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goose desiring to escape the rigors of the
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at Southern PIIluS, N 0.. in the heart of the
long leafed pine section of America.
The elevation is 600 feet above sea level. the
highest point in the turpentine belt. delight-
ful climate. with all the advantages of resorts
further south and free from many disadvan-
taxes: It'l'S the place the tourist and health
seeker Will appreciate.
It has the most perfect drainage. being a
huge sand bank. and is Situatedm .the heart
of the long leaf fpine. It 15 Within the in-
fluence of the ul stream. to .which it owes
much or the mi dness of the climate.
Piney Woods Inn. an elegant new hotel. is
now open. The house accommodates 290
guests. has all modern conveniences. sani-
tarv plum htng, electric lights. call bells.
wide verandus. sun parlors. steam heat. etc..
in fact Piney Woods Inn has been fitted up
that guests may enjoy the comforts of every
day life at home at moderate rates.
Pluey Woods Inn is reached by the Seac
board Air Line. For terms. etc. address.
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
—T-he 90,000 operatives at Fall River,
Mass, live on 41 Square miles. The city
is very rich for its size, being valued
at $60,534,005, while the public debt is
only $2,650,494.
—Fifty thousand tons of starch have
been made from potatoes this season
in Wisconsin, Minnesota. and North Da-
kota. This enormous output necessi-
te toe the use of nearly 3,500,000 bushels
of potatoes.
——One firm on the Clyde, without
making the slightest fuss about it.
built,“ launched and delivered to the
agents of the Spanish government
within six months of receiving the or-
der six fairly powerful gunboats for
’Cuban coast.
-—Lithium, which was recently
shown by M. Guntz to absorb nitrogen
when heated to below red heat, has
been proved .by him and M. Deslandres
to absorb it also slowly when cold.
The action is analogous to the slow
absorption of oxygen by phosphorus,
and is unique as a reaction of nitro-
gen. '
——The ant’s mouth consists of a pair
of: powerful mandibles. In the case of
warrior ants, which do the fighting
of an ant community, the mandibles
are the most prominent features of
the insect. They are so strong that
when fixed in the flesh of an enemy,
the ant’s head may be pulled off before
the mandibles will lose their hold.
——-According to M. Chervin, in a paper
to the Societe d’Anthropologie, the low
birth rate in France is largely due to
prodigalit-y in Paris and thrift in the
provinces. M. Rochard, however, as-
cribes it mainly to alcoholism, the an-
nual consumption of alcohol having
enormously increased of late years in
France. Paris- has a wine shop for
every three houses. - _
——Dipht._heria of the 'skin, a very rare
disease, has been cured by the use of
anti-toxin in a. little two-and-a-
half-year-old Berlin girl recently.
She had been badly scalded with
boiling water, and as the skin
vsas healing was , kissed by her
mother on the wounded spot. The
mother had diphtheria and thus com-
municated it to the baby’s skin; the
throat was not affected.
—According to the Maritime Jour-
nal of Philadelphia there are 154 full-
rigged ships flying the United States
flag, the largest being the Roanoke,
of 3,400 tons register, hailing from
Bath, Me. There are 323 barks and
barlxentines sailing under the stars and
stripes, and 62 brigs and brigantines.
A list of schooners has not been com--
piled. They are mostly engaged in
coastwisc trade. While the 539 vessels
enumerated carry the United States
flag into foreign seas and ports. '
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CAUGHT A FOX ASLE-EP.
Reynard Had to Pay Dearly for His Lack
of Vigilance.
\ It is an old saying of hunters among
the Connecticut hills that. a.weasel is
caught napping never, and a red fox
seldom. Fox Hunter Jim Smith, of
Rockville, however, had the rare experi-
ence not long ago, while tracking a full-
grown fox “sleeping sound as a log,” as
Smith said, in an angle of a rail fence
in a patch of half cleared, breezy pas-
ture land.
The hunter had just emerged from
the forest and was striding down the
sloping field along winding, grassy
paths between clumps of bayberry
bushes, when glancing well ahead he
dimly espied a tawny, curled-up figure
on the ground, motionless and seem-
A slight wind now and
then ruffled the red hair of the sleeper
~—Jim could see that from his stand, 20
rods away—otherwise a. novice might
well have mistaken it for an unrooted
and dead young juniper bush. But the
Sportsman’s practiced eye readily as-
'sured him that the form was that of a
fox, “but,” he reasoned with himself,
“he’s dead, sure enough; dead as a
tick.”. Very cautiously and silently,
however, with trailing gun, he stole
along toward the sleeping beauty until
he was less than 30 feet away from its
grassy couch ’in the fence angle, and
there he halted and studied his game.
Poor Reynard, evidently overcome
by his exertions in a tedious nocturnal
raid on some distant hen roost, had
dropped down on the ground, not far
from his lair, for a. 40-wink nap, and
was sleeping as serenely as a. house
dog sleeping off his dinner on his vel-
vet cushion. It seemed much like butch-
ery to dispatch him in his sleep, but,
then, foxes are altogether too plenti—
ful and destructive in eastern Connecti-
cut to challenge magnanimity on the
part of farmers and sportsmen. Mr.
Smith clapped his piece to his shoulder
~-ba.ng! and Reynard was dead.
He was an old, tough, wiry, lean and
handsome dog fox, very heavy, weigh-
ing about 14 pounds. Scattered all
about the short grass near his napping
place was about half a peek of Ply-
mouth Rock hen feathers, showing
plainly why Reynard had yielded to the
inclination to open-air slumber. He
had gorged himself by the wayside,
and so paid the penalty. The fox was
such a remarkably fine one, with such
a heavy flowing brush, that Jim Smith
exhibited him in a Rockville show win-
dow for a. day or two and many hunters
came to see him.—N. Y. Sun.
Mysterious Disappearance.
The mysterious disappearance from
Brussels of a Mme. Van Cutsem and
five children, together with a Mme. Le-
moine, who lodged in the same house,
has caused considerable sensation, the
more so that the theory of robbery is
unsupported by any of the surrounding
circumstances, while that of a crime is
equally untenable. Mme. Von Cut-
sem’s disappearance dates from Sep-
tember 20 last, and since then the police
have made active inquiries in London,
Paris, Amsterdam and elsewhere with-
out throwing any light on the wherea-
bouts of the lady or the six others who
are supposed to have accompanied her.
—ClllCfl;{O Chronicle.
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HOG-KILLING TIME.
A Season of Great Moment in Parts of
Virginia.
“Hog-killing time” in the country
is one of the most important seasons of
the whole year. Hog killingisthe single
item of farm work that is generally
postponed, not only until cold weather,
but until the crops are all gathered and
housed, the cow stables and other rag-
ged outbuildings “patched up” and put
in order, the potatoes, turnips, cab-
bages, etc., kilned, the apples gathered
and stored away and huge piles of
wood provided for the proverbial “log
fires. And then butchering begins,
not unlike a long, carefully planned in-
surrection. No one knows just why,
says the Richmond Dispatch, but the
wholesale “cutthroa ,” “bloodshed"
business begins about one hour before
day-dawn, and he who happens to be
cut so early in the morning sees little
else than outdoor fires dotted over the
neighborhood and hears little else than
the deafening squeals of dying
swine,until the last pampered“jockey”
has “paid the penalty.” Perhaps 2,000
fat hogs have been butchered in King
George this week. It has not been pos-
sible to pass along the roads without-
seeing a row of dead hogs strung
up about some ’country home. Even
the little ashy-faced darky takes On a
broad grin when “daddy” kills hogs,
afld very soon after that important
event at his home he sheds the cutane—
ous scales from his face and ,those
checks shine as if the “grease” had
been applied externally. The hogs
raised here this year for pork were
unusually fine, and the meat is said to
be of the very best quality, notwith-
standing the fact that the pastures were
poor and thatthere was an absence of
other advantages during the summer
and fall. .
TOOK THE BARON'S HINT.
Sharp Young Man Who Proflted by Roths-
child’s Friendship.
A good story of Lord Rothschild is
going the rounds, and it deserves to be
recorded. A young man once came to-i
him with Letters of introduction, which
stated that he was thrown entirely on
his own resources on account of the
death of his father, a much‘espected
man, who died from grief on account
of his bankruptcy. It was further
stated, says London Tit-Bits, that the
young man was very clever and smart.
and Lord Rothschild was asked if he
could do something for him. The mil-
lionaire took him by the arm and
marched him through the city and past
the stock exchange, introducing him
to several well-knowu brokers on the
way, and then bade him farewell.
“But,” said the young man, who ex-
pected great things, “are you not go-
ing to do something for me?”
“My dear fellow,” replied the other,
“if you are as clever as I am told you
are, you will know what to do your-
self.” '
The young man was smart enough
to take the hint, and by the prestige
his apparent friendship with Lord
Rothschild gave him, obtained unlim-
ited credit. He soon made headway,
and is now one of the most successful
brokers on the exchange.
COMMUN ICABILITY OF CANCER.
Its Possibility Not Proved—Conclusion
Reached by a Medical Writer.
An interesting article on the alleged
communicability of cancer of malig-
nant growth appears in the Medical
Ilecord. It says, in part:
From the time that the malignancy
of cancer was recognized, the question
of communicability has borne the brunt
of the most. earnest investigation, and
the hope of its solution has stimulated
the most ingenious experimentation of
earnest investigators. The results
of. all such studies have been entirely
negative. There are no proofs of which
we. have any knowledge that cancer has
ever been directly or indirectly propa-
gated from one human being to another.
It is true that there is published an oc-
casional case in which there would ap-
pear on superficial examination to be a‘
direct. relation between cause and effect.
but when such are critically examined
the theory of propagation vanishes in
face of a conscientiously critical
analysis. At best they are coincidental
circumstances following the general
law of accidents. Experiments in the
lower animals have thus far amounted
to nothing, and practically we are as
much in the dark regarding the true
etiology of cancer and its real methods
of dissemination as ever.
A Belle of Washington.
The house occupied by Washington
just before the battle of Long Island,
the old Freeman place in Flatbush, is
to be preserved as a public library. It
is a fine mansion, between 150 and 200
years old, strongly built, and has been
for a century at least. a part of the
, Bergen estate. Six citizens of the veil-
erable Dorp are going to buy the house,
and there will be moved into it 5,000
volumes accumulated in the course-of
150 years by the district school, and
as many owned by the Erasmus Hall
academy.
.~, F Rather Absent-Minded.
The - stories of absent-mind'edness
which are attracting so much attention
at present might be supplemented by
the following instance in the life of
Archbishop Trench: Dining at home
one evening, he found fault with the
flavor of the soup. Next evening he
dined out at a large dinner party. For-
getting for the moment that he was not-
in his own house, but a. guest, he ob-
served across the table to Mrs. Trench:
“This soup is, my dear, again a failure.”
Bad Manners.
A well-known London hatter once
met an acquaintance. who owed him for
the hat he were- The hatter, who was
accompanied by a friend, lifted his hat.
to his debtor, but the latter made no
sign of recognition. “He does not
salute you,” said the hatter’s friend.
“No,” said the hatter, “I think he might
at least touch ,my hat tome!”
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PRETTY JAPANESE INTERIOR.
How the Effect Can Be Obtained at Little
c'ost.
A Japanese interior will always be in
favor with persons of moderate means,
because so’good an effect may be ob-
tained at so slight a cost. Hang the wall
from baseboard to ceiling'with cart,-
ridge paper of dull old red, simulating
a frieze by setting the bamboo picture
rail 18 inches below the ceiling. Form
a dado and panels with bamboo, and
stencil both dado and frieze with Jap-
anese designs in bronze and copper.
Put a greenish white cream matting on
the floor, and spread it with jute rugs
in imitation of Daghestan and Kazac,
and some of these imitations are really
wonderful. .
There must not be a single picture on
the walls. The divan must be low—a
Spring mattress laid \directly on the
floor. Cover this with a Japanese print,
and have pillows covered with Chiami
cloth, cotton crepe, and Japanese prints.
Over the head of the divun suspend
a big Japanese umbrella, and also
over the head, but more to the right,
hang a Japanese lamp, or, better still,
use a. standard lamp of terra cot ta, with
dragon decorations. Dark reddish
brown denin will answer admirably for
hangings in this room.
Have very few chairs, and let these
be of bamboo,~ but let the big pillows,
covered with Japanese chintzes, take
their place. If this is a parlor, let the
tea table be of bamboo and covered
with a bit of. Japanese drapery; use a
Japanese tea. service, and a gong of
Japanese bronze. If it is a library let
the desk be of bamboo, as well as such
book-cases as are not built into the
walls.
For a. square hall a few touches in the
way of a Moorish iron hanging lantern.
a bit of oriental drapery—if only of
Chintz, hung over a. spear—a rug thrown
over the balustrade above, a jute rug on
the floor, or a seat built under the stairs
and covered with Japanese chintz or a
Bagdad rug, will give the effect of a.
newly-furnished hall.—N. Y. World.
VICTORIA'S CHIEF COACH MAN.
Quite ‘a Big Man with Sixty Others to
Help Him.
The queen’s state coachman, Edward
Miller, is an old and faithful servant,
who has held his post for 36 years, says
Spare Moments. He drove the queen
to the duke of York’s wedding, on which
occasion he handled four horses from
the box. There were no postillions.
The supreme control of the royal sta-
bles rests, of course, with the master
of the house, an office at present held
by the duke of Portland. Next to his
grace in command in the crown equerry,
Sir Henry Ewart, who is really the act-
ing chief. Sir Henry, by the way, looks
after the naming of the horses. His
duties, however, are not all so light as
this one. The immediate control of
the mews is in the hands of Mr. Nicholas,
who was formerly a lieutenant in the
royal horse artillery. He has under
him a staff of about 60 officials. One
of the most interesting relicS'of old
Buckingham house is the “riding
Baking/"m + '
Powder ;
Ansosursav puns
horse,” which has other interests than
that of the grammarian’s escape. In
it the royal children were taught horse-
manship, and on the wall one may see
the iron brackets used when they
practiced lemon cutting.
TOO FAT TO SINK.
A. Woman Who Found One Method of
Suicide Impraetieablc.
At Anus Mills, a. little hamlet near
Newville, Pa., lives Alexander Geese, a
well-known farmer and respected citi<
zen. His wife, Sarah Jane Geese, has
a reputation as being one of the
heaviest. women, if not the heaviest, in
the county. Of recent years, says the
Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, her
weight has been steadily increasing,
until now she weighs over 300 pounds.
She and her husband have 12 children
and their domestic life has been happy,
but her szc has evidently preyed upon
her mind, making her despondent. One
morning recently she left her home and
proceeded to the banks of the Conc-
doguinet creek, a stream about 100 feet
in width,‘‘ which runs near her home.
She took her positionon Gallows bridge
and jumped into the deep stream,
swollen and muddy from the recent
rains, proposing to end her troubles.
She had neglected to consider a. sub-
ject. which has an important bearing on
a project such as hers—that of specific
gravity. She was too fat, and despite
her most desperate efforts her body
would not. sink, and although she tried
to hold her head under long enough to
drown herself, she did not succeed. Her
heavy body turned over and over, and
finally righting itself, floated peaceful-
ly down the stream, with the head on
top. By this time the woman was near-
to end her life. For three hours her
body floated calmly on the stream, un-
observed, gradually floating downward
with the current. She was finally dis-
covered and rescued.
‘HEIR TO TURKEY'S THRONE.
Interesting Gossip About the Sultan’s
Younger Brother.
Mr. Richard Davey, perhaps the
ablest and best—informed correspondent
in Constantinople, writes the follow-
ing interesting royal gossip to the
Vestminster Gazette:
Sultan Abd-ul-Hamid II. has four
living brothers. These princes are the
deposed and insane Sultan Murad V.,
who is his majesty’s senior by four.
years; Rechcd Effendi, the heir-appar-
ent, and two mu'ch younger brothers,
War-ed—din Eflfendi and Suleiman Ef-
fendi. Prince Selim—or, as the Turks
say, Selim Sultan—is the present sul-
tan’s eldest son. but he stands no
chance of succeeding to the throne un-
til his uncles and the three sons of his
eldest uncle, Murad V., are dead, be-
cause thc succession in the Ottoman
imperial family passes. to the eldest
survivor, and not from father to son,
as with other European and eastern
dynasties. Q
In former times matters were con-
siderably simplifiedbya general massa-
cre, on the accession of a sultan, of all
the males who stood in the way of his
direct issue. When you visit the Tubeh,
or tombs of the imperial family, which
surround the seven imperial mosques,
you may observe that certain of the
coffins—some of them of more infants
——have the turbans affixed to their
heads lightly inclined to the left. This
means that the body beneath is that
of a. prince who died a violent death—
was murdered.
LONG-DISTANCE TELEPHONE.
Instances in Which It Has Given Pleasure
to Message Senders.
A good many stories are told of the
strange uses of the long-distance tele«
phone. The day the line was opened
to Merrill, Wisl, a. Chicago man, hunt-
ing in the northern woods, came into
town and learned of the innovation.
says the Tacoma Ledger. He went
into one of the “sound-proof” booths
and had himself put in communication
with his family. As they had a tale
phone in the house, the task was a
small one. He chatted with his wife,
told her a fish story at which she might
smile without embarrassing him, since
he could not see the sign of incredul—
ly_ frozen and made no further efforts f ”y; talked With his boy and girl, and
then called for “Gyp.”
“Gyp” was a. setter, a great family
pet, which had been left behind be-
cause of an accident which rendered it
lame. “Gyp” was called to the tele-
phone, and he stood on a. chair, his
forcfeet on the back, and his mistress
held the transmitter to his ear.
"Hello, ‘Gyp!’ ” called the master
from Merrill. And the dog in Chicago
pricked up his ears and whined. The
master Whistlcd cheerily, and the set-
ter barked directly into the receiver.
He knew his master’s voice, and the
whistle as well; and the master cheered
him by ready laughter at the prompt
and eager reply. '
It was worth the $2.40 it. cost. ,_,
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-Before 'we passionately desii'e any
thing which another enjoys, we should
examine as to the happiness of its post
sessor.——P.ochefoucauld. A
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