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S T EJ IS. rn T 1 ID 13 ’ . H| tbleri tee I'or horms in nil Animats. Cured forty youn^j pigs. Head the following: Hbnnkpin. HI.. Nov. 24, 1S9$. O. G. Sthketbe : Your Hog Cholera Cur» arrived on time; wo used it on forty young pigs that were coughing and off ot their teed and not a bit lively. They are pulled through safely and are as lively as crickets. Send me |4 worth more. Wm K. Thomas. Ask druggists for Steketee’a Hog Chole.a Cure, fifty cents, or sixty cents by mail. Address, CEO. G. STEKETEE. Proprietor, UKANI) K W*II>8, Mil H.

SOUTH

ONI WAY TIOKITS AN! SOLO At H Cents a Mile Pnom THI NORTH OVtR V H ■

LOUHVILLB A NASMVILLI N. I. To individuals on the First Tuesday and to parties of seven or more on the Third Tuesday of each month, to nearly all points in the South ; and on special dates Excursion Tickets are sold at a little more than One Fare for the round trip. For full information write to J. K. EIDBELY, S. W. Pass. Ageni, CWcap, 111. C. P. ATMORE, Gei'l Pass. Ap., LouisTille, Ey.

SENT FREE. Write for County Map of the South to either of the above named gentlemen, or to P. Sid Jones, Pass. A^ent, in charge ol Immigration, Birmingham, Ala.

Ifs a sin to swear Doctors, Lawyers ami other men will swear occasionally anti frown if they find sog<?y bread at ineal-tim6. Ask your grocer for Luetcke’s. It's O. K. and will make them smile. C. Lueteke, The Baker. 3m*, G. M. BLACK’S Limy, Sals aafl Feeil Stal Franklin St., near northeast corner public square Best Livery Rigs. Farmers’ Teams Fed. Horses Boarded. Call and see. tf 2

DE. O. C. SMYTHE. DR. W. W. TUCKER SITTHE & TUCKER,. Physicians and burgeons Office, Vine street, between Washington and Walnut streets.

HfANTED:—Several trustworthy gentlemen H or ladies to travel in Indiana for established, reliable house. Salary $T80 aud expenses. Steady position. Euclose reference and self-addressed stamped envelope. The Dominion Company, Third Floor, Omaha Blug., Chicago, 111. 16146

HA IL It A V TIME- TA BL h> BIG FOUR. EAST. No. 36 Daily 2:39 am “ 4, Ex Sun 9:13 a m “ 8, Daily* 4:15 p m “ 8, Daily 5:21 p ra WEST. *o. 35, Daily 12:32 a m 9, Daily 8:50 jt m 11, Daily 12:38 p m “ 5. Kx Sun 5:57 p m No. 36, Night Express, hauls through cars for Cincinnati, New York and Boston. No. 2 connects with trains for Michigan divisions via Anderson audio Cincinnati. No. 4 connects for Cincinnati, Springfield, O., and Wabash, Ind. No. 18, Knickerbocker, hauls through sleepers for Washington, D. C., via C. & O., and through sleepers for New York via n. v ( k. k.; also dining cai coaches illuminated with gas on all trains. i r HUB8TI8, Agt. VftNDALIA LINE!

1 a -fleet Feb tie, It d.,

IS 1896. Trains leave Qreencaa-

FOR TH K WEST.

9:05 a m, for St. Loula.

No. 5, Daily...

*• 21, Daily 1:35 p m, “ 7, Daily 12:26 a m, “ “ “ 15, Dally 8:46 am, “ “ “ 3, F.x. Sun .5:18 pin, “ Terre Haute. “ 11, Daily 8:03 pm, “ St. Louis

FOR THB EAST.

No. 20, Daily.I:a5pm, lor Indianapolis. “ 8, Daily 3:31 p ra, “ “ “ 2, Daily 8:03 p m, ‘ “ •• 6, Daily 4 ■’o a m, “ “ •• 12, Daily 2: ’' a m, “ “ “ 4, Ex. 8un„... 8:4. i ’a, “ “ For complete Time c I. covin,! all train, and stations, and for full ' ntoruiation as to rates, through cars, etc., a.ldrcs J S. DOWLING, Agent, Oreencastle, Ind.

r E. A. Ford,

Oeneral Passenger Agt., St. Lonis, Mo.

MONON ROUTE

g]lou«viut.wo,AiBAirncnicA>oifrXb.^

In effect Jan. 12, 1896.

NORTH BOUND.

No. 4*, Chicago Mail “ S'. “ Express “ 44t, Local Freight

SOUTH BOUND.

a m 12:05 p m 11:40 a m

No. 3', Souther] Mail 2:52 am “ S'', “ Express 2:27 pm 43J, Local ,11:40 a m

Daily. JDaily except Sunday.

Pullman sleepers on night trains. For c iiuplete 14me cards and full information in regard to rates, through cars, etc., address

J. A. MICHAEL, Agent. F. J. Kekd, Q. P. A..Chicago.

NATURAL SOFT SOAP. It Is Found In a Series of Pits In the lllg Horn Mountains. A party of g-uiitlemrit fiom tiie east, who huio boon bunting ami fishing' during the p'st month in the Hig Horn mountains and basin, met while there with a pertinent 'Jlustration of the natural marvels of the great central west, says the Denver News. This was nothing less than the discovery of a series of pits or vats of natural soft soap, the i xcellent quality of ihe product showing that old Dame Na‘ure is well competent, when in the mood, to hold up fully the end of her string ns a housewife. These natural poft soup pits, seven in number, and h iving an average cupacity of about 1,.)C0 gallons, are scattered over an area of two or three.acres of alkali land, situated just below the mouth of half a dozen hot springs and two large springs of | rnetically pure lubricating oil. The water from the hot springs and the oil drainage combining with each other and acting on the alkali deposit, constitute a natural soap manufactory, the product of which is gathered in the adjacent set ies of earth cavities or pits. Just below the pits themselves is a wide tract of spongiest march soil, in whose depths the soft soap surplus is absorbed. The product is perfectly marketable, and in the coming commercial development of (be liig Horn basin there will doubtless be a natural soft soap syndicate. "NOT A LADY." Queer Idea, of the Trade* People of

Scotland.

The last time the significance of that very versal.'le and comprehensive word “gentleman" came up for discussion in the present writer’s hearing one of the talkers was reminded of the, amusing experiences of nn American woman in Scotland, says Harper's Weekly. She had been studying to be a trained nurse and went abroad in the summer. In Edinburgh she undertook to buy a mackintosh. She found one that suited her. but the price was too high. She said to the shop girl: “I have to work for my living and can’t afford to pay so much. You must sell it to me cheaper." “Vait a minute,” said the girl, and went to the rear of the shop to the proprietor and said: “That person would like that clonk, but she says she’s not a lady, and wants a reduction." Whether she got the cloak or not did not appear, but unquestionably’she rot a very surprisingillustrationof The difference between the meaning of the word “lady” in Scotland and its meaning in the United States. CHAMPION HARD-LUCK STORY. Girl Give* Him Money to Keep—.Hit* Him — IIIm Dilemma. Cupid leads men into strange capers, and many of these capers have an interesting financial side. A seven-dollar-a-week porter in a large china store came <o his employer recently and made this interesting confession: “I’m in a peck o’ trouble. I’ve been engaged to a girl, you know—was awful gone on her-—and blew in nearly all my wages on her — theaters, sleigh rides, oyster stews and all sorts of things. Well, she’s mad at me and wrote this letter to say that I’m fired. Look at all this stuff she sent back— photograph, $18 ring, $7 ring, $13 gold chain, $3 locket—wasn’t I a chump? Hut the worst of it is, we were going to get married, and she was giving me her money to keep. 1 had $40 of her money'. Of course, you know, 1 thought she wouldn’t want, it soon, and I’ve been and blew it in on this suit of clothes, and three sweaters: had to look decent to go around with her, you konw. Now, 1 have to pony up that •■ash and 1 ain’t got it. Will you let me draw it on those here wimmin’s

trinkets?”

BECAME A PROPRIETOR. Sherman Trlt* Why He Furchawed Property In Washington. “When I entered congress my pay as a member was eight dollars a day daring the session, and it was said we had ‘roast beef,’ but w • paid fo.- it if we had it,” says Senator John Sherman, in his “Recollections.” “At the dose of the 34th congress the compensation was increased to $3,000 a year. During the latter part of the war and afterward prices of food, board and lodging wore considerably advanced. “In 1804 I offered the proprietor of Willard’s hotel my' monthly pay of $250 for board and lodgings in very modest quarters for my wife and myself, but lie demanded $300 a month. This led me to purchase a house in which to live, a change which I have never regretted. It was quite the fashion then for the old families, who were in full sympathy with the confederates, to underrate property (even their own) in Washington, on the ground that when the confederacy was acknowledged the capital would be removed and real estate could, therefore, be obtained upon very reasonable terms.” When People May Dance. At n gathering of King’s Daughters at London, Ont., the other day, Mrs. Graham, of Toronto, on being asked if dancing should be tolerated, replied: es. but only in the morning, nn hour lieforc breakfast, and then the woman should dance with her husband or brother.” This encouragement of morning dancing at a time when morning prayers are said to bo falling into disuse, may possibly strike some Christian ns unwise. And there are sedate leaders of families, not necessarily Ciiristinns, who would kick vigorously if they were asked to dance nn liour before reading the morning paper and going to business. Farmers, also, who have to begin work very early in the morning, will be apt to complain if this dancing rule should be enforced. Want Protection. The JAavarian pesants, who have a Iwvror of fire, address the following prayer to their favorite saint: “0, holy St. Florian! Protect this house; burn the others.”

OLD GRIZZLY FINALLY KILLED. Death of a Wild lloar Which In felted the Vicinity of Chico. "Grizzly 1‘eud" was the name borne for many years by that portion of the county lying along the Sacramento river southeasterly from Chico and embracing the Parrott ranch and other lands in that vicinity, says the Oroville (Cal.) Mercury. Of course, it is a long y ears since the grizzly held possession there, as. like the Indian, he wusforeed to give way before the pioneer settlers of that vicinity. A place, however, so well calculated for the home of the grizzly could not long be without its representative, even if it had to be an animal somewhat less wild and more domestic in its habits. Hogs turned loose in the swamps and morasses soon became so wild that it was dangerous for a person to be caught unawares by one of the patriarchs of the herds that infested the district. So large and vicious had one of these fellows become that he was known and feared by all the residents in that vicinity. and for his wild nature and ferocious conduct generally hail become knovtn as “Old Grizzly," and it was claimed he w::s bullet-proof and couldn’t l>o slain. Presently he fell a victim to a party of limiters who sought him w ith the avowed purpose of effecting his extermination. The boar was p.n immense fellow and weighed 550 pounds. Ills tuskg were long, one of them being partly broken off. The hide was over nn inch thick and the shields on the shoulders were 2*£ inches thick. lie hud never been injured by dogs or gui^ before. CANCER OF THE TONGUE. Hon It Start* uiul How It Should He

Treated.

Malignancy in any part of the body is very often a provoked malady, says the Family Doctor. For instance, how frequently a malignant tumor of the mamma is ascribed by the patient to u blow—sometimes, perhaps, erronethe Family Doctor. For instance, how correctly. Epithelioma in the upper lip is a very rare disease; in the lower one it is very common. The structure of the two lips is identical; the pii>e of the smoker is equally in contact with both; but the lower one is movable and is often bitten or otherwise marred by the teeth, which is rarely he case with the upper. Thus longcontinued irritation and slow inflammation of certain parts—the tongue being a conspicuous example—may, in a goodly proportion of instances, lay the foundation or be the earlier steps of a very terrible disease. Grant this, and it will be seen how essential it is to watch such chronic glossitis very closely, to allay irritation, and more especially to avoid all irritating applications. Thus, if the patient smokos, if he takes highly-spiced food, he should be directed to discontinue or greatly modify these habits; if he have rough and bad teeth, the defects must be corrected. In treating fissures, ulcers, etc., nitrate of silver or sulphate of copper must especially be avoided. The mouth should be washed after each meal; boracic acid or bismuth lotions may be used. MRS. MONROE’S DOCTRINE. She Made a New Hule for Women of the Executive 3liftiiHion. About the time that James Monroe cs president of the United States proclaimed the great doctrine which bears his name in international affairs, says the Chicago Tribune, his wife, Eliza Kortright Monroe, took a stand in social affairs which has stood the test of time quite as well as that of her great husband. She absolutely refused to return any cocial calls. Great was the row it stirred up anil the charges of affecting royal manners and customs and of being rude and ail the rest rained about Mrs. Monroe’s head. Cut it was of no avail. She stuck it out, and each “first lady of the land” has followed her example since. So great, however, was the disturbance over Mrs. Monroe's refusal to return calls that John Quincy Adams considered it necessary to draw up and formally promulgate a formula of etiquette which has since regulated the life of the executive mansion. After the revolution James Monroe, then only 23 years old, went to New York as a delegate in congress from Virginia. He was a handsome young fellow, with political and military success upon him iu a marked degree and a distinguish'd ancestry. There he met the beautiful daughter of Lawrence Kortright, who was an important figure in the social life of New York of that day, and, falling in love, they were married. Aluminum Diamonds. It is well known to jewelers that aluminum will mark a glass or “paste” diamond, but not the true gem, provided the surface is vveti This fact has now been applied in the production of c mechanical tester, which consists of o small disk of aluminum rapidly revolved by nn electric motor. The stone to be tested is wetted and held against the edge of the disk by means of a spring clamp. When metallic marks are found on the stone after this treatment it is rejected as false.

Hni-ometrlc Animal*. Cats or dogs in a house are, it is affirmed, trustworthy barometers to those who watch their movements carefully. If they are restless a change of weather, especially when rain is coming, may be anticipated. The cause of tliis is that their skins are extremely sensitive to atmospheric influence, so that any change in the condition of the air irritates and oppresses them, causing incessant restlessness. . Interesting to Smoker*. A man, says a statistician, smoking a pipe of medium size blows out of his mouth for every time lie fills the pipe 700 smoke clouds. If he smokes four pipes ii day for 20 years he blows out 20,440,000 smoke clouds.

FEED UPON SALT WATER. SAVED FROivl AN ANGRY COvv. ('mint It** Living Thing* That l:il*t In tike Lively Cti:v*e of ii Montane Man from *

Depth* of the Oeeoa. | Shorp-IIorneU Dovlne.

The salts of the sea have fed through- "Tide a freight train was lying over out all time countless things which at a small mountain station in Montana have thronged its waters and whose re- l lie engineer borrowed a shotgun and mains now form the r.;uks of the con- started for a hunt. He was about retinents or lie spread in beds of unknown turning to his train when a cow made thickness over 06,000,000 square miles hcr appearance. Before he realized of the 143,000,'oo square miles of that there was any danger the nnmial the ocean’s floor; they have lent the made a rush at him, and he ran with all substance to build the fringing icefs t** 4 * might. Hut the cow vvus a better of the land mid all the coral islands racer, and In a few minutes caught him of the sun, and there ere ut present, '’Y the clothing, splitting his coat from on the basis of an ave ge salinity of waist to collar and tossing him into the j per cent., in the £.1.700,003 cubic air - Getting to his feet as quickly ns miles of water which makes up the possible he dodged behind a tree, and oceans, OO.OOp.OOO.ODO.OOii.nro tons, or 10,- then, to his dismay, found thu.t the gun 173,000 cubic miles of salt. This is barrel was bent so as to be useless, sufficient to cover the areas of all the * he next ten hiiuntos, says the Dozelands of the earth w ith a uniform layer man Avunt Courier, were lively ones. >f salt to a depth of 1,000 feet. | The cow chased the engineer round and It seems, says 1’opulnr Science round the tiee, and when he got a Monthly, that the sea was made salt chance to hit bir with the gun barrel in tiie beginning as a part of the grand >t only seemed to « nrage her the more, ik'sign of the Creator to provide for the H was only n quest ion of time when he system of evolution which has been go-, would succumb to fatigue, when a diiug on since the creation. Many dis-' v(!I ’siim occurred which saved his life, tinet species of living organisms live in ' n angry snort was heard and a bigelk the sea as a result of its salinity, and appeared upon the reenc. head down their remains have largely contributed and prepared for a fight. The cow was 'o the growth of continents. The three so mad by this time that she was ready great factors in accounting for the sys- for anything, and in another moment tern of currents in the ocean, by which the two animals dashed at each other, it becomes the great heat distribute! The ingineer wat;T.id the combat for of the globe, are changes of tempera- a few minutes, until prudence sugfurc, the winds and salinity. The last gested that he should make a retreat mentioned becomes an important fac- while he could. He regained the train lor through the immediate and essen- in safety and never knew the outcome tial differences of specific gravity and of the battle, but the presumption is

consequent differences of level that it that the elk was the victor. produces in different parts of the ocean

through the action of evaporation and ELECTRICITY KILLS THE TREES,

rainfall. j 1 Wire* Atta< tird to the Branches Destroy A WOMAN TRAVELER. j u '° Ioll “se. I In France great care is taken in lo-

M!*» Kingsley Accompli*tie«l Much Dur’n B( c£ tiug the wires that carry high-ten- ... * ,er Journey in Afrit a. | sion electric currents, whether used Miss Kingsley has explored thcCame-j for Ugl , t or for but in Amei . ioa roons region. West Africa, and her ad- (tiie lhi u (Iolu . 1110 re simply. A., ventures proved both interesting and one bothers hims.-l f about w'hat is to be exciting. During a canoe journey up fo und at the side of the wire, and it the Ogowe river the canoe was upset 11)lonp the branch, s of the trees nearly a dozen times and the intrepid und n( , ross tbiekets, unconscious of the lady explorer and her party of natives (1 . u that . it lnay (!o . Now in many were thrown into the water. towns, says Ihe Cosmos, it has been Lut perhaps the most disagreeable ohBerV( , (1 thut tlu . tm . ; . in tlu> 0U1 . experience was encountered in the' t dwindle an(1 clic . it has also been l angvve country. The Fangwes are , )bserved that the death of the trees cannibals, and are one of the few tribes ; i nvariably follows the rainy season; in Africa wluch eat their own dead, j the lcave8 being then soaked with * e P^°P e uere fnendiy toward Miss moisture, become good conductors,and Kingsley, but she had great trouble lead ,. ho current down into the tree m preventing them from killing and; from tJlc wire . The wires, to be sure, eating some of her servants. She did have been insulated, but the protect-

uot come across one burial place in the Fangwe country; but she found that in

ive layer lias been quickly destroyed I by the friction of the branches and

most of „he nat.ve mud huts pieces of | ( ae ij ne becomes bare, producing thus liuman beings were being kept, just | results that it would have been well

as civilized people keep fresh meat and

other eatables in their larders. On one occasion when Miss Kingsley was turning out the contents of a sack to try’ and find out the origin of a sickening smell, hands, feet, eyes and other human remains tumbled out on the

ground.

Although this remarkable lady'slept often in the open air, was drenched with rain many limes, und experienced almost every variety of temperature, she enjoy id exce’Jent health, and intends to return to West Africa in a few weeks' time.

AMUSING TRICK. Wl.h Wlilch to Kntertaln at Little Expense. A neat trick, affording considerable amusement at little expense, cun lie I reduced by causing a candle to bum vdiile almost immersed in a tumbler i' water. The experiment is as follows: Insert a nail—not too heavy—in the lower end of a short candle to order to make that end heavier, and p'aoe the whole in a glass containing enough water to reach the upper end of the candle without wetting the wick. At first thought nothing seems stranger than to expect a candle to be entirely consumed in such a situation; but it is simple enough. As the candle burns it grows lighter and lighter, and rises gradually as it diminishes in length, so that the lighted end always remains above the surface of the water. Moreover, the outside of the candle, being cooled, will meltmuch more slowly than usual, and the flume will make a little hollow in (he center. This hollow place also helps in making the candle float, and preserves the wick from contact with the water. Thus the candle will continue to burn in its strange candlestick unt ; l (ho wick is entirely consumed.

Provocation tor » Lawsuit. There is a story told of a very eminent lawyer now no longer with us, who once, while enllcavoring to dissuade a friend from going to law, was asked what he would himself consider sufficient ground for resorting to litigation. “My dear fellow," he replied, “1 do not say' that under no conceivable circumstances would 1 take proceedings against anyone, but 1 do say that if this moment you deliberately upset my ink on the table, chucked my wife out of the w indow, threw that volume of reports ot the bust of Dickons, ’made hay’ with my furniture and finally tweaked my nose, 1 should, no doubt, use my best endeavors to kick you downstairs; but once rid of you, cither by force or persuasion, no power on eartli should induce me to bring an action against you.”

Associates cf the Shark.

A small fish called the pilot is nearly always found with the man-eating shark. Each shark is accompanied by from five to seven (always by an odd number, it is claimed) of these little vassals, and while his slinrkship seems to be incessantly looking forsomething wherewith to satisfy his voracious appetite he never eats these little pilots,

to avoid. And the electricity is the only’ thing that can be accused of this. It suffices, to convince oneself, to compare the condition of the trees trav ersed by wires with that of neighboring trees. It has often been noticed that in n storm all the trees through which wires pass die In a few hours, while the surrounding ones are not touched. This is a very serious source of complaint, and causes some law-

suits.

SCHOOLBOYS IN CHINA. The Lot of the Celcutlul Vouth I* Not a I><'rilrahlv One. While modern educators are making the claim that, the youths of to-day are held too close to their ta-sks and overfond mammas find in the confinement of the schoolroom the solution fo the pallor on their children’s cheeks, a knowledge of the course of study pursued by children in China might be of some value. At the age of five a Chinese boy begins his schooling. At daylight he rises, and after dressing as quickly as possible he starts breakfastless to school. He is given a task and after it is completed he is allowed nn hour for breakfast. Again, later, he has an hour for luncheon, but he is at his study' nearly 12 hours a day, seven days In the week. All this time, when he is not reciting his lessons, he is studying aloud at the top of bis voice. He is under the eye of his master both in school and on his way to and from school. The lad is taught rudimentary astronomy . physios and natural history, but greater stress is put upon vvritingand literary studies. “A Thousand Letters," a poem, is the study that forms the backbone of his .•terary education. In it are taught the duties of children to parents, and all such matters. Whatever the study may be—history, classics or science— every lesson is learned and repeated word for word. ANTARCTIC CONTINENT.

ff Centuries ago. pe7 // pie used to fear .vha they called the pe x* H A. till ncu. Ml :>'l JW Death” was the*^ most tetriblc thing in the world tothum. They feared it aS people now fear the Cholera and Yullov/ Fever And yet there is a more terrible thing than any of these. There is a thing that causes more misery and more deaths th in env of tfi-w. It is t!ie commonest trouble , that human beinsr* ‘UflVr from. It is so common ih:U nine-t ■: :.IS of :ill the ie.:ness in the world is traceable to it. It i> merely that simple, common thing—constipation. There is no i llin ,' what it may lead to, but it is sure to L ad to son: tiling bad Its immediate effects ate unpleasant in tho extreme. It makes p ople listless gives them headaches, makes the digestion poor, causes di.'./.iness, loss i t appetite, loss of sleep, foul breath and distress alter eating. All this merely because Nature has been imposed upon, ami lias been refused the little help she needed. This little help is furnished by Doctor Pierce’s Pleasant P' Hits One pill is a gentle laxative and two a mild cathartic. There are two remarkable things about the “Pellets.” One is that they never gripe; the other that .they cure permanently. There is no other medicine that does cure permanently. You can take any other medicine you like, as long as you like, and if you stop, your trouble will come back quickly, and the chances are the trouble will be worse than it was before. This isn't true of Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. You take them until you get yourself into perfect working order, and then you stop. You don’t have to take anv more Pellets ” unless after a while you do something that deranges your digestive system again. We are not guessing about these facts, and we, don't ask ou to take our unsupported word for it Thousands of people have found that they aie true, and have testified to them l,ct the druggist who says that something else is “Just as good ” sell that something else to somebody else. Don’t let him trifle with your health for the sake of a little more profit to himself World's Dispensary Medical Association, No. 60j Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. Nothing ig so foolish or wretched as to anticipate misfortunes. Of two evils choose neither if you can help

it.

Hooks are the windows through which the souls look out. Would you know whether the tendency of a book is good or evil, examine in what state , of mind you lay it down, | Out of weakness comes strength when ti e blrod has been purified, enrich and vitalise 1 by Hood’s Sarsaparilla. If you have a loitering servent, place his dinner before him. and send him on an er-

rand.

The complete novel in the April issue of Lippincott’s is “Flotsam,” by Owen Hall. The scene shifts from England to India and Australia, following the fortunes of a heroine who through a severe experience at sea loses track of her past life, so that her identity is established only after many months and much difficulty. “Tho ViviBectionist,” by Oari.lyn Wells, describes the conduct of a novelist whom no scruples deter in the search for literary material. Lieutenant Thomas H. Wilson, in “Between Reliefs,” tells of a not wholly unrighteous revenge. “On the War-Path with Kit Carson,” by William Thomson, is a true story, and so probably is “Dreaming Bob,” by Dr. Charles C. Abbott. The incidents of the first occurred on the California trail in 1860, those of the other more recently in New Jersey. If you desire to make a success in raising oats buy jour seed oats of Hughdfe Bros. Black oats are best adapted to this climate. 2t A child in Missouri put ins hand into a hen’s nest and said the hen “picked” him The two other ohilren of the family experimented with the same result The “hen” was a rattlesnake. In the resulting excitement the fourth child fell into a well and was drowned. The other three died soon afi rwards. To find fault with another is to expose a greater one of your own. A lie that is half the truth is ever the blackest of lies. Tennyson.

THE BLUES. Why do Women have the Bines more than Men I

IlplieveU to Up a Land Full of High .Moun tains. The hydroghphic office has issued a new chart showing*the limits, according to the numerous reports received at the United States hydrographic office, of the enormous ice fields encountered by mariners in those waters during the exceptionally severe years of 1892 and 3893, says the Washington Star. All of these reports agree in describing the icebergs seen during these years as colossal in height and extent and herded so closely together that any attempt to force a passage through the main body of the drift was attended by grave danger, many vessels being more or less damaged by collision and two lost. Romo of the bergs are high and perpendicular, and are regarded as of recent origin. Others are known to be old. Their character is such that they could not. have been formed on low, flat lands. Scientists believe there are high mountains in the Antarctic continent.

Hollloa a Floor.

When » sugar refinerj' wharf needs a new floor the old one is carted into

though they keep very close to* him. i flic refinery and boiled. The planks

Another frequentassociatc of the shark are saturated with sugar, molasses and is the remora, or sucker fish. Nature a variety of other things not usually hns[irovided itwitha large,circular disk deemed edible. The refinery prftcess, on the top of Its head. By means of however, separates the absorbed sugar this “sucker” it attaches itself to the from the impurities, and the refiners under surface of the shark and is car- make a very- handsome saving by boil-

iied by it wherever it goes. j lug up the old floor.

turzcui. TO OUR I.ADY Rf AUFR* t Are not women naturally as lighthearted, brave, and hopeful as men? Yes ; hut woman’s organism is different from maa’s. Women In perfect or good health are rarely victims of this symptom. Women nearly monopolize the blues, because their peculiar ailments I promote them. When the female organs fail to perform their functions properly, when the dreaded female complaints appear, there is shown nervousness, sleeplessness, faintness, backache, headache, bearingdown pains, etc., eausingtlie dreaded “let-me-alone” and “all-gone” feelings. When the woman does not understand what the matter is, and her doctor can not or will not tell her, she grows morose and melancholy; that’s the blues. Mrs. Newton Cobb, of Manchester, O., says: “Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will correct all this trouble. I cannot praise it enough. I am pleased to tell every one that it cured me; and if it will cure me, why not others ? I am sure my case was severe enough.” It will. v Get it of yum druggist at once.