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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER ., 1886.
To Ride" or to Drive"

A young woman having appealed tc
the Sun for the correct usage OF the
words ride and drive, that authority in
formed her that IF a young woman
goes out on horseback with young man
she rides with him; but if she goes with
him in a carriage or a buggy she
drives with him" From this dictum the
Washington Post dissents, declaring
that there is no foundation for it, either
in grammar or in best current usage.
LAS matter of fact" it says. lone
does ride in a carriage, and usually
does not drive, but hires cheap man
TO drive for him. 1t Will answer well
enough in England. where equestrians
are common, to make the discrimina-
ton which the Sun explains, but it has
no application to this country, where
there are more who ride on bicycles
than on horseback The usage in this
part of the country among many culti-
waited people who are not mere verbal
dudes and rhetorical eXquisitesn sane
tons the distinction made by the San.
But there is no authority for it in the
best English dictionary. Stormouth
gives the words as synonymous. A
ride" is ian excursion on horseback
or in a vehicle" and to ride is to 'be
borne or carried along, as in carriage
or on horseback" A drive" is, ac-
cording to same authority. "a ride or
excursion in carriages" while the verb
signifies ito guide or regulate, as the
horses in carriage" This would seem
to limit the driving to the one who
drives. all others in the carriage simply
riding. The obvious and root meaning
is commonly the best. One certainly
rides, but does not drive on horseback;
he rides, but may not drive, in a vehi-
Gle. To say that you have been out
driving" conveys plainly enough the
fact that you have been in carriage.
To say that you have been riding"
may require descriptive word to tell
the whole story. 1t was this fact, prob
ably, which led the country folks TO say
''buggy-ridingn and horseback rid
ing" The latest word, horseback
ing" is dreadful. The sum of the mat
ter is that it is correct to say either ITO
drive or ''to ride" to indicate an sex
cursion in carriage" and that to in
dictate an equestrian excursion plainly
one must say 'in the saddle" or ION
horseback n-B0StOp Herald
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WAsH1NGToN's HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE-After the surrender of York
town and the departure of the French,
" ashington established his head
quarters at Newburgh on the Hudson
The house in which he lived is carefully
preserved and shown as an historical
museum.
There is pleasant story of La Fay
cites affectionate remembrance of the
life there Just before his death,
which occurred in 1884, he gave din
ner party in Paris to the American
minister and some friends who had
been old associates. Later in the even
ing, when it came time for supper, the
guests We're ushered into room which
was in strange contrast with the ele
gance of the apartments they had been
IN. The ceiling was low, with large
beams crossing it; there was a single
small. uncurtained window, and sew
eral small doors. 1t looked more Ike
an old fashion Dutch kitchen than a
a room in a French house. A long
rough table was meagerly set. A dish Of
meat stood on it, some uncOuth-look-
ing pastry, and wine in decanters
and bottles, ready to be poured out
into glasses and camp-mugs.
DO you know where you are now?"
asked La Fayette, as his companions
looked about puzzled, and as il in a
dream. ''Ah! the seven doors and one
window. and the silver camp goblets.
We are at Washidgton's headquarters
on the Hudson, fifty years agor' He
had reproduced the room as surprise
to his friends.-HOrace f.. Scudder in
| ST Nicholas.
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AN ELECTRIC MOUNTAIN.

A very peculiar property has recently
been discovered III the rock of a mountain
seven miles from the town of Santa Cruz
This rock is heavily charged with elec.
tricity, and when applied TO a battery
was found to produce strong electric cur
rents. A small handful of this rock
applied in battery generated sufficient
electric force to operate the battery for
three weeks, and appeared not to be the
lie .st exhausted of its powers. This rock
has very much the appearance of co19mon
soapstone, and exists in immense quaL-
titles, constituting the principal mass of
the mountain. It's strange property was
discovered by man who was expert
menting with mineral water on the
mountain, and, having occasion to use
some of this rock, placed it in contract
with the battery. The man who made
this wonderful discovery hept it pro
found secret from the world until he and
one or two of his confidential friends bad
obtained a title 10 the portion of the
land, paying Sl5, 600 therefor. The
present owners are now experimenting
with this rock with a view to thoroughly
testing its perties.-Iu5are (Cal
Press
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Atlanta Constitution: The prettiest
gil in Washington Is a clerk in the
Patent Office. Her father was once a
wealthy New Jersey manufacturer,
but he failed, and four years ago died
penniless. His daughter succeeded
in getting department clerkship and
has been the support of her old moth
er and a younger sister. She Is a re
markedly beautiful woman, a tall
brunette, with the imperious grace of
Diana. She receives little attention,
because she persistently declines it..
L have seen her enter the theater at a
mantinee and take the eyes of almost
the entire audience from the stage on
her pretty self. She is the envy to
the woman of wealth and fashion and
the admiration OF the men, from the
department messenger to the million
aire lord Of society. In fact she is a
fearfrlly pretty woman.
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WHY TILDEN NEVER MARRIED.

The TACT that Mr. Hidden never mar
ried has often been commented upon
with surprise, says the New y ork Her
aid, and by none more THAI by those
who knew him well without knowing
all of his history. For he was no
misogynist. On the contrary, he was
always, and to the last, very fond of
the society of woman But Mr. Tilden
met an early disappointment. He be-
came attached, at comparatively
early age, to young lady Of New
York. She was the daughter of an
intimate friend, a man whose reputa
ton as poet and journalist became
afterward much more extended. This
lady felt for Mr. Tilden d lively friend
ship and interest which has withstood
the vicissitudes of years. But she
could not bring herself to regard him
with warmer feeling. As she has
been for loug time the wife of an
other wellknown gentleman of New
York, and as even in the wide circle of
their friends the foregoing episode is
known, if to any, to very few, it would
be indelicate to dwell further upon it.
There are, however, many warm adj
mirers of Mr. Tilden many close politi
cal adherents and disciples who will
be interested in knowing this proof of
his steadfastness and cOnstancy, and
for whose sakes, therefore, as well as
in justice to the dead statesman's
memory, this riefreminiscence is thus
recorded.
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The bread-fruit tree grows everywhere
in Southern Central America, and is a
veritable forest king 1t attains i'm
mense proportions, the trunk often be-
ing from 10 to II feet i'll girth, and the
branches reach out SO far as to cover
circumference of perhaps 100 and $50
feet. Its leaves are very large and thick,
of a rich dark green color on one side
and silvery tint on the other. In
shape they somewhat resemble a broad
and 10 wide The fruit, with which
one tree will supply whole neighbor-
hood, looks like q small oblong water
melon with rough rind, and takes
yellowish tint when ripe.
Around the shapely twenty-eight-
inch waist was pink satin belt sup
porting red white-and- sash.
From right shoulder to left hip was
garland of marigolds twined with green
ribbon ending in an elaborate bow
largely mixed with lavender silk.
Around the neck was a cascade of black
chenille, while the hat, swathed in pink
null. had four red feathers dropping
Imply in the 80 degrees of weather
1OiISG DEO" H-lltl-NultC SlOChlUOS anu
clumsy slippers with red bows and gilt
buckles graced her not diminutive feet"
This is the way a California country
girl was rugged out when her beau took
her to the Fourth of July celebration on
the fifth.
The frost bell is doubtless the means
of saving many tons of grapes in the
northern portions of California, where
the frost sometimes does so much dam
age. 1t consist of a wire running from
different parts of the vineyard to the
house On the vineyard end of the wire
Is an apparatus that rings bell at the
house when the thermometer descends
to a certain degree, When the bell is
let off the occupants of the house know
that their vines are in danger and i'm
mediately repair to the vineyard and
light fires in different quarters, and thus
prevent, through the agency of this in
genious electrical device, the loss of tons
of the most luscious fruit grown on the
Pacific slope.
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The Golden Rose.

The receipt by the queen regent of
Spain of the pope's golden rose has led
some curious writer to put together the
following particulars concerning the
flower: The first of these roses were
simply flowers of red enamel, represent
ing the natural color of the rose. Later
the color of the rose was left white, and
a large ruby was put into the center,
the reflection from which gave the petals
red tint. Innocent XI. had golden
rose made which weighed over eight
pounds, was ornamented with several
sapphires, and represented value of
over 10000 francs. Alexander VII.
ordered one rose at 5000 francs and an
other at 1000 francs. Lately the golden
rose has been worth over 10000 francs,
and has taken the form of a branch
with several showers, natural rose,
which has been blessed by the pope,
forming the center. OF this kind is the
rose which the queen regent of Spain
has just received. 1t is planted in
magnificent silver gilded vase, which is
a SPLENDID example of Roman work
manship. The rose itself is said to be a
symbol of the Creator; the splendor and
richness of the metal represents the eter
nal light which surrounds the divine,
and the perfumes and spices, which are
placed in the vase by the pope. symbol
i've the glory and resurrection of Christ.
The benediction of the rose is asolemn
ceremony. The holy father, in his sacred
robes, reads the formula of me benedc-
ton from book which is held by bish-
OPP. The other bishops, holding light
ed candles, stand by his side. The high
dignitaries of the papal court surround
the pontitf, holding the incense, the holy
water, the spices, and other perfumes.
Another dignitary. kneeling, presents
the rose to the pope, who reads the pray
ers, blesses the incense, the spices, and
the perfumes, which are in turn present
ed 20 him by cardinal After putting
them into the vase which holds the rose,
the golden rose is blessed, and the cere-
mony ends.
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ASHES AND LIME
HOW TO INCREASE THE FERTILITY OF SOIL
WITHOUT PURCHASING NITROGEN.

HOW TO INCREASE THE FERTILITY OF SOIL
WITHOUT PURCHASING NITROGEN.
In applying wood ashes about
seventy per cent. of lime and magne-
STA are contained IN the ashes, while
about twelve per cent. compose pot
ash and six per cent makes up the
phosphoric acid in the shape of phos-
pilates. When we take a fair view of
the value of hardwood ashes they
NAV safely be classed as a complete
fertilizer with the expectation of con-
tanning no nitrogen. The question,
then, Is how to use them and where.
We may consider that some soils are
deficient in the lime and potash, and
thus put the ashes to good use, but
suppose We were removing crop. and
on hand Il supply OF ashes, how should
we be guided IN using them2 Let us
consider. As stated, ashes contain no
nitrogen. but are rich III other sub
stances. being deficient only in that
one organic material We look
around for something to balance the
ashes as plant food. We do not wish
to buy nitrogen If it can be avoided.
We have just moved crop of clover,
and there has been left a large mass
of roots which contain a fair proper
ton of nitrogen. We pillow that sod,
apply the ashes broadcast. run harrow
over the tield,and the land is ready for
corn in the spring. five have no clover
sod We at once pillow piece of land in
millet or buckwheat. As soon as the
crop flowers it is plowed and ten bus
hels of lime applied. In the spring
the land goes in wheat and is seeded
to clover In another year the clover
will furnish the nitrogen and the plant
food will be partially balanced.
Thus, with the use of lime and ashes,
and the blowing under of green ma
nuriai crops we can gradually increase
the fertility of the soil without the
necessity of purchasing nitrogen, and
it is economical to do so, as the time
and labor lost one season will be gain
ed the next.-F'drHI, Field and Stock
man.
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Scene-Street in Paris. Boarding
school miss and mother. Mother (read-
ing sign in Window "Entrez sans
frapper. What does that mean, Ethel?"
Ethel-"O, it's a French idiom for
Please shut the door, Frapper means
iced, you know. Enter uniced, or leave
the cold outside, is what it means literal
ly."-LVe.
The reward of sympathy-Young
genius (who has had all the talk to him.
self, and, as usual all about HIMSELF
Well, good-by, dear Mrs. Meltham. 1t
always does me good TO come and see
goa! had such a headache when |
came, and now I've quite lost it. Mrs
Meltham-'O, it's not lost TIE got
it!-Ps1ach.
Temporarily Embarrassed Thespian
What, only S5?n Cautious uncle
''Ohf tie watch het better chewels | would
gif you more" T. E. T.-''Look here,
Levi! / believe that if brought you the
Kohinoor you'd find some fault with it. ~
Cautious uncle-"Vell, you know dere
amt much market now for dem larch
diamonts. The Judge.
Miss Clara-"Such a shocking acct
dent at the ball game this afternoon,
mamma! Poor Mr.. Twobagger was
run into and instantly killed" Mamma
Terrible. The game was stopped,
of course" Miss Clara-"No; Mr.
Onebagger took his place and the game
went on. But, mamma. it wasn't near
ly so interesting. Mr. Twobagger was
such a lovely pitcher. "-NeO York
Times.
We do not believe that a hen scratches
for living. She scratches for exercise.
If you don't believe it, watch well-fed
hen in her humble cage at the market
She will scratch on the sheet-iron floor
with all the vigor of a gofd-digger, and
affect to find things to eat with all the
innocent assumption of man who
slips on the ice, breaks both legs and
his back, and tries to look as though he
hadn't fallen down.-Burdette.
Declined with thanks. Monsieur R.,
the well-known painter, is at work on a
picture representing a nymph in very
scant costume. The other day while
was posing as his model an old lady of
SdlS anu
her appearance. My daughter is i'll, !"
said this respectable matron. land she
will not be able to pose tins morning.
If monsieur wishes, | will take her
place. "-Paris Figaro.
We respectfully suggest to the lemon
ade-venders that they purchase new
lemon this year. The cost will be tri-
fling. and the lemon will last them for
many generations The lemon which
they have used for so many years is.
doubtless, valuable as historical relic,
and is fragrant with the aroma of old
associations. But the present genera
ton is thoughtless, unromantic. and
tickle, and Graves for something new
lynn Unton.
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A gentleman travelling through The
mountainous and thinly settled. dis
tlicts Of North Carolina was overtaken
by severe storm. As he was on
horseback. and therefore quite unpro-
tected, he beheld with delight a log
cabin in the distance, and speedily be
took himself thi5her. The old farmer
greeted him with true Southern hos
pitality. and he soon found himself
seated at the dinner-table beside .'the
old CONAN" as his host designated his
wife, while one by one a seemingly
endless file of daughters entered the
room Turning to the farmer, he
mildly observed, You have a fine
family of daughters, sir"
We'll" said the old man, mourn
fully, we've been kinder unfortunate
with our darters. The ch;mbly fell in
and killed all but nine on'em."
The historian dares not guess how
many there were at first -Harper's
Magazine for September.
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GOOD RESULTS IN EVERY CASE.

ID. a. Bra dford, wholesale paper dealer
of Chattanooga, Tenn, writes. that he
was seriously afflicted with a severe cold
that settled on his lungs: had tried
many remedies without benefit. BEING
induced TO Try DR.. Kings New Dis
coverv for Consumption, did so and was
entirely cured by use of a few bottles.
Since which time he has used it in his
family for all Coughs and Colds with
best results. This is the experience of
thousands whose lives have been saved
by this onderfEl Discovery. Trial
bottles free at Henry Hinrichs Drug
Store. 5
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Chicago News: 4 see that medi-
cal journals say that toothache may
frequently be cured by placing a sill
yer coin on one side OF the gun and a
small piece of zinc on the other 1t
generates an electric current, you
know, that stops the pain. BY the
way, Charlie, could you let me take a
silver dollar till Try it on this tooth
Of mine?"
Sorry, George, old boy, but fact is
/ haven't it III silver Let you have a
bill, though, old fellow, If that'll re
lieve your pain any"
Thanks aEfully, dear boy think
that'll help it some"
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Many years ago, when grocers in
Lynn were licensed to sell liquor, one of
them, who had the reputation of giving
rather small weight and measure, was
Dragging to a customer of his skill in
dong up packages. Il can wrap a
pound OF sugar" he remarked, "in
smaller piece of paper than any other
man IL town." Il done doubt it." said
the customer, "and you can put a pint
of rum in smaller bottle tn an any one
else too. Lynn Item.
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Tho blind mon pf ProoLlvp are in tn

The blind men of Brooklyn are in the
main self-supporting. All are engaged
either in commercial pursuits or else
work at trades. Piano-tuning is their
favorite pursuit Nearly all are mar
ried and have families. None have
married wives similarly affected, and
the total number of blind meu in the
city, which is less than one hundred, are
friendly, and aid each other in time of
need. One of them is worth 800. ZOO,
and dozen more are worth half that
amount
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HOW He GOT MARRIED.

"Ay marriage was a very romantic
one" said IA Chicago gentleman at the
Palace who is on his bridal tour. THE
iady's former husband WAS an intimate
friend Of mine. lie WAS good fellow,
hut he didn't use ltr well. Although Il
gentleman III most respects be was SO
unfortunate as to have lie dliuSiug
habit, and coca, icraliy, while III liquor,
he ialsed The deuce Iii toe domestic
circle. Both lie aud the lady we're
Il cGstuluvd to come TO me Cor advice
after these affairs. Get DIVORCE says
MT last. agreed, says they, and
shock hards OH it. Then they separated
pending the result Of the legal proceed
ings. VISITED the lady in her retire
nIeut several times. 'Rrank, said the
i,usbaDd 10 me, don t you think You had
b, tier not call on Lizzie while this divorce
business is in pr0gress?' 'Why, Bob,
says /, what the mischief have you to
DO with the mattet| 4 don't like IL,
says be. But, says |, as she's getting
q divorce from YOU and you are consent
iEC what uitf, renee can Il make 10 you
who calls nn het :? Frank, says he,
looking M stIHiellt ia the eye, '.iu yea
mean TO marry Lizzie?" 'Weli, Bob,
says I, ''the IDEA never occurred to me
before, but Row that yoa suggest it, |
don't know Int what will Do You
think shc'1 be likely to favor the idea
herself?' ''Tm blessed" contiDued the
Chicago man, IF the fellow Didn't begin
to fight .ae divorce from shat minute.
We downed him, of course, but he's s:iij
cool ana even refused to attend the we'd
ding. However, wiseI W" get home my
wife will manage to smooth him down.
She Euows his ways Won understand.
There's nothing s" painful to me as a
break IN an old friendship. and We both
really like Bob very well, in spite of his
faults. san Francisco Post
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Some vandal has stolen the WV plant
ed by the Yale class of Sc. 1t was the
gift of Mrs. Gushing, who got it herself
from Mt. Helieon il Greece, from
the face of cliff where the marble
was quarried for the buildings on the
Acropolis of ancient Athens.
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p. ~. OF he rood things Of ta;s
life are sorrowfuIls let
-. on account OF Dyspepsia. AcEer's
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Indigestion and Constipation; sold or g
positive guarantee at 20 and 90 cents, by
f. &. Buerstatte or Henry HinricE,s.
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To all who are suffering from the errors and in
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that viii cure you FREE OF CHARGE. This
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WHETHER stock is to be fattered or
only kept through the winter IN store
condition, it should be we'll fed from
this time until cold weather sets III.
The old saying Is that "an animal well
summered is half winteIed" But it is
great mistake to LET stock get in poor
condition at any time, ard IN summer is
unnecessary, as less food is then required.
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SICK HORSES
a GARD.

are cured the quickest by toe Harse
Medicines prepared by Henry hiariohs.
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Tennis, as it is at present played, has
only existed for about twelve years, as
it was first played in England in 1875.
1t is much the same as hand tennis,
which was played in Paris as far back
as 1924 Shakespeare also frequently al
ludes to tennis in his writings, and tells
us that it was once actually prohibited
as an amusement for the English court
because it favored too strongly of French
fashion and coXcomGry.
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Made only Of the finest nziti best <suaT-
ity of Glass for wi;Estandin9 meat.
Every good thing is Counter
2eited, and consumers are CAU-
TONED against INVITATIONS Of
these Chimneys made Of VERY
POOR GLASS. See that the exact
label is on each chimney as ebove.
The Pearl Top is always clear and
bright Glass.
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Correspondent Crawford says of
Senator Hawley: His one weakness is
his belief in his capacity to sing solo
songs after dinner. There may be
man on earth who can make more
frightful noise than the Senator when
he thinks he is singing, but his address
is not generally known"