The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 25, 1905, Image 6

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RESTORED TO HEALTH. THANKS TO PE-RU-NA Friends Were Alarmed? Advised Change of Climate. Miss Mildred Keller, 713 13th street, N. , W., Washington, 1). C., writes: "I can safely recommend IV run a for catarrh. I. had it for vears and it would respond to no kind ot' treatment, or if it 1 did it was only temporary, and cn the | lightest provocation the trouble would come back. > ' **I teas in such a state that my friends tcere alarmed about me, and i I teas aavl-f d to leave this dictate Then I trie a Her ana, and to my treat joy found It helped me from the flrnt dose I took, and a/eicbottles eared tne. "It built up my constitution, I regained ?ny appetite, and I feel that I am perfectly web and strong."?Mildred Keller. We have on file many thousand tosti- j tnonials like the above. We can give our readers only a slight glimpse of the vast array of unsolicited endorsements Dr. Hartman is receiving. \ To better advertise the South'* Lending Soslneaa College, four scholarship* ?:e offered young person* of this county at lest than eost WRITE TODAY 6A-AIA BUSINESS COLLEGE, Iw, Gl $50 position! PAY TUITION AFTER |i POSITION IS SECURED -First 10 who clip this notice and send to DRAUGHQN'S . 'PRACTICAL BUSIKEXS COLLEGE VaJciCh Columbia, Knoxville, Atlanta. "Vaco I > Ft. Worth or Nashville. Tenn. t?ay. without giving notes, pay EVERY 1 CENT of tuition out of salary after i .good position Is secured. If not secured ] ao pay required. , COURSE BY MAIL FREE If not ready to enter you may take < "lessons by mall FREE until ready, j which would save time, living expenses. . <?tc., or complete at home and get dl- J ploma. D. P. B. C. Co.. has J3U),iOO.(jO ' -capital, 17 bankers on Board of Dlrcc- i vtors. and TWENTY Colleges In THIR- , TEEN states to back every claim It makes. Established SIXTEEN yrara. Clip and send" this notice to-day. Concentrated' fudk An/^li(m/l i/i au vi tiiai u WATER Nature's Great Remedy I FOR DYSPEPSIA 1 SICK HEADACHK CONSTIPATION Stimulates the Liter, regulates the Baurels and keeps tho entire system in a healthy oondltion. A Natural Product with a record of a Century. If afflicted try it. 80LP BY ALL DRUGGISTS. > QRA3 ORCHARD WATER CO., LOUISVILLE, KY. 1 So. 21. Mado $3.51 SHOES W. L. Douglas utaUes and sells more Men's *Ii<hs than an) other manufacturer in the world. Slu.iiO'l EXWA&D to say oae w.io cu disprove this stake .st W. L. Douglas (.1.30 shoes are the greatest sellers in the world because of their excellent style, easy Ottiui; and superior wearing qualities. They are Just as good as those that cost from So.OO to (7-O0. The only difference is *s? IV. 1-. llouirlaii S.1.30 shoes cost more to make, linld their shajie j better, wear longer, ami are of greater value than any other shoe on the market to-day. AV. L. Douglas gu:?rante.-s their value by stumping his name and price on the bottom of ceck shoe. Look for it. Take no substitute. W. L. Douglas S3..VO shoes are sold tli rough his own retail stores in theprincipal cities, and by shoo dealer* everywhere. No nintter where you live, W. L. jDoUoias shofc are within your rta li. EQUALISE.00 SHOES, " I hate scom If. L. Douglas &J0 shoes for pears, and consider them equal to any $5JDO shoe \ note on the market. They have piren enure * satin/action." ? H'm. H. Anderson, Seal Estate Ape.it. Kansas City, Mo. Boys wear W. L. Dpiglas $2.50 and $2 00 shoes because they lit better, hold thrir abapc and wear longer than other mak*:*. W. L. Douglas uses Corona Coltskin in his S3.50 shoes. Corona Colt is conceded to ' ie the finest patent leather produced. Fast Color Eyelets will not wear Bras y. w. L. Douglas has the largest shoe mail orcer business in the world. N'<> trouble to get a tit by mail. 26 cents extra prepays delivery. If you desire further information, write .'or l Jthuirated Catalogue of Spring Styles, mkr, W. L. DOUGLAS, B.-ochtsa, Nina. fk, ^ ~~ ^ MAN FROZE FAST TO FENCIi He Was There to Stay and Had to B? Sawed Loose. It neded little argument to convince esidents that they were face to face vith the worst cold snap that has :ome here this year, says a dispatch 'rom Anaconda, Montana. A peep it the thermometer was all that was equired. In the morning the mer;ury registered somewhere around the JO degrees below zero mark. Out of .he city it was colder than that. Rejorts brought in from the vicinity of Silver lake claim the thermometer vent down close to 50 degrees below :ero, and then refused to work overime. Several citizens had experiences vhich they will remember for some ime to come. In the vicinity of the 'oundry a belated pedestrian clung for i moment to a fence and froze fast .0 it. He was there to stay, and was "jeezing to the boards harder every ninute. A few friends happened to :ome along, and they tried to pry him cose. Some one suggested going for in ax. and another thought an ice 3ick would be the proper caper. By his time the man against the fence vas ready to take an oath that his .vas the frostiest job he had ever frozen on to The trouble was finally overcome ay sawing away a part of the fence, ind the man went home with a new .'angled kind of a box plait finish to ais coat. Claim Statue Is a "rake." A contributcr to a recent number of the Strand declares that the William H. Seward statue in Madison square. New York city, is the "stautue of two people at once." The sculptor, according to the Strand, was approached by the committee intrusted with the erec tJon of the Seward statue and was asked to abate his price. "I cannot do that," he said, "but I will tell you what I will do. I have a statue of Lincoln here which has been left on ray hands by a defaulting Western city. I will take off his head and put on Seward's, and fix it that way." He did, "and the head of William H. Seward has stood upon the bread shoulders of Abraham Lincoln from that day to this." ToTcio is a hundred years older than St. Petersburg. Tico's Cure for Consumption is an in fallib'o mediciuo for coughs and colds.?X. W. Sahcel, Oc-oan Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1903. Scotch fishermen have introduced fishing boats driven by motors. Itch cured in 30 minutes by Wonlford's Sanitary Lotion. Never .''ails. Sold by all druggists, $1. Mail orders promptly filled by Dr. E. Detehon. CrawforJsville, ind. Japan has verv few millionaires and practically no multi-millionaires. ITCHING SCALP HUMOR Lady Sullered Tortnres I'ntil Cured by Cuticura?Scratched Day and Xlglit, "My scalp was covered with little pimples and I suffered tortures from the itching. I was scratching all day and night, md I could get no rest. I washed my head with hot water and Cuticura Soap ind then applied the Cuticura Ointment is a dressing. One box of the ointment and >nc cake of Cuticura Soap cured me. Now my head is entirely clear and my hair is growing splendidly. I hare used Cuticura ?oap ever since, and shall never be without it. (Signed) Ada C. Smith, 309 Grand St., Jersey City, X. J." Coin Minted in 1304. W. M. Fayette of Burlington. Vt., has In his possession a very old and extraordinary coin. It appears to have been issued in Turkey and bears the date erf 1304. Sultanate of Brunei is clearly engraved on one side of the coin, while on the other are characters which are a mystery to Burlingtonianj. ANOTHER L'FE SAVED. Mrs. G. W. Fooks, of Salisbury. Md.. wife of G. W. Fooks, Sheriff of Wiconiico County, /I fered withkidncy complaint fnroiirht VPlirs. eating, and my limbs were badly swollen. One doctor told me it would finally turn to Bright's disease. I was laid up at one time for three weeks. I had not taken Dean's Kidney Pills more then three days when the distressing aching across my back disappeared, and I was soon entirely cured." For sale by all dealers. Pri*\ 50 cents. Foster-MilburnCo., Buffalo,N. Y. Clienp Xewspayern. Chinese newspapers, "owing to the cheap quality of paper used and to the low price of labor, both literary and mechanical, are issued at an extremely small figure. The price of the ordinary Shanghai journal is four cash, or about one-Iifth of a cent. Dcufn: ?.:< ( mux t Be Cured by local applications as they caauot reaoht'as i..,. ascitporiioa oftheear. l'Uoroi* ouly oao \.ay ro care deafness, aa?l taat is by coasti 1 ... i:..- liAirnaccicKiiniiKil licai iniiamed condition Oi tlio mucous lining oi the ivastacuiau Tube. \V heutliis tub: is ia? liained you navo u rumbliugsouud orimnericc: licitriu^, aud wiioj it is entirely eiosoi Deafu-ss is too mult, auil unless the inlla.umaiioucan be ia?eu out ami cms tube restored to its normal condition, bearing will be destroyed lorover. .Sine eases out of tea arce.iusedb/c:i:arr.i,wniou is aotuiu^b it u i iuilamed condition of tlie mucous siufaeos. \St? will ctive One ilundred Dollars for nay caseol Deafness (causod by catarrhjtbat caunot be cured b y Hull's Catarrh Cure. Scud for circulars free. 1. J. Cunxt* ?i Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Dru^,'iscs, 75 r. Take nail's Family Tills for constipation. Swallow lOylnu Out. The swallow is being annihilated. As the birds cross France and Italy going to Africa in the fall and returning in the spring they are mercilessly slaughtered for the table and the pkinie trade. Their numbers are visibly decreasing Dropsy i j Removes all swelling in 8tow / day J; effects a permanent cure in 30to 6o days. Trial treatment dla v / Afcv given free. Mothingcan be fairel 4flK0flKftlr* Write Or. H. Sons. ftwcumtfc Bw W AntnU.il ' , I l?????? i SOUTHERN >F* C? ^ 7W/CS Of I NT EKES T TO THE PLANTER ? V ?? Note* on Raliin; Irish Potatoes. J. G. B.. Wytheville. writes: "I have s a farm of 340 acres, mostly in crass, i' and want to make a specialty of hoes and potatoes. I have tive cows and <* will use the sour milk and small pota- ' toes for the ho.es. We raised about 1 200 bushels on one-half acre of land s last year, and I want to put out double that amount this year. Any sugges- c tions will be appreciated." s i You should find the raising of hogs t ! and potatoes profitable, though it is c I inadvisable to break up a good blue i c#?i t.-? crmi' nnt.a toes on. A sod 1 | JIU.M ?VT , | preserves the laiul indefinitely, and i 1 blue grass land will always be in dei mand at remunerative prices. You t could probably lease out part of your i land to cattle raisers and make as much t off of it as attempting to farm it in a other ways, and grazing blue grass sod will cause it to improve, provided you t do not allow it to be overstocked. A ^ 1 blue grass farm of 340 acres is a mag- t | nificent possession, and should be held ! on to with the greatest tenacity and ' erery effort made to keep it np to the t ^igh standard which it now seems to I j \loy- t ^he raising of sheep and lambs t should prove a profitable industry, t Sheep arc regarded as one of the most * profitable forms of stock that can be kept on the farm so the flocks are not t made too large and the ewes are given 1 proper care and attention. Besides i that, they are not difficult to manage, r and they rustle so well for themselves s that they require comparatively little r care. i nr. n Im mndn q nrnfitnblo ad- 1 HUftO Villi MV tuuuv M t Junet on every Virginia farm, and more i attention should be given to this class of stock. They should have plenty of r good range and "a variety of crops 1 should be grown for their special ben- ( efit. Among the most useful are small t areas of red or alfalfa clover, cowpeas t and soy beans sown so as to provide a v succession of grazing, and if the hogs t are farrowed in the spring, they can t be grown cheaply on these grazing c crops with the use of a very small i amount of grain. Small potatoes will also prove valuable for them, and skim milk, when fed with middlings and a little corn, provides an excellent ration for hogs. Totatoes are a money-mak- ) ing crop at fifty cents a bushel, but f they should not be grown on ^lie same P land year after year, or they will ex- t haust it rapidly. Potatoes can best be brought after a clover sod, as they r enjoy a soil rich in vegetable matter, t Good applications of phosphates and c potash should be made to the land in- s tended for potatoes. The sulphate of j potash should be used,' and not the t muriate. This is an important matter, i for where the sulphate is used a more c mealy and drier potato is obtained. It c will pay you to use anywhere from r 300 to 500 pounds of fertilizer per acre j for Irish potatoes, even when put on j good sod land. The fertilizer might j consist properly of three \o four per n cent, of nitrogen, seven or eight per r cent, of phosphoric add and ten to twelve per cent, of sulphate of potash. s Tr K"- *?** ?ow inn-prUcnts and r I lOU VJlll uuj IUC > v i mix them in these proportions, if you ( j prefer. Thorough preparation of the s j land for potatoes Is necessary to the ( i success of this crop. * They should be j j planted in drills about three feet apart, .? and fifteen to eighteen inches apart ( in the drill row*. Medium sized, uncut j seed will give you the best results. ( You will find it advisable to diversify j your crops and practice a rotation so r as not to bring the same crop on the , land two years in succession. A five j years' rotation on the cultivated areas ( of your farm will tend to improve the | I soil.?Andrew M. Soule. i I Rectorlnc Land. I Lands once famous for producing , ; certain kinds of crops in many cases ( are doing so no longer. I It should be felt and understood that , the crop's chief support has to be in j the soil. Here it must have its rations , brought to it in abundance if it is to j do the best possible, much as in the < j case of the food provided for the do- ] mesticated animal. . The open air will always have in in- i exhaustible supply what of the air's i part?and it is a very large one?is j needed by it on this account, but just j as what is usually designated food, as ( ntiior division of life cared j i for. cannot run short, if we are to have a satisfactory outcome, so there cannot be less in the soil of what the plant re- i quires for its perfect upbuilding if all is to be well. Every plant removed, every weed even, from the place in which it has : been growing takes something from , the earth. It is not difficult to see? i most people can readily understandthat if this goes on the time will surely come, no matter how rich the ground was at the outset, when that ground i will not be able to give a crop the required support. This is the point where manure, artificial fertilizing, ought to be introduced. . News of the Day. A pair of crows recently constructed in Bombay a nest out of gold and j silvog spectacle frames which they ! had purloined, one at a time, from a factory. The gradual disappearance of ' the frames was noticed, and when $150 i worth had vanished a watch was set and the thieves discovered. Addressed on the gummed side, a postage stamp, shys The Dundee Advertiser, has been delivered at Fife, 1 | Scotland as a letter.* 1 Warwick, Englan* boasts the oldest Sunday school teaser. Her name is I Miss Owen. Shems 92 years old and has taught in theBocal Sunday schools for eighty-two yeW^ An Antwerp cabin^ maker named Van Ocst was so enraged at finding ' that a lottery ticket which he had used as a pipe-light had gained a prize that he cut his child's throat and then drowned himself in a canal. A Paris restaurant proprietor, arrested the other day, had a Danish boar-hound which he had trained to steal joints of meat from butchers' shops and bring them to him. ?^ Iff# > fiOTES. q ?o I S TOCKMAN A NO TRUCK CRC VJER, I ' 1 ^4* At the present day the greater the kill shown in operating under this dea the better the fanning. Many are the ways in which crops an be rotated and leguminous growths >e used to help under this conception. L'his suggests much of soil restoration it a minimum of expense. The plan of taking all that the land an yield and giving nothing back to upport its strength has been fully ried in this country, and disastrous onsequences only have ensued. Vast wastes in both the North and he South have been made in this manler. When one section invites attention o the agricultural defects of another t may be in order to invite attention o this. Deserted farms are occasionilly made without an all-cotton system. (Jood farmers are fast learning, if hey have not already done as much, vliat the different soils need to cause hem to do their best. It will nof be amiss much, if any at ill, for the position to be taken that he plant, the cultivated field, is the >est starting place in this hotter dirccion, becJaso it has the power, which he aniinnl has not, of taking dead mater tl# nltoirether inorganic, and con erting it into tho living and organic. But though it can do this, it is wholly mable to create anything, its power )eing limited to that of putting the liffereut elements together, and so miking them a part of its own nature md into one whole. Its ability in this espect does not, however, go beyond vliat is known as in available form vltbin reach of its own tibrous or feedng roots.' There is no longer any mystery about nan's part in first-rate cropping as veil as the plant's part. A knowledge lefinite for the best action so far in his respect is one to Justify the posiion that particular kinds of plants fail vhero once they succeeded, at tho same irae pointing to what ought to be done o secure a return to the like is also^in reasingly demanded. ? Home and 'arm. Sinking Compoiti on tho Farm. II. L. !>., Bluff City. Term., writes: 'I would like some instructions as to iow to compost and use home made i ertilizer, and what can be used 011 rrass and small plants that is better ban land plaster?" Composts arc chiefly valuable for the mrpose of utilizing rough materials hat fould otherwise go to waste. A omp<m heap may be made in one of everal ways, leaves, straw, cornstalks ind other material being utilized for hat purpose, together with some rich Jack earth from a swampy place. The arth from these swampy pkices is iften not as rich in all the elements of dant food as some people imagine, 'or example, it may need lime to bring t in condition for crop production, and t may also be deficient in phosphates tnd potash, though well supplied with dtrogen. The place ror tne compost neap ihould be carefully selected. A heavy lay excavated so as to leave a concave lepression in the ground will make a .uitable place, and as the soil is tena'ious, there is not so much loss from caching as would occur with lighter toils. Put down a layer of the material o be composted and then cover with a ight layer of rich earth. Some prefer o use lime, phosphates and potash to jalance up the compost, as it were, rbe writer would always prefer to ipply these directly to the field, and >ut the compost on separately. The ;ompost heap should be situated so hat it can be kept moist, though not vet. If kept moist there is less loss from the action of various forms of bacteria which break up nitrogen into rolatile forms. There is naturally more :>r less loss In compost heaps, though ;hey have the advantage of providing t means as they stand, but as a rule t is better to get any material to be utilized for the purpose of furnishing nitrogen or vegetable matter in the soil as soon as possible. A compost lieap should only he used as a last resort. As a rule, farmyard manure Is Ll? V-.? A. +/-* tiea nml flint nil uie utrei iuiiii/?ri 11/ uoc ? ??? tained from compost heaps is one-sided in nature: that is, it contains a larger )er cent, of nitrogen than of phosphates and potash. Therefore, good applications of these materials should be made when the compost is applied, and if the land is acid, an application of fifty bushels of lime will be an advantage. Land plaster is chiefly valuable as a means of setting free potash which is not in an amiable form in the soil, and so ready for the use of plants. Lime is a more effective agent to use as it corrects acidity in the soil, promotes the development of certain forms of bacteria which are essential to the production of good crops, and sots free plant food. Lime, however, is not a fertilizer in any sense of the word, and this is an important matter for you to realize so you will rot use it to excess and the permanent injury of ycur soil.?Frofessor Soule. Odds and Ends. The steamship Olympia arrived at Seattle April 30, with 610 Japanese laborers aboard, who are to be distributed alone the sections of the Great Nor ther'n railroad. A concrete chimney that has been completed for a Tacoma smelter recently, is 307 feet in height, and is said to be the highest in the world of its kind. A summer girl has many engagements. but a telephone girl gets the most r'"gs. Recc: . "y Captain Seton, U. S. A., retired, > i elected mayor of San Diego, Cal. H : election is now contested on the groi :id that, as an officer holding a lucrative position under the United States Government, he cannot occupy a civil office of profit. Twenty-five regular passenger trains between Los Angeles and nearby suburban points have been ordered discontinued by the Southern Pacific, the direct result of competition from electric lines, f i L, N EPWORTH LE9EDE L?SSONS SUNDAY, MAY 23. Missions Among Latin Peoples.?1 Tim. 2:5; Heb. 10:19-22. By the Latin peoples we mean tho3e Roman Catholic nations among which we have mission stations. They are Italy, Mexico and South America. This does not include the island populations which are under Roman Catholic dominance, but they will be studied under another topic. The field is a difficult one. Romanism throws every possible obstacle in the way of our success. And Romanism is intrenched in wealth, social prestige and peculiar political power. As difficult as any heathen field, there are reasons why we believe that here we win soon see some or ine greatest triumphs of t)ie cross of Christ. Our Italian Mission was begun in 1871 by Rev. Leroy M. Vernon, a sen-in-law of Dr. Charles Elliott, a former editor of the Central Christian Advocate, and an ardent advocate of missions to the Roman Catholic countries. We have had great success in Rome when we consider the obstacles we have encountered. In Rome we have both an American and an Italian church, besides a school which is reaching the youth of tnat city. Dr. William Burt, who has been the successful superintendent of our Mission in Rome, has been elected a bishop and located in Europe, where he can overlook the work. Outside of Rome we have the Napels and Bologna Districts, largely manned by native preachers. The Mexican Mission includes Mexico, Lower California and Central America. Mexico is a republic, and the church is independent of the state, securing toleration of all religions, while the Roman Catholic is largely dominant. The population is 18,000,000. Dr. William Butler founded our Mission here in 1872. We have now in Mexico an Annual Conference, with five presiding elders' districts, 5.000 members and probationers, besides over 10,000 adherents. Nominally a Christian continent. South America has too largely been but "baptized heathenism." Methodisqi began her work here in 1836, when Justin Spaulding was sent to Rio de Janeiro ar.d John Dempster to Buenos Avres. The work has progressed with varying success until in 1S97 the work was divided into the two Conferences?the South America, including the east coast; and the Western South America, including the west coast. In the former we have 17 missionaries and 3,500 members and probationers. In the latter we have some 33 missionaries and about 2.000 members and probationers. In both mission fields we have many scuools of all grades. siliiiiioits MAY TWENTY-EIGHTH.. I Missions in Roman Catholic countries. Ps. 67: 1-7. One drawback in Roman Catholic countries is their ignorance. God's way is not known there, and of course it is not followed. The "saving health" which the Roman Catholic seeks, he seeks from images and ceremonies, instead of from the Great Physician. In Roman Catholic countries it la not "the people" that worship, but the priests that worship for tnem? or are supposed to. Righteous government is almost unknown in many Roman Catholic lands; witness the deplorable civic condition of South America. v Missionary Heroes. Adam Erwin. a cripple and a dwarf, who, without support from any Board, toiled till the age oi eighty in Colombia. Emilio Silva Bryant, a poor laborer stricken with consumption, who got together the first Protestant church in Venezuela. Francisco Penzotti, a poor Italian carpenter, kept for eight months in a foul prison in Peru, because he preached the true/ gospel. Jose Mongiardino, the undaunted colporteur, murdered by the Catholics in Bolivia, and buried between the graves of a murderer and a suicide. John F. Thompson of the Argentine Republic, one of the boldest defenders of the faith that ever lived. W. B. Bagby, a pioneer in Brazil, who was knocked down by a mob while preaching, his preaching place stoned, while his converts were driven from their honies. John Boles, eloquent French Huguenot, kept for eight years in a Jesuit prison In Brazil, and then killed?all because he preached Jesus Chdist. Mary Hartmann, who went alone to labor in the wilderness of Dutch Guiana, and allowed herself to return to civilization for only a single day. Allen Gardiner, and his comrades, starved to death in Patagonia for the sake of the gospel. Meltnda Rankin, the determined school teacher, who began missions in Mexico, and kept up her work, raising money herself, for twenty years. I^eonard Dober, pioneer in the West Indies, who lived cm bread and water that he might teacn me negro slaves. Jonas King, who did great work in Greece. Fifty men bonnd themselves to kill him. He was put in a loath some dungeon. At one time he was exiled. Pickpocket's Hand in a Mole Trap Louis Hugon, a young pickpocket o seventeen, had a most unfortunate ex perience this afternoon while exercis ing his profession. A crowd had assembled around t fallen horse in the Place d'ltalle, ant Hugon saw a lady whose bulging pock * J Af omntino' nno etS OIIGrtJU an IWUUO KJL ICUipuu;, sibilities. Without further ado h< deftly introduced his hand, but in stead of grasping the expected purse found his finger securely caught in i new mole trap which the lady hac just purchased. With Spartan-lik< heroism he uttered no cry, but triec to withdraw his hand. The lady, how ever, became conscious that soraethinj was wrong, and Hugon was seized bj the bystanders and handed over to th( police. The latter took him to th< Hospital de la Pitie, where the ampu tation of his finger was adjudged nec essary.?Paris correspondence Lon Chronicle. r In Oolldom. My dolls are all great magic folks, i They live in Wonderland. And they can turn to anything nen i just wave my nana. Most all the time 1 live there, too, . And sometimes I'm a queen, 1 Sometimes a fairy godmother, ; A witch, but never mean. Though I do not have to turn some dolls To bad men. fqr in plays , They have to have one truly bad So good can get more praise. 1 My dolls all have matinees I And lovely concerts, too. The prima donna always Is My singing dolly. Lou. I punch her. and she sings to sweet The others all admire. And_ often when we're playing church We two make up the choir. Doll Vernon's always making love < To little Flora be!: She laughs and turns awav her head, Just like my Auntie Nell. And all that I see grown folks do 1 I let my dolls do, too; It seems so real in Wonderland i I quite believe It's true. i I'm always mother just at dusk And rock my dolls to rest. i For they all turn to babies then, , And then I love them best. An Elephant Yarn. In the jungles of India there lived an elephant who showed a wonderful sagacity and mother love for its offspring. One day, the baby elephant wandered away from its mother, who ' showed her uneasiness at its absence. Reaching the top of a hill, she saw her darling quietly bfbwsing at the foot ' while stealing along, at no great distance was an enormous lion. The mother was at her wit's ends. She realized that the baby would not have a ghost of a chance against the hunger of the lion who every moment was drawing nearer to its desired end. The lion halted a moment directly beneath the place where the helpless mother stood. More quickly than it could be told the huge elephant rolled herself into a huge ball, and rolled down the hill. The lion never knew what struck him. His feelings were completely crushed, while the baby elephant was led home, where he no doubt got a i severe scolding, for going away from home without his mother's permission. ?Indianapolis News. The Wise Sultan. There was once a floor cleaner in the palace of the sultan, who quar- ^ reled with and grumbled to a workman who had come to mend a step. It , took a good while to finish properly the work, and this annoyed the sul- j tan who every day had to pass through the room where the step was being mended. The, sultan complained of the annoy- , ance and the floor cleaner said he did ( not see hew such a great sultan could be put out by 3uch a little thing. The sultan heard the remark and sent for the floor cleaner, who greatly feared that his remark would cost him his head. He was greatly surprised when the sultan told him that he would give ; him a palace, money, servants, horses, every luxury that a man could desire, all upon one condition. This condition was that every day of his life he would , come to the sultan's palace and re- , i ceive a slight tap on his cheek, this , I tap to be administered by the sultan himself or one of his servants. As the years went on this man grew rich and powerful ana nnany u Decame a great trial for him to present himself every day at the place and receive a tap cn his cheek. This was especially trying as his flatterers and servants sympathized with him and told him it was a shame that so great a man should be subjected to such an i | insult. This became the trial of his otherwise happy life. He felt that he j could no longer edure it. One day the sultan was ill, and his cook was sent for to administer the tap to the floor cleaner Tho flocr | =1 News of the Day. A pair of crows recently constructed in Bombay a nest out of gold and I silver spectacle frames which they had purloined, one at a time, from a | factory. The gradual disappearance of the frames was noticed, and when $150 ! worth had vanished a watch was set and the thieves discovered. Addressed on the gummed side, a postage stamp, says The Dundee Adt vertiser, has been delivered at Fife, Scotland as a letter. i | american^* 1Review?".' | The more Magazines | Indispensable is The Ejj " Indispensable,*'" The one mag ra r/orld under a field-glass," "An j| current literature,"?these are some IB people who read the Review of Review more necessary is the Review of Reviews, H is in all the mo? important monthlies I periodical literature that nowadays pcop I with it is to read the Review of Reviews. m icg section, it has more original matter an< ? the most tiraely and important articles pri fi Probably the mofi useful section of all K ress rf the World," where public events i caphirrd in every issue. Many a subsci worth xicre than the price of the magazi B depicting current history in caricature, i 0 Bcviews covers live continents, and Men in public life, the members of O B captains of iudu3ry who must keep 44 ui ff women all over America, have decided t! 1 THE REVIEW OF RI m 13 Astor Plac cleaner flew into a violent rage^^^^^^^^H hammered the cook In the face the sultan appeared. When he what had happened he condemned floor cleaner to his former pov^rtU saying: "You now see bow even a lift tie trial may become a great cress if , one has always to bear It."?Indian- \ apolis News. The Crow as a Pet. Did you ever own a crow? If not you have missed more than a cartload of innocent fun. I have ^ owned all sorts of pets in my life, J from pet beetles to coons, dogs and jj deer, but none gave the all-round sat- 1 Isfaction of the crow. -1 It is hardy, full of the jolliest tricks, o? o ffa/t+frm ofQ anH lnval a m AO UUWW*VM*?fcV UUV* ? ? HV , a dog, as comical as a clown, and almost as intelligent as a boy. A pet crow knows its friends and enemies and will allow no liberties frctn' a / 3tranger. Of course, a crow's honesty [s no better that that of a pack rat, but my crow never stole from me, and somehow or other one finds it easy * to forgive a thief who cnly steals from athers. When we dug up our flower bed in the early spring there were no less than seven silver timbles unearthed, and not-one of the lot came from our house. One day "Billy" brought me a nice two-dollar greenback. In those j days a two-dollar bill was a very, very > large amount to me, and stood for an j unheard of amount of butter scotch :" and gingerbread. i Of course the money did not belong f to me, but neither did it belong to the J crow, and "Billy'* wcuid not tell where ? he got his wealth, so after a -consultation with my parents and my teacher and after waiting to see if anyone claimed the bill, it was at length decided to be my property, and it was the first two dollars I ever had all in a heap. , 4 " But it was not always money the " crow found; once he filled all the crev- , ices in my mother's bed with liver; * this cculd not be seen and attracted no attention until the summer heat began to act upon it, then everybody in the house knew that something had happened. The old folks said a rat i must have died in the partition, but the crow and I were chums and understood each other. I suspected the real J cause of the disagreeable odor, and I as soon as the coast was clear, discov- ; ered and removed the liver, and never < until this day did I give the crow away.?Dan Eeard and His Boys in Recreation. VjjH Won't Move on Friday. "Friday is a kind of holiday In our business," said the professional mover. y "There is a big lot of superstitution in "^7" this town, and, except in cases of actual necessity, it is hard to get anybody to move on Friday. If a few families that intend to change quarters soon couid only be induced to put aside their foolish prejudice, against the sixth day of the week, they could be set up in their new home with half the trouble and inconvenience they will experience on any other day. I have explained that to many prospective customers, but the chances are that most of them will vote to join the rush rather than tempt bad "luck by moving on Friday. "Most of our movers dislike Friday f as much as the customers. Whatever jobs are assigned to them they attend to. of course, but every last man in our employ will be glad if not a single 9 order was booked for Friday. They trialm that every smash-up they figure in. every accident to the furniture through loss or breakage, occurs on a Friday, so, for their own sake, they uphold the customers in their fight against Friday."?New York Press 'J No Time to Lose. First Foreigner?I expect, of course, to visit the United States some day, but I can't do it this year. Second Foreigner?You will have to hurry, or there will be nothing to see. In a short time there will be| no falls at Niagara, and I understand the government is trying to abolish the Chicago stockyards.?Chicago Tribune. ' ) Odds and Ends. The steamship Olympia arrived ait Seattle April 30, with 610 Japanese laborers aboard, who are to be distributed along the sections of the Great Northern railroad. 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