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Why take Iohnson's
Chill & Fever Tonic?
Because it cures the
mos. stubborn case
ofFeVer mGMEDAY.
< naYs Iaenriry a rIerure.

The x ray has been put to new
uses, aside from surgical diagnosis.
1t has ascertained the genuineness of
Jewels, and has also been made use of
by French postal officials to investi-
gate the contents of suspicious-look-
ing parcels in the mails. The latest
story of the ray comes from Germany,
and concerns the Identification of q
painting by Albrecht Durer. The
canvas in question was a head OF
Christ, and was accredited to the
famous Nuremberger. 1t was on
wood, and was believed to have been
executed in 1921. It was much dis
colored and dingy with age, and had
been retouched by restorer." In
order to settle all doubts as to the
authenticity of the work, photograph
was taken by means of the rays, and
much was revealed that the eye could
not see. The features and the drap-
cry appeared much more distinctly
than in the painting, and there elso
came to light Latin inscription in
quaint Gothic characters, the mono
gram of some grand duke for whom,
perhaps, the picture was paintedl, the
artists initials, and the date l524.
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Egg Sucking Dogs.

T. P. Jones, a Kansas subscriber to
Farm, Field and Fireside, asks how he
can break dog from sucking or eating
eggs. The following is recommended:
1'Divide heaping teaspoonful of tar
tar emetic into eight or ten doses.
Break off the end of an egg, empty q
part of the contents and stir into re-
mainder left in the shell dose of tar
tar emetic. Confne the dog in room.
or tie him, and give him the doctored
egg. In an hour or two he will be try
ing to turn himself wrong side out. As
soon as he is over the nausea give him
a second egg, aud third, if he will
eat it. When he refuses to eat the
egg, and lets it lie by him for several
hours untouched, pry open his mouth
and force the egg down his throat. Al
terward you may trust him in your hen
house. The object in tying the dog is
to let him get nothing else to eat while
he is under the treatment, or he may
think it was the last thing eaten that
made SO sick. The idea is to convince
him that eggs no longer will lie on his
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FIGHTING DUELs ON BICYCLES "A NEW 81

This makes the duellist more wary,
for foul by either means the loss OF
the honor of the conflict.
"'Ware!" cries one of the combat
ants, and thrust is aimed at his op-
pouent's helmet with force that
would seem sufficient to throw him
from the saddle. He sustains the
shock gallantly, and the sparks fly as
the foils beet upon one another.
Neither cyclist has lost his equill-
brium for moment. The bicycles
seem almost endowed with life.
The riders evidently have forgotten
that they are not on steeds of flesh
and blood.
Parry aud thrust, clever defence,
blows that seem powerful enough TO
cleave the mask in twain-all these oc'
cur with lightning-like rapidity. i
Then like flash of light one cyclist
whirls aud circles about the other,
and before the latter can fairly place
himself in position OF defence the
more active wheelman has touched his
antagonist over the heart with the but
ton that protects the point OF his
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sLAvoNlAN LAUNDERING.
Mangle Consists of Clumsy Log and
Rollers, Propelled by Frail Women.

Rollers, Propelled by Frail Women.
Slavonia is in Austria, or rather in
the extreme south of Hungary, but its
people. are nearly all Servian. Its.
plains stretch for miles in an endless
expanse of perfectly fiat country. Its
mud is fathomless, its women's daily
task of securing aud fighting against
the dirt that the "men folks" bring in
from out of doors on their shoes is
never done. Between times there is
the mangle.
This is stout plank about seven
feet long, raised to q height of two
feet upon rough hewn logs. The mid
die of the plank is gripped by a frame
work rising from the floor to height
of five feet, with three great beams
running across it, the whole fastened
together with pegs. Upon the plank
are laid two rollers, and on these rests
half log of wood just fitting between
the sides of the frame. This weight is
smooth on its under surface, rough
hewn above, aud is provided at each
end with three pegs which serve as
handles.
The ironer, when ready to begin,
takes sheet, for instance, winds it
tightly around one of the rollers and
puts al old ironing cloth around the
outside. Then, lifting one end of the
log and placing the under it,
she works the weight to and fro, until
the wrinkles are all presumably
snoothed away. Then the sheet is re-
moved, folded and put away, and the
next tironing'-perhaps another sheet
or three or fo : towels, or half dozen
han Observation-Disclosures. The sec
ond roller acts merely to balance the
log, although two ironers can work the
machine, one at each end.
The woman who irons is as pic
turesque as her tools, when she
wears the Slavonian peasant Co.'S
tune. Her shoes are fat and heeliess;
she has no stockings, but winds linen
aoout her lower limbs and binds it in
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AcnrInna nccunatlon.

An occupation which does not fgure
in labor statistics, nor in the social
economy, at least, of America, is dis
covered in hefollowing advertisement.
which appeared in the Blackpool
Tiraes, an English newspaper, in the
last days of 1896: "Young mau, OF
dark complexion, is prepared to Let
in the New Year at any house in
Blackpool between 12 and ga. M, at
two shillings each without refresh
ment." The explanation of this oryp-
tic notice lies, it seems, in local su-
perstition that the first visitor to a
house in the new year, if he happens
to be of dark complexion, brings 1t
good luck.
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AGRICULTURAL TOPICS.
To Cure . Hard Mixer.

I saw the query from "J. d." Of
Kansas, about hard mixer. Take
chicken feather-from the wing is
best-insert it in the teat, working it
gently round and round until it has
past upward an inch or more, then
draw it out and proceed with the milk
ing; this do for week or more and
the cure will be permanent.
Do not trim or cut the feather in
any way, as the sharp edges will hurt
the cow. We had fine cow and had
made up our minds to sell her, as it
was more than the milk was worth to
get it, when one of the boys tried the
feather cure off and on for two weeks,
and now that cow has just had hand
some calf and the milk flows freely
@. r. Walker, of Illinois, in Farm,
Field and Fireside.
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Quinine and other fe-
yer medicines take from 5
to 10 days to cure fever.
Johnson,s Chill and Fever
Tonic cures in ONE DAY.
indian AgricuIturists.

5 The Indians on the Shyshone reser-
vation have to the present time this
season sown 125, 900 pounds Of grain,
and it is expected they will SOW as
much more before the close of the
planting season. The department is
not giving the seed to the indians this
year as heretofore. but is loaning it,
and expects the Indians to repay it
when they harvest their crops. The.
pupils of the Indian school are farm
ing extensively under the direction Of
the Indian agent, Capt. Wilson, and
the teachers of the school. They. have
put out $4,000 cabbage plants and
have model garden. a test will be
made on the farm with sugar-beet
seed, the department. having furnished
q large quantity for experiment. I'm
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muscles groan and see great drops of

muscles groan and see great drops OF
perspiration rolling down the Vom
3cheidt brow.
The boy in front of the family group
is twelve years old, and SO is the boy
in the rear. No. 2 on the wheel is
the latest Vom Scheidt to enter this
world Of sin and wheeling. He is
about six months old. The boy seated
just behind the baby is five years old.
The next is seven.
Mr.. Yom Scheidt is as muscular as
he is kind hearted. He has wheeled
himself and his five sons hundreds OF
miles, He has even taken them on
several occasions to Niagara Falls and
back. 1t can readily be believed that,
as contemporary remarks, "This BIZ
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07
MIR. WON scHEIDr aND Hs FIVE BOYS ON BICYCLE.

be an expert cyclist. Whoever at'
tempts one of these combats on whesl
must be able to perfectly manage ~;
machine without the assistance of his
hands. One of the first principles 81
exercise with the foils is to keep con
slant watch on ones opponent. The
slightest negligence of this sort may
give fencer tremendous advantage.
Ii his wheel distracts his mind from
the object he is trying to attain. he
gives his opponent just SO much al
vantage which he otherwise would moi
have. So what it really amounts to
is that the man who wishes to fight his
duel on bicycle must leave the man
agement of his wheel to his feet ard
knees.
The combatants ina mock duel d
this nature are dressed in the ordinasg
outing costume of the cyclist. Their
hands are clothed in gauntlets. be
stockings worn are usually faced with
n very fine nualitEof-nhamni skins;
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swear she had been changed in her
sradle. Wait little while till we teach
their arrogant pretension how France
resents il; and then such women will
lament the treachery they darescall
love-"
So spoke Pierre Duval in not breath,
just before the siege of Paris had be-
gun-breath kindled by the news
brought him by the fair girl shrinking
before his anger-the news that one of
her schoolmates, the daughter of an
old neighbor, had been married, the
day previous. to a young Prussiaa Off
Ger, bearing active arms against the
country of his newiy-made wife; and
he had left her side twenty-four hours
after the completion of the ceretnony,
TO rejoin>his regiment.
All through the day. old Pierre kepd
mutteying to himself; at nightfall, he
called his little Marie to him.
sSWomen are strange beings" he be-
gan, as if to relieve his mind of e load
which was weighing upon it; 'sand per-
haps I've no right to believe you of diff
ferent stuff from the rest These are
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T.
chIne, justsas the Iaoper soies otss...it
shoes act as safeguard against his
feet slipping OIL the pedals.
Each duelist wears mask which
has over each eye a projection of wire,
similar in form to small inverted
tea cup. This gives absolute freedom
of vision.
A short time ago Twas fortunate
enough to witness contest with foils
between two of the most expert riders
in the United Kingdom. Both were
mounted on American wheels, twenty
eight pounds each. The wheels were
of what is called the new folding pat-
tern. That is, the frame is 30 con-
structed that it is possible to fold the
wheels SO that they come side by side,
the centre of the frame working or. q
hinge. 1t is claimed that wheel OF
this sort enables the rider to turn more
quickly, and thus forms the best pos
sible wheel for the mock duellist.
Each man toolsup position about
fifteen feet from his antagonist. At
given signal both mounted their
steeds Of steel and slowly circled about
one another, just as We have seen men
fighting with knives seek an open
ing in which to make an attack.
The left hand rests lightly on the
handle bar. The right hand grasps
firmly the foil, held at an angle of forty.
five degrees. Slowly the two circle
about, until suddenly one ridder
dashes forward as if from catapulti
there is clash, clash of steel, and
the first passes are over. The circiine
movement is confined by both men,
who grow more and more wary as the
circle narrows.
'Look outy' calls the director,
Gentlemen, no foul, if you please
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weapon. The cyclist who is thus
tonched is forced to dismount his
wheel, and his opponent has scored a
Joint. This is the method that is
Generally followed, and, as may be
seen from the description given, is ex-
fIiting in the extreme.
One interesting result in France is
That it is likely to. become something
inore serious than mere pastime.
3puelling is the vogue there. At the
dame time duel about which there is
!. novelty, is something to be culti-
lated. Therefore, the mock duel on
wheels. which the fencing exercise is
called, has suggested to the volatile
Frenchman chance to furnish wheel
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PERSISTENT. AS USUAL.

Agent-Here is q book, Sir, every
gentleman ought to have -"Hlnts on Ar
cnuecture.
Mr.. Smallpurse Il have no use for it.
"3ut Sir. it teaches you INV TO blild
a beautiful villa, d regutar lltae palace
for ouly 5000"
"I haven't $4,000. 1 haven't over 50
to my name"
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oldest Cburch i'm New England.

TIE history of the first parish Of
Dorchester, now a part of Boston, is
the history of one of the oldest churches
iii New England. The parish was
organized June %, 1886, aud the first
church was built in 1641. The second
church was built in 1916, and the third
| iii 1877. In 1743 they erected their
fourth church, and on May 16, 1916,
the cornerstone of the church burned
q year ago was laid. Now q beautiful
reproduction of the old church is ready
fitr dedication,
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cycle load is the centre of observation
wherever it goes"
An Ind,an Chief who Rides wheel.

An Indian Chief who Rides Wheel.
This Indian chieftain is on his first
visit to San Francisco, and is the guest
of T. q. B. Varney. He is a graduate
of the Carson Indian School, being
now employed by the Government as
an interpreter and naval officer. He
was taught to ride last year by @. @.
Hopkins, and is an excellent bicyclist.
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aAa9a9Aa8aaDaaa9aDa
HER ENEMY.
lDaag9a0@ g9gDgD9DgDgD8De

By JENNY wREN

any of your blood!" she answered hot
ly-ssyou, who are my dear old father s
murderers!'
And as she spoke the last words she
paused before gate. which the con-
cierge hastily opened for her admis-
sion, and which instantly swung to be-
hind her.
But alone in her room, Marie paused.
Singularly enough, she could recall
every feature of the young officers
face-a face which seemed to her to re-
alize some dream of manly beauty; the
echo of his voice fingered in her ear
a voice low, ind rich, and musical
musical even when he had sternly ad-
dressed the soldiers in his own gutter
al tongue.
Her heart was beating high with fear
aud excitement, and indignant anger,
but mingled with it was strange
thrill Of Joy.
SIT is because / proved my hate, %
she murmured to herself. "Yet he
was kind to me. But for him"
4 She would not continue her thought
to the end. Resolutely she put it from
her. |
All the next day she was busy again
among her wounded. Since her faith
er's death she had gone into the hos
pitfalls.
Sitting, with folded hands, in the
midst of all the misery about her, with
her own wretchedness for mental food,
she had felt herself upon the verge of
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i iivI, iie iet ptis isiias iISt,e dlstance Ia
tervene between them.
1 Hot blood mounted to her face, and
yet an instructive sense of care and
| protection mingled with what she
named his presumption.
Every night afterward it was the
same. Earlier or later, as she might
chance TO be, he was near her, nor left
her till safe within her own home.
One night he approached her.
s'There will be fighting tomorrow, y 7
he said, I cannot be here to aid you.
You must not go out alone. Promise
me that you will not"
For moment che was almost tempted
into forgetfulness that he was Prus-
sian. For moment she was almost
tempted to answer, II promised" then
she recovered herself, and turned hotly
and Indignantly upon him.
tPass my word to you'll" she said
'sto you, my enemy-the enemy whom
1 hate!n
aAnd you, my enemy, are the enemy
I loyep' he replie6 ''Why, should ]
love woman to whom T have spoken
scarce twenty words in my life, and
who has answered me with scorn and
contempt always? I know not. Some
stIaRge freak OF. fate. perhaps; but SO
it is. I may go out tomorrow to meet
my death. If should, doubtless you
will never know that thus France has
avenged herself; but I should like to
feel you sometimes gave me one, indy
thought, even as my last thoughA liy-
ing or dying, will be Of the one woman
who gave me stone for the heart ]
offered her. But, for Gods sake,
promise me you will not.go alone TO-
morrow-on the street! Do not let me
have the added torture that ycu are in
peril"
! They had reached the gate ere this.
Her hand was on the bell. She opened
her lips, meaning to scathihgly utter
his deserved rebuke, but, 10! instead
the two simple words, ''I premisel'
alone issued from them in a low and
thrilling whisper. q
Before she had OWNED his inten'
ton, he had caught in his the little,
gloved fingers and raised thenf to his
Ess. The next moment the gate
swung to between them, and Marie,
flying to her own room, had flung her.
self in q burst Of bitter sobbing on the
Ibe1. 5
He was Prussian, and she-hated
him. ~
Three days later she paused beside
two surgeons, In earnest conversation.
There's but one way to save him, D
said one. "It's an ugly wound, but
he's sinking from loss Of blood. Z
! we could get some one to submit X
TRANSMISSION, I think he would recover
"Impossiblel" answered the other
!. And Marie passed on TO the room
where lay the sufferer. She paused
/ beside the cot He was lying, white
and insensib!e, upon the pillow, hi
head bound in blood-stained bandages
/ but, all.changsd as he was, she recog
nized him, and fell, with low cry
4 beside him.
80 her he was nameless, but ne was
1 the Prussian whom she-hated, ani
the man whom she-lovedl
! Ah, in that moment she knew tht
truth, and then she remembered The
surgeons words. They were abou
+. separating when she returned tt
! them.
/ ssYou said TRANSMISSION would savt
him, y she said. II am strong and
am ready
And rolling back her sleeve, she dis
4 closed her bare, white arm, with III
dimly-outlined blue yeiIis.- =
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WONDERS OF THEWHEEL
FIGHTING MOCK DuELs ON eIcY.
Giles A NEW SPORT IN EUROPE.

1t Demands Expert Riding-Combatants
Must Be Absolute Masters OF the
Wheel to Win Battles-A Father and
Five Suns Who Ride or One Wheel.
Wheelmen of England and France
now fight mock duels on bicycles. 1t
is not mere imitation, but genuine
contest with the foils, which calls for
MS much skill as the combats which
took place on foot. The first qnalifi-
cation for duellist of this sort is to
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men with method of his own for re.
l5ent;ne' insult.
SIX ON ONE BICYCLE.
How Fond Buffalo Father Takes His
y, 70 Sons wbae7inD

kAOW ~ = GOHu outitiU ChthOh AanSo LAO
Eve Sons Wheeling.
MI yom Scheidt, OF Buffalo, has
five boys and d bicycle. AS the bicycle
~ an ordinary wheel intended for the
use of one person, aud as the boys are
all of them too small to stride the
paternal machine, it is difficult at first
to imagine the connection between Mr..
Forl I5cheidt's six possessions. A
glance at the illustration, which we
Reproduce from the columns of the
Buffalo Express, will, however, show
that there is something in common to
all, and that there is something very
lstal 10 the enjoyment of the Yom
suheidt Youngsters.
The spectacle of Mr.. Vom Scheidt
andshig family enjoying spin upon his
bicycle must be edifying indeed, espec-
- ? ). ~ --,---.e4hn family tackle sharp
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The first Tuesday in May is hence
forth to be known as. Arbor Day in
Rhode Island by Legislative enact.
ment. In many States the selection Of
the day or days (some States have twol
is left to the Governor
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SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Ichthyol is recommended by Der
Stein der Weisen as a much better
remedy for insect bites than ammonia.
Astronomers say that 100000
shooting stars' fall into the sun for
everyone that comes into our atmos-
phere.
ThA&Paris Fire Brigade authorities
:; {'] g - asie.55J caGEj5-s:i,. CO;
.s,4.l NAL, ni.h rose 7aa rsogoil:.a
.i.Y 9.:@ns q 4 Its-eled:& r;otot
;a,dTial hcis.ats laFo npF aeoF,'''i
.sf..st, ~. sf:ese,,sss, =, III sSsro'st'-
sIso,. ,St,ssi !.V s.e N3ssal's
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r,.r1pr ETmosrr5ofts.

-,,-.l-.tr-s.vrcn1e1. AImoSG y OlIesa5ell. y
ever, she is stripped Of her fnery, e1-,
cept on Sundays, and wears at her
work bedraggled clothing of western
Europe's unattractiye work-s-day pat
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eers.S.tr.gn ~ .-1..soFinE teri.l ~
csrti;t.al, Nnd the iaaig5 q ~
rice Z! .s2e, ssEaoss, ses..-s.s. .r--.rttJ,S :
tres:t II ussrss5 Is csi,IE sggsp Grs-e
lsoaa 5000 tIk.
Gsssful term - (, l,J:..'-J s'.iz,sss s',.
-, Aca Bee
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+ s b O W 9 + g q
daughter Of mine,
I would disown
herl III thought
a daughter Of
mine would s 0
much as touch "a
hated Prussian's
r. - .1J
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ia - iaety. Aate q sasa ,ss5i:ss'ssrss.-
.afs ::'s,H ti,e rsintr,:2@rs 'ss lg.s go ;:.s.s
ap'i tie p1ito-a-
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Ieall the troubles in the world ~ q
Were traced back to their start, 4
We'd find not one in ten begun
From want of willing heart. 20
But there's sly woe-working elf
Who turks about youths brink,
And sure dismay he brings away
The ELF 81 didn't think
BE seems so sorry when he's caught, z
His mien is all contrite,
BE sOregr6ts- the woe he's wrought,
kniwznts TO make things right.
But iyisnes do'not heal wound,
Or weld broken link,
The heart aches on, the link Is gone-
Ali through II didn't think"
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~. iif.s,=-s Fr2s:t p5 - rs ~ i.,s.s.
-: = - e.y. .aa Sow ygTt &ai5
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- =. -: .si...... ~
s~tnuaahur

E-t So ii'''-ss''--
q IS e4asyal at IN a!li',,''ss ~ sl.1 !.
500 7esss,'.A go
lnixtse6 os go sea an. ai3Yel - .i:et
without ceGtn or Njlb :: IS en55td 70
Soo,.s4 ;ass. 49, ~" 20 aseS
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y li..ll tlsaulng out the seed or other
wise injuring the land. Much of the
success of the undertaking will depend
upon the thoroughness with which the
work is done. If is thoughsthat this
plan will not give the land sufffois.---
handling, the narrowing may be con-
tinued OF intervals during the season,
thereby keeping the weeds from grow
ing and gradually fining the soil, and
the fertilizer and seed can be applied
in the fall. The latter course will more
thoroughly rid the land of the seeds
and roots of the weeds, and render it
more easily handled in the future, but
will add quite little to the expense.
I would continue in this way with the
remainder of the pasture, taking it up
in sections as convenient.--B. Walker
McKeen, Secretary Maine Board OF
Agriculture.