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LOCAL AND OTHER N.EWS
Not all are of a warlike mood
And seek the Victor’s crown;
For GAZETTE Want Ads will
bring them jobs
And keep them safe intowu.
{PUT IT IN THE GAZETTE.
1?; Mrs. S. C. Palmer is ill at her home
on Elmwood avenue.
.Frank Wilson and James Morrison,
‘ of New York, are visiting Jerry
Wright, of Ann street.
, Andrew LaCroix and family, I of
Bridgeport, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Silas W. Brown, Main street.
1
I Miss M. E. Getty, of New York, has
returned home after a visit with Miss
Ella Everett, at the residence of James
Bates, West N orwalk.
Miss Eleanor G. Smith of Bayview
avenue, and Miss Carrie Schuman of
orchard street, are sojourning at
Asbury Park, N. J. .
Miss Bertha Starr of Danbury, is a
guest of Miss Grace Seymour of West
street. '
A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Warren of West Norwalk.
Mrs. James H. Flynn and family are
sojourning at Ridgefield.
Miss Katherine Coffee, of Philadel-
phia, is a guest of Miss Annie Finne
can, North avenue.
“Np‘fl m~_..—_4‘
Eugene J. O’Connell of Attorney
Taylor’s ofiice, is taking a few days’
vacation.
I Roy Shannon. of Waterbury, is being
entertained by Percy E Ferris, of
West street. ____
Rev. J. McClure Bellows will arrive
: home from Europe the first week in
September.
(T Mrs. Julia Sullivan and Mrs. Daniel
,1 Walsh and family are guests of Mr.
: and Mrs. M. F. Powers, Main street.
, Mrs. Minnie Nash and Miss Sadie
,’ Bodwell have gone on a vacation trip
to the Thousand Islands.
.1 Howard Hoyt, of Danbury, who has
been spending two weeks' in South Nor-
, walk, has returned home.
Norman Sherer and Miss Nettie
Clark, of Mamaroneck, are guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry 0. Bailey.
. Miss Lulu Denton, of Pine str,eet is
visiting her sister, Mrs. William
Hayes, of Ansonia.
Mrs. Norris Chalmers, of Centerport,
L. I. returned home to-day, after a vis-
it with Mr. and Mrs. Herbert V. Carr,
]3 Cottage avenue.
Miss Addie Lawrence, of School
:street, spent Sunday in New Haven.
Mrs. Genige W. Selleck and daugh-
.ter, Miss Mary Selleck, are sojourning
at Ocean Grove.
Mrs. George Bailwitz, of Franklin
avenue, who has been ill, is reported
better.
Mrs. Charles Smith, who has been
visiting at the Lockwood homestead in
East avenue,has returned to her home
#1 Stamford.
Miss Gertrude Onstead, of Union
Park, is visiting her grandmother in
Orange, N. J.
A. M. Fowler, daughter and son, who
have been spending a few days at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Ireland, of
Elm Grove place, have returned to
their home in New York city.
Seaman Gehebe, of the Massachu-
setts, spent Sunday with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gehebe of France
street.
Misses Daisy Scudder, Isabelle and
Charlotte Bosch, of South Norwalk,
have gone to Niagara Falls, Au Sa-
ble Chasm and other places of interest
for a few days vacation.
-"‘Mrs. J. Milton Coburn, president of
Ifihe Young People’s Society of Chris-
“an Endeavor of the South Norwalk
Congregational church, has selected
he following committee to nominate
officers for the term beginning October
"to Henry 6' Bailey, Miss May Q.
Smith, Lizzie I. Tolles, Florence Brad-
1'3 and Bessie Lyon.
‘Like a thief in the dark,
With an electric spark,
It was done in the night by Spain;
But in God’s bright light
In an open fight, -
Dewey made them ‘1 emember the
Maine. ”’
4
BATTERIES. RETURNING.
Artillerymen Pass Through Here, Bound
East.
Sh01 tly afte1 6 o ’clock last evening a
special train of eight passenger coaches
and baggage car passed through South
No1 walk bound east with two United
States heavy batteries returning f1 om
Tampa, Fla, to their former posts.
One was Battery H, Seventh United
States artillery, in command of Capt.
J. C. Brush, which will go to Fort
Adams, Newport, R. I. The other
was Battery K of the Second heavy
artillery, which has been ordered to
Fort Constitution, Portsmouth, N. H.
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V 7
$l0,000 Wolih.
The Boston Store have purchased
$10,000 worth of fall and winter dry
goods. The story is this: They. bought
directly from the mills a little ahead of
the season $10,000 worth of mills sec-
onds but the imperfections are so
slight in these goods that only a
skilled mill hand would be able to de-
tect them. So the patrons of this
store will have an advantage of 40 per
cent on their purchases. The new adv
in to-day’s issue is worth reading. Read ,
it and profit by it.
No Governor’s, Day.
Orders for the encampment of the
Second and Fourth regiments at N lan-
tic were issued yesterday by Gov.
Cooke. An important feature of the
01 der is that there will be no g0ve1l 11'-
or’s day this year. " "
AAA ‘
‘vv 7,,
Died While Bicycling.
Rev. Oliver J. Cowles, .an aged
ministe1 of Derby, Was st1iCken with
heart disease while riding his wheel in
Buffalo, N. Y. yesterday. When as-
sistance reached him he was dead.
A. ‘
1o aims: 1111131 31111
Efiectually yet gently, when costivc or
bilious, to permanently overcome hab‘.
itual constipation, to awaken the kid-
neys and liver to a healthy activity,
without irritating or weakening them,
to dispel headaches, colds, or fevers,
use Syrup of Figs, made by the Cali-
fornia. FigISyrup Co.
‘
‘
A. H. Keith, of Pittsbu rg, is a guest
of Miss Charlotte E. Raymond, of
Knight street.
Miss Belle Cameron, of Cove street,
has returned from a visit in Jersey
City, N. J.
, A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs.
John Shepard, of Winnipauk.‘
Miss Mary Clark of Brdoklyn, is a
guest of Miss Kittie O’Sullivan at the
Dorlon House.
Mr. and Mrs. Abram Fitch are en-
joying a tour to the Thousand Islands
and Canada.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Willmot died yesterday of
cholera infantum.
Ernest Wood, of Noroton, is visiting
friends in this city.
Mrs. F. St. John Lockwood who has
been visiting her mother, in Bad Axe,
Mich., has returned home.
The condition-“ot—Dr. William C.
Burke, Jr., who is so seriously ill is re«
ported as improved this morning.
“Joe” Canfield has returned from a
six weeks’ visit with relatives in Wil-
ton.
Mrs. James Golden, Mrs. W. S. Cro-
fut and Mrs. J. C. Crowe and Miss
Agnes Golden. are spending a week at
Asbury Park.
J. P. Treadwell, Harry Merrill, Sev-.
mou1 Curtis and George L. Woodward
enjoyed a sail on the Edith Tuesday
afte1 noon
A trolley party gotten up under the
auspices of Mrs. Edw1n Cla1ke of Elm
street, started this morning for Savin
Rock.
The propeller City of Nor walk nar-
rowly escaped running down a party of
young misses in a boat near Jennings’
wharf yesterday afternoon.
Henry Fairfax, lof Fairfax Court
House, Va., is in town to-day.
, ing pain in passing
Wilton.
Miss Katherine Sturges, is the gu-t st
of Dr. 0 M. Dewing, Kings Park, L.
I. ‘ ' ,
One of James S. Comstock’s horses
which was quite seriously injured last
week, is improving and Mr. Comstock
is in hopes of continuing his threshing
contracts soon.
William S. Comstock has accepted a
position with aYonkers real estate firm
and makes daily trips to‘that city.
Alfred Olmstead has secured a posi-
tion with his former employers, D. M.
Walsh &; Co., New Haven.
Louis Verlin, H. C. Olmstead, and
William Schlichting were among the
Wiltonites who viewed Uncle Sam’s
fighting ships Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. W. H. Wilkinson who has been
visiting relatives in townzhas returned
to Binghamton.
Dr. A. B. Gorham. has returned from
a cruise to Block Island with a number
of fellow members of the Fairfield
County Medical association.
Rev. Lewis Gregory and family who
have been the guests of her brother‘
JulianC.Greg01y, left on Monday for
Merrimac, Mass.
V
—Ei!orybody Talks of the Klondike.
With the approach of Spring and the
opening days of navigation and trans-
portation in Alaska, the interest in the
wonderful gold mines of the Klondike
is increasing. Those of our readers
who contemplate the long journey,
should put themselves into communica-
tion promptly with The Joseph Ladue
Gold Mining and Development Com-
pany of Yukon. This Company, which
has been organized by some of the
most prom nent financiers of New Y01 k.
1uns its line of steamers to Dawson
City via St. Michaels. It actually owns
some of the most valuable plaCer and
qua1tz mines in the Klondike. The
attention of our 1eaders 1s called to a
tatement of the Company printed in
his issue.
HIS SECRET OFFERPETUAL YOUTH
Wu Always the Lovornnd Not the dom-
monplnoo Husband.
' One of our middle—iaged citizens who
surrenders himself entirely to business
and looks older than his years, had
been curious. to {learn how one of his
neighbors, twenty years his senior.
managed to retain this youthfulness v!
spirits and activity. The old gentle-
man has a. florid face that seems to
belie the crown of snow-white hair.
'Hiis'eyeo are sparkling, his step is elas-
tic, his form erect and his laugh con-_
boy and occasionally otammered in his
explanation.
“Of course," he laughed, “I'm reguf
'lar in my habits, get out of doors a"
good deal, and try :to take things just
as philosophically as I can. That is,
I won’t permit myself to worry. But
I wouldn't be telling you the whole
' truth if I withheld what I regard as
the chief secret of my being so well
preserved. I have courted my wife
ever since I married her, and that was
more than forty years ago._ I pay her
all the little attentions :that I ever did
when I was trying to win her, and
which a. woman never ceases :to hold
dear. I invite her to ride, ask her to
go to .the theatre or whether she would
enjoy accompanying me to some social
entertainment, and take her out into
the country and rave over its beauties,
just as we have alvvays done.
“In that way, don’t you see, we fail
to note the passage or time. She is the
same happy girl and I the same at-
tentive lover. If we have a little tiff
we act very much as we did when
foolish youngsters and make it. all up
in. the same way. Try it. It’s the
secret “of perpetual youth.”-—Detroit
Free Press. '
—Live Merchands keep their name.
before the Public. All Advertisement
in THF- GAZETTE will be read.
IN HOSPITALS'
Many Operations are Made Necessaryl
By Diseased Bladder and Kidneys.
In the hospitals hundreds of opera-
tions for Stone in the Bladder and Dis.
eased Kidneys are made necessary be.
cause the patients neglected to keep
their Urinary Organs in a healthy
condition. They kept
“putting things off" un-
til it was too late.
The most deadly foe to
Kidney, Bladder
and Blood Dis-
eases is
Dr. David
Kennedy’s
Favorite
Remedy.
Thirty years ago
it began curing
people who had
Ezequent desire ~‘
to urinate, especi-
ally at night; who , »
experienced scald-
Water; whose urine,
whenleft standing,
contained a sedi-
ment, and also ’ '
stained linen when it touched it; who
suffered day and night with pain in the
small of ‘the back. It has never failed
to give relief in incurablecases, and ab-
solute restoration to health has follow ed
its use in all cases not beyond human
help. It is sold in drug stores for $1
per bottle. '
SAMPLE BOTTLE FREE—Those
who suffer from the above ailments or
from RhEumatism, Skin Diseases, Liver
Complaint or Constipation, may have a.
sample bottle and pamphlet of valuable
information free by sending; their name
and address to the Dr. David Kennedy
Corporation Rondout, N. Y. In writing
for Free Sample it is necessary to men-
tion 11qu faper, so we- may know that
the request is made in good faith.
.1
;mountainoua states.
tagious. When asked for the desiredif.._.'
explanation he blushed like a Schooiii'i
; nails, they exclaimed with joy:
T11 EE vE 11. -1‘ Eden {ZE T TE
TO FACE CANNONS. '
American Horses That Are Best Suited
for Purposes of War.
7 In the midst of the attention we are
giving to the personnel of our armies
there is a feature not less important
than the feeding and the‘physical con-
dition of the men, and which we are
apt to overlook. it is the condition
and training of the army horse. Horses
are almost as necessary an adjunct to.
a successful war as are men.
With the exception of carriage horses
for use on the boulevards of large cit-
ice, and of race horses—of which class
we probably breed the fastest in the
world—we have‘run behind other na—
tions in the preduction of 800d and
serviceable horses. ‘This was because
having such splendid railroad and
electric facilities, we have had less
need for horses than other people. One
01' theresults of'our new expansive
policy will be to enlist public interest
in the cavalry horse; for while we may.
have soldiers and a navy that can boot
the world, without strong and 5196an
horses capable of covering a march and
capturing a. position by a dash, we
cannot be fully equipped as a. nation.
The effect of quick-firing guns will
be to reduce the relative efficiency of
cavalry, and of infantry from those of
the olden time, but nevertheless the
horses will still be a powerful factor
in war. The style of horse needed in
the army is that known in the older
countries as the hunting horse, an ani-
mal with enormous chest clean limbs,
heavy loins, deep quarters and free
moving action. Such a horse when
well-8700mm and bred will carry a.
mount of 150 pounds across country at
an excellent riding pace for the space
of five or six hours, and will be com-
paratively fit and fresh for a. pro-
longed march at the close.
Hunters thus trained in the field'to
rough work, make excellent army
horses. Not being much accustomed
to the delights of the chase in this
busy country, we have not developed
the European type of hunting horse;
but he is coming.
The best type of the American horse
for use in the army, now comes from
Kentucky, and from the neighboring
It is claimed by
some that the small. "chunky” horse
is far better fitted for transporting
cannon than horses of finer proportions
and of greater weight and frame.
It was the need .of horses of, such
endurance and. povVers which more
than anything else defeated Napoleon’s
campaign upon Moscow.
The Russians were convinced of this,
and when some of them saw a French
gun atftho base of an ice-covered mole
éfwlth the horses that drew it, lying"
1mm broken limbs beside it, because-
Napoleon had omitted to bring horse-
made Napoleon forget that there is a
winter 'in this country.”
The "grout purposes of horses in war
are to transport guns, to carry the sol--
”diets, to protect them in, case of, 3.
Charge and to furnish food to .the army
iii-case of famine. Many'a. soldier has
protected his own lifolfishting an
enemy from behind the dead body of
his horse, and when arotreating, force
was cut off from its base of supplies.
an army was 'ofen provisioned by
the sutler’s forces returning to tho
scene of defeat and cooking the horses
that were killed in battle.
And in the Sioux campaign of 1876
General Crook was so hard pressed for
food that he had to kill some of the
horses, the command subsisting on the
meat. for several days.
The well-trained cavalry horse fights
some upon his own account. He rem
upon his hind legs and strikes venom-
ously with his forelegs at the sight of
an enemy whose colors he knows near-
ly as well as those ‘of his master. In a
I charge of infantry the horse being so
- much larger, offers 1a. ass-eater target
than the rider whose chased: protected
by the erect neck and head of his sal-
lant steed. Horses thus save the lives
of the men, and few phases of war are
better calculated to inspire terror in‘
unmounted troops than a desperate ad-
vancing charge of cavalry at close
quarters, with dust flying and hoofs
clanglng, and the discharge of carbines
keeping music to the war-line neighing
of stallions on full gallop. The skir-
mishes during the Peninsular war were
mostly of this character, and the Duke
of Wellington used to say that a man
and his horse thus equipped, were
equivalent to five infantry soldiers,
though since the introduction of re-
peating rides the proportions of Wel-
lington’s time are sadly altered now.
It. is somewhat sad to state that de-
spite all the uses of horses in war, and
notwithstanding the great exposure of
this noble animal to danger in case
of battle, statistics show the death of
a greater proportion of horses from
disease, neglect or starvation than
from actual slaughter in action. Want
of food, want of water and want of
rest, the common misfortune of every
campaign, kills over fifty per cent. of
the horses; and overwork, disease and
exposure destroy a far larger propor-
tion than are actually killed in war.
If these good people who spend their
nights dreaming about the parliament
of Man and the federation of the world,
would devote 'some of their spare energy
to enforcing the plaineut dictates of
humanity in the cases of dishonest
army contractors the peace societies
would do much to mitigate the horrid
treatment of horses in war, and accom-'
plish some real good. Even in times
of peace the mortality amongst horses
for cavalry and artillery purposes is
" very large. During the fiscal year end-
ing June 30,1897, Uncle Sam lost 1,061
cavalry and artillery horses out of a
total of 6, 531; and this percentage
which is very large would be much
greater in war times, as owing to tho
xcitement which occurs the horse’
ometimes» suffers incredible tortures
.mm want at food rant. and water 4.
' “God -
Employed by the Government for Twenty.
Seven Years.
“One of the most interesting chars
acteis in the government service."
said an ofiicial of the State Depart-
ment, “is Eddie Savoy, the colored
messenger of the Assistant Secretary
of State. He has been employed in
that department for the past twenty
seven years, and is thoroughly im-
bued with all its customs and tradi-
tions. A perfect diplomat in his way,
he never sees ally-thing he, should not
see nor knows anything it is not in-
tended he should know. At least, that
is how -he impresses the people who
do business with him—his superiors,
as well as those desiring to communi-
cate with them. His position is a
strictly confidential one, and frequent
ly puts him in possession of highly
important state secrets, the premature
disclosure of which, in several recent
instances, would have seriously em-
barrassed the government. But never
since he first entered the foreign office,
back in the administration of Secre-
tary Fish, when the State Department
_ was located in the building at the cor-
ner of Fourteenth and S streets, now
used as an orphan asylum, has .he
been known to betray a trust or to
tell anything whatever about the af-
fairs of'the State Department that he
was not personally authorized to tell.
I am reminded of this by the impor-
tant part he played in the events at-
tending the recall of Sackville West,
the British Minister, during Cleve-
land’s first administration, as well as
those in the more recent case of Senor
Fold. the Spanish Minister. He acted
as the trusted messenger between the
Secretary of State and theforeign
minister in both cases. Secretary Bay.
Mr. Sack'ville West his passports, and
Secretary Day confided to him the im-
portant duty of handing to Senor Polo,
first, President McKinley’s ultimatum
to the Spanish Government for the
evacuation of Cuba, and next the ofii~
cial papers insuring him safe conduct
out of the territory of the United
States. .FEddie,’ as he is familiarly
called, was fully impressed with the
importance of these missions, and
adopted a simple but shrewd method
to satisfy the head of the department
of their successful execution. When
he handed Minister West the package
containing his passports he asked him
as a favor to show that they had been
properly dellvere‘d'that he write his
autograph on the official envelope and
give it to him. Mr. West did as re-
quested, and Eddie took the envelope
with its autographic indorsement and
broken seal back to the department
and showed it to Mr. Bayard. He fol-
lowed exactly the same course with
edual success in delivering the ulti-
“matum to Minister Polo. The two en-
velopes are now ‘Eddie? 3’ private prop-
1ei-ty, having been presented to him by
Secretaries Bayard and Day, and are
treasured by him as relics of impor
tant: events in the diplomatic history
of the United States. ”—Washington
Star. "'5,“
1 AUTOMATIC WOOL DRYER.
Accomplish“ the Work Without Leaving
Any unr- lino“.
One of the drawbacks of rapid wool
drying is the necessity of maintaining
in the fiber. Harshness is due to two
causes, the existence of a high tem-
perature while the dry stock is being
manipulated, and the lack of air cir-
culation. The result of. these condio
.tions is that the stock becomes What
is kn0wn in the wool trade as “baked."
A high temperature on a wet fiber will
not render it harsh. Ordinary wool
dryers maintain either a uniformly
low temperature throughout the dry-
ing, and thus avoid harshness at a
sacrifice of capacity, or, they secure
capacity by maintaining a uniformly
high temperature, but produce harsh-
ness. In a new automatic wool dryer
both these difficulties have been over-
come, the stock being subjected to a
the wet end, and then carried on into
successive compartments of gradually
reduced heat to about 110 degrees at
the finish. The drying is accom-
plished by circulating heated air alter-
nately through the stock and 'steam
coils placed in a. compartment at the
side of the machine. A constant sup-
ply of air saturated to grade is main—
tained at the top of the machine, and
each chamber receives its specially
heated supply offreeh air. This grad—
ing of heat in the successive chambers
produces a soft fiber, free from harsh-
ness when dry. In fact, the wool has
the advantage of being subjected at
every stage of the process to a scien-
tifically adjusted combination of heat
and moisture. The machine is built in
sizes ranging from 2,000 pounds to
12,000 pounds’ daily capacity—St.
Louis Democrat.
Etiquette of Golf. .
Here are some things which you
will «10 well to remember when you
go on to the golf links, either as a play-
er or as an onlooker: Standing so
that a shadow falls upon your part;
ner’s ball is not only impolite, but de-
Standing on the putting green after
you have “holed out,” whether it is
to gaze at the scenery or write down
your score, will exasperate your best
frind on earth if he or she happens
to be playing behind you. To play
first and to shout “Fore!” afterward is
apt to add insult to actual injury.
“Fore” is called as a warning that a
“drive” is about to be made. It is not
an expression of consolation after one
has'been bit. If you choose as a part-
ner a woman who keeps you back by
slow play, don’ t quarrel with her on
this account. Abide by your choice
and do what you can to help her en-
joy the game.
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in A TRUSTED messsnasn. 2511 .11.;
,the observed of all observers."
11rd selected him to personally hand-
a low temperature to avoid harshness,
high temperature, say 180 degrees, at-
trime'ntal to the success of his “drive.'”'
HER VANITY PUNISHED.‘ . cal
A Little Six Year-Old Felt That She Bad
Beapcd 8 Just Reward.
A dear little maiden of six, the,
daughter of a South Jersey clergyman, "
came to New York for the first time
the other day to visit a wealthy aunt.
In her simple home lifein the country
no one had ever paid much attention
to the beauty of her coloring and the
pathos in ‘her eyes. She was simply a
child, to be spanked when she was.
naughty and let alone when she was“
good.
When she arrived in the metropolis, 7
dressed like a quiet little sparrow, her
aunt fathomed the sensation thatis‘he
would create 'lf put in an artistic set-
ting So she filed her -to a swell es-
tablishment where everything that Is '
dainty and chic in children's clothes
can be had for 'a price. The child 1
was soon transformed into an infant
belle. Four or- five artistic creations
were tried on and purchased, and final-
ly sheiiissued from the store radiant
in a. flu_fi_.'y white gown and a big pink
picture hat. Her delight in her new
clothes was simple and unaffected and
no thought of how they might affect
other people disturbed her. Her beau-
ty was fairly dazzling.
As the aunt led 'her into a. trolley
car and they took their seats every
eye was on the child. Smiles greeted
her wherever she looked and finally
it was forcd upon her that she was
The
roses in her cheeks deepened. She
twitched and turned, unable, in her
sweet innocence, to endure the admire
ing glances showered upon her. In a
little while her eyes filled with tears,
and sobbingly, she buried her face in ‘
her aunt’s lap and tore the picture hat
tram her head.
“Oh, auntie." she said, “take it
away. 1 look like such a fright in 'it;
everybody is staring at me. It’s God’s
punishment for being so vain.”——New
York Mail and Express.
' THE TODD_Y TREE.
Nature no: Hel- Rum Shops nnd Drunk—
ard. Among III-Cc“.
Nature. has her rum shops, her a-
loons. She produces plants which de-
vote themselves to the manufacture
and sale of intoxicants. The South
American toddy tree is with known
to naturalists. It is well knoWn also
to the South American beetle. ”When
the latter goes on a. spree he never
goes it alone, after. the nnneighbhrly,
habit of the human drunkard, but he ,,
collects his friends and acquaintances.-
to the number oftm'rty or forty; the
whole crowd run their short horns
through the bark of the toddy “39'. _
revel in the outfiowing juices add-i
"while inebriated‘, are easily caught by
the human natives. '
The toddy tree parts with its. liquor .
free of charge. There are other plants
which are less generous. They exact
no less a penalty than the death of
the unfortunate drunkard. 'And what
do they do with the body? Strange
as it may seem, they eat it. In this
manner they obtain the food -‘ which ‘
nourishes them and sustains their
healthful existence. _... M
At the end of each of their long
green leaves these plants liave a. pitch-
er-shaped reéeptacle. We might style
this line grov‘vler, but. it never needs
to be’brushed. It is always full of what
withspecial appropriateness might be
called bug juice—a watery liquor,
sweet-to the taste and inebriating to
the senses. Only in fine weather is
the growier open for business. On .
rainy days it is firmly shut up to keep
out the rain that would dilute and
spoil the contents. Nature’s saloon
keepers do not water their stock-—
William S. Walsh in Lippincott‘s.
Making Manila Hemp.
Every engineer knows what Manila.
hemp is, but few are aware. that it. is.
the product of a' species of banana,
which is cultivated in certain locali-
ties vin the Philippine Islands. The
plant. called by the natves “abacu,”
throws up a cluster of sheathing leaf
stalks to a height of 20 or 30 feet,
which spread out at the top into a
crown of huge, undivided leaves. When
it is three years ‘old, it is cut down,
and the stalks are torn into strips.
These strips, while still. fresh, are
drawn between a knife and a. wooden
block, and the soft cellulose matter is
removed. The fiber is then hung up
to'dry in the open 'air until it is fit for
use.‘ Each stalk gives about a. pound
of fiber, and two natives will turn
out about 25 pounds a day. The in-
Side fiber, which is thin and weak, is
used by the natives for making arti-
cles of dress. The familiar Manila
rope is made from the fiber of the out- .
er layer, which is hard and strong.
The whole supply of Manila hemp
practically comes from the Philip-
pines, and the United States con-
sumes 41 per cent of it. Last year
this country took 417,473 bales out of
the 825,020 bales exported, Great Brit- -
him coming next with 385,182 bales.
The continent of Europe took 22,373
bales.
All Was Not Well at Eight Bells.
Dr. Field, who was the examining
surgeon for the Naval Reserves while
the recruiting was being done in New
Orleans, had many a good story to tell
of recruits in the service. A good one
he tells is of a German who was walkr
ing his post and calling the {hours as
is required. He called “seven bells
and all’s vell.” The next call, how-
ever, was a variation. It was: “Eight
bells and all is not veil; That droppit
my musket oferboard.—New ’ Orleans
Times-Democrat.
Contented no It To. .
“I regret that I lost my temper,
this morning, Harry,” she said
“I don’ t,” he replied sweetly, “pro«
vided you never find it again.”—-Ph'ila-
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