Plymouth Tribune, Volume 4, Number 50, Plymouth, Marshall County, 28 September 1905 — Page 8

"Speaking of glancing bullets, said th Lieutenant, "there was a case in the Phlllipinos that a good many of the bluejackets on the war vessels haTc reason to remember. The Filipinos, early In the campaign, had been throwing up intrenchments along shore in odd places without exciting much", attention. One day the bluejackets on our shop and those on several others were given permission to take a sea bath. Every fellow who could swim went overboard in a Jiffy, and with two or three hundred men In the water the scene was worth" remembering. "In the midst of the frolicking the Filipinos behind the new earthworks opened on the ships and the men in the water. They didn't have the range or there would have been sad work then and there. All their bullets ftll hört, but when they struck ihe water they glanced from the surface, and we could hear them strike the ship's side, and occasionally one whizzed along the deck. There was a sharp call to quarters, and the swimmers came up the ship's side like so many squirrels, and some of them ran to their gunj without waiting to dress. "In a few minutes our vessel gave the rebels a broadside, anil, having the range, the shot and shell made the dirt fly. The rebel guns did not reply, but a Filipino leaped to the top of the trenches, waved his straw hat defiantly, and Jumped down. The men at the guns responded with shot and shell, and again the dirt of the Intrenchments flew in every direction. But again the Filipino stood up and waved his hat This was the o.der of the day for several broadsides, the Filipino timing his hat waving so as to escape every time. "By this time the game had become exciting, and the gunners changed their tactics. They fired the broadside as usual, but held the fire of one gun for some seconds, and let drive Just as the saucy Flipino came np for his hat waving, and he went down. That ended the engagement so fai as the Filipinos were concerned. Bvt the next morning I saw with my glass Admiral Dewey leave his flagship in his launch, and start on a loir of Inspection. We feared that the labels lurking about the intrenchments might pick the Admiral off and tried to signal him that there was danger. "He didn't see the signals, or didn't understand them, and his launch steamed along shore in a way to make ns very nervous. The Captain ordered the men to quarters, saying to me that If the Admiral was fired on he would demolish everything in sight. At last we attracted the Admiral's attention, and he came steaming up to demand of the Captain why his ship was cleared for action. The Captain explained what he had planned to do, and the men cheered. Dewey seemed very much touched, and there was a conference which led to a movement that Stopped fortification building .within range of our heavy guns." There were queer characters in the Philippine war as well as in the civil. One man In a volunteer regiment was taken sick in every engagement !n which the regiment participated. ' lit told his captain that It was like seasickness, but that it was caused by fear, and that he was a coward and deserved no mercy. r,1" e captair said nothing, but in the i t engagement the seasick man was illed for w. with the hospital cor- He hadn't been at work an hour when he came on a run to the company, went to the akirmlsh line, and from that time on was one of the most diring men In his regiment I was on the Roanoke," said the captain, "whenT the Monitor came down to meet the Merrimac. In the matter of glancing shots there never was anything like that fight. I remember well how we on the Roanoke felt the night after the destruction of the Minnesota and other vessels. We kxew that one more dash by the Merrlmac would finish us, and were not In a very cheerful mood when we beard the Monitor was coming. In fact, we know more about the Monitor than the government ever intended we should know. That night when We saw off to the north a light that conducted Itself contrary to the accepted rules and regulations, we fell the Monitor was in supporting distance. When she came up and reported for orders she seemed so ridiculously low in the water and so generally inadequate that we lost heart I heard the order that carried her to her position for the night, with instructions to keep in hiding until the Jlerrimac came our the next morning, when the Monitor was to c ose In . and fight None of ns on the Roanoke lor m 11 r Vi that Tiffrti W oil . -n.A to see the beginning of the fight, and when morning came with a heavy fog we were disconsolate. We could see. however-the heavy column of blv.ck smoke that Indicated tha po-'tlon of the Monitor. "Soon the heavy column of, saike moved down the river ami we'ltitrsr more deviltry was afoot. To our. surprise and delight the fog lifted Und we 8. W the Monitor move swifty toward the Merrimac as If to ram her. The srene Is as vlved to mo now as It was that morning and I ara sure that when the Merrimac sighted th? strange craft sailing straight toward fcer she backed water. The Monitor did not ram, but the fight opened and continued for three, hours and a half. We could see every maneuver could cee the balls strike the Monitor and rj'ancft off. "We could see also the heavy shot cf the Monitor strike the Merrimac. Conti of them glanced ofT and some d tis3 didn't We tavr whea tLa

rail around the deck was broken and wbj?n at last the Merrimac turned till and Trent up the river, we cheered like wild men. We knew the terror of. the Confederate fleet had been worsted, and when the Monitor came past the Roanoke we could see only some dents in her armor to indicate that she had been in a fight But, great Scot! it made us nervous to watch her, keeling this way and that As for glancing shots, we couldn't count them." Chicago Inter Ocean.

Discovered Plot to Free War Prisoners. John N. Unvarsaw, second city marshal of Indianapolis, died in this city recently. He was marshal during the civil war, and discovered one of the p.cts of the Knights of the Golden Circle, who had planned to free the Federal prisoners held In Indianapolis. His death resulted from a general breakdown of health. During the civil war Indianapolis was the scene of considerable rioting by Southern sympathizers, and it was the central point in the plots of the Knights of the Golden Circle. During the time that Mr. Unversaw was city marshal the Knights made several attempts to free the prisoners held here. Firearms were shipped from Greensburg to Indianapolis, Intended for the sympathizers. An inkling of this scheme was gained by Mr. Unversaw, and be went to the old union freighthouse, where he found a quantity of boxes marked "Sunday school books." He determined to investigate the shipment, and hurried away to the city halL, to get attachment papers. On his return to the freighthouse the boxes had disappeared. He called at the home of a drayman who hauled a great deal of freight. The man denied any knowledge of the shipment of Sunday school books. While Unversaw was still questioning him the drayman's wife came to the door and asked what the trouble wa3. "He is trying to find those boxes of books," said the man, speaking in German. "Better tell me where they are," said Unversaw, also speaking in German. The drayman at once told him where the books were. When the boxes were opened they were found to contain Sunday school books, but packed carefully among them were revolvers and rifles enough to supply two thousand soldiers. The arms were confiscated by the State. Unversaw was a friend of Governor Morton. During the disturbances of the time Unversaw was frequently called on to assist in the plans of the governor. lie helped place the guards at the State House when it was expected that the Knights of the Golden Circle would Invade the city. Guards were placed at all the windows, and when the Knights came, as was expected, they turned about and went back, realizing that it would be useless to try to free prisoners. Unversaw played a prominent pt, also, In the quelling of the most serious riot of the times, when 5,000 Knights and their friends gathered in the Governor's Circle, now Monument Place, to celebrate a Southern victory. Shooting occurred and three men were killed. Unversaw made his way through the crowd and seized the man who had fired the shots. The man wheeled on him and tried to fire at him. Unversaw grabbed the revolver and his hand was caught by the falling hammer, preventing the discharge of the weapon. He received a bayonet wound through his forearm at the same time. Indianapolis News. Banty Tim. (Remarks of Sergt. Tilmon Joy to the White Man's Committee of Spunky Point, Illinois.) I reckon I git your drift, gents You 'low the boy shan't stay; This is a white man's coantry; You're Democrats, you say; j And whereas, and seein', and wherefore, Th. nigger has got to mosey From the limits 0' Spunky P'int! Le's reason the thing a minute; I'm an old-fashioned Dimocrat, too, Though I laid my politics out o' the waj 1 or to keep till the war was through. But I come back here, allowin To vote as I used to do, Though it gravels me like the devil to train Along 0 sich fools as you. Now, dog my cats ef I kin see, In all the light of the day, What you've got to do with the question Ef Tim shill go or stay. And furder than that, I give notice, Ef one of you, tetches the boy. He kin check his trunks to a warmer clime Than he'll find In Illanoy. Why, blame your hearts, jest hear me! You know that ungodly day When our left struck Vicksburg Heights, how ripped And torn and tattered we lay. When the re3t retreated I stayed behind, For reasons sufficient to me, With a rib caved in and a leg on a strike, I sprawled on that damned glacee. Lord! how the hot sun went fer ns, ' And br'iled and blistered and burned! How the rebel bullets whizzed round us, When a cuss in his death-grip turned Till along toward dusk I seen a thing I couldn't believe for a spell That nigger that Tim was a-crawlin to me Through that fire-proof, gilt-edged hell! The rebels seen him as quick as me, And the bullets buzzed like bee?; But he jumped for me, and shouldered me, - Though a shot brought him once to his knees; But he staggered up, and packed me off, With a dozen stumbles and falls, Till safe in onr lines he drapped us both. His black hide riddled with balls. So, my gentle gazelles, thar's my answer, And hers stays Banty Tim! He trumped Death's Ace for me that day And I'm not goin back on him! You may rezoloot till the cows corns home, But cf one of you tetches the boy, Hell wrastle his hash to-night in hell, Or my name's not Tilmon Joy! John Hay. A kind wcrd to tha cook never rpcilx tts dinner

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PROFIT IN THE GARDEN. The average farm garden Is not cared for as It should be, and for that reason it is seldom profitable. Usually the farmer ts satisfied If the gar den gives an occasional "mesa" of beans, peas, etc., and as to profit why, it Isn't to be expected from the garden. That is the way they iook at It, but It Is a wrong view. The farm garden may be made to yield a larger profit per acre than any other part of the farm. And it may be accomplished with little extra work. For a number of years my gar den of not quite one acre has yielded an average of a hundred and tweaty dollars net, and besides our table Is always supplied with vegetable of ail kinds and plenty of canned goods for winter use. One of the chief aids to success 1 have found to be the preparation of t lanrl Th oil for vegetables Should b9 In the best possible condi tion and at least moderately rich, i begin to make preparations for next year's garden Just as soon as this year' crop Is harvested, by cleaning up all rubbish and making compost heaps of leaves- and all sorts of vegetable matter that will add humus to tte toll. Some stable manure Is spread on the land In fall and winter, but the greater part Is applied early in the spring. On my acre piece from thirty to fifty wagon loads are spread, then the land Is plowed about ten inches Seep, and harrowed until it is all finely pulverized. This gives me an ideal seed bed and when the various vegetables ha.ve started Into growth the cultivated is put to work, and is kept at it as Ions as the plants allow cultivation. No weeds are allowed to grow and I aim to keep my garden as faeat as. my lawn The "secret" of my large profits is not alon9 in thorough preparation of the toll and continuous cultivation, but aisb in getting toy products oa ths market earlier than the usual season. By starting tomato plants in the house early in March and setting them cut early, risking frost, ! iiEualiy hare ripe tomatoes by the firsf of July, fully two weeks ahead of the regular season for home grown Stock, Ffc? these earliest I receive two and a half to three dollars a bushel, fio it is with other vegetables, by starting early and maintaining the proper conditions for growth I get On the market when high prices prevail and eo reap the profits. N. S. Greed, in Indiana Farmer. HOW TO GAIT SADDLE HORSES. Always select the gait you wish to go and make the horse take It; don't fallow the horse to decide. Always go into the other salts from the flat fcjot walk. Never let your horse rush away when first mounted, but Instead start In a walk, says the Horse Breedeft Do not keep him constantly at one gait, but change quite often, otherwise, he will soon become adapted to the one gait in which you ride, and practically lose the other gaits. Fof a trot slacken the rein a triflle,and steadily take hold of the mane of touch the neck with the right hand, and at the same Um rise slightly from 'the saddle, urging on the horse gently. If he makes a mistake, and mixes, put him back to a walk at Ones, hnd repeat the maneuver. For the canter, slacken the reins. Incline your body forward, raise your right hand as if to salute, and cluck to the horse, When he starts, take sufficient hold of the reins to pull in his hose and make hlmirch his neck. Many highly trained horses will go Into the canter at the mere lncllnaUon of the body. For the rack, or single foot tighten the reins and give the bit a number of almost imperceptible jacks, at the same time urge him on with voice or whip, as he requires. If you feel him falter, or As if he was going to cnange into another gait.' slightly shake the bit and Urge him on. It is well to remember that this -last gait Is the hardest of all on the horse: for tho reason he should not ordinarily be asked to go at this gait for more than a mile without change. FOOD FOR GROWING PIGS. To turn tho growing plg3 of frjom four to six months old In with the older animals and expect them to ffo well Js a mistake. They will be unable to get their share of the fojod evn though it were of the proper kind for them, which it Is not. Shoats of the age mentioned do best on a ration of one pound of corn and oats mixed, to two pounds of middlings Given thls af a regular ration and then from three to flvo hour3 daily on tho range the youngsters ought to take on a fine growth of bone and muscle and be in good shape to fat ten readily In the early fall. The night care of growing pigs is as important as their care during the day. Their beds should be clean and dry and In a well ventilated pen, not a pen through which the wind and rain will blow, but ovm In which they will keep dry and yet have all the fresh air necessary. It also should .be well provided with plenty cf clean, sweet bedding, and have an ext so that the pig3 will not find it necessary for the pigs to foul their bedroom. Try this plan of pig rais ing and see if the result is not a bet ter class of pigs at no more expense than under the old plan. Farm Stock Journal. 'RATIONS FOR DAntY COWS. In order to viry the monotony of eating for the cow it has been sug gested by the Department of Agit culture that a mixture of two or three cralns be given. It ts also the experience cf feeders that mutfi better results are obtained by feeding a varlrty cf fsois. Following ctq tome

of the rations suggested by the de-. partment: One-third bran, one-third cottonseed meal, and one-third corn meal. One-fifth malt sprouts, twofifths corn meal, two fifths mixed feed. One-third cottonseed meal, onethird flour middlings, and one-third corn meal. One-half corn meal, onefourth oat middlings or rye feed, fmwth oat middlings or rye feed. Seven phunds is the usual quantity to be fed daily to cows producing ten to twelve quarts of milk. The richer the milk the more feed needed. Many feeders find it necessary to use but five pounds of grain daily and feed maximum amounts of roughage. Weekly Witness. . BARBED WIRE CUTS. Experience has proven to me that about the best thing to use on barbed wire cuts is crude carbolic acid. It keeps out proud flesh and flies will not bother the wound. My brother had a fine young horse severely cut oa the front leg by the wire. I wrapped it with cotton muslin and saturated the muslin with crude carbolic acid. It was only a ifcort while until the wound was healed. Next to carbolic acid, 1 like air slaked lime for treatment of wire cuts. Sprinkle the lime on the wound once or twice a day. It acts very similar to the carbolic acid, but does not heal as quickly. The Epitomist. CANADA'S DEFENCES. Taking Over Halifax tnd Esquimau Strongholds. Canada has assumed the entire financial and military burden of maintaining the naval defences of Halifax and EsquimalU With the assumption of this responsibility, a new policy of possibly far-reaching effect in the relationship between Canada and England will be instituted. It may be regarded, in fact, as one of the most Important steps toward nationalism thai the Dominion has ever taken. This new policy Is the outcome of years of discussion and agitation as to the obligation resting upon the colonies to help bear the burden of the British Empire In Its policy of the world's seas, and the results therefrom will be watched with keen interest by not only the countries im mediately concerned, but by the United States as well. . Canada will man the two strongholds with her own sons and pay the cost thereof, which will be a total of $2,000,000 a year, bringing the total expenditure of militia and defence up to 16,000,000 a year. Some months ago the British Ad miralty withdrew its fleets from Hali fax and Esquimau, leaving behind only a small vessel or two of the sec ond class. This radical move on the part of the British government Is In line with the new concentration pol icy of Sir John Fisher, the Senior Lord of the Admiralty, by which the main fleets will be kept intact In the waters of the British Isles, ready to 5 dispatched on short notice to any distant scene of action. As yet it has not been decided what disposal will be made of the British garrisons in the Halifax citadel and the Esquimalt barracks. The men will probably get leave to continue service under the Canadian government. Eighteen hundred men have constituted the British force at Hallfax. The Dominion Minister of Militia, Sir Frederick Borden, has not only committed his government to the placing of Canada upon a self-depend ent basis In the matter of the two forts referred to, but he brought be fore Parliament, at its recent session, other schemes of defence. "In his opinion the best service Canada can render the empire will be to equip ail th defences of the Dominion as thor oughly as possible, and to that ex tent indirectly relieve the taxpayer of the home country. The minister favors the establishment of a chain of military depots across the conti nent. Large guns and new rifles have been ordered for the militia department, a Dominion ' arsenal and small arms factory having been established for the home manufacture of munitions of war. A musketry school has been started, an army medical corps organized, an intelligence department created and an engince corps formed. In addition a new body of men, to be known as the Strathcona Horse, will - shortly be organized in the Northwest. Radical changes are being made -in the annual camp methods, and a permanent camp is being selected in the northern part of Ontario. The first line of defence of the Canadian militia is fixed at 100,000. The militia force now numbers 40,000. Great armories are being built in many centres, and In many ways there Is unusual activity in this department of the government Rervice. Furthermore, repairs are beins made to the historic citadel of Quebec. While they are under way the citadel garrison is housed at the two large forts erected a few years ago near Levis, opposite Quebec The visitor is surprised at the size and extent of these earthworks and their extensive : barrack accommodation. While they have not been , equipped with large guns, these could quickly be placed In position, "when they would command long distances both up and down the St. Lawrence and effectually protect the ancient city. The militia department of Canada Is also expropriating land for the construction of additional fortifications at Levis, Quebec, at a point two miles below the Levis' graving dock. The guns, therefore, have already been received and will be mounted as soon as the emplacements are completed. The elevation will be 150 feet.- eä

WATE RCR ESS. Watercress seems almost indispensable to the" cook, after once she has become familiar with its possibilities, and it can be very easily grown wherever there is the tiniest brook or small pond. TO CLEAN LOOKING GLASSES. First Sfonge with a little spirits of alcohol, then dust the glass with powdered blue tied up in a bit of nuslin. Rub this oft with a cloth, aud finally dust with a clean silk handkerchief. Treated in this way the glass will not have that cloudy appearance afterward. SILK LACE. After washing, silk lace should be allowed to lie for half an hour in a little warm milk, to which very little gum water has been added. Then squeeze nearly dry and iron on the wrong side on a board covered with several thicknesses of clean flannel. Home Notes.' WASHING NICE BLANKETS. Here is one of the very best recipes I have ever seen for washing allwool blankets. Put three backetfuls of soft water Into the boiler and heat it until it is almost to boiling. Dissolve half a cupful of pearline into it, and pour it into the washing machine. Wash until the water Is dirty, but do not rub any soap on it as that will cause it to ashrink. It is surprising to see how much soil will come out of an apparently clean blanket. Run It through a wringer, then wash in a second suds prepared as the first was. After washing in this ten minutes rinse in clear water of the same temperature, then pass through the wringer, and hang on the line, taking care to shake out the creases and wrinkles. A bright day Is the best time to dry blankets'. Be sure they are quite dry before they are used. Never rub soap directly upon a blanket, it rough ens and pulls it badly. This is a per feet recipe for fine blankets. Jane; in Indiana Farmer. SALAD DRESSING. In regard to the correct dressing of salads there is- an old adage which; says: "One should be a spendthrift in oil, a miser in vinegar and a count sellor in salt." In preparing the aver age salad this Is a good rule to foli low: Mayonnaise dressing still retains. its fame as the superior salad dress tng, but for certain salads others ara better than mayonnaise. For vegi etables like cucumbers and cabbagcj a real mayonnaise is too delicate. Aj boiled dressing is more suitable. Thi idea once so prevalent that a rich, mayonnaise of chicken or lobster is. unwholesome is absured. May onnaisi dressing is wholesome when taken a everything should be, in moderation Olive oil Is always healing and nutritious and therefore excellenlj for consumptives. YoIk3 of eggs, cannot be said to be unwbole-i some. The touch of vinegar gives a stimulus to the appetite ar the seasonings used are an aid to the digestion of the rich meats For variety'3 sake the ordinary may onnaise can be tinted a beautiful green with some drops of spinach or colored bright red with a little juice from a boiled beet. Lobster coral, al so, pounded fine is used occasionally as a red coloring for mayonnaise, a cup of stiff whipped cream is another nice addition to this dressing. I RECIPES. Cauliflower. Pick off the outer leaves and cut the stem close to the bottom of the flowerets: wash well In cold water and let soak in weak brine an hcur to remove any insect .Put in a kettle of boiling water, add a teaspoonfvl of salt and let boll for twenty minutes; when done, take up .with a skimmer, put in a dish and pour over allemand sauce; or season w!th butter and cream. j Rolled Toast. A delicious way o serving bread, especially for salad, Is 'as- follows: Prepare bread which Is fresh, -light and of a pliable texture. Butter each slice generously before cutting it from the loaf, and let your slices be thin. Carefully cut off al crust before you begin to roll. Now, take one corner of the square, thin slice of well buttered, soft bread, and roll It gently over and .over toward the "diagonally opposite corner, and Secure It by sticking one or twofine wood toothpicks through the body of the roll. It Is now ready to be deli cately browned in the oven; and when you have removed the tooth picks your toast will be prettily curl ed. If you wish' to serve It with sal ad, the bread may be springled with grated American cheese, before you begin to roll it. - Veal Tongue. A veal tongue can be simmered slowly In a rich gravy or it can be browned in the oven. A "jellied calfs tongue" is delicious After parboiling it long enough to loosen 4the skin, take the tongue out of the water, skin it and cut intc slices. Cover It with some stock. Season with two or three teaspoon fuls of tomato catsup, a clove, a tiny onion, a good pinch of thyme and four or five pepper corns. Simmer it very gently in this gravy for about an hour, or until the meat is tender and the stock around Jt rich and dark. Then tak It from the fire and put Into a mould. Set It when it has ceded near the Ice to become thoroughly cold and hard. The gravy will then have formed a stiff jelly around the meat and the whole will have taken the süape of the mould. When ready to servo turn it out and cut Into slices'. A veal tongue cooked In this way can also be served hot the moment It Is done. " Afghan women ride in closely hooded palatquins borne on the shoulders cf four sturdy servants.

4 II AN OPPORTUNE PRAYER.

The returned summer visitor asked the squire" how Grecndale folks liked the young minister. "He's all right, ma'am," the squire returned, emphaticallj. "Preaches twenty-minute ser mons and arranges his parish visits In advance." "Oh, I see; he's in wholesome awe of the natives." "You never made a greater mistake in your life, ma'am," the squire de clared. "He's the religious supervi sor of every soul In town. Even Hen Rollins." The summer visitor looked her In terest, and the squire went on: "He got the upper hand of ilea soon's he came. That was in the win ter. The Saturday before the first Sun day after he was settled as minister was a real old-fashioned one. It be gan to snow Frid ly night and kept on till midnight Saturday. Sunday morn ing there wasn't anything much to be seen, except the smoke curling up out o' the chimneys. 4 'I see where we set by the fire today, Hen said to the minister, who boarded then with Hen and his wife. " 'No fire for me, laughed the minister. 'My place Sundays is In the pulpit.' "Hen said it was too cold to go out; that there were no paths, that everybody -would stay at home; and when he saw that the minister was bound to bold service, he said he might preach In his kitchen and they'd call the neighbors in. "But it was church or nothing," smiled the squire, "and the minister finally got Hen to say he'd help him out In digging a path to the church. They started In with shovels, and as they went along some of the men join ed them, for shame's sake, I guess; for although they worked well enough, it was hard sledding, and they didn't relish the job any too well. "They used considerable language as they dug, and Hen's language led all the rest. The minister never said a word. He was working as hard as the rest, and they thought probably he didn't hear. Finally they came to an enormous drift. Hen Rollins threw himself on his shovel and began to moisten his lips, when the minister spoke up, so's everybody could hear. " 'We'll open this drift with prayer!' he said. . "Open it with prayer they did,' chuckled the squire. "But all the rest of the drifts were opened In silence.' WHAT EXCITED THE ELEPHANTS The Buried Bones of a Fellow a Source of Uneasiness The great skull of Topsy, the "bad elephant exhumed at Luna Park recently, solved the mystery which for weeks has Invested the conduct of the Thompson & Dundy herd of elephants, says the New York Tribune. They knew the bones of one of their kind were under the earth, and they stead fastly refused to approach the spot. Topsy was killed by electricity In Luna Tark three years ago. Her rec ord of death and destruction was long and black. The Museum of Natural History carted away her skin and relic hunters took most of the bones The skull, which weighed close to 300 pounds, was buried back of the stables and the incident was thought closed. Half a dozen elephants were sent from the Hippodrome to Luna Park early in July, in charge of "Fete" Barlow, trainer. They are an obedient and docile herd, and Barlow was non plused when they shivered, trumpeted and would not budge every time they neared the piece of ground which looked no different from the rest of the scanty patch on which the horses daily exercise. Their reluctance remained a topic of curious discussion until yesterday, when Barlow, with superstitious forebodings aroused, nervously told the story to Frederick Thompson. The senior member of the firm meditated a moment, and then burst into 1 laughter. He led the way to the spot. "Dig," he Instructed a stableman. The shovel hit an end of the elephant's skull six inches from the surface, and half an hour's effort revealed the entire imbedded set of bones. Alice, Fanny and Jenny, three members of the herd, who had been closely watching the proceedings, shrieked mournfully as the skull was lifted out, whiffed it for several minutes and then walked silently to their quarters. Barlow sent the skull to his home In Huntington, L. I., and the hole it occupied was filled in. The elephants seemed to show relief, as they moved willingly over the former grave. Saying It Politely. A professor in Columbia College of Law was lecturing on "contracts" to a class which obviously did not care to listen. The young men, says Argonaut, shuffled their feet, and apparently only waited for the clock to strike their deliverance. At last the minute hand pointed to twelve and the hour was up. With a simultaneous movement they rose from their seats and started toward the door. "One minute, please!" called the lecturer. "One minute, please! Keep your seats. I have still a few more pearls to cast." We Usually Find Oar Level. Do not hypotize yourself with the idea that you are being kept" down. Do not talk such nonsense. Nobody of any sense would believe It. People will only laugh at you. Only one thing is keeping you down. . and that is yourself. . There Is probably some trouble somewhere with you. Of course there are employers who are unjust to their help; there are instances in which employes are kept back when they should be advanced;, but, as a rule, this Is only temporary, and they usually find their level somewhere. Success 3Jgazine. . It takes nerve for a widow with children who are married for the second time to be jealous of her husband. Because people are too polite to tell you of your faults, don't Imagine yoa haven't mj.

Casting for Basa by Moonlight. I suppose the average bait caster knows very little of casting by moonlight, but to my mind this is a most

pleasurable way of fishing, writes C. L. Dewey In Recreation. The very welrdness and uncertaltty constitute Its chief charm, for the more uncertain a, thing, the greater the satisfaction when it is accomplished. For this particular fishing, a lancewood bait-casting rod between five and six feet In length, a good doubl multiplying reel, about fifty yards of No. 5 Kingfisher silk line and a surface casting bait make an Ideal com bination. Confirmed fly-casters often ridicule the bait-caster with the stub by rod, but I have used both, and it takes fully au much skill and practice to manage the hört rod as the long. whippy cne, and bait-casting offers a much larger field and larger variety of fishing than fly-casting. A surface bait should always be used, as a bass strikes at the commotion made by the bait, not because he is hungry, but merely because he wants to fight. Six Doctors Failed, South Bend, Ind., Sept. 25. (Spe cial.) After suffering from Kidney Disoase for three years, after taking treatment from six different doctor without getting relief, Mr. J. O. Laudeman of this place found not only relief but a speedy and complete cure in Dodd's Kidney Pills. Speaking of hi cure, Mr. Laudeman says: "Yes, I suffered from Kidney Trouble for three years and tried six doc tors to no good. Then I took Just two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills and they not only cured ay kidneys, but gave me better health In general. Of course I recommended Dodd's Kidney Pills to others and I know a number now who are using them with good results." Mr. Laudeman's case Is not an exception. Thousands give similar experiences. For there never yet was a case of Kidney Trouble from Backache to Brlght's Disease that Dodd's Kidney Pills could not cure. They are the only remedy that ever cured Brlght's Disease. CHINESE FREEMASONS. Mongolian Secret Societies Differ fiom Masonic Bodj-. The installation of a grand master of the Chinese secret orders In the United States, popularly known as the "Chinese Freemasons," has aroused interest in the question of the connection between the Chinese secret societies and the Masonic body, says the Washington Star. Allusions to "Chinese Freemasonry" appear periodically in the newspapers, though, according to the Cyclopedia of Fraternities, there is no such thing as Freemasonry among the Chinese. The only Masonic lodges In China are in the foreign concessions at the seaports. Their membership is composed exclusively of others than Chinese and they are conducted under foreign warrants. The rites of the Chinese secret societies bear some resemblance to those of the Freemasons, which accounts for the popular supposition of a connection between the two. The similarity, though more apparent than real, is remarkable in view of the antiquity of both, and the impossibility of either to have been patterned after the other. China is filled with secret societies, most of which have for their object the overthrow of the Tsing dynasty, with a pretended benevolent purpose to veil the political significance of the organization. The most powerful of these societies, the Kalao Hui, numbers more than 1,000,000. The Cyclopedia of Fraternities contains an account of an initiation ceremony at a Chinese lodge in Spokane, Wash., at which four white men. Freemasons, were present by invitation. The lodge represented a benevolent branch of the Kalao Hui. There were references to the "immortal three," circumambulatlon, four stations at which questions were asked and answers returned, kneeling on crossed swords, tea drinking, burning incense, a traditional season of refreshment and signs In which the head and hands were unable to detect anything that resembled the Masonry with which they were familiar. The same authority gives this account of the secret signs used by the Triad Society, which was at the bottom of the Taiping rebellion: "Members always halt on enteringa house, and then proceed with the left foot first When sitting they place their toes together and spread! their heels apart. They ulso recognize one another by the way they place their teacups on the table, and the manner In which they hitch their trousers. Their motto is Drive out the Tartar " Treason Is punished by lopping off the ears of a minor offender. The final punishment Is beheading. GET POWER. The Supply Comes from Food, If we get power from food, why not strive to get all the power we can. That Is only possible by use of skilfully selected food that exactly fits the requirements of the body. Poor fuel makes a poor fire and a poor fire is not a good steam producer. "From not knowing how to select the right food to fit my needs. I suffered grievously for a long time from stomach troubles," writes a lady from a little town in Missouri. "It seemed as If I would never be able to find out the sort of food that was best for me. Hardly anything that I could eat would stay on my stomach. Every attempt gave me heart-burn and filled my stomach with gas. I got thinner and thinner until I literally became a living skeleton and in time was compelled to keep to my bed. "A few months ago I was persuaded to try Grape-Nuts food, and it Lad such good effect from the very beginning that I have kept up Its use ever since. I was surprised at the ease with which I digested it Improved to be Just what I needed. All my unpleasant symptoms, the heart-burn, the Inflated feeling rwhich gave me so much pain disappeared. My weight gradually Increased from OS to 110 pounds, my figure rounded out, my strength came back, and I am now able to do my housework and enjoy It The GrapeNuts food did it." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Miih. A ten days' trial will show &syc2 some facts about food. There's a reason."