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x
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s; 7:
r , ~ -life: their little friSks and leaps and pets
3 m" the commas and semicolons and
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' can reactant-tort; ;
I! Joy and Poi-{entries have‘u'owned a day.
Ala! we my, this gracious day is done,
The gods will never send us such an one
Again, however we may striveand pray.
But if in woe that knoweth no allay
1ND slow the anguish-barrows! hours have
run
Our hearts grow lighter with the setting
sun.
For thenywc feel that all hours pass away.
' Now some are bound to Life with golden
hands
And Life to these is passing sweet and dear:
They fain would linger in each lovely year
And shun the pilgrimage to unknown lands
But souls that sorrow know not any fear
When Death draws nigh with healing in his
hands. '
-Gi‘oham R. Tomson, in Scribner.
i PHIL BARTON ’S CLAIM.
Phil Bartbn was a big, raw-boned
. man. He had a stoop to his shoulders
and a sort of chronic scowl on his face.
He was "middle—aged and unmarried,
with no very good prospect of changing
i his latter condition. lie was not. a hand-
some man and far from an even-tempered
man. In fact, he sometimes played the
welllknowii part of the exceedingly dis—
agreeable man from Bitter Creck~
:though to do him justice he had only
Joceasioimlly indulged in those little ec~
lcentricities of character which were so
‘ marked in the gentleman from the Creek.
, Only when somebody Jumped Ill) claim
thcnhlr. Barton was reluctantly forced
.to admit that he hailed from Bitter
Creek. Not from Ili‘ilul‘ Creek as it is
known to ordinary people—the Bitter
Creek of the geographer—but far up
at the very head-waters where the black
nlkali water of Great Bitter Spring
gushed out of the volcanic soil-«where
Bitter Creek was born~that was the
SOUTH NURWALK. AUGUST 5.
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museum; nirvana
_ Recipes.
Susanne men-One cup of rice. one
teaspoon of salt, three cups of boiling
water; steam one hour; add one cup of
sweet milk, cook twenty minutes longer,
when it is ready to serve with cream and
sugar.
Cncnirnnii CATS.UP.—-Gmte three dozen
large cucumbers and twelve white onions;
t three handfuls of salt over them: '
et them soak twenty~four hours, then
drain them; soak also a cupful and a half
of mustard seed for the same length of
time. Then drain them and add the
mus"nrd seed to the cucumbers with two
spoonfuls of whole pepper, put them in
it .jar, cover with vinegar and cork tight;
keep in'a dry place. ’
Honixv Cuoqt'rz'rrrzs.—-To one quart
of boiling water add a teaspoonf-ul of
, Salt: stirin gradually a heaping half—pint
of the finest. houiiny; boil three-quarters
of an hour, and put it on the back of the
range where it will remain hot an hour
longer; then put in a large bowl and add
the beaten yolks of_two eggs, mix it
thoroughly, and when cold shape into
cones; dlptl;e cones in beaten egg. roll in
crumbs and fry in boiling fat.
APPLE Pin—Lay finely-sliced apples
at the bottom of a pic dish, strew them
with a little sugar and spice, and then
put a layer of coarse bread-cruiiibs, with
a low " little dots of butter. Alternate
these layers uiitfishe dish‘ is full. Let
the lait layer consist of apple cut in
eighths. l’our on stillicicnt water to
moisten the whole- COVCI‘JllllI set in the
oven. \Vheu the apples on top are tender
remove the cover and cook until brown. ~ , . , .
& Fisn PI‘DIHVH ~—'l‘ako three iou'ids humble biitli-place and subsequent ponit
. , ; ~ - .. l ‘ .of residence of the spcakcr, Mr Phil
0‘ any fish suitable to.“ boiling. Have '3 Barton. And of course it was whollv un-
lwo cups of milk scalding hot, and ‘put 3 ccssary for him ,0 say ““3,“ng “3,0“,
to ‘lt a goodfsired piece of butter ““0 the fact that the residents of Bitter
which you have rubbed a large talile- Creek “w“. worse the higher up ,1“.
spoonful of butter: lay the fish into Creek you truvel~tliis rciiiai‘kablo per-u.
the milk after stirring in the butter and liaritv of the residents was too ‘well~
flour, then add two tablespooiifiils 0‘ known. llut to return to Mr. Barton‘s
cold hiilktsalt and pepper, ““h a yery claiiutil was a lamentable fact it was
slight sprinkling of nutmeg. Put into alwavs Min" “lumped."
a buttered pudding dish and bake one “Claim pimping" is a light aiiddivert-
hour ‘“ a 8"““1 0m“- berver “'1‘" “PL" ing form of recreation always more or
sauce. ~ less indulged in by Dakouans in such
T"“'~‘“‘ Saturn—Seam 1”” a peck Of . unions of the territorv where there is
. tomatoes, “‘C"_ “P“ “"“3‘ till“? 0“, the i UVL‘Hllllf'llt land op -n to settlement and
skins, and cut in smooth, delicate slices, ! being settled.
and 5“ G“ the ice ‘0 (“"13 l‘ hen 9““ the claim of some other person .wlio has
drain and “3’ them ncutly m a deep d‘Sh' not yet secured a title to his land from
Bo“ four eggs 1“"‘1' "“1? the Wu“ ‘0 l‘ ‘ the Hoveriiiiient, and institutinw a “con-
powder, a tablespoontul of mustard. ms,“ at the I‘llld 03,“. If tlle law is
three tablespoonfuls of line olive oil, or. “um“.d to take its mug“. and the .,,...n.,-.
fur better, of very thick, sweet cream. “ i ‘3‘
AdsUive table-spoonfuls of vinegar, salt l
and cayenne to suit taste: beat up two
raw eggs very light, then beat all to~
getlicr. An excellent supper dish. The
original receipt: calls for three tablo-
spoonfuls of mustard, which, unless
one‘s stomach has been burned callous
like a Mexicans, is a great deal too
- much in our judgment.
not com died with all the requirements
- of the t‘plll‘llllt‘ul of the interior the
right to live on the claim and finally ac~
quire a deed to it is given him: if he can-
not he has the troublemand the costs,
which pile up to the consternation of all
except the lawyers and officials—for noth-
ing and the original claimant remains in
the posscssion of the. land. But when
the country is new, the land choice and
the claim-hunters numerous, the law is
not always allowed to take its course. In
fact it. frequently isn't. And the Sim
prising swil'tness with which the unfor-
tunate clainhjumper is sometimes re-
moved from the land and his few effects
thrown after him is only equaled by the
utonisliing manner in which this aggrcs.
sive personage
himself in his frail house and, welcome
the original claimant with an old sliot~
7 Useful mm;
A small piece of butter placed in starch
is said to give a line polish.
Warm salt water inhaled through the
nostrils will cure cold and catarrh.
A good cement to close the cracks in
stoves’is made by'mixiug wood ashes and
salt.
Bathing the eyes when tired or weak
In warm salt water will soothe and
strengthen them. .
Silver should be washed with a chamois
skin saturated with silver soap each time
after use, thus avoiding a general clean<
mg. ,
Windows and mirrors can be made to
shine without long polishing, if after be
ing washed in hot soapsud“ they are
“subbed dry with a. newspaper.
Oil stains may be removed from paper
by applying pipe clay powdered and
mixed with water to the thickness of
cream; leave on for four hours.
nails.
As I said before, Phil Barton‘s claim
was frequently jumped.
may be allowed the word.
comply with the law. "is im iroveineiits
were not‘sutl‘icieut. lle failei to live on
which the law sup ioses. Not that
icarcely any one did a l the law is sup-
posed to expect, but the gentleman
llutter may be render less troublesome
in summer by being covered with a huge
flower pot large enough to enclose the
plate and rest in a tray in which there is
some cold water.» Leaving butter in wa-
ter spoils it.
A good cleaning powder for show win-
dows and mirrors is prepared by moisten-
lug calcined iiiaglics‘ia with pure benline,
to that a mass is formed sufficiently moist
to let a drop form when missed. .The
mixture has to be preserve in rlass hot~
the with ground sto ipcrs, in 0 or to rev
tain the easily volati e beniine. A little
:the community ex iccted. and the result
i was invariably, as he expressed it, “more
trouble ‘bout that claim 0‘ mine."
“I thought l‘d die a laughin‘,“
Judge Posey. of lliitlalo City, as he sat in
his office. “You know I was out today
locatiu‘ that Wisconsin man. Well, I
issue, a havin‘ it with that Minnesota
luau. Says l‘hilg ‘ Look ashear, ye
le‘eyed tenderfoot. ye‘vo jumped
mv claim! ‘
Minnesota man, ‘au‘ yc‘ll tind me what
, ._ . \ the call a eiaver.‘ ‘h‘ow ye want ‘0
of the mixture is plat ed on a wad of cot- “I, “w Phil. , Git “NV". . save
ton and ”’th to ““3 glass plate. D0 innesoth ‘l‘ll lick ve‘ till vo eaii‘t
not use near a the or light. as the hem ‘ ' ‘
stag" :- alone!‘ says Phil. Tome on!‘
how" s Minnesota. ‘tlao minute to leave
tn‘ take yer truck l‘ as s l‘hil. ‘Yo‘ll
, and me right here in this here identical
lino vapor is very inflammable and ex.
pleaive. '
-’—————-———-——
Children and Pets.
A child brought up without the knowb
- ‘ - ‘ , . ‘I see I‘ve not ‘0 lift ve u i
edge of pet annuals is a solder being i‘nne‘sota . . ‘ , - .l
no matter if therebebiuthcrs an sisters: “, . h “t ye 0“ u ”‘9 Illa“! says {)hll'
\\ ell, talk won‘t do it savs Minnesota.
while a child who has animals to tend is
never quite alone. A dog is of itself a
= liberal education. with its erample of
fidelity, "unwearied activity, cheerful
sympathy, and love stronger than death:
a , love that is triumphant over shame
an ignoniiny and sin—influences that
to often wear outliunuin love or make it
chart to hate. , llow many of us hold to
our end. with a love as inexhaustible
sad inextinguishable as that which our
dog ives to, us? The child especially
8n 8 n the faithful creature much of
its one impulsive and ardent life; the
delight in little things the ready curios-
!ty, the ceaseless activity, the mini:
changes in occupation. the unabat iu~
terest in existence. Kittens, again,
' seem lent to give toe child just what the
dog leaves out: the more refined ways,
the soft playfulness. the gentle domestic-
ity, the willingness to be tended and
, Kittens about the house an ply
the smaller punctuation in the book of
Then they went at it. Phil hanged hlin
fhro vht him an underwent.
cline ed an’ rolled, an‘ tore, ant-pounded,
,sn’ pulled. an‘ get up an‘ pounded, but
.pretty soon Phil got him down an‘ set
on him, su‘ says he: “Now, whose
claim is thisl‘
man, an‘ so Phil lets him up an‘ he picks
[up his duds an‘ vamooses, Phil keepin‘
the lumber in his house for his trouble.
It‘s ‘bout the quickest way to settle a
contest I ever seen,” continued the
Judge—“no witnesses or tponcments
or appeals or waitin‘ or no hin‘, es‘ pull
yer cost an‘ wade in. But than er,‘ he
‘ added, “it it‘d be rough on us lawyers if
. tluiy all done that way."
i he unfortunate inneaotian was not
5 the only man who rose and fell on Bar.
l ton‘s claim in much the same way. “It‘s
‘gittin, know so they move on ev‘ry morn~
g in‘ an‘ I move ‘eni off ev‘ry night,“ said
*Barton himself, as he stoodron a street
georner of Buffalo City. “I tell ye that
-i claim herlonge to me an‘ I‘m goin‘ t‘hold
‘ it. I‘m a peace‘hle lewahidin’ American
cit‘ten, but when anybody tries t‘ beat
me out, o‘ my ,home there‘s goin’ 1‘. he
gouble.‘ There wpiii‘gileino lawini—nothiin'
'ut "es Itreigh . tn an‘ ots ovt.
3 Thai: as ho enter that claim with the
l
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dashes, while the dog puts in the colons
and periods ~fltrpcr‘s Basin ' '
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A Revised Version.
“are lived near Alexandria, in Vin
(this, an old colored man and woman.
whontheir usintances called Daddy
and Mammy illiunis. He had had cdu~
victim advantages. and could read in a
W uliarly his own: but his wife,
'ilthougfiackin as regards erudiiioii.
’ ' t one of character, which
Ighter right from Thumper‘s Corners,“
iouiity o‘ Git Thar! Them as move on
tin look out the winder an‘ see old Phil
Barton eomin‘ like at elychne‘, aii‘ th
33“ 1'le i“ ‘fi’u‘m‘ “$3?“ want 0‘ it while they‘re able t‘ mo
' . on about! aint no chicken, an
‘n 7 .
when it comes 9 fig tinI they‘ll and!
was raised ’wsy back over Roaring
Iii l Ye hear me, gentlemen l" 7
film?” ,i
”ii- mas-1s
“¥
It consists of moving on 1
She party can prove that. the other bus?
will Sometimes secrete ‘
gun loaded with rifle balls and. ten~penny
Probably thoj
MSIcSl way to account for this is on tho
isupposition that it was jiiiiiluilile»—il‘ 1,
He didn‘t.
it with that regularity and persistency‘
under consideration didn‘t even do all‘
Salld i
been Phil Barton out on his claim, in'
‘Ye bet I have,‘ says tho‘
note hundred years from now 3‘ says,
one in the eye and the Minnesota maul
Then they“
‘I guess it b‘longs to a; .
uian ‘bout your size,‘ says the Minnesota ‘
Bee 0‘ holdin’ it, will find that I‘m al
, .
“ t how almut the widder Baxter,“ ,, ~ 3
boy an' shoved out the school ofceral"
“Some one."
“She‘s got a dog, too.” '
“Yes—big yeller an’ white cuss. “
“I seen him killin' cats down at
Buff’lo one day. He had ‘em stacked up
there like hay."
“Yes, I heered 'bout it. What d‘ye
think ye’ll do ‘bout the widder, Phil 1“
“W‘y—w‘y~ye sec, Jedge, I reckon
the widder‘ll have t‘ go. I don‘t take
none too much stock in these women no~
liow,an’ my ’spericuce has been that wid-
ders air the wuss kind. I aint been out
t‘ my place fer two or three weeks——
I reckon I‘ll mosey out in the mornin’ an’
see how the land lays." ,,
Then this man, whose earliest recollec~
tions was of looking down into the dark
waters of Bitter Creek and up at the ire
cipitous sides of Roaring Rid e, wal ed
away with a troubled vision of lack~eyed
widows and s iotted, cat-killing dogs.
The next ay Burton went out to his
place, but somehow he didn‘t get any
farther. Away down on the other corner
he could see a small board shanty. He
rightly conjectured, that it was the
widow‘s house. But he thought it would
do just as well to go down after a day or
two. He .would think about _it for
axvhile. - i
The widow Baxter was a. lady of rather
uncertain age though by no means old.
She had come out from Indiana :1 year be«
fore and in that space of time had
worked up a reputation for beingr excep-
tionally able to take care of herself.
After a few days Mr. Barton, late of
Bitter Creek, determined to go down
and see if he could not induce the widow
to move. lie had serious doubts as
to the success of his mission. but
it had to be done; so he started
out. Before leaving be carefully washed
his face and hands in the kettle in
which he usually boiled his potatoes—his
po~sessiozis not including:anything;r ncuri-r
to a washlrnvlo~brushed his clothes \\ ith
the lioistiriish and put on a clean shirt,
all of which was rather remarkable when
we. consider his before-named nativity.
He walked down across the quarter-sec-
tion rather slowly, but arrived ncarthe
objectionable shack at last. As he did
Sl).
yellow day,r sitting,' in from of the door
with his fore legs spread very far apart
lower lip. As he went past the widow‘s
cow.whicli was iicketcd near the house.
she booked at him. He ran a few yards
to avoid her and when he looked at the
dog he thought be detected a smile play-
int,r around the mouth of that intelligent
aniinal.wliile a calf near by uttered a low
"bar-r-rl" and a pig: squealed. a rooster
flew up on the edge, of the pen and
l crowed while the hen cackled. Evident-
} ly the widow‘s whole family was against
l hilll-r—llll‘)‘ all s-eincd to be applauding
the action of the cow—to \vhic i animal
i must certainly be awarded first biood—
figuratively speaking.
lie pretended not to notice these
taunts of the live stock and, walking up
to the door, reached out to knock. Hut.
in rule against it. But he had-and
enforced it personally.
The dog didn‘t sly anything but made
throat. Our friend withdrew his throat
from the inimcil‘ate scene of hostilities.
But the dog followed. He tried backing
up and kit-king: at the brute—part of the
time. with both feet—but he never hit
him and once the dog hit through the
toe of his boot. So he conclui‘ied‘lo run.
prairie with his own ouse the only one
in siglit.so he started around the widow ‘s.
It wastcu feet by twelve in size, and as
. he run very close to it it necessitatmi
some very short turns. He went around
three or four times and the dog: followed.
He gained on the animal a little on the
. turns b t lost along the sides. Occasion-
ally the whitesud~yellow cur took a bite
at his legs and once he leaped up on his
back and knocked off his hat.
About this time Mr. Barton executed a
wild leap and seniniplcd up on the low,
tarpa ier»i'ii\'ei‘wl roof 0 ‘ the shack. The
dog v. idu‘t seem‘ to e able to follow
though he acted as if he was going to be
_,very good on the watch. But that was
an unprovcmont. And though he was
still subject to the taunts and jeersof the
live stock and domestic fo WIS. he never
5 tlielcss felt much relieved. But the feel-
! was short-lived.
the widow herself came out: She wasn‘t
very largo but her eyes were blacker than .
ever.
hands.
“What yo doin‘ up‘n the ‘
house?“ she demanded with feaaful em-
phasis, .
“Mis‘ Baxter,“ said the brave Mr. Bab
ton, who had removed scores of ob‘w
tionahle men from his claim and ad
And she had a shotgun in her
come down ‘ to. see that the widow also ,
went, “Mis‘ Baxter, Iconic over t‘ see
how ye were ittin‘ ‘long an‘ if there was
any ‘sisuiucc could render yo. Haint
ye got no chain for that dog?“
“Shut up ‘hout that dog! Ye didn‘t
, come for no such thingé—ye come to try
to make me git off‘u this place 2“ '
‘2 “Yo haiu‘t goin‘ though.bo yel“he-in-
. v aired anxiously, and at the same time
, iplomatically and guardcdly.
‘ “No. sir, I hadn‘t!
“I kuowed rye wasn‘t—I knowed it all
thetiinel Say, what ye goin‘ t‘ do ‘bout
{that dog?“
1 “Shutup‘ Issvl Now ye ever in‘
»to mosey round here ‘bout this c aim
‘giul“
“No menu.“ ,
“If I let ye down air ye goin‘ to make
tracks up ‘crosi the quarter to yer own
ranch!“
; “Yes norm.“
3 “Tige, come here! Now Mr. Barker,
3 you slide down oiI‘n that roof an‘ don‘t
ye git into the rain bro-‘1 either. an‘ then
T scoot for- home or this dog‘ll chew vs 3
till 36‘“ feel ‘sif the Methodist Chu
had fell outer you 3"
i “All right, widder—good by!“ and as
:Mr. Phil Berton, professional bad man,
; late of——etc., etc., took long steps
l through the toll prairie rass it seemed to
T him as if the cow, and t a calf, and the
; domand even the pi and chickens were
:all’ volved in one immense, malicious,
; triumphant grin.
g After ‘he arrived home he sat down to
7 think it oven—and count the woundsthe
gdoghad inflicted. “I reckon when she
‘ says she‘s in‘ t‘ stay thatahe means it,“
: hesoliloqu ., “Wall, blamed ifI don't
i ther like her style! She‘s got the git
' up ‘an’ git, now I tell ye l“
, lie remained very closely at home for
i several days. A dozen times a day he
would look around at his lonely room,
sigh and'thenssy: “Blamed if Idon‘t
like her style!“ And at last his horse-
lbrush and the potato kettle were ‘n
brou ht into service for other than , ‘r
insulin uses and once-more he started
forth to visitrthe widow Baxter—this
l time on a mod on.
to his horror he saw the \\'liite«aiid~ :
and a nervous. uneasy drooping of the;
‘ he didn‘t know that the dog had made :
a vicious and unwelcome spring at his
There wasn‘t a good import across the;
The door opened and §
3
grass to the. hack of lbs ,
“synod u on the water barrel 3
3'1 very quietly drew himself 1; on the
roof. Then he laid down an looked
over the front edge and kicked on the}
roof With his toes. Low, haishé ominous ,
barks came from the house. Thia volcano
was beginningtorumblo. Then the firm l
tread of the widow was heard,§the door
Opened, the dog shot out and the widow
t'011‘3‘ll’t3d—witli the shotgun! '
“Mis‘ Baxter," I
“how d‘ye do 2"
_She wheeled
him on the roof. 3
"Hey? . You here again?" she said in
a loud vmce. while the dog magic insane
efi‘orts to gain the roof. . !
‘ “Oh. don’t be scart—I jes‘ coins down ‘
cause I had a little matter t‘ speak of." E
“591““ Do I act scart? Bid I act .
scart before?“ "
“Uh, no, no, course not——-I
er_‘ !’ :
“Ye don‘t know what ye dig} meanl
pr you come down an‘ git orgl’ll help
Tige up where yc air 1" .
“Don‘t do that, Mis‘ Baxter—éno need '
of it. I come down on a very: friendly
matter." 3’ 4
“no ’head, then—don‘t lay there like
a bump on a log!“
“Remark‘bly friendly matter, Mis’
Baxter." 3
“Well, out with it. ye old fool!" l
“W‘y—ycs -—I will. Ye see I want ‘0
tell ye soiiieiliing.“ l
“Tell it theni" . l
“\Vell, ye see, Mis’ Baxter. the fact is, l
blamed ifl don’t kinder like yer style I"
“There. that‘s jes‘ it—jes‘ zzicizly what
I suspected all the lime! Ye éan'r eii— 1
courage these men a bit ’tlioiit sonie‘
thing,r o‘ this kind—I orter tilled? ye plum 1
full o‘ slio: the fir~t time ye were here <
and then there wouldn‘t been mine 0' this i
kind 0‘ talk I“ ' . '
“Mis‘ Baxter, don‘t ark so mean t‘ a
fellerl I have a great likin‘ feriyer style ;
an‘ want ‘0 marry yr, if agrcc‘bljel“
“Lor‘ sakes, l knowod it from the
firsti An‘ then someday yell? throw it .
up to me that Ilcd ye on. .\Ir.gliarker.“ g
"No I won‘t, lll'\‘('r. ‘Siilcs, any name
aint llarkv-r— it's Barton—Mira: Barton.
hey? )lis‘ Phil Barton? lloxvidoes that
strike ye?“ l
“I reckon ye low to marry inc an‘ get 1
the deed to this land yersclf an‘ I don‘t ;
‘ have nothiii‘ :“ 3
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around quickly fund saw l
fmean t— g
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“W‘y—w‘y—J'd have to, y gknow, if 3
we was married." s
"Then we won‘tbu married. El tell ye: ;
you move olI‘n it six months till I prove .
up, an‘ then I‘m blamed if I won‘t have
yc. .‘Ir. Barton—though I reckon we‘d
, b .tter live in my house, ’causc Iii-notice ye
haint got no tar‘-pap"r on SUWSE"
i “(‘all off the dog, )lis‘—)Iis‘§——"
‘ “My name‘s Juliau—call me Jule."
“l‘all oil the dog. .lule,“ g
.‘Ir Barton deem ended, and the widow .
said. addressing the dog: '
“There now, 'l‘ige. don‘t bite him no .
. more ‘less yer told to. Come: in an‘ sit
1 down. Phil, an‘ rest awhile gan‘ try a
‘ piece o‘ my wild strawberry pie.“
One day the next spring Judge Poscy
. had just returned from a drive; into the
{ country. He put his feet up or; the desk ,
i and leaned back to rest, saying; ‘
‘ “l was not the place l‘liil Barton used
3 to have. 'he Wit der Baxter; that was =
g ‘pcars to have the place an‘ liiiu’ on. He
was talkin‘ to the au‘ says he: .ledge. I
. ‘luw to put tnlers on that strip down by ,
‘ the pum i." ‘Wha’. ve goiu‘ 3o put on '
. iti‘ asked the widder as she éouie out.
, ‘Taters,~ says Phil. ‘I’ertatersff says she. >
3 Was, taters,‘ says he. . ‘l ‘lowéye won‘t
; do no such thing—I want beaiis on that ,
air strip.“ says the widrler. "Eaters ‘u‘d .
be better,‘ says Phil. ‘\\'ho§ee farm is
* this." says the widdvr. Then Phil turns
: to me again, so says he: ‘.ledgv§, I reckon ‘
9. it‘ll be beans on that air stripl“‘—Da~ '
i into Bell.
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A Novel Experiment:
In an inn-resting article on "I’hotogra-
. pliy by Vital l’hosphorescem‘e,“ pub~
. lished in the last number of théSt. Louis
: Pilafughlp’ir‘r‘, Dr. \‘ansant uarrjntes some ‘
interesting observations with regard to
the phosphorescence of the tinétlies. and
the possibility of using it for ’ ihotogra~
phy. He says that the kind 0 glight dis~
charged by certain animal origins, and
. which evidently in its causation has
‘ some clow relation to the nervxius system
and vitality to the animal, aug‘l belongs
fto a different class of phenomena from
:pliospliorwm‘nco above nieutibned. can
also bring about incipient decoinposition ,
in a haloid salt of silver. moreover, it f
can do this, he says, through ii sheet of
lglass ol the usual thickness ifuscd for
lphotograplilc negatives“ and, causes
.qiwnlly. them is a mfilllllltv of produc-
‘ otographi}: positive
i
i
i
«lug by such light p
lpriuti. _ . ~
The doctor then relates how he made
this disclivcry. He took about a dose-n ‘
tlredlies, captured shortly before, and
put them in a wide-inouthed vigil of sum ,
three ounces capacity, having 3i piece _
line while bobinet (such as is used for
ladies‘ veils) stretched over its mouth in
place of a sin; er. Flashes of: greenish. ,
tinted yellow ‘light were emit-ted every
few seconds for a period averaging one- l
half of a annual, and the fiugiuency of
the emissions could be increased by
gently shaking the vial. Thegtiash is so
right that line prin? can be easily seen
when held close to it. Repairing to his
dark closet with the vial of fireflies he
placed it to one side, under cover. while
arrangin and clamping a very sensitive
golatino romide of silver dry-plate be-
neath an ordinary negative picture of a
landscape on glass, is or contact
printing. 2 l
He counted the flashes, occasionally 3
shaking the vial and sliding it over the
negative, till fifty flafihed éoccurred. g
The vial was then removed, tlfie sensitive ;
plate separated from the negative, and j
an attempt made to develop that latent 5
image, if any existed. Alkaline solution l
of pyrogalol was used, and in :a few min~
utes he had the pleasure of sesjngawell-
marked positive lumps of the negative
picture appear, the p ate bein somewhat
yellow stained, as if from too , ng an ex~
posure.
with sod. hypo, sulp., and is cow in the 2
doctor‘s possession-probably the first
picture ever need y the light emit»- l
ted from a ‘ving organism. 8:. Louis
l
l
The World‘s Commercial Center.
. Occasionally. one meets some New
Yorker who has philmphically studied
the future of this great metrogolis. Such
a man is Simon Stevens, th! attorney,
who says: “It is a curious tlnng in the
study of thcmrld‘s history g9 see how
the commercial center has slotted from
time to time in a general coujrse around
the globe. You antic hacktoatiine
when Latin-puss 0 center of the
world’s commerce. Next Amsterdam
held the thmdeoteonmemiél venture.
.‘l‘henthe center mm to Liven
pool. Now it is London. '
,, «lithium-3'“ Acutgd
!
house,"
said Barton wéha grin, l i
‘ Omaha World.
~ circus with!
Hui
ryoung lady.
This was fixed in theéusual way watchmaker.
BUDGET 6F FUN. "
EUHOIIOUS SKETCKES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
An Inhllible Sign—Feeding Tramps-
No Occasion to be Afraid—A
Bad Standing—Practising
Economy. Etta. Etc.
“ That pcddler must have very good
bananas,“ remarked Merritt. “I guess
I‘ll go over and get some.“ i
“ What makes you think they are 1
good?" asked Cobwigger.’
“Because," returned Merritt, "I see
the policeman samples them every time ,
he pames..Judge. '
Feeding Tramps.
“I don‘t believe in fer-ding tramps at
the door,“ said Mrs. t‘rinisonbeak. “You
feed them once and they are sure to come
back." *
l ing to trust to eyes rather than ears for
.. .o—u -—_———-‘ '
ransom: nocro I.
In a few minntesamaidaervant flashed
I
out. . .._.__...
“Why, what is the matter John! l Bolling Hill m children.
Where "0 the ham?” - , ! ma. milk is kept on ice in the milk
“Eh? Hinside, I suppose. Can t you i mt, can or in thg domestic mfg-W
hopen the door?" .
“Open the door! Why, there no one
go filigvcarriage. Where did you drive : germs at d lap?“ ‘ th it! of
’lesson from a 313 enecess
“Bless in ’art! no one there? Why. ': . . . . .. -
I just drove yfrom the grocery store and ; bOIIlnanllk or other artificial food for
' ' lchildren shortl before it is given a
if}? the coach door shut when they got , nourishment. y This c aiinot be too
’ ~ - - ' ' -sed upon the minds of all
“Got in! Why, the did not get in, .strongly impres‘ 1 .
and vou have givenya bag of soda cogce‘rlned "1 “eh “3132;: h“ Ch‘tlm
crackers a ride home and left the ladies 9“ t e younge rt ‘ I n th e git“
behind." i lthOIhzuzzrligbigi'hgof ligaefeeding-
Such was the case. and the solemn . ‘_
John went back at a bi isker pace, resolv- . bottle or ”I“? 5°" ‘3 3 necesuty. hilt R
should be discarded as soon as posuble.
; A child may be taught to drink from a
glass or cup at quite an early age, and
g the earlier the better. The construction
I of the nursingbottle is such that great
care, constantly observed, will alone in-
sure safety. The simpler the form of
the bottle the ca=ier it will be to keep it
a it is continuall receivino the . be-
” coming more aid more iiifected withtho
*ition. The practical
the future—Boston Bulletin.
How Stonewall Jackson Fell.
After night fell. Stonewall Jackson
rode out with his staff to reconnoitre in ‘
front of the line he had gained. It was
“Well, I don't know," rcplied Mrs.
Yea~tz
they
second time.“
"Oh, well. Mrs. Yeast, you make your
own bread, do you not i" ,
This was all that was said, and yet
Mrs. Yeast went down the street like a
straw hat on a windy day-Statesman.
No Occasion to Be Afraid.
“\Vhy don‘t you propose to her, Joe?"
“IVell. I‘m half afraid.“
“She loves you, don‘t she 2"
“0h. awfully." ‘
“You agree with her father in politics?“ .
“Yes."
"And with her mother in religion?"
“Yes.“
“And with her brother as to who is the
bed pin-lien"
‘ ‘Yus. "
"Then blow me if I can see what you‘re
afraid of———11mper‘s Baum
A Bad Standing.
“Do you know anything about the
defeiident‘s character," asked the-counsel
. of a colored witness.
“I re -kon he go! one. boss.“
“You don‘t understand me. Do you
know anything abouthis standing with
the people among whom he moves."
"llis stan‘in‘. sahl“
“\Vi-ri‘y bad. Sub."
“Bad I"
“chsah. Yoh see he linb a wooden
leg aii‘ natirally takes ter scttin‘ down.“
' ~—M(Tr.‘}l:1 n t — Tm reicir.
Pract isiug Economy.
Omaha Girl—“My dear. now that we
are engaged, we should begin to take
practical views of life.
“Accepted Lover——“So I have been
i thinking."
“I feel very much like having some ice
cream, but iirst I want you to tell me
, frankly how much money you have in
3 your pocket."
“Just twenty-five cents, and no more
coming until pay day.“
“It‘s so nice to begin figuring on cx~
passes of living; seems as if we were
married. Have you only twenty'five
cents left, dear?“
"That’s all.“ '
"Well, we will get along with two.
plates til—night. and you save the other
five cents for a nest egg, you know."—-—
.
A Fond l-‘atlior.
An over-indulgent and recklessly ex.
trvagant father was 1:1!er heard to say
to his son, a tender youth of twentydive,
six feet three in height;
“Now, Bub. if you‘ll lick in like the
smart youngster you kin be when yer a
min‘ to, an‘ hoe them five acres 0‘ taters,
an‘ hill-up that ten acrellot. 0‘ corn. an‘
weed out that acre o‘ onions, an‘ grub
out that back lot, au‘ cut; yer ma her with ,
ter‘s stove. wood. an‘ split a thousand
p rails. aii‘ \\ e-d the turnip patch, and do
a few other little choresgl‘m blamed if I
won‘t give you fifty cents to go to the
Yes. I will! An‘ if you‘ll
hoe down the jiiuson weeds in that teu~
acre lot o‘ seed corn I‘ll throw in ten
cents extry’ that you kin lay out in
lemmy-nade an‘ peauiits'! Blamed if I
don‘t bleeve in payrents lcttin‘ their chib
dreu have some enjiyincnt in this world."
-—T&1«Bits. 3 '
She Was Ready'to Lend.
Borrowing Xeiglilior+—~‘llave you a
drawing of tea to lend the this morning.
Mrs. Greene?" ,
Mrs. (ironic—“Indeed! have not, Mrs.
Malonev.“
Mrs. hialoney—“Then: have you a cup
of sugar against next; Saturday night,
sure?“ '
Mrs. Gmeno~—“Not a drop of sugar
have I in me house. Mrs. Maloney.“
like. Maloney—s-“Aud feould you spare
the children two or three slices of bread
till me old man gets his pay 3“
Mrs. Greene—“We haven‘t so much as
a crust of bread in the house.ashsnicd am
I to say it.“ ,
Mrs. Maloney-—~“Then in heaven‘s
bfiessed name, what have you at all at
t. “ I
Hrs. Grecne~“Weve in house full of
‘meesles and mumps and scarlet fever
tad lenty to spare. Which will you
ve ..
The borrowing neighbor quietly sub-
sided.~ Chiaigo Notebook
A Stem \Vinder.
Sti ins was sin ‘a watchinsker‘s
establg‘igh pas ‘
dow he noticed a very pretty girl at the
counter. .1
“He!" he soliloquired; “I‘ll go in and
take a look at her under some pretext or
other." :
He entered, and was waited on by the
young lady‘s father. 5 ~
“What can I do for you!“
“I want to get a key for my watch,"
he stainniored, feasting his eyes on the
“Let me see your watch,“ said the
As if in a dream he took out his watch.
The watchmaker examined it, and said
with surprise: 3
“Why, your watch is is stem-winder."
Stiggina don‘t remember how he got
out, but he does rememherthatthe young
lad smiled audihlvat his discomflture.
euclm‘ Weekly. ‘ ?
Driving Home the Cracker-a.
It was an amusing sight, a few weeks
since, to see one of those stiff, it right,
imitation English ,eoachinen aitt g on
his both: front of a grocery store, whip
well poised, reins per-1y grasped in
white loved han ; gaze dwcted
straight orward between the ears of the
well. groomed horses .: .
"iiiiouxii mugging, m the
In a .o
carriage door, f m u
«Packs thewdoor mp;
. , . his idea to stretch com iletelv around the
“I always give them bread when a I ‘
‘ come to my door. and I can‘t say iriver.
i th it I ever knew a tramp to come the‘
i came upon the I'iiion lines.
merit, and loo ing into the win- 2
clean. Two of them should be in use,
one in a strong solution of bicarbonate
l of soda, after thorough scalding, while
the other contains the food for immediate
feeding. Carelessness in the manage
ment of the fe'edingbottle is the cause
of death in numlwrless instances every
summer. The presence of decomposing
food in the digestive tract of the chi!
rear of Hooker and cut him of! from the
The night was dark and Jackson soon
Their in-
fantry drove him back, and as he i'e-r
turned in the darkness his own soldiers
legan firing at their commander, 0
course mistaking: his party for the enemy.
l Jackson “'35 bllul in the IIJIIII and “'I'ISIL, ECIS as a powerful irritant‘ Prohalfl! by
:and in the upper arm at the same time. _ reason: of poisons dcvelo med from the
Ellis horse turned. and the General lost undigested articles of {00; by the pro-
ihis hold of the bridle rein: his cap was cess ‘of putriiaction. Pure sugar. than
i brushed from his head by‘tiie branches; which nothing can be lcfi hamlful. when
l he reeled and was caught in the arms of decomposed bv the growth of the yeast:
3“ 0’31“?“ After 1‘ “1"“19 “I 1““ was 35‘ plant, produces alcohol and (arbonic acid
sistcd to dismount. his “wind was ex- “33‘ both powerful poisons to the higher
amiueil. and 3 ”I?” “3'5 I'T"‘l.‘-'ll‘- Just grades of life, and in considerable quan-
111““ the [‘“i‘m ““33“?" opened 3153i“ tilv destructive to the verv agents (the
and a murderous iin- eazne down upon plintS) which pr-uluccd them. In the
the 1‘15”." through ill“ “WW1? and the same war all fool stutl‘s. when decom-
darkuessfe One of the liltvr bearers im‘e‘L fimdupe 593.13,. poisons. Some
stumbled and fell. and the others were of them act something; like rmton oii
frig‘utriicd; they la'd the litter on the and the other irritant {1,29,32,33 1,030.33,
Eground, the furious storm of shot and and cause profuse watérv evafumiom
Eshell sweeping ovir them like bail. {run} the bowels——“summer C.,m},}a§nt‘7
“IVER“m um‘llll‘:'~“l to I'I.~i'. but his others resemble opium or morphine—
“ddfimmp ht“ 1m” ‘10an. “u cause stupor and convulsions—Globe
the tempest of tire was lulled. lhffloh‘fut.
Then the wounded General was helped
to rise and Walked a few steps in the
forest: but he became faint and was laid
again in his litter. Unce he rolled to
the ground when an assi~tant was shot,
and the litter fell. Just then Hem-nil
Ponder. onc- cf his subordinates pissed.’
. He stopped and said; 1
“I hope you are not seriously hurt,
General. I fear I shall inure to retire my
. troops they are so much broken.“
But Jacks-in looked up at once and ex-
' Claimed :
“You must hold your ground. General
Health Hints.
If a persuade threatened with faint~
ing. bathe the head with warm. not cold,
water.
A teaspoonful of earlioiic acid in I
quart of pure soft water is a good wash
for mosquito bites.
Bathingtiie infected parts in index!»
. matory rheumatism with half an ounce
of saltpctre in half an ounce of sweet. oil
_ is said to be a good plan.
Convulsions may be froyiently cut
Ponder, you mus: hold your ground, short. like magic, by turninfi‘ the patient
sirf“ f on the left side. The nausea as an after
This was the last order he ever gsve.' effect of chlorofivrm and other sure
He was borne some distance to the near- thetics, may generally be controlled in
est house and examined by the surgeon, . the same manner.
and after midnight his left arm was am- For ivv and dugmyd poisoning boi'
lm‘l‘Wd at the shoulder. _ 9 wood ashes enough to make a stronglye
\Vlivu Lee w is told that his most wash the poisoned parts “in, this. and
trusted Lieutenant had been wounded, let it remain a f”,- minutes; then wash
lie was greatly distressed. for the rela-i 03 in sufi‘ lukewarm water. apprhw
{ions bet ween them were almost tendef- drv, anoint with gtc lee. Two or three
“““ks‘m has 1““ 1“" .19“ arm." 5““! applications of this mil generally effect
Lg», “but I have lo it my right arm. —-—Sl. . cure. ‘
.‘lic was. , To purify a room set a pit her of water
‘ in the apartment. and in a few hours it
f will have absorbed all the respired gases
in the room. the air of which will have
become purer, but the water utteriy filthy.
Life on the Sloan.
There is reason for thinking that the
moon is not absolutely airless. and, while
i it has no visible bodies of water, its soil
ruiay. after all. not be entirely aril and
‘ desiccated. There are observations which
hint at. visible changes in certain spots
that could possibly be caused by vegeta-
tion. and there are other observations
which suggest the display of electric
luminosity in a ratified atmosphere cov-
ering the moon. 'l‘o deviate that no pos- ‘
Sible form of life can exist under the con- ' ,
’ditions prevailing upon the lunar surface Blind I”. h C"! Street‘-
would be saying too much. for human in- Two fashionably-dressed blind men—-
telligenee cannot set bounds to creative . “the blind leading the biind“——were seen
power. Yet, within the limits of life. ‘ yesterday afternoon sirloin-arm crossin.
such as we know them. it is irobably safe Park row to Reel-(man street. Each car-
to as~ert that the moon is a \ cad and de~ ’ ried a cane—none had his in the left hand,
serted world. In other words, If ahit‘t' (if and the other lll'ld his in his right-and
beings resembling ourselveaor resembling they passed between the hunying vehicles
any of our contemporaries in terrestrial as if they possessed their sight. They
life. ever existed upon the moon. they had the stoop and the bending at the
must long since have perished. That such knees peculiar to blind pedestrians. but
beings may have existed is possible, par- otherwise would not attract general at-
ticularly it‘ it is true, as generally be‘ tention. Far uptown these men mac‘
lieved. that the moon once had a com- customed to walkinn the l uiet streets,
.jpanitively dense atmosphere and water but how they had the" gt fortune to
upon its surface, which have now, in the safely cross so emwded a thoroughfare 8
process of cooling of the lunar globe,been l‘ark row in midday is a wonder. A
withdrawn into its interior. It certainly blind newspaper contributoi is one of the
‘does not detract from the interest with objects familiar to pic on and about
which we study the rugged and beauti- Park now. Recent y be asked a gentle
ful scenery of the moon to reflect that if man to wait, by his side until he had
we could visit these ancient sea~bottom5k crossed omnd when surprise was on
or explore these glittering mountains. pressed that he Went about accom sealed
we might. perehance. and them some or onl by a came as a guide he said i at he
mains or momentous of a race that flour . co d are better with his cars than many
1 ished. and perha is was all gathered again men could with their eyes. lie isa y
= to its fathom be are mam appeared upon men of thirty. and run of life and 35?: 'i,
the earth—builder &mw. . and expressed contentment with his oi:
‘ :‘The blind broom and brush peddler is
a now Fees are Canned. - .sn old familiar object in the neighbor.
' The canning of green peas, Which is . hood of the Stock Exchange He was
_busy industry in lklswan‘. is an inter “3‘3““?- “d has lived "l ‘13” 1"" 0‘
eating mecca. The was are shelled by the town. In“ “‘3“ ll?!“ for 3}“? I”—
hand and then fed into the hopper of s He goes about vet“ 1m wm~ m_ t brake!
separator, which divides them into three 0’ 3"““3 “’0‘“ h“ “Wk He d‘“““ t“
. des. Then they are put into copper . ‘3‘ ”35‘6"?“ ll “12g“, but frequently
. cities. where they are steamed just 5 “C993 ‘mi‘hh “F ‘ dim” ‘3 acompln
lenough to wrinkle the outer skin and "leaf"! testimonral. “9 5“ "8‘31“
, intensify if possible the vivid 0“!“ ; customers, and manges to eke out a live-
;poa. They are then filled into cans, ‘ “13°“ ‘0' hm" “d “fie-“N". 70"
which are placed on an iron trav and, T"“'~ __
di) id in a trench or tub of b‘oilin i w __»_,._: V‘
wdtgi‘, which runsainto the cans, filling. col“u‘ lint s“.°‘ Fight?!“
them to the brim. This water contains? The San Francisco Bidbta‘u describm
whatever of a preservative nature is put this Columbia river salmon fisheries as is
Q into the cans to preserve the vegetable. Ian unfavorable condition. Nor is the
' The cans are then wiped, sealed and l scarcity of fishcasual- There used to he
cked in iron cages. each cage holding ? runsin April, May. June and July. This
' i8 cans. These cages are put into air~ l year there was no run in the first three
t' ht steam kettles, where the cans arei months mentioned. In ten years. it
an jected to hot steam under intense seems, “10 511mm! fishing boats have in-
pressure for about fifteen or twenty ', Hear-'11 from 850‘“ 500 to 1.500. Can—
minutes. The peas are then ready for ’ net-ice have multiplied andthe rivet-ha
market. 3 been overfished. “Evidently the salmon
:interest on the ‘Columbim" says the
Remarkable Freak of Fingers. Bulldia, is “taking the same course a
Aremarkable instance of heredity i. that of the Seminal» “:1 with like
observed in the Young family in Salem, (results. But ‘0' the , United States
Ga. William Youn I ‘ carpenter b 'hatchery on HcCloud river, the Sacra-
trade, was ,born wi the middle and memo “1‘0“ “0““ be emu-tick
t'i ht fin ofhis ti lit h‘ d t (It , 5i“ 0‘“ Met. A'lml Nm‘
g g“ g m oge er :has to some extent made Iiip for the
The joints are perfect. llis little baby . , _
was born with the same two fingers grown “Visa 0‘ the bakeries and the cumin.
t ther. in. Young has nine‘hrothere I! ha been 9 qonstant light between the
w e have natural fingers. Neither his , 3"“ C°mml$l°lfm “d thefishermto
father nor his father‘s brothers had any l keep the latter at check and to prevent
such mark. yet their only sister has the ' them from fishing during the clam
mange: singers on slim amfialaand grown . Wm”
r. ether
”8‘ 3'“ ma” a Soldier‘s Great Endurance.
toneachmgflgla‘ndthlieetoesof each! ,
oo grown; er, an as far back as C. 3. Tower, the rivets in Comp“
he can he some freak is apparent, ' K, of the old Pennsyl'lvania ‘ffinckhihz
butnever happeningonmoretlnn one inwho’has just been granteda medalhy
eachfamily. . President Cleveland, must have been:
manlofwondcrfully oonatitntim
Theacialufmforw legithemedalwel
gran, were orcontin ‘ battle
if the Wilderne- aftau a; “viral“
«girth ‘petion‘ lathe
vents, North Anna
Cherie: while.
capacity to coiiia’n these gases. A: the
ordinary temperature a pail of water will
absorb a pint of. carbonic acid gas and
several pints of ammonia. The capacity
is nearly doubled by reducing the waist
to the temperature of ice. llence water
kept in a room for awhile is unfit for use.
-
An Extraordinagy Accident.
Anoxtraordi accid t is posted-
fmmthe Welshman
Eagles. 6. A eightyearsof’age w.
mnmakitewhenhe m
a
c
Q
i
stepped ‘ River and
Confident.
Mytothsgrmt ,
v I
fro-tho
u.
The colder the water is the greater the
being
humanism!-
, Bethesda '
from his would. .
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