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TIBBIE'S PRIZE LILIES.

olive of them, Uncle Kress," said
Tibbie. triumphantly. "Great, rich
scrolls, as white as cream, each with
a golden spear rising out of its heart,
and surrounded by rank, green leaves
crouching over the edge of Grandma
Dallas's old majolica pot"
"Hcyday, heyday!" said Uncle
Kress. "Our little Tibbie is getting
poetical. So l shall have to hand over
the prize to you, shall I?'
"Circumstances point that direction,
Uncle Kress," said Iibbie, with
gleeful sparkle to her eyes. Ten dol
lars in gold. Don't you wish you had
been less rash in registering promi-
ises?"
"What will Isabel say?" shrewdly
questioned Mr.. krcss.
''Poor Isabel, she is so vcxed about
it," said Tibble. 81 really think, Uncle
Kress, that if she could have done it
with her glances she would have
blighted every one of those calla lily
buds of mine"
"Tut. tut. tut" said MI. Kress.
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said Donaldson, grinding his teeth;
eve can't do anything But be ready
to spring for a big limb, aud hold on
for dear life when | give the word"
We were not long in suspense. The
| downpour suddenly lessened, and our
balloon rose htile. 1t still thun-
dered and lghtened, but the rage of
the storm had spent itself. The cap
lain clutched my hand with hard
grip. "We're all right now," with a
quiver in his voice, for his iron nerve
had been shaken; "but let me tell
you, you will never be so near death
again and escape IT,"
lie bent over tho side of the basket
81 think there's II village close at hand.
Look sharp, and you will sec the
twinkle of light down there Aud
it was so, surely. As we moved on
more lights shot into view. We were
lowering over valley between two
mountain ridges, one of which had
been so nearly our ruin. 1t was an
hour after midnight, and the villagers
were asleep. Donaldson's gaycty
frothed like champagne after our
recent danger. "We'll wake the
people from their dreams with blast
from the Skies He laughed, and
seized a bugle which hung near at
hand. CLOVIS this for Gabrieps
horn?' He blew notes of piercing
sweetness Che had been an army
bugler), which rose and swelled and
sent their wild echoes flying among
those midnight hills.
Lights began TO shine in every house,
and moving lanterns and tho clattcr
of voices betokened a general alarm.
What this midnight summons out of
tho skies might mean filled the rural
fancy with terror. and the note OF
fear could be heard in many of tho
voices which foated up 10 us. We
were so near the earth that We could
hear the drag-rope slapping the sticks
and stones with its tail.
"VilIagc aho-o-oyl" whoopcd the
captain, at the top of his lungs.
'Aho-o-o-oy thcreI Bear a hand, you
land-lubbcrs, ut the rope, and pull us
down to earth" So our rustic friends
with n hearty cheer tumbled over each
other in their zeal to get hold of the
ropc-fcar now blown away by adj
miration-and we were soon safely on
the ground with our air-ship anchored
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q WISH baby could walk sighed
Sammy and then they wouldn't
think that all the muddy tracks i'm
THE house were mine.
WILLIE told his teacher twice two
was five, to-day, said Tommy. We'll
Ut was pretty good guess. now re-.
itorted Willie. Il come within one or
two Of it,
7 PoLIcEMAr--Well, my little dear
iii you can't tell me your mothers
name. or where she lives. how are we
TO find her? Little Girl lost while
out shopping) put me in a store
window, an mammaW be sure to see
lme,
FIRST LITTLE GIRL-Qh, Ite got
Just the loveliest doll you ever saw.
an I'm so happy with it l don'tknow
what TO do Second Little Girls
IT big: First Little Girl-Big? It's
10 big it mos breaks my back TO carry
it. Good News.
PAPA, said Hal, 81 wish you'd in.
crease my allowance from ten cent.
70 Twenty-Five cents a week. "Why
do you want more money!" asked his
father Il don't want more money.
but quarter is bigger than a dime
and If you lose it it's easier to fnd
hgain. N Harper's Young People.
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CURIOUS FUNERAL CUSTOMS.



Collins with Movable Bottoms In Use
Among Poor Russians.
The foreigners who work in East
ern Connecticut mills have some
curious burial customs, especially the
Russian Jews, 500 OF whom dwell in
Norwalk. Not long ago n Russian
Jew family had a funeral, and before
the ceremony took place the head Of
the house visited a local undertaken.
saying Have you a coffin with u
movable bottom?' He spoke in a
singular patois, and the undertaken
had great difficulty to comprehend
his intention. He wanted show
coffin" in which the body was 20 be
taken to the cemetery aud lowered
into the grave; then the coffin must
be drawn out Of the grave leaving
Its bottom lid with the body in the
ground.
The coffin was to be returned TO the
undertaken and the man pay him for
tie use of it. Poor Russians, il ap-
pears, are in the habit Of burying
their dead in that way, and under
takers in that country have a supply
OF show or removable" coffins to let.
They are handsome and costly ones
too expensive to be purchased out
right by the poor-with elegant
lining and heavy silver trimmings
The bottom is fastened to the body
Of the coffin with springs that may
be tripped and then it is released
together with the body. The body is
left in plain, cheap box
The Norwich undertakers had no
such contrivance, so the poor Russian
consulted with his friends who
united with him in having a show
coffin constructed and paying for it.
1t is to be used by them henceforth
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A Mixed Tn World.

A mixed up world is this;
Touched with both joy and sorrow,
If today is bright with bliss,
Real grief will come tomorrow.
We cannot unwind the tangled skein,
Try best as we may, the task is vain.
The gold CLEANS in the sand,
The cloud is rifted with blue,
The sunlight kisses the land,
The night with its lips of dew.
Light feet keep time to tho music sweet,
While the mourner walks the silent street.
The serpent coils around
The fragrant. blooming flower
The false with the true is found,
In every vanishing hour,
And we ne'er can draw line between
The good and bad. in this strange scene.
We hear the solemn knell,
For the loved one passed. away,
Then the chimes of the merry bell
That tell of the wedding day.
Both friend and bride" are decked in
white,
We weep, then laugh in childish delight,
Thus it goes on like a dream,
Still pulsing with JOY and pain,
A drama of mystical scene,
Forever touched with change.
We sing and mourn, we smile and sigh,
As the shifting scene goes swiftly by.
I'M. A. Holt.
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PORT TOBACCO, MARYLAND. july : I8o9

watched grow and expand to their
p9'ry perfection not one remained.
Sue thought the time never would
c''ne wien she could see her uncle
come down the steps. with his sermons
c'se nudcr his arm, and his old
i"'I'oncd soft hat pulled over his
brow.
~ Tue breezy churchyard the willow
Doughs swayed to and fro, the short
grass was starred with dandelions aud
Tie bland spring sunshine folded eyery-
'hng IN veil of gold; but a cloud
seemed to descend over all these things
when Tibbie caught the grave, re-
proachtul look on her unclc's face.
Harold Nanneker stood beside Mr..
hre's; he lifted his hat to Tibbie; but
the girl scarcely noticed his presence.
"Uuclo, you are vexed with mel7
she cried. "What is it? Is 1t the
bouuct2 DID you think it was to CAV?
And oh, Uncle, what became of the
.ilies?o
q Uncle kress looked gravely at her.
81 scarcely expected such a tricky
thing of you Elizabeth" said he. "If
you had wanted the $40 so badly why
didn't you tell me and l would have
given it 10 you out and out. But
oecelt-even practical joking-God's
altar is not the place for thut!"
"Uncle," she gasped, al do not
understand you'll"
eve will not discuss it further"
said Mr.. Kre's, waving his hand. "You
will find your lilies lying out there
under the southern caves. Take them
and gol"
Tlbbie was turning vaguely in the
direction to which her uncle pointed.
but Mr.. Vanneker was before her.
STOPPING down he gathered up
handful of coarse paper scrolls with
gaudily painted yellow pistils in their
centres
"Thcse are the lilies that found
fastened rudely in among your green
leaves this morning." said Mr.. Kress,
coldly.
Titbie looked from her uncle to Mr..
Nanneker without word. For the
moment it seemed as if speech were
zen upon her lips, but all at once
broke into piteous cry.
WHO has been tampering with my
Os'' she walled, ''my white, beauti-
- liliesy"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-07

L. L. Evans, iewelcr in Golden.
COL, after nine years hard work and
constant study, has invented clock
which has electricity tor its motive
power. 1t is tie only actual electric
clock that has ever been produced with
electricity for motive POWER. This
clock in question has neither weight
nor spring, but consist, only of three
wheels, a pendulum, two electric
magnets and battery Unlike any
other clock the motive power is not
transmitted 10 the train but to the
pendulum and only enough power is
required TO overcome the lost motion
of the pendulum. The TWO electro
magnets are arranged similar to a
motor. ~ stating the pendulum
connection is formed on one side aud
at certain angleis automatically cut
of again, y le pendulum swinging bacS
of its own Eravity, and as it passes
the centre dt gravity it makes conuec-
ton again dn the other side, and when
it reaches the same angle the current
is cut off. The line Of contact a. each
swing of the pendulum is Just long
enough 10 give sufficient force to over
come the lost motion. One tooth
marks the revolution every minute
and by very simple device this wheel
is connected with the dial wheels.
The advantages of this clock are
that it never needs winding but will
run as long as the battery lasts, which
is from twelve to twenty-four months.
-LChicago Times.
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$ a SS5i,5nu,a

A curious incident in connection
with a French-Canad an funeral took
place recently at Putnam, a large
manufacturing village north of Nor
wich. The funeral was that of a
beautiful little child. The train. a
very large one, with many carriages,
had gone little way down the main
street of Putnam. when it came 10 a
halt in front of Benoit's photograph
gallery. The mourner alighted from
their vehicles and gaohered about the
hearse, and the paibearers then re-
moved therefrom 5he tiny white coffin
and carried it urstairs into the gal
lery, the mo.rners followed them.
The coffin WIS set upright on a table
in the midIle of the room, and Mr..
Benoit look a photograph of the
dead ahild's face in its diamond
shared coffin frame Then the coffin
wa, returned to the hearse and the
tain went on to the cemetery.
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lie Was Entitled 10 the priun

a late Archbishop of DIblin, noted
for his originality and love OF Joke
was one dny walking along a ro ID
when he came across three tranps
lying on bank by the roadside
They were thus addressed by His
Grace:
81 would be willing to etvo half a
crown TO the latest of you, if | cou d
lell which of you is most entitled to
One of them Immediately jumped up
and said:
give it TO meI haven't done any
work for six yionths."
The seed 4[nd came forward and
claimed ~ saying he had not worked
for year.
While ese two were disputius
about tho Eonor of being the LATEST,
The third man, who had not even
moved, sleE PLY said
"Comc ! fsre, guy'nor, and put it in
my pocket = Amusing journal.
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GOOD NIGHT"


Deep and Tender Meaning Has Thi.
often Used Expression.
There is a tender sweetness about
some OF our common phrases OF affec.
Tomato greeting, simple and unobtru-
slVe as they are, which falls like dew
upon the heart Good night" Tho
little one lisps it as, gowned in white
Win SHINING face and hands. with
prayers said, she toddes OF to bed.
Sisters and brothers exchange the wish.
parents and children friends and friends.
Familiar use has robbed it of its full
significance. We repeat it automati-
cally. But consider We are as voy-
ayers, putting of from time to time upon
an unknown sea. Our barks OF life set
5atl and 90 on into the darkness; and
We asleep on our pillows, take no such
care as We do when awake and Journey
ins by daylight. OF the perils of tho
night, whatever they may be, we take
no heed. An unsleeping vigilance
watches over rs; but it is the vigilance
OF One stronger wiser than we. VINO i.
the eternal good. Good and God spring
from the same root and have the same
meaning. "Good-by' is only God be
with you, Good night is really God
night, or God guard the night. Il
would be a ehurhsh household in which
those gentle forms OF speech wore ig-
nored or did not exist Alike the happy
and the sorrowful day by day may say
as the shadows fall towards twilight.
Good night.
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. as--<->N
oy a slow freezing process the ice
VIII be kept clear as crystal, and wheS
1hc NH is ready for shipment it will
appear as fresh and beautiful! in form
ana color as when taken from the cold
waters of the columbia. While on ils
Journey to Chicago the big block of
ice will be cncascd in an air-tight
box and carefully packed in freezing
mixture. The express charges will
be in excess of $50 unless the rail.
roads are willing to give reduced
'",es' 1t is safe TO say more unique
exhibit in the Fisheries Department
at least. will not be found in the
Whole of the ''Whitc City. y."-rPorl.
Iund Orcgcnian.
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I ttiii6K i nave a cue lo-rnfs pUz.-

I
zle, said MIR. Vanneker, calmly. 81
was in the back part of Durivage's store
yesterday, looking at an old black
letter edition of Chauccr, that he had
laid aside for me, when lady came
into the front department and asked
the price of some paper lilies that
lay Oh the counter. To INV astonish-
ment the lady was Miss Isabel Kress.
and she bought the lilies and went
ont. We came down from New York
in the same train, but | was prevented
from going and speaking to her by
man who button-holed me on business
matters, and do not think she knew
of my being near When | stroIled
past the church last night saw Isabel
hrcss herself going i'll. stopped and
asked the old sexton if the church
was open.
"'Noa, not reg'lar open, he
answered, 'Jut there's young lady a
putin flowers in.
"Nauraly | thought of Tibbie
here and went in. But it was not
Tibbie whom | saw in the far end of
the church, stealthily breaking off the
pure white blossoms in the great
mniolica pot and inserting the odious
limitations in'lheir place. 1t was Isa-
bel. | stood still and watched her as
she transferred the real lilies to a
b's ket that hung on her arm, and then
gathered her shawl around her and
gi6ed out AGAIN"
"Yes,' said quick excited voice
close by, as Isabel emerged from the
shcllering shade of a group of lau-
rcs, .'ils all true, every word Of it !
| meant to take down Tibbie's pride,
and I've done it-for a moment, at
least. There's my confession-makc
what you will of it.
And with a short, shrill laugh, she
swept away, her lips curved contempt
uously.
"My dear, said Mr.. kress, drawing
Tibbie TO him, "forgve me. | Judged
100 suddenly. But didn't think il
was in Bellies nature TO be so vim
licative.
"Let me walk home with Tibbie,
'ir," said Mr.. Vannsker. lyon are
n hurry, and she does not seem able
o walk fast"
They did not make great haste back j,
o Mrs Duckwortb's cottage-not by >
NY means. When at last they reached =
he cottage, and Vanneker parted from Il
er at the door, old Mrs. Duckworth =
odded her head and looked won :,
rously wise. !
81 don't mind bit my pudding be-
lg overbaked now, said she. "Bless
le! don't | know what it all Jneans?
here's ring on her finger that p
'asn't there this time Yesterday; IL
lere's a look in her eyes that warns "
" heart. Well, well; Sunday is III
BOD day to get engaged upon."- 10
Magazine. III
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"Well. uncle. only say what
think. But where are you gong tc
put the lilies. On the reading desk o,
at the foot of the font?V
"Haven't made up my mind vet >
said Uncle Kress. "Take them around
TO the church Saturday afternoon, and
I'll decide at the eleventh hour wbcro
they shall stand"
50 Tibbie Kress Cher "given name -
as the old phrase is, was Elizabetbl
went merrily home, thinking wbnt
she would do with the precious gold.
en eagle, which was to be the prize
FOR the pot of calla lilies.
"a new bonnet is what need
most" said Tibbie, as she SURVEYED
her limited wardrobe, "a bonnet Of
split straw, with Nile-grcen ribbons
and cluster of daisies and mignon-
etle-a real springy Spring bonnet,
Which was an entirely feminine 10.
clslon' especially when it was taken
into account that Tibbie had not had =
new bonnet in a year, and Harold
Nanneker always came down to the
little "estburg church to spend Sun
day.
Isabel and Tibbe were sisters !,
blood. Mentally and morally tbev
were as unlike as if they had been
born on different continents.
AS Mrs. Duckworth, the motronI,
old lady with whom they boarded
expressed her opinion very plainly
''ihat Miss Tibbie was worth a dozen
Of Miss Isabel, and SO Mr.. vannekcr
thought, too, or she was off her caIcu-
ations."
"Well," sald Isabel, contemp,u-
'usly, as Tibbie came into the sittino.
'oom. 81 suppose you have been over
o the parsonage to crow over me-
"Don't be vexed. Belle" said TIN
'le' deprecatingly, "of course | had
o tell Uncle Kress that the lilies were
eady for him."
"And to demand the prize?"
81 had right to claim his promise
'elle."
Isabel bit her lin.
81 shall never try to bloom lilies
gam" said she. ats all nonsense. -
Tibbie did not answer.
Had IsabePs lilies bIoomed and
ers failed, she told herself, she should
OF have withheld sympathy and con-
ratulalion from her more fortunate :
ival.
The new bonnet-the first new bon- :,
ct which Tibbie had ever bought ont
nd out from miliner in New York :,
what a marvel of richness and "
'eshness and beauty it was.
Tibbie could not help feeling pleas. =
l'ly conscious of it as she passed M = =
e church aisle that morning, won.
ring if it became hcr-secretly glad "
think that Harold Vannekcr would :
there to sec her wear it. !"
But as she settled herself into her :,
Vn cosy little corner of the church |
w she CHANGED to glance up, and to
r surprise there was a painted ma.
lea pot, and the rich. arrow-shaped th
ives seeming to overflow its brim az
tn greenery on either side; but not bo
solitary lily was to be seen. Was of
e dreaming? Nc
Out of all the lilies that Tibbie had of
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Hi saw Washington.

Chrisliai Conrod, of Delaware
County, wi 10 is lis years of age, re-
members b hvng seen Washington. 'It
was IN Phi ade phia,' he says, Eat the
close of hii last term as President.
They had 4 great crowd. and the road
was illled Jilhpeople for eleven miles.
General Washington appeared at the
head OF thd procession, aud was ac-
cohlpahleu by thirty-two of his old
war officer and generals, and all on
horseback, lie rode a dappe-gray
he appeared 10 bo a tall man, smooth
lace, large nose, and such a man as
would be 4oticed IN crowd. Gen
eral Washington made a speech shat
uay, and heard him. / remember
tllaIhe praised his generals and told
the people 10 be loyal and true to the
GovernneIt. lie told them if they
would alw4ys listen to what General
jackson sa 4 they would never 90
Hs'ray. - New York Tribune.
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1t was indeed The fierce blustcr e
the gale tearing its way through leaf
and branch that we heard. If the
balloon should dash against tho hedge
of spears ambushed there, it would be
not only wreck, but the sharpest peril
of life. 1--WE must trust to luck
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A Canadian has invented a con.
triyance to do away with holding a
telephone receiver to the ear while
talking over the wire.
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: - .---s>'Nr'l EsseS nv n'TI n e "
for the night.-THarper's Young Peo-
nle
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-29
LIVE STOCK NOTES.


THE best thing Y can do to insure
success with. your young stock is to fur
nish every head Of it with q good sire.
This advice is not so much like putting
the cart before the horse as it may
seem at first.
CATTLE growing cannot be followed
in any haphazard way, aud be made
profitable. There must be definite
purpose in your plans, and breeding
and feeding must be such as will direct
ly minister to that end. Anything short
of this is pretty sure to bring disaster.
PUMPKINS are one Of the valuable
crops to be grown for stock feeding,
Grown with the corn they cost but lit
tie for cultivation, take very little fer
tility from the soil, and in feeding nave
tonic effect that counter balances
some of the evils that come of too much
corn.
The business of stock growing can
never remain at standstill without
loss. As soon as any animal gets to a
point where it's making no gain it is
sure to begin encroaching on past ac-
emulation of profit If you cannot
keep it going forward, get rid of it right
away.
COSTLY hog pens are not needed. But
they should be strongly built and al
ways clean. The average hog pen is a
disgrace to our farms because of the
wantonly filthy way in which they are
kept A hog, as well as any other ami
NAL, win thrive best when its surround
ings are clean.-Prairi9 Farmer.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-29
SCARLET GLOVER.
IL Merits the Popularity Which 1t Is
Gaining Rapidly.

The popularity of scarlet clover is
rapidly increasing in some sections, and
it surely is deserving of a trial in other
sections where poor, sandy lands
abound We say this just now because of
the following by one who has had ex-
perience with it:
In the fall of 1891 harvested from
poor, sandy piece of land ten bushels of
corn per acre After the',last cultivat-
ing of the corn Tin july scarlet clover
seed was sown, at the rate of one peck
per acre, and lightly covered During
the last week in May, 1892, crop of
hay gas cut, the sod turned, and com
mercial fertilizer to the value of 49, 80
per acre drilled in, and again planted
to corn. This crop yielded 30 bushels
per acre. The season was very dry,
which affected the corn. With this
crop of corn scarlet clover was again
sown, and second crop of hay cut IN
May, 1893. Thus have fully demon
stratcd that crop Of hay and one of
corn can be taken annually from the
same ground and yet improve it. On
land where the crop was turned under
instead of making hay, the yield of corn
was greatly increased
Horses and cattle prefer it to the
best timothy hay and will thrive on it
equally we'll. Five tons of hay per
acre on good land is no unusual yield.
Seven to ten bushels per acre is the
usual yield of seed. Its season is two
weeks earlier than common red clover.
1t will not make permanent pasture,
but will delight the dairyman with Two
early, heavy cuttings of green food;
but the first cutting must be made be-
fore blooming. After a crop of hay or
seed has been cut the entire plant
| dies
consider crop turned under with
pillow and chain equal to an application
of 1000 pounds per acre of the best
commercial fertilizer. John S. Barn
hart, in Farm, Field ard Fireside.