1 E if .' i l 1.1 .OTATOES .lNDlGENOUS TO PERU. I reduced Into, Ireland in 1585, ‘and First Gr own by Sir \Valter Raleigh. ; Otatoes, native to Peru, were dis- cbvered by the Spaniards in the neigh- borhood of Quito, where they were cul- tivated by the natives. monk, first introduced them into. Spain whence they passed into Italy and thence to Belgium. Humboldt sayS ~ +-‘~-- * at the discovery they 1112111111111 E in all the temperate parts of the :1 meat from Chili to New Granada, f net in Mexico. In 1585 potatoes . taken from North Carolina and ‘11'irginia, on the return of the colonists sort out .by_Sir Walter Raleigh, and were first cultivated on his estate near Cogk. 'The sweet potatoes, native of the West Indies, were given to Colum- bus by the natives of Cuba. They wu1e introduced into England by Sir F'a111cis Drake, who wrote of them in praise but forgot to send instructions to eat only the root. The gardener of Queen Elizabeth planted them and ate some of the tops. Beingdngusted by the taste, he pulled up his crop, made a fire OF the pile, was attracted by the pleasant odor of the burning tubers, picked up‘a root, ate it, and, being pleas 1ed with the taste,‘continued the cultixation and introduced them to the, notice-sci others—Lippincott’ s Magazine. ' Another Doubt'er. " “I- tell you,” said a passenger, who wore a silk hat, muttonchop whiskers and some other fashionable things “our Government is rotten to the core. I don’t know what’s going to come of. it, dyeither. Sometimes I tremble foj my children. I have provided well for l.1em, but is property in this country going to be safe? VJith all the Down 131 c0r1uptions that abound, and with the evils that we constantly springing- 1;p around us, 1111 ouch the connivance 1f the bosses, will there not come a ime when the to1 C11 and the blade will play havoc here, as they did in-France ahundred years ago?’ ’ . man to “I don’t know,’ said the whom he had been talking. “I hope however, for better things. By the way, did you reg ister?” “No. What’s the use? A decent man has no business at the polls nowa- (lzi"s. “That’s what I thought you’d say” - Cleveland Leader. Condor, a . l STEEL INSTEAD ‘o'F wooe. 'Enormous_Graln Elevators Collslruvlq-v’y , , of This Metal. . ‘ The uses of structural steel, which made the "skyscraper” of ”to-day '11. possibility, are constantly extendiz .. and now it appears that the business of- erecting great towering grain elevatirs is to be revolutionized. The costly - 1nd dangerous structures that. cleave the air at the great shipping fronts on r iv- er, lake and ocean front 'will under the new order, have perhaps greater Cit—1 pacity than those. of1to- day. : A big grain storehouse as at prams: put up, requires from 4,000,000 t5 6.03! - 000 feet of lumber; quite an item in these days .of disappearing forests. Small steel elevators having proved successful, architects set to work . to carry the idea further, withgtheore- suit that the Canadian Pacific Railroad has built at Fort William, on Lake Su- peri 1, and‘ the Northern Steamship. Company at Buffalo, grain elevatOrs with a capacity. of 30,000,000 bushels each, and it is not improbable that the last wooden elevatorhas been built—~- New York Journal. 1 ' .. w w -__. I ' ‘szder Tlips a- Lively Measure. . Geese have music in their toes —or their souls, 01' somewhere. Start a violin and a flock of wild geese "will almost invariably prance to its strains. But not every goose will dance to the music of a commonplace accordion, and when one is found who will per— ‘form a’ jig to its measure his doings should be duly chronicled». In Lanesboro, Pa., one was discov— ered the other day which became fairly intoxicated" with glee at the sound of an accordion. He danced a jig, keep- ing admirable time to the music. .1After the experiment had been tried- two or three times his taste for the pleasure'becam'e so pronounced that ‘he would venture up to the piazza of the house with the evident intention. of inviting further music. The Japanese apply one of their many pret 'ty ways to the launching of ships. They use no wine, but hang over the ship’s prow a large pasteboard age full of birds, and the moment the ship is afloat a man pulls a string, when th >1 cage opens and the birds fly away, making the air alive with mu- sic and the whirr of wings. The idea is that the biids thus welcome the ship as she begins her career as a thing of life. This." IS the Package— remember it. It contains . tan. 1-3 everything 1.1' cheaply and .1 ., 1. ' 1 .‘.. 11".“... .15, G a ' Thine his Home Enameled Against Fire; _ . "ll: _OU read this advertisement. ' yours and others had‘read it, how much good. it might have. done. ’and we'wi'll do the rest. If it had been Send in your. adv~ Rates on'applieatiogn. -1 ' everythin' g - else, Erastus F Beadle Published banks 'n-ag Were Cheap and Exciting, but Ilioral. A. man died almost unnoticed the other day' in New York who was, in his prime, 1'). revolutionist in the literary field. I re- fer to the publisher, Erastus F. Beadle . the father of the chea ap novel. Those of us whose memory reaches back to the times before the civil war will recall the fact. that. the 25 and 50 cent; novel was the rule in those days, and the cost. of paper and printer’s ink, which went up with soon accustomed the novel reader to the idea of paying even a 'dollar or more for his treat. But. through all the “Beadle Dime Novel” held its own. It was a‘ little salmdn covered duodecimo, rarely illus- trated inside, but. often with :1. startling picture underneath the title. In an in- formal chat with a. visitor about ten years ago, MrLBeadle told mostenter- tainingly the story of his venture in pub- lishing. The idea. of the dime novel oc- curred to him, he s 1id, in 1859, and he be- gan to act upon it in 1860. , “The state of the book market then,” he went on, “was peculiar. Iwery one was publishing books with thick paper and wide margins—trying to see how little they could give their readers for a dollar or a dolla' and a half. Publishers ex- changed books and took back suchas were not sold. \Vell, Itook the other tack, and thought I would 55 11': how much Icould give for 10 cents—c ash sales, no credit. Everyone said the projectewould fail, but it didn’ t; “We first published dime song books, cook books, etiquette books", etc, which we bound in a salmon colored cover. N0 ‘yellow covered dimes’ were ever sent out by me; the color was salmon. The yellow covered ones were imitations, and were a bad lot. the dime novel. Mrs. Ann S. Stephens was the. authorofthe first Q. 1e— )‘Iadesku’ ~21 prize story, published forty years ago in the Lollies ’ Companion. .I paid her $250 for ;' \Ve sold 10,000 copies right ofi’, and then 330,000.” . » Mr. B eodle had an editor '11 his employ named Victor, .1110 used to pass upon manuscripts, 01"(lll1 special 110111 and the like, just us the Editor of a lltcl rary week- ly or monthly would do it He was as interested as his chief in recalling their joint undertaking. “The authors who wrote fo: us,”s:11‘d he, “were notable persons in their way. \Ve had, for instance, one book by a. man who was once a member 'of the Ohio“ legislature. another by :111 ex-goveruor of the same State. He never wrote us :1 bad line. Edward S. Ellis—you know him?-—-wrote us our most popular novel. He was a Methodist, and he went to his ' minister to know whether he could write. a dime novel. He was a school teacher in Trenton and was not 21 when he wrote his first ‘dime for which he got $85. That was ‘Seth Jones ’ ” “Yes, Iremember, ”brokein Mr. Beadle, unable to restrain his enthusiasm, ‘we plastered the country with ‘Who is Seth Jones?’ and when the excitement ran high we answered the question with that. picture you see on that. cover—‘1 n1 Seth Jones.’ \Ve sold 60 000 copies of that story right oiT. ” “These novels,” )Ir. Victor continued, "introduced either historical or local characters. They followed right after ‘Cooper’s Tnles,’ which suggested them: Mrs. A. M."Dennison wrote historic fic- tion; Judge Jared Hall, of Ohio, wrote ‘The Slave Sculptor,’ a story of Mexico in \Iontezuina’ stime—good 1111111es.’l‘hen , there was Clara Augusta; she was a ' Maine lady, and :1. clever writer. Illlis - it is (lierrent; that has earned a. ' like to have it squeal wrote exclusively for. us, and we 11: we paid him as high as $73110 for 11' 11011.1 of 4.0, 000 Words. “\Vhy, we 1111111 better. in pr: 111:1 rtion to the quaint: tyof muttei we 31cc :ptcd, th: 111 the Atlantic Monthly. 0111' stories wtre very popular, and our yellow 1lv.1‘s—~l. 1d books—began to spring up. \V but did we do then? 011 We had to l.:lll;1.i11'-:11t11'1I111li1111s than x1e used to, but w111111<l our own against them.”-- l\::‘.il‘- Fluid .: ".‘.:1s’11i11'rt1111. ’j.1'1:‘.i'12€0t 11111335 1.10 Best. old .' said Fool:- truthfulness “- -" ‘1 1'1). in» 1; lull, 1’1111155 11nd 1~n1‘<'.11'~1l :7) l1 's 1'1'l;:;v 'l:: but; the "'hole :Ee‘. ' "1. tlllilislfiti. ..IL‘. is lying 1111:1117 lllill'. . "' ~2'1ov.‘ 17111111113113. " ‘ Low, 1.:11 ‘ 1‘.‘ 0:1”2'. 1.11%; of to-day. My wife mad: 2 '. mat. cakes for me with her own 1 hands. They were the worst ‘slubs' 111' putty I ever tried to eat. ~\Vl1c11 she. asked my opinion of them, being :1 truthful 1:12:11, I told her that I had never put. anything so un- pal '1t' .’.)lc in my month, 11111: l'ilitl‘; a ten ye.11—old frirl c0111.. ‘ have don-2' better. Tli: -11 she began to my. "-'.ltir that; I went. down too" 1 to my stern. A woman came in 11111-111: some dre s goods. , he p1cked out 21 1:1'1ater a1 entirely 1111212119.: ed to her y'e'11'2'.lIavi11g been tang-lit that truthfulness commends itself to a customer in the long run, I said to her: "You’re much too old for that; sort of :1 dress. It is not suite-.1 to a Woman over fift'y.’ I thought she would \Vell, after a while I started‘ thz-right to reprint the‘story..' THE FATHEFI OF THE DlME NOVEL. “I SHE RIDES A BIKW OUR GREATEST‘ TEMPERANCE APOS‘ TLE DONSD'lVIDED SKIRTS. Ilse Frances Willard, Tells of Bel- English Experiences. Don't Like the‘ Cockney Won’t Use It Miss "Frances Willard is 50.1.1dsl1e tells Fair, Fat and 58, She Accent and bettenAmerican and a stronger woman than ever. England and English society agreed with her. She has primroses in her com~ plexion and flesh on her restless little body. She brings a brain load of ideas and the manuscript. of a new book. To a reporter she said: “God Bless America! I love it. .My stay with Lady Henry Somerset was a day dream. I met most delightful peor ple. I came near being killed with'kind- ness. But. I have been kept crying with joy ever since I returned.” ‘ “Did you get the' English accent, Miss Willard?” , . “No, I didn’t.” “Not just; a‘ few broad 3’s?” “Not- one. Ididn’t learn to say clark for clerk, luggage for baggage, railway for railroad, tram for street cars, brasses for checks, or gowns for dresses. I do say station for depot. because I think it more expressive. And I did learn to soften my pronunciation of thetword American. It is a most beautiful word and I feel justified in speaking it. as beau- tifully as I can.” When asked the secrets of her good looks she said: “I have had agood rest. I am an eight hour woman. Eight hours for work, eight hours for sleep and eight hours for what you will, and one day in the seven for the soul, is my programme. I put ill eight. hours a day 111. my desk. four stenographers come down from London every morning and Lady Henry Somerset. and I kept them 5011' rr all the time. But that sort of work didn’t. hurt me. It. is speaking in public that. takes the heart out of me. For ten years I made one speech a day the year round. When I went abroad I was talked out. I did very little talking While I was‘away andthe rest was a cure.” “But. who is your complexion implevcr and eye brightener?’ FRANCES WILLARD. “Sir Benjamin Vl'ard Richardson, one of the greatest hygienist's of Great Brill- ’ ain.” . “What did he prescribe?” “The bicycle.” ‘ “And you took it?” . .“Yes, in large doses. It took me thirty hours to learn. First, I began with three assistant-s. Then I got along.- with two. covered ‘ be obli; 'ed to me for my t c‘ fol int crest- . .in her up peal‘ance, but- 1111-. to 1d 01 that she flou .ced out. of the 513111: in 1'.- rage, and ftl link she’ll never come buck. “I dou’ t. believe frankness is the best policy (.'.) all and I’m going to 1111' he the acquaintance of some firs t 1' l: 155 liar and get him torivc me a few lessons.’ , Acooun ted For. The child contemplated the st. or In. "Why?” ‘ he asked, “is the white?” The mother sighed, and yet. 11. was not. right. to keep that budding mind in '13;- norance. “Because my son,” she solemnly re- plied, “we have not as yet. been annexed SHOW to Chicago. ”—Detroit Tribune. Not the Girl to Endure a Slight. “We need no ring to plight our trot-h,” he suggested, as hel' issed 'her im petu- ' ously. “Yes, we do, retorted the maiden; “None of your slivht. of hand tricks with me.”——Detroit Tribue. “Squeaky slices ” said Mr. :G: atebar, “I don’t like, but I rather. admire a squeaky rocking chair, if it. is old and comfortable. I shouldn’t like to have a. new chair squeak, but. with an old chair right. to squeak. Of course Ishouldn’t like to h: we it. squeak too much, for that. wo ould imply that. it was insecvre, and without security there can be no comfort; but. I gently, with one arm or one letr just. a little loose. It doesn’ t. squeak at. all unless you rock back just so far, and .bhen it squeak: with precisely the same sound alwaysl rhvtlxmicsqueuk thus has that and com- furt' 111 every note." ' . l “2“, ‘ T I .1110, because A. didn’ t 1'11. For a long while I rods with one and now Igo alone; I had :1 short bl'ue' suit, swe eater: 11d divided ski1't.<, 1:11;: and shoes and I exercised evei','1l."~;r, winter and hour. It- 11.1'1'131l11ed ate \var1n-ve'ulierform-.111”.11'1. was barf; \'.o1'k bur. I was 1 master it.” “Did you go Spots. 9” 1 , 1 L tnzauy black and blue " I wasn’t al~ t1111:(.-:‘11'.C:‘11‘OI lowed. 1-st girls took me. 11,1;911 after I ‘couqua real 1 hey came with me TJ'hile I was 19.111113; ' .'1-0'1313 aboulz. 1': simply talked and :1 stenogu mpher rcpar t'gl me 3' h: we called it, ‘How I 111.111.111-11 the Bic" CIL - 1111:; Icefiec— tions by the W 21y. ’ ” “How did you learn ale?” "well, to them. to ride the. bicy— I 11"‘1 two rules‘aud I rode up The 111:1jor promise I took was ‘I will 1101;11'111'1.’ ’I“1 1.13 i5-' 1111:: on There *1 an old L’orksbilc prev orb. 'It’s don'- ged as duos it,’ which}: 1111'}; lor rule two. I used 1111.11.11.11 i311. 111.1331 times, and although it made the 11911-111. l'lugh it. helped me. ' lVll'eu I got 1113 calmly-re up to pitch I would tell the girl to st: 111d aside and exert; her moral influence and it; susta'u cd me. Ileurned to ride as I lear11er1iio 1' alk. I define bicycling as walking: sir; inches above ground: The pedals are six inches from the ground and the same confidence by which the child learns to walk helps the adult to ride. “No, Ididn' t «to out 011 the highway. Lady Henry Somerset had a tricycle and we took our exercise on the. grounds The estateis immense and the roads and drives lel‘t nothing to be desired.' 1 brought mywheel with me. She presented itto me. It'I had be ught one, of course, I should have selected an American bi- Amerieun labor or American skill is second to any workmanship. the ‘Gladys,’ because it made me glad- some in my spirit. The (1:11 I took my first ride I gave Gladys the white rib- hon." DWELT IN. A MINE. - ' Families at “’heeling. A few dnys ago :1. sad case of destitu- ti0n was‘found on the SOlllill’SldC‘. among some miners dud their families who had recently removed fronf an Ohio mining , families came te the southern portion of Wheeling about two weeks ago, and they E were so poor that they had not. the means to rent a house. They were fortunate ‘ enough to'find some employment. in the mines of a South Side man. The two families took up their abode in one of the descrted chambers in the mine, and here they remained until they could make enough money to buy sufficient lumber with 11111.11. to erect a small cottage neai the mines. "-— The house was completed a. day or so ago, and now the two families have a better place to live. The men are appa- Irently worthy in every respect, and the aged to live for ten days in a dark, damp Wheeling NEWI. it. She came back to her native land a: We had . cycle, forI am too loyal to believe that. I called it: The Domicile of Two Miners Ind Tho" camp to thi 5 city. Two miners and their. owner of the mine has given them .111 the Work he has on hand. How they man- ' mme is sometbiua not. easily explained -' 1 x~ *~ BY 1111.111 FOR 1:
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