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What an Agent Says of His Trade

Many of the greatest men In the worlds
history have been book agents. Do you
suppose they could ever have laid their
foundations of greatness II in this delicate
profession they had not been lovers OF the
TRUTH Lord Brougham, In famous speech
In parliament, said that @the soldier In full
military array was far less imposing per-
sonage than the canvasser, armel with his
outfit, and knocking impartially. like the
kings writ, at the cottage Of peasant or
palace OF peer alike"
II we con the worlis history we find how
true the chaucellors words were. and not
only In modern times, but away back In the
twilight of early record We find many
illustrations that the good, the great. the
true heroeS who stand out In alto-reliev
on the page Of time, were at ono time or
other book agents. It Is q school boy OF
discipline that never fails to fit men for
high enleavor. Ten thousand, Of course.
fail as agents where one succeeds but the
few who do succeed rarely fail to become
famous. The failures drop out
It is TO them that much Of the false pubic
clamor against the profession Is due. Round
pegs In SOU IRE holes, these incompstsnts
have gone at work they wsre untitled for
and dogs have been sst on them, women
have spurne them from the threshold, AMI
bread winning men In dingy city ofieo'
have speeded them into the inhospitabls
street tell you, sir, IL is as noble pra
fe,sion as ever was lifted into high conse
ausncs by those who at ons time or an
o.her have felt IL no dishonor to take 1t up
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are seen IN the snops ) IN sre' greas variety.

are seen IN The SHOPS IN greaS variety. A
foule serge dress, for example, which comes
In olive green, blne brown, black and other
colors, has an apron front. heavily embroil-
ered or 'pearled,n as it is called, with metal
lie beads in alarge, handsome pattern. There
are also narrow bands to match, which form
collar, cuffs and trimming for the bodice
Another foule serge the ground being
likewise in various colors, is embroidered
with silver tinsel and wool chenille in frise
patterns ...
A camers hair grouni, in black, brown
and popular shades, had very handsome
design done IN wide soutache braid. This
was stitched on in an invisible way by one
side, so that the brazil stood up on edge,
thus bringing ths pattern out in high relief.
Another odd idea was shown in a green
foule serge; the design was cut out of this
material, the edges being secured by a
heavy stitching OF silk, which was almost
rs handsome as buttonholing would have
been. There was enough Of this to form a
panel on the side, or front, vest for the
bodice, cuffs, etc, and when brought out
by being placed over silk or satin OF a
lighter shade or prsttily contrasting color,
the effect was very handsome indeed.
A camors hair serge material coming in
all coiors, had velvet applique and silk
embroidery very rich in effect
There are also very handsome embroid-
cred wool goods which are sold by the yard.
A foule, for example, in brown, had a bor-
der third OF yard deep, of graceful de-
gipn
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SCIENCE cEz|YRoGREsS


Severe sickness occasionally results from
eating cheese. An Ohio cheesery was
broken up because of the bad reputation its
products got last year. For long time the
cause of che $50 poisoning was as mysterious
as the origin Of milk sickness A DIR.
Vaughan has. however, at length succeeded
In boiling the mystery down to point,
and getting at the heart Of it The poison
Is the result Of q slight putrefaction. IL
probably takes place in the vat where the
curds are made. The fermentation attend
ing the decay or putrefaction produces
butyric acid. This with the cssein of the
cheese forms poisonous compound which
DIR. Vaughan has named tyrotoxlcon, II
Greek literally cheese poison IL Is found
In greater or less quantity in different In
fected cheoses
The poison was obtained in long needle
shaped crystals which are freely soluble in
water chloroform, alcohol and ether. The
smallest visible fragment Of crystal placed
upon the end Of the tongue causes n sharp,
stinging pain at the poilt Of application,
and in a few minutes dry ness and constric-
tioa OF the throat Aslightly larger amount
produced nausea, vomitin, and diarrhea.
The poison is volatile at the temperature Of
boiling water, and for this reason even
poisonous cheese may be eaten with i'm
punity after being cooked The substance
has also a marked, pungent odor, and
through the nose one can obtain sufficient
of the volatile poison TO produce dryness Of
the throat. This is true, however, only Of
the isolated poison. In the cheese the taste
and odor OF the poison are both modified to
such an extent that they would not be recog-
nizei ...
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LOVE THE coNQuERoR.
Herman Merivaie 10 London world.l


FROM HER TO HIM
i,ear love and lord, cannot choose but
love thee,
Where love is sacrifice and choice is free:
And that am what the world calls above
Know we'll how tar you ssoop in low
Iknow the higher minds sincere tempta-
Is to avoid the mere conceit Of dross,
And own the avowai Of thine ad oration
Seems but aspiring to thine honor's losa
fou love me- love mol Lst the world 60
And with mock laughter at q mock Of
love
Say what ID win, 20 1T may not deny us
The lifelong proof Of what our love shall
prove.
Istoop from state; you stoop from some.
thing grauder,
To blend appointed spirit, into one;
Be thou but open, and my answering cando or
Shall do for thee all thou wouldst leave
undone;
My wealth Is joyless but for Joy of passion,
Thine ends are fettered for the means I
lend:
Be thou then fearless In the fearless fashion,
And WOO the wife where thou hast found
the friend;
And, though the worlds disdain at both be
hurled,
Together let US overscorn the world.
FROM HIM TO HER
love thee. love thss. not the world shall
stay us,
II so thou wilt a single moment nay;
Out on the folly that should here betray US
Into a mere deception Of aelayi
know your state; y,a kn >w me as know
You,
That hold the world d moments fragile
toy;
And though be by all It's laws below you,
One earnest love its joys shall overjoy.
Thy WEALTH. keep it as q steward for thee,
Bright goddess bending to serf un-
owned;
Lose all at once-the richer adore thee
For the new poverty In the enthroned-
! never doubted Of my pulses beating,
never questioned of thine answering
look,
never feared the sweet lips bold repeating
OF bolder phrases than the mean might
brook.
Love mel and, by tho suns high-kingdomsd
splendor,
I'll pay thee with such interest back
again,
That cen the roughest laugh shall own the
tender
As ne'er before have women been for
men;
And on thy brave checks crimson flag un-
furled,
My kiss for thee, thus conquers all the
worldi
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Facts of Interest.

- 1'he irrigation work nf Colorado are on
tremendous scale ... . .r.. .t..aat
Vegetation IL retarded four days for each
100 yards OF altitude y,...
Dynamite and gun cotton are not as good
in firing shells as gunpowier.
Cooling, sub-acid fruits should lie eaten
for the fruit course at breakfast '."-..'
There are 4l2 differelt Kinds Of trees in
the United States Sixty OF them belong
to Fiorila. .....s ....,. i.i.uns
Hats are now being made with an ashes tos
lining to the crown. That Is so that the
hat will not get hot. But the heat must go
somewhere. ..'' -'.. ''.""'
Lake Mistassini, in British America, has
been at length explored, and found to be
no such great body Of water. after all 1t
Is l25 miles long and from IS to 90 miles
wida .'>'f" ID sd '.' I'd ''
Firetrap hotels are discussed in The
American Architect, which suggests that
"it might not be wholly bad plan to au-
thorizs building inspectors to advertise such
places IN the daily papers continuously as
notoriously unsafe. Almost anything would
be better than the cruel destruction Of life
and property that goes on year after year
Almost uIlch sched - ''- -..I
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FOLLOW NATURES INDICATIONS.
Dyspeptic Trouble in the Mind Rather
Than the Gastric Apparatus.
TChicapo Tribune

Dyspeptic Trouble In the Mind Rather
Than the Gastric Apparatus.
Chicago Tribune.l
Dr. Austin Flint shocked the belle evers in
dieture many years ago by telling them that
the trouble was in the mind. and not in
their gastric apparatus. Dr. Flint declares
that the true rules are these: "Do not adopt
the rule of eating only at stated periods
twice or thrice daily. Be governed in this
respect by appetite; eat whenever there Is q
desire for fool. Eat In the evening or at
bed time II food is desired. Insomnia Is often
attributable to hunger
an the choice OF articles Of diet be dis
trustful OF past per.onal experience, and
consider IL to be q trustworthy rule that
those articles will be most likely to be di-
gested without incon venience which are
most acceptable to the palate. As far as Ii
practicable let the articles Of diet be made
acceptable by good cooking; as a rsls, the
better articles Of food are cooked the greater
the comfort during digestion Never leave
the table with an unsatisfed appetite. Be
In no haste to suppose that You are sep
arated from the rest Of mankind by dietetic
idiosyncracies, and be distrustful OF the
dogma that another mans meat is poison to
you. Do not undertake to estimate ths
amount Of food which you take. In this
respect different persons differ very widely,
and there is no fixed standard OF quantity
which Is not to be exceeded.
"Take animal and vegetable articles Of
diet in relative proportions as indicated by
instinct In the quantity Of drink follow
natures indication-namely: thirst. Some
old writer said that the stomach was like a
school, .boy-unless kept pretty con SANITY
occupied it was sure to get into mischief
There Is an important practical truth in this
remark. II the stomach bshaves perversely,
like the mischievous schoolboy, the patient
should conquer the stomach, and not the
stomach the patient This simile may some
times DO used with advantage in order to
make patients not afAiid to rely on their
digestive powers"
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THE BIG TROUT SECRET.
Given Away to Every Angler for What
IA Worth Nothing New.

Given Away to Every Angler for What II
Il worth-Nothing New.
Forest and stream.l
Readin in your paper about bait fishing
tro,.., recallS TO my min | some exploit, in
that line OF old Phinsas T. Goodrich, and
his crony. Lysander s. Hill, a jeweler and
an in nveterate Il sherman. The pair frequently
started out before daylight in the morning
on foot, and by break Of day would be
mile, away among the mountain forests.
where the brooks tumbled their coolest
waters over the rocky bottoms They
usually were absent two or three days, and
Just where they fshei was known to no
ono but themselves. In vain were all quer-
les on that point; the answers were always
evasive--that IL, nearly always!
What caused so much inquiry on that par
ucular point was the fact that the pair al
ways returned carrying strings OF trout
phenomenally large-ths altogether largest
speckled trout ever seen, and they were
handsome, too, tell youi No other sports
men could find the stream where such mon
stsrs were caught The brook lakes and
rivers Of Wayne and Pike coun les were all
ransacksd in vain. Goodrich and Hill re-
msinsl the champions on big trout All
this was years ago. A Few years since met
Mr. Hill in western city, whittier he had
removed, and in calling up "reminiscences Of
tie past one day asked where it was that
he and Goodrich used to catch them big
trout He was sanipapsring the butt Of q
fish pole he was making at the tims. He
lookei at me for a moment with a sly look
In his eyes, then laughed.
"Come, n pw," said !, "where was iti'
"Do yJu really want to know-badp
sail he
"Ys.. out with it." said
"Well, then, I'll tell il you mu It know; we
eau ,ht them in all the good trout streams,"
sail hs.
"Howl7 asked L
alt was all in the bait" said HILL
an the baitl' echoed L
"Yes; 1t was q dead secret between Us
W, ed minnows, AMI dropped to the bot
tom Of the still deep pools; there's where the
biz fellow lie, and they would 60 for that
minnow like chain lightning. Christopher
but they are ugly to han ile!'
"SlakeP said l. AMI We shook
Toe secret of years was out Try it.
Bahi am disgusted. After writing the
above, and calculating to proiucs a Wal
tonian sensation, up IN reaiing the sams to
my wife to assure her that 1t was not let-
ter to the other girl, she exclaimed:
"P,haw! They always used minnows
when f,hing for specklsI trout up by the
Silnon River falls and thu littlsr they
were the bett,r. I've usei 'sm no more'n
an inch loay, thsy were the best"
Such is LIFE
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Rocky Mountain Cor. Albany Argusl
Our mail servics is Of the most primitive
character. At the head Of the upper lax,
lies the towa IN OF Dayton. A more
forlorn collection OF cabinS about two
d,zsn in all. IT Il difficult to imagine. The
p stoffi e here Is called Twin Lakes, and ID
kept by an old woman, who, I've no doubt,
does her best but is some what exasperating,
for when we drive by we always stop and
ask for our mail, having provided her with
q list Of the whole family, and are often as
sursl there is nothing; shortly afther an
other member Of the family inquiring will
be given several letters and parcels and be
told they have been there several days
A this Is neither a convenient nor de-
pen liable service, we have q black oilcloth
bag, on which the mans and address are
paintsi, and In which our mail Il brought
TO us daily by the Aspen coach from Gram
ite. which crosses the bridge over the
creek % close by that vs have q modern
post erected with an arm Of gaspipe at con-
venisnt mel yht ( 'r the driver, who. without
dismounting, slips th, bag on and or In
the m srning We look through the fsli-
gla.s. ami IL the bag 10 there one Of us
walks up for II, AMI va hang It with our
return mail on the p,t by 3:3J for ths
afternoon coach. Oar express parcels and
even kilograms coms thu sams way.
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The biggest Cheese Ever Made
buffalo ExpressI

The other day tie 1City OF Buffalo" was
built-the mammoth chez manufactured
by the Cloverfell Combination cheese
factory. BY the courtesy OF Mr.. Hayward
large number of his friends, to the mum
ber Of 500 or more were invited TO witness
the operation OF con tructiny this mighty
creation OF curi, and q party OF some Ia
accepted the invitation
On arriving at the factory the party pro-
ceeded to inspect several mammoth cheeses
already In process Of curing. three Of which
weighed 1900 pounds and three Others 8 0Jo
pounds each. These are part OF an order
FOR half dozen OF each size now being fillei
for Liverpool and London, England. whore
they will be cut up during Christmas Week.
The particular c5eess watch tie gue'ts
were called together TO see pres ei wouli
weigh $500 poun Is and would be the lars-
est ever made, the largest one on record be-
ing one OF D. iJ0 pounds male In 1871 for
Mr.. Hayward. Mr.. Richardson, however,
wished to surpa Q this weight. and accorI-
ingly the aCity OF Buffalo would DO made
four inches thicker tnan it' ton-and-a-half
comrades Into tho composition OF this
cheese entered the milk OF 2, 00J cows, which
had takei the hands Of 80 dai-ymaids TO
milk. The milk weighed 5000 pounds.
equivalent to :ixteen ton. or 100 gallons
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Real Tragedy Upon the Stage.
fEf Jamaa' Gaxa,fai


Mime. Bernhardrs recent letter in which
she declared that she never played Pnedrs
without fainting or sp Lting blood. recalls
similar sxcesses Of dramatic feeling on the
Ell ,iish stage. John Palmsr-for whom, IL
is said, Sheridan wrote "The School for
Scandal his last appearance In aThs
Stranger" Having uttsred with unusual
pat ios ths lima "Th ,rs 1 another an | bet
ter worll l." he fell speeches into the arms
OF bis fellow-actor, Whitfield. who dis
covered to his horror that poor Palmer had
spok n his last wor1, upon earth.
Elmuni Ksan furnishes US with another
instance In point Playing "Othello," he
broke down over the lines "Oi now. for
ever. farewell the tranquil minil Fare
well contentr and, turning hoarasly to his
son, struggled for q moment to continue,
and then gaspei, Speak to them, Charles;
am dyingr Moody, the tradgedian, also
diei upon the stage. He was playing Clau.
dio in 1Msa urs for Measure" and he played
it better than he ever played 1t before;
and. just after having spoken the line, aAy,
but to die AMI go we know not where" hs
staggered and fell, and In few moments
wa, no more. Moliere. while playing in
aLe Malade Imaginaire," was taken Ill, and
only lived long enough to be carried out Of
the theatre; and Gottschalk. the great
pianist, breathed his last while be was play.
ing his own competition, 1La Morts I"
Dsatll
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LONG CLOAK.

It is haif dolran shape. There are
semi-seeves a little more defined than the
armho.es Of the awkward, broa1- backed,
old-fashioned dolman. TIL, cloaks are made
to fit the tremendous siz, of the tournure.
The one in the illustration has sash. ike
draping at the back. 1t is of rich brocaded
black velvet. trimmed ali around with fur.
Small mnff to match. The brocaded or
stampei velvet c.oaSs are also made in
colors B,siies velvets, another material
for these rich dolmans is the thick Persian
and India clio hs that come in mixed colors
and palm leaf patterns. Then, too, the
long cloaks ara often OF sealskin, costing
e4OO to 5000 = ... ...
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The New York Crematory.

The retort for incinerating the bodies oil
the dead, at Newtown, Long Island, is CON-
pleted. Experiments have been made with
the bodies OF numbsr of the lower ami
mails in order TO perfect the workings Of
the machinery. There are forty dead bodies
now in vaults awaiting cremation as soou
as the establis hmens Is ready All has been
prepared in a way that will be rs little 70.
pulsive to the eye as the old method ot
burial. There are two retorts, which will
be heated by Connellsvill, coke to a temper
ature Of 2. 500 deg higher than would be rs-
quired TO melt iron A chapel Is con-
nected with the crematory. The dead
body will be placed upon a catafalque in the
chapel, and covered with pail. A burial
service will be read. While this is taking
place the body will be lowered beneath tue
catafalque, noiselessly and invisibly to tho
mourners. for the pa | will still retain its
shape In the basement the body Is wrapped
in a cloth dippel in alum water and laid
upon a soapstone slab The slab is run into
the retort upon rolling balls OF fire-clay
running along a groove. A small quantity
OF ashes will he lett. The; will he placed
In an urn. and returned to the friends Of
the dead. Urns will probably cost So apiece.
The cost OF cremation will be about S25.
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A New Tanning Material.

A new tanning agent, likely to be of great
value, is said to have been discovered in
Arizona, one which also has the property OF
adding weight to tue leather. The plant Is
an annual, and grows upon desert and dry
upland soil 1t is known by the Mexicans
and Indians as 'gonagra." The report
states that the plant has root somewhat
longer and more scraggy than the cult
waited beet, though resembling 1t in appear
ance. Practical use demonstrated that its
tanning properties were about three times
as great as the common OAK bark, aud that
in all essentials 1t was superior to the bark
in the manufacture of leather
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BISHTAPIAH CoPARA.

They are 50 ol thlS the iate OF their
building has di appeared, at least from the
knowledge of the common people. From
all parts of India natives flock tbither to
perform religious rites, and they are objects
Of interest to travellers throughout the
CIVILIZED worli. Since the general revival
undertaken the repair of some of these
ancient fanes. They show a high degree Of
civilization and marvellous knowledge Of
architecture These remarks able ruins hint,
indeed, that in soms remots past there may
have been civilization and scientific knowl-
edge equal to our own. The bas-reliefs, ths
columns. carving, and the architecture in
general show traces of great beauty. One
Of the best preserved Of tie temples is that
shown in our illustration
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A KANSAS TORNADO.
Tho Tall Man from Kansas Gives Little
.n oi His Experience Out west
INa,y N,nrlr rapbi,

Tn. Tall Man from Kansas Gives Little
oi His Experience Out West
New York Graphic.l
zone July night" continued the tall man.
II had my wheat all stacked ready for
thrashing, AMI went to bed feeling as rich
as IL owned the whole country. About
midnight, as near as can recollect. heard
q clap Of thunIer, and then the house began
to rock like willow tree Then every thing
was quiet for q little while, and went to
sleep. Early the next morning my wife got
up and looked out of the window.
"John,' said she, where on earth Is your
wheatP ...s
@'WhatF said I, jumping out of bed,
what's that you sayf
"'Where's the wheatP
II looked out OF the window, too, and,
stranger, saw the most remarkable sight
ever saw. There wasn't a grain of wheat
within mile of me. There wasn't a rem.
nant Of my barn. My barnyard was gone,
the house. the cows and even the pigs were
gone. got dressed and walked out doors
The place was changed, stranger-chan2ed
in a single night My house was setting in
garden by the side Of creek. There was
Q new barn in the yard, some red cows
mine were wnlteSo; me placR pigs-mtne
were spotted; and instead of wheat there
was the alfirdest stack Of cornstalks you
ever looked at. thought at first I was
dreaming, and asked ny wife to kick me,
but wasn't About breakfast time some
neighbors came in and asked where Mr..
Jones was. never heard Of him.
He used to live here,' they said He
lived here last night
"Then told them Of the crash and the
rocking. and they said must have been
struck by tornado asked where / was;
they said was in Izarl county. which was
fifty miles south Of where went to bed.
Sure enough, they were right The
strangest part Of il was, the house wasn't
hurt bit The roof. even, didn't leak.
the neighbors sail II was visitation Of
Providence, and the place belonged to me.
But that wasn't all, stranger. About q
year afterward heard from some of my
old neighbors that jones' house had been
moved right up to where my old house
stood, by the same blasted wind. We both
concluded to stay where we were and
avoided any trouble on that account I've
been away three months and can't exactly
say where do live now, but ! expect am
still Mt tha old stand -