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COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 11, 1896.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,383.
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DEAR LITTLE AMBER. j
Jt the sound of a football in the cor
ridor he laid down his pen and leaned
wearily back in his big arm-chair.
Presently a hand thrust back the
curtain from the doorway and his wife
entered. She was gowned for the even
ing In her favorite color dull yellow.
There were diamonds at her throat and
in her gold-brown hair. She looked
radiant with pleasure.
"Shall I do?" she asked, coming for
ward and leaning upon the desk with
her hands, palms downward.
He inspected her deliberately criti
cally, she thought.
"You will do very well," he said at
last "What is it to-night. Amber?"
" 'Faust. I am going with the Ken
dalls. Lawrence "
He took up his pen with a slight
gesture of impatience that effectually
silenced her. Half the Joy died out
of her face. She stood a moment watch
ing him as he wrote; then she went
round and laid her hand timidly on his
shoulder.
"John " wistfully.
"Well?"
She hesitated, hoping he would look
P or say something more; but he did
neither.
"I I am going now. Good-by."
"Good-by."
It was the tone, not the words, that
. brought a sudden dimness into her
eyes. She lingered still with her hand
on his shoulder. Then she slowly re
moved it and stole out of the room.
As the curtain ceased swaying behind
her the pen dropped and John Sarles
covered his face with his hands. He
heard. a carriage stop at the curbing
and the front door close with a bang.
He heard a man's voice and a man's
gay laugh both Lawrence Kendall's;
then there was a rumble of wheels and
he lifted his head with a jerk. Some
thing like a sob escaped him.
"Lawrence." she had said. It had
come to that, then! Lawrence! John
Sarles knew him well knew how his
handsome face and winning smile en
deared him to the hearts of women
how he was sought after, petted, ad
mired. Ah, well, it was something, after all,
to be born with a handsome face and
straight, strong limbs. John Sarles
looked bitterly at the crutch leaning
against the chair and thought that be
cause of it life had withheld much of
Its siveetness for him. Wealth and
even a powerful intellect which put
him in touch with the brightest think
ers f the day failed to make up to him
for that.
He had been on the point of sinking
Intc the self-imposed isolation of a
proud, morose nature when Amber
came Amber, the little daughter of
his only intimate friend, who, dying,
had intrusted her to his care,
i Soon the music of her laughter had
chased away the ghostly echoes from
the lonely old house and the light of
her happy eyes brightened every room.
Her books strewed the tables, her flow
ers filled the long-unused vases, her
gowns made bits of color against the
dark walls as she flitted up stairs and
down.
Gradually all became changed be
cause of her. New furniture replaced
the old, new carpets covered the floors.
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the conservatory blossomed with rare
plants and a grand piano lit up a dark
recess of the library with its polished
ivory and rosewood.
By and by the little girl became a
maiden to whom every door was open
and whose smile was a favor which
men considered as well-nigh precious,
. and all the time that Amber was grow-
. Ing winsome and sweet and graceful
e John Sarles was growing old and wrin-
TcIed and gray. But his heart was
young as ever and he loved Amber
with all the pent-up force of his nature
and he suffered agonies because of that
love, feeling that she could never, never
be his.
One day a handsome boy of good fam
ily came to ask him for Amber's hand.
Poor John! He gave his consent and
his blessing as well. What else could
he do, not knowing but that Amber
loved him? And while the boy was
pleading his cause John sat in his study
with as bitter a heartache as ever man.
had.
Presently the door opened, but he
didn't look up. And then came a sweet.
sobbing voice and the pressure of two
soft arms about his neck from behind.
"Oh, guardy, guardy, are you tired of
me that you try to get rid of me so?"
He was suffocating with surprise and
joy and terror, but he managed to draw
. her around where he could see her face,
which was rosy with blushes and per
sistently averted.
: "Amber!" he cried. "Tired of you!
. Want to get rid of you. Amber!"
And then, reassured by his tone, she
.burst out passionately:
"Yes, you must be, else you'd never
have sent him to me, when you know
I hate him hate them all but you!"
. He drew her down on his knee at
,. 'that and held her close in his trem
bling arms. His face was near hers,
but he did not kiss her. He could only
. " look at the sweet, wet eyes, and child
like mouth, the round, soft cheek, and
gold-brown hair, wondering, doubting,
- hoping all at once he could not have
"told which the most of the three.
That was two yeara ago two blessed
years of such happiness that they
seemed to him like a long delightful
dream. Amber loved him and Amber
was his wife.
But of late a shadow had fallen be
v tween them the shadow of Lawrence
Kendall. The fear that had numbed
John's heart when he first beheld the
young mas', admiring gaze upon his
wife had ripened into tierce Jealousy.
He bad grown cold and austere in his
manner, causing Amber many tears and
much worriment Once he had been
positively harsh toward her. What else
had he been to-night? And all the
time his proud, sensitive nature was
suffering to its utmost capacity.
Dear little Amber! He could feel the
tears in her eyes and the quiver of her
mouth though he could not see them.
The wistful pleading in her voice had
touched him to the quick.
How he longed to snatch Ler in his
arms crumpling the dull yellow silk,
if he must, and ruffling the shiny hair,
for she used never to complain and
kiss her over and over and tell her
how much he loved her, and how sorry
he was to hurt her by word or look.
But no his pride, his indomitable
pride, restrained him, and he had let
her go with her whole evening spoiled
because of it.
Ah, just wait till she came in, tired
and cold and sleepy! Them he would,
make it all right She would forgive
him of course she would, the darling!
And they would be happy again as
they had not been for weeks, sitting
by the fire together, she in the big
crimson chair and he on an ottoman at
her side, just where he could touch her
hand or cheek and kiss her when he
chose.
The firelight would dance on her hair
and bring out the soft color in her face,
and she would laugh and smile in the
old joyous way. What a fool he had
been how cowardly and unreasonable,
to doubt his innocent darling even for
one moment.
It was 2 o'clock and Amber ought to
have been home an hour ago. What
was it made Jonn start and tremble
and pale as he glanced at the clock?
Were his fears confirmed? Had his
doubts become truths?
Hark! Was not that the sound of a
carriage pausing at the curbing? What
occasioned this unusual confusion in
the hall below?
John Sarles seized his crutch and
limped a few paces toward the door,
but stopped as it was flung open and
the figure of an old serving man ap
peared on the threshold.
"Master " he began.
John Sarles lips moved, but no sound
passed them.
"Master, I have come with sad news
for you. There has been an accident
the horses ran away and Miss Am
ber "
He caught John as he reeled and fell,
and answering the mute, awful appeal
of those agonized eyes, he concluded
"Is hurt seriously, but not fatally.
The have just brought her home."
Three months afterward, when burst
ing buds and freshly-sprouting grass
proclaimed that spring was at hand,
Amber was carried into her husband's
study and propped up by pillows and
cushions on the sofa there. Her face
had lost its roundness and its dainty
color and the beautiful brown-gold hair
was cut close to her head.
There was a great bunch of yellow
roses on the table at her side and she
touched them lovingly, knowing that
John was watching her and that he
had placed them there.
Presently he came and sat down on
the edge of the sofa all their differ
ences had long since been made up
and took her hands in his and held
them tenderly against his mouth.
There were tears in his eyes, though
Amber's were clear enough.
"You dear old John," she said, smil
ing. "I believe you feel worse about it
than I do."
He sobbed.
"Well, you needn't, you silly boy.
She was silent a moment, and then she
said, musingly: "Do you know, I be
lieve I'm half glad "
MOST UNCANNY SPOT.
BLOOD-CURDLING FEATURES IN
SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS.
Experience, of Night Explorer. Cavercs
Filled with Ghosts and DctIIs Strange
March of the Panthers Weird gonads
and Sights.
HE most uncanny
spot on the face of
the earth is very
likely within the
boundaries of the
Superstition moun
tains in Arizona,
says the San Frm
cisco Call. The
name was given
this range of vol-
canic rock by the
Indians, and never was name more. ap
propriate. Of course1 theeiSealefl
man of today knows all of the strange
and weird phenomenon to be seen there
are the result of natural causes and
can be easily explained, but the pow
Indian who knows not these things can
hardly be blamed for having a whole
some fear of any part of the range.
The stories the Indians tell of the
Superstition4 mountain would take
months to repeat, but the idea of all
of them seems to impress the fact that
the arch field who presides over the
domain has a hatred of the red man
and is constantly laying traps to de
stroy him. All who enter the realms
of horror do so at the riBk of never
coming back, and all who do come
come back have 6ome new tale to add
to the already long list The most ter
rible things told of are the swinging
stones that turn out from the walls of
a canyon and crush the passer by.
Then there are places where the ghosts
dance; trees tliat reach out their
branches and entangle all who come
near them. There are caverns filled
with witches and devils and awful
birds that make the strangest sounds.
One of them has a sort of overhanging,
ledge and beneath It appears a crowd
of men. Surely they are talking, for
their arms appear to move, their heads
turn from side to side. Some have on
white clothes and others appear 10,
be of different colors. A peculiar'
sound like the murmur .of voices fills
the air.
By climbing a small canyon to tkt
left the most startling sight in the
mountain can be seen. Surely it Is not
of this world. The canyon suddenly 1
terminates in a gulch that crosses it
from side to side. At first sight it IS.
only an abyss of inky blackness. Lli
ten! A peculiar rumbling sound can
be heard and from the profound depth
a white robed figure will appear; then,
another and another, until there is a
whole procession of ghosts passing
over the brink.
Many of them will wave their arms,
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ITALIAN ANTIQUITIES.
tTadargrauad trade la Thasa la
Skit of Legal Interdiction.
Soame days ago a well-known dealer
la antiquities offered for sale to tha
Lsavre museum, in Paris, a splendid
collection of ancient silver vases from
f Italy or Greek or Italian workmanship,
ays the London News. The museum
was suable to pay the price asked
20,000 and declined the bargain. Th
Italian minister of education, having
.learned of this, has taken proceedings
under the Pacca law against Sig. di
iPrlsco, the owner of these antiquities.
The latter is a large land owner at
Bosco Reale. He secretly made excava
tions on his estate and found twenty
eight silver vases of remote antiquity.
Notwithstanding the Italian law pro
hibiting owners of antiquities from
sending them out of the country wlth-
ni laava At- nDior in oonftnnt nt thla
as If beckoning the observer. Whjk ; fla jvaiU prevents eld works of art
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float in from the sides and perhaps
thunder will be heard in the distance.
But the procession moves on and
passes up a canyon and finally disap
pears over a cliff. Silence will follow
and the act will be repeated. This
canyon cannot be traversed farther,
but by turning back and entering a
small valley on the other side three
giants can be seen in conference. They
arc sitting close to a tree and their at
titudes show them to be interested in
what one of them is saying.
Farther up the canyon there is a
large cliff and behind it at intervals
can be seen flashes of light. Thunder
follows and the earth beneath your
feet will shake. Possibly one of the
flashes may throw you to the ground,
and you can hear the hissing of ser
pents near by. If you happen to be
in the right place you can hear a grind
ing sound and a rock on top of a cliff
will swing outward. But it won't fall,
as the next shake will swing it hack.
Dozens of experiences like those
just related are likely to befall the
night explorer in the Superstition
natural price in the impoverished coun
try, Sig. di Prisco smuggled his find
cut of Italy and offered it to a Paris
dealer for f5,000. Continuing mean
while his search, he found other silver
vases, which duly joined their fellows
in Paris, and the whole lot was offered
to the Louvre. The Italian minister of
education throws interesting light on
the facilities which underpaid officials
are supposed to afford illicit exporters
of antiquities. He issues a notification
that, should any officials be found to
have connived at this latest evasion of
the Pacca law, they will be criminally
prosecuted.
ACCOMMODATING.
Landlord la Kaasaa Was taa
Medal far Being Obllgiag. -
"I stopped at a very small town ii
Kanias a few weeks ago," said L. M
Martinez at the Raleigh. "I had bees
in the town once before, and knew
where lbs hotel was. It was late ml
night when I got off the train and west
to the hotel. After repeatedly knock
ing and shaking the door the landlorc
let me in. The next morning breakfast
was notready when I got up, but tht
landlord was in good humor about it,
saying: 'Everybody is sick about the
house. You are the only guest, so 1
didn't get breakfast ready. He went
I found that my customer was out ol
hour served a very good meal for me
I found that my suctomer was out ol
town, so had nothing to do but to
stay around the hotel all day. The
landlord got dinner and supper for mc
and. I asked, 'Who is cick?'
"Mjr 'wife, 'two children, -the cook,
the waiter and the porter.'
" 'I should think you would get some
one else.'
" 'Can't. They won't come
" 'Why?
" 'They are all afr.iid of the small
pox. I'm the onlyonc who hasn't got ic,
and I feel the symptoms. I'll be ir
bed to-morrow, but I think the portei
will be well enough to run the hotel
by that time. He is sitting up to-day.'
"I paid my bill very suddenly, anc
put myself under medical treatment
when I reached the next town." Sas
Francisco Chronicle.
Burled Thermometer.
Recent observations made by Prof.
A. Agassiz in the Calumet and Hecia
mine, near Lake Superior, to ascertain
the rate at which temperature in
creases toward the center of the earth
give a slower rate of increase than has
been found in previous recorded obser
vations. The observations were made
at various depths by placing register
ing thermometers in holes drilled ten
PRETTY SALVATION ARMY MAIDS.
"Oh, my darling, to be lame all your
life!"
"Yes, for don't you see, we shall sym
pathize with one another more than
we ever have? And, oh, John "
"Yes, Amber."
"I never realized before how patient
and dear you were until I was hurt.
I think I love you better than ever, if
that can be, and I am sure quite, quite
sure, that this has been a blessed les
son for both of us, aren't you?"
And John, in his newer and clearer
wisdom, dared not deny it.
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New Style of Camaners.
The up-to-date canvasser now travels
In a bunch. Under the direction oi
managers, and chaperons, companiei
of lady agents will soon be touring the
country, judging from the advent ol
such an organization here. They hold
rehearsals, just like their theatrical sis
ters, and each girl is thorough'
coached as to what to say and how to
say it. Early in the morning the
receive their assignments and scattei
over the city or town, watched by spot
ters, who report to the manager any
breach of contract on the part of the
canvasser. The rules are of the early-to-bed-and-cariy-to-rise
sort, the hotel
bills nd traveling expenses are pait'
by the manager, and the entire outfit
is an object lesson of the benefit to be
derived from discipline, drill and or
ganization. The female book agent
needn't be lonely and helpless any
longer unless she proposes to flock by
herself. New York Letter.
The over progressive Salvation all sang in English, and this language army had girl singers who came from
Army has just added to its equipment was unintelligible to thousands of the Fatherland they flocked to the
what many people consider its most at- lately landed foreigners who came to meetings in great crowds. By giving
tractive feature. The latest novely the meetings. It was not feasible to their gatherings this international
of this up-to-date organization, and the give songs in all the living tongues, but character the army has brought with-
one which is shortly to come to New it was comparatively easy to find mem- In Its influence many people who
Knew the Platform.
McDowell county, West Virginia, has
a citizen who has never been known to
admit ignorance on any subject, and
very few things ever happen that he ' and effective way
did not have some part in. Here is the
latest story about him:
A group was gathered in a county
store discussing politics. George
Whalen. the man of wonderful knowl
edge and achievments, although a
staunch dpmocrat, so departed from de
claration of principles that one of tho
men said: "You don't know a thing
about the democratic platform."
"Don't I? Know the democratic plat
form? Why I built it myself. There
wasn't a stick of anything but solid
poplar. A thousand people were ou
that platform and it never settled a
hundredth part of an inch. Talk to
me about not knowing anything about
the platform! . If you'll come down to
the cove where they held their barbe
cue I'll show you the platform stand
ing yet:" Washington Star.
York, is called the "Singing Battalion,"
and is attached to the Western divis
ion, which has its headquarters at Chi
cago. Its members are all women offi
cers of the army, and have been se
lected with a special view to their
comeliness. As a result the new corps
makes a charming appearance, and, as
each of these pretty girls is attired in
the costume of her native country, the
effect is extremely picturesque. The
idea of organizing this band of singers
of all nations grew out of a desire on
the part of the army commanders in
different sections to reach people of
every nationality in the most direct
There were plenty
of fine singers in the army, but they
bers of the army belonging to all the
different countries represented in the
various audiences. So pretty girls
from Japan, Russia, Roumania,
Sweden, France, Scotland, Holland
and even Turkey, were pressed into
service and instructed to provide them
selves with becoming costumes, mod
elled after those common to their sev
eral countries. The result was that
this novel band is creating a furor
through Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan
and the other Western states which it
has visited. In the coal and iron min
ing districts which are scattered
would otherwise have remained away.
Often when a little family of Swedes
or Polanders, for instance, have sat I
through one of the Singing Battalion's
concerts one of the men will leave his
seat and, stepping up to the young offi
cer who happens to wear the costume
of his country, address her in his cwn .
language. His delight is touching
when he hears her kindly response in '
his own familiar tongue. The dia
logue, which is as much enjoyed by
one as the other, usually ends by the
army lassie joining the family group
and volunteering to sing for them re-
thickly over these states, a large pro- ligious songs with which they have
portion of the workmen are foreigners, been familiar since childhood. New
and when they discovered that the York Journal.
llygiealc Writing Paper.
Among the latest things in station
ery is a writing paper which is spe
cially manufactured for the prevention
of the spreading by letters of various
forms of infectious diseases. Everyone
is aware that in receiving letters from
disease-stricken places, at home or
abroad, they run a certain amount of
risk. This stationery is said to be ren
dered contagion-proof. The paper is
so impregnated with antiseptics that
all deleterious organisms adhering to
it are rendered inert, even though a
fever-stricken person write or touci
the letter. Invention.
Wild animals by the thousands come
right out of the solid rocks. Fishes
with legs come from the lakes and
drown all within their reach. Fire and
smoke and horrible groans and howls
fill the air on all sides.
To see the weird aspect of this un
canny region is best to select that time
of the month when the moon is full.
The most interesting portion is in a
canyon that opens on the north side
of the range, and if an explorer will
manage to get about ten miles into
this during the daytime, and, after se
lecting a quiet spot, wait for the moon
to rise, he can have an experience he
will never forget. But don't go unless
your nerves are strong. .
In most parts of the world silerce
comes with the night. Just the reverse
seems to be the case in the Supersti
tion mountains. Or is this imagina
tion? But suddenly the air is rent
with the most unearthly shriek that I
ever fell oa mortal ears. Again and J
again it comes and rolls and echoes
through the canyons, getting weirder
with each reverberation. The cry is
taken up on all sides until the moun
tains seem like pandemonium.
, ui nerve yourseu ana pass on. Keep
to the bottom of the canyon and you
will be in no danger of a fall. Silence
will come again and if you keep on you
will soon come to a cone shaped moun
tain rising before you. Approach clos-
pr and a onstlo l narfsxt ac -ri. -..
To Locate a Poactare. tht ,.... -f fi,- Wi,: ,
Th CU!t.?f"Lm.etd.of locatiQS a: Perched on its summit When near
enough, a soft muflled sound of foot
steps will be heard. What is it? By
looking carefully a procession of pan
thers can be seen walking around the
cone shaped mountain, as if guarding
the castle on the summit
Round and round they go, looking
neither to right nor left, and though
considerable noise is made they will
not notice it Many old hunters sav
mountains, so that when daylight
comes he will feel as if he has been to
the infernal regions or with Alice in
Wonderland.
Clearness of Lake Superior.
"I have often read of the wonderful
clearness of the waters of Lake Supe
rior." said E. F. Lane, of Hannibal,
Mo., "but I never realized it until I
saw It about three weeks ago. I was
at Marquette and took a sail on the
lake, going about forty miles. As we
n eared the shore, the bottom of the
lake was so attractive with its white
sand that I felt like wading in to
shore. The water appeared to be
about two feet deep. I took off my
stockings, rolled my trousers up to my
knees, and slid into the water. In a
moment I was completely submerged,
and it was so unexpected that I did not
close my mouth, and swallowed enough
of the liquid to render me powerless to
swim. I was unconscious when they
j pulled me into the boat, and when they
revived me and told me the water was
eight feet deep where I stepped off, I
realized the deptiveness of a clear
lake with a white sand" bottom."
Washington Star.
WORTH KNOWING.
Two wealthy Hebrew's of Bagdad
cow own all that remains of the an
cient town of Babylon.
Three hundred thousand tons ol
vegetables, valued at ?2o,000,000, were
old in the city of Paris In 1895,
Six couples living within a circuit ol
one milo at Milford, N. H., have cele
brated their golden wedding anniver
saries. A floral bicycle was the funeral trib
ute recently made by a Lewiston (Me.;
hot-house for bereaved cyclomaniac
friends of a young man who had live;:
there.
A strange in Manistique, Mich., re
cently engaged eighty .men to work or
the railroad. They were grateful, and
bought him drinks for a week before
they found out it was a trick.
Prairie schooners bound East are tin
spectacles to which Nebraskans arounc
Arapahoe are treated now. The peo
ple are being forced away from tht
Southwestern country by drought.
Seaweed, though not the diet for an
epicure, is, when dry, richer than oat
meal or Indian corn in nitrogenous
constituents, and takes rank among
the most nutritious of vegetable foods.
The Japanese are now getting used tc
glass. At first, glass in a railway car
riage window had to be smeared with
streaks of white paint to keep passen
gers from poking their heads through
it.
Hessian graves at Bennington, Vt,
were decorated recently by a 10-year-
old girl whose family is summering
there. It is said to be the first time
that any flowers have been strewp
over them.
A BEMABKABLB CASE.
ILL SINCE GIRLHOOD. NOW A
PICTURE OP HEALTH.
From the Star. Valparaiso, lad
The attention of the Star haviag beea
called to several cases of radical cares
effected by Dr. Williams' Piak PUW for
Pale People, it was determined to in
vestigate some of the mora notable .of
these cases, with a view to disseminat
ing' exact inforaiatioa on tho subject
and benefiting others who were suffer
ing. Prominent amom? thoco who had
experienced benefits from the use of
this remedy was mentioned Mrs. Mary
Noren, wife of John Norea, a prosper
ous farmer, living northeast oi Valpar
aiso, Ind.. an to her a reporter was
accordingly dispatched. x
Mrs. Noren wasfoaad basily etyaared
in household duties, but she found time
to detail her experience, and was willing
and even anxious that the benefits she
had felt should be told for the benefit
of those who had suffered as she did.
"I had been ill sines girlhood with a
complication of complaints," aaidIrs.
Norcn, "never so much as to be con fined
ling1 in bed, but I suffered intense mis
try. My chief trouble was with ray
stomach. I felt a constant gnawing
pain that was at times almost distract- j
injr, and which had been diagnosed by
diiferent physicians as dyspepsia and
sympathetic derangement dependent on
the condition of the generative organs.
I had pains iu tbc back, sometimes so
great as to make me anable to work,
und frequent bilious attacks. I also
suffered greatly from constipation, from
which I never could find permanent re
lief. Then these symptoms were agra-
vated by rheumatic pains between the
shoulder blades, which were most ex
cruciating in damp or cold weather.
After my marriage about five yeara
a;;o, and when my baby was Lorn the
trouble seemed to increase, and I was
frequently so sick that I could not do
my household work. I tried different
physicians and used numerous remedies
but all in vain, until one day last fall I
happened to read of Dr. Williams I'ink
Pills for Pale People. My husband got
three boxes from Mr. C. D. Kusliton.
the druggist, and I began to use them.
From the first I began to fcei relief,
and before the three boxes were gone
I was nearly well. 'Ihc constipation
was cured and the other troubles were
so much relieved that I feit better than
I had felt for years. As I continued in
the use of the pills I grew better and
strong-, my appetite was more natural,
and my llesh increased, until I am in
the condition you see me now."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in
n condensed form, all the elements nec
essary to give new life and richness to
the blood aiid restore shattered nerves.
Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or
will be sent postpaid on receipt of price,
50 cents a box, or six boxes for 2.50
(they are never sold in bulk or by the
100.) by addressing Dr. Williams' Med
icine Company, Schenectady, X. Y.
Id It for Him.
Young Lawyer Why do you take
that case when there is nothing in it?
Old Lawyer Nothing in it? Blunt
paid me a big retainer, and I'm charg
ing him S50 a day daring tiie triaL
Detroit Free Press.
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Fkakk Koher.
Dicycie puncture is to immerse the
wheel in a tub of water, and wherever
the bubbles show there will be found
a puncture. On occasions, however,
the air pressure is not sufficient to'
create bubbles. In such cases smr
some thin soap lather over the tire and
a soap bubble will form over the punc
ture, no matter how small it is.
Cigarette Smoker Taras Green.
A young man living in Breedville,
Mich., is turning green from the use of ,
cigarettes. Most cigarette smokers I will not attacv him
Peach Marmalade.
Delicious peach marmalade may be
made from very ripe, soft peaches,
wiped carefully, but not peeled; cut In
halves, remove the stones; allow half a
pound of sugar to every pound of
peaches. Put the peaches in a pre
serve kettle, add water to cover, and
bring slowly to a boll; stir and mash
the peaches; add the sugar with a
handful of peach kernels pounded to a
paste, boil and stir until thick and
smooth, being careful not to scorch;
put away in glass jars. Apple and
pear marmalade may be made in the
same way.
feet into the rock and plugged with
wood and clay. After the thermome
ters had remained in place three
months the holes were opened and the
results obtained. The highest tempera
ture recorded at a depth of 4,580 feet
was 79 degrees Fahrenheit. At a depth
of ten feet the rock temperature was
59 degrees. Between these limits there
was a column of rock, or 4,475 feet,
with a difference of temperature of 20
degrees, or an average increase of 1
degree for each 223.7 feet. The obscr- ' West Unfon Gazette.
FLASHES OP PUN.
He My life without you will be a
lonely one. The Heiress But think
how busy you will have to be. Life.
He Have you any reason for doubt
ing what I say? She Yes, I have. He
What Is It? She I don't believe you.
Puck.
Tourist (presenting his opened Baed
eker to the coachman) Here, driver, I
want to see the first four pages. Flie
gende Blaetter.
"It's all over." As the woman ut
tered these words she dropped to the
floor. The babv had spilled the ink.
vations in the St. Gothard tunnel gave
an increase of 1 degree for each CO feet
and those of Lord Kelvin elsewhere
made the increase degree for each 51
feet. The thickness of the crust of tho
earth deduced from Lord Kelvin's rate
of increase of temperature downward
was twenty miles; from the St. Gothard
rate, twenty-six miles. Prof. Agassiz'
rate would make the crust over eighty
miles thick. It is conceded, however,
that the close proximity of the enor
mous mass of cold water in Lake Su
perior is a possible source of error in
observation made in the Calumet and
Hecla mine. Popular Science Monthly.
"Let's go shopping to-day, Tess." "I
can't, Bess; I've lots of things to buy
to-day. I've nothing to do to-morrow,
I'll go then." New York Sun.
"Is Miss Cahoots in?" inquired the
I caller. "That depends on you. Are
i yez Misther Jones?" said Bridget.
"Yes." "She's gon' out." Harper's
Bazar.
Canny Is MIs3 Wilbur at home?
Xorah No, sorr. Canny Well, go up
stairs and ask her when she will be at
home. Norah (going) Yis, sorr. Har
per's Bazar.
The Arabs hnrhnr n ennereiin.. .i,
that it is possible for a man to walk the stork is a h!ni nf n m m
right across the line and the panthers one of them builds its nest on a hou-e-
Jtop, the occunants of the house be-
i&KV UlUIlf Sir iaaaaa vropn irncffl ttlAt K. I w .
the ractlfca. e . T?' P tDe amy0n are ranMroU8 . lie t"t thoir happiness is insured for
i auivaes iqio wmen tne mooniigut zalis. . a year.
"SCRAPS."
The moment a lie is born, it begins
to run.
No receptacle has ever been made
strong enough to resist the power o!
freezing water.
The gold fields in Paulding county,
Georgia, are being developed, and have
proved quite productive.
Burnham, the scout who 6hot the
chief instigator of the Matabele war, is
home in Pasadena, CaU
According to the statistics of the
Department of Agriculture, wheat land
in Kansas rents at ?2.10 per acre.
A report has been circulated in Lon
don that as soon as Dr. Jameson is lib
erated he will marry a beautiful
peeress.
Gadzooks Did the play go lac:
night? "Zounds Well, hardly; but you
ought to have seen the audience. New
York Tribune;
Texas.
In the agricultural line, Texas leads
all other states in the variety of its
products. Cotton, corn, and the cereals
rrow and are raised in every section of
the state and in the central and south
ern portions su?ar cane and sorghum
cane are prolitably cultivated. On the
Gulf Coast two or three crops of veg
etables are raised each year. Berries
are shipped six weeks in advance of
the home crop in the north. Pears,
peaches, plums, oranges, figs, olives,
and nuts all grow abundantly and can
be marketed from two to three weeks
in advauce of the California crops.
Large quantities of rice arc now grown.
If the land seeker, the home seeker,
and the settler desires to secure a
farm larger than the one he occupies,
on vastly more reasonable terms; if be
wants more land to cultivate, a greater
variety of crops to harvest, with pro
portionately increased remuneration,
at a less outlay for cost of production;
if he wants an earlier season, with
correspondingly higher prices; if ho
wants milder winter, all the year pas
turage for his stock, improved health,
increased bodily comforts and wealth
and prosperity he should o to Texas.
bend for pamphlet descriptive ox the
resources of this great state (mailed
free). Low rate home seekers' excur
sions via the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railway on Tuesday, November 17th,
December 1st and 15th, 1S9C II. A.
Cherrier Northern Passenger agent, 326
Marquette Building, Chicago, 111.
I'ucktrlieat for Cleauing.
Nn matter how large the spot of oil,
a ny carp.et or woolen stuff can be
cleansed by applying buckwheat plen
tifully, brushing it into a dustpan after
a short time, and putting on fresh un
til the oil has disappeared.
For Free Distribution.
The Cotton Belt Route has had pub
lished a series of attractive pamphlets,
beautifully illustrated, which set forth
in a clear and concise manner the won
derful resources of the States of Arkan
sas, Louisiana and Texas, commonly
' known as "The Great South-west."
The information contained in these
pamphlets is thoroughly reliable, being
compiled from the Lest sources and
each one is complete in itself. Much
interest is being taken in them, and
the general good they are doing in up
building the country traversed by the
Cotton Belt Route is commendable.
The pamphlets are entitled "Homes
in the Xouth-west." Texas," "Truth
About Arkansas," "Glimpses of South
cast Missouri, Arkansas and Louisi
ana," "Lands for Sale Along the Cotton
Belt Route."
These books are for free distribution
and will be cheerfully sent to any ad
dress free, upon application to E. XV.
Lalleaume, Gen'l Passenger and Ticket
Agent, St. Louis, Mo.
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD. 1
STOCKHOLDERS.
GCRHARD LOSEKE, J. IlEMir WORDCMAN,
Clark Gray. Henry Losekb.
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Rebecca Becker, 11. 31. Wi.nslow.
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eaoalts; buy aad aelt exobanga oa UaHaa
States and Kurope, and buy and sell avails
able securities. We shall be pleased to re
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In making a salad of fish, if you add
a little encumber pickle, chonncd verv
. Sunday School Teacher What is the ' fine, to the dish beforethe dressing is
leading doctrine of Christianity? The
Laundryman Kid throw stone
smaehee glass no can catchec for
givum. Pnck.
"Jokey is in hard luck?" "What's the
flutter?" "He has lost that last year's
crop of football jokes which he intend
ed working off on his editor." Phila
delphia North American.
"We girls are going to have a harvest-home
festival." "What! to show
big pumpkins and things?" "No such
nonsense engagement rings and pho
tographs." Chicago Record.
"There doesn't seem to be much of a
demand for seats to this performance,"
said the star. "No," said the manager,
as he ran over a bundle of dead-head
Ctflu : aai : Metallic : Cases!
MRPtiTing of att kinds of Uphot
feryGaodt,
4f OLTjinc.iroAsmx
poured over, you will greatly im- i
prove IL I
In all lives there is a crisis in the
formation of character. It comes '
from many causes, and from somo
which on the surface are apparently
I trivial, but the result hi the same a j
sudden revelation to ourselves of oar
i secret purposes, and a recognition of
our perhaps long shadowed but now
masterful convictions.
Anything with a meringue over It
should be put in a cool oven and al
lowed to brown slowly if you wish to
have It light A strong heat toughens
meringues.
If a bunch of grape leaves are nut in
the brine in which cucumbers are to be
GoiumDus journal
m TMMnxwn to tcrsmh astthcco
required or a
fznnlraA f. Mf.Mf.n 2. :ii i..i i.
applications; "nothing but requests." ZZ.Z w. '"" " "'" !
-Washington Star. ! tbe cu5ambers 80und an fio, and of
"Dearest!" He stopped reading his ii T, J71 v,
paper long enough to ask what his .hi JSE? J "fft JTf T"
hMtMt HtH wifP inteht want "TVh I m b0llln WatCr " 8tand a
,- ;ir !," ,ino-r, ; - , I rew moments. Throw over them cold
will it be every day or only on Fri
days?" Indianapolis Journal.
water and rub them between the
(lagers, and the skins will readily come
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