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THE LITTLE TIN CUP.

Whoa, BettyI How do, sir! Is this herethe 'sylun
for folk as is mad9
1t air? Wal my Lucy's to hum, sirS not rayin'
oh, no-jist fad
And eff I'd my own way wouldn't be thinkin' o
fetchin' her here;
But it amt no argyin' matters when siSter-in-
laws interfere.
You see, It were this how: last harvest we parted
with baby-with Chick;
The qootiest child in the kentry; the rompinest
fore he got sick;
And his mother, poor gal, took it badly when We
telled her as baby was dead,
For she didn't shed tears like she'd orter. but Sc
thar a-shakin' her head
And when baby was put in the parlor she crep
softly up 10 the box,
And We heerd her say go to sleep, darlin'," as
she brushed back his bootiful locks.
But nex' day she was sleepn' herself, sir, wher
they come from the taown with the hearse
So We went to the graveyard without her, ant
saved her the 'sterics, or worse.
Wal when we got back from the fun'ral thai
was Lucy a-gettin' the tea;
On the table was three cups and saucers, for her
and the sister and me;
But can't tell the turn as it gives me to see or
the cloth, polished up,
Jist as bright as it Shined on his birthday, oui
poor Chickeys little tin cup.
Then the sister she starts in a-cryin', and says
she, with her face very white,
Lucy, dear, den'tyou know that the baby won't
want any supper tonight"
Then, poor gal she jist lifts up her finger and
she points 1t at baby's old place,
And she says, Don't the tin cup look dirty
along O. that dazzlin' facet"
Ev'ry morning she's up with the daybreak,
ascrubbin' that poor bit O. tin;
And she's still at it, scourin' and rubin, when
The ShadderS of evenin' comes in;
But its black sir-as black as the kittle-com.
pared with, the child as sits there,
Shinin' bright with the glory O. heaven; still a:
death in his little high chairl
So I've come. sir, to ask you to take her. and
larn her that Chicks gone away
To place whar no sufferin' kin enter; no rust.
nor disease, nor decay;
But ef Ged sent this stroke as a mercy-et the
doctors all gives Lucy up
She VIII bring back heart that amt broken.
and polish the little tin cup,
Thomas Frost in New York Herald
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A Poser,

Travers-Say, old man, great scheme
Am going to London. You order what
clothes you want. Same height, same
breadth. ! buy them. Bring 'em
back. Good fit. Cheap. Eh7
Dashaway-Splendid. I'll make out
my order at once. When you get back
III pay you.
Travers-You will, Ell? Well, I'd
like to know how in thunder you ex-
pect Inc to get over there.-Clothier
and Furnisher.
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Abraham Lincolp,s Fathsr.

Within seven miles of Nation is the
farm which Abraham Lincoln's father
used to own, and where he lived. Abe
was of age then, and he didn't live on
the farm. but he visited his father once
a year and always brought him pres
ents. T,4euas Lincoln died on his
farm and n buried in Gordon's grave
yard, near by. Beside his grave is that
'of his second wife For many years
THE graves were unmarked Later on
Mr. Dunlap. of this city, brought the
matter to the attention of several lead
ing citizens of Nation and Coles
county. The result was that plain
monument marks the place. Robert
Lincoln, hearing of the subscription,
sent Mr.. Dunlap a check for Slea.-
Chicago Tribune.
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WHY OIL GAINS The SEA.
It Smoothes Out the Ripples so the Wind
Can't Get q Grip on the Water.

It Smoothes Out the Ripples so the Wind
Can't Get q Grip on the Water.
The action of oil in calming the sea is
now so generally recognized that the
new rules as to life saving appliances
require that every boat of sea going
vessels and all life boats shall carry
Zone gallon of oil and vessel of APP
proved pattern for distributing it on
the water in rough weather" The po-
tency of oil in smoothing waves was
recently explained by Lord Rayleigh
before the Royal institution in lucid
lecture
The well known scientists expert
ments demonstrate that foam or froth
is caused by impurities in liquids. Thus,
on shaking up bottle containing pure
water, we get no appreciable foam, but
taking a mixture of water with per
cent. of alcohol there is a much greater
tendency to foam. Camphor, glue and
gelatine, dissolved in water, greatly in
crease its foaming qualities, and soap
still more.
Lord Rayleigh finds that sea water
foams, not on account of its saline mat
ter but in consequence of the pres
ence of something extracted by wave
action from seaweeds. BY simply put
ting his finger into water which was
moving vigorously under the influence
of a few canlphor scrapings the con-
tamination of the water by the intini-
tesimal amount of grease sufficed to
form an invisible film over it and to
neutralize the foaming action produced
by the dissolved camphor.
The effect of oil on waves, as sew
eral physicists have proved, is not to
subdue the huge swell, but to smooth
and tone down its ripples, each of
which gives the wind point d'appul,
thus increasing the force of the break
ing waves. ''The film of OIL" says
Lord Rayleigh, may be compared to
an inextensible membrane floating on
the surface of the water and hamper
ing its motion"
AS long as the advancing tumultuous
sea water is pure there is nothing to
oppose its periodic contractions and
extensions, but when its surface is COW
cred with the oily membrane the most
dangerous contractions and extensions
are impossible.
The scientific demonstration of the
sea quelling virtue of oil is worthy OF
note by all sailors. It is fortunate for
them that Lord Rayleigh has accom-
plished this at time when ocean
storms, and especially tropical hurri-
canes. are likely to tax the seaman's
art to the utmost in saving his craft
from destruction. London Nautie
Mapazinn ~ 49,
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Millions in It.

Ames, of long handled shovel fame,
did not invent the implement. A boy
who was digging out a woodchuck
broke the handle of his shovel, and
fitted i'll a temporary one of double the
length. Ames happened to pass by
and noticing how much easier the
shovd: was handled lie caught on and
started factory. The boy got a dol
lar hat and the woodchuck out of it,
Detroit Free Press.
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ings was S219,274, the Warner Street
house alone costing 81, 23S without
the lot. The lot cost $500. New
furniture to the amount of s., CPS was
bought, but this does not include the
Warner street supplies.
For fuel so, $50 vent a-glimmering.
1t required about 5000 tons of coal
and several thousand dollars worth of
kindling. Two thousand six hundred
and seventy-three dollars was paid out
for rent to accommodate some of the
COLONIES. Heating fixtures were put
in costing the city SO, 291. The schools
are all provided with gas, and often in
dark days it is necessary to burn it the
whole of the school hours. The gas
cost 1893 so that year. Four lots were
bought for the sum of S32, 675, includ-
ing the last Warner street lot This
makes grand total of S947, 027.-Cin-
cinnati Times-Star.
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The Invention of the wbeeIbarrov.

The invention of the wheelbarrow
has been credited commonly to Pascal,
French philosopher and writer of
about the middle of the Seventeenth
century. According to Littre's diction-
airy of the French language, however,
the wheelbarrow was invented by a
Mr.. Dupin in 1869 One or the other
of these two accounts has been accept.
ed generally-in France at least, where
every useful invention is believed to be
of French rigin.-EIchange.
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OaAzsa of Diamonds or Diamonds of ouar4,

QnAzts of Diamonds or Diamonds of Onaxtx
Il tell you, Knowles, the dressing at
Saratoga surpassed the widest dreams
of MoRte Cristo. IneTer saw anything
like the ostentatious display of dia-
monds. Every one had them, and col
lected they could have been measured
by quarts"
Knowies-Crystalline quartz?-Jew-
elers' Circular.
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AMONG ENeLANp:s WARsHIPs.
How Uncle Sans Cruisers Looked Among
the British Ironclads.

How Uncle Sans Cruisers Looked Among
the British Ironclads.
Almost like yachts they look CON-
pared with some of their huge neigh
bors, for some of Great Britain's strong
est and most terrible sea monsters are
gathered in the harbor, lying on the
waters as if in slumber, quiet and tran
gull enough now, but ready to awaken
at their mistress bidding, and to vomit
forth death and devastation from their
steel clad sides.
Close to our ship is the Arson; on
the other side the huge Benbow, with
massive black hull and white, fortress
like superstructure, points the muzzles
of her enormous guns over the tops OF
the turret like barbettes ON her decks,
fore and aft, while from the ports in
her sides the cannons of her batteries
peer menacingly outward. A fringe Of
davits, from which here and there a
boat is hanging, runs on both sides Of
her upper deck, and her tall military
mast, the tops bristling with machine
guns, tapers aloft amidships.
The Arson flies the flag of the real
admiral; on her quarterback scarlet
coated, white helmeted marines are
drawn up and the band is playing;
alongside of her some boats are lying
Farther out in the bay the Iron Duke
has shaken out her topsails, and the
canvas droops from the long yards ii
graceful folds, while from her bows tc
aft of her nainmast the white clothing
of her crew, hanging there to dry, fut
tiers from the clotheslines.
Over by the long stone wall of the
New Mole the Northumberland and
the Colossus, the vice admiral's ship
and number of smaller vessels-dis
patch boats and yachts-are moored
while back among the golfers the
Monarch's white ensign marks the
presence of a man-of-war in theil
midst. In the ofing another nava
monster, the Camperdown, is steamine
slowly out to sea-
The harbor is alive with row boat.
and launches of all kinds. Yonder
glancing like fish half emerging from
the water, comes a small, queerly
shaped craft Circling with astonishing
rapidity around our ship fora moment
it darts off suddenly, and, with swisf
and quick splash, something drops from
its side. A moment later a dull report
a fash of fire and little puff of blue
smoke curling over the water somt
distance beyond US, where little rec
flag waves from sort of buoy floating
there, shows us that the torpedo thai
we $3.50 s.amias6f1 khas reached
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Since 1S57 England's small war

Since 1857 England's small wars have
cost her about $40 O00,000 The war
with China in 1912 cost her $50, OOO,-
900; the Abyssinian expedition in 1867
20, 81, 500, 900; the South African war
in 1S79-SO. 81, 900, 900; the Nile expedi-
ton in 1Ss4-e5, s., $50, 900; the Afghan
war, between 1859 and 1886. S15, QO0,-
00O
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N q passion 10 Jake q
liquor and keep it in her mouth i've
minutes.
The woman. quite overioyed at so
simple remedy, strictly followed the
counsel which was given her, and by
her silence escaped the usual annoy
ance. The contents. of the. bottle be-
ing at last expended, she returned to
the cunning man and anxiously begged
to have another possessed Of the same
virtue.
Daughter" said the man, there
was nothing in the bottle but brown
sugar and water. When your husband
is in a passion hold your tongue and,
my life on it, he will not scold you in
future. New York Ledger.
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Danger!

Elderly Visitor Ito parro0-You lit
tie love, kiss me.
Parrot moving over to the other
end of the perch, in alarm)-Meher-
Guile! next thing she'll be wanting to
marry me.-Epoch.
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There Are Plenty of Them.

Totting-The government wants a
new design for the silver dollar
Dinling-That ought not to be hard
to get. Everybody know has designs
on the dollar.-Munsey' Weekly.
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Repeating Orders.

Patron lat church fair festivaD-
Oyster stew. please.
Waitress Ito cook)-Oysters, two.-
Good News.
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Z OR FINE COTTON sEED-Improved
L Peterkin, JEFF wellborn, Georgia Pre-
ium, Meyer and other choice varieties, Cord
wood, cedar. piling, blocks, posts, etc., in
abundance. Terms low.
E% Correspondence solicited. -
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Cincinnati school House,

= The teachers salar;
school year endinRa
S613,697. Janitor
sixty, cost the cit
$500 each. The ame
pairs for the different
- COT osc nbo oo,A
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-16

Father Lev SIkols;ezitci. > said the spoi-es-
man wien 'tns cogat supsar-d We Deg
most Is-Tea-ly rda- thu wit grant il
What Is ~ Speak out D1n't -ol
k7ox an alzzgs anxious % ss-ve your
Cous-d=Eaols c1nfusiOl among tie pezs-
ants followed this remark Fur or five
Be saa 70 sueak, and than stopDs u in fright
eaed e-nOarassalsnt- Taose IN front backed
OF, and those behind tried 70 push the
Others forward Finally 9O-Tesf-oId feI-
low II tried courage spoke out:
Free Us. Oh, master. We viii be eter-
nsiIy thankful INIT tort re Us In ger. y
VIVA, d yoI meanF as.,si the court,
in oseo1lslm=nt "Wha. snail free yol
from
Prom thy crazy ilsa, oh. Father Lew
Nikola iswiteb. For thee i. is a pleasure,
but for Us ri =. And t1e1 the womeI, III ;
witches, give - no psace.7
In q word, The com n1nity bs5ouyht the
count 70 reslg7 rs lew Office.
But how cave / algered youl VIVA.
have I done wrOngT inquired the count
with tears IN his eyes. Have not done
my duty"
An appalling stiffness was tie onlv
answer 70 these Questions for some tine
Then came diplomatic voics from the
rear:
Thou art No good as g herdsr, Father
LsH NtEoid Jo"I-C1. because We NAV not
swear at thee. Thou ART lord. And what
Is toe use IN having herder If we may not
swear az him and beat him71
Count Tolstoi looked about piteously for
an expression Of disaDproval Of this hard
sentences. he found no comfort. From all
sides came Grunls Of satisfaction with the
words Of the last speake-. II Z tren bling
voice the count announced that ne would
bow before tie wishes Of his people and re-
sign bis Office. Re then withdrew and the
peasants csO=e his successor
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GUIDING AND CHAPERox1xG.

Here promises permanent addition to
the growing list of occupation for women.
The bureau, which was OF ened tentatively
in New York last wIuter, has found work
enough on its haAds so that il Is now on the
brink Of resolving itself into a stock com
pany and using its capital 10 fit up house
and add to its functions some of those orig
mated by the Ladies' Guido Association IN
Cockspur street, London, such as opening
dressing rooms to W men Fl ON out Of town,
VINO wish TO array themselves for reception
or theater, and lodgings TO women travelling
alone, who are refused &c ON modations
under the medieval roEulat ons il vogue at
some Of the hotels. the bureau fildsone of
its most successful features the sending out
of women to assist timid entertainers in
dlnucr serving.
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THE NEW YORK woMEN's PRESS CLUB

me NEW lOhh WOMEN'S PRESS CLUB.
Length Of life seems to 10 assured to it
now that Frohman has promised a big ben
eft at which the Keudais are to play. and
now that il has settled itself in coy head
quarters where it can drink a cup of tea.
us hard TO guarantee success to any feni-
nlne enterprise when there's no flavor of
the Chinese beverage. Newspaper women
multiply. What ntader OF fashion columns
is unacqualnted with the undefa5iaahle
Toilet" writer who possesses the most in
falllbe knowledge on the sorbing toplc II
"a nice complexionN Who has not read the
Interesting bewlldering articles of "rbe
House Decorator" on how to furnish for
$3.50! What a wailing and gnesh-
ing OF teeth goes on in divers and
several mansions, when on tho authority of
this stern autocrat the fair mistress lrarns
that her carefully drapei flower pots aud
milking stools are quite demodei How
could women exist without their weekly
budget of gossip and gowns, eide "rhe
Ladies' Columnf' Who could describe ne
swell weddings, the smart frocks OF the last
advertised actress, the sweetest thing in
bonnets, save the chatty woman journalist?
Does Mrs. a. wish it to b. chronicled tina
1.-The fashionable Mrs. B., wearing
her celebrated parure OF diamonds.
was present at Mrs. AS reception"
she sends clrd Of invitation to
the newspaper wo nan. Taeaters lnceris
and dances cannot tie attended by this i'm
portant funcuonary in any mere needless
spirit Of enjoyment Her watchfu eyes
arc rowing for piquant details TO spice smart
paragraphs. A Witty anecdote or a good
mot mas for her the ad iiuonal Intete Of
possessing a market value. She dreams OF
''fads" aud wakes to dress newspaper hordes
Of Christmas dolls.
She does serious work honestly when she
gets chance, and she is graphic and
brilliant as ali interviewer
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80 usre 90 g e e

controversy uuch no-e than does tie e.
plore-.
Wien Otsro. the nsE dancer. appears on
TIE street. Sc cs-rias il 1s- s-Es a. likely
IS not sapa1sss puppy. with an sx-
preston rot quite 50 uZT Is pu-'s and 8
bodT Ike Witt kit-ea- Dog fads are IN
COMPREHENSIVE These Japa-ese uups brir 2
from $50 70 LOO, md rbe sale Is brisE
eo5uZh 70 have tempted women 70 bred
then ouistiy ,. If egsins- tie laws Of hygis7e,
Il tcelr bedrooms
Mrs Keodsll's 17-yezr-old daughter b.
Zlrz 70 b an orzsueEt O. drawing rooms.
Sic . sweet. fair Erg-ish girl, charming
70 l-oz a., b1t without t-s salf-relisnce Of
tne American girl, Wa7 has s7mstines been
trusted % walk Eve b.ocks slole.
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NEs. PAIyERs BREssxAKIxG.

One Of TIE best amateur oressmakers il
SeT YORK IS the wife Of Manager A. u .
Palmer, who doesl't g-t many opportuni-
sufficiently abundant IA her wardrobe Il
hsppeaed not long ago. however, t6at a
little fr.eEd, richer il hope than in cash.
was on the eve OF marriage. and Mrs.
Palmer entered with z voInan's zeal into
ne 1es-loa Il the troEsssa1, cutting, firing
ana contrIviBg every garmeIs At the
same time she vas sp=rding ore night in
every two or three watching az the bedside
O. a SICK woman ana demonstrating in heif
dozen ways at ouc= her possession Of
vital energy. DUSTIN.
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WOMEN ONE SEES.

New York is the place to meet people
just now one of its sights is Mrs. Dorothy
STANLEY sculding along at twilight on her
husbands arm like a little frigate towed
along by Gamer. They walk cry rap
idly, as if bent on getting in thirty minutes
an hours exercise. Mrs Stanley's face is
sersltively expressive, q ID ore caa'o feln
feeling quite sure size miaGs the rear guard
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behind the line all the men, excepting
Capt. Poe, are new. William G. Spicer
Of Harrisburg Pa, the lett half-back,
will probably be- expected to do most Of
the "bucking." He is taller and heavier
set than any of the othor backs and not
quite as swift runner, but when Capt. Poe
needs yard or two to make the fir. { down,
Billy Spicer is the man expected to do il,
and, depend upon 1t, he does do it. He is
devoted to the interests of the team, his
head is always clear, aud he never in "A con-
test gets ''ratted," all qualities Invaluable
in football player.
Sheppard Hornans. Jr., of Englewood,
N. j., is the man who will FIJI "Snal1e''
Ames' position as full-back He is at times
little slow, but he is a sure drop Kicker
and hard punter. He also makes some
long runs from an opponents kick.
Philip King, the right half-bac6, is
Washington lad. He is fast and strong
runner. the ball seemingly not impeding
his progress in the least. Stocky and short,
he is good at 'bucking the line.n
"And DON'T said member of the team,
neglect jim Robinson, our trainer He
has trained two champion teams and is one
of the most successful and most loyal
trainers Princeton has ever had. When We
lose him, football III Princeton win not seem
quite the same.h
This completes the list, save for some
possible substitutes, of the Princeton Foot
ball Team, which is TO face the gallant
Yale players on Thanksgiving day. All
Princeton believes that its sturdy young
representatives will do glorious work Ia
Brooklyn and viii carry back TO New Jer-
sey's old university town the champions aip
Yale seeks to wrest from then If so, the
biggest bonfire that ever lighted up the col
lege grounds and buildings will blaze upon
the campus w. II. CURTIS, JR.
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You WOULD thln'S there is q premium offered
Tor Tools; there are so many who iuSe no oppor-
tunity for being foolsh.-AtchEoh ODE.
New-York tribune., 1890-06-28
p,rrEsoy ALDgrrey swyyDLrD

The old cypng7 game worked WIKI great
success on Alderman Edward Tanning. Of Paterson.
y j., yesterday. but one Of The eypers' is now In
jall. Tic Alderman TO the city to collect %
bill Of 800. lie got the check for the money and
on the way downtown he met man who introduced
himself as Mr. Kelly. Of Paterson" one Of the
Aldcrman's constituent Tanning did not know him.
but there were a good many Of his supporters IN
Paterson that he did not know
Mr.. Kelly told the Alderman that he had two
mares 10 take out New Jersey 10 Craze and Invited
the Alderman 10 have a look az them. They were In
a stable al so JiO We, Thirty lith-st. and when
the men reached there. they met two Others In the
stable talking about very fast horse that one
Of them argued could do a mile IN = go.
While they were crtici ing this fast horse. hfth
man entered the offered 800 for the horse
The owner refused saving he cOuld not sell her 10
dealer Turning 10 Kelly" the new conner said
i'crhap, your friend won't mind buying the horse,
II viii be sold 10 him seeing that hc H. not dealer.
and then buy the horse back from him
Alderman FanuluC induced To- part with his
check told 90 20 the Of Forty first Il.
and get the harness There were no stables and no
first time il dawnod on the Alderman that he had
been swindlcd. a man who gave the name of Brown.
had ompancd Mr. flaming 10 get the harness and
lie turned over 10 the custody Of Policeman
Mccain, who happened 70 be- not far away
Brown was taken 20 Jefferson Market Court and
remandcd to give the police chance t. capture the
other members % the gang.