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People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-03
Religious Writings.

'16. Talmage on Palestine-By Rev.
T. Dewitt Talmage. A series OF
sermons depicting what he saw
and learned on his recent pilgrim
age to the Holy land.
II. John Ploughman's Pictures a.
lnstrated)- By Rev. Charles H,
Sturgeon. A series of plain talks
to plain people.
is. The Charged Life.
10. Pax Voblscum, or "Peace Be
With You"
90. The Greatest Thing in the
World. The above three works
Us, 10 and 2O) are by the Rev,
Henry Drummond, and are COM
plete in every detail.
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-03

Send Is cents for a Silver
Plate Souvenier Spoon con.
tanning accurate likeness of
Hon. Thos. E. Watson. Agents
wanted. Kelly & Mclean,
Fab ...,m Atlanta, Ga.
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-03

ANY, of the above collec-
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When you order, give the
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People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-03
g. Dickens Works.

6. The Cricket on the Hearth-BY
Charles Dickens.
7. A Christmas Carol-By Charles
Dickens.
8.sThe Chimes; A Goblin Story
By Charles Dickens.
8. The Battle OF Life-By Charle'
Dickens.
10. The Haunted Manly Charles
Dickens.
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-03

A preacher came at a newspaper
man in this way: "You editors dare
not tell the truth. If you did you
could not live; your newspaper would
be failure" The editor replied:
"You are right; and the minister
who will at all times and under all
circumstances tell the whole truth
about his members, alive or dead
will not occupy his pulpit more than
one Sunday, and then he will find it
necessary to leave town in hurry.
The press and the pulpit go hand in
hand with white wash brushes and
pleasant words, magnifying little vir-
tues into big ones. The pulpit, the
pen and the gravestone are the great
saintmaking triumvirate." And the
great minister went away looking
very thoughtful, while the editor
turned to his work and told about
the surprising beauty of the bride,
while in fact she was as homely as a
hedge fence.-Ex.
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-03
Strong and rosy.
PARKER & BARGE, e s,-...--
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law

DEFENsEs, DAMAGES, DIVORCES; Com
MERCIAL AND CRIMINAL Law.
viii practice in the Superior Courts Of
Fulton, DeKalb, Douglas, Campbell,
Clayton, Coweta and Carroll counties
the Supreme Court of Georgia and the
United States District and Circuit Courts.
Charges always reasonable.
Our office has been removed to 16 1-2
Whitehall.
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-03
Browns
Iron Bitters,

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1t is specially good for women
and children-it makes them
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Browns Iron Bitters is pleasant to take,
and it will not stain the teeth nor cause
constipation. See the crossed red lines
on the wrapper. Our book, How to
Live Hundred Years, tells all about it;
free for &c. stamp. 60
Brown CHEMICAL Co., BALTIMORE. MD.
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-03
An Incislve Analysis of Cleveland

An IItClSlbG Ald1 y SIS VI NlONCIdlAu
Rochester Post-Express Ind.
Mr.. Cleveland, as we understand
him, is distinctly man of words, not
acts. He is the most cunning of all
American politicians in the matter of
choosing campaign issue; and in
the matter of controlling conventions
and securing votes from all manner
of incongruous elements he is easily
the greatest of all our many dema-
gogues. But he never accomplishes
anything in the way of statesman
ship; and no man intrusIed with
leadership and power ever made so
poor a record in deeds or so big
record in professions. He is not
responsible for a single act of the
slightest importance in the state or
in the nation. And after he has won
an election on a "great reform" he
takes no further interest in it, and
looks around for another available
fake. He was elected on "civil SER
vice reform" in 1894; and it took no
step beyond the point where Presi-
dent Arthur left it. He ran on "tariff
reform" in 1888 and in 1892 ; and
"tariff REFORM" after costing no end
of party turmoil and business disa'-
ter, is abandoned in the ditch. And
now Mr.. Cleveland, in his usual
cloudy style, proposes as an issue for
1896 "currency reform"
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-03

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People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-03
BY r. S. THOMPSON.
so CLEAR AND SIMPLE

that a child can understand it. and will make thee
whole matter pam to any person who Will lay
aside pre-conceiyed ideas and study this work
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-03

sentries be found off their guard, and
warning is at once given of the APP.
proach OF fox or other predatory
creature.
The young goslings at once take to
the water and in few weeks are
able to make considerable trips with
the older geese, and then begins the
systematic and extensive foraging.
Remote waters and grounds are
visited and the glowing summer is
one prolonged holiday.
All the mainland and islands that
skirt the polarregion are summer
habitat for incompatible numbers of
geese, swans and ducks. Literally
in clouds these make the journey into
and across the polar interior, and
with the region SO inaccessible to
man they are as familiar as with the
topography of the settled States
across which they make their SEMI
annual flights.
The Dominion of Canada has in
Vulnerable lakes. swamps and rivers
that have seldom been seen by man,
and here this winged, wild life can
readily penetrate, free from that
common and most merciless human
enemy.
As bearing on the strength and
persistence of inbred habits it may
be stated that even the domestic
goose, though probably removed GEN.
turtles from wild state, still has the
habit of having sentinels on guard.
Even in the security of the barnyard
flock can never be found in the
night without one or two members
doing guard duty and ready to an
nounce the approach of any intruder.
If hundred wild geese alight on a
wheat field to feed the foraging is
done in silence, but the moment they
take wing they begin their familiar
chatter. Nothing bewilders flock
of geese flying at night so much as
foggy weather or the bright glare of
electric or light house lights. Their
extraordinary power of vision is all
the more keenly affected by the
piercing rays which seem to hold
their attention, and to which they are
entirely unused.
The ample area of wing surface that
these fowls possess and their weight
call for a considerable displacement
of the atmosphere, and the angular
lines preserved in their long fighGs
are at once most intelligent as utiliz-
ing their powers to the very best
advantage in cleaverage. Each in
dividual to the rear of the leader gets
the benefit of some of his predeces-
sors' action, and this aggregate is
considerable. $3.50.
To slight ext - u
fowl the air is rens
which is an aid
atmospheric oc
clcyon, direct
tanned, and 4
air currents q &
able that this 4
resorted to in tH
over their habitat
on long voyages il
illustration of the inWnigeN
of instinct.
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-03
EAsTEN SEED POTATOES.

The genuine Woodstock county,
Maine) Early Rose, Burbank, Beauty
of Hebron, White Elphant Seed
Irish Potatoes, wholesale and retail.
New Seed Store, 10 South Broad
Street, Atlanta, Ga. Slit.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1895-10-10
@Rrinqfiel6 ur6 um9eQen0.

Geo. Z. Olien beiorste Ieste @ods
C'eidaite in Maribaa.
Wm. &rabmer bat sSobn 9asens
Stelioen3 amS'GonnslS TRACE semietbet.
8. 6. 6rebridien Don SIeepp Gpe
'>eiu6te In 0ienitas in letter @ode
cine uielen Sprinsiieloer 6reunoe.
s. gauoeni9ldser unb @nton Wtdier
waren leste Wode in Sanborn nit
gle9arbeiten uno namentlid nit benz
Deten pou 9d&ern bei4ditist.
Yroi. &eenan unb Satin wobnten
Iebten Samltas in 81. Sames benz Yeis
9enbe9dnsniB zines uerlt orbenen Sru'
bers Der yesteren bel.
Urau SSobn 9. Sdmio wuros Ieeten
Mittmo9 Nbeno selesentlib ibres @e:
burtsta9es pon elmer SroBsm 4njNbl ibs
rer U%reun0innen nit einem uleberreid:
un9ss YeHias bsebrt.
Gin srober Iorratb pom Serbit: unb
Winterwaaren uno namentlid cine rcibs
Nuswa9l pom llntertleioern. Mdmteln.
0rpsgooos uiw. iino i'm 9eidait upn
Wolf. S9mio tinsetroiien uno wcroen
oaieIbit biuis uertauit.
Sci benz tirsIiden 9ewitter wuros
6. q. Scotts Stau POM 9lis eetroi.
fen unb cine alte 6cnne. Die Sunse MI:
ter ii6 bate, ourb ben Slititrry;l &c:
t~roiien nno set16tet, mabrenb Die Sunsen
mertmiirbiser @eiie pouitanSis unuer:
lett blieben.
Der SprinsfieIo literariide Stub
belt tirSli99 i'm S2ern lSaus cine
0erlammlunB ab uno reorsaniiirte lid
ourd bic Wabl Der i%oIsenoen Beumten
5. $. Gap, Srdiioenr; SuIips &'ed,
Nicespralioent; Sennle BURNS Setrc:
tarin; Gbas. Barber. $ dasmsiiter
Yrof. &ennan uRo $. gsnoiren, Stunt:
ri9ter; Or. S. 9. R%otbenburs, Mar:
19au.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1895-10-10
(5priuQfieIo. 9. OCTOBER.

Trit Seit'r unb @emablin aus SEEM
ulm uerweilten letten Sonntag oabier
in ber Tamil Don Wm. MiQer auf
0elu9.
S9ulsS GU ,srintenoent @unt mirb an,
25. uno 26. Ottober i'm bieiisen 0iient>
li&en S3u' 9ebduoe 2e9rerpriif unsen
abbalten.
Yeter Spin, unb Sri. Nnna 9aat murs
ben beute Mor9en in Der bieli9en tatbos
lil@en STRIDE our@ Batter @oblinser &C.:
trout.
Der 0enu 5:Tempel iber'm @bein 1T
in Der letten Mittwod Na9t in SLANT
men aufseaansen. Die Touben botten
i9on porber BEN S3las uerlal1en.
Trau @eniser beiorate lette Do9'
wabreno Der Rrantbeit I'M eres Yoitmei
tiers 9u'ras oeiien Nrbsiten III Der poit
office.
Die Office Der bieii9en &ouers WtibIe
uno bic State Sant muroen lette @od e
nit Dampfb'i5un9 uerleben. Die Gin=
ri3tun9 in ter Bant wurbe in b0dit
befrieoisenoe" Weiie Don Gbas. Goberer
aus Stem ul,n an9ebra@t.
&eu. &emrer unb @attin liebelten
leetenMonto3 na3 9isb Toreit, Minu.
uber, wnielbt Der grllere ais Yreoi3er
bet oortisen u. 6. STRIDE onselteut iit.
Nep. pbiQip5 Don Eracp wiro feline isit:
beri9e Ste1' n9 babier ausfuuen.
Wir uerr'eiien Die Benobner Dor
Springfield IND llmae9enb auf pie leut
NnSei9e non Wolf. S9mio inlebi,ien
Departement. 9err @9mio 4blnl9:
ieinen sroB:n Gorrotb uon ier!ise,
&leioern un9 S@uben aus3uuert:ufe1
nnS bietet oi'ielben beBbalb gum &n1ten
preis aus, bic bette @ele9enbeit einn gu
ten neuen Nr 5u9 ODER elm Paar ia thar
S9ube fir peni9 @elo 81 erlanSen.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1895-10-10
Sic Gnt6edunQ rcttete ieia Qeben.

9potbeter g. Gaillouette, pou Veapers=
piue, Su., io9t: Or. Sings Neuer Gntbetz
flung perbaute i9 mein 9ebeu. !Satte bic
Grippe ur,o ;o9 ale 9ler;te Der %llm9e9enb 3rl
Static, uelde MIDI je6o9 benz Iobe perfaue,
bielten. ga i9 III meiner 2lpotbete Or.
Sings yteue Gutbedu,,9 bate, beitelte i'd
eiue 6lai9e llub murbe 9lei9 na9 Der ~erite,,
Coils merfli9 better; Bret Slai4en beilter
mid pouialbi9. Nir mo6ten jett ni3t
obne bieielbeu leiu." 9olt cine Yrobef lol9e
BEL :. 90. Slje1.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1895-10-10

&n elm 5antenbes @bepaar,
Scr &aro BELT, uno bic Tlora beQt j.!
@arum benn beu'n iie beibe?-
Ser &oro beut, neil bic Tlora beQt,
Die Tlora beQt, neil Der &aro beQt-
l1no aljo beQ'n iie beibe.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1895-10-10

Nu@ ri@ti9. r@eben Sie ben
9errn bort? ST bat ben 8ireiun9s>
trie9 our@9emadt." ~ @te i@er5en -
Bet iun9e Mann?" - vNun, ct bat
bod bic S@eiouns pom ieiner Trau
our@9elebt."
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1895-10-10
g eunbener g a III E.

@efunbener N {.
81: v@ie iinb ia wobl wieoer 9lidli>
der 0ater 9emoroen?" vSawobl,
bon 3wiQin9en. - q: v@ie beiBen
oenn bic Ein6er?" - g: vDas cine
&atbt. q: vunb bas anbere?" 9:
vDuplitati."
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1895-10-10

q: @arum iin9t benn bas ate Trau>
lein in je6er @eieQi@att: ,Wein 2iebz
iter lit Der Mann i'm Monb?" 49, g:
v@eil Der ni@t beruntertommen unb
6a9e9en li3 erwebrer tann."
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1895-10-10
8iui0e Grcurfonen mad Den
@cttcn 1ltto Nor0tucitett.

Nm %. Ottober 1895 mirb bic
Nortbmeitern Qinie na@ elmer sroBen
Mn3abl BON Pldten inn Beiten unb
Moroweiten, nit sinltiser 3eitbeitimz
muns fir bic @ldfobrt, Grcuriionstit>
tets gu auBerit niebri9en Yreiien pertauz
fen. We9en oes Naberen wenoe man
ii@ an bic M9enten Der 6. & q. W.
Gilenbabn. go
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1895-10-10
8rQucret unD SQtoom
Jacob Bender.

9tetu uIm, Ninm.
0urd porser ommtre ~erbeierunsen bin
i'd III ben StaN6 9eiust, oQe mei,1e Hreuube
uno 0onner mt cine II aus9e3ei9neten Vier
81 beoienen bel Dem reg, @las ODER III Nla=
l9eu.
GEM lett tur3 mt einseridteten 5(oi9enbier:
9eportemelt ~ 10 tcj onbere Nuimertlamfeit
9e1del1tt. Nloldenbler mirb 6%iiteupeiie bel,
&lInoen III Der 5tqtt ebenio ME &e9bier irei
il,s 6ols 9eliei EFT.
Jacob Bender,
labc benz Giieubabnbepot,
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1895-10-10

@as linb Meni@enre@te? Das
banst bauon ab, mas oer Weni& lit ooer
belitt. Sn biei EN- 2anoe banst bas
&e@t ber Menl@en uon ber &dnge ieiner
86rle ab. Der Meni@ NIT Dem pollen
@eutel bat elm &e@t auf MQes, mas ct
betommen tann, einerlei, NJ ie e. IS be-
tommt.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1895-10-10

Mtt be bosen 9erren is mid Dob
&iri@en eten, ie 9riept ilmmers no be
riep ten.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1895-10-10

8 0 inpettor: @o limb benn all be
Nasels binila9en, be bier notirt iinb?
Zimmerman: NQ up be E0ppe,
9err Snipettor!
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1895-10-10
GrnNeS mi &ettereS.
Qiebe unb Slid lino 3wei S9weitern,
bic ii@ ni@t LANCE u%ertra9eu.

Sd wiu! Sd ioQ! Sd muB! Sd
tam!
sic reiten INNER Dir poran
SIM &f um Define 3iele!
Do4 1T sd wiQ!" 5umeiit Elm @aul,
Ser idwa@ uno lteif uno Nib uno
faul ~
SD muB!" sewinnt i'm @piele!
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1895-10-10
Trump f.

S@welter: vMein j3utunfti9er mub
bibi@, reid, 9eiit> uno 9emitbuou iein;
babel bleib' i'd iteben!" - 8ruoer:
vNein - iiten!"
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1895-10-10
Gmmtcocs0ct61ft.

Die lluterseidueten MAIDEN biermit betannt,
bab iie bas iriiber uon Scobn Siebenbrunner
sefiibrte @@mieoeseidait al Der Gde
non 6enter uno Winnei ota : Strabe,
ieet uMter benz SirmanamW Siebenbrmner
& 0ilburs 9emeiul3aitlid betreiben. AQe
S9mieoearbeiten merbeu auf bas Welte be:
iorSt rno benz Wei6la9en uon Yierbeu wirb
gang belonoere Nnimertiamteit Seldentt.
Sobm otebembrumner,
YauI Dtlbura.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1895-10-10

Treten un Supen matt be Oottors I'm
be Npotbeters riet.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1895-10-10
Ylatt6Iti9cn &ram.

Tn &reib' badt be inner be O9en
nib ut.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1895-10-10

San: Bariim 9eibit Du e9entli@ 10
foten int @eertbsbus, Beter?
Yeter:. Wtel bat Weertbshus mid to
mi tummt, D0sfopp!
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1895-10-10

Wat Be Buer e99t.
So inn 9arwit Dat Wder beq,
8rin9t be Wino ben Winter lneQ.
@enn be getbom fin 2om bebolt,
Warb be Winter 9eb6ris folb.
&reit inn Sttober be 9abn up'n MiB,
Dem dnnert 1it'tWder, or't blifft, as'tis.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1895-10-10

Mud cine Werbun9.
vMein @ame 1T Mu9ult SLIDER. H.
vMein Name lit &lard 9e@t." -
vWoQen sic ii6 ni9t BON mir fan9en
lallen?"
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1895-10-10

gn l1n9liG fummt ielten aueen, I'd be
Xotterieipeeler, DO b0l be twee Nieten
inc 9anb.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1895-10-10
2an6 It riter:

Qanbl It riter:
IS bod enc oumme @elt - Gner bett
be XDder I'LL Be Dinner ben @9meiser>
tbs borto!
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-12-06

DcSoto counties. The Shakers arc now
cor 5islering the purchase of eight thou
san1 r;crc acres, making sixteen thou
sand in all. which win include an en-.
tire township in Florida. Some time
ago the Shu!zcrs purchased small tract
III California and another in northern
Ohio, but neither has proved suitable
for the establishment of large colony,
hence they turned their eyes to the
south, and have concluded satisfac-
tory purchase. As a result of the deal
the Shakers will establish the largest
settlement in this country, aud, as the
land in Florida is rich and fertile, Che
settlement will begin with every natu-
raj advantage.
The removal to Florida of this his
tori;al sect, says the Florida Times
Union, viii mark an era in the history
OF thavery remarkable society of Mount
Lebanon. Originally these aloant Leb-
anon Shakers were an oifs'tcot from
the SO .iety of QualSers or Friends. In
i7iT some members of that society in
Manchester, England, formed a distinct
lsS3 ,iation under the leadership of
James and Jane Wardly. For several
years the little company was only no.
iea;;ble through being more noisy than
most Ct the assemblages OF Qualscrs,
danairg, shouting, trembling, etc, un-
der thc supposed influence Of the spirit.
But in ITO one of the members, Ann
Lee, j5rosYssed to receive some peculiar
revelations, tcstifying that the carnal
nature Of the flesh was the root of all
humGn 'lesgavity; and, second, that she
herself was Christ, or the 1acatnate
deity. in tbs female form The noc, sect
hccang neughly infatIatSl with Ann
Lees tea%,1 gs; they called her Moth
er Ann" aad declared their belief that
no blessing could descend to any per-
son except through her. But outside
of their s.ajll circle the new doctrines
were regai led as blasphemops, and
Anu Lee ;::,d her worshipers were inn
plisoned aHl fined
lii tTil. therefore, in obedience to an
other Of Aln Lees revelations, she and
several Of her followers emigratcd- to
Ncw York and settled in Nislfayuna
(now Watervliet), about seven miles
from Albany. The death of Mother
Ann occurred in 1S47 She estab-
iishesl the community in the form of a
Ialaily, and the general plan which she
laid down has ever since beer followed.
In 1857 Joseph Meacham, one Of Ann's
first converts in this country, collected
her ataerents in settlement III Mount
Lc5Pnoa, Within few year il a cham
lad formed eleven other set tsIelacnts in
New YorlS and other states. No other
societies were formed until about fif-
teen years later, when somc raission-
aries were sent to the wcs5antt founded
four communities in Ohio an,l two in
Kentucky. Part of these settlements
arc still in eNistence; others have been
entirely dispersed. But the Mount
Lebanon settlement has remained the
"home," or original town of the So
ciety.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-12-06


Josephine, and which was called the
Burning of Troy" because of the in
Vulnerable red flames blazing upon its
surface, while the reverse was perfect
ly Opaque. In the troublous times that
followed the Napoleonic period the
gem was lost sight of, and there is
left no trace of it. There are two
wonderful opals among the French
crown jewels, one of which is set in
the clasp of the imperial cloak. Em-
press Eugenie is said to have q most.
superstitious dread of them and would
not wear an opal for any persuasion.
Queen Victoria does not share this feel.
ing with her. She, ON the contrary.
admires the gem very much, and has
given to each of her daughters, or
their marriage day, various pieces OF
iewelry set with the iridescent gem
There are many varieties of opals
coming from almost MS many quarters
of the globe. The opal found in Hun
gary was thought to be harder anS
more durable than those found in Mex
leo and South America, but since the
better development of the mines in
those places stones have been found
quite the equal of Hungarian gems.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-12-06
THEY SLEEP rHRouoHsuMME
Animals That Lie Dormant During tho
Heated Term

.
When the heat OF tropical or Eemi-
tropical summer dries up every pool
and parches the ground to such an ex-,
tent that it is difficult for anfFaais not
endowed with great powers OF locono-
tion to obtain wafer, they compromise
with nature by sleeping Off the season
of heat and scarcity. The winter
sleepers, says the Brooklyn Eagle, are
pretty well known, but, owing to the
summer sleepers being for the most
part inhabitants of tropical countries,
far removed from the path of trained
observers, we are less acquainted with
the species praeticing that means of
escaping the heat and drought of sum
mer, Indeed, at present only one
mammal, the tenec, hedgehog-like
beast OF Madagascar, is known to do
so. In South America and Africa va
rious reptiles estivate. In the plains
Of Venezuela the alligator, the land
and fresh water tortoise, the boa con-
strictor and several sorts of the smaller
kinds of serpent lie motionless during
the hottest period Of the tropical sum
mer. But their dormancy is not so
perfect as that OF some hibernators. In
Brazil, Australia and Cape Colony liz
ards, frogs, tortoises and insects pass
months of the rainless season inclosed
in hard earth, and in India many spe-
cies of fishes live during the hot season
in torpid condition, embedded In the
hardened clay.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-12-06
THE WATERMELON NET.
A Convenient Contriyance for Carrying
Home the Massive Fruit.


Home the Massive Fruit.
The invention of the watermelon net
was due primarily to change in the
shape of watermelons Years ago the
great majority of watermelons were
much longer than they were thick.
Then when man carried homo the
watermelon which he had bought the
dealer took turn around one end of it
with a stout cord, carried the cord
along to the other end, and took an
other turn there, and the connecting
length of cord between the loops
served as handle, while the shape of
the melon kept the loops from slipping
off. But with the change of the melon
to the shorter, chubbier shape now
prevailing this plan was no longer pos
sible, and SO the net came in six or
cightycar ago.
The watermelon nets, says the New
York Sun, are made of iute twine
called melon twine They are of one
size. They are big enough for any
melon, and with small melon in a net
it is easy to take up the slack. They
are made altogether by hand, at odd
times, by people accustomed to net
making. They are sold at wholesale at
two dollars hundred, The melon
dealer used to charge five cents for
net, but now most dealers give the nets
away.
notwithstanding their bulk MANY
melons are carried home by the pur-
chaser. The suburban resident NAV
spot a particularly fine melon and take
it right along with him in a net; man
living in the city may do the same
thing. Whatever the circumstances
under which a man wants to take a
melon with him the net is a great con-
venience; it beats. carrying the water
melon under the arm out of sight.
But while many melons are thus car
ried in the course of the season, still
the great majority of watermelons are
sent home just like other things, and
SO after all the sale of watermelon nets
amounts to only few thousands an
nually.