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ESTABLISHED 1850.
jOILETS OF ANIMALS
and water
caND baths
^ beasts and birds.
FOR
Jlult
of tuo smaller Creatures Are More
alar wjth Their Appearance Than
F * ' part of the Human Family.
Jfethods Of some of the Birds.
pushes and combs most animals carry
“BrilUantine” also is car-
„ small and handy reservoir by
rl f i , .„ and divers. Mud serves for
and vaseline; dust for fuller’s
and pearl powder, and water, as.
“S;,,, is perhaps the most important
’ g n t birds especially are
'particular about the quality of
Sr ‘Toilet dust,” and equally nice as
Se water in which they prefer to
t0 , Some use water only, some water
VZ* others dust and no water. Par-
SdS’are a good example of the dusting
and are most careful m the selec-
Jonor their dust baths. Dry loam suits
^hperhaps their favorite place is a
meadow where a few turfs have been re-
® ^ ij]j ere they scratch out the
“°I e ^ shuffle backward under the
S roots tiU their feathers are full of
Kook earth. In wet weather they
L if possible, a heap of burnt ashes
xL dte of a weed fire, and dust there.
Snarrows, on the contrary, always
T“ e ro ad dust, the dryest and finest
Se Larks also are fond of the
Lad and dust there in the early mom-
’ But they, too, have their fancy,
US choose the dry, gritty part where
the horses’ hoofs tread.
Wild ducks, though feeding by the
salt water, prefer to avash in fresh water
pools, and wiU fly long distances inland
to running brooks and ponds, where
they preen and wash themselves in the
early morning. But though passing so
' jjjpoij time on the water, ducks seem to
prefer a shower bath to any other; and
to heavy rain they may be seen opening
their feathers and aUowing the rain to
gfe in, after which they dress the
whole surface with oil from the reser-
y 0 ir which we mentioned above. Swal
lows and martins are as nice in their
choice of bath water as any “profes
sional beauty;” nothing but newly fallen
rain water thoroughly pleases them, and
if tempted to bathe, it is generally by
»me fallow pool in the road which an
hour's sun will evaporate.
A falcon’s bath.
We have never seen hawks or falcons
bathing when wild. Trained birds in
good health bathe almost daily, and the
hath of a peregrine falcon is a very care
ful performance. But uo nymph could
he more jealous of a witness than these
shy birds, and it is not until after many
careful glances in every direction that
the falcon descends from her block and
wades into the shallow bath. Then, af
ter more suspicious glances, she thrusts
her broad head under the water and
flings it on her back, at the same time
raising the feathers .and letting the drops
thoroughly soak them.
Self Winding Clocks.
° f synchronized self windina
established here thr<3
BATHS Slw 1 ? of Henry Denver, managed
^ Tele SraP h company.
The fame pieces do not obtain their mo-
beins°snh-Wf )D f l e ? e . ctrical act *on, thus I “w 3 proud pos
- g SU i J6ct *° hindrances resulting hustling local
gjjjggVi bMfet i, WSeSSte
fcHrce from the action of a fine spri^TS hut a k™™*™ *“* looks like anything
does an ordinary clock. Two small ceUs
of battery are placed in the top of tin!
a niagnet secured
ower part of the movement. As
Whe ? 1 ’ driven by the unwind^
.nfc^ ^^f’^ances, a lever
A Stoi Tofa Lewiston Boy Who Could
Throw Across the Diamond:
A Lewiston young man who plays a
^od game G f baseball and who ha/had
the prond position of first base upoiTa
WbS ST 1 and who can speed a
case ball hie a bullet, is
but a sport.
-J*® ° at ^ting in New Hamp-
S£ W ^ t!lere the local haU W
aSS* ^ dis # t They
™“ ed him a “dood” and said that he
was a sissy.” He took it in good part
a nd Tt d n n0t L Dg v. One day they laid od •
mmmm i
circuit is instantly closed, the spring be-
bythe pawl fastened^? the
actlon c f wmding breaks the cir-
r.r h + 6n . the %vindi ng is completed.
The contacts are made so short that the
° f battery is ve ry slight, thus
enabling it to perform the work of wind
ing for over a year without renewal or
alteration. Each clock is provided with
a simpie attachment by means of which
its hands ma y he controlled automat
ically by electricity. .To secure absolute
uniformity of time throughout the city
the clocks will be connected with a time
wire just before 12 o’clock each day.
During the brief period of connection
the standard clock at Washington
through the repeating lines takes pos-
session of the wire, temporarily controll-
S*S£S? to. ita eiremt. Springfield
The Wilderness Cure for Impaired Sight.
Edward Stnrtevant, son of D. W.
Sturtevent, of Albany, has been sojonm-
1; n tk® wilderness all summer near
Old Valley Dodge, northerly of Boon-
viHe. He lives in a shanty alone, save
for occasional visitors who share his
hospitality.
Mr. Sturtevant entered the woods last
June, at the advice of his physicians, to
seek restoration of impaired vision. The
experiment has proved so advantageous
and beneficial that Mr. Stnrtevant pro
poses to remain there during the coming
winter. He has sent home for his win
ter clothing to be forwarded to bim
Mr. Stnrtevant is a machinist, and was
employed in the Edison electric light
machine works at Schenectady. In his
sylvan retreat he whiles away the time
in reading, fishing and hunting, and
seems entirely content with his surronnd-
• ings. The former vigor of his optic
nerves is rapidly returning, and he has
concluded to remain in the woods until
a perfect cure is attained.—Amsterdam
CN. Y.) Sentinel.
game, hut that he would like to accom
modate them if possible. They™ To
meet another nine in the same town, and
!^ bo yf x>ere aU out to see a hoy called
, Rafe y ‘Paste the balls into the Lewis
ton dude.first baseman.”
J&mjWi andthe y oun Sfellow
fodential name was pitching.
he got he sna PPed the
ball into the Lewiston boy at first and
the crowd just howled in glee, expecting
5L See A g ° right through his hands.
More of them followed and he clung to
them rather bunglingly at first, just for
fun. Some of them he muffed purposely
and some he fumbled, and all the time
Ratsy kept putting them along as
ratThttl T; C0Uld ’ a PP aren tly trying to
catch the base runner off the first.
All this time the crowd was laughing
just as hard as it could. Finally the
Lewiston boy, who can throw a ball like
an arrow from a bow, decided that it
was time to stop the picnic. “Ratsy”
slid one in to the first with all of his
power. A sudden change came over the
Lewiston boy! He took it with a grace
that seemed new born, and then he
straightene*! up and his arm flew hack
and the ball wentin. “Ratsy” had never
played baseball outside of his native
hamlet. He had neveir handled red hot
Popped the Question b
An incident of an inteteting and
somewhat romantic nature lias arisen
out of the visit of the Br sh farmer
delegates to Canada. Mr. 1 Simmons,
of Wokingham, England ’found at
Moosomin, N. W. T., a bac dor friend
of his who has been settled in the ter
ritories for some years an has done
welL Mr. Simmons was f delighted
with the surroundings of Mi somin that
he purchased the section aioining his
friend’s farm.
A daughter of Mr. Sim ons is en
gaged to he married to a y mg Surrey
farmer, the happy event be lg fixed to
take place immediately upd ' Mr. Sim
mons’ return to England. Itevas the in
tention of the young conph x> proceed
to Australia to settle, hut M: Simmons
cabled them of his land pn base, and
intimated that he desired his on-in-law
and daughter to locate upon 1J.property
at Moosomin. The reply wa promptly
flashed back that they would lo so.
It appears, however, that Mr. Sim
mons has another unmarried daughter,
and the Moosomin man suggi ;ted that]
to make the little family ar ingement
complete, this lady should t come his
wife and the two families worn he liv
ing side by side. Mr. Simmons
that the arrangement would ^tfit Him
but he could not speak for tie young
lady. However, he was urgec to send a
second message over the cab j convey
ing the offer of marriage, and a prompt
“Tea” came back.—Cor. Torlnto Em
pire.
pig iron or trifled with a high tension
electric current.
After bathing
. kan-vx-inga- and tail-fan
tie water and rapidly opens and shuts
■ them, after which she stoops down and
splashes the drops in every direction.
The hath over, she flies once more to
the block, and turning her back to the
ran, spreads every feather of the wing
and tail, raises those on the body and'
assists the process of drying by a trem
ulous motion imparted to every quill,
looking more like an old cormorant on a
buoy than a peregrine.
Cats, large and small, make the most
careful toilet of any class of animal,
\rith the exception of some of the opos
sums. The lions and tigers wash them
selves in exactly the same manner as the
cat, wetting the dark, India rubber like
hall of the fore foot and the inner toe,
and passing it over the face and behind
the ears.
CLEANLINESS OF A DOG.
One of the most charming pets we
have kept, and the most particular as to
Washing and brushing its feet and fur,"*
was a lovely brown opossum from Tas
mania. “Sooty phalangist” was, we he-
heve, its scientific name. It, was cov-
®cd with deep rich brown fur, had a
race something like a fox, a pink nose,
hands with a nailless thumb, and long
daws on the fingers. It washed its feet
eT oy two or three minutes.
Water rats are very clean animals,
J? . wush and brush their faces “like
hnstians.” We saw one on a pond at
,, e Si in Kent, swim out to pickup
e blossoms of an acacia tree which
e . re falling on the water. After
roly eating each flower on the bank
e eked his hands, wiped his mus
ses and swam off for another. We
?. , an acacia blossom, but except
t, ® a t-v sweet flavor, could find noth-
thenf* accovmt f° r the rat’s taste for
-Porting dogs, which are used in
clever fT' - a! - 1(1 . wet ’ are strangely
their aiM qmci: in cleaning and drying
a. , co ^ s ’ au ^ it is a sure sign that a
bare (en over tired if he shows any
It t 0 mn, f or dirt next morning.
tongue 0 bnt n r t0ilet is done the
tor* t v • 1 -V aro very clever at us-
V CK ,J0X Lush or the side of a
spaniel "f? a rcm gh towel. One small
hotrl "Lich we allowed to live in the
was well
dirh-1, a ' vare that if he returned
w°^ not be admitted indoors,
day’s sh 1, j 10Ur before the close of the
and beni +”‘° use( t to strike work
to do m n t0 c ^ ean himself, and if urged
sent hi,rJ!if V0Ul<1 slip off home and pre-
teg ‘ ,- neat an( i clean in the din-
left at h ’ ^ ne day the dog had been
and spL 0! f e ,'. an<1 his master returned
frozJ lumself - w et and with half
by th e fh° aS rf ^ ce sticking to his gaiters,
licked off";, T n ran n P an d carefully
ping ev 16 trozen ice and snow, stop-
i°Hs looJr anc } then to give an anx-
able “Tv. cb ?afd as plainly as pos-
Taicklv if 1 me ’ ^ 1 don’t get him dean
stable” , b be sent to lie in the
spectator.
P er i,a D The First Ste P-
sleep can’t fn- 1 ’l in down ’ can’t eat,
,0 lout g’J t think, can’t do anything
Jtet ails %«*>*?*’ and y°u wonder
fining Vo ,. ; } °u should heed the
? er yous 'I® a takmg the first step into
j? Bic and in Vi at | 10 - n ' You nee d a nerve
vn e exae t remeTv f!f Bit ^ er ? y° u will find
h-1 s system e^ for re stonug your ner-
flho n ; SunmV lts normal ) healthy con-
V ‘his grea?n Dg - 1 ' esul t s follow the use
, ° Ur appetj... i 5 r , ve tonic and alterative.
e st<j!v.,j returns, good digestion is
fethy kcSn hel ^ vera ? d kidneys resume
J. McKnio-i Lottie. Price 50c.
kmghu Drug Store.
^yed tfefT 81 ' children who have de-
^ first J f and in ruany cases a part of
hybrnt f one an d the second set
0aen down, is too great.
^ He had never been shot with a hun
dred ton gun or kicked by a mule, hut
this time he thought that he had experi
enced them all at once. The ball split a
finger, passed through his hand and hit
him in the stomach, and “Ratsy” pitch
ed no more that game. After that the
Lewiston ball player took everything in
his reach, high, low, daisy cutters, foul
flies and all the rest, and there was not a
smile on the ball field that was not horn
of admiration of him. After that he
was the lion of the hamlet. Anyway
this is the way some of his friends tell
the story.—Lewiston Journal.
A Kitten’s Journey.
Miss Amelia McLogan resides on
Fourth street. A couple of weeks ago
an old cat which made its temporary
headquarters in the house in which Aflgg
McLogan lives, was found to be the
mother of a dozen or so kittens one
morning, and four days after the arrival
of the brood Miss McLogan left for New
the old cat discovered one of her kittens
missing, and had been in a great stew
about it ever-since. The young feline
was industriously searched for, hut no
trace of its whereabouts could be found
nn til a letter was received from Miss
McLogan saying that on unpacking her
trunks she found the little one curled up
and in good physical condition. She
gave the kitten to a chambermaid, as
she did not care to bring it back. It
seems strange that a kitten less than a
week old could live in such a place.—
Detroit Tribune. '
Folding Napkins by Pattern.
Commercial enterprise has entered a
fresh field in the recent issue by a New
York firm of paper patterns for folding
table napkins. This art has up to this
time been relegated to the butler’s and
parlormaid’s repertoires, and compet
ency or the reverse in its accomplish
ment has frequently been one of the
tests of eligibility to- service. Now,
however, this is done away with, and
the mistress of an establishment may
have the knack at her finger ends to
teach the merest novice in her employ.
It is a question, howc‘vo_r, if this uni
versal knowledge will not deprive fash
ionable tables of one element of individ
uality now imparted by the exclusive
napkin lore of some treasure of a “ Jeems”
or Martha.—New York Times.
Bogus Stamps.
A Hamburg firm is making a fortune
by selling bogus Heligoland postage
stamps to collectors in Germany. As
soon as the Anglo-German agreement
concerning the island became known
there was a tremendous demand for tne
old Heligoland stamps, and the prices
went up to forty-five and fifty cents
apiece. The firm in question at once
besught the Heligoland stamp for little
more than its value as old metal, and
has kept it a-going day and night ever
since. It has sold already 20,000, and
has more orders in sight than it can fill.
At a recent meeting of the postage
stamp bourse in Berlin a movement to
stop the fraud was started.—Exchange.
Old Nursery Favorites.
There was Tom, the Son of the Piper,
Tack Sorat, and Merry Cole, <
And the Three Wise Men of Gotham,
"Who went to sea in a bowl; .
The woman who rode on a broomstie ,
And swept the cobwehbed sky.
And the boy who sat in the corner,
Eating his Christmas pie.
These were some of the ojd. pontes,
hut they have been supplanted by the
“Pansv” and “Chatterbox’’ stories. Lit
tle Lord Fauntleroy” and “Five Little
PoDDers ,J The old-fashioned pills and
nlivsics have been superseded, and wisely,
too bv Fierce’s Purgative Pellets, a mild
harmless and effective cathartic. They
B sSsf ssat
Those Haunting Airs.
The way that a popular tune puts out
its invisible grappling .“fhmery ^d
anchors itself in the mmdis
psychological mysteries. The first time
you hear it you don’t care—possibly yon
SL'SZ?'be^gilTyon f ^
next time there is a duH, apprehensive
throb; then there is a.thnB of p^u. au
after that an acute desire to hurl one
self into humanity ^
from the man who invented, it. Wasn
ington Post.
Parents you do yourselves and your
children an injustice if V)^tfov-
Hr Bull’s Worm uestroy
your children Dr. Bull’s Worm Dew
ers. Many little lives are sacrificed oy
such neglect.
A Convenient Paper Pad Bolder.
Every member of the noble army of
scriveners should feel grateful for a new
paper pad holder which has recently
come out at London. The holder is a
square of wood, with a raised flat bor
der on the left side and across the bot
tom; the pad of paper fits into the angle,
and the whole block can thus he held
with the greatest possible ease in the
left, ■
How to Get Bid of Iceb rgs.
One of the greatest dangers i > Atlantic
navigation, and therefore of gfeat prac
tical interest to seamen, passojgers and
owners of ships, is the possibil ty of col
lisions with icebergs. This j jar these
huge products of Artie win ers have
been unusually common, and it'f stated
that more than twenty have be^i sight
ed in the course of twenty-four hours in
the track of steamers plying fi m New
York to Liverpool or the Clyde. -
A correspondent in The Londc i Times
makes a suggestion that these! cebergs
might be used as targets byf ruisers,
and thus broken up and dispersed. The
suggestion is well received in England,
and it is urged that the British meteor
ological department follow the hxample
of that of the United States, afd mark
on charts the area within which icebergs
are to he expected. The capfcnp of a
cruiser setting out with such : charts in
his possession would have a compara
tively easy task in finding where the
target floated at which he was to fire.
The underneath part of the paper pad
is a sheet of thick blotting paper, and as
each sheet is tom off when covered it
can he thrust in between the holder and
pad, not only without fear of blotting,
but also thereby helping to maintain
the pad at the same level to the end. To
those who love to scribble their lucu
brations on their knee, in bed or any
where, in fact, except at a desk, an in
vention like this paper pad and holder
will come as a most decided boon and
blessing.—New York Journal.
Bobbed of Its Poetry.
Dr. Nachtigal, the celebrated African
explorer, was once the guest of a rich
Hamburg merchant. The merchant’s
son, a young man of somewhat senti
mental temperament, said that his dear
est wish was to ride across the desert on
the back of a camel. He thought such
a ride must he very poetical indeed.
“My dear young friend,” replied the
explorer, “I can tell yon how yon can
get a partial idea of what riding a camel
on the desert of Africa is like. Take an
office stool, screw it up as high as possi
ble, and put it into a wagon without any
springs; then seat yourself upon the
stool and have it driven over uneven
and rocky ground during the hottest
weather of July or August after you
have had nothing to eat or drink for
twenty-four hours, and then you will
get a faint idea of how delightfully po
etic it is to ride on a camel in the wilds
®f Africa.”—London Tit-Bits.
A Dade Doused with Molasses.
While two young women were passing
Lincoln’s drug store at Ogden avenue and
Congress street Sunday evening an ele
gantly dressed young man accosted them
and insisted on accompanying them.
Hi? advances were repelled, bisfc this did
not subdue the importunate snob. Find
ing verbal protest unavailing one of the
young women, who had just come with
her companion from a neighbor’s house,
where she had borrowed a quart of
syrup, flung the contents of the syrup
pail at thq head of the dude. The young
man hailed a passing cab and was driven
to the West Side natatorium to get
cleansed. The woman washed the syrup
off her hands in Lincoln’s drug store.
Chicago Herald.
The New Discovery. .
You have heard your friends and neigh
bors talking about it. Yon may yourself
be one of the many who know from per
sonal experience just how good a thing it
is If vou have ever tried it, you are one
of its staunch friends, life cause the won
derful thing about it is, that when once
given a trial' Df. King’s New Discovery
ever after holds a place m the Louse. If
have never used it and should be
Ifflicted with a congh, cold or any tLroat
lun£ or chest trouble, secure
onc^and give it a fair trial. ..
teed every time, or money refunded.
Trial bottles free at S. J. McKmght s
Drug Store.
The police at Chilficothe, Mo., are m
hot water. An enterprising advertising
firm distributed a wagon load of whis
tles to the children of that place, and
the noise they make is identical with
that t>f the police whistla
The Anglo-French postal convention,
signed in raris on Sept.; 24, 1856, which
fj-nired on the 80th ultimo, has been
Sflonged ontilDec. 81 of this year by
ScSe o^notes between ifce two gov
ernments. i
lia^tried^o^feeWtaents, but Bull’s
nas ww * . Trim -more ffooa
Sarsaparilla has done him more good
than all other medicine. I cheeriuiiy
make this statement for the benefit of the
afflicted.—John & McGhee, Horse Cave,
gooc
irfullj
An English Duke.
William John Arthur Charles James
Cavendish-Bentinck, sixth duke of Port
land, who with his wife is about to visit
America, is described as an extremely
democratic and level headed young man
of 32. His simplicity and bonhomie are
attributed to the fact that he was horn a
commoner, and until he was 22 years of
age remained the inconspicuous' Lieut.
Cavendish-Bentinck, succeeding to the
title on the death of his cousin, the fifth
duke. Only two other English dukes
Mr. Russell, and the duke of Devonshire,
who was Mr. Cavendish. The beautiful
duchess of Portland was Miss Winifred
Dallas-Yorke, only daughter of Mr.
Thomas Yorke Dallas-Yorke, of Walms-
gate, Lincolnshire, who is said to trace
his pedigree in an unbroken descent from
Adam, and to look down on the whole
British peerage as parvenu.—Harper’s
Bazar.
Bicli from an Accident.
A remarkable instance of the fickle
ness of fortune which occurred in Butte,
Mont., several weeks ago, has just come
to light. Dave Evans, a young miner,
had been to see his ‘best girl Sunday
night. Returning home late he fell into
an abandoned prospect hole, and was
compelled to remain until the following
morning, when, in ascending by means
of a rope, he scaled off a portion, of the
wall and discovered a rich lead of silver.
He leased the mine, and is now taking
out ore that yields $300 a ton in silver
n.nd a considerable quantity of copper.
He has been offered $50,000 to cancel his
lease, hut refuses to sell. He will be
come a millionaire, while the fellows
who leased to him have already become
hopeless lunatics.—Cor. Chicago Times.
A Sugar Candy Jubilee.
Gondal is a Lilliputian Hindoo state,
in the Bombay presidency. Its area is
about eight times that of London; it has
140,000 Inhabitants, and rejoices in an
army of 600 sepoys, with sixteen cannon
and a squad or two of cavalry. The
ranee, or queen, of this state may, possi
bly enough, have asked whether the
maharanee, or great queen, of England
distributed sugar candy among the pop
ulation of the British Isles on the occa
sion of her jubliee. It is what the
Hindoo queen would have done. She
dispensed sugar candy among her sub-
jscie ef Gondal the other day in grati
tude for her recovery from sickness.—
London Standard.
Puss Cbanned by a Snake.
A monster rattlesnake was killed Mon
day at “Wormsloe” plantation, nine
milpa from this city. It was discovered
near the house of a colored woman
named Lizzie Jones, and it had her house
cat charmed. The cat seemed to he un
able to move, and the snake was just
about to strike when Lizzie threw a bil
let of wood, which caused the cat to-
spring into the air as though it was re
leased from an enthrallment. The snake
was shot by one of the neighbors. It
measured seven feet, and had twenty-
two rattles and a button.—Savannah
News.
The Fulminate Cap.
A railroad laborer named Johnson at
McLean & Janse’s camp, about three
milpH east of Malian, Idaho, attempted
to commit suicide by means of a cap
used in setting off giant powder and ex
ploding it. He placed the cap between
his teeth and struck it with a small ham
mer. The attempt was not an entire
success. It had the effect, however, of
completely shattering the inside of the
man's month.—Rocky Mountain News.
He Felt Befreshed.
Henry Romobr, who lives near Butler-
ville, O., stepped into E. Snider’s gro
cery one evening, boasting of the large
supper he had just eaten, hut said he
“didn’t have eggs;” so he bought a dozen
and ate them, and then a half dozen and
ate them, after which he drank a pint of
water and then ate one pound of candy
—in all eighteen eggs, one pint of water
and one pound of candy in fifteen min
utes, after - which he said he felt very
much refreshed.—Cor. Pittsburg Dis
patch..
again.
Did yon save all this money for
Christmas?’
Yes,” answered both.
How long have yon been saving thia
money?’
This answer was a long time coming
and finally the oldest one replied that
she did not know, but part was Bessie’s
and part her own.
Well,” said the saleswoman, who re--
ceived a knowing nod from the lady,
‘since you have been saving so long I’ll
let yon have this hood for the nine
cents.”
The money was handed over, the pack
age done np, and the little ones went
aw;ay happy, both wanting to carry the
precious bundle, and both laughing and
crying with delight about the present
MAMMA’S CHRISTMAS PRESENT.
A. Holiday Story by a Twelve-Year-OW
GirL
A little incident connected with buy
ing Christmas presents happened in an
Eighth avenue store that made quite a
little romance. The store was packed
with people hunting for Christmas gifts.
Two little girls, the eldest barely 9,
standing outside, were noticed by a lady
who left her carriage to enter the store.
The little girls were poorly dressed. The
little ones wanted to go into the store,
but seemed afraid to enter. A rush oamo
and they were caught in the crowd and
whirled into the store. There they ap
peared enraptured with the beautiful
things they saw.
The lady had* entirely forgotten her
own errand and kept near the little girls.
Finally they began a whispered conver
sation and kept pointing to an article on
a counter; then the oldest reached the
counter and timidly asked the sales
woman the price of a red worsted hood.
The answer was, “Two dollars and-twen
fcy-five cents.” The little girl’s counte
nance fell, and opening her hand she
began to count some pennies she ViaIR,
The open hand showed the lady just nina
cents.
The little one joined her sister.- She
was disappointed, and the two girls
counted their money over and over,
then took another look at the hood and
walked away. The lady madffcher -way
to the counter, and, making acogfidant
of the saleswoman, told her she -wanted
the little ones to have the hood/tierr--.
which she would pay herself, hut id -
not intend that the. girls should know*
that it was not their own money that
bought the hood.
The saleswoman became interested at
once, and leaning forward she beckoned
to the girls and said, “How much money
can yon pay for this beautiful red hood?’
The eyes of both brightened, and with
out answering the-child put forward all
she had in the world—-her nine pennies.
“What are yon going to do with this
hood?’ the saleswoman asked.
“Give it to mamma for her Christ
mas,” exclaimed both at once.
The lady turned away and placed her
handkerchief to her face to hide the
tears that filled her. eyes. Another ques
tion made her turn toward the children
're was opened" a poor woman entered
With a small bundle and two little girls.
After looking around the older girl
pointed to the hood counter and was at
once recognized by the friendly sales
woman. The party walked toward the
counter and the older girl, pointing to
the saleswoman, said, “That’s her.”
The little ones were trembling; the
mother looked anxious, and could hard
ly ask, “Did this hood come from here,
miss?’
The saleswoman noticed the bundle,
and answered, “Yes.”
Well,” said the mother, “that hood
is marked $2.25, and my little girls tell
me they bought it for nine cents. I have
never known them to lie to me, but I
am sorry to say I could not believe them
this time. I was so afraid to come into
the store and ask, hut I must lyiow the
truth; please tell me about it, for I
haven’t slept a wink all night, though
the little girls said it was a Christmas
present, and I was afraid—I was afraid”
the tears now stopped the mother’s
words.
The saleswoman could stand it no
longer and leaning over the counter she
whispered the whole story to the mother.
The oldest girl could not understand
why her mother took her in her arms
and kissed her. Then all three went
home.—Sadie Loraine Handy, 12 years
old, in New York Telegranl.
Tli© Prayer Wheel of India.
The prayer wheel consists of a metaf
box about as big around as one which
holds hoot blacking, and about twice as
dieep. Through it a wire is stuck, and
fastened into a handle a foot long.
Inside the box there is a roll of prayers
written in Thibetan characters, and the
worshiper rattles off prayers at the rate
r>f 100 a minute by giving the handle a
tst and setting the box tv> rolling.
Each roll records a' prayer. Every
prayer does away with one or more sins
and puts a brick in the pavement which
leads toward heaven.—Frank G. Car
penter’s Letter.
Composite landscapes.
A suggestive use of photography has
been recently made. Landscape features
are photographed here and there, figures
being posed to fit the theme. The dif
ferent parts axe then collected into an
effective group, and the assembled
groups are rephotographed to form one
complete picture. Something of this
Idhd'has been done by artists in cyclo-
ramic”painting, the. different views be
ing grouped together in sections £nd
painted on the canvas in connected
groups to form a complete representa
tion of a vast stretch of landscape.—New
York Commercial Advertiser.
'Two Miles a Minute Witliout Steam.
A runaway railroad train on the branch
of the coast division from Aptos np to
the Loma Prieta lumber tuiIIr created a
sensation along the line of the road Sept
13. Eight empty cars broke loose from
the engine at Monte Vista, about eight
miles north of Aptos. The road from
Monte Vista to Aptos is a heavy down
grade the entire distance, and the cars,
soon after starting, attained a tremen
dous rate of speed, and passed through
Loma Prieta at a mile a minute.
The flying cars kept on the track until
they had gone the entire eight miles to
Aptos. Here four of the cars turned
on to the main track without damage,
two runniqg as far as the high bridge at
the west end of Aptos, and the other two
stopping near the station. The other
four cars dashed off the track and were
smashed into bits.
How the cars kept on the track for
eight miles at such a speed over a curv
ing mountain road is wonderful. No
one was on the train at the time it
started, and no one was injured, the
only loss being the four wrecked cars.
Railroad men claim the train made the
eight miles in four minutes.
The down passenger train from Santa
Cruz, bound for San Fl-ancisco, had a
The passenger train had passed the
where the runaway came onto the
line'but a minute and a half previously.
One of the wrecked cars struck a cypress
tree forty feet high and a foot and a
in diameter and laid it flat, almost
ing it from the ground.—Cor. San
cisco Chronicle.
, ; - v.Naval Prize ; Honey.
Some interesting particulars in refer
ence to tfe apportionment of naval prize
money aiiff bounties are. contained in a
return whicbhas recently been printed
by order of tlxe honse-of commons. From
this it appears that during the financial
year 1889-90 the sum of £8,322 was paid
over by the accountant general out of a
total of £63,365, which has accrued dur
ing the last thirty-eight years, including
sharesjillotted to the Naval Brigade for
services rendered : during the Indian
mutiny and body gained dmjing the
Chinese war of thosame decade.
Of the balance, £47,500 lias ‘
over to the consolidated ‘fund sir
in accordance with the act : of
dent, and £7,543 remains inland should
claimants arise. A curious feature of
the return is the fact that out of £20,156.
the proceeds of captured slave dhows
during comparatively recent years, only
£8,185 appears to have been claimed.
The government percentage account
shows a total of £13,161, and out of a
balance in hand on April 1,1889, of £3,994
only 16s. 4d. seems to have been paid
during the year on account of claims
arising prior to 1865. The total sum
transferred to the consolidated fund
since 1855 is £83,500, in addition to £173,-
000 referred to in the annual account for
the year.—Galignani Messenger.
Worthless Watermelons.
During the season the watermelon _
hnafaicf-TKSveBetSn beirer man nsam ms hraanEBtr
year. So good was the business that the
river men who were engaged in bringing
the-melons' went hack to the York river
region, down the hay, and brought large
loads np there, expecting to realize
handsomely. Then the “cold snap” set
in, and the melon operators were all
dumped. At one wharf on the river
front there were 40,000 melons going
begging at $4 to $8 a hundred, while
earlier in the season the same quality of
melons sold easily for two or three times
these prices. What a chance the Wash
ington boarding house keepers had to
put np” watermelon rind preserves!—
Washington Post.
A Wonderful Cannon.
In process of construction at the gun
factory in Watervliet is a 10-inch gun,
which, when completed, wiU be one of
the greatest caliber and most wonderful
in its design ever made in this country.
This huge gun will be built according to
CapL Crozier’s latest design of wire
winding. Capt. Crozier is located in the
ordnance department at Washington,
and the present gun is the fourth- of its
kind in existence. The work of boring
the gun has been completed, and it will
be placed in the lathe preparatory to
commencing the wire winding.
The square wire to be used will be of
steel, as is also the gnu proper, a tenth
of an inch in thickness and will be wound
from the breech to the muzzle the entire
length. To produce the desired work a
dynamo has been placed in the gun fac
tory, which will be utilized to weld the
ends of the wire by electricity. When
completed it is expected that this gun
will throw a 560 pound, projectile from
twelve to fifteen miles, the greatest dis
tance yet accomplished. The weight of
the powder charge will be about 230
pounds, and the penetration will be, it
is expected, about twenty-four inches in
armor plate.—Albany Argus.
A Belfast Youth's
of our young men asked his fa
ther for the horse the other evening to
go to Northport. But the old gentle
man allowed that he and his wife would
go themselves, and soon after did go,
leaving behind a mad young man. Bet
he finally hit upon .the idea of harnessing
up the cow. This he did into the best
buggy. The cow was very docile until
he tried to drive her. When she felt
the weight of the wagon attached to her
she gave one bellow full of fright, and
with "tail over her back' she ran kicking
and plunging through the garden,
tramping the vegetables and knocking
down bean poles, the young man cling
ing on to the seat, howling for some one
to. stop her.
But nothing could stop her. Finally
a stone wall, got in her track and
cleared it in grand shape; but the buggy,
young man and harness were so badly
:ed up that a neighbor who came to
rescue could not tell ..one from..the -
other. The cow has not yet been seen,
hut the ruin she left behind will forever
lie a monument to her wrath.'' The
buggy was carried to the barn in a
bushel basket and the young man on a
stretcher.—Belfast (Me.) Age.
Oarsmen at Harvard.
1 noticed the other day in the papers
an item about Harvard college which, if
not an error, is a striking indication of
the growth and magitude of the athletic
spirit there. It was to the effect that
eightyjnembers of the freshman class
are candidates for their class crew.
What a change is this from a period
even so late as fifteen or twenty years
ago, when (at least so I understand from
the graduates of about that period) a
dozen men would be about the number
of freshmen who had this commendable
ambition. Of course the classes have
py MenHHmut-muueouiw ui
Ex-Senator Pomeroy’s Big Hotel Bill.
The judgment of $15,324.50 recently
issued by the supreme court of Kansas
in favor of the plaintiff in the case of
E. A. Smith against S. E. Pomeroy dates
back to 1873. Smith was proprietor of
the old “Tefft house” in Topeka, where
Pomeroy made his celebrated unsuccess
ful attempt to be re-elected United
States senator. Pomeroy quartered his
political friends at the “Tefft house”
during the campaign, creating a bill of
$19,324.50. After his defeat Pomeroy
paid Smith $4,000, claiming that was
enough. Smith thereupon instituted
proceedings in the district court of At
chison county for the balance. The debt,
including interest and costs, amounts to
about $20,000.—St. Louis Republic.
Figs Ripening Outdoors in Maine.
Mr. R. F. Gordon, of Livermore, writes;
I would like to say that 1 have a fig
tree, now ten years old, which is out of
doors and bears every year. It has
borne about forty ripe figs this year, and
now has several nearly ripe upon it, with
about 100 green. The fig does not ripen
the same year in which it forms, and the
fig tree does not blossom, but the fig is
JosmeA and grows from the under side
of a leaf to about the size of a large
acorn the first year, and the second year
to the size of a hen’s egg and then ripens.
—Lewiston Journal.
Fine and Oak Wedded.
A curiosity can he seen near Tarpon
Springs, Hillsborough county, where a
pine and oak have linked their fortunes
in strange wedlock. They are known
far anil near as the pine and oak, and
many an artist has carried, away their
counterfeit presentment.—Sanford Jour
nal.
An Unfinished Story.
If one Springfield baby didn’t have the
colic one night .recently, it is because
grapes agree with some infants. One of
the many baby carriages that line the
sidewalk while mothers are shopping
was pushed against a fruit stand the other
afternoon. By leaning over its occupant
could just reach the purple clusters in a
basket. And then one by one the grapes
went down baby’s throat, and jnst as
the little one reached for another cluster
mamma appeared.—Springfield Repub
lican.
Policeman Patrick Stark, of the Third
precinct, Ne^ York city, found the
champion scrupulous man while acting
as a census enumerator. He was J.
the modern student. 1 have seen so
many intellectual men hampered all
their lives by want of vigor, and so
many commonplace men succeed by dint
of nervous energy and nervous com
posure, so to say, that 1 don’t care how
much time the hoys spend in cultivating
their muscles and their physique.—Bos
ton Post.
Decay, the Universal Lav.
Let any thing in nature become lifeless
and inactive, and decay follows as a usual
sequence. Decay is the universal law.
Can you wonder when a,person feels con
stantly worn put and more than half dean,
that decay of the lungs or kidneys sets ru.
They say that decay of the lungs (con
sumption) and decay of the kidneys
(Bright’s disease) is i ncnrable. Who says
so? Only those experimental doctors
who have failed. Don’t despair. While
there’s life, there’s hope. In checking
decay of the lungs, oivkidneys, in prevent
ing further ulceration, it is essential that
all blood impurities should be removed,
and an alterative influence exerted upon,
the whole system. The appetite and
digestion must both be improved. Tho
nervous system soothed, and sleep, na
ture’s sweet restorer, invited and encour
aged. Energy must be aroused and men
tal depression banished. In this mo
mentous rallying effort Dr. John Bull’s
Sarsaparilla is an essential ally to nature.
Use this remedy. It has restored many
to health and strength, even after doctors
had given up all hope.
'' No Change.
yf. W. Welling, stamp clerk at the
postoffice, is very popular with the pub
lic, and his retnrn to duty after a few
weeks’ absence recently was hailed with
satisfaction by many. Mr. Welling has
an impediment in his speech. Shortly
after his return a well known business
man came to the window for soma
.stamps. Mr. Welling tore off a sheet
and threw out the change in his usual
brisk manner.
“Well, I see' your right hand hasn’t
forgotten its Cunning.” remarked thti
patron.
“No,” responded the clerk, without
changing his expression, “b-b-but my
t-t-t-tongue still c-c-c-cleaves to tho
r-r-roof of my m-m-mouth.”—Indian
apolis Journal
Grinker, of No. 76 East Broadway, who
refused- to give any information, as in
his opinion “it was a reflection upon the
United States government.”
Congress several years ago enacted a
law placing an import duty of $10 per
pound upon smoking opium brought into
this country. Notwithstanding this
heavy duty the regular importation of
opium through legal channels and upon
which duty was paid amounted to $1,500,-
000 last year.
A clever New York journalist, Frank
lin Fyles, recently produced a new play
“Overlook” at Boston, and critics
commend it as very entertaining, novel
and dramatic. Mr. Fyles has written
several plays, but “Overlook” is said to
be his strongest in conception anfl origi
nality.
How divine a thing a woman may he
made,” when her cold is cured by Dr,
Bull’s Cough Syrup.
“Mother, can I go out to fish !
“lio, no, my little sonny,
Yon know you’ve got a swouen toot,
My precious little honey.”
But they got a bottle of Salvation Oil,
and he went and caught an eel, and ate it
like a little man.
Crushed steel—made by crushing in a
stamp -rwill high carbon steel quenched
in cold water from an excessively high
temperature—is being used for cutting
stone. It is very hard, and cheaper and
more effective than emery.
Full Fare for the Corpse.
On a train from Aurora to Chicago
the other day a strange incident oc
curred. A poor man, accompanied by
three children, was bringing the corpse
of his wife to the city. He was provided
with a ten-trip ticket, and said he had
been told by the station authorities at
Aurora that the fare for himself and
children and the body of the wife could
be punched from the trip ticket. The
conductor insisted upon full fare for the
corpse, “and intimated that if he did
not get it he would have to put the body
off.” A disinterested passenger thought
the man had sufficient sorrow without
being compelled to argue with the con
ductor, and paid the fare.—Philadelphia
Ledger.
Weather signs conflict this year with
the usual regularity. A covey of part
ridges took shelter in a Norristown out-
shed, and the prophets predict a cold
winter on the strength of the visitation.
A swarm of bees H&ve celled np a home
near the top of a Sunbury oak tree, anil
the prophets predict a mild winter.
The emperor of Austria has subscribed
upward of £100,000 toward the various
funds which have been raised for the re
lief of the sufferers by the late floods in
his dominions. The archdukes, his
majesty’s brothers, have given £80.000
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