looked up with a wan * smile of recognition as a pair of* dark eyes brimming with tears gazed through a latticed window at the piti ful sight. "Amalla," he whispered. "Rlobercito! Is It indeed you? Oh, how ter:-ible! I did not dream you were with them." "Oearest cousin,, save me," he re plied, in Spanish as fluent as her own. "We are all condemned to be shot in two days,'perhaps sooner. I am too young to die.' "Would that I could, nine querido, -but, alas! I am powerless as a lamb among wolves." "Amalia, dont say that! You have friends among the Spaniards. For the -love of my mother-" "Forward, march!" rang on the air, and the weary column passed on to the dungeons of hiorro castle. That night the Senorita Amalia de Valdez was a dream of loveliness as she reclined listlessly among the cush Ions on a lounge in her ha ndsom-e sa - l on. Tall, exquisitely formed, with * etty tresses framing a softly rounded "'face, wirh "midnight eyes" so large, so liquid, so lustrous that her admir ers exhausted the affluence of their honeyed tongues in praising Them; with a mouth whose twin carnations perfect in repose. were still more en chanting wvhen her smile disclosed the dazzling teeth within-It was no won der that the was considered to be the beauty of beauties in the capital famed for the grace and loveliness of its women. The young Captain Antonio de Rtamon, who presently entered, was so enraptured with her appearance that only the presence of the inevi table duenna restrained him from t hrowing bimself at her feet in real Ity, as well as in the formal saluta tion with which Spanish gentlemen greet all ladies. "Beso a V lo pies. senorita." She responded in the same fashion, only kissing his 'aands (figuradively) instead of his feet. But sne looked pre-occupied, sad, despondent. He seated himself near her, w'hile the duenna. her gentle Tia Maria, retired to a distant corner. "I'ell me, my soul," said he, "why are you so melancholy?" A sigh was the only answer. '"Ah, yes! I know your tender heart aches for the poor prisoners you have seen to-day. Poor fellows! Theirs Is a terrible fate. But tell me, what Fis it you wished to ask me? Can there be a wish of your. I would not gratify at the risk of. my life, If need be? I have your precious billet safe here," and he pointed to his heart. "You have but to comniand and I will obey." "Tia mia," said Amala, turning' to her aunt, "I[ have mislald ,my pearl bracelet upstailrs. fiRl Iou kindly --- took for it?"' The duenna vanished as if she had expected the request. On tha instant Amalia said to him, "You have often sworn that you love me to distraction; is it not so, Antonito?" What happiness it was for him to hear from her lips the diminutive "ito" added to his flam , which, in itself, is a caress in words. "My life, with all my heart and soul," he exclaimed. But she drew back. "No, I give myself only to him who proves his love." "What can I do- for you, beloved?" Dispose of me as you will for life." "rIt is life I ask. Sit here, beside me, dearest, and I will tell you." She then related the scene of the morning, the discovery that Roberto, who had passed the previous winter in Havana with his family, was now among the prisoners. "Ha is the son of my favorite aunt so young, barely sixteen. He came here to perfect himself in Spanish. and I inspired him with my own en thusiasm for the Cuban cause. He has returned, alas! to die, unless you will save him for my sake. Should lie perish, I can never know another happy moment." Antonio grew pale as he listened. "Amalia, you cannot break my heart thus. Ask me anything else." "Antonito moil! I love you," she sobbed. "For you I would give up home, relatives, country. God grant me this one favor. Save that poor chifd, and I swear to become your wife in another month. You have said that If I would marry you you would resign your _ hateful commis sion in the army and seek a home in 31exico. I will follow you there and to the ends of the earth." "You have won." he said after a pause. "For you 1 will dare anything. They will die day after to-morrow. I have but a short time, and now must leave you, dearest. If I fail, you will forgive me, will you not? or I will not survive my disgrace." CHAPTER II. Roberto lay -on a pallet beside two other comrades, who, in the midst of their own misery, tried to cheer and fortify the boy, exhorting him to meet manfully a doom which they felt was even more terrible for him than for them. He had been one of the most enthusiastic volunteers; had fought well, but now the near prospect of death szemed to make a coward of him. A soldier who spoke a little Eng lisi entered the cell at this moment and -roughly bade him, rise and follow to the captain's. roon. Ro~erto rose tremblingly. "Courage; my boy,', said -a mid'dle aged man, "perhaps it is good news for you. If not, beware lest he w-i:,: from you a word about Lopez's plans." "Never fear," lie replied, making an effort to control his agitation. '-I hate to die"-here he gulped down a sob "this way, but I'll not be a traitor. Good-by." The guard interrupted further speech by -pushing him into the cor ridor with his musket. "Here is the prisoner, captain." "Very well; you may retir:., per geant." - Antonio locked the door after him, and in a low tone briefly related to Roberto the plan lhe had formulted for the la tter's -escape. "Each prisoner will receive three shots. By dint of extensive. bribery, and the co-operation of a surgeon, a secret friend of the Cuban cause, I have arranged that three blank cart ridges shall be fired at you. You must, be careful to simulate death as much as possible until the word 'Amalia' is whispered in your ear. Then you may breathe freely and open your eyes, for you will be temporarily safe. Further detils will then have been ar ranged and told you. The least indis cretion on your part. the least bung ling on that of those I have employed, though only two are in the secret. will ruin me as well as seal your1 fate." 1Roberto thanked him fervently, and promised him implicit obedience. "You must not return to your com rades." "Poor fellows," muttered Roberto. "The light of hope is shining in your eyes. and might betray us. Look as downcast as when you entered, if possible. Enter sergeantZ" he said, as he entered the door, "and conduct this prisoner to a solitary cell He must have no communication with the other filibusters." They passed out, and Antonio, groaning deeply, murmured, "Oh, my love, what a sacrifice!" The courtyard of the castle was. thronged with soldiery as Crittenden and his unfortunate band were marched to the death-place just as day was breaking over the beautiful bay. Surrounded by hostile soldiers they still maintained a defiant air, even when the glittering line of bay onets faced them,-and they knew all hope was over. "Kneel. filibusterosi" The command was not obeyed. Crit tenden proudly. refused in the words that have passed into history, "A Kentuckian kneels to none but, God." A struggle ensued, in which some were forced' to their knees; perhaps all might have been, had not the of ficer in charge, with a touch of hu manity, begun giving the orders. At the word "Fire!" so deadly was the volley that few survived it, and they but a few moments Roberto, happily, had no need to stimulate deathi. The shock and strain of the suspense had caused him'to faint, and the surgeon, who hastened to his .side, gave a deep sigh of relief as he per eived Robertos rigid unconscious jness "Carry this body, and this, an this"- pointing to several-"to thi hospital." "If they are not dead now, they wil soon be under his knife," laughed on of his assistants. When Roberto revived 'he foun himself in a carefully darkened room With joy he heard the word "Amalia in a friendly voice. In a day or tw afterward, according to Antonio' previously - concerted arrange~f he was smuggled, in the disguise of ; water-man, to an American ship I the harbor and concealed in the holi all night. Thr next day he thanke his devoted cousin as he inhaled wit: a glad sense of freedom, the sof winds of the Mexico sea. He nieve returned to Cuba, though his futur life was replete with striking adven tures. The gay capital of Cuba was quit electrified a month later to learn o the resignation from the army of Cal tain Antonio, and -his marriage imm diately after, in spite. of opposition o: the part of her family, to the supremE ly beautiful Senorita Amalia de Va] dez.-Waverley Magazine. BURIAL UNDER FIRE. A Striking Episode of the War, on the Shor of Guantanamo Bay. High on the ridge where the marine: pitched their tents on the shore o Guantanamo Bay, the first- Cuban so! taken by American troops. are tb graves of the men who were killed il the first land fighting of our war wit! Spain. They were buried under fin by men who overlooked no tithe of thi solemn ceremony, although the singlin of Spanish bullets rose clear above th, voice of the chaplain. The burial squad was composed o marines from the Texas. Wrapped i fings, the honorable winding sheet o soldiers killed in battle, the bodlei were borne from a tent in which the: bad lain to a trench dug by men whi made it deep because their fear tha the drenching Cuban rains would givi their comrades to the buzzards wa greater than their fear of the deat they rlsked as they plied pick an shovel. Chaplain' ,ones, of the Texas, thi firing squad,-a few officers aind so#m cofrespondents stood bareheaded abou the grave. From the thick cover be yond there came the _Irregular "puti putt, putt" of skirmish fire and thi regular sputter of the macbIne gun There marines and Spanish guerrilla were 13ghting -from-thicket to thickei Soon there-would-be mfore dead to bur we thought Gently the men of. the Texas-lower ed the-flag-wound '".oesW-"Soldie and sailor, too," as Kipling has it into the earth. The chaeplain stoo v, th his back to the cover from whic] came the rattle of musketry, and*be gan the solemn service. Slow and de liberately fell the words, and seldov has their import been realized mon fully than it was there at the edge o the bullet threshed jungle.. "Man that is born of woman" A bullet pecked the earth at his fee and sent it flying. Others sang ovei head. Some leaves and 'twigs fel from the nearest trees. A man or tw< dropped behind the earth thrown-on of the grave. The Spanish were firint on the burial party. The marines of the Texas raiset their heads for a second and bowe< them again. They made no other mc tion. The officers in command, pali ordinarily, flushed red as if angere< by the enemy's sacrilege. The chaplain moved a pace fron where he was standing and turned hi face toward the thicket ;from whicl the bullets were coming. Then th words fell slowly and gravely, "Mai that is born of woman," and so on t the end. As lhe faced thie fire those who hat sought she1ner stood up instantly ani bowed their heads reverently. Tn lire slackened, ceased. The earth fei on the flags and covered, them and ths heroes wrapped within. A man or tw< dropped a tear and a tender,_ partini word to his comrades, and the buria party, its dJuty fittingly done, move< seaward over the crest of the ridge out of range. Half way down the crooked pat] which led to the landing two of thi men who had stood -steadily at th< grave were marked by a Spanis] sharpshooter, and a Mauser bulle "pinged" above them. They ran fo cover like startled game, for the fu neral was over and they had no desir to make another. But the men who were at the grayi that day will remember long and wit: a solemn sense of their great lesso1 the words, "Man that is born of we man."-New York Herald. Up-toDate Wedding Rings. The wedding ring plays as impor; ant a part in the modern nuptial cere mony as the minister or licens< There seems to be but one corre< stle for this country in the matter c a wedding ring. It Is a perfectly plai band, with outer surface oval and 11 ner flat. It is made of 22-kara wich is deemed the most serviceabl The most popular ring is of mediui size-a little less than a quarter of a inch wide-though in effect much nal rower because of the oval edges. Ut less the 'buyer has some preferenc for very narow or very broad ban< he is advised to take a tanpenn weight ring, this being the regulatio weIght for the melium size. It cost $10. The 'tiny narrow rings has ~ever been popular, for In order wear at all the ring must be so dee that it cuts into the other fingers an is deeddedly uncomfortable. So, toi are the extremely wide rings, whice often make a callous just -between Ct band arid the edge of the ring on t' inner sidelef the. rixg figer.-Ghicas ecord. ' FARM AND GARDEN NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST ON 'AGRICULTURAI TOPICS, Breeding Young Sows - Restoring "Wor Cut " Land-Blight in Pear Trees-Losse From Sheep Scab...Stimulating Food fo lens---Etc., Etc. BREEDING YOUNG SOWS. Every sow that is intended as breeder should be bred'young. Sh wilknot produce as big a litter then a .he will later, but it is-important fo all li-r future progeny that the ten dency to milk production should b early established. After her first 1ii ter, for the same reasont one or two c f her pigs should be allowed to suckl the sow until they are ten weeks old though both the pigs and the youn; .sow should be fed liberally, so the this long sucking of her pigs shoul not be too great a strain on the sow. RESTORING "WORN OUT" LAN] Whether it will pay. to restore fe3 tility to land from which it has bee exhausted by cropping, depends muc on its original character. If it had a first a good proportion of potash an phosphate. it is probably rather heav in texture, and much of this mineri plant food is locked up in clods, i cultivation while the soil was wet wi inevitably make. Subdue these sod by thorough cultivation through on year. and the next spring give a goo Qeeding with clover, and it will effec a gre-at ekange. even if no manure i .p r lied. But in all cases where lan -upposed to be exhausted is to b seeded with clover, some mineral fei tilizer in available form should also b applied. BLIGHT IN PEAR TREES. The first thing to be done in pea "nlture is to subsoil and underdrai hie land. The pear has long ta -oots. and succeeds best in a cool * noist. not wet, subsoil, so the rool ay penetrate ileep, which enable 6m to - withstand drouth. A sand -oi! is too warm and dy during sun ner, which causes leaf Wlight, als 'oo mnch fresh horse manure wi have the same effect. I have ha -everal to die from the above name ai ~e. A loamy, porous soil is we' aapted for he penetration of pea r , so and in such-soilthere is scarcf y ever any blight. The roots of th ....ear penA4 tra05je'~ t~e sil~4ianc ipportan-of ep DS . it bard ran will -not do, as the root I -annot penetrate deep enough so th trees will be shortlived.-C. W. No: ris in Agricultural Epitomist. LOSSES FROM SHEEP SO AB. The losses from sheep scab i home industry have been, and sti: are, very severe inmost sheep raisin t countries. They are due to the she ding of the wool, the loss of cond tion" and death of the sheep in vat >numbers, annually. In the Unite tStates some sections have been ovea run with sheep scab, and many pei sons engaged in the sheep industr 1 have been forced to forsake it becaus of their losses from this disease. I its destruction of invested capita sheep scab is second only to ho cholera among our animal diseases The large flocks of the Western State have, suffered severely, and are cox stantly sending diseased animals I the great stock yards of this countra As a consequence, this marketing< affected sheep. the stock yards ai continually infected, and any shee purchased in these markets are, ux less properly "dipped," likely to d4 velop the disease after they are take to the country for feeding or breec ing. There is in thiis way a constar distribution of the contagion, an thousands of persons who know litti of its nature or-the proper methods< curing it find that the y have introdt ced it upon their promises. STIUtLATING FOOD FOR HEN: 1N2eat, red pepper, etc., fed to hei during the winter undoubtedly e: courages egg production, but fed large quantities will debilitate tl t layers, causing widespread disea and sickly, enfeebled offspring. 01 winter I fed corn meal mush, strong seasoned with red pepper, daily, sveity-five hens. They had fair: comfortable quarters-no artifici; heat-and the number -of eggs the produced astonished g:all. WhE . April arrived, I had thirty-five chick any numnber of hens setting; and we coking forward to ani enormoi crop of broilers. But as the weath< grew warmer, my hens began -droop and die, almost without war -ing. laying hens, setting hens, broo< mg hens-they all died, and the youi chickens followed suit. The ne: winter I had but a beggarly array six hens in my chicken-house-and - did not feed t 2m red pepper. 'Some years later I experimente - with fresh mvaat, feeding -ali the hel ~would eat. and the result was as b fore. An enormous number of egj in the winter-almost total extinctic 'of the flock following in the sprin e I am older now, and I no longer a tempt to force unnatural egg produc ion, contending myself with a re sonable number of "winter" egg Shealthy hens, and plenty. of sprix 0 chickes.-A. J. Leland in Agrict tural Epitomist. p COMMON SENSE FARMING. h While there is no question abo e specialty farming and intesity farm e lg being most profitable, !there is oways danger of -narrowingphe specin t.es down so close .that thip.failure a crop means using up all available cash if not running into debt. In any and all branches of farming the first principle is to produce on the farm, as far as possible, all th food needed by the family and stock. This done, only the money crops are to be con sidered, and if two or three are prop erly studied they can be managed as well as a single specialty crop. Then. r too, if stock is kept. the common sense farmer will try and grow such crops as will be readily marketable, yet lihe some portion for stock food, and leave the ground to be utlilized a either for a second market crop or a e cattle food crop. Thus, early peas s will give a crop of vines for stock feeding and.the ground can be put in - turnips and afterwards seeded to win e ter rye, which will furnish an early - spring green crop to the stoek. As f fast as the rye is cut the land may e be sown to peas and oats for late green rood if the pasture is likely to be scant, or to fodder corn or to bar t ley for fall feeding. The soil at all I times kept to the highest point of fer tility, the stock fed a variety of food grown on the place, the family fully y supplied with fruits and vegetables in season and the money crop that which is best understood and best marketed, is common-sense and profitable farm 1 ing. EASY METHOD OF BLANCHING CELERY. The common and laborious process of earthing up and winter storage s of celery is doubtless a great obstacle e in the way of its culture by many I busy farmers. This easy method of t blanching, at least for moderate sup s plies, is suggested, whlich does away i altogether with the necessity of trenches or banking. If intended for winter blanching, about the middle e of November the plants are taken up on a dry day and placed in water-tight troughs or other vessels in a quits dark cellar, the plants standing erect and closely together. Enough water r is poured on the roots to cover them, i and the supply is.-,continued through p the winter as it faporates. Th's constitutes the sntire labor. Th:. s stalks are gradually and liandsondy s blanched in the darkness. -.id many y new ones spring up during the' winter months, especially if the apartment is D not very cold, and these new shoots 1 are remarkable for thei'r delicacy and I perfect freedom from any particle of I rust, appearing like polished .ivory. . A small separate apartment in the- cel r lar, without windows, answers well i for this purpose. Boxes, tubs, or- any e vessels which will hold .a4few inches e of ' _ , ljTs as grown in t e open ground, a need not be earthed up at all, or they e may be- slightly earthed to bring them -Into a more compact form if desIred. Probably the best way would h to adopt the course which is sometimes employed of setting out the plants in summer on the level surface of delp, I rich soil, eight oi ten inches or a foot .1 apart each way, in order that their close growth may tend to give them a more upright form. They are mere ly kept clean by hoeing through the t season. CARING FOR CORN y Tf there is any objection to e ern plan of husking corn a stalk before cutting, it is 1 grower is apt to learve ci gstalks too long, or cvred i .them to leave the shceksi s instead of carting tlem to - shed shelter. Considerable o best food material is r'ashet .the fodder by this practice ol f ting it to stand in the fe24 e wanted for use. As the valu p shredded corn fodder becomes bette. <known it is being more extensiveP' Sused 'and will doubtless become uni1 nversal in sections where considerab] -stock Is fed. One trouble in pas t seasons was in the storing of tLh d shredded fodder, much of it moulc e ing. This may be avoided if the pr, if caution is taken to have the stalke .thoroughly dried out in the fields o. under cover before running thmen. tarough the machine. If shreddini . the fodder is too expensive an.'oper L ation. as it is in some sections. eve 1- t'he small grower will tind it a decide n advantage to cut the stalks bafo * feeding. This will result in the f' e der being enten c'ean and if cut e and mixed with a little bran or y meal, just 'enough to flavor i' o cattle will hardly waste a hand y a day's ration. y EXTERMINATING TH~E P0 a BU.G. sIn spite of the P'aris green a s poisonous sprays, the potato b. stinues to multiply in our midst. r every season the work has to ha oover again. If some more systematic effort to exterminate these bugs wver: exerted by. the farmers, it seems as if their numbrs ought to ba kept dowr tat least. The trouble chiefly is that after the potato crop has been gath. Iered no further attention .is given to the noxious insects. They are al dlowed to remain in the potato field, sas a rule, and to burrow down intc e the soil to spend their winters. If ssomething was done to destroy all of the old bugs in the fall w2 would have a much smaller crop to deal with it t the spring. A good way is to go over the potate field after the crop has been harvest ed, and pick every bug that can be -found. Then it will pay one to cut a~ lbushel or two of the small potatoes and distribute them over the field. Tnis, if anything will, will attract the bugs from their underground hidina t place. Then the field should be hunt a- ed over morning anid afternoon. Ii 1- every hill where the potatoes were - put bugs will be found. By destroy f ing them diligently for a few dayi in this way very few wil be Dermit1 ted to wtfiter in the potato field. The same operation should be re peated in the spring when the old bugs come forth from their winter quarters. They are lean and hungry then, and a few pieces of potato will attract them. ''hey can be off tha potatoes ar. kille , and the pieces of tuber. be p ack for an other crop of bugs. !B the time the vines are up the numbe 'of old bugs to lay eggs will be very small. Than a ceaseless warfaie hould be con ducted against the yougtL ones that will of course appear. Not one of the n w crop should be allowed to reach maturlty. Children can do all this work as well as men, and for a few pennies plenty of boys can be tempt ed to do the work systematically. In the end this would prove better than using Paris green, if It were hot that some neighbor would not form the work. The result would that the old bugs will fly from% field to another, and the diligent work of one farmer will be neutralized by the carelessness of another. Under the circumstances it seems that some law ought to be passed to make the killing of potato bugs compulsory. In many States farmers have to destroy certain noxious weeds before they go to seed under the penalty of a heavy fine. Would it not be as just to compel ev ery ond to destroy all of the young po. tato bugs In the spring, and prevent the old ones from wintering In your field at the expens of your neighbors. One of Norway's Bright Women. Anna Hanstehn, daughter of Dr. Christopher Hansteen, a professor in the University of Norway, has for many years been known throughout Scandinavia as a champion of wo man's rights, and she was the first wo man to speak in public In the Scandi navian Kingdom. Her first efforts to bring about better conditions for wo men were met with scorn and con tumely, but she pursued her work with unceasing vigor. In 1870 some articles of hers appeared In a daily pa per on "Women's Opinions on the Sub jection of Women," and some years later appeared her book, "Women Cre ated in the Image of God," this latter being a collection of lectures she had delivered between the years of 1876 and 187. Her early years were devoted to painting. She studied for some years in Christiana, Copenhagen and Dus seldorf, and made i namc- .for herself as a portrait painter. -With money earned in this way she -asable to go to Paris, which had bie10for a long p*meheigreat dedre-ge 6he zehi0 TteQt- ; e 3il i rilm b -d i She the.-n took a studio in that city, and worked diligently on several Bibli cal pictures. Her incessant labo.s. caused nervous prostration, and in 1854 .he returned to Norway, entirely bro ken in health. It was ten years before she recovered, and then, with her same energy, she took up the cause of the advancement of women, which she I has worked at with all the powers of her being. and with an utter forgetful ness he is, next to Camilla 'on of woman's a faithfal A noyvelty in a clock is announced wheh has no special merit except as a curiosity. The object of new inven tions in the clock line is to avoid frequent wmnding, while at the same Itime maintaining the regularity that cnsttutes the cLief ;alt.e of a clock. ThId device is somewhat on the hour glass order. It registers the time ac curately by the running of the mer cury from one end of the glass to the other. The clock is built In two sec tions, and an indicator marks the pre cise time consumed by the mercury in passing from the~ upper to the low er. This clock must be turned when the lower section Is emptied, which *is really about as much work as wind ing the clock. The novelty, however, may appeal to many tastes.-New York Ledger. Bombay, India, is well supplied with water, the quantity available for each personi being forty to fifty gallons a day, while judging by other indian cities, ten gallons a day would he enough for all domestic purposes. * MRS. CONDON, MITTEN CAPITALIS The Big Industry a New Engln&W*oais Started on 540. At South Penobscot, Me., lives tse mitten capitalist of the United States. Mrs. A.C. Condon is the name of this _althy woman and she distributes every year from 12;000 to 15,000 dozen pairs of mittens. She is a livingillus tration that it pays to knit mittens, a modern, up-to-date proof of thefact that our grandmothers knew what they were doing. Mrs. Condon's story shows whatM ,brave,plucky New, Eng land woman-n do when she setisher mind to it. Mrs. Condon aswrfitten this statement of her mitten industry from its beginning up..to the. present time. "I began-business in 1864 with a capital of $40 in a - little -room about 15by5 k'2eet in size. I first made over w'rn-out felt hats thiown-away b men,cleaned,shaped and turned m and then made them over into s for women and girls. Then, as I dyed in the country where there was no industry, but very many willing hands, I resolved to procure, if pos sible, some work for those idle hands to do. "I went to Boston and saw some yarn manufacturers and from them got twenty-five pounds of yarn on credit, this yarn to be made [into mit tens. The manufacturers firnished' the yarn,and I put it out at thehomes of the people near where I lived. I had difficulty in starting the work and was obliged to return part of the yarn to the manufacturers at the end. of the year because I found it impossible to have it all knit into mittens. "This was not very encouraging for a year's work, but I persevered -and at the beginning of the second 'year one family insisted on having some yarn to knit into mittens. So I tried it over again and after it once got well started I could-not supply the demand for yarn. Tons of yarn were sent to me and my business grew until I paid the steamboat company the- largest freight bills of any one who did bi ness on the Boston and Bangor route. From 10,000 to 15,000 dozen mittens were manufactured yearly, an besides making mittens we made ladies' and misses' hoods and caps, toques, etc. "I had 1500 names on my booksAi o people who were at work for me, and. - many more that were really working, as on my books there woula be only one name from-each house though.. perhaps two, three dr of the house66odagere timesAs A44jiO rer After by hand gradualy decressednma chines camin to takethe p1Iee t kiitting. .In 1882 Ibegan to buy ma chines andkept adding. to my -stoek until now I have eighty-two mannes. We makefrom 12,000to15,00Adozes - in one year on the machines. Oie of my girls has-made 104 pairs of mt tens in one day, - small single mittens, and eightf-five. pairs of boys' double lined mittens. 'Nearly all the machines are run at the homes of the knitters, for in that way they make more money. - "Girls on an average make about our dozen of cheap mittenis or two zen of lined mittens in aty: We o a great many fine 'fancy-backed us of ailsizes of these the make fro .e to two dozen a The of knitting used to 4 a pai. Then it dropped d it is about that now." A New Kind of Headacpe.I Jepartmental headaches are a din -t malady," remarked a well-known 'sician, "and it is somewhat of a prise how many sufferers there are .ong departmental clerks from this uble. The thing seems to grow ~ng them, and they have their daches as regular as they have ~ir work. All kinds of remedies used, and while the .variouns pro tary medicines and ten-ngnaute s so called cure for a :whi ~ $hey. n to lose their power to relieve frequent use. Lack of'ventila. 'a majority of cases is probalily ause, but this does not explain ie cases, for the reason that in v of the rooms in the departments entilation is as perfect as it can avided by human ingenuityg and , advantage of the science of yen *on is taken. Of ' course the ar ,ement for lighting the room's has iderable to do with it. The light d never be admitted to a deek ctly. It should come from the of the clerk, if it is possible to ye it so. This prevents a strain on e eyes, which in many cases results 'n headaches. A simple remedy which is worth trying is to put a rubber bina around the head just above the ears. 'ie-ad should not be tig'ht enough to .stop til's circulation of the' blood. The band known as the string band is usually sufficientlyheavyforthe purpose. It should be applied just as soon as it is iioticed that the headache is setting in and taken. off' the moment the pain ceases. In mnany cases the rubber band works nicely, though it affords no relief when the headache i. the result of stomach troubles or bil iousness. -Washington Star. Queer R~est of a Cycle Accideas. At Sydenham, Christchurch, New - Zealand,a cyclist named William Hir per, when riding home after attending a dance, ran full speed into a night cart whieli was stauding parallel withn the footpath, resulting in .his ^almost instantaneous death. No evidence of eternal injdry .was apparent about the deceased, but an autopsy revealed " the fact that hislirer was complete* . torn in two. Beinga member oftb.h Cycling Volunteer .company, he waiK accorded a military funeral, a over ten thousand people vi eut-Cycling Gasome.. '