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no greater in the building than ten feet
from II ] followed him. The interior
was packed full Of SQUARE two-rallnn
TIN cans, each Of which had handle ON
e, top and two cork-plugged vent-holes
Iney looked IS though they might con-
tain maple strip or something equally
harmless. butknowing what they really
did hold started the Precipitation on nv
forehead rs gazed at them.
Taking two at time the torpedo
man set four Of the cans on the ground
outside the magazine. and reloeked the
door: Then drawing sharp steel in
strument that looked like an ice-pick
from his bootleg, he dug out one Of the
tlghtly-driven corks from each can, and
examined Its contents to satisfy himself
that 1t was full. They were. Then the
corks were replaced, and as l handed
them one at = time up 20 him, he gently
sot the packages into the padded COM
partments provided for them, and in
another minute we were driving away
from the lonely magazine over the
stumps. rocks and bog holes of the hor-
rible trail, with one hundred and twenty
pounds of nitro.glycerine, liable to ex-
plode with the slightest conclusion,
snugly slowed beneath our seat.
The ride over that rough forest trail
was altogether too exciting to be enjoy
able. 1t was like being confined in the
crater of volcano known to be on the
eve of an eruption, and the main road,
when reached, seemed a haven Of safety.
The remaining mile of our drive was
made without incident, though we
drove at what appeared to be . reck-
less pace, the torpedo-man saying that
We were little late.
At last we turned in through pair Of
bars. and. crossing field. came to a
new derrick that marked the we'll
We were to shoot The horses were
securely hitched to tree, and the con-
tents of the buggy were carried to-the
we'll, where the reel was made fast to a
stout post From there its cord, which
terminated in an iron hook, was carried
through block hung directly above the
pipe that extended thousand feet down
into the earth. A number Of drillers and
other men interested in the we'll, who
had been lounging about the derrick,
left In q body as the torpedo-man
entered it carrying two cans Of nitro
glyeerine, and followed him with two
more. They walked of to a respectful
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BEST, easiest to use and chespest. Piso',
Remedy for Cata.rh. By druggists. sc.
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THE miller finds life to be ono continual
Joseph News
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week after left girl from the South.
They both seemed very sad and in a
hurry to be gone.
"'Whose is the funeral?' l asked, as /
turned to go.
"'Alice's, he answered.
MY God! 1t was my Alice, and had
gone and left her"
The old man pressed his head upon
his hands and the tears trickled down
his sunken cheeks. Bob did not speak;
his face was hidden too.
after that" the old man said by and
by, 81 spent the next twenty-five years
of my life in prowling about the West,
and it was only when l became an old
man, when had nothing left but Alice's
grave over there on the hillside, that /
came back home to rest. But here am
l." he said with sudden start, "keep-
ing you up listening to my chatter,
when you ought to be in bed, getting
ready for your trip tomorrow.
The young nan sprang to his feet.
''Just one O'clock" he said. 81 can yet
catch the 1870 train to town. l shall
not go West at all, Cousin Tom, and if
my Alice will forgive me you may come
to our wedding next month. Patience
Oriel, in Philadelphia Times.
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a nlood.sucking Plant.

A gentleman by the name of Dunstan,
from New Orleans, has been travelling
in Central America, and tells strange
story of plant which he found there.
1t grows in the swamps around Lake
Nicaragua, and is called ''blood-suek-
ing plant" Mr.. Dunstan says his dog
was caught in its interlacing branches,
which are bare of leaves, and have a
sort of gum exuding from them. 1t
was with great difficulty that he sue
ceeded in cutting his dog loose from
their grasp, and his body was covered
with drops of blood, which seemed as
though they had been sucked from him.
Mr. Dunstan says when he cut the
branches their ends curled about his
fingers, and he had some trouble in
getting them off. They left his hand
red and blistered.-Pansy.
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TRAINING A CHILD.

We start at the cradle determined to teach
The babe that rocking will answer its
screech;
Bat, when it commences in earnest to yell
NE not only rock it, but walk it as well.
AS soon as onr language it half understands,
We spank it with slippers and box it with hands;
And when it shows temper-from seeing our
We ewhollop it harder-or leave it alone.
When able to fly from the home nest in search
Of knowledge, we aid it by doses of birch:
When older, the rawhide is making it smart.
In ucre ways than one-though it hardens its
heart.
One day we're too stern-then, too easy and
kind;
We send it to Sunday school so we can shirk
Its spiritual training-which should be home
work
we punish for little things, best unobserved,
And don't when punishment's Justly deserved
We scold it so much it heeds not what we saw,
And make it, If sensitive, keep from our way.
We give it commands that can't be obeyed:
We break many promises thoughtIessly made:
I'VE hribe it one day and the next we use force
But always we think we're consistent, of
course.
Totraln up child in the way it should go
Seems not such difficult probIem-althou zh,
TO judge by the trainers we have to confess
1t is not in their cases brilliant success.
And yet there's way, and one only, to train
A child SO it won't of its parents complain
Don't think that your darling's hopelessly bad
Because it inherits the faults of Its dad.
Don't scold it nor whip it. Just patiently show
Yourself the example of how it should 90.
Train yoursGft-not your child-and by doing
that WELL
The second edition the first must excel.
H. c. Dodge, in Detroit Free Press.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The trouble with justice is that she
does so little besides holding her scales.
-'How can get rid of superfiuous
hair, Mr.. Druggist?" ''Get married,
sir. Boston Courier.
-"Why do you call that group of mid
dle-aged ladies on the piazza anato-
mists?" Because they are always cut
ting up people. boston Gazette.
Papa, what is a savage?" "a saw
age, my son, is man who occupies two
whole seats in railway car, while some
poor woman with a sick baby has to
stand up."-Ram's Horn.
The meanest man in Washington is
the one who n ade the minister give him
a receipt when he paid him dollar for
officiating at his marriage. Washington
Critic.
Great PuLtisher-"Very sorry, sir,
but your manuscript will not do" Old
Time Novelist-''E What is the mat
ter with it?" Great Publisher-"It seems
to have plot."-N. Y. Weekly.
-He-"O, Ethel, promise you will
be my wife" Ethel (who is packed to
go away for the summer)-"No, George,
can not; at least, not until my return
in October. r."-Washington Star.
Mrs. Rural (at an art gallery and
looking at Madonna )-'tWhose picture
is that?" Attendant 'Raphael's, mad
am" Mrs. Rural-''Why, sakes alive!
/ always thought Raphael was a man
Yale Record.
Bank President Ito cashier in iail)
-''Why didn't you go to Canada?''
Cashier (haughtily)-'Because I've
got some pride about me and 1 didn't
want to go up there with only $25, 00O
and live on back street in strange
city. ."-Washing5on Star.
II don't believe papa sent this tele-
gram at ALL said Mrs Snaggs, after
carefully scrutinizing one just received.
'Why not?" asked her husband. Don't
I know my own papa's handwriting
This doesn't look bit like it."-Pitts-
burgh Chronicle.
Lady Shopper-"Doesn't it require
] considerable experience to put the color
on?' Clerk-"No, ma'am, not at all
you can put it on yourself" Lady
shopper Thank you, sir, but wanted
it for use on porcelain. " = Boston Tran
script.
/ Alas! For Lass
/ ALIAS! I'm in love and would marry,
I'm really quite anxious to wed;
| And single no longer I'd tarry,
long to be double instead.
And the paths through which cupid has led mt
Have burdened my heart with regret,
! The girls whom I'd have will not wed me,
While won't have the ones can get.
| Chicago Post.
-Fogg-'I see that by the new base
ball rules fellow who is at the bat an(
is hit by pitched ball can take his base
Now, what is to prevent a man getting
hit by the ball on purpose to get hi
base?" Fielding Have you ever beer
hit by pitched ball?" Fogg ''No.
Fielding-''I thought net. America
Great Editor-''We shall have t,
dispense with your services, Mr. Jones
/ A man who knows no more about gram
mar than to write about female poet
ess" is hardly fitted for the newspape
business" New Reporter-'I was lit
tie afraid you would kick, but that ex
actIy describes the kind of poetess sh
is. .''-Terre Haute Express.
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Heard on the street.

First Citizen (who has evidently just
been to see Merchant of Venice. y
Well, you see the Jew, when he found
out how it was going, ne backed out
Second Citizen-And lost the money.
First Citizen-O, yes; you see it was in
this way; she was in love with the fell
low the Jew got the cash for; and when
the time came to pay, according to the
agreement, it was either pay or cut.
Well, the old man, he hadn the money;
and the Jew, he was bound 20 have the
pound of flesh: and it looked rough for
the old man. Well, she dressed herself
in mans clothes and was JUG ge; and says
she: 'Jew, you are right; [ find IL SO
nominated in the bond. But. Jew, mark
you, one pound of flesh, not one iota
more nor less; and if you she'd one dror
of blood your goods are forfeit 10 che
State" Well, the Jew, he seen how il
was, and he left.
Second Citizen-Pretty deep, Ell?
First Citizen--0, there's some very
elegant things in shakespaara. --pHak.
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and with almost profound solemnity.
DO you find-have you heard that
there is good opening for a physician
out there where you are going?" SAID
the old man, as he lighted his pipe and
reseated himself in his comfortable
leatnern chair.
81 don't care continental whether
there is an opening for a physician or
not; | am going West to go to work, :"
said Bob, quickly. II may end by be-
ing cowboy or something worse, per-
haps, he added, with laughthat it was
not pleasant to hear.
And how does the little Alice like
the idea of your going?' asked Cousin
Tom, carelessly, it seemed, but his half
closed eyes under his shaggy brows were
fixed very intently upon the young fell
low as he spoke.
Bob WINGED. 81 have not considered
1t necessary to notify Miss Ames of my
intentions" he said, stifiy.
Perhaps 1 may as well tell you" he
continued, after moment, that it will
be through no voluntar act of mine
that she ever hears of me again; so, if
you please, we will leave her out of the
conversation. But come, Cousin Tom,
you have been out West yourself. Tell
me something about the country"
The old man puffed away slowly at
MS pipe. The young fellows indiffer-
ence did not deceive him. There were
good many thoughts in his mind. He
had been sitting long while alone
with only the dim freight and his
memories for company. The coming of
his young cousin had hardly dispelled
the visions he had been recalling, and
he waited long time before replying.
"Yes, he said at length, between the
puffs, Il have seen a good deal of the
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Old man suddenly, show came to go to
the WARP"
No" said Bob, 'and 1 have often
been curious to know why you threw up
every thing and spent so many years of
your life in wandering about"
"Well," said the old man, leaning for
ward to empty his pipe upon the hearth.
Il may make pretty long story of it,
and if you get tireu you must let me
know. After l left school l settled
down in the village to practice law I
was never very wild fellow, only quick
and hot-tempered-quick and hot-tem-
pared. Aye, there's where the trouble
came" said the old man, musingly.
The fire-light f1ickered upon his bald
head and sunken cheeks, and his eyes
were very sad.
Here, boy" he said, as he fumbled
in his pocket and produced little,
worn velvet case, ''that has been with
me everywhere through all that West
ern wild Look at it as talk to YOU"
''Why, this is Alice, SIR" said Bob,
eagerly, as he opened the case.
AYE, Alice" said the old man, 'ebut
not your Alice, My Alice used to call
her in the old days, She was Alice
Ames' aunt. | can see her now, boy, as
saw her the day she sat listening to
me as l told my love to her. She kept
her eyes bent down upon the grass at
her feet all the time | was talking to
her. We had walked down the hill to
the rustic seat under the old beech tree,
but that, too, is gone now. 1 forgot.
Her hat had slipped off, / remember,
and her rough rings of hair seemed to
have caught the rays of the sun himself
and shone and glinted round her head.
She lifted her sweet eyes to mine when
had done, and putting her hand in
mine said:
Why, Tom, don't you know l have
loved you always?'
'And, boy-but why am 1 telling you
all this? You wanted to know why l
went West Well, as l told you. l was
a hot-headed, quiclz-tempered fool, and,
though it seems to me now that Alice
did every thing that sensible man
would have been satisfied with, used
then to be very exacting, and was often
vexed with her. She was bright, and
cheerful, and happy, and used to treat
my high and mighty humors with the
lightness they deserved. Finally one
day shall never forget it'll had been
to see Alice in the morning, and, with
my usual foolhardiness, had been cen
suring her for dancing so much the
night before with Henry Wentworth,
your banker in town, you know. 1t
seemed to me she had taken my strict
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ures little more defiantly than usual;
at all events, [ went off feeling very
angry.
But as is always the case with hot
headed fools, l cooled off very quickly.
Alice had always been so ready to for
give me that it was with no hesitancy
that l went out that afternoon to take
her for drive. l found her with her
hat upon her head, standing on the gal
lery pulling some roses. They were
yellow, l remember, and very sweet.
Come, Alice, said, 'Selim is in excel
lent trim; let US take a drive out the
Greensboro pike
=" 4 am very sorry, Tom,' she said,
but can not go with you this after
noon.'
"She stopped breaking the flowers as
she spoke and looked at me half shyly
from under her lashes.
"'Why not, pray?' asked. firing up
in a moment. [ fancied there was some
thing teasing in her tone.
"I have other fish to fry she said,
simply.
Il shall never forget how she looked
as she stood there twirling the yellow
rose in her hand and bending down her
head till her little chin rested upon her
bare, white throat. Somehow yellow
rose always brings back that picture to
me. l remember my first impulse was
! to take her in my arms and beg her to
forgive me, but ere l moved or spoke
heard the sound of wheels on the gravel
without, and, turning, I saw Young
Wentworth drive up. Without word
turned and left the house. AS I en-
tered the village | met a little band OF
troops starting for the Mexican war. In
moment 1 was out and had enlisted.
We left that night. / was accountable
to no one for my actions, and no one
knew of my whereabouts.
What l suffered in the war it mat
ters not That cash across the little
case you have shows how near l came
being pricked By a Mexican sword.
When my term of enlistment was out
was more than willing to return home,
and lost no time in doing so. As left
the train and walked up the village
street / saw a funeral procession just
turning the brow of the hill. Henry
Wentworth and his young wife were
getting in the carriage as passed the
gate, he bad married. he told me, the
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A CRUEL lNDlGNITY.
How Seedy-LOoking Man Was Insulted
by Stingy Matron.

How a Seedy-LOoking Man Was Insulted
by Stingy Matron.
81 beg your pardon, madam, for in
truding on you at meal-time," he said,
politely, "but may l ask you for little
salt?''
The lady brought him salt-box. He
looked at it meditatively and leaned
against one of the pillars of the porch.
1T is foolish habit l have got into, -
he said, in an apologetic way, "but I
dare say you will consider it one Of
questionable taste, but | always eat salt
on my watermelon.
''But you haven't any watermelon, T"
said the lady of the house.
THANK you kindly for suggesting it, "
answered the seedy-looking tourist,
gratefully. 'Shall l eat the melon out
here?"
81 don't see how you can. We have
no watermelon to-day"
''No watermelon at all in the house?''
"None"
'sThen, madam, said the caller in the
tones of an injured man, ''permit me to
return the salt. will not say am an
CRY, but am hurt-deeply hurt. You
have raised my expectations and cruelty
disappointed them. Ileave you, madam,
to your own reflections"
He made low bow, handed back the
salt-box with the air of King declin.
ing dukedom, and two minutes later
he was on the back porch at the nexi
neighbor's asking for little horse
radish.-Chicago Tribune.
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RUSSIAN SUPERSTITION.
An Extraordinary Manifestation Of Latter
Day Ignorance.


An old superstition, with specially
Russian characteristics, has Of late been
manifested in K1isheya, village in the
government of Moscow. At the begin
ming of June two peasants dug up
spring of water at that place. An
old woman dreamed that the newly
discovered spring possessed curative
properties, and she told her dream to
the laborers of factory near by. There
upon masses of people, mostly women
and children, began fiocking around the
healing waters. As the spring did not
Weld enough water to satisfy them all
fsnce was built around it, and cross
was erected on the spot Several peas
ants of the village stand inside the
fence and deal out the water in bottles
to the applicants, each of whom deposits
a coin at the foot of the cross. The
money is collected by the elder Of the
village every evening and kept for
communal purposes" At the foot Of
the cross there stands a bottle with two
dead frogs in it, who had come to their
untimely end in peculiar manner.
/ Before the concourse of sick persons
/ around the spring was great, some OF
the peasants caught two perfectly
healthy women, told them that they
were dangerously i'll, and, pinning them
to the ground, made them drink the
healing waters until they tainted. When
/ the poor women were picked up from
the ground the two frogs were found IN
their garments, and were declared to be
devils driven out by the virtue Of the
holy water. They are now exhibited in
the bottle as sign Of the wondrous
properties of the spring. The rush Of
people to that place is so great now
thatthe authorities have great difficulty
keeping them IN order. An attempt or
the part OF the authorities to cover uT
the spring was met with loud protests
by the villagers and the duped massei
around the place, and had, therefore, =
be sbandoRsd, svLondon LstteE.
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ADJUSTABLE sun DIAL.
A Cheap and Reasonably Accurate Sui
stItute for a Watch.

A Cheap and Reasonably Accurate Sub
stitute for Watch.
A very simple, but tolerably accurate,
sun dial has been preserved. 1t is one
made in England in the last century,
when they were commonly used in GER
tain districts in place of the more ex-
pensive clocks and watches. 1t depends
upon the varying height of the sun
above the horizon during the day, and
not upon its distance from the meridian,
as with an ordinary dial.
1t consists of three rings, the inner
one moving freely between the two
outer ones. On the outside ring are en-
graved the initial letters of the months
of the year, and opposite these, on the
inside, are the hours of the morning and
afternoon. The movable ring is pierced
with small hole.
1t is evident that if the opening in the
instrument is turned toward the sun at
sunrise, luminous spot will be thrown
upon the inside of the ring, and as the
sun mounts higher in the sky the spot
will move downward until noon, when
it will turn and move up again till sun
set, and it is only necessary to mark the
hours where the light falls during q
single day to obtain ready means o.
learning the time, at least approx
mately; but correction is necessary
for the varying height of the sun at diff
ferent seasons of the year, SO the rinG
/ with the opening is made movable, and
once month is moved until the open
ing comes opposite the initial letter o
! that month.
The extreme error of this instrument
is not more than fifteen minutes, and /
forms cheap and useful substitute TO
watch Jewellers Weekly.
She Obiected.-Husband-sI an
thinking of moving to Chicago, dear.
Wife-"O, George, don'tl Let US liv
together long enough to celebrate GU
crystal wedding before we get a divorced
brakes Magazine.
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A Keener of His Word.

Wilson-Philson is man who keeps
his word, whatever else may be said Of
him.
Bilson-Do you find him so?
Wilson-Yes, he borrowed five dollars
from me year ago. and he said he'd
never forget my kindness.
Bilson-And he hasn't.
Wilson-No; every time he wants to
borrow money he comes to Chicago
Mail.
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west, and very different country it is
nom this, | can assure you. There is
hardly square mile of ground in the
saoie State of Texas that | have not
Deeh over; and Mexico and the Terri
sorles and California, too, l know pret-
= we'll | was considerably younger
.aaa than am now when went to the
Aohtler. | little thought then of be-
I0n9hg the decrepit old bookworm that
5 ~ !. now with hardly strength enough
nght my pipe. 1t has been a good
W time since the Mexican war
saoagh, hasn't it? I was hardly as old
goa when I enlisted.
ever tell you, Bob SAID the
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DIN G WEST,
are you, Bob?''
asked the old
man quietly, as
he a d d e d a
fresh stick to
t h g al ready
glowing fire.
''Yes; l leave
for Texas on the
early train to-
morrow. Cousin
7 o m t h e
young man an
swered firmly,
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AN OLD MANS STORY.

The Reason Why Bob Did Not
Go West.
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Great Authors Wife-What are you
writing, Charles?
Great Author-An essay on the inn
portance of thorough knowledge Of
the English language.
Great Authors Wife-You don't seem
to be getting on very fast with it.
Great Authorize, I'm stuck. can't
remember how to spell ''embarrass." =
Munsey's Weekly.
Collector Ito Skimgullet) wish
you would settle this account sir; I
can't come after the money every day."
kimgullet-"Well it would suit me
better. toe, il you came at night; I'm
peyer here then. Inter Ocean.