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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-25
TWO DOG STORIES.
As Showing Their Intelligence as
Well ms Their Kindness.

From the London Spectator.
May I add my testimony to the intelli-
gence of dogs in the matter of understand
ing what is said in their hearing? Several
years ago 1 had a beloved mongrel fox
terrier named joe We were staying some
months at Penzance, and the dog went
everywhere with us and knew the place
well. One day We were, as usual in the
afternoon, on the club tennis ground, when
the secretary came up and warned me that
on the following day, as there was to be a
tournament, no dogs would be admitted to
the inclosur,. 1 promised to shut Joe up at
home. That evening missed the dog,
and in the morning also he was not to be
seen. When We went to look a. the
tournament in the afternoon. We found Joe
waiting for us; the ground man told us
that the dog had been there all night and
would not allow himself to be caught. He
had never slept out before, and he certain
ly must have understood what was said
We often used to say, I'VE will drive to
such a place today, but Joe must stay at
home" and almost invariably, in whatever
direction it might be, before We had driven
a mile We found Joe waiting for us by the
roadside. He always grirned when. We came
up with him.
Thirty years ago / was living in st.
Georges Square, Pimlico. and near me-in
Denbigh street, at a distance of about ten
minutes WATERSHED a well-known Jour-
nalist, Percy Gregg. He had little black
and-tan dog, for which L found a home
when his master was about to leave Lon
don. 1t was reported to me that Jimmie
always left my house after breakfast. At
first alarm was felt that he would stray;
but as he invariably returned after an
hours stroll, j took him to Ice one of those
''vagrom' animals who cannot live without
a prowl in the streets, and l felt no anxi-
ETY.. But 1 ascertained that whenever he
went away, he carried off a bone or some
thing edible with him. l watched him one
OF two mornings, and saw him squeeze
through the area ratings, on each oc-
casion carrying a big bone. which
he had great difficulty in steering
through the iron bars. Being curious about
the destination of the food, L made up my
mind to follow him. 1 tracked him to an
empty house, next to that In which his
former owrer had lived. In cellar in the
area there lived half-starved, ownerless
terrier, who, / suppose, had once been a
friend of Jimmie's, and whom my dog in
his days of prosperity never forgot. Regu-
larly the good little fellow trotted off to
the empty cellar, and divided his mornings
meal with his poor friend. The story is
told of the great Napoleon riding over one
Of his battlefelds-I don't know whether il
was Wagram or Austerlitz-and pointing to
a faithful dog watching the body of his dead
master, with the words, That dog teaches
us all lesson Of humanity" So did JIM
mie.
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Know Their business.
From Harper's Bazaar.

FrOm HARPER 8 Blzar.
isn't it pity that foreign noblemen are
| not brought up to some profession or bust
ness?"
They are the best business men in the
world. Dill you ever hear of any other
men who could make fortune in one sea-
son the way they do?'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-25
A Great Weight OF His Mind,

From the Chicago Tribune.
Il presume, Mr.. Harkus," said young Sor-
reltop, who had lately married into the
family, Ethel will take her piano with her
when We go to keeping house?"
Indeed she will not" answered his faith
er-in-law. That piano belongs to her
mother"
Thank you, Mr.. Harkusi Thank your
exclaimed the young man, grasping him
fervently by the hand; and the light of a
great joy -shone in his eyes.
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Written for The Evening Star.
Resignation.

The sun Of all my hopes went down
And naught remained but darkest night.
Then, one by one, Faith's stars came out
FANNIE II. ANDERSON
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-25
A Brief Experience in a Railroad
Depot Bureau of Information
HUMAN NATURE CAN Be STUDIED
Questions Of Every Description
Asked and Frequently Answered.
SOME QUEER INCIDENTS
~ FF IN THE SOUTH
II west corner Of the

west corner OF the
waiting room of the
9th street depot is a
little Office or box
that contains a man
who Knows 1t ALL"
or is supposed to. A
small, plainly painted
sign over the opening,
which allows free
conversation with the
man within, reads,
Bureau Of Informa-
tion," but from the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-25

A. good as Gold-Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-25

uOTS6 was III Dl1lIl MISTRESS, out BaQor was
nearly done.
'Take the paper, ADAM" he said: my
roam won't go much farther. Goodbye,
youngster. Away you go!' and drew now
quickly ahead.
Still Bader rode on behind me. In few
minutes he was considerably behind Per-
haps the sense of being alone increased my
feeling of weakness. Was 1 going to reel
out of the saddle? Had I lost SO much
b:cod as that? Still I could hear Bader
riding on. I turned to look at him. Al
ready he was scarcely visible. Soon he
dropped out of sight, but still heard the
laborious pounding of his desperate horse
My bay was gasping horribly. How far
was that family yellow sky ahead? It
might be two it might be five miles, Were
Union or southern soldiers beneath it?
Gould it be conceived that no troops of the
eremy were between me and it?
Never mind; my, orders were clear. I
rode straight OH and I was still riding
straight on. mshkins no Increase in the
distress dist Of my hehn he stopped
rise, rolled to hif side, groaned, and lay.
was so weak1I could not clear myself.
l remember my 5lghsi spur catching in my
Not yet senseless. Ielutched at my breast
for the dispatch, meaning to tear it to
pieces; but there my brain failed, and in
full view of the go$1 of the night I lay
s1 Wh n. came Sess on my left elbow
crowfoot's gra sIshere was crowfoo.,s
gray? 1t flashed IN ne that I might mount
the fresh horsefn and ride on. But where
AS II I pe s rbund551 heard family the
way? No; family and more family 1 heard
Had the gray gone on then. with,ut the
dispatch? I clutched at my breast. My
coat was unbuttoned-the paper was gone!
Well, sir, cheered. My God! but 1t was
comforting to hear those PARKWAY hoofs,
and know that Bader must have come up.
taken the papers, and mounted Crowfoot's
gray. still good for a ten.mile ride! The
all fallen In vain; maybe the brigades
would bs saved! y
How purely the stars shone. When I
stif1ed my groaning they seemed to tell me
Of q great peace to- come. How still was
the night! and I thought of the silence
Of the rlultitudes who had died for the
Union.
Now the galloping had quite died away.
There was not sound; slight breeze
blew, but there were no leaves to rustic
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Every year we have brought to our a.
tention by the enterprising management
of the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. that
this system is the one that takes the trav.
eler to the Yellowstone park.
1t is well we are reminded OF this, for IN
our eager pursuit of wealth and pleasure
we lose sight of this wonderful region, and
of which we have such limited knowledge.
Great wisdom was shown by the govern
ment in securing this park for all time to
come for future generations, and the time
will come when not to have visited this
famed region before going abroad will be q
reproach.
Only think of lake at 5000 feet eleva-
ton, and miles across, skirted with noun
tains, with a steamer to take the sight
seeker around.
The Yellowstone park Is rightly named
"The Wonderland" and it must be seen to
form any adequate idea of its beauty and
grandeur.
In seeking for pleasure trip, here at our
door is one that should be Investigated, and
every American citizen should have enough
national pride to know all about the Vel.
lowstone park.
By addressing the general passenger
agent of the Northern Pacific railroad,
Chas. S. Fee, st. Paul, Mimi, and inclosing
ten cents in stamps, you can secure that
beautiful lsouvenir book entitled Wonder
land, 49,"
This book will give you all desired infor'
nation, and contains maps and engravlngs
of the highest order.
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PUNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

-Miss Flora in pair OF stupendous
sleeves)-"How do look, Ned9" Ned
(rapturously)-"You're simply unap-
proachable. Boston Transcript.
Thomas told the mass meeting
that he was a self-made man." "Very
noble of him to take the whole blame
upon himself, wasn't it?" - st. Louis
Mirror.
No NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
make fuss, now!" Householder
Help yourself! Haven't you heard OF
the new idea of insurance against bur-
glary? I'm insured. Brooklyn Life.
-Spratts-"Miss Elder is much older
than 1 thought" Hunker-'Impossi-
ble." Spratts-"Well, / asked her if
she had ever read Esop's Fables, and she
said she read them when they first came
out."-Tit-Bits.
Hungry Higgins-"I don't believe
couldwal mile day without drink,
could your" Weary Watkins-'No, ]
couldn't walk a mile without drink,
though 1 could walk ten miles to get
one. Queer, amt it?" - indianapolis
Journal.
IF you're good boy" the parent
began. But the young man inter-
rupted: Excuse me, but know what
you are going to say. l have new
proposition to offer. If you are real
kind to me, I'll let you take me to the
circus instead of Uncle Richard, or
Aunt Jane, or the gentleman who lives
next door. "-Washington Star.
Wise Mani don't see how you
got your daughter to give up boomers.
81 told her they were not becoming"
sand did she believe it?'' mot when ]
told her, but afterward got her dearest
girl friend to tell her that she looked too
lovely for anything in them" Sand
then?" "Why, then she naturally be-
lieved Chicago Evening Post.
-"You may now bring up the cap
tive" said the cannibal chief. "Sire," an
swered the minion, she seems to be COM
pletely used up this morning" "Well, if
he is" said the savage potentate, with
irritation, "some one else has been to
the pantry. remember distinctly that
there were at least three ribs over from
last night" He angrily called for {
yam.-N. Y. Tribune.
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with his upland cotton soils. 1t Is too
directly in the line of what we have
been insisting for years, that the true
way to increase our sale crop isto feed
literally with potash and acid phos-
phate the clover.and peas that are go.
ing to feed the soil and feed
cattle too OF course the rota-
ton might be extended to
take in the corn and winter oat crops,
but if the prime object is to grow cot
ton and grow it cheaply the two-year
plan proposed will be found as effect
i've as any. The feeding of the clover
and pea vine hay to stock will furnish
source of profit and give manure for
cotton seed to the oil mill and buy an
equal value of potash and acid phos-
phate. The clover and peas will take
care of the nitrogen.
w. T. MASSEY.
North Carolina Agricultural Expert
ment Station, Raleigh, N. G
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HERE AND THERE.

Success with poultry depends al
most entirely on cleanliness. See that
the house and yard-if the fowls are
kept absolutely clean.
kerosene emulsion applied in June
is an effective remedy against the
oyster-shell bark scale if properly ap.
piled SO as to reach the insects and
their eggs.
When feeding the soft food, i.
should never be fed on the ground, as
it sours and wastes in the dirt. The
food should be given clean and In .
trough.
The average farm horse actually
suffers every day during the summer
for the want of water. From sun-up
till noon is too long for hard-worked
horse to 60 without drink.
1t is asserted by number Of
prominent horticulturists that aspara-
gus does not require salt for its
growth and that it really does no
good or harm except, perhaps TO keep
down weeds.
Don't forget that chickens need
air. Open the windows of the hem
house wide aud let in the pure air.
Put up Stats, or better yet, heavy wire
netting, to keep out intruders-
American farmers as whole are
the most illogical people now in bust.
ness. Let crop be short and conse.
quently high prices prevail, and the
next year the markets will be glutted
with that product and prices will be
ruinously low. And thus see-saw be-
tween short crops and high prices, and
lona crons and hardly ANY Inrice
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TO MEND KITCHEN UTENSILS
Few Useful Hints to Amateurs In
Tinkering.

1t sometimes happens that granite
saucepan or chatting dish gets fall,
and in this fall bit of the granite
enamel is loosened and finally peels off
The dish is of little value, for hole will
soon ensue. Granite is supposed to Dc
unmendable, but we have proved that il
can be mended. If the granite is not
weakened all around the hole copper
rivet, such as are used by harness
makers, may be used 10 fill up the break.
There are different sizes of the rivets-
they come with a small head, something
like carpet tacks. The rivet proper is
slipped through the hole in the granite
and then over the end that passes
through is slipped copper washer
(which comes with the rivet), then with
a few taps of tack hammer the rivet Is
fattened down on the washer. This
cffectually mends the break in the gran
tie and makes it practically as good as
new.
If only a very small hole is found .
bit of copper wire is used to mend it.
The wire is slipped through the hole,
after being cut the right length. ami
then with a tack hammer it is fiat'
tened on both sides of the granite YES
sci which is being operated upon.
The process is so simple that even 3
woman who is doing slight houselSeep
ing" need not fear to undertake it, pro.
viding she can strike a straight blow
with hammer, which women are not
supposed to be capable of doing
Though it may be among the new WON
en- there may be found few who car
do this. The only thing to be avoided
is striking promiscuously upon the
granite surface. and so scaling more Of
the enamel off. The mending is almost
as simple as the old method of putting
a rag into hole to mend it.
1t once happened that a high wine
played havoc with a paper tub, and
after rolling it around promiscuously
it threw it against a stone and virtual,
wrecked it forever. 1t also happened
that the tub belonged to a woman wh'
'ssd some original ideas, and sh'
straightway went to work to demon
strate that although ventilated it wa
not wholly beyond repair.
She secured some putty and pu
il over the hole and smoothed it dow,
carefully until it was about the SAM
thickness of the paper mache itself
IF which the tub was made. In case o
an article needed for such use it nigh
be well TO paint it all over and thel
it might be decorated if desired. hav
seen this paperware decorated with mas
turtiums, and it really looked pretty
An occasional coat of paint would do
good deal toward making such utensil
lasting. Leader.
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ADentist.s Experience.

"Talk OF presence of mind" sale
Fogg, Ibid ever tell you OF Pullyhard
the dentist? No? Well, he was down
In Florida, and, falling into the river
one of the biggest alligators you evei
saw made for him. In an instant poor
Pullyhard was in the reptiles jaws
and in another moment the life would
have been crushed out of him. But
when Pullyhard saw the creatures teetl
he pulled out probe he always carries
with him, and, pressing it into tn,
gators gums, he asked: do you fee
thatr OF course the reptile screamed
with pain, and of course ne spat Pully
hard out as quick as he would hot pc
tato.'
"Yes,- said Bass, after Illuminating
upon the story, ''but l shouldn't cal
that presence of mind, but a slavisl
devotion to ones profession"
That's what 1 always contended.'
replied Fogg. ''but Pul,yhard woul'
have it that it was presence of mind.
Boston Transcript.
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From the Formers Votce, Chicago, III.

From the Farmers Votce, Chicago, III.
Edison A. Wood, who now lives at 900
Washington Boulevard, Chicago, H., was
born on farm in Wyoming County, n. Y,
50years ago. As young man he suffered
two sun strokes in the fields. When the war
broke out, he joined the 57th Illinois Volun-
teers, with which he served two years when
sickness forced his discharge. The effects
OF the sun strokes and his army life under
mined his health and he soon found his
brain, heart and kidneys were affected. For
eight years he was with the West Chicago
Street Car Company, but was forced to seek
lighter work, as the exposure increased his
bronchial and asthmatic troubles. He then
engaged with the Pan Handle Railroad
Company. For six years he served them in
different capacities. His constitution gradu-
ally but surely breaking down, strange
dizzy spells becoming more frequent, he
Pills. He said to a reporter:
ut was some time about year ago when
was very poorly, that my head was giving
me a great deal Of trouble, dizzy spells,
aches and queer feelings, and then also
had a strange feeling of uncertainty in the
use of my lower limbs when walking.
"Physicians examined my condition close
" and were of the opinion that had all the
first symptoms OF locomotor ataxia, and
believe they were right, also last summer
had very hard Tune with an attack OF tom
silitis and neuralgia from which did not
recover for some time. 1t was then that ]
commenced to take these Pink Pills, and
had only taken few boxes when discov-
cred a remarkable change for the better in
every way. The pills seemed to relieve me
of aches and pains, the symptoms OF locomo-
tor ataxia have left me entirely, and they
have made me strong and feel like myself.
~ am going to continue with the use Of
the pills for the reason that having relieved
me of the ailments thought had come to
stay, having been caused thirty years ago
from hardships In the army, l am practical
~ rid of them and will lose no efforts when
Ihave the remedy at hand to keep them rid.
/ am only too glad to tell all my friends
what experience ] have had with DR..
Williams Pink Pills, and when they see the
good physical condition / am In now, al.
though near sixty years of age, they will
come to the same conclusion as myself.
''The above is a correct statement OF facts
concerning myself.
tSigned) EDISON A. WOOD"
Subscribed and sworn TO before me this
t9nd day of January, 1895.
ROBERT ANsLEY, Notary Public.
Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be
sent post paid on receipt of price, 80 cents
| a box or six boxes for $3.50 by addressing
DIR. Williams Med. Co., Schenectady, N. Y
WHAT succeeds we keep, and it become:
the habit of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Parker.
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HOG FEEDING.

some Results Attained at the Utah Expo
riment Station.
Results of experiments in hog feed
ing at the Utah station, extending
over two years, justify the following
conclusions:
/. Pigs allowed to run at large over
IS acres of good pasture, and fed full
ration of grain, made the most rapid
growth and required the least grain
for one pound of gain.
. 2. Pigs confined in movable pens in
the pasture grew more slowly than
those running loose and required an
increase of 20 per cent. of grain to
make one pound of growth.
8, Pigs at pasture, fed under three
different conditions, gained e2.5 per
cent. more and ate but 2 per cent.
more than the pigs getting grass and
similarly fed but confined in pens.
The grain was increased 40 per cent.
with those in pens over those at pas
ture.
4. Pigs fed but part rations of grain
at pasture made satisfactory rgains,
those at pasture getting three-fourths
grain ration gained more than those
fed a full grain ration and grass,
either in the yards or in the pens.
S. Pigs pastured without grain made
about the same growth for three sea-
sons in succession, thus averaging SO
of a pound per day.
6. As nearly as can be judged, exer-
else alone increased the gain % per
cent. and the amount eaten but LIS
per cent, but decreased the amount
required for one pound of gain % per
cent.
Z. Grass when cut and fed green to
pigs, whether fed in pens or yards, OF
with full or part grain ration, or
without grain proved TO be of very
| little value.
s. Pigs confined in pens and fed on
grass alone. mostly lucerene, for
ninety-one days, lost over quarter OF
pound per day.
o. The average of the pigs fed on
grass gained a little more than those
without the grass, but not enough to
pay for the extra feed in the grass.
10. With the pigs confined in the
hog house pens, the grass proved ben.
eficial, while with those In the yard it
proved detrimental, the latter requir.
ing more grain to make pound OF
pork with the grass than without it.
H. Pasturing either with full OF
with part grain rations appeared to
be by far the cheapest and best way
of making pork.
Note.-The grass is mixture OF
eight varieties, in which alfalfa con-
stitutes at least ne-half.-Southern
Cultivator.
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Mildew on Grapes.

Some seasons grapes are seriously
affected by mildew. The vines may
suffer severely one season and be en-
tirely exempt the next, owing to q
difference in the weather. 1t has been
ascertained that mildew of the most
severe form and frequent occurrence
on native grapes is caused by an ex-
cess of moisture on the foliage, chiefly
because of heavy, continual dew. Lo-
calities where heavy dews are of less
frequent occurrence are most favora-
BILE for successful grape culture.
It has been found by experiments
that plants protected by suitable
covering which will arrest the upward
radiation of heat and prevent dew on
their foliage, will be exempt from mil
dew, although surrounded on all sides
by widowed vines. The relation OF
rot to mildew has not been definitely
ascertained, but it has been observed
that fruit on vines where the tire lliscs
are covered to prevent mildew are less
affected by rot than those less pro-
tected. Some varieties of grapes are
much more liable to mildew than 9TH
ers, and should be avoided.
Home Journal
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punishment.

We must reap as we sow. If we vio-
late natural law we must suffer. II we
violate Gods law we will be punished.
He is God of justice. As such He
must punish the guilty.-Rev. DIR.
Bachman, Presbyterian, Utica, N. Y.
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ARMY HARDSHIPS.
No One But a Veteran Can Re-
alize the Sufferings from
Army Life.

n Often Makes Our Able-Bodied Men
Helpless 1nvalids-The Story of Ono
Who Suffered for Twenty Years,
Due to Hardships When In the
Service of His Country.
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II Remote from Medical Help,

Doubly essential Is 1t that you should Be
provided with some reliable family medi-
cine. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the
best Of its class, remedying thoroughly as 1t
does such common ailments as indigestion,
constipation and biliousness, and affording
safe and speedy help In malarial cases,
rheumatism and Inactivity Of the kidneys.
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Gods Work.

The ministry should choose the min
ister One should not enter the min
istry unless, before God, he feels that
he can do nothing else.-Rev. w. h.
GeistMeit, Baptist, Galesburg, III.
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Science of Beauty.

what! Do you practice physics ant
chemistry here at homer
"NonsCnse. That is my wife's tolls
salle,"-Flieeende Blaetter.
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CHARITY ever finds in the act reward, anA
needs no trumpet In the receiver.-Beau'
mont and Fletcher.
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FITS stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use OF DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Res orer. Free 50 trial bottle
& treatise. DR.. KLINE, 933 Arch st. Phila Pa.