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versy was ended and both parties turned
to her for her decision, she arose in her
quiet. simple dignity and said to her hus-
band: THE dinner is ready. will you kind
ly come to the dining roon?' and, turning
to the monk Shankaracharya, she said:
"Will your holiness kindly grace the din
Ing room ard accept the food in fulfill
ment of your vows of aSceticism? mean
ing thereby that aSceticiSnl can and should
be adhered to by all religious teachers,
even in this kali Gron) age. A monk in
India at the time he is initiated takes
hVe vows viz. not to Kill or directly OF
Indirectly encourage killing any living be-
ing; not to tell falsehood: not to commit
misrepresentation; to be perfectly chaste,
and not to Cwn any property or money
whatsoever. This being the strict rule of
the monks. they have no houses, but are
homeless Wanderers, travelling from
place to place and teaching without any
payment. On account of this self-sacri-
fee people pay the highest respect to them.
higher than to princes and pOtentates.
AS for their food and clothing, the people
supply them with 1T as a mark of graft
tude. So. when the wife of Totacharya
asked the monk to accept food in her
home she only returned the gratitude
which she, member of a religious
sect, owed to the monk, who was its spirit
ual leader. And when she did invite him
to partake of her food she tacitly admit
ted that he was the spiritual leader. and
that therefore asceticiSm ought to be prac-
ticed by religious teachers. Thus, in her
quiet. unassuming way, declaring that
Shankaracharya had succeeded in his ar
sument5 and her husband was defeated.
There was no oratorical or stereotyped
speech on her part no show of her ability
to understand and follow a fifteen days
controversy in the Sanskrit language. The
Judgment was accepted as final and salts
factory by both her husband and the
monk. and was received with acclama-
ton and satisfaction by the public. What
do you thirk of this heather woman and
her fine sense of justice? And | can as
sure you there was no discord or curtain
lecture between her and the husband on
account OF the decision.
VIRCHAND r. GANDHI,
OF ROmhay India.
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When the first glass was half finished
the Canny Scot looked at the man nearest
the fireplace.
Has ma any one word to say?" he
asked. This was the signal, and the Man
Addressed. with a preliminary sip to clear
his throat, begah:
II had a short but distinctly interesting
experience one time with a counterfeiter,
a desperado. and who made up for his lack
of intelligence and cunning by an unlimited
quantity of nerve and pure grit. / had
caught him on the Arkansas side of the
Mississippi near little river town named
Chcot. and had started with him up to
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diminishing, l came to the conclusion that
the moneymakers were in the neighborhood
of a little village called B. 1 entered the
neighborhood as a peddler, with a choice
needles and some cheap jewelry for men.
For whole week 1 tramped over the
neighborhood. keeping" my eyes and ears
open to try to discover the mint where this
spurious coinage was being conducted 1
was sure it would turn out to be some lone
ly cabin on mountain side away from the
road, but every such cabin that 1 came
across was found to have nothing suspi-
cious about it. Finally, 1 went into the
village on Saturday night and put up at a
tavern. to stay over Sunday.
Sunday morning / attended church-at
the only church in the township, 1 was
told. he people came from miles around
in their wagons and on horseback, and
while the elders attended worship the
young men hung around outside at safe
distance from the building and pitched
horseshoeS CT played cards. I Joined one of
these groups while the preaching was go
ing on and the elders We're comfortably
doing in their hard-seated pews. / noticed
considerable new-looking money circulating
among three of the young fellows who
were pitching QuoitS ard losing. The mon
ey all in half dollars. These are my
people, 1 thought. and 1 sized them up
They were hard-looking specimens, and 1
did not like the idea of brush with them.
l cautiously learned their names and their
residence. They lived on the other side of
the ridge. 1 was told, and worked in the
sawmlls there.
The next day / carried my peddlers
Pack over tn. ridge ard at the noon holr
dropped in on one of the saw mills. Two Of
my men worked there, and We're eating
their dinner sitting a saw-log when /
came up They both bought soma jewelry
and paid for IL in money that was plainly
bogus. 1 Immediately declared them under
arrest, and drawing my pistol told them to
march ahead of me for the town. l wanted
to get out of that neighborhood at ence.
The arrest cre2 ted a cOmmOtiOn in the mill
but no one interfered. We had gone
about mile toward town when a man
jumped out from behind a tree and
CDen0a fire on me with q Winchester,
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MIR. ELKINS NOMINATED.
No Opposition to Him in the West
Virginia Republican Caucus.

Ex-Secretary Elkns was unanimously
nominated for United States Senator by
the republican caucus of the West Virginia
legislature last night. His name was nut
up by State Senator Whitaker who had
himself been spoken of as a candidate
Mr.. Elkins thanked the caucus, expressing
his adherence to republican party princi-
pies
Thomas III. Carter Nominated.
Thomas H. Carter, ex-commissioner of
the land office and formerly national repub-
lican chairman. was nominated last night
for United States Senator by the republican
caucus of both houses of the Montana leg
iSiature.
The North Carolina Scnntorxhfp.
I he main feature of the North Carolina
senatorial situation is the meeting of the
republican caucus set for tonight The
meaning of it is said to be a play by Pritch-
ard against Settle, Holton. Ewart, Boyd
and the rest. PIitchard's friends got the
caucus called for tonight for the purpose
of choosing the candidate for the short
term senatorship The capitalization against
Pritchard seems to be taking more solid
shape, and high times are looked for at
the caucus.
The Situation at ST. Paul.
1t is generally agreed among all the sem
atorial candidates at St Paul that there
shall be no caucus until Monday evening
January n, the night preceding the cleo
ton. 1t is understood that if the caucus
fails TO name a candidate in three ballots
the whole matter shall be referred to the
legislature The strength of the candi-
dates stands about follows: Washburn,
60; Nelson. AS; Comstock. 4; McCleary, 6;
Donald Grant, 4; scattering. 1G.
McGraw i'm the Field.
A sensation was sprung yesterday at
Seattle, Wash. by the announcement that
Gov John H. McGraw had entered the race
for United States Senator. AfcGraw's
friends maintain that neither Ankney, Will
son ncr Allen can be elected, and that Nc
Graw is the only acceptable candidate for
the place.
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The Secretary of the Interior has Or
dered the dsbarment of Frederick e. Alb
bolt, welI-known attorney of Worcester.
Mass, from practice before the Interior
Department. Abbott is charged with TAX
ing excessive fees from a pension claimant
Of Biddeford. Me. Attorney H. I. Lord Of
Biddeford, who represented Abbott there,
Is charged with being implicated in the
case.
Isaac A. Coon Of Ellenville, N. Y, has
also been disbarred for unprofessional con-
duct and violation of pension laws in a
number OF cases.
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succeeded in disablin,

succeeded In disabling his arm SO ne could
not shoot Then he Surrendered. My two
fandcuffed prisoners had not attempted to
run. for 1 told them 1 would kill them If
they moved. 1 unfettered them and COM
PEELED them to pick their comrade up and
carry him to town. There they were lock-
ed up in the calahccse and the next day
the deputy marshal came for them. 1t
seems that one of the men was the work
man in their counterfeit co-partnership
and had his shop in the engine room OF the
saw mill. conducting his operations at
night. The others were guilty of passing
the coin, however. and they were all con-
victed and sent to the renitentiary. the one
who fired at me getting good long SEN
tence."
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came within an ace of
not coming out alive
from that adventure.
There had been COM
plants of spurious
dollars and half dol
lars being circulated
in the neighborhood,
and / was directed to
look into the matter.
From the crudeness
of the counterfeits /
judged that the max
erS were not expert
enced hands at the
business. Finally, after
so m o preliminary
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by others, and when,
at 4::25. the Canny
Scot lighted the wick
under the hot water
kettle. the full MEM
bership was present.
and all eyes were
turned upon the ket-
tie. The glasses were
set out, the water
boiled and soon the
odor of damp clothes
drying before the fire
was drowned in the
fragrance of the Hot
Scotch which filled
the room and mellow
ed the atmosphere.
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ROCK to bring him
before the Federal
Court. A United States
deputy marshal had
made the arrest and
was nominally in
charge of the prison.
er. but I went along
to keep a close watch
on both. We were
steaming slowly up
the river along the
Arkansas channel at
ter supper. and the
marshal and his pris-
oner were sitting out
on deck together.
The ma rShal left him
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blazed away at the
rascal. Seeing that
he could not shoot
without endangering
his friends he started
for the bushes, but
! brought him down
with q shot. He did
not drop his gun,
however, and while
lying on the ground
took the risk of a
shot at me, which
bored through my
hat. I fired the 9TH
er barrels of my re-
volver at him and
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Children I'm the Mfnuet.

One of the most enjoyable of the enter
tainments given by the pupils of the
Misses Minnie and May Hawke took place
last evaring at the National Rifles Hail.
The feature was court minuet This was
followed by a number of fancy dances.
skillfully executed, which We're witnessed
with much delight.
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special from Bristol. Tenn. says: J.
Wallace Hymns. known all over the world
as the Bakersville. N. c., riot "faker." died
at the scene Of the supposed riot several
days ago Of pneumonia. He leaves a wife
and child. The story Hyams started two
years ago was that fifty men had been
killed in a riot at the little town in North
Cardinals mountains. 1t was telegraphed
everywhere. Its falsity was not discovered
for several days.
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From the indianapolis Journal.
"A Teller don't know what to do" CON-
planned Tommy. The kids that nav wants
me to play with their mothers don't want
'em to play with me-
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The Responsible Person.
From the Indiana polls Journal.


when I get to heaven" said the small
boy. who has but lately begun the study
of Genesis. "the first thing I'm going to do
is to hunt up Adam and give him a lick
ing"
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A published statement OF a report current
in England that the White Star and Cunard
lines would establish service to Genoa
could not be confirmed ut the New York
offices of those companies today.
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The fire had burned low in the fireplace.
and the Canny Scot looked suggostively at
the clock. 1t was half-past five, and time
for the Goodly Company to go home They
paid their score and filed cut into the rain,
where they were soon lost in the sea of
homeward bound and bobbing umbrellas
moving up and down the street in two
steady streams.
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Arabian Bitter-PIeasant and effective
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Dodging behind onP of the prisoners
they were handcpfed together used
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"a new fad has struck the newspapers
out west said Donald Swain of Denver
at Wormley's yesterday. I'm pretty nearly
every big town the leading journals are
placed for issue in the hands of the
ladies of the community and they are al
lowed to get it cut as they see fit. Editors,
reporters, advertising solicitors, business
manager and even the carriers are mem
bers of the fair sex entirely, and / 1aust
say that they show very creditable re-
suits. A couple of weeks ago the Rocky
Mountain News. in Denver, was given over
to the leading women there and they got
out an edition of twenty pages. Every
line of reading matter in il was written
by a woman and the editorials were stroag.
while the local news was excellently served
UP. The proceeds from the edition were
devoted to charity and quite a large sum
of money was realized"
mo one conceive the immense COM
mercial strides being taken by the new
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-09-06
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

In the frozen winters os the North
green ne .nloci; boughs are good YER
mliuge for sheep.
Rcmemher thai .young la,.o stewc(:
and green peas go well tog' her then
push the former along with grain
feed to be in readiness sor the latter.
Grain fed to sucking lambs designed
for the hatcher Mt an early day pays
at the rate of 81 bushel for corn
anywhere in the Eastern and Middle
States.
The tide OF opinion among bee
keepers is running strongly against
i've oanders. They arc pronounced
short-lived, bad singers, poor winter
ers, excessive breeders, etc.
Cross-breeding Of cattle and siicer
IL tolerable, and is largely practiccl,
because, though the progeny may be
lacking Ill trUcnrsS to tyne and may
be very rough specimens, thc meat
value is always considerable asse5.
A misht in horse. breeding is however,
an absolute loss.
Good clover hay contain, morc
perfect fool ration than anything
Else grown. Less corn, less wheat,
less cotton and more clover is reform
many an American farmer may we'll
decide upon for the coming year to
the decided advantage both Of his
stock ana his land
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lsE,';i'ES.

Potato Snow-Boil large white ro-
t0tocs in their skins in salt and water.
Dry thoroughly by the fire au,l peel
-hcm. Rub through coarse sieve on
to hot dish.
Boiled CauIihower-Lay in cold
water for half All hour, quarter neat
~, tih ~ IL close net 20 prevent
hreak;ng; put into boiling water,
saiicd, and cook until tender. Pour
over it n large cupful OF drawn butter
ami serve hot.
Graham Wheatlets-Mix one pint of
Graham iiour and one teaspoonful of
salt. Scall into soft Iough with
equal quantities Of boiling water and
milk. Roll about an inch thick, cut
III round cakes, lay on a hot buttered
tin ahd bake in very hot oven.
Turnip SoIp-Le3 OF mutton and
five quarts OF water. Cover close and
boil two hours. Skim. Put in one
onion. n dozen small white turnips,
quartercd, little thyme finely minced.
Boil two hours longer. Take ont the
Joint, strain the soup, return it to the
lire, add n cup OF milk in which has
been stirred n tablespoonful o: flour
and one of butter Season with salt
and pepper. boil up once, stirring all
the time.
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FAR N AN D HOUSEHOLD
ROT IN TOMATOES.

The rot OF tomatoes is due to a fun
gas which grows in the whole plant
and natures in the fruit 1t is re!n-
ted to the potato rot, and is to be
treated in the same way, by the Bor-
deaux mixture. The disease appears
first as small SPOT o., the blossom
end Of the fruit, then spreads rapidly
all through it. 1t is prevented or ar.
rested rs soon AS it appears by spray
ing the liquid, made as follows, on 20
the plants, leaves, and young fruit !:
Dissolve four pounds Of sulrhate Of
copper tblucstoucl in five gallons of
wa.er. and six pounds Of lime IN four
gallons OF water. Mix the two liquids
ana stir them well, then strain and
add forty gallons of water. \ less
quantity may be made by proportion.
ateiy less material. This preparation
Is used for preventing all kinds of
rusts and rots on ail sorts of plants. as
the black rot OF the viue, the rust of
Strawberries, raspberries, ami black
berries, the potato ro', and the seal
rot oT apples. New York Times.
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basin, which is somewhat irregular.
calyX closed. some russet patches IN
basin. La color when ripe it is yell
lowlsh green, pale copperish bush
on sunny side and fainter splashings
Of the same color, and sparselv marked
over the surtocc with minute dots.
Stem half inch, sometimes n little
more in length, III basin OF average
size, rather deep and little irregular.
Sweet, good TOR family or market,
season January to March. The trees
are said TO be excellent bearers
American Agriculturi~t.
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standard purple top strap leavoi. The
white egg, and also the yellow globe,
are good varieties. They make good
iced for sheep or cattle SO that all
that cannot be marketed to good ad.
vantage can always be fed to the stock
with benefit, and there is very little
danger of growing too many. Farm,
Field and Fireside.
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Wire Rope 1900 Years Oh.

While conducting n series Of tosta
with II 100 ton testing machine at tho
Yorkshire College in England, which
included the testing of steel wire
rope, Professor Goodman stated that
such ropes were not II modern invcn-
tion. and that he had recently seen u
bronze wire rope onc-hnlf inch in
diameter and from twenty to thirty
feet which had been found buried in
thc ruins Of Pompeii and which must
have been at least 1900 years old.
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PRAY FOR Me.

Pray for me, love. at dawn, what TINS
For thee my prayers arise,
T.iat, hand m hand. our VOWS may Climb
The steep path through tue skies
Pray ;or mc, love at cvcntiic;
SO shall the words we say
Meet in the nists, and side 10y lids
Sweep IN The hcaten way.
THAT every time kurcl for thao
May my Iuhulow'! .! prayer.
C"m.aS IL such Soa'' company.
End sweet acceptance Gcr".
-nil Ma BT..."t.
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The British Seas 9. Ofi:e.

Everybody r.rIs unl talk, about
he seals o. o.I:a. pr ,6lhly. how.
ever, uDt evervbp lv Knows wnlt thew
actually a;e. They are small metal
seals ina,o'nl in u velvet case. They
a:e never uyr.i, IN probtb.y IL Minis.
ter never sees them .ron the dav he
enters upon o.icc to the day lc goes
ouS o; IT,
Oh Saturday morning The Clerk
:" tae Counci! collected all
the seals from the differ.
ent Offices, and then took them down
:" Vim i-pr Castle. The out soin,
Ministers Ven" down !ptey IN the day.
aU'. - sal, we're sortri oHt. Each
Minister ;A"n too: hi. sea-, mul sur.
-" 'cro.; t into i.n aau!- Of the
Rl""H. wh" laced /: on n table be.
81" IA :. An hour Or twp .;t,: the
new Minister'S arriv 4. tvn s',,t.n.
Ench lH'ar!. Nnr!: br.,rr +: Iair,iv,
aAd r""".y,.. IL n the apy,rr.-.r., hrui
tn" seat previously ,Urr,n ',r,., by
the or '..,: Ministers. ,iu.;l,,er
BHl"vt.
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looked SO quaint III her saucy jacket
and baSSy trousers, her neatlygai
cred feet were so pert aud independent,
that Milo looked and looked again,
and then he gave great whoop, and
took after the dying wheel like a
streak of liShtninI.
His confidence stood him in stead
of skill. He went spinning alouy ii
fine style until he reached parallel
with the girl III boomers, then he
leanel over TO SPEAK to hex, toopIei, |,
and fell in u heap, but not before he
had Gaspel "Nellie!"
That young ialy skilltuliy c,ulel
the wreck, madea fancy run anI tuyu,
and as Milo gathered himself up, said
pleasantly:
"Why, Mr.. Warren, didn't know
that you rode a wheel"
81 don't" said the young man rue.
fully, feeling OF his elbow to determ.
inc whether it was d;slocated or
merely abraded, but YOU, Miss Mel
lie, are quite an expert"
Miss Nellie murmured something
about the wheel beng 4 present ron
her brother, AMI that she hal not
Gaze" 10 r'>'e' "'.' ,''I jass 10 p.ease
MN.
D"' Yon ought 10 see my little
brother ri'e, Sh" sad, with cnthusi-
@!N' Ho 'l"eS tNS wAe"t Wien am
H"0 using H. ana Il" makes 1t spin.
WY he rides STANDING mp, au" I'm so
aIr"!I something WI! happen to him.
di'o Vas walking alonT, leading his
wheel rs l, lie pr''efred thht way,
"n" -H!"' .he'tiS gave A'n seVerai eX-
h'"''iohS OF h@r SKILL ana each moment
o'''e stronger hnd more .nsting I'M
'~'' l.
o'' N'''' ''',. Z ,',l'cH ~ III
=" '''''' 4'''-e'
"'''.'' ''' 's''''t
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A BICYCLE CHASE.
BY MRS. NJ. l.. RAYNE.

Lo WARREN
was making n
call on a girl to
whom he was
fondly attached,
although ne had
never told he,
so. But this was
n case where 40.
tions speak ioud'
er than words,
and-leave a C,ri
alone for Sudinc
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alone for .iudins
out if young man reg: ri hex
with fnvor. Every r,rI is c!,rrvov.
ant where affairs OF the heart nre co;I-
ccrncd
They were talking about their
birthdays, and the pleasant custom Of
giving presents ut such time.
Let me sec" said Milo. thourht.
fully, "did YOU say vour bir:l,Jav
came in September. Miss Nelli.?"
~ lid not saw" remarked Mis-, Mel.
lie. iemurriv.
Then It was December. wa.a', t?
Some lucky fellow will be piyiu.r Won
diamond, perhaps.
cor souvenir spoon" Ian u!hel
Nellie 'vou know they made ;ewel-
spoons for birthday gifts. but all tho
girls changed their birth, laws t. De-
cember. and the young men could not
stand the expense, and then they sent
n petition to the manufacturers o.,
ing them to discontinue the custom
so no more Spoons are in the mar.
ket."
I-I-I-renllv wish Won vorll
tell mo whom vorr ,o+ol 1a,. u;,,
I might Mt Ia,st send vou , Lr,.L -,
roses. in remembrance, of all th. +ha
happy DAYS we have snent together