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The Young Orator SQuelched.

Senator Voorhees, often entertains
his friends with "reminiscences Of his
early law practice, says the Household,
when he was struggling laboriously to
make reputation and to get on in the
world. He was employed at one time
in the defense of q murderer. 1t was
a desperate case. The evidence OF the
crime was direct and positive. His
clients reputation was bad, and there
seemed to be no extenuating circum-
stances. The young lawyers only
available resource was oratory in sum-
ming up the case. He threw himself
into his work with characteristic ardor.
The Kentucky court room audience
was profoundly affected by his elo-
quence. The jury in the box were
overcome with emotion, and sevtra
members of the panel were VIII In !;
their eyes suspiciously when the olato! :
took his seat.
The prosecuting attorney was an old
man, gruf in manner, and with shrill,
piping voice. He had listened to the
appeal of young Voorhees, without a
sign of sensibility. He had not, how
ever, overlooked the effect which had
been produced upon the susceptible
jury. He rose slowly from his seat
and took pinch of snuff with great
deliberation. He looked at the bench
and then glanced sharply in the direc.
tion of the jury. Then he remarked
with strong nasal twang:
"Gentlemen of the jury, you might
as we'll understand from the very be-
ginning that I am not boring for
water!"
There was an instsnt's pause, and
then the audience was convulsed with
merriment. A single dry sentence from
the shrewd old prosecutor suficed to
overwhelm with ridicule the eloquent
pleadings of his ambitious opponent,
who had no case, yet had nearly sue
ceeded by his eloquence and pathos in
securing the acquittal of the prisoner.
Then, taking a second pinch Of snuff,
and paying no further attention to the
argument for the defense, the prose
cutor summed up the evidence in a
plain, business-like way, and compelled
the jury, by sheer force of reason and
common sense, to convict the mur-
derer
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To Toll Around the World.

The travels of the Columbian Lib
erty Bell will be far more extensive
than have hitherto been mentioned.
Not only did it leave the Grand Cen
trail Palace in New York to 60 to Nash
vile, New Orleans, Mexico and the
Mid-winter Fair at San Francisco, but
J. d. Prince, under whose manage
ment it's extended tour will be made,
announces that the bell will be taken
to the continent of Europe for u stay
of at least year.
First it will 60 to England, to be
rung on the historic meadow of Runny-
mede on June Is, 1894, in celebra-
ton by the English speaking world CT
the anniversary of the signing of the
Magma Charta. After that it will be
taken to France to participate in ami
versaries connected with political
freedom, and to Germanyfo the same
purpose, it's next destination being St.
Petersburg, where it will be rung on
the anniversary of the emancipation
Of the serfs.
Next it will 60 to Italy and thence
to Constantinople, Jerusalem, Cairo
and thence through Australia, India,
China and Japan, back to the Pacific
coast, making virtually circuit OF the
world. 6. s. Knapp, custodian for
the Liberty Bell Committee of the
Sons and Daughters Of the American
Revolution, accompanied by his wife
and son, George NJ. Knapp, assistant
custodian, will 60 along with the note
worthy relic of the Chicago Exposi-
tion. Washington Star.
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A Triumph of Mechanical Ingenuit,

A triumph Of mechanical ingenuity,
unsurpassed in It's line, is recorded at
the celebrated tin works, Swansea,
Wales. The iron from which the sheet
was rolled was worked in fnery with
charcoal and the usual blast afterwar6
taken to the hammer to be formed in
to regular fiat bottom, thence con-
veyed to the balling furnace, and
when sufficiently heated taken up to
the rolls, heightened, and cut by
shears into proper lengths, piled up,
and transferred to the balling furnace
again. When heated it was passed
through the rolls, back again into the
balling furnace, and when duly
brought to the proper pitch taken to
the rolls and made into thorough
good bar. Subsequently, at the tin
mills, it was rolled till it was supposed
to be thinner than twenty-three grains,
afterward passed through the cold rolls
toinsnre the necessary polish, the re-
suit being the thinnest sheet of iron
ever rolled; that is, the sheet was ten
byfye and one-half inches, or fifty
Eve inches in surface, of only twenty
grains weight, which, being brought to
the standard of eight by five and one
half inches, or forty-four surface
inches, is but sixteen grains, or thirty
per cent. less than previous attempts,
at least 1850 being required to make
one inch in thickness.-New York
Sun.
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CORNED BEEF HASH.

Thomas J. Murray, the well-known
authority and writer on culinary mat
ters, makes hash as follows: Boil
three-pound brisket of corned beef
three hours, changing the water twice;
set aside in the pot to cool. The next
day remove the fat and gently press
the beef. Mince small a medium
sized onion and fry in little butter;
cut small sweet Spanish green pep.
per and add this to the onion; cook
two or three minutes, add greening
apple cut in cubes, lump of sugar
and gill of clear stock, together With
q heaping tablespoonful of chopped
celery; cook ten minutes and add
three medium-sized raw potatoes cut
in small dice, with another gill OF
broth. Cook twelve minutes and add
as much minced beef as you have in
bulk of the above mixture; season to
taste and stir until very hot, but not
browned.-American Agriculturist.
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teract the tendency to float upward
and enable the fish to regain its
proper sphere of life at the bottom;
but beyond that limit the muscles are
not strong enough to drive the body
downward, and the fish, becoming
more and more distended as it goes
is gradually killed on its long and in.
voluntary journey to the surface Of
the sea. The deep-sea fish, then, are
exposed to danger that no other ami
mails in this world are subject To-.
namely, that OF tumbling upward
That such accidents do occasionally
occur is evidenced by the fact that
some fish, which are now known to be,
true deep-sea forms, were discoSeret
dead and floating on the surface o:the
ocean long before our modern inyesti.
cations were commenced Popular
Science Monthly.
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BOMB THROWN IN THEATRE, BARCELONA.
the curtains of the galleries almost into

the curtains of the galleries almost into
shreds. .s
q In ite descent from the visitors up
per gallery, the bomb struck cornice,
glanced off and exploded before it
touched the floor. Forty-seven per-
sons were injured.
In Vaillant's house On the Rue de Ia
Rafinerie there was found large num-
Der of models of bombs and other muir
-derous weapons, besides bottles partly
or wholly filed with powders and
liquids that combined would make a
most destructive compound.
Discoveries by the police in Madrid
regarding the recent bomb throwing
in that city forced the Anarchist
Sorasol to confess that he
manufactured tie bomb thrown
by Pellas at General Campos,
and also the bombs hurled by Jose
Codina into the orchestra chairs in
the Barcelona theatre. He is a fin
ished mechanic, fact which accounts
for the thorough manner in which the
missiles we're made. These bombs
were hidden for a long time in the
flower pots that adorned the window
sill of the room occupied by a fem
mime friend of Codina in Madrid.
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brella into the theatre, store or stock
exchange and lay it upon the floor or
counter. The setting of it upright in
it's natural position will cause it to ex-
plode with fatal result.
The explanation is that the head of
the cane holds two glass vessels OBJ
long in shape, and each filed with an
explosive liquid harmless in itself 30
long as it is kept away from the other.
The cane is carried by the Anarchist
in perfect safety by being held hori-
zontally. But when lifted up and
placed against the wall the fluid in the
upper bottle runs into the lower, and
the explosion takes place.
A bomb recently used to destroy
house in Paris was concealed in the
centre of tin can filled with green
peas, the ordinary grocery article that
is found upon every housekeeper's
shelf. Its perfectly harmless appear
ance excited no suspicion, and thus
the Internal machine within it had am
pie time to eliminate and blow every
thing to pieces. York World.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

To keep oranges and lemons IN per-
lection, hang them in wire net IN a
cool and airy place.
Cut-elass should be washed with hot
suds and brush to cleanse all the
small divisions of the pattern.
When ink has been split on carpet
wash at once with tepid water and
soap, OF ammonia, greatly diluted.
China trays are popular for handing
tea from a teakettle. They should
match the color scheme of cups and
saucers.
Potatoes shonld be kept in barrels,
while other vegetables should be placed
On hanging shelves in cellar that il
cool and airy.
Rugs, when in need of shaking,
should be hung on line in the open
air and carefully beaten with whip
per bought for the purpose.
Silk underwear should be washed in
tepid water with ammonia, thoroughly
rinsed and hung up to dry with per-
fectly clean clothespins.
To sweep carpet thoroughly, wet a
pint of corn meal slightly with water.
Sprinkle it over the carpet and sweep.
It lays the dust and is good cleanser.
Crude oil is an excellent polish and
cleanser for both floors and furniture
of all sorts, except highly finished
wood, such as mahogany or bird's-eye
maple.
Windows which have broad sills can
be utilized as book-shelves, places for
the family work basket or for writing
materials, and in small rooms they
prove useful spaces.
For an evening entertainment the
Vienna method Of serving coffee is a
new departure. The coffee is sweet
ened and crcamed to taste and left to
cool. Before serving, heaping table
spoonful of ice-cream is put into each
cup. Small glasses can be used for the
purpose.
For party of fifty little boys and
girls there should be 100 chicken and
tongue sandwiches, cake of all kinds,
cut in thin slices, and small cakes,
iced and plain. About three gallons
of strawberry and vanilla ice-cream
will be sufficient. There should also
be eight pounds Of assorted candies, a
few dozen notices and plenty OF fruit.
To make good sardine sandwiches
remove the skin and all traces of bone
from a sufficient number of sardines.
Then cut to paste with an equal
quantity of the yolks of hard-boiled
eggs. Season with salt, pepper and
lemon Juice. Spread on thi1 slices OF
bread from which all crust has been
cut, and fold in triangles. Wrap III
buttered paper until ready to serve.
The glaze on laundered shirt front
is more the result of knack aud prac-
tice than Of any particular secret,
though many persons think there is
some way of preparing the starch that
will give the required glaze. Wax,
turpentine or borax can be added to
the starch with good effect. A good
plan when the shirt front has been
ironed is to rub it all over with q
piece of damp white CASTLE soap and
iron it over again. 1t is to the pres
sure of the iron that the gloss is IN
great measure dne.
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fe7ers
and permanently curing constipation;
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak.
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug.
gists in soc and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup OF Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
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Signs Of Riahteen Ninety-four.

The old saying: "a green Christmas
makes fat graveyard is often verified. and
it further says, that the year will bring forth
much sickness, wherein pains and aches,
rheumatic complaints, soreness of joints and
limbs WillRbonnd. In the olden times there
were few preventives for pain, few cures for
complaints. 1t is not so now. Even old
santa Claus has learned thing or two. In
many o Christmas stocking was found bot
tie ofst. Jacobs OIL. the best known. suress
remedy for all such troubles. All years have
their prophesies, and no year is without its
record Of Surprising cures wrought by this
wonderful medicine.
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POUND CAKE.

"They don't make pound cake
pound for pound in these days. said
one of the pound-cske makers for the
Woman's Exchange, ''but the formula
is about as easy to remember if one
says to herself: six ounces of butter,
seven ounces of -four latter it is sifted),
eight ounces of sugar and half the lat
ter number in eggs-that is, four
TO this add pinch of ground mace,
or two pinches if you like, or quar-.
ter OF a nutmeg and the grated rind OF
half lemon and the juice. No baking
powder or soda. Depend on the
beaten whites of the eggs for the light
ness. I know it is the custom in max
ing this cake to beat the -four and but
ter together first, but I never have
bad luck, and I beat my butter and
sugar together first; then I add the
beaten yokes of the eggs; then the
-four with the mace and the grated
lemon rind, and when my papered
pans are creased and oven ready the
beaten whites of eggs are added to the
cake and stirred in hurriedly. When
the eggs are beaten to a stiff froth 1
add the lemon juice to them and use
the egg-beater vigorously.
s'You do not want too hot an oven
to start with. I sometimes open my
oven-door for several minutes before
putting in the cake. Cookbooks will
tell you the exact number of minutes
required to bake your loaf--but don't
be mislead; your minutes will vary
with your style of oven and your kind
of fire. Don't always pin your faith
to brown splinter either. When
your cake stops singing it is done
every time. New York Tribune.
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from little contributions that dozen
or fifteen tributaries have supplied.
The channel is quite deep, though not
wide. Nearer and nearer the water
approaches a mountain pass to the
north, which at distance appears to
have no passage through. Suddenly
the water rushes into a rift in these
hills, and for many a mile it tumbles
along, zigzagging between two gigan-
tic, perpendicular walls of solid rock.
Sometimes it falls headlong as catar-
act, and then again it is merely a
rapid, with speed five times as great
as that with which it enters the hill.
This great gorge has a tortuous
course, bending first to the east and
then to the west. 1t is nowhere over
12O to $50 feet wide, and it rises 1000
to 1900 feet above the level of the
stream. The walls rise nearly per-
pendicular in every part, and are
formed of bare crystalline rock. Here
and there in some little crevice little
soil has formed, just enough for tuft
of grass or pu2y tree to take root.
At the level of the stream one can
see only little ribbon Of the sky
above, for at that great height the
top of the wall seem almost to touch
one another, and the trees at the top
overhang the edge and shut out nearly
every glimpse of daylight. At the
bottom OF the narrow gorge the little
river glides swiftly, sometimes almost
with an nnbroken surface, and then
again lashed into foam by thousands
of rocks, whose tops rise above the
surface; and then again the water
pours tumultuously over the edge Of
a declivity, and then lunges on in
series Of rapids.
In a distance of forty-three miles
the river drops 1900 feet, and then it
energies upon the plain, and, for
getting it's mad career, it flows placidly
along to join the Luapula River, and
at the junction of the two rivers the
trne Congo begins. No other tribu-
tary of the Congo or even the great
river itself, where it tumbles along in
rapids for 235 miles, between Leopold
vile and Matadi, presents spectacle
so savage and SO violent. New York
Sun.
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Passing of the Fiye.Masted Schooner.

In explanation of the changes to be
made in the rigging of the Louis, at
San Francisco, and possibly that of
other vessels OF her type, her captain
and others interested state that the
five-masted schooner is practically
useless SO far as sailing qualities are
concerned. The five-master's sails
cannot be set to draw well, and under
the most favorable circumstances she
cannot sail over four knots with the
breeze astern. Sea captains claim
that the days OF the fve-masted
schooner are numbered. - Chicago
Herald
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DEATH IN BOMBS.
TERRIBLE ENGINES OF HUMAN
DESTRUCTION.
VaiIlant's Deadly Lunch Canister
Packed With Diamond-Headed
Nails Surrounded by Mix.
ture of Explosive Acids.

T7HE accompanying illustrations
+ show the character of the en-
gines of human destruction
used recently in Paris and in
Barcelona. They depend for their ef-
feet on the instantaneous expansion Of
gas developed in their highly explo-
sive contents, and in the frightful con-
cussion that ensues not only killing or
manning human beings, but destroy
ing solid structures. The cheapness
and the now well-understood use OF
dynamite have made it the favorite
explosive of the ''propagandists by
fear"
The canister used by Valiant IN his
attempt at wholesale dissemination OF
the members of the Chamber of Depu-
ties in Paris he bought for thirteen
cents at q store opposite the Hotel de
Vile. He said he wanted to carry IN
it his lunch when he went to work. 1t
was small enough to put in the pocket
without being detected. This canister
valiant loaded with mixture of what
is known in Paris as green powder, or
powder of CELEBRATES, which was mixed
in with solution of prussiate OF soda
and picric acid. The explosive quality
Was supplied by an infusion of sui
phuric acid, saturating q ball OF cot
ton. 3-.s
The interior of the bomb was filled
with nails having pentagonal head,
called in France diamond tacks, which
are used by upholsterers. When they
were violently thrown around the
Chamber of Deputies, besides wound
ing many of the members, they. tore
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Great Gorge Of the Lualaba.

The western head sources of the
Congo River were visited for the first
time by white men, and the story they
have told of the great gorge they saw
and of the stream that plunges
through it, almost as swift as an arrow
for many a mile, was entirely out Of
the common in Congo explorations.
Imagine q narrow stream flowing
placidly between it's rather low banks.
1t has gradually been gathering volume
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
MARBLED CHICKEN.

Take a fat, full-grown chicken, and,
latter dressing it in the usual manner,
wash and boil until very tender, using
only small quantity of water, and
season with pepper, salt and butter.
Cut all the meat from the bones, keei
ing the breast and dark-colored meG;
separate. With sharp knife chop
the meat moderately fine and press in
large bowl, putting the white. and
dark meat in alternate layers. Strain
the liquor in which the fowl was
cooked and pour it over the meat.
Set on the ice until thoroughly cold;
turn from the bowl, cut in thin slices
and serve with sliced lemon.-Home
and Farm. >>:.s.. ..
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shortened. 1t also promotes the secretlon 3 OF
an abundance of nourishment for the child.
Mrs DORA A. GUTHRIE, Of OahlcB, OrSrton
Co.. Tenn, writes: when ] began taking
your 'Favorite Prescription was not abe
TO stand on my feet without suffering Almost
death. Now do all my housework, wsshlng,
COOKING, sewing and everything for nay family
of eight / am stouter now than l have peen
in Elk years. Your Favorite Prescrlpt!oh -
Il Sroved 40 with me. never suffered as little
With any Of my children a. did with my last,
and she is the bealthiest we've got. Have IN,
duoed several to try Favorite Prescr,ptaon,
and It has proved good for them.
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How,R This I

D We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, Q.
We, the undersigned, have known !: J. Che
new for the last Is years, and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
W1sr WE q TsuAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
WA1nISa, KIsyAH q MARVIN, Wholesale
NrG Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
inr directly upon the blood and mucous sur.
faoes OF the system. Price, 76c. per bottle. Sold
Nv al Druggists. Testimonials free. -
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a1S Bss. 5 Lbs. Oar. trsn One Bus. Seed

316 Bss. s Lbs. Oats 4rsn One Bus. Seed.
n This remarkable, almost unheard-of, yield
was reported to the John A. Salzer Seed Co.,
La Crosse, Wis, by Frank Winter, Of Nom
tana, who planted one bushel Of Great North
esn Oats, carefully titled and irrigated same,
and believes that in 1894 he can grow from one
bushel Of Great Northern Oats three hundred
bushels. It's awonderful oat- If you WILL
CUT 1Hs OUT AND SEND IT with &c postage to
the above firm you viii receive sample package
Of above oats and their mammoth farm seed
catalogue. A
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For the first time in more than hal
. century Ireland is pronounced free
from contagious pleuro-pneumonia, no
case having been detected among its
cattle in twelve months.
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When "smarty" tells you that al
uminum is the lightest Of metals refer
him to magnesium, metal one-third
lighter and yet much denser and
stronger.
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Syrup !, ;:

/ simply state thatl1 am Druggist
and Postmaster here and am there
fore in position to judge. I have
tried many Cough Syrups but for
ten years past have found nothing
equal to Boschee's German Syrup.
] have giveni it to my baby for Group
with the most satisfactory results.
Every mother should have it. J. H.
! HOBBS, Druggist and Postmaster,
Mofat, Texas. We present facts.
living facts, of to-day Boschee's
German Syrup gives strength to the
: body. Take no substitute. g
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Among the extraordinary methods
employed by the Anarchists to destroy
those, against whom their enmity is
directed are canes and umbrellas that
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SUDDEN CHANels OF WEATHER cause
Throat Diseases There is no more effectual
remedy fer Coughs, Colds, ETC., than BToGns
Bronchial TToches." Sold only in borss- Price 20