Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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-W^ ? Ul j* 1 'fij 1 } I ? I MES. MINNIE McALUSTEB. j Mrs. Carrie King, Darliugton, Mo.,' c writes: , , "I haw suffered for years with bilious- i Bess, and kidney and liver trouble. "If 1 caught a little cold, the pains r %ccrr increased and backache and , headache were of frequent occur- J rence. s "However, Peruna cured me? twelve bot- I ties made me a healthy woman." I c 1 W. L. DOUG S $3 Jg & $3.92 SH W. I,. I>uii2la? $:i..">0 ?hof? urr thr jn-illr world bee.iuvc of their excellent ntylr, e??y l rlor wfurint quiiliiiev. Thev lire Jn?t u? -o rml Awm 9<.M I<I.O*#. 'fur only ?liderc W. I,. DiHijlat S >.."?n ?hue? cost more to ?u hitpr liflli-p, wt'.ir (oncer, an I nee of trrutfi other?hoe on t he mairk-'t lo-tlny. (V. I imtrev thpir vului' h.V alamwlat tlt? mime u bottom ot'eiif-ti vhoe. I.uok liir IS Tnlte no *1 S lid ,hni'< lire ?old through hl? i|W the |?r(neii> il eitir*. in.i l>y vhoe dcnleraevery ter where \ on live, \V.(> ?]:n? ?hoe?lire ?i llETTER TH.XS OTHER MAKES .1T AX "For !h* thrtr 'far* / horr ir.irn II". U 0 oiylot S3. V) only *tf 0 .' '!/ I.rttrr thon #mi/ <h>?r 'hot II'rrr h ot, >'*1 Cluts. /.. Fu. r-''inla'r Thr Capital Xalionnl Hani Boys wear W. L. Djutrlas 32.50 and $2.00 shoes hr.ttar. hr.H tknir shins and \u?ar lry-itrer thl W.L.DOUGLAS S4JC0 SHO ESCANNOT BE EQUALL W. /_ /' vl'iri >ti-c t'ornn i t'u'nHn ill hi* <3.'Ash Coil .J fnnnl r-i to the .iiftl pn'ent Ir'ith, TXHTcuz.ox. ::vn,ETswn.i.siOT wi W. L. Don:'.** hi?? tlio largest *>.-<? mall order hm No troaM" to ir?-t a il! I?y n?vl. 2".'- <-ttra iircpaTH further Information, write for /llrttrate.1 Catalogue W.L.DC'JCLAS, SROCKTON, MASS GUARANTEED CURE for i'.I bowel troubles blood, wind on the stomach, t'oated bowels, fo pains after eating, liver trouble, sallow skin anc f regularly you are sick. Constipation kills more starts chronic ailments and long years of auiferi * CASCARETS today, for you v/ill never jet wel j right Take ?nr advice, atar: with Cascarets i money refunded. The genuine tablet stamped booklet free. Address Sterling Remedy Compa St. Peter's, at Pome, is in he form of a cross 636 feet long and 430 fe : wide. U9 aOw UT5UOVC -|yj 9 VUIO 'V/l ? 'VU"Vl i*?rtiocha .unequal for coughs and colds.?Joh* P.Fotxb, Trinity Snrln-rs. Ind.. FeS. 15, HKW. j There are over a million goats in Montenegro. Itch cured in .10 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Never .pai!e. Sold bv all druggists, $1. Mail orders promptly tilled by Dr. E. Detchon, Crawforosrille. Ind. < Ir WATERPROOF I OILED CLOTHING! , RECEIVED Tfit J ' HIGHEST POSSIBLE AWARD I AT THE &T LOOIS WORLD'S PAUL I I 5end us the names of dealers in 9 your town who do not .sell our n goods. and we will .send you a g collection of pictures, in colors, of I famous towers of the world, ?s * ? A. J. TOWER CO. ESTABLISHED IMS. SOJTON. WW YORK. CKICAOR. ig You want only the best Cotton Gin Machinery Ask any experienced Ginncr about 1 Pratt,Eagle,Smith j Winship, Munger j We would like to show you what thousands of life lonpr customers say. * U'ritj. fnr Mtalnsi1 and testimonial booklet. . Continental Gin Co 1 Charlotte, S. C., Atlanta. Ga. , IJirtniiiKham, Ala. 1 Memphis, Tenn., l)a.'las, Tex. I j Dropsyl" Removes all swelling in 8 to 3D j. days; effects a permanent curt la jo to 60 days. Trial treatment eiren free. Not tingcan befairat . Write Dr. H. it. WtM'S \ SMCUUttt. 314 9 AttMU. # I 1 jBL'r" *>?v...--. /iirifPASN m THZ f IT ?/ BACK AND SIDE Quickly Cared by a Short Course of Pe=rn=iia. TTRS. MINNIE E. MCALLISTER, iVI Iroru i-!17 West 33d street, Minnewife of Judge McAllister, writes tpoiis, Minn., as follows: ? / titLrt frrrl tor 1 n-ctyx trith a n(tin. in the small of my bark and right itde. It Interfered often with my tomestlc and sorial duties and I xeversupposed that l urould be cured, ?? the doctor's mediet ne did not seem ohelp me any. "Fortunately a member of our Order adrised me to try Peruna and gave it such ligh praise that I decided to try it. Alhougn I started in with little faith, I felt io much better in a week that I felt en on raged. "1 took it faithfully for seven weeks and im happy indeed to be able to say that I un entirely cured. Words fail to express my gratimde. Perfect health onec more is he best thing J < o?tl-i wish /or. o?t?l hanks to Pcruna, Ieujoy that note." Pain in the back, or on the right side. How often a physician hears this com>!aint! Over and over we hear women say: "I lave a pain in the small of my back. 1 >ave a pain in my right side, just below he ribs." These symptoms indicate pelvic or ablominal catarrh. They indicate *hat the bowels are not icting properly?that the liver is out of >rder?that the pelvic organs are con;ested. Pelvic catarrh?that is the name for it. Periiwa curespelvlc catarrh, wkfn iU of these symptoms disappear.^k The catarrh may be aH in the abd?nal organs, when it would be propeny ailed abdominal catarrh. At any rate, it is one of those ca-ses of nternal catarrh which can be reached on.y >y a course of treatment with Penina. We have on tile thousands ot tcstinonials similar to the above. It is im>ossib)e here to give our readers more than >ne or two specimens of the number of jateful and commendatory letters Dr. iartman is constantly receiving ia behalf if his famous catarrh remedy, Teruna. LAS?r^l OES if ?t sellers in the I ikI price inMhr 3k yi M, thlnyuurreuch. jj [\ /? lni?.ip>lts, In t. i because they fit ESfl8C39G38BKj a other makes. ' ED AT ANY PRICE < ?r pr-Jucf't. Elrl^MTHjiW?" 4 i'.vr hrassv ^ <:rv'M in lh? world. K,^||H|](I|2JajUiJP|IJ F vrry. If voa (ItHire B it/ Spring St girt. ?_J ~/*T7' / ' 'jlSk L ACHUSETTS WHl'llTi 111 Hrl'l IW J nreBow^^^ , appendicitia, biliousness, bad breath, bad ul mouth, headache, indigestion. p:mples, L dizsiness. When your bowels don't move people than all other diseases together. It ng. No matter what ails you, start taking 1 and stay well until you get your bowels today under absolute guarantee to cure or I C C C. Never sold tn bulk. Sample and oy, Chicago or New York. 503 fl They give Him nothing who have not ;iven Him themselves. FITS permanently cared. Xoflt? or nervousness after drst dav's uso of Dr. Kline's Great Serve Restorer,*2irialbottle and treatise free Dr. R. H. Kline, Ltd.,981 Arch St., Piiila.. Pa. The food issued to the Japanese soldiers has lately undergone a great change. T.adlas Sh<?m One size smaller after using Allen's Fook. Ea.se, a powder. It makes tight or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating, nehing rest, ingrowing nails, corns and bunions. At all druggists and shoe stores. 25e. Don't a?? rept anv substitute. Trial package Fkke by mail. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, LeHoy, N\Y Large oil wells have been discovered in the northern part of Roumania. Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething,soften the gums, reduces inflamma tfon,allays pain,cares wind colic,Uoo.n bottle. It takes rough tools to remove the rust from our hearts. So. 13. Use Lonrmin & Martinez Paint. Don't pay $1.50 a gallon for linseed oil, which you do in ready-for-use paint. Buy oil fresh from the barrel at 00 cents per gallon, and mix it with Longman & Martinez L. & M. Paint. It makes paint cost dfeout $1.20 per gallon. lames S. Barron, President Manchester Cotton Mills. Rock Hill. S. C., writes: "In 1883 I painted my residence with L. & M. It looks better than a great many houses painted three years ago. ' Sold evervwhere and by Longman & Martinez, N'ew York. Paint Makers for Fifty Years. Twelve million hats are made annually in the United Kingdom. HAPPY WOMEN. Mrs. rare, ^ Fa re, a prom- jQ&a" \ i n e n t resigo w, Ky., IvIUUt'.V iruu- 1 | r-f . -ri fj bles. Besides v^f a bad back, [ bad a great ?||: a ieal of trcu- ^9 f ble with the secretions, ^fciiumr^ fvhich were exceedingly variable, sometimes excessive and at other times scanty. The color was high, and passlges were accompanied with a scalding sensation. Doan's Kidney Pills soon -egukited the kidney secretions, makng their color normal and banished the nflammation which caused the scaldng sensation. I can rest well, my back s strong and sound and I feel much >etter in every way." For sale by all dealers, price 50 cents >er box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, X. Y. ' * v &?ifuA ..... . J, ?i.. ,,,V I ? * .ttH?????*?*??***?>?M???***????1 i G 0 O D ? S | ? ROADS. | Why Parni Values Decrease. ' ^ 1 KFEltENCE to tbo agri| /?\ 2R cultural records in regard Rto the farm values in the State of New York from 5^ 1S70 to 1S00 shows that , the value of farms has de- | creased, and the question is asked. Why has it? New York State is the Empire State of the Union. It has most attractive soil, it has intelligent j farmers, it has within its borders S.- , 000.000 people, one-tenth of the entire J population of the United States, and the consumers of farm produce are ! near to the farms of New York State, j and even with advantageous location i farm values have decreased. Why is it? In 1S50 there were but 700 miles of f steam road in the State. There are ( ' now SI 14 miles of steam road, and the , State of New York has 74.000 miles of ' dirt roads over which to haul to mar- | ket its farm products. A ton of pro- , ; duce can be carried no cheaper to-day | on the highways of this State than it , could in 1850. when it cost twenty-live , cents to haul a ton one mile. I In other words, rapid transit and , cheap transportation have been fur- . nished by the steamships and the ! steam roads to many shippers, while ( i nothing has been done to cheapen the | cost of the haul of a ton of farm , produce over the roads of the State, j The improvement of one mile of high- . way in every ten of all of the miles \ of highway in the State would create < a system of 7500 miles of road, which, ( : following the main highways of the , ' State, would leave no farm within the { i State further away than a live mile ( ! haul, and most of the farms would be , l within three miles of an improved highway. Wheu once on an improved , highway, we would have a ton of farm produce moved for twelve and a half cents a ton a mile, a saving of 100 per 1 j cent, over the present cost. j is u not possioie cum out* ui mc reasons of the decrease in the value of agricultural land in this State is I because of neglected transportation? If so, should not the State of New : York expend $50,000,000 upon a sys! tem of 7500 miles of highway and con; struct the same within ten years, exj pending $5,000,000 a year so as to in- \ telligently open up the entire State j to cheap transportation for the farmer j just the same as the people of New York and Buffalo have voted $100,000.000 to be expended on the canal to t cheapen transportation of the farm products of Indiana. Ohio and Illinois to the markets of Nuw York City, which belong first to our own farmers? ?New York Tribune. Canals nnd ltnniT*. | Many thoughtful citizens are watch- P j lag the State expenditure of money in ! the construction of main highways, and asking the question. IIow are these roads to be maintained? Indeed, it is time that the question was asked, and the solution of it must come from ! a practical point of view rather than ! from a blindly drawn statute. Each county has its local conditions to be . met. Each' town feels its burden of local taxation most. Road maintenance is expensive, and the solution may be worked out on one of the following | ' lines: " The Sf.ntc of New York in the last ' I ' " j twenty years lias expended on the !!"j j lr.iles of canals an average of $2,000,| 000 a year In maintenance, and this canal is dosed a part of the year. The ! State of New York In the last eight I years has constructed TOO miles of j State roads, the cost of which has been |. paid, fifty per cent, by the State. ] j thirty-live per cent, ny the county and ] fifteen per cent, by the town. Is | there any reason why the annual cost ! of maintaining these roads should not j j be paid for in the same proportion by j i the State, county and town? !! Another suggestion is. Why should i not the State pay fifty per cent, and j the county pay fifty per cent, of the 11 i annual maintenance, and leave the i ( town out of the question all together, j . except as the town bears its portion , of the county taxes? |, Another solution of the question is. . Why should not the State pay the en- 1, tire cost of maintaining these roads , j the same as it pays the entire cost | of maintaining the Erie Canal? i, Still another suggestion is, Why , should not each town in which these * roads are built raise $oi) a mile toward | i tun rvvnense of the anuual inaiute- !! I '? -- . j nance and pay this amount to the ! State, the State guaranteeing to main- J tain the road and ineot nil additional ! j expenses of maintenance In excess of $.10 a mile? This,last is the solution of ' the question of road maintenance as | worked out in Massachusetts. Boards 1 1 of supervisors are considering these ' i Questions throughout the State in orde| to obtain general legislation in regard j to road maintenance which will be [ | equitable to all parties interested.? New York Tribune. The Farmer and Good Roads. | New Jersey is the most progressive I State in the Union in the construction and care of its wagon roads, and j tlierefore the estimate of her road j commissioner, of the saving effected in that State by good roads may be I , regarded as accurate, because be lias j unusual opportunities for observing , the difference in the utility of an im- < j proved and neglected road. His esti- j ' inate Is in substance as follows: It | j costs nine and one-half cents per bush- 1 : el to ship wheat from Chicago to New I j York, a distance of 900 miles; it cost j j three cents a bushel to haul wheat on j ] a level road a distance of five miles, i j and on a sandy road it would cost j nine cents per mile to haul it. The ; saving on a bushel of wheat with good roads for a dMance of five miles would be equivnle? to that of GOO miles of transportnti? by steamer or canal boat, or 3W miles by railroad. One mile of zMCl roads would make a saving equtt to seventy-miles by rail r,no pap mnrkets. It is estimat ed that th^^st of hauling 500,000,500 tous of farm produce to market is $2 per ton, or just about ?1,000,000,500; it is estimated that about sixty per cent, of this last amount, or ?600.500,000, would be saved each year if I farmers were able to do this hauling aver good roads.-The Epltomist, _ .^HOUSEHOLD CELEItY. TYhen this tiseful aud delicious reg?table is found to be attacked by insects, a good dousing with quassia jxtract will generally protect the plant !n an early stage?or soot will keep tnaurauuers away u u is cuquvj ?.-u it starting. , Celery is an antiacid, and it is also reputed to net as a sedative; it is excellent when stewed, and quite easily ligestod in that form, says Home S'otes. People suffering from either rheumatism or insomnia will do well to include it frequently in their diet. CARE OF UMBRELLAS. "In most cases umbrellas ore not fairly worn out; they are ruined through carelessness of their owners," taid A. I.. Kent, an umbrella and cane man of Boston, recently, at-the Marlboro. "When I see a man walking rvlth an umbrella tightly grasped in bis hot hand I smile to myself, because I know that very soon that man will be wanting a new umbrella. There s no surer way of making an umbrella wear out quickly than this habit of carrying it about by its middle. Again, ifter being out in the rain you should turn your umbrella upside down, and let the water drain off, as it stands witi the handle downward. By dolu^this you prevent the water from getting in at the framework and thereby protect the ribs from rusting. Some men open their umbrellas before they staled them up to dry, but that is t bad plan, because the umbrella may stretch when it Is wet. Auother thing, too, never roll your umbrella up as to io so cuts the snk."?New York Globe. SUNDAY OVEREATING. t* dncjpnii hpcin the week TO freshed and ready for labor, rested in mind and body, the eating customs of Sunday will have to be readjusted. Elave a later breakfast, if desired, but have then a very light one, oven f you are hungry. Or if it must be aearty, then do not upset your digestive habits any more than may be ivoided and have but two meals on that day, and eat no other. It would >e far better to have tlfree light meals, Ighter than usual, if that could be arranged to tit with other household arrangements. The custom of noon dinner on that day arises from the usual tbsence of cook or maid at the Iat:er one, and this may be unavoidable, k'ery well, then treat this as a rest Jay for cook and digestive apparatus is well as from other labors; have a Ight breakfast, a light dinner and a chafing dish supper as near the ordlniry hours of meals as possible, and emember as you are going to take ess exercise than usual demand a lessor amount of the more easily digested food.?Helen Johnson, in Good Housekeeping. Corn Puffs?To the contents of one ?an of corn, add separately the beaten yolks and whites of four eggs and mix gently; add a little salt and eay?nc pepper and just enough flour to mix well.'* Drop In spoonfuls into a buttered frying pan and fry. Serve rery hot. Muster Gingerbread?One cup molasses, one tablespoonful sugar, half cup lard, or lard and butter half and half; balf cup water, one teaspoon soda, one beaten egg, one teaspoon ginger. Beat ivell with flour enough to mix, then idd enough to roll, but not enough to knead too hard. Boll, bake in sheets, and when still hot brush with molasses and water. Prune Marmalade?Take six fine, large cooking apples, pare, plunge in .'old water, then put over the Are together with the juice of two lemons ind a half pound of sugar. When stewed, split and stone two and a half [>ounds of prunes and stew with the apples, taking care that there is sufficient water to keep them from burning. When thoroughly cooked, beat it through a strainer and turn into jars to keep for use. Old Fashioned Jumbles ?Half a pound of butter, nine ounces of flour, Dne teaspoonful of vanilla, half a pound of powdered sugar, two tablejpoonfuls of flavoring extract and three eggs. Beat the butter to a iream; add the sugar gradually, beating until very light. Now beat the pggs all together, add the butter and sugar, the flavoring extract and vanilla,%nd then the flour, sifted. Beat the whole well. Drop In spoonfuls on a lightly buttered pan and bake In a moderate oven. Preserved and Evaporated Fruit Desserts?At this season of the year puddings and shortcakes, made from preserved and evaporated fruits, are most acceptable and quite Inexpensive. Almost any preserved fruit may be used with tapioca to make a pudding which will be excellent. Here are directions for making a tapioca strawberry pudding: Soak a cupful of prepared tapioca five hours in one pint of water; then cook it soft in the water over a slow fire; then add a pint of preserved strawberries and the juice of half a lemon. Let the whole cook five minutes, then turn it into one or two moulds. When cold and well stiffened turn the pudding into a glass dish. Serve with rich cream, well ? * * T?acnhnrrip5 WIUJIJH-'U Jllill siiviimtu. cherries or other preserved fruits may be used instead of strawberries. Women Suftraclxli of South Africa. Natal women who are members of tin local branch of the Women's Suffra . > League have circulated a petition wl; 1 they propose to present to the Nat i Parliament. The fair petitioners clai. i that on the grounds of justice, equity and expediency the parliamentary franchise should be extended to them, and they contend that as women own property, pay taxes, directly and indirectly, and are subject to all the laws, it is unjust that they should have no voice in the making of the laws.? South Africa. WHAT TATE ATE. There was a young fellow named Tate, Who ate witn his girl at 8.08. I Since Tate did not state, I cannot relate What Tate at his tete-a-tete ate at 8.03. LOVE. "Love," said the beautiful one with poetic fancies, "is n rose." "Yes," replied the grizzly bachelor, "and marriage is the wind that blows the petals off."?Chicago Rccord-Herahl. HUNDRED-MILE DASH. Johnnie?"Paw, this paper says the autos made a century run down in Florida. What Is a century run?" Paw?"It all depends on how It is spelled. Some of them make scentury runs."?Dallas News. DEAR OLD LADY! "Yes," remarked Mrs. Malaprop, "it was a grand sight. First came the King, carrying a spectre in his hand, ami wearing a beautiful red mantle all trimmed with vermin. It was a grand sight."?London Tit-Bits. VERY APPROPRIATE. "I have been eating onions," confessed the pretty girl in the dim parlor. "Then I will tell you a ghost story," whispered the suitor. "But why a ghost story?" "Because it will take your breath away."?Chicago News. IN CONFIDENCE.* Stranger?"So this Is the Sheep-Blacks mansion. Have they many family secrets?" The Butler?"Yes, indeed, sir. Why, they have so many skeletons in their closets the place looks like the catacombs."?Detroit Tribune. IN INSECT LAND -*6.IfS Walter?"Well, what'H j*>ti Lave, sir?" Mr. Bookworm?"Let me Lave some new dictionary, some Kipling, a bit of Howeils, with Conan Doyle, and a dessert of Longfellow." OUTSIDE THE CHURCH. Waiting Swain?"Let's walk down to#the river and back." Second Ditto?"It'll take us an Lour, i We ain't got time." Waiting Swain?"Yes. we Lave. The | parson Las Just said, 'One word more I and I am done.' "?Houston Chronicle. ! DISAPPOINTMENT. "You said the Louse was only five I minutes' walk from the station," comj plained the victim. "To say the least, I'm disappointed in you." "And I'm disappointed in you," replied the agent. "I thought you were a very rapid walker."?Philadelphia Press. THE IDEAL SPOT. I "The doctor told Senator Tillman that I he must go to some quiet irtace where i J>n nnnid have a complete rest and be beyond harassing distractions of tele grams and newspapers." "Where did he go?" "To Philadelphia."?Cleveland Flain Dealer. GETTING THE AVERAGE. "The work of the world should be distributed around so that each man could have a fair share." "I believe in averaging it around. My father, for Instance, did so much work in his generation that we don't have to do any in ours."?Cleveland Plain Dealer. JUST A LITTLE SLAP. Tess?"I thought you weren't going to send Mario Mclnnes an invitation to your tea?" Jess?"Oh! I decided that I couldn't hurt her feelings that much." Tess?"So you sent her one?" Jess?"Yes, but I addressed it to Miss Mary McGinnis."?Philadelphia Press. ALL IN THE WORDING. "We've been trying for the last two weeks to get a girl," said the passenger with the ear muffs. "We advertised for one, but it didn't do any good. We ^ a tim ndver got three or iuui mun?0 tisement, and none of them was satisfactory." "I guess you diun't word your ad. right," said the passenger with the scarlet muffler. "I advertised for a girl a few weeks ago ami got sixtyseven replies." "How did you word yours?" I 44 'Wanted?To open a correspondence with a good, amiable, healthy young woman, with a view to matrimony. Address "Middle-Aged Widower. 1*. O. Box So-and-So." ' "?Chicago Tribuue. / Strange Fnrnlture. A man living at Queensbury not only uses his coffin as a piece of household furniture, but he has also a grave made in the local churchyard headed by a gravestone on which his name is set out in conventional style. Underneath is the line, "Not dead, but waiting." One man, at Tong, near Bradford, kept his Sunday clothes in his coffin, and another, who ate porridge at breakfast, used his coffin as a meal bin. Some years ago a Kelghley man kept butterfly specimens in his coffin.?Lonton Mail. 4 , V i f'-.vv; *- L - Pirate Bill. J Old Captain BUI, of the Whip-poor-will, | A pirate bold was he. I lie sailed his ship on many a trip. I Through every unknown s?'a. lie bad a knack of hitting back At his sailors, one. two. three; | If they but spoke a word in Joke Ills cutlass they would see. j lie fl I led his boat so 'twouldn't float, ; With gems and jewels rare; t>..* ...i? .i ki>. i.?,iin JJIII ?? my iur DUI|I ucjtau w Thp sailor* didn't carp. Thpy thought the sea wotild better be Than Bill and salty air. The biggest Joke Is that the folk Who lived beneath the brine, Made Captain Bill without his will On gems and jewels dine. He filled his hold so full of gold lie couldn't even whine. ?Sam Avery. In Indianapolis News. How Fishes Breathe, i By means o! their gills fish breathe j the air dissolved in water. The oxy; gen consumed by them is not that [ which forms the chemical constituent ! of the water, but that contained in the air which is dissolved in the water. Fishes transferred to water from which the air absorbed by them i3 not ! replaced, are soon suffocated. They j require aerated water to maintain life, | and they take it in constantly through j their mouths and expel it through it i their gills, retaining the air. It follows that if the water in a lake should be completely cut off from contact with the air long enough to exhaust the supply of air, the fish in the lake would die. It would take a severe and pretty long-continued freeze to accomplish this, but it might happen, and doubtleA has frequently happened, with a small body of water. Awheel Along the Riviera. The clearest of atmospheres surrounds you, as, leaving the sea at the birthplace of Columbus, the road follows along a range of green hills, surmounted by crumbling ruins of stone pillars which were in days of long, long ago the watch-towers of the sleepy inhabitants' wakeful ancestors. As you wheel along, the scenery becomes tropical. The palm trees' bending leaves wave by the roadside between you and garden on garden of orange and lemon trees. These gardens, carefully terraced one behind another, gradually clothe the hillsides as far as the eye can distinguish the green of their leaves. . . . Far out at sea the black funnels of the Mediterranean steamers could be seen sending forth their trailing smoke, which, ribbon-like, fluttered back and away as the vessel plunged onward. Nearer the shore the reflecting bays pictured on their surface steam yachts of England. Russia and France, while sailboats, with their poised triangular sails, glided around like seagulls. Little villages appear in the distance, and the rider speeds forward as he sees their cone-shaped roofs and round towers rising picturesquely from the hillside. You approach, only to ride on that abhorrence of all cyclists. cobbles ones, which pave the main street between the theatricallooking houses. On either side of the road are old women, seated in the doorways, knit-, ting. Their gray hair, pushed back underneath bright red handkerchiefs, overshadows the keen black eyes that look up as you ring your bell. I grasped my handle-bars?in lieu of other friendly hand?as I descended to the cliff road, which now in its scenery became almost Oriental. Palm trees growing in the orange groves which lined the road, looked over the walls at me, while upon the pinnacles of many of the Chinese-roofed villas golden bells hung suspended and tinkled musically when swung by the breezes from the sea. Imagine in the richest artistic coloring an Italian villa, with its white walls fronting a road laid through a garden within a garden, at the back the sandy beach of the Mediterranean. I Odds and Ends. The British Museum, London, has decided to collect and keep gramophone records of the voices of the most eminent singers and publicists. They will be for the use of posterity. The "master records" will be of nickel and practically Indestructible. From these playing records can be stamepd at will. The trial of "Nan" Patterson on the charge of having shot "Caesar" Young, a bookmaker, dead in a cab, was continued and brought out some sensational statements. B Ottvi /-???"!AT"nir I J\1LV It/VY 1 The more Magazine; | Indispensable is The H " Indispensable." " The one rr.a H world under a field-class," "A: H current literature,"?these are roc S people who read the Review of Rcvic 9 more necessary is the Review of Review is in all the mo4t important monthlie kj periodical literature that nowadays pc< 9 with it is to read the Review of Review aJ ir.g section, it has more original matter t 9 the most timely and important articles f 5 Probably the mofl useful section of a 2 ress of the World," where public event 9 cap!a:nrd in every issue. Many a subs 9 worth more than the price of the maga fj depicting current history in caricature, 3 Reviews covers five conlinents,a ? Men in public life, the members of < 2 captains of industry who must keep " S women all over America, have decided 9 # THE REVIEW OF F I . .13 As tor Pla ' ' ' ' -V ' ; f. . while above 1* apfcy of s that every shadow is toned its harmonious hue paints rounding hills. V8uch is Alassi^^^^^H That evening as I walked aloi^^^^H sandy beach I felt as if I were^^^^HB ing old Father Time, for tho?M^^^^ was nine o'clock, the darkn93sinad nff yet fallen. We had. instead: a softened light which was not^rtl view-destroying, but only spread a grayjgfrfT 1 tone over the surroifiiding.?Paul Jenks in The Outing. The Great Horned Owl. Work had been going on all day In the sugar bush: the sap had been gathered and drawn to the boiling place, until there remained but a/few scattering trees to be visited near the swamp. The boy was softly whlstimg to himself, when a rabbit with easy, graceful bounds cvrossed the road but a few paces ahead of him and stopped by the side of a birch bush to nibble the tender buds. Just then a startling , sound came from the swamp. Why did the rabbit .pause in his dainty meal and squat in his very tracks until his form more nearly resembles a footprint in the snow than a living mammal? Thp chattering red squirrel dropped into the, crotch of a tree, and ceased to chatter, as the ominous and almost supernatural "Whoo-boo-hoo-wo-hoo" sounded thro' the dismal swamp and echoed through the maple grove. This was the hunting call of the great horned owl. The actions of the rabbit aild squirrel did not surprise the boy, who had always heard that this owl was a veritable Nero among the featherecT*>qfig^^ As yet he had never discovered the nest of the great horned owl. It was now the first week in March. Of late he had heard the weird call frequently from the swamp, causing him to believe the birds were nesting there, and he fully determined to make a search for that nest. The next day was spent in a fruitless search, and it perplexed the boy^X^ for often he had located the nests of 1 the bobolink and meadow lark?nests that are not easily found. But the second day's search ended, about noon, in rather an interesting manner. The boy stopped for lunch and a little rest under a hemlock that he knew well, for the spring before, a pair of crows bad a nest in the tree. The old nest was still there, and Just to see what condition it was in after the storms of winter he aSfcended' the tree. The nest was between 50 and CO feet from the ground. Just imagine the boy's surprise when about 30 feet from the nest to see a great horned owl had really used the old crows' nest, which had the appearance of-being slightly remodeled, and was sparsely lined with evergreen leaves and feathers. In the nest were three white eggs, about the size of a bantam's. The boy afterward learned that the usual number of eggs deposited by the great horned owl is two, and that sometimes the bird constructs a nest for itself in a hollow tree or an evergreen. On the first day of April there were two little owls in the nest, and a day later a third appeared. They were queer looking little birds, seeming 4) be nearly all head and eyes, and their bodies were covered with the softest of down. The young birds grew very slowly, although the remains of fish, mice, squirrels, rabbits and birds of various kinds furnished abundant evidence that the old birds were lavish in supplying food. They remained in the nest for about eleven weeks, which Is long compared with most of our birds ?many young birds leaving the nest in from 12 to 15 days, and the woodcock, bob-white, and ruffed grouse In about as many hours.?St. Nicholas. Doubtful. ^ Stubb?So you are contemplating* taking a plunge in matrimony? Penn?Yes; I expect to break the Ice tonight. Sftubbs?Break the ice, eh? Then it will be a cold plunge? Penn?I am not sure about that I may be kept in hot water the rest of my life.?Detroit Tribune. News of the Day. 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