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The Press., 1897-01-07
ConRiStency.

She was just years old, but she W as capable of emotions which in their in- tensity would strain the capacity of much larger breasts than hers. ''I am mad as a bull, " she cried. "I am going to grow me some horns and run every body out of the house.
 Her grandmother overheard the re- mark and called the little one to her side.
 "You wouldn't run your grandmoth- CT out of the house, would you?" she asked
 "N-no," the tot replied, relenting under the personal appeal. "You could hide. "
 "Would you run your mamma out?''
 "No. She could hide too.''
 "Your papa and Aunt Mary and Jack what about them?' persisted the grandmother.
 ''They could all hide. ''
 But, my dear, what use would your horns be if we could all hide?''
 "Oh," she replied with delightful inconsistency, ''but could find you, though. "-New York Mail and Express.
The Press., 1897-01-07
Bank Robber Trap.

The latest device for bringing to naught the ill direc ed energy of the thief who presents pistol to the head of bank officials in br ,,ad daylight and during business Ecurs is reported from the west This species of criminal au- dacity is getting to hc painfully com mon of late, the usual plan being for the bandit to select an opportune mo. meut, when lots of money is ill sight, and rush up to the window, thrust his pistol through the cashiers opening and demand the funds on pain of instant death in case of a refusal. The system devised for trapping this species of the gentry consists of a drop fitted in the floor in. front of the pay window and so nicely adj justed as to be unnoticed ex- cept upon close examination. The drop ping of the trap is effected by 8 knob on the inside and readily accessible to the cashier Directly beneath the drop shoot extends downward about six feet and colverging to point at the bottom The sides of this shoot are lined with spikes, whi' :. project inward and downward. When<Mr. Robber steps to the window and makes his demand, the cashier. grabs the money with one hand, as if to deliver it, says, "All right, here you are," and with. the oth- CT turns the knob that unlatches the drop, when 'down goes McGinty. " wedged into the shoot between the spikes, from which no amount of curs- ing will extricate him, and the bank partition, being bulletproof, if he chooses to shoot, it only adds to the alarm already given by the banks off cials, which brings the police to bag the game so effectually caught. New TlnoC
The Press., 1897-01-07
BICYCLE GRIPS.
9hs HabIs of Holding the Handle Bar ss
 the Center.

9hs Habit of Holding the Handle Bar ae the Center.
 Assume. if you please. that the grips are properly placed at the ends of the handle bar, from a to IS inches apart, and that the proper place for the riders hands is on the grips The fact remains that the average rider seldom touches his grips in riding, but grips the naked bar on either side of aud close to the top of the steering head Are we to in. fer from this that the standard of handle bar construction is all wrong and that the grips should be at the top of the bar and not more than eight inches apart, or that the bar should be left long to meet the exigencies of rough riding, while the material of which the grips are made should cover the entire bar up to within an inch or two of the center, or that it would be well to have a pair of supplementary grips at the place indicated by the position assumed by the rider, or what?
 Undoubtedly the present standard handle bar is correct. The average rider, for one thing, has his grips drop ped so low that he cannot reach them conveniently, so that his easiest position is with his hands on the top of the bar, and again many riders, with level or up- turned bars, who are able to reach their grips comfortably, have acquired the habit of grasping the nickel in defer ence to the.popular idea We think that every rider is obliged at times to use his grips. Full handle bar leverage is necessary whenever steering is rendered difficult by rough surface or otherwise, At such times every rider finds that the standard bar comes in handy. Supple mentary grips would detract measura- bly from the trim appearance of the handle bar, and it may be doubted whether cyclists as 8 class would toler- ate them. A bar entirely covered with cork or other grip material would speed fly become soiled and make 8 sorry looking object in comparison with the bright nickeled dbar.-American Cyclist.
The Press., 1897-01-07
HERo,sM IN MINES.


Instances Where Brave Msn Have RiskeA
 Their KAvss to Save Otheys-
 Never was there a mining disaster of any magnitude without several in- stances of individual gallantry in saw ing boys alone, says a writer in Chums. As . oolliery manager said the other day. "There may be a score of cases of that kind after a single accident and nobody be any the wiser"
 "A boy told me once," he proceeded. "that after an explosion one of the men who was with him brought him along At last they met the afterdamp. The lad was 90 terrified, % anxious to get out, that he wanted to rush through and make his way to the shaft. If he had gone on. he certainly would have dropped, but the man would not let him. He stopped him by force, and though the lad bit and fought like c little demon he stuck to him and held him near to the ground, SO that they could breathe. How do you think he calmed the boy at lastf Sang comic songs to him. Well. they had to keep where they were for about five hours, and then, when she air had got better, the man started of and brought the younRster out safely, though once he was nearly suffocated ny the afterdamp. Now, there's a case that nobody would have beard of probably if the lad hadn't [ happened to have told me about it.
 As an instance of heroism in this di- section that is known, however, l re- call Q story beard near the bank of the Hyde pit after the explosion in 1889. You know that the slightest delay in dying for the shaft may mean death. in tho neighborhood of Bolton some lew years ago one man out of Q party of colliers stopped behind for a minute ,r SO to look for his son, 0 hoy of IA. who was working close by. The two met, but, alas, they perished there to- Rether aud were found clasped in each others arms And paternal devotion as thus manifested has cost many a brave fellow his life.
 We'll, on the occasion referred to a man named Haslam brought from the workings, or met as he was scurryine along to the pit mouth, a youth about I6, and throughout the terrible journey he stuok to the lad with the most heroic determination. Twice the boy stumbled and fell, but the noble collier dragged him to his feet and urged him to push on with all speed. Other mishaps befell tbsm. yet both, rejoice to say, gained the surfsos alive and comparatively well
The Press., 1897-01-07
Somsthing About Partridw...

Among the habits of the partridge one is that when a covey is roosting on the ground, with their tails punched to- Rether in Q circle, the bunch is sur mounted byTA line of watchful heads, like sontinels on duty. Another Is that they run the instant the ground is touched after flush, the dogs often trailing them in rabbit hunting fashion. Their sense of smell is evidently very acute, for during the nesting season, if the eggs, which number from 10 to 20, are disturbed in any way or n hand even inserted in the nest, it will be immedi- ately deserted and a new one built A ahort time previous to the nesting the males are often involved in desperate oombats for the choice of mates, who stand by and quietly watch the encOun- ter, seeming not to care which one be- comes the victor. The incubation is performed entirely by the female, the male, when not feeding, often being perched on some slight elevation, en- oouraging her by his mellow toned call of "bobwhite. Two and sometimes three broods of young are reared during a season, the nesting beginning as early as May 1. Later in the fall the broods of young occasionally join forces, but whether from a want of company or for protection is not known.
 When feeding, the birds are some times scattered several yards apart, but at the first sign of danger an alarm is given, and they immediately "bunch, " with their heads placed close together, as if in consultation. The first shot into a covey will often cause them to break and fly in all directions, and if not dis turbed again for several minutes "scat- J ter calls" will be heard on every side. These are made to collect the remaining birds, who again bunch. Many of the market gunners seem to have no qualms of conscience and very often kill with out hesitation an entire cOvey. when al least one or two pairs of birds should be left for breeders. s.-Baltimore Sun.
The Press., 1897-01-07
Iittle Courtesv Amonx Trayelers,

''I am sorry to have to say it" re- marked a sleeping car conductor, "but somehow-and l have no explanation for it-men travelling are not as cour- teous and accommodating to lady trav- alers as they should be. The men who ask for all kinds of accOmmo odationS, when they have their wives, sisters or female relatives travelling with them and they never fail then to claim every thing in sight-are in many cases the men who decline to give similar favors to other lady passengers. AS matter of fact the upper berths i'll a sleeping car are the best, the best ventilated, and I think experience has shown the safest in cases of wreck. Still, the de- mand is nearly always for the lower berths, because it is easier to get into them. This is particularly so with lady travellers. In my last half dozen trips from and back to this city I have had m ore than the usual percentage of lady passengers, and have not succeeded in one case in getting any of the men trav- elers to surrender a lower berth for an upper berth. The melf, being more ex. perienced, secured the lower berths and refused to give them up. ."-Washing- ton Star
The Press., 1897-01-07
Ouestion of Adipose.

A criminal lawyer of long experience at the bar was heard to say the other day:
 ''I have made juries in murder cases an especial study. There are a large number of men, larger than most peo- pie suppose. who have scruples about finding death as a punishment for a murderer. I used to make it my busi- ness to study jurymen's faces and see if could read by the lines whether or not they had scruples about the death sen- tenoe. gave this up, though, as being beyond my power of comprehension. Later continued study of the jury box led me to a discovery. That was that in nine cases out of ten jury composed mostly of tall, lean men would. when the evidence was sufficient never have the slightest hesitation about fixing ex- treme sentence. On the other hand, g jury where short, fat men predominated in number would occupy twice as much time in finding its verdict, and when brought in it would generally be term of imprisonment for the murderer. "- Louisville Commercial
The Press., 1897-01-07
Running For Office,

A gentleman who is usually home keeping man, but who was induced to enter the race for a minor office early in the campaign was giving his ex- perience" outside of meeting the other day. He said: ''No, shall never run for office again, not if know it. For three weeks aftes I took the stump I did not see my family, and during my absence at that time fellow who was shipping watermelons for me pocketed the returns for four carloads and skip ped the country; tramp rode away on one of my best horses; my wife invest ed $200 i'll bicy cles; my youngest daughter ran away and married fel- low for me to support, and all of our mutual relatives came to congratulate my wife on the honor which had been conferred upon me and incidentally to spend the summer. Those three weeks cost me in round numbers $4OO, to say nothing of the son. in-law, who threat ened to be permanent, and the office for which was striving is worth just $500 year. I won't be elected, however, and I'm - glad of it. But this has been campaign of education to me, for in it have learned just how much of a fool I really was. "-Atlanta Constitu- tion.
The Press., 1897-01-07
A Bird That Slaves Itself.

The lammergeyer, or bearded vulture, found throughout the whole mountain chains of the old world, actually slaves himself. The expert barber, who has for his customers crusty millionaires, could not ply the keen edged razor to the stubby beard of his particular pa tron more deftly than the monarch of the mountain tops prunes his own bris tly beard.
 The head of the vulture is clothed with feathers, and from the sides of the under mandible proceeds row of black bristles. From this peculiar projection of feathers the bird derives his name. A layer of similar bristles begins at the eye and covers the nostrils, forming a fieecy mustache.
 With his strong and sharp claws, which act as the razor, he begins to trim his fbrous whiskers with great care and dexterity. He does this with great regularity, and soon the downy beard and mustache give way to full growth of bristIy feathers.-San Fran cisco Examiner.
The Press., 1897-01-07
Trolley Conductors, EYes.

Street railway men, who are inclined to ascribe all the ills from which they suffer to the introduction of electricity as 8 motive power on the car linss, have discovered new grounds for complaint about the hardships of the lives they lead. A conductor of the Columbia ave- nue line put the case in a nutshell the other night when he said:- 'tRailroadin ain't the softes' job there is in the world. When I commenced, I2 years ago, I was stronger'n Sandow, an now it's as much as I can do to carry a fist ful of nickels. My sights beginnin to fail me now, an it's all on account of these here electric lights, for they've knocked out lots of the boys already. Every time we cross & current breaker the light flashes, an what with the constant iarrin it makes my head ache all the time., I'd rather work under 8 tallow candle or calcium ight-any- thing, so longs it's steady. I'll sooE have to be wearin glasses like the most of lem. Thirty-two out of the 58 regu. lars an subs on this division wears glasses already" - Philadelphia Reo- ord.
 Colored emigrants starting from Washington to Monrovia, in Liberia, would have before them a voyage of 6, 646 milea
The Press., 1897-01-07
CarbOrunIIlIHI.

The manufacture # C.I' 'nr:?ndum is one of the most unique = l;,ently es- tablished industries, a,r, tIP plant at Niagara is one of cXCr"','" interest in connection with the am z4ng power now generated at that locality. As is now well known, carborundum is 8 compound of carbon and silicon, in ap- pearance presenting a surface of high luster, iridescent with many colors, the valuable property of the substance con- sisting in its extreme hardness, in which respect it stands next to the dia- mond, and consequently is coming into extensive use as polishing and abra- sive agent. In the process of manufac- ture, quartz sand, coke, sawdust and salt are intimately mixed. This material is placed in the furnace around large cylinder of coke and the entire mass covered up and finally walled in with a loose framework of bricks At the ends of this furnace are the poles or elec- trodes of a powerful electric circuit, and when the current is turned on an intense heat is produced, which results in a chemical com bination of the carbon of the coke and sawdust and the silicon of the sand. The proceFs is cont @u ued for A hours, and then, after cooling, the Darborundum is extracted, series of operations finally preparing it for the market. New York Sun.
The Press., 1897-01-07
A LONG SEARCH.

Everywhere Kitty had sorv;l:t tho quotation Browning and Tennys, H. Shelley and Lang. Shakespeare she hanLl,.tl with great venera- tion,
 Shutting, however, the tonnes with a bang Byron she searched. and Swinburne so burn ing Gosse, Austin Dobson, Stevenson, Moore. Leaves of each one she T..s futilely turning Hopeless her search ever before. Then wearied, fearful, she angrily fiirted Out of the library-rushed she distraught. "Let's give it up, |" then she poutingly blurted, "For I have forgotten the line that we sought :'.
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The Press., 1897-01-07
All That Was Lacking,

He had been away on a business trip for quite long time and had brought his wife handsome fan on his return.
 ''It's just perfectly lovely, Harry, " she said. 'It's the daintiest and most beautiful fan ever saw.'
 "I'm glad you like it. he returned, with evident qualification.
 ''How could I help liking nything so pretty?" she asked, and then she add ed, with sigh, II only wish I could carry it some time.
 ':Why can't you:" he demanded.
 "No gown to go with it," she an swered promptly. 'There ought to be a gown to match, or at least one that wouldn't look shabby beside it, if''-
 She got the gown. He kicked himself for two days, and ever thereafter bought fans to match what she already had. Chicago Post.
 The blue violet is symbolic of love and the white of modesty. In Germany either IS considered as symbolic of reti- cence. A Silesian lover can make his sweetheart no more acceptable present than bunch of violets.
The Press., 1897-01-07
For Earache.

The following cure may be tried in cases of severe earaohe when ordinary remedies have failed: Get a small quan- tity of dried arnica flowers and put them into two small bags. Put half @ pint of whisky into a small saucepan on the stove, and when it is heated dip one of the bags into it and apply to the ear of the sufferer. As soon as one bag begins to cool and the steam stops oom- ing from it change it for the other bag which is heating in the whisky.
The Press., 1897-01-07
A SHOWER IN THE VILLAGE,
This Word Picture Somehow Awakens
 Pleasant Memories.
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This Word Picture Somehow Awakens
 Pleasant Memories.
 Over the whole village that stiffness reigns which only Sunday ill summer can produce. It is nearing the noon hour, and there IS a glare of sunlight everywhere.
 The quiet of the streets seems to be intensified us one approaches the corner where the small stone church stands alone. There is q service going on in- side, and the rolling music of the organ faintly waited from within reaches the deserted streets outside. Rows of houses with closed blinds and unoccupied door steps meet the eye on every side, and down a narrow lane near at hand a freshly painted barn gleams hotly in the fierce sunshine. Three or four pigeons have fiuttered to the roof and are sun- ming themselves and softly cooing.
 Near the door of the church horse and buggy stand, and now and again the animal. bothered by f.es, stamps and splashes in the shallow puddle un- der him.
 A dog trots lazily up tie street and stops on his way to chnse and bark at a few belatcd sparrows. One of the pigeons stalks with dignity across the roof, and another dutters into the air with q whirring sound and disappears.
 The sound of the organ has died quite away and only the distant ciucklng of a disturbed hen breaks the qulet. The sun- light seems to have taken on a darker shade.
 A sharp gust of wind sweeps up and down the street and ruIhes through the foliage of the sleeping trees. The spar rows that occupied the street are not in- sight. No living thing is to be seen, and the newly painted barn, that a moment ago looked scorched and blIstered, seems to have taken on a cooler unge. The breeze has died quite away, and there is a moment of supreme stlIlness.
 Then dull, suIlen sound that seems like the roar Of a distant train steals upon the air. It comes again, and there is no mistaking it-'it is thunder. A Hurried hen Iuns across the lane and disappears behind a board just as three largo drops mark the dust covered side. walk. Drops are falling Cv,rywhere, and as they increase ill nun Der they de crease in size. There is a gvL.tle batter on the sidewalk, on the house top., through the trees, which becomes more and more hurried until II generates into a steady rush of failing Fam. The. lana. scape is almost shut out from sight.
 Slowly and by hardly perce p,lUIe ue grees the steady rush becomes batter, and the sun. with sudden brIinance changes each drop to a sIsteulng a.a mond.
 The rain ceases, and the sparkling trees gently shake lnemselves in the sunlight.
 The shower is over-Walter II. Egg ginton in New Bohemian.
The Press., 1897-01-07
The Water Lily.

Severala specimens of water lilies have the very curious peculiarity oi blooming all day, and at evening clos ing their blossoms, and, by retractine the stem, drawing the flower entirely under water There is no more singular fact in the history of flowers than thi' oddity of the water lily.
The Press., 1897-01-07

Absolutely pure, perfectly harmless, and invariably reliable are the qualities of One Minute Cough Cure. Itnever fails in colds. croup and lung troubles. Children like it because it is pleasant to take and it helps them w. D. Heald, Stafford sI rings G L. Phillips. South Coventry.
The Press., 1897-01-07

Scaly eruptions on the head, chapped hands and lips, cuts, bruises, scalds, burns are quickly cured by DeWitt's Witch Ha- Eel Salve. It is at present the aIticle most used for piles, and it always cures them. w. D. Heald, Stafford Springs G. l.. Phillips. South Coventry.
The Press., 1897-01-07

The rirst visit of pestiIential fever to this country was in 1702. It was brought from the West Indies to New York by trading vessels.
The Press., 1897-01-07
Bread and cracker dressing for turkey should have a minced onion or two in it.

The progrt ssive ladies of Westfield, Ind, issued a "Woman's Edition" of the Westfield News, bearing date of April B.,
 1896. The paper is filled with matter of interest to women, and we n ,tice the following from a correspondent, which he editors printed, realizing that it treats upon a matter of vital importance to their sex: "The best remedy for croup, colds and bronchitis that l have been able 10 find is Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
 For family use it has no equal. I gladly recommend it."' 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by w. w. Lathrop, Stafford Springs; G. L. Phillips, South Coventry.
The Press., 1897-01-07

A rainbow in the afternoon is genel ally an indication of clear weather.
The Press., 1897-01-07

The opal is the only stone that cannot be counterfeited and the old superstition is wearing out that it brings bad luck.
The Press., 1897-01-07

Ptolemy, king of Macedon, was tn Thunderbolt, frum the vigor of his mili taKy movements. -
The Press., 1897-01-07

Why Attempt to Cure catarrh by the use of so-called blood remedies? That catarrh is not caused by blood troubles is self-evident when you reflect that attacks are always due to sudden climatic changes or exposure, and occur most frt quently during the winter and spring, though the blood is as pure then as in summer or fall. A remedy which quickly relieves and cures the catarrhal attacks has been found in Ely's Cream Balm.
The Press., 1897-01-07

Persons who are troubled with indi- gestion will be interested in the experience of Vim. Penn chief clerk in the railway mail service at Des Moines, Iowa, who writes ''1t gives me pleasure to testify to the merits of Chamberlian's Colic Cholera and Diarrt ea Remedy For two years l have suffered from indigestion, and am subject to frequent severe attacks of pain in the stomach and bowels. One or two doses of this remedy never fails to give perfect relief. Price 9 and 50 cents ; sold by w. w. Lathrop, Staffnh d Springs; c. L. Phillips, South Coventry.