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coluMbus; Nebraska. Wednesday. December 9, 1896.
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FROM THE DEAD.
'.Characters: Mrs. Danvers; Miss Elca
4 nor East.
.Bceae: An invalid's boudoir, with sa
bred pictures and large texts for its
Solo adornment sure for a framea
" fcbinet portrait of a voting man,
Which stands, tica with crepe, oaJ a
email table near Mrs. Danver
- couch.
Servant (ushering in a young lady,
rosy from the effects of a brisk winter
walk) Miss East, ma'am.
Mrs. Dangers (half rising) How
good of you to come, dear Eleanor.
Eleanor How more than good for
you to send for me! (Reaching the
coitfh she bends to rhake hands, but,
changing fer.mihd, impulsively kisses
net friend.) (l was only too glad to get
ycurf message.
Mrs. t)anvers (retaining her) The
.same old Nellie! (Sighs.) Sit down,
dear, there, in that low chair near me.
Eleanor (seating herself) My favor
ite old chair, as creaky as ever.
Mrs. Danvers Like its mistress.
.(Sadly.) And like her, too, it outlasts
more valuable things.
Eleanor (impulsively) 0, don't (Af
ter a pause.) How natural it seems to
be here again everything about you
la exactly the same (falters, with fur
tive glance at the photograph) the
same, I mean, as it alwajs was when
yoii, were alone.
Mrs. Danvers My dear, you surely
did not expect any change in me and
my surroundings in lx months?
Eleanor No. I suppose not. Only,
you see, I have had so many changes
In that time. It seems an eternity to
me. But you were always like the
brook: "Men may come and men may
BO "
Mrs. Danvers Rather a dreary quo
tation for me. One man went aurt
the light of my life went with him;
(with an effort) but it is of the man
who has come that I want to speak.
ieanor (starting) Yes?
Mrs. Danvers I want,, of course, to
congratulate you. I felt I must see you
before you were married to tell you,
dear, that I wish you every blessing
earth, and still more, heaven, can be
stow. Eleanor (calmly) Thanks, dear Mrs.
Danvers. I hope, I think, I ought to
be happy.
Mrs. Danvers I hear everything
good of Maj. Wrenford.
Eleanor I suspect that for once
Dime Rumor can get hold of nothing
btlt good to say.
Mrs. Danvers I am glad. (After a
slight pause.) It was hard, but I am
now reconciled to tho bitterest trial of
my life.
Eleanor Mrs. Danvers!
Mrs. Danvers Yes, I have felt bit
ter; t have been very rebellious against
heaven for taking my dear boy. but
now I see It has been for the best.
Eleanor I do not understand you. 1
have never understood your refusing
to see me, rejecting my love, my sym
pathy, in your sorrow.
Mrs. Danvers I hare sent for you to
tell you all about it But, O, Nelly, you
might have suspected how hard it was
to feel that Frank's devotion was
thrown away.
Eleanor (in a low tone) Frank's de
votion thrown away?
Mrs. Danvers You must have seen
how ho loved you, poor boy; and the
news of your engagement must have
struck him cruelly.
Eleanor How could it? For I was
not engaged until long after.
Mrs. Danvers I heard you were,
shortly after Frank went abroad. It
was the first time Maj. Wrenford came
I OUGHT TO BE HAPPY.
down. Surely it was then.
Eleanor I refused him then.
Mrs. Danvers (in some trepidation)
O, Nelly, is that so? And why?
Eleanor I did not care for him.
Mrs. Danvers (starting up) I be
lieved it I told Frank, and he was
ill when my letter reached him. (Sinks
back.) Yet I did it for the best I
made It a matter of prayer, I remem
ber. Eleanor He was 111? And you wrote
him that?
Mrs. Danvers I wanted him to give
up useless hope. But I suppose O, I
dare not suppose
Eleanor (with an effort) No, don't
suppose anything that will give you
pain. (Rises.) I am sure this agita
tion is bad for you. I must go.
Mrs. Danvers No, not yet; I have
more to say. The room is too warm,
dear; throw aside your cloak, you look
faint
Eleanor It is such a 6udden change
from outside.
Mrs. Danvers Into an invalid's at
mosphere. I understand. Well, Nelly,
I am thankful you are marrying this
good man, as I said. At first I felt
angry, and I could not see you. But
now I am glad. And so I was mis
taken about it before.
Eleanor Quite mistaken.
Mrs. Danvers (nervously) Yet I wa6
only anticipating, after all. I couldn't
have been permitted to make a worse
error, could I? I, who loved him so.
Eleanor (bitterly) Does love keep
one from making mistakes?
Mrs. Danvers It must
Eleanor Do you know that all you
ell me is a surprise? Frank never
spoke and we were like brother and
'sister. How was I to believe it?
Mrs. Danvers No, I begged him to
wait I knew your father would not
consider him, a vicar's son, a suitable
match for Miss East of the Towers. I
did-it for the best
Eleanor No doubt And so you have
ent for me to say that you forgive me
for being ignorant of Frank's love,
which he kept unspoken at your re
quest and for being reported as en
. gaged when I was not?
Mrs. Danvers Dear Nelly, your tone
hurts e do sot be so sarcastic. (Her
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eyes fill with tears, and Miss East, af
ter a moment's hesitation, kneels down
beside her.)
Eleanor I am sorry I hurt you. Had
you anything more to tell me?
Mrs. Danvers Not to tell you, hut
something to give you. It came four
months ago, with my boy's last lettei.
Forgive me that I could not give it be
fore. (Feels under her pillow and pro
duces a case.)
Eleanpr (in tears) Shall I open it?
Mrs. Danvers Yes, love. Thank you
for those tears you always had a kind
heart There, ten't it a pretty brace
let? He meant you to have it on your
birthday, but now it must he his wed
ding gift to you. And he is dead!
Heaven's will be done!
Eleanor (to herself) Heaven's will
that's what we call our blunders.
(Aloud.) And I am to be married to
morrowi London Black and White.
OCEANS OF SOUP.
Enormous Yearly Output of
the Can-
nine Factories.
There is enough canned soup sold
each year to float half a hundred war
bhips. At least, that is what a man
in the business of preparing the stuff
says, according to the New York Mail
and Express. He has been fifteen years
canning goods of all kinds and he says
that no branch of the trade has made
such strides as the soup industry. Last
year was the most successful in his
experience, he adds, and the chefs and
workmen in his factory worked on an
aerage of eight hours a day only.
This season pi onuses to be a record
breaker, and for the last five months
tho full force has been engaged on an
average of eleven hours a day turning
out eoup. "Last year," he remarked,
in giving details of the great industry,
"we canned 2,350,000 gallons of it. It
would be possible to flood the entire
Erie canal with this quantity of soup
turned cut annually here and else
where. This year, judging by the way
we have started off, our output will be
over 3,000,000 gallons. Canned soup
has become popular for various rea
sons. In the first place, it can be pur
chased cheaper than it is possible for
the housewife to make it. Then, again,
there is no bother attached to its con
sumption. It needs no seasoning and
docs not have to be cooked. All that
is required is to heat it The cans are
prepared with the greatest of care and
will stand any sort of climate, whether
it be the torrid zone or the blustering
arctic. There are, of course, more than
one hundred kinds of soup prepared at
our cannery. Tiie most popular, how
ever, number about fourteen. They
are the oxtail, beef, chicken, mock tur
tle, pea, tomato, green turtle, terrapin,
consomme, mulligatawney, maccaroni.
vermicelli, julienne and okra or gum
bo. The best materials are used in the
construction of the soups and we have
some of the best Parisian chefs obtain
able, who prepare the stuff. We exer
cise as much care and regard for clean
liness at our factory as is observed
in any kitchen, private or public. All
our soups aro put up in quart cans,
which is suflicicnt to supply seven or
eight persons. The soups vary in price.
The average for the ordinary cans is
about 30 cents each. The more deli
cate soups sell for 70 cents a quart"
"STONE OF SCONE."
The KntoririsInjr Schoollxiy Who Slept
iu the Cornation Clmir.
It is a long walk from the dining
rcom of the Westminster school to the
coronation chair, which stands behind
the old stone screen just back of the
altar in the abbey, but there is an in
teresting connection between the two,
says St. Nicholas. This chair, as is
well known, is a rude, heavy oak
chair, much worn by time. It con
tains the "Stone of Scone" and was I
made the order of Edward I. in 1297
and every English sovereign since then
has sat in it to be crowned. A stout
railing in front of the chair restrains
the crowd of visitors from coming near,
but if they were allowed to examine
it as closely as I was fortunate enough
to do they would find cut boldly into
the solid oak seat in such sprawling
letters as the schoolboy's knife makes
upon his desk: "P. Abbott slept in this
chair Jan. 4, 1801." P. Abbott, it seems,
was a Westminster schoolboy and a
tradition, which there is every reason
to believe is true, tells that he made
a wager with a schoolmate that he dare
stay in the abbey all night alone. In
order to win his wager he hid in some
corner of the old building, until the
doors were locked for the night and
thus was left alone there. Fearing,
however, that when morning came the
bo' with whom he had made the bet
would disbelieve his statement that
he had won it he determined to have
some proof of the fact, and so spent
the hours of the early morning in carv
ing on the coronation chair the sen
tence which even now, nearly a cen
tury after, bears witness for him. It
is disappointing that the tradition docs
not record just what form and amount
of punishment was visited upon the lad
for his escapade and that history does
not tell us of his later years. I won
der whether the courage and grit which
this deed manifested foretold an ener
getic, successful life or was dissipated
in mere bravado.
An Kye to Itulnc.
"I was directed to you as the leading
huckster of this county," said Mr.
Stormington Barnes.
"That's what I am," was the reply.
"An' by watching the corners closely I
have built up a business in eggs and
vegetables that I'm proud of."
"Of course. There are varieties of
greatness. Jusf as I am a great actor
you are a great huckster. I wish to
offer you an opportunity for an in
vestment that is right in your line."
" Tain't in a show ticket, then."
"Of course not I want to know how
much you will pay me for the sweep-ing-up
privileges after my perform
ance to-morrow night" Washington
Star.
Apples to Burn.
Five hundred and eighty barrels of
apples have been washed ashore at Co
cb ester, on Lake Michigan, and as the
fiit is on a sand beach many miles
from a railroad the underwriters of
Chicago telegraphed the Ccchester peo
ple to eat the apples.
Perseverance and audacity generally
wis.
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A ' I (MjMU Mlilfll 5 I TIPPING IN SPAIN.
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In the San Gabriel Valley, in South
ern California, lives the youngest
great-grandmother in the United
States. She is a handsome, vivacious
woman just entering middle life. She
was a mother at 15, a grandmother at
30 and a great-grandmother at 46. That
is the record that has made Mrs. Jen
nie Nelson the youngest great-grandmother
In the country.
Mrs. Nelson was born in San Ber
nardino, Cal., in May, 1850. Her mother
was a Spanish woman-and her father
an Englishman. Mrs. Nelson's maiden
name was Jennie Fawcett. There were
less than fifty white people in the old
Mexican and Indian town of San Ber
nardino when she was a little girl, and
there was no settlement of whites near
er than Los Angeles ninety miles to
the west. It was natural that these
few white families there should be very
intimate with one another. So, when
Miss Jennie was 14 years old, she was
married by a Methodist missionary to
the son of the Fawcett family's best
friends, the Nelsons. The husband,
George Nelson, was then 19, but he had
seen so much of hardships on the bor
derland of civilization in the south
west that he seemed like a sedate, hard
headed pioneer of 30.
March 9, 1865, when the bride lacked
two months of completing her fifteen
pears, her first chiId was born It was a
t girl- The youthful family moved to
ban Diego a year later, and there, in
the course of eleven years, six more
children were born. The eldest was
named Isabclle. She was famous in
the little pueblo of San Diego in those
days as the prettiest girl in town. A
dashing young Yankee, Earl E. Phelps,
came down the Pacific Coast from San
Francisco to San Diego in 1S79. He
had recently been graduated from Cor
nell University. He fell in love with
Miss Isabelle, who was then a girl in
short dresses. One day young Phelps
and the school girl came home from the
drive married. June 12, 1SS0, their
first child, a girl, was born in the
Phelps ranch home. The mother was
13 years and 3 months old, and the
grandmother, Mrs. Nelson, was 30.
The grandchild, Amelia, has grown
to girlhood. Last year she became en
gaged to a young Orange county ranch
man, Henry W. Walker, and a few
weeks thereafter she was married. A
month ago, at the age of 16 years and 3
months, Mrs. Amelia Walker became
the mother of a little boy.
There are several uncommon facts in
connection with these generations of
youthful mothers. One is that the
great-grandchild recently born is a
week older than an aunt, who was
born to his grandmother on Sept. 20,
and is hut two years younger than a
grand-uncle, born to his great-grandmother
in 1894. Baby Walker's father
is 20 years old, his grandfather has just
passed his 35th birthday, and his great
grandfather Nelson is barely 49. The
great-grandparents have nine children,
aged from 2 to 30 years; eighteen grand
children, aged from 1 month to 15
years, and one great-grandchild. None
of their descendants has ever died.
The little Walker baby has also four
great-great-grandparents, who are
more than 70 years of age.
A Wax Sprin?.
"I believe that Utah will one day
produce more mineral wealth than any
state in the entire country," remarked
a gentleman who had at one time made
a tour of the country. "When I was
in the then territory, I made a pros
pecting trip into the Uintah reserva
tion, located in the northeastern cor
ner of the state. During the trip my
self and partner came upon one of the
most remarkable curiosities in the west,
a spring of mineral wax. Enough had
bubbled out upon the surface of the
ground to have satisfied the demand
for ten years. It was then worth $4
a pound, and was used for the insula
tion of electric wires, yet there was
enough in sight at half the price to
have made us two rich for life, if we
could have carried it to market Two
things stood in the way the mandate
of the government and the difficulty of
transporting the stuff overland some
several hundred miles into Provo. One
of these days the reservation will be
turned into the public domain and the
wealth it contains will flow into some
body's pockets. As it is now, not a
soul is permitted to trouble a single
one of its resources. Well, we passed
on and left the spring with a sigh that
might have been heard at 'Frisco."
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Only That mad Xothinjr More.
Attorney It is stated, sir, that you
berated this plaintiff, and then assailed
him with a dangerous missile. De
fendant Oi didn't do notin' av th'
koind. Oi called 'im a lyin' pup an' hit
'im wid a brick. Dhat was alL Cleve
land Leader.
The ProHt Don't Please.
An eastern farmer recently shipped
a lot of apples to England. He was not
delighted when he received a profit on
tkem of a cent a barrel.
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PERIWINKLE FAD.
Cockney Shell n-,h Delicacy Crown in th
Water of the Sou ml.
One of the cnief dishes in the cock
ney bill of fare in England is the peri
winkle, a shellfish resembling in shape
the common snail, says the New York
Journal. It has hitherto been practi
cally unknown to American epicures
and is said to be greatly inferior to the
species of shellfish eaten in this coun
try. Of late periwinkles have been offered
for sale in a number of stores patron
ized by the New York colony of cock
neys. It is said that all of the peri
winkles sold in New York come from
New "Rochclle. An Englishman living
there was in the habit of importing
them for his own use. One consign
ment was much larger than he ex
pected or wanted, and he concluded
to try an experiment and see if they
could be grown in this country.
He dumped about a bushel in the
sound, and, to his surprise and pleas
ure, they seemed to thrive as well there
as in their native English waters. They
multiplied rapidly and he not only
found it unnecessary to import any
more but had more than he could pos
sibly use. So he has placed them on
sale- and is deriving a considerable
revenue from them.
A Sunt In Permutations.
The Yale lock manufacturers have
proved that in a patent lock having
six "steps," each capable of being re
duced in height twenty times, the num
ber of changes or combinations will be
80,400. Further, that as the drill pin
and the pipes of the keys may be made
of three different sizes, the total num
ber of changes will be 2,592,000. In keys
of the smallest size the total number
of changes through which they can be
run is 648,600, while in those of large
the number can be increased to not
less than 7,776,000 different changes.
This is not so surprising when we find
on turning up an arithmetic book that
the number of changes that can be
rung on twenty-four bells is 620,448,
401,733,239,439,360,000. Insulting a Police Official.
A queer case of insult of
officials came up recently in a
Berlin police court A stone
mason was ordered by a police lieuten
ant to remove some stones from the
highway. He answered in a loud voice
that he would do so. The lieuten
ant objected to the tone of the answer,
and arrested him. At the trial the man
pleaded that he had used his natural
voice, and the court refused to fine him,
Lut reprimanded him for behaving in
sultingly. Repnlsed.
"Yoii are asking for alms, are you?"
asked a benevolent individual of a crip
pled beggar.
"No, sir," replied the unfortunate
man. "I have my arms all right, but
if yon could get me a good cork leg
I'd be forever in debt to you, sir."
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
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The System There Has Developed Into
a Positive Curse.
Extortion is rife and the tipping sys
tem has developed into a positive curse,
although for this we who tip
must be held primarily re
sponsible, says Chambers' Jour
nal. "My poor carabineers must
live somehow, th&ir pay IS next to noth
ing!" replied a Cadiz custom-house of
ficial of position to a visitor who had
complained that after his luggage had
actually passed examination a carabi
neer had pounced on it, insisting upon
it being re-examined. By which he
clearly meant that all inconvenience
and unpleasantness might have been
avoided by the judicious outlay of a
peseta. The one consoling feature of
the tipping plague in Spain is that
the Spaniard is satisfied with a very
little. The uniformed official, whose
counterpart at home would not conde
scend to accept a tip, gives a hearty
muches gracias for a couple of reals
five-pence. The extortion to which
the visitor Is exposed is principally
practiced by the hotel-keepers. Some
sort of excuse, perhaps, may be made
for the custom among Seville landlords
of doubling their rates during holy
week and the annual four days fair,
but why Granada, a long day's jour
ney off, should follow suit, is difficult
to comprehend. Hotels have much im
proved in Spain outside of Madrid and
Seville during the last few years, al
though very' much remains to be done
before strangers can be induced to re
main in such towns as Burgos, Segovia,
Salamanca and Valladolid for an hour
longer than it is absolutely necessary
for the seeing of the sights there. But
first-class rates are charged for what
is nothing more than third-class ac
commodation and often for what is
very much worse. In very few cities
except the great centers of business
and pleasure, is there more than one
hotel at which a civilized traveler can
put up, and the owners of these hotels,
knowing the fact, gather in their har
vest. Trains in Spain usually start
at unholy hours in the morning and the
hotel landlords take advantage of this
fact to carry out the national "to-morrow"
creed with adroitness. Guests
who intend to leave by the 4 or C a.
m. train usually demand their bills
overnight, but some excuse is invaria
bly forthcoming which enables the
landlord to present his bill the next
morning when it is half dark and the
departing guest is but half awake and
the railway omnibus is at the door
and every minute is precious, the re
sult being that the victim pays just
what is put down, unless he chooses
to argue the case and lose his train,
as often as not the only one of the
day. A rule which should never be
neglected is to have your agreement
for prices to be paid thoroughly under
stood beforehand. Generally it is ad
visable to write for rooms ahead, so
that an answer in black and white is
received, which effectually checks the
extortion which will assuredly be at
tempted. Impudence.
Mr. Clubman My private secretary,
young Nicefellow, says he is an ac
quaintance of yours. Miss Citybelle
What impudence! I never met him ex
cept at the seaside, and last summer I
even refueed to become engaged to
him again. New York Weekly.
(Setting Him Ready.
Wife (in usual strain) Archibald,
have ysu taken a drink to-day? Arch
ibaldNo, my dear, on honor. Wife
Well, go out and take two. I have a
milliner's bill for your consideration.
Exchange.
NOVELTIES IN SILVER.
Jelly-slicers are obtainable in
and silver.
Mustache combs and brushes
gold
arc
mounted in Roman colored gold.
Gate purses in gold and silver are
now furnished with chain and hcok.
A gilding over silver, known as rose
gold, is a novelty for puree and bag
clasps.
The present style of dress demands
for its enrichment gem-set and gold
ornaments.
rerscnal ornaments of the Louis XIV
period are faithfully delineated in mod
ern jewelry.
Miniature tea sets, in solid silver, are
numbered with expensive toys for the
modern nursery.
The new sugar and cream holders in
cut glass include several size3 and
many and varying shapes.
Very handsome is the banquet lamp
standing on a silver pedestal and show
ing fluted columns In palatine and gold.
Silver candlesticks are more used
than ever for table decoration, and
their bright colored shades are an im
portant feature.
Chatelaine bat's of white seal, with
filigree silver clasps, are designed with
a view to meeting the requirements of
the summer girl.
Howso "I can do my best work
when it is hot." Cumso "What a great
future you have before you!" Life.
ROMANCE OF A HANGMAN.
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I fcjtraordlaary tC:orj of aa Australian
Otfrk Ketch,
Mysterious &ia?pffirance seems
be the inevitable fate ul scarry every
hangman, the latest to fade sfteritly
sway being the official hangman of
tricteria, New South Wales, says the
NeV YoYi Seeordef. The man's his
tory is a1 remafkSbte Jm?. He is the
son? 6t a! Wealthy English irianftfcrtrer
and receiver air excellent education.
In 1880 he reached MArnourne under
engagement to a big wine" flftf spirit
firm as head traveler at a salary of io00
per year but after a couple of years of
the work he decided to strike out "on
his own" and bought a suburban hotel.
This M kept with fair success until
1885; when he sold cit afld returned to
England. There he received a fnittk of
5,000 from h'is fn'ttier for the purpose
of starting in business, hn't an eighteen
months' jaunt over Europe and the
states was more to his liking and when
lie arrived in Melbourne he had
scarcely a penny to bless himself with.
Half a dozen temporary wardens being
required at Pentridgc prison he put in
an application and was appointed, and
it was while Ift that capacity that he
became acquainted with Jones, the
hangman, who suicided rather than
fiang Mr. Knorr. There seemed to be
some magnetic sympathy between the
men from the first, for they "palled up"
Immediately and off duty were seldom
seen apart The budding hangman
soon got transferred to the police force.
In 1888 he left the force "for more lu
crative employment," says the records;
but this employment, whatever it vas,
doesn't seem to have lasted long, for in
a few months he is found taking his
first lesson In hangmanship at Ba'lara
jail, when he acted as Jones' assirtanL
He then migrated to Sydney, wheie he
earned an honest living doing a "bit
of flogging" at the various jails. But
the work was laborious; he was ambi
tious. So, when Jones cut his throat
two days before the date of Mrs.
Knorr's hanging,, his chum deferred
weeping over his old friend until he
had penned and posted an application
for the vacant billet. This application
was successful, and, starting by the
next train south, he arrived in Mel
bourne in good time, and the job which
even Jones, the slayer of twenty men,
had ehrunk from committing, was
taken on by his delicately nurtured
and highly educated friend. A little
romance forms a pretty sequel to the
story. Within a month after the
demise of the esteemed Jones the new
hangman led to the altar a blushtag
bride the widow of his predecessor.
BOTTLES MADE OF PAPER.
Will Not Break and Are Better Every
IVar Than Cilas.
The days of the glass bottle are num
bered. It is announced that in the
near future bottles will be made of
paper. A company has been formed
to manufacture them, says the New
York Journal. The advantages claimed
for the paper bottles are many. A
glass bottle is extremely liable to
break, and in case of old wine the
breakage of a bottle in a bin causes
serious loss. The paper bottle, it is
claimed, cannot be broken, unless con
siderable force is used. Bottles have
been made of toughened glass, and
Jars have been covered with n-ickcr
work, but still the breakages occur.
It is claimed that unbreakable paper
bottles will stop this. Paper bottles
can be manufactured for about half the
cost of glass bottles, and can be made
water tight, as well as air-tight As
brewers well know, it is no easy mat
ter to make a glass bottle that is air
tight when beer is the liquor it con
tains. All kinds of experiments have
been made to accomplish this result,
but none has succeeded. With the
paper bottles the matter will be com
paratively easy, as the paper will give
when the cork is driven into the neck
of the bottle and will be scaled per
fectly. Glass bottles, too, will freeze
and their contents spoil. In the pa
per bottles the liquid can defy the ef
forts of the frost king. This will mean
a saving in more ways than one. There
is no occasion for the laborious pack
ing in straw that has to be done in
the case of glass bottles. The paper
bottles being practically unbreakable,
there is no need for straw as a safe
guard against rough treatment while
In transit, and as the papier-mache
will keep the contents warm there need
be no packing to keep the cold out.
The paper bottles are an American
idea, but the trade in them will be car
ried to an parts of the world. No item
of loss in ocean traffic has been great
er than that caused by the breaking of
bottles during the rolling of a'ship in
rough weather. On this account the
paper bottles will fce -welcomed in
every quarter of tha globe where !:
quor is shipped for export.
Olri-Fasliion Clerical .Tolccs.
Few things impressed me more as a
boy than the singular notion the wood
en theologians departed had of what
was a joke and an incisive saying. The
word was generally pronounced as
though spelled "insissive." "Did you
hear," said one of them to myself, be
ing a youthful parson, "of the tremen
dous hit that Dr. Bahoo gave to Ho!o
f ernes Mac Pusner? He said to Hoio
fernes: 'Are not you the minister of St
Silas Fixings?' 'Yes.' 'And your broth
er of St. Ananias?' 'Yes.' 'And your
father of Sappcira?' 'Yes.' 'And your
uncle of Glenstaggers?' 'Yes.' 'AnI
your cousin of Benstodgie?' 'Ye-.?.'
Then Dr. Banco proceeded: 'I hope
you may have as many friends in the
church above as you have in the church
below.' It was very cutting and won
derfully witty." Then my informant
uttered a loud guffaw, repeatedly ex
claiming, "Ha! ha!" or words to that
effect.
I listened in silence, but sought to
put on an expression of due apprecia
tion of a humorous sally, for if I had
uttered my real feeling, which was
that here was a very kind and good
wish for Holofernes but that I could
not for my life see anything either
jocular or cutting in the words used,
I should have made an assured enemy.
Longman's Magazine.
Unnecessary Alarm.
He You must not take me too seri
ously. Miss Pertly No danger. I have
no idea of taking you at all. Detroit
Free Press.
A WOMAN
BOTH PHVSinilN AND PREACH.
tO j ER.
Hrc Or AaoYew. f FartrMse. Kaaaas
ftfark Wor of Frato. for Dr. WU
Uaasa' ftdSr PUkv
From the News. HtffcMnsort, Kans.
Mrs. Grace Andrew, of Partridge.
Kansas, is well known, having vetl In
Partridge for many years. In f?s"
yr she waa a preacher in this lo
cality. h is al well versed in medi
cine, and hef sdvice has been sougnt
in preference to that of the regular
praoirtlower. Mrs. Andrew recently
gave a repto?te the followh interest
ing interview: . .
"Four yeara ago I fcegan suffering
from lumbago and musttrtar rheuma
tism, and for two years grew epntinu
ally worse despite the best efforts or
Ihe leading physicians of the locality.
1 finally tried a box of Dr. W HUams
Pink Pills for Pale People, and fiom the
first began to Improve, and before I
had taken two boxes was entirely
cred. I have never been bothered
since". am enjoying the best or
health. . ,
"I am always ready to speak a good
word for Pink PllW. and have recom
mended them to many o my afflicted
friends, who have, without l aJiRle ex
ception, been greatly benefited or en
tirely cured.
"In one instance a lady friend had
suffered from female weakness for
many years, during which time she wj
practically helpess. I recommended
Pink Pills to her; he secured a box
and 13 now doing all her own house
work and is strong and healthy, at
tributing all to Plr.k Pills."
Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo
ple are a specific for troubles peculiar
to females, such as suppressions. Irreg
ularities and all forms of weakness.
They build Up the blood, and restore
the glow of health to pale and sallow
cheeks. In men ihey effect a radical
cure In all cases arising from mental
worry, overwork or excesses of what
ever nature. They are manufactured
by the Dr. Williams' Medicine Com
pany. Schenectady. N. Y.. and arc sold
by all drtursists at 50 cents a box or six
boxes for $2.50.
NOTES OF THE DAY.
The total population of tnc German
empire is returned at 51.770.2S4.
Gun cases form a prominent part of
the passengers on the Maine trains.
A Memphis man Is in jail with pen
alties aggregating 1,425 years hanging
over him.
Scotchmen have almost entire con
trol of the stone-cutting industries of
New York.
Mr. Labouchere is by no mears an
epicure; broad beans and bacon is his
favorite dish.
In parts of Oxford county, Maine,
bears are said to be more numerous
than partridges.
Six thousand provincial mayors have
been invited to the marriage of the
Prince of Naples.
The gold fields in Paulding county,
Georgia, are being developed, and hav,e
proved quite productive.
Joseph D. Jones, who is ninety-nine
years of age, is said to be the oldest Re
publican voter in Boston.
The marble production in Vermont i3
decreasing, while the granite industry
shows a decided increase.
It was a mighty mean individual that
stole a Guilford (Me.) farmer's prize
squash the night before the fair. Ex
change. From Bologna and Berne, as well aa
from fictitious universities in the
United States, fraudulent medical de
grees are being issued.
Miss Mary Taylor, who Is said to
have been the heroine of the poem,
"Mary Had a Little Lamb," died re
cently at Somerville, Mass.
Ohio's production of coal last year
amounted to the great quantity of 13,
683,879 tons, an increase of 1.773.6C0
tons over the preceding year.
If a pail of water is placed at night
in the room where gentlemen have
been smoking, all smell will be gone in
the morning. Pittsburg Dispatch.
An educated English girl was mar
ried recently to a rich Cingalese mer
chant in Ceylon, according to Hindoo
rites. Her family raised no objections.
The London Spectator says a thou
sand of the Irish constabulary with
rifles would restore the worst mob of
Constantinople to comparative sanity
in ten minutes.
"Grandpap, what makes your noee so
red? Did the witches pinch it when
you were a little baby?" "No, sis; but
er the spirits have since." New
York Recorder.
Grace Did Isabel show the skctchca
she made in the mountains? Celia
Yes. Still, from what I have heard, 1
think the place must be quite pic
turesque. Puck.
The Empress of Russia has present
ed the Second Prussian Dragon
Guards, the regiment of which she is
honorary colonel, with a splendid szt
of silver kettledrums.
The czarina is studying the laws oi
Russia. "How can I be expected to as
sist in the government of my people."
she is said to have declared, "when I
know nothing about their laws?"
As one testimony to the rapid
growth of Palestine's population, it is
stated on good authority that whiie tea
years ago there were only 15,000 resi
dents in Jaffa, to-day there are 42.000.
In 1801 there were only 280,000 per
sons in the limits of the United State?
who spoke German as a mother tongue
now over 7,000,000 of our people, Ger
mans or descendants of Germans, read
and speak that language.
EDUCATIONAL.
In the Hebrew Union College, Cin
cinnati, 73 stndents are enrolled.
The cornerstone of the hall of his
tory of the American University,
Washnigton, D. C, was laid October 21
Pierson Hall, the new Yale dormi
tory, was finished September 18, and
occupied immediately, and cost some
$75,000.
Western Reserve University, of
Cleveland, opens with 275 new student?
the largest number by far that has
ever matriculated in the first week oi
the university year.
The great gift of John D. Rockefeller
to the Park system of Cleveland makes
the situation of Adelbert College and
the College for Women and the pro
fessional schools exceedingly beautifuL
It has been said that the situation of
the buildings is now the finest of any
city college. The campus itself coveri
some thirty acres and, by the addition
of the system of parks in tho midst
of which tie campus is placed, there
.tie sourui iiiiuuicu acies tor me usu :
of the students. i
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