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Care Of Driving Horses.

A livery man who has been in the
business many years, has this advice to
give people who have only one horse
''The man who keeps horse for his
own use occasionally, and for the use
Of his family whenever they feel like
driving, must remember that such an
animal is more liable to catch cold
than one which works steadily. When
ever the horse is driven any, distance
at this season of the year he should be
carefully and quickly blsnketed.
"a friend of mine who had little
horse, for which he paid $125, took q
spin through the Park the other day,
and on the way home stopped at a
drug store on Madison avenue. As
he intended to remain in the store
only q few minutes he did not take
the trouble to throw the blanket over
the horse. The little fellow, stood
with his breast to the bleak north
wind for FIVE minutes. The following
morning the stableman found him
propped as II he were on stills. He
wac so badly foundered that he was
of no further use. II that horse had
been covered. he would not have been
ruined. Never permit an uncovered
horse to stand with his breast to the
wind. Better let the wind strike him
broad side. New York Mail and Elk.
press.. 20. ".
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THE TEMPERANCE CALL.

The call just sent out from the fnterna-
tional offices Of the World Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union to the 10 900 local
unions In the United Statesis as follows: Z,
My Comrades: The cup OF wrath Is fnlL
In these two terrible years when the nnassa-
Gre Of the innocent has gone on under the
eyes OF our palaiyzed rulers IN Christian
lands, We have thought that man alone could
help. But It Is women who are dying two
deaths in the bloody East, and we, their
sisters. cannot longer wait. You have nobly
responded to my earlier appeal, and In the
name Of Christ and humanity, Of the home
against the harem, I earnestly and tenderiy
cnll upon you to organize meetings In every
locality, urging our Government 10 cooper
ate with England In putting stop to tho
massaores and giving protection henceforth
to Armenian homes. Let these meetings be-
addressed by the pastors, the business men
and the most capable women. stmoney be
raised by systematic visitation as we'll as by
collection, and forwarded to our National
Treasurer, Mrs. Helen n. Barker, the Wo-
mems Temple. Chicago. And may God deal
with Us at last as We deal With our Armenian
brothers and sisters and their little ones in
this hour OF overwhelming calamity.
PRINCES e. WILLARD. \
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Negus with the theft. Negus was
called up. He confessed, and stated
that he had stolen $40, 800 worth OF
gold dust. As you may gee from the
letters here in the records of the de.
partment, the treasury officials be-
lieved his confession, but they did not
think he should be arrested, as he had
made restitution. He was allowed to
90 free. Within few weeks he sailed
for Europe. and that was the last that
was ever heard Of him. There was no
cable in those days, and the probabil'
ity is that he carried a goodly amount
of gold away with him. The robbery
was not from the treasury, but from
the banks who sent in the gold, and
there was no way OF telling just how
much he stole.
''It was in this way that henry 3.
Cochran became weigh clerk OF the
mint" Director Preston went on.
"He took the place of thief, and
there is no telling how soon he became
a thief himself. He told me that he
did not steal anything from the mint
until after the deposit of that SIG, oOO,-
900 in gold bars; but his connection
with the mint lasted for more than
forty years and his position was the
same as that Of Negus. During his
whole term of employment he had the
confidence of every one. l have q
letter here, signed by Daniel Stur-
geon, who was treasurer of the United
States when he was appointed. 1t is
he who advises the appointment, and
he describes Henry s. Cochran as
honest, able and courteous. Cochran
seemed to be crazy for gold. He fell
in love with the precious metal, and
when We found that he had robbed the
mint OF $113, 900 he hated to give up
his stealings and he complained
bitterly when the money found in his
house was taken away. When he was
appointed weigh clerk he was about
twenty-three years old. When his
robber; was discovered he was sixty
three. He was then deacon in the
Presbyterian Church, and was organ
izing campaign for the Salvation
Army in the neighborhood in which
he lived. He had been married and
divorced. He had grown-up daugh-
ter. He appeared to be eminently
respectable in every way and still he
had been stealing for years."
Glow did you come to suspect him
of the robbery?" I asked.
's1t was through his own actions, "
replied the director of the mint. "He
had, Eyou know, the charge of the
vaults which contained the gold bull
ion. Much of this bullion had been
untouched for years. In the vault
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velvet.edged ribbon and brown ostrich

velvet.edged ribbon and brown ostrich
plumes.
The coat fronts are loose, fitting,
closing in double.breasted fashion by
three fanciful tabs at the top ON the
left side. The graceful and perfectly.
fitting back is shaped by seams that
extend to the shonlder, which are con-
cealed by strars of cloth applied III
tailor fashion. The center-back seam
is omittedl(the newest wrinkle, by the
wsy). Below the waist line the back
is laid in deep box plaits.
An attractive feature is the stylish
collar, cut in deep slashas and out.
lined on it's free edges with braid. 1t
is so arranged upon deep band as to
provide the fashionable flare.
The one.seam gigot sleeves are OF
moderate but fashionable fuIness,
and are completed at the wrists by
faring cuffs of velvet to match the
collar. Prettily shaped pocket laps
cover inserted pockets.
Melton, covert, whipcord and all
regulation plain or mixed cloakings
may be employed in making this
stylish coat with decorations OF fur,
Astrskhan, braid, or plainly finished
by machine stitching.
10 make this jacket in the Medium
size it will require two and three
tourths yards OF 6fty-four-inch wide
material.
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and placed. His left fore leg is also
just as perfect as any calf's, but 1t il
almost in the middle Of his body. All
the ribs are naturally formed, reaching
all the way to the neck. There is not
even the trace of shoulder blade on
the right side. "..-.
The calf weighs $50 pounds, and
can run and play as lively as any calf
with full set Of legs. Store piles and
bitches are not obstacles to him-he
frisks over them, tail high in the air,
using his fore leg on the principle Of
jumping pole. He has been much
pstted, and follows the members Ut the
McDaniels family about like dog.
At the tender age OF four weeks Ben
left his mother and went with his mas
ter on jaunt about the surrounding
country, attracting considerable at
tention and earning considerably more
than his living expenses, thanks to the
willingness Of Americans to pay to see
freaks. He has not missed q meal in
his life, and is unusually strong and
healthy. New York Journal.
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AGAINST CLUB DRINKING.

One Of the perlls Of young men, especially
at the present time, Is club drinking. Many
young men who would be ashamed to be
seen drinking In the ordinary saloon are
tempted to this indulgence In the more se-
lect and aesthetic environment OF the club.
An old New York club man is quoted as say
ing: &-@tG i
"fhe barroom makes,d ,drunkards. wish
could say that the purpose OF the club was to
make men sober, but as cannot do 80 with
truth, I might as well confess, among other
things, that the tendency Of the modern club
Is to intensity the drink habit tili 1T degen-
crates, particularly with young men. into
the disease Of inebriety. Iknow Of scores OF
promising lives-and so does every club man
Of experlence-that have been wrecked by
the opportunities for conviviality afforded
by clubs. II the stewards Of the leading
clubs in any Of our cities would confess to
the number OF members they know to be
habitual drinkers, or rather habitual drunk
ards, the report would startle the uninitiated."
Friends Of temperance. while laborlng for
the legal suppression Of the saloon, should
also exert all possible moral power for the
restraint and abolition Of club drinking.
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Food Of M0les,

Little is known OF the habits ana
food of our native moles. Professor
81. Carmen has examined the stomachs
Of fourteen moles in Kentucky, where
it sometimes becomes troublesome in
gardens and lawns by loosening the
soil about newly set plants or marring
the appearance OF the swsrd. While
strongly accused Of eating seed corn
after planting, it appears that the
bulk Of it's food consists, of earthworms
and insects, especially the former. It
is especially fond of the May beetle.
the parent Of the white grub, so de.
struotive at times to lawns, and ap.
pears not to eat corn or vegetables OF
any sort.-New York Independent.
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stole bars TO the value of $113, 900
from the gold vault, stealing it bar by
bar from q stack of sixteen million
dollars worth of gold bullion, which
was there stored away. Mr.. Preston
was one of the officials who superin-
tended the putting away of that bull
lion, and he was acting director of the
mint at the time that Cochran's theft
was discovered. The fret steal in the
Philadelphia mint occurred forty three
years ago, just before Mr.. Preston en-
tered the Government service, and,
curiously enough, this theft WAS de-
tected by Cochran, who was an under
clerk of the robber, and who by ex-
posing his superior got the place of
weigh clerk, which he held for forty
years, and in which he was at the time
his own great robbery occurred. Dur.
ing the investigation at Philadelphia
the thief, Cochran, told Mr.. Preston
the story, and MIR. Preston repeated it
to me to-day.
est was away back in 1853, said the
director of the mint, "when a vast
amount of gold was coming from Cali
fornia that the first big robbery oc-
CURED. The culprit was James E.
Negus, and he was the weigh clerk OF
the mint. There was at this time no
assay Office at New York, and all Of the
gold dust and nuggets we're sent BY
the banks OF the different cities to
Philadelphia to be reduced to bullion.
Negus had the handling of this treas
ure, and he for long time carried on
. systematic stealing from the differ
ent deposits sent in. It was his bust
ness to take charge of them, weigh
them and put them into the vault until
they could be melted. By taking
nugget or q pinch OF dust from each
deposit he was able to steal thousands
of dollars, and he probably carried On
bis stealings during the whole OF the
four years that he was in the employ
Of the mint. Cochran was at this time
. boy working IN the mint He scted
as Negus's assistant. He was led to
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from which the robbery was made
there we're SIG, 100000 worth of gold
bars. This vault had not been opened
for six years. The gold had been
brought from the assay Office in New
York in 1891 and stored away in 1887.
l aided in putting it in. The gold
bars were piled up crosswise like rail
road ties, and they were arranged, as
usual, in a series of melts. When we
put the gold in the vaults We put each
melt by itself. Each gold brick has its
number, and it is marked as to the
melt to which it belongs, so we can
tell just exactly how many pieces of
gold there are in vault, just where
each piece is and just what it weighs.
This bullion was weighed twice before
it wss put in. There were about
twenty-five tons Of it. superintend.
ed the weighing. I helped to seal the
doors of the vault when we were
through and saw that everything was
secured. From time to time the vault
was inspected, but the seals were in
tact, and no one had any idea but that
the gold was all there. About two
years ago Secretary Carlisle gave
orders that this bullion be coined.
The vault was opened and more than
400 pounds of gold were missing We
had little trouble in detecting the
thief. Cochran had been much excited
when I told him of the intention to
coin the bullion.
Gle objected, and said the gold was
so nicely piled up, and was such a beau
iiful sight to show to visitors, that the
Government had better bring some of
it's bullion from New York and coin it.
I laughed at this, the Cochran then
insinuated that the gold might not be
all there. When he found that we
really intended to coin the gold, he
came over to Washington to see me.
thinking there might be yet chance
to stop it. He called at my house here
at II O'Clock one night, and asked if it
was really true that the Government
was going to take the gold out of that
vault replied, Yes He then said:
Well. you won't find all the gold
there. Some OF it is missing. 1t was
never rightly weighed. and it is not
there 1t was at this time that I be-
gan to suspect him. anI I said to my
self. We'll, if any of that gold is lost,
I think you know where it is. A day
or so after this we opened the vault,
and we found the gold was just $ll3,-
900 short. Still, the seals were in
tact. The steel walls of the vault were
unbroken. and there was no sign as to
where the gold had gone. Cochran
seemed very nervous, and upon finding
that he was suspected, he confessed
he was the thief. He showed how he
had fished the gold out with crooked
wire. He would pull it down from
the pile and drag it to the door q the
vault, and then by slightly pushing
the door at the bottom he was able to
get it out through the crack between
the door and the floor. He had car
ried it off, bar by bar. in his lunch
basket, or in his trousers pocket, and
had taken it to his home in the subur bs
OF Philadelphia.
"What did he do with the gold" !
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which they had not touched on account
of it's beauty. 1t was filled with pansies,
and the ground abort it was covered
with rose bushes and geraniums They
had dug about two feet down into this
bed when they found big earthen
pot which was covered at the top with
melted wax. Breaking this, they dis
covered saucer beneath it, and under
this there were seven cones Of yellow
gold, worth, all told, about $4,000.
They took this to Smith, and he at
once confessed. He had stolen about
$4,000 in less than three years.
he had taken the gold from the
separating tanks by means of
spoon. The bullion YVES
placed in such tanks and
treated with acid and water to remove
the silver. By the action of the acid,
the gold fell to the bottom in the
shape of fire black precipitate, and
the silver solution was washed away.
The tanks were covered and locked at
night. but there was hole in the
oobookA Va VhCul Ill NulCu hOi,o WOO
inserted for the washing of the pre-
cipitate. The watchman unscrewed
the hose, and then, by means of
spoon, ladled out few spooafuls day
and took them home. Each spoonful
was worth about $40, and he laid the
precipitate aside until he could buy
furnace and oruoibles. With these he
turned the black powder into yellow
gold by melting it, and he sold the
product to the bullion dealers of San
francisco.
"What was done with this man?"
asked.
'He was arrested, tried and sent to
prison." replied Mr.. Preston; "but
his fate was rather an exception to
that OF the mint robbers of the past.
Many of them have escaped punish.
ment. I do not believe in this at all.
I think they should be prosecuted and
punished to the full extent..of the law"
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centre back. Belt to match closed
With silver buckle, Five small tucks
are laid at the neck on each side OF
the box-plait in centre front. These
plaits spread gradually, allowing An
easy, graceful fulness over the bust
which is confined again at the waist
line,. and the lower edge is concealed
under. the dress skirt. The full back
is stylishly plated or gathered, as
preferred, and joined to the straight
low edge of yoke lining, the hand.
somely pointed yoke in newest design
being laid fat over the plaits or gathers
and stitched on the curved edge. The
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LADIES' FRENCH MODEL BASQUE.

Striped beige cloth made the exquis.
ite basque that closes in oentre.front
with small buttons and button-holes,
as shown in the second large engrav.
ing. The waist, of becoming length,
is rendered glove.6ttlng by double
bust darts, under.arm and side.back
cores with q curved centre.back. A
smooth standing collar of velvet fits the
neck closely. The one.seamed gigot
sleeve of fashionable fulness is ar.
ranged over coat.shaped Innings and
finished at the wrists with Aaring vel
vet cuffs. When cut with "V" shaped
neck and embellished with trimming,
the waist is suitable to complete q
dinner toilette, while the circular or
square neck will be appropriate for
IN evening bodice.
To make this basque for q lady hav-
ing thirty-six-lnch bust measure, it
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A Rash Admission.

On one occasion a much-respected
but dry old friend Of the family called
on James Harper, and, after q time,
asked him how he and his brothers
distributed the work between them.
"John," Mr.. Harper said, good.
humoredIy, "sttends to the finances; /;
Wesley to the correspondence, Fletch.
Or to the bargaining with authors and
others, and-don't you tell anybody"
be said, drawing his chair still closer
and lowering the tone of his voice
81 entertain the bores. "-Argonaut.
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A DOCTORS TESTIMONY.

Doctor Forel, Of Zurich, teaches that alco-
holtc intoxication, as affecting the nervous
system, Is conspicuous from the first, often
after small doses. The excitement following
the first class is the effect :of a paralyzation
Of the complicated ohscking apparatus
which usually controls instincts, impulses
and thought. Mentally alcohol paTaiyzes, In
the first line, the highest. most complicated
and finest conceptions Of reason2and dictates
of conscience. He states that chronic alcohol
poisoning produces mental paralysis. Psy-
chopaths, or nervous people are extremely
susceptible to the narcotic action OF alcohol
In disease as we'll as In health, even when the
disease Is not Of alcoholic orig Very small
doses Of alcohol Will, In such persons, give
rise to considerable phenomena Of alcoholic
poisoning. He has seen severe delirium
tremens after such comparatively small
quantities as one and one-half to two quarts
: OF cider daily.
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Extlngulshing Burning OIL.

Never throw water on burning oil
it only spreads the fame. Dry sand
will quickly put out the burning fame
by smothering it. II sand is not at
hand in such emergency throw some
heavy woolen substa noe, as q rug. a
carpet or damp towel or sheet, over
it. Excluding the air is the great
secret of extinguishing all ares.
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Bic Yield of an Apple Tree.

Forty.one bushels OF apples were
gathered this season from century
old tree, which is known to have borne
fruit for eighty six years, in the orch
ard of r. H. Williams, of West Cor
inth, vt. The circumference Of the
trunk near the ground is twelve feet
four inches. York Sun.
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stylish bishop sleeves are fashion.
ably wide, gathered at the top and
finished with Wristbands to which the
cuffs are buttoned. The neck is fin.
ished with close fitting collar, to the
upper edge OF which the linen collar
is bottoned with single studs in front,
closing in back on two separate but
tons, which are sewed inside the collar.
These stylish and becoming waists are
pronounced feature of the seasons
modes, made OF cashmere, French fan
mel, crepon, brilliantine, fine plaid
and mixed woolens, as we'll as of silk,
satin, brocade and other fancy silk
textures.
TO make this waist for lady in the
medium size, it will require five yards
of twenty-five inch wide material.
HATS IN CHANaEABLK VELVET.
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sHuN THIS sowing.

AaIt Is quite common to hear men say; Boys
wilrbe boys. They must sow their Wild oats.
That thereAis danger to be dreaded from hay-
ing this old proyerb repeated without protest
Is attested by the many human wrecks that
line the pathway OF, life, says the Church
News ti6l
a man might az reasonably SOW the seed
Of weeds In his field and expect crop OF
corn as for q boy to "sow Wild OATS for ..
dozen or more years and hope some day to
wake mp good, trusted and hoporable man.
Boys should be taught that HfG 9 sin 70
"sow Wild oats. and that for each seed dB6Wnk
fearful account must be rendered, it not,
here, at least hereafter. The soul is ikea
snow-whtte cloth, and Is soiled by sin Just as
cloth Is disfgured by dirt. No sensible man
or boy would throw a fine coat on the
manent injury. Yet thousands "sow wild
oats" without realizing what they are doing.
: Aside from the blemishes which sin tm-
prints upon the soul the boy should consider
his worldly prospects, and remember. that
every grain OF wild oats" he sows detracts
from his character, and tends to lessen his
>chances in the business and professional
world. Itt5
|, A boy without experience may be persuade
ed that 1t Is an easy thing for him to give up
the bad habits he acquires by 'fsowing wild
oats" but the man Of mature years can give
testimony Of the struggle necessary to get
rid OF a single bad habit acquired early In. !.
life, and which has been noursshed for years
Our passions win run away With us unless.
like good horsemen, we hold tight rein on
them. When they have the mastery We be-
come slaves OF the mesnest kind. II men,
would but remember this fact they would
never say single word which mighf be COM
strued into an encouragement to the boy to
"sow wild oats" The'sowing may be pleas
ant, but the reaping will be anything else,
either to the boy or to his parents Boys
should never forget that before they can
"sow Wild oats" they must cease to love
their parents. and thar while they are cast
ing the seed into the ground they are har-
rowing tho hearts OF mothers that bore them
clothe ana educate them. n
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NEWEST MODES m WAISTS.

Peacock blue and green shot silk
made this stylish waist, which is one
of the newest modes. The rolling
collar and cuffs of white linen are ad.
Unstable and can be removed to have
laundered when necessary, or when
made to match the waist they can be
permanently secured. A handsome
stock collar of satin ribbon is tied un.
der the collar in large bow at the
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RUNS WORK IN TWO STATES.

The report OF the Connecticut State Prison
for the year ending September ~ 1888,
cent. confess to the use OF drink as tho
cause Of their crimes, and flfty-three more,
or 19.4 per cent, make the cause to be bad
company, which probably means drink.
Oregon State Penltentiary report for 1896
states that "about eighty per cent. acknOwl-'
edge to have been more or less addicted to
the use OF intoxicants," and that "about
sixty per cent. attribute their downfall to the
use OF intoxicants." The average number OF
conyicts was $50.
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dress, this circular comb Is sur.
mounted by small wreath of roses,
which also holds back the pompadour
roll in front and encircles an airy.
looking structure Of curls and puffs,
the wreath being finished by high
white aigrette on the left side.