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trooper who saw service in South
Africa says that at one time on the
march the biscuits gave out, and the
soldiers were served with flour.
What job we had baking 1t! -Four
of us generally put our flour together
and took turns In cooking.
you've got 1t too wet" one would
say-"far too wet!'
at would taste just as WELL" said
another, If you dispensed with some
Of the dirt you're mixing with 1t"
There came arguments about the heat
OF the fire.
ITS too hotw
TITS not hot enough"
"You must put ashes on the top
first"
After the paste was baked it looked
like piece Of hardened mud. II any OF
us had eaten the same thing at homo,
1t would have stopped every working
organ In our bodies. Perhaps the out
door life gave us an ability to digest
anything.
Some of the fellows who could not
find any fat to anolnt the ball Of dough
used the dublin wo had for cleaning
our saddles. II we baked big cake to
last for three or four days, we had
nothing large enough to carry it In but
our horses nosebags, and after 1t haG
been two or three days In nosebai
1t was as appetizlng as brickbat ant
might have been utilized rs a steam
hammer.
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Hugo Did Not Hurry.

From the late Jules Slmon's postum
nous work, 1.-THE Evening OF My Life"
comes a vivid little sketch of one OF his
contemporaries who played an even
more prominent part in French history
| az well as in letters than Al. Simot
| himself.
On Dec. H., 1852, after the victory OF
Louis Napoleon, when Paris was turn
ed upside down by tho populace, Simon
was in the midst of fight on the bou-
| levards near the Panorama. He and n
| friend, deputy named Crepu, were
constantly driven away and as regular.
ly returned. Cannon were fired close to
them. Victor Hugo, meeting them, ask
ed with fierce republicanism and mag
niflcent egotism
"If got killed In the Quarter Latin,
do you think 1t would stir the students
to revolt?"
~ do not doubt that 1t would" Simon
replied
Victor Hugo silently wrung his hand
and went down the Rue Vivienne.
ado you think he will get himself
killedT Crepu asked.
"He IL sincere" answered Simon,
sbut 1t Is long way to tho Quarter
Latin"
BY taking the longest route Hugo
further provided against the possibility
of his discretion being outrun by his
2cal
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The words has introduced a bill III
congress-" applied to u senator or rep
resentative. usually sound much larger
than their ordinary meaning warrants.
In order properly to estimate the value
Of the introduction of a bill one must
remember that of IL 900 or $4,000 meas
ures introduced few hundred only
are passed. AS for proposed amend
ments to the constitution, the infant
mortality among them is appalling.
Each new congress sees score or
more of proposals for sixteenth
shall doubtless some time have such .
thing, yet three amendments, all OF
which were consequences of great
civil war. represent the only changes
made in the constitution since the pres
idency OF Thomas Jefferson.-Youth's
Companion.
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lilo WINS Bu.y.

1t Is scarcely credible that so faithful
a servant and so good courtier as
John Brown OF Balmoral could ever de-
liberately have kept his sovereign wait
ing, but the London Taller relates an
anecdote which shows that he had n
very human side.
Brown was very fond OF fishing, and
one day when he had fine salmon on
his hook there came message from
tho castle on Deesldc desiring his pres
ence at once. Queen Victoria was go
ing for her afternoon drive, and 1t was
Browns duty TO attend her, as he al
ways did, sitting In the rumble of the
carriage.
"Tell her majesty that I'll be there
quickly" he said.
But the salmon was strong and
could not be landed at once. Another
and more urgent message reached him
Tell her majesty that have salm
on on. but I'll be In In few minutes"
Still the salmon held out, and third
and imperative command arrived.
Tell her majesty" shouted Brown
"that It's not possible for me to leave
| without the salmonw
Nor did he. But whether the queer
knew enough of fishing and fishermen
to appreciate the circumstances is not
| told.
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Hou.es and superstItions.

Real estate men are gradually for
getting most Of the old time supersti-
tons which used to cause us much
trouble" said dealer the other day.
THE number OF houses which cannot
be rented or sold on account of being
haunted or because some terrible crime
was committed on the premises Is rap
Idly decreasing. We run across only II
few people who balk at living In house
No. 10. Even elderly men who have
made big fortunes are beginning to be-
lieve that there is nothing In the old
saying that the aged rich man builds
a mansion to die ln."-New York Trlb-
une
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The whin Tree

In the island of Jamaica grows a
tree. with the botanic name Daphne
lagetto, from the branches Of which
native workmen make peculiarly strong
and excellent whips, which have the
handle and lash all Of piece. The
handle consists of a part of the stem
retaining the bark. For the lash the
stem is deprived Of bark and then split
into strips, which are woven together
In u flexible cord six or seven feet In
length. The proper taper Is afforded
by detaching more and more of the
strips as the end of the lash is ap-
DrOached
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sIMPLE BURGLAR ALARM.

sliding in the main frame. A socket
plate is attached to the door and serves
rs supporting means for the sliding
frame.
When the door Is pushed open, the
sliding frame is moved, the clock train
Is released, and an electric bell imme-
dlately begins to ring. The construc-
tlon is such that the alarm cannot be
detached from the door on the outside.
The alarm mechanism can be disen-
gagged only by raising the main frame
from the floor.
Another invention relates to the fa-
miliar roller skate. The force expend.
cd in pressing downwardly on u skate
is ordinarily wasted. Paul Jassman
of Brooklyn intends to utilize this
downward pressure In novel skate of
bis invention, comprising frame In
which front and rear wheels are jour
nailed and on which guldeposts are
supported for the purpose of receiving
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LIVING IN LONDON.
II Is Not Good Place For a Man of
Rp,ull


An American who In the classical
language Of his country is at present
located in London wants to know
whether any city In the world is quite
so niggardly as our town. He has
been going the round of the London
restaurants and has encountered In the
management of them spirit which
distresses him. There is, to begin
WITH he says, "a charge of from two.
pence TO sixpence for guarding your
hat and coat in the cloakroom, and
tip in addition is expected. You want
to wash your hands-another twopence
or another sixpence and another tip.
You take up the menu, and, behold,
| there Is an intimation that a charge Of
| threepence each person will be made
under the guise of table money The
charge varies according to the nature
Of the place. Threepence is the lowest
and sixpence perhaps the average. At
a great many restaurants 1t is 1 shil-
ling and in Mt least two that have WIS.,
tied Is. Cd. The only difference Is
that in the lower priced restaurants it
Is called table money and in the high
or priced ones placed under the eapti-
waiting heading of convert To my
mind, an entrance fee frankly demand
ed at the door would be much less Of.
fensiye than to find yourself asked at
the end of a dinner to pay for the trou.
bic and expense Of cleaning up the cut.
lery you have used"
| His conclusion of the whole matter Is
that London lives by imposing fixed
tariff on the accessories that In every
| other city have ever been to are
thrown In gratis" and he thinks that
being gentleman is one of the most
expensive professions an Englishman
| can have. He declares 1t to be an ut
ter delusion that London is cheap
place to live In. "For the poor man."
he says, "the man whose income Is less
than $500 a year. there Is no city where
less can be had In the way of comforts
and even the necessities of life. In
New York 1t is only the luxuries that
cost. The expenses of everyday living
may be as great or as small as one
cares to make them. New York, In
| fact, is laid out for the poor man.
From the transportation system to the
price Of such fundamental charges en-
the household treasury as coal, ice.
fuel, meat, bread, milk and fruit. al
most everything consplres to bring him
In good return for very small out
lay. All these things are cheaper In
New York than In London."-London
| Chronicle.
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Plant Movement.

One of the diseourses at the recent
meeting of the British association was
by Mr.. Francis Darwin on the move.
ments of plants, n matter first studied
by the great naturalist, his father. A
series Of photographs showed how the
movements OF stem and root are nor.
mally controlled by the growing tip In
all cases and how the directions OF
both portions of the plant are kept
vertical in spite of disturbing causes
1t was also shown that when the
growing tip of the stem was blind
ed" by covering 1t with sheath OF tin.
foil the guiding influence Of light Ii
abolished.
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every step had taken over that sad
old road as well as I did; knew 1t by
the track of tears IL nothing else.
What II the words held something of
upbraiding? An earthly father for.
gives the waywardness of child. He
should have forgiven me, particularly
since he knew my life.
For some months watched and wait
ed, repeating my prayer morning, noon
and night. l fed ON hope. / saw my.
self famous and, what was better STILL
out of the reach of want. My enemies
who had doubted my ability bowed at
my feet. In their hearts was hatred,
but upon their faces were smiles. So
what mattered the hatred?
At length / was satisfied. l ap-
preached as nearly as it is possible to
approach to human happiness.
This was how 1T happened that when
the blow fell was utterly unprepared,
utterly. Some one knocked, opened
my door and handed me the parcel.
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Saved Him From Torture.

:. There is no more agonizing trouble
tian piles. The constant itching and
burning make life intolerable. No
position is comfortable. The torture
is unceasing. DeWitts Witch Hazel
Salye cures piles at once. For skin
diseases, cuts, burns, bruises, all
kinds of wounds it is unequalled. J.
s Gerall, ST. Paul, Ark, says: From
1865 1 suffered with the protruding,
bleeding piles and could find nothing
to help me until used DeWitts
Witch Hazel Save. A few boxes COM
pletely cured me-" Beware of counter
feits. G.. M. Shamalia,
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Aluminium Nails.

After many unsuccessful experiments
and trials an alloy of aluminium has
been made with which nails, staples
and tacks can be made to compete with
copper, says Hardware. Among other
terial is that 1t is not affected by the
weather and will not deteriorate. as in
laying roofs, lining tanks, etc. AS the
alloy is noncorrosive and nonpoisonous.
the new nails ought to find favor among
makers of refrigerators and other arti-
cles used for food storage.
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possession OF my soul.
l seemed to stand alone In the uni
verse, alone with the earth and sky:
doubly alone since had lost my faith.
1t seemed such little thing that
had asked for. and he had not seen fit
to grant 1t. Perhaps he had not heard.
Perhaps he had been engaged In lis
tenlng to some one else, or, tired Of con-
tinual petitioning. bending an inatten-
tive ear he had not quite caught the
drift of my remarks. And l thought l
had made them so plain. had repeat
ed them so often that they were like a
refrain. | had got myself to sleep
wakeful nights repeating them. After
all, 1t may have been that had wen-
ried him.
Yes, that was 1t. had wearied him.
IL we ask and ask and our prayer IL
not granted. we must say to ourselves;
''This thing upon which we have set
our hearts is not what we should have
had Granted. 1t would possibly have
been harmful to us; 1t might have
| made us ill, as too many sweetmeats
! do a child"
But knew that this thing had ask :
ed for would have been good for me.
1t was what l needed to sweeten my
! life, to ward of bitterness, distrustful-
ness, to preserve my faith, to keep the
unshed tears from falling back upon
my heart and rusting it.
Besides, | was footsore with walking
on thorns. wanted to walk n little
while on flowers.
Hiding myself like a wounded ami
NAL, looked blankly out on a blank
world. by and by 1t filled with the
grinning faces of my enemies, thanked
by the faces of my friends, who out
wardly bemoaned my defeat while thcil
hearts leaped gleefully.
l pressed my teeth into my lips until
they bled. picturing me races of III,
friends.
A maid knocked at the door.
"Will you have lunch?" she asked
for 1t was early in the morning that
had received the blow.
NO" l answered.
Later on came another knock.
"Will you have dinnerT
NO." l replied. "a want nothing. I
am ILL.,"
Strong and well of body, but sick at
heart!
Twilight came Shadows fell. From
across the street lamps flashed yellow
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His Method.

The little girl who was visiting at
neighbours house had gone out to look
at the horses.
Here's one Of them," she said. that
has watery eyes and coughs and hangs
his head just the way papa's horse did
last summer"
what did your papa do for his
horser asked the owner of the ami
mails.
sHe sold him." was the innocent an
swer-Pearson's Weekly.
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Enemy of San Jose Scale,

An important announcement was
lately made by L. o. Howard, the
United States eptomologist, of the dis.
covery Of the long sought original hab-
Itat of the San Jose scale insect. This
was found to be In China, In the region
to the south of the Great Wall. The
scale insect was preyed upon by spe-
cies Of ladyblrd beetle, living examples
Of which have been imported to be
propagated and distributed
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The Carnstion.

In Its original state the carnotion was
q five petal flower about one inch in
diameter, in color light pink, though
It was sometimes seen in a mauve
shade. The carnation of the present
day Is the product Of careful hybrldza-
ton, as result of which the size OF
the flower not only has increased TO a
marked degree, but 1t has been filled
with petals. something like a hundred
being seen In single choice specimen.
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The STORY:
! OF A
; DIR EAM
By ZOE ANDERSON
J NORRIS -.
Copyright, 1901, by
Zoe Anderson Norris

a FTERWARD, In putting away
IA her fans. her miniature, bits
II "A of jewelry she had worn and q
few delicate old laces for re-
membrance, they found among the
scraps OF manuscripts In her desk this
story of q dream:
The veil separating this world and
the next Is wonderfully thin-so thin
that now and again 1t blows aside and
reveals visions. II some one else were
to declare that this thing happened,
should say they exaggerated or at the
very least that they imagined It; but,
since 1t occurred TO me, know 1t to be
true.
This is not love story, not fiction
1t is merely narrative of events-so
that those who desire to read fiction
would do well to pass 1t by.
Religion Is inherited. Descended
from hundred Wears. you naturally
find yourself imbued with faith In the
Deity they worshlped, even as the
Hindoo, sprung from generations of
idol worshiping Hindoos, salaams sub.
missively at the feet of Idols.
! I am descended from hundred vie
ars. Their work is all there In the
British museum. have read their
strlaoGs, beautiful sermons, redolent of
holy lives. written in carly English,
published by order of kings.
Naturally, then, had faith.
With their religion inherited some
little of their ability to write, for. after
all. most things are simple matter OF
Inheritance.
l wrote fairly successful sketches
i -. Ill ..A... l4,..f ..o..
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A small experimental smelter has
just been erected at San Diego, Cal.
This will use as an experiment oil as
a fuel In the reduction of copper and
all other smelling ores. Mr.. Trap, the
inventor, has perfect confidence in its
Success In. the nrdinarva eaaita~ oni. a
has been considered necessity III
smelling. as it generates great heat
and has chemical action on the ore.
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When The JOY OF HE Sat long look
ebbed low and despair Ing at that
grimly doggedmy foot i"ee'
steps have gone into the galley and
sat long looking at that face.
The dream face of my father was
like 1t. He smiled upon me. Coming
forward, he took me IN his arms and
held me TO him. He was silent; but,
+ lying close In his embrace felt whit
1t was he wished to say:
Nothing matters. Whatever happens
In this little span Of life we are set to
live 1t is not worth grieying about: 1t
Is not worth a Sigh, 1t is not worth IL
tear.
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AsfsfIetoe.

The prettiest thing about mistletoe Is
Its milky white opalescent berries. The
stems and foliage seem 20 bctray the
parasite nature of the plant in their
unwholesome shade OF green. pecul-
larly unwholesome shade characterize
Ing the stems. 1t is an uncanny sort OF
plant. Most parasites are. Is there
anything more positively ghostlike than
the plant we know MS Indian pipe (ino-
hotropa)?
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Di.finctIy Original.

Clara-But were the places described
in Toms book Mt all like the real places
and did the men and women act and
talk like real people?
Edith Mercy, no! The book is dis
tinctly original. That is the charm Of
It, you know. Boston Transcript
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Most Photographic manuals advise
busting the plates with soft brush
before placing in the dark slides or
holders. with view to the prevention
of pinholes. My experience, says Ed
win Holmes In the English Mechanic.
is that pinholes are either the result
of this very application or they arc de-
fects in the plate, mostly this last, for
! find one well known make always
has plnholes I'm my hands, while 9th
ers are entirely free. The plates are
mostly very free from dust as they are
packed, but | always give u little tap
on bit of wood as I put In holders, so
as to jerk off any possible particles.
To brush ~ TO cover with numbcrless
particles, and the brushing sets up an
electrical action which causes the dust
to adhere strongly.
Again we are advised to soak min
ute or two in water before developing
and brush again to remove air bubbles
and allow developer to penetrate. This
is bad advice There are never air bub-
bles--in my eSpcrlence-if the develop
er Is flooded on the plate. and the water
In film binders and weakens developer
and prevents penetration.
Again the advice is to pack plates
after exposure film to film In the plate
boxes, waiting an opportunity to devel-
| op. Exposed plates packed film to film
fog each other and IL they remain
week or two are spoiled. | have used
the brown paper plates are packed In to
put bet ween each as | return to plate
boxes and find that all right, but in
| the case of n hand camera with sheaths
there Is a better plan. Obtain supply
OF surplus sheaths and before leaving
home put NIL plates into sheaths and
replace In plate boxes all that are not
put In camera When 1t Is required to
change. IL can be done In any dim light.
and the whole dozen exposed are re-
moved ut once to an empty box. while
the new supply Is taken bodily and
put In camera The sheaths thus al
ways remain between the plates until
removed In ones own developing room
and effect; lily protect from mutual
Jogging anu exposure while changing.
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'What would you do IL you woke up
some morning to find that you had In
herited million doilars?"
"Id turn over ON the other side ana
try TO dream it again. Chicago Rec
Qrd-Herald.
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Of an angel. 1t was the face of an
angel recognized ii, 1t was my
father
There is Il picture In the National
gallery forget by whom, but 1t be.
longs, l think, to the Bolognese school,
1t is the picture of Mary, his mother,
and two angels bearing up the body OF
the dead Christ
The face Of Mary and that OF one OF
the angels are tear stained the lids are
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CHAIN DRIVEN ROLLER SKATE.

n sliding foot rest Springs are colled
around the guideposts and hold the
foot rest in an upper position. A spring
pressed pawl is secured on the rear of
the foot rest, which pawl, on the down
ward movement of the foot rest, i'm
parts movement to sprocket chain by
which the rear wheel Is driven.
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A New Use For Ether.

Albert w. Warder proposes the use
OF ether In the case of condemned Grim
lnals who refuse TO give any clew to
their confederates. Ether given as In
surgical operations. but carried only to
the stage of stimulation, not of pro-
found anesthesia. will cause otherwise
silent people to talk.
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subterranenn Tempernture,

From late data In a general way it
may be said that each increase Of
depth of twenty-eigbt meters about
ITO feet corresponds to an increase Of
n degree in temperature.
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DIR DayId KenncdyS
EaY0l'ite Remedy
cYREs All KIDNEY STOMACH
~AkD LIVER TROUBLES.

Everybody puffs 'Lambertyille
Puffs"-even the newspapers. They
are the best Scent cigar. Kline makes
them aud sell them, wholesale and re-
tail, at 30 Bridge street, corner OF
Commerce.
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Lying still, my eyes wide open,
surveyed my life. Behind me lay inky
blackness. l peered into the future.
1t was blacker still.
turned on my pillow. 1t was wet
with tears.
Suddenly the light hickered and went
out. Then | knew 1t was past mid
night, long past.
Would / never sleepl
commenced, as usual, to count. The
wonder Of 1t was that had not worn
out those numbers counting them night
after night, night after night. They
failed to WOO slumber. Ny thoughts
wandered away to my woe
l watched sheep leaping hedges, l
fell to counting ducks swimming In
endless rows. By every imaginable
ruse l endeavored to court sleep-to no
| avail.
Mechanically my lips framed the
words of my father: 81 am tired Let
me die"
At the first streak Of dawn, all other
efforts falling, commenced, almost
unconsciously. to repeat the psalm that
had got me to sleep in the days before
I had lost my faith.
1.-THE Lord is my shepherd, | shall
not want" I said aloud, though the
| words seemed now to have lost all
their significance.
HE leadetb me beside the still wa.
| ters; he restoreth my soul lie festor.
| eth my soul
HE restoreth my SOUL" said once
more, with languid inslstence wavered
for q moment between wakefulness
and sleep, then fell asleep.
Instantly entered dreamland the
earth frightened. Walking drowsily
over those flowers | had longed for
approached tall figure with ayerted
face. Presently he turned bis face full
upon me. 1t was radiant as the face