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tact u It to collapse. Another feat
ure Of this fender Is that the body fall
ing upon the fender is raised above
the ground, and Is retained as In a
basket. This makes it impossible for
q person to. come in contact with the
ground or any part Of the a frame,
and no matter how he may fall he can
not be drawn beneath the or
wheels. The collapsing OF the net takes
off the shock which would occur on a
rigid fender or the ground. The fender
is fitted with extensible wings, which
can either be removed from the car or
adjusted SO as to prevent the pedest-
RAN from being struck by the steps
Of the car or from falling of. Under
the front edge of the fender is a rubber
roller, which, when the al Tits for
ward, acts as a wheel and offers no
resistance. Neither Of the experiment.
ers suffered the slightest injury; the
man struck the fender head first, and
the woman, on falling ilto the net,
stretched out her arm and steadied her
self by resting her hands on the wing
of the fender. 5,
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Capturing Wild Bees.

The bees and brood from bee trees
are often saved. If the swarm is not
too high up, a ladder may be put up,
and a piece of the wood taken out in
front of the bees by boring a line OF
auger holes around the piece that Is to
be removed. Sometimes a scaffold Ia
built against the side Of the tree, and
an axe or saw used In cutting In to.
the bees. Sometimes climbers" are
used to reach the bees II they are pref
ty high up, but this is dangerous work,
Usually It Is better to fell the tree,
taking care to have 1t strike smaller
trees and thus break the fall as much
as possible. When the bees are reach
ed the combs should be cut out, one by
one. and fastened into the frames OF
a movable comb hive. They may be
tied In. or small sticks may be tackled.
across OH each side. The bees should
be brushed off at the entrance of the
hive, and as soon as there is a comb
containing brood placed in the hive
they will begin clustering on the brood.
e there are many bees remaining ~
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Cars for Trolley Parties.

Mention has been made in these pag-
es of the growing use in PHILADELPHIA
OF the trolley cars for special parties
OF e~xcursionfsts or picnickers who are
willing to pay an extra price for tho
privilege of the exclusive use of a, car
for a certain period. The scheme has
turned out SO well that a Baston rail-
way company has constructed two ele-
gantly appointed special cars which are
to be placed at the disposal Of private
parties. The cars are 20 feet long by
Z feet 4 inches wide. The windows are
unusually large. and when the frames
are dropped the interior is as airy as
that OF a summer car. The car is hand
somely upholstered and fitted with elec-
trio lights, ornamental kerosene lamns
being. provided so that the passengers
Will not be left in the dark by any tenn
porary break in the electric circuit
Ten seats are arranged on each side Of
the car, and plush-covered easy chairs
with arm rests, enable the passengers
to travel in luxurious comfort. There
will be a special tariff for these cars.
which will be available at any time
and for any length of time, and It is
not unlikely that as soon as more gen
eral provision is made for the connec,
ton of electric lines over extended
tracts of country the oharterins OF 4
trolley car for the summer months
will be found far more enjoyable than
2 yachting cruise, besides being infinite
~ cheaper.
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COusinly.

:" C%ousinly.
Among the hardest things which the
infant Prince Edward of the royal
house Of England, the little son Of the
Duke of York and heir expectant to
the throne, will have to straighten out
when he is older is his relationship to
his own father and mother. 1t consti-
tutes a problem such as is seldom found
outside of princely houses.
It is certain, however, that he is the
third cousin of his father, and also the
second cousin of his mother. This
makes his relation to himself some
where between that of third and fourth
cousin.
He is, as it were, his own double
third cousin-+a relationship which it
will doubtless take some time for him
to comprehend.
Both his father and mother are des-
cendents from George III. Of England.
George Ills son Adolphus, Duke Of
Cambridge, had a daughter Mary who
married the Duke of Teck and became
the mother of the Princess May, who
married the Duke of York; and the
Duke Of York's father. the Prince Of
Wales, is the great-grandson Of the
same King Geolge Ill.
The young prince will have the right
to address either his mother, his father
or himself as my royal cousin;" and
he may, perhaps. excuse any Partially
for his mother over his father by de-
claring that she is a nearer relation to
him than his father. 2@
The princely families Of Europe sup
ply many similar cases Of tangled re-
l,tionship. growing out of the success
sive intermarriages of cousins in nearer
or remOter degrees.
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The Mink and the nuCk.

Thomas Hennessy, Of Whitneyville.
while recently haying in the meadow.
neard- a huttering in the brook, and up-
on investigation found a mink holding
q duck under water near some over.
hanging alders. He made a splash on
D water and the mink abandoned the.
duck, which came to the surface and
IeeDly tried to swim. The fowl which
was easily caught, soon expired from 4
wound in the neck. MI. Hennessv
placed the duck upon the grass with
IN q rev feet Of his work, and while
m%editating upon the prospects Of 4
rich stew from his unexpected capture
ms attention was again called by the
agitation OF the water. He turned n
season to see the mink in fun d
session OF the bird. The thief waa
notly pursued. hut he hung to his prev
a1u generously evaded every EFFORT
at capture. and finally mysteriouslv
disappeared from yiew.-Kennehac
(Me.) Journal o
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~ whispered, 'Dat I does. honey"
Does you know Sis Venus? An dozen
you want Kinchen to be saunt arfter to
sing an pray?' No answer. Gin her
some brandy said Kinchen, who at
this moment entered the room and ap.
preached the bedside. The stimulant
revived her for awhile, and then it was
that she told of the angels she saw
standing at the foot Of the bed, beckon.
ing and waving to her, and pointing up
to the great white throne. Then she
asked all three, her husband, Venus,
and Kinchen, to bend low while she
made Sis Venus and Kinchen promise
to take her husband to their home and
to take care of him the rest Of his days.
"Clear ontwell de angels come after my
ole man, back dey done come after his
ole oman" They promised, dear, SIM
~ple-hearted old creatures, and earnestly
intended to keep their promise.
AS soon rs the funeral was over Unc'
Owens bed was put in the best of the
two rooms that formed Kinchin's
on him; he was we'll and tenderly cared
for; his breeches were patched and his
socks darned in q way that even the
angels might have approved.
But all things have an end, and the
end of this happy condition Of things
was brought about by the blandish-
ments of yellow Nancy, who, in the in
tervals during which Sis Venus was
obliged by her work to be absent from
the cabin, would drop in and give the
old man a toddy, so TINT it became at
last the joy Of his life}u, hear her foot
steps and her CHEEKY greetings. "Good
morning, Mr. Owens. 1T does me good
to set eyes on You; yours handsomer
to-day than any Of the young men Is.
You ought not to hide yourself in Venus
Ramy's cabin; you ought to 60 about
among the folks and enjoy yourself.
You are a distinguished man Mr..
Owens. You are the onliest man in the
neighborhood who ever saw General
Grant and got a pension by fighting for
the liberties Of your color. That's the
reason I brung you owe some black
berry wine. l wants to know, Mr..
Owens, if you won't go owe to my
house tomorrow and spend the day,
if l m after you in a carriage and
treats you like the hero you is. Please
say yes" she said, seating herself be-
side him and taking one of his cold,
withered hands in her smooth, yellow
Ones. II wants you to come mighty
bad," and she peered lovingly into his
wrinkled, wizened old face. Wont
you Gomez"
II dunno. Nancy. I feels like l wants
to go, but Sis Venus say"
"No matter what she say. Don't
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Picture Gallery Rcfectors.

X1ctuFC UNAACry "CCtOE"s
The public is beginning to learn that
the best way of getting more light Is
not necessarily increasing the number
of lamps used, but making those lamps
as effective as possible. When a re-
Hector can be had that will increase
the amount of light ~threefold, it is,
moreover, cheaper, than buying three
new lamps, and paying for currents for
them. Many appliances. have been
brought out for augmenting the light
of ~incandescent lamps, but non are
more beautiful or effective than the
recently designed small refectors which
screw onto an ordinary lamp holder,
either alone or in conjunction with a
glass shade. They are made of alum
mum or silvered metal, and are light
and inexpensive. They give the eff
feet of a shining mass Of silver. An
other reflector is intended for the light
ing of picture galleries. It consists Of
a semi-circular piece Of plate glass
silyered at the back, with sloping panels
at the top and bottom. The lamp
holder is let down through a hole in
the top, and the lamp is focused in
such a way that it is reflected and mag
nified to the best advantage, and the
light is free from the spottiness SO fatal
to picture lighting. Still another re-
.lector is made In segments, with a sec
ond set of segments so arranged that
the light refectedi In them does not re-
peat itself In the larger segments, but 1t
lis thrown out onto the picture o oh
ject to be Illuminated without confusing
or crossing the beams Of light. This Ia
made in silvered glass, electro plate
and enameied iron, and is rapidly COM
Ing into use for lamps on the outside Of
store windows
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which the bridge led. Jack beans,
with their purple wealth f%cstooned
both cabins. and seemed striving to
hide nHyht abOlIt them that was ugly.
A dark brown Wuiltin. Slendcrly built,
stood ut the door Of one of the cabins,
carefully sweeping down the steps over
which her little Grandchild had scat
tered The beans aid bits Of broken
china with which he had been playing,
and as she did so. sang, as if to her
self:
Lord. in de mornin' you shill hear
My song aSccndin' high.
TO YOU | Shill--
Good Cord Almighty, Sis Venus, III
here quick! Run. Sis Venus. rum"
The words cam" iii quavering tones
from The throat Of an old man in the
neighboring cabin. He had thrust his
head through tho open window of his
little house. and his poor old black
face, framed in its gray wool, bore
marks of alarm and dire distress. My
ole oman mighty sick of a suddint,
Sis Venus. | skeered she gwine die
The broom was tossed aside, and o
Sis Venus-kind, tender-hearted old
creature that she was-stOOd at the
bedside and spread Il mustard plaster.
while the lettering old man piled with
lavish hands great knots of fiat light
wood on the smOldering fire to heat
some water. This scene was nc un-
usual one. for the sufferer who lay
grooming Oh the bed was subject to
these sudden attacks, and for twenty
years Inc Owens had been in the
habit of calling upon Isis Venus" in
every emergency. for had not Sis Venus
and her husband, Kinchen, been fellow
servants of his when they lived on the
Riverside plantation in Alabama as
the slaves Of old Col. Dean? For a
long gap Of years the negroes had been
separated, as "Unc' Owens" had gone
off to Virginia to cook for 'ue young
| marster in de war;" and, when a swift
bullet at the battle Of Bull Run found
it's way to the heart of the captain, had
slipped off, gone to Washington City,
and finally enlisted in the federal army.
1t was while a soldier that he received
the terrible wound which led to the loss
of his leg and entitled him to the place
he proudly held, that Of pensioner.
Il done gin up my laig, an I blongs
to de Gran Army, an l done seed
Mars Grant an shuck him by de
ham, an he say he gwine teck cyar Nv
me, an he done it nun! Dat huccome
l gifts long we'll as I does. l was Sc
year ole when I jined de army, an
nigh bout 100 year ole now; dat I is.
1 aim no common niger, an I ain
gwine sochate wild none but de bes
whar got behavior, and pay specks to
a Gran Army sojer like l is, / fit in
two battles, an I'd q fit in more et
it hadn't err bin for dat ole piece OF
shell whar smash up my laig SO dat
Mars Grant say ! got to quit off work,
an be rolled on de list, Oar whal
I is now an dar whar | gwine stay
an draw my money lack a honest man
wha' never run'd away, whar got shot
down in de laig on de fiel' of BATTLE
In this strain "Unc' Owens often told
his tale to the neighbors, who never
wearied Of hearing him relate his ex.
ploits. On II point, however, the
little negroes were incredulous, "Unc'
Owens age" They had taken the ques.
ton to their dusky teacher in the little
log schoolhouse on the hill, and she
had declared that Unc' Owens, accord
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O He Got II.

mot long ago 1 was RECALLED with the
tale of am an who had become 4 colo
mel by Il novel method. ~
L" Were you in the militia Of your
state?' some. one asked of him.
"'No, sah,' the proud son Of the Blue
Srass replied.
Them continued the q%uestioner, I
suppose you were a battler for the
cause that was lost"
You arc wrong again, sah,' the
colonel answered.
Then resumed the man who want
ed to know, will you please let me
know how you became Il colonel?
'Suhtenly, sab. / married the wild
ow of the late an'lamented Colonel
Ruthford, sah.'
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SCIENTIFIC MATTERS.
INTERESTING INFORMATION FOR
THE CURIOUS.
Sunlight rs n Disinfectant-The
Treatment OF UIcers-Shot Firing
i'm Mines-AnOther Cnr Fender-In-
s%tinctive Attitudes.

One of the most ardent of modern
physiological experimenters is DR.. Kit
asato, a Jap, who is as well known in
the scientific circles of the Western
hemisphere as he is in the far East.
DR.. Kitasato has recently performed
an important series of experiments
with the object Of calculating the bac-
teriology and intimate pathology Of the
bubonic plague which is now raging
in Hong Kong. The plague is discov-
cred to be bacterial in %causation, and
displays in it's progress the usual char
acteristics of bacterially produced dis
eases. Beyond the determination Of
the physiological effects of the disease
in the laboratory, DR.. Kitasato has de-
veloped the <-act that the dust of the
rooms in which persons suffering from
bubonic plague are confined is charged
with the specific bacteria to a greater
or less extent. and that the disease may
be effectually introduced from it.
Moreover. DR.. Kitasato has demon
strated what may be of the utmost val
lie in the future treatment Of diseases
of kindred type, the fact that the bac-
terra are destroyed in a few hours by
exposure to the direct rays of the sun.
This sterilizing action of sunlight has
lately been the subject of some most
important experiments. Prof. Marshall
Ward has shown the b"actericidal effect
Of light, and Professor Buchner has
just completed a series of practical
tests, which go to show that typhoid
and other cultures are absolutely des-
troyed by bright sunlight in three
hours. Diffused daylight rapidly reduc-
ed them, although if they were subse-
quently placed in darkness they in
creased with the same rapidity. To
determine the depth at which this act
ion ceases. DR.. Buckner sunk partially
exposed cultures of different germs in
q lake. At three yards below the sur
face the retarding effect Of the sunlight
was only just perceptible, although
light is known to penetrate water to a
depth of 1856 yards. DR.. Buckner's ex-
periments proved that the bactericidal
effect of sunlight in the publication
of rivers has been overestimated, and
it's beneficial influence is confined to
the surface. 1t is believed that the
oSAAOA IL uQC A1OL u UACtcI ltlNuA h1u
ence so much as to the life struggle
between the pathogenic and nonpatho-
genie organism, and the consequent
breaking up of those forms of life
prejudicial to the continuance of hui
man life on this planet. Professor
: Esmarch's Investigations in the use Of
sunlight as a d~isinfectant have been
confined almost altogether to fibrous
wearing materials. He found that the
heat liberated by the absorption of
light waves upon a dark surface had
to be taken account of, but his expert
ments demonstrated little more than
the surface action of light. At the
same time, a carbolic acid 2 per cent
spray was but little more .%eficacions
in checking the development of germs
in the deeper parts of such materials,
or beneath the surface of skin or furs,
where the bacillus of d%iphtheria was
present.
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A SOUTHERN SKETCH.
Down I'm the Old Plantation Cabins
Sis Venus and Sis betsy.

It was a mountain stream full OF
music and motion, a rapidly running
river silvered by sunshine. Maple trees,
sycamores, and oaks fringed the banks.
A great bridge spanncd the restless
water. At the right of the bridge stood
two houses side by side. Perhaps l
should call them cabins, built as they
were of rough framework guiltless OF
paint, but touched by times soft fingers
into that dull, brownish gray that har-
monies with everything on the earth
below and in the heavens above; with
the silver Of the river, the green OF
the trees, the blue Of the sky. The
modest little cabins did not stare and
obtrudc themselves. but simply nestled
down like cartridges at the foot OF
the hill near the winding o into
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But then art has no absolute standard,
and they undoubtly have their good
points. Corean art was originally de-
rived from China, and it has the quaint
ness and curious perspective character
istic Of Chinese art. Somewhere about
HOO B. G. the Chinese took possession
of this peninsula. From that time on
its history was made. Then Japan
stepped in and held it between 1892
and 1893, when it again fell under the
sway of the Chinese. 1t paid an an
nual tribute to China, and it sent an
embassy each year with presents to the
Chinese Emperor.
A good deal Of attention in religion
is paid to the worship Of ancestral spir-
its. and sacrifices art made to demons
who play star roles.
There is a fixed belief that there
are spirits In every mound, rock and
trees. A species Of venomous snake
commonly makes it's home in the hills
and Is often seen winding In and about
the roofs of the Corean. huts, and the
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-29

"FleFSH Soy 2S,' she SAID.
you pay no attention to her, Mr.. Owens,
please promise. Then I can drive you
over to town and let you draw your
penson money that afternoon. Won't
you come? If you'll promise me, Mr..
Owens" she went on, "Tll-Tn kiss you
now and let you kiss me tomorrow
again."
Mr.. Owens went and spent the
day, drove with yellow Nancy to town,
drew his pension, accompanied her to
the office of the probate judge, and
from there to the justice Of the peace.
Then there was a wedding and the pen
sion money was handed over to the ju-
bilant bride.
A few months later Sis Venus, pass
ing by Nancy's house, saw the old man
trying to warm himself by sitting in
the SUM-. 1t was a cold day, and he
shivered with cold.
"Whyn't you 60 in de house, Unc'
Owens. an set by de fire. she asked.
II amt got no fire." he replied; dat
oman done druv me out, an l amt got
no bread; an no nuthin' 'ceptin' stress
of mind. Dat Ia whar boardin' here
done put Nance up to dis. Dey both on
'em beat me las night, dey did. Dey
treats me wOrsen a dog. I turMt my
face to de wall an wish de angels would
come after me lack dey coined after
my ole oman, whar had heart lack a
human. Dis yer yaller Nance aim lack
her. She gwine to be de death of me
yit. l jess wants to go to town one
more time, an git a warrant NV de
peace an a file of de junction 'gainst
her, so she cyarn't be no ~pensionaire
after / done kilt, Dat all I wants, Sis
Venus. Eff / hadn't been a ole fool I
wouldn't ter let dat gal marry me,
but l gwine git even wild her; dat is, If
I kin git to town."
The next morning. Kinchen and Sis
Venus called by in a spring wagon to
give their old neighbor a ride. He
came back very happy to spend the
night with his old friends. AS he babe
babe them good night, he said: "Well,
I done file out de junction 'gainst
Nance, and got de warrant of de peace,
and sued out de 'vorcement, an SQUIRE
Jones say dat Nance am gwine be low
ed to be no pensionair after I done
daid, bless de Lord! I ready to meet nv
ole oman now. kase I know she gwine
gin me de pardon bout dat yaller Nam
cy, whar ain gwine to be no pensionair
of me whar done fit on de battle field,
an done shuck hands with General
Grant. I aim gwine have no SIGH dis
gracement as dat, Sis Venus; thank the
Lord"
Early next morning, when Unc'
Owens was called he made no answer.
Softly did Kinchen and Sis Venus open
the door, approach the bed, and bend
over the aged form. Then, in tender
accents, Sis Venus whispered: DE an
GELS done tuck Unc' Owens: Inter
Ocean.
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English discipline with the cat-o'-nine-
tails seems more severe than it's sur
vival in Delaware. The cat in the
peach state has nine tails of leather,
each with a knot, and the law sentences
the convict to so many lashes upon the
bare back, "well laid on" but the sher-
If is the Judge of what constitutes a
proper laying on and his strokes are
usually gentle. 1t is their repetition
that reddens the skin Of the victim and
it seldom happens that a single blow
is of sufficient force to leave a notice
able mark.
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COREAN ART.
PICTURES ILLUSTRATING THEIR
IDEAS AND CUSTOMS.
The Dragon Enters Largely Into
Their Life anl SuperstlttOn-Cor-
can Art Originally Derived From
China.

People on this side Of the globe have
not bothered much about Corea or it's
art. But it is. interesting in its way,
and its art. which is To- dying out,
is partly it's own.
These pictures are from the collec-
ton of Malcolm G. Fenwick, OF Toronto
Canada, and are reproduced from the
Ottawa Free Press. Mr.. Fenwick was
the director Of the Corcan %Itinerant
Mission, an Observation-Disclosures Chris
tan agency. Some Of the pictures in
his collection + very ancient, while
others We're executed for him. None
OF them would be pleasant for a man
to gaze upon the first thing on "the
morning after" They are too unusual,
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The Russian Jews in America are
said to be rejoicing-and very nat
urally, too-over the death of the Car
Alexander. One Of them remarked
that an opportunity will now be given
for new ideas to reign, and he hopes
for q return Of the progressive policy
Of Alexanders father. The recent
utterances OF the new czar, indicating
that he would tolerate all religions,
affords some basis for this hope. The
persacution and expulsion OF the Jews
nv Alexander will always remain a
foul blot on his reign.
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An Ancient wnrrior.

Coreans have associated with him a
guardianship of the graves, and one
OF the commonest kinds Of worship is
prayer and Offering to this snake. To
this has been added a host OF other
spirits, and the guardian dragon which
they worship by dropping food into the
well which is his supposed retreat.
Judging from the accompanying picture
Of the guardian dragon, he Is an insa-
table kind Of beast, who could eat any
thing, from lobster and milk, to- Welsh
rarebits. His head Is well defined and
his body Is indefinite.
In the guardianship Of graves the
Coreans include weasels. pigs. and
unclean animals. Of every kind,
dividing or to each SO many
days In the wear and making a con-
slant ceremony.
With such a religion and such a
country it is surprising that Corean art