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Lot or tho Gam. warden In maine.

EDDINeToN. Me-. Nov. l3.-Game Warden
Herrick is confined to his house. Ho wears
heavy bandages over his eyes on account OF u
wicked joke which some boys played on him gu.
at Lake Chemo. They have been DIGGING deer
around the lake all the fall. When Herrick
heard OF il, he went out to shoot the dogs. carry
ing u rifle which was mado for 80 short cart.
ridges. While he was In camp eating his dinner,
tho ooys extracted his box of .3s short cartridges
and put II box OF SO long in its place. That
the lake on a deer's track. and hastily threw In
a cartridge to shoot. When he snapped his rife
ed, filling Herrick's face and eyes with burned
powder and, fragments OF the brass shell. HI
Will not be able to go out until next year. Moan
chase deer nearly every day.
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the Output CT Crescent Nlcy cleas
This article Is intended to convey a eoH-
ception Of the su0rapns amount Of raw ma.
terial consumed during q season in supply
ing the demand for one Of the most popular
bicycles made. The Western Wheel Works,
Chicago, makers Of the Crescent wheel, have
the largest, and without doubt The most
complete, bicycle factory IN the world, and
can turn out, when running to fullest ca
pacity, 725 finished Creseents in twelve
hours, OF a complete up TO date bicycle
per minute
They used during 1895 $50 miles Of tub
ings OK enough so nearly reach from Chi
cago TO st. Paul If placed In q straight line.
The spokes were made In their own fac
tory, ana required $50 miles Of wire, OF
enough to reach from Chicago to Lincoln,
Neb.; 50 miles OF brass rod was required
f0r spoke nipples. If the sp0kes, spoke nip
pies and tubing were placed in a straight
line they would reach from Chicago to the
Rocky Mountains at Denver. The crGnks,
If placed end TO end. would cover a distance
Of = miles They used 50 miles Of steel for
crank axles, wheel aXles and pedal axles,
and IS miles of steel for seat posts. IL the
rims that were used in the manufacture OF
GresCents in '96 were placed one upon the
other they would make a pile 1880 feet
high, 5000 feet higher than Pixies Peab
and about the height of Mount Elias in
Alaska, whose summit has never yet been
reached by man. Ii required 320S4 square
feet of sheet steel TO make the Crescent
hollow tooth sprockets, and 2l,Sl6 square
feet Tor the steel stampIngs of the head gnd
seat post clamps, or in all enough fiat stee
TO cover an area Of u acres. There were
used TO miles Of cork grips los miles Of
finished hubs, and % miles Of steel wire tC
pin frames together before bTazing. The
finished chains, end TO end, would reach
20 miles, and the different pieces of which
they are composed would reach 1874 miles
or in all 3G74 miles, the distance from Chi
Cago to Cincinnati. The bearings of 1881
Creseents required 1881, 800 steel balls
which, if placed in a straight line, side By
side, would reach a distance Of 40 miles
To lace the chain and dress guards on the
ladies' CTesCents manufactured in 1896 re
quired 49, $50 yards Of cord, or 246t miles
enough to allow a small boy to stand on
the top Of the Auditorium tower in Chicago
and fly his kite where the people in Des
MONIES, Iowa, could see It. To supply
Crescents sold in 1895 required l,G06, "a
bolts, and l,4SS,G75 nuts, having an aggre
gate weight of g tons The total weight
Of the complete bicycles was 2,9S2, 81.
pounds, OF l,l9l tons. To crate these bi
cycles required /, 235,7 4O square feet Of lum
Der made up in pieces; 72,7IS,66S separate
and distinct pieces entered into the con
stTuctiOn Of '96 Crescents, and if all were
placed in a straight line, end to end, they
would reach from New York to some dis
lance in the Pacific ocean west of San Fran
cisco.-Crescent Bulletin, July !, 1897.
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His After-Dinner spseeh.

Around the table were gathered many
men. The dinner was almost over, and now
in the interval of service general conveTsa-
ton had ceased, and they were all looking
at him and waiting for him to speak. lie
was a handsome man; clean shaver and
commanding looking, in iTeproachable
evening dress. He stood, his left arm
hanging at his side, his right hand resting
lightly upon the table. Every eye was upon
him as he began to speak. And this is what
he said:
Sorry, gents, but de plum puddin' is all
out. DeTe's rice an tapioca, an dere's
plumpeachanapple cTeamOrThubaTb an
mincerlemon pie, Whachergo' nterhaVe? '-
n. Y. Journal.
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from the crowd, but interpreted it prob
ably as occasioned by the sight of a
balloon ascension, which was then
more of a novelty in that region than il
would be to-day.
after a minute was able TO get my
foot out of the loop in which it had
caught, and so to let myself down into
an upright position. The balloon was
rising steadily, and there was no more
Jerking and apparent motion to herope
than there would have been had il
been suspended from high beam in
barn, and this alone made it possible
for me to cling to it.
81 now found that / could twist one
leg around the rope, and by resting one
foot on the rope where it crossed the
other foot, could very nearly remove
the weight from my hands, which was
great relief. I knew then that had
a chance TO get out of the fix was iRt
for / could now alternately rest my
hands and my feet.
treasured by this, looked up at the
balloon above me, and conceived the
idea Of climbing up to it, for, like most
country boys, was expert at climbing.
"The rope had caught me before half
of it had been taken up from the
ground, so that the distance up to thecaT
was much less than it might have been,
1 found no very great difficulty in grad
ually climbing up to position under
the car, stopping very often to rest.
1T has always seemed strange 10 me
that the man above didn't discover
meanwhile that he had boy hanging
on behind, but it can perhaps be ex-
planned by the fact that he was an old
hand at the business, and, as sailing
through the air was no novelty to him,
he didn't spend any time looking at the
scenery below.
HE sat there in the middle Of the car
calmly tossing ont circulars and smOk-
ing his pipe, while / climbed up toward
him so cautiously that l presume
didn't jerk the rope a bit. wonder
that / hadn't shouted 10 him at the
very first, but it didn't enter my head
for me to do anything but hang on aud
climb.
when | had slowly climbed up well
under the car, without thinking what
the effect would BE / shouted 'HaIloa!'
and the next instant was almost jerked
of the rope, for the balloonist gave a
Jump that very nearly upset the car
and when / caught sight Of MS face
after he had turned around two OF three
times, trying il dazed sort of way to
find out where the voice came from il
was as white as a sheet. he looked eau
tiousIy over the edge Of the basket
How in the name Of, he began
bat suddenly cut it short Hold OF a
minute longeri' ne shouted
"And il a twinkliRg be had made a
moose IN the end OF a piece Of rope that
vas lying in the car. and bad passed il
down, moose end first, through tbewick-
er-work bottom Of the basket
Put one foot into the loop h
called cut, and I wiz tie the other enc
Of the rope here, to support youE
weight, That win take the strain Of
your hands til can get you into the
ear.
rs Ras q g.saF relief to nave The
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Nov, boys. keep back said the
aeronaut, as he came into the circle to
make everything ready; keep back, or
some Of you VIII get burt, with this bas-
ket thrashing about here;' for By this
time the basket had been fastened on
and the balloon was filed out nearly
fun.
''The balloonist threw into the basket
several bundles of circulars which ne
was going to throw out. handful by
handful, as he rose through the air, the
proprietors OF various stores in the town
having taken this then original method
Of distributing their circulars and
dodgers.
Everything was now ready. The hot
air had been shut of, the mouth Of the
balloon had been closed, and the balloon
ist had arranged his circulars ready to
throw out, a dozen or so at time, as
lie went up,
Let 60 the roPesl' he shouted.
Sand the great sphere shot up into
the air, with white paper auttering
out from it on all sides.
81 could never tell exactly how it
happened" continued my seatmate,
but I suppose it was a mixture Of boy
ish curiosity and sudden pressure
from behind, as the crowd surged for
ward; but know that suddenly STUN
bIed forward and fell upon the coil OF
drag rope that was being rapidly taken
up. In falling, my footin some way be-
came entangled in a rope, so that loop
in it caught me by one ankle, and quick
as a fash l was going up into the air at
the rate of a mile a minute, hanging
head downward, while a great cry of
horror was sent after me by the peO-
pie below.
you may be sure that no more sur
prised boy ever left terra-frma than ]
was, when I saw the earth suddenly
dropping away from me, as it seemed,
Fortunately, did not lose my head,
though the position was certainly IA
vorable for such a result. Instructive
Iy grasped the rope that was hanging
down beside me and hung on for dear
life.
THE aeronaut above me apparently
knew nothing Of what was going on
below his car, for the dry-goods and
house-furnishing circulars continued to
hutter down past me in undiminished
quantities.
''He had doubtless heard a great cry
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ThE s. eARnENsR.
Hh zOve Tor Long words and Ma.


Ms hove fOr Long Words aad Ma
tuFs-
DO you remember" asked the own
eT Of a large country place, "a man in
one Of stockton's stories whose great
ambition was to own d dictionary
Well, have just that fellow in nv
employ now. My gardener might have
furnished the original, in that respect
at least. for the character the writer
was describing. I always noticed
Miehaels passion for long words, but
it wss By accident that he revealed TO
me one day how much he would like
to have dictionary Of his own, in
which he might hunt up his beloved
polysyllables 1 gave him one, and
after that his conversation was more
respondent than ever. He was not
always quite sure Of his ground but he
invariably succeeded in producing an
impressive result On one occasion, l
remember, my next neighbor had
quietly appropriated several bushels
Of my early bough apples, which grew
unfortunately near to the boundary
line between the two places. Ii was
not matter worth making much fuss
about, yet I should have liked to stop
it, and in talking it over with Michael
I said, half to him and half to myself;
I wonder what would be the best
thing to doP
"'Well, sir, said he, this is what !
think. You'll Just do nothing what
ever at present; you'll wait till them
late russell apples of his is ripe and
then you'll gather heap of them some
night and r-r-retaliate the compli
mentP
michael always had a grudge
against this particular neighbor, any
way, and held his gardening ideas il
special contempt So one day when /
CHANGED to be the first to discover that
Mr.. - had cut down one of his most
beautiful hedges to make room for
something else, I fastened to tell
Michael and get his opinion upon the
Dissertation. He had a deep, genuine
affection for all growing things and
his eyes glowed wrathfully when he
heard of the murdered laurel bushes,
even though they were outside OF his
own domain.
"'What do you think of the perform
ance? I asked.
"'Mr. - replied the old fellow,
speaking slowly and emphasizing every
word, the man that would do that
ought to be communicated from the
church and denied Christian buriaip
Coming from good Catholic like
Michael I think this will stand as
pretty severe sentence. IN. Y. Trib-
me
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WILLING TO HELP.
But His Kind Offer Was soOrnfuIIy Re-
fused.

But His Kind Offer Was scornfuIly Re-
fused.
He looked like a gentleman of the
old school.
The others in the car took no pains
to conceal their annoyance when the
baby began to cry, much to the dis
comfort of the mother, but he looked
at her as if he rather sympathized
with her. The crusty old bachelor
banged his paper down and changed
his seat; the sour-looking old maid
moved her parrot down to the other
end Of the car; the gay youth grabbed
his hat and package of cigarettes and
started for the smoker.
And of course the woman with the
baby knew instinctiVely that she was
the cause of it all. That is always the
way. The one who is having the hard
est time of it anyway is made even
more uncomfortable by those who
should strive to make it easier for her.
But the gentleman of the old school
beamed on her in a kindly way that
made up for the shortcomings of all
the rest. OF course he couldn't read
while the baby was trying to beat the
continuOus-crying record of the world,
but he kept his paper in front of him
and pretended that he could. Oeca-
sionally ne lowered it enough to scowI
at some passenger who was making
audible remarks about crying babies
and women who would persist in trav-
cling with them and then smiled reas-
suringly at the woman with the baby.
Finally, however, it was evident that
the time for action had come. He
must take the side Of the woman with
the baby or consent to be numbered
with those who were endeavorinr to
make her feel as uncomfortable as pos
sible.
He leaned over and spoke to her to
show how his sympathies were en-
listed.
Can I help you in any way, madamPH
he asked.
''Pm afraid not" she replied with a
smile. Il don't imagine you have had
much experience with children"
"Quite right" he said "But then ]
didn't know whether you had made
proper provision for the trip. Might
have overlooked something, you know.
People will do that sometimes. Now,
if bottle of chlorcform would be Of
any service to you 1 have about a quart
in my"
He didn't finish the sentence. There
was dangerous glitter in her eyes
that he was quick to notice.
And perhaps he didn't belong TO the
old school after ali; perhaps he didn't
belong to any school-Chicago Post.
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| might and glory Of the United States OF

-nlBLJ anu gAOIy u the OAlteu DIdJes OF
America.
The same hOnors are paid to the flag
when it is hauled down at sunset. Il
there is a band on board, the hosting Of
the flag is heralded with the Star
Spangled Banner" and its hauling down
with Hail Columbia"
If the ship is in a foreign port the
national air Of that country is played
after our own. Then the national airs
of other nations whose men-of-war are
present in that port are played in the
order Of the rank of their commanding
officers. To omit any one of them would
be considered an insult and would be
followed by a prompt inquiry from the
ranking officer of the nation whose air
had been omitted, and an apology or
explanation would be required
Youths Companion.
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Honoring the Flag.

Should you ever be on one Of our men
of-war at eight o'clock in the morning
you will hear suddenly three prolonged
rolls on a drum, followed by the herald
ing notes Of bugle, Looking then
about the ship you will see every sailor
and every officer facing toward the stern
and standing mute with barred head and
uplifted eyes. During these signs of
rigid respect you will see, rising slowly
to the peak and unfolding TO the breeze,
the beautiful stars and stripes, and you
will feel an exultant thrill, as does
every officer and man there uncovered,
that above you floats the symbol of the
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Nervousness and Insomnia
a Prominent Farmer Of Kansas
Bindz q Cure.
F,cm tbs canitai s. yobn Raaeaa

From the Capital. st. John, Kansas
Hearing that J. II. DetWisr, a prosperous
tanner who resides about three miles east Of
st. John, Kansas, had been using Dr.. VII
hams Pink Pills with marvellous beneficial
results, reporter Of the Kansas City Star
called upon him for an interview regarding
the matter. We found Mr. Detviler 8 tall,
and apparently well preserved man of
seventy years. Upon our iRterrOgating MIN
concerning his use Of Pink Pills he gave us
the following, and with his entire consent to
its publication:
u had been troubled for several years
with extreme nervousness. AT first It did
not prevent ne from attending to my farm
duties. About three years ago, however,
began to grow rapidly worse, then my
nights became sleepiess, and i could not
sleep two hours IN an entire night. be
came terribly affected too with Indigestion
became alarmed at my condition, and con.
suited a physician One doctor told me the
trouble was insomnia, and I took his medi
cine for that, but without relief. Another
told NE 1t was nervous prOstratiOn, but his
medicine had nc more effect than the same
amount Of water. Finally, seeing Dr. VIII
Eams' Pink Pills advertised, and noticing
particularly the testimony Of a person who
had been cured by them of a very similar
disease to mine, I determined to try them
/ called upon cur local druggist, Mr.. j
StiYers and procured a supply. / began
taking them, and in a very short time my
nervousness was less severe. After had
given them a thorough trial, I found myself
entirely cured. can now lie down at night
and go to sleep without the slightest trouble
Furthermore the cure has been permanent
and I can recommend Pink Pills to all who
are afflicted as I was, for their equal cannot
be found
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are now given to the public as an unfailing
blood builder and nerve restOrer, curing all
forms of weakness arising from a Watery
condition of the blood or shattered nerves
The pills are sold by all dealers, or VIII be
sent post paid on receipt of price, so cents a
box, OF six boxes for $3.50 they are never
sold in bulk or by the 100, by addressing DR.
Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, n. Y
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HER LlFELIKE STATUE
signalized Her Departure from the
World of Artists.

WGFld OF Artists
Before her marriage she had been a IA
nous sculptress She had made several pOr-
traits Of Well-known men, and everyone pre-
dicted for her a still more brilliant future,
when she suddenly set all predictions at
naught by marrying a wealthy man who dis
approved Of her keeping up her professional
work. She was very quiet under tins re-
stTictiOn, but was supposed to rebel inward
ly. Therefore when, at a dinner party one
evening, she asked her old friend, Gen.
Bashar, to come and see her on the follow
ing evening and inspect ber last piece of
work, which she thought the best and most
Iifelike she had ever executed, he sup
posed he was to use his influence to prevail
upon the husband to permit her to resume
her place among the working fraternity Of
artists.
81 am sure you will like it, general, !" she
said, with a winning smile. 1T fairly lives
and breathes. 1 confess ] am IN love with
it myself"
On the appointed evening the general,
with some misgivings over the delicacy OF
the task intrUsted to him, presented him.
self. Instead of inviting him to the studio,
his hostess, to his surprise, offered to bring
her last bit to him,
ooh, it's a statuette, is It." he asked.
well, yes, you might call it so, she an
sWered, as she went out Of the room. In q
few minutes she returned, bearing 10 her
arms-a baby!-ChicagO TImes-HeTald.
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strain Of ny weight taken of ray hands
and feet With one foot IN the loop
could hang on very comfortably. But
then q serious question arose. How was
I to get into the basket2 An attempt
to climb up over the side might upset
that frail affair.
Wait a minnie, called out the aero
nsut. III cut out two OF the ribs OF the
basket, right here in the bottom, aad
then, by springing the next one on each
side back little, 1 guess you can crawl
up through" and this was done q mo-
ment later.
Il can tell you 7 was glad when
found myself sitting in the bottom Of
the basket resting.
How long has it been since we left
the ground 2 I asked.
Just five minutes, he said.
"a good deal can happen in five min
utes.
THAT" continued my companion
was the way I came to bean aeronaut. q
THE affair created a great sensation,
and / was talked about far and wide,
The owner of the hot-air balloon was
shrewd enough to see that there was
money to be made out Of so much free
advertising. and he made me a hand
some offer to make the ascensions with
him, and l promptly accepted the offer
I was greatly interested in my new
work, and gradually begun to add some
attractions, such as performing on the
trapeze bar az tbs ascension was made
and then parachute leaps from the bal
loon, high in air. But IneVeF attempted
any such attraction as was exhibited
when went up hanging by one foot tc
the drag-rope. webb DonneH, il
Golden Days,
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shake Into Your shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet;
It cures painful, swollen, smaTtng feet ana
instantly takes the sting out of corns and
bunions. It'sthe greatest comfort discovery
of the age. Aliens Foot-Ease makes tight OF
new shoes feel easy. 1t is certain cure for
sweating, callous, hot, tired, aching feet,
Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and
shoe stores, 25e. Trial package FREE.
Write to Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, n. Y.
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Converted to One Belief.

Jones, q protested religionist, had
for years tainted Brown with his un.
orthodox doubtings, at a certain din,
ner, given by Jones, the host became
obstreperously tipsy. Ladies were
present, and after they had withdrawn
Jones flung himself, with a lighted
cigar, into chair beside his friend,
''Before 1 die, old chap, he announced,
rather thick of tongue, Ppm deter
mined to convert you.7 "As to the
truth of one dogma" said Brown,
you've certainly done so.7 (Which
is that?" mumbled Jones. "The ele,
walton Of the host IN. Y. Post.
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Pat returned from London after a holiday,
and meeting his priest one day stopped to
tell his adventures.
Now, Of all the sights You saw, what OBJ
ject struck you m0st-in fact, left the deep
est impression on you?" asked the priest.
Faith, it was a brick from a scaffOld as
struck me most and left its deep impression
on me, said Pat, showing a cut on his fore
hetd-SDare Moments.
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A poor woman who kept a shop in north
ern village, and who was troubled with a
husband who could scarcely be considered a
credit to the family, one day found herself
a widow through the sudden demise Of her
spouse. A lady, who frequently made
small purchases at the shop, called to see her
and to offer her sympathy, though knowing
that the mans death must in a certain sense
come as a relief, as the wife had often suf-
fered from his violence. She was not, how.
ever, quite prepared for the stoieal way in
which the wife took her bereavement.
Said the lady:
Il am sure, Mrs. C., you must miss
your husband"
"Well, mum, it do seem queer to go into
the shop and find something in the till!"-
Tit-Bits.
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one Vnr nnf of n.

He sighed YEARLY.
'It's no use, he said. 81 fear I can
no longer keep the wolf from the door.
''Oh. well, she replied, cheerily, sits
not so bad as it might be. I'll let the
cook answer the bell, and if she can't
brighten him away, why, let him have
her. She's not a very good cook, any
way, and / arr sure we can easily re
place heF."-Chicago Post.
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North and South America, beside egsSe
maia, the West Indies, Australia, and sVea
Europe, are the fields OF usefulness IN e'iich
Hostettgr,s Stomach bitsers laE demos
sirated IS value as an antidote 20 maihflal
and az q remedy FOL dyspepsia c0nstipatlo1I
rheumatism, neuralgia, hiliousnese, nervous
ness, and loss of appetite snd sleep. he
Inhabitants, the medical men OF these eoHn-
tries, have spoken IN no uncertain tones
concerning the efficacy Of the great house.
hold remedy.