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Norway i« to adopt standard time
on January 1.
In 1*75 hailstones Raid to eigh
twenty ounces fell at in
Hpaiu.
The , J v eragfl annual rainfall over
41 ho whole earth is thirty-six
inchca.
A dog which cost the government
$10 - recently sold at tho New
- or* custom house for 50 cents.
i he World’s fair stockholders hnvo
received their dividends. The total
amount paid was $790,000,
*n the coal r< ion of Kansas tlmy
have begun t* iMim coal by electricity.
I wo coal cu11 rH, operated by 1< c
trieai current, art now in use, and the
result s arc very mtisfactory.
Tb s mean temperature of several
l*-«ding cjti* is as follows: Athens,
*J3 degre Boston, 49; Calcutta, 7H ;
barleston, ; Constantinople, 50;
* u '|* London, n « r,( >; Havana, 50; Mexico, 78; 00; Jerusalem, Moscow,
•
N “!'liH, 01; Baris, 61; Ht. Louis,
ban Francisco, 50; Bavannah, 07;
•Stockholm, 12; Washington, 50.
VI !oit Women’s Extravagance Does.
ft is always amusing to hear men
'■ompifiii) of the extravagance of women,
V ll ii, li it wero not for this so-called
'tune, manufacturers, jewelers,
lurrii importers, dross-makers,
r.H and milliners would have to
go out of tho business, lt takes an
ar'ny of trained artisans to get one
great lady ready for a ball, When
she is dre 1 from tho tip of her satin
ipper to the topmost diamond in her
tiara, shi is the product of a dozen
artistic trades and represents some of
Hie mightiest interests in commerce.
It ns the demand of tho fino things
of nil woman a adorning as well as the
slierifico of i no woman’s ornaments
Hiat led to tho discovery of tho new
World. I .xtravaganco in dress is only
i‘xtravag unco when women spend for
their dri •ss out of proportion to their
n <>r tln ir husband’s incomes. Tho
woman of wealth ought to spend of her
abundance in every direction. Com*
pnratively freaking tho poor are agreat
iii-al inory extravagant than tho rich.—
llo^ton, lU a in.
Hon’l Give up llie Ship!
•'»> 11 iii!- 1 • who, having experienced Itfc
i • IheiiiMe!von, advise tholr despairing:
i to ii ii ffostettor’B Stomach Bitters for
tlic c.i inblned i-\ i !m -liver complaint, ilyspep
aiaand irregularity of tho bowel*. Fruitful
of henofll ia the Hitters In malarial, rhou
tiinlie and ) dnoy troubles anil nervousness.
' so tho ureut remedy with persistence,
" hen you enn put out ft flro with kerosene
\ou Kiii drown trouble with whiskey.
Dr. Ki'mer’s S w amp- Hoot cures
"ll Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Bumphlet I.aboratory and Consultation free.
Binghamton, N. Y.
icy. Honesty is poor po’ley when it Is only pol¬
1I AI.K It ATMS TO WASHINGTON, D. C.t
X i:t ilii> Soiiilii-rn Hallway C’onipnny Lines
(I’ieilmonl Alr-Une.)
Ticket- on mi c August. 23 to 28. Good until
Sept. Pythias 6th, r -I in- iiing. For tho occasion Knights
of Conclave. The official anil only
•llr i route. Pullman vestibule trains with
iliuing cars. Fast mall trains.
c that your tickets road via tho o Southern so
an i know that yo u havo tho best. route.
individual tickets aold to everybody,
For pat tluuli i reapply to nearest Hg’t South
c 1 W. n Uy. Tunic,
X. O. P, A. Washington, I>. C.
s II. JlAKtiwtcit. A s’t Q. I’. A., Atlanta,Ga.
Unit'd i'alnrrti C-uro
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.
What They Nny.
These arc n l'cw sample statements about Dr.
King’s Hoyal Germet u r from people who have
Irlt-d It thoroughly: Mrs. E. J. Mcgee, Uno,
Hart. Co., Ky.: ‘‘Used it in my family six
ears; oneot ihehi-st medicines known.” J.
tru'd Isbell, Temple, Tex.: “Most efficient family
Iciim fur all purposes.” purposes. Jos. K. McKee,
Monk, Ga.: “Great reinedv; nothing like it,or
equal to it.” liev. H. 11. Rivers, D. 1).. Louis¬
ville, Ky.: "Greatest of all remedies.”
A l’rnrtlrnl A«c”
Is s lit tqritlirf far tin' present a re. "Of what
U-- c I < it f" ami "How - non will I gut my money
out of li f” aro ijuo-tion- always asked before
maLim; mi Investment of any kind. Bright,
intclliicnt >'"uu. ladies no longer spend their
time ui acquirin'.; useless no. 'onqilishiuents.
independent, Barents who wish to render their children
cannot d>> a wiser tiling than
give them a course in shorthand and typp
writing. For youtur liuitas it Is a tfi'nteal mill
tlie I'n'iisant work, ivml for young man it is often
tl'i sti'iqilntf atone to a hlirlier business posl
;h n. anil re Fqr terms, plete etc., school in the in tho best,most South, write thor
ou com
Miss M Nutt s School of Stenography Jr
H’l 1 ypcwritln lg., Wall 1.17 and 133 8. It. <& L. Assn
st., Knoxville, Teun.
Itleulion, Tourist.
The mint pleasant an I ch eapeat way to
roach Boston. New York, and the East is via
Central H ii trend anil Ocean Steam-hlp Com
£«"& T,M ' nto is $4 ‘.30 for the round trip.
Tickets Include all meals and
cai-io-of statero tho s supplied For informa with ion the all de li¬
sen-on. on
w ml,Ire-s an; agent of tYntrnI K. K.
t’nre Corn* With Physic.
Mf.rht as well try that as to attempt the cure
Tetter, Eczema, Ringworm and other cu
leous iitToethms absolutely with blood medicine. Tet
tie is t le onlv It safe a-ui certain
medy With cure is sure. It’s an otnt
ont. Shuptrino, 50 cents at druggists or by mail from
T. Savannah, Ga.
Karl's (’lover Ho a. the great b'ood purifier,
givestre> km line's and clearness to the com plox
and e uros c mstipution, 25 cts.. 50 i ts.. $1.
If iffii.'ted with -oreeyo< use Hr. I<aae Thomp¬
son's K'o-w\t r Drny gi-ts sell at 25 • per bottle.
ThatTif ad Feeling
Is dun to an impoverished condition of the
ldoo I. It should I' ' overcome without de
lay, an 1 tho best w ly to a -complish this re¬
sult is to take Hood’s S.iisaparlll.i, which
1* Hood’s Sarsa¬
parilla
^^Prongth ^Hnnd will tho purify and blood, an appetite l ' vital- give £ures
^Knn refre-hin produ-n* sweet
i * sleep. Be sure to get Hood’s
Sarsaparilla, and only Hood's.
Hood’s Pills cure uau-ea nod biliousness.
THE PROGRESS
SELF-TRAMPING
COTTON PRESS.
\Ly-art. 'tU y all-one. durable A
I reliable, raves tramping in
fSSaL-kfihf’ p^s/tu^ i- r r ss
> 50 raise hendle (o start an ml
IRr'to! Inw block sol* is automatically the
' topped, A Iso M ’Ur’s of
s:et “d I <!.•:.! Ilni I*re*».
1*1 egress *1 r K . t o.. P 0 B. *P Slcrldiuu, NIm.
RAMONS |l l t/ToNic Pellets. LIVER *—• >
TREATM ENT SttUSSSS:
At all s’ ores, or hr ms.' ©e. ilo tbte boi; 5 double boxsi
#1.1(0 ItU'HY.N »IF G t H.. .New York City.
HALMSMSzCftewiji|Gqm
*• Cu • .nid Prevents Mbe ma'ism. Ineige-rk-n, A v
A Lys- ep-lo. Heartburn, Uat&rri; him Asthma.
r u-i- ul in M.ariiiiu-1 Fever*, cleanse* t cT
A Teeth »n t Promotes the Appetite, sweet. •ns f A
V t u- llr nth Cure* the Tobacco K u tilt. Kudorset H-d
•'by the Mettles! Keen ty. tira«r< Semi for 10, 15 or as
A cent leoku bu.tr, or trtia 1 .Vet*,
f «*0. K UAtJS. J*» sat «t,, *«w Tot*.
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THE MONROE ADVERTISER, FORSYTH, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 7 , 1894 -EIGHT PAGES.
WILL.
Tw will be, what you will to be;
Let failure find its faiso content
la that poor word “environment,”
But spirit scorns it, and is free.
It masters tim* 1 , it conquers space,
It cows that boastful trickster chance |
And bids the tyrant Circumstance
Uncrown and fill a servant’s place
The human Will, that force unseen,
The offspring of a deathless 8oul,
Can hew the way to any goal,
Though walls of granite Intervene.
Be not Impatient in delay,
But wait as one who understands ;
When spirit rises and commands,
Tho gods are ready to obey.
The river seeking for the sea,
Confronts the dam an i precipice,
Yet knows it cannot fall or miss;
You will be. wiiat you will to be.
—Elia W. Wilcox, in Youth’s Companion.
4 HEEOINE.
I OW, Kitty, be
M sure tho pud
I ding goes over
I to boil at four
m a L | 'j—keep o’clock, and to
<j( an eye
Sj, iy! the roast meat,
f * ^P'i y don’t for the Deacon liko
‘ ~ r it
r ^J 7/J. burned.” “Yes, ma’am,
I’ll be sure and
mmm &7i\ -KSSSfc
r' ford, curtsey
iug prettily.
“And Kate,” said Deacon Osprey,
“don’t let strangers in, whatever you
do, for there’s that five hundred dol¬
lars in gold in the back bedroom
chest, and all the silver spoons. ”
“I will bo very careful, sir,” said
Kitty.
“Kitty! Kitty ! Come here and tie
my cravat,” said Bilas Osprey, who
was fidgetting before tho mirror.
Bo Kitty stood upon a footstool,
blushing and smiling, to tie Mr. Bilas’a
cravat for meeting.
“I wish you were going with us,
Kitty,” said the youug man, with his
chin elevated stiffly in the air. “Next
Sunday I’ll take you.”
“Oh, that will be nice,” said Kitty,
growing pinker and pinker, as her
slender fingers pulled out the bow,
and adjusted the ends. “Will that do
Mr. Silas?”
And Mrs. Osprey who had followed
her husband out to the solid-looking
old lumber-wagon, gave a meaning,
bank ward glance.
“I think Bilas is getting fond of our
Kitty,” said the mother sagely.
“Is he?” said the Deacon, with a
disturbed face. “But, wife, how little
wo know about her, except sinco tho
day she came here with her little bun¬
dle under her arm, asking for service. ”
“Yes, that’s very true,” said Mrs.
Ospsey ; “but she’s pretty aud smart,
and I know she’s good, and—”
“Silas! Bilas! Are you going to
stand tliero all day?” called out the
father, and so they drove away, with
Kitty standing at the lonely farm¬
house door, her silken brown curls
blown about in the dismal November
wind, and her blue eyes sparkling be¬
neath their prettily arched brows.
Bhe went back into the house, sing¬
ing softly under her breath, to pre¬
pare things for the tea-dinner which
tho hungry church-gjers would ex¬
pect when they returned—a brisk,
neat-handed little Phyllis, whose step
was scarce heavier on the pine floor
than a falling leaf would havo been.
She had put the pudding on to boil
as tho kitchen clock chimed four, and
rau down into tho cellar to get the
vegetables from their bins. She was
gone but a minute or two, but when
she returned, tho door leading up¬
stairs, which she had left closed, stood
wide open, and on the lower stair a
muddy footprint was distinctly iin
priuted.
Kitty’s heart stood still with unde¬
fined terror, as she remembered the
bag of twenty dollar gold pieces in the
big back chamber chest.
Ami while she stood there, holding
by the table for support, she could
hear confused footsteps upstairs, and
the murmur of deep voices.
Then there was more than one. Kit¬
ty’s first instinct—that of defending
her master's treasures to the last, even
wero it with her life—gave way to
more practical considerations. She
thought of flying out into tho road
and crying aloud for help, but then
she remembered with a pang of de¬
spair, how lonely was the desolate
hillside, with the nearest dwelling full
a mile distant.
“What can I do? Oh, what cau I
do?’’ thought Kitty, clasping both her
hands over her throbbing forehead.
But while her thoughts ran iu a
whirl and her heart beat tempestuously,
the footsteps neared the stairway—
the unwelcome guests were once more
coming down. Instinctively Kitty
shrank behind the rugged brick pro
lections of the old chimney.
Two stout-built, short men, dressed
m coarse gray slouched down into
re kitchen, with the easy confidence
of those who imagine themselves on
tirely without witnesses. lvitty lmd
never seen them before, yet they
seemed quite “posted as to the
various rooms in the straggling farm*
hons f
“Come on. Jim. T . wave got all „ we , re
likely to get in this confounded old
shanty, said one balancing his foot
on one of the iron fire-dogs, ’ and be
sides the folks will be home pres*
efiRy- afraid! jeermgly . .
“Sandy Bill _
called out the other, who was opening
and shutting the various cupboards
aud drawers about the apartment,
greedily eyeing their contents.
“Hallo! here's some silver spoons.”
“Stow ’em away and let’s be mov
mg,” said Bill. “Confound this bag!
it jingles like a string o’sleigh bells!”
“Well, come then, ” said the other,
discontentedly. “I opine five hun
dred ain’t a bail day’s work ; but some
how, I thought, from the looks of the
crib, there might be old silver or some
such grabbings.” lounged side by 6ide,
Aud they out, al
with a cool deliberation that was
most appalling to the trembling girl
who lurked in the shadow of the
jagged brick work.
But Kitty Clifford’s mind had been
vrork while ott?gd there i her
»««9lutiet* W At VftUmi, tfeftwj SftittaJ feff
UuMuJ'.y tviiM? ft
ha* 5 ! and shoulders, she sprang ont
of the house, by the back way, and
hastened through a lonely piece of
woods which formed a short cot to
tho road they must presently emerge
upon.
“They would be hidden awav some
where long before I could summon
help,” thought Kittv. “No-what
ever is done I must do mvself."
On either side the road was shut in
by stunted cedar bushes, mingled
with tho clever growth of the gleam
ing silver-birch, and Kitty knew she
could keep iD sight of them unseen.
“If they should see me! If they
should suspect mv errand,” thought
pof>r Kitty, with thrills of cold terror,
“Ob, it would Vie hard to be murdered
in these solitary woods; to have my
master think I stole the gold, and Mr.
Silas—*”
While the thoughts passed through
her mind, the ring of coming foot
steps echoed on the hard, frozen
ground. correct—they Kitty’s had conjecture taken had tho proved Hill
Road.
Onward, steadily onward, they
pushed, Kitty contriving to keep
nearly parallel with thorn, though she
had to fight her way through matted
vines and thorny bushes. Fortun
ately the wind had risen, and its
mournful, rustling sound through the
tree-tops, hid the noise she unavoid¬
ably made, else her detection would
have been little short of inevitable.
But w'ith every precaution the peril
was great. As 6he stepped uncon¬
sciously upon the fallen branch of a
decayed tree, it snapped beneath her
tread with a sharp, splintering sound!
The two men paused to listen, seemed
to consult together an instant, and
then turned quickly toward the very
copse in which she was hiding.
Poor Kitty ! She sank noiselessly
down liko a wounded bird, crouching
away in mortal terror. But, although
their footsteps almost touched the
fluttering ends of her brown shawl,
the gathering dusk stood her friend,
and tlkey passed by, unconscious of
her presence.
It was several minutes beforo Kitty
dared to rise once more to her feet;
and then they were half way up a
hill-side, dotted with blackened
stumps, where a charcoal burner’s
shanty, long unused, and in a ruinous
condition, stood, with its one unglazed
window seeming to survey tho valley
like an eye.
Kitty saw them disappear into this
hut—she saw them emerge once more,
descending the uneven slope with
long, running strides, and striking
once more into the road.
And when they passed the concealed
watcher, the muffled, jingling sound
that had heretofore aecomjJanied their
footsteps was gone.
“You’re a fool, Bill!” sullenly ex¬
claimed one, as they stopped to rest
on the edgo of the road, and the taller
stooped to drink from a clear little
stream, using tho hollow of his hand
as an impromptu goblet.
“No, 1 ain't a fool,” said Bill, dash¬
ing the bright drops away from his
mustache; “but I don’t see no use in
running unnecessary risks. Suppose
we should meet some one.?”
“We shan’t!”
“I’m none so sure of that. Anyway,
it’s best to be on the safe side, and
to-morrow night—”
Their voices lowered a little now,
died away into the distance, aud Kitty,
standing alone in the woods, tried to
collect her scattered thoughts into
some definite point of action.
“Shall I still follow them? or shall
I go up aud see if they have not hid¬
den their booty in that hut?”
For own moment she hesitated, then
she began to creep up the hill-sido
with weary feet and lagging limbs,
for fatigue and terror were beginning
to tell upon her slender frame.
It was nearly dark when she crossed
the moldering threshold and stood in
tho solitary cabin. Through the
started timbers of tho roof the steel
gray sky gleamed with unnatural light,
while the half-decayed boards of the
floor creaked and gave beneath her
weight. A fluttering noise in one
corner made her heart turn chill, and
tho next instant she perceived it was
but a dusky-winged bat, beating itself
against the beams aud rafters.
She stole tremulously forward to
look into the black, yawning chasm of
the mud chimney, the only place, as
it seemed to her, where anything as
large as the doctor’s canvas bag could
be concealed. And as she picked her
way a board sprung beneath her feet
—a board which had been loosely laid
across two beams without any secur¬
ing nail. Instinctively she stooped—
and there beforo her, wedg’d in be¬
tween the heavy timbers, over which
had lain tho board, was tho little can
vas bag!
She caught it iu both hands, lmg
giug it close to her breast, and hur
lied toward the door. But, as she ftd
vauced out of the close, November moldy air of
the cabin iuto the gray twi
light, tho strength seemed to die out
of her limbs, the vitality to ebb from
her heart.
“barely, sure y I am not ... going to
perish now she thought, wildly,
wneu the danger is all surmounted,
the peril all past! God will never let
me die m this lonely place
Tue half-murmured aspiration was
still ou her lips when all sense and
feeling left ner, and she sank utterly
unconscious ou the door-step wHU
the canvas bag still clasped to her
heart.
It was quite dark when the old
lumber-wagon rolled up to the door,
and Mrs. Osprey came into the house
carrying the extra snawl upon her
arm.
“Kitty 1 Kitty 1 Why, where is . the
child?”
In ram she called, The fire had
died out upon the hearth—the pan of
vegetables stood upon the table, jusi
as the girl had left it—the doors were
open, and, altogether, there was an
air of confused desolation about the
dark and dreary house.
“Deacon Osprey,” said the fright
ened matron, grasping her husband’s
arm, “what does this mean?”
The Deacon set his teeth tightly to
> gether, but made no answer. He
walked silently up stairs into the back
room, and presently returned,
1 “It means, wife,” he said, in a husky
voice—
i “Hush! said Mrs. Osprey, with a
start. “What's that?”
“(IcmstUmg at tbe door,” enid Silas,
1 filing t« it, And m ii# did ?<?»
« Sjfurst with §#ui
rain, and robed in se*ed, brier-torn !
garments, tottered forward into his ;
arms, and the bag of gold fell to the
kitchen floor with a dull, heavy sound. ;
“Kitty !” he cried ; “Mother, it is
Kitty, and she is dying!' ;
i
But Kitty Clifford was not dving—
she was only fainting from fatigue and
over exertion, and Mrs. Osprey’s kind
Iv care soon restored her to strength
and animation. The Deacon listened
silently to her story, and when she
had finished he stroked her bright j
hair down with a gentle touch. j
“Mv little girl,” he said, “you liavt !
been very brave.” ;
“Were you not frightened, Kittv?’
asked Silas, tenderly. ;
“Yes, but it was worse when I came I
to myself after that fainting fit in the ! j
cabin on the hill. O, it was so dar's
—-so dismal—so solitary, with owls !
hooting in the woods, and a bat flying
round and round close to the ceiling.’ 1
When Messrs. “Jim and Sandy Bill’
came after their secreted treasures the
next night, their state of minds maj
easily be fancied. But they nevei
suspected who the marplot w\as. Least
of all would they have dreamed of
pretty Kate Clifford, wdio was just en
gaged to bo married to Deacon Os<
prey’s son Silas.—New York News,
Curious Mode of Auctioneering.
The French mode of conducting
auctions is rather curious. In sales of
importance, such as of land, houses,
etc., the affair is placed in tho bauds
of a notary, who, for the time being,
becomes an auctioneer. The property,
whatever be its nature, is first exam¬
ined by competent judges, who fix
upon it a price, considerably less than
its value, but always sufficient to pre¬
vent any loss by a preconcerted plan
or combination of bidders. The prop¬
erty is then offered w r ith the fixed val¬
uation stated. The auctioneer is pro¬
vided with a number of small was
tapers, each capable of burning aboul
five minutes. As soon as a. bid is made
one of these tapers is placed in full
view of all interested parties and
lighted. If, before it expires, another
bid is offered, it is immediately extin¬
guished and a fresh taper placed in its
stead, and so on until one flickers and
dies out of itself, when the last bid
becomes irrevocable. This simple plau
prevents all contention among rival
bidders and affords a reasonable time
for reflection before making a higher
offer than the one preceding. By this
means, too, the auctioneer is pre¬
vented from exercising undue influ¬
ence upon the bidders or hastily ac¬
cepting the bid of a favorite. — Chi¬
cago Herald.
Tissue Lamp Shades Ai*e Dangerous.
With each new refinement of civil¬
ization there come new dangers. It
is sufficient to recall the horrible scare
of arsenic that followed the introduc¬
tion of green wall papers. The last
addition to the category of “deatkoin
the home” is not so far-reaching as
this, for it deals with tissue-pajier
lamp shades, which many hold ought
not to bo included either among re¬
finements or civilization. Dr. A.
Dupre describes a case of presumably
spontaneous ignition occurring with
one of these shades in the day time,
and analysis showed that the paper
was colored with inflammable chro¬
mate of lead. A dangerous fire was
only narrowly averted in consequence.
Yellow and pale green tissue papers
are especially to be avoided for lamp
shades unless it can be shown that
this risky substance is not present in
them. It is easily detected by setting
light to a piece of the paper and try¬
ing to blow it out again. Ordinary
paper is extinguished at once, but the
chromate will burn like touch paper
until the whole is consumed.—Chieagl
Times.
Where There Are No Odors.
“In that country once known as th<
‘Great American Desert,’ embracing a
portion of Texas and Arizona, there
are no odors,” said R. P. Senter, of
Dallas. “There luscious grapes and
many other fruits grow, especially
near the cross timber country, but
there is no perfume; wild flowers have
no smell, and carcasses of dead ani¬
mals, which in dry seasons aro very
plentiful, omit no odors. It was al¬
ways supjiosed to be a treeless plain,
upon which no plant could grow or
breathing thing could live, but a large
part of it is now successfully culti¬
vated, and but for the rarity of the
atmosphere, causing the peculiarity I
have named, and the mirages, which
are even more perfect than in the
Desert of Sahara, no one would look
upon it as a barren country now. An¬
other singular feature common to the
desert laud is that objects at a distance
appear greatly magnified, A fcfl
scraggy mesqnito bushes will look like
a noble forest; stakes driven into th^
ground will seem like telegraph poles.
—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Metals Are usefulness"^ Queer Things,
Bosiaes its coinage,
nickel is valuable as a non-corrosive
lflti ftnd for mflking German silver,
U is uow bein , utilized iu tho manu¬
facture of aralor fur ships, as an alloy
* ith gteel . Tho ugh not hard itself,
it makes the steel harder. Why thh
ia noboJv J knoW3 _ Metats are queer
thin j? 4 single olnty, patch of live acres
in arnett C Texas, contains
moro metallia elements than are to
be found in any other known place in
the world. In that little space are
found not only aickc i, goW , si j ver)
lead anJ tj but iarge Vftri etv of the
very rare meta Ls such as cerium, lan
thanum, erbirum, thorium and uraai
um. Cerium is used in medicine to
check the nausea of pregnancy.
Washington Star,
nonueriul Aluminum. ..
is
The wonderful new metal, alum
inum, now costs only fifty-five cents a
pound by the ton. The largest uses
of it are for billiard cues, dog collars,
hairpins and chair legs. The German
army, having adopted it for canteens,
spoons and forks, has authorized its
adoption as a material for flasks and
other vessels, in place of glass. Ex
periments authorized by the Emperor
proved that aluminum was not affected
by coffee, tea and other fluids. Pow¬
dered aluminum, mixed with chlorate
of potash, is now employed for flash
lights instead of magnesium. One
s.dvsuK»s€ that it has over the laite*
i »# thst it m*k«l fee
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
TO IRON A SHIRT.
Place the back of the sleeve smoo'h
ly on the table, iron it, turn nn l iron
other side smoothiv. ,
lace .u>
wristband smooth yon ae ;i" e, iron
™ wrong side first and teen
it on the rig i si- e. i ex monies
shoulder strap, t ion t.ie ntn '■■g.:
or c °Uar. Tue lattei “Fist >e t o.ie
extremely carefu ly, polishing: it see¬ l
!- r - Doable the back of tne . nr au
ou both sides, bprt-a; t.ie
shirt out, now, and iron all tie rou
except the bosom. 1 lace a pieoe o
b°ard, covered with flanne., nn er tie,
bosom, and iron it*xerv Htceiy. a
the shirt up to dry well, tuen »>> i
neat ’y au d put awai. New 15, ‘
vatch.
NEAT BUTTONHOLES.
Always mark the buttonholes and
be careful to accurately measure the
distance they are to be apart. Then
cut the first one and pass the button
through; mark the size of the res
with thread or chalk and cut them
with regular buttonhole scissors, then
overcast the edges with twist and bar
each hole—that is, take a long stitch
on each side, leaving the stitch ap¬
parently ou the surface, about one
sixteenth of an inch from the edge.
Begin at the back end of the button¬
hole and work the usual stitch, draw¬
ing the twist evenly and firmly, but
not too tightly, all along to the front
end ; work this around, almost, as if it
was an eyelet, very closely, then con¬
tinue up the other side till you come
to the back. This should be fasteue l
squarely by several neat stitches laid
loosely one on top of the other ; then
take all these up with buttonhole
stitch, forming a strong loop that will
hold the buttonhole firm as long as
the garment is wearable.—New York
World.
THE WAY TO PRESERVE CHINA.
In a certain primly kept house in
an old-fashioned country town it is a
family boast that not one bit of china
has been broken, cracked or “nicked”
in twenty-seven years. The last time
such a disaster occurred was when
some soldiers visited the place about
the close af the war. It is almost un¬
necessary to remark that no male
creature is a member of this note¬
worthy household, Three maiden
ladies, who were young when the
china-breaking troops came, compose
the family, and this is the way the rite
of dishwashing is conducted :
All the edibles are removed, and the
pretty, creamy china, with its purple
and gilt band, is carefully scraped
with a scrap of bread. To scrape with
a knife would be held a crime, Then
it is piled neatly on a low table about
the size of a sewing table. The cut
glass and old-fashioned silver are also
piled there.
Then one of the sisters takes her
place on a chair before it, and another
hers on the side. A big bowl of
water just large enough for the hands
to work in comfortably and soft cloths
are brought.
The articles are washed piece by
piece by one sister, the silver and
glass first, then the china. Then the
second sister dries them on soft linen
clothes, and places them on the other
table. No mops, no boiling water, no
piling of dishes and pouring water
over them is ever allowed. And that
is why the dishes are not cracked or
nicked, though they aro worn thin.
Besides, the process invests dishwash¬
ing with a, certain sort of poetry.—
Farm, Field and Fireside.
RECIPES.
Pork Croquettes—Mashed potatoes
and minced lean pork in equal parts.
One egg to each cupful of the mix¬
ture and butter or gravy enough to
make it soft. Roll out in balls and
fry in lard.
Jajfanese Fritters—Cut stale bread
into slices a half-inch thick, then cut
the slices in pieces about two inches
square. Make in French fritter bat¬
ter, soak these squares in the batter
for about one minute, and fry in boil¬
ing fat. When done, take out with a
skimmer, drain on brown paper and
serve very hot.
Sweet Potato Custard Pie—Stir
together thoroughly a cupful of
cooked, mashed and strained sweet
potatoes, a pint of milk, a pinch of
salt, two tablespoofuls of sugar, one
teaspoonful of ground cinnamon, a
teaspoonful of grated nutmeg and two
well beaten eggs. Bake with a bottom
crust only in a quick oven.
Eggs Sur le Plat—Butter the bot¬
tom of little egg basins, or one large
tin dish. Break one egg into each of
the basins, being careful not to break
the yolk; or six eggs may be broken
in the large dish. Sprinkle with salt
and pepper, and bake in a quick oven
until the yolks are set. Serve in the
dish in which they are cooked.
Asparagus and Toast—Wash clean,
cut in small pieces, put in slightly
salted water, boil a short time, pour
off water, add more boiling water;
boil till tender, then put in a lump of
butter, salt and pepper ; in the mean¬
time cut and toast two or three thin
slices of bread, spread with butter
and put in a deep dish, and over them
pour asparagus and gravy.
Bread Sticks—Add one yeast cake
to a half pint of lukewarm water, dis¬
solve, add half a teaspoonful of salt in
the beaten white of one egg and saf
ficent flour to make a dough; knead
well for ten minutes. Stand aside for
two hours. When light turn out on
the board, cut off small bits, and roll
them under the hands into eord-like
strips to fit pans. Stand in a warm
place for twenty minutes and bake fov
ten minutes in a quick oven. These
sticks are especially nice served with
salads.
Summer Lettuce Dressing—Tak
four tablespoon!uis of oil, two tea¬
spoonfuls of tarragon, a half tea¬
spoonful of salt and one-half teaspoon¬
ful of papiika, or Hungarian red pep¬
per. Add the salt and pepper to the
oil and mix them thoroughly. It is
best to first measure out one table¬
spoonful of the oil and mix the sea¬
soning with that, and then to add the
remainder. Add the vinegar, a drop
at a time, and stir vigorously. The
mixture should look like an emusion.
There ic na&de » conv«njcnt little
l$t diegpisfl fymim * drop »
in nsWai
Highest of all in leavening strength.— latest U. S. Got. Food Report.
Powder ing
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
Economy requires that in every receipt calling
for baking powder the Royal shall be used. It
will go further and make the food lighter, sweeter,
of finer flavor, more digestible and wholesome.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 WALL 8T., NEW YORK.
The Local Paper’s Power.
The immense power a local newspa¬
per possesses in attracting trade to the
town in which it is published or di¬
verting it into other channels can
hardly be estimated. Further, it is a
matter that it is seldom considered as
an important factor in a town’s pros¬
perity for the simple reason that busi¬
ness men do not give it thought. lie
who will impartially consider this
assertion will be convinced of the
truth of it. The local paper is nat¬
urally biased in favor of the place
of its publication and if given
a fair living patron ago by home busi¬
ness men will guard well their inter¬
ests, just as the merchant guards the
interests of his individual customer.
But if a niggarly support is doled out
to it, and it is compelled to solicit cus¬
tom from neighboring cities, it cannot
in justice to these patrons exert itself
in behalf of its own town as it other¬
wise would. Try a system of liberali¬
ty in the matter of advertising expen¬
diture and mark the result.— Slating
ton (Penn.) News.
The Discovery of Glass,
There is little nr nothing known
with certainty in regard to the inven¬
tion or discovery of glass. Some of
the oldest specimens are Egyptian, and
the age of certain glass vessels made
by that people which aro now kept in
the British museum is believed to bo
at least 4,194 years, dating back to the
year 2300 B. C. Transparent glass was
first used about 750 B. C. ; the credit
of this last discovery being given to
the Phoenicians. Tho old story of its
accidental discovery is familiar: Mer¬
chants who were resting their cooking
pots on blocks of subcarbonato of soda
found glass produced by the union,
under heat, of the alkali and the sands
of the desert.— Ex.
Those Endless Questions.
“Whoso funeral is that?”
“Gashwiler’s.”
“What! Is Gashwiler dead?”
“Not that I know of. Ho is prob¬
ably riding around in tho hearse for
the fun of the thing.”— Truth.
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Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to used. personal enjoyment who live when bet
rightly others and The enjoy many, life with
tet than more,
adapting less expenditure, by best more products promptly
the world’s to
the needs of physical being, will liquid attest
the value to health of the pure
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Its excellence Syrup of is Figs. due its presenting
to
in the form most acceptable and pleas¬
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beneficial properties of a
ative ; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid¬
neys, Liver and Bowels without -weak¬
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable 'figs substance. by all drug¬
Syrup in of is for sale but it is
gists ufactured 50c and $1 bottles, Fig Syrup man¬
by the California printed
Co. only, whose name is on every
package, also the name, Syrup will of Figs,
and being well informed, you not
accept any substitute if offered.
EDUCATION The Business Ga-Alabama College
Macon, Ga., conceded to be the largest and
most practical in the South is giving a Bus¬
iness, Pen-Art Shorthand, Normal, Telegraph board or
course for $25.00 and at
$9.00. Also giving to one worthy boy or
girl in each county a ful^course rnrr
Writeat once,enclosing stamp f || L. L,.
for particulars.
CD iii money; be-ides other valuable
premiums to good gue-sers.
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Sceolli-ri.i Home and ( noniry .llaenzine.
Price 25 c-nts. Sample Magnz ; ne can he seen and full
£3 P r' East icn!ar< obtained at this office. All Newsdealers, or,
loth Street, New Y rk City.
What to do with Milk Pails!
Clean them with Pearline. You can’t get
them so thoroughly sweet and pure in any
I , other way. Besides, it’s easier for you —
& quicker, more economical.
Si “The box and barrel churn are not hard
to keep clean. A little hot water and a little
Pearline will clean any churn or do away
with any bad odor .”—The Dairy World , Chicago.
6 Perhaps you think that some of the imita
tions of Pearline, that you’d be afraid to
\ 1 use in washing clothes, would do just as
nA well in work like this. They wouldn’t
' hurt tinware, certainly. But they wouldn’t
clean it, either, half as well as Pearline—besides, “don’t
play with the fire.” If your grocer sends you an imitation,
b?. honest—sgnd, it haste* **» vamsb m>s
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An Accommodating Prescription.
An old fellow from the back lots
came into a Piscataquis county drug
store not long ago bearing a big old
fashioned bottle which lie wanted tilled
with sulphur and ruin, lit' was very
talkative, and before the proprietor
could get a word in edgewise he went
on to explain:
“This is aliens the way 1 have it
tixed. I have sulphur up to thar”—
indicating with his linger a small space
at the bottom of the bottle — “an the
rest I have all rum. An this is the
way I use it: When I want a dose of
sulphur, w’y, 1 jes’ slinkVr up afore l
drink, an when I don’ wan’ no sul¬
phur, w’y, I don’ shiik’er. Sue?”—
Lewiato)i Journal.
Church quarrels, as a rule, are not
bred by those who belong to the church,
but by those who think the church bo
longs to them.— Ex.
DOCTOR’S BILLS SAVED.
Mineral Paint, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio.
Dr. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.:
Dear Sir —I ion glad
to say that the use of
your “Golden Medi
tty saved on I Diseovery ” has
1|| me many doc
tors’ hills, ns 1 have for
wg the past eleven years,
}'/ gi whenever needed, been
y using it for the erysip
elas and also for chron
V K io diarrhea, arid am
glad to say that it lias
l never failed. I have
Agjfe also recommended it
m to many of my medicine neigh
m '/W' bors, as it Is a
worth recommending.
J. Smith, Esq. JOSEPH SMITH.
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enriches the blood, thereby wholesome invigorating flesh the
system and building wasting up disoases.
when reduced by
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valuo by stamping tho name and price on the
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the middleman's profits. Our shoos equal custom
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Mills ami Machinery, all
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write u-i for prices.
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