EACH oven 90 YEARS OLD. ’
ABrother and Four Sisters Have Lived
Together for Nearly a Century.
01) a pretty little farm high up among
the hills of Calhoun County, Ala., 1,006
feet above the sea, with only the trees
and the hilltops for their neighbors
lives Perhaps the most rcmarkablc
family that inhabits the. 11-: ;.da'ries oi
America. They are 111111.111 as the
Sadlers. The family c0n3i;ts of :-
brother and four sisters, and th‘
already turned he.
The eldest is severai
Non:
youngest has.
ninetY—first year.
years more than a century old.
of them has ever married.
The Sadlers were born in V.. '11::
all of them excepting one having seen
the light of day before the seventeenth
century took its flight. Years ago the
father and mother- died, the former at
the age of ninety-one, the latter at the
early age of seventy-five. But the
brothers and sisters continued to 1ch
together, keeping each other company
and administering to each other’s com.
fort.
In spite of the wondrous changes 321d
inventions which time has wrough:
this virtuous and contented family has
never seen fit to in any way reform:
the methods that were in vogue when
their parents taught them how to work.
The clothing which they wear has al—
ways been made by them from the cot-
ton which grows in their fields, or from
‘the wool which covers the backs oi
their sheep.
From the hides of the animals that
browse upon' their fields the brother
makes the comfortable, and not en-
tirely-unshapely’ shoes that cover his
and his sisters’ feet.
to the use of money; they have no need
of it, and will not receive it into their
possession.
provisions of them, for instance, and
they have enough to spare, the supplies
are freely given or cheerfully loaned,
but never sold for money.
No member of this remarkable fam-
ily has ever married; it is stated that
bef01e they were grown they entered
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If any one desires to buy
. bended on her.
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into a compact to remain single and ;
stay together.
were four exceedingly handsome girls,
and were sought after by the beaux oi
Tradition says they‘
their day and neighborhood, but that 1
they avoided an entangling alliance;
with one exception.
e1, Virginia, fell desperately in love,
it is related, with a young man of the
olden time; she was then only sixteen.
The youngest sis- ‘
The family entered such a protest that ‘
she repulsed her lover and endeavored
to blot him from her memory, but he1
disappointment was so great that her
mind became affected, and she has
never regained her mental equilibrium
—New York Journal.
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A Soft Answer.
Minnie—“I have had the same dress-
maker for three years."
Mamie—E‘Really? I thought
had Worn that dress only two
sons.”——Indianapolis Journal.
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INDIAN JUSTICE.
)ne Tribe l‘hat Seemed to Have Some Re-
gard for the Squaw.
“According to the books I studied
when a boy,” began an oldish man at
the club the other night, “Indians
ooked down on their wives and made
:hem simply beasts of burden. That
nay have been in some places, but it
.vasn 1 always so, or so everywhere.
“A. road many years ago the-re were
=oznc l’cnobscot Indians near my peo-
)L'c’s pl: Ice in New Hampshiie, who ev-
11.111111 thought a good deal of their
1111:1111 s and made one of the bucks ap-
91. .::Ie the fact that his wife was not
1 beast of burden. This buck went on
what we now call a bat, and got
irunk—‘drank too‘ much occapce, and
Checpie (devil) got in him.’ When he
got home he was in a bad humor, and
finding his wife in his way he'stuck
ner feet in the fire and burned them
if.
“The other Indians discovered this
rery promptly and tried him by a very
summary process. The general opin-
on was that he should be executed at
nice; but one of the elder bucks inter-
)osed and gave this advice: “No shoot
11m; make him live long as squaw
ive; him carry squaw when she want
walk; when squaw die bimeby, then
we shoot.’
“This advice appealed to the. othe1
men, and they decided to punish the
Duck as the old chief suggested. So
:he buck carried his wife around on his
Jack, whenever the tribe moved,
whenever she wanted to go any place.
So far. as I learned, she did not hesi-
uate about moving around. Of course
They are averse i the buck hated to carry her; but the
beauty of the arrangement was that
1e didn’t dare to ill-treat her, much
ess to kill her, because his life de-
If she died, he knew
the tribe would kill him.
“I don't know how long this punish-
ncnt lasted—who died first, or if af-
:er her death he was pardoned or ex-
ecuted-New York Sun.
The Irish of It.
An Irishman whose orchard had been
nvaded by some picknickers was ar-
raigning the poachers with no mild
form of vehemence, when one of the
party said to him:
“There, my friend, don’t get yourself
nto such a state of excitement; we‘ll
:0mpensate you.”
“Compensate me!” returned Pat.
“Begorra, ye ought to pay me.”-—-
2icl11110ud Dispatch.
information.
“Bring me,” said the gentleman
with the Clan-na- -Gael countenance
as he pointed to the lobster in the
show 111ndow, “bring we one av thim
infor'."meis
“Why do you call them informers.
Casey?” asked his companion.
“,Bedad they wear th’ green to be-
gin wid, and put on the red coat as
soon as they get into hot water."—
Indianapolis Jou1nal. J
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' Outlook.
VALUE OF WASTE ARTICLES.
Proceeds of Rubish, Gathered by School
Children, Clothed 500 Little Ones.
The people of Belgium evidently be-
lieve in training their children in
habits of economy. Possibly no bet-
ter method of convincing the young
folks of the wisdom of looking after
small things could have been found
than that resorted to in the public
schools of Brussels.
Some time ago the children were
requested by their teachers to gather
up all the waste and apparently use—
less articles that they could find on
their way to and from school and to
deliver them to their respective teach-
ers.
For eight months the work of col-
lection went 011. Such objects as tin
foil, tin cans, paint tubes, bottle cap-
suls, and refuge metal were especially
looked after. The result was aston—
ishing. Nineteen hundred and twenty-
‘five pounds of tin foil rewarded the
childrens effOrts, together with 1,200
pounds of metal scraps, 4,400 pounds
of bottle capsules and old paint tubes
that, in the aggregate, weighed 220
pounds.
But it was when the articles were
disposed of and the money applied to
useful objects that the full force of
this economywas manifest. The pro-
ceeds completely clothed 500 poor chil-
dren, and sent 90 invalid children to
recuperation colonies, and there was
a goodly balance left to be distributed
among the sick poor of the city.-—The
BIGGEST F‘ARM ON EA“? 221
Machinery Used In Cultivating it, dad 30
Acres Plowed in One Day.
The largest farm in this country and
)robably in the world is situated in
:he southwestern part of Louisiana.
, it extends 100 miles east and west. It
5 was purchased in 1883 by a syndicate
1f northern capitalists, by whom it is
still operated. At the time of its pur
ihase its 1,500,000 acres was a vast
pasture for cattle belonging to a few
lealers in that country. Now it is di-
vided into pasture stations or ranches,
axisting every six miles. The fencing
s said to have cost about $50,000. The
and is best adapted for rice, sugar,
torn and cotton. A tract, say half a
mile wide, is taken, and an engine is
)laced on each side. The engines are
)ortablc, and operate a cable attached
to four ploughs. By this arrangement
: :hirty acres are gone over in a day
with the labor of only three men.
l‘here is not a single draft horse on
:he entire place, if we except those
1 ' ised by the borders of cattle, of which
there are 16,000 head on the place.
l‘he Scuthern Pacific Railway runs
for thirty-six miles through the farm.
l‘he company has three steamboats
)perating on the waters of the estate.
)f which 300 miles are navigable. It
ms also an ice house, bank. shipyard,
1nd rice mills—Knoxville Tribune.
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From “ THE GAIETY GIRL.”
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Words by HENRY HAMILTON.
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fight-lug for his coun-try and his Queen;
do your best and nev-er, nev - er shirk.
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STOMACH CLEANING.
A Sponge Put In the Stomach and Made to
Revolve at Any Desired Speed.
Stomach-cleaning companies may
soon be organized on the same plan
that window-cleaning companies now
operate in our cities, writes George B.
Waldron in The Illustrated American.
The work of purifying that all-import-
ant organ is done by means of an in-
strument called a gyromele, which con-
sists of a small Sponge attached to a
spiral steel wire cable enclosed in a
tube. The patient swallows the sponge
The turning
of the cable causes the sponge to re-
.volve at such a speed as may be de-
sired. By pushing or pulling the cable
various portions of the inner wall 01
the stomach may be operated upon. Dr
Turck has introduced a new element
into the process in Edison’s fiuoroscope
This instrument he puts to his eyes
and by means of the X-rays is able to
follow the progress of the sponge along
the wall of the stomach and to direct
the operation. Strangely enough, the
process caused no discomfort to the pa-
tient, though it was continued for more
than an hour.
When Anthracite Couldn’t’Bc Sold.
Edmund Carey of Benton was one of
:he (early residents of Wilkesbarre,
1nd was born Aug. 12, 1822, on a farm
it the lower end of the town, now
shown as Carey avenue, which has
been named after the family. His
:ather, George Garey, was one of the
settlers who had the handling of the‘
first anthracite coal in Wyoming Val-
ley. He helped open a stripping
Pittston township, in 1815, and in the
spring of that year loaded a raft, with;
several others, and took it down the
Susquehanna to Harrisburg, where
they sold the raft load of forty tons
of anthracite for $10. They were dis-
couraged at such remuneration, and
left the transportation of coal dor-
mant until 1820, when they took an-
other raft load down and failed to
find a buyer. They were so discour-
nged that they dumped their load of
black diamonds into the Susquehanna
1t Harrisburg, and, so far as these
early pioneers were concerned, the
opening up of a coal market was
2nded.—Wilkesbarre Record;
Impossible.
Judge—You say that the- lady had
her change all ready, rushed to the
window and bought a ticket?
Witness—Yes, sir.
Judge—Officer, lock the man up for
perjury, and I order that all his tes-
timony be stricken from the records.—
New York Journal.
Fountain [lead of Information.
Little Johnny—Pa, why is it they
have that big eagle where the minister
stands in church?
Pa—Because, my son, the eagle is a
bird of prey. When you want to know
. anything, always come right to your
pa.-—Boston Transcript.
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HE WAS AMBITIOUS.
How a Determined Indiana Lad Worked
His College Course.
Many boys and men have worked
their way through college, but, so far
as is known, Indiana holds the Only
one who milked his way through,'Mar-
tin A. Quinn was a ragged farm-hand
when he made up his mind to get a
taini rg the means.
He began by trading with his neigh-
bor‘s, until he owned a pig, which he
raised and sold to buy a calf. The calf
grew into a cow, which was sold, and
more pigs and calves bought. By the
time he was eighteen Quinn had earn-
ed $200. With this money he bought
six good milch cows, which he shipped
to Chicago, riding along in the freight
train to care for them.
He reached the city with his cows
and $11 in cash. Leaving his cows at
the stock yards, he went straight to
the University of Chicago and mat-
riculated. Having done this he sought
the steward of the college, told his
story and laid a proposition before
him. Milk was costing the college 25
cents a gallon . Quinn agreed to fur-
nish it at 20 cents.
The deal was made and the young
undergraduate dairyman went to seek
a place to house his. herd. One was
found and arrangements for pasture
made. For four years Quinn cared for
those cows, milked them every morn-
ing at 4o’clock, strained the milk and
carried it to the steward. From it he
averaged $3.60 a. day, and on this he
lived and furnished food and shelter
for the cows.
When he graduated 'he sold the cows
for $180, with which he bought books
to study law at Lafayette, Ind—New
York World.
CONTINUES TO LIVE IN A'TENT.
While He Receivmmfcrtable Income
from Valuable Property.
The old adage of “what’s bred in the
bone” is well exemplified by Josh
Stanley, one of the best-known gyp-
sies in the country. A rover from birth'
wandering where fancy and pecuniary
consideration dictated, he has taken ad-
vantage of the demand for fiathouses,
and has built one on the old Boston
and Providence turnpike, near the Ded-
ham woods, on the outskirts of Boston.
It is a pretentious building, six stories
high, and supplied with all modern
conveniences.
The house has running water, elec-
tric lights, steam heat and even a
janitor service. As the house is pic-
turesquely situated, there was a great
demand for the‘flats, and now nearly
all are occupied by Boston’s elite
But Stanley remains the gypsy-he
'could not live under a roof—he could
not- be confined to four walls. So he
continues to live in his tent, the
Romany as of old, while his apartment
house yields him a. good revenue.
pa - rents fan — cied for
his name,
a schoolboy and as gay,
his blood in the Son - dan,
lad, wher-ev - er you may be,
un - i- form he' s fill- ing, We call him Tommy At- kins all the
du- ty, all for England, Home and Beauty,And the no- b-le sum of thirteen pence a
501- diet and a
have you! b>ut we re proud of you and love you God keep you, Tommy,s still by land and
a dy- ing,Ev' ry inch of him a.
CHORUS. * 1st tzme 15. 2d time}.
Tommy,Tom'my At-kins, you’re a “good un,"heart and hand, You‘re a
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‘ An Anecdote "u'f Sfl'oi‘kor Reid.
The speech which goes down into his— ‘
tory as Reed’s first effort as a. child was
short, but the one which opened his
way to fame as a man was shorter still,
says a writer in The Illustrated Ameri-
can. It was delivered not long after he
.began his career in Congress. He had
not up to that time taken much part
in debate, but one day, while he was
making a somewhat labored argument
an older member tried to break him up
'by putting a. question to him suddenly.
and demanding an immediate answer.
Reed gave the answer readily. Then
he paused, turned toward the speaker’ 51
.desk, and drawled out: “And nowI
having cmbalmed that fly in the liquid
amber of my remarks, I will goon
again.” The House roared. The gal-
leries took it up. The newspaper cor-;
respondents sent it flying all over the
country, and to his own surprise more
than any one’s else, Reed found himseli
a man of note from that hour-New
York Times.
The Witness’ Soliloquy.
“I stepped in the court room at Napa
me day,” said Attorney Garret Mc~
Enemey, “while a murder trial was, in
Drogress. A prominent citizen named
Wilson had been shot down in his
. field, and the only witness, a half-wit-
:ed relative of the deceased, was on
:he witness stand for the prosecution.
“‘What did you do when he fell?‘
isked the prosecuting attorney. ‘
“ ‘I walked up to where he was ly-
ng.’
“Then what did you?”
“The witness paused, reflected a mo«
nent with concentrated brows, to con-
":entrate his scattered faculties on the,
hatter, and then replied very solemn-
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.y.
“ ‘I said:
School trustee.
“There he is. (Pause)
(Pause) Notary pub-
lic. (Pause) Justice of the peace.
Pause.) Delegator. (Pause) All
gone to hades in one pop ””’ ——San~.
1 “rancisco Post.
0.2111101”.
. “Senator,” remarked a confidential
'I'iend, “do you propose to run for of-
Zlce again?”
“Of course I do!” replied Senator
iorghum.
“Don’t you think you. would better
'ay something about your attitude on
olitical questions?”
“‘M—yes. It might be well to re-
1ind people of my existence. But
here is too much uncertainty to war-
1nt my taking sides on any topic. For
1e present I guess I’d better stick to
:ving my country on general prin-
{deaf—Washington Star.
1'h2 I‘hames of England is 170 miles
=1. the ri\ er of the same name in
-11 on, is said to be 160 miles long.
. Iiesake in the United States is
1.1 ' more than a dozen miles in
- but is better for navigation
L lief.
Oncehe's pock-et - ed the
Then back he goes to
To keep our flag a
By the U11 - ion Jack a-
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same
day.
man.
sea!
cre-dit to your call-ing and to
, May yourlovc be ev - er true, God bless you, Tommy
Norwalk Chronicler