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open beaches make a most fitting frame
for such a picture. The residents are
all great fishermen, and many are the
marvellous stories told of big catches of
fish and adventures on the coast
Captain Joe Holland is one of the vet
erals Of Lake Worth, and here is his
latest fishing adventure while on his
last trip from the Bermudas a few
weeks ago: The captains pet boat is
small slOOp. and his crew consists of
himself and a stalwart mulattO and
pet monkey. The latter had been
taught to haul ropes and do many other
things of the kind. When out from the
islands on their last trip, and in the
Gulf stream, they encountered school
OF sharks. The captain, il appears,
tried every way to get rid OF his unwel-
come followers. but to no avail, as they
clung closer than a debtor, and night or
day their ugly-lOOking fins and shovel
shaped noses were clearly visible
close by.
While proceeding along under easy
sail the captain began practicing on the
sharks with his rifle, while Emmanuel,
the mulatto, tried his skill with an old
uSu nAEk0lA nC Captain
wounded one, and the whole school
turned on Il as its blood began TO flow
and terrible commOtion began near
the vessel. To add 70 the confusion
Emmanuel strue K big one. too, and its
frantic struggles, coupled with the
streams Of blood that flowed from its
wounds, soon brought up all the man
eaters within a mile, as the captain
averred. The huge, ugly creatures
plunged round about the vessel, strik-
ing at the wounded ones and taking
great pieces out of their sides The
fight grew furious, the sharks jumping
out Of the water and rushing at each
other with wide-Open mouths, armed
with such ugly-looking sets Of teeth, as,
the captain says. fairly made his blood
run cold. In all. over forty big sharks
were engaged in the scrimmage, and
the commOtiOn they caused was ter
rible.
The captain and Emmanuel both
feared that this fight would do them dam
age, as every once in awhile resounding
thud on the boats bottom would show
that the ravenous creatures cared little
for such vessel as theirs All of a
sudden big hfteen-fOot wounded shark
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TRUE BLUE.

No; marriage amt no sinecure-ies' lay the
baby down,
Hes fas' asleep Go easy now n turn the
cradle roun'
Ont o the sun-the little lamb He didn't
sleep last night,
Them oil mOskesters buzzin' roun'-.n' spread
the net-thafs right
He's safe n SCUM, n thank the L0rd-jes'
pick up OF the floor
Them elO'es-pins he was pIayin' with III need
EN- all n more
The wsshin' 5 pilin' big this week-'n' Mandy,
Iwant them things run thrO' the blue, n rinse
'em lively, dear.
OF course folks go, TO marry, ehild-them on
the b'iler-lid-
The Lord amt meant no different when He
made EN- He did.
allus think its worried Him right from the
very frs
To have or maids left Over-'n' bachelors is
worse
Nyet, they have the bestest times they git
some peace n ease,
~ there's lots O. comfort, Mandy, n doin' as
yOu please.
But shoi wouldn't change with EN-; they
amt got much 20 fear,
Nor nothin' much TO hope, Iguess-keep rinsip'
lively, dear.
Ibin through troubles. frs n las enough TO
Turn ny mar
Whittier n them there pillar shsms-why, la
the wear n tear
Jes' ofthe every days. not cOuntin' sickness in,
nor death.
But jes' the chiI'ren n the meals n DRAWN
daily breath
N sOin' daily rOun's-my, MY But there. /
won't complain;
rdturn back to my weddin'-day n start right
in again
N go clean through ii, every ache n pain n
smile n tear
DOE I let them collars git too blue; keep rinsin'
lively, dear.
ycan't see as we've any right 20 lounge about
n lsze;
know I'd be ascared up rOun' the las part of
my days
Tothink I'd had too good a time 1t amt a
Christians lot;
Not 'eordin' tothe promises I'd liefer far than
not
Jes' feel the thorns a-hurtin' n the cross I'm
boun' to beSr-
Folks don't git crowns fer nothin' Mandy here
nor anywhere
ia rather have my ups n downs whichever
way I steer.
" Life won't never git too blue, a-movin' lively,
Madeline S. Bridges. In Judge
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claim: "What can a man give in ex.
change for his own soul?" But he is
not thinking of souls, or of an exist
ence beyond the horizon of this life; his
mind is on the girl with gaudy ribbon,
and he is asking his heart il she loves
him. The shadows are now shorter and
hungry men cast glances at the sun, but
the preacher, shouting in broken ac-
cents, appears not to have reached the
first milestone of his text, and it is evil
dent that he started out with the inten-
ton of going sabbath days Journey"
One young fellow places his straw hat
over his face and tries to sleep, but
some one tickles him with spear Of
grass. An old man who has stood it as
long as he could in the house, and who
has come out and lain down, gets up,
stretches himself, brushes q clinging
leaf of his gray jeans trousers and de-
clares: "a bite to eat would hit me
harder than sermon writ on q rock.
Don't see why a man wants to talk all
day"
Thought you was mighty fond Of
preachin', Uncle john" some one re-
marks.
IAN, but I don't want a man to go
over an over what he has already dun
said. II my folks want in thar I'd
mosey of home an git suthin' TO eat"
Good book says a man don't live by
bread alone, Uncle John"
"Yas, but it don't say that he lives by
nreaehiu' alone, nuther. Hor onl they
are singin' the doxology now, an ]
reckon she will soon be busted"
The plowboy goes home with his
divinity = Uncle Johns daughter.
Reckon Jim will be at homer" he asks,
as they ride along.
HE mout be. Air you awful anxious
TO see him?"
"Not so powerful. Jest lowed I'd
ask know who's yo' sweetheart" he
says, after a pause.
''Bet you don't"
"Bet do"
"who is it. then, Mr.. Smarty?"
"Aleck Jones'"
"who, him? Think I'd have that
treckle-face thing?"
"wall. IL he amt i know who is"
"Bet you couldn't think Of his name
In hundred yeas"
"You mout think can't. but / can"
'Wail, who, then, since you are SO
smarfg
"Morg Atcherson-"
"Ho, wouldn't speak TO him II was
to meet him in she road"
"But you'd SPEAK to some people IL
you was to meet them in the road.
wouldn't you?"
"Yes. OF course ! would"
''Who would you speak toy
"Qh, lots VI folks Did you see that
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HE FAIRIES. WEAPONS.
Curious Uses Assigned to tho Arrow
Heads of the Stone Age.

Curious Uses Assigned to tho Arrow
Heads of the stone Age
Universal as was the use of arrow
heads in primitive times, their real pur-
pose is now so generally unknown that
they are popularity believed to be elf
darts" or ''elf-bolts" hurled by the
fairies in their efforts to injure man
and beast This singular belief is still
more or less widely prevalent in Great
Britain and Ireland, in Scandinavia,
Italy and France. Other peoples, such
as the Japanese, account for their origin
by imagining that they are showered
from Heaven by an army Of spirits that
fly once a year through the air in the
rain and the tempest. This idea may
possibly have arisen from the fact, which
| have more than once verified, that ar
row-heads are often found after a storm
in places where the day before there
was no trace of them, the rain having In
the meantime washed away the mold
and laid them bare
But il the arrows of the elfn spirits
could do harm they were also supposed
to possess the virtue of removing or
averting evil. In the remoter parts OF
Ireland, Scotland and England the
peasantry still believe that water in
which ''elf-darts" and coins have been
placed is an infallible remedy for cattle
that have been shot at by the fairies.
ArrOw-heads, when used as amulets,
were further accred with the power
of preserving the ..earers from danger
and from the influence of malignant
spirits. 1t is almost certain that it was
for this purpose they found place in
the necklaces worn by the ancient in
habitants of Egypt and of Etruria. In
Italy they are still in common use as
preservatives against evil, and in our
own land 1t is only within the present
century that they have ceased to be
carried as charms
As might be expected, the deluded
creatures who prOfessed to practice
witchcraft set high value on arrow
heads. They averred that they were
manufactured for their special use by
the srch-fiend and his imps, and that SO
atal was their power that whoever was
struck by them must die, even though
he were protected by a coat of mail. In
The Ancient Criminal Trials" of Scot
land there are many references to this
absurd idea. There it is stated that the
witches sometimes made a picture OF
clay" representing the person whose
death they wished TO bring about, and
that they threw ''elf-darts" at this clay
image until it was broken.-Good Words
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AT a recent meeting of the Edinburg
section of the Society OF Chemical In
dustry, DR.. j. b. Readman read a paper
on "The Manufacture of Phosphorus :"
At the outset he gave a short sketch Of
the earlier methods of manufacture.
For about hundred years bone ash had
been used as a source of phosphorus, but
now native mineral phosphate of lime
had taken the place of bone ash in the
estimation of the phosphorus manufact.
urer, owing, no doubt, TO the low price
at which It could be obtained. From
one or other of the phosphates of lime
phosphoric acid was prepared. This
phosphoric acid was treated in an evap-
orator until 1t precipitated its lime. II
was then mixed with carbonaceous mat
ter to the extent of twenty-five per cent.
The mixture was desiccated in a retort,
and slowed away for distillation. Dis
tillation was effected in small bottle
shaped retorts, and the crude phosphorus
which was produced was mahogany
brown In color. This crude substance
was refined by Redistribution, or by be-
ing treated with sulphuric acid At the
close of his paper DIR. Readmsn showed
how little phosphorus was used in the
manufacture of matches by giving the
analysis of the amounts in a number OF
boxes by various manufacturers which
had been tested. In these the quantity
varied from half grain TO two and q
half grains per box.-Scientific Ameri'
can.
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A Modern Need for sleep.

There is not one man or woman in
ten thousand who can afford to do with
out seven or eight hours sleep All
those stories written about great men
and women who slept only three or four
hours a night make very interesting
reading; but i tell you, my readers. no
man or woman ever yet kept healthy in
body and mind for a number Of years
with less than seven hours sleep, writes
I. Dewitt Talmsge in the Ladies'
Home Journal Americans need more
sleep than they are getting. This lack
makes them SO nervous and the insane
asyIums so populous. II you can get to
bed early. then rise early. II you can
not get to bed till late, then rise late.
1t may be as Christian for one man to
rise at eight as it is for another TO rise
at five. | counsel my readers TO get W
when they are rested. But let the
rouslng bell be rung at least thirty min
utes before your public appearance.
Physicians say that a sudden jump out
Of bed gives irregular motion to the
pulse. II takes hours TO get over a too
sudden rising. Give Us time, after you
call US. to roll over, gaze at the world
full in the face. and look before We
lean
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the tough hides Of the plungiDE mon
sters, while they thrashed about II the
most lively manner, the little BOAT
creaking in every timber from the
shock Finally Jocko came running
down the shrouds to take a hand in the
fight. He picked up a Delaying pin.
and creeping up to one of the sharks,
brought 1t down with stunning effect
on the man-eater's head. The huge fish
jumped for il with wide-open mouth,
but the nimble monkey jumped out of
the way, and came back with another
blow. Notwithstanding their serious
predicament. the captain and his ally
could hardly keep from laughing at the
spectacle. But the most serious part of
the fight was now over. and the vicious
looking sea tigers lay gasping out their
lives as the men rained blows upon
them.
All this while the monsters outside
kept up their Internal warfare on each
other, and the sea was blood-colored for
a considerable distance. Over a dozen
bodies fiOated TO the surface, some half
eaten and others with many gaping
wounds in their sides The two on
deck were finally killed and they were
thrown overheard The deck was slip
perry from their blood, and as Emman-
uel stood by the gunwales, sudden
lurch OF the boat threw him over. A
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that they are making slave of herr
Probably not, for she assures them that
it is not bit of trouble, yet when night
comes-when the company is gone-she
sinks down, almost afraid to wish that
Sunday might never come again, yet
knowing that it is the day of her heavy
bondage. Old labor has been soothed
and young love has been encouraged,
but her trials and anxieties have been
more than doubled.
1t is night and the boy sits in the door,
taking off his shoes. Tomorrow he
must go into the hot field, but he does
not think of that. His soul is full of a
buoyant love-buoyant, for the girl with
the gaudy ribbon has promised to be his
vife.-opie P. Read, in Arkansaw Trav'
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bird almost nis me. sac suooen., ex-
claims.
al reckon he lowed you was . fow-
err"
"0h, he didn't, no such of thing
You ought to be ashamed of yo'sef to
make fun of me thater way"
81 want maxim fun of you. Ho, IL !
was ter ketch anybody maxim fun Of
you il wouldn't be good for him."
"What would you do?"
I'D whale him."
"You air awful brave, amt you?"
"Never mind whut am; know that
II any man was TO make fun OF you he'd
have me TO whup."
A number of people have stopped at
Uncle Johns house. They sit in the
large passageway running between the
two sections Of the log building, and
the men, who have not heard the ser
mon, discuss it with the women who
were compelled to hear it from hating
start to excited finish. The sun is blaz-
ing out in the fields and the June-bugs
are buzzing in the yard. 1t is indeed a
day of rest for the young and old, but is
it a restful time for the housewife?
Does that woman, with flushed face,
running from the kitchen to the dining
room and then to the spring-house for
the crock jar of milk, appear to be rest
ing? Do the young men and women
that are lolling in the passage realize
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the meaning still more clearly. If thu
is placed on the watering tank In the
yard there will be less trouble about a
wet yard in the summer and an icy,
dangerous one in winter.
A little ingenuity will devise means
for dispensing with the rope or pulleys.
To box in the spout and place the float
directly under the cock, using one that
would be closed as the float rose on the
water in the tank would be good. In a
square tank the pulleys can be attached
to the side of building and so be out
of the way-Farm and Home.
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A Cottage by the Sea

Has lately been presented to Mrs. President
Harrison by Postmaster-G General Wanna
maker and other friends. The distinguished
lady is said to be highly delighted with tbs
gift of this summer home at Cape MAJ
Point. The rest of us will probably not be
similarly favored with a sea or lakeside
home, but an equal amount of rest and en-
joymsnt, with greater variety of scene, car
be secured by taking your summer outing
over 1.-THE Burlington" the favorite rivel
line from the Northwest to the East and
South, and spending few days at some oil
the numerous charming towns which lie
along the route. For further information
as to attractions, or for tickets. time tables
etc, apply to any railroad agent, or address
w. J. g. Kenyon, Gen. Pass. Agt. G. B. &
n. r. r., st. Paul, Mimi.
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Excelsior Springs.

This great health and pleasure resort is
unsurpassed by any similar watering place
on the continent. Its marvellous waters are
an absolute specific for alcoholism, Bright's
disease. cstarrh, diabetes, dropsy, dyspep-
STA, gravel, rheumatism, sciatica, scrofula,
and all kindred diseases. 1.-THE Elms'' Ho-
tel is one of the finest in the world, with
every modern convenience, and very mod
crate rates. The round trip rate from st.
Paul or Minneapolis is only so, trihe
more than half what it costs to go to the
next nearest sanitarium The Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway runs a solid
vestibuled train every day in the week from
st. Paul and Minneapolis to Excelsior
Springs-time 10 hours. What more could
one wish forl For further particulars APP
ply to the ticket agents of the Railway, or
Excelsior Springs Co., Excelsior Springs,
Mo-
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The way They Do IL Out West.

ssMr. Easton," said the real estate man
n the West, permit me to introduce to
you the mayor and captain of police OF
our new city of Parkesville.
Happy to meet you" replied the
New York capitalist rs Parkesville
in this vicinity"
WELL" the blushing mayor reioined,
"we Amt nowhere's certain. Perhaps
you might like TO come out with us to-
morrow when we pick out the site. y
Harper's Bazaar.
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Prof. Elihu Thomson, in speaking on
''The Problems of the Future" saysa
"In the near future railways will be run
by electricity; not the small roads, i
mean, but really the large ones connect
ing cities, and there is no reason why
we should not expect higher speeds than
we can attain at present with our steam
locomotives. There we have reciprocal
ing parts that must be put in motion,
stopped and reversed continually, while
in the electric locomotive we have the
simple rotary motion, which is all we
need, which makes it possible accord.
ingly to run at a much higher rate OF
speed. Although the steam locomotive
has been very much improved, yet ID
can hardly compare with the economy
OF stationary engines, placed where
they can have an abundant water supply
for condensing purposes. We can there
fore, by employing stationary engines
and electric roads, do away with great
deal of unnecessary weight, and the
moving parts being symmetrical, we can
attain much higher speed, say hun
dred miles an hour. This would be a
grand step forward, which would save
us a great deal of time. 1t might even
be possible to reach speed of $50 milea
an hour. 1t simply depends upon find
ing the method of applying sufficient
power, and building the locomotives to
suit, arrangements being adopted to
keep the cars on the track."-Scientifio
American
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so tnat it may be drawn closely around
the cane. Fig. 2 shows one side folded
over. and Fig. 5 shows the operation
completed. A hole should be made in
the lowest part of the bag to allow any
water which may possibly enter to es-
cape. In gathering, the grapes are
picked and stored with the bags on. care
being taken in handling, and in cool
place they may be kept for Ion time
in perfect condition.
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Undoubtedly there is similarity
in the appearance of cyclones as they
move along their course, but the like
ness can not be as close as between the
accounts OF the storms given by news
paper correspondents A dark funnel
shaped cloud accompanied by "a fear
full roaring and spreading destruc-
ton along its track" is the same old
cloud that has been doing service for
twenty years VIII the cyclone cores
pendent please strike up new tune, or
give Us new words % the old tuner
Milwaukee Sentinel
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FARM AND GARDEN.
BAoGlNG GRAPES.

An Easy and Simple Way of Doing II
Caickly and Well.
BY the operation OF bagging partial
exemption from rot is secured, as well
as more or less complete exemption
from sun scald and from the attacks of
birds and insects. 1t also protects from
frost in the fall. permitting grapes to
hang much longer on the vines without
fear of injury than would be possible
were they unprotected. 1t is, however.
an expensive process when done upon q
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1 BACKWOODS SUNDAY.
A Charming Picture Of Life Amid
Rural Scenes.

SUNDAY in the
backwoods of Ten
nessee, viewed by
one whose feet
rarely stray from
the worn paths OF
active life, may
hold nothing at
tractive, but 10 the
old men and women
the youth and
maiden of the soil
lit is a poem that
comes once a week
to encourage young
love with its soft
s e n tim Q n { and
uaofba old hnr
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THAT Unfortunate Liver Of yours.

Bilious reader, will never resume its func-
tons with regularity and vigor if you per-
sist in Fostering it with blue pill and Gallo
mel Don't you know that these are equally
Objectionable forms of the cumulative pol
son-mercuryi We presume you do, and
yet you go on using them. Desist, and re
pair damages, regulate the abused organ,
and invigOrate il with Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, Incompatible, also, for dyspepsia,
nervousness and kidney complaints.
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large scale, and retards the ripening
somewhat. The time OF bagging varies
with different persons, some applying
the bags as soon as the blossoms fall or
even before, others even advocating as
late as when the grapes begin to color,
SO as not to retard ripening. The lat
ter time, however, would be too late to
prevent rot.
The best time is usually as soon as
the grapes are the size OF small peas.
Good MANILA bags, No. size for Della
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wares and Nos. Q and for varieties
with large clusters are best Sometimes
more than one cluster may be put in a
single bag, when still larger one is
necessary. Our illustrations, Figs. L,
and 3, show with little explanation
the manner of applying tho bags. Fig.
/ shows the manner of Sitting the bag
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E A. Room, Toledo, o., SAYS: Halls Ca
tarrh Cure cured my wife Of catarrh fifteen
years ago and she has had no return Of it
It's sure cure" Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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NEVER TOO FULL.
An Excellent Way to Keep the Waite
Tank from OxerfIoMinR.

an H@Accheht way W Eho~P w" "~eoa
Tank from Overlooking.
An excellent way to control the water
in tank is the one in common use and
probably not patented. A weight is at
tached to the faucet of the tank which
is just sufficient to close it and keep it
closed. A strong cord passes upward over
a small pulley. then horizontally and
down directly over the center OF the
tank, and is then attached to float
When water is taken from the trough
of course the surface falls, lowering the
float. This pulls on the cord, which
lifts and opens the valve, allowing wa
ter to flow into the tank. When the
tank has filled sufficiently the
float is raised. the cork slack
ened and the faucet closed. The
accompanying illustration will CONVEY
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circumstantiaI Evidence.

Bridget-Is it thrue, mum, the mas
ter's give up drinkin'?
Mistress-Yes, but why do you askp
Bridget-Nuthin', mum, ownly the
cloves be goin' faster thin iveri-Mun'
sey's Weekly.
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HAVE you seen the Rams Hornl II mot.
write TO e. p; BRowS, 6611 North Penn. ST.,
indianapolis, Ind.