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KANSAS,
"FIGHTING BOB" EVANS.
How He Took the Starch Out of Bluster'
ing Canadian Skipper.

How He Took the Starch Out of q buster
ing Canadian Skipper.
The officer referred to as "R. ID.
Evans" is "Fighting Boo Evans
one Of the most popular men IN the
Navy. He is small clean-shaVen,
and Wiry. One leg is bit shorter
than the other, but it does not
bother him at all in getting about.
He achieved some prominence in the
Mitchell -Corbett meeting, made a
good record in Chill, and afterward
championed Fred Mays cause in New
York. One incident in "Fightlng
Bob Evans" career, however mas
net been published before. 1t was In
Behring Sea, when Commander
Evans was making vigorous e1Ort
to stop poaching on the part OF can
adian sealerS. He was in command
Of the Yorktown at the time when
particularly active and elusive little
Canadian sloOp had given the Dig
cruiser a long chase in the foggy
weather, and was finally oyerhauled.
AS the big Yorktown steamed up
alongside of the sloOp she sent shot
across her bow, and the skipper OF
the slOOp was seen upon the forward
deck, wrapped IN the Canadian tag
and gesticulating violently. Com
mander Evans started to go aboard
the sloop, and as he got within ear
shot the skipper could be heard de-
nouncing the Z. S. Government and
bIackguarding every Yankee that
ever drew the breath of life with rO-
bust enthusiasm The Commander
Of the YORKTOWN stepped aboard the
sloop approached the owner, and de-
manded an explanation. The little
red-whiskered Canadian, with the
Canadian flag still wrapped around
him, continued to hurl vltu-
perative epithets at the United
States. Every effort OF 'Fighting
Bob Evans" to make his voice heard
above the clamor Of the groteSque
and declamatory skipper was fruit
less He howled back at the Cana
dian until he was hoarse, and then.
suddenly STOPPING over, picked up a
huge blubber fish lying on deck,
which was of the consistency and
pastiness of a jelly fish, swung il
around sharply, land .ng it plump up
on the whiskered face Of the defiant
Canadian. and knocked him and his
enthusiasm and flag clean over the
bulwarks and into the sea. When the
Canadian came to the surface he wa
fshed out by the sailors and LANDED
on deck He had lost his flag swal
lowed a great deal Of salt water anC
all Of his defiance of the United
States had disappeared. New Vorl
Sun
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on my foot. l made sudden grab
and caught it by the tail. With a
wriggle it was OF. leaving that por-
tion of its body still in my hand.
''As l had no particular use for 1T
I threw it on the ground. In few
minutes I noticed that lot of ants
had dis overed the piece of tail and
were dragging it off as fast as they
could to their hole close by. When
they had arrived almost to their des-
tination, / noticed the lizard few
inches away intently watching the
ants and his missing property
Just as the ants were making a
final pull to their nest the lizard
darted out among them, and seizing
his bit of a tail swallowed it with
evident relish"
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A Sunday or two ago. at a Meth
odist Chapel in one of the p t dis
tricts of StatTordshire, a worthy
s1ocal," after prea hing very earn
estly for about three-Quarters OF an
hour, had tired his aud ence and yet
showed no sign Of drawing his dis
course to a close; indeed he had just
got past ''seco dly."
A number of the cOngregat on had
been sleeping for some time, but one
brawny miner was wide awake and
apparently in state Of great un-
easiness.
After repeatedly looking at his
watch and then at the preacher, the
miner CROPPED for his stick and hat,
and then proceeded to make his way
out of the chapel
The preacher Just then had got
warm. and we'll into his sub ect He
had been advising his hearers to be-
ware of the pitfalls by which they
were surrounded. "otop, sinner,
he shouted, "Pause."
IA can't stop onny longer eX
claimed the miner, who had just go
to the door. "Ye have prea he'd W l.
nigh an hour, and if a stop, oul
Poll will be kicking up row when a
gets whome "-London Spare Mo
mpntS
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Utility of Filter Beds.

The utility of filter beds in purify
ing water has been demonstrated con-
clusively of late years, ami the mass
of evidence to corroborate the claims
ought to have made a much greater
impression on the people than is yet
apparent. The work done at Ham
burg, for instance, questionably
converted very DANGEROUS water
into one with which little fault can
be found. The record of cholera
cases for 1892 and 1893 is sufficient
evidence un this point, without wait
ing for confirmation from microscopic
AMI chemical examination of the
water Such examination, howeve
proves that whereas the water before
hltering is largely impregnated with
bacteria, the filtered water is almost
wholly free from them. Similar
tests, with like results, have been
made at several places in Europe and
this country; one, for instance, at
Providence, II. l.. I'd another at
Lawrence, Mass. The experiment at
Providence has already been described
i'm these columns That at Lawrence
has been in operation since Sept 20,
and the results up TO date are worth
notice.
First as TO the prevention Of
tvphoid fever The time is too short to
give final results, but it appears that
whereas for the past five wears the
average number OF deaths in Law
renee from this disease has been five
| for October and five for Novem Der,
there has been only one such death
| in each OF these months this year.
| The special Importance OF this lies IN
| the fact that the water for the CITY
| is taken from the Merrimac River.
/ which is contaminated by sewage,
and has for years been held response
/ BILE for the most OF the typhoid fever
in Lawrence. Turning TO the physical
| properties OF the filtered water, il is
| found that n nety-eight or cent. OF
the bacteria in the yer water disa D.
pear during the process OF filtration.
| What is quite a. impOF tant is that
this same rltration moves So much
| Of the ganic matter which contrib.
utes To the propagation OF bacteria
| that the few which pass through the
| filter ind themselves al great dis.
advantage in the struggle for exist
ence. Fire and Water.
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The JaOuar.

The lordly Jaguar is the king OF all
the American Felid 2, and right
proud are we to have him for fel-
low countryman-provided he does
not make himself too numerous! Of
all the great cats now living, he is
second in size only TO the lion and
the Bengal tiger, south OF the
United States he is universally called
ell Tigre (tee gree), which is simply
the Spanish for tiger. He has the
big chest and loins. thick neck, big
arms and legs, and bullet head OF a
heavy weight prize fighter; cloUhed
in the most gor eous skin ever given
to any animal of the cat family. he
is the most stOcky in build OF all the
CATS being very different in shape
from the more 1.-THE and fat bodied
lion, tiger, and puma.
But it is his glorious cOlorS that
first attract the behOlder's attention.
and hold it longest. On ground color
of rich golden yellow, which is darkest
on the back and shoulders and grows
paler as it descends to the legs, are
arranged with regular irregularitJ
large rosettes Of black and brown,
These rosettes are the prominent dis
tinguishlng character Of the Jaguar
by which any ch Id can recognize hin
instantly wherever found. The head
TOD of the back, base Of the tail
lower joints of the legs, and the fee
are plentifully besprinkled will
round black spots, not rosetteS
Ordinarily the eyes are light yellow
to match the body color, but whet
the animal becomes enraged, the.
turn the color Of green fire, and theI
it is high time to get out OF the way
The Jaguar is an edition de luxe
: bound in black and gold. st. Mich
| Olas
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A Blue Hen.

A young man was brought TO the
municipal court yesterday and
charged with larceny from one OF his
friends. There was nothing strange
about this part of the proceedings,
SAYS the Boston Transcript. but when
some of the witnesses testified that
the young man was detected by plac-
ing a hen, covered with blueing, in a
dark room, and making several per-
sons, including the prisoner, pass in
and lay hands upon her while her
feet were tied, the case became inter
esting. Then the witnesses went on
to tell that the hen kept perfectly
silent while all the members Of the
party were in the room, although she
was expected to cackle when the
guilty person touched her. When the
prisoner went into the room the
hen kept quiet, but when the
lights were turned on it was found
that there was no blueing on his
hand, which showed that he had net
touched the hen. He was so emhar-
rassed that he made a confession
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"A PRAYER Full OF Intensity.

uCOl. ThrockmortOn. distin-
guished kentuckian in his day." said
Mr. Charles +. Joy. whose seat the
Committee on Elections few days
ago, dec ded to give to his contestant,
Mr.. ONeill, "was once upon a time
in substantially the same predica-
ment that / have been in since | be-
came connected with the House of
Representatives. He was passenger
on d wooden sailing vessel when a
frightful storm burst and the vessel
became water-logged. The ship was
pitching and dancing about like d
straw in whirlpool. The passengers
were cry .ng and appealing TO Heaven
for aid. Col ThrOcKmortOn, with
all the gravity of Kentucky gentle
man, viewed the scene with compos-
ure. The storm increased IN fury.
The sailors were running about, the
officers were shouting, and everything
was in confusion. About this stage
Of the proceedings the Colonel edged
over TO the side of the captain and
said
" Tell me, is there really any
danger?"
'You see what the rest of the
pass myers are doing replied the
captain, they are making their peace
with God. If you ever do any pray
ing, Colonel, you might do so with
perfect propriety at this juncture
The vessel can't live five minutes
The next pitch or two will send he
to the bottom with all on board.
The Colonel straightened himself
lifted his hat. looking UP the scowl
Ing sky with areverent mien, and ex
claimed:
Almighty God, if you ever in
tended TO do Col Throckmorton Q
Kentucky, favor, now is your tim
to do il"
nCol. Thro kmorton," conclude
Mr. Joy. lived to tell this story him
self, which illustrates that a ma
should not despair until the last
Washington Post
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AHEAD IN ALL RESPEClos


r,, American Mosquito Has No Superior
in Industry and Efficiency
Saws the Hartford Courant: Ii IS
only by wide experience ana traleI
that one comes to true appreclaIlon
of the mosquito. After a long anu
intimate acquaintance with tne NY
inp nests of such varied and various
countries as south America. Au-
stralia. India. and Africa the Worlu
wanderer returns with the nrm con-
yiction that the Yankee mosqu 10 Is
easily first in his particular line VI
| work. For refinement OF methou'
quality of torture and decePtlVe III,
nocence of appearance this amman
exhibits a unilue character TO the
student of depravity. The popular
| definition of the mo quito would oc-
scribe it as an insect that stlngS; per-
haps it would be better to say, suing
that insects, for the inSectatlon OF
the little creature is merely fringe
aroun nd the solid central fact OF Its
stingability. A mosquito without lts
sting would be the play with HamleU
left out. One can even imagine
making household pet OF 1T under
such conditions. But the mosquito
isn't built that way; where ne is,
there shall his sting be also Even
the snake, the most loathsome OF
beasts, has the decency in biting you
to get rid of its poison and so De-
comes harmless. Not so the mo-
souitO; it can bite you red, white,
and blue all night and in the morn
ing by the bright light CRY OUT set
'em up again, without losing the Key
or flinchlng an inch.
Very little better than the sting is
the buzz accompaniment. Inc MAD
dening iteration Of the mosquitoes
war song need not be dwelt upon. Ii
were possible to sleep little IL the
attacks went on noiselessly, and the
temporary oblivion would be sweet
indeed, even at the price of blotches
innumerable and itches that call fol
the hands of Briarius. On the con
trary, this enemy of man trumpet'
along night and day, With never
fall from the pitch, with no soften
ing of tfe tone, always that shrlll
self-assertive shrek of rage anC
hatred. So awful is it that If a sen
sitive person and about six m osQuitoe
were shut up for week together, WI
believe one of the two things would
happen-either the person would xii
the mosquitoes or go mad, and /
would be long chances on the mo
souitoes. There is only one way o
handling this animal. 1t is foolisl
to hit at him in the air, and no
much use to aim blows at him whe
y he first alights. No. let him get
good grip and let him drink ava
until his body grows aliermanic an
+ assumes delicate pink, then you ca
wipe him out and up with little dit
+ f1culty, for he won't be so fly as b
was, in fact perhaps, because b
! feels the tie of blood relationship, h
q seems to want to stay there and sue
! and initiate forever. Thus the enem
is rendered captive into your hand
through his own bloOdthirstiness
6 you are fullblooded and can stand th
q drain on the system this is slow bU
sure revenge on the moSquito; not a
y adequate one, of course, but the bes
his victim, man, can do under th
+ circumstances.
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Charles II. Fry of Central Amer ca,
told rather an amusing story, re.
Gently, to Philadelphia newspaper
man. "Down in my country" he
said, lone OF the first things you get
acquainted with is small, bright
green lizard. They are quite tame,
harmless and very lively. When
caught by the tail they have peculiar
fashion Of slipping away, leaving that
appendage behind them.
Zone afternoon l was sitting on
my door. step watching one of these
little creatures daFting about for
flies. 1t became quite bold and in
one Of its quick movements jumped
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4 woman's Way.

A woman whose face was wan and
pinched went into big Main street
grocery store the other day and
looked around curiously, saws the
Buffalo Express She was poorly
dressed and had a tattered shawl
thrown over her head.
After walking all through the
store she approached a counter and
asked: where are the canned
goods:"
The clerk directed her to the coun-
ter and she walked over. what
can I do for you, madam" asked the
man who has charge Of that DEPART
ment
"Have you any canned lobster?"
she asked.
"Ye.n
Chow much is it?"
She was told the price.
She looked at slip of paper she
had in her hand and Iaused a mo
ment Then she said: II will take
four cans"
The clerk. got down four cans OF
the best Holsters and wrapped them
nm for her. The woman slowed
them away under her shawl and gave
the clerk in payment an order from
one of the charitable societies Tor a
dollars worth of groceries. The clerk
was dumbfounded He looked at
the order aud then at the woman.
whats the matter?" she asked.
"lsn't the order good?"
"Yes, it's perfectly good, but
| but"
"But WHAT" asked the woman
sharply.
"Don't you think that a sack O.
-four or something Of the kind woulo
be more suitable for you to buy?"
maybe it would" she answered
"We haven't had anything to eat a.
my house for two days, but | nevel
tasted any canned lobster and Idon'
know as / ever will get anothe
chance to taste it, either"
And she walked out of the store
tightly clasping the canned lobster Y
her emaciated bosom.
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The Leek.

The Welsh emblem of the leek had
its origin in a command from Devil
or David. afterwards canonized
Archbishop of 81 Dayid'S in the
year $40. Tn : prelate, on the d y
that King Arthur won great vic
tory over the ; xOns. is said 10 have
ordered every one Of his soldiers 10
pltCe a leek in his cap for the sake OF
distinction: in memory OF which the
Welsh wear the leek on the lst OF
March.
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Mon M.,. -

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tonic "Favorito FTes.a. ....as-sbr = Il
digestion and nutr1saon - - snrrs 4
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scrlpslon p "a s1shduing Eerss.s, Eer...,ss -.
irritability, nervous xswA ! g
prostration, neural ft...se. 60 -. !. 80
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seaa..-.s a~-erserred and sktllaa, !.
En go. q - -, -sa.rar,is delirais !
adapted q ...,.1.al,ls mo.a.al,l u II - ~ !
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From away up in British North America
comes the following greeting to DIR. r. ".
Pierce, Chief Consulting Physician to the
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, at t
Hartney, Selkirk Co, Manitoba, whose
portrait, with that OF her little boy,
beads this article, writes as follows:
" l take great pleasure in recommending DIR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription for falling Of
the womb / was troubled with bearing
DOWN pains and pains In my back whenever
] would be on my feet any length Of time. 1
,Fas recommended to try DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription, which did with happy results.
feel like new person after taking three
bottles Of It"
As we have just heard from the frigid
received from the Sunny South The follow
ing is from Mrs. ]. 7. Smith, Of Oeduskee,
Cleburne Co. Ala. She writes: II was
afflicted and suffered untold pains and
misery, such as no pen can describe, for six
years. was confined TO bed most Of the
time. l expected the cold hand Of death
every day. was afflicted with leucorrhea-
with excessive fowing-falling Of the womb
bearing down scnsation-pain in the small
Of J1y hack-my bowels costive-smarting,
itching and burning II the vagina, also pal
pitation of the heart. When began taking
your medicine could not sit up, only few
minutes at q time, / was so weak. ] took
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription three
times per day. also took his Golden Medical
Discovery three times per day and one Of
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets every night.
have taken seven bottles OF the Discovery, 7
seven bottles Of the Prescription and five
bottles of the Pellets. / took these rnedi-
cines seven months. regularly, never missed
q day. These medicines ctruu me- feel rs
tTel as / ever did in Inv life. Four Of tho
best doctors in the land treated nv case four
| years~ They Gil gave rue up "a hopeless
/ they said could not be cured, and could not
/ live. Through the viii Of God, and your
medicines. have been restored TO the best
| of health" Yours truly,
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A BIT OF reasoning a la mode de
Dumas ascribed TO Rossini: II don't
like spinach and it is very fortunate
don't, because If | did Ike it
should eat it, and / cannot endure
it.n
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SIS that piece of bric-a-brac all your rich
reletives left you?' inquired the visitor.
Eyes, sir" sighed the poor relative. My
vase is my fortune"
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Upson: Young Gotrox complains that his
wife has commenced to kick over the traces
already. Downes: Humph! That's what
comes of marrying a skirt dancer.
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81 married Horace to reform him" sighed
the young wife, and the only habit I've
broken him of is parting his hair IN the mid
dle He doesn't part it at all now"
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Mrs. W. D. GunekeI, 4 - - - -
Seventh Street, Terro - -. 80. - !.
al had been suffering fre.n - !. - IL -
eight years having Co., s...l..r - -
skillful physicians, bu. - - sr.s.ssR,
rary relief from Hci'sss s.
them. was advised u s..'si.s. 80 = j. /.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite - Z. -. :. :
did, and found, In taklns II
Prescription' and to 4 / - ].
Medical Discovery, - - : - =
positive cure, for WHICH n. - -.
press nv gratituds icr - -. 80 -
qreat snffering that ] y -
slo0" 0Aae' Yours trslys II
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-08

festiyity and the presentation or small
GIFTS. These two days are those VINO
names the Swedish boy or girl l'ar'.
For every day I'm The Swedish calendar
has its own special name, besides iD'
weekly name which IL bears like tho t it
of other countries
Sometimes the parents give chiIi
one name, which is not 20 be found lu
the Swedish calendar so that There ls
occasionally a sOrroWill plant such as
the one made by little girl who 'N-
planned regretfully 20 some English
friends that she had "oAly two llltn-
days zone Of my names ls Sigui.
she said. "and there isn't any day for
that
Every day has special name in ts"
German calendar ass we'll and some nI
the names allowing FOR the difference 30
language are the s--ne Do CORE rou -.u,
dates in the two calendars The oU..
vance Of such "namesl1o days hnn..-
or. is not by any means $50 common In
Germany as IN sweden.
TO American ears the Glib statement
made by little swedish Ilri who NHs
asked as to the date OF bier birthday.
The 18th of March Z-I of MaE. .rI
l9th Of November" has at lrst ID le.Il.4-
~ strange sound.-N outh Companion.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-08

and GINS Siebenmorgan's drum was mui
Gcd peter Kits had been calico OUT 81
No civ but he sent "A sumptuOus car
riaoe FOR the family, or lhuina'e
fr,en1sv Pemorus Doll said. But no one
tbompht Of asking Janey Dunn. HnS
walked. though the way was long an
,lustv. and when David hannum iiti
stauned upon the heaped-up clous hpVN
Ifnrie Tinimy's heart and sounded upon
his battered old war bugle the soI,''iSI =
last goodbye. and the crowd melt"u
avav she came forth from behind the
poplar where she was hidden 70 "crf,
and laid her bouquet upon Uncle llihiNy
prave. Ii was only catalpa blooms, uut
he would know il was the best she hdH'
she told herself ,,..
II was discovered down at washington
that q mistake had been made about IN
clo Tlmmy. and the withheld pension was
forwarded 10 Mrs. Timothy MctomD,
widow of Ensign McC0mb. deceased
As for the mortgage. the Prairie Flo"er
civ Bank sent word it had been paid.
Nobody asked when, so it does not mat
ter.
Janey's rlotter no longer worke at the
ovcralls factory but is hOusekeeper at
the Kits stock farms just at the Paw
pawville city limits Janey has made
many new friends, for She can 30 TO
school steadily now, and Is taking music
lessons, and IS training her voice, but
every sunday rain or shine, she takes
flowers 10 Uncle Jimmy sgraye. and. next
TO her mother and THY she loves Mir.
Kits
"Why is ne my intimate friendf' she
echoed. when asked by Becky Sammis
the reason Of her preference "Why-be-
cause. The Independent
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from Father Times.

Dear Children. We will discontinue The
puzzle column during tn"e summer
months resuming its publication ON the
of after all ] shah be- glad 10 have you
write me from week 70 week and WIN
publish the letters on your paac. This
week | have heard from many lt.r
friends. among them Miss Lizzie b. Jones.
OF Jackson. Louisa County. Va. Annie
Martin. Wayeriy, Va, and Willie K04nr
the winner OF last months prize
II am not mistaken, you Will ma your
department to-day very intcrestlns one
and you must let me know just what you
think OF IT,
Hoping you are growing brown am
strong from your out-Of-dOor life dIiins
this season. and are laying up "A yuma pt
strength for the days when lessons m.
be \aken up again. l am cordi1lly yours
FATHER TINES.