Sept. 21; 1899
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fP01S0TEl)MAP0NS.
wovy Iavaq? 'nations make sure
OF DEAUNQ DEATH.
feasao at tho YeMni Mtxtnrra I'aed
: Sr t BirkulMi Retain Their
f.llWDrstrorlnc Fropertlea For an
VlaaieCatte Tina.
; From the age of stone up to the time
if hen th art of killing one' neighbor
.led to the discovery of powder and fire-
sutm." primitive peoples, owing to the
Insufficiency of their weapons to cause
prompt death, have invented means of
giving, them poisonous qualities. , Pui
soned weapons, whether tbr-y are ar-
torn, knives. lances w what not, way
get. their fatal projwrties froin either
etabla or animal pcisous.
'J'flSir Booth American' Indian us
'2nr; the natives of India, Indo
j China, Borneo and the , Moluccas em
' JpJof, or rather did employ, the npus to
ynfenn their weapon; the negroes of
titefeodaa and the Kongo still make
.am 4f a poison extracted front different
Tarfcekaof ftrophanthtia called m'bon
M Ine, according to the regions
asrajit ia employed; -the people of
tnth Africa, the Hottentots, the JJnsh-
Xaen. too Kaffirs and the Akkas, poison
their arrow with the venom of dlvurs
erpenta, the cobra da cm-pIIo "among
others; certain tribes of equatorial
Africa, the N'Dria and the Ban Jim,
their arrow after long burial in
sUcoaB posing corpses, to communicate
Wood poisoning., which results in
speedy death ; in Oceanua the natives
"f New Caledonia, the , Hebrides and
tha Solomon group give theit . euetnies
joexjaw ct soaking their arrows , in
Vhea ocataining large quantities of
l taau of tetanus. .
Xs lirat three kinds of poison are
ffa! cally of vegetable origin, though
t"a 1 ;) medicine, men mix with their
rraraona red ants, snakes' venom,
i-ria eyS, ate. They are the charac
"terisrfcle aiaUoids of plants, which serve
wa tiM basisVf a deadly poisonous mix
snrn. CBtmrJipaaand m'bouuiou have
m their principal elements plants
boM anechm Vary with the tribe, and
Which all baking to the strychnine faiu
"y. The (area last named poUous, ex
7 that of the Sonth Africa u negroes,
of microbial origin.
, Itat are the valae, dnration aad
activity of these puiwns! Cnrare keeps
Sa4satitoly. la 1797 in the course of
xpriiant in pJiyaialogy made iui
Tranoe with enrarieed arrows brought
Sn 1763 from ejnatorial America by Lit
voQdatniae, a fowl scratched with one
of these arrows died in seven niimitcs.
'Amoaf the Oniteto Indiana, lumps of
uare Jnnded down from father to son
have preawrred all their poisonous ac
tivity, although oovered with mold.
The same may be said for the npas,
,which, kept ia little sections of bamboo
seven or eight years, retains tne
ive qualities as when freshly
' Jialay weapons, even those
tt steel, always keep their poisonous
Xr9erues. -
:, The black races that use ine claim
,: feat it will keep only a short time be
. tfoce it apoila. Now, ine, which is an
tsujaraa maceration of strophauthns
faa4a to which la added the juice of a
f at of a aapborbl, and generally also
jytfenr renom, becomes covered with
' Dawl4 at tha end of a few weeks, but
-notwithstanding it has preserved all its
! toxio properties. Guinea pigs have been
m t , . I ; .
! axiuea in a iew lamuies oj uewig
; wcratched with arrows whose points
I MuA molded. In fact, the vegetable
. yoiaooa nsed by primitive peoples for
jtaair arrows keep indefinitely and al
; (ways maks effective weapons.
I This ia not the case with poisons of
' aimal or microbian origin. As we
Jgava aeen . above, the Bushmen, the
;,Xafin and the Akkas poison the points
o their arrows with serpent venom,
Msayicially that of the cobra. At the end
tOf two or three weeks their arms have
- lost all harmful quality. This is dne to
i singls cause. The venom of auukes,
i which ia preserved indefinitely in alco
t )td, beoomee covered in air with a pe-
mliar mold, which has not been studied
iaitaarto and which removes all poison
mm affect from the venom.
1 1 .. Tha poison nsed on the arrows of the
L S'DtfM Of the Upper Ubangni is notn-
j jing else than the septic vibrio (microbe
i j of blood poisoning), which dies in the
-Ir if it is not in tne presence or ao
tl-om position. Thus those arrows are
Kaarmfal oaly daring a very abort time.
I 'At for tha arrows of the New Cale
tjioaiana, which infect their victim with
Pjfctanus, authorities do not agree about
fpkm duration of their harmful action.
I jUthongh tt ia proved that the bacillus
lf Nicolaier cannot live except in a very
cfnoist ntedium and together with other
eBaciCl. harmless or otherwise, such as
aha septic bacillus, which, as we have
kjn, dies in a short tiuie.
Thoa ia all cases the poisoned arrows
Pif tha races that make use of vegetable
.tlkaloids are much more to be feared
, fhaa those of the tribes that employ
t poisons of animal or microbian origin.
JJ "A are Thlaa" Bet.
Those who are nnsportsuianliks
7( faongh to bet on a sure thing might
aroVT this: A bets that B cannot endure
Mn piece of ios on his arm for two min-
at Mites, A to select a place between the
a nJngers and the elbow. B bares his arm,
Jlnd A puts a lump of ice on the pulse
that wruii. in ti ancouua usaauj luo
M nim muutvi w n;i. u.i, a1
. fon Stock Exchange. It is said that
that 7 Kkkalla, the oarsman, is the only
rrtaVt who ever endured the pain two
jto p iB-
jfwtj i- exclaims Senator Sorghnm
wi: -ntly. "that aisa told yon my
ifP4avjforaBler' ,
rr 'Tisail so in so many words.
,( " "J, yoa caa go to hire and refute
. r e laaay. It s for rant one ia
: ; " . hat aaver for sal. "Washing-
RATHER EMBARRASSING.
The ind Ca ! ihm Yoaaa WBa
Who Waatrd to Talk.
A most enibairasHing experience was
thst of a certain West Philadelphia
young woman who a fi'W evenings ago
attended a reception, in which a noua
bcr rf well known dnbwomtm partici
lHted. It ao happened that among tbse
were several who had found the matri
monial yoke an unwelcome one for
vurions reasons and had obtuind legal
separation from their hnshgnds. To one
of those women, quite nnwnungiy,
having just been introdeced, tlw yong
woman, who is nothing if not vi vacions
and cnverationul addreaod the ques
tion :
"Dy the way, Mrs. R., don't yon
think divorce is wrong t" The woman,
reddening slightly, replied:
"My dear, there are two sides to that
question. Ferhaps you have not beard
my story."
The questioner, embarrassed beyond
nteanr, stammered an excuse and
walked away. To the firxt woman she
met she coiiHd"d her trouble, saying;
'0h, dear I I have just made a most
unfortunate remark. Yon know Mrs.
R. 1 Well, 1 spoke to her about divorce,
and trie's divorced, you know. "
"Su am I, my dear," was the smil
tug reply, nnd once again tho young
woman wished that' the floor would
open under her. She felt so bad that she
went to one of the women iu charge of
the reception and. taking hi aside,
told her the whole story, asking ber ad
vice as to what she should do.
'Do nothiua- at all Misns L, was
the renlr. "I really don't thiuk they
have any horror of the subject so long
as it's Innocently called up. I know I
haven't, and I, too, am a divorcee."
r Whereat the conversational mi
donned her hat, and, fearing to say an
other word, went home. Exchange.
A CHILD'S FANCY.
Explanation ' nf What Scema Preco
iOBsneaa I" IwaalnattvS ( hlldrrn.
"An active, healthy imagination is
one of the happiest gifts a chili can
possess, " is the theory advanced by
Florence Hull Winterbnrn, the well,
known padiologlst, In The Woman"
Home Companion.
"If we watch an intelligent child,
fonr or five years old, who believes him
self nnnoticed we will probably be as
tonished at the richness and fertility of
the fancy which csn giva life and color
to dull, commonplace things and weave
whole stories and dramas around the
simple toy that nieaus nothing more to
us than what it plainly stands for. But
we will perceive that even his wildest
romances found themselves upon many
facts, for free and frolicsome as imagi
nation may appear, it is subject to its
laws. It deals with real things in a
playful way. It embroiders, paints,
molds, hut it must have its material
its basis in actual life.
"What wa call creative ability U
really nothing but the power to recon
struct perhaps to connect several sep
arate plans or patterns into a whole
which seems different from the original
The child is an artist who daubs on his
colors boldly, without any sense of the
absurdities he may commit, and so he
often produces affects that surprise oth
era as well as himself. Many of the acta
that seem soprecoeioas because we mp
pose them to be the outcome of a well
considered plan are really happy accr
dents, not devoid cf the merit of orig
iuality, bnt neither to be overpraised as
work of genius. Childhood ia one nn
broken succession of experimenting."
A Mh Abaaea Word.
The way certain words are misused
and abused should appeal to one. It is
a fact that if any word has tried to
adapt itself to every possible and im
possible situation "grand" is the one
that has made the attempt A person
needs bnt walk about any city to be
confronted with Grand hotels and
Grand View houses. Sometimes it fits
the house which it adonis, sometimes
it eeenis bnt a sardonic attempt to make
them seem the more forlorn. It rises to
the snblime and describee the nionn
tains, it descends to the level of every
day life and appears as a descriptive
term when the weather is mentioned.
On the lips of the milliner it lures on
to her doom the woman who withont
the support of a friend is selecting a
hat, and the "doesn't she Ux.k grand in
thatt" causes her to depart with the
hat in her posai-ssiou. One hears about
grand" dinners and grand times,
bnt the lust straw is when the shop-
woman says, "That coat fits yon some
thing grand." New ork Nnn.
A Maslcal Saaka
The Pittsburg Times ia
'eeponsible
for this tale of black snakes
who loved
music not wisely but too w
1. One of
the ophidians became so pi
.ficient
musical knowledge that he i
nwlcd Into
a church with a number of clmpanions.
wiggled np on the organ beil h, pushed
np the lid with their aid, giftsped with
his tall the lever that start ei the water
motor and proceeded to pla
the organ
with his bead, varying tha performance
by crawling over the keya
He scared
the choir nearly into fits one
Runday by
entering during service tim
Oaa Bad Tarn, Deaerveal Kaathaf,
'Your experience in vaudeville, then,
was not very pleasant!" If Tragerdy
was saying.
No," replied Lowa Coaierdy;
at
Oshkosb they threw rocks
t each one
of as as we came on for onrl
acta."
"Pretty severe way of shewing their
disapproval
Yes; in their efforts to,
impress ns
with their utter disgust t
turn nnstoned." Catholii
and Times.
ney left no
Standard
"There is nothing," siys Seneca,
"however difficult or arduous, which
the human mind cannot rbnqner
and
assiduous meditation render familiar.
Whatever the soul demands;
of Itself it
MEASURING HAY.
Ilw t Determine the Tenaasra of a
Mow Wlthoat Welablna.
Here are a few simple rules for de
termining the amount of hay In a
mow, when it la not couvenlent to
weigh it, which th Denver Field and
rami gives; .
gelling by measurement .Is not al
ways the most satisfactory, method,
but It Is sometimes the most conven
ient. Sellers are disposed to Insist
that cube of seven feet Is a ton.
This Is entirely too small and will not
weigh out Mow many cubic feet will
moke a ton depends on uo many condi
tions that no certain, rule can be given.
It depends on the1 kind of hay, whether
timothy, alfalfa or prairie; on'the char
acter of the hoy, whether floe or
coarse; on the condition 1n which It
was put In the rnck, the length of time
It has been tlwre and particularly on
the aize, especially the depth of the
stack or mow. '.
In a very large mow, well settled,
400 cubic feet of alfalfa or timothy
may average a ton, but on top of the
mow or in n small stack It requires
r00 to 512 cubic feet. 'sometimes even
more., It is not safe for the buyer to
figure on less than 000 cubic feet, but
In a well filled, stack, in selling. It
would be safer to weigh than to Boll tit
that measurement.
To Uud the number of tons In a barn
mow or hay shed multiply the length,
depth and breadth together and divide
by tho number, of cubic feet which,
considering the quality of hay and the
con ui i on in wmcn n was bui m, wiu
make a ton. For lone stacks or ricks
multiply the length In yards by the
width In yards and this by half the al-
tltudo in yards and divide the product
br 13. and this should give the ton
nage.
Crlnainc Sorghnm t'aae,
"A ton of average sorghum chue may
be made to yield 20 gallons of sirup;
it usually yields from 10 to 12 gallons,1
says A. A. Denton of Medicine Lodge,
Kan., "Where caue Is cheap and
abundant it Is often considered inad-
Tisauie 10 gieuujr lucreane m i-iimf
tlon Of juice by excessive pressure of
the canes. Juice obtained by moderate
pressing Is purer than that obtained
by extreme pressure, for this extracts
not only more Juice, but also more Ini
purity from the shell and the joints of
the cane's. With limited power a lar
ger quantity' of sirup can be made In
given time from moderately pressed
cane than from a less quantity of cane
subjected to greater pressure. But
there is generally much unnecessary
waste of juice In grinding sorghum
cane. The rolls often need to be 'turn
ed' that is, reduced to even diameter,
the bearings need babbiting and the
rolls need to be properly adjusted to
.inh AhA Tha fA0iV .that la tha
amount of cane in the mill at one time
should be light or heavy according to
tha adjustment of the rolls. When the
rolls are set 'open, the feed should be
heavy; when they are set close to-
gether, the feed should be thin or
light but in ooth cases the feed should
be regular and uniform. It is evident
that when the rolls are set 'open or
apart, there Is waste of juice when the
feed Is light and also that canes can be
well pressed, though the rolls are not
set tlgse, provided the feed Is heavy.
Straw Sheila .and Sheltera.
"There Is little excuse for keeping
the stock down on account of lack of
stablo room. Good, comfortable shel
ter, at small expense, mny be provided
anywhere in tho northwest, where
straw and wild hay Is abundant and a
few posts and poles to be had. It will
pay' to put np sonic kind of Bhelter.
The farmer who has plenty of straw
or coarse wild hay and what farmer
has notnever need lack for com
fortable winter quarters for his stock.
If ho has a few more heads than be
can find room for In the stable proper,
lot him put up a good warm pen with
boards and straw. The straw may cov
er all but one side, which should be of
boards, where a window and door may
be located.
"Many of our German farmers keep
hirge herds In this way before they
are able to build the flno large barus
fof which they are justly noted.
"Don't be ashamed of a straw shed
if It Is comfortable and enables you to
keep up the stock that the farm Is ca
pable of carrying, for It will surely
lead to something better." This is the
advice of a westerner to westerners,
originally given In The Farm Journal
Seleallfle Tarraa.
Alkali Soils.-Soils found In arid or
semlarld regions which contain au un
usual amount of soluble material salts
(alkali) which elfioresce or bloom out on
the surface of the soli In the form of a
powder or crust In dry weather follow
Ing rains or Irrigation. Two distinct
classes of alkali are known black at
kail, composed largely .of carbonate of
soda, which Is highly corrosive and
destructive to vegetation, and white
alkali, the characteristic constituent of
which Is sodium sulphate and which Is
much less Injurious than black alkali,
Duty of Water. As applied In Irrlga
tlon this term means the area which a
dennlta volume of a continuous flow of
water will Irrigate. Tha duty of a
cubic foot per second may be taken as
tha number of acres of land which a
continuous discbarge of that volume
during the growing season will Irrl
gate.
Wfcea to Cat I.aera.
The Utah station has held this con
elusion to be rlght-4hat to Insure a
large yield of dry matter and the lar
gest amount of albuminoids, lucern
should be cut not earlier than tha peri
od of medium bloom and not much
later than the period of first full flow-
er. ThU la most cases will be two or
threa weeks after the flower buds be-
min to annanf. It will I a more seri
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IT COSTS YOU
get it you'll appreciate it. You'll
which you can save money on the
needs, and you will realize that it's a book most valuable to thrifty
people. If you don't get one soon
, '"" a a-v r f- ' Dress Goods of
Fashionable Dress Fabrics correct
kind only, priced m low as it is xwsible
Black Dress Goods
quality, per yard.
lilack novelty weaves in BtyliHh patterns, Coo values, spe
price, per yard
Black all wool poplin, superior quality, 85c value, special price,
per yard
li fdimment of black
. . ,. , ;,i,,,.u ,.,
dwigiw, except.onal values, a jard
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g- 1 "
LOlOreO UreSS UOOUS cade mWack;
nuvy, yale blue, brown, myrtle, and cardinal, per yard
Wool, fancy mixtures
good,
in
quality, per yard
All wool henriottas, :8 inches wide,
value, per yard
Camel's hair novelty plaids in choice
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THE DOCTRINE OF FORCE.
(Continued from page 7.)
submit tim cause "to ine arouraniein,
of reason and ditjcusston, wno plants
himsulf squarely on the creed of
mjlt arKi tramples on the rights
. nihpra nf,f, b who demands that
all things shall be submited to the
arbitrament of justice and love.
The day has gone by when any man
could separate himself from his fel-
ow. Yottr interests are my inter
ests, and my interests are yours.
You cannot lift, your hand today,
you cannot iimncn your iiieuuo
the world of industry, without tak
ing the destinies of other men into
your keeping. ou are nnswerauie
not inst to yottt own conscience but
to the const'ienec'of nil your fellows!
No man can with Krtfety wield power
of any sort, unless he is under the
swav of love.
Cureless seems the Great Avenger;
History's pages but record
One death-grapple in the darkness
twixt old systems and the Word;
Fruth forever on the 'scaffold,
Wrong forever on the throne
Yet the scaffold swavs the future,
and behind the dim unknown,
Slandeth (Jod within the shadow,
keeping watch ahoye his own.
For humanity sweeps onward;
where today the martyr stands,
On the morrow grouches Judas with
the silver in his hnn
Far iu front the cross stands ready
and the tracking fagots burn,
While the hooting mob of yesterday
in silent awe return
To glean up the scatered ashes into
History s golden urn.
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Storing Sqwaahea For Winter.
"I prefer to leave the squashes where
they have grown until A light frost has
killed the leaves," says an Iowa corre
spondent of Orange Judd Farmer. "Se
lect If possible, a good, dry day, go
through the patch and sever the
squashes from the vines without cut
ting or breaking fheni. Then place
some hay or straw In the bottom of
the wagon or wheelbarrow, and place
each squash carefully la the same,
handling them like eggs, so as not to
bruise. Take them to a dry, cool shed
or upper room, and there leave tnem
as long as safe from freezing. After
this they should be taken to a dry, cool
cellar or pit and laid, not over two
deep, one deep preferred, on shelves.
the lowest of which should not be less
than one foot from the bottom of the
cellar. Tho cooler they caa be kept
without freezing the better."
To Stop Soaraltcd.
To stop nosebleed cut soma blot
ting paper about an Inch square, roll it
hout the size of a lead pencil aud put
It P the nostril that Is bleeding The
hollow In It will fill the space between
- tne tUDt ana tne nose ana win very
I soon coasulata and thereby stop tha
flow of bloods-New lork Times.
NOTHING to get our Catalogue
to price reliable, uepenuaoie goous.
Half wool black diagonal, 40
inches wide, splendid
25c
ciai n rv
i
.. JUC
65c
crenons in bright blister
::.95c
J linn wool noveuj uiu-
It II 1 li.. 1
serviceable colorings', heavy
35c
39c
75c
in full line of colors,
50c
color 'combinations, en-
A FIENDISH WEAPON.
It Wonld Kill and Kia,Ta No Mark to
Tell tha Tale.
' "I have handled a good many out
landish weapons," said a New Orleans
curio dealer, "bnt here is a little in
strument that for pure diabolism beats
anything I ever saw in my life, l
bought it the other day from a Norwe
gian sailor, who tells me it was given
to him by a Jap at Y'okohanw a story
that you may take for what it is
worth."
As he spoke he opened a show case
and took out what seemed to be an or
dinary Chinese marking brush of rather
large size. The handle was some ten
inches long and the diameter of a lead
pencil. By giving it a sharp twist it
separated about a hand s breaatn irom
tho end, after the manner of a sword
cane, and attached to the smaller piece
was a slender glass rod with a needle
point. Tha rod was not much bigger
than a knitting needle, and with the
handle it had the effect of a very small
and delicate stiletto.
"I should think that wonld break if
it were used to stab with," remarked a
visitor after examining the contrivance.
"Certainly it wonld," replied the
dealer, "and that is where the fiendish
nees of the thing comes in. Look close
ly at the glass rod and you will see a
tiny groove filed around it about two
inches from the hilt Suppose that it
was driven into the body of a man, it
would be certain to break at the groove
and would leave t least three Inches of
glass buried in his vitals. The puncture
would be so small that it would close
when the stump was drawn out and I
donbt exceedingly whether a single
drop of blood would follow. In other
words, the victim could receive his
deathblow without knowing exactly
what had happened to him. He would
feel a shock and a pang, but find no
wound, and meanwhile the assassin
wcujd stick his brush together and go
a be tit his business. New Orleans
Times-Democrat
HOW TO STOP WORRYING.
There Is a Sara Way If Yea Will Oalr
Make Yoaraelf Tnlnk So.
"The usual way people set about
stopping worry is a wrong one," writes
Mary Boardman Page in The Ladies'
Home Journal "That is why it is so
unsuccessful If a doctor tells a patient
he must stop worrying, the patient is
likely to say impatiently! 'Oh. doctor,
don't I wish that I could I But I can't
If I could have stopped worrying a year
ago, I would not be ill now 1' AU of
which is probably perfectly trne. And
the doctor does not always know how
to help him, because both doctor and
patient have an idea that it is possible
to repress Worry through an effort of
the wilL This is a mistake. It ia not
possible to reprees worry. You have got
to replace it with something else.
"Let me illustrate this by a figure.
Suppose yon were to go into a com
pletely dark room, wishing it to be
light. How wonld you set about the
work? Would yon try to scoop tho
darkness np in buckets and carry it out
at the door?. Not at alL You would
just open the windows and shutters
and let in the blessed sunlight You
wonld replace the darkness with light
see that it is a
purchase of your
just drop us a card.
Cloaks, Suits, Waists, etc. '.SSrTSn,
larger than usual and, as usual, comprises all llie wanted styles, materials
and colors in up-to-date ready-to-wear goods. There is a tone, a style '
about every garment in this store that distinguishes it from, and raises it
far above the ordinary kinds, The values too, are far above the ordinary
but the prices are away below anything usually asked for such values
Children's long cloaks, all the way from $2.00 to $7.60, ,
The catalogue will tell you all about it. ' ,
High Class Mil-
I a of the richest and
linery daintiest type, priced
lower than the ordinary is usually
priced.
, . m ! j receive as careful attention at
Your iilail Orders twa sto ae you mM pot.
bly give them were you here yourself. We protect your interest al way a.
So it is with worry. The only possible
way to get rid of it is to replace the
worry attitude of mind with the aon
worry attitude. And this can always
be done when the person is sincere and
patient in his desire to bring it about
All he has to do is to be passive and let
nature have her own perfect way with
him." .
Fatal Loqnaelty.
In a New England village rich in
quaint and amusing characters John
Bates was renowned for his ability to
hold his tongue. The gift approached
genius, but John was keenly alive to
what he considered its incompleteness,
although of course he said nothing
about it.
Ho made mattresses for a living, and
one day a native of the village came
into his shop and said :
"John, what's the best kind of a
mattress?" . .
"Husks," said John and said no
more.
Twenty years later, so the tradition
runs, the same man came again to the
shop and asked what, in Bates opinion,
was the best kind of a mattress.
"Straw." said John.
"Straw! Yon told me huaks was the
best!"
John gave a despairing sigh. "I've
Always ruined mvself by talkin. " said
he. Youth's Companion.
liar a Woman Tell Her Lot I
It is true it is unconventional for a
woman to tell a man that sho loves him
unless the man has persuaded her to
make such confession. But is there any
good reason why a woman should not
take the initiative! Is she any less a
woman for doing so! A shy and timid
man may not know bow to tell a worn
an that ho loves her. Should the wom
an, who Is of firmer faith and stronger
mind, stand halting and waiting for a
confession that may never come 1 Why
should she suffer in silence? By so do
ing may she not lose the man who loves
her and also the happiness or a mctime
as well? New York World.
Mutual Aid.
From the time that the mother binds
the child's bead till the moment when
eome kind assistant wipes the damp
from the brow of the dying we cannot
exist withont mutual aid. All, there
fore, that need aid have a right to ask
it from their fellow mortals. None who
hold the power of granting aid caa re
fuse it without guilt
Trne It Is.
"Gnr-rnlsare niver satisfied, "mnsod
the iunitor philosopher. "Whin they
are in short skirts, they are crying fer
long wans, an whin they git long wans
they have to hold thiia up-r-Chicago
Newa
Rlew Him Good.
Arkau&nn-It'e an 111 wind blowa no
body some good.
Easterner How about a cyclone?
Arknnaan Same thing applies. Last
ono went through here brought me
horse and wagon, a cow stable nnd
good, steady farm hand, things I've
noMied for two vears.-Oblo State
Journal
Tha Mrtmrtunitv of a lifetime most
be seized during the lifetime of tha op
portunity. Albany AXgna,
and when you do
medium through
Fall and Winter
We are sole Lincoln agents
for Butterick's Patterns and;
Publications '
AN INCIDENT IN HAITI. . .
Illastratlna- tho PecaUoe Tveattaa;
Cnatoaa Ia Voaroe There.
Of course there ia in Haiti a email
circle of native born Creoles, who are
aat.nrallv born ladies and gentlemen.
exquisite in their courtly manners and
most desirable as frienda Then tha
white men who are living there, aa I
have already mentioned, are characters,
If they take a liking to yon, all they
have or caa capture ia yours. Tha lot
lowing will illustrate this character
istic.:
Mine host and a friend were walking
through the leading thoronghfari of
one of the towns when the friend sud
denly came to a standstill and, placing
his long nervous index finger on mine
host's breast remarked:
"My dear hoy, in here they make tna
best cocktails in Haiti. I have spent
three fortunes in assuring myself of tha
truth of this. Let's go in and try one.
There was a prompt adjournment
from the pathwalk to the interior of
the building, a few minutes of delight
ful, expectant silence as the ingredients
were shaken together, a mntual bow,
followed by disappearance of the liq
uids. Friend How do yon like thatt
Mine Host Delicious!
Friend Let us have another.
Mine Host Certainly, only this sec
ond one is on me.
Friend Make no mistake, my boy;
they are both on yon. I've no money.
It is the unexpected that happens,
especially in Haiti the unknown.
Henry Sandham in Harper's Magazina
Chickens In Haiti.
The natives call tha island "Eye-te."
Nearly every one I have met who caa
speak English at all drops tho "h" and
picks it up after the manner of ths
London coetermonger and his cousins,
the cockneys and 'Arry boys. Apples
in Eye-te are happles. It is a great
chicken country, the variety of poultry
depending entirely on the color of ths
complexion of the incoming president
If he be yellow, the "yaller legged"
Dominique is permitted to thrive alone
in his glory. Every black legged chick
en is killed, and any person Caught
harboring one is bound to suffer. On
the other hand, if the president be black
only black legged poultry Is in the fash
icn. The "yalltr legs' are destroyed.
Similar conditions prevail in Santo Do
mingo. Victor Smith in New York
Press. '
ameltlaa- Hallway.
Do yon know that a railway track
has an odor ? The fact was learned from
a blind man who was walking with a
friend amid strange surroundings in
Westchester county last week.
"Is a train coming?" he asked.
"Why do you ask?" his friend In
quired, for, though there was a rail
way track a few hundred feet ahead of
them there was not the slightest sound
to indicste its presence.
"I smell the rails," be answered.
He did smell them, and though his
friend's nose was not nearly so sensi
tive, he could with his head within aa
inch of tbo tails detect an odor like thai
from slightly heated iron filings. Nsw
Ycrk Herald.
Link Mr.
obtaias.','
