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There’s nothing like it-its peculiar, rich, de<
licious flavor gives solid enjoyment with every thirst
quenching. Drink as muchas you please and when
you want it—it’s. beneficial, not harmful. This op-
ular summer drink is easily and cheaply ma e at
home from a bottle of extract—Be sure to get
WILLIAMS & CARLETON CO., PROPS.
, HA ARTFORD. CONN
.the roller in the sticky conglomerate
ABBOTT’S
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Born Paint
Cures CORNS. BUNIONS and WARTS
SPEEDILY and WITHOUT PAIN.
FOR SALE 81' ALL nkucalsrs.
LIPPMAN BROTHERS, Prop’rs,
L-ippman’s Block, SAVANNAH, GA.
MEEKER COAL CO.
FLOWS, FLOWS HEPAIIIEII,
CGAL, WOOD, BRICK,
LIME, GEMENT,-IILE PIPE.
OFFICE WITH G. WARD SELLECE
WALLSTBEET. NORWA LL
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NOW OPEN FOREIEASON 0FI1897.
311011: IIIIIIIEIIS,
IIIIODE ISLAIIII GUM CAKE,
BATHIIIIi, BOATING, FISIIIIIG.
Electric cars to Hotel, every twenty
minutes.
JOH N E. O’SU LLIVAN,
Manager.
HALE
LUIS; (37.,
-BAL‘SAM
l'l' IIIIIIE.
Don’t go out of. town to
have your Awnings
made when you can get
‘them right here at
home just as cheap.
If you want'a canopy
for a party or a wed:
ding, I will supply it at
two hours’ notice.
A letter or postal card
will receive prompt at.
tention. '
p.15. CALLAHAN,
Awning Maker,
53 Crass St... Norwalk.
. ~ ' THE maxim; (xAZETI‘E
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DEVILFISH AND DYNAMITE. I
_——— (
The Horse Took a Fancy to All the Boys
They Disappeared Together and No One
Knows the Outcome of the Alliance.
Ben Connor, who has been employed
in the work carried on by Col. C. P
Goodyear is? deepening Brunswick
Harbor, Georgia, tells a thrilling story
of an adventure with an octopus that
occurred while they were blasting in
the harbor.
“The work was carried on with a
mammoth sea barrow,” said Ben,
“with which the tenacious blue clay
at the bottom of the bar was broken
up. It is a ponderous affair, and was
dragged back and forth along the
channel by means of strong cables and
a small steam tug, and its weight
would sink the steel blades attached to
and tear it up so that the outgoing tide
would wash away the loose earth and
deepen the channel on the bar.
“In addition to. the harrow, dyna-
mite was used in fifty-pound charges,
exploded at intervals wherevthe hard
shell and coral-like formations would
not yield to the harrow. Our method
of exploding the charges was very 'sim-
ple. We had a small reel on another
tug, around which was coiled a stoutxl
cable, and around“ a Windlass was an-
other smaller rope and a. wire for ex-
ploding the charge.
“The dynamite was fixed for ex-
ploding, and placed in an old gunny—
sack and carefully lowered over the
side, while the tug moved off some
fifty yards, and so soon as the dyna-
mite was safe at the bottom and we
were at a safe distance away, the but—
ton was touched and the charge went
off, sending up jets of water quite a
hundred feet high, and frequently
sending fine fish, to the top; where they
were picked up by the men. But oe-
casionally a charge would fail to ex-
plode, and in such an instance we
would haul away on the smaller line,
and tow the dynamite to the surface
and rearrange the fuse, and drop it
overboard for a fresh trial.
“One day we were out near the bar
working away, and had got off several
charges very successfully. At last we
steamed ofl some distance from where
we had been at work and, dropped a
fifty-pound bundle of the explosive
overboard, and after. moving off to a
safe distance we tried to explode it.
But it did not explode, and we began
to haul in the rope to which it was at-
tached to _see what the trouble 'was.
The men who were tugging at the rope
remarked that it must have become
entangled in a portion of some old
wreck, as it was so hard to tow in. An
extra effort, however, seemed to loosen
the obstruction, and we redoubled our
efforts. Suddenly two great slimy
arms came up out of the sea and slap
ped against the side of the tug, and
then another reached out toward the
gunwale, and at the same time the
bundle of dynamite, clutched in the
tentacles of a gigantic devil fish, ap-
peared on the surface.
“The men who were tugging at the
rope dropped it and tumbled backward
in their fright, and it looked for a
moment like the devil-fish was going
to come on deck or pull the entire
tackle into the sea with him. His
great baleful eyes gleamed angrily as
he came to the top and his slimy arms
were writhing and tossing on the
waves, and you never saw a lot of
dynamiters as badly frightened as we.
“ ‘Touch off the .charge!’ shouted the
engineer. But that was not practic-
able, as it had already failed to ex-
plode, and, besides, it might have en—
dangered the vessel. One of the mem-
bers grabbed an axe and aimed a blow
at the exposed tentacle which was
writhing along the side of the tug, but
his aim was bad and he struck the rope
instead, and the monster slowly sank
out of sight with the big charge of
dynamite still clasped in his ugly
arms.-
“I would have given $50 to have
been able to touch off that charge of
dynamite. I would have enjoyed see-
ing the look of astonishment in the
defiant eyes of that hideous devil— fish
as he was hoisted into the air. But
as it was we had to give it up and al-
low the old villain to wriggle back to
his slimy 1ai1 with a valuable bundle
of high explosive on which to test his
digestive appaiatus. I don’t know
what was the ultimate result, but I
rathei suspect that the devil- fish died
at appendicites, as we were not
troubled with a similar visitation dur-
ing the p1ogress of the work.
HOT STUFF.
Press me closer, all my own;
Warms my heart for time alone
Every nerve 1csp.-nsive thrills,
Each caress my being thrills,
Rest and peace ein vain I crave,
In ecstasy I live thy slave,
Dower’d with hope. with promise blest,
Thou dost reign upon my breast.
Closei still,” for I am thine,
Burns my heart, for thou art mine.
Thou the message, I the wire—-
I the furnace. thou the fire—-
I the servant thou the master—-
Roaring, red-hot m :.stard plasrer.
—Green Bay Advocate
DEFICIENT IN FRENCH.
5'
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“Bi gum! These city people has go
to advertising their v11tues! ”
I
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HE HAD HIS PREFERANCE.
“ho W‘ore Badges.
“One reads so many stories about
animal intelligence that it would be
hazardous for a doubter to exp1ess his
disbelief in almost any gathering of
men at the piesent day” remaiked a
gentleman the other day. “A little in-
stance came Within my own observa-
tion a number of years ago when I
was studying medicine, and which
convinced me that the members of the
horse family, at least, ought to be
'credited with the possession of a very
con'side1able quantity of reasoning
IDOWEI. It was the custom for the
students at the medical institution at
which I pursued my studies to wear
a small badge upon their coats to dis-
ti'nguish them from others at the col-
lege. A horse belonging to the estab-
lishment was useda great deal about
the medical department, and the ani-
mal seemed to have a special prefer-
ence for the embryo doctors more
than for any other people about the
establishment. One day, while a
number of us we1e gathered 111 a little
knot upon 11 small campus in the rear
of the college, the animal in question
which used to nip the grass in the lo-
cation, came toward the group limp-
ing very badly. He came to a stop a
dozen or more feet from the crowd,
and carefully surveying the lot of us,
finally made up his mind as to what
he wanted to do, and without any
hesitation limped directly to my side,
whinn-ie-d, stuck his nose against my
body and held up his left foreleg.
Looking down I discovered a large
nail imbedded in the frog of his hoof.
This had evidently caused the lame-
ness. I then realized the interesting
fact that the animal desired attend-
ance. I extracted the nail with some
difficulty, and the horse whimpered
with relief and walked away.‘ Rather
CllllOllS as to why the beast had
picked me out to attend to his wound
I glantcd at the boys and found the
solution to the problem. Not one of
the group had his medical badge upon
his coat but myself. The horse had
recognized the insignia, realized its
significance and acted accordingly.”—
Ncw Orleans Times-Democrat.
SOLD AT CHURCH.
l‘lmes When Slaves blanketed IIIeions on
SundnyJVhich They HudRaised.
“A 1111111 would haidly imagine that
degrees: used to c1owd 3101 nd the
scout of that elegant church and sell
wateri'uelons on Sunday,” shid a man
of Macon, Ga. He referred to Mul-
berry Street Methodist Church, one of
the finest church buildings in that
city. “But is a fact,” continued the
gentleman. “I can remember those
scenes as well as it they were yester-
(lav. ‘
“it was before the waf', when all
the slave owners allowed their indus- .
trious slaves an acre or so of land on
which to raise watermelons or any-
thing they chose. The negroes were
given every Saturday afternoon to
tend to their patches, and on Sunday
were allowed to hitch a mulé to a
wagon and take their melons and oth-
er produce around to churches, camp
meetings or elsewhere to sell them. It
was a very common thing to see a
man stop at a negro’s watermelon
pile and select a melon, pay for and
put it in his b- egg; and drive on. home
after church;a and, indeed, children
frequently clubbed in and bought mel-
ons frdm the slaves and ate them dur-
ing the time between Sunday school
and preaching.”
In those days masters took great in-
terest in the industry and enterprise
of their slaves, and did everything
they could to encourage them. No-
body ever thought of objecting to or
intarf'criug with the negroes in their
Sunday traffic—Macon Telegram.
MOVED A TOWN SIX MILES.
[his Feat Accoinplished by One Enter.
prising Man.
then marvellous
One of
Every now and
stories come out of the West.
the most remarkable is told by a Misw
soulriau. It is a story of the days
when thepeople of the Bullion State
were driving out of it the Mormons.
The latter built a mum at Nauvoo, on
the banks of the Mississippi. There
they erected their temple, and were
making; much progress, until the peo-
ple of Illinois arose in anger. burned
he temple, murdered Joe Smith, and
drove the rest of the community to
size final refuge in Utah. Afterward
a colony of Russian colonists came
along and bought the land. They had
no use for the 350 buildings, and sold
them to a Missourian for atrifie. The
following winter this enterprising in‘
dividual put rollers under the houses,
slid them down the banks of the
frozen river, and then slid, rolled and
pushed them six miles further up the
stream, where. alone and single-had-
ed,11e founded the town of Fort Mad~
ison, la. -'-The 01832011 ian.
Billy 1111a Digby.
Billy Mason was introduced to Dig—
by Bell the other day in this city.
“I see by the sprinkling of silver in
your hair,” remarked the Senator,
“that you are older than I had sup-
poscd‘vou to be. after seeing you be-
hind the footlighrts.”
“This doesn’t signify age,” said the
comedian, running his fingers through
his gray locks. “It simply shows how
many of my jokes didn’t go.”
“You’re wrong, my frien ,” retort-
ed Billy. “If your theory were cor—
rect my hair would have been as white
as snow long agoJ’—-Chlcago Times-
Herald.
Bringing It Home to Him.
“Half the world,” sagely observed
Mr Billus, “never knows what the
_ othle‘i half is doing.”
“That’s generally true,” retorted
Mrs. Billus, eyeing him sharply. “as
to the better ha-lf.”-—Chi_cago T1 11.111. 1c.
'readily to the wheel;
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cemxs’ COLUMN.
Suggestions that Emanate from Pensor'
— Bicycle Riders.
A department store in New York re-
cently advertised Columbias, '96 model
at $50 in quantities to suit.
The pedal mount is graceful, but it
is hard on the spokes and tires, and
the step mount is preferable for that
reason.
New York has followed the lead of
other states and prohibited wheelmen
caI‘I'Ying children on their bicycles.
It is a dangerous habit that should be
stopped everywhere.
Niagara is the first county in New
York tb adopt a bicycle tax. The new
side-path law went into efiect April 3
It taxes bicycles firty cents annually
Russia refuses to allow wheelmen to
form a. league, such as we have in this
country. The Czar and, his advisers
are suspicious of all leagues, believing
that they will eventually be used to
promote political conspiracy.
The chainless bicycle, which was ex-
pected to cut a big figure on the mar-
ket this season, and in a measure rev-
olutionize riding, has not yet material-
ized. .A few chainless wheels have
been put out, but the demand for them
must be small, as only an occasional
rider is found using them. It is
known that some of the leading man-
ufacturers are now at work upon the
chainleSS type, but it is not their in-.
tendon to put this pattern of wheel
upon the market before ’98.
It is noted that when Zimmerman
outraced all comers, 66 was the ac-
cepted gear. From this the gear was
gradually raised, until now the ordin-
ary road rider must have '70, and racers
are satisfied with nothing less than 80.
As usual, the wheelmen are running to
extremes, as they did in the matters of
light wheels, drop handle bars, road
racing and scorching. There will be a
reaction. A bicycle for all around use
is spoiled by too high gear, and cy-
clists will come to this conclusion
eventually.
The attempts of the big manufac-
turers to maintain a standard scale of
prices for high-grade bicycles this sea-
son has proved futile.» The sale of
medium-priced wheels last year served
to increase the demand for cheap bicy-
cles. A well-known dealer, in a talk
with a New York Sun reporter, stated
that his firm, which is handling a fifty-
dollar wheel this season, is unable to
supply the demand. He says: “The
big manufacturers refused to consent
to a reduction in prices. The result is
that local agents of the various one-
hundred- ollar wheels are compelled to
cut prices. I know that prospective
purchasers can, without trouble, select
any bicycle catalog. u‘ed at one hundred
dollars for eighty dollarsAcash, or per-
haps less.”
('-.-___;' 1.~
Savage Queen—Well, my cycling cos-
tum; may not to exactly de riguer, but
there’s one thing ab ;ut it—I don’t have
to wear any mud-guards when I wear
it!
Lo, the _poor Indian, does not take
and while we
have Indian horsemen, foot-runners,
baseball, lacrosse, golf and polo play-
ers, the Indian bicycle expert has yet
to make his appearance. In North
Dakota the other day, an ambitious
redman traded a horse for a bicycle,
and immediately set about learning to
ride. He had the usual experience of
beginners, and plowed up the prairie
finally he got the machine under way,
to his great delight. He did not no-
tice, however, that he was going down
grade on the road to the river, and
when this fact became apparent,' he
had lost all control of the Wheel. The
consequence was, that wheel and rider
plunged into ten feet of water, and
when the Indian emerged, dripping and
angry, he wanted to trade the bicycle
for any kind of a pony.
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A WORTHY CAPTAIN.
"3.: 4.11 the pumps!" the captain 6116‘:
His clear voice echo red far and “i ,
W111": e swiftly flew the crew to pl ac
-ind pumped at. an amazing pace,
.rd only ceased their labor when
The tandem tir'cs were ill ed ag i:-.
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She—Why does that piano sou: 111 iii 1
high and then low, when Miss Wilson
plays it? .
I He—Well, you see, she is Earning to
ride a wheel and uses both pedals from
force of habit.
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a half dozen times with his face, but,
CAKE OF TOILET SOAP IN EVERY PACKAGE.
A TOOTHBRUSH FOR KOKO.
Costly Toilet Articles Purchased by Rich 1
Girls for their Pet Dogs.
A score or more of dainty toilet arti-
cles, gold mounted and jeweled, were
scattered over the glass counter, and
the obliging clerk in the fashionable
shop was vainly endeavoring to satis-
fy the whims of a daughter of wealth,
who had every appearance of having
been spoiled by overindulgence. She
had a costly toothbrush in her hand,
and was poking the other articles with
it in a dissatisfied way. “This is not
small enough,” she said, “and the hair
is not fine enough.”
“It is our very best grade of goods,”
suggested the clerk, half apologetical-
ly.
“Then you ought to get something
better. Yes, really, you ought,” ex-
claimed the willful customer. “I can't
take such a clumsy toothbrush as that
home to my Koko.” .
“Ah!” mumured the clerk, with a
scarcely perceptible air of impatience,
“then you want a toothbrush for your
dog.” '
“Yes, of course I do, and I want
something very soft and very dainty,"
replied the young woman, and, after
a pause, she added, with an afiection-
rite purr, “there isn’t anything too
nice for my Koko.”
“Certainly not,” responded the clerk,
with a cordial smile. “Here are some
brushes of rare quality. I had over-
looked them. Here is one with hair
as soft as silk, and a handle of solid
gold.” The girl fondled the expensive
trinket for a moment, and, without
asking the price, said: “That Will do,
have it sent with the other things,
please.” When this spoiled maiden’s
father gets a bill from the fashionable
jeweler’s he will doubtless be moved
to emotion by. the entry: “One tooth-
rush for-dog, $22.50.”
It is no uncommon thing for shop-
keepers in New York to be c..lled upon
to supply toilet articles for dogs, mon-
keys, birds, and other domestic pets.
Some stores maintain special lines of
combs and brushes for pet dogs, and as
a special concession to the enthusiasm
of the fair owners of these pets, the
prices of dog combs and brushes are
kept aristocratically high.
HER RING STRANGELY RECOVERED.
Found on the Hand of an Organ Grinder—
A Dog Responsible for the loss.
Mrs. Reba Bryn of North Twenty-
first street, so’mo time ago, while trav-
eling through Southern Italy, lost a
leather satchel. There was quite a
sum of money and some valuable pa-
pers in the satchel, but what worried
her most Was the loss of her engage.
ment ring, which was of very quaint
design, having been the marriage to-
ken in the family of her fiance for
several generations. Of course, every
endeavor was made to recover the lost
article. Advertisements were inserted
in all the principal papers of the prov-
ince, and, although most strenuous ef-
forts were made, nothing was ever
heard of the satchel.
Not long ago while visiting a friend
in West Philadelphia, a street piano
wheeled up before the porch on which
they were seated, and, after playing
a few melodies, a young Italian girl
came up to collect some money. Imag-
ine Mrs. Bryn’s surprise to recognize
her long lost ring on the girl‘s finger.
Questioning the girl in her native lan-
guage brought forth the fact that her
family was from the district in which
the satchel had been lost. Her father
had. been a sheep raiser, and a shop-
herd 'dog he owned had one day come
in with the satchel in his month. N0
:9 in the family could road, which
,n-obahly accounted for the fact that it
had never been returned.
An explanation of the circumstances,
.oucther with a generous reward. re-
moved the ring to its rightful owner.—
i‘11;ladclpliia Record.
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.‘llfiiier—UD you think baby will eve]
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r‘:‘1ther—-i_-le.11ens,yes.
lemon Free Press;
Bootblack Billy—Would it hurt yer
“eelin’s if I called ye a liar?
Ned the. Newsboy—New; it would
It’s a girl.--
xurt me knuckles—New York Journal. ,
‘WHY ‘i‘r IS"II|I INSTEAD OF N.
A King-lit Ignorance the Cause of Such
a Blunder.
There is an interesting story, back
of the hour of four as represented on
the face of clocks. Perhaps you have ‘
noticed many a time that instead of
its being IV., as would be most nat-
ural, it is usually—at least in all cases
of old clocks and watches—1111. The
reason for, it is said to be that away
back in the time of Charles V. of
France, who reigned in the latter half
of the fourteenth century, when the
first clock was made, its maker,-Henry
Vick, was commanded to bring it be
fore the king. He did so, and the.
king was very well pleased with it,
watching the works with much inter-
est. But he said, finally, “You have
got the figures on the dial wrong.”
“I think not, your Majesty,” replied
the clockmaker.
“Yes; that four
ones.’
“Surely not, your Majesty,” urged
the man, again.
“Yes, it should be four ones," insist-
ed the king.
“You me wrong ” once more said
Vick, which. made the king ve'fiy anwgry
“I am neve1 w rong,” he cried. “Take
it away and correct the mistake.” The
poor clockmaker could only obey, and
the blunder of the king has come all
the way down to us, for all clocks
should be four
‘ have been so marked ever since.
\Vhy He Married.
In the North of England, where rab—
bit-coursing is most in vogue, swift,
well-trained dogs often win large sums
in prizes. It is therefore little to be
wondered at that the owners of these
animals should bestow so much atten-
tion on them.
An old Yorkshire collier, well known
for his success in the coursing-field,
recently surprised all his mates by
marrying a very unprepossessing
pauper-woman. He had always been
reckoned a confirmed hater of the
other sex.
“Why has ta gone and got spliced,
lad, at thy age?” one of his friends
asked him.
“Oh, that’s not much of a tale,” 511s».
wered the old man stolidly. “I agree
wi’ ye ’at Betsy yonder is no beauty—
if she had been I shouldn’t have wed
her. But that there dog 0’ mine he
was simply pinin’ for somebody to look
after him while I was away at t’ pit.
I couldn’t bear to leave him in the
house by hissen, so I hit on the idea 0’
marryin’ BGtsy. She’s not handsome,
but she’s mighty good company for the
dog! ”—Answers. -
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To add to the number of astonishing
things that are made of paper, Krupp,
the great German manufacturer of can-
non, has lately completed a number of.
paper field- -pieces for the use of the
Germany infantry They are intended.
for use in situations where the move‘
ment of ileld artillery would be imprac-
ticable.
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One of the many private secretaries
at the national capital is till new to
his honors, the Washington Post says. '
One day a newspaper woman, full of
business, burst into the office of this
secretary’s chief. The great man was
out. “Can you tell me when he will
be in?" she asked. “Really," drawled
the clerk, “I haven’t an idea." “Well,”
said the newspaper woman, as she
‘urned to go, “I must say you look it.“
Florida's Haven‘ fdr Criminals.
Tampa is entitled to the distinction
of being the best place for criminals
in the United States. The cause of
this is the inefliciency of our courts
of justice. Crimes are not punished.
Bad men are imprisoned; but they
live better in jail than outside. As
birds in a cage sing and grow fat, so
these men play the fiddle and chew
tobacco, and have a good time' at the
people's expense.—Tampa News.
THE ORIGINAL
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Stamped! I! 3935”
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I Patiiirgni‘.
Em;
noncom-
lights the way and stays lighted. All brass, »
nickel-plated—no tin; outside oil- filler; cotton °
packed oil fount; doubIe convex ground'photo- .-
lens: burns kerosene, throws a light 90 ft. and 1,
weighs but 12 ounces. 5
Three years a leader, and three years’ a
fi
improvements now added. Abscluteiy the
handsomest and best bicycle lamp ever made.
Sold by all leading dealers.
THE PLACE & TERRY MFG. CO”
247 CentreMew York.
See our new, cheaper lamp-the“ Searcher."
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