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sP^ffel MU IN ADAMS’ WIFE. frnm .«►»*••* rr ».Ul*nf» Fmettea. T Fh ilai>e]j>iua. Dec. fl> 1TOT. L r _i received your letter 0* tr the post of yesterday. With Ito the notes you write me Vleli you to do by them as you your own, ns I do not want e itlier principle or Interest. | t would be most for my Inter- w by them as you propose. The [you mention, of adding to the *, go as to give me a dairy room, ry much and would leuve It to ;ment. t think It would be It large enough to take of [that cold victuals, etc., may taot i m with dairy affairs. I should 1 10 b ave it compleated ir possb nre I return In the spring, but hter has set In with great vlo- Lre. and the rivers are already up, so that I fear we shall not eiiauce of getting amy cheese are but Just getting Into s. and the vice president Is not -ived to sit sis months togeth- egulatlng debates, moderating and reading papers is a laliorl- ib and what. 1-fancy, the present Iocs not like so well as rocking In Ivot chair or amusing himself [he vibration of a pendtlum. I hever yet seen the southern man, Ington excepted, who could bear [application for any length of What a ringing wonld here have Jin all the Jacobinical prayers |ene end of the United States to her if somebody else had done so! | are all well. The cold weather Jitlrely put .a stop to the yellow fe- |ml no person would How suppose lucb a calamity had ever befallen Jjty. The synod recommended If fasttng and prayec^The differ- jbetween this plac/and N. Eng- |was this: Being recommended by |y of Presbeterian ministers, none |e church clergy would Join In It shop in the city was open as and a very small proportion of Jihabltants attended Worship. Bus! |and pleasure went ou ns usual, comber me to Mrs. Tufts and all friends. From your ever affec- [te Abigail Adams. \ ; - / AlhkUt Appetites. “The actual amount of good toast beef that a table of athletes' will con sume,’' writes Walter Camp In The Century, “is something appalling to the uninitiated. , Three members of a i Yale football team once-went to Cam bridge to wntcb a match between Har vard nnd some other team. These three inen .stopped at a hotel lor thelf luncheon. Among other, things the spokesman of the party Mured three portions of cold roast beef. -But, sir.’ said the waiter, ‘two portions will bo a great plenty for all three of you.’ The giant of the party looked up bland ly at the servant and said, 'You bring the three portions and then Watch us eat It.’ \ “When the writer was captain of the team, long before the days of special method In manageiheut. the eleven were to play at Cambridge nnd. leaving New'Haven the afternoon of the day preceding the match, weut to a Boston hotel for dinner and the night. Most of the men were readily collected at one or two large tables, but a certain rusher, being late, bad seated himself at a table In a distant part of the din ing room, and he was told by the man ager to 1 order his own dinner. That boy’s dinner, aud It M needless to say that It was without wine, came to the extraovdluary total of $13.85! H-» was quite able; to play the next day, how-" ever.” THE BRITISH TOURIST. |lViui Pleimnnllr Surprised by tbs Train Boy** Attentions. British tourist sat In the car and idly across the bleak prairies, felt a slight touch and, looking imd. found that a uniformed youth deposited several ruddy oranges |hc seat ie didn’t wait for-the money.” re lied the tourist, -gazing from the to the rapidly retreating train le never does.* said the fellow pas ser, with a knowing smile, jli. 1 see! It is one of the advan ces of your great railroad system. ■ fruit for its patrons.” pie British tourist was just peeling \ second orange when a dainty pack* ‘ of chocolate confectionery was de bited on bis knee. The Aokn on Ibi Snake Charmer. Hear Admiral Robloy D. Evans when a young officer was on the Indian sta tion In the man-of-war Delaware. With several others he set up a bungalow on shore. He tells in "A Sailor’s I.og." published by the Appletous. what hup pened to 4 snake charmer that came along: • “The unfortunate thought came to one of our men that it would be a good Idea to get the Mohammedan drunk to see what he would do. So be prepared a dose for him that was very effective He poured a good stiff drink of brandy Into a beer glass and then tilled It with gin Instead of .water. The charmer took kindly to the drink and In a short time rolled out of bis chair on to the floor very drunk and was soon tost asleep. “The bag of snakes bad not boon thought of up to this time, but It also fell, and the inhabitants quickly spread over the floor. In the meantime live American officers took to the table and. drawing their feet up. carefully rnulned there until the snake charmer slept off his dose. ,He snored quietly while the snakes crawled over and around him. but it was a to:tg time be» fore he Anally came to himself, secured Ills pets and took them away. We did not repeat that experiment.” “ Chronic Condition. Prospective Tenant—Qf course the house needs repairs. Owner—Hub! Did you ever see a house that ’n't’-rlmlinRsnoJIs News. ' i —.1 ifwBiltriTiriiHi' n Clocks With “Wheels." “Clocks are certainly queer thlhft.” ■aid the man who waa tinkerin': at the hall clock la a suburban bouse the oth er day. “They get cranky spoils Just like people. Sometimes they rcnlly act as though .they were bewitched. A friend of mine hod a little clock that had behaved Itself and kept good time for years. One day It took a notion to lay off for awhile, and they couldn’t get It started again. My frtend’a wife was cleaning the room several days afterward, and she took the clock and laid It down flat on Its back on a chair, tt started to go at once and ticked away at a great rate, but as soon os she placed It on end It stopped again. Well, they set It. and for a time it act ed all right as loug ns It remained on Its back. But tt soon got cranky again and refused to go. The other day. Just for fun. they turned It upside down, and, would you believe It, that crazy clock started off again. Now tt only runs when it Is Standing on Its head, and they are wondering what new fool ishness It will develop next”—Boston Record. Can be properly run without being . Advertised, “A few mouths ago, lood which I ate for breakfast would not remain on my stomach for half an hour. 1 used one bottle of your Rodol Dys pepsia Onre and can now eat my , breakfast and other meals with a if , be , T, X< ' Ia J me<i enthuslas- relish and my food is thoroughly di- ally.-this is delightful! When l re- tw... n home, 1 Klinll write a paper on the ejlence of American travel. 11 less than ton minutes he was the Iplent of another package. It was a c box containing a black cigar and 0 matches. "No wonder you Americans like to vel.” he said, lilting the bitter end the cigar. Then he found that a mic publication had found its way his seat "This is great!” he grinned. “I am lag to tip the boy. Wait a moment.” The train boy baited, and the tourist id out a dime. “What Is that for?” asked the boy. "For yourself.” / “You owe uie a half, mister.” "Owe? l thought you were giving ese things away?” ‘|Not today. The half, please.” "But why don’t you'take the money ten you leave the stuff?” ' ^Because we’d never sell It.” . The tourist reluctantly handed over he coin. “Oolng to write about the excellence f American travel?" asked the fellow Passenger. “Not I,” responded the British tour st. -i am going home and tel! the na- ion about the train robberies over iere!”— Exchange. gested. Nothing equals Kodol Dps- pepsia Cur© for stomach troubles’ H, S. Pitts, Arlington Tex. Kodol Dys- i iepsia Cure digests what yon eat. i. L. Hicks. Advice From iIm- Rea. On one occasion in the II ft lee an ama teur dramntic performance was given In Ban Francisco for the lanieflt of some deserving charity. Among the perforrpei-s was the late Hugh Farrar McDermott, the poet, mid In u box was Mr. Mills. The play was some elaasic piece, and the acting was so twl that what should have been a tragedy m- camo-a farce. In the lost act Mt-rs-r mort dropped bis sword aud- stooping awkwardly,' picked It up. Then- wgs a titter lu the audience, which lik-feaseil asthe luckless performer asked. “What Sb#il I do Will* rids eqv«iomed binder From the banker's sox «tqn> In n queer stage whisper,, "Stab yourself. Hugh, and be done with ItP—Frank Leslie's Monthly. Vitality of Hebrews. If the fnture population of the earth' '* to be estimated on the basis of race vitality, then there ia no questiou but that tlie Hebrews will yet be In the Majority. Statistics show that the average longevity of the Hebrew race *® greater tbau that of any other. Their cumbers must therefore be Increasing relatively to every race, and they cer- tAiDly are. Whether It is doe to the sanitary measures enjoined by tbelr re- lU’ton or because of native vitality Is for students of sociology to decide, but the fact still remains. Yet pumliers fi:p not always to control the destiny A Serloos Complaint. What made you leave your place wlf dnt geuqnan?” asked Miss Miami BroWn. “Didn't be pay you right Y” “Yea.” answered Mr. Erasttis Pink- ley. “He paid fus’ rate, hut bis clothes , was so out of style dat I was almost ’ foheed to keep out of society.”—Wash ington Star. Waited For the Appropriation. “Yes. he has cut loose the dogs of war.” “What was bolding them back?” “The sinews.”—Cleveland Plain Deal er: “The Doctors told me my cough was incnrable, One Minnte Cough O ire made me a well man.” Norris Silver, North Stratford, N. H.—Be- cause you’ve not found reliet from a of the race, aud it ia to be supposed stubborn cough, don’t despair. One |“ at fraternity nnd good sense are slow-1 Minnte-Cough Cure has cured thons- / "'IP 1 ' 1 * <*“ distinctions. - - Bo*- an( j, an q it will cure you. Safe and ^ lobe sure. R.L. Hicks. Sleeping Car Ethic*. It seems that there Is an unwritten code of sleeping car ethics which has Its tine distinctions. The International says: “The seasoned traveler enters the Pullman as If It were a room In a club with which be IS familiar, but which he h£is not visited for some time. He stows sway his belongings, accord ing to hta habit put# on his traveling cap and a pair of light shoes or slippers dnd overgaiters, gdta out his qowspa- pers and book and, not forgetting 111* smoking outfit, is ready to be com fortable. Be it remembered that If. slippers be donned they must always be accompanied by overgniters, for without these latter the slippered foot Is not permissible under the unwritten law of aleeplng car travel.” When California W«« pnlwown. In nn old geography printed In IS15 appears tbe'followlng; “California Is a wild and almost unknown land. Throughout the year It Is covered with dense fogs, as damp as uuheslthful. In the Interior are volcanoes aud vast plains of shifting snows, which some time* shoot columns to gre.ut heights. This would seem nearly Incredible were It not for the well authenticated accounts of travelers,” — » And no advertising pays better than newspaper advertising, The news paper gods into the home* of the people and is read through. ,lf bar gains arc offered, they make a note . of it. THE SEARCH-LIGHT first-close advertising medium. As it is read by the people very generally in this county and by many m adjoining counties. Hot Satisfactory. ”Mose,” said Mr. Subbubs. “I want you to clean out ray cellar tonight.” ••’Deed, sab.” Mose protested. ”| kaint do no wuck talk dht at night, aah. dat would be aatisfnct'ry 10 yo’. sail.” “Why. not? You’ve of leu cleaned out my chicken cooj) at night.” “Yes. salt; hut I reckou dat wuzn’ •ntlsfnet’ry to yo’, sob;”—Philadelphia Record. • — - A Humble Apology, “We feel that an apology is <Jne.” ex plains the editor of the Splkctown Blla- sard, “to the estimable young woman who teaches at the schoolhousc In Dis trict Na 5. Through the wretched blunder of a worthless tramp printer whom we trusted with the setting up of an Item Just as we were closing the forms for our last week's edition we were made to say that 'Mias ltuhy Mc Connell. the handsome and popular teacher In Riggs neighborhood. Is tt*. proud possessor of an elegant new- black beard.’ v We wrote It ‘black' board.’ Chicago Tribune. • Going ky Contraries. “When a lady says ‘No,’ she- means "Yes.’ ” observed the philosopher oftbo boarding bouse, “and when b« papa throws you down -the front steps and swears at yon until you have disap peared in the gloom there seeum to be something contrary about him, too.”— Baltimore American. A Real Heed. “Why, oh. why.’’ walled tha-woman, picking up the watch at bee feet and hotdltif ff to her car, ”do«sq!.t some body Invent a watch thut you,can drop without Its stepplogr’-Nnw. York Bun. DHWeolt to TWMt “Well, what la the matter with your husband?” the physidaot asked as he laid down his repair Ut and removed his gloves. “Imaginary Insomnia,”' replied 1 Mrs. Fosdfek. “Imaginary insomnia?®' repeated 'the physician Inquiringly: “That’s wliat it la He thinks be doesn’t sleep at night, but be gets Jots more sleep than 1 do.”—Detroit Free Press. A FMtoMpbra Wife—There's a burglar down cellar.- Henry. Husband—WeR, my. dear.- we ought to be thankful that we are up stairs. Wife—But be’U<ceme up. here. Hus band—Thett we'll gariowu cellar, my dear. Surely a- ten room house ought to tie W* enough to hold three people without-crowding.—1 otrolt Free Press. __ ✓ Eczema, saUrtienm, tetter, ciiaflbg, ivy poisoning 1 and all skin tort’res are quickly cured by DeWitt’s Witch Haz“l Salve. The oertnin pile cr.re. R. L. Hicka. PUT AN AD. IN And work up yotj»- busiu 0 ^ to a, / payin, Point,. Our book and job ofllpa is l*usy tnrn- w»ir o«t (frit-class job work *H the time, and we propose to give anis- foction at reasonable prices. If yon need anything inxtbe job printing line, write to us or see ua before placing yon? order- At will pay yoq, 1 HSsdFxcTsrrrxtXa? THE SEARCH-LIGHT.