The Taylor County News. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, August 13, 1897 Page: 2 of 6
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sliwoiitjuid tkettendant fatigue. It
j2?nSSii glan to indulge in soine light
KLSHMo for -Uttle time before retir-M'&3m.-?aaiht
the brain is released from
?3Cf"- ocku.7mtnn Snmp nhvsicians have de-
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that a -good 3eal of the present
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Ui persons avLo have been frlghtenea by
4 the old tradition that eating before
leeptag will produce indigestion
ightniare.and general restlessness. It
?ift.abt'1se to' go to bed with the stom-
acft loaded but it is now considered one .
of tbestr aids to rest to partake of
aome"light and pleasant refreshment.
A bowl of beef tea and a biscuit; a glass
of milk and a cracker or two; a light
sandwich; a glass of eggnog; a milk
punch; a little brandy and water; or a.
glass of lemonade often "induce peace-
ful slumbers. Semi-starvation at night
la frequently the cause of nightmares
bad dreams and wakefulness.
The bed should be inviting with
Iresh crisp .sheet fragrant with the
odor of. lavender or rose leaves and the
pillows stuffed with feathers should
be covered with linen. The counter-
pane should be removed the sheet
turned neatly over the warm TTijht
blankets and a down comfortable
placed within easy reach. Guard
against sleeping under heavy bed-clothing;
this prevents ventilation and the
perspiration not being able to escape
from the body returns again and is
reabsorbed by the skin. As a rule peo-
ple tare afraid of the night air entering
"" their sleeping apartments but nothing
is more important to make a person
Bleep well than a good current of fresh
airand nothing more detrimental than
breathing the old dead air again and
again.
Few women value and appreciate the
necessity of a night toilet. The hair
should have the "hundred strokes" of
the brush the teeth careful attention
the mouth well rinsed with myrrh and
water or listerine and water and the
hands carefully washed and annointed
with cold cream wlUeh will keep them
soft and white.
Night is the time to take a warm
bath and this is also an aid to sleep for
the steaming and rubbing produce fa-
tigue. Night is also the proper time
to take a facial steam bath after
which a little cold cream should be ap-
plied. American Queen.
IN MOTHER'S LINE.
Correcting: Itnund Shoulder in Chil-
dren IlcHult of Liuy Uiiltyhooil.
One way to correct round shoulders
In a schoolboy or girl is to teach them
to sleep ou a very stiftly Muffed hair
mattress. -nUli the pillow that lifts the
head but an inch above the level of the
body. A soft bed and plenty of easy
pillows is une of the prime causes of
crooked shoulders among our Ameri-
can children. To sleep with the head
Aery high is a mistake and a soft bed is
by no means the most bcuc ficinl one.
If a mother would hae her boys and
girls possess sturdy legs let her teach
them tlie value of walking as an ex-
ercise. "Every child ought once a day
to walk at least a mile in the open air
while twice that distance will do a
healthy one no harm. This rule natu-
rally does not apply to very little ones
though many a pair of spindling little
legs is the direct result of lazy babyhood
uiiduuoxcrindtiifrfiit nurse and mother.
Children in these the golden days for
youth linger too Jong iu their baby
carriages and wheeled seats and are
far too often carried in some patient
nurse's arms when their own two legs
should be exercising igorously for the
development of symmetry and muscle.
To keep 'healthy little stomachs in
the nursery never sere hot stewed
fruit to the children. Plenty of stewed
fruit and baked apples they should eat
but the3 must be invariably cooked the
day before and dished up cold. The
nursery potatoes ought always to be
baked or boiled in their jackets.
Stewed and fried potatoes or potatoes
boiled without their skins supply
starch with a loss of all the wholesome
potash salts that the skin gives during
the process of cooking into the white
' meat of the vegetable. On the same
principle the iron iu carrots is lost if
they arc cut up and then cooked for
the children's table and the best salad
for youngsters is made of eold boiled
beets cut in small dice and served with
pepper salt and a very little oil am
vinegar. St. Louis Republic.
IIuoiiim in Color.
There is no reason -.hy the cheapest
room should not be tastefully papered.
The papers for the- ceiling border and
main wall are no longer made in con-
trasting color but in a succession of
delicate flower-like tints. These pa
pers at ten cents a roll are often the
daity designs of the best artists. A
' charming yellow room was recently pa-
pered in a design of single yellow pan-
ics strewn over a white ground st riped
with fine lines of satin. The border of
the paper showed eTusterb of yellow
i pansies tied with floating white rib-
bons. The ceiling reproduced the paper
of the side walls in fine faint tints.
'. The entire cost of the paper used in this
room was less'than one didkfr. Still
- another room of srerage sij.c was pa-
pered in Delft blue and white at a simi-
lar price. One of the most charming
-rooms was papered with a satiny-repped
paper in tints of pale French rose color.
Tlie design was a delicate wreath and
scroll Jn small pattern. The dark wal-
nut furniture and the dainty creamy
muslin hanging at the windows and
bed made this a qharming rooni.-
N. Y. Tribune.
Knt Salad.
Pecans walnuts or butternuts mnke
a delicious salad. Have the nut meats
' broken. into pieces and mingle with
twice the quantity of crisp cut celery.
Add-a jna3onnaise dressing and serve
i" iiMLlettuce leaves. Good Housekeeping.
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CHAPTER X. CoxttxtJED.
v -3Iy lear madam said ibe captain
caimly "you-must not useibrcats to
me. I am not accustomed to be talked
to "in the Tiray you have fctken upon
yoursel t to speak. Now tell me what it
is you wish me to do
It is for you to say what you will
do. I am a passenger on board this
ship and am supposed to be under the
protection of its captain. 1 therefore
tell you I have been forcibly detained in
my stateroom ana x aemanu mat mc
person who did this shall be punished."
"You say that Miss Longworth was
the person who did this?"'
' ' "Yes I do..
"Now do you know you -wake a very
eerious charge against that young
lady? A charge that I find it very dif-
ficult to believe. May I as"t you what
reason she had forgoing wAhat you say
she has done?"
"That is a long siorj'. Tom quite pre-
pared to show that she trfed to bribe
me not to send a dispatch uid finding
herself unsuccessful she forcibly de-
tained me in my room until too late
to send the telegram."
The captain pondered ovsr what had
been said to him. -
"Have you any proof of tins charge?"
"Proof! What do you "mean? Do
you doubt my word?"
"1 mean exactly what 1 say. Have
you anything to prove the-lery serious
charge you bring? j
"Certainly n.ot. I havef no proof. If
there had been a witnefs there the
thing would not have happened. If I
cotdd have called for helplt would not
have happened. How coii:d I have any
proof of such an outrage?1'
"Well do you not see that it is im-
possible for me to take action on your
unsupported word? Do yyou nut see
that if you take further 'steps in this
extraordinary affair Misn Longworth
will ask you for proof f what you
state? If she denies acting as you say
the did and you fail to pove your al-
legation it seems to me ttiat you will
be in rather a bad prcdieinent. You
would be liable to a siut for slander.
Just think the matter over calmly for
the rest of the day before ;fou take any
further action upon it J nd I would
strongly advise you to mention this to
nobody on board. Then f to-morrow
you are still in the same f rime of mind
come to me."
Thus dismissed the yfung woman
left the captain's room and met Mr.
Fleming just outside whosnid:
"Look here. Miss Urewsler 1 want to
have a word with you. You were very
curt with me just now."
"Mr. Fleming I do not wish to sjeak
to you."
"Oh that's all right that's all right;
but let me tell you this: You're a
pretty smart young woman and you
"Mr. Fleming. 1 d- uot wih t-' prnk l you."
uae done me out or two Very evil turns
in your life. I huc found out all alxml
thfs affair and it's one o 'the funniest
things 1 ever heard of."
"Very funny isn't it?' snapped the
ypung woman.
"Of course it's very funtiy; but when
it appears in full in the opposition pa-
pers to the Argus perhaps you won't
see the humor of it though everybody
i Ise in New York will tint's one conso-
lation." "What do you mean?"
"1 mean to say Jennie ltrewster that
unless you are a fool .ou will drop
this thing. Don't for Vacn's t1"
let anvbody know ou were treated
by an English girl in the a yon were
'lake my advice say no nuire about it."
"And what business is Jt of ours?"
"It isn't mine at all; Miat is w by 1
am meddling with it A'en't jou well
enough acquainted withlme to know
tLat nothing in the world pleases me
so much as to interfere with other
people's business? I hfjve found out
all about the girl who keot you in anil
a mighty plucky action it was too. 1
have seen that girl on tHe deck and 1
like the cut of her jib. like the way
she walks. Her independence suits me.
She is a girl who would3't giw a man
any trouble now I tell yjui. if he were
lucky enough to win herAnd lam not
going to see that girl put-Jo any trouble
Vy you understand that J"
"And how are you goiwg to prevent
it may I ask?"
"May you ask! 7liy -if course you
may. "i will loll you how'' I niu going to
prevent it.' Simply by retraining you
from doing another thin"? in the mat-
ter." "If you think you cat- do '.hat you
are very much mistaken 1 am going
to have that girl put in prison if there
is a law in the land."
"Well in the first plaf e we. are not
on land and in the second place you
are going to do nothing of the kind;
because if you do I stall po to the
London correspondents of the other
New York papers and give the whole
blessed snap away. I'll tell them how
the smurt and cute Miss-Dolly Dimple
whohasbamboozledso ninny persons in
her life was onco caught in her own
trap; and I slinll inforn; thein how it
"took place. And they'll "be gkul to get
it you bet! It will maF.e quite inter-
esting reading in the Net York opposi-
tion papers some flue Suhday morning
-about a column and a hid f say Won't
there be some swearing in tlie Argus
when that appears? It won't be your
losisg the dispatch youftvere going to
sc-ad but it will be yoir utter idiocy
in making the tkinf puWic nd letting
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Um other papers onto it. Why the
best thing iu the world for you to do
and 4.e only thingik to keep as quiet
aboatt it as possible. I am astonished
at a girl of your sense Dolly making
a public fuss like this when you should
be the very one: trying to keep it quiet."
The newspaper correspondent jpon-
dered on these words.
"And if I keep quietnbouj it will you
do the same?
"Certainly; but you must remember
that if ever you.attcmpt any of ;'our
tricks of interviewing oh me again
outcomes tlus whole thing don't forget
that."
"I won't." saidMiss Jennie Brewster.
And next morning when the captain
was anxiously awaiting her arrival in
his room she did not appear.
CHAPTER XI.
After all if must be admitted that
George Wentworth was a ma') of Fome-
what changeable character. For the
last two or three days he had been mop-
ing around like one who meditated sui-
cide; now he suddenly became the
brightest individual aboard when
every one else was wondering what was
going to happen to the ship. "For a man
to be moody and distraught while dan-
ger was impending was not at all surpris-
ing: but that a man right in the midst
of gloom should suddenly blossom out
into a smiling countenance and a gen-
eral hilarity of manner was something
extraordinary. People thought it. must
be a case of brain trouble. They
watched the yowng man with interest
as he walked with a springy step up
and down deck. Every now and then
a bright smile illuminated his 'ace
and then he seemed to be ashamed that
piople should notice he was feeling
hilarious. When he was alone witih
himself he had a habit of smiting hN
thigh and bursting out into a laugh
that was long and low rather than loud
and boisterous. No one was more as-
tonished at this change than Fleming
the jmlitician. George met him on
deck and to the great surprise of that
worthy gentleman emote him on the
back and said:
"My dear sir I am afraid the other
day. when you spoke to me I answered
a little gruffly I beg to apologize.
Conic and have a drink withmc."
"Oh don't mention it" said Fleming
joyously; "we all of us have our little
down turns now and then. Why I
have myself when liquor is bad or
scarce. You mightn't believe it but
some days I feel away down in the
mouth. It is tni" 1 have a receipt
for getting up again which I always
use and that reminds me. Do you re-
member what the governor of North
Carolina said to the governor of South
Carolina?"
"I'm Mi-e I don't" said Wentworth;
"you see I'm not very well versed in
United States politics."
"Well there wasn't much politics
about his remark lie merely said:
It's a long time-between drinks; come
in and have something with me.' It
seems to me you haven't tasted an-
thlng in my company since the voyage
began."
"I believe." said Wentworth. "that is
a true statement. Let us ameinj it as
soon as possibhvonly in this ease let me
pay for the drinks. I invited you to
drink with jne."
"Not. at all not at all" cried Fleming;
"not while I'm here. This is my treat
and it is funny to think that a man
should spend a week with another man
without knowing him. Keally you
see 1 haven't-known ou till now."
And so the two worthy gentlemen
disappeared iuto the smoking-room and
lang the electric liell.
Hut it was in his own stateroom that
George Wentworth':. jocularity cam"
out at its best. He would grasp John
Kenvon bv the shoulder and shake that
solemn man over wlnec face a grim
smile would npjK'urwhen he noticed the
cMiberant jollity of his comrade.
"John" Wentworth criec' "why
don't vou laugh?"
"Well it seems to me" replied his
e.nnrade "that you are doing laughiiur
enough for us both. It is neeesary to
have ono memln'r of the firm solid and
substantial. I'm trying to keep theaver
age abiut right. When you were in th
dumps I had to be cheerful for two.
Now that you feel so funny 1 take a
kind of melancholy vacation to rest ni"
after my hard efforts at cheerfulness."
"Well John it seems to metoogooi'
to be true. What a plucky girl she was
to do such a thing! How iImI she
know but that the little vixen had a re-
volver with her and might have shot
her?"
"I suppose she didn't think alnnit the
mat'er at all."
"Have you Jjcen her since that dra-
matic incident?"
"Seen whom? Miss Hr-wster?"
"No no; I mean .Miss Longworth."
"No; she hasn't appeared vet. I sup
pose she fears there will be a scene and
she is anxious to avoid it."
"Verv likelv that K the case." said
Wentworth. "Well. -if you get to see
her you can tell her there is no dan-
ger. Our genial friend Fleming has
had a talk with that new pa per woman
so he tells mc and the way he describes
it is exceedingly picturesque. He has
threatened her with giving away the
snap' as he calls it. to the other New
York paMrs. and it seems that the
only thing on earth that Miss Iirevvs-
ter is afraid of is tin opjosition picss.
So she has promised to say nothing
more whatever about the incident."
"Then you have been talking with
Fleming?"
"Certainly I have; a jovial good fel-
low he is too. I have been doing some-
thing more than talking with him; I
have Ik'Cu drinking with him."
"And vet a day or two aco. I under-
stand vou threatened to strike him."
"A day or two ago. John! It was
ages and ages ago. A day or two isn't
in it. That was years and centuries
since but not by time. I was an old
man then; now I have lieeomc young
again and all on account of the plucky
action of that angel of a girl of yours."
"Not of mine" said Kenvon serious-
ly; "I wish she were."
"Well cheer up. Everything win
come out right; you see it always does.
Nothing looked blacker than this mat-
ter about the telegram a few days ago
and see how beautifully it has turned
out"
Kenyon said nothing. He did not
desire "to discuss the matter even with
his best friend. The two went up on
deck together and took a few turns
along the promenade during which
promenade the eyes of Kenyon were
directed to the occupants of the deck
chair's but he did not see the person
whom he souf ht Telllxtff Wentfrorth
tTMt he was going below for moment
he'lef t him to continue his walk alone
and on reaching the saloon Kenyon
spoke to the stewardess.
"Do you know if Miss Longworth is
in her stateroom?
"Yes; I think she is was the an-
swer j
Will you take this note to herT
Certainly.'
John sat down to wait for an anpwer.
The answer did not come by the hand
of the stewardess. Edith herself tim-
orously glanced into the saloon and
seeing Kenyon alone ventured in. He
sprang to meet her.
"I was afraid" he said "that-you had
been ill."
"No; not exactly but almost" she
answered. "Oh Mr. Kenyon. I have
done the most terrible thing! You
could not imagine that I was so bold
and wicked" and tears gathered into
the eyes of the girl.
Kenyon stretched out his hand to
her and she took it. "I am afraid to
stav here with you" she said "for
fear"
"Ob I know nil about it" said Ken-
yan. "You cannot know about it; you
surely do not know what I have done?"
"Yes I know exactly what you've
done and we all very much admire
your pluck."
"It hasn't surely been the talk of
the ship?"
"No it has not; but Miss Hrewstcr
charged me with being an accomplice."
"And you told her you were not of
course?"
"I couldn't tell her anything for the
simple reason I hadn't the faintest idea
what she was talking about; but that's
hew I came to know whathad happened
and I came down to thank you. Miss
Longworth for what you have done. I
really believe you have saved the sanity
of my friend Wentworth. He is a
different man since the incident we am
speaking of occurred."
"And have you seen Miss Hrewstcr
since?"
"Oh yes as I was telling you she met
mc on the deck. Dear me how thought-
less of me I had forgotten you were
standing. Won't you sit down ?"
"No no I have been in my room so
long that. I am glad to stand any-
where." "Then won't vou come on deck with
mc
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"Oh. I'm afraid" she said
I am
afraid of a public scene and I am sure
by the last look I caught of that girl's
eves she will stop at no scanilal to nave
her revenge. I am sorry to say that 1
am too much ot a cownrci to meeniei.
Of course from her ioint ot view i
have done her eternal wrong. Perhaps
it was wrong from anybody s poino!
vicvv.
".Miss Longworth 'said John Kenyon
cordially "you need have no tear wiiat-
ever of meeting her. bhc will sa
nothing."
"How do you know that?
"Oh it is a long story. Mic went u.
the captain with her complaint and re
eiived very little comfort there. I will
tell you all alvtut it on deck t'ct a
wrap and come with me.
As Kenvon gave this peremptory
order he realized that lie was taking a
liberty he had no right to take and his
face Hushed as he wondered if IMitli
would resent the familiarity of hi-
ti ne; but she merely looked up at hini
with a bright smile and said:
"I shall do sir. as you command."
"No. no" said Kenyon. "it was not fa
command although it sounded like one.
It was a very humble request; at least
I intended it to besueli."
"Well I will get my wrap."
As she left for her stateroom a rous
iug cheer was heard from up on deck
She stopped and looked at. Kenyon.
"What does that mean?" she i.aid.
"1 don't know" was the answer
"Please get. your things on and we will
go up and see."
When they reached the deck they saw
evervlKidv at the forward part of the
ship. Iu.t becoming visible in the east-
ern horiou .were three trails of black
sinok' apparent! v coming toward
theiu.
The word was whispered from one
to the other: "It is the tugboat. It ia
i"Uef."
Few people on board the steamer
knew that their very existence de -
nended entirelv on the good weather.
l"he incessant nuinninjr showed evcrv-
body who save a thought to the matter
that the leak had been .serious hut as
the subsidence of the vessel was im-
perceptible to nil save expert no one '
but the ollicers really knew the danfrei
they were in. (Had as $ie passenperr !
were to sec these three boats approach j
the one who most rejoiced was the otic
who knew most about the disaster and
its olToets- the captain.
IMitli l.onpvvnith and John Kenvon I
p.'.eed l he de.-k toirether and did not .
fi nil two of the crowd who could not
l.:r themselves a way from the front
of the ship watching I he prnduaUy ap-
ptoachinp tugboats. IMirposely John
Kenvon broupht the pirl who was with
l.im j.ast Miss Jennie Drew ster and al-
though that iierson glared vvit.h a good
dial of anger at lldith who blushed to
her temples with fear and confusion
vet nothing was said; and Kenyon
knew that afterward hi-s companion
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meet nig the woman with whom she had
lia.ls.u-h a stormy live ""-' thcrs waa a crature of abuormal jk.vv-
tugboats speedily took the bp Me.un- i M
er . iow. s.ow.v iu "-""
made progress tow aid Queenstown it
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having been reso veil to land till the jns-
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seiigiTS there and to a ow the disabled
vessel to 1h towed 1 I.ivcrHioI if an i
examination of the hull showed such a (
course to Ik u safe one. The passcn-
gers bade each other good-by after they
l.-ft the tender and many that were .
on board that ship never saw each J
other again. One. at least hud few re J
grets and no pood-bys to make.
TO nn OONTlNt'EP.l !
Some venrs a s.chool examination pa
nor contained the nuestion: "Write !
down all vou know alout. Henry VIII."
and one of the small Ikvs answered as
follows: "Kinp Henry S was the great-
est widower that ever lived. He wnfl
liorn at Annie Domino in the year l(if.'.
He had 310 wives besides children. The
Hrst was b.dieaded and afterward exe-
cuted and the second was revoked.
Henry S was succeeded to the throne by
his gTeat-gTandtnothcr the beautiful
Mary Queen of Scot sometimes called
Lady of the Lake or Lay of the LviaI Min-
strel." Weekly Telegraph.
The waif-dog- of southern fluropo
is ft. variety of the shepherd but Isryer
and of fierce dUpoiiiioc
PITH AND POINT.
A soldier who remarked he had beea
fa seven engagements was interrupted
by a small boy who said his sister had
been engaged 11 times. Tit-Hits.
Brondi "I see here that the Cuban
insurgentsare remarkably well armed."
Sellers "Cm; yes; and on the other
hand the GreVks were well legged."
Philadelphia North American.
The Uncertain Future He "My
darling 1 always feel like taking off
my shoes when I enteryour sacred pres-
ence." She "Well I would rather you
did it now than after we are married."
Life.
Lady (sitting for portrait) "And
make my moftth small will you ever
so small? I know it is large really but
make it quite tiny will you?" Artist
(politely) "Certainly madam. If you
prefer it I will leave it out altogether."
Tit-Hits.
"Jeremiah" she said to her hus-
band who dislikes pets "you know that
you think a great deal more of that dog
than you used to. ""hat's true." "I'm
glad to hear you say so." "Every night
now he refuses to let me think of any-
thing else." Washington Star.
"Tommy had a bitter disappoint-
ment yesterday." "What was it?"
"Tell about it" Tommy." "Th paper
said our preacher w U7. goiu to exchange
pulpits with 'nothcr preacher- an I
went t church an' there wu. th same
pulpit an a 'nother man." Chicago
Itecord.
She Suited Him. "You seem to
have taken quite a fancy to Miss
Uarnes." "Yes". She's a very strong
girl." "Strong! What has that to do
with it?" "She's the righr kind of a
girl to take out on a tandem. I never
was fond of work nnsclf." Chicago
Evening Post.
A Delayed Effusion. "Fellow tried
to work the editor yesterday." "How-
was that?" "Offered him a manuscript
poem called 'Marco Ho.zaris' for two
dollars." "What did the old man say?"
"Said the fellow had made the mistake
of his life in not writing the poem two
mouths ago." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
TALK WITH CHICAGO GREEKS.
Kouicof llicQncitlon They Are AnUcd
by rroplc During AVnr Time.
Perhaps the most interesting local
characters to-day are the men who man-
age fruit stands who American citi-
zens one day may be Greek soldiers the
next.
"yVhat do you ask for bananas?" a
n wjjj jn(lUire .! while thev are
iPing- put up in a paper bag and he is
liuntitiir forchaug". he says:
.. . tn v .re iavin;r a fi.'ht at
)tniokos. lfverlM-en there?"
..()jlf jls tjic ienclacius fruit ven-
dor sr.vs; ''me live then
..jj? Well now don't you think you
OUjrht to be there now'.
"Yes me like help fight
"That's right. You're no patriot it
you don't go home and strike a blow for
Hbertv. Whip those Turks and then
Come back here and settle dow n. Luek
to Vou" ;ul the man with the bananas
goes off to catch his ear. The next cus-
tomer is a woman
"Oh. vou are a Creek aren't you
"Yes. mem."
j W!lnt to ask you if you have any
(Jreek postage Mamps? .My little boy
s making a collection." t
'j'iu. fruit dealer politely takes out a
letter the only one in the drawer and
shows the stamp placed on the spot
where the envelope is sealed
"j dassent not open." he savs. "It
s fnr me pardner and our people seal
their letters that a way now so nobody
open."
"()h will you keep the stamp for
me?"
"Yes. mem."
The ne.t customer is a jaunty girl.
who says saucily:
"Oh you're a ("reek aren't von?
( treat people you Creeks to Id tho-e
nasty lialf-eivilied Turks get the best
of vou. How nianv orange for tiv.
cents? Why don't vou go home and
fight? I thought all Creeks wne mI-
diers. Say. have von any Ci.-.k mili-
! tarv buttons? I'd iuM give uiv
H"
i eves for one to wear on a chain. Ar
( ou sure those oranges are .sound? I
' suppose you'll be gone to fitrht when I
i i onie round n train. I'll be a regular eiis-
' toiucr when you come back."
And before the poor fellow has reeov
ireu himself a tall anyumr leninie. ear-
rving-n roll of maiiuseript. stops t.isaj :
The se of Or.-ce. the NJes of Or. "!
i Where burning Sappho lov-1 mid uinR!
&. ?.! . .. . 1. t . 1 I-. - :.
Man with heroic bhmd
immi iii uiiir
titry from the
veins go rescue v our coin
hateful Turk t.o! lio! t recce needs
you."
And then tosootho his lacerated spir-
its she buys a Imtiana and her place
is taken by a iiewslwiy vvlio asks in
Mutant tones:
"Haven paper mister'. AllalM.ut der
I ";r
wid Orecce and Cuba an tier
!
Turks whipped de t. reeks. ( lueaifo
Times-Herald.
I
C'liNtlnir tint .Some I'eet I.oiik.
W it li the 'keen llv-lisher the ijm-stiou
of gut for his casting-line has alwavs
been a matter of the lirst importance j
and of late years the problem of find-
ing gut at a reasonable tigure which
combined the qualities of roundness.
.strength and length has lieen a verv
i 7 .; ...
I .Million .'IIV.
. vi.1 ;n
.i:.i:....i. ....
The silkworm which
the davs of our forefa-
I' and he l.eeam.- extinct and fishers
.
had to resii'ii themselves to gut which
"" ' . t- ?....
though in other respects sat isfi-trv.
"" '
never measurcii more uiihi i mene
per reliable strand. This was the fruit
of a worm inhabiting Sjmin and the
south of France ami understood to
have been originally a native of Jajwn.
! Ogden Smith ha.s been further anVId
however and has on view at his stall
i nt the "fisheries exhibition" some
hanks of gut measuring several feet in
I length which lie has brought liaek
with him from China. This is the
j product of a worm of great .size and is
j manufactured bv a process which the
Chiuese prefer to keep secret: but
there is plenty of it. and. -if the gut
will take on the necessary finish and
is of equal strength to the old short
Ptrnnd. there is a great future before it
hs it does away with the troublesome
breakable knotting nnd the line has
a much better appearance. London j
Xews. t
I'rOBrroB In TrottlDi? Stock. I
Hubert Homier mentions the .striking i
fact that when he bought his first trpt-
ting horse in lSJiJ only VJ horses living
or dead had trotted a mile in 2:20. Now
there are more 'han 13.000 in the list
hicago Tribune.
JUST ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miguel A. Otero who has been ap-
pointed by the president governor of
New Mexico is a leading citizen of Las
Vegas. He has held many offices and
important positions.
President II. H. Yreeland of the
Metropolitan Traction company of New
York city was once a brakeman on a
Long Island road and his rapid rise
Is often commented on by his old asso
ciates who find in him to-day the same;
friend of past years.
On his eighty-third birthday which
recently occurred Verdi the great com-
poser was seen at five o'clock in the
weekly market of the town with some
sliecphe.had brought in from his farm
to sell. He also bought a cow and had
a right good time with his rural neigh-
bors. He.ekiah Hutterworth is perhaps the
best known writer for juveniles; his
books for boys and girls have reached
a circulation of hundreds of thousands.
Mr. Hutterworth. for nearly a quar-
ter of a century the editor of the
Youth's Companion now devotes him-
self to writing books for young people
and traveling.
Gov. Hlack of New York -who is a
young man in the forties was a farm-
er's son and one of a family of 11 chil-
dren yet he prepared himself unaided
to enter college at IS and graduated
from Dartmouth at 2L. Tie is now angu-
lar tall and smooth-shaven and is often
called "voting Abe Lincoln." II is long
narrow head is covered with dark hair
and his face is built on square lines
P OPULAR SCIENC E.
The average walking pace of a healthy
man or woman is said to be 75 steps a
minute.
It is said that the patterns on the
finger tips are not only unchangeable
through life but the chance of tlie lin-
Cer prints of two persons being alike
Is less than one chance in sixty-four
billions.
Among the animals which surpass
man in the ratio of brain weight to body
weight are the following: Among the
Rodent ia squirrels and mice among
the Primates many old and new world
monkevs.
WOUNDED IN THE WAR.
Bhot in the Abdomon at Cumber-
land Gap.
Blind Hhciimutlc and Droiistcnl. A
Lnlon Colonel In IS I veil Over to Die.
lloir the Old Soldier Guve
Azrnel the Mll.
From the News Rorboursvllle. Ky.
Iu the jear iNsl. while m command of a
I'nion regiment atCumbeiJand (.Jap. Colonel
Messcr. now of Flat I.uk. Kentucky re-
ceived a sevete gun-hot wound m his abdo-
men. In a lew months he was again in the
saddle but soon was obliged to undergo tur-
tlier medical treatment and hicouditiou be-
ime s. s.tioiis that in the winter of l.MKt he
returned to his home and was never again
fit for at tive service. During the yen is that
have sun passed. Colonel Mcsscrlia.vbecii n
confirmed invalid from the effect of his
wound and has been under the constant care
of the ItH.d phvsicians. not improving but
glowing worse as the ears rolled on. His
condition eventually beiaiiu deplorable.
Almost blind legs swollen so that lie was
tumble to walk the doetois who could do
not him; to arrest the ingress nt thedisease.
diagn I it asdn.psy.amlsanlleioveiv vv.i.-.
imHs!i.:... .. .
The .m! soldier 11.1 not imn oeneve n.s
plivsi.tans. out said uiai si m im-j ""'
do notion: lor luui lie vy.m.i. m-on .'
Iii.ji.t.s.-tioi.gie.ommen.uiiiii .irv wr. .
It.....' I'n.L Pi Is tor P.i!e People. !
hrst 1. was taken by Col Meaner according
to thru lions ami by "the time that was gone.
tvesight. which for so man eais had been
Ua. '... was restored..
Iu all. Colonel Messertook Dr. Williams'
1'itik I'dls six months and then was th. :-
ougiih tur.d. He iivv is a healthy hiking
iiimii rides on hoisehack and btaiids
inn. h t tiigue a any man of his age.
The Col.'iu'l sin. e his lecovei is never
tired of ile. anting on the vnlu.-s of these
j.ilis nnd eveiv n.lveitiseiiieut that ! IohIs
in. i.iretullv .lip and. eiids to sit..e .-i. k
tin n.l i jHighl-or with the asMitloi.-e that
i
J tl.cv will .me I. on
'I he high s..i.lmg ot C o'.Otiel .Vle.-y r. &!
his retu.ilk..lle le. over makls this ..t
mote th..u iisitill iiitei sting and when it
was pi.ivi.l at the olhte ot the Dr. d-
Iwms" M'h-"e ( "o..it was refei red to Messrs.
I'hipps vv Herndon the well known drug-
gists ..: iUibwiirville. Ky. for veriht.itHin.
We appeml the replv :
ItorLoutville. ly.. Ag ts isw.
Dr. W ilhain" M.il. Co..
(M-ntSeim n'-S'.itis" if August 14th to
luin .- aiNut testni....d written
-I .- a f
i l Mr S..IHII.H .Muernmg t olonel vi.sM.r. i
j ot Fiat l.n k. Ky.. wilt ? that the ewre of ;
Colonel Mesrr as oiiisidet. .1 almost mi-
lamious and he i.ums Pink l'lilsdid it.
Y.Mits trirlv
IMIiriA HFHNDO.V.
Dr. Wiih-ms' Pmk IMI is.iitaui. in a con-
densed form a'l tin elements n... uv to
give new life and I'M hliess t. the M.-i and
... i t . ." i .. i.
H.e.it. lot tloll..s . iih.ii f.. . Hi.ll.-s. sIHfl
' . i ii ...
Ms kllppr.Nsiotls. in. ilLiI llfs itit all tot MH
e i c i i .1 i i l -. I
of Vtl.lkliei ! hlllld Up Hi. Mood ItlHl
lesion- t-n.iH'-ii iictv.s i in v ii' inc. a
rc-tote the gh.'v .i hi ilth ! s.l- ..k! sliovr
checks. In men th"v ctt..t a i..dil .tire
m mII .isesntisini; ftfiin iiifiit.il v irv.."T i
work or i-M(s.(si.f whattvet imttue Pink .
I'tlls arc sM in hoves inev.-r in lse I nlk
at ."il ents a U or siv J-.s or $2.3. nl
inav le had ! all IriiBi-ts. or dtrt lv
mad bv addresMiir Dr Wf.liains Medjc4e
J Company. . heee. ta.ly. N Y
" heel Veeltlentw.
"Flot i Iwd a dreadful time Jat evening
She didn't . on.' in town mtttl after dark."
"U but was the matter? '
"."he lost her p.".vlpr-r.i2 somewhere ot
on the i.M.1. and (onhln't i up fit to he
ja." l)tlolt Free l!es3.
l ..! .k.i.i. ii ii.ir iiiii iiiiii I'liiir.iii laiiii. r - ..
. - ... i ...i. i.. .
i.r ..-.i so v ....... - - f a ;W7 mi w the distance trom i r.i
that scv.ral j.tl.er boxes were ;rl' ' . .u.. to Cuui.uiati. 'I he h.-unngs of 18W1
he continued to take hen taitl 11 Mo v JI mM i::..h.i7.3'H) steel -lwHs.
the swelling m his legs d-s .peare d a I H
with lit ..!..-. erhcumaue pains will jl. h llM:Meo A-t miies.
he had loi.g suticred. h r. ngt of all .hi u
ri?h m ". nr 7i'Vft
VJMV
tv-j...j' -yu-.3nj .jv& -j-4J
Scoff and Cough.
Tho man who scoffs at tho friendly ndvico
to " tttko Honiothing- for that cough" "will keep
on coughing until he changes his mind or
changes Lis eartnly residence. A great many
scoffers have been converted by the use of
tho standard cough remedy of tho past half
century -Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. But some
are scoffing and coughing yet. They whoezo
vith asthma bark "with bronchitis or groan
with tne grippe Singular is n't it the number
of stubborn people "who persist ia gambling
with health and perhaps life as the stake when
they might be effectually cured of cough "cold
or lung trouble by a few doses of
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.
More ptrticulart about Pectoral ia Ayer't Cnrcboolt ice pages.
dciu free. j. C Ayer Co.. Ijw:U. Mass.
8
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BOILS BOILS BOILS
Thoy Cm Thick and FMt-THI
Cured by Hood's Saaparill.
Mily brother had terribla boils o the
back of his neck. As fast ss one would
get better aaother would come. Ho became
Tery much emaciated and began taking
Hood's Sarsaparilla. One bottle made &
great Improvement and when he bad taken
Vwo bottles he was completely cured."
Caruib D. Ervin- Mound Clt)' Ulinois.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
ts tbe One True Ulood Purine r. $U six for fS-
Hood's Pllla cure sick headache. S5 cents.
$75
S 50
"Western 'Wheel "Works
.. c- M A E R 5 C
I CATAL9GVE FREE
HER LIFELIKE STATUE.
Signalized Her IJepnrture from ttaa
World of Artlt.
Itefore her marriage she li.il been a fa-mou-
m ulptreas. She had made several por-
traits of well-known men. anil everyone pre-
Juteil for her m still more brilliant tuture.
nlien -he auddenly set al prediction at
naught lv marrying a wealthy man who dis-
approved" of her keeping up her profeioiml
vx..iU. She was very quiet under tins ie--trutioa.
hut was suppoed to rebel uivvjtrct-
Iv. Therefore when at a dinner part one
c'vciunp. she aked her old friend l.en.
Hashar. to come and see her on the tollovv-
uiiC evening and unpeit her last piece of
work which .she thought the W and most
lifelike she had ever executed he sup-
posed he was to use Ins mthietiee to prevail
upon the husband to permit Iwr t resume
her place among the working trateuuty ot
"i ain sure vou will like it. ceneral." sho
said with a winning Miule. "It tnuiy lives
and breathes. I confess 1 am in love with
it tnvself." .
On the appointed evening the general
with some nu-givings over the delicacy ot
the ta-k intrusted to him. presented n m-
eelf. Instend of inviting him to the studio
his hostess to his surprise ofzertfu to bring
her last bit to him.
"Oh it's a statuette is it?" he asked.
"Well yc you might call it so he an-
swered as she went out of the room. In a
few minutes he returned bearing in bet
arms a baby'. Chicago Times-Herald.
Some Interetln: Fact iteRnrdtng
the Output of rreeeiit Illeyelen.
This article is intended to convey a con-
ception of the enormous amount of raw ma-
terial consumed .luring a season in supply
uu the demand for one of the most wyi lac
hieveles made The W e-tern heel orks
t hii.iso. makeis of the Cre-eent vv heel huv
the largest aid without doubt the most
complete bi. vile f.utoiy in the world and
au turn out. when running to tullest ea-
paeitv Tia hnish-d fiesients in twelve
hours or a complete "up to date bicycle
m-r minute.
Thev used during' 1SIH X50 miles of tub-
msr. orenouuh to nearly rench from t'hi-
ato to M. Paul if placed in a straight hue.
Hie spokes wire hiade m their own fai-
torv. .and mi'im-d Tsu miles of wire or
en mail to reach fmii t Imago to Lincoln.
Neb.; fiO miles t bras rd was required
: i sjM.Io' nipples. It th spikes spoke nip-
ptes and tubiiu; were p!a ed in a straight
line thev would rciu h from t'lnrago to the
Kmkv Mountains at Denver. The crank.
ii plaied cud to end. would (over .-distance
of '12 miles. They le-ni ;C miles of steel for
i-rank axles wheel avk-s and pedal axles
and 1! miles of steel foi mU posts If th
inns that were used in the manufacture of
('residents ia ''.Hi wen- p!. d one upon the
other they would make a pile lii.stM fpet
high 0.000 feet higher than i'lk. s Peak
and about the height of Monrt Kh s in
Alaska whose summit has m- t vet iteen
leached bv man. It le.mit. d ."COM sqimi
tret ot stu-et
hollow to '!
t.-.-l to make tlie ( ie.fTit
pUnklts .iixl "il.STtJ s.iuaiu
. theste I staiiu .ngs of the head and
s.-.t iHst lami
oi- in ait enoiigii ll. it slot i
( . ;u.(.
There Wele
.j pi Im. ...rk gi.o. 105 1-s ot
....1 l:i.. ;llkll n .! f ...eel wne to
... father h.tore l.iau.e The
; hei-hed . hams ind to end would reach
i o Hides and th- different pie. e of which
'Lev ate iomiHis'd would reach '2'M miles.
l.i. In s" Cres. ents ma ioif.1. tilled in IMKl re-
piu.d rtl.l.'o vaids of ...id or 21 U miles
enouch to ..How a sm.il! Iv t stniid on
ll.e top ..i the Audi. imiiii lower in Chi.agt)
; ..ml llv his kite vvhete the ! in Da
Moines. It.wa. ould see it 1 supply
t "rest cuts -old in 1M" r .pored lli..42
Imits and llssi)7; mils Huvnig hii aggir-
t pate weight l 2.1 totif I total weignr.
l the ...mplele 1. 1 I.-s was .'..cs.'.MJ
pounds. r l.l'.ll toll1- '! .!..' thsr hi
v. fe rsMll.d I .'.:r.7 IO s'pine ! I ..f IlIRi
her made up mi ics. T-'.TIs t.s s.-jMjta'4
..lid .list llli! pl . s flit ltd lllt'i the cotl-
strn. tioit of 'It! I r-s. .-nt. . awl if all vn'T-
plax.i in a sttaight line end to end. they
would leaih trom New York ! .lis
taw e in the I'.i irte .w.-.n west ot Sin Fian-
ci&tw. Ctexettt latlletsH .Inly 1 l.si7.
A Setlinelc.
"We Inintetl jp thai intelh-.tn.il wimn
who invented the sell r-M king na-lle We
vnanlwl to jive her a vote of thanks "
"Well how did sh r.Teive v.i?"
"The iiivi nt.r tirn-l out to Jx i mn who
vvantcl to yet off to the b.iseKill game."
I M roit Ft e- Tn -s.
July llli. Low Utile li M. V. O. su .
ItV.
The II A ( s v Uv (' will s f K. nn.l
lllp tl Wets Jlllv 't. I attdaat (K I A Hi:
I I act ii aft sj ili.x.s its i m .! pitt. :
I i-il ixnnveTins li . niio... ..:i.is . . .i
. I '" ' ' . f
' hiMt.li.'l tm fs it-hi IJii itl i..m u
nnf" ' . ...-.
!-n!4 ou .fctte 1 sale . Irtiilliitt i .il.
i "" .... -
ll . ..m-ef . I Mi -. wiNntta la.inis t. I .
in- lndinic .lull tth. 1"7
".r iiiiih. i nil- i m:.lion ration
U. W. Ky.
-ns p
Antlwr r."f tht h: i . fiutvtrum
that evrvb.lv eveu!n. v viv.i U np. '.
Y. Wceklv. "
"Slnr Tohn "
As yon chew tuba. " fr j.!-isr o.
?t..r. It is nt .'i-iily tre Ls rnt t'lie moss
lastiiH. and therefore vtichap'!:t.
A man philosophizes (n-ttc r ih.-in a woman
on the human lieirt. h'xt she rt-ud-i the
hearts ol men better t hull he Kousiiu. v
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