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Ode to the Prune.
( The Collfol"llla prune crop UII ! season
111 UOOOOUO IIOUIHls.-News lIole. )
Pllh' fI'll It , though cil'C'alel' bards refuse
' 1'0 Chllllt your Praise ; IIIUwush they
SCOI'II ye ,
e This is I he ut'II1P of good l l1ews
Ihonl Callfol"llia.
Grcot poets 10 lot care 10 tune
. The lyre 1 to such 1\ lowly ditty ,
, y And pity 'tis , 'tis tnll' ( U prune ,
ll// " 1'is true you're Jlllt ) .
Perchance the Pruning 1 Icnlfo shollld cut
'I'httt pun Wc tnado the verse above \
thIs ,
I'el'hlllls. wc say It ought 10 , hilt
\\'e simply ! lovc this !
The Punishment trust lit the C\'lme \ ,
+ J\s Gllbel't lalll III " ' ! 'hellkado , "
1tit , 0 10 make It lit u thyme
Of EI DUladu !
Oh. prosy 111'11110. thcY'\'e done you wrong ,
" ' 110 never yet hn\ ' e been so IIIIWful
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1'0 chant your sweetness III a Hong ,
I Duh ! They were Jll'ulletul !
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Esculent prune , wo have a hlllleh ,
As sure IIR WC'I'U It luckless sinner ,
" 'c'l1 have you now for breakfast , lunch
And ntayhc dllmel'
Hilt ' , ' welcome , prune , by Itint or leek. !
'C'I'P glad your clop is so oxtol1slvc.
r \\'c''c tired of YOII , hilt-by hccl- !
You'r" IIIl'xIICllsl\'O !
-New Cot k : \11111
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Did Not Know House Was Burning
For more than a. week the family
of John Agoston li\'ed In a house that
was on fire , and not until shortly after
midnight the other night did it bo-
cemo aware of time danger that threatened -
died It. The Agostons live in a double
t I 0' t fmlllo house , In Phoenixvlllo , Pa. , ant !
. . . \ . it was In the board partition bet wcon -
. them and their neighbors ! that the fire
- smouldered. Over a. week previously '
they noticed that , desplto { the cold
weather , the house was comfortable
with a low fire In their heater. The '
supposed ] It was due to an unusually
hot fire next door , and paid no attention -
tion to n. The neighbors also noticed
the unusual condition and thought the
Agostons had a. big 111'0. The rooms
I , 'Ib. ' getting warmer , both families allowed
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their heater fires to burn out , and
as thor were discussing the phenome
1 non Agoston saw a tiny flicker curl '
around the wall paper In a comer and 1
then a flame shot through. The rays '
, . . tery was soh'ed. A bucket brigade
EGan extinguish the flames , and it I L
was found that the fire , which had I
smoldered In the wall for days , ha d
charred the Inside of the partition.
Colombian Rain Tree.
A novelty in the vegetable kingdom {
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has recently been reported as native
: _ . - to the United States of Colombia. In :
: -t ; , the woods adjacent to the city of t :
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t. 1\1oroJamba ! grows a tree which the
- natives call "rain tJ' ( e. " It Is abollt
" , fifty feet high when It reaches ma
Ii'- turity und about three feet In lame {
. ' . IeI' at Its base , and has the ropert ) y
of absorbing an immense quantity of
" humidity from the atmosphere. Tub
it concentrates and subsequently
pours forth from its leaves and i
V. branches In a shower and In such l
4a ; - abundance that In many cases the
, I. = - ground In its neighborhood Is convert
. i' ' " ed into a veritable bog. It possesses
W ! ' # this curious property In the greatest
. ii : ' degree In the summer , when the rh' .
, , " ) , , ers are at the lowest point and water
Is scarco. It has been suggested that
f this tree be planted in the more arid
, " , ; parts of Peru for the benefit of the
fanners.
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Tooth as a Life Saver.
A 1\lme. Leveque , now on her trial { 1
i4 ' - In Paris for attempting manslaughter ,
" Is the wife of a dentist. Ho brought
divorce proceedings against her
Thereupon ) she armed herself with a
' Ilvolvor and discharged It point . blan 1 ,
; , at him. Luckily for the dentist , he
looks after other leoplc' teeth but
neglects his own ' The bullet went t
Into his mouth , found a convenient
nook In a hollow molar , and settled
itself therein comfortably. The ma n
w aa unhurt , and even the tough old
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tooth seems to have stood lime Impact
woll1111 not to have hUdged. 'rho revolver -
volvCl' bllll , Indeed , Is still In It , so
t.hat ( whllo the molar stopped the bullet ! .
let , the bullet has also slopped the
molm' The dentist had 1\ providential .
tlal escape , but It Is a hind : ad \01"
tiselllent for dentlstl' If ho hall had
that booth filled ho wOllld bo It dead
man by ! now.-London 'I'olegrnllh.
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Oyster , Aged 25 , a Foot long.
A wholesale oyster dealer was siz
tug ill ! > a. new Invoice yesterday .
"There are some old fellows ! : In that
lot , " ho said , as ho shoved ! : to one
side some ahnormally , large onos. He
plclwd out one nnd l1Ieasmell It. The
shell was eight inches long. 'rho
age of an oyster has absolutely no
affect upon Its quality , " ho said. "It
doesn't get tough with age , like the
higher order of animals. Tlow long
does an oyster live ? Nell , I couldn't
sar cxactlr. J have known 1\luurlco
river 'stermen to claim that an 03'S-
tel' IIIHIIsturbcd In a neglected cove
would live for t went Y.fi vo years before
It finally died of old age. And an
oyster of the Maurice river type keeps l
on growing all the time. I have seen
some myself that measured nearly a
foot in longth.-Phlladellhla Hecord
Turned Round by the Sun.
-A lllrgo granite hall , weighing Iwo
tons , In It cemetery in Ohio Is slowly
turning on Its axis. During the last
five years the ball has turned 13'3
Inches. When the ball was placed In
position IIn unpolished ) spot ii ( j Inches
in diameter was left In the socket of
the pedestal on which It restgd. A I
year ago It was noticed that the un-
polished spot ) was turning 1Ilwarcl ) on
the south side of the monllmenL The
revolution of the huge polished ball ,
which It would require a derrick to
lift , Is supposed to he due to the sun's
healing one side of It , the south , and
causing It to expand , \v nIle the north
side , which rests most In the shade ,
does not expand to time same extent ,
and thus the hall gradually shifts Its
position hr turning.
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long.lived English Family.
Do modern records contain any
thing to equal the following entry In
the parish register of Old Whitting- I
ton , Derbyshire : "Thomas Ashton , I
son of 1\11' Arthur and 11rs. Jane I
Bull\Cle , was baptized .July 1 , 1i44. :
Godfathers : Edward Downs , esCj. ,
great great great -Brent . uncle ; Dr.
Charles Ashton , great-great-great-
un lc ; .Joseph Ashton , gent. , great-
great-great-uncle. Godmothers : Mrs.
'Vood , great.great..great.great-aunt ; i
Mrs.rainwright ; , great.great-grand.
mother ; illrs Green , great.grand-
mother. Registered at the request of
Joseph ) Ashton , of Landon , genL , who
nominated the godfathers and godmothers .
mothers , believing they are not to bo
larallolecl ) in England. "
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Alligator Farming.
It Is reported that several French
dealers have recently visited America
to purchase sloe ( < for an alligator
farm which they purpose starting In
the south of France. Alligator skin
has become so highly prized throughout .
out France that the animal dealers
believe It will lay ) well to raise the
alligators on this the first farm of Its
kind In the world. Not long ago
President Loubet received a present I
of a hunting suit of alligator skin.
This Is said to b1) ! growing scarcer
yearly , and there Is always a great
demand for It for boots , shoes , handbags .
bags , writing pads , portfolIos and toilet .
let articles
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Old landmark Burned.
An old house In Sunset Park , one of
the landmarks or Brooklyn , N. \ ' . , has
been burned. It has been thought the
house was used as a hiding place for
"Charle ' " Ross immediately after he
was kidnapped l ) In Philadelphia Tire
house was a relic of evolutionary
times , and recent ! : ] : ; had been used by
a park ) watchman as a sholter. Mis-
C'hlevous boys skating on the park lake
snowballed the old watchman , and
when ho gave chase one of them crept
Up to the house and sot it on Sre1
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There are . /ktany Imitations of .
Baker's Cocoa f
and
Baler's Chocolate
qtr' - DOII't be Jllsted by them !
: W4i Our tradc-mark is on every
I package of genuine goods.
' ! ' Under the decisions of several
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'tl \ \ \ United States Courts , no
! ' \ & other chocolate or cocoa than
H / ( ) \ _ Walter Baker &if Coo's is en-
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titled to be sold as "Bakcr's
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looHorlhi.Trade.Muk Cocoa"or"Baker ' s Chocolate 1
Our handsomely illustrated recipe book
sent free.
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Walter Baker B Co. Ltd.
Established 1780 Dorchester , Massachusetts
4S Highest Awards in Europe and America
If evil thollghls / were crimes , what
penitentiaries would we need
J\rrfl. Wln"lnw' A "nnthlnl ; ' Syrup .
For ( 'htldren teething . Poftens the j'l/nJP , redllffI ! IDo
\lamination , allays pain , cures wind coli. mca buLtie.
Tony Is the father of Tomorrow
and the child of Yestcrdar.
WET WEATIlER WISDOM !
" THE ORIGINAL
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SLICKER
LACK OR YELLOW
WILL KEEP YOU DRY
NOTHING ELSE WILL
TAKe NO 3UD3TITUTC3'
CATALOGUCSIRCE
SHOWING FULL LINE or GARr.ttNTS AND HATS.
A. . . TOWER CO. . POSTON , MASS. . U.S.A.
TOWER CANADIAN CO. . LTD. , TORONTO CANADA.
GOOD
S EEDS. Ever EST Grown.
None betterand noneso
EAP
low in price , Ic nor pkL
' and up , postpaid. Flnest
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- / : iihl.trated cntnlogne ever
prlntrrd sent FREE.
ings of every variety. A great
lot of extra pkls.of seeds , new
sorts , presented free with every
order. Some sorts onions only bOe
k per lb. Other seed equally low. 40
years a seed } ; rower ant ! dealer and
' all ca'tomers Ratisaed. No old
'seed. Send yours and neighbor's names
for big iilur.trated free catalogue.
QR. N. SHUMWAY , Rockford , Ilig.
'Manywhofonnerly smoked 1O Cfars ! new smoke
LEWIS.SINGLE BiNDER
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STRAt1GHT54 CIGAR
Your Jobber or direct from rncton' , Peoria , 111.
GREG tt > srg SEED
till ve Imllsl1ed Catalogue trec
when others have + . + .11.r.r.ry s a ,
tl/.lled arbl.br.d , Yw.
11. [ Q" A. ' ' ' 'DIIIY : aNb LIVa r.u" "
FREE""C reAp , V ( ! f.\ . . NeDtu ( ; , Ff VORITpIs ? ! ! ;
. . . . , . . bllllll/\1 . ye0latf.0ADQYT
Mtw S. OJ a. / \ to : 1 ioQl\POllf , tl'w
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10,000 Plants for 16e.
More lI'al'\len anel farina are planted to
H&lzer' . feeds than allY other In
. for thl' ' .
Ames lea. There In reA"On
\\6 own over r..1 ( ( acres for the "f'Oo
. dllcllon or our u'arrnnte.l . ad.
In order to 111I1111'0.011 tn try them , w.
, make you the toUowlUIr uupra .
eedontcd olrllrl
Few 10 Cenfa Poali'pali '
ICHIO Narlr. .Potl. . . .n4 l . . . . . Ca6l. . . . . .
tooo n. .Iolr1 ur.lps . -
:000 Ill.acbi. " [ l'rlrry .
PINK ) Kith Nun 1.0.e. ,
1(100 1000 SplroJld Ran I , .r : : nr..II.h" ; ,
1000 OIorloo.I IIrllllnt Flue ' ' ,
Above evcn Packs "fll'OlItAlo um.
dent iced 10 grow 1.000 plants , rUf"
nbhln 1..hC'l. or 1rllllaat
now. . . . allel luIN And . lohnr choice
"c e\Ahle . . rOlelher..11 h our great
'Alalolt tf'llIng { . altatxnltFlower. .
1I00co. Arnall . 11th. . eta . an for
ICe ( In olarl1l' and title notice
lug 14O Iagc catalog AlolIO , " o.
JOHN A. SAllER SEED CO. ,
I J w.LU. La CroeBe , WIs.
UNITED STATES
, Importing
ER,1 Canadian
GAN 5TA wh'a : ct. i s
Jet a Free 1I0llleRlclld In Weotern Canada , or buy
1011I0 ot the beet wheat Iau'i1 on tile wnttnent , 114
become a prodllcer.
The nveraltc yield or wheat this year will bo aboo' .
tWI'lIlyInohela tu the RCr" 1'11011" and barley crop
will also yield IIbuudllltly. : Splendid cllmale , good
.ell001. aDd churches excellent lIIarloetlulC ; racilltle.
Apply for IlIrormntlulI to superintendent \ or Imtnl
pratlon . Ottawa , Canndaor : to lIull.llrtzed CanalIao
cII\'CrllulI'nt ; Arelll-W. : V. Bennett , HOt New York
uro Blllldlnl , Oll1l1hll , Nebrlls\
1'lcasa ! say where you saw thlladvertlaement.
I A CLEAR HEALTHY SKIN
I S.ndhohu' , Ecuma
1 = ' and Skin Remedy ,
D Purifies , Then Heale.
I I'oollh'el cureo lczcmal'lmplee ,
Brnptlorte : lancet Illte. sad all dle /
caHeR or the 8kln. An absolute
cure for 1JandrulT or Srl.lp dloeaee.
$1.00 Per BotUa. SeodrorFREEDOOXUt'l'3.
Ask your drlllll.t or barber or send : to
SANDHOLM DRUG CO" , Dee Moines , Iowa
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SPINAL CURVATURE Can be Curd
I , . ALSO OTHER : DlrORMITlt. :
j Write or call nt office / for free informs
1't 000 . lliheft , , 'stirnolliahdlolll 'font'
allcnt ( slnl"tlllcn , and "h'slciaUI. Can-
J stilt yout Family > oclor. No hrarcs or
11'111 tour used. Treated sllcccs611l1l
' U ) ' mnil. Six 'eals' experience
, . IhellloragrittGymsaltic&OrtbepcJlctat I
L4/pyrlghtl 15Ji. 1ncO.pOlavto. carl.aL " .000.00.
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