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The Press., 1897-08-05
HAD A SURE THING.
But the Base ball Manager Counted Hi
 Chicks Before They Were Hatched.

But the Bass ball Manager Counted His
 Chicks Before They Were Hatched.
 "When it comes to square sport among professionals, admitted the vet eran who lives by bucking chance. "I reckon you've got to give the first place to baseball. But way back in the days before the league system was perfected l used to see some curious things. 1 re- member one club in central Ohio that was as good local organization as I ever saw. All the men in the team were strapping six footers, used hickory bats and knocked live ball so far that all the farmer boys ill the vicinity had @ supply. Finally sporty manager got hold of them, went wherever there was a game to be had, took professional battery with him and bet all the money he could place. Having nothing special on hand that season, concluded to do 8 little business on my own hook.
 By little quiet skirmishing in To- ledo, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Colum- bus got together a nine that were fast enough for any company. I took them to a little country town about 90 miles from the club I've been telling you about, named them after the place, did some saucy blowing through the county newspaper and got a challenge from the very fellows we were after. We went over there in old farm wagons, looking like the rustiest lot of grangers that ever ventured away from home. In practice my boys got tangled up in their own feet, fell over each other and made the opposing manager feel so good that he was betting at every turn. I was right with him as long as had dol lar, and there was a big roll for one of us when the game was over. Now there was @ change. My boys came out of the dressing room in knickcrbockers, sweat CTS and canvas shoes, as slick looking lot of ringers as your ever saw. It was a cinch, and wns only hot because had no more money to put up."
 "You made q good thing of it?''
 "Good thing? l got the double cross. My battery sold out to the other mana. ger. They beat us so bad that the scorers demanded extra pay. My pitcher and catcher got away before could borrow u gun. Iwalked ten miles to the nearest station md then took box cur That wasn't u square game. "-Dctroit Free | Press.
The Press., 1897-08-05
Electric Protection of sasee-

The latest idea for the protection of money and valuables is to have the safe which contains them secured in side cabinet. Where the safe is kept in a vault the vault serves the purposes of g cabinet. In either case an electric lining is used, consisting of strips of metal mounted in connection with thin metal sheets so arranged that even a pin thrust through the cabinet and pen etrating the lining will sound the alarm. The door of the vault cannot be opened, nor can the curtain of the cabinet be raised, until Q time lock has disconnect- ed it from the alarm system. In order that the alarm box may be proof against molestation 1t is made of steel and placed within hood lined in the same way as the cabinet. Any attempt at tampering will cause an alarm to be sounded, as in the case of the cabinet. The door is held closed by heavy lag bolts, the partial removal of any of which will give a warning signal. There are several of these lag bolts, and before the door can be opened they have all to be removed, which requires 8 con siderable length of time.
The Press., 1897-08-05
SILKWORMS OF LEBANON.
How They Arc Cultivated In the Noun
 tains of TripOli.

tains of TripOli.
 Harry Fenn, the artist, has written 6 paper, entitled 'Silk and Cedars," for St. Nicholas, describing his visit to the famous mountains of Lebanon. Conc, rning tho silk industry, which plays such all inn ortant part ill the lives of the natives. Mr Fenn says: AS tLc time approaches for tho silkworm to hatch cut the teg tho family move out of the house and camp under the trees, giving up the entire establishment to the worms, after having placed the eggs on shelves made of a rcCdlike bamboo. At first the young worms are fed on finely chopped leaves, but as they grow larger the leaves need only be broken ill two. The people have to feed and watch tho WGrms night and day, or they wander ill search of food and get lost, and ill tho silence of the night the sound of the worms feeding is like a gently falling rain.
 The worms fast three or four times during this period, and about 24 hours is the length of each fast. A curious feature about their fast is their posture. They assume the attitude of a cobra 511dh0 dOOOG VO 1h0 d11u ly fixed ill that position for the entire period. When they are ready to spin, small branches are placed on the shelves, and as the cocoons are formed upon them the dead twigs seem to bear golden fruit When the worms get through that part of the business, the neighbors are called in-something as to an old fashioned New England ap- pie pairing bee. They call it "qtaf" in Arabic-that is picking" and soon you see piles of pale green, pure white and golden yellow cocoons heaped upon the floor, Later they may be spun into hanks, but usually the cocoons are sent down the mountains to Tripoi or Da mascus. and after their 30 or 40 dayt of toll they, too, often have to sell the produce for next to nothing. as the Chi nese are always ready to undersen them Another curious use MT. Silkworm is | put to is to soak him in vinegar fol some hours, after which he is drawn out into so called "catgut" to make smells or leaders for fishhOOka
The Press., 1897-08-05
A Mothers Triumph.

"Williei'
 "What do you want?"
 "I want you to get right up." "All right" says Willie and turns over for another nap Half an hour passes, and then
 "Williei"
 "Wellt"
 You going to get up today3'' "Yes."
 "Well, be about 1t then. You march yourself right down here.
 Twenty minutes elapse
 "WilIiei"
 "What you want?''
 ''If you ain't up in five minutes, I'll come up there and routyou out in short order You mind that"
 ''I'm coming"
 You'd better, sir. if you know what's good for you.
 Fifteen minutes later.
 "Willi If you Ire not out of there in ten minutes, I'll douse you with cold water, sec if I don't. Get right up." Willie comes down half an hour later, and the triumphant mother says:
 ''Aha, young man, thought I'd rout you out. You may just as we'll under stand first as last that when I speak you have to mind. Remember that. "- Detroit Tree Press.
The Press., 1897-08-05
FEET AND CHARACTER.
What the Pedal Extremities Reveal so
 One Who Knows

What the Pedal Extremities Reveal eo
 One Who Knows
 The person who had his character read by the palmist must now go to the first cousin of the chiropodist in order to learn whether the markings on the foot agree with the prognosticattons of tho hand.
 According to the adopts, a small tD- step denotes religious temperament. while if it is high it suggests self con- seriousness. If arched, it indicates a love of luxury, while if it is thin in addi- tion it not only demonstrates the desire for appreciation and applause, but the possession of honor and lofty ideals- A thick, heavy instep, which the boot maker would describe as rather high, is the mark of the individual who is ca pablo of'greut exertion continued over a long time, the instep, in fact. of the worker.
 The heel is another of the great diag- nostio points. If it is smooth and round and without any prominent outlines, 1t declares the individual to belong to that commonplace order which never achieves distinction and who, though pleasant enough in his or her way to live with, is yet devoid of any special talent If it is small, 1t shows that the owner Is ca- pablo of going heart and soul into any work that he undertakes.
 Long toes suggest artistic capacity, just as do long fingers of a certain shape, while short toes indicate selfish ness If they are crooked as well as long, they demonstrate the possession oi good common sense and no little busi- ness capacity, while toes separated by 6 distinct interval, ill spite of the com precision in which fashionable boots com pei them, arc indicative of emotion. Il they curve downward. they indicate aI | uminble turn of mind, and different DOT | tions of them denote different character | istics us do the so called mountains and "vullCys" on the palm.
 In addition to all thCs' characteristic lc' | tho markings on the sole must be CarO fully considered, for thcy may modify certain ether poculiarititS It Is imlNsd h:blr, however, to lay down uny laws O1 | ,4nlf guidaLcC in these minutlD, but thC | broad facts W ill no dOult furnish a sui | iitiCnt stimulus for further investiga l tlun at the hands of tlEc wise women Oi thn world, for they must be indeed wise | vhO cin read. as in an open book. char .4ct4r which may bo formed by the con | striCtiOnS of fashionable boot. Whatever clso may b0 done, hOwev Il nr, it is safe to say that great tOe' whioh arc pressed out of the straight line, and which are tho crcfore ill hide l ous contrast with the beautiful feet O. Trilby, bespenk an egrcGious vanity il their posscesor and proclaim belief il the provcrb which states that ito b. | beautiful Cno must suffer. This, how ever, wns tilo old fashioned idea, which it is hOpcd tho vogue tf Mir du Mau rier's hCl Jinc Will have done grea deal to cOuEtcract. - Philadelphia | Times.
The Press., 1897-08-05
FRIENDS OF HIS,
Some Close Responsiveness of Whom HI
 Spoke In His Dreams.


 Spoke In His Dreams.
 "John," said Mrs. Eastlake to her husband as she poured out his coffee at the breakfast table, "Ithink you have never introduced your friend. MT. High, to me, have you2" "I have no friend named High" re- piled MT. Eastlake ns he devoured but tered toast
 "Oh. but you must have, dear," in sisted Mrs. Eastlake. You are familiar enough with him to call him Jack" "Jack Highl Don't know anybody of that name. You never heard mo men, ton his name, did your Certainly. That is the reason ask ed you about him." "When did speak of himP"
 "I think you must havo met him last night" Mrs: Eastlake went on, though of course if you had met him tben you would have remembered it without any trouble. l only know that after you went to bed-you got home about o'clock, John-you fell into Q troubled sleep. You mutterod a good deal, but could not distinguish any thing very clearly except the name of MT. High-Jack High, you called him. Once thought I heard you mention a woman's name-Kitty - but I'm not sure"
 Mira Eastlake looked narrowly at her husband as she said this, and he looked at her suspiciously and then said:
 "Oh, yes, believe 0 man named Jack High did drop in to see the sick friend was sitting up with, but you could scarcely call him friend of mine on such short acquaintance
 "Ot course not But who was Kitty?'
 "Tbere was no one named Kitty. You must have been mistaken. I don't know anybody of that name-absolutely no. body"
 Then MT. Eastlake put his coat ou and left the house, after kissing his thoughtful little wife goodby.-Louis, | vile COnriar-Journal
The Press., 1897-08-05
runneiing the Strait of nressin.-

Engineering achievements and possi- bilities, from the modern point of view, are receiving an additional illustration in the case of the projected tunnel be- tween the mainland of Italy and the is- land of Sicily, plans and details of which, in model, as executed by the italian civil engineer De Johannis, have attracted much attention at the University of Padua. After thorough and careful studies of the strait of Mes sina, its varying depths, the nature of the ground and of all other conditions which might assist or interfere with such an undertaking, De Johannis de- oided that the beginning of the tunnel should be near San Giovanni di Sani- tello, at the foot of the Aspromonte mountain range, the mouth on the oth- CT side to be located on the degli Ingle- si plain. The entire tunnel will be near ly two miles long and will consist in the main of two shafts of about 10, 900 feet each, descending at a grade not ex- ceeding 32 feet ill each 1000. Such 8 tunnel is thought preferable to a bridge that would involve such great span and wind exposure. re.-Harper's Round Tab1a
The Press., 1897-08-05
A SEA ABOVE THE CLOUDS.
Extraordinary Superstition Once Preva-
 lent In England.

Extraordinary Superstition Once Preva- lent In England.
 The curious superstition that there is an ocean above the clouds is illustrated by the following strange story by an old English writer: "One Sunday the people of a certain village were coming out of church on a thick, cloudy day, when they saw the anchor of a ship hooked to one of the tombstones-the 1 cable, which was tightly stretched, hanging down from the air. The people were astonished, and while they were consulting about it suddenly they saw the rope move as though some one la
 bored to pull up the anchor. The an | chor, however, still held fast by the | stone. and a great noise was heard in the air, like the shouting of sailors. Presently sailor was seen sliding down the cable for the purpose of unfxing the anchor. When he had just loosened | it, the villagers seized hold of him, and while in their hands he quickly died. | just as though he had been drowned. | About an hour after the sailors above. hearing no more of their com rade, cut the cable and sailed away. In memory of this extraordinary event the | p0Op16 O1 tu6 N111dS0 uudu0 bu0 uluBeS | of the church doors out of the iron of the anchor." It is further stated that these hinges "are still to be seen there, |"
 bit of evidence much like Munchau-
 sens rope wherewith he once climbed
 to the moon. If you doubted the story, you were confronted with the rope.
 | There is another queer tale about
 this aerial ocean. "A merchant of Bris-
 tol," it. is said, "set sail with his cargo for Ireland. Some time after, while his family were at supper, knife sudden
 ly fell in through window on the ta-
 ble. When the merchant returned and
 saw the knife, he declared it to be his
 own and said that on such a day. at
 such an hour, while sailing in an un-
 known part of the sea, he dropped the
 knife overheard, and the day and the
 hour were found to be rAoctly the time
 when it fell thu ough the window. All
 of which was once implicitly believed
 by many and regarded "s incontroverti-
 ble proof of the existence of a sea above
 the sky. One is at loss to conjecture
 how that "unknown part of tho sea-
 connected with the rest of it. A phys
 ical geography showing this would be
 no small curiosity.-Boston Post.
The Press., 1897-08-05
DUELlNG IN EUROPE.
One Thousand Q Year In France and g, !
 Duels In Ten Years In Italy.

One Thousand Q Year In France and 2, 550
 Duels In Ten Years In Italy.
 More duels are fought ill Germany than in any other country. Most of them, however, are student duels, which culminate in nothing more seri- ous than slashed cheeks or torn scalps. Of all German university towns little Jena and Gottingen are most devoted to the code. In Gottingen the number of duels averages one day, year in and year out. On one day several years ago 12 duels were fought in Gottingen in 24 hours. In Jena tho record for one day in recent times Is 21. Fully 4, 900 student duels are fought every year in the German empire. In addition to these there are the more serious duels between officers and civilians Among Germans of mature years the annual number of duels is about 100.
 Next to Germany, France is most given to the dueling habit. She has ev- cry year uncounted meetings, merely to satisfy honor''-that Is, merely to give two men the opportunity to wipe out insults by crossing swords or firing pistols in such way as to preclude the slightest chance of injury. In the duel statistics these meetings are not reckon ed, as they are far less perilous than even the German student duels. Of the serious duels, France can boast fully 1000 from New Years to New Years. The majority of these are among army officers More than half of these result in wounds, nearly 20 per cent in seri- ous wounds.
 Italy has had 2,759 duels in the last ten years and has lost 50 citizens by death on the field of honor. Some 3, 400 of these meetings were consummated with sabers, 179 with pistols, 90 with rapiers and 1 with revolvers. In 974 cases the insult was given in newspaper articles or in public letters regarding literary Quarrels- More than TOO princi- pals were insulted by word of mouth. Political discussions led to 559, rel- gious discussions to 29. Women were the cause of 189. Quarrels at the gam bling table were responsible for 1S9. A summary shows that, as regards numbers, the sequence of dueling coun- tries iss Germany, France, Italy, Aus tria, Russia As regards dead liners of duels Italy comes first. Then come Ger many, France, Russia and Austria in the order named. For the most serious duels the pistol is the favorite weapon in all five countries New York Sun.
The Press., 1897-08-05

THE GRANDEsT REMEDY.-Mr. R. V. Greeve, merchant, of Chilhowie, Va, cer- tifics that he had consumption, was given up to die, sought all medical treatment that money could procure, tried all cough remedies he could hear of. but got no re- lief; spent many nights sitting up in a chair was induced to try Dr. Kings New Discovery, and was cured by the use of two bottles. For past three years has been attending to business, and says Dr. Kings New Discovery is the grandest remedy ever made, as 1t has done so much for him and also for others in his community. Dr. Kings New Discovery is guaranteed for Coughs. Colds and Con- sumption. It don't fail Trial bottle ire" at E. K. Taft's Drug Store
 Wisconsin is suing her agricultural so- ciety for money advanced to buy state fair grounds.
 A large flock of wild pigeons has taken possession of q grove in Shastcr county, California.
 John w. Creator, who invented the alloy used in the five-cent piece, died re- cently in Brooklyn.
 Don't bolt your food; it irritatcs your stomach. Choose digestiblc food and chew it. Indigestion is a dangerous sick ness. Proper care prevents it. Shaker Digestive Cordial cures it. That is th, long and short of indigestion. Now the question is? Have YOU got indigestion [ Yes, if you have pain or discomfort after eating, headache, dizzinrss, nausea, of fensive breath, heartburn. languor, weak ness, fever, jaundice, fiatulence, loss ot 1rri itQ fu firN.lf ifNtN nf, Yes, you have indigestion. To cure it take Shaker Digestive Cordial. The medicinal herbs and plants of which Shaker Digestive Cordial is composed help to digest the food in your stomach help to strengthen your stomach. When your stomach is strong, care will keep il so. Shaker Digestive Cor dial is for sale by druggists; price 10 cents to $1 pei bottle.
 Indolence and independence nevel cOaleSce
The Press., 1897-08-05
100 Reward, 100,

The readers of this paper will be pleased to earn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. CatarTh being constitutional dis case, requires a constitutional treatment. Halls CatarTh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces or the sys- tenn, thereby destroying the foundation Of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting na- ture in doing its work The proprietors have so much faith fin its curative powers that they offer one Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure Send for list of testimonials.
 Address, F. J. CHENEY G CO.,, Toledo, O.
 IF Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Press., 1897-08-05
Fort Princess Victoria.

Tho London Lady. tells this amusing anecdote uf Queen Victoria' s childhood:
 Tho Duchess of Kent was Queen Vic- toria's mother. and there is au anecdote which tells that thoro was in the Duke of kcnt's household gentleman called MT Brown Tho princess father called him Brown. so tho princess initiated him, and uscd 10 call him Brown. but the duchess, her mother, said she was not to call him Brown, but MT. Brown. or else shC would send her to bed. The next morning the princess said, Good morning. Brown, and good night, for am going to bed now"
The Press., 1897-08-05
By Canoe From Coast to Coast.

MT. F. c. Nicholas recently described the goldficlds of western Colombia for the geological section of the New York Academy of Sciences, and incidentally pointed out d route by which, ill the wet season, a man might go in @ canoe from the Atlantic to the Pacific across the northwestern corner of South Amer ica. The proposed route follows the river Atrato to the divide, which lies in se- ries of swamps, and then, by way of one or two smaller streams, reaches the river San Juan, which empties into the Pacific
The Press., 1897-08-05
FAITH AND THE UNIVERSE

A trembling star that steals along, Vast nights belated wantlcrcr; 4 pale ghost by the sllcndor strong Of Venus and of Jupiter; A world forloln, with ono sad moon To light acl oss the unyountici deep Her clouded orbit and, the con Of her dream shaken shuddering, sleep Is this the Iaaoe where one should say Was found creed for al1 the spheres That truths solo sun Is the weak ray That fits thro' our embarr rassed years9 No thought of God august, benign, Born of hope's, reason s, puzzled strife, May fully the veilod force define
 Which feels the roots of boundless life
 Joseph Truman in Spectator.
The Press., 1897-08-05
INOUISiTlVE SPARROWS.

They May Have Been Hostile, but They
 Didn't Dare Attack the Cockatoo.
 There was trouble and to spare one day last week in back yard on Brook lyn Heights The cause of it was an in- nooent cockatoo which had flown away from home and found it's way to the top of a tree near State street, between Henry street and Garden place Where the strange bird came from there Is no- body to tell.
 It was first discovered by the large and noisy colony of English sparrows which inhabits that vicinity. The first sparrow to see the foreigner lost no time In communicating the news of its discovery to it's mates, and in three minutes no less than 50 sparrows had assembled to examine the strange visit or and exchange views about him. They took places on all sides of the cockatoo and began a chattering which soon at tracted attention from all the neighbor- ing windows They hoped about from branch to branch, but never approach cd nearer than a yard to the puzzled stranger. For time the cockatoo view ed the conclave about him with sereni- Hs him, and finally found expression in 8 series of the most penetrating screeches, accompanied by the elevation of his light green plume, which had previous ly been partly concealed in his fluffy, SHOW white feathers. This demonstra- tion added threefold to the wonderment and fright of the sparrows and in creased the volume of their chattering in like proportion.
 But the unwelcome foreigner soon found that tho ohattering was harm less, and that the saucy sparrows lack ed the courage to make an attack. Find ing himself surrounded on all sides by the little nuisances, he gradually work ed his way through one side of the cir ole and out on the end of branch, where he perched contentedly and view ed his tormentors with the calmest in- difference. Having found that the in- truder would neither take nor give of away, leaving the cockatoo to take a nap in peace and quiet.
 Meanwhile the cat colony of the back yards had been aroused by the unusual activity of the feathered tribe, and there had been a gradual concentration of the feline forces near the base of the tree which formed the cockatoo's perch This meant a cat fight as sure as preach ing. and it was not long before the hos- tilities broke out. Then the dogs had their turn, and the cats disappeared, but to the last the cockatoo sat unruffied in his feathers in the tree top New York Sun.
The Press., 1897-08-05
The TRrhaRl.

An Arkansas lawyer, who was a ma tive of North Carolina, not long ago wanted to inform Il juror, also n native of North Carolina. that they both hail cd from the samo state. So he dropped some chewing gum, stepped upon it, and pretended that his heol had stuck to the floor. This gave him an opportu- nifty to say that he was a Tarheel and that tho warmth of the room had made the tar run. Tho verdict proved that tho Tarhcels stuck together New York Trihuue