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WORTH KNOWING.
Tt is now estimated that Chicago’s
drainage canal system will cost S*«15,
000,000.
In Germany the forest land owned
by the state is 38 per cent of nil forest
landa.
Lunar halos are sometimes large .
and sometimes small because they are
formed at different heights in the air.
•Silver tarnishes when exposed to
the light becan of the actinic or i
chemical property ] M)fW cased by the i
rays of the sun.
Bodies of moths are covered with a
thick down because the insects require ’
protection from the dampness of the ;
night.
White clothing is cool because it re¬
flects the heat of the sun; black cloth¬
ing is warm because it absorbs both
heat and light.
Tins eyeball is white because the
blood vewseln that feed its substance
nre ho small that they do not admit
the red corpuscles.
The no fermented wine, such as wasa
cause of offense to the \V C T lb at i
('lirtiitHtiquii, i* Hold in various places. !
& Ud is mixed with the milkshake to give
"ops reetncHH and life, and is retailed at
where the actual process of press
ing the juice from the grapes goes on
under the eye of the consumer.
The bunk of England has fewer notes
in circulation than it had fifteen years
ago, ami the total active note circula¬
tion of England is hardly greater than
when the act of 1841 patted. Banknotes
nre used much less in bm-iin hh than for¬
merly, other mean* of exchange having
taken the place
CiircK Thai f*»ll!■ U mi’i J ITVrt
Arc b oti^lii about by the use iif ilostetter't.
StniQMch Hitlers, fo- ieimst anumif American
family remedies. It emi ni -in, neura'eia,
• 'yHlK'jmia, liver coin;iliiiut, mala a and ner
vimu comRlnints see umb to this rid able
remedy, ll on■ flu herd hi work Ihoroii-dilr,
nr»d those who us ■ it tv op a irullfui harvest
of health, l’by-h inn- of tho lir t Standing
enifimciid It.
A Ml ml-Wreck lug Task.
“It, is impossible!” she exclaimed,
“f am foiled,” and she threw the pen
despairingly from her.
“Whiiit ih the matter?” asked her
taother.\ writing Herbert and tried
“I was to
to spell hf* college yell.”
Till-: III \ I It FA I ft AT MACON. HA.
Out* Furr Hum From All Points -lininnisi*
Prrpni uiIons Mnminotli IIiiIIiUum”.
A 4 J rit tt l'.*Ji« , r|»rlse lor lirorgln.
A round trip rtW<.; of ono fare from all Ohio
r vi-r points will h« rnnl« I to I }>•- (in-at Dixie
Kslr w tili’h Is to Kivon at. Macon next
month. Mr. II. A. Macdonald, general pas
M-nurr audit Railroad, of the (Jenrgia Southern arid
Flor.da at a rneetlnu -if the South¬
ern I’lissenucr A-Miclnti'-n he'd recently in
N-w York, mtiii-i d i his < onoc-slon in favor of
tho gii)U exhibition, add nil things indicate
Hint the exposition wilt lie a wonderful suc
tesN. Most extensive vVock buildings, lias been done
upon tin- grounds and t’entra!
€ allVe 'It y Park, wtih where the Mu: show exhiliition will he lie buil-t- d, is
workiu u. N,ew
inus and at aides nre lieiip; erected, while the
naturally I ho most perfecl beftutitul order. uroufids Much are work being put l.i
was re
iiulred, but ii lias bceii done Iransformation rapidly a d
thoroughly and n wonderful
lias been worked nl the park. The main
building will cover twice as much being area as any
other building in the mater- R 1* so ar¬
exhibitors. ranged as to give the greatest advantage to
Tho people of Macon and .11
Central Hoorgia are highly enliuisia tic about
the fair and are giving liberally I'O. of their time
and money to t lie enterp
'l M *.» •*< .v 111 V G w^| it. mv <vt> many |*OO ]»10
Horn abroad to (leorgia, more partioularlv
people irom the West and Northwest now
djssnti-tied t ion, who will in that take now advantage poverty-stricken of he low sre
will t ra 1 os
that be offered to the exposition, to visit
the empire state of the South with ft view of
i joining hanging their will location. Georgia anil all ad¬
states he largely benefited by this
immigrat Tho loti.
fair is to be held at a most opportune
time. In October the farmers of the North¬
west and West have gathered their harvest
and to a great extent have marketed their
i rons, and wii Ii such money in their pockets
a* their toil brings them, are in a condition
to travel if they dpsire to do so, either to seek
a new loca ion or for health anil recreation.
When you nre going to use spices of
any kind or popper, get tho whole
grain* and grind them yourself. Then
yum will not run tho risk of spoiling
your viands with pulverized chips.
“A I’rncili-al Aai*’'
I* a fit epithet fur the p-esent are. “Of what
u-o i* itami "How Minn will I get my money
out of it ?" are que-tion- alwavs asked before
making an investment of any kind. Bright,
intelligent young ladies no Ion :er spend 'heir
time Parents in acquiring who wish nselc*s ac -onuilishments.
to render their children
independent, give them cannot d > a wiser tiling than
a course in shorthand and type¬
writing. For young ladies it is a genteel and
pleasant the stepping work, and for young men it is often
stone to a higher business posi¬
tion. For terms, etc., in i he best, most thor¬
ough and complete school in the South, write
Miss Mi Nutt’s School of Stenography Ar
Typewriting. H'ldg., Wall 137 and 130 S, B. 1 ,. Assn
St., Knoxville, Term.
T.iero is more Catarrh in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until tin* last f-»\v years was supposed t i ho
i neural ile. tor a ijroat many years doctors pro¬
nounced it a local d sense, and prescribed local
remedies and by co istantly faiiinp: to euro
ujth local treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to bo a constitu¬
tional disease and therefore requires constitu¬
tional treatment. Hall’s c atarrh Cure, man
ufact i rod by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio,
is the only constitutions cureoi the market,
it is taken internally in do>es from 1"drops to
a toaspoonful. it acts directly on tho blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars f. r any case it fails to
cure. ■ St '»d tor circulars and testimonial*
free. Address
|3r Kolu ,, by , tU’ Druggists, ,T - r,IKNKY 75c. * Co., Toledo, O.
He who admires him-elf is short of the com
tnotiity when it comes to consider others.
Dr. Kilmer's Sw amp-Hoot cures
a'l Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet Laboratory and Binghamton, Consultation free.
N. Y.
Young man, you had better starve your body
ban to fail to f > ed your mind.
Karl's Clover Root, the great b'ood purifier,
(Ives and freshness and clearness to the comi*iex
oa cures constipation. 25 c s., 50 ets,. $1.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens tho gums, reduces inflamma¬
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. Hoc. s. bottle
If afflicted with sore eve- use Dr. Isaac Thomp¬
son's Rye-water. Druggists sell ai - -W ]s>r tsit t !e.
The Testimonials
Published in behalf of Hood’s Sarsaparilla
are not purchased, nor ar*> they written up
in our offh'f*. nor arc thev from onr employes*.
They are fivts from truthful people proving,
as turely an anythin - cm be prov • i brdi
re«M, personal, positive evidence, that
1-1 J- ood’s Sarsa
pa villa
Be Sure Hoo 1’s to get retires
Hood's PHI* cure nausea, sic* headache, ltd 1
fostion. bill >u»aess. Sold by dll dra.gDU.
CORN iu Here r I* is u<I e n price e. Failure uot When of up fortv- to all aa is
; are wo Ufe-tiniB
miportutillies ej $10 to speculate Yu e u b i !0i» bush
- ou niargiu a-.d j, c bcitfit ut nil
adv.inera saute .is if i- »Ul o itr gbt Stud for
our tree tiookiet "U • > t t' r VAN WIN
KLL A CO.. K> I* lilt Street, Ch-ca^u
LEARN TELEGRAPHY,
HrHmiuiI IIih'iu'.- uni! isi> rlHaml.
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THE MONROE ADVERTISER, FORSTHY OA. TEES DAY, OCTOBER 2, 1894.—EIGHT PAGES.
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
A Wondering Youth—A Falsc'Repoft
—- Probably Not—The Acquirement
of Culture— Departed Fame—
Woman’s Pleasure, Etc.
Of ev’ry form of nrt she’s fon I:
She's fond of hrE’-s-hrae and lace,
*Twixt her and painting there's a bond
That nothing ever can displace.
Ton 1 of mine and she sings,
S't*'» very fon l of po -try :
’f << sir i litre tint, fon4 of h 1! goo 1 thing*,
In no way is she fond of me I
—Judge.
a false kepobt.
Brown — “I hear you are the happy
father of twins.”
Jones—“I am the father of twins.”
Life.
GUILTLESS.
Manager—“There lias been consid
crable thieving going . on . here . lately.” ..
* rin Jf s Wonder—“You don't im
a \ ne 1 hnd a iu ^ you?”
Llfc f '
-
PROBABLY NOT.
Etlml Knox—“George says he
couldn’t live without me.”
Knox — “I doubt if either of you
could live without me.”—New York
World.
EQUIVALENT TO A REJECTION.
George (seriously) — “Do you think
your father would object to my mar¬
ry in gyou?”
Ada — “I don’t know; if lie’s any¬
thing like me he would.”—Tid-Bits.
AN At'OLOOY.
Mother —“Did that young man
apologize for kissing you?”
Daughter—“Yes, mamma, aud lie
di l it so nicely that I kissed him to
show how freely ho was forgiven.”—
Detroit Free Press.
WOMAN’S PLEASURE.
Clara (at ,Santa Cruz) -“That letter
seems to have made you very happy.”
lSIay--“Yes; it is from Jack, He
lias heard that I am flirting terribly,
and is delightfully angry about it. ”—
Oakland Echoes.
( AUGHT IN TIME.
“Mrs. Carson—I hear it was a run¬
away match. ”
Mrs. Yokes—“Yes. The bride and
her father caught up to him--with a
preacher—when he was trying to
escape.”—New York Herald.
THE ACQUIREMENT OF CULTURE.
“Do you consider travel essential
to an education?” asked the young
man.
“Not if you live in Boston,” re¬
plied the young woman with blue
glasses.—Washington Star.
DEPARTED UADIE.
“You don’t flonm as well known in
this city us you were at home, "said
the visitor.
“I’m not,” answered the young
mau proudly,” “I don’t owe anybody
here a cent.”—Washington Star.
AVEAR AND TEAR.
Wife — “That last set of china is the
best we ever had.”
Husband— “U’m! It’s all gone,
isn’t it?”
Wife—“Yes; but just think, dear I
It lasted four girls aud a half.”—
Puck.
NEVER IDLE.
Baseball Crank—“Why, Doctor!
What aro you doing out here?”
Doctor—“Oh, just killing time !”
Baseball Crauk—“Great Scott! I
should think you would leave your
business at home when you come to a
place of this kind !”—Puck.
A CHRONIC STATE.
"Weary Watkins—“What do you
think of that? This here paper says
that you oughtn’t to eat when you
are tired.”
Hungry Higgins—“I think it is a
scheme put up to starve us fellers to
death.”—Indianapolis Journal.
BLARNEY.
Exasperated Young Mistress (after a
wordy argument with her cook) —
“Why, Bridget, it’s perfectly absurd!
Either you or I must be crazy. ”
Bridget (proudly) — “Sure and I
wouldn't be so bold as to think ye had
no more sinse than to keep a crazy
cook.”—Truth.
A HOUSEHOLD CONVENIENCE.
Mrs. Tidey—“I never knew till I
married Arthur how much a full beard
lightens the duties of a housekeeper.”
Visiting Friend—“Why, what has a
full beard to do with housekeeping,
Laura?”
Mrs. Tidey— “It makes such a nice
crumb-catcher.”—Judge.
HE WAS STILL FIGHTING.
Veteran—“Well, sir, I fought for
the liberty of the home.”
Stranger—“So did I, sir, and am
still fighting for it.”
“Indeed, what regiment were you
in?”
“No regiment, sir, but I’m married,
aud wife rules the roost. ”
my *
UNCLE SAM AS A TASK-MA-TER.
_ ... ship protector , ,
as your patent -
the one to keep off torpedo boats—a
success?”
“Very successful—made a pile of
money out of it. ’
“What are you at work on now?”
“A torpedo boat that’ll blow the
protectoi all to pieces.”—Life.
HER IDEA AND HIS.
“There’s one tine thing about our
wedding present, Tom, dear,” she
said. “ There wasa t a duplicate in
the lot.
“That’s true; worse luck,” sighed
lorn. II e haven t any excuse for
disposing oi any of’em now, and times
are awfully hard.”—Harper's Bazar.
a great compliment,
She had rejected him and it
him sore, and he was kicking.
“Why,” eke said, “you
bars paid m* n higher compliment
than by asking me to marry vou, ”
He picked up his hat to go.
“And yon could not have done me
a greater favor than to refuse me,” ha
replied, with scorn.
Three month later th iv were mar*
ried. — Detroit Free Press.
ANOTHER SORT.
Phrenologist—“The bump of phil¬
oprogenitiveness is very largely* de¬
veloped.”
Old GrufHeigh—“What's that?”
Phrenologist — “Philoprogenitive¬
ness? Ahem! That is love for chil¬
dren. ”
Old Gruffleigh- “It that so? Well,
Mr. Bnmpist, I got that swelling
through a fall while chasing them
peskv bovs off bit lawn.” —New York
World.
TnF. EFFECT OF FEAR.
“Snakes kin charm birds, and no
mistake,” said the man with the gin¬
ger beard. “Leastwise, it is more of
a sheer than it is anything like the
bird gettin’ stuck on the snake, or
anything ...... that T I , know it by
way. res
cuing a hen of mine oncet that wuz
charmed by a black snake
1 8 P° se he * featbers ^ned
1U . ft 61D 8 le nl S ht « eh? asked the fil¬
cer.
“Naw,” said the man with the gin¬
ger beard. “But the aig she laid the
next morning was petrified with tho
fright she’d had.”—Indianapolis Jour*
nai.
A NEIGHBORLY NEIGHBORHOOD.
Boy—“Mother wants to know if
you won t lend her your carpet
sweeper?”
“New Neighbor—“I h.^yen’t any.”
I t We saw one unloaded from the
’
wagon.
“That wasn’t a carpet sweeper. It
lawn ’
was a mower.
“Gee whiz ! I don’t know what I’ll
do now. If I tell her it was a lawn
mower she’ll want to borrow that, and
then I’ll have to push it. I wish you’d
send out and buy a carpet sweeper,
and please don’t use your lawn mower
until we move away.”—Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telegraph.
AN UNFORTUNATE WORD.
Two families were recently greatly
distil rbed over a telegram. A son and
a daughter of these families had mar
rie l and gone away on a bridal tour
of three weeks or a m^ntli, as the case
might be. Two days after the three
weeks were lip the bride’s parents re
ceived a telegram, which read :
•‘Have had a row with my husband.
Am comiug home.— Ivi$#/.” would
To say this was not startling
ho to say what was not true, and the
bride’s parents at once hastened to the
home of the groom’s parents, only to
find there a similar message, except
that it read, “Have had a row with
my wife.” Messages were wired at
oncoj but no replies were received, ns
the couple had evidently started horns
mi mediately after they had sent their
communications. Then there followed
an anxious waiting, and thirty-six
hours later the facetious and happy
couple turned up smiling, with the ex
plauation that it was a row on the
river they were talking? about, and
they weren’t to blame if the telegraph
didn’t pronounce words correctly.
Detroit Free Press.
How Slate is Mines!.
The manner in which slate is mined
and , cut up for , purposes , vo winch it is
applied is a process that is known to
only a few people because slate is not
found m many places m this country,
its principal , sources ... benig in upper
Jsew England and Eastern I eiinsy -
vaunt. It is not taken out of shafts
but it is _ quarried out ot big holes in
the earth. Some time ago "hen the
writer was at Bangor, Penn., he was
invited to go down into one ot tuo
quarries, about 200 ±eet deep, and
over-hand on a rope, but he declined
the invitation, as I think most inex
perieuced persons would do. The
slate is blasted out m huge blocks and
is hoisted out by steam and turned
over to the men who know how tore
,I„ce it to tho proper sire. Huge
blocks of it are taken in hand by these
workmen, who cut a mtch into one
end of each piece. Then they take a
chisel and a mallet, and they are so
skillful in directing their blows that
they can split the blocks of slate in
almost any way they please. If vou
watch the slab on which one Or them
is working you will see a little Fair
line 6 runnino- wfl/faUt'onT through it and eithei^side presently
the block rnaTk
of this 1 go^stra'fght^Hnro^gh The workman ?ho wfillmake mtd
thisffl ine
die or to either corner just as he likes.
I do not know just how he does it, but
he invariably accomplishes what he
sets out to do.
The smaller pieces thus produced
are taken in hand by another set of
men, who split them up into sheets of
the proper thickness for roofing slate.
This they do with a long bladed in
strument about the shape of a putty
knife, but many times larger, and if
J you how saw they them got do the it sheets you would oft without marvel
breaking them and also how they
could split them so thin, borne of
these men can take a sheet of slate
only one inch thick and split it thirty
two times. The usual number ot di
visions is sixteen. TLese sheets are
taken and cut into squares by machin¬
ery.
'A her ever there are slatei qnarries
-J ou " lll hnd f ? reat mau v V ' elshmen,
-
for the t best slaters come from . \\ ales.
! Boys follow the trade of their fathers,
! and there are whole families and set
tlemeats who know uo other means of
earning a living.—St. Louis Star-Say¬
ings.
Afflictions ot the Hreat.
Some curious figures are published
in reference to the afflictions from
which the sovereigns and statesmen of
Europe suffer. The ear seems to be
the weak point of roval personages.
xhe Queeu of Denmark is stone deaf,
tiie p r i nee6s of Wales’s hearing is
slightly defective, and the Emperor of
Germany has to pack his ear;- with
cot tou ‘wool. Among statesmen the
eve is th-* tender spot One of the
chief reasons for Mr. Gladstone's re
tirement w s defective vision, and
Signor Crisps. Prime Mim-ter of Italy,
! and Sir William Hareonrt, leader of
the Hons-.- of Commons, have also
j much trouble with ^heir eyes.—New
York Recorder,
*TTTT<! AAAIj T l-<Ai \ PT -0*1.0
THEY ARE A PECULIAR AND IN¬
TERESTING PEOPLE.
A Great Proportion of the Race Are
Pagans—Gear Hunting Their Pur¬
suit—Reindeer Their Stand¬
by—Lapp Lovemakinr.
T Y TIE peculiar and 1 Laplanders interesting in their are appear.inee a people— peculiar
an in their habits; interest
log m that we Americans always find
interest in everything strange with
which we come in contact or ibout
which we he ar. It was in tlie s reets
of Hammerfest that I first came ipon
one of these people, writes Af M.
Dewey in the Washington Star, ’ 'nrn
ing round the corner of one of the ill
built houses, I suddenly ran over a
diminutive little personage in a white
woolen tunic, bordered with red and
yellow stripes, green trousers, fastened
round the ankles, and reindeer ooots
curving up at the toes like Turkish
slippers. On her head—for notwith¬
standing the trousers it turned out to
be a woman—was perched a colored
cap, fitting closely around tin face
and running up at the back into an
overarching peak of red cloth. Into
this peak was crammed, I afterward
learned, a piece of hollow wood veigh
ing about a quarter of a pound, into
which is fitted the wearer’s bad; hair ;
so that perhaps, after all, tkeie does
exist a more convenient eoiffme than
p dris bonnct . f IardIv hai a taken
off my hat and bowel unintentional a thinsand
apologies for ray rude
ness to the fair wearer of tkf green
before a couple of Lapp
gentlemen hove in sight. Th v were
dressed pretty much like their com
panion, except that an queerjhelmet ordinary red
night-cap replaced the
worn by the lady. The tunjls, too,
may have been a trifle shorter* None
of the three were handsome* High
cheek Mongol bones, short eyelashes noses, Ijblique
eyes, no a d euor
mous mouths, made up a oast of
features which their burr -sienna
complexion and hair - did m : much
enhance. Their expression ojjounte
nancewas not unintelligent, d there
was twinkle a merry, in their half-timid, which half-3mniug
eyes lwninded
mo of faces I had met do ? ray
travels in some of the more fleeted
districts of Europe, SomeUhnolo
gists, indeed, are inclined tjreckon
Ida Celtic Laplanders lamiiy. as a branclijof I the
Even at this late day a giffit Jns, pro
portion of this race are pa and
even the most intelligent amjHg them
remain slaves to the grosseswipersti
tion. "YV hen a couple is to bgparriecl,
H a priest happens to be inasne wmy
they will send tor him, permjjfs out of
complaisance, lady’s pap* merely but other strikes wise aiint |e young and
steel togetner, aud the ctjmony is
n °t the less irrevocably a|l ampleted,
When they die a hatchet a
and steel are invaiiably biied with
the deceased, in ease lie s < ’nlA-h find
himself chilly on his longWo Urne y.
When they go bear hunting, .-the most
important business m theirii ve s—it is
a sorce^^, witu no other lyfensethan
his incantations, who marene ^at Tne
head of the procession. In he ir
ternalarrangement of their hits it is
not a room to themselves, but, a door
to themselves, that is assignen to their
womankind; for woe betide a hunter
if a woman has ever crofsed the
threshoId over which h8 salli(S to tUe
cW . and for three day3 ot - ter tha
slaughter of his prev he must live
apart from the female portion of his
| am j]y i n order to appease the evil
ded ty tyhose familiar he is supposed to
have destro yed. It would be useless
to a p dem pp to recount the innrmera 'le
occas i OIls on which the ancient rite 3 of
jumula are still interpolated among
■
cimsidan observances they pro
f esg to haye adopt ed.
Their manner of life is strange
enough Here and there as we strolled
o-n.sK e tie UUo a as °
,
^ook amon^ I a r Toek°s m e g r trlr
temporary 'v the w(>uld b e
l^'L^r S places oUbqde i^anvae In
thev Uve
teuts; during winter, when the snow
lies deep ou the around, the forest
T lft , } Vl1 , hnild bnts in the braoebps nf
tre o ; and so live i ike birds. Their tents
or huts are usua n y hexagonal in form,
with fire ia til0 ce nter, the smoke from
wbich rises through a hole in the roof, i
The men and women occupy different |
■ ", :. Ram 1 “ „ anartment Vr ‘ but a
, ^ pole laid , across the space between
the ^ s { mbohz f a \ 1 deal pftldltlon '.
^“ tS . ^nd .
em Tn Tbelr LaLW
t av is the moat honorable !
exploit a Lapp hero can achieve. The | !
flesh of the shiughtered beast becomes
the property, not of the man who !
kilIed itj but of him who discovered
its trail, and the skin is hung upon a
J le for t h 8 wives of all who tookpart
u tUe expedition to shoot at with
their eves bandaged. "pierces Fortunate ig
whose arrow "become the trophy.
Xot onlv does it her prize,
hnt in the e^-es of the whole settle
ment her husband is looked upon
thenceforth as the the most chase fortjmate is^oing of
men _ As long fTre as °stir on
women not allowed- to
abroad, but as soon as the party have
sa f e ]r brought home their booty, the
xvhofe female population "having issue from
their tents, and, deliberated
chewed some bark from a species of
hasbands’' alder, thev spit the red juicy, in their
faces, typifying thereby the
blood of the beast, which lias been
shed in an honorable manner.
Although the forests, the r ivers and
the sea supply them in a gr$*at meas
ure with their food, it is upon the
reindeer that the Laplander is depen
dent for every other comfort in life,
The reindeer is his estate, his horse,
hi* cow, his companion and friend ;
he has twenty-two different names for
him. His coat, trousers affd shoes
are made from reindeer skin,/ stitched
with thread manufactured from the
nerves and sinews of the safne beast.
Reindeer milk is the most important
item of his dier. Oat of f reindeer
horns are made most of th e utensils
use ! in his domestic economy, and it
is the reindeer that carries his baggage
aud drags his -ledge. Moreover, so
just an appreciation has the creature
of what is due to his own tax~hi(n m erit, that
it his owner seeks to beyond
his strength, he not onlv becomes res
tive. but o'tea actually turn* upon
the inconsiderate jehu who has over*
driven him. When, tuerefore, ft Lapp
is in a great hurry, instead of taking
to his sledge, he puts on a pair of
skates twice as long as his own body,
and so dies on the Wings of the wind.
J Every Laplander, however, has his
dozen or two of deer; and the docks
of a Lapp Croesus amount sometimes
| to two thousand head. As soon as a
j young lady is born—after having been
! duly rolled in the sjiow—she is dow
ered by her father with a certain num*
] her of deer, which are immediately
1 randed with her initials, and thence
forth kept apart as her especial prop
ertv. In proportion as they’ increase
and multiply does her chance improve
for making a desirable match in mar
riage.
Lapp courtships are conducted in
pretty much the same fashion as in
other parts of the world. The aspirant
to a lady's hand as soon as he discov¬
ers that he has lost bis heart, goes oft
in search of a friend an 1 a bottle or
brandy. The friend enters the tent
of the fair maiden’s parents an 1 opens,
simultaneously, the brandy aud his
business, while the lover remains out¬
side eugaged in hewing wood or some
other menial employment. If, after
the brandy and proposal have been
discussed, the eloquence of the friend
prevails, the suitor is himself called
into the inclosure, and the young peo¬
ple are allowed to rub noses, The
bride to be then accepts from her suit¬
or the present of a raiudeer tongue,
and the espousals are considered con¬
cluded. The marriage does not take
place for three years afterward; and
during the interval the lover is obliged
to labor in the service of his father
in-law as diligently as did Jacob serve
for his long loved Rachel.
No lied Clover Honey.
“ iVhy do we never have red clover
honey for sale?” said the dealer.
“Well, for the simple reason that
there is never any red clover honey
made by honey bees, There is n
blossom so rich in stores of sweetness
as the red clover blossom, as every
schoolboy whose privilege it is t >
pluck and suck their nectar well
knows. But the honey bee never col¬
lects those sweets for its use, because
it cannot. The corolla tube of the red
clover is so deep and small that the
bee cannot reach the houey stored at
the base of the tube. The bee knows
this, and if you will think a moment
you will remember that yon never saw
a honey bee, either wild or a hive
dweller, on a red clover blossom.
“These wise and busy insects do not
waste their time in efforts to obtain
sweets that are beyond their reach.
But the lumbering bumble-bee levies
tribute on every red clover patch iu
his bailiwick, As smart as the honey
bee is, it has yet to learn a trick that
is as old as the hills to it3 big and
more stupid-seeming cousin, When
the bumble bee lights on a head of
red clover he punctures a hole in tha
base of the corolla auu, thrusting iu
his proboscis, sucks out tie nectar G
used to be a favorite but crwol pastime
among the boys of the rural districts
to capture the bumblebee, pull it
apart, and take out its honey bag—a
transparent sack as big as a small pea,
filled with the most delicate of houey,
the honey of the red clover—and eat
the sweet morsel, or, rather, let it
burst in the mouth and spill its drop
of incomparable nectar. Any oue who
has thus robbed the bumble bee of its
life aud its hoard of sw r eets will never
forget tho delicious qualitv of the
houey thus obtained. Unfortunately,
this big, clumsy bee is nob much of a
honey maker. You might rob a score
of bumble bee nests aud not get a
quarter of a pouud of honey ; and, be¬
sides, these nests are few and far be¬
tween. Consequently we will have to
wait until the hive bee learns to drill
into the blossom to get the nectar be¬
fore wo can have red clover honey for
our buckwheat cakes and waffles.
New York 8uu.
Teaching Deal Mutes to Speak,
In begianiu? to teach deaf mutes
the art of speech they are first placed
before a mirror aud tau ^' ht to for;u
Wlth their H P S the different vowel
“f B “’ “
a “* Sounds are produced not
, l t , J. r hp Ut by , la
*be y vibration 3 , y . e of , S which ) , , is - the stiong- ?- 7 ° X ’
est l n !, he r ,pf lon kn .” W ^ aS th f -“ A ? ani 6
apple ' rh e pnp f plaCe ®
! bmt ip °, n ° hlS n • 18 ma " t . ® 1 S / V ', J ^ \ ' n X
1D hl f ! ^f t l !h^1 t Then p’
°
w ^ en 1S in P 0: » se s9ion oi these elc
ments of speech, \ he has onlv to com
biae lhQm n order to produce sylla
bles, words and phrases. The lips of
^af mutes are always far less supple
thau * oped those aud °, f persoa3 consequently 110 f mal! >' ^
ve ’ require
>J need st 1 e “ at [ be . c tau ht k , ® lhe e p u -' e 1 J s ’ eS a f ' 1 z r y
”
are alwa - rs on * le ^aten to supply in*
f °rma ion usually lurmshec. by neai
iag ’ but the “% a J e a ^f. in
s ff at i .? ower ut fixedness, so 4 dial l tue
aifcen1 j lo n may be concentrated ^ wun
° at dlver31 °“ ^pou tne lips ot any
per&on s P eatan 3- ^ hlca S°
0da la * e 01 a ti>x -
The following is a curious incident,
but it is a fact nevertheless,
Some time ago an employe at the
Napa Asylum captured a young gray
011 the Spencer-creek-ranch, an 1
presented the animal as a pet to a
friend in Oakland. When caught it
^vas noticed that the fox was minus
fi"e toes on one foot. They ha 1 prob
a hly gone as food for some well-set
trap,
Wednesday afternoon the same man
shot a gray fox, which he afterwards
found was minus live tus-, and arcane
whose neck there was an Oakland dog
license, No. 5fit. The man wasdum’ j -
founded. He had killed the tux prev -
ously captured and given it away. It
had journeyed northward and swam
the bay at Carquinez Straits to reaca
its former haunts.—Napa (Oak) Regis
ter.
_
Astor U' .
Young John Jacob Astor, in his ne-a
house facing Central Park, New
York City, has carved in mar ole on
the outside his own bust, his wife’s,
his baby’s, his father’.-, his gran l t.ULt
er’s and ever so many more, Auotuer
queer feature of the Astor*! architee
ture is the capital As which dot tho
house in everv direction Hse tne
pqlsonie Ns on the oi l k rench einpir
furniture,—Chicago Herald.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
> Powder Baking
Absolutely pure
Where Man Came From.
According to a correspondent of the
St. Louis Republic, man originally
earne to earth from Mars, riding on
the tail of a comet. At least he gives
.on as the opinion of Mr. \V iggins,
the St. Louis weather prophet, and all
around scientist. Tne i_oai»r has
discovered that Newton’s idea about
the law of gravitation is way off; in
fact, there is no such thing. He says
that electricity is the great thing in
the universe now, and that all the mo¬
tions of the planetry bodies are con¬
trolled by that. It is well known that
when two bodies are similarly electri¬
fied, they T tend to fly' apart, and when
they are oppositely electrified, they
tend to come together. The professor
seems to think that at some long past
period some comet approached
planet Mars, and becoming similarly
electrified, started on toward the
earth. A Marsian, and his wife, too,
perhaps, happened to be close by, con¬
cluded to take a little excursion, and
jumping aboard were soou landed safe¬
ly on the eaith, which they liked so
well they concluded to colonize it.
Was Well Trained.
“So you think you can stand the
arduous duties of a variety actor? You
know, in our play we find occasion to
throw you down a thirty-foot flight of
stairs into a barrel of scrap iron.”
“I guess I can make it,” said tho
hungry man who had applied for a
job. “I was a collector for an install¬
ment house for three years.”— Indian¬
apolis Journal.
Not a Iiacl Excuse.
Banks—What do you think of tho
story about Jonah being three days in¬
side of the whale?
Tanks—It’s a good thing; I’ve given
my -wife worse excuses than that.—
New York World.
A sooty chimney can be cleaned by
firing a gun or pistol up the flue. The
concussion dislodges the soot, and it
tumbles down.
Have You Half-a-DoIlar ?
Are you troubled with Tetter, Falt
Rheum, Eczema, Ringworm, or any
other skin disease? If you will pay
your half dollar for a box of T’etter
ine, it will sooth and heal your skin,
cure you completely and surely.
Would you rather keep your tetter and
your 50 cents? Or would you be will¬
ing to give one to be rid of the other?
That’s what it amounts to. Tetteriue
at o.ruggists or by mail on receipt of
price by J. T. ^huptu^^^gfi
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KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet¬
ter JUan others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more products promptly
adapting the world’s best to
the needs of physical of being, the will liquid attest
the value to health pure
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs. presenting
Its excellence is due to its
in the form most acceptable and pleas¬
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax¬
ative ; effectually cleansing the and system, fevers
disuelling colds, headaches
and permanently curing constipation. millions and
It has given satisfaction to
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 substance. perfectly free from
every objectionable Figs sale by all drug¬
Syrup of is for
gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man¬
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed Syrup on of every Figs,
package, also the name,
and being well informed, you will uot
accept any substitute :’.f offered.
FREE!
Handle. Finest Nickle 2t, 32 Plated, KS Caliber Rubber jf >*, Jf y i' flfHte. roP Agsg&//\ '
or :
using S.Aw. Cartridge 1 ). Send
this Ad to us and vre will exp. and
you 100 Nickel Cigars, C. O. D. 81.00. a.lo-.v
examination. riafwmetonCi'ger niton,
It rotaU3 at
SC Tin: i:!,A>TiC
9*1 MlTIFlCiAL LIMBS.
a itii ba l-oeariog knee joints.
i’.,e l.-tr-.-st improved riptive and he-t.
send for des
and ; rice ist.
T. C. HILLS,
s i s-or to A.
;i6<fe5is > d No.llU
reel •le. ). . La.
shopping Mrs.
with care & Judgment. No commissi -ns.
-turn V.-oe, 15 E. Lexington Street, Baltin ore,
Get the men wash,
if they won’t get you Pearline. Let them
era try it for themselves, and see if they don’t
say that washing with soap is too hard
for any woman.
This hard work that Pearline
V 'U saves isn’t the whole matter; it saves
L; 7 money, too — money that’s thrown
i away rubbed in clothes pieces needlessly when worn wash out
and to you
I I I fi V wouldn’t by That main appeals—where want strength to have in is the the the old man washing way. who
made easier—when he can save money by it ?
Beware I’eddiers and some unscrupulous grocers will tell you.
“this is as good as" o: “the san;-; as Pearline." IT’S
FALSE—Pearliae is never peddled; if your grocer sends
i imitat .a, be boaevt— strut v it back. ,, Ut JAMES PYLE, New Y?ri.
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VALUABLE RELICS.
The manuscript score of “Tauuhneu*
ser” has been sold to a Leipsic ama
tear for $2,500.
At oue time a nobleman constantly
wore a remarkable ring, in which wan
set a tooth of Sir Isaac Newton. It
was purchased in 1815 for $3,Go ).
Queen Victoria’s walking-stick once
belonged to Charles II, and is made of
a branch of the historic oak tree iu
which he hid. On the plain, gold top
tho queen has fastened a little Indian
idol, which was a part of the loot of
Seringapatam.
Charles II little realized on the field
of Poltowa that he was wearing a coat
"hick would be of immense value in
years. I his coat, in 182o, actu
!U b ^ 01 ’ A“2d,dT5. In the same
Y ear > IMK) were given lor the two
U eris with which the treaty of Amiens
" ns signed,
Australia has more places of pub¬
lic worship, in proportion to popula¬
tion, than any other country.
THE OLD-FASHIONED STYLE
Ak of pill gives you a
when feeling of horror
7 you see it and
£ 9 when “blunderbuss” you' feel it. Liko
M tetib'fj? tho of a
former decade, it is big
<■ and fectivc. clumsy, In this but not ef
VA-* enlightenment, century
of you
have Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant
troubles Pellets, which the euro effective all liver
in most
/pi? rj m way. For
S Const,ipa- Indigestion,
^ B lion, Bilious
" Attacks ,
Sick and Bilious Head
ache, found nothing to equal has these boon / j Km-iUS Sfejjk V4
pills Pierce’s f 4
of Dr. in- m. 'W
volition. Mr. Samuel Baker, Mm-'ILJf' ~
A Pr., v.. Phillipsburoh, of No. 181 Summit N. J., V \uira r l)H®v ; W
says: “Tliero is noth- spy;'*
ing that can compare
with Dr. Pierce’s 1 Teas- MR xi./b »• baker, an.
ant Pellets, have as Liver -
Pills. 'They done me more good than
any other medicine 1 have ever taken."
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i For Female wseases u ■ ■
W, $3 L s D@pclas
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HO SQUEAKING.
^ $5. FRENCH&ENAMELLED CORDOVAN, CALF!
ppj \ 5 4/5.'4P $ 3.^° FiNE POLICE,3 CALF & KAJlGAROl
is .*=. Soles.
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AV. I,, Dor.clan SH.OO Hlicc.
llecnusp, wo aro tbo lnr™st mnmifacturers of
this graileof shor-s In t’.a world, and ;;unrantco their
value by stamping the naos anil price on tha
bottom, which protect you osalnst, high prices and
the middleman’s profits. Ov.r shoes equal custom
work in style, cosy fitting and wearir,f? qualities.
We have thorn gold everywhere at lower prices for
the value given than imv other make. Take no sub¬
stitute. If your dorter t r.u;>:.!/ you, v/o can.
WELL Briiiing Mines
for any depth.
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soo “
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shallow wells. Rope tools for lanro and deep
wells. State size and depth you want to drilL
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'--Tonic Pellets.
TREATMENT fur Cnnutipslion
mid Bilioasneu.
At All *i ores,or by mm; 35c. double bo* ; 5 double boxe*
•1.90. BROWN UF tJ « O.. >i w York City.
| _ J i SdiaiesiorBiiMfflii.
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Practical „ ,. , Thorough. Exp count
rt. a
Isusitiess a tit ■ and com i reporters as
gg**, Terms liberal,
assisted Wrile to good
COLLEGE, for par
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% tiUHts nnttit ALL ELSE FATS.
Host Cough Syrup. Taist*? Good. Use
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A. N. D Thirty-nino, ’94.