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fifteen ‘eotlon.
' How can it he met I forget
The way he phrased my doom
When I recall the arabesques
That carpeted the room?
How can it be that I forget
His look and mien that hour.
When I recall I wore a rose,
And still can smell the flower?
How can it be that I forget
Those words said at. the last,
When I recall a tune a man
Was whistling as he passed?
These things are what we keep from lifo'i
Supremest joy or pain;
For memory locks her chaff in bins
And throws away the grain.
—Anne Reeve Aldrich. in tho (‘asmonolitm
A Queer Pacific Coast Lake.
One of the natural curiosities in Kliki-
tat ocunty is Lone Lake, which lies in a
butte or mound in the Simcoe foothills
six miles northwest of this city. The
butte looks as though the top had caved
in, asthe trees are lying dead all over
the bottom and years ago were growing
where the lake now lies. This lake can
not be seen until one reaches the summit
d the butte, as it is circular in form and
surrounded by a wall or bank of earth
which is covered with trees. The bank
itself is more than 100 feet high. The
early settlers tell of cutting hay on the
ground which this body of water now
covers a good many years ago. There is
no doubt the waters are steadily rising,
trees have been covered, have fallen, and
now he slowly decaying beneath the
water. It is fairly possible that, the lake
will one day fill the entire cavity in the
butte and overflow the banks. A few
years ago the lake was stocked with
carp, and its waters are fairly alive with
them now. Last season a great many
catfish *were put into the lake. They
will thrive there and soon exterminate
the other fish The lake affords excel-
lent boating, and is becoming a pleasure
resort.-—Goldendale Sentinel.
Durnnt’s Retort on~ Butler.
Henry Durant, the founder of Wellesley
College for Women, and a very well-
known lawyer in New England, studied
law in Butler’s office when a young man,
and was admitted to the bar on his
recommendation. On one occasion But~
’ ler and Durant were opponents in a case.
and the contest was very heated. But—
ler suddenly turned to the court and
said:
“ Itis the chief regret of my life that I
recommended that young man for ad-
mission to the bar.”
Durant as quick as a flash replied:
“ Your Honor, it is the great wonder of
my life that his recommendation had
any weight with the court.”——Minne-
apolis Journal.
A Useful Animal.
A useful South American animal is
the kinkajou, which, as the dictionary
will tell you, is a procyoniform quad-
ruped, with a protusile tongue and a
prehensile tail. The chief reason for as-
serting that the kinkajou is useful is
that, in addition tohis fondness for fruit.
he has a great liking for insects for lunch,
and when tamed is a valuable assistance
in southern homes, where fly paper is
unknown and where a mosquito net II
more expensive than a silk dress. ,
No Trees, But Plenty of Wood.
' The Falklands produce no tunes, but
they do produce wood in a very remark-
able shape. You will see, scattered hero
and there, singular blocks of what look
like weather-beaten, mossy, gray stones,
of various size. But if you attempt to
rollover one of these rounded boulders,
you will find yourself unable to accom-
plish it. In fact, the stone is tied down
to the ground—tied down by the roots;
or in other words, it is not a stone, but a
block of living wood.
, A Maple Sugar Miser.
A man living at Burke, Vt., has saved
all the maple sugar he has made in the
past fifty years, having now on hand a
considerable quantity of the boiling of
1842 and his entire crop. of every year
since, the whole aggregating 10,000
pounds. It is all stirred sugar and has
kept perfectly. Nobody knows why he
hoards the sugar, and he offers no en
planation.—Boston Traveler.
' made an Impressron.
Mr. Saphead (sighing) —1 Wish you
could find something about me to like.
Miss Beauti (kindly) —We11, Mr. Sap-
head, there is one thing abdut you I like
very much.
“ I am glad to hear yousay so.
is it?”
"‘ You make short calls.” — N. Y.
Weekly.
What
A temperance drink made
from the choicest roots and
5 5. herbs ; has a delicious flavor,
; Ea pleasing the most fastidious
figpalate ; quenches the great-
‘51 est thirst. The extract is
1' -' 3, sold everywhere, and is
'3 easily and cheaply prepared
at home.
mums & CARLETON 00., mm.
W _W._._2._Conn.
'3 k- .-
" The kind Boss makes his Biscuits with. ”
PURE, STRONG, RELIABLE.
Is the verdict arrived at by
Chemical Analysis of
OS.WWWG
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POWDER
Economy, Health and Satisfactory
Results attend its use.
MANUFACTURED BY (0
C. D. BOSSI SON, ‘ New Louisa, Con.
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RECOVERY OF A LOST ART.
EGYPTIAN EMBALMING SECRET FOUIID
BY A VIRGINIA FARMEH.
Method of Preserving Bodies After
Death-Farmer Hamrick’s Discovery.
Experiments With the Fluid Have
Proved Successful. 5
About three miles southwest of Phil-
ippi, in the county of Barbour, West
Virginia, stands by the highway side a
small two-story farmhouse. ,A narrow
yard filled with old-fashioned shrubs and
flowers separates it from the road, and
behind it rises a ragged line of hills,
dotted here and there with fruit trees.
This is the house of Farmer Graham H.
Hamrick, the embalmer, discoverer of
the lost art of the Egyptians, the secret
that has lain buried with a dead race for
thousands of years, says the St. Louis
. Post-Dispatch.
Farmer Hamrick is a Virginian by
birth. He was born in Rappahannock
county, Virginia, about the year 1821,
so that now he is nearing his seventy—
first birthday. He removed to West
Virginia in 1854, where he has followed
various occupations, such as teaming
and farming. It is now about seven
years since Farmer Hamrick began ex-
perimenting in a small way with em-
balming fluid made by himself. He says
he does not know when or how the in:~
spiration came to him and that his dis-
covery is as much a mystery to him as
to any one else.
Early in his experimenting he won the
interest and attention of Judge Samuel
Woods, a’ gentleman well known in
West Virginia. By this time he had
embalmed several small things, includ.
ing a baby fawn sent him by Judge
Woods. Then an ardent desire came
over himto obtain a human body, but
where and how to procure it he did not
know, as the thing was impossible any-
where near his home.
At last, however, Judge Woods sent
him with an explanation of the situation
to the medical stafi of the Asylum for
the Insane at Weston, W. Va... asking
them to recommend him to the faculty
of the medical college at Philadelphia.
Reaching Weston, he consulted the medi-
cal men, and they concluded to aid him
Without going further. So on the 14th
of February, 1888, two of the inmates,
both adult females, having died, their
bodies were delivered into his hands to
be placed in the morgue of the hospital
for the purpose of allowing him to test
his skill in embalming by his process.
The asylum authorities reserved the
right to bury the corpses as soon as de-
compofition set in. Fifty-five days
afterward they were examined by the
medical stafi, who pronounced them to
be in a state of perfect preservation.
Later Farmer Hamrick obtained per-
mission from the relatives of the deceased
to retain them, and now, after a lapse of
four years, they may be seen on exhibi-
tion at his house, perfectly preserved
mummies. The bodies are in no way
mutilated, not a drop of blood is drawn,
and the brain and other organs are un-
disturbed—wherein Hamrick’s system
difiers considerably from the Egyptians’
The bodies on exhibition in his home
still show the color of the blood in veins
and arteries.
He says the fluids used in embalming
are perfectly harmless, containing not a
drop of poisonous substance. A promi-.
nent woman died in the town near his
home, and, as is often the case, the face
turned black after death in places, and
as one of the virtues of Farmer Ham-
rick’s fluids is to remove such diswlora-
tions and restore the natural color to the
corpse, the relatives wishing her to look
as natural as possible for her burial,
sent for him. .
He went and removed the dark spots.
but having to go elsewhere and fearing
he had not perfected his work, he said to
a friend who was aiding the afflicted
family: “ Mrs, Imust go now, but I
will leave this bottle/and should those
dark spots return could you not saturate
these cloths in this fluid and bathe them
till they disappear?” ” Yes,” was the
hesitating reply, “but will it hurt my
fingers?” “ No,” he answered, “ it will
not hurt you. You would perhaps doubt
me if I were to tell you how harmless
this solution is, but look here,” and to
the woman’s amazement he picked up
the bottle and drank from it.
He laughed merrily at the memory of
Mrs. D.’s surprise when he had finished
the story. There are many wonderful
properties belonging to the fluid he has
concocted. They have the power to re-
move all disoolorations caused bylmortifi-
cation, etc., from a corpse, to reduce the
swelling of a body after death, to pre-
vent and to destroy all its odors, even
after it is far advanced.
He has a fluid that will preserve fruits
and vegetables in a perfect condition. He
has quite a number of glass stands and
cases filled with fruits and vegetables.
Among them are two stands of green
corn just in roasting ear season, looking
as fresh and palatable as when plucked
from the stalk so long ago. He has also
oranges, lemons, peaches, pears, apples,
berries, tomatoes and beans, all in spleen
did condition. Some of them are nearly
two years old. They are all immersed in
a clear, transparent fluid that is almost
tasteless.
AmOng-the embalming samples are a
pig, a cat, kit-ten. fawn, the head of a
large bull and the hide, which is jet
black. The hair is as soft and silken as
when it adorned the living animal. He
has also some fragments of beef em-
balmed several years ago. Among his
human mummies are the two first men-
tioned, the head and‘hand of an adult
negro and a tiny negro babe, an odd
little being of a deathly gray color.
A Preventive.
“ My boy never heard ‘his father
swear,” remarked a'Cass avenue lady to
a caller the other day.
- “ Indeed, how does that happen?”
“ Well, just as soon as he was old
enough to understand anything I bought
a bushel of collar buttons and have al-
ways kept them on his father’s dressing
use.”—Free Press. ,
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PYGMIES or THE ANDAMANS. '
They Keep .Airoxvs sharpened .for
Strangers \‘Vho ('ome 'l‘hei» \‘Vay.
The pygmies of the Andaman Islands
in the Bay of Bengal are coming into
notice again. On Sou t1 Andaman Island
the Indian Government maintains a great
penal colony. Several attacks have been
made recently by the untamable J arawas
of this island on parties of convicts.
who find it very dangerous to leave their
settlements to go hunting in the
woods. The natives roam over big
tracts of thick jungle, appearing 0c.
asionally on the coasts or visit-
ing the confines of the settlements,
murdering any convicts they may meet.
When pursued, the bands separate into
parties of two or three and retreat into
the densest part of the jungle, where
they leave no trail. Mr. Portman, the
administrator of the Andaman Islands,
says that the Jarawas who have been
caught during the past ten years and re
turned'to their tribe after enjoying his
hospitality, have done nothing to pro-
mote more friendly relations between
their people and the government. -
That is a more discouraging report of
these Andaman pygmies than was made
several years ago by Col. Cadel, although3
he wrote of the natives of Little Anda.
man. He insisted that their - ferocity
was due to the inhumanity of Chinese
and Malay traders, who improved every
opportunity to drag the natives into
slavery. He said that :they are good
natured and pleasant people to meet
when once their confidence is gained.
An expedition which landed among the
dwarfs of Little Andaman was assailed
IS usual with arrows and battle axes.
The party took three women and six
men prisoners, and carried them nearly
100 miles away to Fort Blair. They
were treated there with the utmost
kindness, and in two months were sent
back to their island loaded with presents.
On the next visit of the whites the re-
leased captives came to see them, and
in a few days men, women and children
visited the camp and even ventured on
board the steam launch.
The J arawas of South Andaman, how-
ever, still keep their arrows sharpened
for any foreigners who pass their way.
All these people belong to one of the
smallest races of men in the world. The
average height of the men, Prof. Flower
says. is four feet nine inches, and that of
the women is four feet six inches—N. Y.
Sun; ;
Pretty Girls of 1 'elnnd.
Do you know how very pretty 3 pretty
Irish girl is? She is like a glass of fine,
clear Chablis. She hasn’t the champagne
sparkle of the American girl, the beery
tranquility of .the German fraulein nor
the vermouth suggestiveness of
mam’selle, our French cousin. She does
not'intoxicate, neither does she soothe,
nor yet inspire, but she alluros you.
There is swtnething enduring yet evanes~
cent and fleeting, and it draws you on
and on. She is like a draught of pure,
sparkling spring water that refreshes and
never palls. She is tall, slender and
round. ~ Crisp little black curls lie against
her white neck. There is nothing creamy
nor peachy about her skin; it is clear red
and white, and her fine black brows and
curved lashes accentuate it. And then.
her eyes! Why should poets sing of the
languorous orbs of Oriental houris or the
violet eyes of the fair women of the
North, when the Irish girl has them all
at one and the same time? Starry eyes
that sparkle and glow. You think they
are darkly brown - until some day she
turns them upon you as she stands in the
sunlight ands sapphire is not more blue,
and as you watch he in surprise, they
are gray and they ar lack, and you do
spair of telling what color they are, but
are content to watch them assume what-
ever shade they will.——Chicago News.
A Modern Instance.
Lawyer Pshyster—Here, madame, is
your back pension money. I have sue
ceeded in getting it for you at last.
Blind Old Woman—— How much is.
there?
“ Thirteen hundred dollars. It’s a
large sum of money. I congratulnte
011.”
" Oh, thank you!
fee?”
“ I have been to considerable expense
and trouble, but I’ll be easy on you,
ma’am. We’ll call it $250 and say noth-
ing about it.”
“ That includes everything, does it?"
“ Everything but my brother’s bill for
professional services. He examined your
eyes and pronounced you blind, you re
member.”
“ Oh, yes. How much will that be?"
“ Only $100. For a professional oculist
thatis cheap. He sometimes gets $400
for a single operation.”
“Yes, it is very cheap. You haven’t
a brother in the banking business, have
you?”
“ No. Why?”
“ Because if you had I’d like to de-
posit the rest of it in his bank. Then
you would have it all in the family.”—
Chicago Tribune.
How much is your
snsduuig om Ocean.
, An ingenious invention, with the ob-
ject of lessening the force of the waves.
has been recently exhibited at the Paris
headquarters of the Central Society for
the Saving of Life in Shipwreckss It is
proposed to cover the surface of the sea
around an endangered vessel with a thin
cotton or silken net, rendered unsubmersi-
ble and ever floating by being dipped into
especial chemical preparation. The idea
is due to the fact that, when crossing the
track of the Gulf Stream is has been no-
ticed that the vast spreading field of
floating seaweed within the confines of
the stream, though upheaved by the
swell, remain glassy and smooth.
\Vhen P1! was 3 Failure.
E“ I had to be away from School yester-
day,” said Tommy.
“ You must bring an excuse," said
the teacher.
“ Who from?”
“ Your father. ”
“ He ain’t no good at making arouses:
its 'catcheé’hiin every time.”-—The Tub:
2
Euro {or Headache. ..
As a remedy for all fOIms of headache
Electric Bitters has proved to be the very
best. It effects a permanent cure and
the most dreaded habitual sick headaches
yield to its influence. \Ve urge all who are
afflicted to procure a bottle, and give this
remedy a fair trial. In cases of habitual
constipation Electric Bitters cures by
givir g. the needed tone to the bowels,
and few cases long resist the use of this
medicine Try-it once, large bottle only
50c and $1.00 at E. P. Weed’s drug
store, Norwalk, and Monroe’s New Ca-
naan.
Sixty Mussulmans and 340 Armenian
Christians are reported killed in dis-
turbances at Nikat.
Relief in Six Hours,
Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis-
GREAT ‘ SOUTH AMERICAN KID $-
CURE.” This new remedy is a. great sur.
prise on account of its exceeding prompt,
ness in relieving pain in the bladder
kidneys, back and every part of the urin-
ary passages in male or female. It re-
lieves retention of water and pain in pass-
ing it almost immediately. If you want
quick relief and cure this is your remedy.
{gold by E. P. Weed, Druggist, Norwalk,
onn.
Venezuela’s reply to the British case
was filed with the Boundary Commis-
sion in Washington yesterday.
Mother’s Delight With Han d’s Colic Cure
HAVFRHILL, Mass, 11-80—‘95.—Hand
Medici:.e Co.--“I Wish to say that I pro-
cured a sample bottle of Ur. Hand’s Colic
Cure and am delighted with it.
is now four months old, and has sufiered
every day of her short life with col-
ic. I have tried almost everthing ever
heard of, but can truthfully say that any-
thing I have tried cannot compare with
Dr. Hand‘s Colic Cure. Yours respect-
fully, Mrs. G. G. Miller, 38 Arch St.”
Sold by all druggists, 25C.
YeSterday the banks belonging to the
New York Clearing House Association
pledged themselves to give up $15.00 0.-
000 in gold for the United States Treas-
ury.
The Discovery Saved His Life.
.Mr. G. Cailouette, Druggist, Beavers-
vrlle, 111., says : “To Dr. King’s New
Discovery I owe my life. Was taken with
La Grippe and tried all the physicians for
miles about, but of no avail and was giv-
en up and told I could not live. Having
Dr. King’s New Discovery in my store, I
sent for a bottle and began its use and
from the first dose began to get better,
and after using three bottles was up and
about again. It is worth its weight in
gold. We won’t keep store or house
without it.” Geta free trial at E. P.
Weed’s Drug Store, Norwalk, and Mon-
roe’s, New Canaan.
Recent liquor raids in Daubury net-
tad the city about 31,000.
Try Allen-‘3 Fool-Ease.
A powder to be shaken'into the shoes.
At this season of the year your feet feel
swollen and hot, and get tired easily. If
you have aching feet, new shoes or tight
shoes, try Allen’s Foot-Ease. It cools
the feet- and makes walking easy. Cures
and prevents swollen and sweating feet,
blisters and callousspots. Relieves corns
and bunions of all pain and gives rest and
comfort. Try it to-day. Sold by all
druggisls and shoe stores for 25c. Sent
by mail for 250 in stamps. Address,
Allen S. Olmstead, Le Roy, N. Y.
General Harrison is going to the Ad-
irondacks to-day; he says that he will
make speeches for McKinley in the fall.
SnakeInSo I‘our Shoes
Allen‘s Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet.
It cures painful swellings of the joints
and instantly takes the sting out of come
and bunions. It’s the greatest comfort
discovery of the age. Allen’s Foot-Ease
makes tight-fitting or new shees feel
easy, It is a certain cure for sweating,
callous and hot, tired, aching feet. Try
it to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores, 25c. Trial package free. Ad-
dress, Allen S. lestead Le Roy, N. Y.
Yesterday the film-15,1 of William E.
Russell was held in Cambridge. Pres-
ident Cleveland attended. ’
Bucklln's Armca Salve.
The Best Salvein the world for Cute
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rheum
Fever Sores Tetter, Ohapped Hands
Ohilblaius, Corns and all Skin Erup
,tions, and positivelyoures Piles. or no
Payrequired. It is guaranteed to give
perfeetsatisfaction,or money refunded
Price25 cents per box. For as]; e ,
E. P. Weed, Nor-walk and Monroby
New Canaan.
The Colonia win her second race
easily at the regatta of the Larchmont
Yacht club, yesterday.
Mother’s Find Nathing’to Equal Dr. Hand’s
Colic Cure.
WATERBURY Conn., 4-2-’96—-Hand
Medicine Co:—Dear Sirs:—“I am using
Dr. Hand’s Cough and Croup Medicme
and Colic Cure for my children and find
nothing to equal them. They .work
like magic. I would not be Without
them in my house. The little ones _ love
Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure and cry for it ; it
relieves them almost instantly. Mrs.
Frank Smith, 22 Wood St. At all drug-
gists, 25.
Arrangements are being made for the
Labor Day picnic which will take place
on September 7th. The events promise
to be of’an unusually interesting nature.
Merchants Will not be dunned for prizes.
The people have long since learned that
the most disagreeable medicines are not nec-
essarily the best. In fact, as a rule, they are
not. What is wanted is something mild and
sure, such as Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy. That is really
pleasant to take when reduced with water
and sweetened. Then it is acknowledged
everywhere to be the most successful remedy
in the world for bowel complaints. Ask any
number of druggists for the best remedy
they have for diarrhoeaand fully nine out
of ten will recommend Chamberlain’s, In
speaking of this medicine, Mr. B. B. Bufi‘um
“ We have used it in our family for ain in
the stomach, colic and diarrhoea an found
Iby E. P. Weed, druggist. _ .
it"to be a most effective remedy.” For sale
eases relieved in siz hours by the “N w .
My baby .
of Friendsville, Susquehanna Co., Pa., says :5
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