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< Cleverly Tricked
.•nick." said Bill Stubbing to his
partner. -Lev , you ueou l»» l.Ule porn- .
graph in tae pels ua eo umu.
“No. M hat about it:
••Listen! ‘Mr. Leslie Thompson, the
postmaster of M-, receives $3,000
annum. ♦ ft
per do
••Well, what has that got to with
us?”
“Why, can’t you see? Five thousand
dollars per hannuui is—is—now, what
the dickens is it per month?”
"Four hundred and sixteen dollars
.and sixty-six cents to a cent.”
-Lor! what an ’ead you hev for tig
ures to be sure. Well, I was just rumi¬
nating as ’ow it would be worth our
while,to meet Mr. Leslie Thompson
next pay (lay. Four hundred and six¬
teen dollars in ’ard cash is as good as
$2,500 worth of joolery to us—what wi’
swindling fences and the like—a^d.
’twixt ourselves. I’m gettiu a bit above
.common burglin.”
"Bill,” said Dick, three weeks later.
-I have learned that the postmaster
takes night duty on New Year's eve.
on account of extra work with New
Year’s cards. When he conies off duty
early in the morning of Jan. 1 he will
have a month's salary in his posses¬
sion.”
“Are that information reliable?”
"It are!”
“Then” — dramatically — "leave the
rest o' the derangements to yer ’umble
servant, Bill Stubbies."
At C a. m. on the first day of the new
year Mr. Leslie Thompson left the of*
tire and hurried home. He remember¬
ed opening his garden gate, lie remem¬
bered closing it again, and then lie had
a dint recollection of a blow, a gag and
a pleasant, sleepy sensation creeping
-over him.
Nothing further could he definitely
remember until i) o'clock, when lie
awoke from sleep with an aching head
and found himself in a dirty room,
with two ruffians standing over him.
"Where’s the brass that you drawed
this niornin?” asked Bill Stubbing,
with a look of disgust on his face.
“What brass?” asked the postmaster
in surprise.
“Don’t try ter kid us. You drawed
yer salary a few hours since. Where
u Shaving in
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ter , power fan, wlucll 7 • 7 Will -77
keep 1J0U. cod and comfort
able- Herrmon'sstore' Next to Harris ' A*
C HAHL 1 EWNK UK.
yy 1LL1AM 031 alley,
Builder and Contractor,
Dealer fn Lime, Brick, Blaster.
Bair, Cement, Builders' Supplies.
Wall Paper, etc. Full line of
llardwood Mantels, Tiles. Urates.
Paints, Oils, Glass, Sash, Doors
and Blinds.
Milt! k
Pariors Bat
MOJYE I a
To loan on approved paper.
Interest paid on time deposits.
J- Prompt attention given to collections.
BIS110B, HR., S. HARRIS,
President. V'iee Pres’t
SOT, HERRMAN, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:—J. Bishop, Hr. D. M.
Roberts, Herman S. Harris Sol Herrman, *J. 1).
B. T. Burch. fl- 20 -lv
Avery & McMillan,
5’ and 53, South Forsyth Street
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Engines. Boilers, Saw Kills
and all kinds o! Machinery.
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£ 1
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"h-k Eclipse Engines, Frick Eclipse
/ / v Mills, Corn Mills. Feed Mills.
V • >aw Teeth. Red Cross Belting,
/ -in Governors, Engine
and Miil Re¬
V-^1*5 am! Mill Supplies. Free catalogue.
is it?”
“All, I understand you now,” said
the postmaster, with a smile, "You
have made a mistake, though, I have
not yet received my salary, as you are
perfectly well aware, for 1 see you
have rifled my pockets.”
’Ues.” said Bill, “but we’ve not done
wi you yet, not bv ,J any means We’ve
^ k |m( . ke , s
You must make out a cheek for HI .000
payable ter me. or yer a dead corpse.
Nobody knows as ’aw you’re ’ere. an
we’re desp’rate men, we are. If you
signature the check all fair an square,
you’ll be set free, an we’ll take our de
partures from this ’ere place to a for¬
eign clime and lead a honest life, oth¬
erwise”—
The postmaster thought for a inn
ment. and then, pretending to look up¬
on the matter of $ 1,000 as a mere baga¬
telle. lie asked for pen and ink and
carelessly made out a cheek for $ 1,000
payable to
WILLIAM STUBBINS.
Then he added his usual signature:
LESLIE THOMPSON.
“What's them there dots and
about?” asked Bill Stubbins suspi¬
ciously.
“Nothing at all. 1 always make
point of underlining names for
sake of convenience afterward. You
will find it all right.”
As a matter of fact, the
marks were telegraphic dots and
es, and. according to the
code, tlie first series stood for the word
“arrest” and the second for the word
"help.”
The bank manager was an old friend
of Mr. Thompson’s, and, further,
had once been a telegraph clerk
self.
Unsuspecting Bill Stubbins.
ouglily disguised in a frock coat, a silk
hat and a clean shaven, well scrubbed
face, presented the check shortly
the bank opened. The manager
astounded when lie read: “Arrest
liam Stubbins. Help Leslie
son."
Bill was at once seized and the po
lice sent for. The rogue stubbornly
fused to say a word respecting
whereabouts of Mr. Thompson and
Dick, but the police knew Bill
bins well. A couple of detectives
sent to liis usual address, and
they found Dick standing guard
the missing postmaster.
When they heard how they had been
cleverly tricked, they were
dumfounded for a time.
"Bill.” said Dick at length, “we
in-in-insane!”
"No.” said Bill, “we were
creet!”
But in a short time they found they
were in—in—in jail.—Loudon Tele¬
graph.
" ow l That Won Ilnttlr,
n
A singular story is told of a
00(>k whose m,,ni1 influence at a
cal moment during the battle of St.
Vincent helped to save a British
of-war from the hands of the enemy.
Tlie fowl in question formed part
#» u« *«* t ««■
vessel which had suffered so severely
that her captain was considering
advisability of striking li is flag.
ship was entirely dismasted, while
chief officers had been carried
severely wounded, and the crew,
out anybody to cheer them up.
beginning to grow sullen under
heavy tire of the enemy, to which
were hardly able to respond.
At this emergency a shot struck
coop in which the fowls were
The only surviving occupant, a
finding himself at liberty, fluttered
and perched himself on the stump
tho mainmast and surveyed the
of carnage around him. 'ilien,
his wings in defiance, lie began to
vociferously, [[0 was answered
three *oarty and exhilarating
from tne crew, who all had a
laugh, and. with spirits thus
continued the action with a vigor
lasted until a turn in tlie battle rescued
them from their tight position.—Was!i
iugton Star.
When? Growers In Session.
Greenwood, S. C., Aug 15.—A con
ventiou of wheat growers met here to
day to discuss plans for the betterment
of the farmers’ condition. Delegates
are present iroin ue parts (j. the state.
Kentucky Miners Strike.
Middlesboro, Kv., Aug. 11.—One hun¬
dred and fifty coal miners have struck
at Mingo mines, demanding increased
wages. The operators had just prom
ised to increase wages Sept 1 . but the
miners demanded an increase to go into
effect immediately. It is believed all
the miners in the Mtddlesboro district
will strike.
A Lynching In Tennessee.
Nashville, Aug. 11 .— Will Cham¬
bers, a negro, arrested on a charge of
criminally assaulting the 10 -year old
daughter of William Watson, was
lynched by hanging near Bed Buckle at
an early hour today. He was identified
by his victim, who is in a critical con¬
dition.
Lightning Started h Tire.
Parkersburg, W. Va, Aug. 11.—
During a severe storm at 4 a. m. today
lightning struck the store of the W. H.
Smith Hardware company, a 4 story
building. In a few minutes the fcniid
mg was in flames and soon burned up.
For the Farmer,
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In the eastern states where com Is
dear hogs fattened on it make ex¬
pensive bacon, writes ,i. M. McCann in
The National Stockman. Now, if every
farmer who has a bit of pasture land
would keep a few sheep, be would
hardly miss what they would eat. and
could have the best and most nutri¬
tious meat at any season of the year.
Running with the cows in summer,
they would cat largely of weeds that
no other animal would touch, and
turned into the cornfield in the full
would thrive without injuring the crop.
A few could be killed and salted
down for winter use, for their bams
can be sugar cured, or smoked, like*
bacon, and are far cheaper and more
wholesome. By adopting this method
less corn would be necessary for the
farmer’s use, and more hand could be
kept in permanent pasture, and the
best meat in the world secured, at the
least possible expense. While large
flocks often become diseased, a few
sheep, having the run of the farm,
usually keep fat and healthy, and their
fleeces will pay for their keep for a
year, and you have the lambs for a
gift. In West Virginia the value of the
corn required to fatten a bog is about
equal to the price his pork would real¬
ize on the market. A hundred pounds
of mutton can be produced at a merely
nominal cost, without the feeding of
nll v K”ain. and "idle glowing the coin
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crop for the hog exhausts the soii the
droppings of the sheep enrich it. and
they improve the sod by destroying
weeds that no other animal will eat.
By eating more mutton and less bacon
banner would enjoj better health
and improve his land at the same time.
Borrowed Capital.
It is unfortunate, says the Boston
Cultivator, that the credit of farmers
as prompt payers of borrowed money
is not so good as that of men engaged
in commercial business and who know
that if they do not pay promptly their
credit will be ruined. It is perhaps
because farmers have to depend on
sales of their crops to make payments
and the time when the crop can be
marketed varies much in different
years. Besides, most farmers think
that so long as they have abundant
security more or less delay in paying
debts does not much matter. Tills is a
great mistake The slow payer is
obliged to give larger interest on wliat
lie borrows, and this usually more than
offsets the gain which the borrowed
capital affords. This is especially true
if the money is borrowed at tlie banks
on two to three months' notes, that are
renewed when due until finally paid.
The batik charges the full legal rate of
interest in such cases, while if a long
time mortgage is given a rate much
lower than may be legally charged can
almost always be obtained and with¬
out tin* compound of interest at each
renewal, as is often done when the
note lias only a short time to run.
To Avoid Disease.
Every business lias its losses, so w<*
must not expect to raise every pig to
be a matured bog. no matter what
breed it is. There are a few tilings we
must do to ward off disease, And
when you buy a cholera remedy these
tilings will be given wi.li the remedy,
which in 0 !) cases out of every 100 are
; worth more than the* remedy. Iced
on B’ Rood- wholesome lood. Feed no
slop which has been left to sour.
Furnish plenty of good, fresh water.
Allow no ponds or puddles of stagnant
water to be in the hog lots or pastures.
I\cep the iiog hits and beds ti(Iy and
clean. Feed plenty of salt and ashes
and give a feed of charcoal once in
awhile. Keep the hogs clear of lice.
Sprinkle the beds, feeding troughs and
feeding places with crude carbolic
acid, chloro naplitholetim or air slaked
lime. Feed a little turpentine in the
1 slop occasionally, as it will keep the
pigs clear of worms. A little soda fed
in the slop occasionally will remove
the gases from the system. The chol¬
era may visit your herd after you have
used all these precautions. If it does.
1 do not believe there is a so called bog
cholera cure that will cure them.—
Farmers’ Institute Paper.
Water Far Cows.
We find tin* following in Farm and
Home of Loudon. England, and think
it agrees with the statements of those
who have so arranged their water sup¬
ply that the cows in their stables al¬
ways have it in their stalls: "A condi¬
tional experiment in watering cows
shows that dairy cattle always in their
stable gave much better results when
allowed constant access to water than
when allowed a drink only twice a day.
It was found that the milk yield in¬
creased and no decrease of fat content
occurred. The daily increase of milk
was small, but. as estimated, it would
improve the yield -40 gallons per cow
per year. A noticeable feature of the
experiment is that the cows drank a
little less when permitted to drink at
will than when furnished water twice
a day. By drinking often there was
less chilling of the* stomach than where
water bad to be taken twice a day and
each time in large quantities. The di-
gestion was improved, as with each
small draft of water some gastric
juice was secreted. \Vllicll was not tlie
case to the save extent where large
drafts of cold water bad to be taken."
I nline or riollre.
A clear flowing brook, in which
trout live, is the best of nil drinking
places for a tlock. Soft well water is
next to it. Hard well water is apt to
cause diseases. esj>eeially that quite
common swelling under the throat
which is known ns goiter.—Sheep
Breeder.
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Row to Cook Corn on the Col»—Cook*
Injy l»v l'lrotrletty—Water
Cuehrimelien unit Ants.
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“Tills Is the season." say* the expert
housekeeper, "when one of the best
vegetables we have is spoiled by iguo
ranee and overcooking. There is noth¬
ing so sweet, so delicate and delicious
as an car of corn properly cooked, and
there is nothing more tasteless and un¬
palatable than corn when it lias keen
boiled half an hour and perhaps leit
soaking in water.
"Don’t cook your corn more than
eight or ten minutes. Put it in a good
sized boiler which contains just as lit
tie water as can be kept from boiling
away in the time it takes to cook the
corn. Place the corn i.i cross ways
any way so that it will not be packed
solidly together, but will leave room
for the steam to circulate about each
ear. Put a tight cover on the kettle
and a clean dish towel over that. If ttec
essary, to keep in the steam, Tlten
cook for eight or ten minutes, and the
result will be corn that is worth eat
iug.
"The trouble with most housekeeper?
is that they try to cook the cob. If the
center of tin* cob lias a green look they
put the corn on to cook more. That is
nonsense. Common sense shows that if
tho corn Is only properly-cooked that
big piece of woody substance inside it
will not be. or that if tile thick cob is
cooked the corn will be overdone. Ke
ineniber. we don’t eat the cob. There i ^
no better corn to be had than that
fresh from a Rhode Island clambake,
where it lias never seen water.”
CnoUiiiK l»y KI«*«*trIi*lty.
Cleanliness and convenience are tin*
chief points in favor of cooking by
electricity. Where electricity Is not til
ready employed for lighting the ex
jtense of changing from the old style of
cooking to the new is considerable.
Even where the wires are already In
the house u costs, under the prevailing
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1. PortaW* stove. IP iter i tcI r lnr.dnhmi
•tow pan. a. Tea kettle, -i. Broiler
charges for the current, more to cook
by electricity than by tin* old methods
Vet many housekeepers think that the
two points of advantage mentioned
more than compensate for tin* addi¬
tional cost. For a moderate outlay
some of the useful appliances can be
purchased and even where they do not
entirely supplant the ordinary stove
will be found very useful in warm
weather, at night or In case of sick¬
ness. Home of the simpler appliances
are represented in tin* illustration, tak¬
en from Good Housekeeping.
Water Dim* :i ml Ollier l*ct«.
Waterbugs. cock roadies and ants
now put forth their best efforts to in¬
habit every vacant space. In old
houses where there is decaying wood
it is diflieult to exterminate them. One
of tin; best methods is to sprinkle ev¬
ery crack and crevice with fresh
cayenne pepper. Another discourage¬
ment is to moisten small, equal por¬
tions of powdered sugar and tartar
emetic and spread the same while
moist on an old plate. At once the
ants will disappear. Again, a sponge
dipp ! in a thin sugar sirup and placed
near their places of entrance will soon
be overrun by ants. Then drop the
sponge into scaMing water. dip into
the simp and bait tin* little fellows,
continuing until they cease to be trou¬
blesome. The use of paris green is
dangerous, and insect powder is un
tidy.
When water bugs and cockroaches
•
of salt and borax are effectual, ofb-n.
however, litth* attention is paid r!
remedies, which should always be
compnnied ly scrupulous cleanliness.
In that ease the peelings of fresh en¬
cumbers strewed around their foraging
places at night will possess mysteri¬
ous [lower to drive them away for
good.—Good Housekeeping.
YOUTHS’ DEPARTMENT.
Vnimalu Thnt Hake* ltalloon \xeen
wi tin-—Chrl.sfinn nsnl tho Witch.
121 m Summer School.
Tho ordinary California buzzard and
tin* vinsular ravens of Santa Catalina
island often give marvelous
of soaring or rising into the :»i r \v I til
otit moving their wings, and when it
Is remembered thnt their bodies
reduced to a minimum of weight and
that even the bones are Idled with
air it Is almost scientifically and liter¬
ally true that they are living balloons.
As a stroller who had descended
bank of a little trail crouched low
the shadow of a wild lilac lie saw
against the dark green bank of the op
poslte canyon a cobweb afloat;
another, drifting down tlie aerial ehati
ticl on the wind, (fibers followed
procession of webs w as passing. Some
were long and formed of a single
thread of silk; others had a
mass of fabric attached, Presently
one of them came so near that he put
out Ids baud and caught it.
It was a perfect balloon, and
aeronaut a small spider sat compla¬
cently ou its basket, a Unify mass
well half an inch in length, light as a
feather and supported by a long thread
which reached away, undulating and
curving upward. Scores of these aero¬
nauts passed by, drifting up the little
canyon, borne aloft by the upward
current of air. The stroller noticed a
number of spiders on the leaves and
branches in singular attitudes, and
then it occurred to him that here was
» spider migration and that instead
wallting or crawling away the insects
were going, like Androc. by balloon.
More on the halves of the wild
were preparing for tin* Journey
the chasm, forming, building and
launching their balloons. A
that had been actively climbing up a
branch of a neighboring oak now
on an outer leaf and prepared to mal
its balloon. It had a wonderful ar¬
rangement of spinnerets, in which
balloon making material, which is
employed to construct nests and traps.
Is stored.
Homo of tiic spiders have an addi
folia! spinning organ and a
Implement upon the hind legs, by
which they comb out the silk,
a tangle of tine webs. Thus they
well prepared to make cables for
loons. guy rlpes, nd and by the aid
the comb a Huffy platform web.
Seme of the spiders made little
forms of fluffy web as they went;
ers merely clung to the thread, but
otic way or the other scores of
crossed the canyons and
through tin' air; argonauts in all
name implies.
Clirl.Onn unit (tic W1 1 oil.
In olden tiines then* lived a king
queen with their three daughters,
eldest (laughter was Hi, the next
was 13. and the youngest was U
old. They were dearly beloved by
the king and queen.
And when fairies and witches wi
upon the eartli among them was an
witch who was feared by all
knew her. This old witch had a
ter who was feared also because of he
ugly mnniH rs. And so one day the
witch dressed herself in a
new gown and changed her
Into a Ir autifnl rose for
who was the youngest of tin*
daughters and the one she most
And she went to the palace and
to tin* door and km*ckcd, and the queen
came to the door, and the witch
"I have* a beautiful rose for Christina,
and may I see her?”
The queen said. “Stop In." and
king and Ids daughters came In
room, and the witci^ gave the lose to
Christina to smell, and very soon she
became very ugly and old. like the
witch’s own daughter. And when the
king and queen found out flu* witch
did it they ordered her to lx* put in
prison, and the king told her that
would have her put to dealli if she
would not tell him bow to restore Ids
daughter. So threatened, tin* witch
told Christina to drink a certain kind
of wine and to bring her the rose,
t’bristina did as she was directed and
once more was beautiful. The witch
tied and nevi r was seen again.— M.
Iteno Mitchell In San I-’ranolsco Call.
III* S;ii. 5 f»M*r School.
A small hoy !olli*<J in the noonday sun
In a field winTe tl» • trrew,
And ht* lnv hi U* pontiff i thin;;, you know,
That .'Glial 1 boy* w* Id ora do.
He as id to ! *'f iri a rr. i-ir.^ way:
“My opinion may he wron^,
But I think I learn more in the summer time
Than I <Jo all winter Jon;;.
“In winter I hammer away at books;
Learn read! nd writing w 11,
Geography, ; i!:;n *.r, ari: ninet ic.
An J try to learn how to spell.
*T, t in tun ner, with utter • b • ik In hind
And never a n ap to tell,
I ran learn in t i it kir.d of a way
V\r. re the little kroon chipmunks dwell.
“it. ■ I r/*o r •in tell on a crazy nnp
W a it. 1 mtainoua - Jtmtry’s found
1 can 1 J you at r* to a mountain off
Where squirrels and possums abound.
“I 1 . • Lamed where the bullfrogs croak all
Com * alom?, and I’ll show you their pool.
Arid I’ll try to corn inf you that 1 am rigiit
In preferring t summer school.
—Janies I.. lVqtrignot.
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