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their escorts few by the point of danger Ike the
wins, and pursued their journey laughing. and
crying, and wiping the maneled remains OF the
peaches from their faces
Was5erwomen carrying baskets OF clean linen
70 their patrons fell victims to the pesch-can
battery. and departed with a vclley OF protests
and complaints. Every hour matters grew
worse. The mighty mass of tin cans seemed 70
squirm and wrieele under the heat. 1t was not
safe to get within City yards OF the pyramid. as
IL continued TO shoot of in every direction.
At last q hand fre-engine made its appearance
and for an hour q steady stream OF water was
directed against the cans. Gradually the explo-
sions grew less frequent. and finally they ceased
entirely. The side walks and bulldogs FOR 8
square around presented . horrible appearances,
dripping with a peach loblolly. and the atmos-
phere was thick with a heavy fruity odor. But
the citizens in the neighborhood breathed easier.
During the sultry night that followed many q
belated pedestrian was startled by the sulleu.
dull thud of a can shooting of at random. and
if he quiekened his pace into a run he cannot be
blamed. for those were turbulent times
The enterprising peach-canners paid OF their
girls and boys the next day aud retired from
business. They said that our climate did not
suit the peach-eanning industry. Others. how
ever. said that they did not understand the art
OF canning. and this was doubtless the correct
view. After all, IL was only an experiment and
settled nothing.
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A TIN-CAN

The Remarkable Bombardment of Atlanta
Just After the Close of the War.
Atlanta Constitution.
The peach-canniug industry was once az
tempted upon q large scale in Atlanta. liz was
during the hot summer of 1866 that several en-
terprising Northern men combined their efforts
end capital TO start a cannery.
A large two-story building on South Broad
street was secured. Peaches Of every variety
were purchaeed in large quantities and forty or
fifty girls and boys were engaged to do the
work. For several days the cannery was a
scene Of busy activity. Millions of peaches were
sliced and boiled, and then packed in tin cans.
The cans were roughly made, and the final solder
ing was hastily done by inexperienced hands.
One hot day thousands of these cans. all
ready for shipment, were piled on tie sidewalk.
They remained there all day. and the rays Of an
August sun soon turned the peaches into a boil
ing. fermentipg slush. The cans swelled up
and stood the strain as long as they could, and
then came the natural result
1t was 3 little after midday when the first ex-
plosion occurred. A can on the top OF the pile
exploded. aud a prominent citizen fifty yards
away found his shirt front covered with the
olood-red fragments or an Indian peach. The
startled man gave q yell of horror and made a
break fo- Whitehall street. Other explosions
followed in rapid succession. The young ladies
of the cannery made a daring attempt to cover
the cans with a shelter of boards; but by this
time the pile had turned into q regular volcano.
and the girls had to beat a retreat covered with
peaches. Their eyes and noses were stopped
with peach pulp and their white dresses were
dripping with peach juice.
There was then a good deal of the old war
| feeling among the citizens, and several old con-
fedsrates, when they heard the racket. were
under the impression that there was a small bat
tie going on. They drew their pistols and
| rushed TO the scene of action, out only to re-
ceive a brosdside of fermented peaches in their
faces.
The police stood around and gave orders for
the instant removal of the stuff, but their voices
were drowned in the rusillade OF bursting cans.
The proprietors of the factory, after vainly try
ing to Quiet their riotous merchandise, feel TO
avoid arrest. and hid in a remote quarter of the
city.
The explosions grew more violent. and frag-
ments OF peaches were hurled TO q great dis
tancs. Some Of the dry goods houses in the
vicinity found il necessary to take in their
goods, - the shower Of peach juice was running
] them. Young ladies' ont buggy riding with
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Grant. Sherman. sheridan.

Grant, Sherman, sheridan.
Written on the Death Of Sheridan, august. lsss.
Quietly, like a child
That sinks in siumber mild,
No pain or troubled thought his wellearned peace to
mar,
Sank into endless rest our thunder-bolt of war.
Though his tia power to smite,
Quick as the lightningis light
His single arm an army, and his name . host,
Not his the love of blood, the warriors cruel boast.
But in the battles fame
How glorious he came.-
Even like a white-combed wave that breaks and tears
the shore,
While wreck lies strewn behind, and terror flies before.
Twas he,-his voice, his might
Could stay the panic-fight.
Alone shame back the headlong. many leagued retreat,
He was our modern Mars,
Yet firm his faith that wars
Erelong would cease to yex the sac, ensanguined earth,
And peace forever reign, as at Christ's holy birth.
Blest land, in whose dark hour
Doth rise TO mightiest power
No dszxler OF the sword to play the t~yrant's part.
But patriot-soldier. true and pure and high OF heart!
Of such our CHEZ of AL;
And he who broke the wall
Of civil strife in twain, no more to build or mend;
And he who hath this day made Death his faithful
friend.
And now above his tomb
From out the eternal gloom
WELCOME his chieftainis voice sounds DER the can
mons knell;
And of the three one only stays to say FAREWELL"
Richard Watson Glider. in The Critic.
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A LAKE OF HAIR DYE,
In Which the Locks of Bathers Become
Beautiful Blonde.

Beautiful Blonde.
virginia City ENTERPRISE.
Mono lake contsins one or the greatest q atural
deposits of hair dye in the known world. A
white-baired old Bodie man VINO went down 10
the lake this summer was so pleased with the
bathing to be had there that he went in for g
swim regularly every evening after finishing his
days work. He was down at the lake two weeks.
and when he got back 10 Bodie his friends hard
~ knew him. He left Bodie a white haired old
man. and he came back a golden blonde and ap-
parently a man of only middle age.
All who battle IN the waters of that lake be-
come blondes, aud if the bathing be persisted in
for any length Of time. they get red headed. "A
man last spring rented the Levining ranch or
the north side of the lake. He has three strap
ping daughters AS soon IS the water became
warm enough the girls daily went bathing in the
lake. taking for their mermaid eambols a time
when the 'men folks were all out on the ranch
at work. When they began taking their dips IN
the lake the girls were brown-haired. but they
soon found themselves becoming blondes. This
so delighted them that they beean bathing twice
. day, and between times washed their heads in
wster from the lake.
The old man had noticed the gradual change
in the color of the hair OF his daughters. and
was much astonished thereat, but be had his
suspicious and said nothing. He kept quiet IN
I'll the hair of the girls became fiery red. and
then he went after the old woman abon, IT,
When be got so bad that he talked about killing
a red headed man who had once been his neigh
Dor over IN California his old woman told him
that IL was only the water of the lake; that the
transformation was caused by the girls bathing
in the lake.
The old man said il might be. but he was not
satisfied. He ordered the old lazy to bath reg
ularly every day with the girls, saying that If
she became red headed he would think there
was something in it. Soon the hair of the old
woman was AS red as that or her daughters.
The old man still thought there was some trick
about the business. so ne tried the baths him
self. Now the old man, the old and all
hands are a family of golden blondes.
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HE Light Work.

Time.
He was one of those mot very strong young
men who weigh about one hundr ID and seventy,
and who are most vigorous at ths table. He
wanted Eight work" and went West to find it.
He thought he had found it as a sort of general
assistant" in q printing Office, and the frs, day
the manager said.
first day, but kind o make yourself familiar
with things so you'll know where things are,
and how to move round when you really begin
work. Just get the broom and sweep out the
business-ofice and editorial-room, and then you
can run out into the press-room and wash off
the rollers and clean things up there. TLerell
be six tons of coal around in an hour or two,
and You can help put that in, and then you can
help get in q couple of loads of paper thatll be
round . little later. You might clean up The
lamps, too; and take that hand-cart and clean mp
the back alley. When you really begin work,
you know. I'll"
But the l%ight-work youth had fed.
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A Remarkable Memory.

1AttA a.
A most remarkable instance Of memory has
just come to my notice. Its possessor is a lady
member of DR.. Howard Crosby's church in New
York. Without having taken a single note, she
will when she goes home write out every word
of her pastors sermon, and he tells me she never
makes Q mistake Of q the or an 'apd'-that
every sentence not only embodies his idea. but
gives it in his exact language. For twenty-five
years this lady has been performing these feats
of memory. and during that time she has written
out soms two thousand sermons The manu-
scripts Of some Of them she has had bound and pre-
scented TO Dr. Crosby. They make forty large vol
umes. But this is not all of her devoted labors: she
has written out. also from memory, all of his lect-
ures, and she has classified his opinions on all
the subjects upon which he has spoken during
these years. aud has made on elaborate series OF
indexes to them. Not a word is omitted. Even
when the preacher drops into Greek, Latin or
Hebrew. she follows him, for she is proficient
in each of these Languages. 1 doubt that Ma
eauiay could have achieved more than this with
even his marvellous mnsmnnic powers. Yet
the lady does not seem to think she has done
anything remarkable.
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II Whisky Truns

San Francisco Chronicle.
The president of the great Western whisky
trust has been giving his testimony before q
congressional committee. and he makes I'M
consciously q strong argumen in favor OF the
Republican platform. He says the output OF tho
trust 10 40. 600. 900 gallons OF spirits. of which 10
per cent or 6 1000, 600 gallons. is used as a bev-
erage. 5000, 900 in the arts. and the remainder.
or &c, 600. 600 gallons. in manufactures and in
wine terrifying. Under the present system.
then, our distilleries pay GOO per cent tax on .
product, IS per cent of which is used for pure
ly legitimate purposes. This IL a pretty dear
price to pay. especially when il is known that .
reduction or removal of the duty would not tend
20 increase drunkenness and would extend the
legitimate uses of alcohol for fuel End similar
purposes 70 Q very great extent.
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l~ight-work youth had fed.
First Time ON Record

TTIT.
Managing Editor lin q towering ragel-For
heavens sake, who wrote the account Of last
nights murder in this mornings Blazerl
City Editor-Dinkerson, the new man. First
rate accounI-very full
Managing Editor-I knew something was full.
/ never read such q wretched account-so in
complete-so--
City Editor famazed)-Why, sir. it had every
item OF the ~shooting-the time to q secopd-de-
%scription of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES last
words-remarks of by-standers opinions Of
prominent citizens--
Managing Editor (frothing at the MOUTH
Prominent devils! What does all that amount
to when the csliber of the pistol was not men.
tioned2
City Editor (horrifedl-Was that omittedY
Managing Editor-Wes itl 1t was, slrl The
Blazer will be the aughing-stock Of the country.
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Negotiations Ceased.

buHfIU IHILo
The weil-known Arlington Hotel in Washington
is in reality made up of a number Of once private
houses, which were made over for hotel pur-
poses. The owner, who is large in his ideas. be-
lieves that by waiting long enough anything can
be bought.
There is a private house which still juts into
his hotel, not yet having been incorporated into
il. The other day the hotel proprietor came TO
the conclusion that it would be a good
idea for him to get that house and add It to
his caravansary. So he wrote a letter as fol-
lows:
IL desire to add your house to my hotel.
State the price, and I will forward check"
The owner OF the house happened TO be a
woman. and one wiser than the average of her
sex iu business affairs. She replied with this:
81 do not wish to sell. but contemplate en-
larging my back yard. Please name the price
of your hotel. aud will remit"
Negotiations have ceased.
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Had 1t in His Safe.

Philadelphia Press.
gentleman who visited a town in upper Penn
sylvania the other day tells q story that is as
funny as the incident in "A Parlor Match
where the coal-scuttle was locked up in the safe.
81 met a friend Of NINE" he said,r "who is
editor of one of the papers there and asked him
into q neighboring saloon TO take q drink. It
would ruin me if l went into a saloon he re-
piled. but come up into the Office and we will
have q social one there / followed Kim up the
steep stairs and into bis little cubby hole. One
side Of the room was filed up with q handsome
fire proof safe. with a big combination lock.
The editor twirled the knob till he struck the
right numbers, pulled open the door. and IS 1
live, there was nothing in that safe but o bottle
of whisky and -Four bottles Of beer on ice"
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The Wife.

In youth he wrought, with eyes ablur,
Lorn.faced and long of hair
In youth-in youth. he painted her
A sister of the air
Could clasp her not. but felt the stir
Of pinions everywhere.
II.
She lured his gaze, in PRAYER days,
And tranced him si%reuwise;
And he did paint her. through q haze
OF sullen paradise.
With scars of kisses on her face
md embers in her eyes.
III.
And now--nor dream, nor wild eonceit.--
Though faltering, as before
Through tears he paints her. as is meet,
Tracing the dear face DER
With lilied patience meek aud sweet
As Mother Mary wore.
james Whitcomb Riley.
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Where Is the JUNIOR

Albany IN. " Journal
There is almost as much psthos as humor in
the story OF an Albany boy of tender years:
Shortly after his mothers death, with his
father, he visited her grave. being carried there
by . horse which had recently been bought by
the father. The husband, standing apart, was
naturally In a eontempiative frame of mind, and
the boy. when unable TO stand the oppressive
silence longer. lifted his childish voice In an in
terrogative tone and said: Ma. we've got .
new horse.s
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The Barbarian

a grim barbarian warrior heard
How Christ was crucihed;
How meek and uncomplainingly
He bowed his head and died.
He heard, aghast. the dreadful tale:
Then eethed with wrath his brain
Had l been there with two-score men
The Christ mad not been slain"
As thus he spoke he fiercely grasped
The handle of his brand;
In knots his brawny muscle stood,
And he austere and grand.
And vet. he questioned. earnestly,
Where were the God+man's friends,
They for whose immortal souls
He bent his aims and endsi
Stood they about and raised no hand
To stay the muri'rous deedl
Where was their love and fortitude
In that high time of need;
And where the healed in sight and limb
Who sought the Sazarene,
And touched lis gar ment, full of faith
That this would make them clean!"
They're lighting vet his holy cause"
A churchman stoutly said
His name shall be our shibboleth
Till all his foes are dead"
And vet the grim barbarian
Gripped hard his sword and cried,
Had | been there with two score men
Christ Jesus had not died
Had not been crucified."
win l.. Visscher, in San Francisco Wasp
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Identifying a Customer.

ST. louis Globe Democrat.
Millionaires are common at Saratoga-so nu-
merous, in fact. that the hotel cashiers can't re-
member all of them. One day this week q gen.
tleman walked mp to the Office of a leading hotel
and offered a check in pay ment of his bill. The
cashier took it, looked at the signature aud hest
tated o little.
'Oh," said the guest, you want me identified,
of course
The cashier said nothing, but seemed relieved.
whereupon the guest took out his pocket-book
and fshed from it hundred-dollar pank note
of the First National Bank of New York. Check
and note bore the same observation-disclosures A.
Garland. President
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Harry Starts ON the Old Road.

Harper's Young People.
Harry has fallen in love with a little girl who
lives next door to him. and who is about the
same age as his sister Ethel. Having been told
that he and his sister were bought at the doc
tors, Harry observed 10 his mother: 81 don't
think you got good taste. mamma"
"Why. Harry, what has mamma done that is
in bad taste2"
"We,l, / sink when you went up to the doctors
to buy Ethel you'd have done better if you'd
bought Dorothy Parker. She's q great deal
nicer than Ethel
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Teaching by Example.
brakes Magazine.

brakes Magazine.
"Now. Cicely," ne said, as they seated them
selves on the grand stand, IF there is anything
you don't understand just ask me. and III tell
you all about it."
Thank you, George" replied Cicely. "Who
Is that young man going about with the glasses!
Is he the umpirei'
mo; he's the s~oda-water man. Here, young
man, bring US two glasses of lemon
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Leap Year Note for Ladies.

CrhMf0rd Ia JOURNAL.
We call the attention of our young lady read
ers to the fact that Robert McNair. the hand
some hardware merchant, eau be had for the
asking. He mas reached the age of thirty. aud
now wishes that he had taken advantage of some
of the many chances he has had 10 DAYS gone BY.
When you approach Mr.. McNair, do il slyly.
You need not tell him that you are head over
heels in love with him, bur give him a bright
emile and ha will mels.
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Hadn't Heard of It.

San Francisco Chi ,nicle.
A simple street Arab had been captured and
brought into Sunday-school He was of frank
and open spirit and had all the courage of his
ignorance.
teacher.
bout God2 Nawthen."
But you know the Savior died to save sin
ners, don't youl"
Nav. Never knowed he was sick"
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Fresh and Happy Faces.
The Enoch.

"Ah," said a kindly old Brooklyn lady, as a
group of well-dressed little boys passed her gate.
show glad L am to see such fresh and happy
faces on this beautiful Sabbath morning. Are
you going to Sunday-school little boysY
Nom replied the little boys, politely; yves
Roin' to de ball game"
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Boston Herald.
This is the regular season OF the year for pre-.
dieting Democratic gains up in Vermont IL
Stearnss back yard will have TO be enlarged.
Mr.. Stearns. IL will be remembered. once in
vited the Vermont Democracy to assemble there
and listen to q discussion Of the issues Of the
canpaicn-
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Not on Her Head.

Philadelphia Record
Mrs. Slimdiet (boarding house keeper)-My
gracious. Bridget. the paper says lots Of nerv-
ous systems is bein' wrecked by strong coffee
Bridget-Yes. mum; but
81 don't want anyoneis blood on my head.
Chuck another gallon o. water into that pot"
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san FrdnCIFEO NuW!HFE.
Mrs. j. B. Haggin is very fond OF diamonds
and has a number set in the old-fashioned round
cluster style. She too has many rings, pins,
brooches aud ornaments, bat her special pride is
in the finest ruby perhaps in America. Nor is
it priced merely for its intrinsic value rs q gem;
1t has a historic interest as we'll When the
dashing Lola Montez was thrown out upon the
cold mercies of q world that had looked on
aehast at the extravagance lavished upon Der BY
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About Half Mourning.
The Epoch.

Ut LpUOus
Visitor while waiting for hostees)-And is
your mamma still in mourning for your poor
papa, Flossie?
Flossie-Yes. mann; she is when she goes out
anywhere.
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Turn About.

Philadelphia North American.
The pension veto machine seems TO be in good
condition, and vetoes sre turned out in patches
of eight or nine at n time. The man laughs best
who laughs last In the fall the soldiers will do
some heavy veto work az the polls.
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the doting old King Louis of Bavaria. she finally

the doting old King Louis Of Bavaria. she finally
found herself in California. She brought her
gems with her and some of them remain here.
To Mrs j. B. Haggin belongs the distinction by
now owning the famous ruby once sported of
the favorite of a king. VINO gave it to her among
other gifts. At the sale OF Lola Montezs effects
at auction this ruby WAS bought. at least thirty
years ago. 1t then brought 81 900; now it q
worth all Of $40. DOC.
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Another Slap at Women.

FuCk-
This is the time of the year that a woman
packs her husbands coat, containing the book of
tour tickets. in the bottom of the trunk shas
starts just ahead Of them.
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HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Still IL May Have Been Hard To Write
Town Topics.
At the club.
Jacks Just finished a letter to his fancee-'
"Yes. and il was so soft you could hear IL
swish around in the envelop.r
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ibid Mt Know I was
Loaded"

May do for a stupid boys excuse but
what can be said for the parent who
sees his child languishing daily and fails
TO recognize the want of a tonic and
blood-puriier? Formerly, a curse OF
bitters, or sulphur and molasses, vas the
rule in w~ell-regulated families but now
all intelligent households keep Ayers
Sarsaparilla, which is at once pleasant
TO tbs taste, and the most searching and
effective blood medicine ever discovered.
Nathan S. Cleveland, q E. Canton St,
Boston, writes: my daughter, now q
,years old, was in perfect health until a
year ago when she began TO complain of
fatigue, headache, debility, dizziness,
Indigestion, and loss Of appetite. / con-
Guided tina all her complaints originated
IN impure blood, and induced her TO take
Ayers S~arsaparilla. This medicine soon
restored her blood-making organs to
healthy action, and in due time reestab-
lished her former health. i ind Ayers
Sarsaparilla a most valuable remedy for
tie lassitude and debility incident TO
spring time
J. Castright, Brooklyn Power Co.,
BROOKLYN. Y. Y, SAYS "As a Spring
Medicine. / find a splendid substitute
for the old-time compounds in Ayers
Sarsapariila. with a few doses II Ayers
pills. After their use, L feel fresher and
stronger 10 60 through the summer"
Ayers ~SarsapariIIa,
PREPARED By
Or. J. G. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Price 81; elk bottles. s.. Worth - = eottis-