Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1898 — Page 3

PLOWING MADE EASY.

A New Invention— A “Stone Dodger** Plow. j (From the Farm Implement News.) The Fuller & Johnson Mfg. Co. of Madison, Wisconsin, hare brought ont a new Implement, namely, a ridhte plow, that Is Attracting much attention wherever R is •seen. Heretofore there has been eery serions objection to the riding plow where - there is stone. In striking a stone not only has there been danger of breaking the plow and harness, but the blow on the shoulders of the horses was very injurious, and worse than all, the driver was in danger of being thrown off and injured. These objections are overcome in this appropriately named “stone dodger” plow. When it strikes a stone the plow part only is,raised up and slides over the Stone and pulls itself into the ground again without any action on the part of the driver. ' The sulky part is not raised at all. X boy or an old man who can handle the team can thus readily do the plowing. So ’4uch interest has been taken in this Plov/wherever it has been shown that the mr >nufacturers have adopted a novel plan *'s aid in presenting its manifest advantages to the farming community. They are having a large number of models made and in any section where there is mo sample plow that can readily be seen, .•any reputable farmer can, by writing to ■the company, have a model sent to him iby express for inspection, without expense to him, the company paying expressage both ways. The farmer, after examination, simply returns it to the express office. The model is a nice piece of work. It weighs only ten pounds. The plow is made as a single plow for three horses and as a double or gang for four horses. A very effective potato planting attachment can be had with these plows at small extra cost.

Lardor’s Green Eyes.

Walter Savage Landor insisted that green eyes were the most “wonderful” —he always pronounced the word with a double o. In support of his argument he told the following story: “It bo happened that when I was a young man at Venice I was standing In the •doorway of the Case Florlan one day, •watching the pigeons on the Piazza San Marco, when an old gentleman rushed up to me and said: ‘Pardon me, sir, but will you allow me to look into your eyes? Ah, I thought so. Sir, you have green eyes. I never saw but one pair before, and they belonged to the late Empress Catherine of Russia; they were the most wonderfully beautiful eyes In the world.’ I have reason,” continued Mr. Landor, ‘To remember this, for while the old gentleman was examining my eyes I had my pocket picked.” The receivers of the Baltimore and Ohio Hailroad have purchased forty miles of :85-lb. sixty-foot steel rails and will experiment with them on the Pittsburg division and in the Baltimore tunnel. These rails were originally bought for the Columbia and Maryland Electric Railroad, whifh was designed to parallel the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between Baltimore and Washington and to become an important factor in business between those points. The project failed and the material which was purchased has been sold. These are the first sixty-foot rails to be used on the B. & 0.

Bears of British Colnmbia.

Bears—black, brown, and grizzly—ere distributed throughout the entire country, and, may be mot at any moment; but to the hunter that moment seldom arrives, although, curiously enough, he appears, according to report, to be the only class of man who dares venture out without being attacked or chased by an infuriated grizzly. Certainly, considering how plentiful bears are, they have a surprising knack of keeping out of sight. There exists in Alaska a huge bear, larger far than any grizzly, which also probably inhabits the western boundary of British Columbia, but which has not yet been sufficiently studied for classification; also another, still rarer, and, up to the present, almost unknown, will probably prove a distinct variety; it carries the most beautiful slate and white colored fur, and is about the size of a black bear.

Coughing Leads to Consumption.

Kemp's Balsam will. stop the cough at once. Go to your druggist to-day and get a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50 cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dangerous.

War Cries.

“What was that dreadful noise In the street last night?” “Don’t know; there must have been about 19,000 Spanish battleships sunk after 1 o’clock.” The total cultivated area in the United Kingdom is nearly 50,000,000 acres. One may smile and smile and be a villain still.—Shakspeare.

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PAYING THE PENALTY

BY THE SCOTT

CHAPTER XXl—(Continued.) “Not so fast, madam. Not so fast. You will be required to meet graver charges than even these I have mentioned.” “Ha, ha, graver charges!” laughed the widow contemptuously. “Pray recite them. Of what else am I guilty?” “First, of the murder of Andrew Kellogg, whom you ruthlessly, slowly, but surely done to death by poison.” “Ah!” The single syllable escaped through the madam’s set teeth like a despairing wail. “Second, Banker Kellogg’s wife, l doubt not, you helped to the grave. Third, you were murdering Mr. Kellogg’s younger daughter through the same agency that you bad used in murdering her uncle. I know you, madam; you arc a second Lucretia Borgia. Within your trunk is a scientific treatise on poisons of more than two hundred pages. There, also, is an ebony casket containing deadly poisons of a hundred kinds. Your doom is sealed.” “This man can scarce live ten minutes,” said the doctor. “If you obtain a statement from him, it must be at once.” “I can only say that in all matters pertaining to me,” said the almost dying man, “Sellars has spoken the truth. I was satisfied that Pearl had that money. She required me to remove the cashier and the banker’s son. I thought to remove one and fbt the law remove the other. I do not regret my failure. I am only sorry for the boy. He—he is my son. The shot was fatal. I forgive you, boy. Come, come!” All glanced at Earl. He sat shackled in his chair, jabbering like an idiot. “His mind has completely broken down,” said the physician. “He is a mental wreck.” "Perhaps,” said the dying man, “it is better so. Good-bye, Pearl. I so wronged you, but you have had your revenge, even though you swing from the gallows. Ha, ha! The gallows!” These were the last words of Juan Zayola. A few gasps and he had ceased to breathe. “So you all think that for enacting my role in the drama of life and death, I should die on the gallows? Ha, ha! Little you know Pearl Almegro. I should never have had another name. May a thousand curses rest on the very corpse of that wretch. You told the truth once, Mr. Sellars. My nature became changed from the moment I ascertained that I had been deceived. Why should I say more? Dick Newberry you have not mentioned. He, at least, I did not murder. I left him, and he blew out his brains. He was of small loss to the world. What you surmise in regard to Andrew’s death, yoq may surmise. You know nothing. I took good care that his body should quickly be embalmed. Ha, ha! Embalming fluid is sometimes a great convenience.” “Merciful God!” exclaimed the banker. “And I loved this woman—would have made her my wife!” “In regard to the taking off of Thalia Kellogg,” continued the widow, paying no attention to the banker’s words, “I only gave her more freely of the remedy prescribed by her learned attendant, Dr. Howit, here. If I must hang for that, hang him, too.” “God have mercy!” exclaimed the doctor. "What troubles you, doctor? Your knees are quaking under you. You are not the first physician who has prescribed that which led his patient to the grave.” “Oh, woman, woman!” “I know—thy name is frailty. Well, now we come to Janette’s illness. What you know, you know. Perhaps I had concluded that there were too many members of my brother-in-law’s family. Especially as I was expecting to become his wife. For years I have dreamed of acquiring great wealth.” “Oh, God!” groaned the banker. “And on the first of September I would have led this woman to the altar.” “How soon love fades and withers into nothingness. Oh, but this other matter, Mr. Sellars is correct—the money is in the trunk. Zayola did my bidding, but he would not have received one dollar of it. He would have been as he is now, only a body would have been found in the park—a partly filled bottle of wine—and death enough in it to have materially lessened the number of park policemen. I never cared specially for Earl. I thought he would be a convenience some day, and educated him accordingly. He knew no will but mine, and I think I had more feeling for him than anyone else. He has committed no crime aside from exchanging those packages. That I managed. To be sure, he killed his father, but it was in my defense. I think I am sorry for Earl. I trust he will not regain his reason.” “A most remarkable woman,” observed the detective. “And one, Mr. Sellars, you may now bring to the gallows, as soon as is consistent with your inclination,” said the widow, arising to her feet. There was a quiet movement of her left arm.

Sellars sprang forward, but too late. She cast a phial that had contained prusaic acid at his feet, and with the words, “I have escaped you, Mr. Sellars,” and a derisive laugh, fell to the floor. She was quickly borne into the adjoining room and laid upon the couch. “There is no hope here!” exclaimed the physician. “Prussic acid! The contents of that phial would have killed fifty men. Convulsions are seizing her already. The pupils of her eyes are contracting—her teeth set ” “O God!” wailed the banker. “That this unfortunate woman should ever have invaded my house! Death and destruction followed in her wake. Thank God, my daughters are far from this awful scene.” “Father! Father!” “Yes, my son—my boy! Oh, my boy!” “Come to the library, father!” Unresistingly the banker accompanied his son. Five minutes later Dr. Hewit appeared at the door. “It is over,” he said. “She Rpoke but once after you left the room. The words she uttered were these: “ ‘Paying the penalty.’ ” CHAPTER XXII. Leaving the physician with his father, Robert again ascended the stairs, where he found Sellars standing with folded arms, gazing down at the still, dead features of Elinor Kellogg. “Thus ends the careerjuf the most wonderful woman in the annals of crime, that in a long and varied experience I have as yet come in contact with,” observed the detective as the young man joined him. “The denouement in this case has been tragic indeed.” “Marvelous man!” exclaimed Robert. “But for you. other members of my father’s household would now be slumbering in the grave.” “A terrible blow to your father this must have been. You left him ” “Conversing with Dr. Hewit. He is greatly agitated and nearly broken down. But where is Earl?” “Seated where you left him. He alone of this trio may be entitled to some sympathy. He implicitly obeyed the behests of the woman he believed to be his mother. Bring him to the bedside, and we can judge if any spark of reason yet remains.” Robert led the teller unresistingly forward to the bedside. He merely gazed at the dead fpnfl be* tm liiw with ft

“At least,” said the detective, “we have no cases for your criminal court Two criminals are now before a higher tribunal. A court of inquiry will adjudge Earl insane. All in all, I hardly think there could have been a more fortunate termination. A requested Dr. Hewit to have a patrol wagon summoned to bear the body of Zayola to the morgue.” “How did you ascertain, Mr. Sellars, all about these mysteries in connection with —with that man and woman?** “Oh, as I stated, through letters, newspaper clippings and photographs. Here they are. This one of Zayola I found reversed in the widow’s album. It was taken many years ago in Richmond, as were these two of Elinor Kellogg, then Almegro. You will notice that in one case she is dressed in the paraphernalia of the circus ring. Oh, it was an easy matter.” “You hardry brought that package from Richmond ?” “No; while seated at supper at the hotel on the night I left for Richmond, Zayola entered the dining room. I ascertained that he was stopping there and was registered under the name of ‘Revelle.’ I ascertained the number of his room, and visited it immediately on arriving in the city this morning. In his trunk I found that package. From that circumstance, coupled with others, I drew my deductions. I also found there the false mustache and other means of disguise—the suit he wore when first entering the bank, a drab suit, and others, skeleton keys—nearly as good an outfit as I carry. There were also burglar’s implements. Oh, Zayola deserved his fate.” “He did, indeed.” “Now we will inspect the madam’s trunk. Bring Earl along lest he wander from the room. “Here are packages of letters from which, undoubtedly, you will be enabled to learn more of the widow’s past. This package contains worthless bills —wildcat money—and from it were procured the bills which made up the package Earl substituted for this one, which contains the money the cashier indorsed and for which the collector receipted. Here is the book on poisons, and here the ebony casket containing them.” “Marvelous!” “The patrol wagon has arrived. The officers are ascending the stairs.” They bore to the morgue the body of Juan Zayola. That evening the two inquests were held, and th,e following day the two bodies were consigned to the grave. Earl, a few days later, was an inmate of an asylum. When Mr. Sellars visted the offices of the express company he bore two packages, and the banker accompanied him. The detective laid before the president of the company the packages. “For the apprehension of the party, or parties, who assaulted and robbed your Collector of a certain package, and return of the contents of that package,” he said, “you contract to pay a reward of ten thousand dollars.” “Certainly; and we will do so.” “Your collector was twice robbed within ten minutes.” “Oh, that is utterly impossible!” exclaimed the express official. “He had but one package and was robbed but once.” “In the alley he was robbed of the contents of this package,” said the detective, “Examine it.” The official did so. “Oh, no,” he said presently. “Elsworth is too old a collector and too well posted to receipt for wildcat money. It cannot be.” “Yet those are the bills ihe'carried from the bank,” Sellars said. “The identical bills.” “What utter folly. Not only would our collector not receipt for such trash, but Banker Kellogg does not deal in wildcat currency. We could not think ” “One moment, please. These are not the bills told over by Mr. Terry, the cashier of the bank. Nor are they the bills the collector supposed he was receipting for. A package was made up in his presence, he, with the cashier checking down the banks of issue. It was laid on the table before Elsworth, who was writing his receipt. He was robbed —robbed first, then and there—robbed by the teller of the bank, who exchanged a similar package made up of this wildcat money, for the one that lay before his eyes. This package contains the twenty thousand dollars made up by the cashier and of which you have a schedule of the banks of issue. Every dollar is at par.” “Of all the strange tales I ever heard,” exclaimed the president, “this is most marvelous!” “Zayola, who assaulted and robbed your collector in the alley, has answered ’ for his crime. He is dead.” “What, the desperado shot down in your residence, Mr. Kellogg? The one who was in the act of robbing that unfortunate woman?'*' “The same,” said the banker. “Earl, the teller, is confined at the station,” said Sellars. “He is hopelessly insane and will be so adjudged by a court 1 of inquiry. His future will probably be spent in an insane asylum.” “For heaven’s sake, where did you obtain clews leading to a solution of these mysteries, Mr. Sellars?” “By not waiting for them to turn up.” “By Jove! You have fairly won the reward.”

“It is a question,” said the banker, “if you should pay it, as' an official of my bank secured the original package. He doubtless had been watching and preparing for an opportunity of the kind for months. I feel that I should ” “Oh, well, we contracted to pay that reward—we will pay it. If all I hear is true, you are overburdened with misfortunes. I sympathize with - you, believe me. I also congratulate you. Mr. Sellars, I will hand this package to our cashier and have a check made out on the Gueat Western Bank payable to your order, for ten thousand dollars.” “But ” “Do not say a word, Mr. Kellogg, As one of our heaviest owners, a fair share of the payment will fall on you, and only for the more important matter that brought Mr. Sellars here in yonr interest, the mystery would uever have been unraveled.” “Well, if you look at it in that way, I must submit.” Five minutes later the banker and detective left the office, Sellars bearing with him the company’s check. Arrived at the bank, Mr. Kellogg said to his son, who was at the cashier’s window: “Robert, have you made out the check 1 spoke to you of?” “Yes, father,” replied the acting cashier. “Send the book to my office by the porter. I will sign it. Come, Mr. Sellars.” The two men were seated in the banker’s sanctum when the porter entered and handed Mr. Kellogg the check book. A moment later he had signed and torn from the book a check which he handed the detective. “I can never repay you, my friend,” he said with no little agitation, “foe all that you have done for me and mine. I can never forget. Bnt for you the murderess of my brother, my wife, and almost of a loved daughter, would soon have become my wife. God grant that you and yours may have happiness, and that your days may be long in the land. This little check is, I assure you, but a slight token of my regard and appreciation for your services.” “Why, Mr. Kellogg;” said Sellars, noting that the check handed him was for five thousand dollars, “I hardly feel that lam entitled to this sum from you. You did not even engage my services.” “So much the more do I appreciate them.” “The fact is,” observed the detective, “I feared to acquaint you with certain movements I desired to make, or even that ! entertained suspicions that I did. YftU would kw belief tbftty without

foundation, and I might have had men difficulty in making my investigations. Dr. Strong and I felt that you had best be kept in ignorance of my presence in Chicago until I had brought the. case to a culminating point” “I think you acted wisely. Nothing but the most convincing proof could have caused me to doubt the integrity of that woman. Poor Andrew I” That evening the banker and his son accompanied Mr. Sellars to the depot sad he returned to the sunny Siuth, bearing with him their heartfelt gratitude and the fifteen thousand dollars he had so well earned. On the evening of the first of September, the banker’s residence was aglow with light and very happy looked the fair Laura, as, leaning on the arm of Lawrence Terry, she advanced to the east end of the parlor, where stood a waiting clergyman. Lawrence, thongh yet rather pale, had entirely recovered from his wound, and happiness beamed from his eyes. Janette, nearly as sprightly as ever, appeared on the left of the bridal conple, and if one could judge from indications, the sprite held captive the heart of Dr. Strong’s son, Arthur, who accompanied her. The fair charmer standing by Robert’s side Is Grace, the sister of the bridegroom, and Julia, the housemaid, as she stands in the door with Aunt Cindy, is just remarking: “I ’dare to de Lawd, I jes specs dat will be de nex’ conple what steps off de carpet.” “Sure nuff, chile,” says her mammy. “A blin’ man kin see how the win’ am driftin’.” Amos Kellogg, his wife, daughter and son are present, as, also, are Doctors Strong and Hewit. “I much regret, Amos,” the banker says, “that you were unable to bring Mr. Sellars.” “He was much disappointed, brother, bilt he was called to Charleston very suddenly and felt that he must go.” The ceremony performed, all followed the newly wedded couple to the wedding feast. After the return of the bride and groom from their wedding trip, Lawrence resumed his position in the bank, and to Robert fell the duties formerly performed by Earl. Mr. Kellogg felt more and more, as time passed on, that he could never become reconciled to pass the remainder of his years where there were constantly so many reminders of the hideous past. The result was that the following April he wound up the affairs of the bank, closed itß doors and removed to an enterprising city on the Pacific slope, where he again engaged in the banking business. Lawrence Terry, with his bride, his mother and sister, accompanied him, and at the time this record closes the sister has been Mrs. Robert Kellogg for many years. Mr. Kellogg is now quite an elderly man, and has retired from active service, leaving the management of the second institution of the kind he had founded to Robert and Lawrence. ' / One of the leading physicians in the city is Arthur Strong, formerly of North Carolina, and he and Janette reside with the banker, whose greatest pleasure consists in corraling the youngsters of his daughters and daughter-in-law, semi-oc-easionally, for an afternoon’s frolic. There are seven children in all, and sometimes before the afternoon’s session has closed, the gentleman, whose hair is now much streaked with gray, almost concludes that there are forty. Langdon, Robert’s eldest boy, his father states, is almost too old for a childish frolic, but his grandfather says: “No, no, we could never get through the day without Lang.” Mr. Sellars has several times visited the family, where he is always a welcome guest. He gazes with pride on the features of his young namesake, on such occasions, and his mind goes back to scenes in his younger days. He recalls the terrible tragedy enacted in the Dearborn street mansion in the years of long ago, and perhaps in fancy hears again the last words of one who wrought much woe: “Paying the penalty*” (The end.)

WEDDINGS OF AFGHANS.

They Are Simple, Yet the Incidental . Ceremonies Last for Three Days. Just as every tribe of Afghanistan has its different forms of internal government and its different modes of living, so has each its own peculiar marriage customs, though the actual essentials of the marriage ceremony, being founded on the Mohammedan law, are in every case the same, and are of the simplest nature. All that is necessary to constitute a marriage is that either herself or by proxy a girl should, before two witnesses, declare her willingness to accept a certain man as her husband, and the man should do the same with regard to the girl. The customs connected with the marriage are, however, many and wearisome, generally occupying three whole days and the greater part of the nights, too; for easterns, when they are going through any ceremony, religious or social, turn night into day more markedly even than do we In the west. In one tribe, at least, there Is a decided remnant of the ancient marriage by capture, in others there is less, the girl merely affecting unwillingness, until asked for the seventh time whether she will accept the young man to whom she has perhaps been engaged for years and whom it would be the greatest disgrace for her not to marry. In one tribe she is supposed three times during the ceremonies to be overcome with a passion of weeping, from which she is only pacified by the loving sympathy of her mother and other female relations, who, though they have taken the greatest trouble and spent as much as, sometimes more than, they could afford over the match, wall and lament the coming departure of a daughter or sister, whom they are only too glad to have settled for life. Marriage according to Mohammedan law Is a civil, not a religious rite; and In almost all the tribes—indeed, among all Mohammedans—the engagement Is nearly If not quite as binding as the marriage, which, owing to disagreements as to dowry, is often delayed for years until some decision can be arrived at, though the families concerned would never dream of breaking off the engagement.

The Horrors of War.

War Is horrible in more than one way. If you don’t believe it you have not been around any of the armories where the following joke is current: “Did you hear about the battery’* harness being stolen, Just as It 1* about to be needed?” “No! That’s hard luck. Can’t they find It?” “They can’t find a bit of It—not even a trace.” Thus far, however, no casualties have been reported.—Cleveland Leader.

Patient Sufferer.

Mrs. Horton (whose daughter is at the piano)—They tell me you have an ear for music, Mr. Humaner. Humaner—Yes; but by all means let your daughter go on with her playing and not mind me.—Boston Transcript

Brought to Time.

Julia—Do you think the war will have any effect on business? Marie—Oh, yes, it ha* already had an effect on business. Fred began talking business last night when I told him my btirt ilwtfi irtßt w plOferit

IMPROVED SEA MESSENGER.

Device to Convey Tidings from Tee* sele in Distress. Should 70a be walking on the beach, and pick up a tiny boat bearing the legend: "Whoever finds this boat, look in the stern tube for an abstract log. which please forward to Lloyd’s underwriters, London,” you will know that one of Captain Bowden’s patent seamessengers has fulfilled Its mission. Hie messenger is like the model of a vessel, or boat (length 2 feet 2 inches, breadth 6% Inches, depth 6% inches).

THE SEA MESSENGER.

From the stern, which is square, a chamber is bored forwards longitudinally, and in it is Inserted a metallic tube, to hold a small wooden rod, round which the ship’s log or any other Information written upon paper or the like may be rolled. The sea-messenger is made of solid wood (pine), and is entirely covered externally with Muntz’ yellow metal, to project it when afloat and also to render it conspicuous. Upon the deck the inscription is engraved on a metallic plate. The boat Is suitably ballasted to prevent Its capsizing and to keep the deck-plate In view at all times while floating. The inventor wants to make it imperative by law for all shipmasters to keep an abstract log fully written up day by day (noon preferred) and kept inserted in the messenger In readiness for an emergency. By this means the ofttimes cruel silence and dreaded suspense to those on shore may be averted.

EQUIPPING THE ARMY MULE.

Packing la a Science and an Expert at It Slakes Money. The mules of Uncle Sam are equipped with the Mexican aparejo for the carrying of their loads, says a correspondent. This consists first of two or more thick felt blankets, folded large enough to nearly cover the mule from shoulder to tail. Over this is placed a huge pair of leather bags united by a broad band of the same material, the cavities stuffed with soft hay. This is girthed to the mule by a cinch nearly a foot in width, which is drawn as tightly as possible by a strong man, pulling with both hands and with a foot against the animal’s ribs to give him a greater purchase. On each side of the spine the articles to be carried are placed and lohed by a rope about fifty feet in length, which has at one end a broad webbing belt to pass under the body, as was done with the others. Another “squeezing” is given and the rope is crossed in different'directions over the load, tightened at every crossing, and finally fastened In a knot loosed by one pull. “Packing” is a science, and as such commands good wages. I have known a “chief packer” to be paid a salary of $l6O per month on the frontier, and his services were worth the money paid. The duty is taught to cavalrymen as part of their drill, and many of the soldiers become very expert in it. At a pack drill of the Ninth Cavalry a few days before it left Montana one company packed its mule in one minute and fifty-four seconds, and others were but little slower. Thirty mules generally constitute a “train,” and are managed by three men. They are trained to follow a bell, worn by a horse, white preferred, as being more readily seen. They are not confined in any way except when first put into the train; then any straying from it is punished very severely, and Mr. Mule soon learns his place and that it is best to keep it.

BOOKS FOR SOLDIERS.

Wisconsin Set a Good Example in Providing a Traveling Library. The good example set by Wisconsin in providing her soldiers with a traveling library has been imitated by Buffalo. The plan adopted by the latter city is much the same as that in vogue in Wisconsin. Each company is to be given a library of from fifteen to eighteen volumes, incased in a weather-proof box, and the companies will exchange libraries periodically. The work is to be done at

READING MATTER PASSED ALONG.

the library, but the reading matter is to be furnished by the people, as also the money needed for cases, transportation, etc. In addition to the bound volumes, It is hoped to send large Quantities of paper-bound volumes, magazines and illustrated newspapers, to be distributed without the requirement of returning them to the company libraries.

Buttons.

It is only in comparatively modern times that buttons have been utilized as fasteners. The Greeks and Romans knew nothing of them, and, though they presented themselves as ornaments in the fourteenth century, but-ton-holes were still an undreamed-of possibility. It was not until nearly the middle of the last century that the manufacture of steel buttons was entered upon at the Soho works in Birmingham, England. Then, on the accession of George 111., gilt buttons appeared and became quite the vogue. But it was reserved for the artisans of our day to make these useful fasteners in the, greatest variety at marvelously low' prices and out of all sorts of material, even to the seemingly impossible po-i tato.

Stone in Judea.

The hill near Jerusalem where the crucifixion of Jesus occurred is formed of limestone. The shores of the Dead Sea are lined with pumice-stone, show' ered out of some volcano that destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, which cities finally sank beneath the waters of the Dead Sea.

Mile High View.

A balloonist a mile above the earth commands q geld vUjon 83 milts rtdlu* *

Book-Making In the Middle Agee. It required a man of great parts to be a successful publisher at that time, as much as or even more than it does to-day. Such an institution, for example, as the Sorbonne or University of Paris required the highest guarantees of character, capital and literary capacity in the licensed bookseller. He must be an adept in all tbe knowledge and science of the period, as well as perfectly skilled in the mechanical needs of his business. The university, too, which was always in close touch with the church, even when its studies had begun to broaden, exercised a jealous censorship, lest some religious heresy should creep in. Whenever an error of this or even of a more trivial sort was found the transcripts were burned and the bookseller heavily fined. Sometimes his privileges might be entirely revoked, indeed, and he himself imprisoned. The bookseller conld not even fix a price on his own products. Four of the guild In Paris, for example, were sworn as appraisers by the authorities of the Sorbonne to fix the selling value of a book, ana any deviation from this was a penal offense. To students the price was fixed at twothirds of the charge asked of the general purchaser. The booksellers could not dispose of their entire stock and trade without the license of the university, which must also approve the purchaser. As an additional help to students the Sorbonne in the middle of tbe fourteenth century framed a law compelling all booksellers to keep books to lend out on hire, and this example was imitated at Toulouse, Bologna, Vienna and Oxford. In this way circulating libraries were established in the middle ages.—Harper’s Roand Table.

YOUNG AT SIXTY.

Serene comfort and happiness in advanced years are realized by comparatively few women. Their hard lives, their liability to serious troubles on account of their peculiar organism and their profound ignorance concerning themselves, all combine to shorten the period of usefulness and fill their later years with suffering. Mrs. Pink ham has done much to make women strong. She has given advice to many that has shown them how to guard against disease and retain vigorous health in old age. From every corner of the earth there is constantly coming the most convincing statements from women, showing the efficacy of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound in overcoming female ills. Here is a letter from Mrs. J. C. Orms, of 220 Horner St., Johnstown, Pa., which is earnest and straight to the point: “ Dear Mbs. Pinkham: — l feel it my duty to tell all suffering women that I think your remedies are wonderful. I had trouble with my head, dizzy spells and hot flashes. Feet and hands were cold, was very nervous, could not sleep well, had kidney trouble, pain in ovaries and congestion of the womb. Since taking your remedies I am better every way My head trouble is all gone, have no pain in ovaries, and am cured of womb trouble. I can eat and sleep well and am gaining in flesh. I consider your medicine the best to be had for female troubles.” The present Mrs. Pinkham’s experience in treating female ills is unparallelled, for years she worked side by side with Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, and for sometime past has had sole charge of the correspondence department of her great business, treating by letter as many as a hundred thousand ailing women during a single year.

The Tardy Repast.

“We Americans,” said the physician, “are not careful about our eating. A man ought not, after eating a hearty breakfast and lunch, go home and try to eat a hot, heavy dinner every day.” “There, Henrietta,” said Mr. Meekton, triumphantly, “that is what I have been telling you ever since the base-ball season opened.”—Washington Star.

Shake Into Your Shoes

Allen’s Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures painful, swollen, smarting feet and instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions. It’s the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Allen’s Foot-Ease makes tight-fitting or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired, nervous, aching feet. Try it todny. Sold by ail druggists and shoe stores. By mail for 25c in stamps. Trial package FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted. Le Roy, N. Y.

Pays to Live in This Town.

The town of Dornstetten in Wurtemberg has its funds so well invested that the inhabitants, instead of paying taxes, receive a bonus of $25 each annually, besides free fire-wood and free vise of land for raising vegetables.

Nerves Out of Tune.

Just as the strings of a musical instrument get out of tune through lack of care and break out into ear-torturing discords when touched, so the human nerves get out of tune, and make everybody miserable that comes in contact with them. Every tobacco user’s nerves are out of tune more or less, and the real tobacco slave’s nerves are relaxed to the utmost. No-To-Bac is the tuning key which tightens the nerves, makes them respond quickly to the emotions, resulting in the happiness of all. No-To-Bac guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak men strong. We advise all tobacco users to take No-To-Bac.

The Office Boy’s Romance.

“Mr. Jenkins, I’ve got an uncle, a brother and two cousins in this war.” “I see; you’re fixing to get off to a base-ball game every time we hear rumors of a battle.” Gross earnings of the Chicago Great Western Railway for the second week of July were $86,410.07, an increase, compared with $73,562,16 for the same week lust year, of $12,847.91.

Thefts from Diamond Mines.

Notwithstanding the closest espionage the diamond mining companies of South Africa lose, It is said, £200,000 a year by theft.

Hall’s Catarrh Cure.

Is taken Internally. Price 75 cents. If one man holds four aces in the showdown, about all the others hold is their breath. Piso’s Cure for Consumption has been a godsend to me.—Wm. B. McClellan, Chester, Fla., Sept. 17, 1895. If it wasn’t for the lynebiugs occasionally there would be more trials In this world.

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George W. Vanderbilt.

George W. Vanderbilt, who has recently made a little provision for his heirs by insuring his life for $1,000,000, need not resort to that experiment except for amusement, for Mr. Vanderbilt Is worth $20,000,000. Altogether he is a peculiar fellow. He is passionately fond of collecting curious things, such as old rare books, odd coins, Egyptian beetles, ancient Hindu weapons, and old hookahs. He spends only $20,000 a year on himself and about $200,000 in charities, on other people who have no money at all. Once Mr. Vanderbilt thought he would like to see life from the reporter’s point of view and rented himself to a newspaper at a very moderate salary. He retired fron) journalism not because he did not like his new duties, but because intense application to hard work wore down bis health, and he felt that he would not be doing justice to himself if he persisted in an occupation that was injuring him without the necessity of doing so. Mr. Vanderbilt recently made .a tour of the world and brought back with him a tremendous collection of curios, which he added to4ds already valuable store. He is a most studious, kind, simple man, and his whole life has been marked by an extreme devotion to his mother. His wealth has spoiled him In no way, and he is popular among young men who are not rich in the worldly wealth.

Simla Society’s Idea of Fun.

One of the most amusing incidents of the recent Simla season was the Impersonation of two foreign noblemen by two gentlemen well known in Simla society, one of them posing as the war correspondent of the Italian paper, the Rome. Skillful was the disguise, and so admirably were their parts kept up, that the two distinguished foreigners spent the evening with a party in the commander-In-chiefs box, and afterward had supper on the stage with the actors without their Identity being discovered. At supper the count appeared to find the wines of the English more potent than those of his own country, and the speechless horror of the mamma when he commenced to pay marked court to her daughter very nearly caused the baron to die of suppressed laughter and apoplexy. Next day, when the hoa* was discovered, there was some fluttering in the dovecots as to what they had said to the foreign noblemen and what the wicked count had said to them. The rest of Simla roared.—Lahore Civic and Military Gazette.

Wheat 40 Cents a Bushel.

How to grow wheat with big profit at 40 cents and samples of Salzer’s Red Cross (80 Bushels per acre) Winter Wheat, Rye, Oats, Clover, etc., with Farm Seed Catalogue for 4 cents postage. JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO., La Crosse, Wis. C N U

Good at Arithmetic.

Lady (in employment office)—As there are only my husband and myself in the family, I think you ought to be willing to come for less than you ask. There are only two persons to cook for. Domestic—But, mum, when I’m wid you there ’ud be three.—New York W'eekly.

Reduced Rates to Dixon,

Via the Northwestern Line, from stations within 200 miles radius, on account of the Rock River Assembly, to be held at Dixon, July 25-Aug. 11. For dotes of sale, etc., apply to Agents Chicago and Northwestern Railway.

Unexpected Relief.

“We won’t have to go away this summer.” “Why not.” “The girl next door has had to stop playing the piano to read the war news to her grandfather.”

Lane's Family Medicine

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The Queen and Lady Millais.

It Is related that, when Sir Johi Millais fell 01, tbe queen sent the Princess Louise to tbe dying man to Inquire what favor she could accord him that could alleviate his sorrow, if not his pain. Sir John thereupon called for his writing tablet and Inscribed upon it the words, “1 should like the queen to see my wife.” Then Ihe queen broke through her iron rule not to receive any woman whose marriage tie had been once dissolved—whether there be blame or not—graciously acceded to the request, and accorded the sorely tried lady a tender and sympathetic interview.—St. James’ Gazette.

What Will Become of China?

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Jaundiced View.

“Why do doctors disagree?” “So they can catch one another’s dissatisfied patients.”

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