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OW I have a piece
of news that I
guess will make
that Miss Ever
dale wmce when
she hearsofitT ex
claimed a young
lady ccmmir up
to a. group of
men and women
seated on the ver
anda of a hotel
at one of the fash
ionable watering1
places.
'Well, if there
is anything- that
will make Miss
Everdale winee I
declare I do hope she 'iil hear of it,"'
replied a voting- woman with a lair
mund face, but whose black eyes
Jlasaed unpleasantly as she spoke.
"Sbr said her husband, "I don't
like to hear yon spuaK that way, Elsie.
I don't see why yon all have taken
fjach dislike to Misb Everdale. . She
is as 5ne a woman as I have met this
season, and if she has the good luck
to claim all of Roy Gilbert's atten
tion that in no reason why you all
should hate her '"
'Oh. yes." ansvrered his wife, "we
ail know that you men. married and
single, have adored the ground she
walks on. and the rest of us have
been nowhere ever since she came.
" .Not that I care, but I do hate to see
U woman so forward and bold."
"Well, now, you just wait and hear
what I have to telL," said Miss Wes
Uqh, the first speaker, and the group
turned attentive faces to her.
I have til is straight from Will."
she began. "You see Will was down
in the otiice quite latj last night with
a few of tiie other men. and amon?
-xhem was Roy Gilbert. Se became
very much interested in relating- some
of his adventures, and before he
thought as his manner showed after
ward he mentioned his wife "
"Hii wife!" they all exclaimed in
one breath, and horror was visible on
some countenances, while others wore
a amlicious tr umpiiant expression.
Yes. his wife." went on Miss Wes
ton, evidently delighted that she had
awakened so much interest. "And
Will said some of the men looked kind
of queer, and as thouc-n they pitied
Iiim,. for he tlushed as red as a school
boy, and then W'ul said to him: 'Why
Gilbert, old boy. we didn't know you
had a wife. Will she be with you
this season .'"
'Jou know Will wa awfully in
love with Miss Everdale before Gil
bert came. and 1 suppose he felt as
though he could forgive him anything
after he learned that there was no
chance of Gilbert's having her."
"Well, what did Roy say?" asked
the black-eyed Elsie.
"Sav. why he was as cool as you
please after the :irst second and said-
"Ah. yes: I have a wife. She i-visions-
her old home this summer
iihe may ret around here before the
season is over." ami went on as un
concerned as could be with what he
wat telling-.
Osow. what do you think of that?"
The men looked at each other and
vinked and one saur-visaged chap re
marked: "There always was something queer
about Gilbert seemed as though he
was trying to hide something"
m, come. now. Carter, that's too
bad. If ever there wa.s an honest,
free-hearted, open-faced fellow, that
ane is Rov Gilbert. He"s only having
a little fun. that's all. but its mighty
rough on Miss Everdale."
"Well. Miss Everdale shall know it.
before she goes to bed to-night, if I
have to tell her mvself." and the look
in the eyes of the sneaker told what ;
pleasure it would aifarl her to be the
informant.
"Now. Til tell you what let's do."
she continued. "After supper we i
will all be out here on the veranda,
and Miss Everdale will be sure to
-come outi we will call her to us, and
tell her here before us all: We all
want to see what she will do and av. "
"I guess it wJl take
some," remarked a rather
her down
old-voung
lady, "and it will b
e gooa enougn lor
Her."
And wnat of Miss Everdale. npon
whose head was to descend such a
blow.
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in manner and winning ways rather
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tnan in features, although the soft
dark eyes called attention away from
the rather too large mouth: wavy
dark hair tJoated about a full white
brow. Her figure was pleasing to the
eye, although not perfect.
This was the first season she had
spent at C , and little was known
about; her, except what they had ob
served. They had observed that although
3Kss Everdale was very pleasant to
all the young men who thronged
about her, she seemed to care for
none until the day Eoy Gilbert came,
and since that time a fierce flirtation
had been going on between them.
Hoy Gilbert was a handsome man of
thirty-Sve. had money, no one knew
how much, bu, -was considered by the
men to be a fine all-around fellow.
'The women well the women thought
he was jusr a darling" until he was J
so taksn up with 3fiss Everdale that
all the others conld get from, him was
an ocqasidmii cnat. or a smiling good '
nignt or good morning.
And now something had happened
more than they had ever dreamed,
and' although they knew that none of
them could ever have Gilbert, they
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were glad to know it was equally im
possible for Miss Everdale to doso.
Sc they anxiously waited to "see how
she wonld bear up under the informa
tion, nor had they any desire to break
it to her gently.
Their time had come; for everyone
J was now return 'ng from the supper
j room, and, with the others, came the
pair they were waiting foe
' Roy Gilbert's haudsome head was
' bending low over Miss Everdale's.
i nTt,i ti, .,-...,
his manner
' and the lovelight in his eyes spoke
plainer to the waiting group than any .
words could have done.
As he turned to leave her to o into
the smoking room he passed his arm
around her waist and drew her close
to him for an instant.
The indignation of the waiting,
watching group con id hardly be sup
pressed. Miss Everdale came slowly up the
veranda alone an 1 as she drew near
1 the group of women turn-Mi to them
j with a smile on her happy face.
'"Isn't this a fine evening""
, she said, addressing them,
all, but they simply drew
themselves up and looked at her with
I haughty frowns.
' "Miss Everdale." said the volunteer
' informer, "we wish to speak with you
a moment," anil, without waiting for
any reply went on:
'What we are about to communi
cate to you we know to be the truth.
' and can prove it to be such. Your
friend. Mr. G lbert. has a wife'"
( They all stood breathless, looking
at her. expecting to iee her either
grow angry and deny it or to flush
with confusion and shame, but she
did neither. She did not even change
color, but the smile deepened in the
dark eyes as she said quietly:
'Oh. yes. inrfcd I know he has; he
has been speaking to ma of her. He
expects her here before the season is
out. I hope we shall all like her!
Sh : was a fortunate woman to be
come the wife of such a man as Mr.
(xilbort."
The smile faded from her fade and
-he ga-:ed out to sea. he either did
not or pretended not. to see the varied
expressions on the faces before her,
; ami. after a few commonplace re-
marks, turned awav.
After she was out of hearing Miss
Weston exclaimed:
"Did you ever ee such a bold.
I brazen-faced thing in all your lifj?"
The next day the couple were the
talk of the whole plac i, but it did not
seem to disturn thm any. The flir
tation still went on. and the real love
making was more open and apparent.
Now and nga.n tiie men would joke
Gilbert about his wife's coming and
finding him out, but he always an
swered them goo : naturedly
They all liked Gilbert, and the wo
men, although thev called him a mon
ster behind his back, were always
readr to chat with him. To Mis
Everdale they were more than cold,
and always looked npon her as some
thing to be shimneu.
Such was the suit of ata:r. when
one morning the hotel carriage came
to the door and took away Miss Ever
dale, bag and oaggag . Whas co.ild
it mean? All dav long was her de
parture the subject of speculation,
but in the evening the mystery was
solved.
Mr. Gilbert came into the parlor
with an open letter in his hand, ami
said:
r have just recivei a letter from
my wife. She su.vs he will be with
me to-morrow evening as it is the
tenth anniversary of our marriage,
and wherever we are we always plan
to spend that day Togetner I shall
be pleased to have her meet mv
friends and will bring uer down her
to meet you to-morrow evening "
Good nature was at once restored,
and all Mr. Gilbert's former sins were
at once forgiven. Th. next evening
the whole partv dressed for the oc
casion, assembled in the drawing
room. They were chatting, moving
about, wondering what the new
comer would be like, sounding Mr.
Gilbert's praises and kindness, wften
the door opened and a servant an
nounced Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gilbert.
The servant moved aside, and Mr.
Gilbert entered th room, and on his
arm was Miss Everdale.
He bowed to them and said:
"Let me introduce vou to mv wife,
this is the tenth anniversary of our
marriage. You should remember mv
friends that appearances are often
deceitfuL"
Flrinjj Back 1 Imsr Own RulleU
The use ot a dummy to draw" an
enemy's tire is a devic not unknown
to the writers of story boolcs: but ac
cording to the duche-s of Buckingham
and Chandos. the Maoris actuallv re
sorted to such a pian for the purpose
of getting bullets when their supplies
ran short, during nie war lwtween the
British and the natives of New Zea
land many years ago. .Is soon as th
dummy appeared it wa warmly pep
pered with bullets, ani then puiled
down with a rop.i. Presently ic was
put up again, and again it was tirel a.
and again it was permitted to hs'
siain. This went on until the roo.' '
itself was struck and cut in two. when
the dummy fell down with a bang,
and none of the real live Maori dur-t
climb the tree to tie on a new rop.
as they would certainly have been
killed. Meanwhile the bullets havinr
been dug out of the earth-bank behina
the tree, the enemy were able to re
sume active hostilities and fire at th.
British wirb their own shot.
Ee Four Thousan.t Ye.ri OU1.
There were found not long sines,
in an old pit in an Egyptian village,
several mummies, one of which was
supposed to be the pharaoh in who-e
reign the ten plagues befell the coun
try. This mummy was removed to
Cairo for examination. In unrolling
the linen, many flower- that had been
buried with the king dropped out. ani
a number of bees in a mammy state
were also found in a small urn. The
bees were of the same size and bore '
the same marking as the Ligurian.
or Italian, bee of the present day. If
we put the pharaoh's date atC sav.
2000 B. C... these mummy bees must
he nearly four thousand years old.
Streets In 1 nlaccn.
Molasses, licorice, fig juice, glycer
ine, and some other substances are
used to give sweetness to chewing '
tobacco, while in some brands salt is ;
also employed and various aromaiig'
essences are used for their flavor.
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WlH Kcmovn StafclM VroM Xarblfe.
Muriatic acid will remove the stains
from the marble basins, etc, in the
bath. room. A daily application of
sandscap is a good cleanser, but during
the summer months when houses are
closed and the daily cleansing does not
occur, a stain is farmed that defies the
effort of usual household cleansers. It
is now that muriatic acid will perform
what. other appliances have failed to
da Let the water be shut off, the
basin emptied completely and dried,
the muriatic acid applied with, a small
rag upon the end of a stick; the stain
will disappear instantaneously. The
basin- should then be immediately
scrubbed with soap and water and
flushed with water to remove all traces
of the acid. Care should be taken in
keeping it from dropping upon the
plumbing attachments, as its strong
acid properties will efface silver plating
and the like, but care must also be
taken that it is not allowed to touch
either hands or clothes.
Another Use for Electricity.
The electrical branding iron used it
England for marking foreign meat im
ported into the country has been adapt
ed by the Australians in branding their
horses, cattle and sheep. The current
is suppbed by storage batteries and is
carried along conductors inclosed in
flexible rubber tubes. In this way the
brand can be heated in an instant by
the pressure of a spring by the hand of
the operator, and the current can be as
quickly turned off. It is said that
brands heated in this way are free
from the blotches that occur under the
old method, and that sores are avoided
as well as the burning of the skin by
overheating. If the Australians have
adopted this method and find it prac
tical, it will soon come into use on the
American ranch.
A orei Desk Light.
A novelty being placed on the mar
ket is a new adaptation of the incan
descent light for the purpose of the
cieslc Upon the top of the desk is a
sliding frame which allows the light to
be placed in a desirable position. The
light is placed longitudinally in a hori
zontal cylindrical ground glass frame.
Over thiB is placed upon top a sheet of
perforated metal This is for the pur
pose of protecting the hand or other
substances from the heat common to
the incandescent lamp. In front is a
bronze apron which completely shades
the eyes from the light, the results be
ing that the full volume of light is
thrown down upon the desk, and a full
utility in the way of etfeet is thereby
realized. Hardware.
MICHIGAN'S BENEFACTOR.
AN
OFT REPEATED STORY OF
TRUE PHILANTHROPY.
What
Chiirlen H. Hackley Has
for Western 3Iichigan.
Dane
r ram Grand Rapids i ilich. i Evening
Press.'
The most beautiful spot in all this city is
inseparably associated with the name of
Haekley. "Chas. H. Haekley has been in
the lumber business here continuously since
ltvtt anil in that time lias amassed a fortune
which sives him a rating among the wealthy
men of the nation. But with wealth there
did not come that tightemmr of the nurse
strings which is generally a marked chiirac
teristie of weaithy men.
It is no wonder then that the name of
Charles H. Haciriev is known at home and
ahro:iil Eis munnicence to Muskegon alone
represents an mtiay of nearly half a million.
For the past twentv years he has been a
constant siuferer from neuralgia and rheu
matism, also numbness of the lower limbs,
so much so that it has smously interfered
with his pleasure in life. For some time
past his friends have noticed that he ha3
seemed to grow young again and to have
recovered the health whicn he had in
youth.
To a reporter for the News Mr. Haekley
explained the secret of this transformation.
"I have suffered for over 20 years.'' he said
"with pains in mv lower iimbs so severely
that the only relief I could get at nhrhtwas
by nutting cold water compresses on my
limbs. I was bothered more at night than
in the day time. The neuralgic and rheu
matic pains in my iimbs. which had been
growing in intensity for years, finally be
came chronic I made three trips to the
Eot Springs with only partial relief and
then fell back to my" original state. I
couldn't sit still and my sufferings began to
make life 100k very bine. Two years ago
last September I noticed an account of Dr.
Villiams' Pink Pills for Pale People and
what they had done for others, and some
cases so neariv resembled mine that I was
interested, so I wrote to one who had given
a testimonial, an emment professor of music
in Canada. The reply I received was even
stronger thaa the printed testimonial and it
cave me faith m the medicine.
"I began tairingthe pills and found them
to be all that the professor had told me they
would be. It was two or three months be
fore I experienced any perceptible better
ment of my condition." My disease was of
such longstanding that I did not expect
speedy recovery and was thanlaul even to.
be relieved. I progressed, rapidly, however.'
toward recovery and for the last six monthr
have felt myself a perfectly well man. 1
have recommended the pills to manv people
and am only too clad to assist others to
health through the medium of this wonder
ful medicine. I San not say too much for
what it has done for me."
Dr Williams" Pink Pills contain all the
elements necessary to give new life and
richness to tiie blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are for sale by all druggists,
or may be had by mail from Dr. Williams'
Medicine company. Schenectady. N. Y"., for
M) cents per box. or six boxes for C 50.
Boston's Latest Fart.
A fad m the shape of "fairy stones"
has come to light in Boston. The sume
seems to be a bit of petrified earth.
with what looks like a cross marked
upon it. and is said to come from St.
Patrick, in Virginia, where there is a
mountain full of them, supposed to have
been planted there by the faries as far
back as the days of tiie crucifixion. Be
lievers in such things or folks who love
to pick up fads are having those fairy
stones mounted as pins, watch charms,
tc Boston Letter.
How's This!
We offer One Hundred Dollars Eewara
for any rase of Catarrh that can not be
cored bv Hall's Catarrh Cure'
F J EXET& CO.. Props., Toledo. Ohio.
We. the undersigned, have known F J
Cheney for the last L"5 years, and believe
aim perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carrv
out any obligations made hV their arm.
West it Thcax. Wholesale Drazzists,
Toledo. Ohio &
WAimrxG. .s-nrx-L & Mahtis, Wholesale
Draggists, Toledo. Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internallv,
arupg directly apon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c per
botrle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
.trail's ramily Pills. 25c
Better iCrery Tear.
Time was when the "glorious climate at j
California did not attract tourists Buc '
year after year the tide of travel sets in i
stronger and stronger e v er v fall and winter '
toward this favored region. There is no
climate like ir on. this continenr for a win
ter resort, and the usual fine service on the
Union raidfic System has this season been
brought to a degree of perfection which
leaves nothing-to fce desired.
For further information call an vour
nearest ticket agent or address
F I- L02IAX
General Pass, and TickeE Agent
Omaha. 2Teh.
Detroit Free Press: It isn't
much a man loves a woman, that
her: it is how much, she loves Mm.
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ASTECJeCILEfOBIIFE
DESPERATE HAND-TO-HAND
FIGHT WITH AN INDIAN.
Thrlllinjr Incident of Pioneer Dys in
Kentucky Haw Giant Joe Lofton
DW1 Battle With, m halted Saras and
Conquered:
Suddenly the voung man left the
One of the noted characters of young woman's side" and crossed to the
pioneer days was Joe Logston. a gi- ! news-stand, where he bought a paperi
gantic KentueMan who settled on the I Returning he conducted his companion
banks of the Ohio river not many to a seat.
miles below Cincinnati, says the En- j Hardly were they seated before one
quirer. He was a powerful fellow, ' of those inquiring individuals who
six feet four inches in his moccasins. ' must talk to somebody placed himself
and proportionately stout and muscu- in the next seat and eyed them inquis
lar, with the agility of a cat and the itively. to their visible annoyance. He
courage of a lion. Ke excelled in could not curb his propensity to talk,
many of the feats of strength and and thus began;
skill that made men conspicuous in ' "Strangers in the city?"
those days, when such accomplish- j "Yes,' said the man." shortly,
mena were requisite and a necessity t- "Taking a train?"' wasthe next
in tne nerce struggle zor supremacy
over savage man and snarling beast.
Logston was a great hunter, but had
achieved some distinction as an Indian
Sghter. and often boasted that it gave
him mora pleasure to pursue the red
man than it did to follow tha trail of
the wild game that infested the almost
unbroken wilderness.
On one occasion the intrepid hunter
was carelessly riding along an estab
lished trail through the dense woods
on the back of a line horse that he
had captured from an Indian chief,
when the unexpected crack of a cou
ple of t'iries roused him to a realiza
tion of danger. One of the bullets
scraped his breast bone, making a
slight flesh wound. The other ball
struck his horse in the loins and it
sank to the ground with its rider. As
he struggled to release himself from
the floundering beast two Indians
rushed from their concealment and
dashed toward him with uplifted tom
ahawks ana exultant shouts. But. al
though pinioned to the ground, with
one leg beneath the dying horse, he
managed to bring his trusty rifle to
bear upon the approaching savages,
and they, well knowing its unerring
aim. halted, ani then sought safety
behind adjacent tree-. One of the
Indians, however, was not quick
enough to place himself entire
ly behind the protecting tree
before the bullet of the ex
pert white man had pierced
his buck and he fell with a fractured
spine. Disengaging himself from his
; horse the wary white man regained
his feet. and. seeing the other savage
reloading his rifle, sprang toward him
i with his gun raised to strike. The
Indian dropped his ramrod in his ex
citement, but grasping his tomahawk
he hurled it with ferocious force at
his enemy. Logston dodged the fly
ing weapon, and. dashing forward
with uplifted rifle, struck at his foe.
The Indian leaped a-ide and the gun
struck a sapling and was shivered to
pieces. The disappointed white man
then clinched with his adversary, who
was his eijual in size and strength but
nis inferior in the science of wrestling,
and this enabled the hunter to throw
his antagonist to the ground. But the
Inuian. being naked, with his body
well oiled, was able to slip from the
dutches of the exasperated white
man and ragain his feet. For nearly
an hour these two giants each a
Toliah fought like gladiators in the
desperate struggle to conquer or die.
The terriflc contest caused an in
creased flow of blood from the wound
in the breast of the white man made
by the bullet of the Indian, and he be
gan to feel that hL strength was giv
ing out. But he determined to end
the combat, if possible, before his an
tagonist should seeure a greater ad
vantage over him. And when the In
dian had again crawled from his
grasp, after being flung to the ground,
he jumped to his feet and, as his as
sailant rose up. he dealt him a blow
with his fist that would have done
credit to a Corbett. The surprised
savage fell and as he staggered to his !
feet he received a second blow from
the strong arm of the pugilistic pio
neer that stretched him half uncon
scious on the ground. Before he could
rise Logston leaped upon his prostrate
form with both feet and attempted to
; stamp the breath trom his bodv.
The Indian caught him by
the legs and tripped him to the
ground, and again the combatants en
gaged in a terrible tussle for victory.
The red man was almost exhausted
from the blows and stamping he hai
been subjected to and his adversary
succeeded in seizing him by the throat
with a clutch that closed his breath-
1 ing and rendered his resistance weak
er and weaker until he lapsed into un
consciousness. As soon as the Indian
! became insensible Logston released
his hold upon his throat, and running ,
to where the tomahawk lay. he picked
it up. and returning to the side of the
1 savage, who had partly regained his
senses, he eiove his skull with the
j weapon, then turned his attention to
1 the crippled warrior, whose cry of de-
spair as he witnessed the death of his
I companion had reached the ear of the
. victorious hunter and recalled his
presence.
! The unfortunate savage had crawled
1 to a log. against which he had rested
and reloaded his gun. but his broken
back would not
and as he would
permit him to rise,
raise his weanon to
shoot he would topple forward on his
face and couid only raise himself
again by pushing the gun to the
ground and pressing himself against
is. Seeing that the wounded savage
was fatally wounded and unable to
escape, and not caring to run any
risk of being shot by a cripple, the
wearied hunter hastened hack to the
fort and told the story. Covered with
blood and dirt, his appearance gave
some indication of the severe contest
he had pas.-ed through.
The Oldest Willow in Easlan-I.
The oldest and largest willow tree
in England is standing in Haverholm
park. Lincolnshire. At one foot from
the ground it measures 27 feet -i inches
in circumference; at four feet from
tne ground, 20 feet 5 inches, and at
seven feet (measured around the pro-
tnberances at the base of the first set
of large limbs), 28 feet. The spread
of toe limbs is 80 feet onone side and
a6 feet onthe other. The tree is of
, die Huntingdon species, and on that;
( .i.uiuj.u ia iu-6oppeu. ana scraggv,
! being scarcely 50 feet in height Ir'is
periectly - sound la. both trunk and
branches and is known to be over
I,GG0 years old.
A BRIDAL PARTY.
Painful
Experience df an Animated In
ierro-jaticm Point.
They were wandering up and down
the waiting-room of the Grand Cen
tral station in Sevr York, and neither
seemed inclined to talk much, at-
i though from the glances they occa-
sionally bestowed upon one another it
, was plain that there was a degree of.
. relationship existing between them.
query
Yes."
3Iay be you are going my way,"'
continued he of the inquiring turn of
mind.
-May be. We are going to Boston."
"Ah. you belong thera?"
4I do." was the man's answer.
'Fine city." went an the inquisitive
one. You don't see the papers tilled
up with divorces and scandals there,
as you do here. I belong to Massa
chusetts myself: Worcester is my
home, and a divorce case or an elope
ment is a raritv. You seem to have
gone info matrimony recently?" look
ing at them patronizingly.
"Rather," was the tired response.
Might I inquire your business?'
Certainly. I am a detective."
On your honeymoon?"
Xo." answered the detective, fold
ing up his paper. Tm taking back
a prisoner."
Why" you don't mean to ay'
looking at the woman in astonishment.
I do."
'I thought she was your wife."
-So she is. and my prisoner,
save you inquiry she eloped with
other man the day I married her
To
I tracked her here. "
"And you are taking her back
to
justice?1'
"No to marry her. I guess the job
wasn't properly done, so we're going
to do it aver again."
is she from Boston too?"
"No. from Worcester."
-Oh!" The inquisitive man aid
no more.
THE CARS OF THE FEET.
The
Trouble Is Jfiit With the shoes. Hut
V. itii Their W:irir.
It is quite often the case that peo
ple find fault with their shoes, partic
ularly those made to order. At the
time of delivery the shoes give perfect
satisfaction they fit well and are
good workmanship and material. But
later on the feet and their coverings
fail to agre. and then it L that the
bootmaker surfers unjust criticism.
He is blamed because the shoes are
no longer comfortable, when in fact
the change is not in the foot
wear, but in the fet. Few por
tions of the body are more compli
cated and sensitive than our pedal ex
tremiti. says the Boot and Shoe
Weekly, and if one wishes to have his
shoes remain comfortable he must
take good care of the delicate parts of
his anatomy they cover. The other
day. in conversation with a well
known chiropodist. I gleaned the fol
lowing hints on this subject of care of
the feet. Said he:
"Walking heats the feet, standing
causes them to swell, and both are
tiresome and exhaustive when pro
longed. There are various kinds of
foot baths, and the authorities differ
as to their value. Hot water enlarges
the feet by drawing the blood to
them: when used they should be
rubbed or exercised before attempting
to put on a tight boot. Mustard and
hot water in a foot-bath cure a nerv
ous headache and induce sleep. Bun
ions and corns and callosities are na
ture's protest against bud shoe leather.
Two hot foot-baths a week and a little
pedicuring will remove the cause of
much discomfort. A warm bath with
an ounce of ea salt is almost as rest
ful as a nap. Paddle in the water
until it cools, dry with a rough towel,
put on fresh stockings, make a change
of shoes, and the person who was
ready to drop will then be ready to
stand up. But the quickest relief
from fatigue is to plunge the foot into
ice-eold water and keep it immersed
until there is a sensation of warmth.
Another tonic for the soie is alcohol
It dries the feet nicely after being out
in the wet. Spirit baths are used by
professional dancers, acrobats and pe
destrians to keep the feet in condi
tion." i
SAID IN JEST.
Caller Where are you going far
your vacation, dear? Mrs. Makebread
Going to let the cook go for a
conple of weelts.
Housekeeper Half the things yon
wash are torn to pieces. Washerwo
man Yes. mum: but when a thing is
torn in two or more pieces, mum. I
count them as only one piece, mum.
Old Lady Beg pardon for inter
rupting, but do you speak any ian
guage besides English? Teamster,
with bailey hcrse I do, mum. Old
Lady Then won't you please do your
swearing in ti?
3Irs. Youngwedin But George Ls
so good to his workmen. Mrs. Been
there How do you know? Mrs.
Youngwedin Why he was talking in
his sleep last night, and he said: ' Jim,
Til raise you ten." And in these hard
times, tool
A little girl was overheard talking
to her doll, whose arm had come off,
exposing the sawdust stuaing. "You
dear, good, obedient dolly. I knew 1
had told yau to chew your food fine,
but I didn't think you would chgw it
so fine as that.'
He As Shakspeare says, yon know
"What's in a name? A rose hy anv
other name would smell as sweet.'
She Xonsense! Tncra's Tnr -,
name.
"ray, it Shaksneare hadn':
known th, r,rrr.a nf -T," u -,.
could have written that Quotation,
An English paper savs that the
archbishop of York recentlv wrote to
the Incumbent o a rural narish sn-
gestinc- that a "quiet day" should be
NOT
held there. The following- was the !
replyc "My lord, in this parish we i
I have too many quiet days: what we ,
want is an eorthauake."
I
GOOD GHOST STOET.
TO BE READ WHEN THE CAN
DLE IS BURNING LOW.
Indian Spirits Bevistt a Grave and Make
It Interesting for a Digser After
Buried Treasure The Legend of a
Savage Battle.
In Tennessee county, lying along"
both banks of the Cumberland river,
there is an Indian burying ground, so
big- and fuE of skjila a to bear out
the tradition which makes it the
scene of a great battle between Ihe
Creeks and Choctaws. The battle
eame off before white men set foot
there, says the Chicago Times, but
the pioneers have handed down a tale
of how the remainder of the defeated
tribe took refuge in a cave so high up
the face of the river blnff is could only
Be reached by pole ladders, made by
chopping to short spurs the boughs of
talL slender trees. Once they were
up. the ladders were thrown down,
and with arrows ani fragments of rock
the besieged kept the besiegers at bay.
j But a subtler efln-.y, famine, assailed
I them.
There was water in the cave o for
a week they waited, watching the
while those below them in the valley
build a great death pyre. At last a
young chief, in roaming about found
an outlet which led deviously to the
upper world a mile away. At dusk
the beleaguered stole through it. only
to find themselves in the hands of their
foes. They were put to death the
next day; then the victors broke camp,
sroing northward in search of fresh
worlds to conquer. But they never
came back so much the tale affirms
and there are the skeletons and
beads and shells arid pottery to back
up the legend, which is told but as the
necessary preamble to what follows.
A small farm houte hai been built
close to the place af skulls. It was
ufioccupied. and the property of a
well-to-do farmer living some half a
mile back from the river C5nt after
noon in September a hail brought him
to the door to find a mover's wagon
standing at his gate, and at the steps j
a roughish fellow, who asked immedi
ately what he would take for the In- i
dian burying ground place. The man '
was an utter stranger, but as he prof- j
fered cash a burgain was quickly ;
struck.
Tilings went uneventfully tip ta the '
full moon in October. onio six weeks i
after the stranger moved in. Then
about 2 o'clock in the morning there !
came yells and cries fearful to hear,
so the former owner went to see what j
was behind it.
He found the land buyer fitting in J
the chimney corner, beaten black and
blue, with scratches and sharp cuts I
here and there on his head and face. !
"I lived all my life up in Sparta. 200
miles from here. I never knowed
there was such a place as this till six
months ago. 'Then, one day as I was
plowing my little corn patch. I looked
up and saw a tall old man. mighty
weather-beaten and sharp-eyed, with a
long rifle in his hand and wearin' a
buckskin huntin' shirt, standin' in the ,
next roT Iookin' at me mighty hard, i
Then, to cut the matter short, he let
on as he was my old woman's great
grandsire and that since he'd been
bruisin round amongst the ghosts he'd
found out whar some Injuns had buried
a big jar full of gold and beads, and
bracelets, and nuggets, and things
said they wuz Creeks and ( hactaws
and had got the goid down in the
Georjy diggings.
"He said, too, all them Injun ghosts
kept watch over it and would kill the
man that tried to take it unlesa he !
got at it the one night in the year
when they left it alone. That was for '
the -corn dance that came off always
the night of the full moon in October '
They had to be away at that from
sundown to the time the trees throwed
shadows longer than themselves. Then
he told me about this place to sell
out. come here and buy it. and dig
and dig until I found the sign he'd
tell me about. He didn't quite know
the place of the jar. "cause the ghost
braves was so jealous of havin it
talked about, but when I found three
round rocks together, with another
laid in the cratch of them, and all ;
three feet underground, then I was to
dig there. '
"I come, as you know the old man '
along with me, showin" the way.
tnough nobody saw him but me. 1 1
dug and found the round rocks more'n
a week back I couldn't hardly wait
for the moon to full, but last night I !
1- ; ...j r -ii r i.. .... i
spade fly. By 12 o'clock or there- '
abouts I was down deeper'n my head. '
and. true as you set there. I found the '
jar.
"My head hadn't got --traight up
when I saw the hole was dark the
tree shadows had covered it while I
was diggin. I dropped down to grab -the
jaragain. break or no break, and
run for all I was worth.
It come un i
as nice a? you mease ami. J. teii you. ,
it wa- heavy. I set it out on the
bank and hopped after it. Then, be
fore I could lay hands an it again,
somethin" took me biim! in the fore- !
head, and bang! beide the head, and .
but! under the ear. and little, cold, j
sharp things cut ani -jcrarched me.
and all the rime the blows Icept rainin
dawn. I hollered yes. I won't deny
it I hollered like er painter, for
there were fifty ghosts, with toma
hawks and feathers.
I knowed I hai been too slow and
the ghost braves had come back and
caught me. I lit out from thar as
lively as any co n with the dogs
a-trailin him. They kept up beating
me arout half wa- nome. I didn't go
back till dayhirht. Come aianf and
see just what I saw then."
The visitor went. What he saw j
was a deep, freshly dug hale, with a
curious round cavity at the bottom,
such as would be left br the removal '
cf something a long- time buried. So
jar was visible, but in the loose earth
at one side a distinct print of a moc
casined foot, with just beside it a car- .
nelian arrowhead, which shown as if
freshly chipped. ,
Ultra Aaricty.
He Why are you -so sad. my pet?
She Hubby dear. I have had such,
a shock; (and sne -obbed and wrung
her hands in anguish'.
He, embracing her Tell your own
Howard-Clarence what is disrressing
you.
Sine Mrs. Gerald-Lswrence-Bever-Iy-Smythe
was here this a. m., and.
expressed herself as horrified that I
should have imporcd an English,
coachman without a hyphen to his
name Tand her sobs burst afresh) oh
oh. oh! you know we only pay hun,
one-third the wages of an American
servant, and he drops his hs so beau
tifully too oh, dear, what shall I do?
He. soothingly, IS"ererminduIearie.
she is simply jealous because her but
ler sneaks with a brogue. Truth.
THE REASON.
Whv Sll Could i't Show
Him Her
'
Picture.
She was a fair young artist, and he
was the swellest society man of her
acnuaintancs. He had called at her
studio, in the most immaculate attire,
to see the picture which was to make
her famous; she wore a painting apron
which was anything" but spotless, but
her greeting was unabashed.
"What alelightfnl placs." he said,
as he picked his way in and out of the
appurtenances of her calling.
"I'm afraid you ill find it a little
untidy.' she demurred". "You see I
jtmt finished my picture half an hour
ago. and Tve been moving everything
about to put it in different lights. Let
me rind a pla-e for your overcoat."
rNot at all untitly. "a. Til keep
my coat on. thank you; I haven't long
to"tay." he replied, as- he came into
violent contact with a cast of Homer
on a light tand and caught it deftly
in his arms. "Pray accept these
flowers."
"Yellow chrysanthemums' Oh. how
ovely" I shall make a study of them
""tanding on a window ledge with snow
banked up outside and a skull beside
them. I hall call it 'death and win
ter close the autumn scene. Won't
you sit down whih I hunt for some
thing to put the flowers in3 But be
careful not to get the chair with the
broken leg."
"Thanks.I can take care of myself
Do you know I often wish E had be
come an artist: my artistic instinct is
so unerring. nat a cnarmmg stteit-u
of a a snowscape that is."
-That? O. that is a morning mist
on the mountains I'm an impression- :
ist, yau know."
"Ah. how stupid of me. But. you t
see, I'm a little near-sighted and left j
my glasses at home."
"What a pity! Now where can that i
brown jar be? Oh. here it is." and j
she deftly emptied the brushes out of
it on the tea table and proceeded to
arrange the flowers in it."
"That is a delightful study of of
apple blossoms over there."
-That? Oh. that is a sunrise on J
Oh. von mustn't sit on that chair: )
j -
the "
It is quite firm, thank you."
-The meadow in the sketch over
yonder i a wonderful bit of color:
how calm, how peaceful it is!"
That is the lake off Lincoln park
on a stormy day impressionist greens.
you know. Do try the other chair.'
"No. thank you. the light is excel
lent here. But you have not "fec
shown me the picture you promised
Why. no: that in I can't now: it
"O. you artists are too modest. I
must see it: I want to get a really
good impression of it before it is ex
hibited. "
"As for that, you must have got a
really good impression of "
"Your style: yes. of course. But I
want to see that picture especially
You intend to exhibit it. don't qu?"
I I think not. I had intended to.
but now "
"O, yau must not be so retiring.
You must really let the jury sit upon
it: they "
"That is now impossible. I fear."
she replied, in accents of calm de
spair, "for you have been sitting
unan it for half an hour.
rsrrnh Ertncatntt lr TIephon.
According to London Electricity a "
Mr. Hill of Manchester, who seems to
have invented a number of curious
contrivances, has lately devised an
electrical parrot teacher, which is
made up of a phonograph, a motor,
an electric magnet and a battery.
lie hnulil CoprriCfiE Them.
A London preacher who-e sermons
are good enough to print is protesting
vigorously that he does not want
them reported in newspapers and
periodicals, because this deprives him
and his publisher of the prodts of an
annual volume.
BITS OF BOTANY.
The Charter O ik of Connecticut,
was a common white oak.
An exhibition of sea mosses in Bos-
ton ls saa;
I to be as beautiful as a
flower show.
No worm or insect is ever found
upon the eucalyptus tree or in the
earth penetrate.! by its roots.
Mma. Eetrnon of Roo-toen. Holland,
during last summer had a giant rose
bush weighed down witi 'i 003 roses
in fuil bloom.
Stanley found tobacco perfecti7 ac-
climated amncir African tribes that
nad never saaa. a white man.
Tht
use of the weed
is univjriai in the
Dark Continent.
Orchids are becoinin r cheaper in
Paris. The cut llowe " can be had
now for a franc or two apiece They
are used for table uecar.itions, with
fruit in di.he- or struwa upon thj
tabie cloth. The orchid is supplant
ing the gardenia as a button-hole
dower.
The fact that an English nursery
men sends t this country, and pays
5.100 for a small plant of the yellow
nowered variety of eypripedium in
signe. shows that the tra le still be
lieves that the market for extraor
dinarily rare and peculiar orchids h
likely to be maintained.
A patriarchal linxs tree, known a3
the Domlinde. or cathedral tree, has
fallen at Brunswick. It was eighty
six feet high and its girth was nine
teen feet It was unique in that
there was undoubted mention of it in
a pamphlet written in I tOi, in which
it is recorded that in IiT3 summer
came in so eariy that 'the lime tree of
Brunswick1' was in leaf by Easter day.
To preserve dowers fresh keep them
moist and cool. The heads of sweet
smelling dowers should not be sprin
kled, as that causes tham. to lose
taeir perinme.
Those who wish to
any distance should
wet paper and pack:
The heads of carna
j carry Sewers
wrap them in
them, in a box.
tion pinks and delicate white Sowers
should be covered with oiled paper.
Florists send flowers thousands of
miles by observing- these precautions.
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