The Taylor County News. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, February 23, 1894 Page: 2 of 8
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MAKING OF VINEGAR.
Sr Candlmtrat Wauractred front ;T
rletx ef Itatarlate Ijte'adlns Weed.
"While vinegar is msed in the daily
meal yet it passes as something never
questioned and little known about It
is a condiment upon which much .of
the delicate flavoring of food depends.
Its-mere "acidity" however is not the
onlv requisite to a good quality.
Originally vinegar as its name implies
was made only from wine. It was the
only acid known to the ancients. In
1640 Glauber a celebrated alchemist
speaks of a product obtained by the
dry distillation of wood in a way
which shows his appreciation of its
identity with vinegar and states that
by rectification it can be made as pood
as wine vinegar.
It is verydifficult in modern manu-
facture to give a precise definition of
this product The so-called vinegars
of commerce may be chemically divid-
ed into two classes; those which arc
the consecutive alcoholic and acetous
fermentations and those which arc
not Under the first-class come those
made from first wine; second spirits;
third malt-wort or beer; fourth fer-
mented fruit juices other than wine
and fifth sugar beets. Under the sec-
ond class vinegar manufactured from
the destructive distillation of wood
forms the chief variety.
The wines used are both red and
white of inferior quality or considered
unfit for drinking. New wines arc not
good for this purpose as the3' are apt
to undergo putrid or ropy fermenta-
tion. In addition to acetic acid the
wine vinegar contains various acids but
especially tartaric and succinic
the latter imparting the peculiarly
agreeable flavor and odor. The spirits
used are chiefly the potato brandy of
Germany and whisky in this country.
This makes really an artificial wine
vinegar containing only water acetic
acid and a small quantity of acetic
ether. Cider and perry arc about the
only fruit juices beside wine ferinented
for the production of vinegar. Malic
acid is its characteristic flavoring cle-
ment Ilcer grain or malt-wort vine-
gar contains extractive matters as
dextrine nitrogenous substances and
photphoric acid. Sugar-beets are used
somewhat in France. Artificial glu-
cose cane sugar and. molasses vinegars
have been used in England to adulter-
ate the molt vinegar. The above
named constitute the true or genuine
vinegars. All others arc not vinegars
in any proper sense and should be .sold
under some brand indicating their
source or nature of manufacture.
At the present time the Society of
Public Analysis of London is investi-
gating the manufacture of vinegar.
They do not enter upon a hygienic ex-
amination but urge the necessity of
government inspection and proper la-
beling; the same point that has so fre-
quently been urged in the bulletins of
the United States agricultural depart-
ment The fictitious vinegars are most-
ly p3roligneous acids with acelicether
added as a flavoring. Fusil oil oil of
cloves and butyric ether are added to
give aroma. Sulphuric acid is some-
times found in cheap vinegars its pur-
poses being more to prevent putrefac-
tion than as an adulteration.
Uriefly the history of the manufac-
ture of vinegar is this: All oxidizing
agents concert alcohol first into a Ide-
hydc and then into acetic acid. Fer-
mented liquors when exposed to the
air soon become sour. This depends
upon the fact that thc3 contain nitro-
genous compounds which act as car-
riers of atmospheric oxygen. This
however can only take place when the
percentage of alcohol does not ex-
ceed a certain limit. It is for this rea-
son that strong wine such as port or
sherry j does not become sour on expo-
sure to air. This oxygen-carrying
body is the acetic ferment. This fer-
ment is always floating in the air and
when it falls into conditions suitable
for its development it very rapidly mul-
tiplies. These ferments grow on the
surface of the liquid where the oxygen
is forming a gelatine skin which by
its increasing weight falls to the bot-
tom.. Another skin forms and this
process goes on till the lkiuil- is ex-
hausted of its assiniijr. table material.
The &Wn callft'tbc "mother of vine-
gar." cWEsists of a multitude of the
minute ferments. One hundred pounds
of alcohol require three hundred
pounds of air to convert it into acetic
acid. 2. Y. Journal of Commerce.
ORIGIN OF THE VALTZ.
The Xott Popular Duticn Shocked
Our
Great Grandfather.
It was Lady Jersey who introduced
it and when later the Emperor Alex-
ander visited London an army of for-
eigners gave a strong impetus to the
movement Its great popularity gives
rise to many disputes as to whence the
waltz originally came whether from
the old Provencal La Sautcuse" 01
"Volte." or the German danec. the
"Laendler." It is most universally
ascribed to the last named. The
"Laendler' was under the ban of the
authorities as being dangerous to both
health and morals; but in spite of pro-
hibition it made its way to Vienna
where it was introduced in the opera
"Una Casa Rara" by Vinccnte Mar-
tens. The character of the dance was how-
ever greatly changed and modified
the tempo being much accelerated
From Vienna it quickly passed tc
France. Dr. iJurucy saw it performed
in Paris in 1780 and could not help re-
flecting: "How uneasy an English
mother would feci to see her daughtei
so familiarly treated and jstill more tc
note the obliging manner in which the
freedom is returned by the females."
Had he lived a few years longer tht
good old doctors sense of decorum
would have received a shock in the wel-
come accorded to the dance by Englist
women. All the Year Round.
The tide of immigration is turning
or is soon to be turned south ward a
consummation enthusiastic believers
in the boanteous capabilities of the
new soutk have Ion been ardently
working -.for- A hundred thousand
acres of land in Mississippi were sold a
few daj-s ago to a French syndicate
which proposes to secure the settle-
ment thereon of a large number of de-
sirable European immigrants. Negotia-
tions are also in progress for the pur-
chase of twenty-four thousand acrei
of land in Tennessee the prospectlvi
purchasers being the intenyd immi
grants ihcmselv
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CHAPTER IX CoararosD
The result of the information thus
communicated was to leave the younjr
man of the caravan far more curious
than ever. He determined to turn the
tables on William Jones and to watch
his movements iiot in the daytime
but during the summer night waiting
for his appearance in the immediate
neighborhood of the Devil s Caldron.
The first night he saw nothing it
was stormy with wild gusts of rain.
JTlic second night was equally unevent-
ful. Nothing daunted he went for a
third and lasti time and lay in the
moonlight on tile cliffs looking toward
the village. I
The night was dark and cloudy but
from time to time the moon came out
with sudden brilliance on the &ca
which was gently stirred bj; a breeze
from the land.
He waited for several hours. About
midnight he rose to go home.
As he did so he was startled by the
sound of oars and lying down per-
ceived a small boat approaching on a
silver patch of moonlit sea.
The moon came out and he saw that
the occupant of the boat was a solitary
man.
It approached rapidly making direct
for the Devil's Caldron. Lying down
on his face and peeping over Urinkley
saw it stop just outside the foaming
passage while the man stood up
stopped lifted something heavy from
the bottom and threw it overboard.
Then after watching for a moment a
dark object which drifted shoreward
right into the Caldron he rowed away
until he readied a she-acred creek
close to the scene of the swimming ad-
venture. Here he ran the boat ashore
and leaped out.
The next minute Urinkley heard him
coming up the cliffs.
Trembling with excitement he lay
down flat on his face and waited.
Presently the man emerged on the top
of the cliffs within a few yards of
Urinkley "s hiding-place. Just then the
moon Hashed brightly out and Urink-
ley recognized him.
It was William Jones carrying on
his shoulders something like a loaded
sack and dangling from his left wrist
a horn lantern.
He looked round once or twice and
then hurried toward the sand hills.
Urinkley followed stealthily. The
moon now went in and it became
pitch dark. Presently Jones paused
set down the load and lit the lantern;
then he hurried on.
For fifty or sixty yards a coarse car-
pet of greensward covered the cliffs;
then the sand hills began. Passing
over the first sand hill Jones disnp-
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ni3 snori.mcns a i.oadi:i sack.
peared. Quisle as thought the young
man followed and peering over saw
the light in the hollow beneath: it rose
higher and higher till it readied the
top of tic next sand hill where it
paused. Crawling on hands and knees
Urinkley slipped down into the hol-
low and then erept upvviir'' half way
up the mound: he found a huge 7Velc.
behind which he crouched an.T peeped.
As he did so William Jones light i:i
hand seemed to - "live clown into the j
solid cavtJx and disappear.
CHAPTER X.
Tnn skchet or Tim cave.
For a minute after the disappearance
Charles Urinkley lay as if petrified
and indeed he was altogether lost in
wonder. What had happened? Had
an earthquake swallowed the mysteri-
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1
ous one or had he
tumbled down in a
fit? Urinkley waited and watched;
five minutes had passed ten minutes
and still the light did not re-emerge.
At last overcome by curiosity Urink-
ley rose and stooping dose to the
ground crept from the rock behind
which he had lain concealed and
crawled across the tumniit of the sand
hill. Suddenly he stopped short and
went down on hands and knees for he
now clearly discerned coming out of
the solid earth or sand the glimmer of
the light.
It glimmered then disappeared
again. Just then the moon slipped out
of her cloud illuminating the hillocks
with vitreous rays and he perceived
close by him a dark hole opening in
the very heart of the hillock.
He crept closer and looked down but
could see nothing. He held his head
over the hole and listened: all he
heard was a dull hollow moaning like
the sound of the sea. The light of the
moon however enabled him to per-
ceive that the hole had been covered
with a loose piece of wood or lid about
four feet square and with an iron ring-
bolt in the center: which lid was now
lying by the side of the opening ready
to bcw replaced. A number of largo
pieces: of stone such as were strewed
everywhere about the sand hills lay
piled close by.
He lay for some time waiting and
listening. All at once far beneath
him the light glimmered again. Quick
as thought he rose and crept away
only just in time; for he had no sooner
regained the shelter of the rock and
crouched there watching than he saw
the light rc-cmcrge accompanied by a
human head; a human body followed
and then he clearly discerned William
Jones standing in the moonlight with-
out the burden he had previously
carried and holding in his hand a Ian
tern.
Setting the lantern down William
busied himself for several minutes and
finally having concealed the work on
which he was engaged extinguished
the light Then after glancing sus
piciously round him on every side he
walked rapidly down the sand hill and-j
disappeared in the direction of the sea j
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hev agaia crawled to the ajafaciow
spot and foraa a he aadladeee!
anticipated that the hole was covered
up and the wooden .lid or trap-door so
carefully covered with atones and loose
send as to be completely hidden.
His first impulse' waa to displace the
debris and at once to explore the mys-
terious place; but reflecting; that ho
was unprovided with lights of anj
kind and that the cavity below would
most certainly be in total darkness he
determined to postpone his visit of in-
spection until daylight. By this time
there was no sight or sound of the
boat Rising to his feet he mused. It
was all very well to talk of returning
auother time but how was he to find
the spot?. The sea of sandy hillocks
stretched on every side and he knew
by experience how difficult it was to
distinguish one -hillock from another!
As to the cairns of loose stones such
cairns Avere nearly as numerous as the
hillocks themselves.
At last he thought of the rock where
he had first concealed himself. Such
rocks were numerous too but pulling
out his case of crayons he marked the
base of the rock with a small streak of
color. Finally remembering that the
drift sand might cover this mark he
made a large cross in the hard sand.
Having taken these precautions he
made the best of his way down the
cliffs and following the open green-
sward which fringed the crags wan-
dered back to the caravan.
At daybreak the next day he strolled
back along the crags first taking a
bird's-eye view of the village and per-
ceiving no sign of William Jones who
had doubtless no suspicion that he
would rife so early. He soon found the
spot where he had stood overnight
watching the upproadi of the boat
and first reconnoitcring the neighbor-
hood struck off among the sand hills.
At first he was guided by footprints
but as the sand grew harder these dis-
appeared. At length after a some-
somewhat bewildering search he
found the sand hill he sought the rock
with his mark upon it the cross marked
in the ground and finally the well-concealed
mouth of the hole.
He looked keenly to right and left
No one was visible. Stooping down ho
disclosed the trap-door with its iron
ring. A long pull a strong pull and
up came the trap. Open sesame! Ue-
neath him was a dark cavity with a
slanting path descending into the bow-
el.; of the earth. '
Anxious to lose no time he squeezed
himself through the aperture and be-
gan descending. While he did so he
heard the hollow roaring he. had heard
the night before. As he proceeded he
drew out a box of matches and a can-
dle which he lit. Proceeding cau-
tiously on his back and restraining
himself with his elbows from too rap-
id descent he found himself sur-
rounded not by sand butby solid rock
and peering downward saw that he
was looking down into a large sultcr-
ranean cave.
Just l)eneath him was a
stens cut in the solid rock.
flight of
Descend-
ing these carefully for they were as
slippery as ice he reached the bottom
and found it made of sea gravel and
loose shells forming indeed a decline
like the seashore itself to the edge of
which filling almut half the cavern
the waters of the sea crept with a
long monotonous moan. Approaching
the water's edge he saw facing him
the solid back of the cliff but just at
the base there was an opening a sort
of slit almost touching the wj.vcs at
all
times quite touching them when
the swell rose and through this open
ing crept beams of daylight turning
the waves to a clear malachite green.
The mystery was now clear enough.
The cave communicated directly with
the sea but in such a way cr. t huikc
an entrance f anV large object im-
pf""-"ole from that direction
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1 urning nis nacK upuu uiu water
and holding up the candle he ex-
amined the interior. The damp black
rocks rose on every side anct from the
room hung spongy and hideous weeds
like those fungi to be seen in sunless
vault- of wine; but piled against the
inner wall was a hoard of treasures to
make a smuggler s mouth water or
turn a wrecker's brain.
Puncheons of rum und other spirits.
bales of wool planks of mahoganj-aml
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Pne. oars oroKcn masis cons 01 rope
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langicsoi running hk""; ""o" "
nations and articles ot buch material
as is used on shipboard swinging
tables brass swinging lamps mast-
head lanterns and hammocks; enough.
and to spare in short to fit out a small
fleet of vessels. Lost in amazement
Urinkley examined this extraordinary
hoard-tiic accumulation doubtless of
many years. All at once his eye fell
upon a large canvas bag. rotten with
age and ganing open. It was as full
as it could hold of pieces of gold bear-
ing the superscription of the mint of
Spain.
O William Jones! William Jones! And
all this was yours at least by right of
plunder upon the queen's seaway; all
this which turned into cash would
have made a man rich bei'ond the
dreams of avarice was the possession
of one who lived like a miseHy beggar
grudged himself and his ilesh and
blood the common necessaries of life
and had never been known from boy-
hood upward to give a starving fellow-
creature so much as a crust of bread
or to drop a penny into the poor box!
O William Jones! O William Jones!
William Jones!
The above reflection belongs not to
the present writer but to my adven-
turous discoverer the captain of the
caravan.
As Urinkley proceeded on his tour of
inspection he ltccaaie more and more
struck with wonder. Nothing seemed
too insignificant or too preposterously
useless for secretion in that extraor-
dinary ship's cavern. There were
mops and brooms there were holy-
stones there were "squeegees" there
were canisters of tinned provisions
there were"1 bags of weevil'd biscuits
there were sacks of potatoes (which
esculents long neglected had actually
sprouted and put forth leaves) there
were ring-bolts there were tin mugs
and pannikins and lastly mirabile
dictn. there were books said books
lay piled on the top of a heap of sacks
and. were in the last stage of mildew
and decay. Fcr what purpose had
thev been carred there? uertainly
not to form a
library for William
Jones could n t read. J
deepened Brinl ley opened
As curiosiiy
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that it was an inspiration. At any rate
fee did open it and taw that the fly-
leaf was covered with writing yellow
difficult to decipher fast fading away:
put what more particularly attracted
his attention was a loose piece of
parchment fastened to the title-page
with a rusty pin and covered also with
written characters.
Fixing the candle on a nook in the
damp wall he inspected the title-page
and deciphered these words:
"Christmas-eve 1864 on board the
ship tTrinidad' fast breaking ap on
the Welsh coast. If any Christian soul
should find this book and these linen
TOE BOOK TilKMUI-SD IS HIS IUM.
where I place them if they sink not
with their bearer (0.1 .whom I leave my
last despairing blessing) to the bottom
of the sea or if tlod in His infinite
mercj' should spare and save the little
child." : (The book trembled in his
hand as he read. The writing went
on:) "I cast her adrift in her cradle in
sight of shore on a little raft made by
my own hands. 'Tis a desperate hope
but He can work miracles and if it is
His will she may be wived. Attached
to this holy book arc the proofs of her
poor dead mother's marriage and my
darling's birth. May she -live to in-
herit my name. Signed. Matthew
Thori'K Moxic Colonel Fifteenth Cav-
alry Uengal."
The "mystery was deepening indeed!
At last Urinkley thrust the book and
its contents into his pocket and. after
one look round took the candle and
made It is way up the rocks and out of
the cave. When he saw the lght of
day above him he blew out the light
and crawled up through the aperture.
Then standing on the lonely sand hill
he surveyed the scene on every side.
There was no sign of any living soul.
Carefully but rapidly he returned
the trapdoor to its place covered it
with the stones and liberal handfulsof
loose sand and walked away taking
care for the first hundred yards to
obliterate his footprints as he went
CHAPTER XL
MvsTsmors ntniAVion or Tnc vorxc ar.n
tlcman.
About this time Matt noticed a curi-
ous change come over herartist friend.
He was more thoughtful and conse-
quently less entertaining. Often when
she appeared and began chatting to
him about affairs in which she thought
he might take some interest she had
the mortification not merely of elicit-
j . nf) h lm(. of lln(ling. that Jie
had not heard a word 01 her conversa-
tion. Now this style of proceeding would
certainly have caused her some an-
noyance but for one compensating
fact which put the balance entirely on
the other side. It was evident that
despite the change. Urinkley "s inter-
est was not lessening nay. it rather
seemed to be on the increase and thii
fat Matt very woman as she was waa
quick to perceive.
Very often on looking suddenly at
him she found his eyes fixed wonder-
ingly and sympathetically upon nor.
she asked him on one occasion what he
. was thinking about.
You Matt" he answered prompt
ly. "I was tring to imagine." he con-
tinued seeing her blush and hang her
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neao "Jiow you woum 1001c in suns
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and veiveis; got up in inci. iikc a
j grand demoiselle u hat would you
sav now. if a good fairv were to lind
you out some day and were to ofier to
change you from what you are to a fi 11c
young lady would you say yes?'
Matt reflected for a moment then
she followed her feminine inllnet
and nodded her head vigorously.
Ah by the way Mutt car. you
read?"
'Print not writing."
"And write?"
"Just a bit!''
-Who taught you? William Jones?"
('So that he didn't; I learned off Tim
Pcnrenn down village. William Jones
he can't read and he can't write; no
more can William Jones father."
This last piece of information set the
young man thinking so deeply that t he-
rest of the interview became rathei
dull for Matt When she rose to go
however he came out of his abstrac
tion. and asked her if she would re
turn on the following day.
I don't know p'raps!" she said.
Ali" returned the young man as-
suming his liippant manner. yoU find
me tedious company. I fear. The fact
is I am generally affected in this man
ner in the xiresent state of the moon
But come to-morrow Matt Your
presence does me good."
However the next day passed and
the next again and there was no sign
of Matt lie began to think the child
had taken offense and that he would
have to seek her in her own home
when her opportnne appearance pre-
vented the journey. He was taking
his breakfast one morning inside the
caravan when he suddenly became
conscious that Matt was standing out
side watching him.
"Oh you are there.are you?" he said.'
coolly. '".Come in and have some break
fast Matt" '
TO B2 COXTIXCEn.
. Oae ef Her Ways.
Due You must he making money
I've seen a bay leave six new gowni
for your wife this week.
ilicks You don't understand; eea
bought one Monday and ha changed
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Juat why to aot quite clear
Bet they dug him. out of serca feet eff snow
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"Oh! never mind." said he
-My roller skates I see.
And swiftly o'er the paTcoent I rill roll TtAl
rctlr
But prone upon the ground
5tar-jaiJ-i3. he was found.
With a bruised and eotely aching little poll"
poll poll-
Still he said: "O never mind
Ilycydolwlllfind.
Throuffii CcHtral eaxav my wheel will gllda
slons 'long 'Ions.."
He merely runted his knee.
Ai brave ax brave can be.
When a "header" threw him in tic croTrdcd
throng throng throng. j
llut Invariably a piunze. j
Escaping soap awl sponge.
When Nurse his grimy nanus and face would
lave. lavs la vol '
" From lungs both dcrp and stron?
Come howls toth loud and Icng. '
And all lavatory efforts he doth brarc. brave
brave.
Hannah Sedgwick. In Our Llttlo acn and
Women. (
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Two ICvpsrimcnts Combluln JJrlrnt-o anti
Amu.Trinriit.
Take a small piece of colored woolen
stufr and fasten on one end of it a
glass tube or a long- nail the weight of
which will keep it well r.lrctchcd.
Traco on the material the letters o
anj' word using a glass pen which has
been dipped in a F.trong neid. Nave
ready in a glass a solution of chloride
of potassium. The letters traeed on.
the cloth are invisible but on plunging
the latter into the glass they imme-
diately turn white the material re- .
taining its color. In our illustration
the experiment is shown at the point .
of plunging the stuff into the glass
when the word "seicnee appears in
white letters. Care must be taken to
withdraw the material as soon as pos- .
sible or it. too. will suffer discolora-
tion and spoil the experiment.
TI1K CAI'TIVi: COItK.
Procure a gtwnl-sir.cd lottle with a
wide month and nn ordinary cor!: stop-
per; al.-o a piece of wire and another
piece of cork flat and round such as
usually found in a mustard jar: with
these materials you may make an ap-
paratus that will present a very inter-
esting trick.
Insert the wire in the under sMe of ;
the cork stopper exaclK in its center;
the other er.d of the wire when the
bottle is corked should he at some
distance from the bottom of the bottle.
Next pierce the seeond piece of corl:
with a circular hole exactly in its cen-
ter; half iill the bottle with vatcr.
then drop into it tie perforated corl:
and. while it is floating pass the wire
through the hole in its renter and puli
down the stopper: you will then have
the apparatus shown in the ri;ht-
haiid figure of our illustration. The
trick consists in removing- the captive
cork without removing- the stopper.
This can be done by turning- the loUle
round quickly in a circular mnroment
several times in succession: thon set it
on the table and the cork will be re-
leased. The ouick circular movement
will draw the water froin the center to
the bides of the bottle leaving- a eon-
cave depression in the center. The
water that 3:as supported. th- cork
being thus withdrawn the con: will
(iron down off the wire as in the left-
hand fifrurc of the illustration. Once a
Week.' .
BILLY AND THE BOY.
The Story
of -a Homo Who Cinll T:Uo
Cnrc of Illinscir. J
Hilly was a veteran among- ho-ses. ;
lie had lived twenty-nine years and
six months when I knew him and all
that time he had been learning- how to
take care of himself without troubling
others to look after him. His reputa-
tion had never' been good though the
older he grew the worse he grew ac-
cording to his' master's statement. I'or
roy Part always thought the horse -(
.vas justiGed in his treatment of those
who ill-treated him. 1
Perhaps if he had been better tem
pered he might have been turned out f
to grass m his old age ana naa lit tic or
nothing to do. As it was no one was ;
fond of him. and since he was able to
draw moderately heavy loads he was J
harnessed regularly and made to work. ;
He had been known to bite to kiek. to
run a-.vav. though no one believed that
he had really been frightened.
"It is justugliness. wanting to show
what he could do to be hateful." said
hia master one day. when the hired
man came home with the news that
I'illv had shied at a bieycl-N had
.-est hismastcr fiftv doliard. and liiil?
forthwith had blinders put on him. He
never shied aain. but the blinders did
not improve" hi temper. .
One day when he war. iust about
P.nishin? p. cieal vrhicli lie was takin?
r.t of a nail .set in front of him on the j
rrunaJ. :i tn'.'ill bov eame past with a
I ofi wip di &trw ia bis Ut fi
Kij.v..i itvj ' - vy-STi
wlifcsl til
a W i J
n n-iirnn ...ml brolrf-tl it fltv! "v-.""V ' . .
vA:;J : "1 in.. ' "Imlcctl I haver inft
:.. .. 1 ; k claimctl the lady. "Some
'cHtpre.' as the man cxnrcsscn it. . . . . f .... ""
This -'fright'' if it really was oai.t I gea eat tag n Look! -
'irk-'
ifo.
anafu the' curb and at
!SfTer and tickled Billy's
nose with thifS
straw.
limy made oeitcve as
did not feel it and the
that he
bolder and bolder and tick!
Billy
finished eaiins.
. x - p.
then bad
- -y
MA!:cnni nowx thk
BTItKnT WITH HIM.
time to attend to him. Suddenly he
iossM his head ennght the loy by the
back of his jacket lifted him oft his
feet and marched down the street
with him. The boy screamed but no
one was near enough to seize him.
They did not go far. and before any
one interfered Hilly stopped nnd shook
that boy exactly as a man might have
shaken him for punishment then
dropped him. turned and walked back
home. 4
No small boy dared to meddle with
Hilly after that and although the lad
was not hurt he had one of the worst
scares of his life. Louisville Courier-
Journal. SAVED BY A
BUFFALO.
Iirnr
rujrnaciouH i:uii rut
a Savage
. T!cr to rililif.
The- forest land of southern India
possesses a breed of buffaloes vastly
!-;:per:or to the bare-skinned ungainly
creatures "common to the plains of In-
dia. They are shaggy-haired massive
and short -jointed with short thiek
syinnitricaliy-curved horns. They are
tntinel as beasts of burden and pos-
se vs immense strength. A bull of this
breed is a match for a tiger.
A herd of buffaloes was grar.tug on
the outskirts of the forest :.-t Soopah.
with the herder on guard a short dis-
tance aw::v. A tiger came out of the
forest and tricl by roaring tu stampede
the herd.
Thl? herdsman" 1:1a u: Test eil great
bravery lie .hotited beat hi: heavy
qnarter-staft on the ground and tried
to scare the brute.oif. not thinking of
his own danger but of that of his herd.
Suddenly the tiger rushed forward
sprang upn the man. knocked him
down and stood over him growling.
The bull of the herd a pugnacious
creature now charged savagely upon
the tier. ami rolled hir.i over and over.
The bull wn so fjuiek in hi motions
that the tiger taken unaware. was at
a disadvantage. Ho neither bit nor
scratched the bull but gahervd him-
self up and galloped off into the forest.
The bull shook hims'df. bellowed pur-
sued his enemy a few yards and then
went quietly to feeding a-. f anguish-
ing a tiger were an everyday incur-
rence. The' herdsman was not injured by the
tiger but received a wound in the ieg
from the bull's sharp horn inflicted
when the buffalo knocked over tho
tiger.
What Cori to Jlaho Tnpcr.
Taper can le made outof almost any-
thing that can be pounded to pulp.
Over fifty kinds of bark are employed
while old sacking- or bagging- makes a-
jjviod article. I'apor i v made out of
banana skins from b':ii stalks nea
I vines cocoanut filx-r clover and tim-
: othy hay. Gti"aw" frcdi-water weeds
sea wee-Is and more than 0:10 hundred
l different kinds of grass. 1'aper h.-!-.
! been made from hair fur and wool.
i from asbestos which furnishes an ar-
tide indestructible by lire; from hop
plants- from husks of any and c:cvy
' kind of grain. Leaves make a ;;ood
: stronr paper while the husks and
j stem of Indian corn have also been
' tried and almost every kind of mos
can be made into paper. There rn
; patents for ma'iing- paper from saw-
dust and shavings from thistles and
: thistledown from tobacco stalks and
tan-bark. It is said that there are over
two thousand patents in this country
; covering the manufacture of paper.
N"o matter what the substance the
process is substantially the same;
the material is ground to n pulp.
' then spread thin'.y over a frame and a l-
. lowed to drv. the subsequent treat-
ment rlenen.ling on the kind of paper
to b? made.
Oiirc a-Slave of llpnrv Clar.
I A colored woman who was once a slave
j of Henry (May died pt Springfield III.
' recently at the advanced age of 107
years. Her name was Maria Todd. She
was born in Kentiteky March i!l. lTSrt.
and was a slave until Lincoln's procla-
mation made her free. At an early age
she was sold to Henry Clay then a
practicing lawyer near her birthplaec.
Her master was indebted to Clay for
seven hundred dollars and. Maria was
transferred to him to liquidate the
dcbt. When she was nineteen years of
age Mr. Clay sold her to Paul Christian
of Randolph county. Missouri. She
pafed into his hands and remained
his property until her race was freed.
1 The oldest of her living cnildren. Lu-
cinda Perkins now living .somewhere
in Missouri is 7S years of ace.
White Bloo:J la Iter Veins.
K was a 'Sandwich islaiyler who. on
' the rength of a mother hubbard
gown nnd a parasol claimed the def-
erence accorded to members of a more
I civili7cd society. Most of all did she
! glory in the assumption that she was
1 not so very black after nil.
t "You haven't anj- white blood in
toltr veins!" icvl a. crocJ f?rnd &o !ser
igrianirv ex
of my famijy
Iller Motto.
"Do you know" said Mi Flypp '
I think Tery girl ouhttofaure a motto
j I've adbptcd 'Upwanl and 'Oaward da
mine: What is your motto. Miaa
Eldcr?J
'Nine Ls 'No r?a.on:ibl offer re-
fosed " replied the latter. UrobkUii
Lift.
I n El 0 'fKMPI
m & -ewlf mt MX w lekeHeeeMeBeeff
XI HPsW Vex e I
e"eff--eY- Xe flSeeJeeMeHe'effeV"
..
A"ar"fc-V ."jccrjp"""""; ""Ma"P)3-jj
nSaSEea??aLSaWnrli Cera SMe m
f 1 1 1 ji tWgfcBa?Ml fjmCigMmWfc l
HAilwfali Gave tesareyoa get tlMcea- '
Jej-ta-
-ftadeJphiee f. J. Caeae Co. Testi-
price Tic per bottle.
ccnis.
JoatA (reaates; his book catalcpue)
Laad sakea. Vaaay bo wonder people
prise tfie writla's of Btskespoare aa ainch.'
i&MMiy-"WayJoeUhrr Joeiaa-"I see by
taia eeok that ft says Shakespeare half co
aad thea tluak of lum tryin' to write.'' I
In-
tsrOcsaa.
"Airo put a motto on the fircplr.ee. Mr.
aaas. "Um yes 'East or West Home's
V
FfeaBS." "Um. yes. 'East or West Home's
Best' ex something liktt that?" 'So; put
on: 'Poke This Fire and It'll Expire.' Scare
off the women folks from monkeying with
it you know."N. Y. Recorder.
From Catarrh
It is But a Step
To Consumption
And thousands of people aro uncon-
sciously taking the fatal step ir you
have Catarrh in tho Head danot allow
it to progress unheeded and unchecked.
It is-a disease or the system nnd not
simply of the." nose and throat. Tho
Mood reaches every part of the system.
Therefore the only way to cure Catarrh
is to take a thorough blood puritlcr liko
Hood's Sarsaparilla which perfectly
and permanently cures Catarrh.
Hood'sCures
Hood's Pills ""rc all Liver 111?. Bilious
ncss. Jaundice Indigestion Sick Headache.
Letters from Mothers
speak in
warm terms
of what
Scott's
Emu lsion
has do ne
for their del-
icate sickly
children.
It's use has
brought
thousands back to rosy iiealtii.
leiof
of cod-liver -oil with Ilypophos-
pliitcs is employed with great
success in all ailments that re-
duce flesh and .strength. Little
ones take it with relish.
Prated Lr EcIt ISa?-- i- -i" ' drass.cto.
Rejzis Leblanc is a French Cana
dian store keeper at Notre Dame de
Stanbridge Quebec Can. who was
cured of a severe attack of Congest-
'ion of the Lungs by Uoschee's Ger-
man Syrup. lie has .sold many a
bottle of German Syrup on his per-
sonal recommendation. If you drop
him a line he'll give you the full
facts of the case direct as he did us
and that Boschee's German Syrup
brought him through nicely. It
always will. It is a good medicine
and thorough in its work. -ft
WALTER BAKER k I
COCOA and
CHOCOLATE
Highest Awards
(Mciteli ai'l Diplcwiai)
World's Columbian
Exposition.
On t:-.o :jl!ov..as eitlclc.
IREAEFAST COCO.
mm So. 1 CHOCOLATE.
ER3i SWEKT I'ilOCOLVTK
WllU CH0C0LA1K
2CCC9A BUITE15
For "rnritr rt material.
"excellent i:..vor." ai;l "u:a-
form cvtii ccbii HUcr.."
OLD Y CROCEIta EVERYWHERE.
WALTER BAKER & CO. DORCHESTER MASS
HJM.WS AKTI-RHEUATIG AHD
ANTI-GATARRHAL CHEWING QUr
Um itrvntU. Cures tlie Tibco liUit. Kti-.
Morsel by tljo Mcil'cal hacjitr. c:ll for 10 '
laor iicenL pacKjs. im roiirint'':.
Geo. Zt. Halm X-IO W. "iath t. X. "i.
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A Dclutk Railroad
e:id for Mspa ted Clrcu.
Compact In Minnesota.
ten. The7 will be sent to you
Addrc-i HOPEWELL CLARKE
Lend Commissioner i. Taal. Minn.
S "COLCHESTER"
RUBBER CO.'S
it
SPADING BOOT"
If You Want a First-Class Artic'r
Ely's. Cream Balm
WILL CURK
CATARRH
Prico gQ Ctutii.
A
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A' BBOS..2C Warren SuV.V.
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FRIEND"
Is a scientifically prepared "Liniment
and harmless; cyery ingredient is of
recognized valuo and in constant tiso
by tho medical profession. It short-
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Danger to life fof IVfcthcr and Child.
Book To Mothers' mailed freo con-
taimnjf Tsluablo information and
"ffoltmtary testimonials.
6M0RUD EEGL'UTOH GO. AlU Sj.
aeea ihmii sail r.- aa new nr
atroMlwprSttoto.
uau s rasmj nue
Sooll's Ei
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Cures ai'il IreTfnt l:hcu'!inttsni.Ii:dii:tlon.9
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