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IN MEMORY.
Ia memory
OfsdliJfeooble'deedswsmeaBttodo,
Whils our young Ufa throbbed like a. triumph
song;
When ia that long lost chUahood, pore and true.
- We knew no wrong!
In memory .
Of sweet pale buds that never came to flower.
Of wild flowers trodden down by careless feet;
Of starry blooms that withered ere the si ewer
Fell cool and sweet. - -
'In memory
Of all things beautiful our eyes have missed;
Moonlight on summer seas, the sunsets gtow.
The first ptak flash when Daws the mountains
kissed
. Andgflttbesaow. -
In memory
Of Love that left as ever present pain,
Of dear, dead folded bands, and sweet dosed
eyes
Remembering Love will give them back again
Inparadisel
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TRUE TO THE CORE.
"It's just that. Aunt Hannah," said
Jim Devitt, throwing back his brown
velveteen coat, stretching his gay plaid
trousers, and snapping his fingers at a
fat white bull dog with the solemn com
bative countenance of its kind. "I ain't
wurth a cuss for figgers, ain't up on rib
bons, but am pretty fair on sport. Some
ono's got ter deal - faro, be referee at a
prize fight, and umpire a ball game. If
it wa'n't for us, who'd keep up the breed
of fighting dogs 'and cocks? Racing is
good if you've got the rocks. Some fel-'
lers has to live on. the shady side, hain't
they, Bruiser? Ought to see him clinch
with John Penn's Towserin the village
last night done your old heart good."
"That it would not, James Bottle
Devitt," said Aunt Hannah, decidedly,
yet looking very kindly on the speaker
over her spectacles. "If you was not a
outlaw from jestice I wouldn't have you
here at all. But la, as you've worked
for yourself senco you was twelve, an'
never hod no schoolin'; I dunno but you
turned out well consederin';an' then you
wa'n't sixteen when you rescued me
from the poor house, an' two years ago
you bought me .this comfortable place,
though how the money was got I never
dared think."
"Took odds agin the favorit."
That, though I don't understand it,
means, I know, something disrespectful;
but you lias the kindest heart hi the
world. Onlv to think, though, your
great grandfather was a Baptist minis
ter, traveling by spotted trees in the wil
derness, and you" -"Traveling
by the spots on cards."
"And JILj Jcdgo Suydam of tiro manor
asked mo yesterd'y, says ehe, wliat busi
ness is. vour nephew inj and she's a very
grand lady too. An few knows wliat
poor houses is and how you rescued me,
aud how grateful I am, so I wasn't going 1
to nave tier look aown on you, so 1 says
in the bono business, inarm."
"In the what?'
"Bones, Jimmy. I remembered you
played 'em in the minstrels where I lied
free passes, an' cf I do say it, you beat
'em all, an' fetched the most applause
alius, an' bone business sounded" sorter
respectful."
"You're always game," laughed Mr.
Devitt, "Next time tell theold lady I'm
something of a sport; let her figger it
out Mebbe she don't know that game
cock Of mine killed her fine Plymouth
Rock the last time I was here."
He picked up his liat, whistled to the
dog, and strolled out along tho road in
the direction of tho manor, where "Mrs.
Jedgo Suydam" kept a strict watch over
two voung orphaned granddaughters.
"There's tho best heart in tho world,"
-said the old lady to the fat, comfortable
cat wlio appeared from some reheat oc
casioned by Bruiser's dislike, "an this
beautiful homo he's give me, an' sends
me money when ho has a streak of luck,
an jest because he empired a prize fight
he's hidin here from jestice, an him
never would 6trike a blow less ho had
ter. An' them, mittens, the stuffed one's
he says is 'lowable; but dearie me, gladia
tors was nothing but prize fighters, an
they has plays on the stage about them."
'Tm goin' to a trystin' place," mut
tered Mr. Devitt, as he went along.
"What the duse is a trvsting place. She
calls it that; she's the demdest."
Somo two weeks back, Bruiser, on an
exploring expedition, met in a narrow
path on tho manor crounds a fat New
foundland dog and a tall, overgrown girl,
with a curiously childish face and bright
dark eyes.
"Sick him, Nep, he's such a little
one," said tho girl. Nep turned tail and
attempted to flee. Not so Bruiser; his
fighting blood was up; he accepted the
stump, and flew upon the big dog, who
stood still and howled frightfully, while
tho girl, with real courage, seized
Bruiser by tho loose skin on his neck,
and Mr. Devitt rescued tho party.
"Don't you know no better than to
sick a bull dog on an old sheep like
that?" he said, severely. "Fightin is my
dog's business; look at them scars on
him," and forthwith he reeled off a long
list of Bruiser's battles, lost and won.
The girl listened with respectful atten
tion, introduced herself as Enid Jones,
and said eho had to take Nep out for a
walk every day. Ho was grandma's
dog, and she wished ho could know her
cousin Hetty she was just lovely.
The next day he went along the path,
and strangely enough Enid was there
with Hettv, a vivacious, curly haired
damsel. Nep was tied to a tree with a
sash, and Bruiser was held by a stout
rope, and a conversation ensued. In
course of time Hetty assured Mr. Devitt,
perhaps a delicate way of telling him
that he need not fall in love with her,
that her heart was broken. She had been
engaged to a young man in jail oh, 6he
meant boarding 6chool but that was all
off now. She must marry for money,
and it was better her heart should break,
and his, too, than she should displease
her aged grand parent. Grandma liked
her best, for her papa was a professional
man, but Enid's father was no family at
all; but Enid would be awful rich and
"could stoop beneath her."
' "Her father ms something in oil in
New York," sighed Hetty, and Enid
listened with meek sadness.
"Well, the old sardine, the fellow in
on, left tha stamps cnyhow," suggested
Devitt, hopefully, taking Enid's side at
once.
"You are very kind," sighed Enid; and
the matter was dropped, all parties en
deavoring to see this one redeeming trait
in tho man in oiL
Devitt was a very simple minded young
man. He had read few books, chiefly of
adventure, the lurid Indian and pirate
tales peculiar to tho young, and had
perused them, I regret to say, when ha
was a messenger boy, on his way to do
errands; bat now bis literary taste ran
to sporting journals, and poetry was an
unknown field to him. He liked Hetty,
njiiipst" with her sorrows, offered to
knock out the future millionaire who
would crush out her young heart at any
time she sent him word, said he supposed
she knew her own business best; but
wasn't she borrering trouble when the
old chap hadn't turned -up yet, and the
old lady might die any time, and what
waste prevent her marrying theyotmf
fellow then?
At Enid he looked with awe and
wonder, she could anota so much ooetrr.
naa-rcaa so many novels,-ana was so
strangely innocent and unworldly, and
made him out such a hero. In fact she
was such a good listener that he stretched
the truth now and then to interest her.
- "You are like Romeo and Juliet,"
sighed Hetty. "Enid is about her age,
and her eyes arc good, if she is so thin,'
.and does outgrow her clothes so."
These meetings continued all that sum
mer, Hetty always a willing third party,
and deep in a novel about it. She meant
to make it a great success, and Iiavo her
portrait in the book', with ' her Iiair all
wavy, and a poetic look on her face, and
have the newspapers just teem with anec
dotes of her beautv and brilliancy. They
called the old stone house the castle, and r
under the castle windows came Mr. j
ll vi ft nvcrv nifht wlipn tbe weather was
.fine. He had a lovely tenor voice, and
Mrs. Suydam was deaf.'and he knew the
-whole of "Maid of Athens," .which he
gang divinely, "And of course that'syou,"
Hetty would say as they leaned out .the
window and listened:
By those lids whose Jetty fringe
Kiss thy soft cheeks' blooming tinge;
By those wild eyes Uketheroa.
'.'You have those soulful, yearning eyes,
and that's all the good looks you have
got," Hetty would add truthfully. '
Once in a while Bruiser would, add to
the melody by a howl when a cat escaped
him, or the cat herself, on a distant roof,
would appeal to the neighboring cats for
sympathy.
One day while rehearsuwjr "Othello,"
Hettv the abused wifo and Enid the
cruel Moor, Enid raised the pillow too
high in her zeal, and crash went grand
ma's" lovely Dresden china vase,' the pride
of her aged heart. As usual, Enid had
to bear all the blame, and was sent to a
distant room in the back part -of the'
house for a week's imprisonment. Mr;
Devitt was informed in Hetty's angular
handwriting:
"Leonora is in the tower. Particulars,
ask boy." ,
Ho asked the small, solemn faced boy
who brought the note, and got all tho
direful story, and gave in return a dime,
that was taken as part of the price for
secrecv. To the tower went Mr. Devitt
at midnight, after, falling over a wheel-
barrow and stumbling inrougb a vegeta
' blc garden.
Leonora was a very unhappy little
girl, for she was intensely nervous. Her
crazy Uncle Henry had died in the room
where she was imprisoned, and Hetty
said his unquiet spirit never rested in the
grave. She was allowed no lamp, and
no ono was near her in th;:t long hall,
and somewhere she had read "at mid
night hour, when churchyards yawn and
graves give up their dead," and it was
twelve now.
Then on the moonlit air camo that l
dear voice:
Haid of Athens; ere we part. -j
She gave a little cry of joy, her terror "
had been so extreme, and he was so good 1
.to come. He looked so beautiful in the '
moonlight, his handsome eyes, under j
their long lashes,- upraised to. he his
black mustache veiling the lips th . saeg'j
so sweetly. Tho fact that thcio was
somebody awake, too. And she told him j
hottly bow scared she was, and no sat
down under tho window, and said ho
would stay for company, and she could
sleep in ieace. for he would bo - awake.
Two nights later, when he came, she
sent him down u note, tied to a bit of
ribbon.
Do you remember' yoiin Lochinvar I read you
about; I shall die here. Xo onb loves me. And
last night, after I made you po home, I heard such
a dreadful creaking of the stairs that I fainted
dead away. I shall die here.
"It's a slianie, that old hag," he wrote
back. "Do you mean run away and get
marriedy"
"Y es," came down on the string. .
Then further correspondence ensued,
hints of a servant who could be bribed
with a pearl rinir Enid didn't care about
at all to lcavo tho key-in the door, and
directions to liavo a carriage waiting at !
the lane, and cho would bo waiting. Ho .
m r .an aS a l4-hk wvtd'XfrvSV ll V liAllinntASWl T
JUlUUUrtXI, 1111:11 ncuiiuunij uuiucnuiu.
"A rum go," he muttered. "You an
me, Bruiser, to run off with that inno
cent littlo chick. Them" books is turned
her head, and 6he is scared out of her
senses up there alone. Cuss that old
woman! I never 6ee no girl like her. I
love her. Bruiser, and what in this world
shall I do about it?"
Ho sat down on the top rail of a fence,
and Bruiser took a dignified posture in
tho path. A queer sort of shadow came
over Devitt s face as he drew his breath
hard.
"It's no go, Jim. You are a poor,
worthless devil, and she will be rich
some day. It would be worse than cheat
ing an honest man at an honest game.
If she wa'n't rich well, even then, what
kind of a name liavo you got to give her,
and what sort of a home to offer? She
dont know no more of the world and
what gittin' married means than a 4-year-old
child. Calls mo Geraint, by gosh.
Chuck full of poetry, but not a mite of
hoss sense. Poor little girl, and I love
her. That sweet seriousness of hers
breaks me up. Wants to run off with
me, and I never even kissed her
wouldn't for tho world. Be square, Jim;
save her from herself. No one will ever
know how hard it is, and then Bhe'll hate
me. She will wait for me, and then hate
me."
He got up with a groan and went on
with bowed head and weary eyes. Sud
denly he turned and went back to the
manor. Poor, frightened child, he saw
her at the window, her face hidden on
her outstretched arms, her fair hair veil
ing her childish grief. He dared not 6ee
her again. In the shadow of the old
elms he sang for the last time the song
sho loved. She listened with beating
heart and happy eves, and that sense of
companionship so dear in her loneliness;
and he his voice faltered once or twice,
that was all:
Haid of Athens! I cm gone; -Think
of me, sweet, when alone.
Though I fly to Istambol,
Athens holds my heart and souL
Can I cease to lore thee? No.
He went away at daybreak, looking
haggard and worn and the old town by
theHudson saw him no more. Bruiser,
left behind, became the charge and ter
ror of good Aunt Hannah's life. A
trembling girl stole out the old manor
that night, and it was raining hard, too,
and wet and weary, waited waited so
long by the gate; but he did not come
Patience Stapleton in Once "a Week.
The astonishing changes that small
apportions of foreign matter will p: lines
ia metals are not swesssarUy of nnall
practical importance, as very sli&.-t im
purities in metals for certain purposes
might lead to serions'conseonencee. Bob'
erte-Austin gives two striking illustra
tions of this possibility. A small fraction
of bismuth in copper will reduce the elec
trical conductivity sufidently to cause
any submarine cable made with it to
become a commercial failure, and the
mtsw re carrying power of copper cables
is said to have doubled sincetheearly
iaysof telswrsnhy on account of thein
eressed purity of tke copper. Pure gold
has a bras ring stasia ef fro sixteen to
sersritesa. tons to tke square lack, bat
wam alloyed with be tweteaths of ens
per cent, of lead It will break with a
slight blow or tader a toiling steam,
Imsasw Txsjrslst.
A single shad sredaees .100,000 eggs,
and only abort 5,000 are hatched Batsx
aSy. By the artificial saethod l,000 are
successfully hatched. No wonder this
fas nab gets cheaper every yi
NATURE'S MU6IC.
6Ude up thy sOver sands, O toasaftsf ass.
Tbepumtnatattrttneecsscfesayi
And over au toe forest sw
That echoes but the ansJe af t
Half silent, rivers glide, 1
Break singing where the 1
Whispering among the pebbles, low aad sweet;
So low. so sweet; wild birds the strata repeat.
Down through great velvet
rich with
Long, guttering chams, the slipping torrents toss,
Shivering end darting 'neath t arching trees.
The wandering winds la mystic Bsiaor keys
Sir? tbeJr lore songs above the waves aad rocks .
to harmony that every heart nwlorks
Helen L. Carey.
BEYOND.
Whenitll tbe world seems dark and loaeiy.
When Joy is dead and life is drear.
When hope and love seem left behind us.
And every emlk melts to a tear,
Tta then we turn to things immortal.
And look beyond earth's narrow portal.
Youth's .Companion .
RESULT OF A MISTAKE.
Lena Hazleton sat in the dimly lighted
church, where she sang leading soprano,
in tho tliird row from tho organ.
- The organist, witli no book before Iiim,
was playing the most beautiful music
she had ever heard. T
"Can tliis be Jack?" sho asked herself.
"He seems to be iouring out' his very
soul."
She sank back into her seat, drinking
in the inspiring tones, -wondering in an
indistinct way if ho had ever played as
.well, and why sho had never been aft
fected so before.
-When the last thrilling notes had died
away, she slowly-approached him and
said, softly:'
"You liave surpassed yourself to-night,
Jack. I have .been listening spellbound."
- Instead of turning around and greeting
her in his usual frank way, lie started in
surprise, then hesitated, and finally said:
"I am glad you like my music," and his'
fingers strayed ou over tho keys.
Lena marveled at-liis manner, and.
if ter a moment's silence said:.
"1 wonder the others are not here. It'
Js surely time."
' - At this be turned slowly around, 6ay-
"Do not bo frightened.- Your compli--jient
was intended for some one else,
though my name is Jack." ,.
Lena blushed and stammered: .
I beg your pardon!".
-Then, at the- thought of having been
half an hour in an almost, muighted
church with a stranger, 6he plucked up
courage and demanded: -
VBut why are you here":" -
He sinilcd indulgently and answered:
"Becauso I am veryibnd of playing on
church organs, and, having' Mr. James
consent, saw 110 reason for not gratify
ing my wish to- try this magnificent-instrument.
I am sorry to have incon
venienced vou."
"Not at all," said she bravely. "But I
don't bee why the others are not liere."
"If you refer to tho choir, Mr. James
told me tliat it does not rehearse until to
morrow evening."
"Why, how odd!" said Lrna. "We al
ways niect on'Thursday evening.'-
"But this is only Wednesday evening,?
said the unknown", ith a winning smile.
"Only Wednesday evening!" sho re
peated, hardly believing her ears. "Are
you certahi'r"
"Yes, quite," he replied.
"Yes, Lena," interposed Mr. James,
who had approached unobserved. "1
assure you it Lj Wednesday. Ah, Mor
ton, there you are! Miss Hazleton, tliis
is Mr. Morton. And, by the way, Lena,
Mrs. James has some company and sent
me for you."
"1 should like to go, but I fear auntie
.will worrv."
"No. - I have seen her, and explained.
She told me you were here." "
"Then I sliall be delighted." '
"Morton, will you not come, too?" he
asked. -
"Thank you; but I fear I should in
trude." "Not at alL I know my wife will be
delighted."
Jack hesitated a minute; but at that
moment his eyes met Lena's, and not only
was his decision made, but ho knew that
the current of his whole life had beer,
changed.
During the evening Lena sang, ar.d
Jack Morton played tho accompaniment.
Ho played so well that she was seized
with a desire to distinguish herself.
When she had sung a few lines her
friends were surprised; and Jack, who
had heard much good singing, was as
tonished at tho purity and sweetness of
her tones.
As she finished, her face glowing with
enthusiasm, they all pleaded for another
song, and glancing to Jack, she read the
same request iu his eyes, and complied.
- Later in tho evening she was sitting
near Mr. James.
"How do you like Mr. Morton?" he
asked.
"Very well," she replied, with a trifle
more feeling than was necessary. "He
is to escort me home. Have you known
him long?"
"He is a business acquaintance of
mine from Chicago. I've met him so
often that I consider him a true friend."
At 11 -o'clock Lena and Jack were
walking homeward, her dainty hand
resting confidingly on Ids arm.
Before parting he liad permission to
call, and as his stay was to be short and
her next evening was devoted to the re
hearsal it was arranged that he should
escort her home.
At breakfast her aunt asked:
"Lena, how did you enjoy yourself
last night?
"Very well, auntie."
"Did Mr. James bring you home?"
"No; Mr. Morton came with me?"
At this tbe elder lady laid down her
fork, and looking directly at Lena asked:
"And who may Mr. Morton be?"
"A gentleman from Chicago who was
there, answered Lena, ignoring the
romantic meeting in the dimly lit church.
"A gentleman from Chicago!" repeated
her aunt, with an ominous tap of her
foot. "That is rather indefinite."
"Yes; bubhe's nice, auntie."
"Of course," said her aunt. "Curly,
golden hair, brown eyes and a wonder
ful mustache."
"Indeed he hasn't. His hair is dark,
and I couldn't say what color his eyes
are."
Yet even as she spoke the words there
came before her mental vision a pair of
ardent brown eyes looking down into
hers.
That evening the choir seemed unusu
ally stupid. The rehearsal dragged
along.
When Lena and Jack started home, as
the evening was crisp and starry, they
did not hurry, and on their way their
mutual acquaintance ripened sufficiently
for him to ask and gain the privilege of
writing to her.
At home Lena's aunt was in the par
lor, evidently waiting to form an un
biased opinion of her niece's new ad
mirer. Jack, being as clever as be was hand
some, devoted himself to that good lady
to such an extent that she had little time
to criticise, and after conversing a while
even lost her desire to do so.
PsaincBs called Jack away the follow
ing day. The next one brought to Lena
his first letter, which, like himself at their
nartimr. sremfld to mean nu'ch that it
saaavttsy.
cudnt say.
- She replied, and tbe frequency of their
kiurrs increased as the days went by, as
did th-ir length and interest, .
Her aunt saw- plainly how matters
were going, but. wise woman, kept her
own counsel.
One day Lena recwed a letter from'
Jack, tho most important and sweetest
part of which was the hist; for in that he
wrote, ' in words wliich thrilled her
through and .through, of his great love
for her, and begged her if sho returned -hi3
love; to wear the little "ring he had
sent, for his sake. The ring, whose gem
was as pure as the love of which it was a
symbol, came almost immediately after
the letter, but not before Lena liad an
swered it.
. As she slipped tho beautiful thing on
her finger, her lover's wish that ho him
self could have performed the delightful
ceremony,' was echoed through her every
fiber. - -
' - Thinking long, over her new found
happiness, she suddenly remembered her.
ft was really appalling to have entirely
ignored one who liad devoted a good part
of her life to her and loved her so dearly
indeed, almost us a mother would!
After pressing the letter affectionately
to her lips, she stowed it away close to
her throbbing heart, and "went down
stairs iii quest of her aunt.
' Sho found her in the library, and tapped
softly on the. open door. Without wait
ing for a response, she crossed the room
to where .her aunt sat on a low chair.
' ."1 am ashamed of myself because I
have not confided in you, auntie. . Jack
Morton loves mo, and 1 liave prom bed to
marry him. Can you. forgive me?" she
asked, kissing her affectionately.
"Yes, dear," her aunt replied,. return
ing the kiss; -'I knew it."
"You knew it how?" '
Vln many .ways," said she. looking af
fectionately at her niece."
- ."And you don't mind?" asked Lena,
relieved.
"Mind, my dear? Does one, alone in
the u orld, bring up a child from baby
hood to young ladyhood and then part
without minding?" she asked, tears start
ing to her usually-tranquil lids.
"Forgive me.Vuntie, for giving you
ain 1, of ail for you huvo been so
ind to me!" " .
1 hey soon fell to discussing the future,
and once her aunt said:
"Lena, if anything should over occur
come back to inc."
. "Yes, auntie, but' there never will,"
Lena said, her eyes brimming over with
love and tears.
.And in three-months Miss Hazleton
lost her nieco and Jack Morton gained a
lovely wife. The Saturday Night,
SaMfSrag Corncotmpe.
"Exactly. Your head .aches, your
eyes bother you and your throat is always
parched." said a well known physician,
diagnosing the case of a patient. "Now
I can tell just wliat brings on these diffi
culties. Vou smoke a corncob pipe.
Isn't that a fact's" '
Tho sufferer replied in the affirmative,
but was curious to know how the doctor
learned what kind of a pipe he used.
"i 'bee so much of this that 1 couldn't
help knowing what ailed you." explained
the medical num. "Men apparently en
joying perfect health come to mo every
Jay.- They are great big. robust fellows,
and they all suffer in the same causes.
At first I-was nonplused, and led myself
to believe that it was anew disease, but
I finally discovered that the whole trou
ble was caused by corncob" .piix- It
needs no credulity on your part. Notico
yourself when you are smoking a corn
cob a sickly, overpowering odor, which
fills up your throat and lungs, aud causes
a smarting sensation of the tonguo. That
is tho smoke of tho burning cob, and it
contains enough creosote to cure a ham."
New York Evening Sun.
.Tattoolnp; Convicts for Identification.
"Tho latest fad in prison manage
ment," said a prison official, "is tattoo
ing. It is a ready means of identifica
tion, and is bound to become popular in
prison management My idea is to tattoo
a convict every time ho is imprisoned,
and then wo'll have Ids record as clear as
the moon at midnight. Let each penal
institution adopt a different mark or
monogram and the problem of identify
ing convicts will bo solved. It is the
simplest and best system yet proposed.
To somo persons it may seem as Iiarsh as
branding, but it isn't. Tattooing isn't
painful, and the marks could be put on
the convict's back, arms or legs, and
would not embarrass reformed convicts.
Tattooing is now followed in several
penal institutions abroad." Buffalo Ex
press. The Divining Bod.
Oh, yes; there are lots of people who
believe in divining rods treasure finders
they call them. I know of one being
made for a man not long ago. It was a
wand three feet long, of whalebone, and
in one end was a hole plugged up with
two ounces of absolutely pure gold and a
little chemically pure mercury; in tne
other end the mercury was, with pure
silver. The rod was evenly balanced and
turned on a pivot. The foolish man who
owned it paid $00 to have it made. He
b to' search for treasure, for buried bul
lion. Catharine Colo in New Orleans
Picayune.
Foreign Population of France.
The rapid increase of the foreign poj
ulation ia France is causing great con
cern to tho government. Since 1886 no
less than 482,000 Belgians, 265,000 Ital
ians, 100.000 Germans, 78,000 Swiss and
80,000 Spaniards have gone into France,
in addition to the foreign population pre
viously resident there. In 1851 there
were about 381,000 foreigners in a total
population of nearly 86,000,000. In 1886
the foreign population exceeded 1,000,
000, while the native population remained
nearly stationary. Chicago Herald.
Trimming Bis Financial Sails.
Gus Do you carry two watches, Jack,
or is that double chain a bluff?
Jack No bluff, Gus, I carry a Water
bury in one pocket and a Jurgenben u
the other.
Gus What's that for?
Jack When a man to whom 1 owe
money asks me tho time I consult my
Waterbury, but when a stranger or a
lady wants the same information it's the
Jurgensen tliat gives it, and don't you
forget it. The Epoch.
The Indignant Wasp.
"Oh, you swindler, you have a stone
inside you!" as the wasp said when he
ate into the plum.
Few people are more- virtuously indig
nant than the cheat when ho finds lunv
self outwitted.
What Iadlaas Have Done.
Indians in the United States lest year
cultivated 227,265 acres of land, and raised
724.658 bushels of wheat. 934,072 bushels
of corn. 512,187 bushels of oats and bar
ley. 524.010 bushels of vegetables and
and 101,823 tons of hay. They also owned
358,834 horses and mules. 111.407 head of
cattle. 40.471 swine aad 1.117,273 sheep.
Chicago Herald.
DnisUsa in Artillery FIriac
When the great gun waieh has thrown
a ball eleven miles happens to beabaea
aortb, a lateralderiation of flOO feet oast
. be taken into account for the difference hi
rotating speed between thaspct where it
Is fired and tho spot where tho aiatjle
rJw.rtrik.--Nsw York Sua,
anas,-.
A CCRI00S PRODUCT.
INTERESTING FACTS CONCERNING
SACCHARIN AND ITS USES.
Mew Sweet Beasmfaesi
rs
Caal
Tar Vsea New
-Wat
1st Says Medical Uses.
The curious product from coal tar
known as saccharin was introduced by a
French chemist two years ago, since
when a factory for its production has
been established in Westerhausen, near
tbe old historic town of Magdeburg, in
-Prussia. Saccharin has become so for
midable a rival of cane and beet root
uugar for many rnannfactnring purposes,
that the producers of these look upon the
new material with great disfavor. Lata
French-papers state that the French
sugar manufacturers have began a cam
paign against it, and the Society of Ag
riculturists have petitioned the govern
ment to forbid its manufacture, as being
prejudicial to the beet root sugar trade,
although experiments have shown that
it is not noxious.
It has been found that in its pure state
it is difficult of solution, but this defect
is corrected by the addition of an alka.
.lino bicarbonate that is added by small
portions to the saccharin mixed in the
water. No 'heat is employed, as under
the influence of heat soda will transform
saccharin into salicylic acidl- Neither
flies', bees nor other insects will touch
saccharin' in any form, but physicians
are already prescribing it for patients
afflicted with diseases which will not
admit of their taking sugar. . A gentle
man to whom sugar was forbidden tried
saccliarin, using it alone to sweeten
lemon juice and stewed cranberries.- He
found that it would -not mix, and ex
perimented with various things to rem
edy it; but wus unsuccessful until lie
thought of glycerine; one dram of saccharin'-
with one pound of glycerine,
heated to solution, makes a mixture
closely resembling honey, and one that
readily dissolves in water, milk, tea,
coffee, wines and liquors.
ITS 6WEETENINO POWER.
Saccharin is used now in cake, candy
and champagne. Its sweetening power
is 300 times greater than that of sugar,
and it has neither the latter's nutritive
nor injurious properties. It does not
ferment, and is in no way altered by the
action of yeast and other ferments. In
addition to this, it lias also antiseptic
properties which make it useful in pre
serving articles-of food. It is a condi
ment, or 'spice, and should 'never be
tasted in its puro 6tate.
A distinguifched American chemist,
when asked for somo information re-.
sneering the new material, said: "Sac
charin is really in many ways a re
markable product. It is tho sweetest
sulistance known. One part of it In. 70,
000 parts of water will givo the water a
perceptibly sweet taste equal to one part
of cane sugar in 250 parts of water, and
a solution of one in 10,000 is intensely
bweet. In appearance it is a white
crystalline powder, soluble in 230 parts
of water at 25 degs. centigrade, and is
easily soluble in alcohol and ether. Its
scientific name is benzoyl sulphonic
amide.
"Curiously enough, saccharin is in no
wav related to the class of sugars (carb
hydrates), cither chemically or physio
logically. It is not only unfermentable,
but it possesses an anti-zymotic action;
that is, it retards the ammoniacal fer
mentations in certain secretions. It is
indigestible, inert and non-poisonous,
when taken into the stomach, and passes
out unchanged. These properties give it
an important place in- dietetics, phar
macy and therapeutics. When mixed
with tho food of diabetic or obese
patients it enables them to indulge in
sweetened dishes which ordinarily must
be denied them on account of the'injuri
ous effects of sugar under such condi
tions. A HARMLESS SWEETENING.
"It is a harmless and effective sweeten
ing agent for bitter medicines, and chemi
cal combinations of it with several alka
loids, such as quinine, strychnine and
morphine, liave been employed with
marked success. It is also given with
other remedial agents, or in pure solu
tion as an anti-fermentative medicine
in various gastric and intestinal dis
orders. "Besides these medical uses, saccharin
is largely employed in France as a sub
stitute for sugar in confectionery and
liquors. One part of it to 1,000 or 2,000
parts of glucose (grape sugar) makes an
equivalent to cane sugar for confec
tioners' use, and one part of saccharin to
8,000 parts of liquid is considered suffi
cient for making sweet liqueurs. Al
together there ia good reason for the
concern felt by sugar producers on ac
count of a substance, a teaspoonful of
which will convert a barrel of water
into good syrup and which docs not de
cay, mold or ferment, and has no injuri
ous effect upon tho human system.
"The chief difficulty in the way of its
use is the high cost of production; but l
unproved processes will doubtless be de
vised which will bring its market value
to a much lower figure than it now com
mands." Frank Leslie's.
Aalsaals with Beckoalas; Facaltles.
For myself, I cannot see why tho con
clusion is denied that animals, as they
come to apprehend tho advent of Sun
day, have some way of keeping count of
the seven days of the week. The follow
lowing fact bears directly upon that
point: Something like half a century
ago the writer liacl the care and milking
of five cows during one summer. They
grazed in a pasture lot many rods from
the dwelling. It was the custom to give
the animals 6alt every Sunday morning.
They enjoyed the treat, and it was
evident that they began to expect it.
After a length of time 1 cannotysay
how long a curious behavior of the cat
tle became conspicuous, for every Sun
day morning they were found standing
ingat the bars, the point nearest tho
house, with every appearance of mute
expectation. At every other morning.
as well as at evening, they had to be
sought and brought to the bars for milk
ing. Sometimes I would forget to take
the salt with me at the stated time,
when, instead of moving off to feed after
my task was done, as they usually did.
they remained about the spot an hour or
to, as if waiting for their weekly rations
of bait.
Here, then, is the problem: Every Sun
day morning these' cows came of their
own option to the place of milking, and
where on that day they generally got
salt, and cot on other mornings. How
could they do tliat, except through some
faculty of estimating the seven days of
the week. A. S. Hudton, M. D., iu Pop
ular Science Montldy.
Bald Eagles fat Pennsylvania.
The Blue mountains, especially in
Schuylkill and northern Berks counties,
besides furnishing breeding and feeding
places for the wild turkey, provide several
species of eagles with eyries so inacces
sible and fields of prey so extensive and
fruitful that the advance made by civili
zation on every side liave as yet been in
sufficient to drive them from their chosen
haunts. Any one who has ever tramped
over that part of the Blue mountains has
noticed the axesl number of tall, dead
tree rruuKS tnai stana on tne nlgiiest ma
rockiest summits, out of the reach of the
boldest mountain climber. Early in the
morning or toward nightfall one or more
great birds may be seen hovering- about
the tops of those dead and sentinel liko
trees. The birds are -bold eagles, or. in
rare cases; golden eagles. They 'select
these dead trees on the isolated summit?
to build their nests on. It bono of the
superstitions of tho Blue mountain,
woodsmen that it is the presence of the"
eagles and their -nests that has killed
tho trees, but the fact is that if a tree is
not' first dead an eagle will not select it
for -a resting place. The bird uses the
dead trunk becauso it gives a better post
for observation. Sometimes the top of a
naked and inaccessible rock serves the
same purpose. Cor. New York Times.
la use aew-srasC Kcader.-
"How the wirier blower
- "Yes; it is almost. a. hurricane. See
how it twists the branches off the stnrdy
trees! Many a good ship will, go' down
mtbisgaler ' .
"Ahfbet do yew see the woman? She
can scarcely face.the howling wind."
."Yes, I see her. Perha$ you think
her four children ere dying and she' is.
going for a doctor."
"It must be a case or luo or death to
call her out."
"Nothing of the kind." Sho is simply
after a novel and a pound of caramels,
and she .will put. in a couple of hours
bothering the store clerks. There is
another, and anothcr--a dozen f them."
"And will they go home refreshed?"
"Very much so ten times as much as
if they had remained at home and darned
stockings or sewed on a button or two."
Detroit Freo Press.
A Field far Iasesttgaters.
It was stated thirty years ago that an
ordinary battery would impart to a per
fect electric motor only one horso power
of energy from a consumption ox two
pounds of zinc per hour, while a good
steam engine would givo an equal power
from two pounds per hour of tho much
cheaper coaL Professor-Ayrton now as
serts, however, that zinc batteries may
yet be made an important and economi
cal source of mechanical energy, and that
they may furnish a solution of tho prob
lem of -converting tho energy of coat into
electric energy without the wasteful
steam engine. Before this can L-e ac
complished it will be necessary'to find a
process of unburning tho oxidized zinc
at a cost comparable with the cct of an
equal weight of coal, so that the- metal
may bo cheaply used over and over.
Arkansaw Traveler.
The life ef a Watch.
A first class American watch, well
kept,- will last thirty or forty years, or
sometimes even longer, before the works
wear out, but the average life of on or
dinary low priced American watch is
ten years, and that of a Swiss watch of
the same grade seven years. Tho length
of life for a watch depends largely on
tho number of its jewels. The range of
prices for American watches runs from
$5 to $500, the costliest being a split sec
ond minute register timing watch. In
tho United States about ",500 watches are
manufactured every day. Tho Waltham
factory turns out 1,500 per day and the
Elgin factory between 1,'JOOand 10,000.
Chicago Herald.
Safe fo Employ.
Bank Official You say you would like
a position as cashier.
Applicant Yes.
B. O. Do you belong in the city?
A. No; I've como from Canada.
B.- O. Is that your native place?
A. Yes.
B. O. Why did you leave it?
A. My doctor's advice.
B. O. Climate too severe?
A. Yes.
B. O. Ever intend to go back?
A. Never; it would be certain death.
B. O. Eureka! You are just tho man
we want. Report in the morning and be
installed as cashier. Yankee Blade.
Japan's Minister at Washlactoa.
Blunemitsu Mutsu, Japanese minister
at Washington, is a most abstemious
man as regards stimulants, but being a
scholar and philosopher he has shown an
inclination to taste of American mixed
drinks as an experimental process.' He
does not like our fancy tipples, however.
A few days ago ho tackled a gin fizz for
the first time. "Ha!" he exclaimed, in
an Oriental way, "it buzzes like a fly and
stings -like a wasp." He will hereafter
confine himself to tea drinking. New
York World.
Fable ef Oldest Ttsse.
A farmer's wife hanged herself on a
tree in his garden. He married another
wife, and, curiously enough, she, after a
few years, hanged herself on the same
tree. lie married again, and third wife
did the same. The farmer wrote sadly,
to a distant married friend to tell him of
the mournful coincidence. In reply his
friend wrote:
"There is great virtue clearly in that
tree. Send me a cutting." Friar John
Pauli.
A Perfect
"My dear, your mouth is a perfect
poem." "Oh, how can you say such a
tiling as that?" "Well, it is like a pop
ular poem at least. It is so widely red."
And the matrimonial mercury fell 40
degs. at once. Terra Haute Express.
An amateur chemist wants to know if
whisky will dissolve gold. No, sonny,
but it will make it disappear.
The Japanese army is now 150,000
strong. It will be 600,000 before long.
In military circles it is considered that
Osman Digna is a mvth.
What a Time
People formerly bad, trying to swallow
the old-fashioned pill with its Dim of
'magnesia vainly disguising its bitter
ness; and what a contrast -to Avert
Fills, that have been well called "med
icated sugar-plums" tbe only fear be
ing that patients may be tempted into
taking too many at a dose. Bat tbe
directions are plain and should be
strictly followed.
J. T. Teller, M. D., of Chittenango,
N. Y., expresses exactly what hundreds
have written at greater length. He
says: " Ayer's Cathartic Pills are highly
appreciated. They are perfect in form
and coating, and their effects are all
that the most careful physician could
desire. They have supplanted all the
Pills formerly popular here, and I think
it must be long before any other can
be made that will at all compare with
them. Those who buy your pills g;t
fall value for their money."
"Safe, pleasant, and certain in
their action," is the concise testimony
of Dr. George E. Walker, of Martins
ville, Virginia.
"Ayer's Pills outsell all similar prep
arations. The public having once used
them, will have no others." Berry,.
Veaable ft Collier, Atlanta, Ga.
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