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The Office of the Teacher.
Many teachers seem to mistake the
duties of their high office. They throw
all the work of instructing the child
upon the parents, while they simply
hear recitations and ascertain how
mush the parent has taught the child.
If something like this arrangement is
to be carried on in the schools, the
method should be reversed and the
teacher should do the teaching while
the scholar rehearses to the parent.
The teacher is paid to teach and not to
sit like a bump on a log and test the
children’s acquirements from their
parents’ eare and instruction. It is
simply outrageous to load all the work
upon the father and mother, who pay
taxes to provide a teacher who shall
teach. It is the duty of the parent to
help the child in its studies at home,
but the child ought not to be expected
to come to school with perfect lessons
or be marked down. If the boy or
girl is to learn everything outside of
the school, then the teacher had better
give up the school and go to doing
housework or some other useful work.
—FarmerV Voice.
A Little Lesson in Grammar.
Boys and girls, be careful not to gel
into the habit of using “set” for “sit”
or “lay” for “lie.” As some one neat¬
ly puts it, you can “lie” down,” but
you must “lay” your coat down. You
can “sit” down, but you must “set”
your hat down. “You can “set” a
hen, but the hen must “sit” on the
eggs. You “lie” down today, you
“lay” down yesterday, or you have
“lain” down at some previous time.
You “lay” your coat down today ; you
“laid” it down yesterday.
Keep Your Wentlier Eye Open.
Fraud loves a shining mark. Occasionally
spurious imitations spring up of Hostetter’s
Stomach Bitters, the great-American family
remedy stipation, for hi clii s and fever, dyspepsia, con¬
rheum tism and iousness kidney nervousness, neuralgia,
disorder, 'i he.se imi¬
tations ar ■ u uaiv fiery local bitters full of
high wines. Loo*’cut <Or the firm signature
on the ge mine label and vignetteof St. George
and the dragon.
There is one good thing about a long prayer
—the amen.
Ladies needimr a tonic,or chi drenwho want
It building is up, .-houH take Brown’s Iron Bitt- rs.
pleasant ious-ne to t ake, cur Complaints, s Mala ia, Indiges¬
tion, Bi s and Liver makes
the Blood rich and pure.
Even if you ar j “thesa t of the earth,” don’t
get talted.
How’s This t
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
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and financ ally abl* to carryout any obliga
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Ohio.
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is taken act¬
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of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Bold by all Druggists.
Don’t lie on your back while asleep, nor on
your feet wh le awake.
Many persons household are broken Brown’s down from Iron over¬
work or car s. Bit¬
ters rebuilds the sy tem, aids digestion, re¬
moves excess of bile, and cures malaria. A
splendid tonic for women and children.
In these days expenses ar' like briars in
your pathway—they need cutting down.
apt A Couan, bb nefleeted. Coto or Sore Throat should
Troches Brown’s Bronchia*.
prompt relief. are a *5 simple remedy, and give
cents a box.
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thom p
•on’e Eye-water.Druggists sell at 25c per bottle.
Beeoham’s Pills instead of slo by mineral
waters. Beecham’s—no others. 25 cts. a box.
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Miss Ortencia E. Allen
Salem, Mich,
Liver and Kidney
trouble caused me to suffer all but death.
Sight weeks I live 1 on brandy and beef tea.
The doctor said he h id not a ray of hope for
my recovery. I rallied and commenced taking
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
and from the first felt beti er. I continued and
am now able to assist my mother in her house¬
work. 1 owe my life to Hood s Sarsaparilla.”
Ortencia E. Al len. HO OP’S CU RES.
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BEAR VERSUS ALLIGATOR.
A FIERCE FIGHT IN A LOUISIANA
BAYOU.
IVhile Drinking Bruin Is Attacked
by a Huge Saurian—A Duel to the
Death.
w ALTEB in fierce vivid the encounter description T>. New KLAPP York between Post of gives a a
a bear and an alligator which he wit¬
nessed while hunting with a friend in
Louisiana. Says Mr. Klapp:
While lazily enjoying our siesta we
were suddenly startled by a loud
crashing in the bushes on the other
side of the bayou. Snatching up our
rifles, we rushed , , to , the ,, water , , s edge 3
justmtime to see a large black bear
come out of the cane brake and walk
leisurely J to the opposite bank. He
was evidently thirsty, and had sought
the cool waters of the bayou instead
of the easier obtained but hot and
stagnant lake water. As he had not
yet caught sight of us we concluded to
wait developments before attempting
to secure so enviable a prize.
The bear climbed into a low tree
that grew out of the side of the bank,
and proceeded to crawl out on a stout
limb overhanging the bayou. His
weight bent the thick limb till it
dipped into the water, and the bear
squatted himself on the interlacing
branches and began lapping vigorous¬
ly. So eagerly did he drink, and so
intently were we watching him, that
neither noticed a fierce swirling of
the water just below, until a long black
snout shot suddenly from beneath the
surface and two gleaming rows of
teeth closed on the outstretched muz¬
zle of the bear. The shock of this
unexpected onslaught was so sudden
that the bear had no time to clinch
his hold on the tree, ana so he tum¬
bled headforemost into the water, and
turning a complete somersault, fell on
his back at some distance from the
alligator.
In falling he had jerked himself free
from the alligator’s teeth, and now he
began to make frantic efforts to swim
to shore. But the alligator, with one
flirt of his tail, was upon him again,
this time seizing him by a forepaw
and crushing it like an eggshell. We
could hear the bones crack. The hear
uttered a terrific howl of pain and
rage, and with his other paw gave the
alligator a blow which sent his long
body flying through the air for a con¬
siderable distance. This short respite
the bear utilized in paddling violently
for the shore, for he was at a deadly
disadvantage in the water against the
lightning speed of the alligator in his
native element. If he could only gain
the shore, it would soon be “his pic¬
nic,” for the alligator cannot turn
around, his little stumpy legs being
too far apart.
Like a flash the alligator caught the
bear by his hind leg. They were now
in a place where the water was shallow
over a hidden sand-bar, so the fight was
a little more even. With a vicious
snarl the bear turned on his back, and,
bending double, caught the alligator
by the soft white flesh of his throat.
It was now the bear’s turn to bite, and
bite he did with such good will that
the blood spurted in streams and the
alligator, letting go the foot he had
been chewing, emitted a series of howls
that made the woods ring. Then the
fight grew fiercer. The alligator beat
a loud tattoo with his tail on the bear’s
tough hide, but they were at such close
quarters that he could not give it swing
enough to break any bones. He was
gradually working around to a better
position, howevar. and suddenly
planted a vicious blow square on the
breast that sent the bear flying head
over heels into deep water. He was
up in a second and both rushed to¬
gether. The bear again sought the
alligator’s soft throat, and with his
sharp teeth tore great mouthfuls of
bleeding flesh.
Now, we thought, the victory will
surely be with the bear. He certainly
did seem to have the best of it. The
alligator used what breath had not
been squeezed out of him bellowing
like a bull. The sounds he uttered
were so full of rage that the water-fowl
and small animals near the bayou fled
in affright. The two struggled back
and forth. The water wa3 lashed into
foam by the furious beating of the
alligator’s tail. Straining and strug¬
gling, this way and that, suddenly the
writhing mass of ferocity slipped off
of the narrow strip of sand and was in
deep water again. Now the conditions
are reversed and the advantage on the
side of the alligator again. With a
snake-like twist of his lithe body
he slipped from the bear’s
clutches and, wheeling around, the
long, powerful tail flashed for an in
stant in the air and descended with
crushing force full on the back of the
bear. The thick backbone snapped
like a reed. With the cry of a human
being in distress the bear rolled over,
limp and lifeless, and sank to the bot¬
tom like a stone, and the fight was
over.
Since the reduction of cab fares in
London the ratio of patronage to
population has risen from 14.6 to
seventy-seven.
Jagson says hot water will dissolve
almost everything, including a busi¬
ness firm.—Elmira Gazette.
Figures for Farmers.
There are 5,000,000 live stock in
Pennsylvania.
The dairy product of Vermont
reaches $25,000,000.
Texas clips 25,000,000 pounds of
wool from 5,000,000, sheep each year.
The 2,000,000 farms of Pennsylvania
produce over $200,000,000 dollars in
crops.
The yield of the pecan trees of Texas
is said to be 9,000,000 pounds of nuts
annually.
The boys of the Green Mountain
state sell $1,250,000 worth of maple
sugar every year.
Some one who is good on figures
that i 0 ,000,000,000 tubers can be
raiged from a si le potato in ten
yearg J
Virginia , T . . . raises . $4,000,000 worth of
fruits and vegetables and 5,000,000
bushels of peanuts each year,
The sorghum cane of Kansas pro
duces 1,500,000 pounds of sugar and
5,000,000 galons of syrup yearly.
The wild grasses of South Dakota
yield 1,500,000 tons of hay. The wool
clip exceeds 5,000,000 pounds.
Utah has 3,000,000 acres of arable
lands watered by l,000miles of canals.
The irrigated lands produce annually
6,000,000 bushels of grain.
Kansas has farms valued at $450,
000,000, from which $140,000,000
worth of crops are produced each
year.
South Dakota raises 17,000,000
bushels of wheat and 22,000 bushels
! of corn and various other cereals each
year from 50,000 farms, which are
valued at $70,000,000.
The value of the Kansas dairy pro¬
ducts is $30,000,000. Over $2,000,
000 is invested in beet sugar factories.
It is said that the largest creamery
in the world is at St. Albans, Vt., the
capacity of which is 22,000 pounds
daily.
There is room behind the Olympic
range, in western Washington, for
8,000 homesteaders in addition to the
4,000 or 5,000 already there.
country is cut off from the outside
world as yet and is sparsely settled.
Where the Tug Comes.
George—“It’s easy enough to marry
a rich woman, if you wish to. ”
( Gus—“Eh? George—“All How can have it be done.”
you to do is to
steer clear of the dowerless little an¬
gels who want to marry you.”
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KNOWLEDGE
tends Brings comfort personal and improvement and
rightly to The enjoyment who live when
used. many, bet¬
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less expenditure, by mere promptly
adapting the needs the of physical world’s being, best products will attest to
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Its excellence Syrup of is Figs. due its presenting
to
in the form most the acceptable refreshing and pleas¬
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It has given satisfaction to millions and
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neys, Liver and Bowels without weak¬
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every Syrup objectionable Figs substance. sale by all drug¬
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gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man¬
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
and package, also the informed, name, Syrup will of Figs,
being well substitute jf offered. you not
accept any
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Miss C. G. McClavE, School¬
teacher, 753 Park Place, Elmira, N.
Y. ‘ ‘ This Spring while away from
home teaching my first term in a
country school I was perfectly
wretched with that human agony
called dyspepsia. After dieting for
two weeks and getting no better, a
friend wrote me, suggesting that I
take August Flower. The very next
day I purchased a bottle. I am de¬
lighted helped to say that August Flower
me so that I have quite re¬
covered from my indisposition.” 9
1 N EVERY Re
ceipt that £alls
f or baking powder
use the “Royal.” It will make the
food lighter, sweeter, of finer flavor,
more digestible and
wholesome.
“We recommend the Royal
Baking Powder as superior to
all others .”—United Cooks
and Pastry Cooks' A ssoci
ation of the United States. ^
FACTS AND FIGURES.
The world now uses 13,000 kinds of
postage stamps.
The golden-crested wren is the'
smallest bird in the world.
The assessed valuation of the United
States, according to Mulhall, is $65,
000,000,000.
The fruit crop of this country, most¬
ly devoured at home, is valued at
$210,000,000 a year.
Three hundred and sixty mountains
in the United States are over ten thous¬
and feet high.
There are in Florida 600,000 cocoa
nut trees, whose fruit is all sent to the
New York market.
More than 50,000,000 pounds of
chewing tobacco are made every year
in St. Louis, which claims to be the
greatest manufacturing center of to¬
bacco in the world.
Kentucky which passed a game law
before there were five hundred people
in the then territory, is still at it It
is now illegal to hunt on any inclosed
land without permission.
San Francisco’s mid-winter fair
will also have a goodsized wheel. It
is called the Firth wheel, is one hun
feet in diameter and has sixteen cars,
carrying ten people each. The wheel
is on an elevation, and a spectator at
the summit of its revolution will be
150 feet above the fair building, and
have a great sea view as one of the
sights.
Wauled a Sleeve.
Little Boy—“Mamma, may we have
one of the sleeves of that white dress
you got tored last summer?”
Mamma—“What for, dear?”
“Little Boy—“Me an’ Johnny an’
Willie an’ Georgie an’ Alfy an’ the rest
of the boys wants to play eircus, an*
hasn’t any tent .”—Street & Smith's
Good News.
Plenty of Credit.
Old Gentleman—“I find, sir, that
you have no financial standing, no
credit anywhere.”
Young GettherB—“You do me in¬
justice, sir. I have easily borrowed
several hundred since it became known
I was engaged to your daughter.”
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Planting Seed Potatoes.
One of the questions about which
there has long been adiversi y of opin¬
ion among farmers, is whetner tfie
seed end of a potato should be used
for planting or not. Most of our best
and largest growers have decided that
the seed end should be removed, and
practice this method; or, if they do
not remove it, they cut the seed so
that each piece shall have some good
large eyes, the end piece having theso
in addition to the cluster of small ones.
Where whole potatoes are planted ft
is found that a great many shoots are
sent out and the crowd each other like
weeds, and very many small potatoes
and far too few large ones are the re¬
sult. There are some varieties which
do better when the whole potato is used
for seed. These are such as are strong
growers and have but few eyes, but it
will not do to use the most ef cur va¬
rieties in this way, for the result will
not justify the method.— Exchange.
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