A DIAMOND NECKLACE.
One Sunday morning' two young'
men sat in the smoking-room of a
cozv apartment.
On the divan, his tail and legs
ornainented with tufts of curly black
hair, his body shaved in the 'improved
fashion, a poodlu slumbered peace
fully, and Floyd Tailer, the owner of
the premises, was lolling in an easy
chair, his slippered feet stretched
toward the fire. His companion,
Arthur Van Stade, had been his
greatest friend at college, and this
was their first meeting- in three years.
"That's rather a fine dog- you have
there, Arthur, said Van Stade, turn
ing to the poodle and lazily looking
over the sleepy animal.
"Well I should think so," replied
Tailer; "I don't suppose you will be
lieve me when I tell you that when
he came into my possession he was
worth no less than SI. 000. The spring
after yon went away," he went on.
"having finished my college course, I
went over to the other side for the
Lontlon season. Invent to London
and in London Ltayed long after the
time I had alldtted to that city had
expired. Itivas there I met Edith.
In six weeks we were engaged. The
remainder of the summer I passed in
i Scotland with the family of my
fiancee. They had planned to go to
Nice, when the cold weather came on,
and of course I determined to go with
thejn. We went as far as Paris to
gether, but at the last moment I was
detained in that city for a few days
and was obliged to allow the rest of
the party to proceed without me,
promising to join them in a week at
most.
"The following morning- I started
out in search of something for my
dear girl, whom I should be with the
very next day. I visited all the lead
ing jewelry btores on the Avenue de
1'Opera, and was so confused by the
glittering array of gems spread out to
lure the American dollar from
wealthy travelers that I could decide
on nothing-. My SI, 003 which had
seemed so much, now appeared ri
diculously small, and I had almost de
spaired of finding anything worthy of
my beloved when my eyes fell upon
an extremely beautiful necklace, con
sisting of two rows of pearls caught
together at intervals by small dia
mond clasps. It lay in a velvet case
of azure blue nnd the moment I saw
it I decided that it was just what I
wanted.
"I bought it without a moment's
hesitation. The little blue box was
about to be wrapped up wiien the
salesman discovered some imparfec
tion in the clasp. He was profuse in
his apologies and said that it would
be repaired and ready for me the fol
lowing morning. I explained that
this would not do. as I was to leave
on the night express for Nice. After
a moment's hesitation the jeweler
promised that I should have it at 0
o'clock, without fail.
"As I was leaving the store I no-ticcd-a
woman standing by my side.
I say I noticed a woman: it would be
more correct to say that I noticed a
beautiful white hand with long- taper
fingers, on one of which was a dia
mond of unusual size and brilliancy.
In tiiis hand was a small jeweled
watch, and as I was leaving- the coun
ter I caught a few words spoken in a
peculiarly musical voice. I was too
full of jthe thought of Edith's happi
ness on receiving my gift even to
glance at the woman's face, and long
before I had reached the sidewalk she
was forgotten.
"At G o'clock I returned. and, true to
his promise, the man had the necklace
ready for me. Placing it in the in
side pocket of my coat, 1 left the
store and had just time to complete a
. few remaining arran-amsnts before
jroing to the station. I bought a
first-class ticket and tippsd the guard,
after giving him to understan I in my
very best French that I did not want
him to put other passengers in my
compartment. I tucked my traveling
rug around my knees, opened a
French novel, when the door was
opened and a woman hurriedly en
tered the compartment and took the
seat next the window on the other
side of the car. I glanced at my un
welcome companion, she was dressed
in mourning of the richest material
and in perfect tate. As I was notic
ing these details something by her
bide that I had first taken for a fur
cape moved. It proved to be a black
French poodle, and as he sat up and
turned his head toward me I saw that
around his neck he wore a broad
silver collar from which depended a
peculiar heart-shaped padlock.
"A little later on looking up. I
found that my companion was with
out books and papers, so taking an
illustrated magazine from my satchel
I offered it to her. She thanked me
and smiled sweetly. Aft .t a time I
grew tired of my novel and resolved
to attempt a little conversation with
my neighbor. I asked her if she was
going to Nice. She replied that she
was, and went on to say that her sis
ter, whom she had expected would gj
with her, had disappointed her at the
last moment. She chatted on about
the place, mentioning the names of
many well-known people who, she
said, were her friends and whom I
should no doubt meet.
"As the evening wore on she opened
a basket containing a dainty lunch.
Would I share it with her?'
" 'What a charming creature she is,'
I thought. How Edith will like her.'
Growing confidential. I spoke of my
visit to Nice and of the dear girl who
was awaiting me there.
" 'We will drink her health!' cried
my companion, gayly, drawing a
small silver llask of exquisite work
manship from the depths of her bas
ket I always carry a little cognac
with me in case of sickness,' she ex
n7r;nnf1 Onomn"- the flask and fillinjr
a dainty glass with the amber liquid.
she handed it to me with a radiant j
tmile. To Edith's health,' she said, j
"I drained the glass. It was brandy
of the finest quality I had ever tasted.
Soon after this I began to grow
sleepy, and as my companion did not
seem inclined to talk I made myself
as comfortable as circumstances
would permit. I turned my head
toward the window and resigned my
self to a night of discomfort. The
next thing it was broad daylight. I
awoke with a dull pain in my head
and a sense of weariness that my
sleep had rather increased than
diminished. I thought of Edith,
whom I should now see so soon, and
then of the surprise I had in store for
her.
"I hoped that the necklace would
please her, and then, for the first
time, it occurred to me that perhaps
it would have been better if I had
consulted some woman oftaste her
fore buying it. "
"Unbuttoning my coat I drew the
package from my pocket and laid it
on my lap. Removing the wrappings
I opened the little blue case. For a
moment I could not believe my eyes
it was empty!
"I turne.l quickly to my companion.
She was leaning forward motionless,
breathless, her face pale and' in her"
eyes a look that I shall never forget.
One hand was pressed convulsively
over her heart. She had removed her
gloves worn the night before, and on
one finger blazed a diamond the one
I had seen the previous day at the
jeweler's. In an instant I saw it all.
I sprang forward and grasped her
wrist roughly, I am afraid.
" 'Give me back the necklace, you
thief,' I cried. "I know you. You
stood by my side yesterday in the
jeweler's shop on the Avenue de
1'Opera. I remember that ring and
your vo'ce. You heard me say that I
was going to Nice by this train. The
liquor you gave me was drugged and
you thought to escape before your
theft was discovered. It was a very
clever scheme, but it has failed. Give
me the necklace or I shall turn you
over to the police.'
You have brought a serious
charge against me,' she said, 'and
one of which I am innocent. I am
alone, and a woman ' this with a
momentary tremor in her voice that
somehow made me ashamed of the
way I had spoken to her. 'If, as you
say, you have lost a necklace, your
only reason for accusing me of having
stolen it is that we have been the
only occupants of this compartment.
The instant you opened the box and
found it empty I saw the awful
position that I was placsd in. For
tunately, however, I can prove my
innocence.'
"I began to feel uncomfortable.
What if, after all. I had been too
ready to jump at conclusions and had
been mistaken. Was it not possible
that the box might have been empty
when I received it from the jewelers?
"Suddenly my eyes fell on some
thin? bright lving on the floor of the
carriage. I stooped and picked it up.
It proved to be the little heart-shaped
padlock I had noticed the night before
on the poodle's collar.
"Iieaehing across the seat with a
quick motion, I drew the sleeping an
imal to my side. The woman sprang
forward to prevent me, but she was
too late. I had already torn the col
lar from the dog's neck and was hold
ing it to the light that entered dimly
through the window from the station.
"I breathed a sigh of relief: the in
side of the collar contained a hollow
groove, and in this groove, securely
fastened, lay the missing necklace. I
turned triumphantly to my com
panion. The door was open; she was
gone.
"That morning as I entered Edith's
parlor the little poodle trotted con
tentedly by my side, and instead of
the collar he wore the necklace. As
for the woman, I never saw her
again." Kate Field's Washington.
DREAD OF AN EVIL EYE.
IT LEADS TO THE REMOVAL
DF THE OPTICAL ORGAN.
MYRIADS OF POISONED HAIRS.
What Causes the St Ins in the Hand
That Lightly Toache n Nettle.
The leaf and stem of a nettle are
literally clothed with eiect hollow
hairs. If one of these hairs is
viewed under a microscope, says
Good Words, it will be seen that its
free end, after tapering to a very
fine degree of slimness, finishes as a
little knob, while in the other direc
tion, after gradually becoming moie
robust, it suddenly expands into a
large bulb corresponding with the
poison gland of the adder. The
point of hair is very brittle and con
tact with our skin causes the end to
snap off, leaving the hollow needle
point which . leadily pierces our
cuticle, and pressing upon the bulb
at the other end the poison is
forced through the central channel
and inflames our blood. The tender
handed who stroke the nettle are
stung for their pains, be
cause their gentleness has only
served to break the brittle points
and render them fit for piercing, but
the rough handed beak the hairs at
their thickest parts, where they are
too stout to prick. Our common
nsttles, though they are capable of
inflicting considerable annoyance
upon many persons, are too insignifi
cant, nevertheless, to be included
among vegetable monsters, and we
have only referred to them for the
sake of making clear the enormities
of some big cousins giants of the
nettle family. These are. first, the
Urtica stimulans and Urtica cren
ulata, of the East Indies, species
whose attack upon one's hand is suf
ficient to cause the arm to swell
with a most frightful pain, which
lasts for weeks. But even these are
milk-and-water nettles by compar
ison with the L'rtico urentissima,
which grows in Timor, where it
bears the significant title of Daoun
setan. or devil's leaf. The effects of
its sting last for u year and have
often produced death.
An Absurd Superstition Through Which
a Woman Is Caused to .Suffer Torture
Singular Notions Which Obtain Among
Western Pennsylvania Folk.
If the story told in the office of an
attorney in Cleveland may be relied
upon Mary Dietz, on account of an
absurd superstition, recently suffered
the torture ol having one of her eyes
gouged out by an alleged doctor
from Pennsylvania Tho story
was told in the law office
of Levi Bauder bv James Bar
row, an ex-soldier who served in
the same regiment with Bauder dur
kig the war, says the Chicago Times.
The superstition in question is the
old one about the evil eye. and the
woman who was maimed was sup
posed to possess it. The old belief
about the evil eye was that it with
ered and turned to decay every liv
ing thing on which it rested. To be
in the presence of an evil eye was
to be siezed with a lingering illness.
followed by death and the grave. If
the possessor of such an eye lived on
a farm the horses, cows, sheep.
chickens and swine were seized with a
mysterious disease and died. In anv
locality it was fatal to the inhabit
ants thereor. J.hey lost their appe
tites, became pale and thin, and
finally death claimed them. Tnder
the gaze of such an eye the farmers'
crops of grain stopped growing as
though a worm gnawed at their roots.
In some parts of Pennsylvania this
superstition still exists, and all those
connected with the horrible occur
rence are from that partof the
country.
Mr. Bauder retold the story re
lated to him by his former comrade
as follows: "If 1 remember correct
ly Barrows married his present wife
about three years ago. She is what
we term Pennsylvania Dutch, a class
of people who are very superstitious
and firm believers in tho evil eye.
Well, he came into my office a few
days ago and for an hour and a half
he told of the experience of hi3 wife
with a wpman who had the evil eye.
For a long time, he said, he had no
ticed that his wife acted in a strange
manner. When he asked her about
it she told him that she believed she
had been hoodooed1 by some person
with an evil eye. His story was that
she would lie down on the floor and
go through a series of movements
which were alarming. Finally, he
said, she suspected that Mary Dietz,
a neighbor, was possessed of the
evil eye. I believe he told me that
his wife called at the woman's house
and consulted with her and her hus
band about her suspicions. At any
rate it was decided that a
doctor who was experienced
discovery and treat
eyes of that description
should bo sent for. Ho said they
located one in Pennsylvania and he
was promptly engaged. In due time
the so-called doctor arrived and
went to the woman's house. My
friend said that his wife wa9 there
and she witnessed all that took
place. A bowl of water was taken
into the room and the woman with
the supposed evil eye was asked to
look into it. At this. point-lTranted"
to know what the bowl of water had
to do with the matter. He then ex
plained that it was used to discover
which eye was the evil one. If
either were an evil eye its reflection
could be seen in the water. Then
he went on and told me tho story
of the destruction of the woman's
eye. Wrhile she was looking into
the water, he said, the doctor saw
in the bowl the reflection of the evil
eye. He looked again to make sure
which eye it was. Then he made a
quick movement with his right hand,
which crrasped some kind of an
instrument
Mrs. Dietz uttered an agonizing
cry, and there were blood marks on
her face, which were hidden when
she covered her eye with her hands,
and then she was carried into a
room and laid on a bed. The
doctor remained and treated the
woman until she recovered from
shock. My friend told mo that
woman's eye soon healed, that
wife became her former self again,
and that she firmly believed that the
destruction of the evil eye had saved
her life. Barrows sail that such an
eye prevented prosperity in any
neighborhood where it existed.
Fre.'iuentlv, he stated, in communities
where there are many believers in
evil eyes, they gather at some house
and standing around a large bowl
of water look down on it, while a
doctor watches for the reflection.
If any of the superstitious believers
suddenly have an eye gouged they
gladly welcome the pain accompany
ing the loss of the optic, because
they prefer death to being the pos
sessor of such an evil organ. "
DOOM IN THE BATH TUB'
in the
ment of
the
tho
his'
I oJlrd tin .lu Ige.
Lord Hannen. the distinguished
English judge, was never known to
be hoaxed but on one occasion. A
juryman dressed in deep mourning, j
serious and downcast in expression, t
stood up and claimed exemption
from service on that day, as he was
deeply interested in a funeral
of a srentleman at which it
was his desire to be present. "Oh, i
certainly," was the courteous reply ;
of the judge, and the sad man went.
"My lord." interposed tho clerk, as i
tne ex-jui j iuau nau yonu, --uu uu
know who that man is that you ex
empted?" "No.' "He is an under
taker." Argonaut.
A Word for the . lam.
"You often hear it said, 'Don't bo
a clam."'
"Yes."
I think this does injustice to the
clam. There is something about
that bivalve that commends it to oui
consideration and respect."'
-What is that?'
It knows when to shut up."
The man who has the least in him
is generally the one who talks the
most about himself.
Hog Senne.
The question has frequently been
raised, "Do dogs understand remarks
made about them in conversation?
I tnink they do, and I will tell you
the reason why. I once had a little
terrier whose eye had accidentally
been seriously injured. 1 remarked
to my wife that I intended to call in
a surgeon to see if he could not do
something to cure it. The dog,
which was lying on a rug near by,
immediately got up and left the
room. I went after the doctor, but
on his arrival the terrier was no
where te be found. I called him re
peatedly, but without avail. At
last, after a long search, I found him
hid upstairs in a closet. When I
carried him downstairs he whined
piteously and evinced a strong dis
like for the surgeon, and would
scarcely allow himself to be touched
by him.'"
The Seal Hunter" Canoe.
The seal hunters 1 kiak is sim
ply a piece of boat-shaped costume.
The occupant stows his legs away
beneath something like a carriage
apron, tucking it tightly around his
wa'st He ean take his skin canoe
uudsr his arm and walk away with it.
Supererogation.
Mr. Pop Our youngest child talks
ail the time.
Mr. Chumppe Is it a boy or a
girl?
Mr. Pop Didn't I say it talked all
the time.
Ablution of the Future Will Be by Rain
and Shower Bath.,...
The dwelling house of the future,
constructed on scientific and hygienic
principles, will be bathtubless, says
tho New York Mail and Express.
Tho porcelain-lined, 'and zinc-lined,
and tin-lined tubs of to-day will be
unknown. Their place will be taken
by a tiled room, in which will be ar
ranged shower or rain baths at vari
ous angles. These douches will
supply hot, cold, or tepid water at
the pleasure of the bather, and tho
liquid will be carried off- as fast as it
is used bv a spacious drain pipe. The
ideals not a new one, and whenever
it has been adopted the result has
been gratifying. There are threo
houses in London, recently com
pleted, supplied with this method of
bathinrr, and there is said to bo one
in Philadelphia. It is not known
whether the innovation has been
made in New York that is, whether
there is any private dwellincr fitted
up exclusively with shower baths.
There are several fashionablo houses
on Madison and Fifth avenues that
have both, but it is doubtful if any
where the tub has been abandoned
altogether.
It is claimed for the rain bath that
it is in every way superior to the
method we have known since civili
zation bosun, and this has been
proven in many pirblic institutions.
The fust one ever built in America
wasputintho New York juvenile
asylum. Tho Demilt dispensary has
them, unJ so has the bathing estab
lishment erected by the trustees of
tho Baron Hiusch fund at Henry and
Market streets. One of the largest
rain baths in the country is now in
course of construction in the state
hospital for the insane at Utica, and
it is predicted that within a very
few years all prisons and hospitals
will have adopted the system.
Tho most enthusiastic advocate of
the rain bath is William Paul Ger
hard, who has made a study of its
advantages. In the first place ho
says that it requires less space in
the planning of a bathhouso, it con
sumes less time in application, the
body of the bather does not come in
contact with solid water, the me
chanical and tonic effect of the
descending stream is unquestionable,
the cleansing and stimulating effects
are greater than in a bath tub. less
water is required, and no time is lost
in waiting for the filling of a tub in
houses whore the supply is slow.
These are a few of the reasons ad
vanced, and Mr. Gerhard bases an
olaborate argument upon thera.main
taining his position throughout with
a logic that is convincing and inter
esting. Schulze Is the Smith or Germany.
Somo one has been drawing up a
list of the commonest names in
Germany. From this it appears that
Scjjulze takes the palm, although he
isclosely followed by. Meyer, and
Lehmann and Neumann come at a
respectable distance. The practical
inconvenience of having so many
people of the same name has been
obviated by the Prussian education
department, wb.o distinguish the
bearers as historians distinguished
the numerous Louises and Charleses.
On its register tnere is a Schulze
LV., a Meyer XLVIL. a Lehmann
XIX.. and a Neumann XIV. JLt. is.
saicpthat an ingenious person once
obtained a seat in a crowded pit in a
Berlin theater by shouting: "Jhere
is a lire at achulze s house. ' in
stantly all the Schulzes sprang to
their feet and made for tho door,
leaving the theater half empty.
The Downward 1 t ti.
Senior Partner Keep a closo
atch on De Ledger's accounts this
summer, junior rartner luir is
he playing the rces? Senior Part
ner Worse! Ho has moved to tho
su jurbs and is going to raise his
own vegetables.
A Slippery Subject.
He Do you believe in curing by
the laving on of hands?
She. a mother Yes, in the caso of
children.
DESERTED AT THE ALTAR.
A rannsylvanl i Bride Accepts 910,033
for Her Bridal Certificate.
A romance in which Robert Boale's
wife, Lillie, is reported to have re
ceived $10,000 to relinquish her mar
riage certificate and give up all
claims upon him as her husband,
has just reached a most interesting
climax at Cain, Chester county. Pa.,
says the Philadelphia Becord. If
the report proves to bo correct
Beale will doubtless cease to be a
wanderer In the West and return to
the life of luxury and ease which ho
formerly enjoyed as a' member of
one of Chester county's wealthiest
families. Kobert Bealo, who is a
man of 50, developed his fascinating
romance in the summer and
autumn or 1892. Ho and
his equally wealthy brother reside!
in the mansion on the hill, above
Cain station, on the Pennsylvania
railroad. They were tho chief
landed proprietors of the neighbor
hood. Near their mansion, down in
the little village that clustered aout
the station, was the modest Lttle cot
tage of Walker a section boss on the
railroad. In Walker's humblo homo
dwelt the prettiest girl in all tho
neighborhood Lillie, his daughter
who was sent on frequent errands
from the cottage to the mansion.
On one of these running visits to the
hill the charms of the section boss'
daughter attracted Kobert Beale.
Subsequently he sougnt and found
many an occasion to meet his
charmer, and, finally, one day in Oc
tober, 18:12. the two took a train to
Philadelphia, and when two days
later, they returned, the on 3 to the
mansion and the other to fie cotttge.
Lillie told with pride that she was
Robart's bride, and showed her near
est friends the marriage certificate
in evidence of the happy union, for
to all who heard it the match seemed
as improbable as that wedding of
poetic fancy in which Maud Muller
and the judge were wed. Beale had
no toouor claimed Lillie a? his brido
than he sought to rel.nquifh her.
Again and again she had called
at the mansion on the hill, but its
doors were closed against her. Mr.
Kobert had given word that sho
was not to be admitted, the servants
said. Two weeks after the wedding
Beale went to Philadelphia, whither
he was followed and traced by a de
tective whom the girl bride had em
ployed. Then he went to Denver,
Col., and has since been a wanderer
in tho various cities of the West.
After Robert's mother had died a
few weeks ago Lillie attended the
obsequies, hoping to find and claim
her husband. But he was not there.
Since then she has received and
spurned an offer of $5,000 to give up
her marriage certificate and re
nounce her bridal claims. Finally,
as the impossibility of an intimate
renewal of marriage relations
dawned upon her, she was persuaded
to give up her'husband. and thus, it
is reported, the settlem2nt for $10.
000 came about and Kobert Beale is
expected home again.
INCIDENT AND ANECDOTE.
A young lieutenant going out to In
dia with his regiment, writing home
about the countrv says: "The climate
is magnificent, but a lot of voung fel-
and cat and drink and dicvand then
write home and say it was the climate
that did it."
"What relation is Mr. X to you?'
asked the Boston miuister ot a 4-year-old
boy. "He's my grandpa." "And
what relation is Mrs. X V" "She's
my grandma." "And what relation
am 1 to you?" addedlthc clergyman.
The little fellow was puzzled, but was.
finally told, "I'm your -pastor; you'll
remember, won't j'ou?" The boy
promised, and when he reached home
electrified his mother and grand
mother with the announcement: "Mr.
Y says I'm some relation to him;
he's my parsnip!"
A gentleman, irl speaking of the
commonness of the proper names of
"Jones" and "Smith," told tins story:
"I once attended a camp meeting in
one 6f the rural districts of. Kentucky.
One day as I was walking from the
spring to the camp I met a strange
gentleman who offered me his hand.
'I am glad to see 3"ou, Mr. Jones,' said
he. 'I suppose you are mistaken,' said
I. 'I reckon not,' said ray new friend.
'I am a stranger here, but the man
who brought me over here said that
every other man I met would be a,
Jones.' 'Well?' Well, the last one
was Mr. Smith.'
At a Staten Island ball one evening
a plain country gentleman had en
gaged a pretty coquette for -the next
dance, but a gallant yachting captain
coming along persuaded the young
lady to abandon her previous engage
ment in favor of himself. The other,
overhearing all that had passed,
moved toward a card table and sat
down to a game of whist. The cap
tain in a few minutes afterward
stepped np to the young ladj' to ex
cuse himself, as he was engaged to
afiother he had forgotten. The
coquette, much chagrined, ap
proached the whist table in hopes to
secure her first partner, and said: "I
believe, sir, it is time to ktake our
places." The old-fashioned suitor, in
the act of dividing the pack for the
next dealer, courteously replied: "No,
madam, I mean to keep my place.
When ladies shuffle I eut."
He Could Afford to Be I'ecnliar.
Bishop Twirl wall, an English prel
ate, had tho greatest aversion to
answering questions. One day a
tailor said to him, when he had been
summoned to take the bishop's meas
urements.. ."What are-youc-lordship's-
ordersr l want a suit ol clothes."
"Here is a nice cloth, my lord."
"Ah!" "And this is likewise a very
good one." "Yes." "And here is
another, of excellent quality."
"Very." "Which material will your
lordship decide upon?" "I want a
suit of clothes!" And that was all
the answer tho tailor could get.
When tho new gardener uccosted
him, book in hand, in the garden, to
ask: "How will your lordship have
this border laid out?" there was no
answer. "How will your lordship
be pleased to have this border laid
out?" was the next attempt Still
there was no reply; but when the
question was repeated for the third
time, the answer came: "You are the
cardener, I believe, and I am tha
bishop!"
Beuetlts Derived From Trees.
Systematic efforts have been made
in different parts of tho world to in
troduce a growth of trees where they
had never been known, from whicn
important results have followed in
many instances. Kgypt, which had
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
lows come out here and drink and cateMormerb' onlv abo.ut six . rain' dayB
during the year, has, since having
planted trees on an extensive scale,
already attained about five times
that number. Sixteen square miles
of the swampy, unhealthy country
along the bay of Biscay was planted
with thousands of trees, especially"
the cork oak and swamp pine. The
trees have drained tho land so as to
destroy tho swamp fevers, and to
change it into a healthy country
with fine forests. Biscay law re
quires that for every tree cut down
two shall bo planted.
Uncertain.
The fortune teller gazed yet airain
into the palm of tho cirl with hair
;lsuch as Titian loved to paint "Yes."
the Boothsnyer muttered, "you will
be married.'' The sweet young
thing blushed and trembled. "And
will I," she faltered, "be happy?"
That will depend " the haruspex
wa; gazina$xedly into space while
l.er fingers clutched convulsively
oer the silver dollar that rested in
her hand, on what sorttof an im
pression you make on the juries." It
was the cold steely.Ieam of the real
shooting through the'subdued gloom
of the occult Detroit Tribune.
DriVfeJ Baking
Powder
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Usskod Horses.
In Mexico, Pern, Brazil and else
where, unshod homes are daily worked
ott roads of all kinds, carrying heavy
packs from the interior down to the coast,
the journey to and fro being often extend
ed to several hundred miles, and they
never wear out their hoofs. The road's
are neither softer nor smoother than
those of England and Ireland. On the
wilds of Exmoor and Dartmoor, as also
in the Orkneys and on the Welsh hills,
and in many para of Continental Eu
rope, horses run unshod over rocks,
through ravines, and up and down pre
cipitous ridges, yet they never sutler
from contracted feet, or from corns or
cracks, until they become civilized and
have been shod. Differences in the
quality of the soil, be it hard or soft,
atony or sandy, smooth and slippery,
are of comparatively little importance
to the horse whose feet are as nature
made them. The unshod horse can deal
successfully with all roads. In the re
treat of the French army from Moscow,
the horses lost all their shoes before
they reached Vistala ; vet they found
their way to France over hard, rough
and frozen ground. The natural sole of
the horse's foot is almost impenetrable.
It is so hard and strong as to protect the
sensible sole from all harm. And all
horses' feet exposed to hard objects are
made harder by the contact, provided
only that the sole is not pared. Sir
Geo. W. Fox.
Hall's Catarrh Cure
Is a Constitutional cure. Price, 75.
A Fable.
A Venetian merchant who was lolling
in the lap of luxury was accosted on the
Bialtoby a friend who had not seen him
for many months. " How is this ?" cried
the latter; "when I last saw you your
gaberdine was out at elbows, and now
yon sail in your own gondola." ''True,"
replied the merchant ; " but since then
I have met with serious losses, and been
obliged to compound with my creditors
for 10 cents on the dollar."
Moral : Composition is tho Life of
Trade. New York World.
An Echo from tfce World' Fair.
The Lake Shore Route has recently
gotten out a very handsome litho-
water color of the "Exposition Flyer,"
the famous twenty hour train in ser
vice between New York and Chicago
during the fair. Among the many
wonderful achievements of the Colum
bian year this train which was the
fastest long distance train ever run
holds a prominent place, and to any
one interested in the subject the pict
ure is well worth framing. Ten cents
in stamps or silver sent to C. K. Wil
ber. West Pass. Agt, Chicago, will
secure one.
Cervantes has said, " Every one is
son of his own works." This makes
the great Krnpp a son of a gnn.
Irrigated Fruit Land,
Did you see the fruit in the Idaho
Exhibit at the World's Fair? Nothing
finer, first premiums and all raised on
irrigated land. It's sure, it's abund
ant it's profitable, it's your oppor
tunity.
The country is new, the lands are
cheap, and the eastern market is from
500 to 1,500 miles nearer than to simi
lar lands in Oregon, Washington and
California.
Advertising matter sent on applica
tion. Address E. L. Lomax, G. P. &
T. A., Omaha, Xeb.
Their Kind ol Dag.
Boston Trant cript.
"Now, boys," said the teacher, "I
need not tell you any further of the
duty of cultivating "a kindly disposi
tion; but I will tell you a little story
about two dogs. George had a nice
little dog, that was as gentle as a Iamb.
He would sit by George's side quietly
for an hour at a time. He would not
bark at the passers-by nor at strange
dogs, and would never "bite anybody or
anything Thomas' dog, on the con
trary, was always fighting other dogs,
and would sometimes tear them quite
cruelly 'He would also lly at the hens
and cats in the neighborhood, and on
several occasions he had been known
to seize a cow by the nostrils and throw
her. He barked at all the strange men
who came along, and would bite them
unless somebody inN-rfcrcd. Now,
boys, which was the dog you would like
to own, George's r Thomas'?'' In
stantly came tne answer in one eager
shout, "Thomas'!"
-mm
Vigor In Speech.
Manager iou do .not inject i
enough contempt, spite, and venom ,
into that word. Actress I can do
no better. Manager Nonsense! (
opeaK it, just as vou say "i'lushl?.
when you meet a rival in an imita
tion sealskin. New York Weekly
I'art of the Bird.
The Young Housewife Have you
any nice chickens?
The Poulterer Yes. ma'am.
The Young Housewife Well, send
me a couple in time for dinner, and
I want them with the croquettes left
in, do youunderstand?
The Silver Lining.
"Hard times hit you?" asked the
traveling man. "Some." replied tho
countryr.jgditor. "but it has giviyprmo
a heap to be thankful for." HWr's
that?" "I don't own the paper anv
more.
-Washington Star.
KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the world's best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
luxativc nrinciDles embraced in the
remedy, Svrup of Figs.
Its excellence 13 aue 10 lis presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a jerfect lax
ativef effectually cleansing the eystem,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
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 perfectly free from
every objectionable subetance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
aoasfK aay sabctitute if offered.
Marrlape. ,r
Between young and immature peo
ple marriage is of altogether too fre
quent occurrence; but as an offset,
matches between men and women con
siderably past thcii middle age have
increased. Nobody but school children,
to whom love is a dream which belong
solely to the giggling age, now feels
inclined to laugh at such alliances.
They are often matters of convenience,
founded on motives of respect, com
fort or suitability, which usually result
as happily as any action of grave im
port, carefully weighed and resolved
upon bv experienced people, is likely to
do. Wvhy should not an intelligent
home-loving man and woman. left com
panionless in middle age. form a part
nership of mutual help and eomfm t for
their old age? Often, however, thej
are sincere love matches, founded on
that real passion which grows mora
profound, if less sensitive, with the
strengthening of other faculties. No
fear of divorce with such couples as
these.
Karl's CloTtr Hoot Tea.
Thoprrat nrxd purinrrj:l rr"!lin-an1rl ai
lo t tie Complexion and cum Cou.tuia.tiou. ai;..V ,BL
The largest meteoric stone in th
world is in Brazil, and exceeds thirty
tons. There is in the Museum of Carl
ton (Melbourne) a meteoric stone twen.
ty-five toes in weight. It fell on a larg
plain between Melbourne and Kilmor,
m 1860, with Buch force that it sank six
feet in .the ground.
Coo's Coaajai Balaam
Is tbe oldest aod beU It will break up a Cob oMfe
ertban anything else. It Is always reJiaWa. Try Sa
At a trial of a criminal caso, the pria
oner entered a plea of "not guilty, wh
one of the jurymen put en his hat i
started for the door. The Judge ralll
him back and informed him that k
could not leave until the case was tried.
"Tried?" queried the juror. "Why,
he acknowledges that he is not guilty l-
' Hanson's Mafic Cora ftalva."
Warranted to cure or monev refunded. Ask
druf t for It. Yrwr IS eent.
" I am the oak ; you are the vine,"
marked an ardent though silly lover to
his Marianne. "Let the vine, therefor,
creep around the oak until it reachta
the topmost leaves " "And finds noth
ing there." exclaimed the heartlsaB
beauty.
Billiard Table, second-hand. For sal
cheap. Applv to or address, H. C. Akik,
511 S. 12th St., Omaha, Neb,
The man who Is willing to learn on
thing at a time will j-oon know much.
" A babe," says a writer, " is a moth
er's anchor. " And he might have addod
that the motheristhe " anchor's" spank
er. MICHIGAN LANDS.
Fertile, Cheap. Healthy.
And not too far from good markets. Th
Michigan Central will run special Hom
Beekere' Excursions on July 10, Aug. 14,
Sept. 18, to points north of Lansing, Sagi
naw and Bay City at one fare for the round
trip. Tickets good twenty days and tm
stop over. For folder giving particulars
and describing lands, address O. W. Rnf
gles, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Ag't, Chicago.
hours. Then skim off the yeast and
pour the liquor off into another vessel,
taking care not to shake it, so as to
leave the sediment; bottle it immedi
ately, cork it tightly; in three or four
days it will be lit for use.
HELP IS OFFERED
every nervous, exhausted, woman sufferinir
from " female complaint" or weakness. All
pains, bearing-down sensations, and inflam
rcations are relieved and cured by Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
llaydentoum. Pa.
World's Dispensary Medical Association.
Buffalo. N. Y.:
Gentlemen "We cannot
sufficiently thank you for
me great amount oi dco
eflt my wife received from
the use of your medicine.
i My wife bad a bad case of
' leucnrrhea. and she used
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre
scription for it. I cannot
F raise it above its value,
buve a daughter who
has been poorly over m
voir: she is taking- tbm
and is already feellngr bet
ter, after taking- two bot
tlrs. Yours.
GEO. W. SWEENEY.
PIERCE CURE
OK MONEV RETURNED.
I k 1
Mrs. Sweenev.
TOURIST TRAVEL
To COLORADO RESORTS
Will ff tin esrlj this jt-ar. ni tlie Cret Rock
Island Route lrf-ady atnplr and prrfrci mr-
r-.nniienti to transport tfi- many who will tats 1st
tbe loTely cool ot Colorado'.
HIGH ALTITUDES.
Tbr Track I perfect, and doutlo ortr Important
ltTliun. Train Kanlpment the rrr brit, and a. solid
Vrttibultd Train calim tbe BIO FIVE larr Cbleaao
dailr ot 10 p. m. and arrtrea rrund morning at lnir
or Colorado Sprin? for breakf-ift
Any Coupon Ticket Airent can aire 70s rstm. iM
fartber InlormsTion will be cberfally and qatckly rs
(ponded to b7 sddrc1nir JNO SEBASTIAN
General Passenger Ag-eal, Cnh-ag-o.
IAKEAREST
GO EAST
GO Lake Sim e Route
AMERICA'S iEST RAILWAY.
VISIT SOME ol the DELIQnTFLiL MOUNT
AIN. LAKE or SEA SHORE RESORTS
the EAST. A FULL LIST ol WHICH WITH
ROUTES AND RATES WILL BE FURNISHED
ON APPLICATION.
SEND 10C. IN STAMPS or .liver for Beau
tiful Litho-Water Color View of th
FAMOUS EXPOSITION FLYER
the fastest long-distance train ever ran.
C. K. W1LBER, West. P. A.,
CHICAGO.
E- Hand. 23 Uonte.
Will be oll at a great Uajv
galn. Write
H. C. AKIN,
511 So. 12lh St.. Omabv A'efc.
Patents. Trade-Marks.
Examination sad Advice as to rateoraMlity at
Inrtmtttn. Pend fur lOTtutnrs Uuide. or Hon to OsS
al'ateat." OTaBILi. TXCSTSVmt, XL X
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