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of visitors thronged her humble home
to make her acquaintance. Captain
Lewis became aparalytic, and Ida was
made custodian for life of the Lime
Rock Lighthouse. The appointment
was conferred upon her in 1879 by
General Sherman, who paid her a
signal compliment for her bravery.
In July, 1880, the Secretary of the
Treasury, William Window, awarded
the gold life-saving medal to her,
and she is the only woman in
America who has received that
tribute. Besides these, she has re-
ceived three silver medals, one from
the State of Rhode Island, one from
the Humane Society of Massachusetts,
and third from the New York Life
Saving Association. In the Custom
House, in Newport, in 1869, before
hundreds of it's citizens, Miss Lewis
received from General Grant the life
boat Rescue, which she now has. 1t
was gift from the people of the city
in secognition of her acts OF bravery.
For it James Fisk, Jr., ordered a boat
house built. Mr.. Fisk sent the hero
inc silk flag, painted by Mrs. Nc
Farland, of New York. After being
made member of Sorosis, Miss Lewis
received from that body brooch. It
is q large gold s, with band of blue
enamel. Across it is the name of the
club in Greek letters, and engraved on
the main part of the pin, "sorosis to
Ida Lewis, the heroine" From the
two soldiers from the fort, whom she
rescued, she received gold watch, and
from the officers and men silver tea
pot worth $3.50. Presents OF all sorts,
from large sums of money to oatmeal
and maple sugar, have flowed in to
her from all parts Of the country. She
retains and is known by her maiden
name, but she was married in 1870 to
William 81. Wilson, of Black Rock,
Conn.-Picayune.
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Breeding Bread Made by 9 Red Bacillus

breeding Bread" is the name
given to certain red stains, like blotches
of blood, which appear on beef, and
on bread, boiled potatoes and other
farinaceous substances. In old times
it was regarded as miracle or omen,
but in 1919 it was found by DR.. Settea
of Venice, to be really a microscopic
plant. Other naturalists have since
studied it, and during the past summer
it has made its appearance on cooked
potatoes in England. 1t is variousiy
identified as the 'bacillus prodigiosus.
and the "mocrococus prodlglosus, .
and is of a brilliant carmine. e.-London
Globe.
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The First One.

A woman got into suburban car
the other afternoon, says writer III
the Philadelphia Record. She was
carrying a sweet-faced baby, which
was not more than six months old.
The car was detained at the corner
where the woman got on, and she
shifted round nervously in her seat
for q moment and then began to toss
the baby about. Here is true de-
scription of what she did with that
child while the car was going $50
yards: Held it upright on one knee
for thirty seconds; then shifted it to
the other knee. Pulled it up against
her and hugged it twice. Tossed it on
her left shoulder and then shifted it
to her right shoulder. Held it up to
the window. and then stood it up on
her lap. Made cradle out of her
arms and jumped it up and down six
times. Placed it on her left knee,
then put it on her right knee. Laid it
on its stomach in her lap. Rugged it
to her bosom and patted it seven
times. Held it up to the window
again, then pulled it over to her left
shoulder, shifted it to her right shoul-
der, and wound up by dumping it into
her lap. Tossed it into the air dozen
times and hugged it four or five times.
Laid it on its back in her lap and then
turned it 80 as to lay on it's stomach.
Patted it for a minute and hummed
"Hush-a-bye, Baby" though the
child wasn't making a sound. Put it
on her knee and joggled her knee up
and down, shook it in front of her,
holding it out at arms length, and
then hugged it ecstatically three
times. Held it up to the window for
the third time, and then, when the
conductor came after her fare, laid it
in lump on the seat beside her. Pat
ted it some more, joggled it some
more, tossed it some more, and
Topped it down on its stomach again.
Held it out at arms length, and gaZed
at it rapturously. Talked gibberish
to it, and hugged it some more. All
this while the car was going $50 yards.
But then, it washer first.
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MILK FOR COLTS.

The value of milk for feeding horses
is not generally appreciated. The far
mer disposes of the skim milk product
by feeding it to calves and pigs, but
seldom thinks of its value in develop
ing and growing colts. At this season
of the year and after weaving time
colts are frequently out of condition
and unthrifty. Nothing will put them
in order and in growing condition like
q moderate allowance of skim milk in
addition to the regular grain and hay
ration. Without an extra effort of
some kind the colt is likely to give lit
tie return for the winters feed. No
use of the milk will pay better. It
needs to be continued only until the
colts progress is well under way. Feed
sparingly at first, and of uniform
quantity and condition. Remember
that milk is feed that undergoes rapid
changes, and is in addition exceedingly
subject to varying conditions. These
changes in condition will disturb di-
gestion, and may counteract the good
effects of the feed if uniformity in
feeding is not observed. Colts or
horses may be accustomed to the taste
of milk by using it first to moisten
ground feed or by adding to water in
gradually increasing quantities for sew
eral days. A little skim milk given ut
the right time often decides the turn
ing point between good and a cheap
horse, and consequently between pro
fit and loss.-C. F. Curtiss in Rural
Life.
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Take no Substitute for
Royal Baking Powder.
1t is Absolutely Pure.
All others contain alum or ammonia.
Melilla.

Melilla-called by the Arabs Mlila
has been in possession of the Span
iards since 1896, when it was taken by
the Duke of Medina Sidonia. 1t is
situated on peninsula joined to the
mainland by rocky tongue of land
about 100 yards wide. The lagoon
which serves as a harbor is on the
south side, and is dominated by the
fort of San Lorenzo. The town, of
about 1000 inhabitants, slopes steeply
up to the Kobash, or citadel. It is
surrounded by three walls, the first OF
which -is fortified and has fanking
towers. The batteries, Las Cabras,
Ell Bonete, San Juan, and Ia Concep-
cion, are in this wall. Fort Sidi Qua
riach, the building of which brought
about the present hostilities with the
Riff Arabs, lies to the south of Fort
Lorenzo. The Hebrews live between
the second and third walls in the El
Mantelete place. .; e
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TOP GRATING.

Many farmers who have good orchards
suffer loss by allowing a few trees
which bear worthless fruit to remain
year after year. When this poor fruit
is about to fail the owner resolves to
change the top next spring by graft
ing, but before the time comes around
he has forgotten his resolution and
the tree remains. This may be pre-.
vented by placing some permanent
mark on them or "blazing" the spare
branches.
In inserting the gratis the common
mistake should be avoided of setting
them out at some distance from the
centre, thus allowing much of the de-
fective growth to remain after all.
Select shoots never more than an inch
or two in diameter and make short
stumps of them for inserting the gratis.
A round and compact head may thus
be given. If sufficient number OF
gratis are set the fruit may be changed
in a very few years from the useless
sorts to the best by this cperation.-
Home and Farm.
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The Lighthouse Heroine.

Miss Ida Lewis, heroine and life
saver, was born in Newport, R. l., in
164l. Her father, Captain Hosea
Lewis, was keeper Of the Lime Rock
lighthouse in the Newport harbor, and
she became in early youth a skilled
swimmer and oarsman, Much Of her
time was spent in the boat, which was
the only means of communication be-
tween the lighthouse and the mainland.
Her free outdoor life gave her great
strength and powers of endurance, and
she was at home on the water, in calm
or storm. Her first notable deed IN
life-saving was in 1859, when she
rescued four men, whose boat had
capsized in the harbor. Since that
event she has saved many lives. Her
fame as heroine grew, and thousands
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BEE NOTES.


Only good queens should go into
winter quarters.
Queenless bees nearly always build
drone combs.
italian bees were first imported in
this country in 1859.
Much bee-diarrhea can be traced to
cold, damp hives.
Don't let the bees either starve OF
freeze to death this winter.
Stores gathered from decaying fruit
in dry season are unhealthy.
If honey is overheated the color and
transparency will be affected.
Moving bees, only short distance,
invariably results in the loss of some.
During the winter prepare for the
spring by making and mending the
hives.
In the majority of cases unhealthy
stores are the cause of the loss OF the
bees.
Most bee-keepers prefer the Italian
to the black bees, as they are more
gentle to handle
In moving bees in freezing weather
care must be observed, as the comb
becomes very brittle.
When bees are to be wintered on
summer stands they ought to be packed
and fixed up early.
This is the time to plan all changes
and improvements to be made In the
o,,;orv n avf epriDr
The honey of Central and South
America remains liquid longer, as
rule, than that of North America.
A majority of the bees that winter
we'll are kept in a temperature OF for.
ty-fve to fifty degrees, whit some ven
tilation.
In some States efforts have been
made to prohibit spraying st certain
seasons on account Of the liability OF
the bees dying from poison.
Spring dwiudling is often caused by
having to many bees to start in the
winter on. They die before spring
and leave the colony weakened in num-
bers.
Fault is found abroad with eucalyp.
tus honey, the strong flavor of which
does not please the English taste.
The Australians are likely to be dis.
appointed in the market they had
hoped for.
The sting of the bee IS more painful
while working on buckwheat. This
fact is attributed either to q more
powerful secretion of formic acid or
because it is secreted in increased
quantities.
Experiments made to determine the
comparative value of comb founda.
tlon, drawn comb and "starters"
brought out the fact that those swarms
hived on foundation, as rule, stored
the most surplus; next came those
hived on comb, and then those on
"starters. New York World. S.4,:
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Fifty Cents Well Invested.

t. Economy is wealth; simple incidents have
established the destinies Of monarchies and OF
republics, nonopolies and individuals.
Timely appliances will often avert great
evils; prompt action is frequently required
and only little Of that to prevent serious
consequences.
Take "a ooad," for example. If not checked
In time, like spark of fire, it may cause great
trouble, suffering and distress. To stop a fire
in the beginning is comparatively an easy pro-
cess to that of subduing an extensive coniagra'
ton. So Railways Ready. Relief taken in
time will prevent all Of the serious conse.
quencee arising from nsgiectinE cold; For oS
Ready Relief in half tumbler Of water, drink
it down and repeat If necessary to warm up.
For pains In the chest, side or back rue
freely with Ready Relief, applied by the hand
till the skin comes to q glow; cover well up
and keep warm; one or both Of the above ap:
pliances will cure ninety-nfne cases out Of
every one hundred.
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Badly laid tile drains are useless.
Sweet potatoes keep better if dug in
dry weather.
Dry earth is the best packing for
sweet potatoes.
Liberal rations and liberal care are
the secrets of success.
Cottonseed hulls are recommended
as strawberry mulch.
Breeding from immature stock is
sure to result in degeneracy.
Put away all farm machinery where
it cannot be injured by the storms OF
winter.
Remember that the comfort of your
live stock means money in your
pocket.
For the green fly burn tobacco stems
and strew thickly over the soil about
the plants.
Well drained lands stand both
drought and wet weather better than
undrained land.
Too much churniug and working is
responsible for the spelling of good
deal of the butter.
Moss roses require good ground and
somewhat close pruning to bear
strong wood and large buds.
If the digestive apparatus Of the hog
seems to be disarranged give him
daily ration of linseed cake.
Breed only from the best. Pure
breeds have as strong an impulse to
perpetuate their inferior as their su-
perior qualities.
We now have bush varieties OF
nearly all garden beans, including
Limas, and people should not feel
obliged to have lot Of bean poles to
complete the garden. On moist grouni
there may he less danger OF rust to
pods up away from the ground.
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Changes in the Interior of the Earth

CnduSSS Ill TIC 1uCtIlOE Ul TIC LdI tii is
Observations recently announced in
France suggest that changes involving
the displacement of immense masses
within the earth are going on. 1t has
been found that the force of gravita-
tion, or the weight of bodies, under.
goes daily variations. These are rem
dered sensible by placing in the earth
tube containing column of mercury
balanced by the pressure of hydrogen
contained in a closed vessel connected
with the tube, and registering by means
Of photography the alterations in the
level of the mercury. After all cor
rections have been made for the effect
If changes of temperature, it appears
that certain sudden variations in the
level of the mercury are only to be
explained on the theory that they. are
lue to changes in gravitation. These
variations last from fifteen minutes to
IN hour. They are, of course, very
small amounting at maximum to only
,ne-twentieth of millimeter, but it is
thought that they may imply very
great displacements of matter in the
interior Of the globe.-New York Sun.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
POOR BUTTER.

It is impossible to get good quality
of butter if dirt has been allowed to
get into the milk during the milking
process. If butter-making were more
particular about this, there would be
fewer failures. The chief difficulty
lies in heedlessness. A little thought
as to what this fine dust or ''settlings"
is really composed of would make many
butter-makers more careful. 1t is not
merely the idea of cleanliness, how
ever, which repays one for the extra
care. The general appearance OF the
butter, its keeping qualities and its
good flavor are all affected.
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HOW TO FIGHT THE BoREE.

Jacob Faith, Of Montevallo. No,
writing in the Journal of Agriculture,
recommends the following IS amethod
of projecting trees against the inroads
of borer worms, as we'll as against
sheep and rabbits. A wash is made of
fresh lime Stacked with soft water (old
soap suds is best). Make the wash the
thickness as to wash house or fencing.
Where one peck of lime is used. while
hot add half-gallon crude carDolie
acid, costing fifty cents, q half-gal-
lon gas tar, costing ten cents, and toIr
pounds of sulphur. Stir we'll.
For summer wash leave gas~tar out
and add in place of it one gallon of
soft soap. Wash the last o: May or
June.
If the miller has laid the egg which
produces the boyer, this wash is death
to the egg, and millers, moths and
beetles will not deposit their eggs in
q tree thus washed. The wash de-
scribed will prevent both apple and
peach tree borers. Wash the trunk
and limbs as far as the rough bark
goes. A man or boy can wash 200 to
500 trees a day with thirty-cent paint
brush.
To keep rabbits and sheep from grid.
ling wash late in fall or about the time
of frost, as high as they can reach.
I would not neglect my trees for fifty
times it's cost.
A weak lye is very useful and per-
fectly safe tree wash. Also old soap
suds that stand few days after clothes
are washed will keep the bark smooth
and the borers off, if trees are washed
two OF three times in summer season.
If one pint of crude carbolic acid is
added to fifteen gallons of old soap
suds or lye it will keep insects off fol-
months.
Many other washes will keep insects
from killing trees, but some are injur-
ious instead of beneficial aL-Courier-
Journal.
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Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion Of the ear. There Is only one
way to cure Deafness, and that Is by constitu-
fional remedies. Deafness is caused by an In
famed condition Of the mucous lining Of the
Eustachian Tube When this tube gets in
famed You have rumbling sound or imper,
Deafness is the result, and unless the infam-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out ten are
iamed Condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (ceused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
W-Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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German
Syrup

Court, WalkalI, of the Superior
thinks enough county, Georgia,
send us voluntaerman Syrup to
endorsing it. WA strong letter
and education thus men Of rank
mend an article, whand recon-
worth the attention Gey say is
It is above suspicion. "e public.
your German Syrup" hAe used
my Coughs and ColdsontA 'tfor
and Lungs. I can recommeFoat
them as a frst-class medictfor
Take no substitute.
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A Child Enjoys

The pleasant flavor, gentle action and soothing
reflects of Syrup of Figs, when in need of lax.
ative, and If the father or mother he costive or
bilious, the most gratifying results follow its
use; 80 that it is the best family remedy known
and every family should have bottle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-12-27
A Big Price Upon His Head.

A reward of $40, 900 has been offered
for the capture of Apache Kid, the In.
dian who deserted from a company of
scouts to murder and pillage in the
Southwest.
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Ed IS IL full-blooded Apache, rather
cnde-si5ed, but wiry and song and
cute intelligent. In the ~snna:gn
against Geronimo he was a sergeant CT
scouts. He is q dead shot .; short
range, skilled in all the arts Of the
savage warrior, with enough knowl-.
edge of the ways of troopers to enable
him to keep out of their leach.
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If wart be rubbed with the pared
surface of q freehly cut potato three
times day it will disappear within a
month.
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CoCaHs AND COLDS Those who are suffer-
ing from Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat, ETC.,
should try BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRocREs.
Sold oph In b01eS
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A Beautiful Souvenir spoon
VIII be sent with every hottie of DR.. Horsis'i
.Csrtatn Group Cure. Ordered by mail, post.
Maid. 80 cts Address Hoxsie, Buffalo, v. Y.
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comb or wattles become frozen, anoint
only with castor oil, adding tea
spoonful of spirits of turpentine tc
gill of the oil. Mirror and Farmer.
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II afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomr
cons Eye-water. Druggists sell at Csc per bottle

|, Hatoh's Universal Cough Syrup is positively
Try it. 25 cents at druggists.
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Beecham's Pills with drink Of water morn.
tngs. Beecham's-no others. IS cents box.
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1893-07-07
From an Alabama Brother.

Editor PEoPLE's PARTY PAPER:
[ have been reading the National
Waterman. It is one of the best
little papers [ ever saw, but not big
enough to satisfy a healthy Peoples
party man. / want more of the
same sort of political gospel, so I
enclose dollar for your paper.
The reform movement is on q
boom in this county. People are not
satisfied with the present conditions.
Some of our people are not far from
actual suffering, and no promise of
better times.
Fair elections are denied us under
our Infamous election law-enacted
to prevent a free ballot and a fair
count. Kolb, the majority candidate,
is counted out, and Jones, minority
candidate, is counted ln-and all done
in the name of dear old Democracy.
The Alliance is neither dead nor
dying out here. New members are
joining the order and stragglers
coming back at every meeting.
| want to be one Of twenty thous-
and to contribute a dollar each to
keep Tom Watson at Washington the
next four years, for the sole purpose
of telling us through his paper the
truth about what is going on. I am
sure it will be a good investment.
Yours for the right,
Coloma, Ala. JESSE POPE.
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1893-07-07
PEOPLES PARTY PLATFORM.
Adopted at the Omaha Conference Of
Laboring People, July 4, 1892.

Assembled upon the one hundred and
sixteenth anniversary of the declaration
Of independence, the Peoples party of
America, in their first national conven-
ton, invoking upon their action the
blessing of Almighty God, puts forth IN
the name and on behalf of the people of
this country, the following preamble and
declaration of principles
The conditions which surround us best
justify our cooperation. We meet in
the midst of a nation brought to the
verge of moral, political and material
ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot
box, the legislatures, the congress, and
touches even the ermine of the bench.
The people are demoralized. Most of
the States have been compelled to isolate
the voters at the polling places to pre-
vent universal intimidation or bribery.
The newspapers are largely subsidized or
muzzled, public opinion silenced, bust
ness Frustrated, our homes covered with
mortgages, labor impoverished, and the
land concentrating in the hands Of the
capitalists. The urban workmen are de-
MED the right of organization for self
protection imported pauperized labor
beats down their wages a hireling
standing army, unrecognized by our
laws, is established to shoot them down,
and they are rapidly degenerating into
European conditions. The fruits Of the
toll of millions are boldly stolen to build
up colossal fortunes for few, unprece-
dented in the history of mankind, and
the possessors Of these, in turn, despise
the republic and endanger liberty From
the same prolific mode of governmental
Injustice we breed the two great clas-
ses-Uramps and millionaires.
The national power to create money is
appropriated to enrich bondholders. A
vast public debt payable in legal tender
currency has been funded into gold
bearing bonds, thereby adding millions
to the burdens Of the people.