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TRICK WITH LAMP CHIMNEY.

to extend from one end of the chin"
ney. outside, to within half an inch
of the middle band, and paste it on.
lengthwise, of course. Having made
sure that the silk handkerchief is
perfectly dry, put it over the bristles
of your brush, and then insert the
brush, thus covered, in the chimney.
Now hold the chimney so that your
hand may not touch the foil any
where, and rub the brush briskly
back and forth. Do this in the dark
and every time you bring the brush
out of the chimney a brilliant elec-
trio spark will leap from one piece
of foil to the another.
For the second part of your ex-
pertinent you fix the wire around the
band of foil in the middle of the
chimney, letting one end of it hang
down, and to this end you attach
half dozen strips of the cigarette
paper, made, say, by cutting each
sheet into four strips. Now put the
covered brush in the other end of the
chimney, not the end with the strip
of foil on it, and when you rub the
brush briskly the pieces of paper
will stand out from each other as it
they were alive.
This experiment illustrates three
principles of physics: First, that
glass becomes electrified by friction;
second, that metallic substances, like
foil and wire, transmit the electricity
from charged body (the glass; to
an unchanged body (the paper), and,
third, that bodies charged with the
same kind of electricity repel each
other, for the strips of paper fly
apart when they are charged.-Cin-
cinuati Commercial Tribune.
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DOG Dincd on Greenbacks.

Not long ago New York woman
went to police headquarters and COM
planned that she had been robbed Of
$500 in notes, as we'll as three bank
books and deeds of property. Diligent
search failed to disclose any trace OF
robbers, and the case was put down as
one of the many unsolved mysteries
of the great metropolis. Two weeks
later, the victim of the loss appeared
at the station again and told curious
story. The lady is the owner of pet
dog, and for several days it was no.
ticed the animal spent much of it's
time sleeping behind hat rack in the
hall adjoining the bedroom, where the
valuable papers had been kept in tin
boz. One day, while the hall was be-
ing cleaned, the rack was moved, and
behind it the missing bank books and
deeds were found. But of the green
backs not scrap could be discovered,
and the conclusion was arrived at that
the dog had chewed up the whole $500
worth. If that animal had a vote, he
would no doubt be soft money advo-
cate
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THE CHAMPION WING SHOT.
Can't. DoEarlus Has q Dangerous EX-
periencc but Comes
Out Unhurt,

Ferris Wheel Park, Chicago, Nov.
4th.-Capt. A. H. Bogardus, the cham
pion wing shot of the world, has
spent the summer here. His shooting
school has been one of the features
of the Park during the season. He
has given many exhibitions and his
skill with the rifle is superb.
The Captain tells of a very close
call he once had when living at Elk
hart, III. He had been a sufferer from
Kidney disease for several years and
it rapidly developed into Bright's Dis
ease. All his friends told him that
this was incurab BILE and that he would
never get better.
To say that he was alarmed is to
put it very mildly. This pluclxy man
had faced many dangers and it made
him sick at heart to think that at last
he was to be conquered by such
cruel foe.
At last he heard of medicine that
had cured many such cases,-Dodd's
Kidney Pills. He used them and was
completely restored to good health.
He says:-'I attribute my present
good health to Dodd's Kidney Pills
and to nothing else.'
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as nearby places, many of the lat
ter being discovered by little "Teddy''
himself. There is an owl, a large
ostrich egg, birds eggs in all sorts of
nests and several choice birds.
There are also bats and lizards which
Master "Teddy" himself stuffed, and
which show the skill that he has &C.
quired in taxidermy. His collection OF
beetles is very large and exceedingly
beautiful, and he is fond of studyin g
and arranging the specimens.
His samples of butterflies were sent
TO him from China. Each one has a
glass case by itself, and is three
times as large as the ordinary butter
fly. A fragment of Spanish flag,
taken from Spanish ship, and Span
ish sword and several other Spanish
trophies are priced highly.
When once asked if stuffing lizards
and taking care of museum did not
require patience, he replied:
"Oh, no, indeed. 1t is exceedingly
interesting, and after you once get
interested it is very fascinating"
Master 'Teddy," says the Chicago
Record-Herald, is bright student and
learns quickly, but has the likes and
dislikes natural to boy of his age.
In winter he plants small evergreen
and other trees in pots and cares for
them tenderly.
The Roosevelt family circle is most
charming one. Besides the president
and Mrs. Roosevelt it comprises Alice,
the eldest daughter, aged 16; Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr., the eldest boy, aged IA;
Kermit, boy of II; Ethel, aged 9;
Archie, 5, and Quentin, 3.
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Mere Onin1On.

The children of the couple that
were married in balloon or in a
lions cage never put the romantic
incident in the family history.
Nearly all great men are inclined
to be bow-legged; but not all bow
legged men are great.
When man gives himself up to
one idea he lands on top or behind
bars.
After YOU have told a woman that
you thought she was her daughters
sister don't expect any favors from
her husband.
They say you can't keep a good
man down, but how do they know
since they never discover IL good
man till he gets up?-Chicago REQ.
ord-Herald.
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AI-IhE TABLE.


The years have sped since first led
You to the table dear.
And YOU sat over there alone.
And sat smiling here.
"a year or two flew past and you
No longer sat alone;
"a little one was in your arms,
Your darling and my own.
And then another year or so,
And some one else was there,
And Willie sat near me. YOU know
@ While Trottie claimed your care.
The years have sped since first led
You to the table, dear,
+ And you looked queenly at the FOOT
And Il felt kingly here.
To-day as look down at YOU.
On either side l see
A row of hungry little ones
All gazing up at me.
We've added leaves, one after one.
And you are far away
Aye, thrice as far, my dear, as on
That happy. happy day.
But though We sit so far apart
You there and l up here
Two rows of hearts from my fond hear
Stretch down to YOU, my dear.
Thank God for every extra leaf
The table holds to-day,
And may We never know the grief
OF putting one away.
IS. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald.
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EVERYBODY LIKES HIM.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Ia Very
Much Like His Illustrious Fa-
Their in Many Ways.

No character in the juvenile world
to-day stands out more original and
striking than little 'Teddy" Roosevelt.
He inherits his fathers positive char
acter and emphatic ways, and makes
a deep impression at first sight. His
manners do not court familiarity, but
are rather aWesome. He is just as
distinctly different from other youths
as his father is from other men.
All the boys and girls in the land
DESTROYS of meeting a manly little
fellow could have their wishes graft
fed in seeing Master Teddy, but that
is privilege vouchsafed to his i'm
mediate relatives and friends only.
His tastes are mature, and he is de-
lighted if he can do what his father
does, of whom he is an ardent adj
mirer. No matter what the sport may
be, he is always ready to take part
in it, heart and soul-in fact, he is
very apt to go beyond his strength.
In winter "Teddy" slides down Saga
more hill on his skis and his sled, and
in summer fishes, bathes, rides his pet
pony and takes long walks in the
woods through mud and water, and
sometimes returns home soaked
through and through. And in all these
sports his illustrious father takes part
when he possibly can. Little TEDDY"
is also fond Of gardening, and fire.
quently dons the conventional blue
overalls, helping the gardener hoe ard
riding about in the farm wagons.
Master 'Teddy" is born naturalist.
If there is one thing more than an
other that he dotes on it is his guinea
pigs and his museum, a closet in a
corner of the mushroom. A sign is
posted on the door of the museum to
the effect that no meddling is allowed.
"Teddy's" young brother Archie, aged
five, is budding naturalist, which fact
necessitated the posting of the above
mentioned sign and also the use of a
key.
The museum is indeed one any boy
might be proud of. All of the speci-
mems are Systematically arranged.
Each has it's name pinned to it, from
where and from whom received. There
ore samples from far-off China, as we'll
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and cried out loudly. Still others
tainted. Her eyes scanned every face,
but all faces looked alike. Identities
had been lost in that weariful ten days
battling for Spanish prize. Faces
were marked with hunger, disease, pre-
mature age. Her tears. fell for lack of
the sight of his face-this man she had
come from distant Utah to tell that she
loved.
Her. companion, an elderly woman,
wearied of the place, but the girl lin
: gered, having heard some one say the
horses were coming Off. And in time
they were unloaded, and at their head
was a sorrowful yellow, horse with
dropping lips, melancholy eye and
the framework of mammoth. Cav
alrymen made ready to drive the jaded
beasts to the quarters in the rear of
the rough riders camp. The girl awak-
ened from long contempla ton of the
yellow brute.
Hack hire was four dollars an hour
in Camp Wikoff at that time, but this
mattered little to her.
Follow that bunch of horses" she
said, quickly, speaking in the vernacu-
lar of her western world, "and don't
you lose sight of the yellow one"
The driver. for a wonder, compre-
hended, and his outfit plunged into the
dust rising in clouds from the hoofs of
the herd and held the yellow in sight
until the stable quarters were at hand.
Then it was too late for her to remain
longer, but she was partially satisfied.
In the long ride back to New York city
she consoled herself that the horse had
been located if it's owner had not. The
next day she returned to the camp, and
surprised various Texas and Indian
territory members of the rough rider
troop by appearing in their midst and
asking for ''Mr. Jack Hutchins.''
A corporal told her that he was with
his horse, but that he would call him.
''No." said the girl, II will go to him. 81
She did SO, despite the breaking of
many regulations in the doing.
Through the aisles formed by the tents
she passed and down to where, tethered
to stretched ropes, the horses were
feeding. But the yellow was apart from
:hem all, contentedly rubbing his muz.
zle into the face of his master, who lay
upon the ground, eyes turned to the
sky.
Now that she was in sight of Hutch.
ins, now that she might call him, now
that the tears and fears of a summer
time were at an end, the woman in tbs
girl asserted itself. He was safe and
alive. Therefore, he might wait. She
drew back in the shade of a tent, and
there loitered for time, feasting her
eyes on the unconscious soldier, happy
that he was within call. Afterwards
she withdrew and spent the remainder
of the day in other parts of the camp.
She even returned to the city without
having made her presence known to
him.
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The GLOW
Horse ~ -
BY H. I. CLEVELAND.
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copyrighted By Daily Story Pub. Coz

nF COURSE, she had to let him go
~ to that miserable campaign from
siboney to Santiago, because of low
ers' quarrel. And now, heavy-eyed,
weary of waiting, she was on the ugly
beach of Montauk Point, waiting for
the transport Seneca to unload it's fe-
vsr-stricken cargo from Cuba, part to
go to the hospital, a part to find bleak
graves in the sands.
We was on board the vessel. She knew
that. He and his companion rough rid
ers were there. An officer to whom she
had directed piteous inquiry as to
Hutchins, of Roosevelt's command, had
answered:
ooh, yes, ma am, Hutchins is on
board. If you don't know him when he
lands just follow the first yellow horse
that comes on shore and sooner or later
you'll meet Hutchins."
So, with the ocean wave bea ting and
bruising the lip of the shore, she wait
ed, and in time the men came off the
boat, but his face she could not find.
Some of the troopers, when they
.onched American soil again, fell and
wept. Others threw up their. hands
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CARRYING A LOG ON HIS SHOULDER.
contrary to the regulations, and
Sherman's men didn't want him to
let it occur again.
Eat the close of the interview they
picked up the log and brought it at
the head Of an orderly column into
our camp. At the beginning of the
war such proceeding would have
thrown army headquarters into a
pauic. But then the war was over,
and Sherman's men were in great
favor, and the case was not even re-
ported. There was at that time an
undisciplined sort of street-car line
on Fourteenth street. Almost the
only patrons were the soldiers of the
Fifteenth corps, and as the cars did
not run to suit them they formally
seized the road and ran it for their
own convenience. They called it q
military road for the convenience of
the military, but permitted citizens
to ride who cared to pay fares. The
matter was treated as joke by the
company and the citizens, and the
boys after their frolic turned the
road over to the company in better
condition, they insisted, than when it
came into their hands,"
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SCRAPS.

Both coal and tobacco smoke are
very injurious to lacquered surfaces.
Greek fire was probably made of
bitumen, sulphur, naphtha and nitre.
Vast forests of rich yellow and
sugar pine are being opened up in
eastern Washington.
Five thousand dollars have been
spent in vain for poison with which to
kill prairie dogs in western Kansas.
Hat dealers buy principally from
the English and Italian markets.
En- gland furnishes stiff and Italy soft
hats.
Benjamin Russell Handy, author OF
the famous ballad, Darling Nellie
Gray" is buried at Westerville, O., IL
miles from Columbus.
Farmer Springer, of Chelsea, VT,
raised an apple this year of the wolf
ribbon variety that weighs just
pound.
The growing of rice is regarded as
the safest and surest cereal produc-
ton, as it is also the most profitable,
rice having the largest use and mar
ket of all the grains.
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NATURES FACE.WASHING.

The Earth had been so long at play
She was all soiled with dust,
Her nice green gown was sad and gray.
Her tresses badly unused.
Quoth Nature: ITO be so defiled
Will bring us sore disgrace.
I'll bring big wet cloud, my child,
And wash your dusty face"
It rained and rained, a night and day,
And rinsed the hills and creeks;
And yet it was but Natures way
To wash her daughters cheeks.
The Earth began to squirm and tried.
At first, to dodge the water;
But Nature held her fast, and cried:
Nov, don't be naughty, daughter"
So was the Earth made fresh and neat.
The dust all washed away.
II feel" she said, $50 clean and sweet!
May 60 out and play?'
Her frock of green was new. and clean,
She romped with careless grace,
And merry birds sang welcome words
Because she washed her face!
Charles H. Crandall, in S. S. Times.
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FRANKS OF SOLDIERS.
RelieyiuS a COmradc in Dnrance
from an Unjustly Imposed
Penalty.


sergeant, in the Chicago Inter Ocean,
Gin the matter of pranks. There were
no better soldiers in the union army
than the boys of the Eighty-fifth Illi-
nois, and none yielded more readily to
discipline or ripened more rapidly in
the rough school of experience. But
the men of the Eighty-tifth were, after
Stone river, Chickamauga, Kenesaw,
Peach Tree creek, Atlanta and the
march to the sea, as much given to
FRANKS as they were in their first
march in Kentucky in the summer OF
1862. We arrived at Richmond, Va, on
the long march from the Carolinas
early in May, 1865. Our brigade was
made up of seasoned soldiers, if there
were any in the army, but they came
north in the belief that Gen. Halleck or
Secretary Stanton had put slight on
Gen. Sherman, and they were looking
for trouble.
"The march from North Carolina,
after the surrender of Johnston, had
been a sort of picnic for the boys, but
discipline was as strict as it was in
front of Atlanta, and it was needed
when we came to Richmond. Halleck,
then in command of the department
of the James, directed that Sherman's
army pass in review before him as it
marched through Richmond. Sherman
forbade the review, and Halleck re-
fused to permit any of Sherman's men
to enter the city. Ex-confederates
and citizens came and went at will, but
when Sherman's men attempted to
visit the city they were met at the pom
toon bridge by q provost guard and
turned back.
and they were furious over the intima-
ton that they were kept out of the city
in the interests of good order, and be-
cause they could not be trusted. The
boys talked only among themselves.
and organized to carry out a plan to
see the city. One day large crowd
of unarmed soldiers assembled at the
south end of the bridge, and at a given
signal rushed upon the guards, push
ing many of them into the river and
overwhelming the others by sheer
weight of numbers. In short, Sher-
mans men, acting without orders and
without officers, seized the bridge
and held it while the boys went over
and looked about the fallen confed-
crate capital. So far as 1 know Hal
leck made no complaint of this ir-
regular proceeding, and Sherman did
not notice it.
"After the grand review at Wash
ington the Eighty-fifth Illinois, with
the other regiments of the brigade,
went into camp near the soldiers
home, and the men were permitted
to roam at will over the city. One
morning some of the boys discovered
soldier at Fort Slemmer walking up
and down in front of an officers tent
carrying log on his shoulder. One
of the boys was sent over to investi-
gate, and when he reported that the
soldier at the fort was carrying the
log as punishment for very trivial
offense the men decided to interfere.
They went in force, but without
arms, over to the fort, took charge,
dismissed the log carrier to his quar-
tiers, and jovially informed the officer
in command that the punishment was
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ONLY A SOLDIER.
la :k-plumed hearse and q single car

4 bla sk-plumed hearse and single car
riage
Are often seen In their mission true,
vending their way in a funeral marriage
Rambling along Ger the avenue!
"Only soldier" poor and lonely.
After his fitful life Is done,
Wrapped with the Stars and Stripes for
ever,
Riding his last to Arlington.
Little the passerby remembers e.
How the soldier fought in the long ago:
Endured the SHOWS of the cold DEFENDERS
And conquered the naughty rebel foe!
And, yet. I know, he will sleep as peaceful
AS those who wore gilt and triple stars.
For he stood in the blood-red line of battle
And warrior bold on the field of Mars!
John A. Joyce, in National Tribune.
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Tough Underpinning,

Minks-Lame again, I see.
Winks-Yes; my feet are very ten
der. and shoes always hurt.
Minks-Mine are tough-tough as
pine knots. Why, I can even wear
shoes that are made to measure.-N.
Y. Weekly.
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Welcome Information

Tramr-Please, mum, I haven't q
friend or a relative in the world
Housekeeper Well, I'm glad
there's no one to worry over you in
ease you get hurt. Here, Tige!-N.
<. Weekly.
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The Salm On's Lear.

Norwegian fishery commissioners
have been measuring the salmon's leap
by means of standards erected below
waterfalls. They have found that the
fish can leap to height of 20 feet.
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No Reciprocity.

Negro Cook Ito former mistress, who
had declined to recommend her)-Now,
now, Miss Belle, you fused to recon-
men me, and here been recommend
in you everywhere.-JudGe.
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said D'ri. Drop yer guns N SET
down; We look tired
"They did as he commanded, for
they could see he meant business,
and they knew he had the right to
kill.
"Another man came along shortly.
"'Halt! Who comes there?' D'ri
commanded.
"'Friend with the countersign,' he
replied.
"'Can't fool me- said D'ri. Come
up here n set down n mex yerself
t. hum. Drop yer gun fust. Drop
it er I'll drop YOU
"He dropped his gun promptly and
accepted the invitation to sit down.
This last man had some arguments
to offer, but D'ri stood sternly and
made no reply.
eat II o'clock Capt. Hawkins sent
out inquiries for the sergeant of the
guard and his relief. He could find
nobody who had seen them since
dark. A corporal was also missing.
The captain sent a man to look for
them. He got as far as D'ri and sat
down. They waited for him in vain.
The captain stood looking into the
darkness and wondering about his
men. He conferred with Adjt.
Church. Then he set out with two
men to go the rounds. They got al
far as D'ri.
"sHalt! Who comes there?' he de.
manded.
"'Grand rounds was the answer
of the captain.
clay down yer arms said D'ri,
AN come up here m set down.
"'Haven't time,' said the captain,
failing at first to grasp the situation
Ger take time, er I'll put hole n
yer jacket said D'ri.
Zone of the privates turned quick
him that only grazed his leg. and he
kept on. Then D'ri gave all atten.
ton to his new prisoners. They
could see no amusement in lodging
bullets; they threw their arms ON
the side hill and sat down with the
others.
"The captain swore as he submit
ted.
"'Don't rifle yerself,' said D'ri; you
need rest
"'No, don't nuther,' said the cap.
tain.
"'You'll hev to hev it, anyway
said D'ri.
"'This beats h--l!' the captain an
swered, with a laugh.
"A feeling of alarm began to
spread. The adjutant was standing
in a group of men at headquarters
soon after midnight. They were
ears under in the mystery. The es.
capped soldier came running toward
them out of the dark. He was
breathing heavily; his leg was bleed.
ing and sore.
"'Well, what is it?' the adjutant
demanded.
"'D'ri,' the man gasped, and
dropped down exhausted.
"'D'ri?' the officer inquired.
"'D'ri,' the man repeated. Tt is
that air man they call D'ri. He has
roped in everybody that come his
way. They're all sitting on the hill
up there beside him. Won't let q
man move when he gifts him.
"The adjutant snickered as he spat
an oath. He was made of iron, that
man Church.
"'Post guard around him. said
he, turning to an officer. The dem
fool'd TEX the hull garrison eff we
didn't. I'll go n try t pull him of
his perch"
How He Got Credit for . Dime.
A suburban grocer was outwitted
the other day by an old darby whom
no one would ever suspect of being
so shrewd. The negro went to his
grocery and called for dimes worth
of molasses. The order was promptly
filed by the proprietor of the store,
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MRS. IDA |. RoSER
Grand. Niece Of Ex-President
James X. Polk, Writes to
Mrs, Pinkham Saying:

"DEAR Mrs. P1NKHAM have been
married for nearly two years, and SO
far have not been blessed with child.
/ have, however, suffered with COM
plication of female troubles and pain
ful menstruation, until very recently.
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After the Bail.

Ida-The MacDougals gave . ball
that cost $4,000.
May-Ah, a Scotch high ball.-Chi-
eago Daily News.