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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-11
Tho OCtOnua.

Sharks are plentiful along the Florida
coast, but very few are large or Of the
man-eating variety. so that they rarely
molest bathers. Another terror, not 90
we'll known, Is more to DO dreaded. A
Northern tourist was bathing OF q
reef, when he felt something cold and
Shiny touch his leg and encircle It The
sensation was not one Of pain,
but rather tho numb feeling
that comes from an opiate,
and the man did not seem to realize his
danger until long arm reached up and
seized his arm. Then he began to strug.
gle and call for help, and although his
friends on shore came at once to his %.
sistance, It took their united efforts to
get him into shallow water. BY that
time tho octopus had twined tentacles
around both legs and arms. and the
man was nearly insensible. He was set
free by cutting away the tentacles,
some Of which were fifteen feet long.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-11
WITH SPOON AND CUP.
A Useful Table Of Measures 60 Han
In tho Kitchen.

A Useful Table Of Measures 60 Hang
In tho Kitchen.
The following measures Of capacity
may be found useful to hang In the
kitchen for easy reference:
Four even teaspoonfuls liquid equal
one even tablespoonful.
Three even te0spofnfu1s dry mate.
rial equal one even tablespoonful.
Sixteen tablespoonfuls liquid equal
one cupful.
Twelve tablespoonfuls dry material
equal one cupful.
Two cupfuls equal one pint.
Four cupfuls equal one quart.
Four cupfuls -four equal one quart
or one pound.
Two cupfuls solid butter equal ono
pound.
Two cupfuls granulaked sugar equal
one pound.
Two and onc.half cupfuls powdered
sugar equal one pound.
One pint milk or water equals one
pound.
One dozen eggs should weigh one
and one.half pounds.
Skim milk 10 heavier than whole
milk, and cream ID lighter than either.
while pure milk 10 3 per cent heavier
than water.
The following table Of proportions
IL also valuable. Use:
Ono teaspoonful soda to one cupful
molasscs.
Ono tcaspoonful soda to ono pint sour
milk.
Three tcaspoonfuls baking powder to
one quart -four.
One.half cupful Of yeast or one.
quarter cake compressed yeast to ono
pint liquid.
Ono teaspoonful extract to ono loaf
plain cake.
One tcaspoonful salt to two quarts
-four.
One teaspoonful salt to one quart
soup.
Ono scant cupful Of liquid to two full
cupfuls Of flour for bread.
Ono scant cupful Of liquid to two
full cupfuls Of -four for mullins.
One scant cupful of liquid to ono full
cupful Of -four for batters.
One quart water to each pound Of
meat and bono for soup stock.
Four peppercorns. four cloves one
tcaspOonful mixed Herbs for each
quart Of water for soup stock.
1t Is often said OF good cooks that
"thcy never measure, they guess" Not
80. Long experience has taught them
to measure. and measure accurately,
by means Of that samo experience ana
Judgment. This. however. Is q most
risky experiment for beginners. whose
plnions arc still insufiiciently furnish.
cd with pluinage for Independent
aerial navigation.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-11
Responsive "Grumblinc."

An excellent though unconscious crltl.
cIsm OF the rapid and incoherent man.
ner In which too many congregations
perform their part Of the responsive
reading" Of the Psalms on Sunday, was
made by small boy on his return from
his first attendance ut church.
Mamma" he remarked, "the people
don't like the minister, do they"
"Why, certainly, Harold; what made
you ask such question:" was the re-.
ply.
"Well." said Harold, sturdily, "he'd
read something, and then they'd all
grumble, and then he'd read some moro
aud they'd oil grumble again!
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-11
Tho ROckefellers.

There are two Rockefeller brothers.
John ID. and william. The first lives
In New York, the second In Cleveland.
They inherited no part OF their for.
tune. nor did they make It In specula.
ton. They undertook risks. but 80 does
every business man. Late In the eos
the Cleveland Arm OF Andrews & Rock.
efeller dealt In groceries In q modest
way. In 1870 they began to deal In
petroleum. and from that Arm grew the
Standard on Company. It was clever
business. not what 70 usually called
"msss speculation"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-11
The English Market.

Great Britain imposes no duty on
imported cloths. The British customs
tariff Ia practically wholly on Injuries;
1t is laid on beer, playing cards. chic.
DRY, chloroform, cocoa, coffee, confec.
tionery, ether. dried fruits. naphtha,
soap. spirits. tea, tobacco and wine.
Everything else 70 admitted free Of
duty.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-11
Splitting Seconds.

The measurement Of minute Inter.
walls of time IL one Of the most difficult
subjects met with In tho laboratory,
and this is more especially the case %
the apparatus employed 10 often little
adapted for the use Of those who lack
experience In the precision gained By
years Of experimental work In physics.
4 Trenchmsn has recsntly devised Q
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-11

The Joints Of electric railway rails
sr6 now burned solid BY pouring malt.
"a est Iron around them.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-08
AT THE END OF THE SEASON.

some Reasons Why the Hair of the Sum
Hotel Proprietor Turns Gray.
These are the days when the big sum
lmer hotels at seashore and mountain
begin to cut down expenses in view o1
the near close of the season And there
by hangs tale, for the cutting down
process is not unattended by trials and
worry, says the New York Herald.
OF course the most expensive thing is
the help Most great hotels require al
most as many servants as they have
guests, and when the guests begin to
go home by scores the servants have to
DC discharged by scores or away go the
profits of the season
But servants are clannish, and there
comes in the difficulty. They are only
engaged for a season of indefinite
length, and know that they must go at
its end. But many object to going
while their friends remain, and it often
happens that the lucky ones who are
retained refuse to stay out the remain
ing weeks or days if their friends are
discharged. ...I.. ... H..'
So no end of trouble arises, and the
wretched proprietor acquires gray hairs
in strengthening out the difficulties,
Recently the proprietor of one of the
biggest of our nearby seaside hotels,
having lost all but about forty guests,
undertook to reduce the kitchen staff
proportionately .....
There was immediate war, and even
the French chef got red in the face and
declared that if he couldn't have his
all-summer force he would pack up and
get out forthwith. The proprietor
couldn't yield and retain hisprofts, and
the chief and his assistants were OBJ
stinate.
So all that was left for the proprietor
was to throw out the entire force, bag
and baggage, and hustle up to the city
and engage an entirely new force for
the remaining two weeks of his season.
Little Tommy twhO Is attending a
concert with his mother)-Mamma, is
that an Angora fiddler? - Fliegende
Blaetter.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-08

and never replaced, and the whole
thing looked very dilapidated, but very
familiar to Jet, for it was his barn. He
noticed the hole in the roof and made
a mental vow that some of his profits
should go to repairing it. Beyond the
barn was little tumble-down house
and the yard between was filed with
remnants of lumber wagons, hay rake
reaper, blackboard and several odds and
ends of old buildings,
A tall, thin and MISUNDERSTANDING
woman was bending over washtub
at the pump. She Strengthened and
stopped her work as Jet came up.
He went on into the house and put
the stove lid he had been carrying on
the stove. Then he came out and sat
down near his wife.
'"They say there's ten dollars day
in it for sure thing; that's what they
say"
"Well, I'm glad if there is" said the
woman, signing softly. THE Lord
knows we need it. Is Uriah and Ike
goin' to take hold of it with you?"
"Mebbe they are and. mebbe they
amt. / know them fellers better than
to trust either of them. I know what
they'd like-they'd shiny up to me and
let on they hate each other like pison
till they find out how to make the pol
ish, and then you'd see them together
again thicker'n hops, and I'd be left
Not if / know it. can make two thou
.oo1 dollore a xaar O,,+ - ~ an5 ,r,, II
alone"
'Can't you get me that wrapper to
night, then; it's only seventy cents?"
"Only seventy cents? Confound it
| don't you know that it will take every
cent can rake and scrape to get the
| thing started? I'd rather get you {
dozen silk dresses two weeks from nov
! than spare a cent tonight" G4
81 don't see," she began, when Their,
was a yell from the kitchen, followed
| by the loud voice of a man:
"Phew! Judas! What the devils VI
here, anyway? Are you trying to burr
4 the house DOWN."
| Jet made a jump to the door ant
! stopped aghast. The stove lid, so high
! ~ pollShSu puO d noInenI pcloIo, wa
now dull, dirty red, while above j
curled thick, dingy smoke, bearing
with it an odor strong enough to knocl
4 down horse. h59yi1
A as that the way your polish works
4 Jet?" asked a young man, comm
around the house holding his nose.
4 Jet gave snort of disgust. u sur
\ pose you'll have to blab it all over town,
i he growled, and turning away sullxily
! went to the barn. ~
i What do you think OF it?" asked tn
4 young man of the woman.
III think it's good thing ] saved egg
enough TO get that wrapper, returne
The woman, as she tried 70 blow tn
smoke out Of ths house with her aproz
y -PhiaadslRhiA Times IL s..s
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-08

| you, Jet, just what 5 common sense for
yon' n me we'll make up the polish and
start out together and let Ike sell what
he can around here; that'll let him
down kind O. easy: but we'll take the
big business, for there amt anybody
but US can handle it."
Jet rose to his feet. I'll think the
thing over he said. "Of course, il
Ike won't do, wen have to drop him"
Jet walked slowly homeward, rub
bing his fingers caressingly over the
stove Id and shaking his head in ac-
compartment TO his thoughts. As he
turned the bend in the road he discov-
cred Isaac sitting on the bank ahead
of him.
81 knew you'd be along pretty soon,'
caid Isaac, rising awlSwardly, "and |
thought I'd wait for you. No chance
to talk business when Uriah is around.
A good fellow, too, first rate; only he
blows too much"
Blows quite bit, that's a fact" as
sented Jet.
well, you know what he is and what
his folks were before him as well as
do, and you know just as well that he's
no man for this business. You see,
what you want is a man that has some
dignity about him and knows how to
approach people in the right sort of
way. Now, Uriah don't know what Dig
nifty is. Why, he'd go into a mans par
lor Just the same as he'd 60 into COW
stable. Well, sir, that may do around
here, but it won't do in the big towns,
and that's where you'll make your
money. Mighty good thing you've got,
Jet; mighty good, but be careful and
don't throw it away on man like
Uriah. don't pretend to be no great
shucl1s myself, but if / can't sell more
in day than he can in whole week
I'll eat the samples. But then, if you
think / won't do, just say SO, and I'll
drop out at once"
'Oh, amt afraid but what you'll do
all right" answered Jet, anxious to con-
ciliate. "But / allow i hev got my
doubts OF Uriah."
'Of course you have; you're man of
sense, and couldn't help but have
doubts. I'll have to cut across here,
but think the matter over, Jet; think
it over"
'I'll do that, answered Jet, emphatic
ally, as he started on alone again.
He walked on rapidly until he came
to an old barn along the road. The
roof of the barn had been blown of
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-08
A Man with a History.
EEas Body Covered with rnpsps. Could
mot cat and 9'houglas he was
going 90 dry MP.

tFroDa the Nushvsiie, Tenn, Banner.)
Mr.. John W.Thomas, Jr., of Theta. Tenn.
IL a man with a most interesting history.
|" 1t was ia 'S4, said he TO reporter
who had asked him for the story of his life.
when was working in the silver mines Of
New Mexico, that my troubles began.
g From simple indigestion nv malady de.
veloped intoa chronic inabilssy % axe any
substantial food, and ut times I was pros
trated by spells of heart palpitation. On
the nth Of April, 1858, I Suddenly col
lapsed end for da55al was unconscious.
IN fact was not fully myself until July,,
On September LIST 1 weighed but 70 pounds
whereas my normal weight is 165 pounds.
AlNoyer my body there were humps from
the size OF grape to the size of walnut,
my fingers were cramped so that could moi
more than half straighten them. had en-.
tlrely lost control of my lower limbs and
my hand trembled so that could not drink
without splitting the liquid. Nothing would
remain on my stomach, and it seemed that
4 must dry up before many more days had
passed.
1 made another round of the physicians
calling in one after the other, and by the
aid of morphine and other medicines they
gave me, | managed to live though barely
n&hrough the fall"
Here Mr.. Thomas displayed his arms.
rand just above the elbow of each there was
"A large irregular stain as large as the palm
OF the hand and of a purple color, the space
covered by the mark was sunken nearly to
the bone. That said Mr.. Thomas, !" is
what the doctors did by putting morphine
into me. ,g
son the 18th of December, 1898, Just eight
months after took permanently to bed-I
shall never forget the date-my cousin, Joe
Foster, of Carriers Creek, called on me and
gave me box of DIR. Williams Pink Pills
Efor Pale People, saying they had cured him
OF partial paralysis, with which knew he
had al but died l followed his directions
sand began taking the medicine, as result
"A stand before you to-day the most surprised
imam on earth. Look at my hand, it is as
steady as yours; my face has healthy look
about it; ] have been attending to my
duties for q month. Since 7 began taking
the pills have gained so pounds, and am
still gaining. All the knots have disap.
peared from my body except this little
kernel here in my palm / have. good
appetite and am almost as strong as ever
was.
" Yesterday rode thirty-seven miles on
horseback, feel tired to-day but not sick.
/ used to have from two to four spells of
heart palpitation every night, since | began
the use of the pills have had but four
spells altogether. a.ss
4" know positively that I was cured by
DIR Williams Pink Pills, and | believe
eirrnly that it is the most wonderful remedy
sin existence to-day, and every fact have
presented to you is known to my neighbors
as we'll as to myself, and they will certify 70
7shs truth of my remarkable cure" .
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-08

Little Tommy twho Is attending a
concert with his mother)-Mamma,. is
that an Angora fiddler? - Fliegende
Blaetter.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-08

to his feet. "Well, it's getting along;
I'll have to get back and do chores"
The other two watched him out of
sight.
Fine fellow, Ike" said Uriah.
First rate" answered Jet.
"a little slow, though, sometimes
continued Uriah,
Hardly the man for this kind of bust
ness?"
swell, I don't know. n1e's good fell
low" ~
Good fellow? Why, of course he is.
Nobody thinks more of Ike than 1 do.
Why, I'd be willin' he should go along
for company if he, didn't do a stroke,
But, then, he is slow-don't catch on to
people quick enough" \
ss.Now, I tell you, jet" continued
Uriah, hitching his chair up to the
other, between you and me and that
lumber wagon, Ike is the wrong man
for this business. You want man that
can git up and amt afraid TO hustle
and Ikewill never fill the bin; you mark
my words" eg3
"Well," said Jet, slowly, II reckaA
never give it thought whether he wculd
or not So you think he won't dor
EDO? OF course ha wont da ! ~
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-08

For further information, address
H. c. MoRpUE, A. 6. P. A,
or Louisville, Ky.
W. L. MILLS,
Owrnsboro, Ky.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-08
JETHRO'S STOVE POLISH.

HE drowsy sun of an
Aug ust afternoon
shone upon hill and
valley, tingeing the
long swaths of Graded
oats on the hillside
with a bright yellow,
gle a m ! n 6 brightly
from t h e slender
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-08
|. &N. TIME TABLE.

TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. 50 ST. Louis Fast Mail. .........., 1852 q. IN
No. SO Nashville Accom- ....,..-, !. SEQ .. m
No. o. st. Louis Express ..,.... 1910 p. m
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
70. So st. Louis Express ............ 80 In
No, sc Nashville Accommodation 5:2b m
70. 81 St. Louis Mail ....a. { - p m
Nashville Accommodation does NOT run on
dnday.
North bound St. Louis and Chicago Fast
roins have through trains solid and sleepers
o Chicago and st. Louis.
Fast Line stops only at important stations
nd crossings. Has through Pullman sleep
RS 70 Atlanta. Ca
j. M. ADAMS, Agent.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-08
YOU CAN MAKE MONEY

V0II MRKC MnNCV
fUO OHN HlHnI Commission Merchants, louisville
liable commission merchants and because
Capital
signments General solicited. Es4ga
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-30
GUiNEAS ON THE FARM.
They Are Profitable Because They Cost
Almost Nothing to Raise.

They Are Profitable because They Cost
Almost Nothing to Raise.
Guineas prefer to seek their food in
the fields, and they seldom come home
for food as long they can find supply
themselves. AS a rule they mate, and
it is best, therefore, to have the sexes
equal The hen steals her nest, but
cannot refrain from making n noise
when she comes OFF, which betrays her
TO the watchful farmer. Guineas are
valuable on farms where the range is
wide, as they destroy a very large num-
Der of insects and do not scratch up
seeds. In fact, flock of twenty gum
cas- will consume a number of insects
30 large as to almost appear incredible,
as they are active and always search
ing. They also consume grass and
young weeds, as well as the seeds of
undesirable plants and grasses. The
hen lays about 125 eggs in year, es-
pecially if they are taken from her be-
fore she begins to sit. The flesh of the
guinea is rather dark but juicy, and Of
"gamy" flavor. They may be raised
to remain near the house by placing
the eggs under hens and few chicks
to the brood when the young guineas
are Matched. They will learn from
the chicks and soon become accus-
toned to the same habits as the chicks,
growing up with them. The eggs re-
quire four weeks for incubation, and
are usually Matched under hens in the
poultry house.-Prairie Farmer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-30
ABOUT BEE PARALYSIS.
Partially Starved Brood Is the Csose of
the Trouble.

Partially Starved Brood Is the Caase of
the Trouble.
writer in American Bee journal
says: For several years warned the
bee-keepers In times of sudden checks
In the honey flow to look well after
their bees, and either uncap honey in
the brood chambers in the evenings, or
feed SO as to keep the colonies well
supplied with unsealed stores. Brood
is always well fed when the colonies
have abundance of unsealed stores.
But If a check takes place SO as to stop
honey flow suddenly, while colonies
have large quantity Of brood on
hand, the bees will use up the unsealed
stores very soon, and then the bees
won't uncap the sealed honey fast
enough to keep pace with the amount
of brood that requires feeding. Soon
after that the small larvm will be
found looking like little dried worms
In the bottom of the cells without a
particle of food. In some cells ready
TO cap, will be seen some of this
starved brood, with brownish color,
lying on the lower side of the cells
and turned up little. Some of the
capped brood dies through not being
fed enough to last until Matched. And
some of the bees that do hatch out of
this scanty fed brood will be day or
two longer in Matching, and when
Matched some of these bees will be
dark in color and scarcely able to fly
And when the owner sees the bees of
the same hives in some cases killing off
these useless bees he will be apt to
think them old, WORKOUT bees that are
being killed off. If the bee-keeper
would see that his colonies of bees had
plenty of unsealed stores while brood
rearing is going on, he never would be
troubled with this state of things in
the apiary."
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-30
An Oft Repeated Story Of True
Philanthropy.
What Chas. II. Hacltlcy Has Done for
Western Michigan.

(From Grand Rapids, Mich, Euening Prsss.)
The most beautiful spot in all this city is
inseparably associated with the name of
Haclkley. Chas. H. Hackley has been in the
lumber business here continuously since
1855 and in that time has amassed fortune
which gives him rating among the wealthy
men Of the nation. But with wealth there
did not come that Tightening of the purse
strings which is generally marked char
acteristic Of wealthy men.
1t is not q wonder then that the name Of
Charles II. Hackley is known ut home and
abroad. His munificence to Muskegon alone
represents an outlay Of nearly half million.
For the past twenty years he has been Q
constant sufferer from neuralgia and rheu-
matism, also numbness of tho lower limbs,
80 much so that 1t has seriously interfered
with his pleasure in life. For some time
past his friends have noticed that he has
seemed to grow young again and to have
recovered the health which he had in youth.
To reporter for the Press Mr.. Hackley
explained the secret of this transformation.
shave suffered for over % years." he said,
with pains in my lower limbs so severely,
that the only relief could get at night was
by putting cold water congresses on my
limbs. Twas bothered more at night than
In the day time. The neI.algic and rheu-
matlc pains IN my llmDS, winch nad Dcen
growing in intensity for years, finally be-
came chronic. made three trips to the
Hot Springs with only partial relief and
then fell back to my original state. /
couldn't sit still and my sufferings began to
make life look very blue. Two years ago
last September noticed an account of DR.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People and
what they had done for others, and some
cases so nearly resembled mine that WIS
interested, so 1 wrote to one who had given
q testim oniai, an eminent professor of music
In Canada. The reply received was even
stronger than the printed testimonial and It
gave me faith In the medicine.
II began taking the pills and found them
to be all that the professor had told mo they
would be. 1t was two or three months be-
fore experienced any perceptible better
ment Of my condition. My disease was Of
such long standing that did not expect
speedy recovery and was thankful even to
be relieved. progressed rapidly, however,
towards recovery and for the last six months
have felt myself perfectly well man. /
have recommended the pills to many people
and am only too glad to assist others TO
health through the medium of this wonder
full medicine. cannot say too much for
what 1t has done for me-"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain all the
elements necessary to give new life and
richness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are for sale by all druggists,
or may be had by mail from DIR. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y, for
SOC. per box, or six boxes for 80 so.