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MYSTERIOUS p,sApPeARANce,

Prominent East Indians Who Have
Voluntarily Passed Into Obscurity.
Some Ave or six years ago the son Of
the late rajah Of Tanjore, a man some
40 or so years Of age, and. Of course,
the chief native parsonage In that part
Of India, made up his mind to become q
devotee. He one day told his friends
he was going on railway journey,
sent Of his servants and carriages
from the palace to the station, saying
he would follow, gave them the slip,
and has never been heard Of since. His
friends went to the man who was
known to have been acting as his guru,
who simply told them: you will never
find him." Suppose the &. o. m. or the
Prince Of Wales were to retire like
this, how odd 1t would seem!
To illustrate this subject, I may tell
the story Of Tilleinathan Swan, who
was the teacher Of the guru, whose
acquaintance am referring to In this
chapter. Tilleinathan was a wealthy
ship-owner Of high family. In 1850 no
devoted himself to religious exercises
till 1866, when he became ''emanci.
pated." After his attainment he felt
sick Of the world, and so he wound up
his affairs, divided all his money and
goods among relatives and dependents,
and went of stark naked into tho
woods. His mother and sisters were
grieved and repeatedly pursued him,
Offering to surrender all to him II he
would return. At last he simply re.
fused to answer their opportunities,
and they desisted. He appeared In
Tanjore after that in 1867, 1850, 1904,
and 1872, but has not been seen since.
He Is supposed to be living somewhere
In the western Ghnuts.
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THE TAIlcST LADDER.
Spiked Against Q 9mekostaek and
aO0ohOo A6o Feet.

A short distance from Glasgow
Cathedral, northward through Castle
street, the Monkland canal IL crossed
and the grimiest OF manufacturing
regions 10 reached. On the left hand
are tho wsll.known St. Rollox works,
Of which Sir Charles Tenant IL the
head, and which are easily distin.
guished by tho great chimney stack
designed by the late Professor Mac.
quorn Rankine. The stack IL ass
feet high from the base to the cop.
stone-82 feet less than the Town.
send stack In the Same locality, but
Tenants stack stands on o moro
elevated part Of the city and so to the
onlooker appears taller than Its
neighbor. Some interesting opera
tions were recently carried out In con.
nection with tho repairing OF Ten.
nant's stack. A local steeplejack Of
note, who has kept the two chimneys
In repair for tho past twenty-five
years mounted to tho top OF the
stack, adopting different method
from that used by him about two
years ago, when he climbed the stack
ut Port Dundas. On that occasion
no mounted by means OF klte.fying,
which enabled the necessary ropes
for the ascent being thrown over the
top OF the chimney.
On the present occasion he adopt.
cd o handler, and, on the whole, o
safer plan. This 10 known as tho
ladder process, and 10 much In vogue
among contractors for chimney re-
pairing. The occasion was the first
time the method has been used for .
chimney OF 80 great q height. and
when fully erected the ladder was the
highest In the world. The first sec.
ton was planted against the chimney
and nailed securely by hooked iron
pins eighteen inches long and an inch
thick. Section aftcr section each
eighteen feet long was then hoisted
up, and after being dashed together,
was fastened in the same manner to
the chimney-the difficult work, as
will be readily understood, requiring
great care and attention. The ladders
used were OF yellow pine, And Of the
lightest possible make, with fiat steps
an inch by an inch and o half broad.
One advantage OF this process 10 that
the work OF repairing does not, as In
the case OF kite, require to wait for
q favorable wind, but can be begun ut
any time, and the preliminary opera.
tions thus over, 1t is simply matter
Of climbing a Observation-Disclosures
GaZakte
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How cruel he was after oil her love
for him! Why did he not come and
save her? No, It was Val that must
be saved at any cost, and there was
no other way. She stumbled along,
and the pains OF death rose before
her eyes. Oh! the horror of 1.-THE
fiery ball eating her flesh, the agony
Of writhing in the dust, for she felt
sure Andy would not miss. Just as
her resolutions were slipping away
from her, something cleaned white
In the moonlight on the roadside.i II
was a rough stone cross, inviting the
passer.by to pray for the soul OF one
suddenly launched into eternity.
Moved by a sudden impulse, she flung
herself at its foot and prayed as she
had never prayed before that what
ever sins she had committed might
be blotted out by this last sacrifice
made in the spring OF her youth, and
that the path OF trial she was about
to tread would lead her to the heaven
where in Gods good time she would
meet Val again. Then she rose and
walked on, and oil fear left her; only
love for Val remained, that love
which was prompting her to lay down
her life for his sake. One hesitation,
and she has turned aside down the
pathway through Perrin Woods, where
the moonlight falls in patches and
flakes and bars-the pathway leading
to her long rest.
Val was the first to find the body,
as 1t lay huddled up, n little heap in
patch of light. A CHASTITY red
streak showed where her life had
ebbed away, and those pretty curls
were all dabbled and splashed with
the blood that formed pool around
her. The cold face lay white and
awful to the sky, and the eyes seemed
to culver MS the Pickering rays fell
upon them. He staggered, and a
mist seemed to pass before him; then
he knelt down by the side OF the
body and gently drew down the eye
lids. Something was clasped in the
limp hand, but crushed In folds in
her death struggle. He took IL and
smoothed II QUIT was photograph
Of himself. And as he knelt there,
needless OF the possibility Of q Turk.
Ing foe, everything gradually dawned
upon him-the all absorbing love,
the courage, the despair that had
laid her dead at his feet, and he hid
his face in his hands. Then he rose.
and, with q long kiss on the poor
cold lips, left her to God and the
wailing night wind. -"
Andy O'Shea was never seen in An.
theen again, but his gun, with one
barrel discharged, which was found
by the bank Of the river, left no doubt
as to his fate.
Val Hastings left England almost
Immediately for East Africa, and,
while going up country, met with y
band OF slave traders. One survivor
Of his band alone returned to Zanxi.
bar, and his tale Of It's complete an
Inhalation has never been contra.
dicted. And doubtless Winifred's
prayer has been answered.-[Sketch.
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Beehive In Q ceurtho use Dome.

Since the dial on the south side Of
the courthouse was blown out by
the late storm, workmen engaged In
repairing the damage have made the
discovery that the large ball just
above the dome and beneath the
eagle is inhabited by bees, and that
their storage Of honey is immense.
For several years past 1t has been
claimed that bees occupied that Or
namental portion Of Alachua's capt.
tol, but it was generally regarded rs
an unfounded claim; late investiga-
ton, however, leaves no room to
doubt that both tho bees and honey
are there. 1t Is calculated by those
who are presumed to be competent
to Judge that the ball contains not
less than 100 pounds Of honey. The
bees have selected q home where
they are not likely to DO seriously
misunderstanding not to the, ex-
tent OF being robbed. There 10 prob.
ably not another hive OF bees In the
State provided with o homo $50 feet
above the level OF the see. Il Gaines.
vile lylk S~n.
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THE ROSE SHE GAVE.

Thistle rose she gave to me,
With its crimson tips;
Red-as any rose should he.
Having touched her lips.
And with something of her grace,
And the beauty of her face.
This-the rose she gave to me.
Bloomed where south winds stir,
Hid its honey from the bee
For the lips of her
Through long days disquieted
For those lips to kiss 1t red
This--the rose she gave to me.
Never rose so sweet
Here the heart of springtime see.
Lean. and hear it beat
Life, and all its melody
In the rose she gave to me!
--tAtlanta Constitution.
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"ChaOs DestrOycd!"

To be conservative may be very
good thing; 1t Is possible, however, to
have too much even Of good thing.
This was the case with the great Tai
leyrand, who would have preserved
even abuses merely because they had
once existed.
This popularity of his was summed
up by q witty compatriot, Paul do
Courier. who declared that II Talley.
rand had been present ut the creation.
be would have exclaimed:
"Good gracious! Chaos will b. Do.
Oneyo1r
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Prune growing Is taking the place. to
a great extent, In parts Of Western Orc.
gon, Of wheat growing. 1t Is the opin.
ion Of practical men there that 1t Is the
most likely solution of the problem how
to escape from the difficulty Of unprof.
liable wheat farming. There has been
some disappointment In the State this
year over the result of fresh fruit un.
dertakings, owing to the food and the
railway strike, but as the prune crop IL
coming into view its possibilities of
wealth are most encouraging. About
fifty car loads Of dried prunes are about
ready for shipment In Douglas County.
Counting $4,000 pounds to the cur, and
allowing cents pound for the crop,
the county will have some $62, 800 for
this item. The industry In Oregon Ia
comparatively new, having attracted
almost no attention outside of the local.
ity where the experiments were being
made In growing the fruit extensively
until last year. The outlook Is for an
enormously increasing acreage of prune
bearing orchards, SO that In five years,
when cheap prices, as those interested
In the business In Oregon believe, shall
have made wide market for prunes
Rs a staple of table use, there will be an
output ten times as great as ut present.
New York Evening Post.
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Insect sccrctions,

The strongly vesicating power Of
certain parts Of the apparatus of tho
blister beetle Of course suggested that
the function Of cantharidin In the
economy Of the insect might be con.
nected In some way with the reproduc.
tive process. But that such Is not nee.
essarily the case evidently follows
from the fact that the insect pos.
sesses the property to a greater or less
degree In all its stages, including those
In which 1t Is sexually immature. Even
the eggs are possessed Of the blister.
Ing power, though this perhaps Is no
more than might be expected, since
the ovaries are strongly impregnated
with cantharidin.
In 1883 Beauregard took a portion Of
a freshly laid batch Of eggs and, work.
Ing them up into paste with little
water, applied the little plaster 80
formed to his arm. After four hours
the smarting produced was sufficient.
ly intense to lead him to stop the ex.
perment. He therefore removed the
plaster, and a few minutes after nm
enormous blister appeared on the spot,
attesting the strongly vesicating prop.
erty Of the freshly laid eggs.
In the larvae the property was found
to be much less intense. Ten larvae.
several days old. were crushed and
made into q plaster. which was up.
piled as before. Even after eight hours
nothing more than q considerable In.
Illumination was developed. and no
blister appeared. When. however a
larger application Of the crushed
bodies Of two dozen similar larvae was
made. a blister was produced after the
lapse of the same time.-Kn0wledge.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-01

places. One can hardly pass along
by country homes without seeing in
the kitchen windows row, and rows
of this delicious fruit in all stages of
ripening-and decaying, too, perhaps
For sunstroKes are common among
the glove apples" and exposure to
too much light and sun heat ruins
them altogether oftentimes, says
American Gardening. The accom-
panying illustration suggests simple
and Suit9bl box or closet for storing
tomatoes while they are in process Of
ripening. 1t is only dry goods box,
fitted with sliding shelves and a snug
door. The time needed to thus fit it
up is scarcely worth the mentioning
when one reflected upon the rich, red
fruit, thus saved from ,Spoiling."
The closet may be large or small,
with more or less shelves, according
to the amount Of the fruit raised.
When filled. it should he set in a
warm, moist pace, and inspected
from time to time in order to remove
any of the fruit that may have rip
ened, before there is possibility of de-
cay and consequent harm to the rest.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-01

THE great future which is before
the agriculture of this country is
hardly yet realized by our young
men. When it becomes more gener-
ally recognized that talented man
with a taste for the calling has just
as good a chance to distinguish him
self as he has anywhere else, then
thousands of our brightest young
men will not hesitate to train them
selves for the occupation. The tai
ented young men of to-day, who are
far-seeing enough to observe the
chances before them, will be at the
top of tie ladder in due time. The
foremost agriculturists of the future
will be trained business and scientific
men; in fact, they are already so to
limited extent The young man of
brains who has also love of farming
need not be afraid of wasting himself
by choosing agriculture as an occupa-
ton. Let him work, and study, and
learn, and his reward is sure.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-01

THE Gould nature hates a monop-
Oly-some one else's monopoly. The
family has declared war on the Dia-
mond Match trust and will fight
that hydra-headed monster - the
phrase is customary-by means of a
match factory which they have es-
tablished at Passaic, n. j. The
elder Gould, in his valued lifetime,
was sometimes compared to Lucifer
(after), but he never went into the
match business. Watering match
stock, we imagine, would be a haz-
ardous undertaking, Edwin could,
who is president of this new COM
pany, should have taken example
from the older and craftier hand.
But we wish him luck of his under,
taking, although with the memory of
the Vigilant- Britannia races and of
certain exploits of one Of the young
women Of the family in mind we are
bound to say that the Goulds are not
noted for their success at match
making.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-01

IT is generally supposed that cook
ing meat will destroy any germs OF
tuberculosis which may exist therein.
Too much reliance, however, must
not be placed upon this belief. Elk
pertinent has shown that these dis.
ease germs will stand high degree
of heat. Light cooking will not de-
stroy them, and in beef as often
placed upon the table in lightly
cooked form, the living germ may
still remain. People who like theil
beef rare done may vince at this
statement, 1t has been proved by
experiments that it requires thor.
ough cooking to destroy the bacilli.
Experiments were carried out by the
local government board of Great Brit.
ain with the result that meat boiled
from fifteen to forty minutes and af.
terward fed to guinea pigs produce
the disease in these animals which
showed that the microbes were not
destroyed by the cooking. When the
meat was cut into small pieces about
an inch square, and boied>the same
length of time, the disease germs
were destroyed, and guinea pigs fed
upon the meat prepared in this way
remained exempt from the disease.
In the report of the experiments,
Professor Brown says; at appears
that thorough cooking is efrectual in
destroying tubercle virus; but it is
also evident that such cooking as was
elTectual in this case, could not be
applied to large joints, nor to any
kind of meat without destroying its
flavor" This is rather unpleasant
reading, and indicates clea;ly the
great danger of using tuberculout
meats for food.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-01

ACCORDING to the census tho
United States produced $4,000, 0OC
dozens eggs in 1879, and $1,000, 0OC
dozen in 1880. These figures are prob.
ably under the mark, but, at the fig
ures given, the annual egg product
Of the United States amounts to
800, 900, 900. II to this be added the
value Of the property sold, we shall
obtain a pretty high figure for the
annual output Of the department.
One authority has placed it at $500,
100000. In 1893 the entire wheat
crop Of the United States amounted
to 39G, 0O0,00O bushels, worth less
than 5000, 100000
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slow or FAST Drying.

1t makes great difference IN the
value Of corn fodder whether it is
cut during warm, dry weather, when
it will cure rapidly, or later, when
rains and cold make it dry out more
slowly. All the time it IS moist some
waste is going on In the nutritive
value Of the stalk. When the dry
ing is FASTENED the waste is small:
when it is prOtracted by rains, es-
pecially with warm weather, the
waste is much greater, IT. is not
stopped entirely by cold weather AS
the moisture freezes out of the stalks.
it is found that the woody t1bre is in
creased and the nutritive value has
decreased in like proportion. Every
farmer knows that cornstalks after
repeated freezing and thawing be-
come Of little value for feeding.
They are dry, tastelesS and the stock
will not eat them rapidly as they do
the partly dried stalk at the begin
ming Of winter Much is said of the
waste Of nutrition by fermentation in
the silo There is such waste, but it,
is trivial comp red with the waste of
Cornstalis by slow drying The silo
makes the nutrition more available,
by partly cooking the food.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-01

ONLY Kansas man would have
the cOnceit to think that he could
do shopping for lady to her salts.
faction. A more sensible man would
avoid any such test of his ability,
but William Inman, of Leroy, Kan,
recklesSly invited it. He entered
the store Of w. +. Willis and inter
rupted a couple of ladies who were
looking at some dress goods. He
thought he knew better than they
what would be becoming to them,
and proposed to buy the dresses pro-
vidcd he were allowed to make the
selection. or course it was fool
hardy, for many better man has
got into trouble merely by under
taking to pay for gowns without
placing his judgment above a
woman's, But Inman persisted and
was put out of the store. He still
persisted and the proprietor shot
him. We, do not necessarily hold
that he deserved the fate that over
took him, but his audacity and his
conceit deserved some punishment.
The idea of attempting to deprive a
woman of the right to do her own
shopping cannot be tolerated in this
enlightened and progressive age.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-01

The appearance Of MesSrS. Brodie
and Corbett as factors" reminds the
Boston Journal that the present con-
dition of the stage is but repetition
OF history, and that the world does
not change much, Dr. Doran, in his
History OF the English Stage"
speaks thus of the end Of the seven
tenth century; THE century closed
i'll for the stage. Congreve's play,
The Way of the World, failed to
give it any luster. Dancers, tum-
blers, strong men and quadrupedS
were called in to attract the town;
and the elephant at the Great Mogul,
in Fleet street, drew to such an eX-
tent that he would have been brought
on the stage but for the opinion of a
master carpenter that he would pull
the house down" And it is set down
that the treasures at both Covent
Garden and Drury Lane were we'll
nigh empty, owing to the rage of the
town for curiosities.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-01

"ln uniting Swarms, Mr. PercivaI
says, sit US to be considered neces-
sary to take great care to prevent
fighting and loss of life, but nova
days it is very simple matter. Bees
know strangers by their odor, and, as
every one knows, the law of the hive
is death to the intruder Some
sprinkle the bees with grated nut
meg, mint or rose water to over
power the OdoL A way we like bet
ter is by smoke from brown paper. or
cotton rags dipped in a weak solution
of saltpetre and dried. This smoke
blown into the hives so disturos the
bees that they think of nothing but to
get away from it. While Uhey are
running about trying to find a crew
ice to hide in, we turn the hive up
side down, empty into it the bees we
wish to place in it put the hive in
place, give another Whit of smoke
and shut up, the hive for a few min
utes and the union is complete"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-01

A FATHER of some manageable
daughters, not far from Mount Yer
non, N. Y, had occasion to have a
sofa upholstered and here is list Of
what was found between the back
and cushion: Forty-seyen hairpins,
10 suspender buttons, mustache
combs, - needles. IS cigarettes, s
photographs, 2l7 pins, 70 grains Of
coffee, As cloves, y cuff buttons, s
pocketknives, 10 poker chips, vial
of homeopathic medicine, "a Jumps
Of chewing gum, 80 toothpicks, 2S
matches, 80 collar buttons II neck
ties, . love letters, a few pieces of
candy, 2 dimes, 3 quarters, | nickel,
5 buckles, lead pencils, ! pen and 1
button hooks
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-01
STOCK AND FARM.


The Abilene Reflector says that a
pretty fair horse sold on the street OF
that city the other day for $1325.
The Topeka Mail knows a Shawnee
county farmer who can sell his 1894 crop
at present prices and come out 81, 100
ahead of the game.
j. r. Holmes, of Kiowa, bought IF
teen car loads of Colorado steers in the
Kansas City market and shipped them to
his farm to beroughed though the winter.
John Albons, OF Doniphan county, sold
his crop Of apples to a st. Joe firm for
$4,000, and they picked them. His
neighbor, Mr.. Robbins, sold his for
$4,000, and another neighbor sold his
for $4,000. The apple crop Of this year
is the largest and best ever raised in this
part OF the country. 1t is estimated that
it will bring three times as much actual
cash as the entire wheat crop.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-01

Gnimal food will amount to from To-
20 per cent and few anticipate the
use Of as much as 80 per cent. in dis
placement Of other grains II these
estimates have not been exaggerated
the effect must ultimately be lelt in a
measure OF relief to the abnormal
price depression in the wheat mark
cts The relatively greater value Of
wheat when fed to stock is indicated
by the report of a Western hog feeder
to the President of the Commercial
Exchange The result OF his exper-
iments in wheat feeding IN the last
few weeks has been gain in weight
OF hogs equivalent to W cents per
bushel for wheat which is not worth
over 81 cents in the Chicago market
after the payment of freight and
other expenses of shipment from the
farm.
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Teeding Stock liegnIarlr.

Good digestion is perhaps as i'm
portant point as any in detcrmin-
ing the value of any kind of stock.
1t is very largely dependent on reg
ularity of feeding. Much young stock
has its digestion ruined by alternate
starving and Rstutiing. There should
be regular time for feeding calves
and pigs instead OF leaving this to
be determined by accident fycung
animals are kept without food for II
long time the digestive powers are
weakened. When food is obtainable
it results in overlooking the stomach
which has already been made feeble
by having too little to do These are
the conditions of wild animals, and
are opposed to profitable use under
The good treatment to which we'll
fed animals Of improved breeds al
ways respond.