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need a well educated, well-bred lady,
He alluded to the gradual growth Of his
business, until the employment of n
stenographer became necessary. He
said:
"Nith ternerity born of ignorance I
advertised. / think every woman out
of job must have been looking for me
because the very morning the ad. ap,
peared, had about 100 extra letters
from ms many women applying for in.
formation as TO the situation and ask
ing for job. Worse than that. though
had expressly requested application
by letter only, Is or 20 called on me a,
the Office before noon. Most of the
applicants who calledwere of the school
age. Young girls with their hair
down their back predominated. They
came from every section of the city and
from every grade of life. They per.
vaded my office. | authorized ms
clerk TO select one, while l fed from
Office TO courtroom. That rascal Sc.
lected the prettiest girl in the lot, and
put her at work. She was a pcrfec.
beauty. l noted her brown ewes.
blonde hair, creamy complexion. neat
dress, and modest manners at glance.
and inwardly commended my clerks
taste. Some of her work Law on nv
desk, and / saw that it was very well
done. l tried her on some dictated
correspondence, and she did IL WELL.
at least well enough for me to conclude
a permanent arrangement. She was
reserved in her manners, and did not
invite condolences. Ny clerk tried in
vain TO scrape up a better acquaintance,
but she politely declined. He soon oh,
served that very respectable-look4
ing young man met Susie every day at
lunch time. Then he discovered that
the same young man got to coming
down to the Office with her, and usually
met her promptly In the afternoon on
Saturday. On my aliuding to this
young man once she blushed furiously.
and, l thought guilty. got some
what concerned about the girl, and
resolved TO notify her mother. Iwrote
her note stating that the young man
was dangerously attentive, and that
/ deemed it my duty TO state the fact,
To this received an indignant reply
that it was none of my business; that
the young man was an excellent young
man. and was to be her daughters hus.
band shortly. Susie didn't come to
work that morning, nor did she ever
come again, not even to ask for the
balance of her weeks salary, which
sent her by mail with my written apol-
ogy and congratulations, and the men,
tai resolution to hereafter attend to
my own business"
''Wel, you have had hard time,"
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lac Lone Star Is wavinx-the flag OF the free;
men strike for Texas. il men yoa would he.
20 oilers are wanted. the thrifty and wise.
10 wealth and high station can equally rise.
Where corn. oats saa cotton. the richest OF
lOam
Which yields to the settlers provisions and
home
Trees OF every description arise on each hand
From alluyial soil 10 the rich table land
Here springs are exhaus,less and streams
never dry.
In the season from winter 20 autumn's bright
sky
A vide panorama OF prairie is seen:
OF grasses OF Gil Kinds perennialiy green
Here millions Of cattle. sheep. horses and goats
Grow fat As II Stall-fed or fattened on cats.
No poverty j. found in the highly domain
To the man who exerts either m or or BRAIN.
Here are homes for the millions. the rich and
the poor.
While Texas opens wide her hospitahle door.
sell
Yet can point without cost to where pre-
emptors can dwell
Her terms viii be easy with those whom she
deals
While security. all. in their title can feel
Buy land while lis cheap and the finest select.
Twill. young man. prove fortune when least
YOU expect.
Old man, for your children buy file il away;
Godsend twill prove some rainy day
For a pamphlet fuIly describing This wonder
ful country address Castor Nesiier General
Passenger and Ticket Agent TcNas and Pacific
Railway. Dallas Texas
Low-rate Home Seekers Excursion Tickets
will be sold to all points in Texas on April .
April q and May 5. Take advantage cs this
great opportunity.
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fear whatever Of wild beasts. had
brought with him only the few bullets
that happened to he in his pouch At
starting, as he did not expect to FIRE
a shot on the journey. except to bring
down, when necessary, a passing deer
or turkey.
Therefore. after the happy mother
I'D sobbed out her JOY on the boys
neck, the first question asked by his
father was:
Have YOU plenty of powder and
lead, Julian?"
i've got nearly goo balls. guess,
and lots of powder to drive Them" re-
piled the youth. "Why. father. we can
hill every one of those ugly brutes."
This did not prove practicable, how
ever; for, after the two marksmeu had
knocked over ten or twelve, the eighty
OF SO that were left seemed to realize
the situation, and scrrried of into the
gloomy recesses of the swamp.
II was nearly dark now. but in less
tl,an ten minutes after the last wolf
had disappeared, Julian, telling a dry
cedar, had a glorious fire burning. b.
which his mother prepared supper.
while the still trembling oxen were
treated TO a feed of corn.
Being absolutely safe now, the re-
united family enjoyed a hearty meal,
after which father aLl son set to WORK
and skinned the dead wolves-21 III
all. A profitable evenings business.
for, although at that early day there
was no state bounty on wolf scalps.
the pelts, at this season in prime condi-
ton, were eagerly bought by the mer-
chant miller at 81 each.
Julian went back t. the farm on tie
morning after the fracas, and his
l.arents proceeded to their destination,
whence, in due time, they safely re-
turned with their grist and a generous
supply of "store goods"
This little story, doubtless true in
every particular, was lately told iue
by Julian Meadows himself, who, now
a grand-looking patriarch of So, still
lives on the old farm, years ago in
creased to a full section of GAO acres,
and at present bounded on its west
side by the Michigan Central railroad.
Here. surrounded by whole colony
Of descendants, the old gentleman is
enjoying that calmly serene happiness
which usually comes TO one who has
spent long and virtdous life in homes:
W orl<.
Among other old time relics, tho
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absence. Julian. trained to fearIessness,
had no misgivings as to their safety;
but when night came. he, somehow
could not sleep. Every time be fell
into doze. frightful visions obtruded
themselves upon his restless mind, and
so impressed him that, when morning
came. he shut cattle, sheep and pigs III
the outbuildings with a supply of food
and water, and started off on the sled
track. taking his rife, hunting-krifs
and all the ammunition i'm the house
along with him. lie quickly for cd that
the travellers progress must necessari-
" have been very SOW. for he saw that
in many places they had been obliged
TO chop their way through fsilcn tree
trunks. Indeed, he had not gone ten
miles from home when he came upon
the still smoldering FIRE by the side OF
which they had passed the first night
and he then felt sure of overtaking
them before they camped down for the
next.
Greatly treasured by finding no wolf.
tracks on the trail, the boy went cheer
fully on, though somewhat troubled by
the thought that his father might iaugh
at him for indulging in fears which,
so far, really did seem utterly ground.
less.
The wayfarers seemed to have got OF,
faster the second day; for, although
walking at his best speed, Julian had
not caught sight of them up to four
o'clock in the afternoon.
Shortly after that hour, however.
when the shades of evening were al
ready beginning to fall. he came to the
edge of an immense drs cedar swamp,
through which the tortuous trail led,
and now he saw occasional footprints of
wolves IN the soft snow. This was no
more tina ne eNpected. for he knew : Ia I
on the approach of cold weather vast
numbers of these creatures seek the
comparative warmth of oil accessible
evergreen swamps.
II here becomes necessary to state a
feet not known 10 every one, namely,
that il is impossible to trap the gray
wolf. This wary animal is so suspicious
of anything that looks like a snare.
that by i>aply laying around it a
strand of wI rope or ,wine hunter
NAV safely leave the carcass of deer
or other game oB the ground all night.
though scores of wolves may be i'm the
vicinity. In places where a convenient
tree could not be found to suspend il
from, ! have often so left the body of a
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NATURAL SOFT SOAP.
IL IL Found In q Series of Pits In the Big
Horn Mountains,

Horn Mountains.
A party of gentlemen from tine
east. who have been hunting and
fishing during the past month
in the Big Horn mountains and
basin, met while there with a per-
tinent Illustration of the natural
marvels of the great central west. says
the Denver News. This was nothing
less than the discovery o: series of
pits or watts of natural soft soap. the cx-
cellent quality of The product showing
that old Dame Nature is well compe-
tent, when in the mood, TO hold up fully
the end of her string as housewife.
These natural soft soap pits. seven
in number. and having an average ca
pacity of about LOCO gallons. are scat
tered over an area of two or three acres
of all<ali land. situated just below the
mouth of half n dozen hot springs ald
two large springs of practically pure
lubricating oil. The water from the
hot springs and the Oil drainage COM
bining with each other and acting on
the alkali deposit, constitute a natural
Roap mandatory, the product of
which is gathered in the adjacent Sc
lies of earth cavities or pits. Just be-
low the pits themselves is a wide tract
of spongiest marsh soil, in whose
depths the soft soap surplus is abb
sorbed. The prodnct is perfectly mar
ketable, and in the coming commercial
development of the Big Horn basin
there will doubtless be natural soft
soap syndicate.
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ventional or flippant way, but just as
j would introduce gentleman to my
sister"
"Flattered, I'm sure" was the rather
cynical rejoin Ter. Does your wife APP
prove of her? Yes? Then she must be
homely."
There's where you mistake. She is
not pretty-she is not homely-she is
not young-she is not old. She Is
simply sweet-faced, bright, well-edu-
Gated, respectable lady, and compe-
tent stenographer and typewriter,
earning her own living and not
ashamed of the fact"
That was all true, as Richard Roe
quickly observed when he was intro.
diced to the modest wage-earner. She
was far from hcmeiy. On the contrary
MS she sat there by the window with the
strong light shimmering through her
golden hair, she looked like crowned
queen. Her nose had tendency to
look skyward, and her eyebrows were
Tather light. She was rather too slen.
der and slight to ordinarily attract at
tention. She was indeed far from be-
ing plump. The tiny toe of tiny shoe
peeped forth from beneath her skirt
md Richard Roe assured himself that
il was no more than No. l covering
OF the most dainty little foot on earth,
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ENGLISH WOMEN IN AFRICA.
The Exploration Fad Seems TO he Spread
Ing Rapiciy.

Srrend.
Ing Rapidly.
Miss Kingsley, the African explorer
1t is said, will be setting out before
many months to explore West Africa.
She is enthusiastic over her travels in
Africa. and boasts. in addition to
climbing the Cameroons, of having led
party through the country of the can
iiibal Fangwes. The picture which she
gives of the Faugwes and their manner
of living shows them to be completely
barbarous tribe, and she also tells of a
race of savage dwarfs who live in the
recesses of these African forests. The
case of the Fangwes-since they have
been pressed down from the center of
the continent-suggests what a world
OF strange things and beings may yet
be hidden away in Darkest Africa :"
Miss Kingsley knew that the surround
ings amid which she found herself here
and there meant danger; but she never
blinked the danger. If asked if she felt
nervous at any time she would saw:
"Oh. dear, no; why should 1? knew
before ] started that was running Ger
tain risks, and | had just made up my
rlind to them"
African expeditions, says the New
York Press. threaten to become fads
for rich women. Two young women
are now travelling up the Buluwayo,
South Africa, by wagon. with all the
comforts of me road, including valet
and attendants. Mail coach travellers
who have passed them report that
they are dressed in the most approved
style; tight-ftting shooting jackets,
short-plaited skirts, top boots. rifles at
back, with cartridge belts. etc.--alto
gether charming outfit
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SAXON DRINKING BOUTS.
rney Grew Out of an Attempt at Tenn
pcrance Reform.

rney Grew Out of AN Attempt at Tenn
pcrance Reform.
The Saxons were mighty eaters and
drinkers. The meadhorn plays great
cart IN the very earliest literature, and
early in the sixth century the temper
ance movement definitely began.
Members of the Church of England
Temperance society will be glad to know
that il began with the church, but that
unfortunately was because the church
required it. st. Gildas the Wise CA. ID.
550), observing with pain that not only
the laity, but also the clergy were scau-
dalously given to habits of intoxica-
ton. issued some rules to his own
monks and ordained that IF anyone,
through drinking too freely. gets thick
of speech so that he cannot join in the
psalnlody, he is to be deprived of his
supper" This docs not err on the side
of severity and the test is charmingly
naive, but at any rate the blame was
laid on the culprit.
ST. David "a. ID. s69) took a more
modern view and published the publ
can in addition, SO to speak. His monks
were also accustomed to 30 about and
get drums in friendly way, so he or
d3ined among other rules that "he that
forces another to get drunk out of hos
pitality, must do penance as if he had
got drunk himself" However, things
seem to have gone on very much the
same until VIC come to King Edar, who,
at the instance of Dunstan, made the
first attempt at sobriety by act of par
liament--if the anachronism may be al
lowed-as near as may be 1000 years
ago. He suppressed a great number of
alehouses, and in order TO lessen the
depth of his subjects rotations, invest.
ed drinking to pegs" which would be
equivalent TO regulating the size of the
tumbler.
People used to drink then out of
wooden pots holding half gallon, and
the king had eight pegs or pins in
serted, dividing the pot into so many
doses of half a pint, like a medicine
bottle. hut. alas for human attempts
10 circunN the demon of drinki
Drinking 10 pegs presently became Il
merry pastime and means of en-
ccuraging intoxication. like "buzzing"
ina the last century; and at 10 distant
date Anselm had to forbid his clergy
expressly to Ego TO bringing bouts and
drink to pegs. "-National Review.
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Polite ReprOof.

A lady once ventured TO publicly re-
prove well-known London society
man for his over fondpess of good liv-
ing. The gentleman made himself
conspicuous by the way he gorged
himself at dinner to which he and
others of the upper ten had been in
vited. To make matters worse he was
sufficiently unwise or ;hougntless
enough to attempt to excuse himself
with the remark that sin eating well
praise the food" thereby using a we'll
known quotation. Ii was an oppor-
tunity not 10 be lost by the somewhat
Disguised and witty lady sitting at his
elbow. Really, sir" she observed,
with a sweet smile. you should not
carry praise to the point of iiattery."-
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
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lie was bowling deferentially as he OBJ
served her lack of beauty and her few
attractions.
Miss Russell looked up at him with
large. deep blue eyes, nodded her lit
tie head, smilingly, acknowledged tn
introduction, and then commenced &c
clatter away on her typewriter as
though il were n very commonplace
matter for her to be introduced TO big
broad-shouldered, handsome bachelor
lawyers with comfortable bank &C,
counts. She paid no more attention &c
him. but he stood watching her work
until Mr.. Doe took him by the arm and
led him into the private Office where
they concluded their cigars.
Somewhat TO the annoyance of John
Doe his friend Roe seemed disinclined
10 talk on any subject other than Miss
Russell. He wanted to know her age
her ancestry, her financial condition
and whom she supported besides her.
self. BY diligent cross-questioning he
learned that she was the orphan daugh-
ter of n man who was once a successful
he died he left debts in excess of his
assets, and il was generally believed
that his partner had robbed him; but.
of course, there was no evidence of the
fact, il il was fact The widow and
only daughter were in possession OF
their home; but without means of live
lihood. Miss Russell's friends secured
her place in the census Office in Wash
ington, and there she worked until the
census Office closed, when she went tn
work for John Doe at ten dollars per
week. That small sum, with the rent
of their Boston home, sufficed 70 sup
port Miss Russell and her mother. That
was the whole story.
Richard Roe was interested. He
wanted just such n girl for himself
He had had considerable experience in
trying typewriter girls, but none of
them suited him. OF course. he
wouldn't take Does girl from him if he
could. but he certainly did want and
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KITTY.
WIS.

NJ Kitty is a charming girl.
Whene'er we go a-walkinc
Though I'm as silent as a churl
SEiil Kitty keeps attacking.
She tales OF this md talks Of that.
Yet no ones name Ger hsrminC.
For innocent is all her chat.
And altogether charming
I've known the maidens gay and fair
OF many a famous city,
But none OF all could Ger compare
With nv own charming Kitty.
Her eyes are bright as stars that light
The ebon shades Of even,
Her voice IL music's oen delight,
Her smile dream Of Heaven.
With blithesome feet she walks the street
While charmed IS every CARER.
She looks so sweet and good and neat
That none can help but praise her.
Bloom fra grant flowers beneath her feet.
Sing merry birds above her
For Kitty Is so good and sweet
All things IN nature love her.
In LIES brief day. say what they may.
To love Is right and duty.
and like 20 Heavens inspiring ray
Is the bright smile Of Beauty.
Come maids are loved because they're fair
or itch, or gay. or witty,
But best I love this maiden rare
Because-hecause she's Kitty.
Chat.
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wau,cd 70 Hear the Same Man.

Little Ellen came hcme from church
one Sunday with her eyes round with
wonder.
Mamma" She said They're going
TO have lame man preach some sun
day. Well all have TO go aud see him.
"a lame man, Elem
"Ycs. a lame man. The minister
said that he didn't like to have the peo-
pie come late to church. If they did
he said he'd come late some Sunday
morning, too, and then the'd have to
have lame man in his place. DO you
think lame man could preach, mann
map"
And il was some minutes before
Ellen's mother decided that her little
girl referred 10 a layman.- Chicago
Record.
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smoke is generated in the usual way,
and then carried through fue to the
smokehouse, where the meat is hang
ing. The damper at ID regulates the
admission of smoke, which passes out
at C. The meat should be smoked with
green wood--hickory, elm or sugar
maple chips or sawdust should be used.
Pine should never be employed, as it
affects the flavor of the meat, Corn
cobs are excellent for smoking. as they
impart sweet and pleasan. flavor.
The temperature of the smokehouse
should never rise above so degrees.
The smoking should be done little
each day until the meat Is suitably
Colored.-N. Y. World.
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the spring article. The earlier lambs
can be sold in the large city markets
the higher the price. In killing, cut
the throat, making as large an insertion
as possible, but be certain that tho
large artery is severed. The lamb
should then be hung up by the heel ,
in order TO bleed thoroughly and avoid
soiling the wool about the neck or head.
In dressing early lambs, cut them open
only from the tail to the breast bone,
but as the weather becomes warm, il
is best to cut down TO the head. Re.
move the entrails, leaving in the haslet.
The head, feet and skin should all be
left on. Skin the hind legs and draw
the caul over them and well down over
the kidneys, securing il with skewers.
Slit the caul sufficiently 10 let the kid
neys through, and put i'm what are
known as back-sets or spreaders. These
are pieces of wood about Ii inches long
for an ordinary sized carcass and point
ed at both ends. BE careful that the
backsets are not too long, or there is
danger of breaking the ribs and in
juring the appearance of the lamb.
In putting them in, fasten one end in
the flank and the other in the breast
close up to the first rib, and place the
other stick in an opposite direction, SO
that the sticks cross in the back just be-
hind the kidneys SO as to open the car
cass in such way as to present good
appearance, making it as fiat as pos
sible.
Let the carcass hang until perfectly
cool, and before taking down see that
all the bloody liquid has been removed
from the chest. Replace the skin on
the hind legs, cover the exposed por.
tions of the flesh with clean white mus
lin and sew the whole carcass up neat
ly in burlap or bagging. The accom-
panying illustration from the Cornell
station shows the appearance it should
present. Mark the package plainly
with the names of the shipper and
the firm to whom it is sent, and ship by
express. Notify the consgnee by mail.
IN. Y. World.
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do You take pains with your pic.
lures, sire she asked the photog-
rapher.
The picture taker failed 10 grasp her
idea, for he answered:
Madam. if you have pains yon should
wait until you get rid CT them before
sitting for your pictures"
Stabbing the photographer with tha
daggers in her eyes she shot out.-Boxs
bury Gazette.
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Don't BE Too Late fer re .ne.me

And don't omit when you IRE packing UP
your effects preparatory for the voyage TO
include among them a supply Of Hostetter's
Stomach BitterS, the great reEl edv for sea
sickness. Travellers for pleasure or bust
ness seeking foreign chimes, or who loco
mote by steamboat or train, besides Yacht
men and mariners, testify TO the remedial
and preventive efficacy of the Bitters. which
is incompatible for nausea. headache, dys-
pepsia, biliOusness, rheumatism, nervous
and kidney trouble.
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How to Prepare TOBACCO Dip.

Speaking of tobacco dip, a writer
says it will require for 100 sheep 100 gal
enough to kill ticks and the scab ii vii
require the addition of all the fluid thai
can be extracted from 25 pouads of to
bacco. The tobacco should be thor.
oughly STEPPED and boiled SO as to gei
all the strength cut of it. To this mix
ture 10 pounds of sulphur should be
added. The sulphur should be mixed
separately in pail of hot water. and
after being thoroughly stirred should
be added to the dip. If tobacco stems
are used. at least three times the weight
mentioned should be STEPPED.
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Persons looking for locations In the most
beautiful diversified part of Minnesota are
invited to write TO the undersigned for in
formation about improved farms, wild
lands, timber lands and stock ranches
Douglas cour is noted for its charming
lakes. forest groves and fertile soil You
y tIl find schools. churches, markets and
good neighbors. Lands on terms to suit
purchaser Address W. f. Chidester,
Alexandra, Mimi.