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FIVE BLACK MARKS. '

 

“The most miserable time I ever had
in my life,” said Dr. Macpherson one
day as. he sat chatting in his cozy
drawing room, “was spent in a gun-’
boat off the coast of Guinea. I began
my professional life as a surgeon in the
navy, you know.”

I did not know. But as the doctor
seemed intent on telling the story I did
not interrupt him by saying so.

“We had been cruising about in the
Mediterranean,” he went on, “when we
where unexpectedly ordered to the
Bay of Lagos to overawe some miser-
able little tribe near the coast which
had .not been behaving itself as a
properly regulated little tribe under
the protection of the British empire
ought to do. Kakoga’s tribe it was
called, and Kakoga came in for a good
share of honest abuse from the
officers and men of the Dragon-fly,
when our orders came. The worst of
it was, as far as the officers and men
were concerned, that we were not at
unity among ourselves. The engineer,
called Lashton, had been disappointed
in love, and was naturally morose in
consequence. What made him more
so was the fact that his successful
rival was the sub-lieutenant, an
awfully nice fellow, and the only man
on board that I cared for. Lieut.
Gilby had met Miss Callan at Malta,
and had become engaged to her with-
out the least idea that the engineer
had intentions that way, not that it
would have made any -difierence to
him if he had, I supp0se. Lashton’s
unconcealed enmity against him made
life on board pretty unpleasant, and
divided us into two cliques. The lieu-
tenant’s clique, consisting of himself
and me, certainly had the liveliest
time of it, for the successful suitor of

Miss Callan was the merriest fellow on '

earth, and while we were' in the Med-
iterranean we suffered very little from
the engineer’s hostility. But directly
we steamed off for Lagos a most re-
markable change came over my friend,
and he turned as taciturn as Lashton
himself.

"It puzzled me to discover the rea-
son, for though we were all sorry to
leave'the Mediterranean still it was
not like Gilby to sulk over it. He
could not see less of his fiancee than
he had been doing for -two or three
months, and we. had the prospect be-
fore us of a small fight, for Which he
had been wishing. Lashton suggested
to me in his sinister way that it was
the prospect of fighting which caused
the change in my friend, and though I
answered the suggestion in the tone it
deserved, still it seemed the only ex-

_‘ planation.

“Gilby said, when I asked him, that
it was the weather, and- the irritation
with which he answered prevented me
continuing my inquiries, and made me
more than ever convinced that it was
‘funk,’ and a very severe form of the
disease, too. In fact, he took very lit-
tle pains to conceal it.

.E “ ‘I hope to goodness that I 'shall not

have to go on shore,’ he said, when we
had nearly reached our destination. ‘I
wish the commander would lead the
party and leave me here to look after
the ship.’

“ ‘It is not likely,’ I answered, gruff-
ly, and I was glad that Lashton was
not about to overhear him. I an-
swered his next suggestion more gruff-
ly still.

“ ‘I suppose you would not like to
certify that I ought to be on the sick
list, would you. Macpherson?’ he asked
me, hesitatingly.

“I refused flatly.

“If he had told me the true reason of
his fear I might have acted differently,
for he looked ill enough, poor fellow!
His face had grown quite white and
wan since we started.

“It looked whiter still next day when
he had to go in command of the land-
ing party, which I accompanied, of
course.

“When we were fairly embarked on
the enterprise, his one idea seemed to
be to get it over with all possible
speed, and the haste with which he ad-
vanced to Kakoga’s country would

have been impossible if the men under .

him had not themselves been so anx-
ious to get into action, and introduce a
little change into the monotony of
life on a gunboat. .

“However, the change was less than 1

the majority of the blue-jackets hoped
for, the miserable little tribe did not

show fight, and our business was soon ;
L asked, and when I shook my head he
time we left the Dragon-fly we were '

accomplished. In five days from the
back again, none the worse for our
trip, except that We were all worn out
by Gilby’s forced marches. '

“The lieutenant. seemed more ex-
hausted than any of us, and as soon as
he had received the congratulations of
the commander, he retired at once to
his berth. What surprised me was
that his spirits did not show any im-
provement after the chance of fighting
was at an end. It seemed to me as if
he were still expecting some calamity
to happen to him, and I began to
wonder whether there might not be
something seriously wrong with his
health to account for all that had sur-
prised me in his manner. This expla-
nation, which had not occurred to me
while there was any real danger,
struck me forcibly, now that we were
safe on the gunboat, and, as soon as I
had enjoyed the luxury of a bath after
my five days of discomfort, I strolled
down to the lieutenant’s cabin to have
a look at him in the new light of a pa-
tient.

“The door of my friend’s cabin was
ajar as I approached it, and when I
glanced into the room before knocking,
I was surprised to catch sight of En-
gineer Lashton standing by the side of
the lieutenant’s bunk.

‘The fact of Lashton’s, enmity for
my friend was so undisputed that at
the sight of his figure in his enemy’s
cabin I felt quite justified in watching
what was going on before making my
presence known. Gilby was lying
across his bunk, half undressed and
apparently fast asleep. The engineer
was standing over him with a bottle of
some black fluid in his hand. While I
watched, he made _ five small marks
with it on the sleeping man’s arm.

 

 

 

The operation seemed such a mysteri-
ous and inexplicable one that I watched
him till he put the cork back into the
bottle, without moving a step to inter-
fere with the man, but I pounced upon
him as he turned to leave the cabin.

" ‘What on earth have you been
doing?’ I asked, unceremoniously, and
the fellow seemed rather taken back.

“ ‘It is only a practical joke,’he said,
with a feeble attempt to smile uncon-
cernedly. ’

“ ‘Joke or no joke, I demand to see
what is in that bottle,’ I said, authori-
tatively, my mind full of mysterious
poisons, and the engineer handed it
over tamely.

“The bottle contained nothing but
ink.” .

“Ink!” I exclaimed, when the great
brain specialist reached this point in
his narrative, and Macpherson smiled
in the peculiarly quiet way he has
when he has perfectly mystified a
bearer.

“Yes, ordinary ink,” he went on.
“The discovery naturally made me feel
rather foolish, but not so much as it
would have done if I' had not been
convinced still that his action was in
some way a malicious one. What his
idea could be, however, it was impos-
sible for me to divine, and I felt So
curious about it that I should have
roused my friend at once to inquire
how five black marks on his arm could
possibly afiect his happiness, if he had
not looked so thoroughly worn out and
in need of sleep. As soon as Lashton
was gone, I left the cabin at once for
fear of disturbing the sleeper, without
stopping even to try and remove the
ink-stains, a piece of stupidity at
which Ihave not ceased to wonder.
You see, it was impossible for me to
guess how desperately serious the plot
was that the engineer. had formed
against the man whom he considered
his rival. I retired to my own cabin
opposite Gilby’s, keeping the door
open to make sure that Lashton did
not return to do more mischief, but I
made a poor sentry. I was tired out,
like the young lieutenant, through
not having had my proper amount of
rest for four nights, and I fell asleep
still wondering about the five black
marks.

“When Iwoke, I do not know how
long after, it was to find Gilby stand-
ing in my room,'half undressed as I
had seen him in his bunk, but with his
shirt-sleeve buttoned up over the ink
stains on his arm. I was too full of
sleep, however, to notice the fact at
the time, or even to remember for the
moment anything about what I had
seen. Sleepy as I was, I could not
help noticing the look of complete
misery and despair on my friend’s
face. He was standing at the side of
my bunk, holding an envelope, and
when‘I started up, rubbing my eyes,
he put it into my hand.

“ ‘I am glad you are awake, Mac-
pherson,’ he said, in a strangely con-
strained tone. ‘I want to ask you to
do me a favor. Will you give this let-
ter to Miss Callan personally when you
see her? I do not want to take the
risk of sending it by mail.’

“ ‘But you will see her yourself as
soon as I shall,’ I said, in surprise at
the request, and Gilby did not reply.
Instead, he turned and walked out of
the cabin, leaving me staring at the
letter in my hand and wondering
what it meant. I was so stupid with
sleep still that it took me two minutes
to think of any explanation at all.
When I did I was out of my bunk and
running across to the opposite cabin in
a second. Just in time, too, for Gilby
was in the act of locking his door when
I burst it open and rushed in without
ceremony. The fact that the young
lieutenant’s revolver and a couple of
letters, one of them addressed to me,
Were lying on the table, served to as-
sure me that my fears Were not un-
grounded. The first thing I did was
to secure the revolver. Then I turned
to my friend.

“‘What the devil are you going to
shoot yourself for?’ I demanded,
bluntly.

“Gilby made no attempt to deny his
intention.

“ ‘I am sorry you have disturbed me,
Macpherson,’ he said with perfect coo]-
ness, ‘because it cannot make any dif-
ference. ’ ” -

“And the reason?” I asked, with in-
terest, for the doctor had paused to
light another cigarette. Macpherson
blew a whifi of smoke from his mouth
and continued his story. 6

“I suppose you have never heard of
a disease called ‘Guinea madness?’ he

went on:

“Neither had I, until Gilby told me
about it, although I am a doctor; It is
one of those strange diseases that limit
themselves luckily to a particular dis-
trict and is only found among a few
tribes along the coast of Guinea. It is
generally thought that Europeans can-
not take it, but the idea is an erroneous
one, or, at any rate, there are excep-
tions, for Lieut. Gilby’s father died of
it when my friend was a boy of ten.
His father was captain of a trading
vessel, and the lieutenant was accom-
panying him on a voyage when they
called at the Guinea coast. He there-
fore saw his father in all the indescrib-
able agony of the disease, which seems .
more like hydrophobia than anything
else, although it is infections.

“The sight made a great impression
on him, and, since his constitution was
quite similar to his father’s, he had al-
ways suffered from an almost supernat-
ural terror of the Guinea coast. He was
quite persuaded that if ever he went
ashore there he would catch the dis-
ease and die like his father. Lashton
it seems, was aware of this monomania
of his, for it almost amounted to mono-
mania.”

“And he really had caught the dis-
ease?” I asked.

Macpherson smiled. “He thought he
had. The first symptom is the appear-

= ance of small black marks on the arm

or leg.”—-Pall Mall Budget.

—The relative proportion of persons

engaged in agriculture is steadily di-

minishing, while those dependent upon
manufactures, trade, transportation
and personal or professional service is
increasing.

 
 

L r -‘ N o R WALK ~

TURTLES GOOD TO EAT.

This Country Is Blessed With No Less
Than Forty Varieties.

 

are discussed by a writer in the learned
Revue Scientifique. He considers that
the gourmets of this country are to be
congratulated on the number of ali-
mentary reptiles at their disposal. No
less than forty varieties of edible turtle
are known to exist in the United
States.

The “loggerhead” is found upon the
Atlantic coast from Virginia to Brazil.
It is a giant that weighs from 800 to
1,600 pounds, especially in the south.
The eggs form an agreeable dish, but
the flesh is good only in the young in-
dividuals, since it becomes oily and ac-
quires a musky taste in the adult.

It is the green turtles that furnish
the greater part of the true turtle meat.
These are the turtles par excellence.
In the Atlantic they are met with from
New York to Florida.

Small at the north they increase in
size towards the south, passing from a
weight of 8 to 15 and 20 pounds at
Charleston to from 20 to 25 at St. Au-
gustine, 25 at Halifax river, 56 to 60 at
Indian river, and 50 to 100 at Key West.
At Cedar Keys specimens have been
found that weighed 600, 800 and even
1,000 pounds.

From April to June they repair to
the shore in order to deposit their eggs.
The Tortugas islands, which are unin-
habited and which are visited only by
wreckers and turtle fishermen, are one
of their favorite haunts, but any desert
beach of the coast is equally good for
their purposes.

The female creeps up on the shore
two or three times, excavates a hole,
and deposits therein from 100 to 200
eggs (about 500 during the season) and
returns to the same place nearly every
time, and. on each occasion, covers the
eggs with sand in order to conceal the
site of the nest. .

The sun does the rest, but the sea-
birds devour many of the young ones,
which, as soon as hatched, open a
passageway to the exterior and betake
themselves to the ocean. The flesh of
this species is excellent, and forms the
principal ingredient of green turtle
soup; and the amateur will tell you
that there is nothing so good as the
“calipash,” the flesh mixed with . green
fat that is found under the carapace.

The yellowish “calipee” of the plas-
tron is good, too, but the calipash is
certainly better, either in soup or
broiled. This meat is sold in the large
cities, both in a fresh and preserved
state. .

The snapping turtle and alligator
turtle are esteemed, but the terrapins
(pseudemys) are better known, and
figure alone with the green turtle upon
restaurant bills of fare.

 

 

 

QUITE AN ADVENTU RE.

Prince Hohenlohe Comes Within an Ace
of Killing Baron Vietinghofl’.

It would be difficult to find on record
a stranger hunting adventure than that
experienced by Prince Hohenlohe, son
of the German chancellor, and Baron
Vietinghoff the other day, says the
Berlin correspondent of the few York
Sun. They went out together to shoot
stags and Fagreed to decoy the animals
by imitating their call on a special
horn. The hunters separated, each ac-
companied -by a gamekeeper, and went
in different directions. During the
course of the day they approached each
other, and each heard the other’s decoy
call and believed a stately stag was be-
fore him. Imitating the heavy steps of
the animal, they noisily drew still
nearer. The imitation of the steps and
call was so well done that they finally
arrived within ten paces of each other
without perceiving their mistake. The
thicket was so dense that they could
not ;-_see through it. Both stood still,
repeating the challenge from time to
time. Each still firmly believed that
he was within a few paces of a real
stag. At last the prince, tired of wait-
ing, fired thrice rapidly in the direction
of the supposed game. The first bullet
glanced off the cartridge belt of Baron
Vietinghoff, the second struck his
watch and sprang off, and the third fell
dead from his pocketbook well filled
with papers. The young baron, though
hit three times, stood unwouudcd. He
was so convinced that not his fellow
hunter but a stag stood before him that
he attributed the shots to the explosion
of cartridges in his belt, and busied
himself unfastening his belt for the
purpose of throwing it away. The as-
tonishment of both, when they at last
found out what had happened, was
great.

 

ELECTRICAL DESPOTISM.

The State Custodian of the Dynamo Holds
the Whiphand in Corea.

q Coreans appear to be a happy go lucky
people. Their wants are few, and they
buy little, but the one object of their
life is to defer the evil day of payment
as long as possible. The 'coin of the
common people is the copper or brass
“cash” or sapek, a thousand of which
go to the Mexican dollar. These little
coins have a square hole in the center
and are strung on cords of straw, and it
is said that when a traveler journeys
into the interior of the country he has
to take along an extra horse to carry
his money. It is related that Dr. Scran-
ton, a medical missionary, sold to the
Corean government eighteen hundred
Mexican dollars, and the “cash” he re-
ceived in exchange required the serv-
ices of fifty-six stout men for its re-
moval to the mission house. Under
such circumstances it appears rather a
misfortune to be paid one’s just dues.

There is an official, however; who suf-
fers no inconvenience either from the
national shiftlessness or the unwieldi-
ness of the common currency. In Corea,
at all events, the state electrician has
the whip hand. Notonly is he the only
Europan not paid by the customs who
gets his pay regularly, but he is paid
either in bullion or gold dust. The
secret of his “pull” is that the king and
all his court are all so afraid of ghosts
that they sit up all night. There are
sorcerers, and the electric light, also,
tokcep off the ghosts. If the electri-
cian’s pay falls into arrears the light
apparatus breaks down, and cannot be
repaired until he is paid up.

 

 

Edible turtles of the United States

 

; IRON m MINNESOTA. -

Additional Riches Being Devel-
Oped Every Day.

 

Immense Quantities of Ore Contained in
the Various Mines—More Than
Enough to Supply the
Whole World.

The develoPment of Minnesota’s iron
ranges are not by any means com-

 

. pleted; they are continuing daily, and

wealth that was not dreamed of a year
or less ago is now laid bare for the ham-
mer of the assayer and, the ten meas-
urement of the buyer and the miner.
As an instance of this is the develop-
ment made during the past few months
in the northern part of township 57-17,
and the southeast quarter of town

, 58-17. Discoveries are made and still con-

tinuing in the northern tier of sections
of town 57—17, especially in section 5,
where nine acre tracts have been
shown to be well-nigh covered with ore.
and where there has been proved mil-
lions of tons. This ore body, with that
of the Adams, Vega and Fayal mines,
with which it is believed to be connect-
ed, is one of the largest on the range,
and six months ago its existence, ex-
cept so far as the mines named were
concerned, was scarcely conjectured.

Among the holders of Mesaba ore the
Lake Superior Consolidated Iron mines
is far ahead in- quantity of ore held,
much of it, being, however, under min .
eral lease to other operators, and more
of it being held by the Consolidated
under lease from the original holders.
Owing to some circumstances connect—
ed with the formation of the company
by Mr. Rockefeller’s associates its hold-
ings were obtained at small expense,
and owing to the same circumstances
it is difficult to separate the cost of
the mines from that of the road, which
fell into Mr. Rockefeller’s hands at the
same time. It is safe to assume that
$1,500,000 paid for all the so-called Mer-
ritt properties that went into the Con-
solidated company, together with all
costs connected with their admission
into the company, including some
subsequent settlements. These prop-
erties, some of which are lease and
some fee, are believed by the most con-
servative to contain 70,000,000 tons of
ore of various grades. In addition to
these the company has the Adams
mine, the Lake ' Superior, the Lone
Jack and the McKinley and the Rouche-
leau—Ray 80 under option. These will
have c‘ost, when the option is taken up,
about $2,500,000, and contain not less
than 95,000,000 tons of ore. The Lake
Superior leases are figured ascovering
at least 50,000,000 tons, and the Adams
lease is put at a very conservative- fig-
ure, far below what the owners are
willing to concede. There is here an
iron holdingof not far from 160,000,000
tons, all obtained at a round cost of
$4,000,000.

The Minnesota Iron company has
about 40,000,000. tons in sight at the
Mes-aha mines, and for them it has paid
almost $1,000,000. Some of the largest
are leases. In addition to their own
mines, the company has a tonnage con-

tract with the Vega, which is regarded:

as one of the most important mines
of the range, with, perhaps, 10,000,000
tons in sight.

The Roucheleau-Ray company still
holds not far from 30,000,000 tons, of
which about two-thirds is fee. The
Sauntry exploration is estimated at
not far from 15,000,000 tons. The
Fowler explorations, the Security Land
holdings, mostly under option to
the Minnesota Iron company; the
Franklin group, the Ohio and some
smaller properties, contain at least 30,-
000,000 tons. There remain the vast
holdings of the Wright and Davis syn-
dicate on the western part of the range
on which are several mines and an
enormous amount of partially explored
lands. A report made on these hold-
ings for the Minnesota Iron company
a year ago, and on which the latter
company based an offer for the entire
tract, showed them to contain ore esti-
mated at about 60,000,000 tons.

The Minnesota Iron company paid
about $8,000,000 for the Charlemagne
Tower interests. on the Vermilion
range, including the Duluth and Iron
Range. Nobody outside the of-
ficers of the company, and probably
not they themselves, know the ore hold-
ings in the undeveloped lands they
own, though the mines at present
worked have been pretty well punc-
tured by the diamond drill, and for
1,000 feet down are as well understood
as if they were sliced bare. Vast as
these holdings are,., they sink into in.
significance, so far as the totals go,
compared to the incomprehensible
quantities on the sister range. Two
other companies are mining the Ver-
milion, but such is the present inac-
tivity on this range that it would not
be surprising if there were half a. dozen
new concerns at work there shortly,
and twice that number of mines sca‘t-
terd from Tower toward the interna-
tional boundary. .— Minneapolis J our-
nal.

Boarding-House Aftermaths.

Mrs. Slimdiet—Have some more of
the mackerel, Mr. Boarder.

Mr. Boarder—No, thank you.

“Have a piece of the liver?”

“N 0, thank you.”

“How strange you are! Why, I am so
extravagantly fond of mackerel and
liver I could eat them all the time. Per-
haps you are late this morning, and
must hurry ‘2”

“Yes, I am a little late. Good;morn-
ing.” ,

“J one!”

J ane—Yes, mum.

“Mr. Boarder has gone down-town.
You can broil me that piece of tender-
loin now.”—N. Y. Weekly.

Too Much of a Denial.

“You’re rather too old to take in as an
office boy,” said Wiggins, as he eyed the
applicant. “You must have lived pret-
ty fast to be at the bottom of the ladder
at your age.”

“N o, indeed, sir,” said the other, car-

 

nestly; “I’m just as 'slow as I ever

was!”——Day City Chat.

 

FASHION AND ‘ FANCY.

Various Articles for the Feminine Ward-
robe. ‘

‘ While many ladies do not like to or-
der their standard suits i’ery early in
the seasou, as, toward the end of April,
new styles may appear, they may with
perfeCt safety arrange for all the ac-
cessories and minor items of their
wardrobe for the entire summer.

The pctticoat is unimportant factor
in fashionable dressing. One may have
dress skirts made with lighter material
for linings and with less bulky and
cumbersome fittings than heretofore,
provided a suitable petiicoat is secured.
There are firm and reliable makes of
haircloth that stand out under the
weight of all skirts of ordinary fabric.
With skirts made on this plan, one
well-made petticoat serves for the en-
tire outfit for street costumes. These
may be in gray or black haircloth, and
should be fitted with the utmost nice-
ty. For evening dresses a white hair-
cloth one answers the same purpose.
Silk petticoats are in very general use,
although many ladies who have worn
them for years are making up fine,
firm qualities of m-oreen, and like them
very much better. There is a certain
springiness to the moreen petticoat
that one does not find in silk, which,
unless very carefully cut, is likely to
wind around one’s ankles and make
walking a weariness rather than a
pleasure.

As to white petticoats, the variety
and elegance of the importers’ stock
are simply bewildering. They remind
one of the old-fashioned christening
dress of an infant, Such masses of
tucks, puffs, rufiies, lace and embroid-
ery are they. There is a fancy among
exceedingly dainty and fastidious
women for making petticoats of fine
nainsook and finishing them with a
single wide hem-stitched hem. An-
other favorite model is made on the
Spanish flounce idea. Half of the
length of the skirt is gored, the re-
maining portion being set on of
straight breadths. This may have a
hem-stitched hem or a plain one with
:1 narrow flounce of lace. In all cases
the hem should be the full width of
the flounce, as it is much more desir-
able if the flounce is sewed through
more than one thickness of the fabric.

\Vhile The chemise is a part of all
well-kept underwear stocks, the knit-
ted vest, either in gossamer, silk or
wool, is much more generally worn.
It absorb-s the perspiration in summer,
fits the figure without wrinkles and is:
by many thought to allow of a much
better fit of the dress waist. At all
events, it has become a standard arti-
cle of wear, and is so much approved
that there must be a good reason for
its continuance. The gossamer vest is
also worn as a corset cover, and is by
many prcfcrred to those made of mus-

lin except for dressy-wear. The bicycle ‘

has had much to do with modifying
certain articles of apparel. The corset
waist and the hygienic waist have be-
come so important for wheelwomcn
that it is fondly hoped that much bet-
ter shapes will be furnished than here-
tofore. Many of those in use, While
they have points of advantage in bust,
waist and hip shapes, have such ex-
ceedingly awkward and uncomfortable
shoulder straps that they cannot be tel--
erated. A number of makes have a
strap so arranged as to bunch out just
above the shoulder blades, absolutely
spoiling the figure and suggesting wing
bones, which, while they may be desir-
able from an esthetic point of view, are
not particularly ornamental when they
push out into the back of one’s dress
waist.

Hosiery for the coming season is to
be divided equally between black and
colors. Every woman has a. certain
number of black hose for standard, but
equally, if she desires to be stylish, she
must have those 'of various light col-
ors, and should have at least one pair
to match each dressy costume. The
boot hose, those with black feet and
ankles and fancy t0ps, are best- liked.
The new all-black hose, with very wide,
extremely elastic tops, are becoming
the wheelwoman’s favorite. Wit-h these
long hose and very short, full drawers
of black goods, many women find
themselves sufficiently well equipped
as to underwear.

Manufacturers are struggling with
the subject of union suits, but up to
date the ideal model has not appeared.
Womenwho have tried them complain
that the underwear draws and pulls
and makes them uncomfortable. They
are scarcely able to tell why, but, all
the same, very few of them like it.
This is a pity, as the union suit, if
properly constructed, would be of im-
mense advantage to wheelwomen and
hose who are inclined to be stout. It
will be necessary to make them onen-
tirely new lines, if they are to meet
with any permanent popularity. They
are endurable for extremely thin peo-
ple, but lack bust fullness and sufficient
room to fit the curves of the figure——
N. Y. Ledger.

Parsnip and SalsifycFritters.

Wash, scrape and boil parsnips till
tender, and mash fine when done; to
each pint allow two tablespoonfuls of
butter, salt and pepper to taste; add
a beaten egg; stir all together over
the fire a few minutes let cool, shape
into balls, dip into e g, then into
crumbs, and fry in deep, hot fat. Sal-
sify or oyster plant fritters are made
in the same way, only when boiling add
two tablespoons of vinegar to the water.
Boiled parsnips, dipped in batter and
fried in hot fat are excellent, and,
boiled, cut in halves lengthwise, but-
tered and peppered, they form, anice
accompaniment. to steak—Boston
Globe.

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Evidently Quadrumanous.

A suggestion of a confirmation of the
Darwinian theory is conveyed by the
following colloquy:

Mrs. McGuire—Is it sick ye are, Mrs.
Murphy? ‘

Mrs. Murphy—Indade, I’m that same.
I wuz walkin’ the flure wid afioot’ache
all night, an’ I co’t cowld in the pa’ms
o’ my feet..—N. Y. Herald.

 

-. Floral Shoulder Straps.

Flowers .on bail dresses are “correct,”
but they are, so far, 'only used as shoul-
der straps, and generally in a. combi-

nation of colors. Thus white and
mauve violets and roses, wall-flower
and narcissus are very happy, if, be it
well understood, the flowers are of the
very best quality; otherwise it- is pref-
erable to, make your shoulder straps
of full miroir velvet, finished off with a
chou, as there is nothing more unsatis-
factory than common flowers.—Phila—
delphia Record.

 

True, True. ‘
“Apparently there is no use for horses
in these days of electric cars, bicycles
and horseless carriages,” remarked .Mc-
Swilligen. J
“Oh, that’s not so,” replied Squildig.
“Since they commenced to slaughter

horses and can them for food wercan _

still have them in our midst.”—-Pitts-
burgh Chronicle-Telegraph. ‘ 3

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RAILROAD RUMBLINGS.

A new railway sleeping car evolved in
England is 52 feet long and nine teat
wide, with rooms containing booksand
other comforts for each passenger.

It is understood that the W'ells-Fargn
Express company is now having sew
eral burglar-proof cars built. The
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LACK of money is the chief cause Edi

suicide in France.
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How’s 'l‘nisl
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can-
not be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
E. J. Cheney & Co , Props, Toledo, 0
We the undersigned have known F-
W. Cheney for the last 15 years, and be-

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business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligation made
by their firm.

West & Truax, W’holesale Druggists.

. Toledo, 0.
Waldmg, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, 0.

Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internal-
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Price
75cents per bottle. Sold by all Drug-
gists. Testimonials free.

 

 

 

takes out ink, paint,
tar, pitch, grease ."
and stains from .
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completely and _‘
Never_Leave_s‘a Ring ' "

-—No Acid.— 106., 256., at Drug
B No unpleasant odor. and Dry Goods Stores
Not inflammable. Samples mailed, 5c.

L. B. SUTTON, New Canaan, Gt.

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Boys’ Clothing

made by
Boys’ Tailors.

Take two tailors of equal skill and
experience: Let one make men’s
clothes part of the time, anda boy’s
suit occasionally : let the other
have nothing to do but think
about. design, cut and make
bovs’ clothes exclusively;

Which tailor is likely
to be more satisfactory—
for Boys ?

 
 

An example of this tailoring
exclusively for Boys is to be
seen in our double-breasted.
° all-wool Blue Cheviot Suits—
color and satisfactory wear
guaranteed. at

$5.00
60-62 West 23d St., N. Y.

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FISCHER PIANO WARERooms,"‘% :

“0 Fifth IAve.. cor. l6th St, N. Y.
Writefor Catalogue. ._.-

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STUDEBAKER

265 & 267 Canal St., N. Y.
200 feet East of Broadway.

 

FAMILY BARRIAGES >

Buggies, Phaetons. Runabouts,
epot Wagons, Wagonettes,
Rockaways, Traps, &c., &c.

New Styles. Great Variety,
Low Prices.

.Farm' Wagons
8: Carts,
Street Sprinklers,

Lawn Sprinklers, Trucks,

, Business Wagons, &c., 850.
Harness. llamas, Harness,

Robes, Whips, &c., &

0., &c.

Low Prices. 4

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