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uCCps IlC4C LII e " - A'ooN" $500
maker. who pretended to keep the highway
in order. He smoothed the dust down into
the ruts with a long-handled fiat hoe, max
ing il so that a cart could get a tumble
without being aware of its danger. The
road in many places was so narrow that
two carts could barely pass, and nowhere
was it much wider than the average Ameri-
can alley. 1t follows the telegraph lines.
and in some places it has been built above
the surrounding country. Here and there a
pretense was made of repairing it, and
gangs of soldiers and half-naked coolies
were at work carrying dirt in baskets and
spreading it over the holes. There must
have been thousands Of these
They probably got less than 10 cents a day
as wages. They worked under overseers,
and they sang as they worked. I was much
interested in the way the road was pounded
down. A round disc of metal or stone about
three inches thick and as big around as a.
tobacco keg was raised by eight men by
means of ropes, which were tied to holes
in it's edges. A ninth man sang a song as
the rang worked. and at a certain note
they would pull on their ropes. sling the
disc high in the air above their heads, and
let IL fall with a thud. In other places the
road was pounded down with mallets. and
the stones were crushed by ~half-naked
Cinnamon, who raised heavy sledges high
in the air and brought them down with a
thump. 1 was surprised how fast the men
worked and what great quantities of earth
can be carried in baskets. They swarmed
over the road like bees and each human ant
added his mite to the pile. The road was
made entirely OF mud. and there was no
: pretense OF matchmaking or any sort Of
a permanent structure. The roads grow
worse from year to year and they are. by
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-30
NOT SUCH A GREAT FEAT.
A Kentucky Editor Unable to See that
the Hen Deserved Credit.

The Maysville Ledger tells OF what IL
considers a most wonderful case. says the
Kentucky Advocate. Homer Frederick, or
that town. owns a hen that Matched a
brood of chicks in February. One OF these
chicks was OF an unusually promising and
Industrious turn of mind, and early in life
gave evidence of phenomenal precocity- IL
was not long after this chick reached the
pullet stage of her existence until she had
eight eggs to her credit (this language is
laid or lain should be used, and last Satur-
day she came proudly from the henhouse
with twelve chicks OF her own hatching--
this at the tender age of five months n
two laws. At first thought this does APP
pear extraordinary, and yet a little consid-
OF its apparent merit. For instance, when
it is that this pullet had moth
ing else to do for five months and W.
DAYS but to develop and nourish this single
idea of laying eggs and Matching chickens
a very simple operation-that her mind was
dresses, the tariff. silver question, Deps.
the acknowledgements race, or the
removal of the Danyille postoffice: that she
was not compelled TO stunt her growth by
ahstaining from all seed-bearing fruit for
fear of contracting a healthy case OF ap-
pendicitis; that she did not have 10 study
Latin. Greek, French. mental and moral
philosophy, algebra, rhetoric, history. phys
ioIogy. elocution. the Delsartean system.
dancing, and a thousand other things that
Infants are usually engaged IN, IL IS not IN
the least surprising that she went right
ahead and earned fame and escaped the
irving pan by becoming an incubator OF
simply a one-idea pUliet, concentrating ev-
cry thought and energy to the consumma-
ton of one grand plan, and succeeded.
Nothing strange about that
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which, instead of proclaiming definitely
when their day is over, try to attain a
mummifed immortality by the simple meth
cd of never looking very much more passe
than they did the day before, thus tempting
YOU to cherish them long after every ves-
tige of their beauty has disappeared; and
of all sinners in this respect, the golden.
rod is the worst. Another unpleasant habit
of this incorrigible weed is that it seems to
earlier every year. This is unfortu-
nate. not only because il defaces the land
scape. but because it has secured a place
in the national calendar, along with the
katydid, and the grounding, and the
sprouting oak leaves of early spring, till
we have an established conviction that
golden-rod is a harbinger of winter. One
would think that. this C~assandra.ltke duty
would effectually destroy its popularity, but
the golden-rod goes on deceitfully prophecy
ing winter about the first Of August with
out drawing down upon it's head the whole
some disapproval Of an intelligent COM
munity. / suppose that the DETERMINATION
of this impudent pretender is impracticable,
so far as our fields and waysides are con-
cerned, but it might at least be uprooted
from our affections, where 1t has so I'M
worthily established itself.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-30
no means, so fine to-day as they were three
hundred years ago.
VILLAGERS AND FARMERS.

VILLAGERS AND FARMERS.
The ninety-mile ride from Pekin to Ten
Tsin was through the continuous stream
of carts. wagons, wheelbarrows and men.
Many of the wheelbarrows had donkeys
hitched in front of them and men pushing
behind them, and on some parts of the
great plain they actually use sails in order
to help the wheelbarrows along. / got a
photograph of a scene Of this kind, and the
stiff wind which was blowing materially
aided this Chinese freight car on its way.
There were hundreds of mandarins riding
on donkeys. They were dressed In silk
gowns Of greens, yellow and blue, and
some of them sneered, turning up their
yellow noses. and making faces such as
are only possible to Chinese physiognomy.
We passed many villages. The farmers
Of China do not live upon their farms. They
have squald houses punched up together
with fences Of mud about them and there
are no signs of comfort anywhere. t
houses are of sun-dried brick, plastered
with III and rooted with long rows of
reeds. which are tied in bundles and laid
side by side on the rafters and then are
plastered with mud These roofs reach
about a foot beyond the walls of the houses
and you have usually TO duck your head if
you wish to get under them. The huts Of
the poorer classes are often not more than
fifteen feet square. There are no windows
facing the street, and the only sign Of life
Is a thin wreath of blue smoke that curls
out of the mud chimney of the shape of a
gallon crock which stands on the roof. 1t
would be very bad taste to look over the
fence of a Chinaman's house. but 1 was
forced to see into some of the yards as L
stood up in my cart when riding by. Dirt
and squalor reigned supreme. There was
no grass and no flowers. Gaily dressed
boys and girls ran in and out of the gates.
They wear clothes of the most horrible
colors, and the brightest of green is the
favorfte. The little babies have their heads
shaved in spots and the girls and women
lather themselves with rouge and powder.
They stick paper flowers in their hair, and
they hobble about on their heels, turning
their pitiful little feet upward and not
touching their toes to the ground. All of
the old women carry canes, and those who
have the smallest feet have to be helped
along by others. 1t makes you sick to look
at the females, and / saw many little girls
who made their way over the rough roads
with their faces full Of pain. Their feet
seemed to be resting on live Goals. There
Is no uglier costume in the world than that
of these poor peasant women Of north
China. The shirt-like gown which falls
from the neck TO the thighs shows no sign
of the bust, and below this ugly wadded
drawers of highly colored cotton or silk
fall to the ankles, where they are tied on
just above the brilliantly clad. but horribly
deformed, feet. The hair is combed
straight back and put up in all sorts of
ways. They look by no means clean, and,
though i am among the most susceptible
of Wen, | have yet TO see the Chinese
maiden whom / think / could love.
FRAME CT. CARPENTER.
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THE ovERpRAIsED GoLDEN-RoD.
One PhiIfstine Who Declines TO Adj
mfre the Ragged Weed.

NATE leu > IdpCis
That much overrated blossom, the golden
rod, is paying its protracted annual WISH
to all parts of the rely
ing upon this omnipresence, / suppose, as
the basis of a claim to be chosen as our
national flower. / know 1t is a. rank neresy
not to admire this sturdy weed, or az ieast
not to pretend to do so, but years. OF con-
scious hypocrisy in this matter have SO
worn upon my moral nature that
don't confess now / shall never be able to
do so. Frankly. then. 1 cannot understand
the apparently universal enthusiasm IN
spired by this shabby and disreputaDle spe-
cies. The golden-rod Of the art exhibition
and the magazine poem is a stately panicie
of brilliant yellow shedding glory all
around" but the golden-rod of real life is
a stiff ungainly weed which likes dusty
roadsides. and there undergoes its uninter-
esting transformation from dingy green
through dirty yellow to the disreputaple
white OF it's going-to-seed period. III you
bring It into the house-thinking possibly
to improve it through good association-its
decorative ineffectiveness becomes nope
lessly apparent. while IT. ungrateIulIy re-
wards YOU by its untidy fashion or w1tnsr-
ing-not falling gracefully to pieces IKE
the rose. or letting its petals dry patiently
and patheticaliy like the violet, but scat
tering abroad clouds Of pollen. and drop.
ping from its undiminished mass a constant
unsightly< litter. I detest those lowers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-30

Cholly (off to college)-Good bye. mamma,
send me some cookies every time you
bake. Cholly returning a year .later-Aw-
how do, mother; WEAKLY In delighted to
sea YOU y'noW.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-08-30
PRINTING POSTAGE STAMPS.
The Government Has Now Gone In
to the Business.

~~~~ ~~-----~~~-
On the LIST of July the government of
the United States commenced printing
it's own postage stamps at the bureau of
engraving and printing. Up to this
time they have been furnished by pri-
vate companies under contract, the Ma
tional Bank Note company of New
York having done the work for many
years. Last spring, when it came time
to let the contract again, the bureau Of
engraving and printing put in bid
which was less than one-half that of
any other bidder. There was consider
able opposition to havingthe work done
by the government and the other bid
ders made great fuss about it because,
as they claimed, it was unfair for I'm
Gle Sam to compete with them, because
he had no interest or rent to pay and
expected no profit. The question was
finally carried to congress, when the
plan of the secretary of the treasury and
the postmaster general was sustained.
There will be new designs adopted soon
but for the present the old ones will be
used for the common stamp-the 2-cent
stamp with the head of Washington
printed in carmine ink, and the 1-cent,
which bears the head of Franklin, and
is printed in ultramarine blue. In or
der to distinguish those printed by the
government little ornament will be
placed in the blank space in the upper
corners.
This is fact of interest to collectors.
There is quite quantity of the old
stamps on hand, and the new ones will
not be issued until they are needed, al
though it is necessary to keep a large
stock in the distributing Offices, as
about 100000 2-cent stamps are used
daily and about 100000 of 1-cent de
nomination. Postage stamps are print
ed by engraved cylinders in sheets of
400. A die is first cut in block of steel
about three inches square, like an in
taglio. The steel is then hardened by
what is known as the decarbonizing
process -that is, the carbon is burned
out of the metal by subjecting it to in
tense heat and then the impression is
transferred to a roll or cylinder of soft
steel, like a cameo. From this the
working plates or rolls are made, which
are afterward hardened by the same
process. This method was invented by
Vermont Yankee, named Perkins,
about half century ago. He took the
invention to London and tried to sell it
to the British government, but the Of
ficials over there were opposed to inno-
vations as usual, and Mr.. Perkins
brought it back home and sold the pa
tent to his own government.
The stamps collectors have cornered
the 81 stamps of Columbian issue, and
uncanceled ones are worth $40.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-08-30
Guaranteed Cure.

We authorize our advertised druggist to
sell DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consump
tion Coughs and Colds, upon this condition.
If you are afflicted with Cough, Cold or any
Lung, Throat or Chest trouble, and will use
this remedy as directed, giving it a fair trial
and experience no benefit, you may return
the bottle and have your money refunded.
We could not make this offer did we not
know that DR.. Kings New Discovery could
be relied on. 1t never disappoints. Trial
bottles free at j. F. Pierce's. Drug Store.
Large size SOC. and S1.0o,
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-08-30
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GARDENS.
From Harper's Bazaar. |

Uhe wide fair gardens, the rich lush gardens,
Which no man planted, and no man tills,
Their strong seeds drifted, their brave bloom
lifted,
Near and far DER the wales and hills;
Sip the bees from their cups OF sweetness,
Poises above them the wild free wing,
And night and morn from their doors are
borne
The dreams of the tunes that blithe hearts
sing.
The waving gardens, the fragrant gardens
That toss In the sun by the broad highway,
Growing together, gorse and heather,
Aster and golden rod all the day,
Peoples dark with the wine of slumber,
Daisies bright with the look of dawn,
The gentian blue, and the long year through
The flowers that carry the seasons on.
And the dear old gardens, the pleasant gar
denS
Where mother used to potter about,
Tying and pulling, and spaIingly culling,
And watching each bud it's flower
laughed out;
Hollyhocks here, and the princes feather,
Larkspur and primrose, and lilies white.
Sweet were the dear t,ld-fashioned gardens
Where we kissed the mother, and said
"Good night"
Margaret Il Sangster.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-08-30
Amending the Prayer-Book.
from the London Globe.

Apropos of the statement that it was
a characteristic of Lord Coleridge to
always have the right word for every
thing, good story, once current in Ok
ford, appears now for the first time in
print. At college it was his duty as a
fellow to read the lessons in chapel, and
one day he read, by mistake, the Sec
ond lesson where he should have read
the first. To conclude it in the ortho-
dox way was hardly correct, as it was
not the second lesson, but the first ; nor
could it well be described as the first
lesson, as properly it was the second.
A moments hesitation supplied him
with the appropriate word-"Here end
eth the wrong lesson"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-08-30
A Leader.

Since its first introduction, Electric Bitters
has gained rapidly in popular favor, until
now it is clearly in the lead among pure me-
dicinal tonics and Notwithstanding
nothing which permits its use as beverage
or intoxicant, it is recognized as the best and
purest medicine for all ailments of Stomach,
Liver or Kidneys.-It will cure Sick Head
ache Indigestion, Constipation, and drive
Malaria from the system. Satisfaction guar
anteed with each bottle or the money will be
refunded Price only 80 C. per bottle. Sold
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-08-30
Hucklen's Arnica Salve.

The belt salve in the world for Cuts, Sores,
Bruises, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores
letter, fhapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns
and all Ss'in Eruptions, and positively cures
Piles, or pay required. 1t is guaranteed
to give pc feet satisfaction or money refund
ed. Price Is cents per box. For sale by
f. Pierce.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-08-30

Manitoba is some 5000 miles from
New York and the Bradley ranch is
eighty miles from the railway. But [
did "call;" and it came to pass that [
settled there, too.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-08-30
IN A DECK CHAIR.
from Chambers journal |
Margaret f Sangster.

From Chambers Journal
~ HE was very proud girl-quite
u stand-offish sort of a girl-and
she came on board with fixed
intention not to speak to any
body. | noticed her while we
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-08-30

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became -liss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-08-30
EATON & NORWOOD
COLD BRONzE!

Call and buy bottle of GOLD
BRONZE and get one of those
handsome BRONZED IMAGES,
all for Csc. Look in our window
and see them.
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Loving s.,l

Oct IT,
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srance Of
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Notes on Thcir Origin In Different
Countries.


The Welsh have many peculiar lanes
III their nomenclature, Or possibly
peculiar way Ct using names, as Ill tho
case of a " siSh storekeeper. Who had
or lis sign the uaneS John Mary Will
ians This is relic Of the oil GUS
tCm whom Maria was name shared
hy both sexes. rs Jean Maria Fariaa.
1t appears that Mr. Williams, a
n3an Of POSITION, had in his household a
woman servant named Mary, who was
known hy her masters family name.
Wiliiams. When the woman married
She Kept the names by hich she was
E>s,t known. and added to them her
hnsh1nd's Christian name. John. q bit
OF diplomacy in the way of trade. Her
husband was alluded TO as John Mary
u liiams.
In ancient times the W elsh were
ErCwn by personal peculierities, as the
American Indians are at the present
time. Hook Nose, Black Beard, Crooked
Tooth and Fast Foot being the only
co-aomtns bestoNC;. on them.
There is quaint story told By Bar
RE Of child named Davy, who makes
a brief appearance in one Of his novels
and takes much of the interest of the
stCry with her when she goes. For
Davy is girl. And this odd name VS.
an accident at the christening. The
minister looked sternly at the father
and said: The child's boy. Is 1t
not:" He had already been given
paper with the name written upon l.,
hqt when the confused father answer
90 yes" to the query as to the sex,
tht dominic responded: Then can
not christnn him Margaret, SO | will
call him David" The mother felt very
badly, but the only excuse her huS-
band gave was that he dare lot con-
tradict the minister
The colored people, who once had
only such names as their employers
chose TO give them. they being by law
entitled to no Others are fond of high
flown high sounding pntronymics, such
as George Washington Henry Cay Dan
iel Webster jefferson Smith. all these
heaped upon one infant, who goes
through life by the single app 4llation
OF Wash
Bible names are aot always judieious-
iy applied. A man out West, named
Grace had his son endowed with the
long syllabied handle Of Nebuchadnoz-
gar The Roman ntaidens We're general
~ named for flowers, and Flora was
their goddess. The Greeks drew their
names from their surroundings. and the
Latins had names that denoted physical
defects. such as Claudius, lame.-Scot-
tish American.
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FRUIT INSTEAD OF WHEAT.
The Worlds Demand for Good Fruit
Far Exceeds the supply.

The California newspapers have
great deal to say abour the substitution
of fruit for wheat rs the great crop Of
that state. This change has been going
OH steadily for number Of years,
until now the state, although splendid
ly adapted to the production Of wheat.
both in soil and climate, the wheat
crop has greatly diminished and Call
fornia is no longer one Of the great
wheat states. The change has been at
tended with many good resuus The
production Of wheat. while 1t was Un-
profitable to the farmers, gave employ
incllt to but little labor. Machinery
does all the work. The great wh'a.
fields therefore g clud.sl rural Eopu'a-
ton. and WI lie the cities were growing
there WAS no increase in the population
of the c01intry.
Fruit-gr0Wing has worked revoiu-
ton 1t gives profitable employment
TO great numbers OF people. The lands
have grown more fertil. and more val
uablc. and a new and most profitable
industry has been started. The beauti-
fui fruit OF tie Pacific coast has scarce
ly rival. and needs no tariff wall to
protect 1t from foreign competition. 1t
not cnly finds market in all the great
cities OF the United States. but profit
able trade has been opened in London.
The canning industry also is growing.
and fruit which cannot be marketed in
its natural state is canned or dried.
The mistake that is usually made in
fruit raising. as in farming. is too lit
tie diversity. If various kinds of fruit
are raised. when one kind fails another
kind will produce. Fruit which can
| be sold in the winter or spring nearly
always fetches good prices. This fact
| has suggested the establishment Of cold
[ storage warehouses n, rural districts,
! III which al kinds OF fruit can be kept
/ for winter. Grapes. which are very
i cheap in the market IN summer. would
| command fancy prices at Christmas,
7 and apples kept until March can 'arly
always be sold to advantage. These
considerations will doubtless before
many years make the cold storage ware
house Ill adjunct to farmia. -Ba,ti-
I more san.
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sources, with the rentu, AMI enternr,se ana

NCs. WITH tIe KcHIUs dHU enterprise ana
skill or our people no party can long OBJ.
struct the pathway of our prosperity and
progress They may retard it, they may
doing but the party that interferes With
the prosperity of the country must get out
or the way Of Is prosperity. ApplauseJ
mat Is the work we are engaged on to-
night. That Is the work we are enga gcd
upon at this hour And every Republican
victory means a step nearer to that husi-
hess confidence and that restoration OF pros
perity which we left in 1892.
allure the citizens OF Minnesota to help
eject national Republican house of rep
reSentatireS, Return your useful and ef
Fcient and able member TO the house again
lapplausel by an Increased majority zap
lIaunei. ana give to Gov. Nelson an en-
IoFsement tcheersl by a rou>ing. old fash.
Toned Minnesota Republican nraiority, such
Il. YOU used 10 give in the younger lays
OF the republic. CtpplauSe ana cheers)
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She Was Severe.

Little Miss Darins-My new bathing
dress fits me like Il glove.
Miss Cantbv-What kind Of glove?
Undressed kid?
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