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Canal Of Ancient Origin.

The Dismal Swamp Canal is one OF
the oldest artificial waterways in the
United States. 1t was planned by
George Washington, and was chartered
by the Legislatures OF Virginia and
North Carolina in 17S7--110 years ago.
The charter powers of the original
company are such as no Legislature
would nov grant, the franchise and
privileges being perpetual and lrrevoo'
able. Ten years was allowed for the
construction, but the time was twice
extended, in 1910 and in 1Sl6. The
need of an island route of communioa.
ton was seriously felt by the United
States Government during the block.
ade of the Southern ports in 1914. and
Congress appropriated S250,OOo for
the completion of the canal.
1t was opened for traffic in 1924, and
almost Immediately became a paying
institution. FROM 1910 to the break
ing ont of the Civil War it was tho
principal inland route for t~ransporta'
ton between the North and the South.
In 1856 it paid a dividend of eight per
cent. on a capitalization of S4S4,Ooo
But at the beginning of the wal trans
portation ceased, and after the capture
of Roanoke Island in 1862 General
Henry A. Wise, who made his escape
through the Dismal Swamp Canal,
demolished three of its locks to head
of pursuit. 1t was then seized by the
Government. partially repaired and
used for transport purposes. In 1860
the property was returned to its
owners in a dilapidated condition, and
has been practically moribund ever
Some years after the war General
B. +. Butler and certain New England
capitalists conceived the idea of pur-
the canal property and build
ing a railroad on the towpath. Bat
the engineers sent out to make the
preliminary survey came back with an
u~nfavorable report, and the scheme
abandoned. There has been talk
in Congress of enlarging this canal,
and of making it n Part of the inter-
coastal waterway from Boston to New
Orleans. This ambitious scheme prob
ably had its origin in the brain OF John
G. Calhoun, and that statesman vas its
chief advocate for many years. But
the i~ntercoastal canal is still IN mac
complished dream of naval officers and
members OF Congress. New Orleans
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FINE LAWN PLANT.

The hydrangea is u of the finest
of plants for lawn decoration. A
large specimen is a beautiful object,
md will last two or three months in
bloom. 1t is to be kept over winter
in n cool, light cellar, where the tenn
perature is about at freezing, or not
far above. Very little water is needed,
but the wood must not be allowed to
shrivel. When the plant is intended
for outside decoration it should re-
main in the cellar until about the
middle OF April and then placed ont
of doors in some sheltered corner, aud
allowed to make progress with the
season like other Towering shrubs.
1t will then stay in blossom all sum-
mer.
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Four ounces OF grated bread, four
ounces of currants, four ounces OF
apples, two ounces OF sugar, three
eggs, a few drops of essence of lemon,
a little grated nutmeg. Pare, core
and mince the apples very finely, sufli-
Gent when minced to make four
ounces; add to these the currants,
which should be well washed, the
grated bread and sugar whisk the eggs,
beat these up with the remaining IN
gradients, and when all is thoroughly
mixed put the pudding into a bnttered
basin, tie down with a cloth and boil
for three hours.
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Good Cause for War.

''Your MnjestyP cried n courier,
rushing up. 1.-THE United States YES
sci has stolen the missionary hat was
for dinner"
The cannibal King looked fierce.
"Declare war INSTANTLY"
"But, Your Majesty, pleaded the
Prime Minister, "what good will that
10? We are helpless against SO
mighty a people. They laugh at us"
II don't carel' cried the King,
"wc've as much right to be sassy as
Spuin."-New York Journal
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Currants and gooseberries require
lots OF well-rotted manure worked
down in the soil around them with
good cultivation.
Salt is necessary for keeping the
COWS in health. 1t INSISTS digestion,
is good for the milk supply, and Is
said to prevent wotms.
One of the best ways to conserve
soil moisture is by subsoiling. This
should be done in the fall or winter
so as to store up the water for further
use.
Kemp close watch that the mice and
rabbits do not injtre the trees. Keep
the snow tramped around the tree aud
protected with lsfh or wire screen up
as high as a rabaFt can reach.
See that thet lens have water at
least twice a day this cold weather.
They will not take it in the form OF
ice, so it must barenewed in their pan
or trough as Ditch as it freezes.
A scant yield OF milk when hlgh
prices prevail is something that should
set ambitious dairymen thinking. he
who has to buy all his feed for tho
mouths of winter can not possibly
make MS much money as lie who, with
~iorethought, has provided q large sup
ply of ensilage.
Added to all the other worth OF a
crop OF rye is the assurance that an
early sow crop will help the Pigs
through the fall and winter AND give
them a wholesome green bite in the
early spring. 1t yttrepay much more
IMAM the cost OF lseeding, and leaves
the ground in g9od shape.
A Michigan fruit grower stored
some apples id barrels lined with
P"PeiS opening
that had been ps 4 for a long time,
he found in thos hlined. more OF
less of the fruit Ldeoayed, while in
the puper.lined psrels the apples
were sound and ne condition.
Gardeners 2s Say that fumigation.
unless very "a. is an injury to
plants It the nicotine of the
smoke but beat, that does the
damage. ~ bose that do not show
the effects a E arc hpt to be stunied
in growth Il time. Smoke
nightly and .smoko must Dc
! very sasiiy BY smoke.
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times 1 would get so blind, I could not
see for several minutes.
could not stand very long without
feeling sick and vomiting. l could not
breathe q long breath without scream
ing, my heart panied so.
/ also had female weakness, inflam-
nation of ovaries, painful menstrual
ton, displacement of the womb, itch
ing of the external parts, and ulcera-
ton of the womb. Ihave had all these
complaints.
The pains I had to stand were some
thing dreadful. Ny husband told me
to try a bottle of Lydia L. Pinkham's
medicine, which 1 did, and after taking
it for a while, was cured. No other
kind of medicine for me as long as you
make Compound. l hope every woman
who suffers will take your Compound
and be cured.-MRs. j. S. MCGILLAs.
113 Kilburn avenue. Rockford, Ill.
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A water-tube jail is one of the latest
achievements of Yankee ingenuity. It
is no longer necessary to make the
prison bars so heavy and SO hard that
cutting through them becomes yery
difficult but, instead, they are made
simply of pipes, forming part of a
high-pressure water system. Should
any of these pipes be severed, the
water would escape and quickly giye
warming OF the break.-Cassier's
Magazine.
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FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
MOCK DUCK.

Procure a large slico of the ronnd
of beefsteak season one side with
salt, pepper and sage. Prepare o
stufing as il for turkey, spread on
the meat, roll it up and fasten it with
skewers. Dredge the outside with
-four. Put into q dripping pan with
a cup of boiling water and add a piece
Of butter as large as a hickory nut to
1t, cover and cook till tender. Re-
move the cover and brown, bnsting
frequently that it may not harden.
Make gravy of the drippings
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FOR FARM AN GARDEN.
CUT onArr7A LARRY.

The weather durii B late fall and
early winter this seas q has been nm
usually mild. 1t les probably in
most places pushed bits of fruit trees
so that they are morehearly ready to
burst into new growth than is common
at this time ofthe year This suggests
that such trees ought to DO protected
so far as possible any especially that
gratis intended foFt spring setting
should be cut at onc9 1t is always
best to cut CRAFTS befpre the buds have
swelled. Then inserting them in trees
whose buds have started there need be
no hindrance to forming a union with
the stock, and making an Uninterrupted
growth.
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The Disagreeable Weather Driving People
South.

For the last two weeks the travel south
warl has been very large. The cold and
~changeable weather in the North causing il.
The principal resorts South are being rapidly
filled, and the transportation lines have been
doing an immense business. The Southern
Railway system, whose northern terminus is
at Washington, D. c.. and penetratcs every
State South, operating its rains from New
York over the Pennsylvania to Washington,
thence over its own rails, has made great i'm
to the comfort Of southern travel, and they arc
being rewarded by running their three limited
trains daily from New York iillcd to their ca
Is equal to that offered by any railway on the
American continents. Its limited train service
to Florida, New Orleans and the Pacific Coasr
10 perfect. Any one contemplating a trip to an,
points South, Southwest or the Pacific Ccasl
should write the New York office ofthe South
ern Railway. vi Broadway, and get compete
tive matter Of tho charming country through
which his great system runs.
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A Great Singers Iimidity.

1t is said Patti lives in constant
dread of burglars in her castle in
Wales and that she has surrounded
herself with a perfect network of
burglar alarms, every entrance to the
castle being thus guarded. Perhaps
the diva hasn't thought of hanging
out a placard announcing the usual
prices of admission MS a preventative
of crooks. 1t might be tried with
good results.
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/ The horse has wonderful muscular power
but will suffer a great deal at times with
nervous attacks II not properly groomed and
stabbed. This illustrates that a great deal OF
neuralgia is caused by imprudence and re-
suits from shock from cold to the nervous
organism in parts most exposed TO the cold.
Hence, neuralgia Is so often an affection OF
the head. face and neck, as they are fire.
quently badly protected against intense cold.
The use Of warmth rs an antidote is apPar-
ent, and the warmth to the afflicted part i'm
parted by the use Of st. Jacobs OIL, together
with the soothing and strengthening inlu-
enc Of the remedy, lullthe pain and quickly
restore a good heaithful condition OF the
nerves, curing even the worst cases.
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country than all other diseases put together,
md until the last few years was supposed TO DO
tncurable. For O great many years doctors
pronounced 1t O local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, ~rronouneed 1t in
durable. Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure.
manufactured by I. J. Cheney q Co., Toledo,
Ohio, is the only constitutions cure on the mar
ket. tits takenin ternally in doses from 10drops
to o t~easpoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case 1t fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.
= Address F. J. CHENEY 81 Co.. Toledo, u
Sold by Druggists, 76c.
Halls Family Pills nre the best
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hey coulu
cure me but
failed to do
sa
4 I gave up
in despair
and took to
my bed.
had dreadful
pains in my
heart,
fainting- N
spells, WI
sparks be- Y
fore my
my eyes
and some
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Largest Diplomatic salary.

Sixty thousand dollars a year, the
salary drawn by the French Embassa-
dor in London, is the largest sum paid
to any diplomatist in the world.
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Pisos Cure is. the medicine to break up
children's Coughs ard Colds.-Mrs. N. u
BIuNr. SpraCue, Wash, March 8, 1894.
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Over 10000 cured. Why not let No-To-Bac
regulate or remove your desire for tobaccoi
Cure guaranteed. 30 cents and SLUO, at all
druggists.
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Flannel next the skin produces a rash re-
movable with Glenn's Sulphur Soap:
Hiirs Hair &Whisker Dye, black or brown, Doc
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The wheat and oat crops In Chile, now be-
ing harvested, are reported generally salts
factory,
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A mind quite vacant is a mind dis
tressed.
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WHEN bilious or ~costive, eat a Cascarct
candy cathartic; cure guaranteed; 10c.. 25c.
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JUST try q l0c. box of Cascarets, the finest
liver and bowel regulator ever made.
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The West Coast of Florida, the finest semi
ropieal country in the world. Illustrated de-
postage. J. J. Farnsworth, Eastern Pass.
Agent, Plant System, 26l Broadway, n. Y.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infiamma-
ton, aliays pain, cures wind collie. 25c. a bottle
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FITSstopped eeandpermanentlycured No
fits after first days use of DR. KLINE's GREAT
NERyEREsToRER. Free S2trial bottiea nd treat
ise. Send to DIR, Kline, ISL Arch ST.. Phila., Pa.
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A Wonderful Statement

From Mrs. McGlilas to Mrs. Pinkham.
think it my duty, dear Mrs, Pink
ham, to tell you what your wonderful
Compound has done for me.
was dreadfully ill-the doctors said
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IdIe Money In Now Yori,

1t is reported New York banks hold nearly
&55, 900, 0b0 In excess OF legal requirements
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-03
THE BEST KNOWN FACE.

One Hundred Lksnesses Of Queen vIsto-
ria For EVEN Living Psrsoa.
No man or woman who ever lived hay
had his or her features reproduced Of.
tener than her majesty tho queen, saws
the Boston Herald. Tho number Of NO.
tual photographs Of her majesty la en-.
iatenoe cannot b. recorded. and there are
besides millions Of reproductions Take
the number Of stamps sold In the United
Kingdom daring the queens reign. The
number Of articles passing through Eng.
hsh, Scotch, Welsh aud Irish postoiiices
IN recent year was nearly 3, 200, 600,
and, though, Of course, that figure need
not b taken as an average, 10 Is not Co
Ing beyond the mark TO say that since
the accession Il the queen over 90. coo. d.
600, 200 postal dispatches have passed
through the postoflicos Of Great Britain.
Every one Of these would bear at least
one stamp and many Of them two or
three, and every stamp bears the image
Of the queen. Eighty thousand million
images Of her majesty must have gone
through the post during her record reign.
Then the record Of the mint Is by no
means n small one since tho coronation.
IL Is estimated that about @. 900. 600. 600
coins IN gold, silver and bronze have
passed through che hands Of her majes.
tvs subjects, each coin bearing the fea.
lures Of the sovereign Her image has
been reproduced often enough 20 present
100 hkonosses 20 every man. woman and
child ON the globe. without doubt the
queens Is the best known face in the
world.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-03
HAD A SURE THING.
hut the baseball Manager Counted His
Chicks Before They Were Hatehed.

nut the baseball Manager Counted M
Chicks Before They wers Matched.
when Il comes 20 square sport
among professionals. admitted the vet
eran who lives by backing chance, ~
reckon you've got 10 give tho first plaoe
70 baseball Bnt way back Ia the days
before the league system was perfected
used 10 SO some curious things re-
member one club In central Ohio that
was a. good local organization ~
ever saw. All the men in tho team were
Swapping six footers. used hickory bats
and knocked a live ball 30 far that all
the farmer boys In the vicinity had a
supply Finally sporty manager got
hold II them, went wherever there was
a game 20 be had, took a professional
battery with him and bet all the money
no could place. Having nothing special
on hand that season, concluded % do
a little business ON my own hook.
BY a little quiet skirmishing In To
ledo, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Colum-
bus | got together nine that were fast
enough Tor any company. took them to
little country town about 20 miles
from the club Two been telling YOU
about named them after the place. did
some saucy blowing through the county
newspaper aud got a challenge from the
very fellows we werp after We went
over there IN old farm wagons. looking
like the rustiost lot Of grangcrs that
ever venrurcd away from home. In
practice my boys got tangled up in their
own feet, fell over each other and made
tho opposing manager feel 20 cood that
be was betting at every turn. was
right with him a. long as had dol.
lar, and there was a big roll for one Of
rs whom The game was over Now there
was a change. My boys camo out Of the
dressing room In knickcrbockers, sweat.
Crs and canvas shoes, as slick looking
lot Of ringers as your ever saw. 10 was
a cinch, and was only hot because
had no more money 10 put mp"
"You made a good thing Of ity'
Good thingl got the double cross
My battery sold out 10 tho other mana
ser They beat Us 80 bad that the scorers
demanded extra pay. My pitcher and
catcher got away before could borrow
a gun. walked ten miles 60 the nearest
station and then took a box car. That
wasn't squ,go game "-Dctruit Free
Press
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STARTING A SYNDICATE.
Few Inside Lights on How Some Concerns
Get Ia Work.

Wv INSIDE kEhtA on How some Concerns
Get 90 Work.
Scene-An Office In the city. Time
After lunch. Prosent-Members Of q
proposed syndicate.
First Member-And now. gentlemen,
20 business | suppose we may put down
the capital at $50. DOOR
Second Member = Better mako il
$500. 900. Half a million IL 40 much
easier TO get.
Third Member OF course. Who
would look At a paltry $50, DOOR
First embor-Pcrhaps you are right.
Five pound shares. chr
Fourth Member--Better make them
sovereigns; simpler 20 manipulate.
First MembeT-I dare say. Then the
same solicitors ~ our lasti
Fifth Member-Yes, ON the condition
that they get firm 10 undertake the
underwriting.
First Membcr-Necessarily. The firm
l propose, gentlemen, are men Of bust.
ness and quite recognize that nothing
purchases nothing
Second Member-And they could get
the secretary with a thousand TO invest
First Mombor-Certainly. Our bro
keFs, bankers and auditors ~ before.
eh, gentlemen
Fifth Member-On the same condi.
lions
First Member-That IL understood
And now the prospectus il getting into
shape Is there anything else any one
can suggest
Fourth Member - Oughtn't we to
have some object Ia yiowi
First Membor-Asurcdly, making
money.
Fourth Member-Don't be frivolous.
But what | mean Ia. should we not
know for what purpose we are going 20
expend the 5000. 0O0p
First Membcr-Ohl You mean the
name Well. that comparatively unim.
portant detail we might safely leave un.
til our next pleasant gathering.
Meeting adjourned. Curtain. Lon.
don Punch.
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'Ex-Represoniative George u Wise
o. Richmond" said Colonel Sinnott.
one Of the capitol detectives, lis one of
the best oampaiRners In the south. Ho
can hold almost any kind Of an audi.
ence with his oratcry, but saw him
badly stumpod a few years ago Mr.
Wise had been addressing for about ten
minutes monster crowd In front Of
Hanover courthouse on the issues Of the
day when no noticed craning Of
nocks on the part Of his rustic audience
aud finally the departure Of a dozen or
more men Ia tho direction Of a fakir
who was making a speech In front OF q
dirty looking circus tent As tine iukir
told about the marvellous freaks % be
seen insidc-ihe rut her neck man, the
BEARDED woman, tho liying skeleton,
etc. -his voice swolled and swollcd IN.
al Mr.. Wise could hardly be- heard.
Seeing that be- was about 20 loso his
audience, Mr. Wise fairly yelled. Lock
over yondoL tOya There's circus
Come with me. It's my treat he led
tho way, and every one On tho crowd
followed hiu after tiu performance
w. Wise uuurl his ngcch under The
tent '-Mush.rnfon past
N.Ilrtl.rnDss Qa lhU Il Di OH. mufvs.
man lt according Co w-.ut iu,utiFn'
HUs thC c.roCf rrat waste ol elCc'
rica. iW.a LIs oeu at tlc sutnG
and stopping. Sometimes tfc rCvDc is
LEN ca uAul ait.l iic brakes aT. sct, u'
other times thcre are merely partial
currents. hut quito enough 90 foot mp %
considerable arcucatC In fee Sc 'sOs'
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timateo that as much M 20 per cent OF
rr'f. m'y - 20, IN this way. 81
noticeable has this become that IL has
been found advisable 90 adopt a verv
fimrlo device Is means Of which T..
lost current Is. at least approximately.
measured, and the amount thereof can
be charged up against the unskillful OF
careless motorman.
This device consists Of a etrip Of
alloy plgte1 In box prepared 20 10.
oeiye a. fhe alloy IA held against the
wire by weight attached TO the lower
end OF the strip Il Is supported by a
short piece Of German silver wire Oh
such cross section as 20 be heated by the
current which flows through il 20 oper.
ate the car. At a certain Temperature
the wire melts It's way through the strip
OF alloy thus allowing the strip and
weight 20 descend. There il an auto.
matio Ievice to prevent injury TO the
recorder or tho stoppage Of the car in
casn the wire should melt under an alb
normal current The records is pushed
into place. at the same moment closing
the car circuit To insure its use the ar.
raneement h such that unless the re.
oorder Is In place the circuit IL open,
and the car will not start A record Is
Kept Of tho number Of miles each man
runs and the number Of inches OF alloy
melted during the run. This IL returned
at the end Of month and IL posted up
over against the mans name ID has
been estimated that n considerable saw.
ing is effected by this meana New
York Ledger