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MISS ELLA OFF, Indianapolis, Ind,
SUFFERED
Pe-ru-na, the Remedy That Cured
Miss Ella Off, 1127 Linden St., Indian¬
apolis, Ind., writes:
“I suffered with a run down con
Btltution for seveial months, and
my'work?' 1 1 WoulU haLe to give U P
“On seeking the advice of a physt
cian, he prescribed a tonic. 1 found,
MeklnotheVd!dce d Jf ^ur ^ruoailt
he asked me to try Peruna. in a
few weeks I began to feel and act like
cre££7, nt I dZTot hZXlwlrn
out teeUng.andicould steep spUn
ataly. In a couple of months 1 was
entirely recovered. I thank you for
what your medicine has done for
me. ’ — Ella. Off.
Write Dr. Hartman, President of The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio, for
free medical adviefl. Ail correspondence
is held strictly confidential.
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Dig Dnnivnin Ddf£dlll
To better '
advertise the South’s leading
Business College, four scholarships are of- ;
tered yomig persoiis^of this county at less than
GA-ALA. BUSINESS COLLESE, lacou, Ga.
A Mountain of Soft Coal.
The largest stock of soft coal to be
found in this country, aside from
storage heaps at one or two of th 9
largo western mines, is owned by the
New York Edison Company, at Shady- !
side, on the Hudson. Persons walk¬
ing on Riverside Drive stop and gaze
across the river, wondering what the I
huge black pile is. |
The Edison company has about 1G0,
000 tons of coal stored in this yard,
which covers as much ground as eight
city blocks. If there was a big coal'
strike the supply would last the com- j
pany nearly a year. A high fence suv
rounds the big coal pile, which is
g ded k,, by a,m _______ <~ d watchmen . , day , and . j
night. , . , The yard is about 300 yards |
back from the pier, where the coal
Is landed in barges. An endless chain
Of bags convey the coal from the 1
barges to the yard, so arranged that
their contents are distributed auto
matically and evenly over the entira
are, the yard, and not dumped in
one place to be distributed by shovel- i
ers. The coal plant is said to renre-’
sent e-eiu an an investment investment of oi S500 ifooo.oou. 000—Mew rsew
York PrOss. j
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POOR POLICY.
“Shall we spread a report,” asked
the first Russian statesman, “that the ‘
Japanose, while victorious, sustained
terrible losses?”
“Well, I should say not,” replied tho
second Russian statesman. “What!
And Increase the Indemnity?”
EVER TREAT YOU SO?
Coffee Acts the Jonah and Will Come tTp
A clergyman who pursues his noble
calling in a country parish in Iowa |
tells of his coffee experience:
“My wife and I used coffee regularly
for breakfast, frequently for dinner
and occasionally for supper—always
the very best quality—package coffee
never could find a place on our table.
“In the spring of 1S9C my wife was
taken with violent vomiting, which
we had great difficulty in stopping.
“It seemed to come from coffee drink
ing, but we could not decide.
“In the following July, however, she
was attacked a second time by the
vomiting. I was away from home fill
ing an appointment at the time, and on
my return I found her very low; she
had literally vomited herself almost to
death, and it took some days to quiet
the trouble and restore her stomach.
“I had also experienced the same
trouble, but not so violently, and had
relieved it each time by a resort to
medicine.
“But my wife’s second attack satis
fled me that the use of coffee was at
the bottom of our troubles, and so wa
stopped it forthwith and took on Pos
tum Food Coffee. The old symptoms
of disease disappeared, and during the
9 years that we have been using Poe
turn instead of coffee we have never
had a recurrence of tht vomiting. We
never weary of Fostum, to which we
know we owe our good health. ThU is
a simple statement of facts.” Name
given by Postum Company, Battle
Cr.‘,kM:.?h.
' Readtheiittlebook, “The Road to
!Wel,Til,e ’ 111
' to Lure Tiger,
Imitating a Monkey a
I proceeding was
To call a tiger the
as follows: The Mikir, having first as- j
I __ certained that a tiger was in the |
j neighborhood, would climb into a well |
! branched leafy tree situated near
| where he supposed the tiger to be,
] and after hiding himself among the
| branches as best he could, would com
mence to imitate the chattering of a
! monkey, and break and drop twigs in j
| the way that monkeys do.
Then he would let fall to the ground
a bundle of rags, weighted so that the
thud when it struck the ground would
sound as if a baby monkey had turn
bled down from the tree, and at the
same time would imitate the supposed
j baby monkey cries. This ------ would be
1 the supreme moment, for if a tiger
'
were near it would often spring out,
in the hope of snapping up such a
I dainty morsel as a young monkey, and
then a bullet from the gun of the hid
den Mikir might find its billet in the
tiger’s body. By this means the Mikir
| was said to have killed a considerable
number of tigers, and certainly the
man’s power of mimicry was wonder
fully good.
Tbe call for deer was of an en¬
tirely different nature, the sound imi¬
tated being the cry of a fawn, and as
this cry sometimes attracted tigers,
too, it had to be adopted with cau
j tion, because it was used only in
open grass land, from which the cal¬
ler would not have had much chance
! to escape were a tiger suddenly to
put in an appearance.—London Field.
NO CHANGE OF BILL.
Van X —Did Mrs. Scantyfood makt
| business? any money in the boarding house
De Q—Not at first; but she finally
hit upon a scheme that made her
Van X—What was it?
D ® Q ~ She turned lt !nto a Eana ’
tarium for making fat people thin,
and it made a howling success!
READY TO GIVE ANY PRICE.
Real Estate Agent (on shipboard)
—Perhaps we can close that deal now
for that little plot of land. What’ll
you offer an acre?
Seasick Individual—I’ll give you
$1,000 an acre if you’ll deliver it here
now.—Brooklyn Eagle.
FITSpermanently cured. Nofltsornervous
nesA after first day’s use of Dr. Kline’s Groat
NerveRestorer,t2trial bottleand treatise free
Dr. H. H. Kiwi, Ltd.,9Sl Arch St., Phila.,Pa.
The ordinary load of a camel is from 900
Mrs.Wlnslovr’i Soothing gnms.rednoes Syrup for Children
teething,soften the inflamma
tlon.ullays pain,cures wind colic, 25c.a bottle
th T e°B„t!sb , _ Is'leT . , , , P , , .
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15 YEARS OF TORTURE
Itching au.1 Painful Sor«» CoTereil Head
and Body—Cured in Week by Cullvura.
‘‘For fifteen years my scalp an4 fore
head was one mass of scabs, and my body
was covered with sores. Words cannot
express how I suffered from the itching
and pain. I had given *p hope when a
friend told me to get Cuticura. After
bithing withydutieura Soap and applying
Guticura Ointment for three days my head
waa 48 ciear 08 ever > aTui to m >’ surprise I
and jo3r ’ one cake of soa P ftad one box of 1
ointment made a complete cure in one !
week (s lgncd ) h. B. Franklin, 717 Wash- ;
i ngtoQ St., Allegheny, Ra." !
Cuba’s immigration last year was 20,000.
Three-fourths were Spaniards,
Cures Blood 1’oiaon, Canoer, deer*.
If you have offensive pimples or erup
tlons - ulcers on any part of the body, aeh
burns, sore lips or gums, eating, festering
sores, sharp, gnawing pains, then you suf
for from serious blood poison or the begin- :
ulngs of deadly canoer. You may bo per
manently cured by taking Botanic Blood !
Balm (B. B. B.) mad • especially to cure the
worst blood and skin diseases. Heals every
sore or ulcer, even deally cancer, stops all
BotMilT B^ood* ail nmUgnfm
blood troubles, such as eozoma, seat>s and j
scales, pimples, running sores, carbuncles,
scrofula. Druggists, SI per large bottle, 3
bottles $2.50, 6 bottles $5, express prepaid. ,
To prove it cures, sample of Blood Balm
sent free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm
Co. Atlanta Ga. Describe trouble and free
medical advice sent m sealed letter.
Inscurance Among Criminals.
"Criminal insurance,” said a detec¬
tive, “is the insurance that thieves
and blacklegs take on in case of ar
rest. For instance: You are a second
story man. You make about $2,500
a year, the average second-story
man’s income, and you carry an in¬
surance of $1,000, for which you pay
the big premium of $125 a year. Now, ■
if >° u are arres ^d, the insurance
company steps forward and hands
you $1,000. Thus you are able to get
tke kest lawyers for your defense.
“Receivers of stolen goods are us¬
ually rich, and it is these men, as a
rule, who carry on the criminal in
surance business. I know of a crim¬
inal insurance company in Philadel
phia, another in New York and a
third in St. Louis. The policies run
from $100 up to $5,000 and the pre
niiurns are always enormous. This
is because the danger of arrest is so
great,
“Besides the criminal insurance
concerns, I know of a curious bene
iicial organization that is conducted
among the criminals of Illinois. Each
member of the organization pays in
a week and in case of imprison- j
ment his family receives $5 weekly as
j ong as k ; s sentence lasts.”—Louis
ville courier Journal.
MAYHAP ’TIS |
TRUE
^ liave nf>t lcert.” savs the Hon.
j Alex Ap p leb y, “that tho brightness
of tbe chjld case3 where the ad .
; mirer is a man, frequently depends
1 the attractiveness of tho moth- i
er.”—Kansas City Times. |
T r
M.-0 \ ' e ar
. He Draining.
There is plenty of land in cultiva
t; 0 n f[ ia f nerds drainage, some of it
^ drained with open ditches which
nre vor y unsatisfactory. Very little use
has been made of drain tile in this
State. It is time our people awakened
to the need and profit of tile drain
age. The following on the subject is
from the Southern Farm Magazine:
The drain tile is an invention of the
last century, and was first introduced
into the United States in 1830, but it
did not come into general use until
tiie rise in the price of land made it
more unprofitable to increase the fer
tility and producing power of the
farm than to extend the area,
The beneficial effects of draining
soils intended for cultivation were
known fo the Romans, who were care
ful to keep their arable lands dry by
means of open trenches, and there are
some reasons for believing that they
employed covered drains for the same
purpose. There is no question about
the fact that they constructed under¬
ground channels by moans of tubes of
burned earthenware. Recent investi¬
gations also show that the British
farmers used covered channels cen¬
turies ago for drying their land.
But it was not until 1823 that James
Smith, of Deanston. put in practice
what Captain Walter Blithe suggested
two centuries before. By his influence
and example a complete revolution in
the art of draining was effected, and
his system, with some modifications,
is still practiced. It marked an era in
agricultural progress. Instead of nt
tempting to dry extensive areas by a
few open cuts, he insisted that every
field should be provided with a eom
plete system of underground chan
IJpIs rmlnin " hl tllp lin <* of thp ^rat
est inclination of the laud, and placed
so near to each other as to carry off
surplus water through the drains.
° " lowetl tbat Jl ° di,tance ,1P ‘
tween the drains must he regulated by
the absorptiveness or retentiveness of
the soil operated upon, and gave ten
feet as the minimum and forty feet as
tbe maximum of these distances. The
depth suggested by liim for tiie par¬
allel drains was thirty inches Tiie bot¬
toms of these were tilled with twelve
inches of stone small enough to pass
through a *hroe inch ring. The great
labor and cost of procuring stones in
sufficient quantity and of the proper
size, and the difficulty of carting them
in wet seasons, led to the substitu¬
tion of tiles and soles of earthenware.
At first the cost of these tiles was very
high, and for a time this circumstance
checked the progress of the new sys¬
tem of drainage. In the meantime the
Marquis of Tweedale and others in¬
vented a tile making machine, there¬
by reducing the cost of tiles., and gave
a mighty stimulus to this fundamental
agricultural improvement.
Draining is a costly operation, and it
should be executed in a way to be ef¬
fectual and permanent. English writers
advocate a minimum depth of four
feet for the drains, because it is alleged
that thirty inch drains in thousands
of instances have failec. to dry the
land, and after all the outlay the al
tentative was presented of having the
land imperfectly drained ,.r of exeent
lng tiie work anew. The distance
apart for the most retentive clays need
not be over eighteen feet. It is
thought by tiie best English authori¬
ties on the subject that with a decided
porosity in the subsoil and m propor
f’ on f° fhe degree of thi* porosity the
space between the drains may with
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Ihe practice in this country lias been
toward a greater width. The drains
«e iwniiiv usually cut about two rods , apart, .
and t-ie cost ot draining when complet
od, is about $30 to $35 per acre With though
the cost may vary gr«U)v the
ohar:,cter of tho subsoil, the presence
or absence of rocks, the price of labor.
tiles, etc. Throughout a great portion
of New York. Ohio, Indiana and Illi-
110!S ....... tne-ciraining is
very common,
Fertile lands, which were formerly too
wet to work until late in the spring,
have now, by a regular system of tile
draining, been fitted to plow as soon as
the frost disappears from the ground.
The value of the land has been
doubled, tripled and even quadrupled
in many instances. The entire cost for
draining is usually met within the per¬
iod of three years by the increased
crops, to say nothing of the advan¬
tage of having a much earlier start in
spring.
Management of Mowing Land.
Discussing the use °f fertilizers for
grass lands, Professor Brooks, in tbe
May crop report of tiie Massachusetts
Board of Agriculture, says, that on
most farms the barn yard manure can
he used to better advantage on the
tilled fields than on the mowings. Of
the commercial fertilizers nitrate of
soda is the most valuable for increas¬
ing tiie grow th of the grasses proper.
About two hundred pounds per acre
is as much as it has been found prof¬
itable to apply. It may be applied
alone with good results, but it seems
best to combine it with sonic substance
to give bulk, which is not too expen
sive ami which will supply potash and
the phosphates.
Basic slag meal, which can bo pur
chased at about $15 per ton. is rec¬
ommended, using from 300 to 500
pounds of the meal per acre with 150
to 200 pounds of the nitrate Professor
Brooks adds that it is possible to grow
good crops of the clovers without man¬
tires or fertilizers supplying nitrogen,
ami gives the kinds and quantities that
have proved most profitable on the
college farm. Lime is frequently nee
essary in order to bring °ur soils into
a vfifidition that will allow the clovers
to thrivo.
There is a tendency to unevenness in
mowings, the. result of frost and other
agencies, and occasional rolling is rec¬
ommended. In the ease of non-sod¬
forming grasses condition may be bet¬
ter maintained if some seed is 6eca
sionaliy sown. Great care should be
used in purchasing grass seed to se¬
cure that which is free from trouble¬
some weeds. When weeds obtain a
footing reseeding is likely to prove |
helpful, the best results being eb
tained by plowing in midsummer, har¬
rowing repeatedly until into August,
then enriching liberally and reseeding.
Tbe article closes by describing the
common weeds—the white and yellow
daisies, wild carrot, sorrel, dock, horse¬
tail, etc., and giving the appropriate
treatment for each.—American Culti¬
vator.
Buying Cottonseed Meal.
The first tiling to look for is the
guarantee tag, required by law, giving
tbe name of the manufacturer and
composition of the goods, A first
class cottonseed meal should contain
over forty per cent, of protein and
about nine per cent, of fat. It should
be a light yellow color. If it is dark
in color with many fine black specks,
it indicates that, ground hulls have
been added. If it is a rusty brown col¬
or, it indicates that the meal is old
or the material has at some time under¬
gone fermatation. Such meals are not
safe to use.
Tiie texture of .he meal should be
about tbe same as finely ground corn
free from cotton lint. The presence
and amount of lint can be determined
by sifting a portion in a flour or meal i
sieve. the lint and hubs are also
qm!e easily detected by stirring the
meal up with water. Put one teaspoon- ■
ful in half a glass of water, mix thor¬
oughly and allow the mixture to stand |
a few minutes to settle. The black
bulls will be found on the bottom and j
can be seen through the glass. r i he i
good meal will be in the next layer
ai. the lint on top. A first-class meal
s lould show only a few black bulls j
and scarcely any lint.
11 f ' x P. el t can -imlge very well of
tie quility of cottonseed meal by
means of tasting. The best fresh
mea s have a very agreeable nutty
r„!\°i not found in inferior goods. The
preseneeo much fibre is readily noted
q. e sense of touch in the mouth.
ie a isence ot the nutty flavor and
io presence of a rancid taste indicate
K \r 10 r* Bar; b U,
■ usetts I loughman.
in . assac
Smokehouse in a Darrel. |
M. W. T.—Please publish a descrip¬
tion °f a small, cheap smokehouse,
suitable for a farmer to smoke a few
hams, etc.
A large cask or barrel may be used
for smoking a small quantity of meat.
To make this effective, a small pit
should be dug, and a fiat stone or a
brick placed across it, upon which the
edge of the cask will rest. Half the
pit is beneath the barrel and half is
outside. The head and bottom may
be removed, or a hole larger than the
portion of the pit beneath tiie cask.
The bead or cover is removed while
the hams are being hung upon cross
sticks, as shown in the illustratkm.
The cross sticks rest upon two cross
bars made to pass through holes bored
in the sides of the cask. The head is
then laid upon the cask and covered
with moist sacks to coniine the smoke.
Live coals are put into the pit outside
of the cask, and the fire is fed with
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BAKHELL SMOKEHOUSE.
fine brush. The pit is _____
covered with a
flat stone by which the fire may be
regulated, and it is removed when nee
cssary Herald. to add more fuel.—Montreal j
Breed Carefully.
The old saying, “tbe sire is half the
herd,” docs not always express the :
whole truth, said Professor Fraser, of
Illinois University, in a recent address.
In a sire whoso ancestors have been
bred for dairy purposes only these
characteristics have become firmly
fixed and when crossed on cows of no
special breeding will produce calves
more like the sire than the dam. In
this casi tiie sire counts for more than
half. A dairyman may start with noth¬
ing but the most ordinary cows, and
by simple breeding lie will, In a few
years, have a fine working herd. Do
not misunderstand .ne. * am advocat¬
ing grading but not crossing breeds.
Great harm has been done and is still
b.Mig done by the dairy cattle of the
oo, Mrj w crossing.—Weekly witness.
Best Flare of All. i
When tirtnl, go horn,*. When you
want consolation, go home. When you
want fun, go home. When you want to
show Others that you have reformed go
home and let your family get acquaint- i
<*d with the fact. When you want to
show yourself at the very best, go
PPIPVP tv,-! home like and being do the extra act there. liberal, When liome
g.»
d're.l ilitn ‘IrTVl!! first, when IT jou want * to n ‘ ! shine 77'
bom, and light the whole household,
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The Paramount Question.
K Je r is taken for granted Jhat
every citizen is interested
a O in the discussion of the
i good roads question and
and the proposition that
the Government of the United States
shall co-operate with the States in
highway construction and improve
ment. There always political ques 1
are -
tious of importance, of course; but
the question of good common roads is
paramount to thonl all as an economic
proposition, because it reaches all
classes and callings in town and coun
try. It is pregnant with interest to
tiie consuming population of towns and
cities, and to railroads, manufacturers
and tradesmen ns well. But the
weightier consid ration is, that church,
school and farm interests must in
evitably be retarded while road eon
ditions remain as they are to-day.
If the American home is to be pre
served, the American farm must be
fostered. The logic of this deduction
will readily present Itself. If ignor
mice is the parent of superstition and
superstition .shuts out the light from
the soul that should be free, then the
progress of civilization and the whole
sore' 1 growth of the religion of the
Lord depends upon the universal
spread of education in the land. The
higher schools and colleges are doing
a grand work, but the free common
schools are the more important, be
on use they are 1he schools of the
masses in which are laid the deep
and lasting foundations for coming
lives of us fulness and for the better
ment of mankind. The common
schools are the schools of the rural
population. Whatever tends to better
ti es > schools, to make them stronger
and of higher curriculum, to give great
or efficiency and better discipline, and
to make them easily accessible all the
time, should be the concern of every
patriotic citizen. Nothing can possibly
conduce so much to these results as
improved highways. Neither rural
church or school, nor yet the farm,
can flourish where impassable roads
abound, and if these cannot flourish
our f rf , P institutions will soon or late
topple and fall. The question of na
tlonal aid to good roads is one the
Government cannot afford to ignore
much longer. The necessity for it is
so apparent that it is without the do
main of controversy. Statesmen and
philosophers know that good roads
develop good people. Improvement
0 f highways means not only advance
ment of commercial interests, but also
moral welfare. The highways nre the
paths along which civilization and de
velopment move.
TV ill e Tires.
One ~ of - ... tiie of . . ... the
means improving
.____ ,, ... n ® aa > s which , . , is . of „
5 mpoitance, but generafiy disregarded,
s he use ot wide tires on drays and
agons carrymg heavy ioads. Such
vf.,1 ? ? 1Ue m r0H DS the
s t V- :°-\n nC , tbe
f-in-'-iVion I * Iu ,', ie , )(M of that in
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thl £ai dl nV "n r 't? anSeS . ? fr ° e ln U1 th f f eases f aCt
hat as a rule the increase in width of
Ihe.famet the diameter ot e a th the wheel. 7 1 d *T Of course, dse in
diminishing the diameter of the whee ‘,
„ . . . the
a dn< 1,K leasing
jj 1 'rii ' IIllllll sbt ‘' tlie
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draft. di' iff I he radius r of the wheel consti
tutes the lever arm through which the
pow er of the team acts to move the
load. The shorter the lever the greater
a power required to move the load.
Experiments invariably show the ad¬
vantages of wide tires on good roads,
both in the less power required than
with narrow tires and in the beneficial
effect upon the road. As to the effect
of the width of the tire, where the dia
a m f trial er , ci was ’ the made wbee] where ™a a forty ins the same.
per cent.
more power was required to draw a
load on a wagon having one and one
half-inch tires than on a wagon having
threc-incli tires.
Many European countries have laws
regulating the Width of tires. In Gor
many four-inch tires are required for
heavy loads. In France the tires must
b? from throe to ten inches, according
to the load, and the front axle must be
shorter than tiie rear axle to prevent
... traciiing. „ In Austria,
wagons carry
Ji:.c two and a quarter tons must have
tiD’s at least four and one-third inches
wuK and every load over four and a
half tons must be carried on tires six
and one-fourth inches in width. Switz
e. : ind has similar regulations. In
some sections of the United States j
laws have been enacted regulating the
waltli of tires on wagons carrying j
fi»‘u\y loads, but in many instances
,
they are ignored.
1 here seems to be a general awaken
ing upon the subject of improved roads I
throughout the country, and more lib
oral appropriations for this purpose
should be made in the future than h jave
been made in past. ?)n the contrary,- \
however, at present, roads once good
are not being kept up as they should
la*. It will not improve the financial
~ ‘“S j
li: is poor economy to let made roads
fall into bad order, for it is an expen
sive matter taking them up again. ;
time However, for tightness this year of is an exceptional
cash, and a little
patience must be exercised in the mari
ter of roads. Along with a general im
provement in road matters there should
be 'lev, loped a better appreciation of
tlie importance and value of wide tires
1“ bo VOa made ? im on P TOYeI the subject ** ent ’ tbat and la gradually 'VS may
frequent and earnest discussiou in or
-I™ <• «*wo this.—Journal Jamaica
Agricultural Society. j
I LACE
OF NATURE'S M 's
A Fabric Thai u AKlN(v
Urlo AIrUy S
ns Tr e(j|! i
r i here are in all
i ace bai k tree about a half a i«a.
' ' * in •o
! because the \vo 2 r i,t H
th e inner bark v
lace in ready-made sheet <• 1# *Hj
I | °t can apparel. be Only tip in service;? at:i! ^
four of tl ? ?
i species of trees are of mu ^
value. J W&etit
j Tourists who have stor
waii or Samoa may recili at ®
of hark neat clothing brown of the native? 1 ) ^
; a cqlor wim,,
1 markable strength and of "T’* 1
j odor, like freshly c-urc-d tel,
j 1 is The made native from “tapa” the cloth, bark a ,s q'° bJ 1?l
netia papirifera, of i7t tl, an
I but is *
j included among the real • tt84 ^
: trees. lace-b,
j Of the lace-bark trees yieidin^
j i snowy Pacific lace side of of utility, the we OB
Sterqulia aeerifolia hemisnh «e«
of Austrab a fill
called ‘‘flame tree,” in allusion
showy red flower), Mao'? t •
and in
the Plaglanthus betulinus. Onthi
big lantie side there is only one La?? hoe ^
tree so far known—the
teria of the Caribbean Islands *' ™
Dafne tenuifolia of South America ■ Ofjjj
have never been able to disc j
Jfle specimen, despite over a i»
j careful s eard
nor have I ever met anyone who i3
seen the tree growing in South Am«y
, lace-bark^
In its natural state the
| of U a most delicate cream-white J
is probably a kind of fibrous *
j When the outer bark is removed, ju
be unfolded and unwound in one stu
less piece, having a surface of a ta
more than a square yard,
1 and sun bleaching give it a dazzl®
white appearance. It has a fay
agreeable odor not unlike that of frtJ
ly split bamboo. Tbe fabric is ars
light. It is used in the West Iajij
for mantillas, cravats, collars, cul
window curtains; in a word, for ever
purpose that ordinary lace is used
I 11 making up shawls, veils and#
,
like it is customary to piece two sta
of lace-bark together. Delicate d
apparently weak as it is rolledi3 in sind
mesh, a bit of lace-bark, if
a thin string, will all but resist
man strength to break it. In stria
i braided, and rope form it is used a
making up the light lace-bark han*
of the tropics,
Despite its practical use, there iss
! essential demand for lace-bark ail ] *
more than for the edelweiss of
Alps. It has been used by tbe natia
I for hundreds of years, and yet is td
1 paratively little known to this day. I
few specimens of the lace-barkartidj oJ
are believed to exist in different
tries of Europe. These were m
some hundreds of years ago, ;i
although their age is considerable,tkej
are said to be in a good state of pra
ervation.—Scientific American,
Willie’** Mistake.
Speaking of the turtles that vd
recently found in Jersey, bearing dal J
of hfty and sixty years ago, recalls 'J a
incident that once occurred on J
farm of the Iate Henry L Dea
^H-to-do and influential resident d
the land beyond the Delaware,
A youngster, who was fond of roa
ing over the fine, well-kept farm, fora
a turtle one day and it occurred toi
to make it one of the ancient date. I
Nothing short of the George Wail
ington era wonkl do . So inscribed,] , taking d
penknife, the boy
- cutting, w ,, of „ course, looked very 12 model? n,
knt was easily remedied by nl
bing it in mud and 1 polishing it ostt
1
grass.
This done to the satisfaction of a
boy, he rushed to the jolly-faced far®
er, exclaiming: found]
“Look, Mr. Deacon, I just irilj
turtle more than 100 years old ■j
George Washington’s initials on .
shell!”
“Thee has?” said Mr. Deacon, m
ing out his hand for the turtle.
“Yes, sir,” returned the youngst®
with a gooJ sl rai-lit face attH
The old former rarmer glanced giante 1
reptile just one second, and then W
out into a merry laugh.
“Willie, thee fool,” grown.”—Phllsdel?^ s aid he,
turtle isn't half
Telegraph.
Dogs in the Ambulance Service.
Th<#%t,sti’ 0 -Hungarian War W* i
Club ha# im t held its iir=t sh 0 ‘-v 3
dogs f5? war and ambulance servi
The highest officers of the army v::
nessed the performances of the do?!
Soldiers had dispersed all over the
of action, and were concealed bei^
hedges, among shrubs and busM
These were supposed to be tbe #
ed. The dogs found them all,
either staved with them and b*>W
if the trainers near enough •
were
hear them, or ran for the trainer
-the distance was ton tong. TbentM
were sent with contained 11
messages collars :
a locket fastened to their
which they bad to bring answer
New York World
The British Speaker. W
Not only does the Speaker of
House of Commons enjoy flic mated
benefits of a lordly residence G IVfS
minster of _ ^
Palace, a salary 1
Y ea r. £100 a year for stationer?' J* p
2 S 5 ^ST 2 but
°f taking precedence of all other
moners. By an act of 1689 it
vided that the Lords Conning® rs -
of the Great Seal not being peo
bave aa d take place next SP^'L
Peers of the realm and the
the House of Commons.'’- 1 * 011
Chronicle.
ChattailOOrffl CoIlCgC „ . 01 -f w
.
coarse.conferrint Law Department of de*reeof Grant Univ^Jc^j LL- o’tj
fibers. Terms reasonable. Fi "' 1 „*. S urr<5
anj literature adJress Major C. R- *■
(Dept. I.) Chattanooga, Tennessee.