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KLONDIKE. Over the mountains and far away, In the regions of ice and snow, Many a pilgrim is trudging hope to-day With a heart full of and shouting “Yo-ho For Klondike!" Over tho mountains, beyond the plains, Where the great river winds to the sea, Many a pioneer jingles his gains, And slugs in a frenzied ecstasy— In Klondike! Thousands and'tlvousanda of miles away, In the land of the polar boar, Many a man is digging to-day, Only to ilnd that there’s nothing there¬ in Klondike! At Seafoam Lodge. _ lly HELEN FORREST GRAVES. HERE must be no other boarders * taken.” said Mr. r- McCorkindale. “I JEB 3 stipulate for that.” “Oh, there will none!” said Mr. ing —Dewey, the board- and real estate agent, nibbling the end of his pen. “I know Mrs. Sweet- clover very well—a most respectable widow, in reduced circumstances—and I know all about Seafoam Lodge, a de¬ lightful place, on the edge of the ocean, where a man can’t help being healthy.” “Very well,” said Mr. McCorkin- dale. “Let her know that I consider the thing a bargain. I will send my trunks on Monday of next week.” Mr. McCorkindale had been sum¬ mering at tho Adirondacks, and had found thut mountain breezes, black flies and dried pine-needles didn’t agree with him. Ho was now resolved to try the seaside. And he went home, well pleased with the bargain he hail made. Now, Mr. Dewey was in a partner¬ ship—Dewey <fc Salter—-and so neatly dovetailed together were the arrange¬ ments of the firm, that Mr. Salter, who dined at half-past twelve o’clock, came to “keep office” exactly at the hour in which Mr. Dewey, who dined at half¬ past one, took up his hat and cane to depart. And scarcely had Mr. Salter lighted his cigar, and settled his chair back at exactly the light angle of the wall, than in came Miss Mattie Mil¬ foil, a blooming young old-maid, who gavo lessons in swimming at the Aqua Para Academy. “I want board at the Seaside for a month,” said she. “At a place, please, where there are no other boarders. Prices must be moderate, and surf¬ bathing is a necessity.” “Ah,” said Mr. Salter, bringing his chair down on its four legs at once, “the very place! Mrs. Sweetelover, a client of ours, has taken Seafoam Lodge, on tho New Jersey const, and has a clean, light, airy room to let, with good board, no mosquitoes—” “Yes I know,” said Miss Milfoil, “Just let me look at her references.” The references proved satisfactory. Miss Milfoil struck a bargain at once. “Let Mrs. Sweetelover expect me on Monday,” she said; and Mr. Salter pocketed liis commission with inward glee. ''Anything doing?” Mr. DeAvey asked, Avhen ho came back from din¬ ner, with a pleasant oleaginous flavor of roast pork aud applesauce about him. “I’ve let Mrs. Hweetelovcr’s room for her,” said Salter. “HeHo!” cried Dewey; “l let it, this morning, to old McCorkindale!” “And I’a ’6 just disposed of it to Miss Milfoil,” sputtered Salter. “Why the deuce didn’t you enter it on the books?” “A man can’t thiuk of everything,” said Mr. DeAvey; “aud I avrs going to enter it when I came back.” “But what are we to do now?” said Salter. “Nothing,” said Dewey. “Ten to one, one of the parties Avon’t keep the contract. We’re not to blame, that I can see.” And Mr. Dewey, a philosopher after his way, arranged his bulletin-board anew, and sat down, a human spider, to await the coming of any flies avIio might be disposed for business. Mrs. Sweetelover, in the meantime, had swept aud garnished Seafoam Lodge, until it was fresher than a cow¬ slip and sweeter than roses. She had decorated her up-stairs room with China matting, fresh mus- lin curtains, and dimity covers to the bureau and dressing-table. “I do hope I shall be able to let it!” said Mrs. Sweetelover, with a sigh. “But there are so many seaside lodg- ings this year that-Dear me! here coines a gentleman aud a valise up the beach-road, and as true as I live, he’s making straight for my house!” “Have my trunks arrived?” said the gentleman—“name of McCorkin- dale.” **a- bir! said j ,, Mrs 0 Sweetelover , Dewey engaged the room through A baiter, said Mr. McCork- ast ' ve ®k- san . } Mrs. t ., ^ l t, Sweetelover, hrst 1 ve all h e ® r d of flurry, it, in a Bui you re,kindly welcome, air, and the room is quite ready, if you 11 be so good as to step up stairs. n Corkiui ii ?! : 1U m Pk■ 8au ^ Mr. Mo- . around him with a e, gazing o eye o an e derlx eagle. \ ery c oaQ to erably airy superb view' from the window s. I pou my word I e t e look of things.’ ° you ^k the apartment will * U «<Ja# coarse fk®''udow, it will suit, Lmully. said Mr. , r cCorkmdale. n Here is a month’s board in advance—-ten dollars a week, e agen said. W may ser\-e dm- ner at one o clock. Blue-fish, roast clams, lobster-salad—any-sort of sea- food you may happen to have. I don't eat desserts And now I n going out to walk on the seashore ” Mrs. Sweetelover looked after him with eyes of rapture. ‘*Tbe boarder of ail others that I would have preferred,” said she. “I h ?? eU * v , tuveikL, "f U tT gedr t-f’ p w h f f hU bl r f W wh,le ’ JhZ slung a flat ff black P ? i y satchel, ! h r , ? traveler- S ?’ aS ”*• bweetclover, I suppose?’ -j , „ "I Ilk. th. fiction T.tt tauoh." Many a husband, many a son, And many a father, too; Many Is a man who is dear to some one climbing the glaciers, leading through To Klondike! Many a mother and manv a wife And many a ohe that is dear. I s dreaming to-day of a happier life And hopefully waiting to hear From Klondike! And thousands and thousands of golden hopes, And many a dream that is fair Are destined to die on the frozen slopes And And their craves out there In Klondike! —Cleveland Leader. curling edges of foam that crept up the : beach at the left, and then at a mur- J i muring north. grove “I shall of probably maple trees remain at here the i until Christmas, if I am suited!” “But the room is let already!” fal- j j tered Mrs. Sweetelover, at last recover- | ing her voice, “Taken already!” repeated Miss Mil¬ foil. “But that is impossible. I have taken it.” “There’s some mistake at the Board¬ ing Agency,” said Mrs. Sweetelover, almost ready to cry. “It’s been let twice; and I never knew of it until this moment. Oh, dear! oh, dear! It j never rains but it pours!” “But what am I to do?” said Miss Milfoil. Mrs. Bweetclover’s faded eyes light¬ ed up with a faint gleam of hope. “I’ve only the eligible apai’tment on the second floor,” said she; “but if you dor.’t rnind the ga ret, there’s a nice, airy room finished off there, with two dormer windows overlooking the ocean-” “I’ll look at it,” said Miss Milfoil. She looked at it, and she liked it, and she straightway sent to the village for her trunks, unpacked her books, her work-basket, her writing-desk and her portable easel, arranged some sea¬ weed over the mantle and made her¬ self at home. Mr. McCorkindale, going upstairs from the dinner table that \'ery day, heard a sweet, clear voice, singing the refrain of some popular ballad, from the upper story. “Eh!” said Mr. McCorkindale. “Is that your daughter?” “It’s my lady boarder, sir,” said Mrs. Sweetelover. “Look here,” said Mr. McCorkin¬ dale, stopping short—“this 5von’t go down!” “What won’t go down, sir?” said the bewildered landlady. “No other boarders taken, you know,” said Mr. Corkindale. “That was my express stipulation.” “I’m very sorry, sir,” said Mrs. Sweetelover, “but—” “And I’m not going to be trifled with!” said Mr. Corkindale. “Either she or I must go!” “Couldn’t it be managed, sir?” said the landlady, half terrified out of her senses. “No, it couldn’t” said Mr. McCork¬ indale. At this moment, however, Miss Mil¬ foil herself made her appearance on the scene, tripping down the stairs in a quiet, determined sort of way, and facing the indignant elderly gentleman as he stood there. “What’s the matter?” said Miss Mil- foil. “The matter,” said Mr. McCorkin¬ dale, “is simply this. I lia\'e engaged my board here, on the express under¬ standing that I am to bo the only boarder.” “I see,” said Miss Milfoil. “And I am in the xvay. ” Mr. McCorkiudale was ominously silent. “But,” said Mattie, xvith an engag¬ ing smile, “if I promise to be very quiet, and to refrain from annoying you in any manner xvhatsoever—” “It would make no difference,” said Mr. McCorkiudale. “I object to young women.” “But,” cried indignant Mattie, “suppose I were to object to middle- aged gentlemen on no better pretext?” “YY>u are perfectly Avelcome to do so,” said Mr. Corkindale, stiffly. “You see, I am an old bachelor.” “And I am au old maid!” pleaded Mattie. _ ?, n ceaiall! .... ^akes , ? nodifference-Ro ai< * Mr McCorkindale. differ- ’ * T a ™ f orr ^ \° disappoint you, Mrs. Sweetelover, but— Sto £' Mattie, resolutely, ,,, Mra r ’ ^teWr, if either of your . hoarders leaves it I. I you is came and I occupy the least remunera- °\ tlv ® th room ® ’ J ^11 ^-morrow.” take my departure And Mattie went back to her room ™d cried a little; for she had become v f’ ^ foml of her P rett v ^tle room * already. _, “At all events,” said Mattie to her- se if ( «i wi n get up before daylight to- morrow morning, and have one good swim in the surf.” She supposed, when she came out the next day, in her dark-blue bathing- suit aud the coarse straw hat tied down over her eyes, that she would h ftve fh e coast clear. But she was mistaken. Mr. McCorkindale was paddling, like a giant purpoise, in a 8U it of scarlet and gray, among the waves. He had always wanted to learn to swim, and here was a most eligible opportunity. ».jj e don’t see me,” said Mattie, to herself, as sh crept cautiously down in the shade of the rocks. “If he did, I suppose he would issue a pro- clamation that the whole seashore be- i ougea to him. But I hope there is room enough for us both in the Atlan- tic Ocean. ” And Miss Milfoil struck out scien- tifically, gliding through the waves Uke a new variety of fish, with dark- blue scales, and straightway forgot j aIl about the troublesome old bach- , e j or “It's very strange.” said Mr. Me- 'arms and legs. I’ve always under- | out aBd 1 uXtowtoiUing hel ; me ’ P “Yselfl Whush-sh! Oh! ah! help! he-e-e-elp!” And Mr. McCorkindale’s voice flj lost iteeHin a bubbling cry, whUe the ; old fisherman upon the shore went on ! whistling and mending his net, and I the solitary individual, who was pick- Mrs. Sweetclover fainted away when they laid the boarder on a pile of blankets on her kitchen floor. She was one of those nervous ladies who always faint away at the least provocation. Bst Mattie had all her senses about her; and, thanks to her courage and presence of mind, Mr. McCorkindale’s life was saved. ‘ ‘What is that rattling on the stairs?” he feebly inquired, as he sat up, the next day, in an easv-chair, with a cur¬ ious sensation, as if a gigantic bumble¬ bee were buzzing in his head, and cataracts pouring through his ears. “It’s Miss Milfoil's trunk going away,” said Mrs. Sweetelover, with a sniff of regret. “Tell her not to go,” said Mr. Mc- Corkindale. “Sir!” said Mrs. Sweetelover. “Do you think I’m going to turn the woman who saved my life out of doors?” puffed Mr. McCorkindale. “But I thought you objected to wo¬ men.” said Mattie’s cheerful voice out¬ side the door. “I’ve changed my mind,” said Mr. McCorkindale, 5vith a fluttering sem¬ blance of a smile. “A man is ne;’er too old to learn. And I mean to learn to swim next week, if you will teach me.” He did learn. Miss Milfoil taught him. And the old bachelor and the old maid spent their month at the sea¬ side, to use Mrs. Sweetclover’s expres¬ sion, “as quiet as two lambs.” “I declare,” Mr. McCorkindale pen¬ sively obsera’ed, on the afternoon be¬ fore his term avas up, “I shall be very lonely after I leave here!” “You’ll be going back to the city, you know,” cheerfully observed Miss Milfoil. ■“But I shall miss you!” said the bachelor. “Nonsense!” said Mattie. “I wonder if you 5vill miss me?” said Mr. McCorkindale. “Well—a little,” owned Miss Mil- foil. “Did yon never think of marrying, Mattie?” abruptly demanded Mr. Mc¬ Corkindale. “Very often,’’she answered,calmly. “And how is it that you never have married?” Mattie laughed. “Because I nev’er found the right one,” she said. “Just my reason, exactly!” said Mr. McCorkindale. “But I think I have found her at last—and it’s you, Mattie!” “Is it?” said Miss Milfoil, coloring and smiling. “Don’t you think, if you were to try me, I might suit you—as a hus¬ band?” he asked, persuasively. “I don’t know,” whispered Mattie. “Try me!” said Mr. McCorkindale, taking hoi- hand in his; and she did not draw it away. How brief a time will sometimes suffice to turn the current of a life¬ time! That month at Seafoam Lodge made all the difference in the world to Mr. and Mrs. McCorkindale.—Satur¬ day Night. ELEPHANTS FICHT A DUEL. Bulls Make a Mlfflity Interesting; Spectacle For tho Hunters. Hearing sounds that indicated seri¬ ous trouble in a herd of wild elephants on the Upper Congo River, a native hunter named Keema and a sportsman named Bobard fled precipitately to a sturdy tree near by. What happened after that is told in Outing; “They had scarcely reached their perches ivhen a second division of the herd came rushing down the path which the men had just left, shrieking and trumpeting in anger and fear. The tree shook as the tornado of brutes swept by. On the left the shrieking ivas varied with cracking and lashing as of ropes against a mast. Keema climbed higher in his tree, and through a break in the forest discov¬ ered the cause of the trouble. In an open space two bull elephants avere fighting. One of them avas a leader of the herd, the other an old warrior bull tramp who had lost a tusk. “ ‘It is the rogue Ilunga,’ whispered Keema, ‘and ho will kill the other beauty-—no use to try to stop him.’ ‘ ‘The huuters watched for a chance to tire as the brutes drew baok a little and sprang together with lowered heads and big ears outspread, the skulls coming together with stunning force. On recovering they came to¬ gether again, rising on their hind legs aud striking down with their tusks as with a sword, shrieking with rage, and using their tranks like whip lashes. The men came from the tree and drew near to the tight through the bushes. “ ‘Shoot the leader,’ said Keema; ‘it is no use to try for the other.’ “Then it dawned on Robard that the savage deemed the wanderer an evil spirit not to be tried for, since it pos¬ sessed magic power. The man came into sight of the leader of the herd behind Hunga, as the native called him, and the beast drew back, startled at the sight of a deadlier enemy than the wandering bull. The shrinking of the leader gave the tramp a chance, and, like a fencer, he gax-e a sharp thrust with his tusk. The leader staggered, but a shot behind Ilunga’s ear killed the other elephant. The leader leaned forward as if to rush to attack Robard, who had fired, but Keema was just behind the elephant, and with a keen, heavy knife ham¬ strung the beast with a single blow, disabling it. A bullet above the eye finished the creature.” Eccentric Provisions For Death. Dr. and Mrs. Thayer, of Framing¬ ham, Mass., had their coffins made ac¬ cording to their own designs. For a long time the two coffins were finished and exhibited before either the doctor or his wife died. It took ten years to finish the work on the caskets, which were of carved rosewood, beautifully ornamented with silver. They cost So000 apiece. The doctor died two years before his wife did, but she had his body placed iu an ordinary coffin and went on exhibiting the rosewood coffins and delivering especial lectures. She died not long ago, and left money for the building of an elaborate mar¬ ble tomb where she and her husband are to lie side by side. It is to be lighted by electricity for one hundred years.—New York Tribune. Hittln* Force of Cyclists. moving’at )he oTS'fpt* "" counting the weight of his wheel. A collision between two 150-pound riders, deling at the moderate pace ‘result of seven ^ an hour. wo^Jd in a smash-up with a force of 3000 pounds! —Philadelphia Inquirer. Com Tt” ha ' Th. telegraph r.t. BRIGANDS IX GREECE. SOLDIERS WHO COULDN’T WHIP TURKS BECAME OUTLAWS. One of the Calamities Following the r.e- vent Inglorious War-Merchants Held for Kansom—The Country Returning to the Conditions of Thirty Years Aso One of the most lamentable conse- quenees of the disastrous appeal to arms recently made by Greece is the sudden outcropping of lawlessness and brigandage in the north, due to the nn- settled conditions there. It is reported from Athens that several rich mer- chants from Thessalian towns, who fled to the mountains to escape the Turks, are held for ransom by bandits. If they had stuck to their shops and trusted to the moderations of the Turks, they would ha%-e been all right, but they could hardly escape, being “rattled” when the entire province was peded by panic fright. The increase of lawlessness is pre- cisely what might have been predicted by one knowing the habits of the peo- pie. Brigandage is in the blood along the frontier, and it has never been altogether suppressed. It is true that in Greece, as in Italy, there have been few recent attacks upon travelers. It was in 1870 that brigands made a dar- ing raid upon tourists about six miles from Athens as the crow flies, and finally murdered an Italian and three Englishmen because of some difficulty about the ransom. Nothing of couse- quence has been attempted against travelers since. Tourists usually go in parties and armed. They are in- variably accompanied by horse-boys and generally by an armed dragoman, so that a small band of road agents might hesitate about attacking them. A more powerful incentive to letting travelers alone, however, is the fact that a raid upon foreigners always causes a sensation and leads to more strenuous attempts to 'break up the business. It is safer in Thessaly, as in Sicily, to prey upon natives, about whose misfortunes the outside world cares little. The proximity of Thessaly to the border is one reason why bandits have continued to thrive there, while in the Peloponnesus they have ceased opera- tions entirely. It is so easy to slip across the frontier and return laden with booty from a town on the other side, and perhaps a prisoner or two, that both Turks and Greeks have con¬ tinued the practice. Mediaeval ways of looking at things still prevail in Greece, Men often carry guns when they go abroad, in the wilder parts. The courier with whom I traveled in Greece last Febru¬ ary, writes a correspondent of the Philadelphia Press, carried a murder¬ ous looking sheath knifa. I asked him svhy he did not use a revolver in¬ stead, but he said lie was afraid to handle one, though he had served his time in the army. Towns are placed for defense against attack, not for con¬ venience, exactly as they were 2000 years ago. One of the largest villages in Southern Greece is Dhivri, which lies away up among the snowy hills, so hidden from the main road through the valley that during the war of lib¬ eration two or three thousand Greeks hid there aud were never found by the enemy. Convents are like forts. I stopped one night at the great Convent of the Megaspelaeon, which is parched 1200 feet alwe the 5 r alley, built into a cave in the face of a sheer cliff. This strong point avas never captured by the Turks in 1824-27. The monks tucked their long gowns into their boots, and svith consecrated cannon sent Ibrahim Pasha’s troops flying down the valley. The Monastery of Meteora, in Thes¬ saly, is holding out now in similar fashion against the Turkish invasion of 1897, rolling rocks down on them in the good old-fashioned way. Prior Kallistratos Papageorgios told of the Megaspelaeon me, while he showed the firmans of many a dead and gone Sultan, that the monks were really better off under Turkish rule; but blood is thicker than water. In the present lawless state of tho occupied province young men in whose hands guns have been placed are join- ing the bandits in considerable num- bers. There isn’t much else that they can do. The practice of Avaging war ty “irregulars,” too, is reacting against Greece, Avliich permitted it. These undisciplined bands are made up of men of reckless character, avIio from the very first could not be re- strained from taking to pillage, with warfare as a secondary consideration, Supplied with rifles and plenty of cart- ridges, many of them will not go home until their ammunition is gone, and meanwhile things are pretty lively, The field correspondents of the Eng- lish newspapers were fired upon more than once during the short campaign by these gentry.—Philadelphia Press. Landslide Exposes Coins. A large find of old coins, Avliich have lain hidden underground for over 1550 years—since the time of the Three Kingdoms—was accidentally brought to light last May in the Chushan district, in Northwest Hupeh, during a heavy downpour of rain, savs a Shanghai contemporary. On the 4th of May a considerable tract of land washed off from a hill, and the landslip exposed the hidden treasure. The villagers in the neighborhood flocked to the spot to help themselves to it, and the neivs of the strange dis¬ covery was at once telegraphed to His Excellency Chang Chintuug, who ordered the local officials to gather the coins w ith all dispatch. It is said that the quantity gathered represents strings, and the as many coins as *7,000,000 large, resembling in size are those unusually of the Hsienfung resign (about forty-five , years ago) of the present dynasty. The Viceroy is sending 300 strings to Peking under charge of a Taotai for the perusal of the Emperor. The coins bear on one side the characters of the reign of the monarch and on the other (Szechuen) the seat of the Government that issued them. * ‘‘Dost at Sea.” Many a fishing schooner that sails out of Gloucester with her ensign flut- tering gaily from the “main truck” comes in by Cape Ann, on her return from the “Banks,” with her colors at half-mast. A dory or two lost in the fog or run down in thick weather by an ocean greyhound that no more felt the collision than if it crushed an egg¬ shell—at all events, a couple of men £ Zw locker-such only too often the tale brougnt back from the fishing grounds to chief fi3h i n S Port, Tears at parting, xveeks v of anxious suspense, and when the ship comes home tears again for a lost husband, enoriffb ugh nn°W«r on Massachusetts t i at Z r V Bay. S common And even if neighbors say, "Don’t cry, dearie. Perhaps some ship has picked him up, and he’ll come back to you,” r* 6 rt iy * d J* L ° st at ,,!L‘ V .K w riul r - S the deaili '! &iouo#st » * r - j *“***•’ THE INNOCENT CONVICTED. Shot While Defending Ills Master and Hanged as a Murderer. “Appearances are deceiving,” said an old lawyer the other day. “The strongest case of circumstantial evi- fience I ever knew was against an in¬ nocen t man. My father was a lawyer, and in the criminal practice. One of his clients was hanged for murder which he never committed, “Just at the edge of our town lived a rich old man in a grand old house, He had no family, and was alone with His servants. One night there was a fearful disturbance in his house, and neighbors hurried in. Several pistol shots had been fired. The rich old man was dead, with a bullet in his brain, and the butler lay with his bands full of jeivelry and watches, r ight in the doorway of th| old man’s ro om, with a bullet somewhere in his j bead, but was not dead, “His revolver lay by his side, and, ; so far as could be seen, the whole ! who* story was told right there. The butler, had attempted to rob his master, j ! bad but been had killed caught the in the old act and in shot, the man ggbt. That wa 3 the only translation to it, and here was no other for several Jays, because the butler had a very serious wound and 5vas delirious for a week. Howe 5 r er, it 5vas not fatal, and as soon as he was himself he made a statement to the effect that he had been awakened in the night by foot- steps, and he had taken his pistol, which had only two loads in it out of f lve , and gone*down into the hall be- j 0 w to see what the noise was. “He noticed that his master’s door was partly open, at the far end of the ball, and* hurried toward it. As he approached it he heard his master 8 p e ak to some one, asking who was there, and with that there was a pistol s bot and he jumped into the room, grabbing a burglar as he did so, and a t the same time getting a shot in the bead from his master’s pistol. Beyond that he remembered nothing more, This was the condition of the affair when my father took charge of it, and, though he really believed the butler’s story, and tried to prove it, he could no t 'do it, and the man avas finally banged. A year later a burglar avas s bot by a policemau in the city near- es fc us? an( j be confessed on his death- bed that he was the murderer of our rich man. He had hidden in the house early in the evening, had col¬ lected all he could of jewelry and other portable valuables, and was about getting out Avhen he 5vas caught both by the old man and the butler, aud that the butler had got the bullet intended for him, as he had run into the room just as the old man fired. Dropping everything in his sudden surprise, he rushed down stairs and hid in the hallway, from where he slipped as soon as the front door was opened. In the excitement he was not observed, and he got away v'ith- out any trouble at all, as the nearness to the city made strangers so common that their presence excited no sus¬ picion. I’ll never forget that inci¬ dent, and I’ll never be in favor of the death penalty on circumstantial evi¬ dence, I don’t care how strong it is. Even lynch law is less unjust.”—Chi¬ cago Post. Drinking in Hot Weather. On the whole exhortations to avoid cold drinks are in order, but the advice is just as useful as the advice to keep away from the- ^replace when your toes are half frozen. The temptation to a man who has a little silver in his pocket to cool himself, though but a few minutes, ivith a beaker of frothing beer, or a glass of soda or mineral water, or one of those inventions of seraphs, that contain straws—this re¬ fers to the invention,not the seraphs— and slices of lemon and sugar and a berry and curious red or brown or yellow fluids and perhaps a bit of mint; this temptation is to be resisted only *t cost of a struggle that leaves a man Aveak, crushed and more in need of something to drink than before. Now that exercise is more popular than it used to be, now that people who used to scorch their souls on the pavements scorch the country roads on bicycles, the desire to drink, if not the need, is more urgent than ever. Road houses have gone up by hundreds along lately solitary highways, and their.proprie¬ tors wax comfortable on their vendings. They protrude signs from their door- wavs Avith the deliberate intent of bringing the wheelman to a sudden realization of the Avarmth of the day and the absence of needed fluid in his tissues. Spiegelmeyer’s beer and the Half Bottle Bottling Company’s birch beer and sarsaparilla and So and So’s soda, to say nothing of cold milk and iced tea, are advertised at these re- sorts, and the advertisement is very hard to pass at 3 o’clock on a summer afternoon Avith the birds gasping on the trees and tho thermometer crack¬ ing in the yard. Yes, it is vain to preach against the use of cooling liquids in hot weather, but, one may still ad¬ vise moderation. Never drink Avhen you are heated; never drink when you are exercising, never drink when you are thinking, never drink when you are thirsty. Where’s the office boy with that ice xvater?—Brooklyn Eagle. A Useful Ant-Eater. When a horde of yellow caterpillars infested the linden trees at the Zoologi¬ cal Gardens last xveek, Head Keeper Manley, who is in charge during the absence of Superintendent Brown, was sa( ^iy puzzled for a xvay to get rid of i pests. Poisonous.sprinkling mix- tures, tar and coal oil were applied to trees, but the results fell far short of what had been hoped. The eater- P illar s flourished in spite of all, and seemed to increase in numbers. Then ingenious head keeper had a happy id ea - He took the South American ant-eater from its cage, and, securing ^ a collar and a long cord, started ^ U P on e of the trees. The way the creature laid about with its long sticky ton gue, scooping in caterpillars by the d ozen , more than realized Mauley’s greatest expectations. It took to them with as much relish as though they were its natural food, and in the course of half an hour completely cleaned the tree. Manley put the ant- eater up another tree and it ate until it was gorged. Since then it has been turned out three times a day, and so great have been its industry and appe- tite that the caterpillars are nearly exterminated.—Philadelphia Record, Why the Mosquito Poisons People. The mosquito doesn’t poison people purposely. It exudes from its pro- boscis an irritating, lfbrica acrid poison P which is supposed to te the deadly seven lances enclosed in the pointed protective sheath which is known as the insect’s “bill ” There are 130 known species of mos- quitoes, and the Culex Jersiticus vicinity* which plagues people of this is not the worst of the lot by 7 any 7 means It « said the mosquito has a bene- floent P lace » the plan of nature. Its poiioa.i icaat authority deolare, * U *nti-»*l*.ial,-K«w York Journal A CONTENTED PEOPLE. Mexican Villagers Whose Habits Are Very Sample. The inhabitants of the little interior villages of Mexico retain many of their primitive customs. They are peace¬ Their able, congenial and religious. the life, though monotonous in ex¬ treme, is a happy one. They cultivate corn, beans, wheat, and possess small herds of cattle and goats. The women , in addition to performing cultivate their household duties, vegetables, flowers, fruits and plants for medicinal use. They raise cotton, from which they spin and weave manta (a cotton fabric) for clothing. O 11 their feast days, which are many, they go to church dressed in their bright costumes, those of the maidens being white adorned with ribbons of many colors. The senoras wear striped dresses of white and blue. The hair is worn plaited the m two in¬ braids, while upon the head is dispensable “mazclohuati ’ (a head dress worn by the lower caste Mexi¬ cans), woven in red cotton. The women's eyes are large, and expres¬ sive, and their teeth perfect and bril¬ liantly white. The form is slight and the movements graceful. jackets The young men dress in without sleeves and knee breeches. Upon the day of their marriage they adopt trousers, w hich are made by the “Novia” (sweetheart) who has already woven the manta. They take their places in the church with the children, 6enoritas and senoras on the right and the men and boys on the left. They pray and sing in the native Mexican language, which is richer, sweeter and more expressive than the Spanish. In the “Dias tianguis” (market days), they assemble and exchange their goods. Money is a superfluity, and the interchange is made by means of barter and trade. Their meals consist of “maza de maiz” (flour of corn), which is mixed with powdered chile, in making tomales, tortillas, frejoles (beans), and the native fruits and vegetables, of which there is an endless variety, including aguacates, nanches, tetec- zas, tilapos, sandias, chicozapotes, melones and others. Every year the people assemble to elect their judge, or alcalde, whom they usually obey implicitly. This magistrate is selected from the older men of the pueblo.__ No Use to Cry. No use to fret anti worry and Ite'n and scratch. That won’t cure you. Tetterine will. Any sort of skin disease. Tetter, Eczema, Salt Rheum. Ringworm or mere abrasion of the skin. At drug stores, or by mail for 50c. in stamps from J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga. More men have been self-undone than have been self-made. MES. ElLA M’GAEVY, Writing - to Mrs. Pinkbam. She sa 3 's:—I have been using your Vegetable Compound and find that it does all that it is recommended to do. I have been a sufferer for the last four years with womb fa n trouble, weak back and exere- tions. I was hard- £. ?A ly able to do my household duties, and while about “ ' my work was so nervous tha t I was miser- * ^3853 able. I bad xjrsM also given f/W% '' up in des- ; ». • pair, when I & was persuaded to try Lydia E. I’ink- hara’s Vegetable Compound, andto-dajq I am feeling like a new woman.— Mrs. Eli, a McGabvy, Neebe Hoad Station, Cincinnati. O. CIS 50RE5 A Ulcer* Cured. mo. treatment @ 1 . EDIBLE WEEDS. rhe Department of Agriculture Tells of Many That May Be Eaten. The Department of Agriculture be¬ lieves that in the plant life of this continent may be found many addi¬ tions to our dietary. Frederick Coville, botanist of the department, has spent considerable effort to exam¬ ine many of the plants now classed as “weeds” which are capable of sustain¬ ing vitality in rn an. He takes the po¬ sition that a “wider use of green vege¬ tables in the dietaries of most people, particularly those with healthy diges¬ tions, would be a marked benefit.’ Chemistry has demonstrated largely the substances which the human sys¬ tem needs, and Botanist Co5’ille finds the essentials present in a great mauy plants, some of which are nowhere considered as effective food for man, and some of which have only a local use as human food. Mr. Coville points out that wild herbivorous auimals feed on the fats and carbohydrates stored up in plant seeds in the fall. They fatten on this diet and gather in bodily fuel for the winter. Having exhausted their sup¬ ply of fat by spring, they make green herbage their principal food. This renews their muscular vigor and 5 _ i- tality. This dietary system prevails among savage peoples, and is largely followed by the Indians of the West- ern States” Man’s food has grown more artificial with the advance of civilization, until, as Botanist Coville says, “foods are now selected more by custom than by instinct. ” The Euro¬ pean races are more given to eating salads and boiled green vegetables than the people of the United States are. The greater part of the plant food consumed by Americans is made up of seeds, roots, and tubers. It is because of this that the people of this country are bilious. The first weed which Botanist Co¬ ville would have us eat is charlock. This plant grows as a weed from New England to the Pacific coast, and is considered a troublesome weed in the 5vheat districts of Wisconsin, Minne¬ sota and North Dakota. It is closely related to black mustard, another fa¬ miliar weed. Charlock is known in New York State as “wild mustard,” and is considered poisonous. Char¬ lock rvas a common potherb in north¬ ern Eui’ope centuries ago, but it has not been recognized as a food for man in the new world. The leaves of the chiccory plant are also good to eat, and in some neigh¬ borhoods are thus utilized. It occurs as a weed in the Atlantic and Pacific States, and here and there in the in¬ terior. Its leaves grow in form of a rosette, after the fashion of the dan¬ delion. Yellorv rocket is a weed con>- mon throughout the Eastern States which man might eat. It is closely allied to the rvinter cress, 5vhich is used as a winter salad and pot herb in Washington and Baltimore. The dandelion is a weed which has already gained considerable favor as a food in the United States, though it is not grown for market. It is v r ery common throughout the United States, except in the extreme South and west of the great plains, though it has rooted itself in certain parts of Wash¬ ington and California, The truckers around Paris have been cultivating the dandelion for many years with good results and have developed several horticultural 5 r arieties. There it is used largely as a salad, the plants being eaten gveen or blanched. The Department of Agriculture calls especial attention to the dock, two species of which, the broad-leafed and the curled, occur as common weeds in meadows, pastures and cul¬ tivated fields. Se5 r eral species of dock are used widely as a pot herb in Europe. Dock 5vas used extensively by two tribes of American Indians,the Pimas and the Maricopas. Dock grows in the arid regions of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, where suc¬ culent vegetation is rare. Lambs-quarters, or pig-weed or goose-foot is a weed which belongs to the same plant family as the beet and spinach, and ought to be used as a table vegetable. It is cultivated in Europe, and is very common through¬ out the United States. Marsh marigold, or “cowslip,” is a native plant of North America. It grows in swamp land all ox^er the northern part of the United States and British America. It has a local use as a pot herb, but its value in this respect is not generallp appreciated. Pig-weed occurs in many fields all over this country, but the average American does not know’ its 5 r alue ft i & food plant. It is eaten by the In¬ dians of the Southwest and by the people of Mexico. In some parts of California it is cultivated by the Chinese. Pokew’eed is used locally in some parts of the South, but its more gen¬ eral use w’ould be gratifying to the economic botanists of the Department of Agriculture. The French people ha\’e introduced this plant into their country, and esteem it highly. The department thinks it probable that common nettle, milkweed, and round-loafed mallow will come to be regarded as good food. The suggestions made by the de¬ partment may be offensive to some people, but then it wasn’t so very long ago when the tomato, or “love apple,” was thought to be poisonous, when the cucumber was looked upon as a fatal dose, and when people of the North w’ere prejudiced against the banana.—Washington Times. Invention. “I see they’ve finally invented an air-ship.” “Indeed! What is it like?” “I understand it’s something like a cocktail.”—Truth.” Venom Inhaled with the Air, And imbibed with the water of a malarious lo¬ cality, has still a certain antidote. Experience sanctions confidence in Ilostetter's Stomaoh Bitters as a preventiveof thisscourge. 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