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ev TyW- - .- jjw v , J ' '- -i " " " "i. 3"r & ---- - tr. irffe- i 3 E f? ohymm 'S' r ., . ' VOLUME XXVII.-NUMBER 9. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 10, 189& WHOLE NUMBER 1,301. hr m9P(rT rtm&rr? &&' - w . . - f -. - - . - . ' ... t " r 1 . s .... r . n . . ... . . . . : o tTHE MOON TRAIL. t HE moon trail across shineth the sea. And stretcheth off to a far coun tree In the realms of the old, romantic " sl moon. " s "Where evening Is morning, and midnight noon! Then lovers away on the bright moon trail. Each happy two with a tiny sail, In a silver waste with stars above, And nothing to do but love and love. The great, kind moon, like a sphere of light, Sft-ings down to the rim of the sea each night. Finding ever some bark with a happy crew. Bringing all the world though it brings but two. Then lovers away on the bright moon trail; Soft breezes arc sighing to fill your sail; There arc stars beneath and stars above, And nothing to do but love and love. The moon trail hshtcth the sea of life For lovr and maiden, for lover anc wife. And it's joy to sail down its sbimmery way. Just two together, forever and aye. Then lovers away on the bright moon trail; .. Each happy twain with a tiny sail, For there's naught so sweet in heaven above Or the earth beneath, as to love and love. New York Tribune. LOST AND FOUND. Such a mite as it was, to be sure! Such absuitl little hands that flew here and there, now after a dancing sun lam, now clutching the bright, round, brass buttons of the officer's great coat What eyes, like twin sapphires, that t-ninkled and gleamed so softly antler the brown lashes! How tiny the white-s-hod reel that kicked against the wide chair, In which the policeman had placed its royal babyship! "Guess you ain't acquainted with I olice stations," said the sergeant, "but you seem pretty much at home, just the same." "Cudga, cmlga, cudga," it answered. "Da-da, da-da. dada." "Ve hear all sorts of languages here, but we don't seem to understand you," iemarked one of the officers. Then, turning to a fellow-policeman, he asked: "Where did you find the kid?" "I didn't. It found me. I guess its mammy was a-shoppin and it must have walked out of a store. Anyhow, I never caught sight of it until it trotted oirt ml? the street and took hold o' my hand. I waited round with it a long time, hopin' its mammy would come for it. and then I brought it here." "Blame me, if it ain't the dandiest youngster I ever clapped eyes on!" put in the sergeant, as the absurd little hand patted the silver star on the ser geant's coat. "Seems to be well togged out, too; ain't no ordinary, everyday kid, judgin' l)y its clothes." ' The object of this conversation now held up its short little arms and wrin- kled up its face. The tiny lips began lo. quiver as no inovc was made to take .it.. "Blamed if I dare hold you!" said the sergeant. "I'd break you somewhere or let you drop and then where'd you be?" "Da-da, da-da-da, cudga, cudga," it answered. The sergeant stooped and ' looked into the sapphire eyes. The - r-l cyz . ny $r FOUND IN THE STREET. -.-irtt!e arms closed around the red, fat neck and the tiny mouth smiled in baby happiness. The sergeant's big awk ward hands gathered the bundles of white cashmeres and lace up into a clumsy heap and its babyship cooed haprily over the shoulder of the blue- C2iI coaL Half a dozen policemen were now ar- "dcnt admirers of the precocious lost one. and devoted themselves, with ap- , -parent willingness, to entertaining it. -They shook their grimy fingers in its pinkish face, for they found that this ! action brousht forth gurgles and grins and evidences of keen enjoyment. . - Dougherty, the oldest and most digni fied man on the force, even went so far as to do an awkward sort of a shuffling . jig. which not only amused the child, hut set the rest of the officers into a loud and hilarious fit of laughing. Few lest children (and many were brought there to the dusty, smoky station-house) reccn ed so much attention. They usually howled lustily or sat with scared, frightened faces in terrified . silence, until they were turned over to the police matron to await the com ing of the always frantic parents. But this small, sapphire-eyed, gurgling, cooing bit of humanity was an aston ishing exception to the rule. It not only made itself perfectly at home, but recognized that it was among friends, and therefore exhibited its good nature and cunning expressions of happiness and satisfaction. By and by, it bad passed from one officer to another nntil each one had had the honor of seeing "the chubby fingers dabble and play with .the brass buttons and glittering star. "Old Dougherty was the last one to whose care its babyship was given. He put it on the floor and the white shoes pattered up and down the room while the "goo-gco-goo" continued, as if the babe were anxious to have its entire . audience completely aware that 'while the tongue was not educated, the mall feet were accomplished. "I'll bet my hat," ventured the ser geant, as he looked through his wire cage. Til bet my hat it will be A mighty scared woman that Comes (of this kid." "I'd give tne month's salary." caW Dougherty, "be jabers, if Oi bad its loike." Then brushing his gray beard against the pink cheek, he took up the bundle of white stuff and carried it to the window, where the sapphire eyes looked out and blinked merrily at the passers-by. The sergeant sniffled and blew his nose vigorously. He had sud denly remembered that, many years ago, Dougherty had lost his three chil dren In some frightful accident. The plump fingers ran along the win dow glass and the white-hooded head nodded at the stream of people that hurried by. But no one noticed, and Dougherty was aboul to plan some new amusement, when a well-dressed man caught sight of the baby's face and then, nervous and excited, ran into the sta- "How came this child here?" he de manded, almost fiercely, as he took the little creature into his arms and pressed kisses on the dimpled fists. "1 am the child'8 father. Tell me, quickly, how came she here?" "Number 746 found It in the middle of the street," answered the sergeant, referring to the register. "It was at the corner of S and M . in the busiest part of the shopping district. "My God! It's a wonder she wasn't crushed to death by the cars or trampled under horses hoofs." There was a hurried opening of the station house door, the rustle of silk en skirts, and a white-faced, trembling woman appeared. At the sight of the man and child, she etood as if too be wildered and paralyzed to speak. Then, the bundle of lace and the white hood and the small shoes began to squirm, and, in another moment the baby was running toward its mother, who now was softly weeping. She clasped the child in her arms, and the sergeant noticed that Dougherty drew his rough sleeve over his eyes and then hurriedly left the room. It seemed strange, thought the ser geant, that the mother and the father of the child appeared so distant. He was still more bewildered when the child's father lifted his hat and said: "Shall I take Muriel to the carri age?" and the mother answered, half audibly: "If you will be so kind." Then they thanked the sergeant for his kindness and passed out into the sunshine. At the carriage door the man assisted his wife into the vehicle and then handed the baby to her. She nodded her head in silent thanks. He again lifted his hat and was soon lost In the crowd of passers-by. That night a woman with a heavy. sorrowful heart knelt by the side of her baby's cradle and wept b:tteily. For the first time in several weeks she had been face to face with the man whom she had loved and married; the man whose child she had cared for so tenderly, with true motherly affection and devotion. Had she but taken the opportunity to bid him return; had she but begged htm to end the wretchedness of the past month! Had her lips but obeyed the commands of her heart could she for once have murdered her pride and ex tended hr hand to him! How different might their future be! Such thoughts flew through her mind with agonizing, tormenting quickness. There was no world outside her own heavy heart. Her head fell among the down coverlets of the cradle and she sobbed aloud. She did not hear the soft step behind her. She did not know that some one had entered the room until au arm was about her and a beseeching voice was saying: "Clare! wife! I have returned to beg forgiveness. Please be friends again; I cannot exist without you please please." "It was such a silly quarrel, wasn't it. dear?" she said, struggling closer to him and raising her wet eyes to his. "and yet we were so stubborn I'm sure we'll never quarrel again, and even if we do, you won't go away, will you, and we won't wait a whole month to make up, will we?" The tiny creature in the cradle moved. The small arms reached out and clutched at the silken hangings of the canopy. Two sapphire eyes opened and looked at the man and woman to whom the happiness of renewed love had come. A Cnrloas Conrt Scene. A strange scene was that which took place in a San Francisco court room one day this week. Mrs. Virginia McMullin had brought suit for maintenance against her husband, Thurlow McMull in. They were married in 1S71. A son was born to them in 1S73 and they separated in 1S77. During all these years they have remained apart and the son testified to this effect. His father was seated a few feet from him but the son swore that he had never seen him to know him. "I may have passed him on the street.' said the son, "but I never knew it if I did." In the evidence it also came out that the father was employed in Tillman &. Bendell's and the son in Baker &. Ham- ' ilton's, two business houses only a few blocks apart. It seems extraordinary that in a city the size of San Francisco J stacle until they pile up there in vast two human beings so closely related glowing masses, and are swept past it as are a father and son should pass 'n gyrating currents and eddies infin twenty years in ignorance of one ilel wilder and grander than the lap another's identity. San Francisco Ar- i JnS waters in the Niagara whirlpool gonaut, j gorge. j Swifter and swifter fly the streaming .Too ExpeosiTe. ' clouds as the equator of the planet is Fond Mother I am not going to allow our Jennie to come out into so ciety until she can do it welL She must have the best debut or none at al. Father Well, I'll see how debuts are quoted this morning, but I can tell you this much this will be the first, last and only debut I'll ever buy for her. Texas Sifter. A Gentle Hlat. Hubby How do you suppose the say ing "There is nothing new under the sun" ever originated? Wife Really, I don't know, unless some woman who wore a bonnet like mine said it to her husband. Household Words. Tne human body has 240 bones. MONSTERSOF JUPITER sdME Wonders o"f life THE GREAT PLANET. ON Men Sixty Feet TU aad Heavy la Pro portlea Garrett P. SerrUs, the Fam ous Astronomer cm the Scientific Phenomena. HOEVER lifts tip his eyes td the starry heavens these evenings must be struck by the appearance of. the great planet Jupi ter, outshining all the fixed stars, and glowing with a rich yellow light, high in the southwest. near the twin stars Castorand Pollux, of the constellatidii Gemini; Happy the man who has a telescope with which to view the giant planet and td behold its immense belts of alternate rosy and golden clouds, and its broad polar re gions, shading to the color of blued steel. Put the earth up there in the place of Jupiter and the naked eye would with difficulty be abie to see it. Jupiter is 1,300 times larger than the earth in bulk or volume, and its surface area exceeds tha.t of the earth about 120 times. It would seem as if the ancients must have had some inkling of the fact that 'that planet is the largest of all tne worlds that revolve around the sun when they bestowed upon it the name of the greatest of the gods. We have almost no evidence what ever touching of the nature of the ma terials of Jupiter. The spectroscore cannot aid us, because Jupiter does not shine by its own light, and the sunlight reflected from it comes from the upper surface of its dense clouds, and conse quently makes no revelations concern ing what lies beneath. But the telescope shows that Jupiter is covered with wonderful clouds con tinually changing in shape, and mure or less In color; that these clouds float in an atmosphere of great depth, and that they form perhaps successive I'iy- if (uir&fliu. THE STRANGE MONSTERS THAT PEOPLE JUPITER AS THEY WOULD LOOK TO THE EARTH PEOPLE IN THE LEFT-HAND CORNER LONG ARMS TO OVERCOME GRAVITY SEE JUPI TER'S FOUR MOONS IN VARIOUS PHASES. ers of varying density, which may oe separated by comparatively olnar spaces. Appearances havjj been noticed on Jupiter such as would be produced by the shadowg of great clouds, a broad as some of our continent!", falling upon otherclouds floating hundreds of miles beneath them. If these appearances are not decep tive Jupiter's clouds evidently float at. proportionally, a far greater elevation than those of the earth. The "highest of our clouds are, perhaps, ten miles above the earth; the loftiest clouds on Jupiter may be a thousand miles high. And these tremendous clouds are swept along by belts of wind that arc no less wonderful. Jupiter turns very fast on its axis, notwithstanding its enormous size. It takes less than ton hours to make a complete rotation. while the little earth requires twenty four hours. On the equator of Jupiter everything is flying around at the rate of 4o0 miles in a minute! The resulting centrifugal strain is so great that the equatorial parts of the vast planet bulge and swell out thousands of miles. Jupiter is more than 5,000 miles broader through its equator than through its poles! All things must there experience a powerful and resistless tendency urg ing them toward the equator. If the planet turned about three times faster than it does, objects would weigh noth ing at all along the equator. The effect of this fearful velocity of rotation is shown by the streaks and lins of clouds that the telescope re veals surrounding Jupiter. At one place in the southern hmisphere there is an immense, mysterious, fiery-looking mass, as large in extent as the whole curface of the earth, which dur ing the past eighteen years has been thrust up among the rushing and tum bling clouds in one of the great trade wind belts of Jupiter. By actual ob servation the clouds are hurled against the western end of that mysterious ob- t approached. Great globe-shaped masses, gleaming in the sunlight, rrll and pitch in the mighty onward cur rents. Through the comparatively clear spaces glimpses are obtained of other cloudlands deep beneath, filled with other strange hurrying shapes, all whirling madly on as if racing for a goal. Whatever else may or may not be said of Jupiter, at any rate, it is pre eminently the world of clouds and windj and tempests. Can we, then, imagine inhabitants in such a world of turmoil and unrest "as ! Jupiter is? It depends entirely upon what we mean by inhabitants. It is evident that such beings as we are could not live there, unless it is true that deep beneath Jupiter's world of clouds and cyclones is hidden another globe resembling the earth. On such a globe, sd placed; inhabitants mor flr less like those of this earth could iive: . The great many-storied dome of clouds above them would, perhaps, be just what they needed in order to ob tain a- comfortable degree of heat in their far-away planet. For we must remember that Jupiter is about five times as far from the sun as the earth is, and that, consequently, the sunlight and the sunhcat on Jupiter arc twenty five times less effective than on the earth. This is because the intensities of light and heat varj inversely as the square of the distance. "With a comparatively open and cloudless atmosphere like ours the heat from the sun would quickly be lost by being radiated away into space, and the inhabitants of Jupiter would shiver and freeze in a worse than Arctic climate. But with such an atmosphere as they. have surrounding them It is not im probable that the effect 6f the greater distance of the sun may be compen sated by the capacity of the atmosphere itself to retain and, so to speak, entrap the heat for the benefit of the inhabi tants. But all this argument proceeds upon the assumption that such inhabitants must be framed of just such materi.ils. possessing just sucli density as compose our bodies. Manifestly that assump tion is purely gratuitous. As we Tiave already seen, the average density of things in Juriter is much less than up on the earth, and we are not certain that its constituent materials may not be as widely variant in nature from those of our planet. Wc have perfect justification, then, for assuming, if we choose, that the in habitants of Jupiter are shaped from substances very different from, and much more ctherial than, ihose that compose our bodies. That argu ment would not in any manner affect the spiritual or intellectual side of their nature. There is no demon strable reason why an intelligent being might not be made out of something else than the water and carbon and other elements comprised in the human frame. If we accept the .ieV that the spirit of man. which is the real essence of his being, is of a nature and composition so fine as to transcend all the coarper laws that govern the visible world; then is there any reason why upon a planet liko JupitPi- such a spirit may not b en closed in a body as tenuous as vapor even, or as light as cork? Grant that, and it is easy to see that, no matter how much greater the force of gravity may be upon Jupiter than upon the earth, mortal beings could be formed, even out of the range of nat ural elements known to us. who might be suitably proportioned to gravitation, even though they should attain a com parative stature as gigantic in relation to ours as the stature of Jupiter him self is when placed tide by side with the little earth. Not only is there something far more satisfactory to the imagination in conceiving of gigantic inhabitants dwelling upon so stupendous a world, rather than in thinking of them as mere pigmies, but in thus considering them as giants amid gigantic surroundings, we do less violence to the general order of nature. Let me, as a kind of apology for thus venturing into the fields of imagination that lie glittering just beyond the farth est outposts of science, quote what one of the founders of modern science has said about the possible inhabitants of another great world, only less in size than Jupiter, and which now also adorns our evening skies, Saturn. These are the words of Sir Huhphrey Davy, in the chapter called "The Vis ion" in his beautiful "Consolation in Travel, cr the I.ast Days of a Philoso pher." Conducted by a guiding Genius he is hovering above the planet Saturn: "I saw moving on the surface below me immense masses, the forms of which I find it impossible to describe. They had systems for locomotion similar to those of the morse or sea-horse, but I saw with great surprise that they moved from place to place by six extremely tnin meoranes, wnich they used as wings. Their colors were varied and beautiful, but principally azure and rose color. "I say numerous convolutions of tubes more analogous to the trunk of an elephant than to anything else I can imagine, occupying what I supposed to be the upper parts of the body, and my feeling of astonishment almost became one of disgust from the peculiar char acter of the organs of these singular be ings, and it was with a species of ter ror that I saw one of them mounting upward, apparently flying towards those opaque clouds which I have be fore mentioned. 'I knowwhat your feel ings are,' caid the Genius. 'You want analogies and all the elements of knowl edge to comprehend the scene before you. But those beings who appear to you almost as imperfect in their functions as the zoophytes of the polar sea have a sphere of sensibility and intellectual enjoyment far superiar to that of the inhabitants of your earth. Each of those tubes which appear like the trunk of an elephant Is an organ of peculiar motion or sensation. They have many modes of perception of lch you are wholly Ignorant and at same time their sphere of vision is hitely indre extended than yours their 6rgans' of touch" far more per' and exSui'stte: fheif Mrces of pleasure are 6f the highest intellectual nature. As I can Mt describe to you the organs of these wonderful beings, so neither can I show fn their modes of life. But as their kighest pleasures depend upon Intel lectual pursuits, so you may conclude tkat these modes of life bear the strict est analogy to that which on the earth 6U would call exalted virtue. If 1 were to show you the different parts f the surface 6f this planel you would iee marvelous results of the powers" possessed by those highly intellectual beings and of the -wonderful manner in which they have' applied and modified after.' " Inspired by the enthusiasm of Sir Humphrey may we not imagine that &., inhabitants of Jupiter might sur pass even those of Saturn on their In tellectual side, shedding a spiritual il lumination among their aerial man sions, which would be the greatest of all Jupiter's marvels to the watidcfing visitor from our dim speck, the earta? GARRETT P. SERVISS. TELLING OYSTERS' AGES. iMdtea That Denote Each Year of the Lascioas nifralre' fcsietenc. it is just as easy to tell the age of an oyster by looking at its shell as it is to ascertain the age of a horse by exam ining his teeth or a tree by inspecting the circles revealed by the ax or saw when it was laid low, says the New York Journal. When the oyster is 6 months old it is as big as a dime. When 1 year old it will cover a half dollar and when 2 years old will be about the cif ctimferenee of Ono of Uncle Sam's depreciated dollar's. The oyster, unlike the crab, is not 6bliged td seek new quarters or build a new house every time he grows appreciably. The bivalve's habitation grows with him, he furnishing the building material. The extensions that he puts onto his house; arp clearly marked by a well-defined ridge, as appears from nn illustration taken frdm life of a formef denifcen Of Lynn Haven, who was almost com pleting the fifth year of peaceful cx- istence when ruthlessly brought into the upper world by the oysterman'g tongs. Oysters are esteemed to be af their best when between 4 and 5 years of age, and the planters endeavor to protect the beds or that length of time. Conscientious oystermen that is, men who are not Inclined to kill the goose that lays the golded egg always re turn to the beds oysters that are too young, but in case a patriarch is brought up over whose shell the tides of eight to twelve winters and sum mers have ebbed and flowed he is sent to markti whre he i put at the' bot tom of the heap and sold with his younger and more luscious companions. Such an oyster gets into the soup eventually. Running to Waste. "The best thing about these new waists," began Dora. Then she dis covered David's arm. "That isn't what I was going to say," she murmured with a blush, "but but,' she added softly, 'it will answer.'' HINTS FOR WOMEN. If soot is dropped on a carpet throw down an equal quantity of salt and sweep off all together. Fruit stains can be eradicated by oxalic acid, and should be seen to at once while the stain i3 freah. Always put the fctigar Used in a tart in the renter of the fruit, not on the top; it makes the crust sodden. Frying pans should always be scoured with salt directly after they have been used, and wiped clean with a clcth. Pastry is lighter if mixed with a knife instead of the hand, and rolled with a glass bottle instead of a rolling pin. When an iron bedstead creaks with each movement of the aleepsr take out the laths and wrap the end of each in a newspaper. To prevent lamp chimneys from cracking put them into a kettle of boil ing water, gradually heat It till It bo.ls. and then let it as gradually cool. It is not generally known that rats cannot resist sunflower seeds. A trap baited with these seeds is the most efficacious method of catching rats. Milk will take out ink stains from boards, cotton and other fabrics if used before dried in. Soak in a little mi:k and then wash in the ordinary way. To remove scorch caused by an over heated iron, soak the article at once in cold water for half an hour, then rub gently between the bands and rinse in clean water. Paint stains on clothing are difficult to remove when once they have dried In but with persistent use of benzine and spirits of turpentine obstinate stains are removed. Stoves and ranges should be kept free from soot in all compartments. A dirty, clogged hot air passage will pre vent any oven from baking well or the water from heating. -. - GREAT MEN WEAR ARMOR Several Preatteeat Eareyeaa ItotMMa Emptor Sack Safegaartf. From 1885 to the time of his derfin 'the !at6 eskf of Russia, Alexander III., never appeared Mtsidt his bedroom and study without a ln6 stf 1 stilt f mail, which would protect his tdy back and front, between his collar bone and his loins, from the dagajtr of the assassin. Excepting his Talet aad bis wife, says the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, nobody had seen his suit of mail, as it was worn between. the underclothes and uniform, but the czar's unwillingness to go even to a cabinet council without it was an open secret in all the courts of Europe. Bis marck at one time wore such a coat, as did also Stambouloff and Crlspi. The Italian premier, indeed, as we have before noted, still wears for protection from the issaslsa's ballet or knife a light shirt of mail of double thickness over the heart. None of these men, however, resorted to such precaution until repeated attempts at assassina tion had been made. True it is that "uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." Nicholas II. of Russia has waited for no such attempt on his life. Ever since the fast arrests of nihilist students at Odessa he has worn a nhirt of nickel and steel, onerous as the gar ment must be to a man of his inferior physique and lethargic habits. Still stranger stories of his fear and caution have penetrated the walls of the im perial palace and gained credence among the people of his capital. Al though no dagger has been laid on his pillow to unnerve him and no warning of death has been pot under his dinner plate to plague him, the czar never visits his dinner table or bed without the company of a trusted attendant. At every door of the dining room and bed chamber stand a Cossack guard day and night, and from every dish that is served at the imperial table a special watcher in the court kitchen must eat a mouthful before it is served to prevent any chance of poisoning. Men aad Hone. To tell the truth, all mankind may, with great clearness, be divided Into two parts those who understand horses Hhd those who do not. There are people whd will drive a nag all day, nay, who may own one and use it for years, whose powers Of ob servation are not sufficiently enlisted in (he details of the animal to distin guish it ffbfn any strange horse in the next stall, unless there be gome gross difference in color. Such equestrians will be content to see a fine horse, with nerves, eyes, muscles and possibilities for good or evil cashiered in favor of the dead certainty of a peripatetic steam ciigihe. The second, smaller and aside from horse dealers Bore noble group of individuals' canh6t so much as enter a fortuitous close cab without taking unconscious note of the atoclf ings, the withers, the size and the facial expression of th creature be tween the shafts. One whose sympathy with the Houyhnhnm stands this teat has fSit th thrill imparted by the re sponsive spring of 3 glorious saddle horse, has enjoyed mental conversation with .the shapely, all-expressive ears of the sensitive creature, has been fair ly exalted by mere proximity to the splendid spirit flf a hard driven thor oughbred and has quivered with the same beady drink which brilliant fros ty mornings have brought to the smok ing muzzles of his dancing bays, with their flashing eyes and strong. Curved necks but is it not absurd to defend a good horse from a horseless carriage? Scribner's. TraMp. Four causes ate assigned for men be coming tramp's: .First, the drink habit; second, the love of Wandering; third, the evil effects' of the in discriminate huddling together of men and boys in our jails; fourth, this saftie indiscriminate mix ing of country and city boys in our re formatory schools. The number" 6( people leading this wandering life in our country is estimated to be at least twice the size of the standing army. P.ev. Alexander Lewis. Friead ef the Bald Heads. It is not generally known, although it ought to be, that G. R. Sims of tan don is the leader of the great anti-bald agitation. It is stated that be reckons td have caused hair to grow on 50,000 bald heads. His recipe is paraffin oil. tTaelalaaed Deposit. It has beeti stated, but with doubt ful authority, that 1230,000,000 is lying at this moment in the hands of banks and banking companies in Scotland in the shape of unclaimed deposits. NEWSY TRIFLES. The figure of Britannia first appeared on the copper coins in the reign of Charles II. London society has developed a new craze midnight cycling excursions In to the city In London a publisher can have a book well illustrated throughout for from 123 to $250. There is one firm in Birmingham put ting out a thousand fiint guns every week for the African trade. Sets in combinations from 5 dozen to 40 dozen individual pieces and seventy odd serving pieces are included among the Eeason'3 wedding presents. Cork is the third most important of Spanish exports. In the province of Gerona alone it is estimated that 198, 000 acres are devoted to tne cultivation of cork trees, which produce about 20, 000 tons, valued at $8,000,000. Scotland's Sabbath is losing its sanc tity. Driving, cycling and golf on Sun day have now been followed by a vote of the Glasgow corporation throwing open the public bath houses for four hours on Sunday morning. Fogs are more frequent in October and November than at any other period of the year, because, besides the evaporation from seas, rivers and lakes, there is a constant exhalation from the ground in the form of vapor. Arabian women, when they are obliged to go Into mourning, not only stain their bands and feet with indigo for eight days, but drink no milk dur ing the same period, on the ground that its hue does not harmonize with their mental gloom. USEFUL ITEMS. A few drop 4t tincture ef aeuefm la k howl of water k an admirable tonic for tie face. The fcensoin whiten the skin and prevents it from wrinkling. Soaps and gravies must never at any time be left in the stewpans or sauce pans; when finished cooking they most be poured into earthen pans or basins. It takes more than twice as much sugar to sweeten preserves and sauces if put In when they begin to cook than it does if the sugar is added after the cooking is done. De not put a coat or dress away with duet in the folds or plaits. Shake the garment well and brush with a soft whisk broom, for dust is never so easily removed as at first. In case of a long Illness the bach la Hable to become chafed; to prevent the skin breaking beat the white of an egg to a strong froth and add two teaspeeafals of brandy; apply with a feather; For canker sore month one table epoenful of salt, one of alum, half a teaspoonfnl of borax and 33 much blue vitriol, twe tablespoonfuls of honey and a pint of strong cider vinegar. Sim mer over a slow fire In an earthen vessel, then put into bottles. Use this frequently with a swab. To Keep the Hair in Curl. Two ounces of borax, 1 dram of gum arable, 1 quart hot but not boiling water. Stir together. As soon as all are dissolved add 3 tablespoonfuls of strong spirits of camphor. On retiring wet the hair with this liquid and roll in twists of paper. Do not disturb till morning, then untwist. CULINARY HINTS. Fried mushrooms. Select large, fresh mushrooms; remove skin and stems; roll in cracker meal, season with salt; fry in boiling hot butter, and serve hot. Potato balls. Mash cold boiled pota toes; season with salt and pepper; make into little balls. Dip first into beaten eggs, then in grated bread crumbs, and fry In boiling fat. Cabbage salad. Shred one-half hoad of a small cabbage; cover with strong salted water; let stand one-half hour and drain; put in a salad bowl and pour over plain dressing; garnish with hard boiled eggs sliced In rings. Cream Scalloped Fish. Take cold boiled or baked fish. Boil one pint of milk with half an onion, cut in two; while boiling stir in perfectly smooth one and one-fourth tablespoonfuls of flour; when boiled take out onion and stir in one-half cup butter. Butter a deep earthen dish. Put in first a layer of bread crumbs and a very little cheese if liked. Bake from half to three-quarters of an hour. YOUNG AT FIFTY. HOW .A METHODIST MINISTER CARRIES HIS YEARS. From the Time?, Oswego. N. T. Probably no man Is better known or more highly respected in Oswego, X. T., than the HeV. WHam Young, of the Methodist church. Mr. Young holdB a responsible position with the Oswego City Savings Bank, where he has been an employe for the past twenty years. In the spring Of 1894 Mr. Young looked as If his time on earth was lim ited but. Instead of failing aa was pre dicted, he soon gained a more healthy look and appeared stronger. As the months went by this Improvement con tinued, until flow he Is as rugged and apparently as healthy as a young man Of thirty, although his gray locks de note a more advanced age. A Times reporter, determined to find out what had made this great change, called upon Mr. Young at the bank and put the question djrect and received the following reply: "In truth I am a changed man. and I Owe tay present good health to Dr. Wil liams' Plnh Pills. In the spring of 1894 I was all run down and had com menced to think that my time had come. 1 had to be prescribed for by physlclans. aKd although I received temporary relief, the Sam- old trouble came back again and I was worse than before. I bad no strength or appetite, and physically I was id a miserable eondltion. After my work I would go home, but the general lassitude which hung over tee left me without any am bition, and when 1 would go to the table to eat, my appetite failed me and I would have to leave without taking hardly any nourishment. My kidneys Were also badly affected, and I was In httef despair. One day. here at the batik, 1 happened to pick up one of the local papers, and my eye fell on the ad vertisement of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. The advertisement gre a description of a man who. afflicted an I then was. had been cured by using Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I was not a believer In that kind of doctoring, but concluded as a last resort to try a box of the pills, mak ing up my flllftd that if they did not help me I certainly would not be in jured any. Going to a drug store I pur chased a box of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and commenced taking them ac cording to directions. Very soon after I began to feel better and I saw I had made no mistake 1ft trying the pills, and before the first box was emptied I ff It so much Improved that I immediately purchased another. I had taken sven boxes of the pills, and at the end of last summer I felt I was entirely cured and discontinued their use, but always keep ft box handy if occasion requires. I am now entirely cured. The lassitude has left me. my kidneys are all rlht and my appetite well, you should see me at the tabl. I am a new man again, and Instead of feeling like a man of fifty, which Is my age. I feel liko a. youngster of twenty, and I give Pink Pills the full credit for this great change. I have recommended these" pills to several of my neighbors and ac quaintances, who have been relieved of their complaints." (Signed) WILLIAM YOUNG. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of May. 1S95. BERNARD GALLAGHER. Notary Public. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain all the elements necessary to give new llf? and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are for sale by all druggists, or be had by mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company. Schenectady. N. Y.. for 50 cents per bos. or six boxes for J2.30. C. 8. Grant" Canatle Reply. Gen. Grant, while walking out in the suburbs of Washington, frequently met a butcher driving a horse, to which he took a strong liking. After much negotiation he bought the animal, and had it taken to his stable, where one day Senators Conkling and Jones were invited to look at the new pur chase "Well, gentlemen, how do you like the new horse?" asked Grant, after the animal had been inspected. "How much did you give for him, Mr. Presi dent?" asked Conkling. "Four hun dred dollars." "I'd rather have the fonr hundred dollars than the horse." rejoined Conkling. 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