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A Womun's Dream,

On Warren avenue, in Chicago, lives q
good old lady at the home of her only son,
a business man in fairly comfortable cir
cumstanccs. This is the story the old lady
tells:
1T was twenty years ago We lived, my
husband and I, with the children, on q
little farm near the Wabash river. NY
husband went away with the wheat one
April, hauling all he had to sell in the big
wagon. He was to be back Saturday night.
and | sat up for him. The children had
gone to bed, but I had little supper all
ready for hiA, and sat before the fire knit
ting, 1t was away past midnight and I
was 50 drowsy finally went to sleep in the
rocking chair. The night was pretty chilly,
and seemed to feel the cold
Presently L dreamed I was about my
work, shlvering, when I heard my hus-
band throw an armful of wood in the box
behind the stove, and l thought, Nov I
can have a fire turned to speak to him,
but he was gone, and while wondered
how he could have put down the wood and
gotten away SO soon l heard another sound
Ike wood falling in n box. though no one
was near it. Then l walked up. The fire
was out and the clock showed il was two
hours past midnight. was d good deal
worried, but went to bed. Next morning
they brought my husbands body home
He had been struck and killed by tile night
express while crossing the track on his
way home and his watch showed that the
awful accident had happened ct lust g
o'clock. Chicago Herald
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A CnnnIhai 13Ishon

But more startling than all was the mistake
made by queen of Denmark during her visit
to the Danish colony Of Iceland, where the
good old bishop exerted himself to the utmost
to show her everything that was worth see-
ing The queen paid many compliments to
her host, and having learned that he was
family man, graciously inquired how many
children he had.
Now it happened that the Danish word for
children" was almost identical in sound
with tho Icelandic word for "sheep;" so the
worthy bishop-whose knowledge Of Danish
was not SO complete as 1t might have been
understood her majesty to ask how many
sheep he owned, and promptly answered:
1.-TWO hundred.n
1.-TWO hundred children!" cried the queen,
astounded- "How can you possibly main
tain such o number3"
Easily enough, please your majesty" re-
piled the hyperborean prelate with cheer
full smile "In the summer I turn them out
upon the hills to graze and when winter
comes kill and eat themi"-David Ker in
Harper's magazine
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An Efficient Cavalry,na,,,

George Williams, who used to be the West
Town assessor, is quarterlnaster of the Sec
ond regiment. He was appointed while he
was in office, and he made n very handsome
figure when he first donned his full dress uni
form. Ono day there came an order for
parade "Must1 turn outT Williams asked
of Col. Wheeler, who was then in command.
Yes said the colonel. "And must go OIL
horseback was the next question. Ger
tainly," replied the colonel. Williams want
ed to obey orders, but he felt some misgiv-
ings. II have never been on horse,n he
said. The colonel told him that it was not
too late to learn to ride, and he started off to
secure his steed. After the parade the colonel
asked Qnartermaster Williams how he had
progressed '.All right" was the reply.
"But Ill tell you on the quiet how it was,
although with the confidence have acquired
l think could ride any sort of horse. The
truth is that got street car horse Inside
of my coat / put a bell. I could not draw
my sword while in motion, SO when I was
obliged to do it I reached i'll and rang my
bell once The horse paused and drew my
sword. Then 1 rang tho bell twice and he
went ahead again. Chicago Herald.
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An Equine Wonder.

Marion Bucklew, living eleven miles
southwest of Knoxville, Ia, is the owner
of Empress Lazclle, one of the most oddly
constructed colts ever foalcd in the United
States. Lazelle has but three natural legs
and one natural eye. The two hind legs
are perfect and properly set, but the fore
one, us though nature had tried to make
amends for only supplying one, is set in
the center of the fore part of the body, or
between where the two usually are.
On each side Of this single foreleg, some
what above the conjunction of the leg witt,
tie body, a rudimentary wing, about the
size of a mans hand, and in shape mucl.
resembling that of a young chicken, puts
out from the well developed shoulders.
One eye is perfectly natural, but the other
is twice the size it should be, and continu-
ally emits a phosphorescent glow, like that
of the eye ola wild beast in the dark. In
daytime the glow Of this unnatural eye is
plainly visible, but can be seen at night to
the best advantage, it appearing then to
be MS large MS u baseball, the light emitted
from it being perfectly white when viewed
in the darkness.-St. Louis Republic.
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perverse raiiors.

One OF the most pcrrerse beings in the
city OF New York is Il mans tailor The
tailor makes a mans Clothes but it re-
quires an unusual amount of persstency
on the part of the man to have the tailor
make the clothes in any other way than as
the tailo~ wishes. Especially does the tailor
object TO making clothes in the way that
the customer wants them. One of the
tailors cn Madison square undertook to
make coat and Il pair Of trousers. He
took the measurement all right. The coat
and trousers were tried on; neither of them
fitted. The tailor was told to alter them;
they were finished without alterations
They were returned to be altered The
tailor sent them back with word that they
had been altered. This process was re-
pcated twice, until the customer went to
the tailor's and told him that the legs of
the trousers should be made half an inch
longer. The trousers were returned with
out the legs having been made half an inch
longer In the trousers pocket was mem
orandum paper by the tailor, Make right
leg only quarter of an inch longcr.n The
tailor had his own way about the trousers
at last New York Sum-
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EiFSt' Euiny1,Icuis

Repetition is the thief of enjoyment as
surely as procrastination is the thief Of
time 1t is with pleasures us with spark
ling wines. You can have the flashing
giobules, the rushing foam, the rare bou-
quct but once. Cork up your wine for af-
ter use, and the next draught from the bot
tie shall be comparatively flat and taste
less. Take second sip at any Joy the earth
affords and you will find it less exhilarat-
ing than the first. Novelty is the spice of
life. No secondary sensations are like the
primaries, and habit, in the end, stales
every luxury.
Middle aged reader, do you remember
the pride with which you wore your first
watch2 1t may have been cheap affair
always at odds with chronos, and the gold
en- horologe that now ticks sonorously in
your pocket may be patent lever richly
leweled. But what u contrast between the
Indifference with which you draw forth
the costly watch of your maturity and the
subducd exultation with which a dozen
times an hour you paraded the valueless
triuket of your hobble-d -de-hoy-hood New
York Ledger
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SOME CURIOUS SEIZURES.

Sing. lar Liquors That Fave Hcen s;s'i.sd
By ;hr New York Customs Authorities.
The Ne" York custom house occasions
ally affords interesting glinlpscs into the
vast foreign life of he United States Re
Gently while calling upon friend, who
holds a responsible position in that cir
cumlocutory institution, he showed mo
samples of Il large number of invoices
of liquors which had recently been import
ed. Every one would puzzle the average
man about town. One was IL greenish yell
low fluid called sliyovitsch. 1t comes from
Austria and the Balkan states and is made
from Il small wild plum which grows in
that district. 1t is fiery and to n Yankee
pnlate very disagreeahle, but is extremely
popular with the Hungarinns and Wal
luks. H.
y suggestion of the Holy Land was given
by samples of honey wine, passover hoiisy
wine ana Jerusalem plum brandy Tho
first and second were sweet and odorous,
but a trile insipid In composition they
are like the lnetheglin and honey mead
used in England during the Middle Ages.
The brandy was raw and almost yitriolic
The three stimulants are consumed by the
Slovaks and Polaks from Russia and the
Greeks and Syrians from Asia Minor.
Specimens Of pulque and II escal showed
that Mexico has some ir.1ncnce upon its
sister republic. The former is u beer made
from cactus. and tastes somewhat like that
gaseous German horror weiss bier 1t is
far stronger, however, and is said TO pro-
ducc the most intense drunkenness known
to erring man. Ihc mescnl is the distiiatc
OF pnlQne. and can be described only by
the word Htrocous.
The ScandnaviaIs show their love Of the
fatherland by unceasing importations Of
Chrlstihnia beer, Swedish punch and Eorn
brandtvin. The beer is light, pleasant and
wholesome, the punch is aromatic, savory,
but 50 sweet as to be i1isipd; the korn
brandtrn is not corn brandy, MS the name
literally translated would imply, but -
whisky made from fye, oats and barley. 1t
is rich III fusel oil and consequently head
ache ....-= .==@,"..-.. d.. --5 ..-I .
From Russia every now ana then comes
vodka or wodky, an impure, reeking,
strong alcohol; from Central America
some delicious eorsials made ont Of pine
apple, gnava and banana; from ChinD not
less thnn fifty stinlulants, running from
tea wine. rosebud Wiir and almond beer
to l.eavy nIllet whisky and rice brandy;
from Turkey some il,Iuid for making slier-
bet, and from Brazil avHngina or orange
Frel Yin Over 1GpA different, kinds of
stiMuiants are known and recorded Ill t!la
custom hotlsc, of which $500 were IN
known To Americans fifteen years ago
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ception size received presents from nearly
every one, AS MI desired to give some SOU
Venr to one they had loved and rrvercd so
long for her good actions.
Mrs Ascnath Miller wa3 born in Brim-
field, Mass, the 18th of August, 1857, and
removed with her fathers fnmilr 10 Cherry
Valley, \. \. -.-.=-.5. 7-.-
She married Simeon Barnun the 10th Of
June, 1861, by whom she had seven chill
dren, only three of whom are alive now.
In 1905 they removed to Shorehum Nd.
and III l6Uo or 1909 they went to Potsdan,
y. Y,, where Hlr, Harnum died June II.
1879. In 1877 she married Frederick Miller
In Pot,dam, and in 1897 they moved to H.
linois and settled on II farm in Can,ptou
BY tlis second marriage ,hc hnd two chill
aren, both living. Simeon Miller. of Rogers
park, and Edwin Miller. oI Chicago Mr.
Miller died III 1860, aged o.
Mrs. Miller was boru two wears before
Washington was inaugurnted, and has
lived through twenty iuaug,lrations. and
during the centennial visited philadelDhja
and did Us much sightseeing ~ n t-irl
During al of her long life she has been a
busy woutt,ll and u3 one can compute the
amount Of work done ly her still useful
hands, nor the good words she has spokeu,
nor the kindly Offices performed for other
wonc, Shar4rs in th. harlships of early
western life
She is remarkably preserved, physically
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THE ELECTRICAL. COUNTER.

III i.i-f-S1 IlN-tl Noi->ltlt
to call the census of 1890 an electrical cen
sus, for electricity is doing large part of
the work on it. Lightning has been har-
messed to the figures, and they will be hus-
tied into columns and added mp with sur
prising livelincss.
This is accomplished by means Of an
electrical counting machine. The opera
tor sits at the machine and plays upon it
as, if it were n piano, each key pressed
punching hole In a card divided into
small squares, each Of which has Il peculiar
Significance, as age, sex, color, married or
:jnglc, etc. These cards are aft ...,vard
passed under press containing, Il pin
for every square in the card for tabula
tion. These pins are SO arranged that us
the card passes under them the pins cor
responding to the holes punched in it
push through them, completing electrical
circuits which register the results or Ii;.ls,
the data which the holes represent.
1t is said that a skillful operator oil one
o. these machines can compile the statistics
obtained from 10000 people in n single day,
II id that the entire force ut work is grind
lug out the census at the rate of $500, 600
names day
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Mgr Clement, archbishop Of Damascus.
He also obtained an audience and a special
blessing from the holy father the same year
before Ills leturu to t he United States. III
November. 1852, lie WAS appointed assistant
paSter 1T st. AIMS church and coitinucd
to perform the duties OF that office until
he was chosen by the archbishop 10 fouGd
the parish OF the Epiphany.
Some time ago DR.. Burtsell was made
defender of the marriage tie, being the
first American incumbent of the Office.
lie was an earnest friend of DR. Me.
GlynIl in his trouble with the church
brought about by his devotion to the Henry
George land tax theory and the Anti Pow
crtE club, 1t is for this that DR. Rur,scl
is na&, disciplined, Archbishop Corriean
issset! Tie orders recently confirmed some
time ago.
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The memoir Of an old italian navigator
ends with these words: His voyages
brought no advantage to his country be-
cause he was q dreamer and not man of
affairs. Though he had been all over tho
world he never was in it.''
OF Goethe, on the contrary, it was said:
"IIc seized the passing hour as a bee does
flower, held it, wrestled with it, sucked it
dry of oil its honey and then left it behind
forever"
The world has use for the man who looks
forward, who is in advance of his time,
who gathers facts which another who
comes utter him may cause to yield their
lesson, who theories and speculates and
discovers new laws.
But it is among the men who live in the
present and make it their aim to influence
their own generation that we find the
Gladstones, the Bismarcks, the Websters,
the Lincolns-all the men who force the
world to call them great.-Youth's Com.
nQnion
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The man who wants to dress well and can
afford to pay good prices for his clothes has
always more trouble with his neckties and
his shirts than any other article of his ap-
parel He pays his shoemaker 50 pair for
his shoes, and that tradesnnn secs to it that
his customers feet arc trinity and comfort-
ably booted. He goes to the llatter's, pays
s. for the latest style hat, and walks away,
knowing that he has got the best thing OBJ
tainable. He strolls into tho tailor's where
his measure is, selects piece of cloth that
strikcshis fancy, and thinks no more about
it until that suit is sent to him
But the cravats and shirts, and even the
collars, are quite different thing. He usu-
ally spends us much money OIL these things as
for all the rest, and he doesn't get half as
much satisfaction from his outlay.-St.
Louis Post Dispatch.
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"lIEE HEAD HUNG OVER MAGGIE'S ARM"
could sit up with her head resting against
her sisters shoulder. But as the days grew
hotter and hotter the baby began to troop
more and more, and
Wi.hered like flower
That is waiting for the rain,
until her head hung over Msggies arm
like a daisy plucked from the meadow.
The doctor came once q week to lock ut
baby, but his medicines were of no avail
against the awful heat OF the fierce sun,
and with the loss of vitality came lack of
appetite. The condensed milk was always
warm because there was no leo to keep it
cool. The nAghbors came In now and
then with little delicacies, but Norah could
not eat them. for desire had failed. One
day richly dressed woman came into
Middle alley and gave an invitation to all
the mothers to go to an excursion to Rock
away Beach on the Fourth of July. With
delightful anticipation Maggie ironed out
the baby's calico dress and decorated her
cheap bonnet with new ribbon. The ex-
cursfon will surely cure the baby. she
thought. 1t was pitiful undertaking,
this dressing the baby for days outing.
As II to encourage Maggie the Fourth
dawned misty and cool. It was a sign to
the anxious little mother of hope for the
return of health to the baby. Everything
was so bright and cheerful on the boat
that Maggie thought where there was SO
much happiness there surely could be no
pain. Maggie thought she say signs Of
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The Cars IAmnsenl ents.

The czar has five children, three sons and
two daughters A favorite pastimo of his
is to stand amidst the merry throng and chal-
lenge them to pull him down. But they never
succeed, either separately or united. The car
has most wonderful strength Of muscle. He
can bend a horseshoe or strangle bear by
mere force of hand Once while in Denmark,
when conjuror was showing his skill, the
czar offered to produce specimen Of his own
ability. He took pack Of cards and tore
them through with the greatest Of ease, At
Gatschina he loves to go fishing with a har-
poon by torchlight. Like Nj. Gladstone, he
Is fond of telling trees. but unlike that gentle
man. lie equally enjoys saving them into
lengths. Hours Il s.
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Many people dislike to take fruit at
table because they do not wish so much as
the usual sized punches of grapes or {.
whole orange or banana One entertainer,
whose fruit is always eaten with relish,
prepares it in dainty manner on plates
one Of which is handed to each guest
The center of the table is of course
adorned with beautifully arranged fruit
from which the plates can be replenished
il necessary.
The hostess prepares grapes by cutting
the bunches into small bits, each contain
ing perhaps dozen grapes. Two of these
clusters, Of different colors, are then tied
together with narrow ribbon, and they are
served on the plates with quarters Of
oranges, whose segnents are pulled slight
ly apart to give the least possible trouble
in eating.
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Louis Butler, aged about seventy years, and
formerly slave, was buried at Centropolis
Butler is well remembered by many of the
old residents of Kansas City. He was one Of
the most stalwart men over seen here, being
six feet three inches in height and weighing
about $50 pounds, straight as an arrow and
finely developed. His arm was the size of
an ordinary mans leg. Thirty-tive or forty
years ago he worked in the packing house Of
Samuel g. Moss at Hannibal. He was owned
by Moss, and once at st. Louis won that gen
tleman 81 600 on wager.-Kansas City Star
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which quickly gathers around him he
tells stories of life in congress and in Wash
fngton. AS he is a good story teller and
does not fail to put in a word for himself,
he soon has the crowd in a good hunor
and ready to send him back to congress to
gather up more stories.
There is n good one told on him, by the
way. The other day he went with some
southern friends of his up into the loft of
the state, war and navy departments build
ing, from whence fine view OF the city
and river is to be had. While they were
up there Barnes friends noticed him to
turn pale and look scared. Tna7 asked
him what tho matter was, and he trem-
blingly pointed to a placard which read:
The supporting strength Of this floor is 5o bs per
'Great Scott" he exclaimed; II weigh
nearly 400 pounds, and if don't straddle
out I'll 60 down!'
And suiting his action to the word he
began to take long steps, so that his whole
weight wouldn't come on any one square
foot of the floor.
Everybody knows that Tom Reed is a
big man-as big intellectually as he is bod
lily He stands a tride over six feet In his
shoes, aud his backbone is rs straight as q
string 1t is no wonder that he has good
deal of weight in the affairs OF the house
when one thinks Of the 800 and odd pounds
that he carries. He measures about 81
inches around the girth, but he Is not all
fat. This big man has immense muscles
When Mr.. Reed was paymaster in the
navy he only weighed about 12s pounds,
but ho had at that time, with his slim fig
ure, the same big head that he has now,
only his face was not 80 tat, and the effect,
as seen in a photograph which is in the
possession Of one Of his friends, is very Pc
culiar
Congressman John W. Rife, of MiS1le-
town, Pa, is another big man. He weighs
about 315 pounds and good deal Of 1T is
about his face and neck. The adipose tissue
around his body is arranged very neatly,
making it appear, with his head and legs
cut off, very much like round ball some
{ five feet in circumference. It is said that
he goes to one Of the hotels every time he
wants to take bath, because his own tub
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a peculiarity of Human Nature

A man who has always resided in Delhi
and is well known answered an advertisement
for an agent and received request to have
some of the business men recommend him to
be honest. He procured some signatures,
which he sent the firm, and received hox OF
goods. Not having the money to pay the ex-
press charges Seventy cents he applied to the
indorsers for that amount, but he could not
get cent from any one Of them. He was
honest enough to handle other peoples goods
to the amount of $50, but couldn't be trusted
with seventy cents of their ,noney-Oneonta
Herald,
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Some Of the brightest men in congress-
are fat, notwithstanding the opinion of
certain slender ones that fat and intellect
may not combine.
Her" are six examples. Sitting down
there in the very first seat in the front row
Of the Democratic side, right before the
speakers chair, is tie champion congress
slonai fat man. Ills name is George T.
Barnes and he comes from Augusta Ga
He is nearly sixty years old, but he looks
fifteen years younger lle weighs 1886
pounds, and vet it is not 50 many years ago
that he scarcely tipped the beams at 1870
pounds He Ills ) feet nchesin height and
his circumference around the stomach is
feet 70 inches, 50 that he is just IS inches
bigger around than he is high. He sup
ports this weight on remarkably small feet
for 50 large q man, for lie wears No. shoes
with ease ana comfort He is proud Of
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Eneralds,

Fanny Davenport has lot OF the most
perfect emeralds, these stones being ones
that she specially admires. When Cleo
patra governed the world the Egyptian
women saved all theirgold to buy emeralds
for their daughters, for wearing them in
sured freedom from all physical His, made
them hopeful, and forced them in this way
to be cheerful, happy women. Sometimes
cabalistic characters were engraved on the
emerald, much oftener it was left perfectly
smooth
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his weight and would not lose a
single pound of it for n good deal, He goes
to bed 1T o o'clock every night and gets up
at 1aybr winter and summer. When
he is preparing II speech for delivery in the
housc-and he can make good one, too
he drinks a mug of buttcrnilll on first
arising in the morning and then settles
down to work, having his breakfast later.
He says the buttermilk clears the brain
and assists the faculties. His appetite is
we'll proportional to his size, and he has
been seen to eat for his supper tHo big
steaks with all their accomplishments of
vegetables, bread, etc Mr.. Barnes sell
dom stumps his district in the ordina-
ry acceptation of the term. His meth
cd of conducting his canvass is pc
culiar to himself. He goes to the various
towns of his district when the county
courts are in session and the country peo-
pie are in attendance. Providing himself
with Il huge palm leaf fan he sits down in
the shade of Il big tree near the court house,
and to the crowd OF admiring rustics