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On the Society Rush Line.

He adored her, and she had engage
ments ahead for oil social functions in
sight and what was to follow.
Therefore she was very busy young
woman. It would have made her very
unhappy to have been idle under the
circumstances.
He was more than anxious to have n
moment with her, in order to tell her
what was in his heart, notwithstand-
ing she partially knew by reason of
his persistent attentions and the few
words he had been able to fling at her
during the rush.
The desire to speak to her, definite
ly, grew upon him, however, until he
could resist no longer, and he thrust
himself upon her one evening at o
function of some sort, where among so
many people he thought to find OBJ
security for O few brief moments.
"I beg your pardon" he said to her,
anxiously, earnestly, pleadingly, "but
I have something to say to you and I
want to see you alone for justa min
ute."
"I am very sorry" she replied,
"but Mr.. Smithlets is waiting for me
there by the door,"
"Let him wait" he said desperate.
ly, 'his engagement is for an hour,
mine is for all time"
"Oh," she answered, ISIS that it?
Very we'll; just consider that I have
said yes Now run along like O good
boy and come around Sunday after-
noon. I'm to have few people in
between 4 and g."
Then his soul was filled with the
Joy, unutterable, and with q glad
smile he moved through the giddy
throng, and his heart was at rest
Detroit Free Press.
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Peonle Are Like Sheep.

The means employed to induce the
public to buy admission tickets for
the various amusements on the Es-
planade of the Export Exposition are
nothing short of high art. The
"barkers" are schooled in this strange
science, and when they talk it is not
their aim to instruct, but to attract
attention. The one who can send
forth the most strident and ear-split-
ting yell and make the widest and
strangest gyrations is the one who is
considered OF the most value by the
proprietor. A crowd may be pouring
past place of amusement without the
least apparent interest except to get
past, when suddenly all attention is
arrested by a series of hair-raising
yells. The vigorous ''barker," when
oil eyes are turned on him, points to
the door leading to his particular at
traction aud tells of its wonders.
At this point advantage is taken OF
another phase of human nature. 1t
is a well-known fact that people are
like sheep-they will follow the leader.
Suddenly man or woman, who is in
the crowd for that purpose, starts
boldly toward the ticket seller, and
soon a steady stream is setting in the
same direction. n.-Philadelphia Record.
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CURIOUS FACTS.

The first iron steamship was built
in 1880.
A pound of cork will sustain in the
water man weighing 154 pounds.
Some Indian tribes in Alaska get
even with their mosquito tormentors
by eating them.
Duquesne Qowa) man has dog
which was sent him Ivy express all the
way from Manila, P. I.
It is believed that the most ancien'
dictionary in the world is the Chinese
lexicon, compiled by Pacut-she .1OO(
years before Christ.
A certain Mrs. Mary Jonas, WHIT
died the other day. was said to have
the largest family in England. She
was the mother of thirty-three chill
dren.
At Munich there is a hospital which
is entirely supported by the sale of ole
steel pens and nibs collected from al
parts of Germany. They are made
into watch springs, knives and razors
That wood will stand the passing oi
centuries as we'll az metal is proved
by the unearthirg near the Nile OF
some Egyptian boats nearly five thou
sand years old, which are in good con
1ition.
e' Skates made of gold are popular ir
st. Petersburg, Russia. Onelady had
the blades of her skates enriched with
diamonds. Skates set with pearls and
precious stones have also been in
fashion.
A street-car barn 600 feet long and
200 feet wide is being built in Buffalo,
N. Y, of discarded, street-car rails, it
being impossible to obtain steel with
in the time required. It will have
flat roof.
The people of Tyre were such ex.
perts in dyeing that Tyrian purple re-
mains unexcelled to this day. The
Egyptians were also wonderful dyers.
and could produce colors so durable
that they may be called imperishable.
Berlin is emulating the eccentrici'
ties of England. A society has been
formed there to combat the heresy of
the circulation of blood. The mem.
bers show their zeal by interrupting
the medical lectures at the University
by protests.
Several members of tine crew of
sugar laden ship were afflicted with
blindness in the moonlight and star
light when in the tropics, though they
could see quite clearly as soon as the
sun rose. They attributed it to fumes
from the sugar.
A soft and boneless tail two and a
quarter inches long, cut froG on
eleven-week child in Elbing, was
shown by DR.. Simon, of that town, to
the Berlin Anthropological Society re-
Gently. Professor Virchow called it
"a splendid specimen"
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The Work of the Car II

The Work of the Car Inspector.
It is interesting to watch the trained
car inspector examining a long freight
train which has rolled into the yards.
He moves along the side of the cars
and notes all the wheels. brake beams,
holsters, rods, etc. He uses no ham,
mer, but has his eyes open for defects.
He will stop suddenly, look carefully
at q wheel and follow the faint lines
of a crack running, perhaps, from the
fange to the centre. Such wheel IS
condemned at once and the car la
shunted off until new pair of wheels
can be placed under it. If there is
fat place on a wheel which measures
more than two and half inches
across, that wheel must 60, too.
Then there may lie sharp fange,
and that must he looked after. A
coupling may have faults. A brake
rigging may have given out, and all
these things the inspector must note.
He must be an honest man, as
thousands of dollars worth of prop
erty and many lives might be sacri-
feed in case he neglected something.
Box-cars doors he looks at carefully.
They are dangerous things If they are
loose. Many an engineer or fireman
has met hiu doom by having the cab
strike a loose car door. 1t may be
hanging in place in the yard, but
when it reaches a point where strong
wind catches it, out it goes, and the
passing train strikes it. In such
cases there is e shower of splinters. a
broken cab, and it is lucky, indeed,
if there is no one killed. Engineers
have dread of loose doors, and are
always glad when freight train is
past them when they are running at
full speed. Another thing the in
spector must watch is the hopper
bottom dump car. If the fastening
gets loose and lets load of ore or
limestone down on the track while
the train is in motion it means bad
wreck.
Taking all things into consideration.
fhe car inspector is very important
nan in the railway service, and efti-
cheney on his part comes only from
long experience ind careful training.
-Pittsburg Post.
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A laIdiculous Shipwreck.

The shipping community Of King
stcn is divided between amusement
and disgust over a shipwreck which
has just happened here. A few days
ago an italian brig named the Fablo,
bound frop, Genoa to Pensacola, ran
aground on the Palisades, the narrow
sand spit which forms the breakwater
of Kingston harbor. The weather was
perfectly calm at the time. The yes
sci drifted aground for lack OF wind q
few minutes after the anchor had been
weighed, with the object of making
Kingston harbor.
The italian captain and his crew
made absolutely no effort to save the
ship, though the sea was as calm as q
mill pond, and by heaving on kedee
anchor they could have lifted her OF
the reef. They at once deserted the
ship, rowing ashore with the jamaican
pilot, who was aboard. The vessel is
now total wreck, but the crew are
enjoying fine holiday in Kingston,
quite happy in the conviction that
ihey did enough for honor.-Jamalca
Correspondence Chicago Record.
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Balloons in Warfare.

Preparations for war in South Africa
include the provision of several cap
tive balloons, and the apparatus
wherewith to make hydrogen gas to
fill them. Each balloon is furnished
with eight Photographic cameras,
pointing in different directions, SO
that when the pictures are developed
and pieced together, the General in
command will have at his disposal a
complete panorama of the country in
which he is operating. This is ex-
pected to be Of special value IN South
Africa, where bush and hills hide
much from the observer on terra
frma, and where smbuscade and
guerilla tactics are the recognized
forms of warfare. Military ballnoning
may be said to be on its trial in the
Transvaal; and it is q matter for re-
gret that it is system which 80
much depends for its success on the
caprices of the weather. er.--Chambers's.
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A Bear. a Dog and q Tragedy.

One of the interesting features OF
the grounds surrounding the Soldiers
Home is the bear pen, just across the
track from the main building; and the
old black animal therein has been
watched for hours at a time by the
veterans when time hung heavily upon
their hands. He is said to be inofen.
sive and entirely free from quarrel.
some disposition, and none of the old
men would ever have believed that the
bear would harm kitten or break the
crust on meat pie.
They know differently now, how.
ever. They saw a tragedy not long
ago which changed their minds and
materially increased their opinions
aboat his bearship. Among the visi.
tors one afternoon were a woman and
3 little fellow, and he had one of
those cute little terriers in his arms.
He was delighted over the bear, and
became so enthusiastic that he dropped
his dog. The little pup scented a
bone belonging to the bear, and he ran
between the bars of the cage to grab
it. The veterans who we're looking
saw one swift movement, about as
rapid as fash of lightning, and they
heard something. A moment later
there was q wall from the child. The
body of the dog lay across the pen,
limp and lifeless, end when it was
fished out of the cage there was hardly
an unbroken bone in the carcass. The
child was inconsolable, the veterans
were surprised, and little wire screen
has been placed about the base OF
that pen to keep inquisitive dogs from
committing suicide.-Grand Rapids
Press.
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Recipes.

Custard Apple Pudding-Pare ano
core six nice apples, place them in g
pudding dish, put little sugar ir
center of each one, place the dish in
q hot oven and bake till nearly done,
mix three half pints milk with four
eggs, three tablespoonfuls sugar, one
teaspoonful vanilla; pour this over the
apples, return to the oven and bake
till the custard is firm; serve ice cold.
Banburys-Make nice puff paste,
roll it out the usual thickn ess for pies.
then cut into pieces with 4 large bis
cult cutter; pile one tablespoonful OF
the filing on half of each round of
paste, wet the edges and fold the other
half over; press edges together; bake
in q hot oven for fifteen minutes.
Filling for same: Two cups OF chopped
raisins, one cup sugar, one egg, one
lemon; mix thoroughly.
Liver Toast-Boil a half-poun5
liver for fifteen minutes, chop it ex.
tremely fine and season with pepper
and salt. Make brown sauce by
cooking together a tablespoonful,
each, of butter and Drowned -four and
pouring on them pint of beef stock.
Stir until smooth, season with kitchen
bouquet and beat into the sauce the
minced liver. Cook, still stirring, for
a minute, and pour all upon slices OF
buttered toast.
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The Wolverine,

The poet Campbell went SO far as to
speak of 'Erie's bank, where tigers
creep along" but this way very far
fetched. The wolverine, from which
Michigan has been named, has always
had, however, the reputation of being
most feroclous creature. These
stories are not wholly unfounded.
although no doubt greatly exaggera
ted. The wolverine is usually about
two and half feet long without the
tail, which would make a considerably
greater length. It's back is somewhat
arched, its head is broad and round
ing to form it's nose. Its legs ere
short and thick. The fur is dark
brown, nearly black in winter, with
light stripe along the upper part of
each side meeting on the back, and
another across the forehead. 1t feeds
on small animals and is very fond of
robbing traps. It is classed with the
bear family, but in some respects is
allied to the weasel tribe. Only At
night does it leave its hiding place.
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- The FAMILY Towel Supply.


Small hand towels for use in the
average family are to be recommended.
Many housekeepers take great pride
in their store of towels, each yard
iong and three. quarters wide, more OF
less. but this is On imposition on the
washerwoman unless an elaborate es'
adjustment is kept up. For the av'
srage family, where one, or, at most,
two girls do the work of the house
aold, it is obviously unfair to increase
the weekly washing in this way. Nc
towel should be used by anyone more
;han once, certainly never by two per-
sons; if the family supply is in the
shape of small towels, perhaps twenty
oy twelve inches in dimension, this
rule can be enforced without burden
ing the laundress unduly. AS rule
;hese small towels are apt not to be
Of as good quality as housekeepers
like, but any dealer will have them
made to order for any customer at
trifing increase of cost.
The kitchen roller-towel should he
abandoned, and in its place plenty of the
small cheap towels provided. 1t is q
good plan to have those intended for
kitchen use banded with a certain
color, which will insure their always
being kept for that service. Add. too,
to the equipment in the kitchen and
in the family bathroom a nail-cleaner
attached to a chain and fastened con.
veniently near the wash-bowl. To
care for the nails is the last thing that
occurs to the ordinary kitchen-maid,
but this hint brought to her notice
every time she washes her hands will,
after a while, be taken by the most
careless of maids. These nail-brushes
and can be had of dealers who suppl"
the State.
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TriapHulation in Texas.

The newly founded town Of Tri-'
angle, Texas, promises to be unique.
It is laid out in the form of an
equilateral triangle; its lots are tri-
angular in shape and the ground plan
of each of the twenty-three houses
which have thus far been erected
there is hree.cornered. The three
principal streets are named Equila-
teral, Scalene and Isosceles, and the
residents have even carried their cur
ious idea into the local government,
which consists of a so-called trian-
gular council, having three members.
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Serious Trouble of a Predatory Raccoon'

A rather curious incident occurred
at the home of Levi Lee in New
Augustine recently. He was awak-
ened from slumLer by unusual noises
from tie direction of his pig pen.
There seemed to be O scufle, accom-
panied by terrific squeals from the
pigs. Mr.. Lee fastened to the spot,
and as he approached the pen he saw
m immense raccoon struggling
through al aperture in the fence:
The "coon" could scarcely move, and
upon investigation it was found that
its hind quarters had been severed
from the body. The creature was
soon put out of misery, and further
investigation revealed the fact that
tho coon had been in fight with an
old SOW, which had partially eaten the
smaller animal.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
The Newest Table Silver.

The newest silver, both for the
liable and for the toilet, is rather
elaborate in design. Of the patterns,
which are floral generally, the chrysan-
themum is popular in proportion as
ahe flower itself is and that means
that it is in high favor. The leaf pat
:ern is new. One new toilet set shows
the apple blossom design. Of the
thirteen pieces in the up-to-date
toilet outfit eight are brushes.
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Our Model Troopships.

The army transports Logan, Meade
and Thomas are model vessels for the
carrying of troops, and they have al
aggregate capacity of 5000 officers and
men. The fittings on all of them are
most elaborate, and on the Logan in
clude folding metallic hunks, sup
ported by steel tubes and arranged
three in q tier. Shower baths and q
refrigerating apparatus for preserving
fresh meat for issue en- route are pro-
vided. A meat-chopping machine ia
operated by electricity and it has q
capacity of 500 pounds per hour.
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Little Kings Pocket Money.

Five thousand dollars is the sum
allotted to the young King of Spain
Is pocket money every year: The
youthful monarch, however, has to
pay various subscriptions to charities
out of this amount, as we'll as to de-
fray the maintenance of several or
phans for which he is personally re-
sponsible, so that he has but little
left for his private use.
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APoint in Carving Etiquette.

The adept carver will not ask the
guest of honor which is his or her
favorite piece. We will give the one
we would honor the cut of fish next
the tail. that nearest the head being
next choice; the Emperor's muscle
and oyster of the turkey with a bit
of brown fat added rs O tribute to
palate discrimination; the tenderloin
of steak, the hook of the leg, the
tenderloin with kidney of the saddle
with some brown fat); the loin of the
hare or squirrel, the rib of the suck
ing pig. Other guests will ex'
press their preference promptly
when asked, that none may be kept
yaiting.-Woman's Home Companion.
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Gondola Chairs.

In every one of the newly done
over reception saloons there is sure
to be a carved cedar gondola chair,
inlaid with very pink pearl ano
bits of coral and softened in its curved
seat by plump pillow covered with
Venetian velvet and having heavy
gold tassels at its four corners. On
either side of the drawing-room fire.
place are also inevitably pair OF
backed court chairs. These have
gilded frames, perfectly straight, solid
wood backs, d" the center of which
o strip of red vet is fastened, vel
vet seats, .L are occupied usu'
ally by the hostess and her most
favored guest. A deep Dutch easy
chair is another one OF the new-com'
ers in the American drawing-room,
and feature now noticeable is the
increasing number of foot-stools.
Women are just beginning to learn
again that not only against crimson
velvet cushion their slender, delicately
slippered feet show to wonderful ad
vantage, but that there is no better
means of resting tired feet than by
use of footstool, and also there is
no wiser precaution, when weary OF
under the weather, for escaping colds
and neuralgia than by propping the
feet upon cushion.
The upholsterers are making foot
rests of many shapes aud materials,
stuffing them with feathers or fine
tair, and covering them with bits Of
handsome, tapestry, bullion embroid'
cred velvet or soft moleskin, doeskir
and leather, and hanging tassels a
their corners until they have become
essential ornaments in any well-deco
rated living-room.
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STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, 81.
LUCAS COUNTY, -,
senior martinez of the firm of F. ]. CHENEY q
Co.. doing businessin the City ofToledo, COUNTY
and State aforesaid, and that said firm Will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS LOT eaSn "a
and every case of cATARRH that cannot De
rnred bv the use of HALLS CATARRH LURE.
~ FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed IN my
(~j presence, this 6th day of December
sIAI EDtdrv Public. =.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, ana
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of the system. Send for testimonials, Iree;
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Sold by Druggists, I5c.
Hali,s Family Pills are the best.
Eneland's annual e1por,ation OF drugs
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Superficial Indications.

"You can't Judge a man by his
neckties," remarked Mr.. Blykins.
when you see y man with great big
checks in front of his shirt bosom
and Wild colors breaking out all over
his costume, you regard him as q
lashing sort of parsonage, qualified to
NOW his way through the metropolis
and bend every obstacle before his
iron will"
eyes," said his wife. "One would
naturally think 80"
"Well, don't you think anything of
the kind. The chances are that his
wife buys those clothes and makes
him wear 'em."-Washington Star.
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Try Grain.O! Try Grain.O!

Ask your grocer to-day to show you
package of GRA1N-O, the new food drink
hat takes the place Of coffee. Children
nav drink 1t without injury as we'll as the
lduIt. All who try 1t like 1t. GRA1S.O
las that rich seal brown. OF Mocha or
lava, but is made from pure grains; the
most delicate stomach receives It without
distress. Il the price Of coffee. 15c. ana
l5c. per package. Sold by all gTocers.
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Keeps
Ny Hair;
Soft

Il have used your Hair
Vigor for five years and am
greatly pleased with 1t. 1t cer-
family restores the original color
to grsy hair. 1t keeps my hair
soft and smooth. 1t quickly
cured me Of some kind of humor
of the scalp. Ny mother used
your Hair Vigor for some
twenty years and liked it very
much Mrs. Helen Kilkenny.
New Portland. Me-. Jan. 4. ee.
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v,r.r1ry low. debilitated or exhausted cured
bv nr. Kline's Invigorating Tonic: FREE 81
trial bottle for weeks treatment. DE-. knne' sine
Ia g1l Arch ST., Philadelphia. Founded lSIl
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After six years suffering ] was Was cured @ oy W ~
Alleghany, Pa, March 19. 1894.
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When Making Puddings and Cakes.


The inexperienced housekeeper at
times becomes confused. over the
many ways in which recipes are writ:
ten. Some recipes cling to cups and
teaspoons in measuring, other say
pounds and ounces and gills and
quarts. Here are some of the
equivalents: One quart Of wheat
-four is equal to one pound. 1t
takes one pound and one ounce OF
soft butter to equal one quart. A
pound and an ounce of white sugar
also equal one quart. In liquids,
four tablespoons equals one-half gill
and four gills equal one pint. A
wineglass contains four teaspoonfuls 8,
while teacup contains twelve table.
spoonfuls.