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PJ3&3 vW! vs? aX-V - J f- "' &-fs - . par- f'- Kj- - ;. . 3& ISe . . jit if ': p wr pdA" k iiS- Prises Albert Fracsia. tan coesia of theGerman emperor, "bat been made chief of tke regimeatef dragoons bearing his name. "The prince iswith one or two exception, the tallest man in the army.beiag 6 feet G-incbes in height, aadaely pro portioned, lie is by all 'swans, since the death of. Emperor (Frederick, the handsomest member ot the Hohensol lern family; .-' . If sosWpeople wdaM think twice before they sjate thoywoaki keep rtilL i To My -Joy .Hood's Sarsaparilla overcame the effects' "of the grip, cured me of dyspepsia, and j- bctvuub prvairay uon. i treaxea with three differ ent doctors with out realizing re lief. ' I resorted to Hood's Sarsa parilla and abort ly my appetite was improved and my rest was notsomuch brok en at night, get- rating up- in' the morning greatly ! refreshed. 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The follnwins dleasn. often IJ to be Incarabl. fn nor I cuieit or irrratlt benefited without the Ltilfe or ilO.: Caurmcl-. V.ni. l'mrntyiU, Olkm-oms, JMuuroti. Atrrphy, Det-hl lietli-A, WeepJnjt Kyen, Tniror. liiSaujitii-ii. Uli-rrmtloii mm! (SrannUted tje 2id4. We m tlil by the hundred who. have bten uccelullvtrrted at their h-me xd at oar Sani tarium. )( it t c alt-ne that Impiln our vision, ihou-antt air lrum'tis prematurely afei,and ibe. ufc I not eiual to the a!i.--e of rekortlnc to tronirer irimaes to a-tircia'lv irMete oieittxed or divearcd re. ItoaljE-leadaioMiadMM. Our pamphlet Irree. auUcnf lae tame of impaired llon ami diirated eje:. Haw reveatetl aad haw cared. BT7MPBEP8 CONVHTCEP. . t"Tlila orer will aat ke aaade acala. "THE EYE" SANITARIA GLENS FALLS. N. V PIMEOLA GOUGH BALSAM is PTrcll-iii for .nil throat inflammations and for aftliiiia. Coasutnp Ures will invariablr derive benefit from its ue, as it qnicllg t abatt-s Uic congh, ' icnueie rxiieriora tiou etir-y, aMistinz nature in restoring wasted tissues. 1 lit re is a large per centage of those who s-iptHwe their cases -to be consumption wlio are only sufler iosr front a chronic rt)U or deep seated couu", often aggravated by catatrli. For rstarrh nse Ely's Creta Balm. Both remedies are pleasant to nse. Cream Balm. 90c per bottle ; Pineola llalsain, 25c at Droppist. In qoaB. tities of fi50 will delireron receipt of amount. ELY BROTHERS, 5S Warren St, New Yodt WELL MAGHIHERY Ulnctxaftsd eati ATJBPS. BOCKOi AND JETTTNQ IK PRIIX8. H YDsUmjQ a juchikekt, etc baarFara. Bet urn beam stated aa au Sloss City Kuffine ami Iron Works, srs to IVch Hlg. Co. lllaax 1ly. lawa. Tac Rowkli. tc;ntx cutsmr co. 11 "Ve-t Eleventh Street. Kansas City J!o. ZacharyT, Lindsey, WS. 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They teem to be almost univers ally diffused over the globe, being nonexistent only at the poles. The fact that the cereals are al! members of the grass family will make it more easy for our readers to comprehend the great service to mankind rendered by the grass family. In their variety they supply the varied forces accessary to build up the animal body, namely the bones, muscles and fat The number of individual species in the family is jTrobably not yet accu rately ascertained. As early as 1825 scientists' had agreed that there were at least' 812 species. Other and more recent writers give the number as in excess of 1,800. Speculators, judging the grasses growing in the unexplored regions of the earth by those in sections of the earth already known, judge the number to be not les&lhan 3,200. There Is great difference in the ap pearance of grasses. Some . would never be recognized as grasses at all. An example is bur Indian corn, one of the most valuable of all grasses. Also there is great difference between the grasses in different zones. The tropi cal grasses sometimes grow to such height that they assume the.-lippear-ance of trees. Some of them, of the species Bambnsa, attaina height of sixty feet yThe leaveaof grasses in '' 4' flMfl REED CRASS (PHRACMITES VULGARIS.) .f Stems tall and stout, 5 to 10 or more feet high and sometimes almost an inch in diameter, from very coarse fibrous roots, and large, scaly creeping stems, which are at or near the surface of the ground; leaves broad, (one to two inches) and flat, smooth; panicle very large, loose, more or less nodding, about one foot long, reddish, becoming woolly at maturity. This grass is widely dis tributed and grows in shallow water in ponds and sloughs and along the mar gins of lakes and larger streams. Stock seldom cat it except when it is young or when the better grasses are scarce. the tropics are broader than those of grasses native to the temperate zones. Sorghum is an example of the tropical grass, and bamboo, one of the giant grasses. Among our grasses may be named In dian corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye, rice, broom-corn, sugar-cane, millet, and a long list of cultivated grasses, like tim othy and red top. The list is simply too long to be enumerated in its en tirety. We need not call the attention of the reader to the immense commer cial value of the grasses. What is the immense ccrn crop of this year worth to agriculture? How much all the pas turage and hay in the United States lone? Decrease in Wheat. Cultivation. Pester Lloyd says: The most strik ing disclosure in the recent Hungarian minister's report of the wheat and rye crop ot 1S95 is the diminution of the wheat area in the undermentioned countries, which is shown as follows: Great Britain since 1890..2S.2S per cent France since 1S91 5.10 per cent Germany since 1893 0.55 per cent Hungary since 1834 3.01 per cent Austria since 1S90 12.S4 per cent Italy since 1894 0.17 per cent Russia since 1894 7.00 per cent United States since 1891..1S.0S per cent Australasia since 1891 S.GS per cent Since last year the area under wheat las decreased about 625.000 acres. Keeping Sweet Pntntoi. W. P. Massey, horticulturist, North Carolina Experiment Station, says: The following method I have found to keep sweet potatoes in perfect order until June. Procure a good supply of pine straw from the woods in a dry time and keep it under cover ready for use. Dig the potatoes as soon as frost cuts the Tines. If not convenient to dig at ouce. cut the frosted vines off at once or they will harbor fungus growth that will damage the potatoes. Dig on a warm, sunny day lay the potatoes along the row as dug, and do not allow them to be bruised bv throwintr'into piles. Handle at all times as gently as eggs. Allow them to lie in the sun dur ing the day. and in the evenine haul to a convenient place. Place a good layer, a foot thick, of pine or other straw on the ground, and on this nile tho nctn- toes in steep heaps, not over 25 bushels m a pile. Cover the piles thickly all over with the dry pine straw now build a rough board shed over the piles nd let them remain until the weather gets colder, or until they have gone through a sweat and dried off. Then cover the heaps with earth six or eight inches thick and beat smooth. The Important points are the sweating un der the previous cover of the nine straw J before covering with earth, very care- " aaaal ASH aaaS aaajr Kk. KgeJiaaBBaw LMg TO?&17-Lfi SraV BaV j"aaaa,iaV aaVaT jji 1 S3laVurT'LiuiJD. Ul. NK-iS3aaaJ,B897i ' RIl VX aaWmTlaayTlTalTTir ftf '-'OSr'C- '1. aaVTaa9al8stmfca fffv A. v flaaVVKaaKaaVviDftln aaaaaV K9 ffiWS bbbbbMBh'' S waf V aFMaew aaBBaVar aiJA BbVJ BBBBBaf fal handling, and tke beard caverlac overhead. Dry earth keaaa aat man cold thau -wet earth. If for family see, put ia smaller piles and take up an en tire heap at ence for . keeping them la a dry warm place while ssiag. Bleaehhaff Bersea. At BatesTille, Ark., a recent shootiag affray brought to notice- a woman known as Sorrel Sue. She had always appeared In public riding a sorrel horse. It is believed she belonged to a gang who stole horses. A surgeon who was summoned to at tend.one of her admirers, who had been wounded in the row, mistook his way and wandered into Sue's cabin. Be fore he could be hustled out he saw thing3 which aroused his suspicions. These he reported to Sheriff Tirncoe, who, with a posse, managed to sur round the den of horse thieves, captur ing Sue and two of her gang. He found that Sue had applied the means of bleaching her own hair to that of her horses. When the posse entered they found a horse enveloped in a jack et made of rubber coats, being treated to a sulphur vapor bath. The appli ances were very ingenious and worked very well. A black or bay horse would be stolen and run into the bleachery. After its color was changed and its mane and tail trimmed the disguise became so pronounced that without any risk the animal could be taken in daylight through the very district from which it had been stolen. It was Sue's busi ness not only to superintend the bleaching, but also to ride the animal out of the country. Ex. A Goose Can Count Seashore gun ners hold that the wild goose can count two, but not three. Accordingly it is customary in preparing to shoot wild geese from a blind or some detached ribbon of marsh for three men to row over to the station together and for two of them to return to the main land. The geese, being unable to count above two, believe when they see the two men returning that no enemy has It is sometimes cut for early hay. In sandy soil along the Missouri river the creeping stems often grow to a great length. Each joint of the stem strikes root and gives rise to an uprisht stem bearing leaves and flowers. The large panicles arc often used for decorative purposes. An air-dried specimen an alyzed by the South Dakota experiment station gave: Water, 7..ri4; ash, C.C0; ether extract. 2.G5; crude fibre, 3C.0S; crude protein, S.d2; extract containing no nitrogen, 3S.7J. Total nitrogen. l.r,3. Albuminoid nitrogen 1.0S. Farmers' Review. Chicago. been left upon the marsh and approach tho spot without fear. It is asserted that if two men go out and only cne returns the geese will carefully avoid the region of the blind. Ex. Fowls and Their Digestion Fowls swallow their food, broken or not, and it enters the crop or first stomach and remains in it until it has become soft ened more or less, when, a small quan tity at a time, just as grain runs into a grist mill, it is forced into the giz zard amonj: the grit. The gizzard is a strong, muscular stomach, and it is at work night and day when there is a grist to grind, similar to bellows, con tracting and expanding and thus forc ing the grit into the grain and triturat ing the whole mass, after which it is in a suitable condition to be quickly di gested. Ex. Argentine Stock Export Chicago Journal: Last year the value of live cattle and sheep exported from the Ar gentine republic amounted to over $5, 000,000, and this year it is expected to be 50 per cent more. As the country possesses about 30.000,000 cattle and 90,000,000 sheep, with only 5,000,000 in habltantsjts export resources are enor mous. It Is said that bullocks giving 700 pounds per carcass can be delivered in London at 12 a head with profit The great advance in export capacity is due entirely to lucerne, which is thus becoming a source of vast wealth to the country, in which it flourishes raarvel ously. Fixe cuttings per annum, with out manure or irrigation, yielding twelve tons of hay per acre, must pay vastly better than wheat, and great as the sensation caused by the expansion of Argentine wheat-growing has been, that of meat production will probably be greater. Deep Plowing On the principle of radiation, deep plowing has decided ad vantages over shallow, In protecting the crops against frost as well as drought; for the more compact a sub stance is, the greater the powers of ra diation, consequently it sooner parts with Its heat and is reduced to the tem perature of the atmosphere, which is frequently below the freezing point, when the loose mellow soil is far above it. On rolling lands much injury is done by surface washing, and this, too, can be largely prevented by deep plow ing, which makes it possible for the soil to take up and retain more of the moisture. Tul!.. It is estimated that 30,000,000 roses and 15.000.000 carnations are sold by the New York florists every year, and that the wholesale men get a profit of $1,500. 000 out of their business. Violets rank third in popularity, and the lily of the valley runs a good fourth. Gfwwiaav Am acceaat Ss gives by tke Florists' Exchange of saccessf al aad pre! table mushroom growing by Mr. Jehu Scott, a florist of Brooklya, N. T Mr. Scott grows kls mushrooms on the benches, under the beaches, aad ia a cellar, having la all aboat 2,4M square feet set apart for the paTpeee. One bed ef a width of eight feet to wider the center bench of ai erdiaary three quarter span greenhotwe, eighty-seven feet long and twenty feet wide. Here the bed is formed on the ground; board ing extends from the edge of the bench on each side right down to the floor. No heating pipes are nearer this bed than those which run under the side benches of the greenhouse. The bot tom of this center bench, which Is made of boards, is covered by a coating of cement this prevents the possibil ity of drip on the mushroom bed. Plants are raised on this bench which the temperature of the house will suit, It being kept from 55 degrees to 60 de grees, which Mr. Scott considers most suitable for growing mushrooms. In an even span greenhouse, sixty feet long, is a bed under a side bench four feet wide, and under a side bench of another even-span house, ninety two feet long, is another bed, the heat ing pipes In both cases being boarded off. The hot water system of heating is used. Another place which Mr. Scott has utilized for mushroom culture is a cor ridor which extends the "entire width of the houses, some 114 feet Benches were erected in this corridor, which has a gradual incline toward the entrance. At the lower half mushrooms were grown on the benches to a distance of fifty-five feet, the beds extending over one of the two four-inch pipes which supply heat for this part of the estab lishment, the bench being about two feet above the pipes. These beds were prepared in the ordinary manner and after spawning were covered by sash which was shaded with a coating of whiting. Mr. Scott says it is imma terial how near the glass the beds are. In the winter the mushrooms will stand all the light available, but to wards spring it is too strong for them. The sash keeps the beds close and pre vents draughts and drying out They are placed on a gentle slant so as to carry off any condensed moisture which may gather on them. In this corridor the temperature last winter was sometimes down as low as forty five degrees, yet a good crop of mush rooms was picked from the bed. In the remaining sixty feet of the corridor beds were placed under the bench, flowering plants being grown on the bench itself. Mr. Scott obtains his supply of horse manure from near-by livery stables on very favorable terms. As it is brought to the establishment it is piled in a shed and then mixed with about one fourth loam and turned every second day. This gentleman believes in pack ing his beds, and the manure with this quality of loam In it renders it more available for that purpose, besides ob viating Its tendency to overheat, the loam also absorbing the ammonia in the manure. When the compost is of the consistency that it will expand af ter being squeezed in the hand it is ready for use. The beds are made up to a depth of seven inches, and spawned when the temperature falls to SO degrees. After spawning the beds arc covered with about two inches of loam. Mr. Scott begins the formation of his beds about the first week In Oc tober, and keeps on preparing them in succession as often as he can get the manure, right along until March. Thus he has mushrooms from Thanksgiving to the first week in June. The spawn used is the English Mill track; it is broken into pieces of about two inches square and placed in the beds eight or nine inches apart, to a depth of two or three inches. The beds are never watered until the mush rooms appear if It can possibly be avoided. Sometimes portions of them will dry out, and these are gone over with a watering-can having a fine nose. During the winter water at a tempera ture of 80 degrees to 90 degrees is used, and in May and June water is applied with a hose. Mr. Scott says he has picked mush rooms twenty-two days after spawning; bi,t the usual time when a crop can be gathered Is from six to seven weeks. The mushrooms are pulled from the beds, never cut; care being taken to re move the roots also, as If these are al lowed to remain In the bed they will decay and kill off many of the mush rooms which are left, and every thread of mycelium which comes in contact with them. The holes left by the re moval of the roots are filled up with soil. Mr. Scott has never calculated the yield to a square foot. Sometimes he has gathered individual specimens which weighed three-quarters of a pound. However, he finds mushroom growing sufiiclently remunerative to warrant him continuing it Two of the most vital points for success are se lection of good spawn and the proper preparation of the manure. These as sured, the remaining work is easy. Clay Soils These are called "heavy" soils, evidently because they are hard to work, just as sandy soils arc called light, because thecy are easy to work. Such soils frequently need to be drained. They are good retainers of moisture. They are very strong soils, that Is, have a natural wealth of min eral matter, and retain manures ap plied. Cuthbert. or Queen of the Market Among the red raspberries none are more highly esteemed than this. The plant is hardy, a strong grower, and an abundant bearer: fruit, large, conical, with a bright color and good flavor, and firm enough to market well; season, medium to late. Occasionally in severe winters the canes are injured in some localities at the tips. Ex. y" Potato for Soap. Take a new potatc and grate it finely, and then use it in- stead of soap to wasn witn. TUe juice of the potato, raw, of course, contains seme principle that acts quickly and benenciaiiy on ice stun, in is is wnat a girl with a Ninon de L'Enclos com plexion Is reported to have said. A Draughtswoman. Miss Eva A Wood is the first woman to be appointed a draughtswoman by the city of Brook lyn. She passed a civil service examin ation and stood at the head of the list with an average of 91. Her salary will be $70 per month. j Ivy Poison Remedy. Here's a lotion j for use in case of ivy-poisoning. Ap-! ply it several times daily: Calamine ' powder, 1 dram: oxide of zinc, 2 drams; ' glycerine, 2 drams; rose water, 4 ounces. The man who Imagines dairying it, an easy job will be disappointed when he tries it It requires system, thought. ' industry and determination to succeed at dairying. 1 As a rule It is the slip shod way we have of doing things that allows the manure to He about the barn yard aad ' waste. j er Cham ef A modem thinker has said: "The oaly empire freely conceded to women is that of manners; but it ia worth all the rest put together." And a yoBf mother ot the writer's acquaintance, apeaking of her baby girl, said earnest ly: "If I might claim a fairy god mother's single gift for her it should not be beamty, intellect nor wit, bat that charm of manner which makes its possessor universally liked. We in stinctively feel that the graces aad amenities of life must always be large ly under the direction of women, and these graces and amenities are too strong a power to be ignored. One sees women who may be intellectually ignorant and narrow, but whose charming manners gives them a social power quite beyond their broader and better educated sisters. And, after all, to make pleasantness and peace for one's little world, to make one's house a place where every guest enters eager ly and leaves reluctantly, to give cour age to the timid, ease to thelawkward, repress undue vigor of discussion and to make even controversy pleasant all belong to woman's traditional sphere, and it is a sphere so important that even the virtues are not complete with out it" Philadelphia Press. Siaalar for Health. Singing is higbly recommended aa a nerve tonic, and justly. It is notice able that birds are silent when they are sad, and unless they can be coaxed to sing they pine away. Human will and reason can rise superior to inclina tion, and force from the very talons of distress that with which to conquer it When the world looks bleak and affairs go wrong, sing "The Star Spangled Banner" at the full compass of your voice. If you sing it every morning the neighbors will become used to it Plaintive songs are net to be en ouraged unless one has surplus vitality to get rid of, but no matter how much or how little voice you have, let it out in a ballad or carol now and then, or join the church choral society to im prove your spirits, both by the vocal exercise and the social intercourse with healthy and active persons. All social gatherings where early hours are kept are beneficial. If, as a great psychologist declares, "happiness is health," we need to go where enjoy ment is and catch some of it when we feel like immuring ourselves in solitude and nursing our misery. American. Deafness Caa Not Be Carea By local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that Is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed con dition of the mucous lining of the Eus tachian Tube. When the tube Is in flamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it Is en tirely closed Deafness Is the result, and unless the Inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to It? normal condition, hearing will be destroyed for ever: nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but an In flamed condition of the mucous sur- We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by Ca tarrh) that cannjt bo cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O. Sold by druggists; 75c. , Hall's Family Pills. 25c. A Carious l'lant. : .The greatest curiosity in the flower and plant family known to grow on the American continent is the rare and beautiful "botanical dove," or "Holy Ghost plant," which flourishes in great profusion in Mexico, Cuba, Jamacia and in tropical America in general. Its name of "Holy Ghost plant," as well as that of "botanical dove,"' has been be stowed because of the singular shape of its flowers. These flowers are pure white in color and are as nearly in the exact form and shape of a' bird as could be possible. The "dove" portion of this singular plant opens from the end of a long, slender, green stem, and when in full bloom is very fragrant The Atlantic Monthly for November will contain among other features three short stories of exceptional quality: In Harvest Time, by A. M. Ewell; The Apparition of Gran'thier Hill, by Row land E. Robinson, and The Face of Death, by L. Dougall. There will also be an installment of Gilbert Parker's serial, The Seats of the Mightv, and Charles Egbert Craddock's The Mys tery of Witch-Face Mountain is con cluded. The recent series of papers in the At lantic has attracted more wide atten tion than George Birkbeck Hill's A Talk over Autographs. The fifth and last of the series appears in this issue. Lafeadio Iiearn's contribution hears the suggestive title After the War, and is quite as readable us his otner de lightful studies of Japan. Poems, exhaustive book reviews and the usual departments complete the issue. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Bos ton. Notes by a Layman. "Never operate if yon can help it," said an old and eminent surgeon. "Let nature cure if possible." "Operate with confidence as son as possible, and let nature cure after ward," said a younger doctor. The other doctors are wrangling to this moment over this issue. The man whom one takes to be a country doctor, wearing a sack coat and a white necktie, awkward in gesture, not glib of speech, and diffident of man ner, is often found to Lc one of the "star" city specialists, who is listened to with the most respectful attention. The First Lesson of an A rail Hoy. The very first lesson which an Arab baby learns, when he begins to take, is to keep facts to himself. It does not sound Very friendly, put in that way, but it saves a deal of trouble. Foreign ers do not understand Arabs. Ihoy ask them pointed questions and receive peculiar answers. They construe the answers to please themselves, and say to the world that the Arabs are a nation of liars. They are not a nation of liars. Perhaps, if they should tell the foreigners to mind their own affairs, and let them and theirs alone, the foreigners would understand them better. When Searing- an Icebers. The captain of an ocean steamer in mest cases finds out when his ship is nearing an iceberg from the men in the engine room. When a steamship enters water considerably colder tnan that through which it has been going its propeller runs faster. Such water sur rounds the vicinage of bergs for many miles. When the propeller's action, therefore, is accelerated greatly, with out the steam power being increased, word is sect up to the ofliccr on the bridge that icebergs may be expected, and a close lookout is established. lloston'a Famed Itrnwn Bread. For one large loaf of bread use three pints of sifted cornmcal, three pints of rye flour, one cup of good hop yeast aiid one cup of molasses. Mix very soft with warm" water, pour the mixture into a round pudding tin and allow it to stand until light. Bake with a steady tire for three hours. The greater the house built on the rand the greater tvi'J te the loss. Ayers Cherry Pectoral Fire years .120 my wife tos sick with bronchitis. We tried different physicians, hut her case was pronounced hopeless. A friend recom-. mended Ayer's Cherry Pecto ral. Shu tried it, and, in a short time, she wax entirely cured." Fr.f.ix BoTHcmLD, Livermore, Ky. It cured these two'. IT WILL CURE YOU TOO. 1 ; H ! "HI- 1 -..aaa-a-w The resomrces of a properly trained Bkldy are practically iaexkaastible. A short tiave ago I bonght sesae very ex pensive hothoaae grapes for a member of the family who had been sick, bat they were not fancied at the time, aad I asked the maid to take them away. The next morning I went to her and told her to take the fruit to the sick room. "Sure, ma'am, Oi can't 'Tis meself thought ye wanted them tarow'd away!" with the peculiar stapid look aa Irish girl puts on aad takes off with ease "Thrown away, Bridget!" I exclaim ed angrily. "How could yon be so stupid? Don't you know that kind of grapes are awfully expensive? "Don't be put out ma'am," Bridget said soothingly. -Snre, not one was wasted. Oi ate ivery. good grape meself!" .Trip Undertake for Health's Sake Will be rendered more beneficial, and the fatigues of travel counteracted. If the voy ager will take along with him llos ettcr's btcmach Bitters, aad use that protective and enabling tonic, nerve invlgoraut and appetizer regularly. Impurities in air and water is neutralized by it. and it is a match less tranquillizer and regulator of the stom ach, liver and bowels. It counteract ma laria rheumatism, and a tendency to kid ney and bladder ailments. A Geaerewa Child. A few days ago I ran in to see a woman friend of mine one of those dear conventional women who take life seriously, and wouldn't do an unusual thing for half your kingdom. While we were talking my friend's little daughter came ' into the room. She sidled shyly up to her mother. "Mamma," she said, "may I go down to Mamie's just a minute?' The day was cloudy and the mother demurred. The little girl insisted. "I have to go, mamma," she said. "Why, dear?" asked her mother. The little girl hesitated a moment and then, to her ultra-particular moth er's dismay she cheerfully explained: "Why," she said, "I lent Mamie my chewing gum last night, and I want it myself now." Washington Post Regardless of Kapease. This is a story about a man over in Alexandria, who has a great deal of money, to which he is deeply attached. He is, in fact, so attached to it that he hates to be separated from a dollar of it He has a silk hat too, a well-preserved silk hat of great age and un doubted respcctabilit3. He is fond of his hat, and he'd like to wear it every day, but silk hats, you know, are ex pensive, so he has been wearing his for these many years just on Sunday. On week days he wears a shocking bad hat which docs not concern this storv. The last time the storks visited the Alexandria man's house they were gen erous. They brought twins, a boy and a girl. The father was sitting in the parlor, when somebody entered to bring the news. "Well, you're a father now," said the somebody. "Boy or girl?" asked the Alexandria man. "Both; twins." "Great Scott!" cried the father, springing to his feet "Give me my silk hat I might as well wear it every day now. What's the use of trying to be economical, anyway?" Washington Post Bo You Speculate? Then send for our Look, "How to Specu late Suctesstully on Limited Margins in (rain and Stock Markets.'' Mailed free. Comstock, Hn?hes & Com, any, Ria.to Building, Chicago, ID. A Grim .Jest. Youth's companion: Deathbed jokes . ..nnn..11 1 nr ,,t.n,if. '11. . ..aI ,lrf .uvc... misv ..u .... .. A .. vuraieu one auriuuieu to iuiu uuou. for instance that he protested against blaming the undertaker who had blundered into coming before the great wit was dead, and said that the man had "only come to urn a lively Hood" is known to be decidedly apocryphal. Nevertheless, a remark somewhat of the same sort, which is attributed to Lord Chesterfield in his last illness, is undoubtedly authentic. Chesterfield was very ill, and his death was only a matter of a few weeks: but his physi cian advised that lie be taken for an easy drive in his carriage, and he went out As the equipage was proceeding slowly along it was met by a lady who remarked pleasantly to the great in valid: "Ah, my lord, I am glad to see you able to drive out" "I am not driving out madam," an swered Chesterfield: "I am simply re hearsing my funeral!" The man whose heart is ret on things I crishaWe loses all when they perish. It's Lad luck to cross a funeral proces sion. Ta Tmlifajras Companion "52 Thaes a Year." Sahscriptloa. $1.75. The value of the next volume of The Companion is suggested by the titles and authors of a few of the Articles announced for 1896, as given below. A Notable Scries The following Articles of exceptional value from the mostj Eminent Authorities: .. ..- ... . ....,...,. f The Lord Chief Jastice of England. THE BAR AS A PROFESSHMf. - . M. ., .. ,. I Judge Oliver Wendell Hokaes. 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